Lady Wen'an took out a pill from her waist and fed it to the man, then took out a medicine bottle from her sleeve and handed it to him.
The man took the medicine bottle and uncorked it. There was red liquid inside with a faint smell of blood.
"What is this?" the man asked knowingly.
“Human blood.”
Hearing this, the man's lips curled up slightly and asked again: "What did you feed me just now?"
"Fake death medicine." County Lady Wen'an glanced outside the door and said, "Hurry up and drink that blood."
After saying that, she grabbed the man's hand and made him drink the blood she had prepared in advance, and then spit it out.
Perhaps the fake death drug took effect, the man's consciousness gradually became blurred and he slowly fell down.
When he completely entered a state of suspended animation, a smile escaped from his eyes.
Princess Wen'an put away the medicine bottle, then calmly opened the door and walked out.
The guard who came with her saw her come out and walked into the room to confirm whether the man was dead or alive.
After confirming that the man was dead, the guards came out and asked someone to go in and carry the man out.
The Lady of Wen'an County looked at the man who had lost all his breath, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said affectionately: "Liu Yan, you must come to find me in the next life."
Taking advantage of the cover of night, Lady Wen'an and the people from the princess's mansion secretly carried the body out of the city.
On the way, the carriage broke down, and Princess Wen'an's men took advantage of the guards' inattention to replace the man's "corpse".
After arriving at the burning site, Lady Wen'an's men avoided the guards and carried the replacement man's body onto the firewood pile.
Princess Wen'an personally poured kerosene on the pile of firewood and lit the firewood herself.
They didn't leave until everything was burned out and the scene was cleaned up.
After returning to the princess's mansion, County Lady Wen'an took her guards to report to Princess Yuehua.
"Have you cleaned up everything?" asked Princess Yuehua.
The guard replied: "Your Highness, everything has been taken care of."
Princess Yuehua said softly, "Hmm," and said, "Go away."
The guards withdrew in response. Princess Yuehua glanced at the unpleasant-looking Wen'an County Lady and asked in a calm voice, "Are you sad?"
"Yes, my daughter is sad." Wen An answered honestly.
"Look at you, you are such a loser." Princess Yuehua walked up to her and straightened her hairpin. "He is just a man. There will be better ones in the future."
"This is the first time my daughter likes someone so much."
"Have you ever thought about marrying him?"
Princess Wen'an paused. She had never thought about this question because Liu Yan was also serving her mother.
But if she was asked whether she was willing to marry Liu Yan, she thought, she... might be willing.
Princess Wen'an's hesitation made Princess Yuehua mistakenly think that she was unwilling, and she smiled and said, "Look, you don't like him that much."
Princess Wen'an did not explain.
"Go back. When things are over, everything will return to normal."
"My daughter is leaving."
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At noon the next day, Qin Shi, Cui Yuan and others arrived at Yizhou City, and went straight to see Su County Magistrate.
According to Magistrate Su and the yamen clerk, what Su Yuan said in the Hall of Supreme Harmony that day was all true.
Princess Yuehua did capture Su Yuan's future husband, and Su Yuan did come to the yamen to sue Princess Yuehua.
Qin Shi closed the document in his hand and asked, "Magistrate Su, according to Su, the Su family was assassinated on the night she sued Princess Yuehua. Is this true?"
"The day after Su sued Princess Yuehua, someone from Su Village came to report that five members of the Su family were murdered in their home.
After receiving the report, I immediately took people to the Su family to investigate. There were some signs of fighting at the scene, and all the valuables in the house were missing.
In addition, both neighbors of the Su family said they heard the sound of robbers breaking into their house at night.
After the Su family discovered the bandits, they were unwilling to give up their money and property and fought with the bandits for their lives. In the end, all of them died by the sword.
The Su brothers and sisters were not at home, so they escaped the disaster." Magistrate Su answered in detail.
"Did the bandits only rob the Su family?" Qin Shi asked again.
Magistrate Su shook his head. "After the bandits robbed the Su family, they went to the homes of two of the Su family's neighbors. The two families knew they couldn't fight the bandits head-on, so they pretended to be asleep and let the bandits plunder their homes. That's how they got away with it."
"Among those two families, no one died at the hands of the bandits?" Qin Shi asked.
"yes."
Cui Yuan snorted and laughed, "Why does it sound so much like they deliberately made a noise so that others could hear it, so that they can prove that the Su family died at the hands of bandits, rather than someone deliberately silencing them?"
Magistrate Su remained silent.
Qin Shi thought so too, but he didn't show it. He just asked, "Where's the autopsy report?"
Hearing this, Magistrate Su took out a book from the pile of books on the table and handed it to him.
Qin Shi took the notebook and opened it. He saw that all five members of the Su family were killed by a sharp blade. The coroner deduced that the murder weapon was a sword.
Moreover, all five members of the Su family were killed in one blow.
After reading the autopsy report, Qin Shi asked again: "Has the Princess's Mansion taken any special actions recently?"
Magistrate Su thought for a moment and replied, "According to the soldiers guarding the city gate, several carriages from the princess's mansion left the city last night."
"Leave the city?" Qin Shi's eyes narrowed. "Cui Yuan, take your men out of the city immediately to investigate along the way."
"Yes." Cui Yuan took the order and left.
After he left, Qin Shi put down the autopsy documents in his hand and looked at Magistrate Su, "Magistrate Su, please follow me to the Princess's Mansion."
Magistrate Su bowed in response.
They did not delay and immediately led people to the princess's mansion. Soon, they arrived at the princess's mansion.
After Qin Shi revealed his identity, the servant guarding the door went in to report. Not long after, the servant welcomed Qin Shi and others in.
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