"I have found out that the house that was burned was indeed the home of the servant from the General's Mansion. I have also inquired about why the servant returned home."
"It's said that he got a windfall and planned to move his whole family to live a good life. However, after dark, the house burned down and the whole family died inside."
Ni Yueshan listened carefully without saying a word.
Qing Feng continued, "This servant always feels like someone paid me to move away from the capital as agreed. Unfortunately, the rules that person agreed to let me move away, and the matter would be over, but unfortunately..."
"But someone murdered him to silence him. The rumors spread by the princess and her people might not be just nonsense!"
Ni Yueshan nodded. "If someone deliberately killed someone, but it wasn't my husband, then it was the General's Mansion? But why would the General's Mansion kill someone secretly, instead of just finding a random excuse to execute him in the mansion and do it openly?"
Qingfeng was not clear about Ni Yueshan's question and she shook her head.
Ni Yueshan asked again, "If it's not the General's Mansion, nor the Regent's Mansion, and there is a third party, then what is the purpose of this third party?"
Qingluan and Qingfeng both shook their heads.
Ni Yueshan curled his lips and smiled slightly: "Go search and see if there are any clues!"
Qing Feng hesitated: "It's getting late now. Even if we go to search, we won't be able to see clearly!"
Ni Yueshan said, "We are not the official mission of the palace. Going to search during the day will only attract criticism. Going at this time is perfect!"
Qingfeng and Qingluan felt that it made sense and said nothing.
At nightfall, Jing Yuchen was lying on his bed when he saw Ni Yueshan changing into night clothes. He was surprised and asked, "Are you going to be a thief?"
Ni Yueshan turned to look at him and nodded seriously: "Really? Do you want to come with us?"
"...Today you were complaining about me being idle at home, not attending court, and not getting paid...and you're going to steal at night? Can you get on the roof? Can you climb a wall?"
Facing Jing Yuchen's series of curious questions, Ni Yueshan rolled her eyes and said, "You don't need to think about these. You just need to answer me, are you going with me or not?"
Jing Yuchen sat up in bed and stretched his back. "Don't tell me, my back and waist are sore from lying down all these days. The wound has scabbed over long ago. Well, let's go out and stretch our muscles!"
Jing Yuchen was chattering while looking for his nightgown.
Ni Yueshan waited silently by the side. When he had finished packing, Jing Yuchen and she left the house and asked, "Where do you want to go? I will take you there."
Ni Yueshan pointed in a direction of the capital. Jing Yuchen didn't ask any questions and flew up with Ni Yueshan.
Headed in that direction...
When they arrived at their destination, Jing Yuchen put Ni Yueshan down and said tiredly, "I can't do it anymore. I really don't have the strength anymore."
Ni Yueshan ignored him, blew out the fire starter, and looked around.
At first glance, it was a scorched earth with a lot of charcoal that had not been moved away. The bodies had been carried away early, and what was left was just a scene where it was difficult to find evidence.
Ni Yueshan was still looking around when Jing Yuchen spoke up, "What are you planning to do here?"
Ni Yueshan looked around and said, "A whole family was burned to death here, but you have seen one of them before."
Jing Yuchen looked at Ni Yueshan in surprise: "I have seen him? I have seen many people before."
"But you were once in a coma because of this person." Ni Yueshan looked at Jing Yuchen and gave him a hint.
Jing Yuchen still looked at Ni Yueshan in surprise. Who was the person who caused him to fall into coma?
Jing Yuchen didn't say anything, but Ni Yueshan knew that Jing Yuchen hadn't figured out who it was yet. She took the initiative to explain, "This person is from the General's Mansion, the servant who took the sword out of the storeroom!"
Jing Yuchen's expression was originally calm, but at this moment, he was... a little surprised.
Ni Yueshan moved closer to Jing Yuchen and explained in a low voice, "Let's look for clues everywhere. If a third party did this deliberately, I think they would definitely give us a clue. Otherwise, wouldn't it be meaningless for her to make such a big fuss?"
Jing Yuchen felt that what Ni Yueshan said made some sense. He nodded and searched around.
Not far away, a farmer saw someone searching, but did not go out to stop it. He quietly lowered the window and went to rest.
After searching for a while, they found nothing special. Instead, their robes were soiled and their hands were covered with charcoal. Just as they were about to give up, a voice came: "Princess, Prince, come and see!"
Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen looked at each other, then quickly headed towards Qingluan's location.
Qingluan was holding a bamboo tube in her hand at this time, but the bamboo tube was only stained with a little dust and there was no sign of burning.
Qingluan explained, "There's a well in this farmyard, but everything around the well has been burned. This large tree, which I don't know what it is, wasn't spared either. But this bamboo tube is floating in the well water, and there's a piece of cloth inside!"
Ni Yueshan quickly took out the cloth strip inside, and there were a few crooked words written in blood. The man tore off a piece of white cloth, wrote his last words before death, and threw it out through the window.
As luck would have it, it fell into the well. Even if the fire was big, it shouldn't have burned the well water, and the people who collected the body might not have noticed the well mouth.
Qing Feng speculated, "Could it be that someone in the house, trapped in the flames and unable to escape, simply used a bamboo tube to hold a piece of cloth written in blood and threw it out, hoping to tell outsiders that he was murdered and not just accidentally caught fire at night?"
Although Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen didn't say anything, their thoughts were the same as Qingfeng's.
Ni Yueshan took the blood letter and said, "Let's go back!"
The next day, someone came to the door of the farmer's house, who had just fallen asleep in the middle of the night, and the old woman told him everything she had seen.
"Four people were searching late at night when they found the bamboo tube and left."
The visitor looked at the old woman with satisfaction: "Very good."
After returning to the palace, the palace servants reported all the information they learned outside the palace to Miao Qinghua.
Miao Qinghua listened calmly. At the end, she laughed and said, "I want to see whether they have truly broken with the General's Mansion or not. If it's fake, I won't pursue the information in the blood letter. If it's true, then hmph, I'll just watch the show."
The palace maid stood aside and complimented her: "The Queen Mother is wise!"
Miao Qinghua spoke again calmly, "It's been several days since I asked her to invite the Princess of the County. Why haven't we made any progress yet?"
"Yes, I'll go and tell someone right away." The palace maid left the palace again and went to work.
In the Prince's Mansion, Duan Gouqiong learned that Miao Qinghua had an invitation, and without hesitation, he immediately followed her into the palace.
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