Soon, the doctor from the mansion arrived to help Murong Xiao with his treatment. Aside from the severe heatstroke diagnosed that morning, Murong Xiao had no external or internal injuries. This finally calmed Murong Qingyun's anxious heart.
After everything calmed down, it took about a quarter of an hour before the fire in the study was completely extinguished. The entire study was half burned down by the fire, and many important documents and materials were burned.
As soon as the man in black was discovered, Mr. Jing ordered his subordinates to go to the palace to inform Murong Qingyu, so not long after Murong Qingyun came back, Murong Qingyu also rushed back to the Marshal's Mansion.
"What happened?" Murong Qingyu's face was solemn. Although he was very angry about the study being burned and the criminals escaping, he still remained calm and asked slowly.
Even Murong Xiao had to give Murong Qingyu a thumbs up.
This man was indeed a seasoned veteran, not only cautious and prudent in his daily actions, but also unflappable in the face of adversity. Such a man was indeed a formidable opponent.
When Murong Qingyu came back just now, he immediately called all the people involved in the matter to the conference room, and then called them in one by one for questioning.
Murong Xiao, Murong Qingyu, Mr. Jing and the secret guards, as well as Murong Xiao's maids and servants in the room, were the first to be called in.
"Jing, you speak first."
Mr. Jing is his most trusted subordinate, so Jing's words can give him a preliminary understanding and judgment of the whole situation.
"I was patrolling the mansion when I spotted three dark figures from a distance, seemingly coming from the study. The distance was too great, and I was afraid of alerting them, so I signaled the mansion's secret guards to surround them from all sides.
They probably wanted to go through Yunwu Pavilion and leave from the rear wall of the Marshal's Mansion. When they sneaked to Yunwu Pavilion, they were surrounded and intercepted by subordinates and secret guards.
The three men were highly skilled in martial arts, especially the leader, whose internal strength rivaled that of his subordinates. Shortly after his subordinates and the secret guards had engaged them, cries of fire were heard from the study. Chaos erupted throughout the mansion.
Later, when the fight between the subordinates and the man in black was in a stalemate, the eldest lady suddenly rushed out from behind and stabbed the leading man in black in the heart with a dagger, but the man in black dodged it.
The young lady was nearly injured, and the man in black and his two subordinates took advantage of the situation to escape."
When Mr. Jing recounted the entire incident, he adhered completely to objective facts, without exaggerating or minimizing the facts, and certainly without adding fuel to the fire based on his own judgment. However, he omitted the fact that he and Qian Yeming had both withdrawn from the intense fight due to Murong Xiao's intervention.
"Qingyun, you say."
Jing and Qingyun were the people he trusted the most, so he listened to their stories first, and then questioned them one by one based on their stories.
"Just as I was about to return to the mansion, I saw the secret guards hurriedly heading towards the palace. When I asked, I found out that my house had been robbed. I rushed back and saw the man in black kick Xiao'er away and took the opportunity to escape."
The two people he trusted most said that Murong Xiao was injured by the man in black. So it seems that this matter has little to do with Murong Xiao.
However, this does not mean that Murong Xiao is not suspicious.
The Marshal's Mansion is not only heavily guarded, but also contains strange poisons. Without the help of spies in the mansion, it would be impossible for the visitors to come and go freely in the mansion.
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