Hearing that Su Ruojin was willing to help her make the selection, Su Muyao felt relieved, took Su Ruojin's hand, and rested her head on her shoulder.
“Sister, I was worried that after you were found, Father, Mother and brothers would dislike me, and I was also jealous of you. But now not only does no one dislike me, I also have an older sister. I think this is probably a blessing I earned in my past life.”
Su Ruojin chuckled and said, "I haven't been by my parents' side all these years, and it's all thanks to you taking care of them for me. You've always been their daughter, so who would dislike you?"
Su Muyao was raised by General Su and his wife from a young age and was taught and raised by them, so she is naturally a well-educated and courteous person.
Previously, Su Muyao had only lost her temper with Su Ruojin because she was worried about Madam Su. Now that the other party was her own sister, and had excellent medical skills, curing her mother's illness, Su Muyao greatly admired her sister.
Su Muyao was a little confused about her feelings for Deng Yi, but if her sister said Deng Yi was good, then he must be good, and she would listen to her sister.
After Su Ruojin left Su Muyao's courtyard, she fell into deep thought, and Yanluo also noticed that something was wrong.
"Miss, what's wrong? Is Miss Mu Yao having some kind of health problem?"
Su Ruojin didn't answer Yan Luo, but stopped walking. "Yan Luo, come with me to the Regent's Palace."
Xiao Yanchu had originally planned to go to the General's Mansion after lunch to find Su Ruojin and see how Su Muyao was doing, but he didn't expect her to come first.
The tacit understanding between the two had developed overnight. Seeing Su Ruojin's expression, Xiao Yanchu knew that she had something to ask him.
Leading her to the study, Xiao Yanchu asked, "Is Miss Su's injury very serious?"
Su Ruojin shook her head. "Mu Yao just twisted her ankle, it's nothing serious. What do you think of Deng Yi?"
"Deng Yi? He was once the second-place scholar in the imperial examination and is now the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. He has a pretty good reputation among his colleagues. Why did you suddenly think of asking about him?" Xiao Yanchu asked, somewhat puzzled.
He had some impression of Deng Yi because Deng Yi had solved a family annihilation case, which led to his promotion to the position of Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
Su Ruojin was somewhat puzzled, "If I remember correctly, the second-place scholar in the Great Chu is usually appointed as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. How come he's solving cases?"
Xiao Yanchu explained: "I remember that case. At that time, a family of four in Majia Village on the outskirts of Beijing was poisoned. After investigation, the government confirmed that the family had a dispute with their neighbors over land during the day, which made the neighbors resentful. That night, they broke into the house and put poison into the well, killing the family."
The neighbor initially denied the crime, but after severe torture, he confessed and signed the confession.
The case should have ended there, but one day Deng Yi accidentally saved a woman who had jumped into the river. The woman was the neighbor's wife. She said that her husband was an honest man and would never poison someone.
Deng Yi felt something was amiss, so he went to the site to investigate. He discovered that a tree called the Pomelo Blood Tree was growing right next to the family's wall.
The pollen of this tree is poisonous. It was the first year that the tree had flowered, and the pollen was blown into the well by the wind, which led to the death of the family due to poisoning, thus clearing the neighbors' name.
At the time, the neighbors even presented Deng Yi with a plaque that read "Upright and Just Magistrate."
Su Ruojin knew that the pollen of the grapefruit tree was indeed poisonous.
However, this kind of tree is very rare, and it mostly grows in cold climates. Even in Shenyu Mountain, it is not possible to find it. Unexpectedly, it appeared in the suburbs of the capital of Da Chu.
Because it is so rare, the villagers of Majia Village did not recognize it and thought it was just an ordinary tree, so they did not pay attention to it, which led to this consequence.
This Deng Yi actually knows about the Pomelo Blood Tree, so he's quite knowledgeable.
"Then why does the pollen only drift to his house?"
"Oh, that family lives in the western corner of the village, some distance from the other houses. This pomelo tree is only separated from their well by a wall."
I see.
Where is that tree?
"Knowing the tree was poisonous, the villagers cut it down long ago."
"It seems that Deng Yi is quite capable," Su Ruojin said.
"Why are you interested in him?" Xiao Yanchu asked, puzzled. Ah Jin wasn't that curious and wouldn't pry into other people's affairs.
Su Ruojin recounted Su Muyao's story to Xiao Yanchu.
Xiao Yanchu immediately grasped the crux of the matter, "You suspect that Deng Yi has a problem?"
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