"Are you here to deliver money?" Shen Qingwu's subordinate was holding a herbal medicine to test Sun Yimo.
"Yes, Young Master Liu came in person." Wu Dabao said.
"No need to come in, I'll go straight there." Shen Qingwu had already changed his clothes.
Liu Hui, the eldest son of the Liu family, is now nearly forty years old. His chubby face, which looks very wealthy, has diluted a lot of his age because he has taken good care of himself over the years.
Seeing Shen Qingwu coming out, he came forward with a box in his hand and said with a smile, "Miss Shen, a little gift."
Shen Qingwu glanced at him calmly, then used his hand to open the box. He checked the gold ingots one by one, then handed the box to Wu Dabao and nodded in satisfaction towards Liu Hui, "Let's go."
Liu Hui's face turned black as he watched Shen Qingwu checking each gold ingot to see if they were real or fake. If his sister hadn't told him to do so, he would have definitely turned against her.
Although his Liu family is not a famous family, they would not fool people with fake gold ingots. Shen Qingwu is too insulting.
But when he saw Shen Qingwu put the things away and nodded, he still forced a smile, "Miss Shen, please come this way."
Accompanied by Shen Qingtang, Shen Qingwu got on the Shen family carriage.
"Young Master Liu is an elder brother who has done a great job. He even came to the house in person with money for the sake of his half-sister." When arriving at the Liu family, Shen Qingwu bowed in admiration to Liu Hui who was leading the way.
Liu Hui's face froze, and he quickly shook his head helplessly, "Yan'er and my daughter grew up together. They have a good relationship and are family after all."
Liu Hui sighed and stopped. "To be selfish, if Yan'er's situation isn't resolved properly, it will affect the Liu family's fortunes. I'm the eldest son of the Liu family, and the Liu family is already in decline. If it's affected further, I'd be ashamed of my ancestors."
"Has Concubine Liu ever thought about finding a job for her brothers?" Shen Qingwu asked in confusion.
"None of my brothers are cut out for this. I'm thankful if I can avoid causing trouble for the imperial concubine." Liu Hui shook his head and smiled bitterly, without a trace of complaint in his expression.
"No wonder the imperial concubine remains in such great favor. The brothers in the family are sensible." Shen Qingwu said with a smile.
Thinking back to what happened in Kyoto, she found that although the Liu family had not made any great achievements, they had never made any major mistakes.
Even with the favored Concubine Liu, the Liu family seemed to have no presence in Kyoto, and people would not easily think of the Liu family.
Being able to attract everyone's attention and hide in the crowd both require considerable skill.
Shen Qingwu and Shen Qingtang looked at each other, and they both saw the doubts in each other's eyes.
Without saying anything else, he followed Liu Hui all the way to Liu Ruyan's funeral hall.
It's really new that the Liu family set up a mourning hall for Liu Ruyan, an unmarried concubine.
The Great Xia Kingdom has always had a rule that daughters cannot be buried in the ancestral tomb. Who would ruin the feng shui? A concubine's daughter is even more insignificant. It is good enough for her to be buried properly. Why set up a mourning hall?
At the same time, there was a Taoist priest standing next to the mourning hall, and there were also monks chanting sutras in the mourning hall to pray for the souls to be liberated.
"Compared to Liu Ruyan's funeral, I almost died in an accident before, and the way my family handled it makes me feel so disheartened whenever I think about it." Shen Qingwu said enviously.
Liu Hui gave an awkward smile and added, "My family also wants to arrange a ghost marriage for Yan'er. We're already looking for one, but she can't be buried in the ancestral tomb either."
Shen Qingwu said "oh" and walked to Liu Ruyan's coffin.
The middle-aged Taoist priest also immediately stepped forward.
Shen Qingwu stopped and looked at the Taoist priest.
This person is a person from the Tengyun Realm, and his Taoism is higher than mine.
"I'm sorry, Miss Chen. We asked the Taoist priest to come here to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and to avoid having to make a second trip." Liu Hui explained hurriedly.
"I understand." Shen Qingwu retracted his gaze, smiled faintly, and handed the peace knot in his sleeve to the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest took it expressionlessly.
Shen Qingwu glanced at the person in the coffin. Liu Ruyan had already changed into a new lotus pink skirt and her hair was neatly combed.
However, her clothes didn't seem to fit her well, and there was a barely noticeable bulge where her heart was stabbed.
"It's my karma." After a moment, Shen Qingwu withdrew his gaze and said calmly.
The Taoist priest and Liu Hui both looked at her.
"What do you think, Taoist priest?" Shen Qingwu turned his head and asked the Taoist priest.
"Miss Shen is right." The Taoist priest raised his hand to return the peace knot and nodded to Liu Hui, "The peace knot is fine."
"Sorry to trouble you, Miss Shen." Liu Hui breathed a sigh of relief and said politely to Shen Qingwu.
Although Shen Qingwu's left hand was still bandaged today, it was much more flexible. Just like yesterday, he tied a peace knot and then untied it.
Her left hand clumsily touched Liu Ruyan's sleeve, and as expected, under the sleeve was the red inner garment that Liu Ruyan had worn when the accident happened that day.
She continued her actions calmly, and waited until the peace knot was untied before she straightened her wrinkled clothes. When her fingers touched the cold skin of Liu Ruyan's wrist, she was shocked.
"The cause and effect are over." Shen Qingwu stood up and nodded towards Liu Hui.
"Thank you for your hard work." Liu Hui nodded and saw him off personally.
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"Liu Ruyan's heart was dug out." In the carriage, Shen Qingwu cast a barrier and whispered to Shen Qingtang about his final discovery.
Shen Qingtang's expression changed slightly. "The heart was dug out? Did the Liu family do it?"
"That should be it." Shen Qingwu nodded. "I remember that when the accident happened, Liu Ruyan was wearing a red dress. I was a little distracted that day and didn't pay much attention to it. But today, I accidentally saw the red dress under Liu Ruyi's clothes, and suddenly remembered it."
"Is there something wrong with red clothes?" Shen Qingtang was puzzled.
"There has always been a legend about the red wedding dress among the people, which may be related to this matter." Shen Qingwu suspected that the Liu family wanted to refine ghosts, and the Jindan Taoist priest in the Tengyun Realm might also be involved.
"I've certainly heard about the red wedding dress. Back in the countryside, someone once hanged herself wearing it, claiming it was revenge. The villagers then burned her belongings together, claiming that this would break the curse," Shen Qingtang said. "But what does this have to do with digging out Liu Ruyan's heart?"
"The Liu family might be hiding a big secret." Shen Qingwu said, "Liu Ruyan's cause and effect has nothing to do with me. That Taoist priest might not know about it, but he didn't expose me. The Liu family is trying to test me."
"I was wondering why that Taoist priest took another look at Liu Hui." When Shen Qingtang was at the Liu family, every hair on his body was alert, trying not to miss any small movement of anyone.
"You knew they were going to test you." Shen Qingtang also understood that Shen Qingwu wanted to take advantage of the situation.
Shen Qingwu nodded, and suddenly thought of something and asked Shen Qingtang, "When you came from Yingchuan, did your uncle arrange a ghost marriage for me? Who was the other party? How did you deal with the subsequent things?"
Shen Qingwu's return alive disrupted Shen Hao's original plan, and it seemed that there was no follow-up to this matter.
Moreover, Shen Qingtang had been in charge of the family since he was ten years old, and he would definitely not do such a ridiculous thing.
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