flstandardbreds Chapter 152 No need to see her off, Shen Yanxi is here
Chapter 152 No need to see her off, Shen Yanxi is here
Xier nodded. "When I came here last night, I saw that the window was not closed tightly. Maybe you forgot to close it before going to bed."
To be honest, it was her negligence. Although the young lady said that there was no need to serve her, she should have come to see her before she went to bed.
She knocked on the door early in the morning but received no response. When she came in, she found that the young lady's forehead was severely burned. Although the master and the mistress said it was because of the rain, if the window had been closed from the beginning last night, perhaps the young lady would not have fallen ill.
Xier looked guilty, but Jiang Suining frowned. She remembered clearly that she closed the window at the latest before going to bed.
Could it be that someone came after I fell asleep?
Jiang Suining put down the porridge in his hand and thought of the corpses again.
"Is there any news from the Dali Temple?"
"Miss, I went to the kitchen just now and heard from the people buying vegetables that the news of bandits killing people outside the imperial city has spread everywhere. Everyone is in a panic and some people don't dare to leave the city." Xier said.
"Did it spread so quickly?" Jiang Suining frowned. The more quickly such news spread, the more the Dali Temple would have to hurry up and solve the case quickly and catch the murderer in order to stabilize the people's hearts.
In a hurry, even some minor errors are more likely to be overlooked.
"Miss, please don't think about this matter anymore. The Dali Temple is investigating it anyway." Biyun advised.
Yesterday was so scary. Thinking about it all the time will drain your mind and it will definitely not be good for your recovery.
Jiang Suining did not respond. After a moment of silence, he said, "After all, it was Shen Yanxi who saved us yesterday. We still have to thank him. Xier, have someone prepare a thank-you gift and send it over."
"Miss, don't worry. The master and the mistress have already prepared everything and have had it sent over." Xier said.
Jiang Suining originally wanted to take the opportunity to send a thank-you gift and find out if there was any other news from Shen Yanxi, but he didn't expect Zheng and his family to act so quickly.
"Then send another portion of golden wound medicine over. Shen Yanxi was injured yesterday. Although he won't be short of golden wound medicine, it would be..."
"No need to see me off." Jiang Mushi walked in from outside the room.
"You didn't go to the academy?" Jiang Suining looked at Jiang Mushi.
"I asked for leave from the teacher today." Jiang Mushi walked to the bedside, "I was the one who delivered the thank-you gift to Shen Yanxi. He heard that you had caught a cold, so he followed you. He's talking to my parents in the lobby now, so I think he'll be here soon."
My parents had always had a good impression of Shen Yanxi, and he saved my sister yesterday. When they saw Shen Yanxi coming to their house, their attitude was extremely good.
"Sister, you are still sick. If it is inconvenient for you to see him, I will go and let..."
"It's convenient. Please invite the person over later." Shen Yanxi came at the right time so he could ask for some news.
Jiang Mushi didn't finish his words, but Jiang Suining had already agreed, so he didn't object and quickly left for the lobby.
When Shen Yanxi followed Jiang Mushi over, Jiang Suining had already changed her clothes and was sitting in the yard.
Looking at Jiang Suining's pale face, Shen Yanxi frowned subconsciously. He was careless. Yesterday, he should have insisted on sending Jiang Suining back home first instead of going to the Dali Temple together.
"Xier, take Biyun back to her room." Jiang Suining said.
"Miss, no need. I can go back by myself." Biyun said quickly.
"It's safer to let Xier take you there." Jiang Suining looked at Xier, who responded and supported Biyun.
After the two left, Jiang Suining looked at Jiang Mushi again, "Mushi, go ask someone to bring a pot of tea over."
Jiang Mushi frowned. Is sister trying to get them away?
Although he was somewhat unhappy, Jiang Mushi still left the yard as Jiang Suining said.
"How are you?"
"Have you been to the Dali Temple?"
Shen Yanxi and Jiang Suining spoke at the same time.
Jiang Suining was the first to speak: "I'm fine, just caught a cold, and I feel much better after taking some medicine."
After that, he lowered his voice and spoke again: "Did you see the three bodies that the Dali Temple brought back yesterday?"
Shen Yanxi's eyes deepened. "I went to the Dali Temple this morning and saw him, but..."
Shen Yanxi paused in the middle of his words, hesitating whether to speak to Jiang Suining.
Jiang Suining looked at Shen Yanxi and suddenly whispered, "Did you also notice something was wrong?"
Shen Yanxi raised his eyebrows, "You discovered it too?"
Jiang Suining nodded and told him about the earrings. "Although I didn't see the other two bodies, that one is definitely not the one we saw in the bushes before."
"That male corpse is not right either. The corpse in the Dali Temple had calluses on his palms, and he looked like a martial artist. But the one in the bush, I noticed that although he had calluses on his hands, they were only on the pads of his index finger and thumb, and the edge of his middle finger. It looked like they were caused by years of writing with a pen. His palms were clean."
Last night, he learned that the three bodies had been eaten by wild wolves and were beyond recognition. He became suspicious at the time, so he went to the Dali Temple early this morning and found that there was indeed something wrong with the bodies.
Coupled with yesterday's murder to silence a witness, the whole thing must be complicated, which is why he hesitated just now.
If I told Jiang Suining, she might get more deeply involved in the whole thing, but I didn't expect Jiang Suining to have already found out.
"Have you told the Dali Temple Minister about this?" Jiang Suining asked Shen Yanxi.
Shen Yanxi shook his head, "The Dali Temple Minister has already planned to close the case."
"Closed the case? So quickly?" Jiang Suining frowned. "Is it because of the discussion among the people in the imperial city?"
"I heard from my father that the Dali Temple Minister has not performed well since taking office. He was impeached not long ago. It seems that he doesn't want to cause trouble."
A hint of coldness flashed across Shen Yanxi's eyebrows.
"After discovering something wrong with the body, I wanted to inform him, but he hastily closed the case and attributed it to bandits outside the city. He has already sent out runners to search for the bandits."
In this situation, even if we question the body, I'm afraid the other party will just ignore it. Moreover, we haven't figured out who the person behind this is and why he killed people and hid the body. If we rashly tell others that something is wrong with the body, it might alert the enemy.
Jiang Suining frowned. Indeed, if the Dali Temple Minister wanted to close the case hastily, he might not take it seriously even if she told him that there was something wrong with the body. And after all, it was just her and Shen Yanxi's one-sided statement, and there was no evidence.
As for the people behind the scenes, since they were able to replace the body in such a short time and even make a wolf bite the face, it would not be difficult to find a few more gangsters to completely prove the whole thing.
"Have the identities of the three dead in the Dali Temple been confirmed?" Jiang Suining looked at Shen Yanxi again.
"They have identification documents on them. According to the household registration on them, they are merchants from other places who came to the imperial city. Because their faces are damaged, the Dali Temple can only verify the authenticity of the identification documents. If they are confirmed to be authentic, this case will probably be completely closed."
Seeing Jiang Suining frowning, Shen Yanxi said, "I will continue to pay attention to this matter. Although the Dali Temple Minister wanted to perfunctorily deal with it, the Dali Temple Junior Minister was watching it carefully and seriously. When I went there today, I heard him questioning the matter of the wild wolf. I thought it was too coincidental and there might be something else going on. But..."
Shen Yanxi paused.
Jiang Suining looked at him and saw that he looked extremely serious, so he asked, "But what?"