The bright moonlight fell in the yard, and there were cicadas and birds chirping on the branches.

"What's the matter?" Lin Xi was not the type to attack others often, but when she saw them attacking the maid around her, she would no longer show mercy.

But she knew that what Chen cared about most was the little power in her hands, and if she wanted to take away this little power completely.

"This Chen is really not a good person." Chunhua was still very excited when she said this. After all, she suddenly knew that the matter had come to this point and there was no room for turning back for many things.

"She took the money from the mansion to give to those people in her family, and also used the money to make private seals. I don't know how many families were ruined because of it."

When Chunhua thought of this, she couldn't help but curse. After all, things had come to this point.

There is no need for them to show mercy to Chen.

"Well, put these evidences away first. We can't take action directly now. If it gets to the point now, many people will say bad things about us. I don't care about the depth of the water in the Chen Mansion, but she can't come to bully my people."

"Now that we have these things in our hands, we already know what to do next." Lin Xi has been staying in the house all this time.

How sad.

"What happened today was someone else's deliberate attempt to trip up Miss. I will definitely tell Miss." Hearing her words, Chunhua looked guilty and held Liuyun's hand, "Good sister, I was wrong about this matter. Please help me speak to Miss later."

"Of course. The only people who are really useful to the young lady right now are the two of us and Madam Xu. I saw Madam Xu secretly wiping away tears last night because of the young lady's matter. The two of us must not cause trouble for the young lady at this time." Liuyun held the food for Lin Xi in his hand and led Chunhua to the inner room.

"It's not that I don't want to keep this a secret for you. It's just that this matter has now become a big deal in the Chen Mansion. It was originally a trap set for the young lady by someone else. If we really keep it to ourselves, we will really fall into someone else's trap. Do you understand?"

Liuyun broke down the words one by one and told them to Chunhua. She was a reasonable person to begin with, and after hearing what she said, she felt even more guilty. The two of them wanted to go.

Chunhua couldn't help but ask, "Am I the only one who can cause trouble for the young lady?"

When she thought of this, she felt even more sad. How could she only bring trouble to the young lady?

The moment they saw Lin Xi, they both lowered their heads. But she noticed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

Originally, she had to serve her parents-in-law according to the rules, but now these people in the Chen family have little relationship with Chen Xun.

"Miss, I did something wrong."

"What did you do wrong?"

Chunhua originally thought that the people from the Chen residence would at least come back to apologize to the young lady, but she didn't expect that everyone pretended nothing had happened.

Liuyun naturally knew what was in her mind, and knew that she did this for the sake of the eldest girl, so she was willing to give her a few more suggestions. She had heard and seen everything in the palace.

That was a big scene of several families, but now coming out here and looking at all of them, they are nothing.

Liuyun kept pulling Chunhua, but accidentally saw her arguing with a servant from the Chen residence.

"So what if your daughter married the Third Master? Didn't the Third Master abandon your daughter yesterday and go with someone else? What are you so proud of?"

After hearing what the maid said, Chunhua naturally couldn't bear it and slapped her in the face.

And just like that, the quarrel started.

Chunhua didn't bring many people out today, and now that many people are missing, she is surrounded by people.

Liuyun knew that Chunhua had been framed by someone, so she didn't care about anything else and hurriedly took the things and took the person away.

Unexpectedly, now that things have come to this, the people from the Chen residence actually dared to plot against the people around the young lady. She could have endured it before, but now she is unwilling to endure it anymore.

Chunhua did not expect that these people were deliberately plotting against her. They must have seen that she would pass by this place, so they stopped her here and waited for her. She was confused and could not react, but now she reacted.

These people did it on purpose.

"What do you want to do?"

"What are you doing? Don't you know?"

A group of people came up and started pulling Chunhua and the others.

Liuyun ran up to them and shouted at them, "What do you want to do? Why don't you let go? If you don't, I will ask the head nanny of your Chen Mansion to come over."

After hearing Liuyun's words, the group of people slowly let go of Chunhua's hands.

Liuyun saw that Chunhua's face was covered with bruises, and he thought they must have done it on purpose.

"You guys are too ruthless. Are you sure we dare not tell the master?" Liuyun looked fierce. He pulled Chunhua up and looked around to make sure that she was fine. Then he continued, "She is straightforward and can't see through your tricks. Don't think that others are stupid and can't see through it at all."

No matter how harsh Liuyun's words were, they could only endure it.

After all, there is a gap between slaves and maids. They are just slaves in the Chen Mansion, but Liuyun also has an identity in the palace. She is a maid serving the nobles in the palace, and her identity is much nobler than theirs.

How dare they act so rudely in front of Liuyun? Moreover, she was the maid given to Miss Lin by the Queen.

Everyone lowered their heads, no one dared to make a sound.

It was at this time that Chunhua realized that she had a bad temper. She would take the bait as soon as others beckoned her. She stood behind Liuyun, as if she had done something wrong. She only dared to lower her head and dared not say anything.

But Liuyun said to her at this time: "Raise your head, you haven't done anything wrong!"

Chunhua then remembered what Liuyun had said to her before: if you do something impulsive, even if it is wrong, don't bow your head in front of your enemies, otherwise others will really take advantage of you to climb up and completely trample you to death under their feet.

When she thought of these words, she realized in her heart that Liuyun really knew her temper, which was why he said that.

"You did nothing wrong. They are the ones who are wrong. Since they dared to trip me up, I'm sure the people behind them are still waiting to see the lady's fun." Liuyun glanced at them with contempt and said coldly, "Why don't you leave? Do you want me to send you off personally?"

After hearing Chunhua's words, they didn't dare to delay here any longer and scattered.

Chunhua waited until they left before lowering her head and speaking to Liuyun, "Liuyun, did I do something wrong again?"

"What have you done wrong? It's just that the Chen family is not on good terms with each other. There are always people trying to stir up trouble. You are just someone else's pawn to deal with the young lady." Liuyun said calmly, and then looked at the blood on her face, and couldn't help but asked with concern: "Is your face hurt?"

Chunhua shook his head, wiped the blood off his face, and said proudly: "I have never suffered a loss at the hands of others."

Hearing what she said, Liuyun also shook his head and said to her: "You are so proud now, just wait and see how the young lady punishes you later!"

"Ah!" Chunhua was embarrassed. She was so angry that she forgot about it. "Can you not tell the young lady?"

"Today's incident was deliberately made trouble for you, and you must tell her." Hearing her words, Chunhua felt guilty and held Liuyun's hand, "Good sister, I was wrong about this matter. You can help me talk to the young lady later." A carriage stopped at the entrance of the village. The coachman tilted his head, his expression gloomy as if he had something to hide, and asked the person inside, "Miss, are you sure this is the place?"

It was strange for a young girl to come to a place where people were dying one after another.

After saying this, the young girl in the carriage got off. She was holding the box in her hand and nodded and said, "Yes."

The groom raised his head and saw a petite girl with bright eyes and white teeth. She was wearing a blue long coat and a crabapple flower pinned on her temples. She exuded a simple elegance, but the determination in her eyes made people unable to look away.

The groom pointed at the intersection and said, "This place is weird, girl, what can you do here?"

A gloomy wind blew from the West Village, and a faint fragrance wafted out from the box in her hand.

The groom had never smelled such a smell before, and was even a little addicted to it. His eyes unconsciously looked towards the box again and again.

"Rescue."

The groom just thought she was joking. Since ancient times, there has never been such a young girl saving people. He didn't take her words to heart at all.

Xie Ruan raised his eyes, his eyes were heavy, and he took out a few more strings of copper coins from the silver bag and said, "Thank you. Please help me find a way to the Song family."

The groom was stunned, his hands paused, his eyes widened, wondering if he had heard wrongly, and asked in disbelief: "Girl, you said...the Song family?"

"Ah."

The groom's hand trembled as he took the copper coin, and the coin immediately rolled to the ground. He stepped back repeatedly, his face turning pale: "The Song family was wiped out three months ago. What are you doing in the Song family, girl?"

Xie Ruan looked at his expression, frowned slightly, and asked, "Destroy the whole family?"

"Mr. Song and his entire family died in a mysterious fire."

"Only Mr. Song's engaged youngest daughter survived, but she became insane and always spoke nonsense. The family that was engaged to her canceled the marriage. The villagers thought she was crazy and were worried about her. They wanted to send her to a charity institution, but they didn't expect Miss Song to disappear."

"That is, after the incident at the Song Mansion, two or three brides died in Xicun. These brides were all the same age as the eldest daughter of the Song family."

Xie Ruan's eyes were heavy: "Since the whole family was wiped out, then where is the murderer?"

The groom shook his head: "This is the government's business. What's more, some people say that Old Master Song doesn't want to live anymore and wants to take his family to die."

"The Song Mansion is weird. If what you want to do is not important, you'd better not go!"

"Thank you." Xie Ruan didn't say anything, carrying the box and heading into the small path of West Village.

The old master of the Song Mansion was once the prince's tutor, a first-rank official, and he himself was a great scholar. Now there are many of his students in the court. The surname Song is also a family surname in Suiyang County, with a high status. Later, because of the involvement of the deposed prince, although he moved to Xicun, His Majesty specially granted the title of Anbohou to the old master Song to appease the people.

Old Master Song once saved her life, so after receiving the letter from him, she hurried back from southern Xinjiang.

How could a person who wrote a book asking her to come back for treatment commit suicide?

The road to the Song Mansion was more difficult to navigate than she had imagined. What Xie Ruan did not expect was that there were Jinyiwei people standing at the gate of the Song Mansion. She paused, pursed her lips, and clenched her hands slightly.

The Jinyiwei had never imagined that a young girl would appear in such a gloomy place.

She is still a woman with good looks.

Xie Ruan felt several gazes, and he walked slowly and firmly. He glanced at the corpse on the ground with his almond-shaped eyes, and walked past calmly with a serious expression and his clothes fluttering in the wind.

"Stop. Who is it?"

The first person to speak was the Jinyiwei who had been staring at her.

"Your Excellency, I am here to investigate a case at the Song Residence." Xie Ruan happened to stop at the steps at the entrance of the Song Residence. Her thin body was as straight as a bamboo. She opened her red lips and said softly, "Save someone."

The Song Mansion is now in ruins, overgrown with weeds and no trace of its once prosperous population remains.

"Investigating a case?" The Jinyiwei's mouth twitched slightly, with mockery in his eyes.

"Yes, investigating the case."

The Jinyiwei looked her up and down. This girl had a fair complexion and didn't look like someone who would roll around among a pile of dead bodies, so how could she have the skills to perform an autopsy?

Relying on his good looks, he looked at them and tried to deceive them.

He shook his head. How could he be so brazen?

"Are you crazy? Are you here to make trouble? Go away! If you continue to interfere with our investigation, I will take you to jail."

Tell lies without even a good excuse.

The Jinyiwei couldn't help but roll his eyes and motioned the person next to him to go in.

Xie Ruan stood under the eaves, the sunlight cast a shadow under her long curly eyelashes, "I want to see Shen You."

"How dare you." The Jinyiwei drew the sword from his waist, the blade emitting a cold bluish-white light, "You can call the lord by his name."

He took a few steps towards Xie Ruan, his sword almost reaching her neck.

"My last name is Xie. Please pass me on."

The Jinyiwei looked at her, motionless under the hilt of the sword, with some surprise.

Xie is a common surname.

Moreover, she was so calm even when she addressed the master by his name. He was worried that someone who should not be offended had come. He said to her, "You just wait here. I will go in and report to the master first."

Not long after, the man asked her to come in.

The Song Mansion has become a ruin. When you step into the courtyard, you can still smell the smell of cigarette ash left by the fire a few months ago.

Xie Ruan looked at the corpse placed in the yard. There were bruises on the corners of his lips and forehead. His body was covered with a cloth, so the rest of his body could not be seen clearly. Then his eyes fell on the man in front of him.

He had a high nose bridge, sharp cheeks, and a red mole in the middle of his eyebrows, which made him look distant and aloof. His eyes were deep and sinister, making people dare not ignore him. He was wearing an indigo-colored shirt with thunder and cloud patterns. He looked at her and casually threw the handkerchief he was using to wipe his hands on the ground.

Xie Ruan could tell that the handkerchief was a piece of Shu brocade worth a fortune.

"You said, can you solve the case?" Shen You looked at her gloomily, rubbing the crystal clear ring with his right hand.

"Yes."

"lie."

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