Reborn to be a mistress, she went crazy killing the legitimate daughter

When the man heard this, a gleam of light flashed in his slender eyes. He planned very quickly, but it did not escape Shen Yiran's eyes.

"Since I'm hired, why should I kneel?"

Shen Yiran shook his head at the shopkeeper who was about to criticize him: "Since you are hired, you don't have to kneel, but you have to state your identity and whether you have a pass. I have to check it."

The man wanted to make up a story, but when he heard that he needed to see a pass, he had to tell the truth.

"I am from Yangzhou, my name is Dong Xizhou, my father was the magistrate of Yangzhou, five years ago he made a mistake and his family was confiscated, except for me who escaped due to my young age, the rest of my family were exiled or made slaves, I went all the way north to Kyoto."

"Who did you learn this painting from?"

Dong Xizhou said dryly, "I learned it from an old teacher in Yangzhou when I was a child, but he has passed away."

Shen Yiran nodded and said, "In that case, you should follow me today and go to the store to take up your duties after you have packed up."

Dong Xizhou was thrown into the inn by Shen Yiran. He took a bath, changed his clothes, and asked the maid to put on makeup.

Dong Xizhou was still a little reserved and went downstairs to Shen Yiran.

Shen Yiran was eating some Su Luo. He just raised his eyelids to glance at Dong Xizhou and then ordered him to be taken over personally.

Dong Xizhou thought the fan shop was just a small shop and he would just go there to paint some boring fans. However, he didn't expect that the front of the fan shop was crowded with people.

Many young painters he knew were sitting here painting fans on the spot.

Shen Yiran turned around and looked at Dong Xizhou: "There are people here you know, too. They paid money to have their gold inlaid in our store."

Dong Xizhou pouted and walked up. Several people who knew him stood up to greet him. Some people who were a little famous looked down on him and just mocked him: "This is not a place for a copycat like you."

Dong Xizhou ignored everyone with a cold face, went straight in and said, "I'm a clerk here, where is the shopkeeper?"

Shen Yiran chuckled: "This person always has a temper."

Bai Zhi followed behind and asked, "Madam, I don't think he remembers your kindness in his heart, why bother helping such a person?"

Shen Yiran did not answer. He waited until Bo Jinnian came back before dragging him to investigate this person.

"I don't know about the house raid three years ago. I wasn't often in Kyoto at the time. Why would I investigate this?"

Shen Yiran had some impression of the Dong family's affairs. When he assisted Song Qizhao in his previous life, he once heard that there was a hidden story behind the Dong family's affairs.

"I'm not at ease. Although he was recommended by Mr. Liu, he has an arrogant personality and is good at painting. How can an ordinary official's son develop such good painting skills?"

Bo Jinnian sneered when he heard this: "How could there be none? What if he is a genius?"

Shen Yiran ordered Bai Zhi to unfold the scroll brought by Mr. Liu.

Bo Jinnian smiled bitterly and said, "You are testing me. I don't understand these."

Shen Yiran also smiled: "My dear, just watch, you will be able to see it anyway."

After hearing this, Bo Jinnian lowered his head and looked at it carefully.

The old marquis also liked collecting things in his past and had a lot of good things. Although my eldest brother secretly took them out and bought them when he was not at home, I have seen them as a child.

"It looks like a good painting, not much different from the ones my father collected back then."

Shen Yiran said: "Although I also know that it is a bit far-fetched, there may be capable people. I just ask you to help me check it out, just to put your mind at ease."

Bo Jinnian could only smile and say, "There's nothing I can do to you. I'll tell you what happened back then."

The next day, Bo Jinnian copied the relevant documents and secretly brought them back to show Shen Yiran.

Shen Yiran looked carefully and found that what happened in the previous life was still happening in this life. Although the causes were different, the results were the same.

Bo Jinnian then talked about the information that was not in the documents.

"Mr. Dong had two sons. The elder one was exiled. The younger one, Dong Xizhou, whom you took in, was thirteen years old at the time. When his house was searched, it was recorded that he died of illness. Perhaps that was how he escaped."

"The person in charge of the confiscation of the property is Lord Liao, the Inspector General. He is a kind man and actually helped the Dong family preserve their bloodline."

Bo Jinnian moved his eyelids: "The document doesn't mention the ending of the Dong family. How do you know that Dong Xizhou is the only one left in the Dong family?"

Shen Yiran heard this and knew that he was exposed, but his expression remained unchanged. He sighed and said, "Dong Xizhou said that he was alone and had no family. I think that should be the case, right?"

Bo Jinnian hummed, "I don't know if it was because of the hardship or if they committed suicide. Every man who was exiled survived, while the women who were sent as slaves also died of illness early."

Shen Yiran's eyelids twitched: "This sounds a bit suspicious, don't you think so?"

Bo Jinnian noticed how much Shen Yiran cared about this matter, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Then I'll check it out again."

Shen Yiran nodded and held Bo Jinnian's wrist: "Quietly."

Bo Jinnian smiled: "I understand."

Shen Yiran added: "It's not easy for a thirteen-year-old child to be homeless on the streets. Do you think that Lord Liao helped him?"

Bo Jinnian shook his head: "Lord Liao resigned a long time ago and retired. It may be troublesome to find him now. I want to think of a way."

Shen Yiran hooked Bo Jinnian's elbow and put his face on his arm: "Will my curiosity cause you a lot of trouble?"

Bo Jinnian looked at the charming and lovely Shen Yiran, how could he say anything else.

However, the more Bo Jinnian investigated, the more he realized that he was involved. The Dong family was raided only because of a trumped-up crime, which was too severe.

What is recorded on the surface may not be true.

He also inquired about some of Liao Fan's experiences as an official, and heard from his colleagues that Liao Fan was a cold-hearted person who would not listen to anyone's words. He handled matters impartially and would never bend the law for personal gain.

It was because he was too upright that his boss was dissatisfied and found an opportunity to kick him out.

Bo Jinnian was a little confused. If Liao Fan was such a person, why did he capture all the other members of the Dong family and only let a thirteen-year-old child go?

Maybe the Dong family did something?

Bo Jinnian took advantage of his time outside of official duties to conduct a thorough investigation and finally found the person who knew the truth.

When the Dong family was raided, all irrelevant slaves were captured and later dismissed. This slave was a ten-year-old child at the time and no one took care of him. In the past few years, he followed his uncle to work as a servant in Kyoto.

After searching around for a long time and finding him, he was very secretive about what happened that year.

Bo Jinnian had to bribe him with money and finally pried him open his mouth.

"How could the young master still be alive? He died when his family was raided. I saw it with my own eyes."

"How could it not be true? The body was wrapped in a straw mat and left there for several days before it was carried out and buried."

"Oh, the young master's name is Dong Xizhou, that's right. It's hard for me to ask about his appearance, because the young master was just a child back then."

Bo Jinnian didn't quite believe it, so the servant immediately said, "I used to bathe the young master when he was a child. There is a mole on the back of his neck, which is easy to recognize."