Hearing the gentle voice, Yanhong slowly raised her head. Her eyes scanned the surroundings. Seeing all this unfamiliarity, her emotions gradually calmed down. "They couldn't find me. I escaped..."
Liu Rumei let out a sigh of relief and then softly asked, "Yanhong, where is that place? Can you tell me?"
"Where... where? Where am I?" Yanhong's eyes were full of confusion. "Where am I? I don't know... I don't know... There's water, so much water."
Hearing this, Liu Rumei couldn't help but frown. Water?
"Yanhong, tell me who took you away?"
Yanhong's face instantly turned pale, her eyes filled with fear. She raised her hand and pushed Liu Rumei away, looking extremely panicked. "Get away! Don't touch me! Get away from me..."
Liu Rumei was caught off guard by the push. Sixi, who was standing behind her, quickly supported her.
"Yanhong..." Seeing her return to her previous state, curling up in a corner and on full alert, Liu Rumei frowned even more. She tentatively called out again, "Yanhong?"
However, Yanhong seemed not to hear. She still curled up in the corner, her eyes full of fear.
Seeing this, Sixi couldn't help but sigh and said to Liu Rumei, "Miss..."
In this state, she probably couldn't tell them who that person was!
Liu Rumei also sighed and left the room with Sixi.
At this moment, Mo Litian was standing in the courtyard outside. Seeing her come out, he subconsciously sized her up. Apart from the residual marks on her neck from yesterday, there were no other injuries. His tense expression instantly relaxed. "Did Miss Liu find out anything?"
Liu Rumei frowned and told Mo Litian exactly what Yanhong had said just now.
Mo Litian also frowned. "I'll send someone to bring Yanhong's mother here. As for the place with water, could it be near a river?"
Liu Rumei shook her head. "I don't know."
There were quite a few places with water! "For now, we can only search one by one!"
Mo Litian nodded. Zhang Yan beside him then said, "I'll lead the men there right away."
He thought to himself that as a coroner, he was being used like a constable, doing the work of two people. Not bad! Not bad!
Liu Rumei nodded with a smile. "Okay."
In the Flower Full Tower.
Xue Zhan held the charming body in his arms, his eyes filled with a seductive smile.
Du Juan looked at the handsome face in front of her and smiled brightly. "Is the official here to investigate the case or to drink?"
This Official Xue was really interesting. She originally thought he was here to investigate the case, but unexpectedly, he didn't ask a single word about the case.
Hearing this, Xue Zhan's smile deepened. "With a beauty in my arms, why be in a hurry? Or is the beauty impatient?"
Du Juan pretended to be unhappy and pouted, "Official!"
Xue Zhan laughed. "It's my fault. I'll punish myself with three cups of wine!"
Du Juan quickly filled his cup with wine and, smiling, brought it to Xue Zhan's lips. "The official must keep his word."
Xue Zhan curled his lips into a smile. "Naturally. However, isn't it boring just to drink? How about this: for every cup of wine I drink, Miss Du Juan will answer one of my questions?"
Du Juan smiled sweetly. "I wonder what the official wants to ask?"
Xue Zhan's expression remained calm. Playing with the hair in his hand, he casually asked, "Where did the silver for Shaoyao's redemption come from?"
Du Juan smiled and replied, "It was borrowed from Sister Taoyao. At that time, I was still a maid beside Miss Shaoyao. I saw Sister Taoyao bring the silver with my own eyes."
Xue Zhan smiled and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. Looking at the beauty in his arms, he said meaningfully, "Who did you give your Wu Shi San to?"
Du Juan was slightly stunned. "Maybe the official is mistaken. My Wu Shi San is missing. Where can I find more to give to others?"
However, Xue Zhan curled his lips into a smile. "But Miss Haitang told me something different last night!"
Du Juan almost cried. She quickly got up from his arms and knelt on the ground respectfully, her eyes full of grievance. "Official, my Wu Shi San is really missing. I didn't give it to anyone else."
Damn Haitang! She actually framed her!
Looking up at Xue Zhan's unfathomable eyes, Du Juan's tears couldn't help but fall. "Official, this must be Haitang slandering me."
Xue Zhan smiled faintly. "Tell me, why would she slander you?"
"Lord Wang was originally her regular customer. She must be angry that I stole Lord Wang from her, so she did this. Please, official, make a fair judgment."
Xue Zhan slowly helped her up, his eyes full of a bright smile. "I was just joking. I didn't expect to scare Miss Du Juan like this. It's my fault! I'll punish myself with three cups of wine!"
After saying that, he filled his cup with wine and drank it in one gulp. "Is this okay?"
Du Juan was extremely nervous. She couldn't figure out what Xue Zhan was thinking for a moment, but she still stood up following his hand.
Xue Zhan curled his lips into a smile again. "One last question. Why did Miss Taoyao kill Mudan?"
Du Juan was shocked again. She looked at Xue Zhan in disbelief. "Does the official mean that Sister Mudan died... at the hands of Sister Taoyao?"
Xue Zhan's expression remained calm, and his face still had a bright smile. "My question is why did Miss Taoyao kill Mudan?"
Du Juan pursed her lips, her eyes full of grievance. "Official, I don't know. It's just..."
Xue Zhan turned his head and smiled. "Just what?"
Du Juan glanced at the door and gritted her teeth. "After Sister Taoyao brought the silver, Sister Mudan rushed into Sister Shaoyao's room that same night and said that Sister Shaoyao had stolen her silver."
Xue Zhan raised his eyebrows. "So, the silver that Taoyao gave was Mudan's?"
Du Juan shook her head. "I don't know. The silver was indeed brought by Sister Taoyao."
But it was also a fact that Sister Mudan's silver was missing.
Xue Zhan drank the last cup of wine in one gulp, stood up, and smiled. "Alright, you can go now."
Du Juan curtsied gracefully and immediately got up to leave.
Just as she reached the door, she heard Xue Zhan's faint voice again. "Please invite Miss Taoyao here. The wine hasn't been finished yet!"
Du Juan's heart tightened. She looked at Xue Zhan's handsome face, wanting to say something, but in the end, she couldn't. "Yes."
A moment later, Taoyao walked in. Seeing the person in the room, a smile appeared in her eyes. "I've come to pay my respects to Official Xue!"
Xue Zhan smiled faintly. "Miss Taoyao has great skills."
Taoyao looked puzzled. "What does the official mean?"
Did Du Juan say something?
Thinking of this, her delicate hand couldn't help but clench a little tighter.
Xue Zhan casually poured a cup of wine. "Without any effort, you made Mudan and Shaoyao turn against each other. You really have great skills."
Taoyao's heart tightened instantly. "I don't know what the official means."
Xue Zhan looked at the woman in front of him thoughtfully. "I'm a bit curious. What grudges do they have against you that you would go so far as to harm them?"