Xu Maozhi was the vice - minister of the Supreme Court of Justice. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him. However, the impact of this incident was so bad that it had made the people in the capital city panic. Since Xu Maozhi was a talent in criminal investigation, he was specially assigned to solve this case.
"What? I didn't know about this." Yi Qing was surprised.
"Sister - in - law has been staying in this deep mansion. You naturally don't know what's going on outside. Can I leave Xier with you for a few days? I also want to help Maozhi." Ranran looked at her sister - in - law hopefully.
"I asked you to come here to help me deal with those two, but you want to use me instead." Yi Qing joked and glanced at Wu Min and Mu Lixue in the distance.
"What's wrong with them?" Ranran hadn't noticed them yet.
"They're troubled by love." Yi Qing said seriously. "You should give them some good advice."
"Being troubled by love means they think too much. Maybe I should take them out and keep them busy. That might help."
Yi Qing thought Ranran was too naive. "The one on the left is Wu Min, the holy witch from the Wu Gorge in the southern border. She's good at using gu poisons. The one on the right is Mu Lixue, the only daughter of Duke Mu. Which one do you want to take out to keep busy?"
"Forget it." Ranran immediately backed down.
"Tell me about those dead children in the capital city." Yi Qing brought the topic back.
"Normally, the death of a newborn isn't a big deal. But there was a gentry who finally had a son at the age of forty, and then the child suddenly died. In a fit of anger, he almost beat the doctor who treated his son to death. The matter was then reported to the government. Later, they realized that there had been many infants with similar deaths in the capital recently." Ranran lowered her voice and leaned towards Shen Su - shang, as if she were talking about something taboo.
Hearing this, Yi Qing became suspicious. It seemed to be another shocking case.
"Many people said it was haunted. Families with children in the capital are all in a panic." Ranran let out a sigh.
"The bodies of the previous dead infants were dug out. Since those families couldn't accept it, we had to send someone to comfort them."
Yi Qing thought Xu Maozhi was making the most of the servants' value, using them for both public and private affairs.
Just as they were talking, Wu Min and Mu Lixue came over.
"Come on, let me introduce you." Yi Qing introduced them. "This is Ranran. She knows a lot about these things. If you have any questions, just ask her."
Mu Lixue immediately pulled Ranran. "Ranran, you're so beautiful. Come on, let's go over there and talk." She pulled Ranran away.
Wu Min stood there looking at Yi Qing.
"You should go too. If you have any questions, just ask." Yi Qing saw Wu Min looking dejected.
"I don't think you're reliable. I'd better go back." Wu Min missed Lu Tianxun.
She thought that if she stayed at Yi Qing's place, Lu Tianxun would quickly come looking for her in a hurry. But Lu Tianxun just came to check at the beginning. Once he knew she was at the Xiao family, he seemed to be relieved.
What did it mean that he was relieved just because he knew she was at the Xiao family?
"Okay. I think you should solve your own problems." Yi Qing was happy to hear that Wu Min wanted to go back.
After seeing Wu Min off, Yi Qing came back and saw Lord Ghost holding Xiaoran. She immediately became vigilant. Xiaoran was reaching out his hands to play with the mask in Lord Ghost's hand, not showing any signs of fear.
"Why are you here?" Yi Qing was really startled.
"Didn't you ask me to come?" Lord Ghost put Xiaoran on his lap and continued to play with him.
It was indeed Yi Qing who asked Xiao Jinghan to find Lord Ghost, but he came so quickly. "Where have you been recently?"
"Somewhere around the capital."
Yi Qing thought Lord Ghost had returned to Ghost Floating Mountain or somewhere in the north of Jin. "Aren't you looking for Ping Xinian?"
"I'm waiting for the right opportunity. Ping Xinian will definitely come to the capital."
"So, have you found anything?" Yi Qing didn't believe him at all.
Lord Ghost thought for a while. "Not yet. Why did you ask me to come?"
"What kind of medicine is needed for recovery after face - changing?" Yi Qing asked directly.
"I'm not sure. This is Ghost Hand's unique skill. He doesn't easily let others know about it."
"What about snow lotus and dragon tendon grass?"
Lord Ghost paused for a moment. "Maybe."
"All the snow lotus and dragon tendon grass in the capital were bought by an old man in a cloak. The snow lotus and dragon tendon grass sent to the capital by the Ping family seem to have been specially treated. They look like new ones, but their medicinal effects are almost gone."
"Do you mean Ping Xinian has already come to the capital?"
"I'm not sure. Does Ping Xinian have any powerful old men around him? Besides Ghost Hand, who else is good at face - changing?" Yi Qing suddenly thought that Ping Xinian might have prepared for this a long time ago.
Lord Ghost shook his head.
"There are still things you don't know." Yi Qing sneered.
"It's normal that I don't know. As a killer, I only need to know how to kill people."
Yi Qing couldn't talk to him anymore. "Do you know about the death of the infants in the capital?"
"Yes. All the dead infants were pale, as if their blood had been drained." Lord Ghost had even tried to catch the culprit, but he hadn't found any trace.
A chill ran down Yi Qing's spine. "If they're all like this, it should be the work of one person. With so many deaths, there's no clue at all?"
"The dead were all children under two years old. There were no obvious wounds on their bodies, and there were no signs before their deaths. The sudden death of such children is generally considered inauspicious, and their families buried them secretly. So no one suspected anything before."
"Xu Maozhi dug out the bodies. You should go and take a look."
"I'm not going." Lord Ghost immediately refused. "By now, the bodies should stink."
The bodies might really stink, but who on earth could make those children die silently?
After chatting with Lord Ghost for a while, Yi Qing thought that Ping Xinian might have already come to the capital. She just didn't know who she was and how she got into the capital.
Ranran really left Xier behind. The child was okay during the day, but as soon as it got dark, he would cry for his mother. Yi Qing was so annoyed that she had to send him back.
She got out of the carriage with the child in her arms. Suddenly, something the size of a moth fluttered over. Yi Qing panicked and quickly protected the child. When she looked again, it was gone.
"Was it a bat or a moth?" Yi Qing thought it was the size of a moth, but it flew like a bat.
"A moth, I think. It was red." Ruo Hong was vigilant and looked around.
"Have you ever seen a red moth?" Yi Qing was too busy protecting Xier to see the color.
Ruo Hong shook her head.
The two of them carried Xier to the Xu family. There was only an old woman guarding the door. The Xu family members hadn't come back yet, so Yi Qing had to wait in the Xu family.
After waiting for about half an hour, Xiao Jinghan came on horseback. He went home and found Yi Qing wasn't there, so he chased after her here.
Xier stopped crying when he was in the Xu family. Yi Qing was tired of holding him, so she put him in a small bed beside her.
At this moment, that thing flew over again. Yi Qing waved her hand and drove it away.
"What's that?" Xiao Jinghan didn't see clearly either.
"Maybe it's just a moth." Yi Qing wanted to find something to cover Xier with. There were still a lot of mosquitoes at this time.