It was already noon after bidding farewell to Guan Lijuan's servant. Seeing that it was still early, Li Nanke took He Xinyue to the Night Patrol Department.
Today's harvest was very satisfying, allowing Li Nanke to clarify some of the context.
Bei Wenliang's first wife and Qing Fei were biological sisters. They both died and were resurrected as "grave people" before they gave birth to children.
Looking at all the cases after the appearance of Red Rain, there are only two cases.
It's enough to show how special these two people are.
Bai Yaoquan must have known something and used the two sisters for experiments.
First, Concubine Qing gave birth to the eldest princess Bai Ruyue as a tomb person, and then asked Bei Wenliang's wife to give birth to Princess Shanyun as a tomb person.
I just didn't expect that Princess Shanyun would be replaced by an old Taoist priest from the day she was born.
Bei Wenliang was later executed by his entire family, probably because Bai Yaoquan found out one day that Princess Shanyun had been replaced, so he became angry and wanted to kill him.
So where is the real Princess Shanyun?
Where did the old Taoist priest hide her?
The old Taoist priest's purpose of doing this was undoubtedly to save his daughter.
"This old Taoist priest...has done a lot of harm to people."
Li Nanke silently complained.
When I returned to the office courtyard, I found that Leng Xinnan and Meng Xiaotu were not there. I asked Caiyun and Caiyue that the two sisters had gone out. As for what they were going out for, they didn't know.
This made Li Nanke, who originally wanted to have some fun, very depressed.
"Why are you looking sad? Are you hungry?"
Seeing the follower He Xinyue with a depressed face, Li Nanke asked.
The girl's delicate face turned red and she shook her head quickly, "No... I'm not hungry."
"So you're worried about your sister?"
"..."
Seeing that the girl was silent, Li Nanke smiled and consoled her: "Your sister is so smart, what can happen to her? However, the capital has been in such chaos recently, I hope your sister will not get involved in the palace."
"Um...will the eldest princess die?"
He Xinyue suddenly asked in a low voice.
Apparently the girl had heard the conversation between Li Nanke and the black-faced servant before and learned some inside information.
Li Nanke was stunned, "Why do you say that?"
He Xinyue avoided the man's gaze and said with a slight blush: "Because my sister said before that the children born by the tomb people will die together with the tomb people."
"Yes, but there are exceptions to everything, right?"
Li Nanke smiled.
"Do you like the eldest princess?" the girl asked again.
Hey, why is this girl suddenly gossiping?
Li Nanke gave the girl a chestnut on the forehead angrily, "Children have so many problems. Let's go and cool down."
He Xinyue covered her forehead and looked at the man aggrievedly.
Li Nanke was too lazy to pay attention to her. He sat at the wooden table, took out a pen and paper and started writing, summarizing the messy clues collected over the past few days.
I don’t know how long it took, but Li Nanke finally put down his pen.
He rubbed his sore wrist and saw that the sun outside the window had tilted. He muttered, "Why aren't Sister Leng and Little Rabbit back yet? Nothing will happen."
Li Nanke stood up and was about to open the window for some fresh air. When he turned his eyes, he found that He Xinyue had fallen asleep.
The girl's petite body huddled in the chair, her head resting lightly on the back of the chair, her eyes slightly closed.
This pitiful look is particularly pitiful.
It's like a fragile flower leaning on its cradle.
Li Nanke wanted to wake her up, but when his hand was about to touch the girl's shoulder, he looked at the girl's beautiful and innocent sleeping face, hesitated for a moment, took a thick coat hanging next to her and carefully draped it on her body.
About half an hour later, Meng Xiaotu's chirping voice came from outside the door.
He Xinyue happened to wake up too.
The girl pursed her lips, as if she had eaten some delicious food in her dream.
She was stunned for a moment when she noticed the man's coat on her body, and looked at the man who was standing in front of the window meditating. His beautiful and fair face was habitually reddened, and she grabbed the clothes and prepared to get up.
Maybe my legs were numb after sleeping for too long, so as soon as I stood up, my legs suddenly became weak and my whole body fell forward.
Li Nanke was about to go out when he heard the little rabbit's voice. When he saw He Xinyue who was about to fall, he subconsciously rushed up and held the girl in his arms.
At this time, the door of the room was also pushed open by Meng Xiaotu.
"What's so great about the dream masters of the Capital Night Patrol Department? I'm also a dream master, no better than -"
The girl's chatter stopped suddenly.
Looking at the two people hugging each other, Meng Xiaotu said to Leng Xinnan next to her: "Sister Leng, what are you talking about? I know you are not doing anything good. Forget it, let's not disturb them and go outside.
Cool."
"Come in!"
Li Nanke shouted.
He picked up the red-faced He Xinyue and put him back on the chair, and explained angrily: "Xinyue just slept for a while, her legs were numb, and she almost fell."
"Yeah, I believe it."
Meng Xiaotu's smile was like a moving crescent moon.
Leng Xinnan had a complicated look on his face, but he just sighed imperceptibly.
Sister Luo allowed He Xinyue to follow Li Nanke, so what else could she be jealous of?
Li Nanke knew that explanations were useless, so he simply changed the subject, "What did you do?"
"Working on a case."
Meng Xiaotu stared at He Xinyue with a smile, making the little girl feel embarrassed. Her little hands were holding the man's clothes tightly. She wanted to defend herself, but she didn't dare to speak.
"A case? What case?" Li Nanke frowned.
Meng Xiaotu said crisply: "A nightmare case happened, so Sister Leng and I went together."
Li Nanke was puzzled, "You handle cases? You are the Xuanwu Department, handling a hammer case? Shouldn't this be the job of other departments?"
"Yes, the Xuanwu Department does not participate in handling cases." Leng Xinnan explained, "However, according to the regulations of the Night Patrol Department in the capital, when other departments except the Qinglong Department handle cases, the Xuanwu Department must send personnel to conduct on-site supervision."
"Is there such a rule?"
"Yes, I asked Mr. Dong."
"That's it."
Li Nanke recalled carefully that he seemed to have indeed heard such a rule when he arrived.
"So you are following the White Tiger Department to handle the case?"
"This is not nonsense." Meng Xiaotu grabbed the teapot on the table, tested the water temperature, and took two sips directly into her mouth. "The Suzaku Division is gone. Apart from the Green Dragon Division, only the White Tiger Division is left."
Leng Xinnan said: "Lan Minsheng led the people to handle the case, and we only supervised the whole process."
Meng Xiaotu raised her hand and wiped her mouth with her sleeve and then said: "Senior dream masters in the capital are just average. I wanted to help out kindly, but in the end I refused to give in. No, no one cares."
Hearing this, Li Nanke smiled.
No wonder this girl has such a resentful expression.
After all, what Meng Xiaotu is best at is dreaming. After coming to the capital for so long, it’s hard to show off her skills.
"Don't go there anymore, even if you let Caiyun Caiyue and the others go with them."
Li Nanke said.
"Um."
Leng Xinnan, who knew that her lover was worried about their safety, did not resist and nodded obediently in agreement.
Li Nanke asked curiously: "What kind of nightmare case?"
"Just an ordinary case, a young man from a merchant family overdosed on red rain medicinal herbs and fell into a nightmare."
Meng Xiaotu said, "I knew it was a low-level nightmare as soon as I saw it. It turned out that Lan Minsheng and his gang spent a long time to revive the person. They said that it was going smoothly, but the nightmare disappeared midway and could not be found."
The funniest thing is that one of their members also talked nonsense about nightmares being eaten by other nightmares. It was so funny that it was just an excuse..."