Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan were welcomed into the hall of the Guozhang's Mansion to watch tea. They had to say a round of polite words, but when they were finished, no other masters of the Cao family appeared. This made Hua Yueling couldn't help but express her displeasure to Nangong.
Yi Xuan winked.
"Ahem, cough, cough, Master Cao, both young masters are not at home?" Nangong Yixuan said slightly embarrassed.
Cao Fan was stunned and said: "Both of the two dogs are serving in the Ministry of War. Now that they are not in the palace at this time, the fourth prince has something to do with the dogs?"
Nangong Yixuan smiled and said: "It's nothing. I seemed to have seen the eldest son going to Yueman Tower before." The fourth prince made up an excuse at random.
"What? Yue Man Lou? How could this bastard go to a place like this?" Cao Fan immediately looked angry. His family was very strict and his two sons were not allowed to go to a place like that to live and drink.
"Don't get me wrong, sir. I'm not sure whether he is the eldest son. I'm just asking." Nangong Yixuan looked at Hua Yueling and smiled bitterly.
"Uncle Cao, it's like this. You also know that something happened before Yue Man Lou, right? The emperor has ordered Ling'er to find out which of the court officials' sons have been to Yue Man Lou." Hua Yue Ling felt that the fourth prince's excuse was very good.
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"That's it." Cao Fan finally understood why the two of them came here. "I will wait for Zhi'er to come back and ask him to go to the Criminal Department to clarify this matter in person."
"That's not necessary. Uncle Cao has a good way of educating his children, and Ling'er can still trust him. But Uncle Cao, could you please introduce the five ladies of the two young masters?" Hua Yueling smiled gracefully.
Cao Fan was even more surprised. He immediately nodded and said, "Of course it's possible. They were all born into innocent families and definitely not from the land of fireworks. Come on! Go and invite the five young ladies to see you." Cao Fan would have misunderstood.
, but this plays right into Huayue Ling’s arms.
Soon, the Cao Mansion became a bit chaotic. Cao Zhi's three wives and Cao Ming's two wives hurriedly cleaned up and came to see people. They all looked panicked and didn't know what was going on.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan took a look and found that although they were all ladies, some were fat, a little thin, some were short, and some were too tall. At first glance, they were not the graceful figures of the flute-playing woman.
"Uncle Cao, is there any tall, thin woman in the house? One who is proficient in folk arts?" Hua Yueling asked straight to the point.
Cao Fan thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Apart from them, the others are my wife, who are all elderly, and the maids. But if you want to say that someone who is tall and good at folk arts can be a maid, how can she be a maid? Ling'er is searching for Lan Yue.
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"To be honest with Uncle Cao, although many of Lan Yue's spies have been eliminated, there are still a few important people who have no news. According to past experience, those people like to lurk in the homes of court officials, so please ask Cao Cao
Don't worry, uncle, Ling'er is just doing a routine thing." Hua Yue Ling said, cupping her fists.
"Ling'er's words are serious. I have also heard about what happened at General Xiren's house. Ling'er is so serious because he is thinking about us Dayue. Why does Uncle Cao care? Does Ling'er have any doubts about Uncle Cao?"
Cao Fan laughed generously.
"Thank you for your understanding, Uncle Cao. Don't worry, Uncle Cao. Ling'er should come and go even if there is no doubt." Hua Yueling cannot possibly reveal the information.
After hearing this, the five ladies were sent off again without any explanation. Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan were both a little disappointed. However, when they were about to leave, a maid suddenly ran in from the backyard and said anxiously: "Master! It's not good.
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"Chunmei, what's going on? Miss is sick again?" Cao Fan's expression changed and he stood up immediately.
"Yes, Master." Chunmei said eagerly.
"Then, what about Doctor Lu?" Cao Fan called anxiously.
"Doctor Lu went to buy medicinal materials!" The maid's face turned pale.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan were confused. Cao Fan's three daughters were not in the Cao Mansion. Where could the young lady come from?
After a while of busy work, Cao Fan sat down and apologized: "Fourth Prince, Ling'er, I'm so sorry, my little girl is sick again, eh."
"Does Mr. Cao have a fourth daughter?" Nangong Yixuan asked in surprise.
Cao Fan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Don't get me wrong, this woman is not my biological daughter, but the one I brought back after seeing her when I went to Yangzhou the year before last. Hey, I wanted to bring her to the capital for treatment by the imperial doctor.
, As a result, the imperial doctor was helpless, the strange disease was difficult to cure, and I couldn't bear to abandon her, so I raised her in the house as my adopted daughter."
"Oh?" Hua Yueling immediately raised her eyebrows.
"Master Cao is really a kind man." Nangong Yixuan was very moved.
"Where, where, she was really pitiful at that time. She was lying on the streets of Yangzhou, foaming at the mouth, trembling all over, her face and skin were purple, and the people around her didn't dare to save her.
"Save, hey, Qing'er is indeed very pitiful." Cao Fan's face was filled with distress.
"Uncle Cao, can we go see her?" Hua Yueling asked immediately.
"Okay, please come this way." Cao Fan stood up and led them to the backyard. His expression and steps showed his worry, which made Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan feel that he was a very sympathetic person.
The "Fragrant Courtyard" of Cao Mansion is lined with green trees and flowers, but there are no rockeries or pools. There is only a white jade pavilion in the corner.
There was a lot of shouting and shouting in the main hall, and it was obvious that there were quite a lot of people there.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan followed Cao Fan's footsteps and entered.
"Master, Miss Qing'er is ill again." Several maids were working anxiously, and they felt relieved when they saw Cao Fan come in.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan immediately saw a woman with long messy hair curled up on the ground in the middle of the main hall. She was wearing a lake blue dress, with her hands folded across her chest, and her whole body was shaking. Everyone saw that from her mouth
The white foam that was spit out was covered in hair, and the exposed skin on the neck and arms was purple and blue, which was very scary.
"You stay away and let her calm down!" Cao Fan shouted quickly. He knew that Qing'er would calm down on her own after having an attack for a while.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan were very surprised by this situation. They did not dare to get too close. They could only watch the woman on the ground trembling helplessly and pitifully like everyone else.
"Qing'er, you have to hold on, Doctor Lu is going to buy medicinal materials." Cao Fan looked anxious and swung his feet.
"Why don't you tap her acupuncture points and let her calm down first." Hua Yueling frowned.
"It can't be lit!" Cao Fan said in a hurry.
"Let me give it a try." Nangong Yixuan quickly moved forward and pointed at the woman's bowed back. But what the fourth prince did not expect was that his fingers touched the woman's back, as if they were touching a copper wall.
In the same way, it shook his whole body away and made him look frightened.
"What's wrong?" Hua Yueling looked at Nangong Yixuan in surprise.
"There is an abnormality in her body. Her whole body seems to be covered by an invisible layer, and it will rebound when she gets close."
Cao Fan quickly explained: "Yes, Qing'er is like this when she gets sick, so there is no other way but for her to calm down."
"How could this happen? Did you go crazy while practicing martial arts?" Hua Yueling felt incredible. Her symptoms seemed to her like epilepsy. Except that her whole body was bruised and purple, everything else was the same.
"It's probably not that she got obsessed with martial arts. She doesn't know martial arts. It's probably a strange disease. When I first brought her here, she had frequent attacks. But after several medical doctors, she got slightly better. She's generally half
It only happens once a month, but it can't be eradicated. According to Qing'er herself, she doesn't know why she got this disease. It wasn't like this when she was a child." Cao Fan looked very sad.
Hua Yueling frowned, this situation was really worrying.
"How long will it take for her to calm down?" the Fourth Prince asked.
"It usually takes half an hour, sometimes a little longer. Every time I think she is going to leave us, but she regains her breath, but she becomes very weak, as if she has a serious illness." Cao Fan looked at her.
He was also helpless with his goddaughter.
"Is she conscious at this time? Could she hear what you said?" Hua Yueling asked.
"I don't know that Qing'er never spoke when she was ill." Cao Fan frowned.
"Does Miss Qing'er know how to play the piano? Guzheng or flute or something?" Hua Yueling asked, because she found that even though this girl was curled up on the ground, she should be tall and thin, but she didn't see her face until now.
Her messy long hair had covered her face.
"Miss is usually very good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but this strange disease cannot be cured." Chunmei answered first instead of Cao Fan. From the look of her, she showed a deep love between master and servant.
"Yes, Qing'er is a good child, but God is too unfair to her." Cao Fan sighed deeply.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan looked at each other. They looked at the little face that could not be seen clearly under the messy hair, and they didn't know what to say.
"Fourth Prince, Ling'er, I'm sorry to have frightened you." Cao Fan said, cupping his fists.
Just when Hua Yueling was about to step forward and take a closer look, someone else ran in from outside.
"Master, someone from the Criminal Department is looking for Miss Hua and the Fourth Prince!" the servant said anxiously.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan were startled and rushed out of Xiangyuan. The person who came was Shi Da from the special arrest team. When they saw Hua Yueling, they hurried forward and whispered in her ear.
Nangong Yixuan and Cao Fan saw that Hua Yueling looked ugly and wondered what had happened.
"Well, let's go there immediately!" Hua Yueling nodded after hearing this, and then said goodbye to Cao Fan.
"Ling'er, what's the big deal? Does Uncle Cao know?" Cao Fan was very curious. It must be no small matter to come to him to find someone.
"Actually, there is nothing to hide, but it's not good to spread the news. General Xiren killed his second son." Hua Yueling sighed and looked at Cao Fan.
Cao Fan's face turned pale, and he didn't come back to his senses when he watched Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan leave with fists clasped.
"Master, are you okay?" the servant asked.
"Quickly, go and call the two young masters back!" Cao Fan was extremely frightened. He was the head of the country and the minister of the Ministry of War. He would never allow rebels in his family. The death of a son and a daughter in the Xiren Mansion was equivalent to the destruction of the family.
, he can't follow in his footsteps. Today, Hua Yueling can come to inquire in person. There must be someone suspicious in his house. He must investigate carefully and not tarnish the reputation of the Cao family.
Hua Yueling and Nangong Yixuan rushed to General Xiren's mansion. Master Liao and Hua Yujin were already there. In the main hall, General Xiren was sitting on a mahogany chair. His face seemed to be much older, and his eyes were
Staring closely at a corpse lying on the ground, covered with white cloth, the rest of the Xiren family were kneeling aside and crying.
Hua Yueling walked in with a heavy look on her face, Master Liao gave her a look. No one expected that Xiren would commit suicide by kissing his second son, Xihao.
"You! You! It's all you, this hateful woman. You killed my Hao'er. You don't deserve to die!" Xihao's mother, Mrs. Hu, immediately rushed towards Hua Yueling when she saw her. Her eyes were swollen than walnuts.
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Hua Yueling was shocked. Nangong Yixuan had already stood in front of her. Without him taking action, Mrs. Hu had been knocked away by General Xiren's palm and hit the chair on the left, letting out a scream.
"Madam!" The maid immediately rushed over to help.
"You, you cruel father, how could you kill your own son? Hao'er is gone, what's the point of living for me!" Mrs. Hu cried hoarsely, stood up slowly, and bumped towards the pillar again.