Early the next morning, Qing'er took her to the graves of her mother and Yuan Min. She wanted to kowtow to them and admit her mistake, and she wanted to say sorry to them.
Someone died in the Su family in the capital. Bai Chen, who received the report early in the morning, hurried over with official officials.
The girl who was coupling with Su Degong was half-kneeling, with a pale face and a look of fear.
"Tell me, what did you see?"
Bai Chen sat cross-legged across from her, frowning. He knew something about Su Degong, but his character was not very good.
"I...I saw a female ghost asking the master to pay for his life, and then...then she turned into a woman, holding a knife, and killed the master."
"Female ghost? Woman? Is it a ghost or a woman?"
Bai Chen looked at the woman kneeling on the ground with some confusion, "What does that woman look like?"
The woman shook her head, "I don't know, I just know that she said her name is Su Mu."
"What's her name?"
Bai Chen suddenly sat upright and his voice suddenly rose.
"My name is Su Mu."
The woman repeated it again, and Bai Chen heard it clearly this time.
Su Muer is back?
After receiving the news, he immediately rushed to the palace to find Ye Shihan.
During this period, Ye Shihan was almost driven crazy by the concubine. The concubine had arranged a marriage for him and asked him to marry Sun Mengmeng on the eighteenth day of next month. He was worried about this matter.
"The world is cold, the world is cold."
Bai Chen came in a hurry, causing Ye Shihan to frown.
"Can you please leave me alone for a while?"
"Su Degong is dead."
He put his hands on the table in front of him and looked at him solemnly.
"So what? You don't need to report it to me. You can just deal with it."
"Do you know who killed him?" Bai Chen deliberately let it slip because he was afraid that Ye Shihan wouldn't be able to accept it for a while.
However, Ye Shihan snorted lightly at the corner of his mouth, "How do I know? It's your Shuntian Mansion's responsibility to investigate."
"She said her name was Su Mu'er."
Hearing this, Ye Shihan frowned. He suddenly stood up and stepped forward to grab his collar.
"What's her name?"
"Su Mu'er."
"Where is she?"
"I don't know. He killed someone and ran away in the middle of the night."
She has come back?
Ye Shihan hurriedly left Bai Chen behind and ran outside.
"Shihan, where are you going?"
He still couldn't hear Bai Chen's questions, and he had already left the door in a hurry.
Mu'er is back, is she back?
He kept repeating this sentence in his mind.
But when he rushed to Sujiazhuang, there was no trace of anyone anywhere, including Qing'er.
During this period of time, he sent someone to bring food to Qing'er, but he didn't dare to show up. He didn't dare to face Mu'er's sister. He felt that he was sorry for her.
But Su Muer's house was already empty.
At this time, Da Zhou came over from the backyard. When he saw Ye Shihan, he hurriedly stepped forward.
"Your Highness, you are late, they have left."
"Where have you gone? Mu'er is really back?"
Dazhou nodded, "She's back. I only found out in the morning. She only left me a message and left early in the morning. She may have gone to visit her mother's grave."
Hearing this, Ye Shihan didn't have time to think too much. He asked Dazhou about the location of the Su family cemetery, then eagerly got on his horse and galloped away.
Dazhou looked at him and shook his head helplessly. Every time he asked someone to send something, he always delivered it directly to Dazhou, and he was not allowed to tell Qing'er that the thing was from him.
When Ye Shihan rushed to the cemetery in a hurry, he only saw the unburned paper money on the graves of Su Yuanmin and his mother, but there was no sign of anyone.
He suddenly stood there and shouted,
"Mu'er, why didn't you tell me you were back? Where are you?"
"Mu'er, where are you?"
"..."
After calling several times, there was no movement at all. He did not dare to delay here, so he got on his horse and galloped away. He wanted to chase them.
Su Mu'er, who was standing behind the bushes, watched his back walk away without a trace of nostalgia, and even had a bit of hatred in her eyes.
It turned out that she had just finished killing someone last night and heard the sound of horse hooves. She was afraid of being discovered, so she took Qing'er and Liu Jin to hide, but she didn't expect that the person coming would be him.
Liu Jin looked at her with some confusion,
"Who is that person?"
She shook her head, "If you don't know me, you will be a stranger from now on."
After saying that, she came to her mother's grave again, looked at the weeds that had grown over the grave, and raised her hands to pull them out one by one.
"Mom, Yuan Min, I'm taking Qing'er away. I may not come back after leaving, but I will burn paper money for you from afar. Yuan Min, you have to take good care of your mother, you know?"
Speaking of this, she suddenly swallowed harder. Yuan Min was the hope of the Su family. If her father and grandfather knew that he died like this, they would be very sad.
And mother, how could father accept her sudden departure?
Qing'er also stood aside looking at her mother's grave and sobbing non-stop.
When Liu Jin saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him.
"An'an, it's getting late, we're on our way."
Su Muer knew that if she killed Su Degong, the government would not let it go, so they had to leave here early.
So she took Qing'er on horseback, Liu Jin rode a horse alone, and the three of them set foot on the road back to Jitou Mountain.
She didn't know where to take Qing'er, but she knew that Jitou Mountain would not be their final shelter. When the boss came back, she found Doudou and Aqiu, and they left together to find a new place to live.
If possible, she would stay closer to Northern Xinjiang so that she could visit her father and the others from time to time.
Ye Shihan chased her all the way but could not find Su Muer's shadow, so he returned to the palace lonely.
It happened that the emperor came to deliver the edict, and he entered the palace listlessly.
He was not the only one who was summoned by the emperor, but also Xiao Mo.
The emperor looked at the two of them with a dark expression,
"You all know that the governor of Yangzhou handed over the certificate. Recently, bandits have been rampant on Jitou Mountain over there. They often go to the city to harass the people. What's even more annoying is that they brazenly rape women and rob property. The people are very angry.
This pain is unspeakable."
Speaking of this, the emperor looked at the two of them and said:
"Yangzhou has limited troops and no experience in fighting, so we are asking the court for support. You two have been thinking about it for so long, but have you decided who will go?"
"I go."
Ye Shihan responded without thinking: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go."
Xiao Mo frowned and looked at him, "As far as I know, His Highness the Eighteenth Highness is getting married next month. You will be away for as little as ten days or as long as a month. What will happen if you delay the wedding? I'd better go."
The emperor also felt that Xiao Mo's words were reasonable. Just as he was about to issue an order, Ye Shihan continued:
"General Xiao's words are wrong. I haven't fought in a long time and my hands are rusty. Besides, it doesn't take long to suppress bandits. You can return in ten and a half months. It won't affect your marriage. Isn't it right to make great achievements in suppressing bandits before getting married?
It's a good thing, is it possible that General Xiao wants to take the credit from me?"