Jiang Shiyilang left before dawn, promising that Shen Xingwan would give her the exact news within three days.
At dawn, Du Mingyue was sent to the main grave of the Du family. Shen Xingwan stood aside and watched the loess submerge her coffin bit by bit.
The whole person is half awake and half numb.
It was really the end, that lively and lovely little girl fell asleep in the ground like this.
Shen Xingwan presented her with a few flowers that had just been cut from the branches and were still wet with dew. He looked at her tombstone and said in a deep voice, "Mingyue, rest in peace."
She wouldn't let her die inexplicably like this.
Mrs. Du fainted almost as soon as the funeral was over, and the atmosphere in the Du family was gloomy.
Shen Xingwan and Qi Zhiwei stayed behind, sorting out and preserving her old things bit by bit in Mingyue's room.
During this period, Dongqing came in and whispered in Shen Xingwan's ear, "Sister Qinghong sent a message asking me to go back."
"You go ahead." Shen Xingwan said, she guessed that there should be progress on Qinghong's side, and Dongqing needed to take action.
In the afternoon, Shen Xingwan and Qi Zhiwei left Du Mansion separately.
As soon as Shen Xingwan went out, she saw Banxia Chanyi waiting for her outside the door.
Back in the yard, Qinghong was nowhere to be seen.
Shen Xingwan had just taken a sip of tea when Banxia walked in and said, "Seventh Young Master is here."
Shen Guijiu? Why is he here at this time?
"Where are the people outside?"
“Viewing the flowers under the cherry blossom trees.”
After struggling all day and night, Shen Xingwan was very tired and didn't want to talk to him. But he felt that he wouldn't come for no reason, so he braced himself and prepared to go and meet him for a while.
Shen Xingwan directly opened the window of the study room and saw Shen Guijiu standing under the gorgeous cherry blossoms.
"How come the Seventh Young Master is suddenly in the mood to come and enjoy the flowers?" Shen Xingwan said while lying on the window.
Shen Guijiu looked back at her for a while, "You look pale and in a trance, which is not good."
"Thank you for your concern." Shen Xingwan smirked.
Shen Guijiu looked at her with unclear meaning, "People tend to do wrong things when they are in a daze."
Shen Xingwan rubbed his forehead and really didn't have the energy to guess the meaning of his words, "Can the way of speaking be simpler?"
"Too much curiosity can lead to death." Shen Guijiu's usually passionate peach blossom eyes flashed with coldness.
Shen Xingwan held up his chin and chuckled, "Are you warning me? I just want the truth."
"The truth is useless at some point." Shen Guijiu said coldly, "Unless you want to end up like Du Mingyue."
Shen Xingwan closed his eyes, "I will take care of it."
It looked like he didn't listen to Shen Guijiu's words and warning at all.
She returned to the wine glass with an understatement and laughed angrily, "As expected, she is as stubborn as ever."
He quite admired Shen Xingwan's tenacity, which was different from ordinary boudoir daughters.
So he said again in an unexpectedly officious way, "Shen Xingwan, I admit that you are very capable of tossing and you are quite smart. But there are some muddy waters that you cannot wade through. I'll stop here and you can take care of yourself."
Shen Xingwan said insincerely, "Thank you for making the trip."
Then the window slammed shut.
Shen Guijiu, who had a rare act of kindness, returned in vain.
Shen Xing went to bed and slept for a while. When he woke up again, it was already dark.
The study window was suddenly knocked three times.
Ban Xia opened the window, and Dongqing dressed in black climbed through the window with Chuntao who was unconscious.
Qinghong, who disappeared all afternoon, finally returned.
Shen Xingwan sat in the study with his coat on and looked at the unconscious person on the ground, "What's going on?"
Qinghong said, "I had someone follow her personally for a day. She always seemed like she had lost her soul."
"I took leave in the afternoon and went out to buy some commemorative items such as joss sticks and money."
Thinking that today was the day of Du Mingyue's funeral, Qinghong keenly sensed something was wrong.
He immediately asked his brother who was working outside the house to follow him, and asked Dongqing to come back and keep an eye on him.
The servant house of the Shen Mansion was built not far from the Shen clan. Chuntao was born into the family, and her parents were also slaves of the Shen Mansion, so the family lived in the servant house outside the mansion.
Chuntao, who had gone home after shopping, didn't come out until dinner time.
It wasn't until late at night that I quietly left the house, found a secluded and uninhabited corner, burned paper and chanted, "Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Miss Mingyue, please don't find the wrong person."
"Second Miss and I just saw it accidentally, we didn't harm you..."
As soon as I heard something happened, it was extremely possible that I witnessed the truth of that night.
Dongqing immediately knocked the person unconscious and got him in.
Qinghong said, "I sent someone to spread the news to her parents. They think she has entered the house again, so they shouldn't be suspicious for the time being."
Having said this, Shen Xingwan understood that he had to resolve the matter quickly, otherwise it would be easy to notice that the person responsible was missing at dawn.
"How should we interrogate?" Shen Xingwan was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't make too much noise.
Chanyi on the side stood up with eagerness on her face, "Miss, do you still remember the colorful Gu worm that Fat Meow caught on the bed?"
"Remember, what happened?"
Chanyi said excitedly, "After my research in the past few days, I found out that it is a fantasy word Gu, which has the function of manipulating people's hearts and can also make people speak the truth."
Especially the weaker the will, the easier it is to be manipulated.
"This is a ready-made trial object." Chanyi looked at Chuntao Li on the ground.
"It's a good method, give it a try." Shen Xingwan said.
First, I put something in Chuntao's mouth to prevent her from screaming.
Chanyi injects a needle into the acupuncture point, and Chuntao wakes up immediately.
As soon as he woke up, he started struggling violently and looked at the expressionless Shen Xingwan in horror.
Chanyi released the Gu insects that she had subdued, then took out a bamboo xun and started playing.
Chuntao watched in fear as a colorful insect crawled into her body from her wrist.
His whole body was shaking with fear and he was about to faint.
Shen Xingwan knelt down in front of her and held her chin, "I'll take the thing out of your mouth, but you're not allowed to scream, you know?"
Chuntao was completely frightened and had no reaction at all.
Shen Xingwan forced her to look at him, "Did you hear what I told you?"
Chuntao burst into tears immediately.
"If you don't obey me, that little insect can kill you at any time!"
Chuntao nodded while crying, indicating that she would be obedient.
Shen Xingwan took off the cloth stuffed in her mouth. Chuntao sobbed softly and asked, "Girl, why did you arrest me?"
"Who are you burning paper for tonight?" Shen Xingwan asked.
Chuntao bit her mouth tightly and did not speak, nor did she raise her head.
Shen Xingwan said, "If you lie about the poison that just crawled into your body, you will die within three hours."
"So if you don't want to die, no matter what I ask you must answer me truthfully."
The cicada clothes on the side immediately blew for a while, and Chuntao instantly felt uncomfortable, curling up on the ground with cold sweat on her head.
