Ten days later, someone reported to the police that someone was dead in Su's house.
When Ren Jinghuan and all the government officials broke into Su's house, they were all stunned.
Is this still a house inhabited by living people? Not to mention the mess on the ground, there is not even a single person in the entire house, as if it had been robbed.
It wasn't until the yamen officer found Su Wenbin in a small side yard that he had been dead for many days and exuded the stench of corpse, Ren Jinghuan couldn't help but grinned.
He walked out of the room, stood in the yard, rubbed his hands together, and muttered: "This is really troublesome. Should I notify you or not..."
The squad leader next to him looked at him: "Sir, I have to talk about this matter..."
"It's easy for you to say it. If His Highness Prince Chen's attitude towards the Su family is based on, he will definitely not want to pay attention to it. But why is Su Wenbin the father of Princess Chen? It's not okay not to say it. It's really troublesome..." Ren Jinghuan was annoyed...
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The squad leader said again: "This Su Mansion is really strange. There is no one left. I don't know when they left. Is it because Su Wenbin died of illness? But it is normal. I have long heard that Su Wenbin has been ill for a long time, and even Mrs.
I have resigned from the hospital, so it is not surprising that people died of normal illness, so why are they running away?"
"Wait a minute... you just said that Su Wenbin has resigned from the post of imperial physician, so he is a commoner. Now, except for Princess Chen, there are no serving courtiers in this house. Logically speaking, they should hold on to this
Princess Chen is the one who is right... what is going on with the current situation?" Ren Jinghuan asked in confusion.
After looking around again, the squad leader took a step forward and whispered: "Sir, I have heard a rumor about the second son of the Su family, Su Yu, who was detained in Dali Temple."
After Ren Jinghuan glanced at him, the two of them took a few steps to the side, and then he said: "Say!"
The squad leader said: "Because this second young master Su committed a crime, Mrs. Su went around asking for help, but no one came to help. Mrs. Su was furious, so she asked Su Wenbin to think of a way to find his former colleagues. Su Wenbin may have known that he was gone.
The reason for the cold tea, plus the fact that he was seriously ill and bedridden at that time, so he probably didn't ask for help. Madam Su made the news when she was angry. The day Su Yu was executed was the day Su Wenbin died."
"But Su Yu didn't execute him." Ren Jinghuan frowned and looked at him.
The squad leader raised his head to the room: "Sir, my subordinates heard that Su Yu died of illness in the dungeon of Dali Temple five days ago. Look, where is this place where the head of the mansion is recuperating?
The living conditions of the servants are even worse. Looking at the situation in this mansion, I think it was not a matter of one or two days since the people in the mansion left. I have a small suspicion that Su Wenbin was starved to death."
Ren Jinghuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, praising him: "You said it, it's really possible."
"So, sir, it's okay to inform His Highness King Chen about this matter. The main reason is that although Princess Chen left the Su Mansion, it has spread to the outside world. When she was not married, she lived in this manor.
A miserable life, and because His Highness Prince Chen made an unpleasant scene when he brought the princess back, from then on, he seldom visited the Su Mansion. Even if people from the Su Mansion went to Prince Chen Mansion, they would be turned away.
, it can be seen that this relationship is not good. It is probably because of Princess Chen that His Highness King Chen will always ignore this family. This can be regarded as solving a problem for King Chen." The squad leader analyzed it carefully in a low voice.
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Ren Jinghuan rolled his eyes and nodded lightly: "I have also heard that the last time His Highness Chen Wang took the princess to see the Su family, he didn't seem to be very happy. He said that the Su family fainted due to excitement, but I
The official is looking at it, it’s not His Highness King Chen who did it.”
"No matter what it is, the relationship between the two houses should not be good anyway, but it is still Princess Chen's mother's house, so just inform them. As for how they want to handle the funeral, it is not up to us, right? You can do it too, adults."
Get out of here." The squad leader lowered his voice and raised an eyebrow at him.
After Ren Jinghuan nodded slightly in agreement, he immediately sent someone to notify Prince Chen's Mansion.
It was almost afternoon when Xiao Muting arrived with Su Han. He heard that the couple had gone to the lake to swim, so they just returned to the mansion.
Ren Jinghuan stepped forward and said carefully: "Your Highness, King Chen, look at this..."
"How did he die? Has it been verified?" Xiao Muting held Su Han's head in his arms and did not let her see it, for fear of scaring her, and asked Ren Jinghuan in a low voice.
He immediately replied: "I've seen it. Is it because I'm hungry? I'm starving to death?"
"Hungry!" Xiao Muting was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "What's going on?"
"When the official came, he saw that this mansion had been deserted for many days. Not a single servant in the mansion was gone, and Mrs. Su and the eldest son of the Su family were also missing. He sent someone to inquire about the situation in the city.
The gate guard said that it must have been ten days ago that he saw the carriage of the Su family leaving the city. Madam Su and Mr. Su were sitting in the carriage, saying that they were leaving the city to seek medical treatment." Ren Jinghuan replied in a low voice.
"Going out of the city to seek medical treatment? Are there few people with good medical skills in the capital? Where can we seek medical treatment?" Xiao Muting asked again.
Ren Jinghuan shook his head: "I also feel strange, but even if they leave the city, not all the people in the mansion will run away. Your Highness, look at it, it doesn't look like they were evacuated, it just looks like they were robbed.
I have a suspicion, whether Mrs. Su and Mr. Su are..."
"What could it be?" Xiao Muting looked at him.
Ren Jinghuan swallowed nervously and said: "Could it be that... Su Wenbin was starved to death by Mrs. Su, and then he was afraid of being found out, so he ran away with Mr. Su."
"You mean...she was afraid of being found guilty, so she absconded out of fear of being found guilty?" Xiao Muting asked in surprise.
"Yeah, he's also a lower-ranking official. I guess." Ren Jinghuan couldn't help but take a step back and stuttered in reply.
At this time, Su Han pulled down Xiao Muting's hand that was holding his head, raised his head from his arms, stared at the chaos in the mansion with his big cute eyes, and then looked at Ren Jinghuan, who was still a little panicked.
"Sir, is the money still there in the darkroom of my father's study? Isn't it also taken away? It's a lot of money." She said, and gestured with her hand.
"Book, study room?" Ren Jinghuan was also stunned. He had already sent people to search the house, but found nothing.
"I, I know where it is, I'll take you there." Su Han winked at him.
"Han'er, is there such a place?" Xiao Muting looked at Su Han in his arms and asked softly.
Su Han nodded firmly: "Yes, of course there are. They are not the small pieces of silver you usually ask me to carry with me. They are all such big ones. Yes, they are the ingots and ingots you mentioned! Several big ones
Where’s the box? I’ve seen it before!”
The group of people immediately went to the study, and finally opened the darkroom under Su Han's guidance. However, the place was empty, but the seals on the ground could prove that some heavy boxes had indeed been stored here.
Xiao Muting said to Ren Jinghuan: "It seems that Mr. Ren's previous speculation was accurate. Mrs. Su and Mr. Su escaped with their family property, so there must be another reason for Su Wenbin to starve to death. But why is Su Wenbin like this?"
The king will take care of the funeral affairs of the princess's father, but the pursuit of Mrs. Su and the eldest son Su will be left to your lord, please issue a wanted order."
"Your Majesty, please listen to your orders." Ren Jinghuan replied immediately.
Three days later, Prince Chen's Mansion came forward to give Su Wenbin a grand funeral.
But after the burial, someone discovered that Su Wenbin's grave was not small, but there was no monument. It was just an isolated grave.