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Chapter 130 Selling the Carriage to Him (Two Chapters in One)

Therefore, no matter whether what was written on the note was true or false, and no matter whether there was a trap ahead, Yan Xia had decided to find out.

Besides, even if the person in the accident was not his cousin but a stranger, Yan Xia would still go.

For him, being chivalrous and fighting against violence is not only his duty, but also his mission.

Yan Xia did not even go back to the Ministry of Justice to gather manpower. He only took the guards of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and left the city to the manor of the Marquis of Baoqing located outside the city.

How could Zhao Shiqing miss such a big event? She, Lingbo and Jiang Han not only returned along the same route, but she also sent someone back to deliver a letter. Then Zhen Wuduo brought Niu Qiu and Xiu Xiu, along with several guards, and met Zhao Shiqing and others in triumph outside the city.

Yan Xia was in a hurry, not knowing that behind them was a group of people who were bored.

Although it is just a small farm outside the city, you can't enter it whenever you want, especially now, there is no master in the farm, and Nanny Niu had specifically instructed when she left that it must be strictly guarded during this period of time. Except for the Marquis Baoqing and his son, the other masters and sons in the mansion are not allowed to enter.

Therefore, Yan Xia was blocked outside the door.

Yan Xia's face was as gloomy as water, and he waved his hand: "Catch these bullies for me!"

Yan Xia only brought a few people with him, but they were all servants of the Duke of Wei. They were not only loyal but also had good martial arts skills.

It didn't take any effort to tie up all the evil slaves. When the people in the village heard the noise, they ran over to take a look. They saw Yan Xia and others holding swords and looking murderous. They were frightened and no one dared to step forward.

The manager of the manor rushed over upon hearing the noise and said, "I want to see who is so blind as to dare to cause trouble in the territory of the Marquis Baoqing's mansion. I think he wants to die."

Yan Xia whipped him with a horsewhip, and the butler fell to the ground. However, Yan Xia did not want to let him go easily, so he pulled him up and said, "Take me to the firewood yard!"

The father and mother of this steward were both Madam Wei's companions. It can be imagined that his status in the Baoqing Marquis' Mansion was even higher than the original servants in the mansion. Since he came to the manor, he has the final say in this manor. When there is no master coming to the manor, he is the only one in charge of this manor.

Perhaps it was because he had lived a comfortable life for too long that even his ability to withstand pressure had deteriorated. When Yan Xia hit and pulled him, the manager was actually frightened to the point of peeing.

Yan Xia looked at the person in his hand with disdain. The guy's crotch was wet and dripping with water, which was disgusting.

Yan Xia put the knife on the neck of the steward and said, "Hurry up and lead the way. If you dawdle any longer, I'll kill you!"

The village was not big, and Yan Xia and others soon arrived at the small courtyard full of dry firewood.

Yan Xia led his men to search the yard inside and out. The note only said that the body was buried in the firewood yard, but did not say where it was buried.

Although Chaiyuan is not big, it would be a huge project if the entire yard were dug up.

At this moment, a cat came out from somewhere, meowed at Yan Xia, and ran to the back of the house.

Yan Xia was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

The cat ran to a few old and crooked chairs, turned around, looked at Yan Xia, and said, "Meow~"

The cat stood in the shadow, its eyes like two pieces of amber washed by rain, and its little pink nose twitched as if it smelled something.

Yan Xia's heart moved. Was this cat telling him that this was where the body was buried?

First it was an eagle, and now a cat. This is amazing.

Yan Xia didn't have time to think deeply. He shouted to the guards behind him: "Come here, dig this up!"

A moment later, a body wrapped in a straw mat was dug out.

It was the corpse of a young woman. Although her clothes were neatly arranged, it was still difficult to hide the injuries she had suffered before her death. There were teeth marks of varying sizes on her face and neck.

Yan Xia only took a glance and turned away: "Take him back to the Ministry of Justice!"

At the same time, all the people in the villa were taken back to the Ministry of Justice.

They came on horseback, and the body was placed horizontally on the horse's back. After taking a few steps, the straw mat loosened and a scarred arm hung down.

"Wait, the person in front, wait a minute!"

Hearing the sound, Yan Xia pulled the reins and turned around to look. He saw a little girl trotting up to him. She looked up at Yan Xia and said, "My grandfather said that we can sell our carriage to you. She is a girl, so you should take her back in the carriage."

Yan Xia looked behind her and saw a carriage parked not far away. A fat old man was standing outside the carriage, looking at her with a smile.

Yan Xia said to the girl in front of him, "Okay, I'll buy it, but I came out in a hurry and I may not have enough money."

The little girl smiled and said, "Ten taels of silver, just ten taels of silver. You don't have even ten taels of silver, do you?"

Yan Xia was stunned. The horse is strong and the carriage is brand new, and it’s only sold for ten taels of silver?

This carriage will cost at least a hundred taels of silver.

This is not selling at all, it's clearly giving it away for free.

Yan Xia took out three taels of silver from his pocket and pooled it together with a few guards, and together they came up with ten taels.

Yan Xia handed the silver to the girl and said, "I would like to thank you. Please leave your address and I will have someone send a new carriage."

The little girl shook her head: "We just met by chance, no need to be polite, please go first, sir."

I don't want to tell you the address.

Yan Xia thought so too. The girl's accent didn't sound like she was from the capital, and she probably didn't have a fixed address in the capital. Forget it, she might as well leave her address.

"Then please come to my house to get it. My home is in the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion in Jingui Hutong. When you get there, just mention what happened today."

After saying this, he clasped his fists towards the fat old man not far away, thanked the little girl again, and ordered his men to put the female corpse into the carriage, climb on the horses, and the group set off again.

Zhao Shiqing and Ling Bo whispered to each other, and took out all the silver bills and loose change from their purses, and handed them to Zhen Wuduo along with the ten taels given by Yan Xia: "This is the hundred taels for buying a carriage. I'm sorry, Grandpa, we have to let you ride back with us."

Zhen Wuduo took the pile of silver. He was very satisfied that his beloved granddaughter wanted to give the dead girl the last dignity. However, what made him even more satisfied was that his beloved granddaughter did not spend money generously. In fact, as long as Zhao Shiqing asked for it, Zhen Wuduo would give it away for free, just a carriage.

But Zhao Shiqing did not let him give it away for free. Instead, he paid out of his own pocket to make up the money from selling the carriage.

Just because of this, my granddaughter is better than many people.

Zhen Wuduo rode happily on his horse and returned to the capital happily.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Yan Xia was not so relaxed. He and his group rode at full speed and after returning to the capital, they sent someone to report to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion. He then took the body and went straight to the Ministry of Justice.

When they arrived at the Ministry of Justice, the office had already been closed, so Yan Xia asked someone to invite a midwife.

There were no female coroners in Dayong, and all those who performed autopsies on women were midwives.

There were two midwives in the capital who were good at autopsies. They had worked for the government for many years, and no one in the capital had asked them to deliver babies. They were called midwives, but they were working for the government. When they were not doing autopsies, they worked in the women's prison. One of these midwives was in Jingzhao Prefecture, and the other was Aunt Wen from the Ministry of Justice.

Aunt Wen was preparing dinner, chopping meat and chatting with her daughter-in-law. If Zhao Shiqing was here, he would recognize at a glance that Aunt Wen's daughter-in-law was Sister Aping, the new female waitress in Su's Tea Shop.

There was a knock on the door. The little grandson ran to open it. The person standing at the door shouted, "Is Aunt Wen home? Master Yan, please go back to the government office to perform an autopsy."

Aunt Wen agreed and said to Sister Ping: "The meat filling is ready. Let's go to the autopsy and then make dumplings when we come back."

Sister Aping agreed with a smile and helped Aunt Wen pick up the autopsy tools. Aunt Wen put down the meat-cutting knife, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left the house and went to the yamen.

As soon as Aunt Wen and Sister Aping arrived at the yamen, people from the Duke of Weiguo's mansion arrived.

The people who came were a guard sent by Yan Xia to deliver a letter, and a maid.

This maidservant was from the old aunt's side, and she watched my cousin grow up.

Yan Xia asked her to identify the body.

She saw the body before Aunt Wen. After just one look, she cried out in shock, and then burst into tears: "Girl, my good girl, how did you become like this? Who hurt you, my poor girl!"

Yan Xia asked, "Are you sure this is your girl?"

The maid nodded: "I am sure."

Yan Xia asked again, "What marks are there on your girl's body?"

The maid thought for a moment and said, "The little finger on the girl's left hand has one more joint than the average person's."

Yan Xia looked at Aunt Wen who had just come over and said, "Go and take a look."

Aunt Wen walked over and picked up the corpse's left hand from under the shroud, and sure enough, there was an extra joint on the little finger.

She nodded to Yan Xia, who pointed at the maid who was still crying and said to the guard, "Send her back."

There are differences between men and women. When Aunt Wen and Sister Ping started the autopsy, Yan Xia walked out.

While waiting for the autopsy, he mobilized all the yamen runners on duty in the Ministry of Justice. He thought that by now, the Baoqing Marquisate would have received the news, so it would be easy, just go and arrest the person.

In addition, he also interrogated those who were captured from the village.

Almost all the maids and old women in the farm knew that their prince Zhu Yu had brought back a beautiful woman from outside a few days ago. The beautiful woman had not come out since she entered the house, and Zhu Yu had been hanging out with the woman in the house.

Zhu Yu used to often bring girls here, and the people in the village had long been accustomed to it.

However, when Zhu Yu brought the woman back, he lived in Baicui Garden. As for when the woman was sent to Chaiyuan this time, no one knew.

Yan Xia observed the maids' expressions and found that there was a flicker in the eyes of several maids, so he had them separated and interrogated individually.

After some soft and hard tactics, a maid said, "The woman actually ran away. She tried to escape and ran out of Baicui Garden, but was caught again. The prince stripped her clothes and hung her in the corridor."

Another maid said cautiously: "I didn't see it this time, but I did see it once."

Yan Xia asked: "What did you see?"

The maid said, "Of course I saw the prince carrying someone to the firewood yard. It was a little girl, only five or six years old. The prince asked me to take her to take a bath. That night, I was in Baicui Garden the whole time and saw with my own eyes that the prince had someone carry the little girl to the firewood yard."

Yan Xia turned around and went out, called a few yamen runners, and asked the guards who had been to the farm in the afternoon to go with them to dig the firewood yard three feet deep.

At this time, Aunt Wen and Sister Aping finished examining the body and handed over the body box.

Yan Xia looked carefully and said to the remaining yamen runners, "Let's go and catch him!"

Baoqing Marquis Mansion, Chunhui Hall.

It was a rare opportunity for her precious grandson to stay in the house, so Old Madam Wei was very happy. She asked the kitchen to prepare dinner according to Zhu Yu's taste and asked Zhu Yu to come and have dinner with her.

Nanny Niu has returned and told Madam Wei that the matter has been settled and asked her not to worry.

Old Madam Wei breathed a sigh of relief. She would have a good talk with Yu'er when she came over later. This child was naive and often didn't think things through, just like this time, which almost caused a disaster.

That little bitch was so vicious that she even wanted to escape. After being caught, she moved out of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion. Did she think that if she said that she was a relative of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, Yu'er would let her go?

If you are too clever, you will die!

Yu'er only brought her to the farm because she was pretty. She cried and made a fuss, and even wanted to commit suicide. Why didn't she mention the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion at that time?
You have to wait until you are caught and run away before telling me, isn't that asking for death?

If she didn't mention the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, at most she would have waited until Yu'er got tired of playing with her and then given her some silver to send her away. But she was so vicious that she thought that if she mentioned the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, the Marquis of Baoqing's Mansion would let her go.

Joke, that's ridiculous!
Madam Niu served the chicken soup, and Madam Wei personally handed it to Zhu Yu: "We have been cooking this chicken soup for the whole afternoon. Drink one more bowl to replenish your body."

Zhu Yu took the chicken soup and said with a smile, "Grandson thanks grandma."

Old Madam Wei was beaming with joy; her eldest grandson was so filial.

It’s no wonder that among all her grandchildren, she loves Zhu Yu the most.

At this moment, a maid hurried in and whispered something in Nanny Niu's ear.

Madam Wei saw it and frowned: "What's wrong?"

Niu Ma Ma whispered, "Someone came to the manor and said that the prince of Weiguo brought people to the manor in the afternoon. They..."

Madam Wei frowned and shouted, "What did they do?"

Madam Niu fell to her knees with a thud: "Madam, it was because I didn't do my job well. The body was dug out and taken away by the Prince of Weiguo!"

Madam Wei slammed the table and stood up, "They are rebelling, they are rebelling, they don't take Baoqing Marquis seriously, who is Yan Xia? He just found a job as an errand boy in the Ministry of Justice, but he took it as a token of authority and dared to break into the manor of Baoqing Marquis. What is his intention?"

Zhu Yu was stunned. After meeting Madam Wei, he had forgotten all about that incident and that woman. As for the fact that Madam Wei sent Nanny Niu to clean up the aftermath, he had no idea about it and didn't care.

He looked out the window. It was already dark, so he definitely couldn't enter the palace at this time.

"It's okay, Grandmother. You just need to go to the palace and tell Concubine Li tomorrow. What if Yan Xia found the body? Does he want to pay one life for another? Besides, she was still alive when I left."

As he spoke, he glanced at Nanny Niu with a half-smile.

Nanny Niu looked as pale as death. The prince was right. When she went there, the girl was still alive, hanging on to her breath, staring at her, which made her feel scared.

She and her daughter strangled the woman to death with a rope.

Even the woman's clothes were put on after her death.