Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

0Mu Jing came to visit again. Ever since he came over on the day of the move, the moment he arrived at Xiu Mu, he immediately came over to visit again. He was either looking for Mu Chen to spar with him, or looking for Mu Jin to go to the horse farm outside the city.    

    

"Sister-in-law, is Fourteenth Brother here today?" Mu Jing climbed over the wall and jumped in, scaring all the people who were playing in the courtyard to death.    

    

He didn't even walk through the door. The veins on Shen Jingli's forehead popped out as he coldly raised his head to glance at him.    

    

It wasn't as if their house didn't have a door, so why did they climb over some wall, thinking that it was the middle of the night? She really should have let Mu Chen get some glass fragments from the top of the wall and shoot some arrows at the bottom of the wall, turning him into a hedgehog.    

    

Yang Ningtian and Yang Ningxin were talking to Shen Yue'er at the moment, but when they saw him, their faces paled and they hurriedly protected Yang Ningyi behind them, afraid that he would turn into a wolf and snatch Yang Ningyi away.    

    

"Why are you here again?" Yang Ningtian said snappily. From his point of view, Mu Jing was the wolf that was about to take Yang Ningyi away.    

    

"I'm here to look for Fourteenth Brother." Mu Jing patted the dust off his clothes, and walked towards them. When he saw Yang Ningyi, he revealed a big smile, "Are you here too?"    

    

Yang Ningyi did not expect him to specially greet him, so she was a little embarrassed. Yang Ningtian, on the other hand, was frowning even more, greeting her fifth brother, she must have some ulterior motives.    

    

"This is my cousin's backyard, of course we can stay here." He specifically emphasized the word 'backyard' to warn him that the backyard was where the family members of the inner chamber would stay.    

    

Unfortunately, Mu Jing did not pay attention to him, but instead nodded and said: "I forgot that you are Fourteenth Brother's cousin."    

    

Hey, don't ignore him. Yang Ningtian, who was being ignored, started to get a little mad from the bottom of his heart, and the look in his eyes towards Mu Jing became even more unfriendly.    

    

"What the hell are you doing here?" Looking at the Yang Family brothers, Shen Jingli felt both awkward and crazed. He had no choice but to step out and smooth things out.    

    

Mu Jing was wearing a simple set of clothes, with his sleeves and pants tightly tied up. He looked neat and tidy, with his long hair tied behind him.    

    

Shen Yue'er looked at him blankly, thinking that his brother was really good-looking.    

    

Sister Tian and Xinmei, on the other hand, carefully hid behind Shen Jingli and secretly sized him up.    

    

"I'm here to look for Fourteenth Brother." Mu Jing instructed Jin Yu to bring him some tea.    

    

"He went to the King Jing Palace." Thus, he decided to leave.    

    

"Fourteenth Brother and King Jing have a good relationship." Mu Jing completely did not catch the meaning in Shen Jingli's words. He picked up the cup of tea and took a sip, "Where's Brother Jin?    

    

His eyes glanced at Yang Ningyi, and he felt that this person was really quiet. Furthermore, looking at how young he was, she should be a married couple, why would she come to her cousin's house frequently when she was free?    

    

He raised his eyebrows, and turned to look at Shen Jingli, "I heard that cousin's family is here, why didn't they bring you to see your grandparents?"    

    

Hearing this, Shen Yue'er cowardly hid behind Shen Jingli, she did not dare to go see someone from the Mu Family, what if he lost face for Fourth Brother?    

    

"When they're settled." It had only been a few days since the Sister-in-law Chen and Shen Yue'er had arrived, but they were still terrified of the capital. If he let them go to Mu Mansion at this time, he was afraid that he would scare them to death.    

    

Mu Jing glanced at Shen Yue'er, and Shen Yue'er quickly retracted his head, sticking closely to Shen Jingli's back. He looked at his big brother who was bright and carefree, why did he make her so scared?    

    

Shen Jingli patted Shen Yue'er, thinking that this child was just too inferior to him.    

    

"Are they going to stay in the capital? I can help find a house. " Mu Jing said enthusiastically, as he looked at Yang Ningyi again.    

    

"I want to live with Fourth Brother." A sense of security.    

    

Shen Yue'er clung onto Shen Jingli, afraid that they would be taken away in the next moment.    

    

"Don't scare her, she's timid." Shen Jingli rubbed Shen Yue'er's little head. The little girl was trembling in fear, like a frightened little sparrow. "Brother Jin went to the stable with Wen Rui."    

    

Mu Jin had recently become addicted to riding horses. Every day, when he came back from school, he would follow Zhao Wenrui to the horse farm to practice horseback riding and horse riding.    

    

Mu Jing revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment and hurriedly stood up. He turned around and looked at Yang Ningyi again, then said brightly, "If you have time, come and play at Mu Mansion. My little sisters are all very lively."    

    

What did that mean? Shen Jingli looked at the two of them with interest, vaguely feeling that there was something between the two of them.    

    

Yang Ningyi lowered her head, she did not know whether or not she took Mu Jing's words to heart, but perhaps, he simply did not feel that Mu Jing was speaking to him at all.    

    

"Sister-in-law, I'll be leaving first." Waving his hand towards Shen Jingli, Mu Jing nimbly climbed over the wall once again.    

    

Looking at how he came and went as he pleased, Shen Jingli wondered in his heart. Should he let Mu Shisi strengthen the security of the manor?    

    

"Sister-in-law, I already said that he has bad intentions, right? From beginning to end, he has been staring at Fifth Bro." Once Mu Jing left, Yang Ningtian immediately shouted.    

    

"Yeah, he definitely likes fifth brother." Yang Ningxin immediately gave an excuse and hugged Yang Ningyi's arm, "Fifth brother, Second Aunt has already started to help you look at the pictures that the matchmaker has sent over. She will definitely be able to find a suitable one for Second Aunt, if you don't hurry up and think of a way, she will definitely marry you by the end of the year."    

    

He was already nineteen, and what happened that year was already in the past. If he still did not marry, he would definitely implicate his younger brother and sister, and cause them to not be able to find a good marriage, but he did not want to casually marry himself out.    

    

was surprised when he heard it, Mrs Zhao was actually so anxious to get Yang Ningyi to marry out of the family, looks like he did not have the time to integrate himself well into the dynasty.    

    

"I think that guy just now was quite suitable. He was even a cousin of my cousin. His character is better than those young masters mentioned by the matchmaker." Yang Ningtian muttered.    

    

Yang Ningyi's eyes flashed, her head still lowered.    

    

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Before the pirates in the south could start a fight, a massacre broke out in the capital. The Minister of Construction had been found dead in a dark alley. His body had been stabbed dozens of times, and his face was no longer recognizable. It was really a tragic sight, and it shocked the entire capital.    

    

The citizens of the capital were all speculating on whether this was a personal grudge or murder, or if someone was deliberately targeting the officials of the imperial court. For a while, the people in the capital were in a state of panic.    

    

The capital city had committed a murder, and the one being blamed was the capital city's magistrate, Lord Qian.    

    

"Qian Qing's family has suffered a terrible death at the Ministry of Industry. Do you have anything to say?" Killing someone under the feet of the Son of Heaven was simply slapping him, the emperor, in the face.    

    

"This official deserves to die ten thousand times." Without a second word, he kowtowed and confessed. Under the government of the Prefect, there was actually someone who committed murder. This meant that he had not properly governed this matter.    

    

"How's the investigation going?" The emperor was slightly angered. What he wanted was the result, not a perfunctory confession.    

    

"This official has already ordered the coroner to perform an autopsy. The deceased's body was stabbed twenty-seven times, and his face was scratched eleven times. His technique is very clumsy and shouldn't be something a common criminal would do." He was afraid that he would lose his head, "This subject has also questioned some of the more important people, saying that I saw some lunatics loitering in the city last night, and their location was similar to the location of the corpse …"    

    

"You said that this is a madman killing people?" The Emperor frowned, obviously angry. "Who do you think would believe a dignified imperial court official being killed by a madman?"    

    

Cold sweat broke out on Lord Qian's forehead. He knew that this was a little ridiculous, but other than this point, he could not find any other clues.    

    

"I'll give you half a month. If you can't find it out, come and see me."    

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Lord Qian thanked him with fear and trepidation. Then, he left the court when his father-in-law had matters to attend to.    

    

Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin left together.    

    

"I feel that there's something fishy about this. Who would want to murder a court official? Also, according to the family of the Minister of Work, he is very amiable and doesn't have any enemies."    

    

"Let's see what happens first." Mu Chen said.    

    

Xu Yanlin nodded his head, but deep down his heart, he felt the gloomy atmosphere of a storm.    

    

The two of them left the palace gates and took the carriage back to the residence.    

    

When Zhao Wenrui heard the rumors outside, he was worried. He was afraid that the emperor was in a rage and was implicating the innocent.    

    

"Are you alright? Are you involved?" Seeing Xu Yanlin getting off the carriage, he immediately rushed over to ask.    

    

"I'm fine, don't worry."    

    

"No, you have to be more careful these few days. You can't go out at night." Zhao Wenrui was worried.    

    

"Do you think that crazy people come out to kill people every day?" Xu Yanlin laughed at his foolishness.    

    

Just as the Beijing police were about to search for the lunatic, another murder case occurred. A eunuch who was responsible for purchasing items from the palace was found dead outside the palace, and his death was as miserable as that of a minister from the Ministry of Labor. This time, a citizen took the initiative to surrender, saying that he had personally witnessed a lunatic stab his father-in-law to death.    

    

With two officials killed in a row, the capital was in a state of internal strife. The security of the capital was questioned by the citizens, and Sir Qian was extremely busy.    

    

Because of the two consecutive murders, the emperor could only look at him with his eyes, nose and no nose. Meanwhile, other officials continued to impeach him, saying that he was doing something unfavorable and did not have strict governance, leading to such chaos in the security of the capital.    

    

He could only send more people to search for that madman in the people's mouths. He had a premonition that that madman would be the key person in this case.    

    

However, he was probably out of luck. A few days later, that madman was found dead in the moat. His body was swollen and reeked of blood. He fell into the river and drowned.    

    

Mr. Qian had the coroner examine the corpse and confirmed that he had drowned. Then, he had two people confirm that the lunatic he saw twice was him. This matter was hastily settled.    

    

Lord Qian had presented the case file, but it had enraged the emperor. He had accused him of incompetent conduct and wanted him to reopen the case. He had to get to the bottom of this matter.