The man dragged the woman forward and knelt down, with a flattering expression.

Ye Tingchen looked at the man's shrewd and calculating eyes, and naturally didn't want to believe what he said.

"What do you say?"

Ye Tingchen looked at the woman next to him, this woman's eyes were already bloodshot and swollen, and there was a little blood on the side of her mouth.

The woman shook her head vigorously, her hair was even more disheveled, and she only kowtowed to Ye Tingchen without saying a word, and the ground was full of blood on her forehead.

"Lord Wang, our family is a mute and can't speak since childhood. Just now the two of us had a dispute over the child's affairs, and we will mediate by ourselves when we go back, you are the prince of the high, and we will not bother you with these trivial things. ”

Ye Tingchen looked suspiciously at the two people kneeling on the ground, how did he think there was a problem.

At this time, the woman suddenly climbed forward and grabbed Ye Tingchen's trouser legs, and shouted "wow" with her mouth open.

The four of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon directly pulled the woman away and protected Ye Tingchen behind him.

"You crazy woman, can you touch the prince too! See if I go back without breaking your legs! ”

The man dragged the woman back to his side in a fit of rage, and was about to slap the woman in the face.

Ye Tingchen directly stepped forward and kicked the man two meters away, his eyes were fierce and disdainful.

"When can I be so arbitrary and reckless, I can break anyone's leg if I want?"

Ye Tingchen ordered the wind to help the woman up to examine her injuries.

"Report to the prince, my tongue was artificially cut off, so I can't speak."

After the wind inspection, he was also shocked in his heart, how could such a ruthless person dare to cut off people's tongues alive.

Ye Tingchen frowned and looked directly at the man.

The man found that the prince Ye Tingchen ordered someone to check on the woman, and now he was staring at him again, feeling that the matter was exposed, he directly hit the stump and died on the spot.

When Xue and Yue rushed over to check, the man was already out of breath.

The woman had her tongue cut out, and she couldn't speak but kept shaking her head as she saw the man die on the stump, and then fainted.

"Feng, you take this woman to the palace, let the imperial doctor heal her, and dispose of the man's body."

Ye Tingchen walked directly into the barracks after giving the order, and what he saw just now really confirmed his thoughts, this border is safe on the surface, but in fact there are still many problems and contradictions, if it is not controlled, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster in the future.

When Shen Mo rushed to the western suburbs, he didn't find anything, and it was inaccessible, so ordinary people would not come here.

Now that you're here, let's look for it in case we can find any clues.

Shen Mo began to investigate from the surrounding area, looking for it little by little, not letting go of any clues.

But even so, after groping for a long time, he didn't find anything, and his silent physical strength began to decline, and his movements were significantly slower than before.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Shen Mo felt that he couldn't blindly look for it anymore. Now the people who asked for help must have been transferred, and it is futile to stay here by themselves.

Shen Mo returned to the Shen Mansion, Shen Li hadn't returned home yet, and neither the Yuan family nor Shen Yan dared to come to her easily.

Thinking of the jade bracelet left by her mother, Shen Mo decided that she would go to the Yuan family in person to get it back.

Shen Yan was overly frightened because of poisoning Shen Mo, and now as long as he hears the news of Shen Mo's return to his home, he will run to find the Yuan family, unwilling to stay alone.

When Shen Mo looked for it, both Shen Yan and Yuan were taken aback.

"What are you going to do?"

Yuan pretended to be calm, put on a good face, and then asked. To say that she is not afraid that Shen Mo will expose herself to Shen Li about poisoning her now, but that she is afraid that she will be poisoned but still alive.

"Auntie said this, it seems that she is angry, I naturally came to find my aunt and sister to catch up."

Shen Mo found a chair to sit down, looked around Yuan's room, and found nothing unusual, it seems that this bracelet was put up by her alone.

"What do we have to talk to you about!"

Yuan's attitude is very clear, she doesn't want to have any more communication with Shen Mo, she helped her speak in front of Shen Li before, it was in exchange for her taking the poison, and now it is even.

"It's far away to say this, it has to be traced back to more than ten years ago, when my aunt first married into the Shen Mansion."

Shen Mo didn't want to talk to Yuan's more, but he was also afraid that he wouldn't be able to eat hot tofu in his heart, and he would not be able to take back the jade bracelet if he forced Yuan's too hard.

"More than a decade ago... Silence, don't think I'm afraid of you now, where do you look a little poisoned, even if you go to the master to complain, no one will believe it, so I advise you to do it yourself. ”

Yuan is such a smart person, listening to Shen Mo mention the events of more than ten years ago, he will naturally think of Shen Mo's mother, if he talks about it so much, he can't explain it clearly.

"You say, what would have happened if it had been you and your daughter who had taken the poison?"

Shen Mo looked indifferent, playing with the small porcelain pot in his hand, his eyes were full of hatred.

"You... Now that our well water does not interfere with river water, I have helped you exonerate in front of the master, what do you want? ”

The Yuan clan had never seen such a silent appearance, in the past, she only dared not make a sound, but since she provoked King Wu, she has become more and more arrogant, and her personality has changed greatly.

"I don't want much, my mother's jade bracelet."

Shen Mo found that Yuan's eyes changed when he heard the jade bracelet, and he was instantly flustered.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a murderous witch, I'm just here to take what should be mine."

Shen Mo stood up, and the frightened Yuan and Shen Yan stepped back one after another.

"I've never seen what jade bracelet you said, don't talk nonsense..."

Yuan's eyes avoided, and Shen Yan couldn't stop trembling after him, and gently pulled the corner of his mother's clothes with his hand, that jade bracelet Shen Yan had seen, so she wanted Yuan's to return it to Shen Mo quickly, so that Shen Mo could leave quickly.

"The cause of my mother's death is unknown, but she left a jade bracelet that was taken by someone else, do you think her old man can feel good in the spirit of heaven?"

Shen silently approached Motoshi and slowly spat out the words in her ear.

The Yuan family was very scared in her heart, but she was unwilling to return this jade bracelet to Shen Mo, because it was given to her by the ancestor of the Shen family when Shen Mo's mother married into the Shen Mansion. For many years, the Yuan family had an affair with Shen Li outside, just to enter the Shen Mansion as soon as possible to replace Shen Mo's mother, and wear this jade bracelet openly.

"That bracelet is the Shen family's thing, your mother is dead, naturally you can't take it away."

Yuan's eyes were horizontal, and he directly took out the Shen family to suppress Shen Mo. She didn't want Shen Mo to take the jade bracelet away, but it took a lot of effort to find it at that time, how could she easily give it to others.

"If I insist on taking it away, how can you bear with me?"

Thinking silently, even if she digs three feet into the ground, she will also find the jade bracelet left by her mother.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Yan suddenly pounced on Yuan's side, his hands still shaking.

looked at the Yuan Shi who was lying motionless on the ground, and infinite disdain surged in his heart, this woman's acting skills are really profound, and she can play a play anytime and anywhere.

"Madame, Madam, wake up, Madame..."

Lan'er, who was guarding the door, heard Shen Yan's cry, so she naturally quickly pushed the door in, and as soon as she came in, she saw Yuan Shi lying on the ground with her eyes closed.

Silently glanced at the people on the ground, and strode away from the Yuan Clan's courtyard.

Now that he knew that this jade bracelet really existed, Shen Mo also believed what the old ghost said, and decided to wait for the matter of this plan to be resolved and go back to Changshan to apprentice.

Now that the Yuan family has been found holding his mother's bracelet, he naturally does not dare to be too presumptuous, so it is only a matter of time before he takes the bracelet.

"Who..."

On the way back to the Golden Jade Pavilion, the sound of walking suddenly sounded in Shen Mo's ears, and Shen Mo stopped in surprise and immediately began to identify, sure enough, it was very similar to the people who chased and killed him that night, but the skills of this wave of people just now were obviously more profound, and their internal strength was also better. In other words, this group of people should be professional killers, and their martial arts are very strong.

Could it be that the men in black who were with the gang that night came to hunt him down again?

Shen Mo sped up her pace back to the Golden Jade Pavilion, but now that she was in the Shen Mansion, would those people dare to break in and kill her without permission.

Comforting himself like this, he trotted silently into the Golden Jade Pavilion.

After checking the doors and windows, I took a breath and drank water.

In case that group of people collected tens of thousands of taels of silver just to take their own lives, then what was the use of themselves in the Shen Mansion, it was a dead end everywhere!

Shen Mo began to be scared again, now no one in this Shen Mansion is really helping him, even if something happens to him in the Golden Jade Pavilion, no one will care.

The hand holding the water cup unconsciously increased its strength nervously, only to hear the "bang" in his hand, which directly startled Shen Mu.

Shen Mo's mouth opened wide in surprise, and he looked at his hands, and then at the broken cups on the table, and couldn't believe what was happening.

Was the scrap of this table really caused by his own hands? This is the best Jingguan porcelain, specially made for officials, and now it can easily be turned into pieces, or with one hand, it can't be done at all!

Silently touched his hand, yes, the flesh on it was still there, exactly the same as before, but he didn't make much effort just now, how did he crush a good cup into pieces.

Could it be your own spiritual power? Thinking about it silently, only spiritual power can explain this matter.

Puzzled, he picked up an identical cup and held it in his hand, and with a little effort, the cup in his hand turned into pieces.

I couldn't believe my eyes, silently surprised and delighted, could it be that I could use spiritual power now?

If the old ghost knew about it, he would definitely be very happy, and the smile on his silent face that couldn't be stopped was sweeter than eating honey.

"Sister Xiaohuan..."

Hearing this child's voice, Shen Mo knew that it was the puppy who came, and thought carefully that he had never seen the puppy since he came out of the firewood room, and he didn't know where he had gone.

"Come on in."

Silent walked out of the room and took the puppy into the house.

"Miss..."

The little dog hadn't seen the eldest lady and sister Xiaohuan for several days, and he was a little rusty again, and he regained his previous shyness.

"Your sister Xiaohuan has something to do and went home to visit relatives, just tell me if you have anything!"

Shen Mo cleaned up all the scraps of the cups on the table, brought a new water cup over, and poured a glass of water for the puppy.

"Miss, are you all right, the little dog is so worried about you, but my father locked me in the house and didn't let me come out, and he released me today when he was in a good mood."

The little dog lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the silence, and twisted the corners of his clothes with his two hands.

"Why do you want to keep your head down?"

Shen Mo felt that he was too fierce, and the scared puppy was afraid to look at himself every time he saw him.

"I'm sorry, eldest miss, it's all my fault that I gave Sister Xiaohuan an idea, so that you were locked up in the firewood room for longer."

The little dog's eyes were teary as he spoke, and he sniffled vigorously.

"How can I blame you, of course I'm really happy, Xiaohuan and the little dog brought me food for fear that I would be hungry, so I thought, when I come out, I must give the little dog a gift."

silently wiped away the puppy's tears, and then gently comforted her.

Hearing that the eldest lady bought a gift for herself, the little dog's eyes instantly had a different light, and he could see that he was looking forward to this gift.

"Go ahead, and put it on the table in the back room."

Silently pointed, and the puppy immediately ran over excitedly.

Seeing the puppy's happy appearance, Shen Mo felt very relieved, he happened to pass by the utensils shop at the market yesterday, so he brought back the carving tools customized for the puppy by the way.

"Wow..."

The little dog made an exclamatory sound, seeing such a handy tool, the little touched was about to cry, he really liked these gadgets too much.

"Do you like it?"

asked silently and calmly, because she knew that the puppy would definitely like this gift super, very much, and she had long imagined that the puppy would be very surprised to see these gifts.

"Thank you, Miss, I love this gift so much."

The puppy smiled happily at Shen Mo, and put his little face on these gadgets.

It's been a long time since I've seen such an innocent smile, and Shen Mo really wants to record this scene.

"By the way, puppy, you said that if there are rats in the room, it is appropriate to call a few housekeepers to come and catch them?"

Shen Mo was stunned when he thought of those black-clothed people, although he could crush the quilt now, but if those black-clothed people took her down together, where would she have the opportunity to pinch others.

Therefore, it is most appropriate to find a few people to guard the Golden Jade Pavilion now, but it can't be directly said that someone is chasing and killing, so who dares to come, and if the Yuan family and Shen Yan know, they will have to take the opportunity to find trouble.

"Miss, are there rats in your room? The puppy will be able to catch it for you. ”

Silent shook her head helplessly at the little dog, she really couldn't bear to lie to a child, but there was no way for her to say so now.

"Little dog, go find seven or eight tall and mighty men and say I need to move something. Remember, don't let Mrs. Yuan and Second Miss know. ”

The puppy nodded wisely and ran out as soon as he slipped away.

Shen Mo asked the little dog to call those families, and he planned to make some gadgets in the Golden Jade Pavilion just in case.

After a while, the tall and strong family was led to the Golden Jade Pavilion by the little dog.

"Miss, what are you moving?"

The leader asked, although he knew that Shen Mo was not favored in this Shen Mansion, but for these subordinates, the master is the master, and they all have to be served well, and they can't be neglected.

"The furniture and furnishings in my room have been piled up in the house all year round, and I haven't been exposed to the sun, so I thought about asking you to come and help me move out, and wait until tomorrow to bask in the sun."

said silently and unhurriedly, it is estimated that it will take the second half of the night to move around like this, and the movement is also big, and it is estimated that those killers will not dare to act rashly.

"Move them all out?"

It was the first time that the leading family had heard the master say that he wanted to empty the house and let the furniture bask in the sun, but if the eldest lady really said so, the subordinates would naturally have to do it.

"Yes, they all move out, but don't worry, just move slowly, and I'll give you a reward if you get it right."

Shen Mo naturally knows the rules, since these family members don't dislike her and are willing to come to the Golden Jade Pavilion, then she will naturally repay them well, so the best reward for them is to give more rewards.

Hearing that there was no need to rush and that there was an extra reward, those family members were full of energy and were impressed by their quiet and approachable attitude.

Shen Mo quietly gave a thumbs up to the puppy, it was also very powerful to be able to move so many families for her.

Sure enough, this night, the Golden Jade Pavilion kept knocking and moving, and those so-called killers naturally did not appear.

After giving the family a reward, they were allowed to go back to rest, and they must have been very hard to move last night, so I let them go back in advance.

It was already noon when Ye Tingchen returned to the palace after finishing the border affairs, and thinking of the fainting woman, Ye Tingchen decided to go over and take a look immediately.

"How's it going?"

Ye Tingchen saw that there was only one doctor in the guest room, and the woman was lying on the bed smoothly, and there was nothing unusual.

"Back to the prince, this woman is fine, she fainted just because of her blood and blood, now it's okay to wait for her to wake up."

Ye Tingchen was relieved when he heard the imperial doctor say this, although this woman was wearing civilian clothes, she looked like a lady, and she always felt that she and the man who was traveling with her were not all the way, and she didn't know why they were together.

"Where's her tongue?"

Ye Tingchen suddenly remembered that the woman had her tongue cut out, and he didn't know if there was any way to save her.

The Imperial Doctor shook his head, this tongue was cut off alive by a sharp weapon, and it was completely impossible to recover.

"Back to the prince, the woman's tongue was cut off at about noon yesterday, and it is already a blessing in misfortune that she did not die."

Taiyi has been practicing medicine for more than ten years, and has seen countless patients, but he has never seen his tongue cut out.

"Yesterday at noon... They were found yesterday afternoon, so that is to say, the man who died was the one who cut out the woman's tongue, and they had only known each other for a day. ”

According to this speculation, Ye Tingchen felt that this matter was not trivial, and it was definitely not an ordinary abuse incident.

At this moment, the wind came in through the door, because there was something urgent, so he had to tell his master immediately.

"Say."

Ye Tingchen frowned, it seems that this matter is not as simple as imagined, maybe it is a very tricky matter.

"Master, the youngest daughter of the Wang family in the capital is missing."

When Ye Tingchen heard this, he looked at the woman lying on the bed, and immediately felt that she was the missing little daughter of the Wang family.

"Go and let the Wang family come and identify it."

After receiving the order, the wind quickly ran out to carry it out.

Just as Ye Tingchen was about to leave, the woman on the bed suddenly grabbed Ye Tingchen's cuffs.

Looking back, Ye Tingchen found that the woman had woken up, her eyes were not as red and swollen as the first time, and now her eyes were still full of tears.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Ye Tingchen felt that the woman was holding him, and there must be something she wanted to express.

"Go to my study and get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."

Ye Tingchen instructed the imperial doctor to hurry up and get a pen and paper, if this woman was really Miss Wang, then she would definitely write. The tongue is cut out and you can't speak, but your hands can write everything you want to say.

The woman nodded gratefully when she heard Ye Tingchen's order to get a pen and paper, and her tears couldn't stop flowing down, and her body kept twitching.

Ye Tingchen understood, knowing that this woman had a lot of words to express, maybe it was a right choice to save her, if he didn't pay attention to them and let them go, this woman might lose her life.

The imperial physician quickly brought a pen and paper and handed it to King Wu.