In the courtyard of Nuanfeng Pavilion, Concubine Xian looked at Rong Fei and Ji Rou'er who were about to disappear around the corner, her eyes seemed happy and sad.
"You'er, you and the emperor have done a good job."
"Mom, my daughter-in-law also has good intentions, and I never thought that I could not hide it from your eyes. If I want to blame it, I only blame my daughter-in-law. I saw that my mother was in a bad mood recently because she missed her relatives, so I resorted to a stupid trick. My daughter-in-law knew that she was wrong, so she only
Please don’t let your anger break your body.”
Tang You'er on the side glanced at the two imperial doctors who were waiting outside the hospital, and cautiously admitted her mistake.
"Haha, silly boy. You helped me find my sister's flesh and blood. It's too late for me to be happy. How can I blame you?"
"ah?"
Tang You'er wondered aloud, not knowing what Concubine Xian meant by her words.
"Rongfei ate a lot of snacks in the house earlier, and I specifically asked the cook to mix tapioca flour into the dishes just now."
"Ah! Mother, you can't eat tapioca flour, why... why..."
Tang You'er exclaimed, but then she remembered that Concubine Xian had been serving dishes to Rong Fei and Ji Rou'er during the dinner, but she had never eaten any dishes herself.
"The surname Rong belongs to a large family and is spread all over Dunzhou. It can't be such a coincidence that a boy named Rong who randomly ran out is my sister's flesh and blood. If Rong Fei said something consistent with my memory today, I would get angry.
Suspicious. Hahaha, but this kid is also very clever. He must have noticed that I was suspicious of him, so he lied and claimed that he had forgotten things before he was eight years old.
Hmm... It's not necessarily a lie. After all, he is just an eight-year-old child. After experiencing such a purgatory scene, it is not unusual for him to be frightened to death.
People can lie, but some things cannot. Dunzhou is rich in cassava, and cassava is the staple food of people in Dunzhou. People in Dunzhou grew up eating cassava buns and cassava porridge. But our family is the only one.
You can’t eat cassava, and if you get a little bit of it, you’ll get a red rash on your body.”
As she spoke, Concubine Xian spread her right hand to Tang You'er, and saw rashes on the thumb, ring finger and middle finger.
"When I was a child, my father once said personally that if you look at the whole Dunzhou, there is no other family with such a special physique. I used to think that his face was somewhat similar to his sister, and I thought it was because I was so longing for him that I was blinded by it, but now I don't.
The evidence is conclusive. My sister married into the Rong family, her surname was not Rong, and she had such a special physique. It was unmistakable, this boy must be my sister's flesh and blood.
You'er, I should be grateful to you for helping me find my sister's flesh and blood. Sister...sister...your spirit in heaven can rest assured, and I will definitely take good care of Rong Fei."
At the end of the story, Concubine Xian couldn't help but burst into tears, clasped her palms together and murmured to the sky.
Tang Youer felt like her mind was in a mess.
But before she could smooth out her chaotic thoughts, Concubine Xian grabbed Tang Youer's arm and said urgently.
"Let's go, follow me to see Xiaoliu!"
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After separating from Ji Rou'er, Rong Fei returned to the Kyoto Prefecture's Office of Documents.
Gu Fengxiao and the other thirteen detectives from the Jixian Division were still immersed in sorting out the case, turning a blind eye to Rong Fei who came in. It was not until they were attracted by the smell of the braised pork biscuits in Rong Fei's hand that they cheered and gathered around.
"how is the progress?"
Rong Fei asked Gu Fengxiao.
"We have sorted through this year's and last year's cases, and there are a total of 927 missing cases. After excluding the missing persons who are men and women over 25 years old, there are 755 cases remaining. I am thinking about this afternoon
A few people will be left to continue sorting out the cases from the year before last, while the rest will re-visit and investigate the more than 700 cases."
Rong Fei nodded after hearing this, thought for a while and then said.
"Let's put aside the sorting out of the case from the year before last, and let everyone go visit and investigate."
After saying that, Rong Fei took out five cases from his arms and handed them to Gu Fengxiao.
"I just got this from Master Kong."
Gu Fengxiao bit into the sesame cake with braised pork in his mouth, took the case and looked through it, his expression was startled.
There were five more disappearances, all of which were children and women.
After quickly reading through the five cases, Gu Fengxiao stuffed the braised pork biscuits into his mouth and swallowed them whole. Then he called four police officers and handed out a case to each of them.
"You might be able to find more clues while it's fresh and hot, so let's set off now!"
After saying hello to Rong Fei, Gu Fengxiao and the four of them left anxiously.
After the other detectives had filled their stomachs, Li Jiong designated an area for each person and began to conduct inspections.
Upon seeing this, Rong Fei came over and asked Li Jiong to arrange an area for him. There were too many cases that needed to be investigated and visited. It would be better for more people to do more work. However, he was unanimously opposed by all the detectives.
"You haven't had a full night's sleep for several days, head. Just leave this little errand work to us. Just have a good sleep and come back to lead us after you're refreshed."
As he spoke, Li Jiong pushed Rong Fei back onto the stone pier.
Seeing the almost completely transformed mental states of the police officers, Rong Fei was quite pleased, but at the same time he was even more disdainful of Yu Qingzhi's leadership.
Among the thirteen agents of the Jixian Division, Gu Fengxiao and Li Jiong are relatively outstanding, but the others are not necessarily that bad. After all, being able to attract spiritual power into the body and successfully build a foundation is already far beyond most in the world.
of people.
Although it cannot be compared with the disciples of the Four Ultimate Holy Lands, it is much stronger than ordinary small sects.
It's just that because of Yu Qingzhi's indulgence and the deliberate suppression of various forces in Kyoto, these people developed a mentality of inferiority and fear of getting into trouble.
Yu Qingzhi's attitude towards the arrests of the Ji Xian Division is that if you cause trouble, I will support you, but if you don't even have the ability to cause trouble, there is no need to care.
But Yu Qingzhi never thought that it was precisely because of his way of keeping people free that the arresters in the Immortal Division were weak and had no choice but to swallow their anger when things happened.
In the blink of an eye, the entire small courtyard was empty, and only Rong Fei was left alone. From time to time, in the direction of the lobby in front, there were the sounds of a board being hit on the buttocks and the howls of prisoners crying for their fathers and mothers.
"You can steal half of your free life!"
Rong Fei stood up and sighed happily, looking for a room with a bed to catch up on his sleep.
Rong Fei was indeed exhausted these past few days. He just lay down and fell asleep the next moment.
When he woke up again, he saw through the unclosed door that it was completely dark outside, but Gu Fengxiao, Li Jiong and the others hadn't come back yet.
Rong Fei sat up and shook his head vigorously a few times. After regaining some consciousness, he walked out of the room, sat on the stone pier and stared at the night sky in a daze.
There was the sound of footsteps, and a figure walked through the courtyard gate, walking straight towards Rong Fei.
Rong Fei thought it was an agent from the Ji Xian Division who had returned. He gathered his thoughts and was about to say hello, but after seeing the face of the visitor clearly, he suppressed his words and quickly stood up to salute.
"Shh! Don't make any noise."
Zhu Sheng, who was wearing casual clothes, made a silencing gesture and pressed his hand to signal Rong Fei to sit down.
The emperor has not yet sat down, so Rong Fei dares to take his seat first.
Zhu Sheng also knew that Rong Fei was worried, so he smiled slightly, lifted up the hem of his green shirt, and sat down on the stone pier.
After the two sat down, Zhu Sheng didn't say anything, and just stared at Rong Fei in the moonlight.
Rong Fei had roughly guessed the final result in his mind because he and Ji Rou'er had previously analyzed Concubine Xian's probing methods, but after weighing it, he still looked confused and ignorant.
Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. It is best not to act too smart in front of the emperor, otherwise you will be jealous.
After noon today, Concubine Xian stormed into the imperial study room and announced directly to Zhu Sheng that Rong Fei was her sister's flesh and blood.
Zhu Sheng, who didn't know what was going on, thought at first that Concubine Xian was angry and sarcastic, but when he heard that Concubine Xian actually tested Rong Fei with tapioca flour, the situation immediately reversed. This time, it was Zhu Sheng who didn't believe it.
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Rong Fei is actually the flesh and blood of my aunt. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?
Zhu Sheng stared at Rong Fei for a long time. Looking carefully, there were indeed some similarities between his eyebrows and his mother. Why didn't he notice it the last time they met?
At this time, Zhu Sheng was no longer in the mood to pursue the matter of Rong Fei's private change of plan. He now just wanted to personally confirm Rong Fei's identity.
He took out an oil paper bag from his arms and placed it in front of Rong Fei.
Rong Fei opened the oil paper package and understood what Zhu Sheng meant when he saw the four pastries inside.
After sighing, without Zhu Sheng opening his mouth, Rong Fei picked up the cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
After finishing all four pastries, Rong Fei rolled up his sleeves and put his arms on the stone table.
Zhu Sheng leaned over and looked closely. After waiting for almost half a cup of tea, a pink rash began to appear on Rong Fei's arm.
After Zhu Sheng sat upright, Rong Fei used his spiritual power to suppress the rash.
"You really don't remember anything about things before you were eight years old?"
Zhu Sheng asked.
"I really can't remember it. It took a lot of effort to even remember my own name. As for where I originally lived, my parents' names, who else is in my family, etc., I have completely forgotten them all.
When I was in Fencheng, a doctor also diagnosed me and said that it was a mental illness caused by fright. The doctor also said that if I see familiar people or scenery, I might be able to remember something. Last month, I went to Dun.
I want to give it a try, but now Dunzhou is like purgatory, so I have no choice, and I probably won’t be able to remember it in this life.”
Rong Fei spread his hands and explained.
Zhu Sheng nodded after hearing this and did not ask any more questions. After staring at Rong Fei for a while, he stood up and left silently.
This guy is so suspicious!
Looking at Zhu Sheng's leaving figure, Rong Fei thought to himself.
In fact, not only Zhu Sheng didn't believe it, but Rong Fei himself didn't believe it either.
Cassava allergy is not a strange thing, but for Concubine Xian and Emperor Zhu Sheng, it is an ironclad fact.
Being uneducated is terrible!
However, Rong Fei didn't intend to continue to explain. Having the identity of a royal relative out of thin air was equivalent to an extra layer of protection, so why not do it.
…
The police officers of Kyoto Prefecture have all been sent off duty in advance today, but Kyoto Prefectural Governor Chen Xiusong is still looking through the case files in his study.
"Sir, you should rest early, don't strain your body."
Master Kong Xiwen put a cup of steaming ginseng tea on the table and advised softly.
"No rush, no rush, I'll go to bed after reading these few books."
Chen Xiusong replied without raising his head.
Kong Xiwen understood Chen Xiusong's temper, so he stopped talking and went to the desk on the other side to handle his official duties.
After a while of burning incense, Chen Xiusong read the case, raised his arms and stretched his waist comfortably, and then asked Kong Xiwen with unfinished thoughts.
"Is there any new investigation details from the Jixian Division? I'm not sleepy right now. Why don't you read a few more books so that you can try a few more cases tomorrow?"
"Sir, the details of the investigation sent by the Jixian Division are here."
Kong Xiwen raised his head and rubbed his sore eyes and replied.
Chen Xiusong looked at the standard delivery dates on several investigation details and said strangely.
"In the past, dozens or hundreds of copies were delivered, but why haven't they been delivered these past two days? Could it be that we have encountered a difficult case?"
"It's not difficult, but it is indeed a bit troublesome. According to Chief Rong, they are going to clean up the missing persons reports in the past two years."
"Missing population report?"
Chen Xiusong frowned when he heard this, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.