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In the South Wind House courtyard, as Jinyi was drying her clothes, a black clothed person suddenly appeared out of nowhere and knocked her unconscious without saying a word.

When she opened her eyes again, she was in a completely new place.

Jin Yi got up from the ground in fear. Just as he was about to survey his surroundings, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the door. He was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He saw a person walking in through the door. He was dressed in a dark blue robe and was tall and straight. He looked handsome and handsome.

If this person wasn't the young master general from their family, then who was it?

Jin Yi's heart calmed down a little, and he blessed Xiao Jingyue's body: "This servant greets General."

Xiao Jingyue took out the snake hairpin from his sleeve and asked indifferently: "Do you recognize this hairpin in this general's hand?"

Jin Yi carefully raised his head and looked at the hairpin in Xiao Jingyue's hand. Then, his expression suddenly changed.

She and the young lady grew up together, so she naturally recognized that this silver serpent hairpin was something the madame had left for the young lady. The Miss didn't wear it often, but it was always placed close to her body, so that no one could touch it. How could it fall into the General's hands?

Also, the general had ordered for her to be kidnapped and asked about this hairpin.

The change in Jin Yi's expression was seen by Xiao Jingyue.

After a moment of silence, the servant girl retracted her gaze, lowered her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Reporting to the general, this servant has never seen him before."

Xiao Jingyue's expression turned cold, his eyes narrowed, "Have you really not seen it before?"

Jin Yi felt weak in his heart. His complexion became paler, but he still firmly said, "This servant has never seen it before."

Hearing that, Xiao Jingyue's face instantly darkened.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded from outside.

Xiao Er walked in quickly and cupped his hands: "Master, something has happened in front of the Palace."

Xiao Jingyue's eyes turned slightly cold, "What is it?"

"Huo Xinyi came to the manor at noon to look for Madam. He left the manor a quarter of an hour ago, and suddenly died at the entrance of the manor."

Jin Yi's expression suddenly changed. He blurted out, "Miss!"

Xiao Jingyue glanced at her, then instructed in a low voice: "Send her back to South Wind House."

When Qu Ling rushed to the entrance of the palace, it was already surrounded by a large crowd.

Before the people from the Caoital Officials Palace arrived, all the people maintaining order at the scene were the General Mansion's guards.

Qu Ling looked at Huo Xinyi who was lying on the ground, then immediately shifted his gaze away and asked the guard beside him: "Have you sent anyone to inform the Caoital Officials Palace?"

The guard replied, "Reporting to Madam, someone has already been ordered to inform Caoital Officials Palace."

Qu Ling gently nodded and did not ask further.

Looking at the cold corpse on the ground, she even had the impulse to whip it on the spot.

The medicine she gave wouldn't have been a problem, but she did die early.

And luckily, he survived at the General Mansion entrance, which gave her a lot of trouble.

This Huo Xinyi was definitely here to cause trouble for her.

Before long, the people from the Caoital Officials Palace had arrived.

One of Huo Xinyi's personal servant also came along.

Caoital Officials found out from the servant girl that Huo Xinyi came to General Mansion to look for Qu Ling, and then found out from the common folk present that the person who just left the General Mansion door fell to the ground. After muttering to himself for a moment, he walked in front of Qu Ling and said helplessly: "Please follow me there, Mrs. Xiao."

Today, with so many people witnessing Huo Xinyi falling to the ground and losing his breath, even if the Caoital Officials had any intention of protecting Qu Ling, it would be impossible.

If it was an ordinary slave, they would have died. However, Huo Xinyi would be kind to the people from time to time, and was well known among the people. If the officials did not take note of this matter, the commoners who had received favours from Huo Xinyi would not be able to let this matter go.

Qu Ling was already mentally prepared. Just as he was about to speak, a strong arm suddenly wrapped around his waist.

In the next moment, her back bumped into an embrace, and her scent, which belonged solely to someone, entered her nose. An extremely familiar and deep voice came from behind her, "May I ask where Caoital Officials will take this general's wife?"

When Xiao Jingyue appeared, the surroundings were completely silent.

After a while, all the people in front of the residence kneeled down as one and shouted General Xiao's name.

This kind of grand scene, could only be seen when the emperor was out on patrol. The Caoital Officials was shocked by the sudden actions of the commoners.

However, as Lady Xiao, Qu Ling didn't feel proud in the slightest. Instead, she was so angry that she raised her loudspeaker and proclaimed that Xiao Jin Yue was a perverted beast with a human's appearance and a beast's heart.

She lowered her voice and said, "Let go!"

Xiao Jingyue tightened his arms, using his actions to tell her that he was not letting go.

Qu Ling was so angry that his nose was crooked.

"Greetings General Xiao." Caoital Officials regained his senses, and bowed respectfully while cupping his hands, "This lowly official has acted impartially, I hope general will not be troubled."

Xiao Jingyue remained calm and collected as he held the struggling girl in his arms and said indifferently: "If that's the case, then allow this general to accompany my wife on this trip."

With that said, Xiao Er pulled a horse and walked in front of Xiao Jingyue.

Xiao Jingyue took the reins and wrapped his arms around Qu Ling's waist, lifting her up onto the horse's back.

Qu Ling was shocked, and shouted angrily: "I can leave by myself!"

Previously, he had disdained her so much that he didn't want to even touch her finger. But now, he was hugging her and even had some face left!

Xiao Jingyue pretended not to hear and escorted her to the Caoital Officials Palace.

The corpse on the ground had already been carried away, while Huo Xinyi's servant followed along. Caoital Officials ordered the people to drive away the surrounding people, then turned to look at the two who were walking away.

After struggling for a while, Qu Ling was still unable to break free from Xiao Jingyue's arms. He drooped his head and asked dejectedly: "Why did you follow me here?"

Xiao Jingyue said in a calm voice: "Madam's business is this general's business."

Qu Ling was startled, and could not help but let out a ridiculing laugh.

Those who didn't know, upon hearing this, would think that the two of them were deeply in love. In fact, they had just quarrelled last night.

Thinking about it this way, Qu Ling said furiously, "Come on! Sooner or later, we will have to leave, and my matter has nothing to do with you. "

"The Gu in this general's body doesn't understand, so you don't even have to think about leaving!"

"Just prepare and wait for me. I will remove the Gu in your body sooner or later!"

Xiao Jingyue glanced deeply at Qu Ling with a gloomy face, and did not speak further.

A quarter of an hour later, the Caoital Officials opened a court in the yamen and called for a coroner to examine the corpse.

Xiao Jingyue sat by the Caoital Officials's side and sipped on his tea to listen to the interrogation, his gaze not moving from Qu Ling who was standing in the middle of the hall.

He first stared at her exquisite and beautiful face, then his gaze involuntarily shifted to her exquisite and beautiful body.

He spent all his time guarding the border city and rushing into the battlefield. He was surrounded by all sorts of men and almost none of them were women. It was only after that night that he realized that women were as beautiful as those under his control had said …

"General?"

Xiao Jingyue regained his senses, put down the empty cup in his hand, and calmly looked at Caoital Officials who was beside him with a big stomach.

Caoital Officials smiled and said: "General, the coroner's experience has been completed."

Xiao Jingyue replied in a neither light nor heavy manner, and from the beginning to end, he did not even glance at the corpse once.

When Qu Ling turned his head to look at him, he could not help but glare at him.

In the eyes of Caoital Officials, the little movements of the two became a show of affection. Caoital Officials covered her lips and coughed lightly. She calmly retracted her gaze and asked: "Have you found the cause of death?"

One of the coroners stepped forward: "Elder, the deceased was poisoned to death."

Caoital Officials frowned, then asked: "What poison?"

The coroner hesitated for a moment before answering, "It should be. Red Crane Head."

At this time, the servant girl who had followed them over suddenly shouted in a stern voice, "Before our boss left, he was fine.