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"Something's happened inside, and you're still not letting me in?" Xue Ruyun angrily glared at him. When the shopkeeper saw this, he was worried that something might have happened in the room, so he could only give way.

The few of them rushed into the room and saw that it was in complete chaos. The floor was littered with broken pieces of porcelain. A man with his back to them fell to the ground, his head dripping with blood.

"Ahh …"

After all, she had never seen the world. As soon as she saw the people covered in blood on the ground, she cried out in fear. When she turned back, she remembered that her young miss was still here. Worried that Xue Luoyun would be scared, Yun Zhi quickly went up to cover her eyes.

However, Xue Ruoyun had already gotten used to these things. She pushed away Yun Zhi's hand and walked straight in, slowly squatting down and flipping the other person's body over.

Yun Zhi cried out in shock and quickly covered her eyes, not daring to look.

Xue Ruyun used the silk handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose, carefully observing forward. She saw that the person's face was full of malice, her eyes wide open, as if she had died with everlasting regret. She took a breath and felt for a pulse. The man was dead.

"Protect the scene and call for the servants to report to the officials." Xue Ruyun ordered, and then she chased her to the backyard. She saw that there was no one behind her, and the killer was long gone. Only a pearl hairpin was found on the ground.

"Well, miss?" Yun Zhi chased after him, only to see Xue Muyun holding a pearl hairpin.

"He ran away, there's only this one left." Xue Luoyun walked in with the pearl hairpin in his arms. He saw that the shopkeeper had already reported it to the official and was standing at the side with his hands hanging by his side waiting for people from the government to come over.

"Didn't you say that Madame was in there? "Why is there no one here?" Xue Luoyun was suspicious.

"Eh …." The manager was temporarily unable to reply. At that time, it was indeed Mrs Zhao and this man inside, but he didn't know the specifics.

"I'm not sure about that. Madam did say that she wanted to talk to this person here. She might leave after the conversation." The head storekeeper's words seemed to be just for the sake of dispelling Mrs Zhao's suspicions.

From the looks of the situation, Mrs Zhao was indeed very suspicious. However, although Xue Luoyun hated Mrs Zhao, the evidence in front of her was insufficient. She didn't dare to rashly make a decision. She carefully examined the body of the person before turning her head to ask the shopkeeper, "Do you know this person?"

The shopkeeper squatted down and observed the man for a long time. He was in deep meditation when he suddenly realized something. He raised his head and abruptly met Xue Luoyun's eyes. He rolled his eyes and quickly hid his expression. He stood up and said, "Miss, this servant does not know this person."

Xue Ruyun had already seen through his thoughts. Although his expression only lasted for a split-second, he had already seen through the minute details.

"You must know this person, right?" Xue Ruyun knew what he was deliberately hiding, so he definitely knew this person's identity.

"Miss, this servant really doesn't know. This matter shall be left to the government. " After all, the shopkeeper was old, experienced, and experienced, so no matter what he asked, he would not let him get away.

Xue Muyun asked around for a long time, but he still couldn't find anything, so he could only give up.

"The shopkeeper definitely knows who this guy is. It's just that he's too crafty to say anything." He listened to Xue Muyun walk around in the Rain Pavilion and repeatedly ponder. For the time being, he forgot about finding Zhao Clan's theory.

"Think about it, since he is the shopkeeper of this shop, how could he not know this person and let him come to his own store? Secondly, this person had a close relationship with the Zhao Family when he was talking to them in the room. The shopkeeper has repeatedly stopped me from entering. He must know what shameful things they are discussing. "

Yun Zhi sat to the side, watching Xue Muyun walk around. She had even lost consciousness.

"Oh right, Yun Zhi, do you know whose item this is? Could it be the Zhao Clan? " Xue Ruyun took the pearl hairpin and carefully examined it.

Xue Muyun handed the pearl flower to Yun Zhi, and Yun Zhi looked at it for a long time. "This servant has never seen Madame wearing this pearl flower before. Looking at the exquisite workmanship of this pearl flower, it is still completely new. It should be something that I have just worn." The only clue seemed to be broken.

"But according to the shopkeeper, only Mrs Zhao was in the room with this person. After the incident, Mrs. Zhao mysteriously disappeared without a trace. It seems like this item is most likely hers. "

"Then I don't know." Yun Zhi had no other choice, "How about I ask the other maids tomorrow?"

"There's no need for that. If that's the case, it'll be easy to alert the enemy." Xue Ruyun thought for a while, then his tightly knitted brows suddenly relaxed.

"Got it, let's test it now." After she finished speaking, she changed her clothes and quietly took the pearl hairpin out of the room.

Xue Muyun tiptoed and tossed the pearl hairpin onto the steps leading up to Lady Zhao's entrance. Afterwards, he leapt onto a tree within the courtyard and quietly sat down, secretly observing the situation below.

The lights in Mrs Zhao's room were still on. She had been back for a long time, but no one came out. After waiting for a long time, there was no response from the room. Thus, she threw an item and knocked on Mrs Zhao's door accurately.

Not long after, Mrs Zhao walked out and looked around like a thief. After Xue Ruyun learned a few meowing sounds, Mrs Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. "So it's a cat."

Mrs Zhao was about to return to her room when she felt something on her foot. She stopped and looked down. She immediately saw the pearl hairpin on the staircase.

Mrs Zhao was immediately enraged: "Red Sleeves, Sleeveless!" Mrs Zhao roared with an extremely displeased expression.

"Madam, what's the matter?" Red Sleeves hurriedly ran over.

"Why are you so careless? Look at my pearl hairpin, how did you get it here, eh?" Mrs Zhao pointed at the pearl hairpin on the ground and tugged at her red sleeve's ear as she scolded.

"Ma'am, didn't I, didn't I just insert it into Madame today?" With both hands, she picked up the pearl hairpin and wiped it with her sleeve.

"Is that so? "And you still quibble." Mrs Zhao recalled for a moment, then scolded again, "You couldn't insert yourself in that way, so it fell to the ground. This is a reward from the emperor, I like it the most. If you break it, it will take your dog life." Madame Zhao boasted shamelessly. These were clearly bestowed by the Emperor to Xue Ruyun, and she was even embarrassed to be reprimanded by the Emperor.

"Yes, your servant is not good. Your servant will be careful next time." Red Sleeves quickly kowtowed.

"Hurry up and put it away." Mrs Zhao gave her a hard look before returning to her room.

"I never imagined that this really is the Zhao Clan's thing." The corner of Xue Ruyun's mouth moved. She sneered and then leaped back into her own small courtyard. Judging from Mrs Zhao's expression just now, that scoundrel must have done something shameful. Furthermore, she had also said that this pearl hairpin was something that she loved a lot and would not easily fall down. Only when she was in a hurry would she be able to escape and not notice it. Plus, if she had nothing to do with her heart, she would have come back to find that the pearl hairpin had disappeared. How could she only remember it now that she had seen the pearl hairpin?

Xue Ruyun considered it for a while. She predicted that if she hadn't been at that time, she would have been in a great panic and wouldn't have been able to remain calm as she left. If so, considering the circumstances, the murder must have something to do with the Zhao clan.

"Let's go and report her." Yun Zhi wanted to take this opportunity to report to Mrs Zhao. After all, the murder case was such a big matter. If she really did it, then Yun Zhi and Xue Ruoyun would be able to turn the tables and never be angered by her again for the rest of their lives.

"No." Xue Luoyun shook his head, "Right now, we're only confirming that Mrs Zhao was following this person, but we don't have accurate evidence to prove that she was the one who beat her to death. With just a single Pearl Flower, Mrs Zhao will definitely not admit to it. Furthermore, the shopkeeper will not identify Mrs Zhao and say that she was in the room with her. "

"Looks like there's something more to this matter. We need to investigate more carefully." Yun Zhi nodded, agreeing with Xue Ruoyun's deliberation.

"First, I have to confirm this person's identity, then I'll go along with the plan." Xue Luoyun then told Yun Zhi to take out a pen and paper, and drew the appearance of that person.

Since this shopkeeper seems to have remembered this person, then I believe that there should be someone in the manor who knows this person. We should ask an older person who has stayed in the manor for a long time. Xue Ruyun thought for a while, then asked Yun Zhi, "Do you know the old man that has been serving this mansion for so many years?"

"Um …" "Miss, this servant doesn't know him, but I heard that there's always an old lady washing clothes in the backyard of the Xue Manor. She's very kind, why don't we go ask her?"

"That's good." The two of them quietly went to the backyard the next day. There were still water dripping from the clothes drying all over the place, and there were piles of dirty clothes on the ground.

The old man was alone next to the mountain of clothes, doing his best to wash them. Even though it was morning, large beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead and dripped down along his grey hair.

"Why are you still washing so many clothes now that you're old?" Xue Luoyun really couldn't bear it. This Zhao family was too heartless, to actually send an old man to do such heavy work. The maidservants in the mansion all washed the clothes of their masters that should have been washed. However, they all slacked off and threw many of them to the old man.

"Yun Zhi, let's help." As he spoke, he carried the clothes over and began to wash them.

"Ah, miss, how can this be?" The old man raised his head. Seeing his appearance, he immediately recognized Xue Ruoyun's identity. She quickly dropped to the ground and bowed to her.

"Old man, there's no need to be polite. Stand up and let us help you." When he thought about how his grandmother looked like this, his heart ached even more.

"No, miss." The old man waved his hand.

"You don't have to be courteous to me." As Xue Ruyun spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and began to wash himself. The old man was moved to tears. "Thank you."

While he was washing his clothes, Xue Ruyun began to chat with the old man.

"How long have you been here?"

"I've been here for decades, ever since the old master came to serve me when he was young. Merely, after I grew old and became useless, I was dispatched to this place to wash my clothes. "

"Don't all of the old people in this mansion only need to be in their fifties to be allowed to go home and take care of their families?"