Of course he knew what had happened to these two corpses, for he had been on the scene when the incident occurred!
"These two corpses were found in Zhang's Butcher Shop. The victims were the shop owner, Zhang Biao, and his wife. ... His wife was dismembered. Initially, it was suspected that the murderer was Zhang Biao, but he also died mysteriously!" Si Hongxi said as he lifted the white cloth covering another corpse.
Bai Chen didn't even look. He directly covered the corpse with the white cloth again.
Then he looked around the room. He felt quite strange. In this place filled with such a strong aura of yin, he didn't find any wandering souls!
Just as Bai Chen was about to leave the room:
"Hey! Are you done looking?" Si Hongxi asked in confusion.
Bai Chen suddenly stopped. He crouched down and looked at the ground, as if there was something there!
Si Hongxi also stepped forward to take a look. He saw Bai Chen crouching on the ground, carefully examining something, but he himself saw nothing!
"What on earth are you doing? There's clearly nothing there!"
"It's the foul air!" Wan Ruo glanced at Bai Chen and said firmly, "Is it left by that evil spirit?"
Bai Chen looked at the small drop of unknown liquid on the ground and felt an unusual aura of hostility!
Remembering what Yun Yi had said yesterday about that thing being injured, it was very likely that this thing was related to the corpse!
"Let's go back and talk about it!" Bai Chen stood up and said.
"Okay! Then shall we go back to the prince's mansion first?" Si Hongxi invited.
Wan Ruo looked at Bai Chen and then nodded.
On the other side, after Prime Minister Wei returned to his mansion:
"Someone! Hurry up and arrange for a few people to clean up two guest rooms in the west wing!" Prime Minister Wei ordered his servants.
As soon as he finished speaking, his wife, Su Qinglan, walked in!
"My lord, you've just returned from outside. Why do you want to clean up two rooms in the wing? What's the meaning of this?" she asked in puzzlement.
"Dear wife, please sit down! I was just about to discuss this with you!" Prime Minister Wei quickly pulled Su over and made her sit down.
Su sat down calmly and asked, "What on earth is it? You seem so anxious!"
"Let me tell you! I met a girl in the Prince of Pingnan's mansion before. I hit it off with her, so I took her as my adopted daughter!" Prime Minister Wei said straightforwardly.
Adopted daughter? Su sprang up from her chair!
"Adopted daughter? Our family isn't short of daughters. Why do you need to adopt one? ... Don't tell me you asked someone to clean up the rooms in the wing for your adopted daughter?" Su asked in disbelief.
Prime Minister Wei tried to soothe her, "Oh, you don't understand. This girl saved my life in the prince's mansion. That day in the garden of the prince's mansion, I suddenly felt unwell and dizzy. Fortunately, this girl came to my rescue and helped me to the pavilion to rest for a while. Only then did I recover. She's my benefactor! ... Later, I investigated this girl's family background. To my surprise, she's just a girl from a poor family. I felt sorry for her, and this was also a way to repay her kindness. That's why I took her as my adopted daughter."
"Even so, you don't necessarily have to take her as your adopted daughter! You could give her some money as a reward. Have you ever thought about Qing Shan's feelings when you do this!" Su blamed him, finding it hard to accept.
Prime Minister Wei said, "It's just an adopted daughter. There's no need to react so strongly, is there?"
Hearing this, Su was even more angry and retorted, "Just an adopted daughter? You're letting an adopted daughter live in our mansion!"
"Oh, it's not just her. It's her whole family of three! And it's the west wing, which is not close to our east wing. If you don't want to meet them, it's completely fine!"
"What? You, you actually let a whole family of strangers live in our mansion! Have you ever considered my feelings!" Su was so angry that she almost spat out blood!
Hearing this, seeing that Su was being so unreasonable, Prime Minister Wei slapped the table angrily and said, "Outrageous! I'm the head of this family. Do I need to ask for your permission before making any decisions? Humph!"
After saying that, Prime Minister Wei turned around and walked out.
Su slumped down on the chair, looking worried.
Prime Minister Wei then instructed his servants to go to No. 108 Yong'an Alley to pick them up.
Here, Zhang and Qin Jiang had been waiting at home for several hours, constantly looking towards the gate.
"Why is there still no sign? Could they be lying to us?" Zhang paced back and forth in the room, looking worried.
Qin Jiang sat on the chair impatiently and said, "Oh, can you stop pacing back and forth? You're making me dizzy!"
"Is anyone there?"
Outside the gate stood a man who looked like a servant. He knocked on the half-open gate with one hand and craned his neck to look into the courtyard.
Since Prime Minister Wei had said that he would send someone to deliver something, the gate had been left unclosed so that she could see if anyone had come just by looking out from inside the house.
"Coming! Coming!" Zhang heard someone calling and quickly stepped forward to greet them.
But when she got to the gate, she looked around and didn't see anyone carrying boxes or anything. There was only a carriage and a man!
"Who are you?" Zhang asked disappointedly.
"Are you Mr. and Mrs. Qin Jiang? My master is Prime Minister Wei. He specifically instructed me to come and pick you up to live in the mansion. The rooms have already been arranged!" the servant explained.
Hearing this, it meant that from now on, they could live in the prime minister's mansion?
Zhang took two steps back happily. The joy in her heart was beyond words.
She stammered to Qin Jiang beside her, "Did I hear correctly? We're going to live in the prime minister's mansion?"
"You heard correctly, you heard correctly!" Qin Jiang was also a bit incredulous.
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and call Man Man! Quick. I'll go and pack up. Let's go quickly!" Just as Zhang was about to go into the house to pack, she turned to the man and said, "Wait a moment!"
She turned around and went into the house to pack up happily.
Thinking that she was about to live in the prime minister's mansion, she began to despise the clothes she usually couldn't bear to wear. "What's the use of taking these? When we live in the prime minister's mansion, we can have any kind of clothes and jewelry we want. Humph!"
She casually threw the clothes in her hand to one side.
She simply packed up a little and then went out with a parcel.
The three of them took the carriage and arrived at the prime minister's mansion. As soon as they got to the main gate of the prime minister's mansion, Zhang was shocked by the grandeur of the mansion.
She thought that such a magnificent place was something she had never even dreamed of living in during her lifetime!
Following the servant's guidance, they came to the west wing.
"These two rooms were prepared for you by the master. Please ... This one is for the young lady, and the other one is for you two!" the servant introduced.
As soon as Zhang entered the room prepared for Man Man, she immediately fell in love with it. It was so big, and the bed looked so comfortable!
"I'll go and take a look at our room first!" Seeing that her daughter's accommodation was so good, Zhang was very curious about her own living place. She quickly entered the other room.
Compared with Qin Man Man's room, this room wasn't as big, but it was still a hundred times better than the room they used to live in!
At this time, another servant came to deliver a message. "Everyone, the master wants you to go over now!"