After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

Murong Xiao stepped into the study.

"Mr. Murong, please take a seat."

Jiang Ci Jin spoke with a smile, his face still gentle.

"I wonder why Master Murong came to visit so late at night?"

Murong Xiao sat opposite him, crossed his legs, and smiled wickedly.

"Didn't the Jiang family know that I was coming?"

Jiang Ci Jin smiled when he heard this but did not deny it.

"I just don't know what Mr. Murong's purpose is in going through all means to live in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?" Jiang Ci Jin looked at him.

Murong Xiao narrowed his eyes. Is this doubting his identity?

That’s right. After all, he didn’t expect to hide this lame reason for going to Beijing from the shrewd family of the Duke of Zhenguo.

"I came here to meet someone." Murong Xiao did not hide it.

"who?"

Murong Xiao looked at Duke Jiang steadily.

"Duke Jiang, I wonder if Young Master Jiang can know what I am going to say next? It is about Jiang Ruoli..."

"Li'er, is there anything you can't tell me..." Duke Jiang stopped talking abruptly.

"You mean..."

Murong Xiao nodded, "That's right."

Duke Jiang was shocked.

How did he know?

Does he want to take control of the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion by means of this incident?

But what good will this do him?

Duke Jiang's expression changed unpredictably for a moment.

"Father?" Jiang Ci Jin looked at Duke Jiang in confusion.

Duke Jiang looked at Jiang Cijin with a gloomy look in his eyes, "Boss, you go back first."

"Father!" Jiang Ci Jin was very surprised.

What on earth is going on with my little sister that she has to hide it from him? !

"Go back." Duke Jiang sighed.

Jiang Ci Jin knew his father's decision and stopped forcing him. He looked at Murong Xiao with a complicated expression, then stood up and left.

The room returned to silence.

"Go ahead." Duke Jiang said in a deep voice.

Murong Xiao got straight to the point, "Whose child is Jiang Ruoli?"

Duke Jiang's body shook violently.

He really knew it.

"How did Master Murong know this?" Duke Jiang asked in a hoarse voice.

This matter was handled very cleanly back then. How did he know about it?

"I found out." Murong Xiao said lightly.

As the most honorable saint of the Southern Dynasty, her purpose in investigating the daughter of an official in Dacheng must be not simple.

"Why are you investigating Li'er?" Duke Jiang's eyes were sharp, "Are you trying to use this to control the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion?!"

The Zhenguogong Mansion has been clean and loyal for generations, but this is the only thing they have kept secret from the world.

Although the emperor knew Li'er's secret, and it was he who secretly ordered the change of the third son's birth time, it would be a big shock to the Jiang family if it were made public.

More importantly, he was worried that Li'er wouldn't be able to accept it.

"Duke Jiang is overly suspicious."

Murong Xiao lowered his posture and spoke in a gentle tone.

"The reason I investigated her was not to embarrass the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and I will not report her to the court."

"Just because..."

Murong Xiao paused.

"Because she might be the son of an old friend."

Duke Jiang frowned tightly and looked inquiringly.

Murong Xiao knew that if he didn't explain the whole story, he would not be able to hear the truth from Duke Jiang.

"Duke Jiang, to be honest, Jiang Ruoli looks a lot like an old friend of mine."

"We were both disciples of the same sect, and she was my senior sister. I was still young at that time, and was sent to the mountains not long after I was born. It was this senior sister who took care of me until I grew up, until she left the sect, and I never saw her again..."

"After that, I asked around for news about her and vaguely learned that she had passed away, but she had an orphan whose whereabouts were unknown."

"Senior sister has been kind to me. She is like a mother to me. Over the years, I have been trying to find the trace of that child, wanting to repay Senior sister's kindness."

"It's a pity that I haven't found it for so long, until I checked some things a while ago..."

Murong Xiao's words were earnest and full of sincerity.

As for how the investigation was done, what was investigated, and which sect he and his senior sister belonged to, Murong Xiao did not intend to tell.

Duke Jiang was a little surprised.

I didn't expect that the Holy Lady Lingjia was also a person of the world.

"But how can you be sure that the child you are looking for is Li'er..." asked Duke Jiang.

"My senior sister's orphan was born on the tenth day of the eighth month in the fifty-third year of Dacheng."

Duke Jiang was stunned, then he understood.

It turned out that something went wrong with the Household Registration Department...

In fact, Murong Xiao was not completely sure.

The secret guard who stayed in Dacheng last time never found out any other information. He couldn't wait any longer, so he found a way to catch up with Jiang Ci Jin and returned to Kyoto.

Now that he told Duke Jiang these secrets, he was being honest but also testing.

He was gambling, gambling whether Duke Jiang would trust him and tell him everything about Jiang Ruoli.

Duke Jiang was also looking at Murong Xiao at the same time.

He still couldn't trust him completely. After all, his identity was too special.

Seeing that Duke Jiang still had a doubtful look in his eyes, Murong Xiao took out a crescent-shaped object from his arms.

This item is a crescent-shaped pendant made of polished dark mahogany. There is a small hole at the top with a red rope tied on it.

This pendant looks old, and the red rope has been worn and faded, but the pendant has become smoother and brighter under the owner's constant care.

This is a small pendant made by Senior Sister Mingxi when he was very young.

She made two at the time, one for him and one for herself.

When she left the sect, she once said that if they were destined to meet again in the future, she would use this object to recognize each other.

"Duke Jiang, have you ever seen this?" Murong Xiao held the pendant in front of him.

Duke Jiang looked at the familiar object with a twinkling gaze.

After a while, he raised his head, the inquiry in his eyes was gone, replaced by an inexplicable trust.

"Mr. Murong, wait a moment."

Duke Jiang looked serious and turned to walk into the inner room.

After a while, he came out holding a wooden box.

"Take a look at what's in this box." Duke Jiang handed the wooden box to Murong Xiao.

Murong Xiao opened the box and saw the same crescent-shaped pendant inside.

His hands couldn't stop shaking and his eyes were red.

Carefully taking out the pendants from the box, Murong Xiao held two identical objects in his hands and looked at them carefully.

After thirteen years, he finally found the child!

Seeing that he was losing control of his emotions, Duke Jiang sighed silently.

"When Ah Xi passed away, she gave me this pendant and told me that if someone came looking for her with the same item one day, I should trust that person without any worries."

"She said he would protect Li'er with all his heart."

But Duke Jiang did not expect that this person would be him.

Murong Xiao gently stroked the ornament and spoke slowly:

"Senior sister...how did she die?"

Duke Jiang was stunned, knowing that he couldn't hide it from him.

"Axi was murdered by someone seeking revenge."