I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

The eldest princess waited for them to return with red and swollen eyes. Seeing that all three were safe, she was finally able to put her mind at ease.

Qu Ying helped her sit down and comforted her softly, "Didn't we tell mother yesterday that we are fine? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

The princess touched Qu Ran's face and wiped her tears with a handkerchief. "I'm fine. I'm just worried about you. Is Shu'er scared?"

Qu Ran shook her head, hugged the eldest princess's arm and said, "Yesterday, Sister Jiang hid me and my sister, and then I slept at Sister Jiang's house and slept very soundly."

When the eldest princess heard this, she realized that it was Jiang Yuan who saved them again, and looked at him with gratitude.

Having lived in the mansion for so long, Jiang Yuan and the princess no longer had to be polite as they did at the beginning. They smiled and replied, "That place is closer to my home. I took them to avoid the men in black and went to my place.

I don't know what the situation is like outside, so I can only send a message to the eldest princess. I'm afraid they will be scared, so I lit some calming incense at night. Everything is fine, princess, don't worry."

Mother Cui walked to Jiang Yuan while groaning and put her arm around her shoulders. "I was so scared. I heard that there was a thief killing someone on the main street. My heart was about to jump out of my chest.

Thank goodness, the girls are all fine."

The eldest princess nodded with red and swollen eyes, and then sighed, "Alas, you are lucky to have escaped, but...Alas."

Qu Ran didn't understand, and broke away from the princess's arms and went out to play.

Jiang Yuan and Qu Ying looked at each other, the princess seemed to have some hidden meaning in her words.

Mother Cui said, “The news we received this morning is that the eldest daughter of Mr. Wang was killed last night, and the remaining two daughters were also injured and frightened.

Just now, the princess heard that Madam Wang’s two daughters had severe nightmares, so she asked me to send them some calming incense.”

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he quickly said to Chunzhi behind him, "There are a few pills of calming incense in the box in the room, go get them."

The princess said, "I have it here, but the eldest daughter of Lord Wang is gentle and kind, so why..."

Thinking about what happened last night, I'm sure many officials and noble ladies were injured or frightened.

Qu Ying also thought of it, "Mother, I guess it's not just Lord Wang's family."

Tingweisi

"During the morning court session, His Majesty said that we must investigate the origins of these bandits, count the number of casualties, and comfort and resettle the people." Lord He, the Chief Justice, has had a gloomy face since the court session was adjourned.

The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture looked as pale as death. There was such a big chaos in the capital and so many yamen runners died. He was really in trouble now.

There were also the Imperial Guards and the Patrol Battalion, all of whom were reprimanded. The Imperial Guards were better off, as they were responsible for the defense around the imperial palace and even inside the palace.

The patrol battalion was not so lucky. If you gentlemen had not stopped it, the Minister of War would have been dismissed by the emperor immediately. The patrol battalion was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. On the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival in the capital, so many men in black came in and killed so many people. No matter what, they cannot escape the blame.

This matter is obviously not simple. The government suffered a great loss and people died. The emperor specifically asked the Supreme Court, the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guards to cooperate in the investigation.

The government office was responsible for counting casualties and resettling civilians, while the patrol camp strengthened the defense of the capital and searched for hidden thieves.

The Supreme Court was responsible for the investigation, and the imperial guards cooperated.

An Chen was also confused, especially when he saw eight men in black lying dead in a row on a street. For some reason, he immediately thought of the thieves who had assassinated Jiang Mansion's carriage in the suburbs.

On the main street, the patrol battalion was searching house to house. There was still bloodstains on the street. People from the government office were tidying up the street. Qin Mowei was sitting in a room on the second floor of Tianxiang Tower.

Opposite him was An Chen, who was scratching his hair angrily.

"Sir, there were so many men in black last night. Except for those who escaped and were caught by the imperial guards, few died at the hands of the imperial guards. Most of them died of poisoning.

It can be seen that this group of people are quite skilled in martial arts, but the eight people who died in Anying Lane were obviously killed, and they were killed with one strike, so it must have been done by a master. I think they were killed by the same person as those people in the suburbs."

Qin Mowei had seen the bodies of the eight people, and he also agreed with An Chen's inference.

An Chen said worriedly, "If this is true, it means that the man is in the capital. Why would such a master hide in the capital? What is his purpose?

Prince, this person is very dangerous."

"Did the people see anything? Eight men in black died, there must be someone who saw it, right?" Qin Mowei asked.

An Chen shook his head in frustration. "There were too many people. Half the city was watching the lanterns. Once chaos broke out, everyone ran away. Even if someone saw it, I don't know where to find witnesses now.

Besides, the people were in such a panic that they probably couldn’t even remember what the man looked like.

Now, we can only pray that the person was just admiring the lanterns by chance and did not do it on purpose. "

"He killed the man in black, which means they are not in the same group. I don't know why he is hiding in the capital. You can ignore him for now. He has not taken any action.

But these men in black may be very troublesome."

An Chen walked around the room, frowning and saying, "It's not just the men in black who are troublesome. The emperor needs to solve the case as soon as possible. Prince, do you know how many family members of officials were injured yesterday?

Oh, by the way, I saw the bodies of two guards in the yamen today. What a coincidence, I know them. They are from Qu Hou’s mansion.

I was so scared that I went to the Marquis' Mansion early in the morning. Fortunately, the servants of the Marquis' Mansion said that Qu Ying and Qu Ran also went to watch the lanterns last night, but nothing happened and they returned home safely. "

"Qu Ying went too?" Qin Mowei asked with a raised eyebrow, and then asked, "Miss Jiang Er went too?"

An Chen was stunned for a moment, then slapped his forehead, "Yes, did Miss Jiang go there too? During the morning court session, I saw Lord Jiang, and he was not as manic as those adults whose relatives were injured.

I guess no one in the Jiang Mansion was injured or in any accident, so I didn’t think about the Second Miss Jiang.”

Qin Mowei looked at the street outside the window. With the heavy snow, the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, but it was trampled away by the yamen runners coming and going.

"Miss Jiang Er is not on good terms with everyone in the Jiang residence."

"Yes, yes, yes, how could I have forgotten? But doesn't she live in the Marquis' Mansion? If Qu Ying is fine, she should be fine too."

Qin Mo was silent. On the street downstairs, a blue figure appeared. "Speak of the devil, and he will appear."

Jiang Yuan thought that many people would be frightened by this incident, and the tranquilizing incense would probably sell well. She could work overtime to make more, but she absolutely could not give it away for free, as she was not the one who scared people.

So he brought his maid out to purchase raw materials and took a look at the street.

The herbal medicine shop was full of people, all of them injured civilians, and the shop assistants were very busy.

"Girl, there is so much blood on the street." Lu Zhu grabbed Jiang Yuan's arm. Her legs went weak when she saw the blood.

After getting the things, I came out of the pharmacy and saw a shadow blocking the sunlight.

He looked up and met Qin Mowei's gaze.