There is a god in the sky

Chapter 88 The Arson Case at the Yu Mansion (Part 9)

Shen Lan approached Madam Yu and stared into her eyes: "I went to the Yu residence to ask Lord Yu if he has any evidence that could threaten Liu Engui."

Madam Yu was startled and quickly took a step back.

"You...you're from Guli Town? This...how is this possible?" There can't possibly be anyone still alive in that town.

"It seems that Madam also knows some things."

"I don't know," Mrs. Yu hurriedly denied.

"What are you afraid of? Lord Yu is dead, and he may even have been silenced by someone. Even if you say something, nothing will happen to you."

Madam Yu shook her head vigorously, her hands gripping her skirt tightly, her tension visibly palpable.

Shen Lan sighed, "Fine, since Madam Yu refuses to tell me, I'll have to find the answer myself."

She stood up, but before she could turn around, Madam Yu called out to her, "You're saying my husband might have been silenced by Liu Engui?"

"Is it impossible?"

Madam Yu thought about it. She didn't actually know what Yu Yuanwang was holding or whether it mattered, but he had indeed gotten promoted through Liu Engui's connections.

She always thought he was Liu Engui's confidant.

It wasn't until he got drunk one night and revealed some things from back then that she realized Liu Engui had done some things behind her back.

"If Madam Yu is willing to trust me, she can give me the items, and everything after that will have nothing to do with the Yu family."

Shen Lan was also unwilling to implicate innocent people. Yu Yuanwang should have been just a supporting character back then and couldn't make decisions.

Madam Yu pinched her fingers together, then dipped them in tea and wrote a line of words on the table.

Shen Lan noted it down and bowed to her.

"I will always remember your kindness, Madam."

"The female corpse that was burned to death was the mistress that the master had been keeping all these years. She had given birth to a son, but he died when he was two years old. She framed me for killing her son, and the master completely broke off relations with me because of this."

Later, I stopped caring about them. The master took her back and raised her in Tingxiang Garden. When I heard that they had been burned to death, I actually felt a little smug.

I think this is divine retribution. He made a terrible oath back then, and now he's getting his comeuppance. It's truly satisfying!

Madam Yu laughed and cried at the same time, and said to Shen Lan, "It doesn't matter how he died, whether it was to silence him or to seek revenge, I can only have true peace now that he is dead."

Shen Lan understood.

Love exists, but it's for Lord Yu of the past.

Some people only live on after they die.

"It's only a matter of time before the authorities find out the identity of that woman's body. Madam, you did nothing wrong and don't need to blame yourself."

Madam Yu waved her hand, indicating she no longer wanted to speak.

After Shen Lan left, she saw Sui Feng outside the prison. Undeniably, seeing someone waiting for her at that moment swept away the gloom from before.

Sui Feng said helplessly, "The master told me to follow you."

Shen Lan smiled and said, "Then I'm going to steal something from the Yu residence next. Are you coming with me?"

Sui Feng rolled her eyes. "Why don't you just fly to the moon?"

Shen Lan walked ahead, and seeing that she was indeed heading towards the Yu residence, Sui Feng hurriedly followed.

"Stealing is illegal. Do you really want to knowingly break the law?"

"Ah."

“I do not protect criminals,” Sui Feng said with a dark face.

Shen Lan nodded, "Alright, I'll deliver the evidence to Lord Xiao in a bit."

By the time they arrived outside the Yu residence, it was already quite late.

The death of Lord Yu and the arrest of Madam Yu and Steward Zhong plunged the Yu family into silence.

The white lanterns and white banners at the entrance made the mansion appear even more desolate.

"Where do we enter from?" Sui Feng asked her.

Shen Lan led him to the side gate of the Yu residence, through which was the burned-down Tingxiang Garden.

There were hardly any servants in this place before, and now there isn't even a stray cat.

Shen Lan remembered the location given to her by Madam Yu, and after searching around the Yu residence for a while, she quickly found her destination.

He followed the wind without saying a word, moving quickly when she was fast and slowly when she was slow, always staying behind her.

Then he discovered that this girl was not only skilled in light-footed martial arts, but also had first-rate skills in dodging people.

He even suspected that Shen Lan might have been a habitual thief in the past.

After receiving the items, Shen Lan didn't have time to examine them closely. She took Sui Feng and slipped out of the Yu residence without alerting anyone.

Sui Feng praised, "Miss Shen, have you never thought you could make a fortune with your skills?"

If you were to sneak into a rich person's house, you could become rich overnight.

Shen Lan said in a serious tone, "I am a law-abiding citizen."

"Heh." If he hadn't just come from the Yu residence, he probably would have believed Shen Lan's words.

Back at the Song residence, Xiao Ji was still waiting for them with the lamps lit.

Seeing Sui Feng's constipated expression, Xiao Ji turned his gaze to Shen Lan.

Sui Feng cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I will return to my room now."

Only Shen Lan and Xiao Ji remained in the room, the latter waiting quietly for her to speak.

Shen Lan took out the paper package from her arms and placed it in front of Xiao Ji. "I just got it from the Yu residence. I haven't seen it yet. Let me show it to you, sir."

Xiao Ji asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"I do not know either."

Xiao Ji pushed the things over, "Take a look first, and then decide whether you want me to see them."

Shen Lan wasn't even sure if what was inside was what she needed. She almost trembled as she peeled back the oil paper, revealing a book inside.

It is a very ordinary collection of poems.

But the fact that this collection of poems is being treasured so carefully is anything but ordinary.

Shen Lan flipped through it and noticed that some words were circled in red.

She copied those words down and turned them into a sentence.

"Your Excellency is unwell. The Shen family has a prescription for medicine. Please bring it to us."

Shen Lan's pen fell to the ground.

She sat there blankly, recalling the details of that year from beginning to end.

Someone wants the medicine prescription hidden by the Shen family. What prescription is so important? And who is this important person?

Xiao Ji burned the paper Shen Lan had written on, and then carefully wrapped up the poetry collection. "I'll keep this here for now."

Shen Lan's lips twitched, as if to say that this thing was unsafe and might bring him disaster.

But Xiao Ji chose to do this in order to protect her.

"Does Your Excellency not wish to ask anything?"

"No need to ask. I will know what I need to know, and I will choose not to know what I shouldn't know."

Shen Lan returned to her room in a daze, and sitting on the edge of the bed, she was still wondering if the Shen family had any treasured medicinal prescriptions.

She had been exposed to the Shen family's medical skills back then, and she originally wanted to inherit the Shen family's medical skills and become a female doctor when she grew up.

After all, in this era, forensic medicine has really no future.

She had also seen the Shen family's exclusive prescription, a thick book passed down through generations, with each generation adding to and updating it.

That was what she considered the most valuable thing in the Shen family.

Besides these, is there anything else she doesn't know?

Mr. Wu, who was kicked out of his home by his father, the inexplicable massacre, and Liu Engui's unusual path to promotion all seem to point to one answer.

If Liu Engui really did take some kind of medicine formula from the Shen family, would he have slaughtered the entire town for it?

How utterly inhuman that is!