The four of them rode out of the city at full speed and arrived at the courtyard at lightning speed. Ling Yun dismounted and looked at the board he had nailed on the door frame, feeling mixed emotions.

I remember Jiang Yun's eyes sparkling as she explained to me what the brand was called. Now the old item is still there...

Ah Sheng bowed and said, "Master, I will go to the village to ask if there are any suspicious people approaching here."

"Go back quickly."

"Yes"

I took a deep breath and didn't feel sad for too long. I pushed open the wooden door that had been sealed for a long time. What I saw was the swing under the peach tree. It had faded a little without the care of its owner.

After walking and looking around, I finally entered the main room. It was still the same as when I left.

Approaching Jiang Yun's room, we saw a kang bed taking up nearly half of the room, with two wooden boxes placed at the end of the bed.

Sure enough, the copper lock that locked the box was broken, and I tried my best to repair it. With a little force, the padlock fell off, and when I opened the lid, there were signs of rummaging inside.

At that time, he and Jiang Yun each had a box, and the thief was unaware and broke the locks.

"Sure enough, it was stolen here."

Ling Yun put the messed up clothes in order and took out the top sky blue cloak, which was Jiang Yun's. He rubbed it with his fingers, his Adam's apple sliding, and then put it away.

Looking around at the furnishings in the room, it seemed a bit out of place. On the table, the cartoon sketch of the two of them drawn by Jiang Yun was placed upside down on the table.

He walked over, picked it up and checked it. It was not damaged, but who wouldn't want to see Ling Yun and Jiang Yun in the same frame?

As soon as Jingchen entered the yard, he began to look around. He knew that Jiang Yun's life was very hard, but he didn't expect that the house she lived in was so small and she slept on a brick bed.

He glanced at the furnishings in the room and raised the corners of his lips slightly. The place was full of the atmosphere of Jiang Yun's life. The row of unknown dolls on the shelf should also be his work.

Reaching out to take the photo frame from Ling Yun, he asked suspiciously, "Is this... you and Xiao Yun?"

"Yes, the baby drew it himself. He said it's called a simple drawing." Ling Yun's expression softened a lot when talking about this painting.

Jingchen nodded, a little sour, "Think about it, who wouldn't want to see you and Jiang Yun together?"

"But do you know this courtyard of yours?"

Ling Yun pondered for a moment, then looked up at Jing Chen.

",,,,"

"Why are you looking at me?"

"I really don't want you two to be together, but I won't help hurt Xiaoyun. I don't care if you get hurt." Jing Chen was speechless and sat down on the only chair in the room.

"Since you are together with Xiaoyun, why don't you make the yard better? There is only one chair in the room."

Ling Yun wondered who else wanted to harm Jiang Yun, and answered casually, "Baby doesn't like the room to be too crowded. When I met him, he only had enough food and clothing."

"You are obviously not in good health and can only eat meat once every two or three days."

"He was thin and small, but he was smiling all day long. He went up mountains, down rivers, and climbed trees. He seemed to have endless energy."

Jingchen listened to his words, imagined the scene, relaxed his expression, and exclaimed, "That's great."

"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to bring Xiaoyun back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"This king did it all for Xiaoyun."

",,,"

Ye Xiao rolled his eyes in his heart as he listened to the conversation between the two. He turned around and wanted to go out for a walk, when suddenly he saw a bead by the foot of the table.

He bent down to pick it up and examined it carefully. "It looks like the beads inlaid in a woman's hairpin."

Then he showed the beads he had found to Jingchen and Lingyun, "According to what Master Ling said, Master Jiang and you have always lived in this house."

Ling Yun nodded, "After leaving the capital, Aunt Li from the same village will come to clean up once every ten days or half a month."

Ye Xiao understood and took the bead again. "This bead has a very good color, and the color is not suitable for an old woman in the village. I'm afraid it was left by a thief who stole the clothes."

Looking at the bead, Ling Yun felt that it looked familiar. As he recalled it carefully, a picture suddenly flashed through his mind. His hands clenched unconsciously, and he almost screamed out the name from his throat, "Ling Chu!"

Jingchen turned to look at him, a little surprised, "She is meditating in the nunnery, why is she here?"

Ling Yun clenched his fists, "The end of the year is approaching, and my mother has asked the Queen Mother to bring Ling Chu home. From now on, he only needs to meditate in the ancestral hall at home."

"My mother left her in the old house. She knew the baby was trapped in the palace and she tried to persuade me to give up the baby several times."

"He even took it upon himself to contact noble ladies in the capital to look for me, but I kicked them out several times."

Pointing to the bead, she said, "One day when she came, she even boasted that she had bought a hairpin that she liked for 500 taels of silver."

"But how did she get in touch with Wen Xia?"

Jing Chen lowered his eyes and thought, thinking about the crux of the matter, "Maybe I should contact the Queen Mother first, and then Concubine Wen."

"The Queen Mother has tried to interfere in state affairs more than once, but my brother is not like before."

"Remember the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet? My brother suppressed everything. The Queen Mother was very dissatisfied. She wanted to intimidate my brother."

"But I underestimated Xiaoyun's power and failed several times."

He slowly raised his head and looked at Ye Xiao, "Ye Xiao, you must find out where Wen Xia came from."

"Yes, I will take your orders."

"Master, Aunt Li is here." Ah Sheng's voice came from outside the house.

Aunt Li hadn't arrived yet, but she could hear her smiling voice, "Hey, you guys are back. It's been so long."

When she entered the room and saw a stranger, Aunt Li was stunned for a moment. She looked at Ling Yun, then looked again and didn't see Jiang Rong or Jiang Yun.

"Why aren't the two Jiang brothers here? Did they go up the mountain?"

Ling Yun smiled and shook his head, "They were in the city and didn't come back with us."

"Aunt, when you helped us clean the house before, did you see any strangers?"

Aunt Li was a little nervous, "Did something go missing from home? Ouch."

After looking around, he saw that the copper lock was broken. "Who the hell is this? It's really, Brother Ling, this, this,"

"You asked me to look after your house, but a thief came. Oh, I feel really bad about it. Let's report it to the police."

Ling Yun shook his head. "Nothing valuable was lost. I just wanted to ask Auntie if any strangers have entered the village."

Aunt Li was relieved to hear that nothing valuable was lost. She frowned and said, "I came to clean the house on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. The lock was still in good condition."

"Oh, by the way, a few children from the village wanted to go into the yard to play on the swings, but I chased them away. Then I was afraid they would sneak back in again."

"I looked over here from a distance and saw a carriage parked at the door. I thought you were back at first, so I walked a few steps over here."

"In the end, the carriage left before we even got there."

Ling Yun and Jing Chen looked at each other and asked, "What kind of carriage is it? Have you seen the people in the carriage?"

After thinking for a while, Aunt Li shook her head and said, "If I see the driver and the maidservant again, I should be able to recognize them. As for the people in the carriage, I didn't see them."

"Although the carriage is not very gorgeous, it looks pretty good."

Ling Yun stood up and bowed, "Aunt, please come with us and meet the coachman and the maid."

"OK, no problem."

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