The daughter of a noble family is reborn, and she is doted on by her godmother.

"Well, Qingqing, this sesame seed cake should be eaten while it's hot, right?"

Yun Yuke blew on the hot sesame seed cake while showing it off to her daughter.

"Aunt Hua is a great cook, but our kitchen just can't accommodate a flatbread oven. She's not very good at making these kinds of flatbreads, so we always buy them from this shop. They're not bad, but they get cold, which is a big deal compared to hot flatbreads. And look, they also have braised meat and dried tofu, plus chili oil, so fragrant!"

Yun Qingjin's mouth was full, and she couldn't speak. She could only nod vigorously to indicate her agreement.

"Slow down, it's still hot from the pot, be careful of the steam."

Yun Qingjin nodded while glancing sideways at the carriage of the Marquis of Changxing at the door.

As soon as Yun Qingjin arrived at the entrance of the county government office, she noticed that the carriage at the entrance was unusual.

Although the decorations on the carriage were not conspicuous, a large bunch of mugwort leaves was hanging on it. This was a common decoration on the carriage of his mother, Lady Su Ru, the wife of the Marquis of Changxing, in his previous life.

It was said to be decoration, but it was actually a habit of the Lady of the Marquis to keep mugwort leaves on hand and hang them in the carriage to repel mosquitoes.

Even when there is no mugwort, they will collect the dried mugwort leaves, put them in cloth bags, and continue to hang them on the carriage.

Yun Qingjin recognized it at a glance as the carriage of the Marquis of Changxing. Although times had changed, she didn't know why the Marquis's wife would appear in this small Xin'an City.

And coincidentally, it was right in front of the county government office.

If I just go in like this, what if I bump into someone and they recognize me?

Yun Qingjin wasn't quite sure what she looked like now. After all, when she met the people from the Marquis's mansion back then, they basically recognized her as the daughter who had been lost years ago at a glance. It was said that it was because she looked very much like the Marquis's wife, and even more like the Marquis's mother and the Marquis's younger brother.

"A nephew is like his uncle." That's what the Su family says.

Given the precedent from the previous life, even though Yun Qingjin is only five years old now, we still need to keep a distance.

So when he saw a lot of stalls nearby, he pretended to be hungry and wanted to eat something, and pestered Yun Yuke.

Perhaps because the day had been so exhausting, Yun Yuke's stomach rumbled loudly when she heard her daughter say she wanted to eat.

"It looks like Mother's belly is craving food too."

So Yun Yuke accepted her daughter's suggestion. Coincidentally, the sesame seed cake shop here was the kind of food she liked, so the two of them just bought some and ate it.

The mother and daughter were both hungry and, disregarding their appearance, started eating right there at the stall.

Yun Qingjin was small and ate the sesame cake slowly. At the same time, she kept an eye on the Marquis's carriage and saw a mother and son come out of the county government office and get into the carriage.

The distance was too far to see clearly, but Yun Qingjin had already recognized her mother's figure from her previous life. Even though it was just a fleeting moment as she stepped out of the county government office, she was certain of it.

If that woman isn't the biological mother, then who is she?

Yun Qingjin buried her face in the sesame seed cake, trying her best to hide her small face.

"Slow down, gentle. No matter how delicious this sesame seed cake is, you can't bury your head in it."

Seeing that the mother and son had gotten into the carriage but hadn't left, Yun Qingjin was even more annoyed, but she couldn't say anything. She just kept waiting. After a while, Xie Minghao got off the carriage and rode his horse, just as he walked past the Yun mother and daughter.

Xie Minghao and his entourage were a large and impressive group, attracting the attention of many as they passed by. Yun Yuke naturally also saw the young man on horseback.

Yun Yuke recognized him as the same person from the restaurant in Pingyang County, the young master who had come looking for his sister.

This person actually found their way here? And they even came from the county government office? Could it be that they sent someone to ask the county government to help them find someone?

Having just finished his sesame seed cake, he stood up, stood in front of Yun Qingjin, and with a flick of his sleeve, shielded Yun Yuke from the dust raised by the passing carriages.

This also conveniently blocks the view of outsiders.

"Eat gently and slowly, no rush."

After the carriages and horses passed by, I only relaxed after the convoy had gone.

Neither of them spoke after that. Yun Qingjin ate slowly and finished eating after a while.

After the mother and daughter resolved their stomach issues, they arrived at the county government office, where the people there looked much better.

"I'm sorry, Master, we've been busy all day, and the child was hungry, so we're late," Yun Yuke apologized to her master as soon as she saw him.

"It's alright, Boss Yun," the advisor greeted him with a smile.

"A distinguished guest just arrived, acting all mysterious. We don't know who he is, but he said he wants to see the magistrate. He's not easy to deal with."

It seemed that even the advisor didn't know who those people were. Yun Yuke didn't ask any further questions.

The magistrate invited Yun Yuke here today to coordinate the subsequent situation.

Regarding the situation at Lin's Timber Shop, the county constables have already done a thorough investigation over this period of time.

Magistrate Sun also concluded that the corpse was unlikely to be Manager Lin himself.

It's very likely the gatekeeper I saw in the warehouse back then.

The craftsmen at Lin's Timber Shop in the city only knew that Lin's warehouse was outside the city, and they did not know anyone outside the city. According to the craftsmen, there seemed to be someone in charge of transporting materials from outside the city, but that person did not talk much and only contacted the accountant and the foreman.

Both of them have now disappeared. Along with them, the cash and account books from Lin's shop have also vanished. The account books are gone from Lin's shop inside the city, and the blank notebooks found outside the city were undoubtedly used for deception.

Yun Qingjin was at least an eyewitness, and although she was young, Magistrate Sun did not take the child's words seriously.

The reason for calling her here was to confirm some details so that they could be included in the case file.

"Manager Lin has probably fled. The accountant and foreman in the city are accomplices. But what this county is more curious about is what exactly happened that made Manager Lin go so far as to fake his death? If it's just a problem with the shop's operations, and the accounts don't match, it wouldn't warrant murder, would it?"

Yun Yuke shook her head, it was just this one thing she couldn't understand.

"Oh, that's perfect. With Manager Lin gone, his shop's employees have lost their leader. All the capable ones are gone, leaving only an old craftsman leading a few workers. It's uncertain whether they should continue operating. Boss Yun, you are the investor in this shop, so you should go back and reorganize the shop to see how to arrange things for these workers."

I had completely forgotten about it. These past two days have been chaotic, and I've gotten into the habit of shirking my responsibilities.

"I'll arrange for someone to take over right away." Yun Yuke nodded in agreement.

There was nothing of great importance at the county government office. Yun Yuke and Magistrate Sun agreed on the next day for the maintenance of the jewelry from Fenglang Village, and then Yun Yuke decided to take the girl back.

"Sigh, we just dealt with the disaster in Huanghua Village, and we don't even know how to resettle the victims. Now there's been a murder." Magistrate Sun muttered in a very low voice, but unfortunately, Yun Yuke's hearing was too good, and she still heard his words.

Yun Yuke stopped and turned to ask, "Magistrate Sun, if... I mean, if I wanted to buy land around Huanghua Village, would the local villagers sell it? Or are there any vacant plots of land available for sale?"