After that night, Chu Mu didn't appear in her courtyard for several days.
But he sent Nan Feng over to assist Ruan Tang in searching for Chun Han and Xia Zhu.
Ruan Tang wanted to thank him, but he never showed up.
He had no choice but to make some snacks and let Nanfeng take them back to him to express his gratitude.
When Nan Feng returned to Prince Ning's Mansion with the food box, he happened to meet Bei Yue who was returning.
"How did you come back?" Nanfeng was a little surprised.
Beiyue has been staying in the northwest during this period, helping to investigate the murder of Tana's parents.
"Do you have any clues?" Nanfeng asked.
Bei Yue nodded, "Well, there is something that I must give to His Highness personally."
Seeing his solemn expression, Nan Feng guessed that it must be an important clue, otherwise he wouldn't have come back in person.
"Then let's go together, I just want to go find His Highness."
With that said, the two of them went to the study together.
During this time, Chu Mu has been in the study.
There were too many mistakes during the time when I went to the Western Regions. During these days, Chu Mu was in the study day and night.
When the two of them came in, Chu Mu was sitting at the desk reviewing the papers.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty." Nanfeng and Beiyue saluted in unison.
Perhaps hearing Bei Yue's voice, Chu Mu raised his eyes and looked over.
"Why are you back?" Chu Mu asked the same question as Nanfeng.
"My subordinate got a very important clue, so he came back in person to present it to His Highness."
Upon hearing this, Chu Mu put down the wolf hair in his hand.
Beiyue took out a cloth bag folded in all directions from her arms, stepped forward, and placed her hands in front of Chu Mu.
Chu Mu took it and opened it. It was half a white jade plaque engraved with a carp, with little blood stains on it.
Chu Mu looked at the white jade plaque, his eyes darkening.
"Where did you find this?" He still lowered his eyes and looked at the jade pendant.
"It was found under the couch of a family in that village."
"Does anyone know about this jade pendant?"
"I'm here with the county master and two of his men."
"Let them cover their mouths tightly. This jade token will not be used as evidence for the time being. You can go back and continue to investigate."
"Yes, Your Highness." Beiyue responded quickly.
Soon Beiyue exited the study.
Nan Feng then placed the food box on Chu Mu's desk, "Your Highness, eat something first. This is what Miss Ruan asked me to bring to you."
Chu Mu raised his eyes and glanced at the food box, and then said after a moment: "Let's put this here first."
After saying that, his eyes returned to the jade token in his hand again. He rubbed it gently through the cloth, stood up, and walked to the bookshelf beside him. He took down a wooden box from the bookshelf and walked back to the desk. sit down.
He opened the wooden box, searched inside for a while, and found a small wooden box.
Nan Feng stood by and watched him until he opened the small wooden box. Inside lay a jade token that was exactly the same as the one Bei Yue had just given him.
Nanfeng was surprised. When he put the food box on the table just now, he glanced at the jade sign in his hand and thought it looked familiar, but didn't think much about it.
Now that he saw His Highness taking out another identical jade token, he suddenly remembered.
These two jade tablets were put together and should have been one, but they were deliberately separated to become a pair.
And this jade tablet belongs to the late emperor, His Highness’s royal brother.
At that time, His Highness went on an expedition with the late Emperor. The First Emperor gave one piece to His Highness and the other to another general.
It means that the two of them are the right-hand men of the late emperor.
Later, the general was seriously injured by an arrow while trying to save his Royal Highness on the battlefield, and later passed away.
Before leaving, the general was most worried about his wife and daughter, so he asked the late emperor and His Highness to help take care of them.
When the late emperor was still alive, he did treat the general's family well, but the general was originally from the northwest. After the general's death, his wife decided to stay in the northwest.
The late emperor certainly agreed, but the care he should have never lacked.
After the late emperor's funeral, this task was handed over to Chu Mu.
Chu Mu has naturally taken good care of them in these years, and they have a lot of money and things every year.
"Nan Feng, send someone to check. How are General Cheng's family doing now? And what's going on with this jade token? Why did it appear in Tana's village?"
Although they are both in the northwest, the place where the general's family lives is thousands of miles away from Tana's family, and they are not in the same direction at all.
And he didn't believe that General Cheng's family would kill people in Tana's village.
The most important thing is that General Cheng's family only has his wife and two daughters. Three women will never be able to kill an entire village.
But what's going on with this jade sign?
Chu Mu frowned tightly, as if he felt a big net coming towards his face, but he couldn't find the exit for a while.
"Your Highness, otherwise I will go there myself."
Chu Mu glanced at him and then nodded.
"That's fine. You can go there in person, so I can feel more at ease."
Nanfeng agreed and was about to go out when Chu Mu stopped him again.
"How's she doing there lately? How's the search going?"
Nanfeng was stunned for a moment, and then understood who she was he was talking about.
"There are no clues yet. Miss Ruan's two maids seem to have disappeared. There is no trace at all."
Chu Mu has never questioned Nanfeng's ability to do things.
Now even he can't find anyone.
"Are you paying attention in the suburbs?"
"I checked and found nothing. I think this person may have left Beijing?"
Chu Mu frowned and said, "In any case, you should first make arrangements for finding someone here and then go check on the jade plaque."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Chu Mu waved his hand and motioned for him to go down.
Nan Feng bowed, turned around and retreated.
However, when closing the door for him, he couldn't help but say something to Chu Mu again.
"Your Highness, the snacks in the food box were made by Miss Ruan herself. Please remember to eat them."
After Nanfeng closed the door, Chu Mu's eyes fell on the food box.
He looked at the food box intently for a while, then raised his hand to open the lid.
Inside were several exquisite snacks, one of which he remembered appearing at the flower viewing banquet. He knew it was made by the chef in her church, and it seemed to be called 'cake'.
But he didn't eat it at that time.
Now that I saw it, I actually had a desire to taste it.
He took them all out and placed them on the desk, then picked them up one by one and put them in his mouth.
He actually doesn't like sweets, but these snacks are not sweet in the mouth, but have a refreshing fragrance, which will leave you unsatisfied after eating them.
Unconsciously, he ate them all.
He put the dessert plate into the food box, picked it up and left the study.
The second watch just sounded outside.
Chu Mu carried the food box, and several of them jumped up. When they landed, they were already in the courtyard of Ruan Tang Villa.
But as soon as he fell down and before he could regain his footing, a gust of wind hit him.
He quickly dodged, and soon a figure flew past him.
Before he could see who was coming, there was another gust of wind...
