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  Jing Muling said meaningfully: "The person who never shows up must be planning something. Don't worry, I have a way to force him to show up."
  "Huh?" Shen Zhuoxi turned to look at Jing Muling: "What can I do?"
  At this moment, the carriage bumped and then stopped.
  Shen Zhuoxi was unprepared and fell onto Jing Muling.
  Jing Muling subconsciously held her in his arms.
  Jing Muling was really scared after being attacked on a rainy night before, worried that it would happen again.
  Shen Zhuoxi was buried in his chest, his breath was filled with the faint scent of pine, and he could even feel the beating of his heart, one after another, gradually becoming more rapid.
  Her face turned into sunset unconsciously, and she raised her head to look at him.
  Jing Muling's eyebrows are picturesque, and from Shen Zhuoxi's perspective, even the lines on the side are impeccable.
  At this time, his jaw tightened, and he asked Zhengqing, who was driving outside, unhappily: "How do you drive when the beautiful road is shaking?"
  "Sir." Zhengqing scratched his head and said, "A child suddenly ran past in front of the carriage. The kid was unprepared and had to rein in the horse. Please forgive me."
  When she heard it was a child, Jing Muling became even more nervous: "Is the child okay?"
  "Fortunately, the little man stopped in time and turned the direction of the carriage." Zhengqing replied: "The child is fine, he was a little frightened."
  "Give me some money to appease you." Jing Muling was completely reassured and ordered: "Continue on your way."
  After Zhengqing gave the kid the money and started driving again, Jing Muling still held Shen Zhuoxi tightly and had no intention of letting go.
  Shen Zhuoxi moved. She didn't know whether it was because she was warm in his arms or because of other reasons. The temperature around her body was very high.
  She tentatively said: "Your Majesty, you can let go."
  Jing Muling finally came back to her senses, let go of Shen Zhuoxi, and said, "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
  "No." Shen Zhuoxi saw his tense expression just now and guessed: "Is the prince thinking about the rainy night?"
  Jing Muling nodded slightly: "Fortunately, I was lucky that time, otherwise I still don't know what the consequences would be, and even now, I haven't found out who did it. It's really strange."
  "The people behind the scenes will always surface." Shen Zhuoxi paused and said: "My servant Dragonfly disappeared since the day of the rainy night attack, and no trace has been found until now."
  "If you can't find the people alive or dead, you can't find the bodies. I'm still continuing to investigate."
  Jing Muling narrowed her eyes slightly: "You haven't found the dragonfly yet?"
  Shen Zhuoxi hummed, her tone a little lonely: "Since I recovered, I have only a few caring people around me, and I don't want to lose anyone."
  "She..." Jing Muling obviously wanted to say something, but thinking of Shen Zhuoxi's words just now, she changed the topic and said, "If she is lucky enough to continue serving you, she will definitely come back."
  Shen Zhuoxi was thinking about the dragonfly and didn't notice anything wrong with Dao Jing Muling's words.
  The carriage soon arrived at the well in the west of the city.
  It was still morning, and there were many people lining up to fetch water, surrounded by several children running around and playing.
  The carriage in Prince Yu's palace was luxurious and quickly attracted everyone's attention.
  After everyone bowed to Jing Muling, they looked at Shen Zhuoxi with strange eyes, perhaps because of Shen Heshan.
  Shen Zhuoxi didn't pay attention and looked around with Jing Muling.
  There are also several families living around the well, one of which is a tofu maker. The door faces the well. Two women, an old man and a young man, work together to carry a bucket of water and pour it out.
  "Your Majesty, I'll go ask later." Shen Zhuoxi walked towards the house with the attitude of giving it a try.
  Jing Muling followed closely: "I'm with you."
  The two women finished pouring the water and were about to enter the house. When they saw Shen Zhuoxi and Jing Muling approaching, they moved faster to enter the house and close the door.
  "Wait a minute." Shen Zhuoxi quickly caught up and stopped the younger woman from closing the door: "I don't mean any harm, I just want to inquire about something."
  The young woman caught her gaze, quickly moved away, and whispered: "We are just poor people who don't know anything."
  "I haven't asked yet, how do you know you can't answer?" Shen Zhuoxi always felt something was wrong and glanced into the room through the half-closed door.
  There is a straw shed in the yard, which contains stone mills, wooden basins and barrels for making tofu, which looks a bit messy.
  The old woman came in and put down the swill bucket, and was looking at the door worriedly.
  When their eyes collided with Shen Zhuoxi's, the old woman and the young woman turned their heads to avoid it!
  "I, I really don't know." The young woman saw that Shen Zhuoxi didn't let go, and she didn't dare to be forceful. She held the door frame with one hand and her eyes were red with fear: "Please don't be embarrassed, Miss."
  She didn't even know what Shen Zhuoxi wanted to ask, so she refused.
  Jing Muling, who was catching up, also felt something was wrong and said, "I and Miss Shen Er are here to investigate the poisoning in the well a few days ago, and I would like to ask this lady for my convenience."
  When she heard the word poisoning, the young woman's hands trembled slightly and she quickly shook her head; "Your Majesty King Yu, the women really don't know."
  "You're lying." Shen Zhuoxi pushed one of the doors and said hard: "I'm just asking a few questions. Are you afraid of being like this? Is there something evil in your heart?"
  "Could it be that the poison is not in the well, but in your tofu?"
  Shen Zhuoxi said this on purpose.
  The water drawn from the well that day clearly smelled of cinnamon and vanilla, and it was definitely not because of the tofu shop.
  The young woman didn't know that she was deliberately deceiving her, so she was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly: "No, I don't dare. How dare a civilian woman's family do such a thing?"
  "Then go in and tell everything you know, or wait until I report to the official..." Shen Zhuoxi looked sideways at the villagers fetching water from the well: "Everyone will know."
  After all, the young woman was afraid of getting involved, so she hesitated and reluctantly opened the door, welcomed them in, and immediately closed the door.
  "Fenfen." Seeing her letting the person in, the old woman hesitated and said, "The boss told me..."
  "Mother, this is His Royal Highness King Yu and Miss Shen Er." The young woman who stopped Fenfen introduced her: "If you don't tell me, I'm afraid you will get into a lawsuit."
  "But the boss said he couldn't say anything." The old woman said uneasily, "I won't get into any trouble."
  The words of the two of them made Shen Zhuoxi and Jing Muling even more certain that they must know something.
  Shen Zhuoxi smiled, took out a banknote from his purse, and handed it to the elderly woman: "Don't worry, we only ask questions, we won't do anything, let alone let others know."
  The old woman didn't dare to answer, so she looked away and said, "What does Miss Shen Er want to ask?"
  Shen Zhuoxi didn't ask directly, but walked to the stone mill, wiped the bean dregs on it, and said as usual, "When will you set up the stall?"
  The old woman was stunned for a moment, then explained: "We are a family of five. Fenfen is my daughter-in-law. We are responsible for making tofu at home, and my old man and son are responsible for selling it out."
  "Usually we go out after dawn and set up our stalls before the market opens."
  Shen Zhuoxi hummed and said casually: "The market is very early. In other words, you still have to make tofu in the middle of the night?"
  (End of this chapter)

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