A Mistaken Marriage Match: Mysteries in the Imperial Harem

Chapter 27: A Cornered Beast Will Do Anything

A male walked in behind Gao Jing. He was taller than seven foot, he was lean and although he was wearing an official uniform, the blue robe did not hide his valiant yet refined style. The male calmly walked to the centre of the hall, kneel on one knee and greeted loudly, "This official, Ming Jian, greets the Emperor."

Yan Hong Tian looked up from a pile of memorandums and took a look at the man before waving his hand in a good mood, saying, "Get up. How did research go?"

The man stood up, stepped forward and whispered in front of the study table, "Reporting to the Emperor, the case is about a bounty hunter who killed Yang Liu, the corporal in the Ministry of Defence, because of a quarrel. Qing family sisters, Qing Ling and Qing Mo was also involved. Qing Ling found clues on the body and confirmed that the fatal chest wound was an uncommon flying dagger seen here. Qing Mo saw through the holes in Yang Liu's furen and set up a trap to capture the murderer. The murderer was indeed the wife of Yan Liu, Qu Xin, and Qu Xin was the sister of the thief, Qu Ze, that was convicted of robbing the gold. Qu Xin killed Yang Liu first to avenge her other brother, second to arouse the attention of Dan Daren to retrial the gold case."

There were guards standing on guard outside and there were no one else except for Gao Jing in the hall but the male still lowered his voice so that only Yan Hong Tian could hear it, which show how discreet the matter was.

Regarding the bounty hunter murder case linking to the old gold case, Dan Yu Lan had indicated very clearly in the report but he felt that Dan Yu Lan was hiding something and his interaction with Xi Yan was indeed too much. Because of that, he then let Ming Jian go to investigate. He did not think that the Qing sisters were also involved. No wonder when Dan Yu Lan mentioned about this case, he kept looking at Lou Xi Yan's expression. Lou Xi Yan is also extremely concerned about this case and the reason behind was actually very interesting.

Yan Hong Tian lost his laughter, "Qing Mo is the youngest sister of the Qing family?" Xi Yan has love Qing Ling till he loves everything that involves her.

"Yes. That female is very intelligent when interrogating the criminals and has good knowledge on finding evidences. In short, she is a independent and unconventional that even Official Dan rather appreciates her." Ming Jian's words about this female has made Yan Hong Tian feel that the female is a bit interesting as he disbelievingly smiled, "Not mentioning that she is exceptionally intelligent and unique and independent. For just a mere female, how is she able to go freely in and out of the General's manor and could assist Dan Yu Lan on investigations?" If he remembered correctly, the General manor is not as strict as an army camp with military laws but but it did not allow impudent things to happen, let alone a female.

Ming Jian coughed and whispered, "It seems that her position in the General's manor is not low. Everyone in the General's manor refer to her as 'Furen'."

"Furen?" This time, Yan Hong Tian was shocked and it took a moment to collect himself. He curiously ask, "Did Su Ren and Su Yu acknowledge her?"

The corner of Ming Jian's eyes showed a faint smile as he replied, "General Su Ren very frequently called her... 'Sister-in-law'."

Sister-in-law?! This time Yan Hong Tian was truly stunned. Su Ren's character is calm and unflustered and his thoughts are meticulous. It is not possible for him to casually call a female as sister-in-law in just a short month's time. Or... Was it Su Ling's call?

This is too interesting? Yan Hong Tian suddenly started laughing out. This is much more interesting than Xi Yan and Qing Ling. He did not forget the great bitterness and deep hatred that Su Ling gave when gifted him the youngest sister of the Qing Family. Doesn't General Su keep his proximity to females? How long did he surrender his weapons? (I think he means how long has it been since he last did it... *wink*) Just what kind of person is this youngest sister of the Qing family?