Xiao Jinyu sighed quietly, "Chu Chu... what should you eat to gain a little weight?"
"Mmm... meat."
Xiao Jinyu smiled bitterly, stroking her curvaceous figure, "You always eat meat, but never seem to gain weight..."
"I can't stay idle, always running around everywhere!"
"Just right... since I can't run, I should be able to gain some weight..."
Chu Chu looked at him with pleasant surprise, "Wang Ye, do you want to eat meat?"
Xiao Jinyu nodded with a sincere expression.
"I'll make some for you tomorrow!"
"Good..."
When Chu Chu was awakened by the movement beside her, dawn was just breaking. The person next to her was carefully and laboriously sitting up.
"Wang Ye..."
Xiao Jinyu gently kissed her forehead, "I'm just going to look at some things here, you can keep sleeping."
"Are you still feverish..."
Xiao Jinyu took her hand and placed it on his forehead, "No fever."
Chu Chu turned over and nestled into his embrace, wrapping her arms around his waist, looking at him with sleepy eyes, "Are you investigating a case?"
"Mmm... it's still early, sleep a little longer."
Chu Chu rubbed her eyes and sat up, helped him sit properly, placed a pillow behind his back, got off the bed to move the lamp from the table to the bedside stand, then climbed back into bed and burrowed under the covers to nestle in his arms again, "I'll watch with you."
Xiao Jinyu chuckled softly, "Good."
Xiao Jinyu picked up the two pages Jing Yi had left by the bedside, his brow slightly furrowed as he examined them carefully. Chu Chu had originally intended to just keep him company, thinking that since his rheumatism was acting up severely and he could hardly move, she could help him if he needed to reach for anything. But when she drowsily glanced at the pages, Chu Chu also frowned.
"Wang Ye, is this a medicinal formula?"
"Mmm..."
"Aren't you investigating a case?"
"Mmm... I'm looking for the murder weapon."
Chu Chu was startled, looked up at Xiao Jinyu's serious expression, and pursed her lips, "Wang Ye... did I make a mistake in my examination?"
Xiao Jinyu was slightly taken aback, "Hmm?"
Chu Chu sat up straight, "Wang Ye, didn't they commit suicide by Devil's Snare poisoning?"
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Xiao Jinyu reached out and pulled the dejected-looking Chu Chu back into his embrace, gently stroking her smooth shoulder as he looked down at her with deep amusement, "Don't you always say that your examinations are definitely correct?"
Chu Chu pressed her lips together, nestling against his chest and speaking quietly, "I'm just afraid that if by any chance I made a mistake, that Governor Xue would say those kinds of things again..."
Xiao Jinyu smiled bitterly, running his hand along her soft back, "Xue Ming is a good official, upright and incorruptible, hating evil as if it were his enemy. It's just that his nature is too straightforward, his temper too impatient, and he often speaks without thinking... During his three years serving in the capital, he offended all the officials big and small. Grand Tutor Xue had no choice but to ask the Emperor to transfer him to this remote place to serve as an official."
Chu Chu said angrily, "Well he can't serve as an official in Liangzhou now either."
Xiao Jinyu was slightly surprised, "Why?"
Chu Chu pouted, "Because he offended both of us!"
Xiao Jinyu nearly laughed aloud, stroking Chu Chu's head, "Silly girl... Before he came to the military camp, he didn't know about Xue Qin's matter. The stationmaster told him I had come to the military camp. He was afraid I couldn't endure staying in the military camp and came to take me to stay at the Governor's residence. I didn't agree, so he got angry..."
Chu Chu was half-convinced, half-doubting, "Really?"
Xiao Jinyu nodded slightly, "When we were returning yesterday, it was snowing heavily outside. When I didn't take the hand warmer or cover myself with a blanket, he blocked the doorway and wouldn't let me go out...""Then... then why is he urging you to close the case?"
Xiao Jin Yu smiled wryly, "He said the snow in Liangzhou lasts for days on end. If I keep dragging my feet, I'll freeze to death here..."
Chu Chu stroked Xiao Jin Yu's slender frame, "He really is a good person."
In her eyes now, only those who treated Wang Ye well could be considered truly good people.
Xiao Jin Yu felt both annoyed and amused, giving this fickle little waist a gentle pinch, "Am I really that helpless..."
Chu Chu nodded firmly without hesitation, making Xiao Jin Yu nearly roll his eyes.
"Wang Ye... if I didn't make a mistake in the examination, wasn't the Devil's Snare the murder weapon?"
"Where is this murder weapon?"
"It's... it's with the murderer!"
Xiao Jin Yu laughed incredulously and ruffled her hair, "Then where is the murderer?"
Chu Chu froze for a moment, then scrambled up, widening her eyes to stare at Xiao Jin Yu, "Wang Ye, you still don't know who the murderer is?"
Xiao Jin Yu shook his head calmly, his composure as if Chu Chu had merely asked whether he'd eaten.
"You... you said we had to close the case before dark!"
Xiao Jin Yu nodded slightly, "It's already arranged. We'll hold court during the Weishi hour, with the entire camp attending the hearing. Ashina Suwu and Xue Ming will also be there."
Chu Chu grew anxious, clutching Xiao Jin Yu's shoulders while looking at his placid face, "If you don't know who the murderer is, how will you conduct the hearing!"
"We can find the murderer during the hearing... If we can figure out the murderer's method before the session begins, we can proceed faster." Xiao Jin Yu offered a faint, bitter smile, pulling the warm, soft little figure back into his embrace, "Otherwise, if it drags on too long, I'm afraid I might faint in court again..."
"The murderer's method... wasn't it poisoning?"
"How was the poison administered?"
Chu Chu pursed her lips, "This can't be determined from the corpses. I can't make baseless claims."
"This time we really do need to determine it from the corpses..."
"Huh?"
"All the deceased were generals who've survived countless life-and-death situations over the years. They're extremely meticulous and often trust no one but themselves. It's very difficult to scheme against them..." Xiao Jin Yu brought two pieces of paper before Chu Chu's eyes, "They were all injured before death and received medical treatment. The most likely point of tampering would be these medicines."
Chu Chu studied the pages for a while, "In these prescriptions... why is there dung beetle in all of them?"
"These are all prescriptions used in the military camp to treat severe sores... All four of them used prescriptions containing dung beetle to treat their sores before death. To avoid alerting the enemy, I didn't have Jing Yi investigate thoroughly, only obtained these possible prescriptions."
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