Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Chapter 375: 1 Stone

As Song Yanzhou spoke, everyone's eyes fell on Song Ruozhen, and no one dared to disturb her at this moment.

Chu Junting was equally concerned. He knew that Ruozhen's medical skills were extraordinary, far surpassing those of the imperial physicians. If she said there was no hope, then it would truly be beyond saving.

"There is hope."

Song Ruozhen spoke, but her hands didn't stop moving. After hesitating for a moment, she took out a pill and put it into the man's mouth.

Song Yanzhou: "..." Here we go again?

Song Ruozhen knew that carrying so many things on her person would indeed arouse suspicion, but saving lives was the priority, and she could just make up a few words about it and let it go.

Since she transmigrated, she has had a small space where she keeps all her pills and talismans, which is very convenient.

After taking the elixir, the extremely weak man felt that his pain had lessened and his breathing was no longer so difficult.

"Have you sent anyone to find the carriage?" Chu Junting asked.

Zhao Jiang nodded, "Your Highness, I have already sent someone to take care of it."

"Tell me in detail what just happened," Chu Junting said in a deep voice.

I came here today specifically to capture Master Tianji, but I never expected that he would kill me to silence me. The trail has ended here.

However, this courtyard is located in the city, and the people living nearby are all wealthy and powerful, not ordinary people. The only option is to send someone to check whose name this courtyard is registered under.

"Your Highness, when we arrived just now, they seemed to be having a dispute."

Presumably, Master Tianji and his companions were forced to take this tunnel. The other party was very angry, so they killed them to silence them. However, Master Tianji's strength was extraordinary, so they planned to take him away directly.

Just then, our men arrived. Since Master Tianji didn't possess any martial arts skills, the enemy, fearing he would become a burden, killed him as well.

Gu Qingci recounted the events that had transpired, "We gave chase immediately, but the other party was incredibly strong, and there was a huge commotion outside with many people, so we lost them..."

At this point, everyone couldn't help but show expressions of frustration. If they could catch the person, they could find out everything by following the clues.

“Master Tianji’s abilities are remarkable, and the people around him are also skilled in martial arts. The fact that they could kill someone so easily suggests that their background is not simple,” Song Yanzhou said.

Such a swift and decisive decision suggests that the other party is a resolute person, and it is highly likely that they have more helpers.

After Song Ruozhen treated the man's wounds, she said, "When the carriage arrives, I will clean and bandage your wounds and then you can go back and rest. Your life is not in danger, so don't worry."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss Song's medical skills are truly superb! Thank you so much, Miss Song!"

"I heard that Miss Song healed General Song's leg, is that true?" someone asked, looking at Song Yanzhou.

Song Yanzhou said with some pride, "Of course. If it weren't for my sister, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had the chance to stand up now."

Only after everything was settled did Song Ruozhen walk to Chu Junting's side and ask, "The trail went cold?"

Chu Junting nodded, "The other party acted decisively and was masked, so no one could see his face. Moreover, the location of this exit is not in the previous blockade area, so this clue has been cut off."

Now we can only start with this courtyard, but since the perpetrator killed everyone to cover their tracks, this courtyard has probably been dealt with before, and there might not be any clues there.

Song Yanzhou sighed. They had experience in dealing with this kind of thing. Since the other party was a smart person, they certainly wouldn't leave any clues on such an obvious issue.

"Did the other party not have time to search Master Tianji's body?" Song Ruozhen asked.

Song Yanzhou nodded, "That person was in too much of a hurry before, and we didn't give him a chance. But generally speaking, people don't carry very valuable things on their person."

“We certainly wouldn’t carry the most important things on our person, but those of us in this line of work, especially someone as vicious as him, will definitely try to find something to use against him for blackmail.”

Song Ruozhen raised her eyebrows slightly. Even though she had only met Master Tianji once, she knew that he was an old fox.

Having committed so many bad deeds over the years and still managed to escape unscathed, how could he not have some means of saving his life?

Upon hearing this news, Gu Qingci immediately ran to Master Tianji's side and began to search carefully. During the search, she discovered that in addition to some incomprehensible talismans, there were also two pills.

"There's nothing else, but there's a stone, which I just casually tucked into my pocket?"

Gu Qingci looked at the stone in her hand. Although the stone was relatively smooth, it was not much different from the stones that could be found everywhere by the river.

"Let me see."

Song Ruozhen hurried over and, looking at the stone in her hand, immediately became interested.

"It seems that this stone is the key."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked surprised. A broken stone was actually the key?

Chu Junting examined the stone in Song Ruozhen's hand and asked, "Is this a key?"

"There's a bit of spiritual energy in this, so it should be the key, but I don't know exactly where it's hidden."

Song Ruozhen shrugged, "If it were a place that's relatively close, I could sense it, but it's clearly not here."

"It's a pity that Master Tianji died like this. Otherwise, we could have used the Soul-Reaping Ghost to follow the clues. Now that he's dead, the Soul-Reaping Ghost is dead too, and we can't continue tracking him."

"It's alright, they'll slip up again sooner or later," Chu Junting said. "Keep this stone safe, you never know when you might find it."

Song Ruozhen originally wanted to give it to Chu Junting, but after thinking about it again, she realized that no one else could sense the aura on it except her, so it was best to give it to her.

"Okay, then I'll keep it for now."

“We searched everyone else as well, and found nothing but some silver,” Song Yanzhou said.

"Take them all back for a thorough examination. Some forces may have left special marks on them, so don't overlook any clues!"

"Yes!"

……

When Song Ruozhen returned to the Song family, she saw Song Zhiyu happily handing over a silver note containing 300,000 taels of silver.

"Fifth Sister, here's your silver note!"

Song Ruozhen smiled slightly, "It seems that Lord Yun is quite punctual, delivering 300,000 taels so quickly."

"Of course, you said that if you don't get this banknote soon, I'll take it to the authorities."

He's already embarrassed himself because of Yun Xiwan's affair, and now with the divorce proceedings, if things escalate to the authorities, he'll be finished.

Song Jingshen chuckled. Being an official is good, but it is also subject to checks and balances.

Reputation is of utmost importance; once it is ruined, one's official position is in jeopardy.

What Lord Yun fears losing most now is his reputation.

"Great, I have another sum of money. I'll go buy some things I need later."