Chapter 420 - 270: Localized Amnesia
Hearing Liu Qingsong say this, Ran Yan knew that the supposed summons by the Princess of Xiangcheng was just a random excuse he had made up; the real reason was still this case.
Ran Yan was also a bit confused by this case, so she went along with him. Sitting in the carriage, she thought more and grew increasingly uneasy, "You said Chai Xuanyi and the Princess of Wenxi were attacked together?"
"Mhm, I don’t know the specifics. Just now when I went out to the restroom, I grabbed that servant who came to report the news and asked him, but he only knew this much," Liu Qingsong said.
Ran Yan frowned, her dark eyes staring at him as she said irritably, "So what you mean is, our visit this time is not at Xiao Song’s request, but rather your own decision to join in on the action?"
"What do you mean, ’join in on the action’?" Liu Qingsong laughed dryly a couple of times and then spoke with conviction, "Is there anyone else throughout the Great Tang with more authority as an Autopsy Officer than you? No! With the New Year fast approaching, if this case is not resolved, Jiulang will inevitably be implicated, at the very least getting demoted two ranks. Do you know how easily one ascends those two military ranks and how hard it is to climb back up? As Jiulang’s future wife, how could you just stand by and watch? He doesn’t want you to suffer, but you can’t really just not care, right?"
Liu Qingsong spoke so reasonably that Ran Yan was at a loss for words.
"Last time you mentioned that this case is related to opium, right?" Liu Qingsong asked.
Ran Yan responded affirmatively. Suddenly, a thought flashed into her mind, recollecting that Ran Yunsheng seemed to have mentioned that the Princess of Baling used opium to control those captured gentlemen. So, could there be a lot of opium at the Princess of Baling’s place?
With this thought, Ran Yan immediately inquired, "Did Xiao Song ever investigate the Princess of Baling’s private garden? That Yu Lang might be one of the gentlemen who escaped from the Princess of Baling’s place!"