Chapter 29: Manuscripts Destroyed

The spring scenery was just right.

On Jade Spring Mountain, a whole sea of flowers swayed in the wind, a riot of color, enchanting and charming.

“There is a hot spring on the mountain, suitable for planting flowers and plants. The front mountain is a flower garden, and the back mountain is a medicinal garden. These were all left by my mother when she was alive…” On the mountain road, Jiang Rong pointed to the sea of flowers and introduced them to Xie Lingxi.

Now the medicine in this medicinal garden supplied the three pharmacies.

The flower garden was used by the Jiang family.

“Every winter I come here to stay for a while and look at the courtyard over there, we’re here!”

The steward of the villa, Jiang Cai, trotted up, his tone carrying a hint of complaint, “Why did the second young lady come? You didn’t say anything in advance, we didn’t prepare anything.”

“There’s nothing to prepare, I just came to take a look.” Jiang Rong said lightly. She knew that Jiang Cai was someone from Mrs. Chang…

The stewards of those shops were also from Mrs. Chang.

Now was not the time to deal with them.

To avoid alerting the enemy.

“You, as a steward, how can you be so rude to the Heir’s Consort? Does your master need to report to you when she comes?” Cui’er glared at Jiang Cai angrily, and looked at Jiang Rong:

“Heir’s Consort, this person is so disrespectful, why not replace him!”

Jiang Cai’s face twitched with fear, but thinking of Mrs. Chang, he stubbornly said:

“Second young lady, this old servant is a loyal servant of the Jiang family, dedicating my life to the Jiang family. You cannot replace this old servant…”

“If you are loyal to the Jiang family, then go find the Jiang family. My Heir’s wife can do whatever she wants.” Xie Lingxi glanced at him coldly, his eyebrows full of arrogance:

“Can’t replace? What a joke!”

Everyone in the capital knew the reputation of the Northern King’s Heir as a dissolute young man.

He was an unreasonable young master who did whatever he wanted.

“Second young lady! This old servant is loyal to you, absolutely no disloyalty!” As soon as Jiang Cai saw Xie Lingxi speak, he knew this person was fearless and immediately cowered, kneeling in front of Jiang Rong and pleading bitterly:

“This old servant is just… just worried about not preparing food in advance… I can’t satisfy you, this old servant is completely loyal…”

Jiang Rong said lightly, “You spoke disrespectfully, smack your mouth fifty times.”

Passing by Jiang Cai, Jiang Rong walked straight inside. Cui’er held her head high, directing the servants to hold Jiang Cai down and slap him…

Jiang Cai held resentment in his heart, but dared not say more. He could only hatefully watch Jiang Rong’s back and hold a grudge.

…

“I want to organize my mother’s manuscripts. If the Heir finds it boring, why not take a walk around? The scenery here is nice, still worth seeing.” Jiang Rong looked at Xie Lingxi and smiled.

Xiao Nanxing immediately stepped forward, “Does the Heir’s Consort understand medicine? If you don’t understand, there might be mistakes. I am proficient in medicine. Why not let me organize it with you…”

He had already received the Heir’s instructions to look for clues about the Nine Great Miraculous Medicines.

“Then I’ll trouble Dr. Xiao!” Jiang Rong agreed wholeheartedly and quickly expressed her gratitude.

She indeed did not understand medicine.

So the group walked to the door of the library.

On the old door, hung a rusty bronze lock that had weathered the elements. Jiang Rong took out a bronze key and opened the door…

In an instant, she was stunned.

She saw that the rows of bookshelves, which should have been filled with manuscripts, were now empty.

Jiang Rong quickly rushed in and searched everywhere…

In the center of the library, there was a square cauldron with a lotus and crane pattern on four legs. It was filled with thick ashes and a few pages that were not completely burned.

Jiang Rong picked up one of the pages and clenched her fists in anger, “It’s Mother’s handwriting…”

These were the manuscripts left by her mother.

“This… who burned all the manuscripts? This is… the life’s work of a physician!” Xiao Nanxing felt the same way, regretful and angry.

Xie Lingxi’s gaze scanned the room, walked to the windowsill to check, and then looked up at the roof…

There were no signs of prying open the window or removing tiles…

“Who else has a key?” Xie Lingxi looked at Jiang Rong.

“No one else.” Jiang Rong clenched her fists and gritted her teeth fiercely, “But Jiang Cai knows best who has been here.”

Soon.

Jing Zhe brought over Jiang Cai, whose face was red and swollen.

As soon as he saw the scene in the library, Jiang Cai’s heart sank.

“Speak, who burned my mother’s manuscripts?” Jiang Rong’s voice was cold.

Jiang Cai tried to get away with it, shaking his head tremblingly, “This old servant doesn’t know…”

“Then kill him.” Jiang Rong said coldly.

Jiang Cai was greatly startled.

Before he could react, Jing Zhe’s sword was already at his neck.

“Second young lady, spare me! This old servant… how will you explain to the second madam if you kill this old servant!” Jiang Cai’s face was pale, and he begged for mercy in a panic.

“Since you say you don’t know, then it’s as if you destroyed it. You destroyed my mother’s relics, and my aunt will only praise me for killing you well.” Jiang Rong’s voice was cold.

Jing Zhe’s blade lightly cut Jiang Cai’s neck…

“It hurts; it hurts… Second young lady, spare me! This really has nothing to do with me! I’ll confess, I’ll confess everything!” Jiang Cai felt a pain in his neck, and blood splashed. He was really worried that his head would be separated from his body in the next moment, and said anxiously:

“The first madam’s relics were not destroyed by me! A year ago, the second madam suddenly told this humble servant to give the servants a day off and sent everyone in the villa away…”

“That day, I saw smoke rising from the villa from a distance. These manuscripts were burned by the second madam; it has nothing to do with me…”

Jiang Rong lowered her eyebrows. She understood.

After her cousin came in her previous life, she told Mrs. Chang that she was going to organize her mother’s relics. As a result, before she could go, the villa caught fire…

The manuscripts were not destroyed two years later at all.

They were destroyed long ago.

That fire in her previous life was just a cover-up.

Mrs. Chang deliberately sent all the servants away…

Obviously, besides her, there was another person who couldn’t be seen, who had been here that day.
Moreover, if it was Mrs. Chang’s idea, why wait until now?

When her father passed away, Jiang Rong was only three years old. From that time on, this villa had been in Mrs. Chang’s hands…

She could have destroyed everything long ago.

This key, along with the deed, only returned to Jiang Rong’s hands today.

Behind Mrs. Chang, there was another mastermind.

Jiang Cai saw that Jiang Rong’s face was getting uglier and uglier. He knew that he had not kept it well and was afraid that he could not escape death. He struggled to survive:

“Second young lady, spare my life… These manuscripts… these manuscripts, this humble servant has a copy… If you are willing to let this humble servant live, this humble servant will offer the handwritten copy. Otherwise, this humble servant will destroy the copy…”

Xiao Nanxing kicked him angrily, “You can’t enter the library, so you want to pretend to trick people by just taking a few books?”

“This humble servant really has a copy! Although this humble servant doesn’t have a key, I am slightly proficient in duplicating keys. If there is a lock, I can duplicate it…” Jiang Cai said in a hurry:

“On the black market, the Bai family’s prescriptions can be sold for a hundred taels of silver! This old servant really copied every word without missing anything! This is all silver! This humble servant definitely didn’t copy it wrong!”

The Bai family in Jiangbei produced famous doctors for generations. The Bai family’s prescriptions were very popular.

Jiang Cai secretly copied the medical books left by the Bai family and quietly took them to sell for money.