Chapter 212 - Missing Jade Jewelry Case of Four Great Manors (1/2)

Chapter 212 Missing Jade Jewelry Case of Four Great Manors

When Mo Huawen returned, Mo Xuetong had finished dinner and was tidying his study.

Mo Huawen stepped in and saw the lights were on. Under the lights, seeing the girl in white smiling delicately, a trace of brightness flashed through his eyes. Once, he used to be happy. A woman loved him wholeheartedly. However, those outside matters made them took separate ways. In the end, death tore them apart.

Mo Xuetong put down the books in hand and warmly greeted him. “Father, have you eaten? I’ve had the kitchen prepare a few hot dishes, and been waiting for you.”

Seeing his daughter’s gentle smile, he felt tender in the heart. He reached out to stroke her head and smiled. “I’ve eaten outside, so you don’t have to prepare them for me now.”

Mo Xuetong protected her head and pouted, acting coyly. “Father, please be careful. Don’t tousle my hair. What if others see me like this?”

Seeing his daughter’s cute face and her affectionate innocence, totally different from the alienation feeling when she first came to the capital, Mo Huawen couldn’t help feeling lighthearted. Then, he involuntarily stroked her head again and teased her. “How come you can’t be seen by others? My Tong’er is the most beautiful girl that no one can compare.”

Mo Xuetong complained. “Father! You’ve messed up my hair!”

Mo Huawen didn’t mind it and pulled her hand to lead her into the study. “It doesn’t matter. It’s at night. You don’t have to meet anyone. Just let it be.”

Mo Xuetong angrily stomped her feet. “Father!”

Seeing the usual indifferent daughter like this, Mo Huawen laughed.

Mo Huawen tried to justify himself. “Because your hair feels so smooth, just like satin.” After the joke with his daughter, he thought he finally relaxed a little and also felt more lighthearted.

Sitting before the table and opening the case scroll he carried from the court, he couldn’t help sighing.

Mo Xuetong thoughtfully cooked Longjing tea picked before Grain Rain and poured a cup of the tea for him. She stuck her head and curiously asked, “Father, have you been busy with this case scroll the whole day? And that’s why you came home so late?”

“Recently, Mingguo Manor was stolen. Not only the stuff was stolen, but a young miss was also said to be missing too. A married miss of Ding General Manor went to visit her family and ran into burglars halfway. If King Yan hadn’t arrived in time, she might have been held hostage. That day, when your grandmother threw a party, a maid got killed. Yesterday, something happened in Ping General Manor. Burglars barged into their family shrine, threw the tablets all over the place and even a family tree book went missing too.”

Mo Huawen sighed and told everything in details.

He really found it hard to solve these cases. These cases seemed not related, but he somehow felt they were connected in some way. Especially, they were connected to Fu General Manor, and how could he not be alert? He didn’t fully know the thing that happened years ago, but he knew that his wife had always cared. Back then, whey they lived in Cloud City, as long as hearing about the imperial decreed, his wife always looked startled and afraid.

Her poor health might have something to do with that thing as well. She had never confirmed one of his speculations. He didn’t ask her either, but he couldn’t stop doubting!

Thinking of this, he remembered that strange matter again!

That day, he received Luo Bin’s letter, which mentioned his wife. Luo Bin asked in the letter if his wife’s old jewelry still remained. Luo Bin said the old madame missed her daughter so she wanted Luo Xiao’s old things as tokens. Because of the old madame’s age, Luo Bin said it would be the best if he could have some jade accessories, such as jade bracelet and pendant. In that way, it would not only remind the old madame of her daughter, but also improve the old madame’s health.

Though in doubt, Mo Huawen still did as Luo Bin requested. Later, he sent some of the jade bracelets and pendants Luo Xiao used to wear. Then, Luo Bin hadn’t written back.

He failed to explain this matter no matter how hard he thought. Thinking about the things in those great manors these days, he always deemed something was secretly connected.

With Four Great Manors’ great power, who could have easily shaken them without a trace? He, a newly-selected Lord Mayor, and the four manor’s people were all investigating it. However, so many days had passed, and not a single clue was found.

If someone could hide so well with his connections, then he must be someone from the royal family!

Was it King Chu, King Yan, or the rakish King Xuan? Or, was it just…

That idea left him restless. He even didn’t know if he should work hard on it or just pretened to be working on it as long as people didn’t see him slacking.