"The child born after ten months of pregnancy—how could they just stand by and do nothing? The physician at the time was one of our own; he pressed the acupuncture points to induce a state of suspended animation and smuggled the 'deceased' child out of the estate. But later, the disaster intensified, and there was no time to arrange for the child’s recovery. Then the physician was killed, and all leads were lost completely."
"After I learned of this, I sent men to investigate. We found the family that had sheltered the physician while he was in hiding. I heard the child was later entrusted to a wet nurse surnamed Xu while they were fleeing. A surname like that is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Investigating further yielded nothing—not a single clue."
Every word and every sentence was far too clear; it was as if the evidence were being thrown right in his face.
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