The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 371 The Boy's Invitation

After a few salutes, they sat down with each other.

Because of Guo Yu and Cheng Ping's constant chatter, and Xiong's second child's constant gags, the atmosphere at the dinner table was very lively.

Because Ma Ji had to go out of the city in the afternoon, Changsun Ji and the others were very considerate and didn't let Ma Ji drink too much wine, but it was just two glasses of water and wine.

Changsun Ji and the others drank a lot, and after drinking for three rounds, they had almost eaten all the wine and meat, and Ma Ji also got up to leave.

Changsun Ji got up to see him off, and Ma Ji didn't hear anything from Changsun Ji until he left Changsun's mansion. It seemed that, as Cheng Ping said, Changsun Ji simply wanted to get to know him.

Although it was a bit unexpected, Ma Ji quickly figured it out. After all, the two met for the first time, and they were not familiar with each other. If something really happened, it was naturally impossible to tell him about it the first time they drank.

Ma Ji didn't care, he just put some thought into Changsun Mansion, and then went out of the city to look for clues. After all, compared to Changsun Ji's banquet, looking for clues is the real business.

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Ma Ji shook his head to get himself out of the state of drunkenness, and turned his head to glance at the eldest grandson's courtyard behind him.Seeing that Chang Sun Ji was standing at the door saying goodbye to him.

Ma Ji smiled and was about to speak when he heard Changsun Ji shouting to him, "I'll leave this matter to Brother Ma."

"Don't worry, wrap it on me." Ma Ji patted his chest and smiled.

Then he turned and left the Changsun Bieyuan.

He drank a lot of wine in the eldest grandson's courtyard today, causing his head to hurt slightly, but fortunately, there is nothing important today.At this time, half a month had passed since Changsun Ji hosted him for the first time.

Ma Ji walked unsteadily, thinking about the past half a month. He led a group of policemen to inspect the news every day, and found three places outside where the messenger was intercepted. The place was also very clean, although there were some traces, but nothing useful could be found.

Although he still needs to run around to investigate this matter every day, Ma Ji already has little hope in reporting this case. This is likely to be another unsolved case. He has not handled many outstanding cases. But not for nothing.

After this period of investigation, he did not gain anything.If the murderer was from the capital, he already had several suspects, Changsun Ji was one, but Changsun Ji's subordinates were not strong enough, he suspected that if Changsun Ji did it, it was likely that the crown prince secretly ordered it.

After all, the whole matter is in the best interest of the prince's faction. As long as the prince secretly supports Changsun Ji's force, then Changsun Ji's suspicion will be very high.

The other is Mafu, because after the Yanzhou incident broke out in the capital, Mafu played a role in fueling the flames.

But this is all his suspicion, and he has no evidence for anyone.

There is another thing worth mentioning, that is, during this half month, Changsun Ji often went to drink, sometimes in the mansion, sometimes in restaurants.

The relationship between the two has been greatly developed. As for why Changsun Ji invited him to drink, Changsun Ji didn't say, nor did he ask.Every time he would go, there was an element of embarrassment to refuse, but more because he wanted to find a breakthrough in the case from Changsun Ji.

It's just that he and Changsun Ji were drinking together, and at the wine table, they only talked about romantic affairs, interesting stories about literati, and didn't mention any government affairs at all. Although he made a few remarks to divert the topic, the effect was not very good.

A few days ago, Changsun Ji called people to build a curved waterway, which was also famously called Liushui Qushang.

It is to put the wine glass on the waterway, and the wine glass goes down the water, and whoever stops in front of it will tell an interesting story he heard, and if he can't tell it, he will drink the wine in front of him.

His luck was not very good today, the wine glass stopped in front of him a lot, he drank a lot of wine and told a lot of stories.

Among them was a story he had read in an ancient book. The method of detecting the case was not very superb, but the story was very interesting. Changsun Ji thought it was very interesting, so he asked him to help find similar things.After eating so many meals for nothing, he just helped to find a book, so he naturally agreed.

Ma Ji staggered all the way to the residence, took out a jar of honey, and poured himself a glass of honey water. Because of the needs of his work, he didn't drink a lot, but his alcohol capacity was not small.It's just that I drank too much today.

After drinking two cups of honey water in succession, Ma Ji felt that he was almost sober, so he got up and fetched a bucket of water from the well in the courtyard to wash away the smell of alcohol on his body.

After changing his clothes, he lay on the bed and was about to take a rest when he heard a knock on the door.

Ma Ji got up from the bed, went to the door and opened the door, there was a boy in gray clothes.

Seeing that Ma Ji was wearing single clothes and still smelled of alcohol, the young man nodded secretly as he thought about the news he had heard from the market.

The boy straightened his body, showing a hint of arrogance on his face, and then said: "Maji, right? My master wants to see you, so come with me."

Ma Ji frowned, the boy's tone made him very uncomfortable, and the boy's attitude reminded him of his attitude when Cheng Ping invited him.This comparison made him feel even worse.

But he didn't get angry, but opened his mouth and asked, "Who is your master?"

"Hey, my lord is one of the three lords today, the imperial censor, Mr. Xing." Speaking of his lord, this young man seemed to be talking about his past glory, with a complacent look.

Seeing the boy like this, Ma Ji frowned even more. He didn't care much about such a small person, but for some reason, seeing the other person like this made him inexplicably bored .

However, although this doctor censor is not his immediate boss, he can still order himself, and he has helped the other party do this before.

The case that he has been busy with during this period of time was also entrusted to him by the other party. Thinking that the other party should come to him to inquire about the progress of the case, he said coldly: "Wait for me, I'll go change my clothes."

"Then hurry up, I don't have so much time to wait for you. Even if I have time, the master doesn't have so much time to wait for you." There was an inexplicable hostility in the boy's eyes.

Ma Ji took two deep breaths, turned around again, and stared at the boy's face.

(End of this chapter)