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As the last light fell into the horizon, the sky of the capital was plunged into darkness, only sparse starlight and a hazy crescent moon.The Minister's Mansion was already lit with lanterns, glowing with a warm orange light, but Ju Jingyi and Zhao Jiamin did not leave, they still stayed in the study.

Because Ju Jingyi still thinks there is something strange about this study, and she doesn't want to leave.She was unwilling to leave, and Zhao Jiamin was even more unwilling to leave. Fortunately, the servant's wife did not stop them, and the housekeeper thoughtfully brought dinner.

"Are these scriptures strange?" Seeing that Ju Jingyi had been sitting on the servant's chair, staring at the scriptures on the table that had returned to their original positions, Zhao Jiamin couldn't help asking curiously, "Speaking of which, Mr. Mu is really good enough." Randomly, the folders are placed randomly."

Ju Jingyi raised her eyes and scanned the bookshelf on the left hand side, "Look at the placement of the books, there is no pattern. He is not a person who likes to be tidy, and he has a strong desire to control. There is no dust on the bookshelf, which means that the servants often clean it. The booklets are still placed casually, which is obviously the master's order."

"However," Ju Jingyi stood up, "I am concerned about two points at present."

Zhao Jiamin made a gesture of all ears, "Hmm~"

When she got an answer that didn't satisfy her, she originally wanted to leave immediately, but as soon as her eyes fell on the thoughtful Ju Jingyi, she couldn't let herself go away, not even for a moment.

This person is so dedicated in everything he does, if there is no one around, he might not even realize that something happened.

How could she leave with peace of mind.

Ju Jingyi didn't notice the change in her mood, her fingertips landed on the stacked folds, the dark blood looked particularly terrifying under the candlelight, "There are more than one missing folds."

Zhao Jiamin hurried forward, the sprayed blood almost stained half of the table, not to mention the booklets, and after Ju Jingyi reluctantly put the scattered booklets back in place, the bloodstains did not match where her fingertips were pointing.

"If the housekeeper remembers correctly, then the rest of the lost notebooks are likely to be taken away by others."

"One more thing." Ju Jingyi stepped onto the wooden chair and leaped onto the beam with her strength. After standing still, she squatted down to check carefully, her eyes lit up, she turned to look at Zhao Jiamin, stretched out her hand and said softly Said, "Come."

Looking up, most of her body is hidden in the dark, but her eyes are as bright as stars, and the corners of her lips are slightly curved, with a faint charm.I'm afraid she didn't even realize what she looked like in Zhao Jiamin's eyes at this moment.

Under the warm yellow candlelight, she looks like a beautiful fairy dancing under the moonlight, possessing a fatal attraction.

Bewitched by her soft voice, Zhao Jiamin stretched out her hand subconsciously.

Any hesitation, dissatisfaction, or anger were all left behind.

Ju Jingyi firmly pulled her onto the beam. In order to avoid stepping on the place she found, Ju Jingyi pulled Zhao Jiamin to squeeze together, clinging to each other, and the two became closer than ever before.

"Look here." Ju Jingyi's eyes lit up, her attention was on the beams, "No one will clean this place unless it's New Year's Eve, and a month or two is enough for a thin layer of dust to fall."

Zhao Jiamin tried hard to move all her senses away from Ju Jingyi's touch, temperature, and faint scent, and finally saw a shallow shoe print on the beam of the house.

"This is."

Ju Jingyi said, "The location of the study in the Minister's Mansion is wonderful. No matter whether you enter the house through the front door or the window at night, you will be noticed by the people in the house because you pass through the corridor and cast shadows on the windows. Only from here."

She looked up along the way, raised one hand and poked the roof tiles, but remembered to hold Zhao Jiamin's waist tightly with the other hand to prevent him from falling.But the terrible thing was that she didn't seem to realize how close she was to Zhao Jiamin, so close that she could feel the temperature of the other's breath.

With a click, a loose tile was pushed away by Ju Jingyi, revealing a small piece of night sky and half a hazy moon.

"It seems that the man came in from here."

"Let's go down." Zhao Jiamin finally found his voice, and deliberately looked away, but he couldn't stop the dryness of his throat, "It's not convenient here."

Ju Jingyi's reaction was more than half a beat slower, so she didn't notice Zhao Jiamin's strangeness, so she nodded, "It's a bit crowded." She let go of her hand, and remembered to tell her, "Be careful."

With the lack of warmth in her waist, Zhao Jiamin felt a little uncomfortable. When she jumped off the beam, she almost failed to stand still. The loud noise caused the housekeeper who was knocking on the door to exclaim.

"grown ups?"

"Come in." Ju Jingyi also jumped down, and because she found new evidence, her previous heavy expression dissipated, "How is your wife?"

The butler came in with a cup of hot tea and said with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, Madam is much better."

Zhao Jiamin patted his reddish cheeks quietly, and asked the housekeeper solemnly, "By the way, are you sure that the Ministry of Criminal Justice only took one notebook?"

"That's right." The housekeeper said sternly, "The villain personally found out the book for several adults in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Although the master does not allow the villain to touch the book, but the villain has always cleaned the study for the master, and no one else is better than the villain. Know more about how to find the master's things."

"Oh?" Ju Jingyi raised her eyebrows, "What did they say?"

"Let me find the brochure that the master is going to hand to Prime Minister Ji."

Seeing the butler not thinking about it, Ju Jingyi asked back, "Didn't they ask you not to disclose it to me?"

The housekeeper shook his head, "They left in such a hurry that they almost didn't have time to say a second sentence. Moreover, Madam specifically said that if you want to ask anything, you must answer it."

"Your wife?" Zhao Jiamin asked.

"The madam really wants to know why the master died. She said, Mr. Dazai knows everything, and he will be able to find out the truth. If you want to rely on the officials of the Ministry of punishment, you may have to wait until the year of the monkey."

"Your wife has a clear heart."

"Master Dazai." The housekeeper looked serious, "Please also find out the truth, so that Madam can feel at ease."

"What was Mrs. Mu busy with?" Strangely, Ju Jingyi didn't respond, but changed the subject, "Or, is there anything unusual?" Zhao Jiamin couldn't help but glance at her.

"This." She changed the subject too quickly, and the butler was stunned for a while before answering, "If you say busy, the master is busy almost every day. If you say it is abnormal, I don't know if something is considered abnormal."

Obtaining Ju Jingyi's approving look, he continued, "During that time, Master, I have been looking for the dossiers from the time when I was in the Anxi Governor's Mansion."

"Oh?" Ju Jingyi asked, "Are those files in the house?"

"Yes." The butler walked to the bookcase, bent down and picked up a stack of files, and placed them in a slightly empty place on the table, "These are the files that the master brought back. The master is mainly looking at the file from seven years ago. .”

"Seven years ago?" Zhao Jiamin seemed to have some impressions, "Is it the year when the drought occurred in the Anxi Protectorate?"

Droughts occurred in all parts of the country that year. The drought in Anxi Protectorate Mansion was said to be big or small. Zhao Jiamin had heard of it, but he had no redundant memories.

"Exactly." The housekeeper said, "At that time, the master was still working as a long history in the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion."

"Who was the guardian at that time?"

"Master Hu Wang, he resigned from his post three years ago and returned home."

Speaking of this person, Zhao Jiamin's face turned cold immediately.

Earlier, there were many rumors about him acting recklessly and in Yurou Township.

The rumors of the so-called reckless behavior are really a bit unbearable. It is said that Master Hu Wang likes to play with young people, and he has a bad temper, which has hurt many people.

After Zhao Jiamin heard the news, he sent people to investigate. Although there were various traces left, no accurate evidence was found. In addition, the Emperor Tiangao was far away and the Lord Zhen Guo was protecting him. Seeing him, he found a chance and returned to his hometown to enjoy his life.

Sometimes, it's really good people who don't live long enough to harm thousands of years, which always makes people wonder if God doesn't have long eyes.

After a while, Zhao Jiamin suddenly woke up from his emotions. Miss Ye's family shouldn't know about this kind of thing.

She subconsciously looked at Ju Jingyi, feeling guilty for some reason.

But to her surprise, Ju Jingyi didn't notice anything wrong because of this, instead she carefully looked through the files.

Could it be that because Ju Jingyi's attention was all on the case, she didn't react?

Zhao Jiamin breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally realizing that it was getting late outside, Ju Jingyi picked up the two files.

If she was the only one here, she might as well stay here for the whole night; but Zhao Jiamin was still here, if she didn't leave, Zhao Jiamin might not be willing to leave either.

"Farewell." Ju Jingyi said, "I won't disturb you."

The housekeeper sent the two of them to the door, and then stood there watching them go away.

When the surroundings were shrouded in darkness, only the light in Ju Jingyi's hand was flickering, illuminating a small area of ​​road in front of her, and the atmosphere suddenly became stiff.

The two of them were the type who didn't like to talk, and they were both thinking about their own things. When they realized it, they had already walked more than half of the way, and they could vaguely see the shadow of the gate of Ye Mansion.

"Do you have any idea about the identity of the murderer?"

Zhao Jiamin was nervous, he wanted to hear Ju Jingyi's calm and natural reply, and also wanted to know all her reactions if she found out her identity, it was almost driving him crazy.

"Hmm." Ju Jingyi answered calmly as she wished, "It's a little bit. I checked the wounds on the corpse before, and I can see that the murderer's movements are very neat, and he sealed his throat with a sword. It is very likely that he has learned it specially. But other than that Other than that, there are almost no other clues, so we can only try to find the answer from these files first."

As he spoke, he flipped the file in his arms.

Seeing that she was carrying so many things in her small body, Zhao Jiamin said, "Let me help you." He reached out to take the file in Ju Jingyi's arms.

"No, Ye's mansion is here." Ju Jingyi stood still, and smiled softly at her, "Go in, don't worry Master Ye."

As soon as the words fell, the front door was pushed open, and Ye Hengqi walked out. When he saw Zhao Jiamin, his face suddenly turned bright, "Hua Zhao! You are finally back!"

Zhao Jiamin's hand on Ju Jingyi's wrist suddenly retracted, and the fingertips seemed to still be warm, warm.Fortunately, the night is the best cover, taking care of her little embarrassment.

Ye Hengqi didn't notice her small movements, he was startled when his eyes touched Ju Jingyi, and quickly nodded in salute, "Master Dazai."

Behind him was Ye Bingyu, who looked nervous. There were lights everywhere in the mansion, and it seemed that the entire mansion hadn't rested.Zhao Jiamin's late return this time has alarmed the entire Ye Mansion.

"Hua Zhao? Dazai-sama, thank you for sending my little girl back."

For some reason, Zhao Jiamin seemed to catch a touch of indifference and vigilance from Ye Bingyu's eyes.

It's really strange, I never heard that Ju Jingyi has offended Ye Bingyu, and Ye Bingyu once praised Ju Jingyi's upright style of work, like his teacher Taishi Ling Sima Hui.

Ju Jingyi turned a blind eye to Ye Bingyu's indifference, nodded to Ye's father and son, then turned and left.

Glancing at his father, whose expression was more indifferent than the moonlight, and then looking at Ju Jingyi, her back was lonely and thin, looking a bit lonely, Ye Hengqi couldn't help but say, "Master Dazai!"

Ju Jingyi stopped, and turned to look at him with doubts on her face.

"Be careful on the road."

Ju Jingyi nodded, and smiled at Ye Heng by the way, with a conciliatory meaning.

Ye Bingyu ignored Ju Jingyi, kept looking Zhao Jiamin up and down, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Zhao Jiamin was taken aback by his worried eyes, and quickly shook his head, "It's okay, it's okay, Ju Jingyi didn't do anything to me."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhao Jiamin wanted to bite the tip of his tongue.

No matter how you say it, Miss Ye Jia shouldn't have called Ju Jingyi by her first name.

But Ye's father and son obviously didn't take it to heart, but you said words full of worry one by one.

"When you come back so late in the future, remember to ask someone to tell your brother to take you back. Don't walk at night with strangers. It's not safe."

The corner of Zhao Jiamin's mouth twitched, Ju Jingyi shouldn't be counted among the strangers.A few years ago, there was a saying that had been spread far and wide, who was the safest to walk the night roads with in this capital, the first choice must be Ju Jingyi and Anping Princess Wei Zheng.

Besides, Ju Jingyi is not a big bad wolf, why does she act like she will eat people at any time.

Unexpectedly, Ye Hengqi also followed suit, "Father is right, remember to tell brother wherever you go in the future, especially at night, no matter how far you are, brother will pick you up, don't worry about disturbing brother or something."

Zhao Jiamin had no choice but to agree repeatedly.

Dazai's Mansion is not far from Ye's Mansion, in other words, the mansions of important ministers in the court are basically in the same area, so it is very convenient to visit.

But in just a few short steps, Ju Jingyi walked like a wading through mountains and rivers.

She hugged the file tightly in her arms and pressed her chest, trying to suppress the rapid beating heartbeat.

It's really strange, she has always been in good health and has never had any major problems, but just after taking a few steps, her heart beat faster and faster.

The cold wind was blowing, but the place on the wrist that Zhao Jiamin touched was still warm.

The reflex arc is like a snail climbing a mountain, and it takes a long time to reach the end.

She finally remembered that she seemed to have done something terrible on the beam of the Minister's Mansion.

"Master Dazai?"

The case handling efficiency of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is too low, and it is inevitable that more officials will be killed. Jing Zhaoyin strengthened the vigilance of the capital every night, and was even ordered by the little emperor to personally lead a team to patrol the area around the official residence with the Jinwu Guard.After the curfew at night, no one dared to walk at night, let alone after the murder, the only people who went out to patrol were wild cats and shadows.

It doesn't seem like a place where people live, it's gloomy.

Today is the first time I meet a living person, who is still familiar.

Jing Zhaoyin seemed to have seen the rain for a long time, and the spring breeze was blowing on his face. His tone was so gentle and outrageous, "You should also pay attention to your health when handling the case. Do you need to be sent back to your residence?"

Jing Zhaoyin's voice was wrapped in a cold wind, blowing away the ambiguous temperature gradually rising in Ju Jingyi's ears, and brought her back to the real world from her thoughts, "Thank you, Mr. Yang, it's only a few steps away, so don't bother me. "

Jing Zhaoyin was originally polite, looking at the gate of Dazaifu not far away, he smiled and said, "You are polite, then, I will bid farewell."

"Ah."

Watching the figure of Jing Zhaoyin leading the team gradually disappear into the night, Ju Jingyi stood at the door of her house, sighed deeply, slapped herself on the face, and said crisply, "What am I thinking?" ?”

Ada, who went out to greet her, held the lantern for her, with a dazed expression on her face, "Sir, you must be bewitched."

"No." Ju Jingyi quickly recovered her expressionless face, "You read it wrong just now."

"My lord, my eyes are bad, but my ears are not so bad."

"That's why you are under the illusion."

"But my lord, you don't know illusion..."

"Stop." Ju Jingyi slapped the thick file on Ada's face without hesitation, "I'm going to stay up all night tonight and tell the kitchen to prepare pastries."

Ada held the file and rubbed the bridge of his nose, and said aggrievedly, "Yes."

When Ju Jingyi raised her head from the thick file, it was already dawn.

Fortunately, she didn't have to go to court today, and she almost found some clues from the file, and gave a few orders, and then she was relieved.

But before going to bed, she still remembered to tell Pingting something.

If there is any movement on Miss Ye's side, remember to wake her up.

Then she slept until late at night.

"My lord! My lord!"

"Huh?" Ju Jingyi narrowed her eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Miss Ye, she."

The chaotic head woke up instantly, Ju Jingyi stood up abruptly, the sleepiness in her eyes disappeared completely, "What's wrong with her?!"

Pingting looked anxious and hesitated slightly, "She, she went to the prime minister's residence."

Ju Jingyi looked at the gloomy sky outside, in disbelief, "Now?"

"Yeah." Pingting nodded, "She went to Lengyu Pavilion in West City as usual today, but she changed into night clothes and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion after returning home after dinner."

"I want to go out." Ju Jingyi didn't even think about it, "Also, let Ada and the others prepare."

Pingting handed over the black clothes she had prepared earlier, and couldn't help persuading, "Prime Minister Ji Xiao has been wooing Ye Bingyu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Miss Ye should be fine."

"What's Ji Xingchen? It's not his turn to speak in the Ji family." Ju Jingyi tied her long hair and tied her belt tightly, her eyes dark, "Even Ye Bingyu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is nothing more than that in Ji Yuandao's eyes. What's more, Ji's family is a century-old family sealed by the late emperor himself, if something goes wrong, Ji Yuandao dares not put any crimes on her head? Ye Bingyu can't protect her at all!"

"But my lord, Prime Minister Ji may not deal with Miss Ye, but he will definitely deal with you."

Ju Jingyi froze, but it was only a blink of an eye, "He will deal with me, sooner or later."

Pingting knew she couldn't persuade her, so she had to tell her, "My lord, don't hesitate, and come back soon when Miss Ye is safe."

At the same time, Zhao Jiamin has successfully sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Looking at the house in front of her, she exhaled quietly, releasing the fear accumulated in her heart.

If it wasn't for Wei Shuyu, she really didn't want to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

She came here with her father once when she was young, and her distant memory is not so clear. The only profound thing is that when she turned her head, she bumped into Ji Yuandao's deep black eyes, which were full of deep black eyes that she couldn't understand at the time, like a hunting dog hovering over the prey. The falcon staring closely in mid-air is always ready to strike its prey with a fatal blow.

This scene is still fresh in her memory, and she has been wary of Ji Yuandao ever since.But what I didn't expect was that after the death of the regent, Ji Yuandao actually asked to resign from office, and his grandson Ji Xingchen took over the post of prime minister.

In fact, thinking about it later, Ji Yuandao made such a gesture in front of the little emperor who had just assumed power, compared to himself who was stupid and thought he helped the little emperor at that time, it was really inconceivable how smarter he was.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being an old fox of three generations of courtiers.

During the day, she went to look for Wei Shuyu as usual, but he actually told her that he had found out that Ji's mansion had been communicating with Liang Guo, and that he would definitely go to Ji's mansion to have a look tonight.

Wei Shuyu's temperament was too stubborn, and even the nine cows would not be able to pull back what he decided. Knowing that she would stop him, he secretly poured drugs into the tea. Although she didn't take much, she still fell asleep for a while.Not seeing Wei Shuyu's figure, Zhao Jiamin was very worried, and decided to go to Ji's mansion to have a look.

After entering Ji's mansion, Zhao Jiamin felt doubts in his heart.

Why is the defense of the Jifu so loose? It is obvious that the death of officials some time ago has disturbed people. All the senior officials can't wait for the Jinwu Guard to stand guard at their door every day.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, but Zhao Jiamin couldn't find Wei Shuyu on either side, and he was even more impatient.

Ji Yuandao, what is this old fox doing with the net?

The words of the steward of the Minister's Mansion suddenly flashed in his mind, that the memorial taken by the Ministry of Punishment was to be handed over to Prime Minister Ji.

Could it be that Ji Yuandao believed that the murderer would come to kill him?

At that time, she wondered, if it was about the Anxi Protectorate's case, the Duke of Zhen Guo, who made a fortune in the northwest, should be the one. What's the use of looking for Prime Minister Ji?

Or is it that Ju Jingyi made a mistake and has nothing to do with the case Mu Linsen is investigating?

Zhao Jiamin walked along the garden to Ji's study, and was thinking about the relationship between Ji Yuandao and the previous officials, when there was a movement behind her, and a cool hand was on her shoulder.

Her heart skipped a beat.

"Ye Huazhao."

Ye Hengqi gritted his teeth, but his subordinates did not dare to use gravity, and gently pushed Zhao Jiamin's body towards him.

"Are you brave enough? You came to the Prime Minister's Mansion. If you were caught, Grandpa wouldn't be able to protect you!"

Although he was very angry, Ye Hengqi still remembered to lower his voice, "If it wasn't for the boss of Lengyu Pavilion, remember to send a message, otherwise I really didn't know you would come to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

It seems that Wei Shuyu was worried that she would come to Ji's mansion, so he specially sent someone to Ye's mansion to spread the word.

Zhao Jiamin was nervous and speechless for a moment, not knowing how to explain to Ye Hengqi that she would appear here, but seeing Ye Hengqi's messy clothes and worried expression, he couldn't help feeling warm.

Ye Hengqi was really worried about her, so he came to the prime minister's mansion to look for her regardless of the danger.

"I."

"Okay, let's talk about it when we get home." Ye Heng got up and pulled her to leave.

"No." Remembering that Wei Shuyu hadn't been found yet, Zhao Jiamin was unwilling to leave, and pretended, "I haven't seen the murderer yet."

Ye Heng raised his forehead helplessly, "Let the criminal department take care of the murderer, you girl, don't touch these things."

Before Zhao Jiamin could refute, she saw that the helplessness on Ye Heng's face gradually turned into shock.

"Master Dazai..."

Ju Jingyi? ? ?

Zhao Jiamin stiffened her neck and did not dare to turn her head away.

Even if she didn't see Ju Jingyi, she could still feel the other person's angry gaze, which fell on her back, burning hot.

What is this all about.

Zhao Jiamin can't wait to learn the technique of escaping from the ground immediately, so as to escape far away.