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Taking advantage of the decree, Ju Jingyi took the jade pendant to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. She passed Wei Shuyu's cell without avoiding people's eyes and ears, and stopped in front of the cell of the murderer who was so courageous that he dared to kill Ji Yuandao.

"open."

Seeing the dragon's head entrenched on the jade pendant, the head of the prison didn't dare to neglect in the slightest, and hurriedly opened the door.

The sound startled the man who was trapped by heavy chains and had to kneel on the ground, raised his lifeless eyes, and looked at Ju Jingyi calmly.

"I have nothing to say."

Ju Jingyi's gaze fell on his raised hands, glanced at the calluses on them, and suddenly said, "You are not left-handed."

The man was taken aback, "So what?"

Ju Jingyi asked the guards to go far away and took a step forward. Regardless of the dark and wet ground, she knelt down on one knee, leaned closer and said softly, "No matter how much power the old Prime Minister Ji throws at the government, he will still stand in the Anxi Duhu Mansion." Not to go in. So, tell me, how do you judge, he is the last target of your revenge?"

The man was taken aback, he really didn't expect Ju Jingyi to ask such a question, he couldn't help showing a dazed face, and replied after a while, "I took a memorial from the desk of the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and it was written that several previous murders were horrific. It has something to do with the old case seven years ago, please tell old thief Ji to be careful." He sped up his speech and said threateningly, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Ju Jingyi thought it was so, and said, "Ju Jingyi, Minister of Dali Temple, investigate the case."

"Investigate the case?" The man should have heard of Ju Jingyi's name, without showing any surprise, he looked up and down Fan Ju Jingyi, and slowly shook his head, "I have never seen you investigate the case like this. "

Ju Jingyi naturally understood what he meant. She had no official documents, no paperwork, and no official entourage. The evidence she obtained from him could not be used as evidence in court, so she couldn't help but sighed, "It's very fashionable and extraordinary. Soon, I will be dismissed."

The sound of chains sounded, and the man raised his head, his pupils lit up with flames, "So, still need to investigate?"

"Investigate." Ju Jingyi nodded solemnly, "I will find out the truth."

"Even if the final outcome is beyond redemption, like me?"

"The consequences, I have never thought about it."

The man stared at Ju Jingyi in a daze, the flames in his eyes burned more vigorously, and he uttered two words, "Jiawan."

Ju Jingyi repeated softly, "Jia, Wan?"

The man closed his eyes, as if he was tired, "Don't have too much hope."

"Are you afraid that hope will turn into disappointment?" Ju Jingyi slowly stood up and patted a few straws off her knees, "Don't worry."

Because she will find out the truth.

He returned to Dazaifu without stopping, and gave Pingting a few instructions. The turmoil of the day made her have no extra thoughts, so she fell on the bed to catch up on sleep.

After talking with the little emperor, she hurried to her own carriage waiting outside the imperial city, and entered the palace with the carriages of the ministers who participated in the early court, so as not to be noticed, she could only drink some tea here while waiting for the early court Refresh yourself, and you will have to fight with many civil servants again.

She hasn't had a good rest since last night.

On the other side of the Ye Mansion, Zhao Jiamin, who was waiting anxiously, listened to Ye Hengqi's narration, and learned that Ju Jingyi was only suspended for three months and nothing serious happened, so she felt relieved.

But when Ye Hengqi said that at the end of the morning court, Ji Xingchen pulled Ju Jingyi and said a few words, the heart that had just let go suddenly lifted again.

"I'm a little far away." Ye Hengqi said, "I didn't hear anything clearly, but judging by Prime Minister Ji Xiao's expression, it doesn't seem like there is something wrong with Lord Dazai."

After listening to his words, Zhao Jiamin not only couldn't feel relieved, but became nervous instead.

The Ji family has always been willing to stop until they achieve their goals, but Ju Jingyi didn't suffer too much damage, and Ji Xingchen can still communicate with her so intimately, unless their purpose this time is not on Ju Jingyi.

If it's not on Ju Jingyi, then where is it?

Zhao Jiamin was restless, and pretended to chat with Ye Hengqi for a few more words, then went back to his room, found a reason to send Lan Er away, and wrote a few small notes.He opened the window again, blew a thin whistle, and called a pigeon.Tie the note to the pigeon's leg, and watch the little white dot fly away and gradually disappear into the blue sky.

Hope, she still has time to move.

On the second day, the news came.

University scholar Yi Chuan formally resigned from his old age and returned to his hometown on the grounds of emergency, and the little emperor agreed on the spot.

Hearing this news, Zhao Jiamin was only half relieved.

Ye Heng got up to look at her at night, and asked casually, "Did you go out today?"

Zhao Jiamin responded, "Yes."

It was obviously a normal answer, but Ye Hengqi looked at her very strangely.

"what happened?"

Ye Hengqi actually hesitated, hesitating, "Yeah, it's not a big deal."

"Oh."

Seeing her so straightforward, Ye Heng felt unhappy, "Master Dazai, didn't you go and see?"

Zhao Jiamin was about to reach out to pick up a piece of walnut cake on the plate, when he heard his words, his movements froze on the spot.It seemed as if a wave was stirring up in the boundless sea in my heart, and it seemed to be hanging on an unfathomable cliff. No matter whether I was advancing or retreating, I was at a loss as to what to do.

She didn't know what was wrong with herself, she became indecisive just hearing a name.

She should go.

If she hadn't lost the jade pendant, if Wei Shuyu hadn't rushed into the prime minister's mansion and been arrested, Ju Jingyi wouldn't have been so passive.

But why.

Why is she so afraid of seeing Ju Jingyi?

"That's all." Ye Heng pretended that she was ashamed to see Ju Jingyi, got up and said, "I'll apologize for you."

"No need." Zhao Jiamin moved faster than him, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the door of the room, "I'll go by myself."

Ye Hengqi was taken aback by the speed of her face change, and couldn't help shaking his head, "This girl."

After hesitating out of Ye Mansion, hesitating into Dazai Mansion, until standing in front of Ju Jingyi's room, Zhao Jiamin's trance thoughts finally became clearer.

Go in and apologize to her and thank her, don't say anything superfluous, in this way, it should be fine.

But for some reason, I always think of the look in Ju Jingyi's eyes that pulled her the night before last.

Contains complex eyes of worry, rejoicing, fear, and joy.

Let her want to explore the deep meaning of the eyes.

"Who?" Sensing someone, Ju Jingyi pushed open the door and saw Zhao Jiamin who opened his mouth but was speechless.

She was taken aback, looked around, guessed that Ada didn't dare to stop her, and let Zhao Jiamin enter the house.It's just that I don't have anything to entertain right now, so after thinking about it, I turned sideways to make room, "Come in and talk."

Zhao Jiamin followed her into the room just like that, staring blankly at her cooking tea for him, speechless for a while.

It was Ju Jingyi who spoke first, "Why did you come to find me today?"

"Me." Zhao Jiamin's heart was pounding, but he forgot all the things he had thought about for a while, and said in a stuttering manner, "I heard that things happened last night."

"Yeah." Ju Jingyi nodded, "That's right, but don't worry, Wei Shuyu is fine."

"That's it."

not like this.

Zhao Jiamin pursed her lips.

What she wanted to ask was how was she, Ju Jingyi, not how was Wei Shuyu.

But there always seemed to be a thorn stuck in her throat, making her speechless.

Gu Jingyi was speechless, only listening to the hot water bubbling and bubbling, making a new pot of tea, Ju Jingyi said again, "I will leave Beijing in a few days, and you should be careful when you do things in the capital in the future." Saying, She put the jade pendant on the table and pushed it to Zhao Jiamin, "This jade pendant is here with you, no one dares not to give you face, if something happens, you can come to my house to find Pingting, she will help you settle it."

Zhao Jiamin was stunned. When she heard the first sentence, her ears began to buzz, but Ju Jingyi couldn't hear the rest of the sentence at all, her heart was filled with a layer of empty emotion, and even her fingertips became cold.

She is leaving?

"Lijing?" Zhao Jiamin turned to look at Ju Jingyi, her dry throat felt like being split open every time she uttered a word, but she still finished the rest word by word, "Why? No It’s only three months of suspension! Even if you are dismissed, you shouldn’t be kept away from the capital, Master Ouyang, don’t you want to die?!”

Ju Jingyi suddenly reached out and pressed Zhao Jiamin's right hand, not because she blurted out the emperor's name, but because of what she meant.Hold her hand, just to appease her restless heart.

"You, don't worry about me." Seeing her so excited, Ju Jingyi laughed, "I left Beijing in secret, and only the emperor knows."

Zhao Jiamin reacted, her cheeks were slightly red, and the back of her right hand held by Ju Jingyi was like a small and soft heater. The temperature was just right, warming her long-cold heart.

"Where are you going?"

"Anxi Protectorate."

Zhao Jiamin was taken aback, "You want to check that, but Ji Yuan said." Then she realized.

From the very beginning, the murderer was misled by Mu Linsen's memorial that night, and Wei Shuyu was arrested, they all thought that Prime Minister Ji was the person behind the old case.But the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, or even the entire Longyou Dao, is the old territory of Zhen Guogong Pei Huaiyuan!

Moreover, the Ji family's impeachment of Ju Jingyi seems to be a big move, but it has no real impact on Ju Jingyi, and they secretly return the jade pendant to Ju Jingyi, which itself violates the Ji family's usual style of doing things.

In this way, the purpose of Ji's family is not as simple as she thought before.

"Ji's family, do you want to deal with the government of the town?"

Ju Jingyi tapped the jade pendant with her green forefinger, making a crisp sound, her expression seemed absent-minded, "Who knows."

"Take me with you." Zhao Jiamin stood up quickly, put her left hand on the table to stabilize her figure, stretched out her right hand and pressed Ju Jingyi's hand back, her eyes were shining brightly, but she was more determined than ever, "I want you too go."

Ji Yuandao used Wei Shuyu in disguise to force Ju Jingyi to investigate the case, but he wanted the praying mantis to catch the cicada and the oriole, and Ju Jingyi had to do this in order to save Wei Shuyu.

This is what she owes Ju Jingyi.

Moreover, Wei Shuyu once said that someone from the Ji family had been communicating with Li Yun, Prime Minister of Liang Guo, for a long time, so what about Duke Zhen?Lord Zhen Guo rewarded him with his military merits. He started out in the war in the Western Territory. He once commanded Longyou Dao for ten years, and Longyou Dao bordered on the border of Liang State. If he went with Ju Jingyi, would he be able to find some clues?

"It's very dangerous." Ju Jingyi whispered, "If you stay in the capital, the Ye family and Pingting can protect you." She avoided Zhao Jiamin's sight, not knowing what she was afraid of.

"What about you?" Zhao Jiamin couldn't help asking angrily because of her attitude, "This time you secretly go to Anxi Dufu Mansion, and the guards in the mansion can't take you with you. Isn't it dangerous? I don't need you Care about me."

Hearing Zhao Jiamin's last words, the thin blood on Ju Jingyi's face suddenly disappeared, and her already plain complexion became even uglier, as if she had been punched in the chest by a heavy punch, her breathing stopped, and the aura in her eyes was also punched Scattered, unable to focus for a while, empty and colorless.

As they got closer, Zhao Jiamin realized that the bruises in her eyes still had an unconcealable exhaustion. Thinking of the fact that she hadn't been able to rest well in the past few days, and she came to disturb her, she felt guilty. She was about to speak, but Ju Jingyi preemptive.

"You are not alone. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Ye Fu." Ju Jingyi exhaled slowly, still unwilling to look up at Zhao Jiamin, "Ye Hengqi really treats you as a younger sister."

These words, like a five-finger mountain, suppressed all Zhao Jiamin's eagerness to move.

Returning to Ye Mansion in a daze, Ye Heng was worried by her appearance, so he personally brought hot porridge to Zhao Jiamin's room to ask for warmth.

Seeing Ye Hengqi taking care of her so much, Zhao Jiamin suddenly remembered Ju Jingyi's words.

Ye Hengqi sincerely regards her as his younger sister.

She vaguely sensed that Ju Jingyi had seen through her identity, so what about Ye Hengqi?

Thinking back in this way, the wrong things that were suppressed by her in the past emerged one after another.

Ever since she woke up from Ye Huazhao's body, the people of Ye Mansion have treated her differently than ordinary officials' ladies. Lord Ye and Mrs. Ye follow her when they walk outside, regardless of whether it will affect the future discussion of marriage. , Ye Hengqi will inform her of any personnel changes in the court every day in the form of small talk.

No matter what their purpose was, their affection for her was sincere.

What's more, she believed in the character of Ye Bingyu and Ye Hengqi.

Holding the porridge bowl, Zhao Jiamin couldn't help but yelled, "Brother."

Ye Hengqi responded softly, "Well, what's wrong?"

Looking at Ye Heng with a gentle gaze, Zhao Jiamin almost lost his courage, "I, brother, me."

"If you have anything, just tell me, um." Seemingly aware of something, Ye Heng thought about it, and added, "No matter what, you are my younger sister, Ye Fu, and will always be your backing. "

With her mind settled, she lowered her eyes to look at the wrinkled dress she had caught, "I think, take a trip far away."

"Yeah." Ye Heng responded casually, and immediately realized, "What?"

Zhao Jiamin was already prepared in his heart, and repeated earnestly, "I want to travel far away."

Ye Hengqi blinked and asked, "Is it for Mr. Dazai?"

"Forget it, right." Zhao Jiamin lost her doubts, and she no longer hesitated when speaking, "In the end, I got her into trouble, and I want to help her this time."

Unexpectedly, Ye Heng looked indescribable, and sighed, "When you talk to Daddy, don't mention Dazai-sama."

"Why?" Zhao Jiamin knew that he had passed this test.

"Have you forgotten? Dad, he hates Lord Dazai very much." Ye Hengqi said in a low voice, "Although Lord Dazai was promoted by the emperor himself, if it wasn't for King Jin'an's tacit approval and secret help, her official career is not It's so smooth and rainy. But she didn't care about this kind of affection at the beginning, and gave the prince's only blood, "

Regent Zhao Mingchen, King Jin'an who was proclaimed by the late Emperor, and his father.

Zhao Jiamin retorted subconsciously, "But the evidence was solid at that time,"

"So what?" Ye Hengqi was very helpless at her reaction, "If she had deliberately delayed for a moment, if she could have found the flaws in the evidence... Yes, these reasons seem unreasonable, but, she is Ju Jingyi. Ah, she is, she is Dali Siqing, Ju Jingyi."

Her subordinates have never been unjustly, falsely or wrongly convicted, and no real murderer has ever escaped.

It is trust that leads to disappointment and resentment.

Just like Zhao Jiamin's mood when they met for the first time.

Zhao Jiamin suddenly fell silent.

She has no reason to refute Ye Hengqi, and she has no position.

However, "I followed her, not because of her." Zhao Jiamin said, "Maybe I might find out something during this trip."

Ye Heng's eyes darkened, "Do you want to make some huge waves in the capital?"

"I'm going to ask Mr. Dazai about this." Zhao Jiamin's eyes curved into crescents.

Ye Heng couldn't laugh or cry, "Lord Dazai, she is like a dormant tiger. A slight sneeze can make the whole capital tremble." And what he was even more afraid of was that if the tiger left, wouldn't there be monkeys in the mountains? Dominate?

"That." Zhao Jiamin reached out and patted Ye Hengqi's shoulder, raised his eyebrows and said, "Father, please take care of me."

"Eh? When did I promise you?"

No matter how Ye Hengqi objected, Zhao Jiamin still secretly followed Ju Jingyi on the journey to the Anxi Governor's Mansion.Ju Jingyi recruited people to dress up as a caravan and headed northwest. Zhao Jiamin simply disguised herself as a young man and hid behind the caravan, pretending to be a groom.

After walking for a while a few days ago, Zhao Jiamin was still a little surprised that this direction was going northwest, but when he saw Master Yi who was traveling with him, he immediately understood.

Ju Jingyi was afraid that something unsettling would happen to Master Yi on his way back to his hometown, so he specially escorted him.

This guy, every time there is something in his heart, he doesn't say it or explain it, causing others to misunderstand.

Zhao Jiamin was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, and the whip under his hand became more and more forceful, which immediately provoked the mule, who had not eaten enough, to lose his temper, and set off a small sandstorm head-on.

After being reborn as Miss Ye, the majestic Princess Zhaoyang, who has never suffered a lot, encountered a ruthless character for the first time, and the mule who was kicked did not hesitate to eat a mouthful of sand.

Hearing the noise from behind the convoy, Ada, who was dressed as a wealthy shopkeeper, raised the curtain and couldn't help but ask Ju Jingyi who was sitting outside disguised as a boy, "Look, my lord."

"The shopkeeper, call me Ayi." Ju Jingyi pretended to be a buddy and became addicted to it. She didn't even look behind her, with a doting smile in her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Let her make trouble, this journey It's really not easy, Zuo can't let her suffer."

The shopkeeper, Ada, only thought that Zhao Jiamin was Ye Huazhao, the eldest lady of the Ye family, but when she thought of the stern-faced official secretary Ye Bingyu, she immediately shut up, thinking that she should take care of her subordinates so that this young lady could feel comfortable.

Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to face that terrifying Master Ye.

Passing through Youzhou, Ju Jingyi put down Yi's family and told the subordinates who were pretending to be servants to carefully protect the great scholar Yi, leaving Ada alone as the real subordinates.

If Zhao Jiamin hadn't followed up, she might have sent Ada to Yi Chuan's side for protection.

Yi Chuan, who took off his official robes and put on ordinary cloth clothes, was no longer so icy, looking like an ordinary little old man.But Ju Jingyi knew that even though he seemed to have ignored the world and drifted with the tide in the court, under that thin and thin body was an indomitable iron frame, and he had offended many people in secret, and this time helping her stand out was completely impossible to stay in. Above the court, he had no choice but to retire for the sake of the whole family.

"Master Yi University."

Yi Chuan stopped Ju Jingyi from saluting, "Master Dazai doesn't need it."

Ju Jingyi was about to say something more, but Yi Chuan interrupted her, "If you feel guilty, there's no need. It's not the Dazai's reason that I've long wanted to go back to my hometown to take care of my old age."

Looking in the direction of the capital, Yi Chuan's expression was complicated, and it changed slightly imperceptibly. He changed the subject, "A long time ago, when Yan Qing and I were young, we were full of enthusiasm, thinking that we could rely on our own strength to fight against that wave. Sweep away all evil spirits from the treacherous hall, usher in a peaceful and prosperous age, the river is clear and the sea is clean."

Taishi Ling Sima Hui, styled Yan Qing.

Ju Jingyi was taken aback, but she didn't expect him to mention her teacher suddenly.

"It's only now that I know that you can eradicate those ghosts and monsters without your will." Yi Chuan's voice lowered a little, lightly, and quickly dissipated in the wind, "I'm just luckier than Yan Qing."

Ju Jingyi suddenly raised her head, "What did you say?!"

Yi Chuan waved his hand, "Stop investigating Yan Qing's case, let's close it."

"Yes." Ju Jingyi almost couldn't keep up with Master Yi's jumping thinking, her mind was in a mess, "But teacher."

"It wasn't Princess Zhaoyang's doing, I know. But in this world, facts never decide everything."

"It's people's hearts." Yi Chuan's eyes were deep, and he said slowly, "Ju Jingyi, remember, your current position determines that you can't do it willfully. Before making any decisions, think about the common people in the world, think about your Teacher, think about King Jin'an, think about... Princess Zhaoyang."

Ju Jingyi smiled wryly, "Do you think about them, or think about their fate."

"You will understand."

Yi Chuan didn't want to say any more, turned around and left, leaving Ju Jingyi alone to stare at the night sky and meditate.