Li Cheng didn't believe the woman's words.
He immediately questioned, "You said that Du Mubai and Su Qiao were already in love. Is this true?"
The woman replied, "Milord, this commoner dares not lie. Everything I said is true."
"You're lying!"
"Milord …" The woman immediately knelt down. She lowered her head and trembled, clearly frightened by Li Cheng. She hurriedly said, "If Milord doesn't believe me, you can send someone to Nanshen to investigate. At that time, all the girls in the brothel knew about it."
Li Cheng's expression turned ugly.
In his impression, Du Mubai was a modest and upright gentleman. If he had already promised to marry another woman in his hometown, why would he confess his feelings to his sister?
What difference was there between him and a playboy?
Ji Yunshu had long noticed that something was wrong with Li Cheng. As long as it was related to Du Mubai's love life, he would be abnormally agitated.
There must be something fishy going on!
She asked, "Heir Cheng, you don't believe a single word I said. Do you know something about Du Mubai's relationship?"
Li Cheng paused and hurriedly said, "What can I know? It's just that … Du Mubai is my residence's retainer. I've never heard him say anything about Su Qiao, let alone a relationship. That's why I don't believe you. "
His gaze and tone were all fine.
They were all lies!
But Ji Yunshu looked at him a few times. She had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't ask further. Instead, she turned to the woman, "Do you know when Su Qiao came to Gaoding?"
The woman thought for a moment, "Probably … around this time."
"Does she have any relatives in the capital?"
"She and I are orphans. We don't have parents, let alone relatives." The woman choked with sobs.
"Since she came to Gaoding for Du Mubai, did she tell you what it was about Du Mubai?" "She told me that Du Mubai was a very talented person. He wouldn't steal other people's poems. She also didn't believe that he would commit suicide. She always said that Du Mubai was a proud person. No matter what, he wouldn't commit suicide. So, after she saved enough money to redeem herself, she immediately came to Gaoding.
She wanted to find out what happened to Du Mubai's death. But I didn't expect … she would die. "The woman cried more and more.
Tears streamed down her cheeks continuously!
"If Su Qiao came to Gaoding to investigate the cause of Du Mubai's death, then where did she go from time to time after Miss Zhao settled her at the inn?" Ji Yunshu furrowed her brows.
Jing Rong overheard her words and continued, "Since Su Qiao doesn't have any relatives or acquaintances in the capital, then if she wants to investigate the cause of Du Mubai's death, she must have looked for someone who was close to Du Mubai at the time."
Reminder!
Li Cheng: "Someone familiar with Du Mubai? You mean? "
He didn't understand, but Ji Yunshu did.
She reopened Du Mubai's file and saw the names on it.
"Fang Tong? Jiang Wen? Integrity? "
Hmm?
Wasn't this the person who invited Song Zhi to the poetry meet?
What was their relationship with Du Mubai? Ji Yunshu looked at Jing Rong and said, "You're right. Su Qiao will definitely look for someone close to Du Mubai first! Back then, Du Mubai lived in the same room as these three people. Moreover, it was these three people who first discovered Du Mubai's body. So … if I were Su Qiao …
In that case, I think I'll go look for them first. "
Jing Rong nodded and smiled.
Li Cheng suddenly understood and immediately ordered the guards waiting outside, "Go, quickly find out where these people are now."
"Yes!"
The guards immediately went to investigate.
At the same time, Ji Yunshu helped the kneeling woman up.
"Miss, get up first."
The woman wiped her tears and looked at the handsome man in front of her, "Sir, I've told you everything I know. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."
Ji Yunshu nodded. "Alright."
The woman bowed and walked away, her body trembling.
After a while, Li Cheng was puzzled. "But if Su Qiao wanted to investigate Du Mubai's death, then why did she die?"
Jing Rong calmly said, "Perhaps … Du Mubai's death is indeed strange. At that time, Su Qiao might have found something, so the murderer hardened his heart and silenced her."
"Really?" Li Cheng asked.
"I said perhaps!"
"But at that time, all the departments thoroughly investigated and found that Du Mubai really committed suicide!"
"I said 'maybe'!" Jing Rong emphasized again.
His expression was cold.
Li Cheng swallowed and simply kept his mouth shut.
The three people waited in the hall for the whole morning. Until the guards came back and reported, "Sir, we've found out. According to the records of the Ministry of Rites, these three people were indeed in the same exam as Du Mubai six years ago. They also lived together, but at that time, they all failed. Three years ago, the three people came to take the exam again, but they still failed.
This year, the three people came to Gaoding to take the exam again. Just like before, they still live in the same room. "
Li Cheng said, "It's best that they are all in Gaoding, so we don't have to look everywhere. Immediately bring someone to the room and bring them here for questioning! "
"Yes!"
The guards obeyed and left.
… …
Song Zhi also went out early in the morning. He wandered around the bookstore for a long time. Because he had won Xue He's twenty taels of silver from the poetry contest last time, he bought the books that he liked this time. Before he left, he picked two more books. Last time, he heard from Fang Tong that he went to the bookstore to read books in the cold weather because he couldn't afford to buy books. Therefore, Fang Tong didn't care.
Song Zhi thought that since they were both scholars, he should help them if he could, so he bought two more books and gave them to him.
Song Zhi asked the bookstore staff for the location of the room and went there with the books.
Along the way, he walked very slowly. Gaoding was really too big. After going around in circles for a long time, he finally found the room.
This room was specially used to receive the scholars. It was very big and different from ordinary inns. It was like an academy, but it was a little shabby.
But for those scholars from humble backgrounds, it was already very good to have a place to stay.
When Song Zhi reached the door, he hadn't even stepped in yet.
A young doorman ran over. Seeing that he was unfamiliar, he asked, "Who are you? You don't live here, do you? "
Song Zhi said, "I really don't live here. I'm looking for someone."
"Looking for someone? Who? "
"Fang Tong."
The young doorman was very familiar with Fang Tong, "Oh, it's him! He's inside. "
"Then please help me tell him that Song Zhi is looking for him."
"You better go in and look for him yourself. But before you go in, you have to register yourself. This is the rule."
"Okay!" Song Zhi replied.
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