Just like that, Li Cheng sat there in a daze with a frown.
He imagined countless possibilities in his mind!
Good and bad, he thought of them all.
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong didn't disturb him and quietly sat in the private room of the teahouse for a long time.
Ji Yunshu also felt that something was amiss.
At the same time, he was lost in thought.
Jing Rong looked at her and asked, "Are you still thinking about what the beggar said?"
She nodded. "Hmm … You really understand me."
"Let's go. We can't delay the case any longer."
"Yes."
Jing Rong stood up.
Ji Yunshu said to Li Cheng, "Crown Prince Cheng, we're going out for a while. You should also return to the City Department as soon as possible. If there are any new discoveries in the case, I will inform you immediately."
Hearing this, Li Cheng finally came back to his senses and quickly asked, "Where are you going?"
"Go find that beggar."
Look for beggars?
Li Cheng suddenly stood up and said somewhat agitatedly, "That beggar is talking nonsense, why are you still looking for him?"
"Ask some questions."
"About Du Mubai?"
"Yes."
"You guys …" Li Cheng wanted to stop them, but he swallowed his words. "Up to you. I'll go with you. I also want to find out what's going on."
"Crown Prince Cheng, it's better if you don't go."
"Why?"
"If you're here, there's no way to continue investigating the case. You handed this case to me, so you have to listen to me. If you're here, it'll delay a lot of things." Ji Yunshu bluntly said.
Li Cheng felt awkward and helpless.
Finally …
"Forget it, forget it, I'm not going."
He sat back in his chair.
Before they left, he didn't forget to say, "You can't trust a beggar's words completely!"
…
After they left the teahouse, they bought a few steaming hot meat buns on the street before heading to the beggar's place.
After quarreling with Li Cheng, the beggar rolled up the straw mat and lay down on the ground to sleep.
Usually, almost no one talked to him, but the number of words he spoke today was probably half a year's worth of words!
What was even more unexpected was that he had gotten into an argument with the officials.
And he was almost thrown into prison!
At this time, there was snow all around, but the beggar was sleeping soundly.
Suddenly —
A fragrance drifted over from afar.
The beggar moved a few times.
He wrinkled his nose.
The fragrance made his mouth water.
Then, he lifted the straw mat on his body and got up.
"It smells so good."
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a few steaming meat buns in front of him.
It had been many days since he had eaten hot food.
He licked his lips, and his saliva flowed out.
Just as he was about to grab it with his dirty hand, the steamed bun was taken back by someone.
He missed.
"Do you want some?"
The voice came from above.
The beggar raised his head and saw Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong standing in front of him.
He immediately snorted.
He was very unhappy.
"It's you guys again?"
Jing Rong waved the bun in his hand and asked, "Do you want some?"
The beggar looked at the steamed buns in his hand and wanted to eat them to death!
However, he immediately retracted his gaze and leaned against the wall behind him, looking as if he didn't want to eat food given out of pity. He said, "None of you officials have good intentions. Why would you give me hot buns out of nowhere? It must be a weasel paying a New Year's greeting to a chicken. It's not a good idea. "
Jing Rong frowned slightly.
This was the first time he heard someone compare him to a weasel!
He was angry and amused.
The beggar glanced at him and said, "Tell me, what do you guys want? Do you want me to move away? Don't even think about it? I'll stay here and not move. "
Jing Rong felt that this fellow was extremely cute.
Then, he squatted down and was eye level with the beggar.
He pushed the steamed bun in front of him and said, "If you want to eat it, you have to honestly answer every question we ask you!"
"Haven't I already told you what you want to know? But you don't believe me, and I can't do anything about it. You can ask whoever you want, but I won't say it anyway. "
"Alright, then I can only take this meat bun."
"You …" The beggar was anxious. He stared at the meat bun, and his stomach suddenly growled … He rubbed his stomach and asked even more timidly, "Alright, you guys … what else do you want to know?"
Jing Rong slowly got up. Ji Yunshu stepped forward and said seriously, "Let me ask you, are you sure that the person who went in was Du Mubai?"
The beggar replied, "Of course, it was him! Gao Ding is a famous scholar, how could I mistake him for someone else? "
"Was he alone?"
"Didn't I say it already? He was alone, there was no one else. "
"Then when did he come out?"
"… Hmm … he came out after dark." The beggar tried hard to recall.
Ji Yunshu asked again, "Then when he came out, he was alone?"
"Yes, it's just him."
"How long was he in there?"
"Probably …" The beggar suddenly paused, his eyes turning slowly. Then, he looked at the steamed bun in Jing Rong's hand and gulped.
Jing Rong immediately understood what he meant and took out a steamed bun for him.
The beggar immediately grabbed it.
He stuffed it into his mouth.
In the blink of an eye, he finished it. After eating, he got up to grab the remaining steamed buns in Jing Rong's hand, but before he could touch them, Jing Rong pushed him away and said, "If you want to continue eating, then hurry up and answer the question just now. Otherwise … forget about the steamed buns, I'll even burn the straw mat on you.
Burn it. "
It was a blatant threat.
The beggar laughed. He didn't expect there to be someone more cunning than him!
He wiped his greasy hands on his clothes, then thought for a moment and said, "He probably … went in for four hours. Hmm … That's right, four hours."
"Four hours?"
"Hmm."
"Are you sure that no one else went in that day except for Du Mubai?"
The beggar nodded vigorously. "I haven't moved for a few days and have been sleeping here the whole time. He was definitely the only one who went in."
Strange, really strange!
Ji Yunshu's eyes darkened.
Jing Rong also pondered. The beggar took the opportunity to snatch the steamed bun from his hand and stuffed it into his mouth without another word, afraid that Jing Rong would snatch it away again.
Jing Rong shook his head helplessly.
Then, he looked at Ji Yunshu and said, "Four hours, alone? How could he stay in there for so long? What … is inside? "
Ji Yunshu said, "We'll know once we go in and take a look."
"Hmm."
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