When the three of them came out of the tavern, Jiang Miya still found it unbelievable. She frequently looked at Yu Shu and found it hard to associate this ordinary-looking little girl with the immortal disciple who could summon the wind and summon the rain.
However, Xue Rui said it himself. How could it be false?
Today was also the first time that Yu Shu heard rumors about her. Even she felt that it was exaggerated, let alone Jiang Miya. She did not humbly explain to Jiang Miya that she was not that powerful. She could only sigh in her heart. Emperor Zhao Qing really spared no effort in promoting himself in order to prove his reputation as a wise ruler.
Lu Hong and Xu Qing were waiting outside the tavern. They bought a few donkey barbecued meat for lunch. When they saw Yu Shu and the others coming out, they went up to them.
"Milord, where are we going? Are we taking a carriage?"
It was only then that Jiang Qiya realized that the two of them were not following Xue Rui but Yu Shu's people instead. She had a strange feeling in her heart. While Yu Shu was talking to the two guards, she turned around and gritted her teeth as she said to Xue Rui,
"Good job, Xue Dalang. Why didn't you tell me earlier? You made me lose face in front of others."
At first, she thought that Yu Shu was a little teacher who was lucky to become sworn brothers with Xue Rui. She also felt that Yu Shu was climbing up the social ladder. She was also dissatisfied with Xue Rui. Her imperial brother had an adopted sister for no reason. She only thought that Yu Shu had gotten a big bargain.
Therefore, she looked down on Yu Shu. Although they exchanged names, it was mostly because of Xue Rui. Who would have thought that the other party was not as high as the mountain?
It seemed that she was a little cautious.
Xue Rui smiled faintly and did not explain. He knew very well what Jiang Miya thought of Yu Shu. He naturally had his own considerations for not reminding her at the beginning.
Because of this little interlude, Jiang Miya didn't get to drink to her heart's content. She felt a little awkward in front of Yu Shu, so she excused herself and left. Yu Shu followed Xue Rui back to Wangji Tower. On the way, she asked him,
"Did she find out that I am the Miaoling Emissary? Sorry to disappoint Hua Lan. I saw that she ran quite fast."
Xue Rui scanned her untidy appearance from head to toe and advised her with a deadpan expression, "When you go back, you should cut a few more good pieces of cloth. Didn't you win a sum of money just because of your talent? Don't be frugal with those few taels of silver and tidy yourself up. At the very least, don't disgrace the title bestowed by the emperor when you go out."
How could Yu Shu not hear his teasing? She put her elbow on his waist, stared at him with a smile and whispered,
"It's too late for you to despise me now."
When Xue Rui heard this, a layer of a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face.
The two return to Wangji Tower. After separating the spies outside and closing the door, Yu Shu asks Xue Rui about the progress of the murder case in Taishi Shuyuan.
Xue Rui shakes his head and says: "There are suspects, but it doesn't look like it. There is no evidence to identify the murderer, so it's not easy to investigate."
Compared to the commotion caused when Cao Youling was killed, Zhan Xueyuan's death can be said to be quiet. The Zhan family is a prominent family in Jiangxi, but it doesn't have any power in the capital. Just like the Wenchen family in the north and the Xia family in the south, the local Yixue family, no matter how famous they are, they can't reach into An Ling. If they reach over, the first to be unhappy is not the emperor, but the twelve prefectures of the capital, who will join hands to cut them off.
Therefore, when Cao Youling's accident happened, the Cao family in the capital could stand up for her, causing Emperor Zhao Qing to order a month to limit Xue Rui to solve the case. However, Zhan Xueyuan died in the capital, and her family is far away in Jiangxi. It will take some time for them to rush over, so no one forced Xue Rui to solve the case as soon as possible.
Moreover, there are the shadows of the traitors who plotted against Jing Chen. Emperor Zhao Qing and the ruler and official, this ruler and official, may have some plans. Why would they really rely on an unknown person like Xue Rui to solve the case?
Yu Shu frowns and says: "If only Ji Xingxuan hadn't been rescued by Ning Wang. She must know something, and if we can get one or two out of her, we wouldn't be so blind."
Speaking of Ji Xingxuan, Yu Shu didn't know if she should be happy that she brought it on herself, or angry that she had escaped a calamity. Sometimes, she really wondered if Ji Xingxuan had a pair of eyes in the front and back, which was why she was diagnosed to be pregnant with Ning Wang's child at the critical moment of life and death.
Xue Rui says in a low voice: "At the beginning, His Majesty had sent a secret decree for Ning Wang to take away Ji Xingxuan. At that time, they hadn't confirmed who the person who broke the fate was, so His Majesty's favoritism towards Ning Wang prevailed, so he let Ji Xingxuan go. But now, you, the person who broke the fate, have almost been exposed. Ning Wang is an unborn child, so it isn't important. In my view, His Majesty may be regretting not following the trail of Ji Xingxuan. Who knows when he will ask Ning Wang for the person."
Yu Shu hesitantly asks: "You mean, the Emperor will privately send people to investigate Ji Xingxuan again?"
Xue Rui nods.
Instantly, Yu Shu couldn't tell if this was good news or bad news. The good news was that if they could find the murderer hiding in Taishi Shu Garden from Ji Xingxuan, the one who wanted to kill the person who broke the fate, she, the real one, would be safe.
The bad news was that when Emperor Zhao Qing uprooted that group of thieves, they would be able to put her and Jing Chen together without any qualms.
Xue Rui looks at Yu Shu's fluctuating expression and suddenly asks: "A Shu, have you thought about why that group of people in the dark want to target Jing Chen, find the person who broke the fate, and harm the innocent?"
Yu Shu raises her eyebrows: "Didn't they say that they are rebels? They know that Jing Chen, this great calamity, can control the fate of the country, and is closely related to the life and death of the person who broke the fate, so they want to attack him so that they can rebel in the future."
Xue Rui's eyes light up: "If that's the case, why don't they just kill Jing Chen, this great calamity, to their heart's content? Why do they have to find you, the person who broke the fate? You said that Jing Chen's search for the person who broke the fate in Yiyang was fruitless, and as soon as he left, he was plotted against. After being seriously injured, he was abandoned on the river. But when you saved him, he was still breathing, and his acupuncture points were pierced with silver needles, causing him to lose his memory and speech. If someone wanted to kill him, why did they need to do so?"
Yu Shu is stunned. After hearing his words, she also feels strange. Yes, if that group of people wanted to kill the person who broke the fate to rebel, why didn't they just kill Jing Chen, this great calamity, to their heart's content? Why did they leave him alive?
She had never thought about this question carefully before. It was because after Jing Chen regained his memories, he could not clearly remember the part where he was being hunted down in the south. Thus, she had subconsciously thought that he had escaped death. She had never thought that someone had purposely left him alive.
But why didn't they kill Jing Chen, but kill her, the person who broke the fate?
"… Why am I getting more and more confused? Big brother, if they didn't want to rebel, then why?" Since it is related to her, her mind is a little confused. When she looked up, she saw Xue Rui staring at her faintly, and his words are shocking.
"Why don't you change your way of thinking? Whether the person behind the scenes wants to rebel or not, it is true that he wants to obstruct the current Emperor and the Celestial Commissioner, but he doesn't want Jing Chen to die, so he can only kill the person who broke the fate. Who would not want to kill Jing Chen, but also think of ways to destroy it?"
Yu Shu's eyelids twitched under his gaze, and a person popped up in her mind. Her mouth doesn't listen to her, it opened and closed, and she said this person at the same time as Xue Rui.
"Yun Hua."
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