Ji Xiaowu turned around and smiled: "Sister, you and I shouldn't have met there, just think it was a dream."
Gui Niang watched him leave in a daze.
After a while, the female servant who was specially transferred here took her back and waited for review.
All the women found in the underground caves were witnesses. Wen Ying and Wei Xiaoan were brought home first because of Jiang Wenfeng's forbearance.
A female servant came out of the court and walked up to her: "Are you Gui Niang?"
Gui Niang whispered back: "Yes."
"Follow me."
Gui Niang followed her into the court hall, and saw a person sitting in the middle. She didn't dare to take a closer look, so she knelt down and said, "I've met your lord, my humble concubine Gui Niang."
A gentle voice sounded: "Gui Niang, are you the woman they abducted?"
"Yes." Gui Niang lowered her body, "I was kidnapped before I was ten years old. I have been coerced by them all these years and have done some evil things. Please forgive me."
"Tell me, what evil deeds have you done?"
Gui Niang bit her lip, thinking of Ji Xiaowu's words, she poured the beans out of a bamboo tube and said it all: "I started to receive guests when I was fourteen years old. At first, I set up scams with them, and later I heard about their friendship with officials in the DPRK."
…”
She had a good memory and was literate. She remembered all the guests who had experienced her clearly. The scribe wrote more than ten pages before she stopped. She sweated when she looked carefully at the content.
Although there are no high-ranking officials of the second or third rank here, there are quite a few middle-ranking officials of the fifth or sixth rank.
Jiang Wenfeng looked as normal. After she finished speaking, he asked: "Is that all?"
Guiniang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Not only did they deceive wealthy businessmen and collude with officials, they also killed many abducted women and children. However, I don't know their real names..."
Jiang Wenfeng nodded: "There is a woman named Linglong who is good at composing Ru Meng Ling. Do you know her?"
Gui Niang was startled: "Linglong! She, she..."
"I see you recognize her." Jiang Wenfeng waved his hand and called Lei Hong, "Take her to the back hall."
"yes."
Although this case has been solved, there are many things to follow.
Those corpses were almost all turned into bones, and it was impossible to identify them. However, where they were kidnapped from, what they had experienced, and why they died, we had to find out roughly.
In addition, the various shady businesses and hidden threads of evil deeds of the Beggar Clan must be pulled out one by one in order to be completely eliminated.
…
These things have nothing to do with Ji Xiaowu.
He stretched out before walking out of the yard and saw Ming Wei standing in the corner.
"Cousin," Ming asked with a smile, "how have you been these days?"
"Bah!" Ji Xiaowu rolled his eyes at her unceremoniously, "I was tricked to death by you. Where is the promised young hero coming out?"
Mingwei's expression remained unchanged: "My cousin rescued so many weak women from the fire pit. This kind of chivalrous and righteous deed will definitely be praised by the world."
"Save it!" Ji Xiaowu was not fooled at all, "You want to make my mother mad, don't you?"
Mingwei showed a surprised expression: "So my cousin also knows that my aunt will be angry? You usually behave randomly, and it seems that you have never considered the mood of your uncle and aunt..."
"..." Ji Xiaowu twisted his head, "I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!"
Mingwei comforted her softly: "Okay, cousin, don't be angry. I keep my word. If you want to learn mysticism, just go back and teach me, okay?"
Ji Xiaowu was reluctantly satisfied: "That's pretty much it..."
"It's getting late, let's go home first? My aunt will be very happy to know that my cousin is back."
Ji Xiaowu muttered and followed her out: "I really don't know what kind of soup you gave my mother and the others, and they didn't ask if you didn't come home in the middle of the night?"
He had only taken two steps when he saw Yang Shu approaching. The first thing he asked was Ji Xiaowu: "Master Ji Wu, have you ever joined the Imperial City Department as a spy?"
When Ji Xiaowu heard this, he was unhappy and got angry: "You can't even try to trick me into doing hard labor! I've seen through it all. You two are liars and can't be trusted!"
Yang Shu spread his hands: "If you don't come, you won't come. Why are you angry?"
"snort!"
Yang Shu turned around and asked Mingwei: "Are you going back?"
"yes."
"It's better to go back tomorrow. It's too early now. Your cousin can still say it. How do you explain it?"
She didn't go home tonight because Yang Shu made an excuse and asked a lady to pretend to be the mother of her classmate and accompany her to Ji's house saying she wanted to stay overnight.
Mingwei thinks about it too.
"Then where shall we live?"
"Stay with me..."
"Hey!" Ji Xiaowu jumped out, "Don't go too far! If my cousin goes back to the Hou Mansion with you, will she still lose her reputation?"
Yang Shu was surprised: "What did you say, cousin? How could I take you back to the Hou Mansion?"
"Didn't you just say you would stay at your house?"
"You didn't finish listening." Yang Shu said, "What I want to say is, live in my other house. It's not far from here and will be there in a moment. Don't worry, there are no outsiders there, and no one knows it's my house."
Ji Xiaowu calmed down and asked one more question uneasily: "Is it true that no one else knows?"
"Of course." Yang Shu vowed.
"Okay."
So the cousins took Duofu and boarded Yang Shu's carriage.
After a while, the carriage stopped in a quiet alley.
Yang Shu said: "I won't go down. Ah Xuan has already told me that you just knock on the door."
The three of them got out of the car and watched Yang Shu's carriage gradually go away. Ji Xiaowu said, "I'll knock on the door."
Mingwei nodded, and the next moment, he became alert.
She quickly took out the flute, brought it to her lips and blew.
"Woo!"
"Zheng!"
The two sound waves collided, not harsh, but like heavy drums ringing in the ears.
Mingwei didn't have time to say anything more, so he pushed Ji Xiaowu aside and told Duofu: "Protect him well." Then he jumped up.
"Why……"
Ji Xiaowu was confused, what happened?
When he turned his head, he could no longer see Mingwei's figure. He could only hear the sound of flute and piano. The sound was out of tune and there was only one sound every time. As he listened, he became dizzy.
Duofu tore off his handkerchief, balled it up and stuffed it into his ears: "Fifth Young Master, don't listen, sound waves contain internal power."
Ji Xiaowu plugged his ears and felt more comfortable.
The sound could still be heard, but it was no longer clear. He asked Duofu: "Is there a sneak attack?"
Duofu nodded and looked at a certain place intently.
Ji Xiaowu raised his head and looked carefully for a while, only to find that there were two figures falling together on the eaves, as graceful as a flying dragon.
He looked at it for a while and murmured: "This is called Jianghu, right? My cousin lied to me again!"
Saving people is good, but he is lurking in the Beggar Clan, how can he be so cool and unrestrained?
"Fifth Young Master!" Duofu leaned into his ear and shouted loudly, "Don't think this is fun, you may lose your life if you are not careful. The lady is also thinking about you."
Ji Xiaowu replied: "Thank you, don't worry about me, just teach me this starting tomorrow!"