sjar Chapter 608 Self-indulgent
Chapter 608 Self-indulgent
Ji Yuntang frowned, "What do you mean by that, shopkeeper?"
The shopkeeper said: "Miss, you don't know that Zhang Laojiu's family was wiped out three years ago. All nine members of the family were killed overnight!"
"I don't know who their family offended, but not a single person was left alive."
"This incident has also become a shadow in the hearts of our locksmith family. For a long time, no one dared to make hanging locks, for fear of bringing disaster to the whole family."
Ji Yuntang frowned even more tightly, and asked: "Does the shopkeeper still remember when Zhang Laojiu's family was wiped out?"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said to her, "If I remember correctly, it was summer, around mid-June."
Ji Yuntang was slightly startled. She had heard from Luo Junhe that the illegal salt case in the villa also happened in mid-June.
Her intuition told her that the death of locksmith Zhang Laojiu was definitely related to the smuggling of salt.
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that it all happened in June three years ago?
Now that the person is dead, she has no way to continue the investigation even if she wants to.
The murderer must have anticipated that Luo Junhe would investigate, so he blocked all their escape routes.
So it seems that the clues that we found with great difficulty are broken here again.
After Ji Yuntang thanked the shopkeeper, he took the lock and left the locksmith shop.
She told Luo Junhe everything she had just learned, and said: "The other party may have expected this day to come, so they made careful arrangements in advance and eliminated the people involved in this case."
Luo Junhe's face was solemn. This made it even more difficult to find out the other party's identity.
He knew that there were many people in the capital who wanted to kill him. People like Luo Jingshen and Concubine Li did not hide their hatred for him at all.
Luo Junhe couldn't help but wonder, could the person who framed him and the person who poisoned him be the same person?
At this moment, Ji Yuntang suddenly exclaimed, "I remembered that the Zhang Laojiu murder case happened three years ago. The Dali Temple took a month to investigate before closing the case. So we can go to the Dali Temple to check the files."
"In this way, can we find out who is the murderer behind this?"
The annihilation of an entire family is a major case. As long as the case has been investigated by the government, there will definitely be clues and files left behind at the time.
Just now, Ji Yuntang learned from the owner of the locksmith shop that the Dali Temple was in charge of this case and it was closed normally at that time.
That means the murderer should have been caught.
After listening to her, Luo Junhe also felt that they needed to go to the Dali Temple to check the files.
No matter what the outcome is, one more clue means a greater chance of helping An Qi and Long Yin clear their names.
Chen Hu drove the carriage again and took the two to the Dali Temple. Ji Yuntang still asked Luo Junhe to sit in the carriage and wait for him.
She is familiar with Xu Muyan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, which will make it easier for her to investigate the case.
Luo Junhe certainly had no objection to this.
Ji Yuntang jumped down from the carriage. When the guard from Dali Temple saw that the visitor was Princess Ye, he mistakenly thought that she was looking for Ji Huaiche, so he hurried forward to greet her.
"I am here to see Princess Ye. Please wait for a moment. I will go in and pass the message on to you."
Ji Yuntang thought that the other party knew that she was here to see Xu Muyan, so she didn't explain, but nodded and responded.
"Thank you very much."
After the guard went in, he immediately told Ji Huaiche about this matter.
"Your Highness, Princess Ye is here to see you. She is now at the gate of the Dali Temple."
Ji Huaiche was writing a case analysis report. When he heard this, he was stunned and the brush in his hand fell on the table.
He looked up at the guard and asked in disbelief: "What did you just say? Say it again."
The guard repeated, "Princess Ye is here to see you, Prince. She is waiting at the door now. Do you want to see her?"
Ji Huaiche was completely confused. He listened twice before he was sure that it was Ji Yuntang who came to see him.
While he was shocked, he also felt a little secretly happy in his heart.
The last time he and Ji Nanchuan went to the Night Palace to find Ji Yuntang and asked her to rescue Ji Qingfeng, she was ruthlessly rejected.
Could it be that the reason she came to see him today was because she realized her mistake and came to apologize to him?
Otherwise, with her temper and personality, how could she take the initiative to come to me?
The more Ji Huaiche thought about it, the more he felt that his guess made sense.
He had fought with Ji Yuntang so many times that he had long realized that the other party was a very strong person who would not suffer any loss.
The servants of Prince Ye's Mansion splashed dog blood on Ji Nanchuan. She was too embarrassed to go to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion to apologize directly to Ji Nanchuan, so she came to the Dali Temple to find me.
When Ji Huaiche thought of this, he couldn't help but start imagining.
When he meets Ji Yuntang later, what kind of expression and attitude should he show to face her?
Being too easy-going is not good, as it will make him look too weak.
It's not good to be too disgusted, as it will ruin their relationship again.
He was still waiting for Ji Yuntang to help him!
Thinking of this, Ji Huaiche immediately ordered the guards: "Then what are you waiting for? Go and welcome Princess Ye in."
"Yes, Prince Ji." The guard nodded servilely. Before he could even walk out the door, Ji Huaiche stopped him again, "Wait."
The guard asked in confusion, "I wonder if the prince has any other instructions?"
Ji Huaiche patted his sleeves, stood up, and said, "Forget it, I'll go by myself."
After thinking it over again and again, he felt that it would be better for him to go out and pick up Ji Yuntang himself.
First of all, it can let her see my sincerity.
Secondly, it would also allow those people outside who were insulting him to come and see that Ji Yuntang had taken the initiative to come to him to make peace.
Ji Huaiche was so proud that his steps were full of wind.
He walked out of the Dali Temple and almost at a glance saw Ji Yuntang standing at the door with his back to him.
Ji Huaiche was delighted. The guard had indeed not lied to him. Ji Yuntang was really waiting for him here obediently.
He lowered his head to straighten his official robe, then reached out to tidy up his messy hair before walking out.
Ji Huaiche walked up to Ji Yuntang, and the first words he said were.
"You came to see me, but do you have something to tell me alone?"
When Ji Yuntang heard the voice, he turned around and saw that it was him, and frowned unhappily.
She was completely confused and didn't know what Ji Huaiche was doing crazy again.
Ji Yuntang had no intention of paying any attention to Ji Huaiche. She took a few steps to the side, keeping a distance of two or three meters between herself and Ji Huaiche.
Unexpectedly, when she walked in that direction, Ji Huaiche also followed her like a follower.