530 Dead (3)
Ji Yunxi sat in the waterside pavilion in a white dress. Layers of white gauze fluttered in the wind around the pavilion.
Opposite her sat a handsome man in white.
The man’s fingertips moved, and the sound of the zither sounded.
A woman in black suddenly appeared outside the pavilion. She was about to say something when Ji Yunxi raised her hand to stop her.
When the song ended, the man retracted his hand. Ji Yunxi personally handed him a handkerchief and asked, “Is he dead?”
Mo Yu was dissatisfied. She frowned and met Ji Yunxi’s warning gaze. She lowered her head and said respectfully, “Yes.”
The man saw the conflict between the master and servant. After carefully wiping his fingers, he folded the handkerchief and placed it back on the table. He smiled and said, “The people from the Valley of Heavenly Secrets are indeed not ordinary.”
Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows and waved Mo Yu away. “At least I can help you get what you want.”
Apart from ambition, her face was filled with confidence.
The man shook his head and laughed. Then, he straightened his expression and said, “Have you been to Madam Qiu’s place?”
Ji Yunxi’s face suddenly darkened. “She handed over a visiting card. Her maidservant said that Madam Qiu is not in good health and doesn’t want to meet guests.”
Now that she thought about it, the person who made her feel smug back then was a joke.
Madam Qiu had always thought highly of herself. If she was really grateful to someone, why would she give her such flashy things?
The man paused for a moment and raised his hand to brew two cups of tea. He pushed one cup in front of Ji Yunxi and said gently, “Since Madam Qiu doesn’t want to see you, don’t go. You can’t rope her in, but you can’t offend her either.”
“However, I found out that the person who treated Madam Qiu was actually a maidservant beside Madam Song. Back then, that maidservant even treated Lord Jing’an.”
Most of Ji Yunxi’s sources in Great Xia came from men. Hearing this, she frowned.
The man continued, “It’s a coincidence. Madam Song’s maidservant is fated with you. The person beside you is called Mo Yu, and that person is called Mo Yuan.”
The surname Mo was rare to begin with. So far, the man had only heard of a few people from the Valley of Heavenly Secrets with that surname.
Ji Yunxi looked at the tea in front of her and said unhappily, “I’ve seen her before. She’s not from our Valley of Heavenly Secrets.”
The man picked up his tea and took a sip. He smiled and said, “Of course I believe you. I just want to remind you to be careful of this person.”
Ji Yunxi paused, and the displeasure on her face disappeared, replaced by a shy expression. After a long time, she asked, “Then was she the one who changed Song Jingchen’s fate?”
The man shook his head. “Song Jingchen’s legs had already recovered before he met that maidservant.”
Therefore, the most likely person was still Shen Yijia.
Ji Yunxi wanted to say that regardless of whether it was true or not, she could just kill the two of them together.
The man continued, “Let’s put these aside for the time being. Since the person above is so worried about the kidnapping case, it’s time for Lord Jing to take the lead.”
Ji Yunxi did not speak. A white furball jumped in from outside the pavilion and threw itself into her arms.
The man looked at the little fox nestled obediently in Ji Yunxi’s arms and smiled. “You raised it well.”
Grand Tutor Zhao committed suicide in prison.
The confession showed that he had privately mined iron ore, killed Yang Kaiming after the incident, and made him take the blame.
The confession was full of words, clearly describing how he had framed Yang Kaiming.
He had placed the account books, confessions, and money he had found at County Magistrate Yang’s place. He had also replaced the emperor’s birthday gift beforehand.
In the end, he said that he knew that his sins were unforgivable and could only apologize with his death.
However, in the end, he did not tell him where he had used the iron ore.
This made the emperor panic even more than when he found out that the iron ore had been sold to foreigners.
Such a huge amount had already been mined. If the ore had been made into weapons, it would be a ticking time bomb.
The emperor was so angry that he immediately issued a decree to throw the entire Zhao family into prison. After autumn, he would be executed and all his clansmen would be exiled.
He also ordered Song Jingchen to continue investigating the whereabouts of the iron ore.
Song Jingchen knew that this wasn’t because the mastermind forgot to include the details about the iron ore.
The reason why he did not write it was to make the emperor nervous and find something for him to do.
To dare to be so brazen, it could only mean that the other party knew that it was impossible for him to find it.
Song Jingchen was busy with so many things at once, and Shen Yijia was also busy at home.
After engraving the words and hiring most of the people needed, the printing workshop finally started work.
The two courtyards were connected into one.
On the first day of work, she specially called Xiao Ruoshui and Yuan Yuwan out and brought them to visit her workshop.
Because the workshop was in the south of the city, most of the people who came to work were commoners living in the south of the city.
The literate ones were in charge of typography, and the illiterate women were in charge of printing and binding.
Each person was in charge of printing two to three versions. The efficiency was high.
Xiao Ruoshui was different from Yuan Yuwan. She did not like these things.
At first, she was surprised, but later on, she lost interest. After watching for a while, she thought of something and left with her maidservant.
Shen Yijia guessed that she might be going to the noodle shop. She puffed up her cheeks and pulled Yuan Yuwan to continue looking around.
