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Chapter 83 Do me a favor (4K chapters)
This reaction... Wu Youcai secretly said in his heart, "So it is."

Judging from the initial reaction of these two people, they were not very friendly. In the eyes of these two people, nailing a dagger on his bedside was nothing less than provocation, and it would be no wonder that they would scare them.Wu Youcai was probably the only one who could scare him from beginning to end.

Thinking of this, Wu Youcai felt a sense of sadness: If it was a fight between gods and mortals suffered, he would be that mortal if he managed to survive.

Lin Yan, who had a reputation for investigating cases and judging cases, looked at the dagger in his hand for a moment and said, "It's not uncommon for this dagger to be made of copper, but the craftsmanship is very fine, and the carvings on it are lifelike. Of course, The most important thing is this gem."

Lin Yan turned the dagger in his hand over, rubbed his fingers on the dark red gemstone on the surface of the dagger, rubbed it for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The tentacles are cold, the cut surface is flat, the angle is not bad, and such a large piece of blood Gemstones are rare, which shows that the owner of the gemstone is either rich or noble."

A dagger with exquisite workmanship and inlaid with such a large gemstone is of course not cheap.

"But the most important thing is the Pixiu on it. The Pixiu is in charge of wealth. It can only get in and out. I don't know whether the Pixiu on it is just for fun or has a meaning. The former is fine. If the latter, then the owner of this dagger Most likely he is a merchant." Lin Yan appraised and handed the dagger back to Ji Chongyan.

Ji Chongyan conveniently put away the dagger.

Put it away...Wu Youcai looked at the skillful movements of the prince Ji in front of him, and suddenly thought of betting on the lottery in the dragon boat race on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. At that time, the prince Ji collected the lottery very skillfully.Oh, by the way, there are also the prizes of the dead Hu Jingui and others!

This Prince Ji didn't feel hot when collecting money.

It seems that this Prince Ji is not sure if he is a bad person, but he is definitely not a good person.

"Apart from those buried in the ground and those in Wuzuo, are there any other famous merchants in Baoling City?" Lin Yan, who looked upright and looked like a very good man, ignored Ji Chongyan's movement of retracting the dagger, and asked again. Wu Youcai, "Tell me how many merchants in Baoling can produce such daggers?"

Wu Youcai had a bitter face. In his heart, he was extremely unwilling to say anything.But if you don't say... Looking at the two in front of you, and then thinking of the dead Hu Jingui and others, especially the master Zhou, he came back to his senses afterwards, and suddenly realized that with the skills of those officers and soldiers, it seemed that they could be saved. But in the end...

Wu Youcai shivered and became more and more uneasy.

However, facing the gazes of these two people, he still had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Just... the biggest one is the Fang family, and the Li family who opened the medicine shop is also considered a time-honored brand in Baoling City. , and the Zhao family who are in the makeup business..."

"Then check it out one by one." Lin Yan interrupted him, smiling and patted Wu Youcai's shoulder to comfort him, "Master Wu will make a list later. Let's start with Fang's house first. You make arrangements, the two of us..." Lin Yan glanced at Ji Chongyan who was silent over there, paused, and said, "I want to see the head of the Fang family."

Wu Youcai trembled again, and said "yes" tremblingly before walking down.

After Wu Youcai left, Lin Yan put away the gentle smile on his face, turned his head to look at Ji Chongyan at the side, and said, "What are you scaring him for?"

Ji Chongyan raised his eyelids and glanced at him, but didn't make a sound.

This reaction... Lin Yan assumed that he was acquiescing, and continued: "It's very simple for Wu Youcai to speak, there is no need to frighten him like this. Seeing how you took the dagger so simply, those who didn't know thought you were a greedy person." of it!"

Chongyan, who had bet on the dragon boat race earlier, did not move, except for Miss Jiang Si who took away, even his golden dagger was thrown into the pile of lottery.

Regarding this, Ji Chongyan only said lightly: "What she took away, I will make up for it."

This lottery is just a game, and he, Ji Chongyan, would not be fooled by such a small amount of money.As for Miss Jiang Si, she is not an outsider, so there is no need to care so much between them.

"I didn't even know that you sent people to Wu Youcai to scare him in the middle of the night. Did you let Zhuifeng go? If Wu Youcai got up in a hurry in the morning, it might not be as simple as hurting his hand..." Lin Yan said to Obviously disagree with this.

He had seen that dagger just now, it was made in the gold forging workshop in the capital city, Chongyan had such a dagger, and it was also engraved with Pixiu.

"It's not me." Ji Chongyan said suddenly.

Lin Yan was taken aback for a moment, but before he could react, Ji Chongyan said again: "My Pixiu has a hidden compartment in its heart." After finishing speaking, he frowned and sneered, with some inexplicable pride in his tone, "I How can Ji Chongyan's things be the same as others'?"

Lin Yan: "..."

"However, the hidden grid is very small, and if you don't look carefully, it is exactly the same as mine." After saying that, he paused for a while, and before Lin Yan could speak, Ji Chongyan said again, "The dagger in Blacksmithing Workshop is also a year old. Not many handles can be made, and it is easy to check."

After hearing this, Lin Yan immediately said, "I'll write a letter to Mr. Ji immediately."

Ji Chongyan let out a "hmm", paused, and said, "By the way, since you are repairing the book and Mr. Ji, I also have an important matter here and I want Mr. Ji's help."

Lin Yan turned around and was about to leave, thought for a while, and said, "That's fine, Master Ji is fine these days, what do you want Master Ji to do for you?"

"There are two orange-yellow earthenware pots on the top floor of the antique shelves in the east and west corners of my room. They are the wild orange juice given to me by the emperor's uncle in early March. It tastes sour, sweet and delicious. It is very good. Ask Mr. Ji to help me Find a reliable person to bring those two cans of wild orange juice to Baoling." Ji Chongyan said seriously, without the slightest sign of joking on his face, "Remember to seal me, and the one who sent the wild orange juice needs to be a mouth Not greedy and careful..."

Lin Yan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and it was only at this moment that he suddenly realized what Ji Chongyan called "big event".

He looked at Ji Chongyan suspiciously, and couldn't help asking him: "Chongyan, tell me the truth, did you ask Mr. Ji to give you wild orange juice because of Miss Jiang Si?"

Ji Chongyan readily responded to this question, and admitted: "Miss Jiang Si's fish fillet tastes better when dipped in wild orange juice."

Lin Yan: "..."

So, in Chongyan's view, bringing wild orange juice to Miss Jiang Si is the so-called important thing?
"Besides that, there is one more thing." Ji Chongyan opened his mouth to talk about a trivial matter, "If Mr. Ji is free, remember to go to Baoquefang. Walk in from the intersection and the third household lives A woman and an eight-year-old boy. The woman is a prostitute, and the boy has no household registration. You ask Mr. Ji to invite the two of them to sit in the yamen and wait for someone to come and fetch him."

Ji Chongyan did not disclose the identities of these two people, but Lin Yan quickly realized something from the two sentences of the woman's "prostitution status" and the boy's lack of household registration, and asked Ji Chongyan: "How difficult are these two people?" Isn't it someone's outer room?"

Ji Chongyan glanced at him, and responded lightly.

Seeing his reaction, Lin Yan was shocked and realized: "Could it be your father..."

Without any hesitation, Ji Chongyan responded readily again.

Seeing that he responded so straightforwardly, Lin Yan's expression suddenly became complicated when he thought about the things that Nanny Chai had done making clothes a few days ago: "No wonder you asked someone to give him a green hat, so... Huh? No, he raised a green hat. Why did you give him a cuckold in the outer room?"

"It's not strange that my father has a foreign room." Ji Chongyan glanced at Lin Yan, his tone was still calm, but what he said really shocked people, "It's strange that my second uncle has a foreign room."

Although Lin Yan's daily investigations of the cases are not lacking in the cases of such short-sighted parents, but Ji Chongyan still became a little confused when he said this: "Chongyan, what do you mean?"

"That woman is also my second uncle's concubine." Ji Chongyan said lightly.

Lin Yan was dumbfounded when he heard this: "One maid and two husbands?"

"It should be the third husband. Although the child's surname is Ji, it's neither my father nor my second uncle." Ji Chongyan smiled, and the corners of his eyes were full of sarcasm, "It belongs to the Xu family."

The Xu family... Lin Yan's heart trembled. Although the "one maid and two husbands" mentioned by Chongyan earlier knew that this woman was probably not a good person, but another Xu family popped up and called him... and Xu family... There are several families named Xu in Chang'an City, and the most famous one among them...

"It's the Xu family you're thinking of, and that child belongs to my second aunt's brother." Ji Chongyan once again explained "understanding".

Lin Yan: "..."

As a result, the sky over Duke Anguo's mansion is really covered with green clouds.

But it's really amazing that a prostitute woman can walk among three people with such identities at the same time.

"Of course she is powerful, but what is even more powerful is her deceased sister." Ji Chongyan lowered his eyelids and sneered, "During the war, Duke Anguo's mansion was ransacked by rebels. With her."

At this point, Lin Yan finally understood why Ji Chongyan cared so much about a prostitute.

Princess Zhaoyun died of illness because she jumped into the river to avoid pursuing soldiers after a miscarriage before she recovered, so she became seriously ill again and again, and died.

At that time, the most important thing to stand in front of Princess Zhaoyun, the husband, Mr. An Guogong, was not in the mansion, but went to a "confidante woman".

That "confidante friend" also died shortly after the death of Princess Zhaoyun. Regarding this, some people said that today was involved, and some said no. guest of honor.But his Lord Shangfengji, who loves gossip the most, doesn't believe such nonsense.

"I'm not a womanizer. Compared to this, I'm more convincing to meddle in the death of that 'confidante'." This is Master Ji's opinion.

This is the instinct of being an official in Dali Temple for many years. Even if it is gossip, it is instinctive to pay attention to evidence and cause and effect.

"My second aunt has been a little busy these days. I heard that the Xu family and the Yang family are very close. Ji Chonghuan even held several poetry meetings with the Yang family's children, and produced many excellent works." Ji Chongyan said casually. Then, he did not forget to ask Lin Yan, "Do you want to see it?"

Lin Yan's face froze, and he quickly waved his hands: "Master Ji Er's excellent work, I, a layman, don't appreciate it."

He really couldn't appreciate the sadness of spring and autumn in Ji Chongyan's poems, and he always felt his teeth were sore.

However, compared to Ji Chonghuan's masterpieces themselves, Lin Yan somewhat understands why Chongyan wants to expose the identity of the outside room at this time.

Mrs. Ji Er was indeed in a panic. She guessed that she had married the Yang family, and her mind became more active. It was time to find something to do with her.

Thinking about the hustle and bustle of the capital in the near future, he reckoned that his lord Shang Fengji would be a little happy.

Lin Yan coughed lightly, a little wanting to laugh, but he just thought about how uncomfortable it was to laugh at this time, so he let it go.

It's just that this matter that may cause a lot of trouble is not as important as bringing wild orange juice to Miss Jiang Si?

As an outsider, Lin Yan disagreed, but since it was Chongyan's private matter, he didn't ask too much.

……

Jiang Shaoyan sat in the rocking chair and slowly sipped the jasmine tea in her hand as the rocking chair rocked up and down.

The jasmine flowers in the porcelain white bowl beside the tea are floating in the tea water, which is a bit of the beauty of freehand landscape painting.It's a pity that, unlike in the past where her food was snatched up as soon as it came out, no one cares about such a big bowl of jasmine tea except for her and the white steward who asked for a bowl to try it out.

Jiang Shaoyan also understood the reason why no one cares.

Although the fragrance of jasmine is not rejected by everyone, the light and slightly bitter taste is not acceptable to everyone.

Fragrant pear children are generally sweet and savory and naturally don't like this slightly bitter taste. Xiaowu only loves the strong taste of leeks and can't accept such a little freshness.

The white manager saw that he was a newcomer and tried it, but he was still more used to the taste of wolfberry tea.

So, in the end, she was the only one who sipped the jasmine tea sent by Mrs. Jingci slowly.

Next to the jasmine tea was a plate of mung bean cake. Jiang Shaoyan was holding the mung bean cake with one hand and tasting the light and slightly bitter jasmine tea with the other. As the rocking chair swayed slightly, she gradually fell asleep.

……

"Miss Ayan." Someone called her in the dream.

Jiang Shaoyan was taken aback, remembering that she was drinking light and slightly bitter jasmine tea, so she subconsciously pursed her lips, and when the tip of her tongue swept between her lips and teeth, she tasted a bit of sourness and sweetness.

It smells like oranges.

There was a layer of fog on the face of the person who was speaking, Jiang Shaoyan tried hard to look at it for a while, but couldn't see the face of the person behind the thick fog, just listened to the person talking seriously.

"Miss Ayan, Little General Zhao said he was leaving for Baidi. Didn't you say 'a thousand orange trees in Jiangling of Shuhan'? I'll bring you some oranges then, remember to go to the station to get them."

She stared blankly at the man whose face was covered with a layer of mist, and stretched out her hand to try to break through the white mist in front of the man, but her grasp was still in vain.

Why did this person call her "Miss Ayan"?Those who can call her "Ayan" will never call her a girl, and those who can call her a girl will not call her by her nickname, Ayan.

Jiang Shaoyan looked down at her fingertips, she didn't catch it but she didn't know why her fingertips felt hot.

Just as he was surprised, the man said again: "It's still the same as before, go to Tongwei Escort to get it. This time the dart number is No. 30 No. [-] A and B, Ayan, do you remember?"

"Tongwei Escort Bureau, Escort No. 36, No. [-]." Jiang Shaoyan murmured as she looked at the man's face, which was still unclear. She frowned, feeling an unreal sense of discomfort welling up in her heart. He held out his hand again.

It's just that this time he stretched out his hand to grab it, but only caught it in the air, and was restrained by a force from his elbow.

Jiang Shaoyan's heart skipped a beat, and she opened her eyes suddenly.

The purpose of entering is Ji Shizi's familiar face that can no longer be familiar, but now there is a red mark on the face with beautiful and luxurious eyes, which looks a little funny.

Ji Shizi looked surprised and looked at her stunned expression.I don't know if it was because she was surprised that she would arrest someone suddenly, or because she was caught in the face for the first time in her life and she still hasn't recovered.

Jiang Shaoyan looked down at her fingers: She actually grabbed the pretty face of the little cabbage in Princess Zhaoyun's house, she shouldn't!
　Something happened today, two chapters combined into one, sorry~ Happy weekend everyone!

　　
　
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