Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 59
When Xiao Wang saw Ji Yunchen, he was filled with joy and hurried forward to greet him, wanting to hug his good brother.

Unexpectedly, Ji Yunchen took a step back, with an indifferent expression, and saluted with his hands raised: "Your Highness."

Xiao Wang's smile faltered, and he retracted his open arms in embarrassment: "Yun Chen, you are finally back. Where have you been in the past three years?"

"Just walk around."

Ji Yunchen's alienation made Xiao Wang both surprised and uncomfortable. He forced a smile and said, "It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back... When the case here is over, let's get together."

Someone said coldly: "Don't count me out, I don't want to deal with deserters."

There was a layer of anger in Ji Yunchen's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Gu, Zhou, stop, don't think I won't beat you."

Gu Zhouting snorted: "Did I say something wrong? Who forgot the oath sworn at Luming Mountain that year?"

"He ran away without a trace after experiencing a slight setback. What is this other than a deserter?"

"How can you be so good? Listen to your current reputation as a sycophant and a cruel official. You really take care of your family's face."

"Stop arguing, it's not easy for us to meet each other, we are all brothers..."

Seeing how they were facing each other tit for tat, Xiao Wang was worried that they would really fight, so he hurriedly tried to persuade them.

"Who is your brother?"

The two of them actually refuted Xiao Wang in unison.

Xiao Wang: Uh...

Gong Shilang on the side was originally shivering from the cold, but now he was sweating in fear.

A newly promoted prince, an upstart in the imperial court, and a Bohai County Prince were so tense that he did not dare to speak at all.

After all, the three of them used to be as good as brothers, and he didn't know the conflicts between them. If he interfered casually, he was afraid that the three of them would target him again.

It was Prince Su He who spoke displeasedly: "Don't forget the purpose of coming here. I, Dayuan Thirteen, are still waiting for your explanation."

Ji Yunchen and Gu Zhouting then stopped and turned their faces away, looking at each other in disgust.

Jiang Wanning, who was upstairs, felt very uncomfortable when she saw this scene.

Although the Gu Zhouting in his memory was a bit pedantic, his words were never so harsh and sharp.Words like sycophant and cruel official could not be associated with such an upright person as Gu Zhouding.

Moreover, Ji Yunchen and Gu Zhouting had the best relationship in the past, and they never blushed.

Now he is like an enemy.

Also, didn’t Xiao Wang just become the prince?Why did it seem that Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen had big opinions on him.

What happened that she didn't know about?
Lin Ruoruo said: "The Dali Temple Minister seems to be at odds with His Highness the County Prince. When the case is investigated later, will he confront His Highness the County Prince?"

He even directly suspected His Highness the County Prince.

Chen Pingzhang said: "That's not the case."

After all, Brother Yunchen is the only son of Princess Changping. Who dares to put a shit basin on Brother Yunchen's head easily?

"Chen Langjun, why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say that they are good brothers, but His Royal Highness the County Prince and Lord Gu disagree?" Jiang Wan Ning asked curiously.

Chen Pingzhang sighed: "Maybe it's because His Highness the Crown Prince married the daughter of Uncle Dongping's family as the Crown Princess!"

Jiang Wanning was stunned: Qin Siyue?

It's no wonder, Qin Siyue is the person she hates the most, he's very pretentious, and he always likes to cause trouble for her.

Therefore, Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen also hate her. "Actually, I don't know for sure. I'm just guessing." Chen Pingzhang was afraid that she would continue to ask questions. The reasons here were very complicated and could not be explained in a few words.

But Jiang Wanning understood. Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen felt that Xiao Wang's marriage to Qin Siyue was a betrayal of her!
After she died, Xiao Wang turned around and married the woman she hated the most. As a former friend, it was really difficult to accept it.

The investigation started downstairs. Everyone first went to see the thirteen corpses placed in the temporarily cleared utility room downstairs. Both the Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple were accompanied by police officers, and the two police officers performed the autopsy together.

Hearing that there was a female doctor here who had participated in autopsies, Gu Zhouding called Lin Ruoruo for questioning.

Gu Zhouting took the inquiry records and autopsy results compiled by Ji Yunchen and looked through them for a while. Then he raised his eyes and asked the female doctor in front of him: "Where is your surname? Whose last name is it? How many years have you been studying medicine?"

"Sir, Cao Min is from Jiangcheng. His surname is Lin. Lin Ruoruo. His ancestors have been doctors for five generations. There is a medicine shop called Sanxitang in Jiangcheng."

"Sanxitang... do you know Lin Zhifang?"

"That's Cao Min's grandfather."

Gu Zhouting nodded: "So your medical skills come from your family. Have you ever done an autopsy before?"

"Sir, Cao Min has never done a test before. This is the first time, so Cao Min can only tell the symptoms of the deceased and roughly estimate the time of death."

"I see, your description... can only be described as amateurish."

But it still has reference value.

"Since you run a medicine hall, why are you here? The medicine hall doesn't care?"

"Back to your lord, it was Lady Jiang who asked the common people to help her recuperate her body and accompany her all the way. When Lady Jiang's body recovered, the common people returned to Jiangcheng. The reward given by Lady Jiang was too much, far more than what she received from opening a medicine hall. The common people could not reject."

"What does Mrs. Jiang do? Which family is she from?"

"Mrs. Jiang was born into the Jiang family, the richest man in Ningchuan. She married into the Song family in Jiangcheng last year. Now they have divorced. Mrs. Jiang is going to the capital to join her third brother."

Gu Zhouting raised his eyebrows: "Song family? Which Song family?"

"Xuancheng is acquainted with Mr. Song's family. Mr. Song is from Jiangcheng."

Gu Zhouting's eyes became playful: "For a girl with a merchant background, it is considered a high achievement to marry into an official family. How can she get divorced after just over a year after getting married?"

Ji Yunchen had to interrupt: "Because the Song family and the Jiang family were getting married for the Jiang family's generous dowry. The eldest son of the Song family, Song Yu, had a sweetheart, and the two families had an oral engagement. Song Yu only married for the Jiang family's property. After marrying Lady Jiang, Lady Jiang later found out the reason and was willing to give up all her dowry and seek peace and divorce."

"This matter is a bit complicated. If you are interested in Mrs. Jiang, you might as well ask Chen Qilang to ask."

Gu Zhouting glanced at him sideways: "I think you are the one who is interested in this Lady Jiang! I almost got into a fight with the Dayuan people because of her."

Ji Yunchen glared at him in return: "I'm not like you."

If Prince Su He hadn't been sitting next to him, Ji Yunchen would have called him a lackey of the Dayuan people.

Gu Zhouting had sense this time and did not continue the topic, otherwise someone would have cursed the Dayuan people in front of Prince Su He.

He waved his hand and asked Lin Ruoruo to step back first.

"It will take a lot of time to examine the thirteen corpses. Why don't the prince accompany me to see where the Dayuan people live."

Ji Yunchen was too lazy to accompany him: "I'm tired, so I asked Chen Qilang to accompany you. He also participated in the inspection site. He knows it well. You can also ask him about Madam Jiang."

Prince Su He suppressed his anger and said, "Little Prince, I hope you will put important things first."

Ji Yunchen didn't give any face and snorted: "This is a big deal."

Xiao Wang leaned into Prince Su He's ear and whispered in his ear: "Don't be surprised, Prince. The reason why the little prince is not getting along with Master Gu is not because of you, Dayuan."

(End of this chapter)