Chapter 230 The lingering ghost

"Antidote."

Ji Sheng glanced at the fish soup set aside and said, "I just can't stand the smell of fish, it's nothing serious."

"Then you should go and interrogate him yourself."

Ji Sheng looked at Zhou Yunshu, who seemed to have calmed down. He held her hand, asked her to sit down, and continued, "You are not as proficient in interrogation as I am. I can ask you a lot of things you don't know."

After Ji Sheng said this, Zhou Yunshu couldn't say anything to him.

"Dongge, go cook some red date millet porridge." Zhou Yunshu said, worried that Ji Sheng still wouldn't be able to eat it after Dongge finished cooking, so she specifically asked, "Is this edible?"

"Okay." Ji Sheng smiled.

The tone she used when she asked herself just now was a bit like the tone she used when coaxing her daughter.

"That's good."

Dong Ge left, and only two people were left in the room. Ji Sheng couldn't drink the fish soup, so he just took a sip of tea and said to Zhou Yunshu, "I asked about the man in Nanzhou for you."

"Who is it?"

"Wang Xingzhi, the magistrate of Nanzhou."

Zhou Yunshu felt a little relieved when she heard the name. This person was not on the list her grandmother gave her.

Fortunately, it wasn't one of our own doing this behind the scenes.

Ji Sheng observed Zhou Yunshu's slight change in mood and continued, "Although Nanzhou is a state, it is actually no different from a small vassal state."

"From the time Emperor Ruizong of Zhou handed over the Liang Prefecture of Nanzhou to the Princess, to the time Emperor Guangdi assigned all of Nanzhou to the Princess, and finally when His Majesty first ascended the throne and allowed the Princess to govern herself, although Nanzhou had officials at the imperial court, they actually did not have the same control over Nanzhou as the Princess's subordinates."

In other words, they are just a group of puppets.

Moreover, these puppets were only appointed by the imperial court five years ago, and before that, Nanzhou had to solve the problem on its own.

The Wang Xingzhi mentioned by Ji Sheng took office five years ago. Logically, he should have been transferred out long ago as his term was three years, but for some unknown reason, he was re-elected in Nanzhou.

Judging from his actions, he clearly has the tendency to become a local tyrant in Nanzhou.

"He has the guts to do this, and he's been doing it for three years. What do you think..."

Zhou Yunshu's expression darkened. "Grandmother's retainers were also involved."

Ji Sheng didn't respond, but just picked up the teacup next to him and took another sip.

"I understand. I'll check it out as soon as possible."

They were too optimistic before. Even if her grandmother stayed in Nanzhou, there would be people who would pretend to obey her but actually disobey her, not to mention that her grandmother was in the capital all year round.

How quickly could this "as soon as possible" mean? Zhou Yunshu wanted to leave before Ji Sheng finished his porridge.

But when Zhou Yunshu heard that Ji Sheng wanted to go back with her, no matter how anxious she was, she waited for him to finish his porridge.

When the two were about to leave, Wu Ciyi popped out from nowhere again.

He looked at Zhou Yunshu and the haunting Ji Sheng and asked in a muffled voice, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going home and will be back tomorrow."

"I want to go too!"

"Can't."

Zhou Yunshu rejected him without hesitation. She didn't trust Wu Ciyi that much, especially after what he had done before.

So, there is no way she would bring such a time bomb back home.

"Why!" Wu Ciyi now felt that Zhou Yunshu was a liar.

He should have planted the love poison in her from the beginning so that she wouldn't reject him again and again.

"Do you like this guy?"

Zhou Yunshu looked at Wu Ciyi who was pointing at Ji Sheng beside him in frustration. If she remembered correctly, Wu Ciyi called Ji Sheng "beautiful" when he first met her.

When Wu Ci asked Zhou Yunshu this question, Ji Sheng also silently shifted his gaze to Zhou Yunshu.

He wanted to know too.

Zhou Yunshu couldn't ignore the two burning gazes even if she wanted to.

"Yes, that's right, he is my man."

Ji Sheng withdrew his gaze with satisfaction and looked at Wu Ciyi, who had a gloomy face opposite him. Although she did not say that he was her husband, being a man was also good.

"I can also be your man." Wu Ci looked at Ji Sheng hatefully.

"You don't deserve it."

After Ji Sheng finished speaking in a neutral tone, Wu Ci was like a chicken with its feathers standing on end, wanting to come up and bite Ji Sheng, but he didn't know what he was hesitating about and didn't move for a long time.

"Let's go."

Ji Sheng held Zhou Yunshu's hand until they left the village, and Wu Ciyi did not catch up with him.

"Why is he so afraid of you?" This was the second time Zhou Yunshu asked. She really didn't understand.

The look in Wu Ci's eyes when he saw Ji Sheng was almost turning into habitual fear. This was definitely not an effect that could be achieved by just teaching him a lesson once.

"Maybe he watched most of the interrogation while I was doing it."

In order to leave a deep impression on him, Ji Sheng used several cruel methods.

After Ji Sheng said this, Zhou Yunshu felt a little relieved, but...

"I'm afraid of his revenge."

Although they had known each other for less than two days, Wu Ciyi's vengeful character had left a deep impression on Zhou Yunshu.

"I'll have someone keep an eye on him." As for the fact that he was poisoned, Ji Sheng did not tell Zhou Yunshu.

Gu is not invincible. If he can't even deal with a young man from an unknown island, then he has lived in vain for so many years.

It's just a Gu. He has seen everything in the Black Prison over the years.

Ji Sheng thought about this and looked at Zhou Yunshu unconsciously. She still saw too little of the dark side of this world and was too kind.

But, actually, this is also good.

Some things can just be done by him.

Zhou Yunshu didn't know about Ji Sheng's thoughts. What she thought in her heart was that she had to learn from Ji Sheng. After all, they were not husband and wife now. The more she learned, the better. That way, she could do the interrogation without Ji Sheng in the future.

She thinks she has a strong ability to accept things.

When we returned to Dongwang Village, it was already late.

The two of them returned at the perfect time, just in time for dinner at home.

After dinner, Ji Sheng was pestered by Xixi. Zhou Yunshu went to find Ji Mingzhu to tell her what Ji Sheng discovered during the interrogation today.

After listening to this, Ji Mingzhu leaned on the cushion and was silent for a long time, then said: "I know about this matter."

"Are you going back to the village tomorrow?"

Zhou Yunshu nodded.

"Then let Chuwu stay with you, and I'll let Chusan go back to Nanzhou."

Chusan had been following Zhou Yunshu since they were in the river, but no one knew about it except Ji Mingzhu and herself. Even Ji Sheng didn't realize that there was actually someone following Zhou Yunshu all the time.

As long as her life is not in danger, Chu San will not show up.

"Do you remember I once told you that I couldn't tell you about this for the time being, regarding your status as a first or second grader?"

Zhou Yunshu nodded.

"The first day of the lunar year is the prefect of Nanzhou."

Zhou Yunshu looked up in surprise. Wasn’t the prefect sent by the imperial court?

How could it be my grandmother's man!