Chapter 60: A Stupid Bird Has Its Own Way to Fly

"Then do you want us to go and take a look?" Now that Xie Jian kept calling them brother, they naturally had to take good care of his family.

Lu Ji'an smiled and said, "You are so full of fighting spirit, it seems like you are going to do something big."

"What great things can a young lady do?"

"Let's continue talking about the Xie family case." Lu Ji'an said lightly.

"Yes," the yamen runner continued, "Xie Changgen's eldest son ran a very successful shop in the imperial capital, but I haven't found any suspicious individuals among his associates. As for the merchant's wife, who was murdered by Xie Jianzhi, she has yet to be found, and her family, as if they had vanished into thin air."

Lu Ji'an nodded and said, "Let's check who entered and left Nanqi City and Boyun Mountain on the day the Xie family case happened."

"Still checking? Sir, we've already gone through the entry and exit register over and over again at least twenty times. It's almost torn apart."

"Every single one of the registered travel permits, official positions, and destinations must be examined. If we can't find any, we'll go back to their place of origin and conduct further investigation."

"Sir, if we continue investigating like this, I'm afraid it will take a very long time."

Looking at the people coming and going in the teahouse, Lu Ji'an said, "As long as you are an official, you must do your job as an official."

"Your Excellency is dedicated to the people, and this is a blessing for our family. It's a shame that your two predecessors didn't take action. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had so few clues in the Xie family case. If they had been as dedicated as you, we wouldn't be searching for a needle in a haystack. Your Excellency wrote to them, but they didn't even respond. It's truly despicable."

This is also what Lu Ji'an finds strange. As colleagues, they would at least say hello.

The yamen runner exclaimed, "Mrs. Shen has just come out of the rice shop. What's so exciting about her?"

Lu Ji'an looked over and saw that Madam Shen was jumping and skipping as she walked. Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, he could tell at a glance that she was in a very bad mood. She quickly came to a grocery store, took a deep breath, did the same action as before, and walked in proudly.

Chen Heng didn't expect that the rice shop owner agreed without much discussion after she told him her intention. She had won a great victory, so she entered the grocery store excitedly.

"My grocery store is so big, and I have so much inventory coming in and out every day, how could I possibly be short of people buying?"

"Shopkeeper, even if there's no shortage of buyers, don't you want to sell more?" Chen Heng followed the routine.

"I don't expect you, a little girl, to do that."

Before Shen Heng could speak, the shop assistant pulled her arm out of the door. She stepped back and almost fell. Just as she stood up, she saw a familiar man standing next to her. He was wearing a long blue gown and was gentle and elegant.

"Lord Lu?" Shen Heng saluted quickly.

Lu Ji'an nodded slightly.

"Madam Shen, what are you doing?" asked the yamen runner.

Chen Heng recognized the man. Xie Jian had called him Brother Gu last time, so she said, "Yes, Brother Gu. I opened a grocery store. I don't have much experience, so I thought I'd help people sell goods and make a little profit to integrate into the business."

"This is the first time I've heard of your method."

Lu Ji'an's eyes flickered with a smile, and he said bluntly, "But the grocery store owner didn't agree, so you were kicked out?"

"It's okay. Come again next time." Chen Heng was not discouraged. Salesmanship relies on thick skin. Now that she is alone, there is a lot of room for thick skin. Then her eyes lit up: "Master Lu, Brother Gu, you can buy rice from me in the future. The price is exactly the same as at the rice shop. I will never make a penny more from you."