When he looked up, he saw Jiang Yimian staring at him. Although there was a smile on her lips, there was no smile in her eyes. She was obviously worried about him.
He simply smiled and recounted the follow-up to the Zhu Shichang case that he had heard at the Ministry of Justice, adding that the people from the Ministry of Justice were heading to Pingjiang County that day.
Jiang Yimian nodded, not at all surprised by the result, but she was somewhat concerned about Lu Cijian's absent-mindedness and distraction just now.
This guy likes to keep everything to himself, so she doesn't know where to begin when she wants to ask him anything.
Fine, if this person won't tell her, can't she ask someone else?
After finishing their meal, the two returned to the inn. Since they had almost finished dealing with their business, they did not linger in the capital and checked out directly, returning to Pingjiang County.
They returned to the village in the middle of the night, quickly washed up, and went straight to sleep.
The next day, Jiang Yimian was awakened by the noise and crying outside.
She opened her eyes and saw that it was just getting light outside. She was still a little dizzy, and it took her a while to gradually wake up as she stared at the hazy sky.
Too lazy to sleep any longer, she got dressed, washed up quickly, and then left the house.
Xiao Qi was clearly also woken up. She was staring sleepily at the gray sky and complained, "Who is it? So early in the morning, don't you want to disturb my sleep?"
Jiang Yimian frowned. "The sound seems to be coming from the west wing."
It seems to be Lu Cijian's courtyard.
Xiao Qi asked curiously, "The officials from the Ministry of Justice also stayed in the guest rooms of the West Wing last night. I remember that they were all men. Why were there women making noise?"
When the Ministry of Justice arrived at the manor yesterday, it was already quite late. Song Er simply arranged for his men to stay at the manor, waiting to take away those who didn't want to stay today.
Unexpectedly, before dawn, some people started making a fuss.
Jiang Yimian simply said, "You'll know once you go and see for yourself."
At this moment, in the west wing courtyard.
Aunt Li lay on the ground, tears welling in her eyes as she looked at the people in front of her, her face full of grievance. "Young Master Lu, I... I just accidentally went into the wrong room, I didn't mean anything by it."
She was dressed in a white dress, her hair held up with only a simple hairpin, and with a tearful expression on her face, she truly looked pitiful.
Unfortunately, the people in front of them were all shrewd individuals. They had gathered in the study because they had something to discuss with Lu Cijian. Unexpectedly, the study door was suddenly opened by someone outside.
They assumed he was someone with malicious intent and kicked him away, only then realizing he was a woman.
Looking at the other person's clothes and the incense that had fallen at the door of the study, and then recalling that she had sneaked into the west wing before dawn, she must have been trying to seduce someone, but unfortunately she entered the study and was kicked out by them while they were talking business.
If Lu Cijian hadn't suddenly had something to ask them today, who knows who would have ended up getting caught up in this woman's trap.
The thought of that possibility made them all frown.
Lu Cijian didn't even glance at the person on the ground, his face dark and cold as he said, "Song Er, throw him out."
Aunt Li was so frightened that she cried out, "Young Master Lu, Young Master Lu, no! I... I just went to the wrong place, it's a misunderstanding! Please, please don't send me away!"
If she had known that Lu Cijian and his group were discussing matters in the study before dawn, she would never have risked coming over to seduce someone.
She thought that since she was quite beautiful, with a little trickery and a touch of intoxicating fragrance, she could surely seduce this man.
That way, she wouldn't have to go with the people from the Ministry of Justice.
In the past few days, she has also figured it out. Rather than following the people from the Ministry of Justice, she might as well stay on the estate. If she can win the favor of this young master Lu, wouldn't she be the mistress of the estate?
Unfortunately, all the officials from the Ministry of Justice arrived, but this person still hadn't returned.
Coincidentally, she couldn't sleep last night and saw Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian return in the front yard. Her eyes lit up immediately. She went back to change her clothes and waited for almost an hour before cautiously coming to the west wing.
She had figured out which courtyard Lu Cijian usually lived in a few days ago, so she found it easily, but she didn't know which room it was.
Just as she was hesitating, she heard voices coming from the study. Overjoyed, she didn't even realize it was a study. She lit incense and crept over.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened, she was kicked out.
The pain is so intense that she feels as if all the bones in her body have been broken.
How could she have known this was a study!
And it just so happened that these people were discussing things before dawn; she never expected that they would gather together to talk about something!
Song Er ignored her screams and threw her out of the yard.
This is the scene that Jiang Yimian saw when she arrived.
Aunt Li was left in the flowerbed outside the west wing. Her white dress was covered in mud and stained with lily sap, making her look rather disheveled.
When Song Er saw Jiang Yimian coming over, he was somewhat surprised and didn't know how to explain the situation. He glanced at Lu Cijian and quickly lowered his head.
Would Miss Jiang have a falling out with the young master because of his momentary carelessness?
If it weren't for the young master having something to discuss with the Ministry of Justice today, he might have actually fallen for this woman's tricks. She even managed to get her hands on a sleeping potion, and a very effective one at that.
He had only taken a light sniff, and his head was still a little dizzy.
Jiang Yimian glanced at the people in the flower garden, then looked at Lu Cijian and Steward Sun before saying indifferently, "It's quite lively."
Lu Cijian coughed lightly and said coldly to Steward Sun, "Why haven't you taken away the people in the manor who are about to be sold? How long do you plan to stay in the manor? Hasn't Lord Yuan arranged anything else for you?"
Manager Sun was taken aback for a moment before he reacted and hurriedly said, "Li Yi, go and quickly bring out those people who don't want to stay in the manor. It's getting late, and we should leave too."
If he had known this would happen this morning, he would have taken the person away last night; he wouldn't have left them at the estate.
It's best to deal with these restless people as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.
Li Yi quickly responded and led several people from the Ministry of Justice toward Aunt Li.
Seeing that she was about to be taken away, Aunt Li panicked instantly. She looked around a few times, then her gaze fell on Jiang Yimian. Her eyes were filled with resentment as she reluctantly said, "I agree to stay and work for you. I don't want to leave with the people from the Ministry of Justice."
Only in the last few days did she understand what Jiang Yimian meant by "they have to take care of their own food." The people in the kitchen completely ignored them, let alone cooked for them.
Even buying rice and flour with silver is rationed; they won't give you any more than you need.
But those who were willing to stay were able to eat well, at least they didn't go hungry.
Not only were these people constantly hungry, but in the end, even their silver was taken from them.
Without money, following the people from the Ministry of Justice would be suicide.
She thought that she could turn the tables today after successfully seducing Lu Cijian last night, but she was discovered before she could even touch the hem of his clothes.
If she wants to stay in the village now, she can only ask this woman for help.
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