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The Zhaiyue Tower has been temporarily sealed off by the Ministry of Justice.

There were countless people outside who were watching the show, and the people from the Ministry of Justice had to hold up the handles of their knives to intimidate them, making it easier for them to go in and out to investigate the case.

Song Jin stumbled out of the crowd, explained his purpose to the guard, and was led in.

Zhan Lin saw the Lord of Junning County again with obvious surprise in his eyes.

"Lord Junning? Why are you here?"

"I asked the young lady to come." Qin Wan lifted the veil and walked out. "The young lady is also my partner in Zhaiyue Tower. If anything happens in Zhaiyue Tower, I will naturally inform her. Minister Zhan, please don't blame me."

Song Jin nodded, turned his head and told Qing Wu to guard outside.

"Shopkeeper Qin, what's going on?"

Qin Wan shook her head. She wasn't very clear either. The two of them turned their eyes to Zhan Lin.

This matter was taken over by the Ministry of Justice, and no one should know more about it than Zhan Lin.

Qin Wan was also notified by his subordinates this morning.

"Show the stuff up."

The guard waiting outside came in carrying a tray.

It is a pink necklace, all made of fine, smooth and sparkling pearls.

Among pearls, it ranks second grade.

Pearls of this quality are hard to come by even in Sheng'an.

The family that bought the necklace wanted to use it as a dowry for their daughter. Last night, the young lady got up to try on the necklace, but after a few breaths, she began to vomit blood and fainted, and died a quarter of an hour later.

The young lady couldn't even wait for the doctor to come and treat her.

The couple checked everything and found traces of poison on the pearl. They ruled out the possibility of poisoning the family. There could only be something wrong with the pearl.

As Zhaiyue Tower cooperates with Huangshang, no one would dare to provoke them easily.

The shop that sold Yingluo refused to admit that there was something wrong with the pearl. After several fruitless arguments, the couple mustered up the courage to make a big fuss about the matter, begging the Ministry of Justice to investigate and return the notarization to the young lady.

This is how the current situation came about.

Song Jin carefully examined the pair of necklaces. They were of high quality and had delicate pearls. It was obvious at first glance that they were of great value.

She trusted Qin Wan, but there was no guarantee that someone would not have evil intentions and pass off inferior products as good ones.

"Shopkeeper Qin, where did you buy these pearls?"

Qin Wan raised her chin and said, "They are all purchased from the pearl mining field in the west. We cannot mine pearls privately. If you want to do this business, where do you buy them from?"

Song Jin looked at Zhan Lin again: "Minister Zhan, did you send someone to check the pearls afterwards?"

Zhan Lin shook his head: "The coroner is performing an autopsy, please wait for a moment, ladies."

Qin Wan snorted lightly, twisted her waist and sat down, and said in a sinister tone: "Minister Zhan has not even figured out the cause of death yet and has come to seal up my Zhaiyue Tower. Don't let people be wrongly accused in the end. Even if Yingluo really died in the end, he should have checked the pearl mining field in the west. Who among us who are in the jewelry business doesn't purchase from there?"

Zhan Lin pursed his lips and said nothing.

The shop that sold Yingluo had been closed down, and he also found out that the owner behind the shop was Zhaiyuelou. Under the watchful eyes of the public, he could not bend the law for personal gain, and he had to follow the procedures.

Shaojun, the autopsy results came out, and it was indeed the poison in the pearl that killed him.

According to regulations, Zhaiyue Tower needs to be temporarily sealed off to cooperate with the investigation.

Qin Wan spread her hands and let him search.

The sparkling eyes were cold.

"Minister Zhan, since the poison comes from pearls, do you want to go and take a look at the pearl mining field in the west?"

Zhan Lin nodded and said, "After searching the Zhaiyue Tower, I will go there."

Qin Wan sneered, she disliked these officials from the bottom of her heart.

Especially those from the Ministry of Justice.

An hour later, the Zhaiyue Tower was officially sealed off and everyone had to leave.

It looked like a lively gathering of people outside.

Qin Wan glanced at them coldly, neither servile nor arrogant: "Zhaiyue Tower's business has always been clean. This time I was framed for no reason. I believe that our Lord Zhan will clear my name. I, Qin Wan, voluntarily go to jail!"

The crowd suddenly became noisy.

Some people believe in Zhaiyue Tower, some people just want to watch the show, and some people just talk nonsense without any hesitation.

Qin Wan remained calm and looked at Zhan Lin's increasingly ugly face provocatively, "Minister Zhan, take me away."

Zhan Lin had no intention of detaining her at all.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he rubbed his brow with a headache and waved his hand to let his men take the person away.

The matter was over and the crowd dispersed.

Song Jin stood there looking at it, and suddenly felt a sinister gaze.

She looked up.

Under the dazzling sunlight, the Fifth Prince, dressed in casual clothes, stood by the window on the opposite floor with a smile on his face, looking down at everything that had just happened.

*

"Why is the Fifth Prince here?"

Xu Luo curled his lips and looked at her intently, "Is it strange that I'm here? It's the Lord of Junning County. I've wanted to have a chat with him for a long time."

Song Jin frowned: "What does Fifth Prince want to talk to me about?"

She and Xu Luo only met once.

This person gave her a feeling of feminine ruthlessness.

Xu Luo narrowed his eyes slightly. "I just think the county lord is really surprising. So many people want to do business with Zhaiyue Tower, but the county lord is able to cooperate with it as soon as he came to Sheng'an. It really makes people think deeply."

Song Jin chuckled, "Your Highness, you are joking. I am just borrowing my father's name. The Song family is the richest in Qingzhou. Why do you think that my Song family is not qualified to cooperate with Zhaiyue Tower?"

"Well," Xu Luo nodded, "The county lord is right. According to what the county lord said, the relationship between us and Zhaiyue Tower must be more than just a cooperative one, right?"

Song Jin figured it out, and he also came to test the relationship between himself and Zhaiyue Tower.

"If I say it's cooperation, His Highness the Fifth Prince might not believe it, right?"

Xu Luo nodded, glanced down, and laughed with an ambiguous tone, "A big tree attracts the wind. If Zhaiyue Tower wants to gain a foothold in Sheng'an, it will probably take a lot of effort."

Song Jin remained calm in the face of adversity: "If you put in some effort, sooner or later you will become someone that no one dares to easily shake."

"Is that so? I'll wait and see."

*

Qingwu was waiting downstairs. When she saw her come out, she hurried forward with her cloak and put it on her.

Song Jin held her hand and felt himself getting cold all over.

From the brief conversation with Xu Luo just now, she could see that Xu Luo was an ambitious and ruthless person.

The disaster that happened to Zhaiyue Tower today was inevitably caused by his help behind the scenes.

Since they couldn't take down the Zhaiyue Tower, they wanted to destroy it.

"Madam, why are your hands so cold?"

"Nothing." Song Jin blinked slowly, "Let's go back first."

They had only taken a few steps when a dark shadow followed them stealthily.

The movement was so obvious that even Qingwu could notice it.

That man's tracking skills are really poor.

Qing Wu's mouth twitched, "Madam, is there something wrong with this guy's brain?"

Song Jin couldn't help laughing, "Go ahead and stop him."

Having said that, he pretended to look back, and while the man turned away, he pulled Qingwu and quickly turned into the alley.

The man stuck his head out, found that the person was gone, and hurriedly ran after him.

Just as I turned my head, something covered my face.

The image of being beaten up suddenly flashed through my mind.

Begging for mercy again and again.

"Please spare my life, young lady! I mean no harm! Don't hit me!"

It was quiet all around.

The ninth prince Xu Shi'an tentatively opened one eye, and when he saw that he was not beaten, he took off the things on his head.

I looked up and met their gazes.

Xu Shi'an: "... Ha, how is the Lord of Junning County?"

Song Jin looked at him lightly: "Your Highness the Ninth Prince, if you don't return to the palace, what are you doing with me?"

"Just... passing by haha."

Even he himself didn't believe what he said.

Xu Shi'an blushed with embarrassment. He had lied a lot when he was wandering among the flowers, but now that he was in front of Song Jin, he couldn't utter a word.

I couldn't help but despise myself in my heart.

After brushing off the dust on his clothes, Xu Shi'an stood up and told her directly: "I will make it clear to the county lord that it was the marquis who captured me, not me who followed you."

"My Lord? Why did you ask His Highness the Ninth Prince to come here?"

Xu Shian rolled his eyes: "How should I know?"

He was still lingering in the arms of his beautiful bride when Shi An kicked the door open, grabbed his collar without saying a word, and threw him to the gate of Zhaiyue Tower. His image in the brothel was completely ruined by Cui Huaiji!

Xu Shi'an felt resentful in his heart and did not dare to say anything bad about Cui Huaiji in public.

He can't afford to offend Marquis Quling.

He touched his nose and said, "I guess it should be to help you solve the problem of Zhaiyue Tower."

Song Jin looked at him, and the strong smell of powder came to her nose, and she immediately showed a look of disgust.

Xu Shi'an was dissatisfied, "Although I frequent brothels, I am still a clean person! I am the only one who can help you find the pearls you want to check!"

Song Jin looked at him differently for this reason.

In the pictures seen in the previous life, Xu Shi'an's mother's family started out as pearl divers, and his mother was the most outstanding among the pearl divers. Her status was not noble, but because she was born with a good appearance, she was sent to the palace.

Xu Shi'an inherited his mother's appearance, with a gentle face and an intoxicating voice.

As for Xu Shi'an's ending, after the palace coup in her previous life, in order to rescue her mother from the palace, she was broken both legs by Xu Nanheng and sent to a dirty military camp to serve as a military prostitute.

Men in the military camp will become unrestrained in their consumption of any food if they hold back for too long.

Xu Xian died within a few months of being thrown into the military camp.

This death is tragic.

Xu Shi'an only wanted to save his mother, and never did anything to hinder Xu Nanheng's ascension to the throne. It was Xu Nanheng who could not tolerate any injustice, and whoever he saw was a threat to his throne, so he decided to go all out and eliminate all the threatening people during the palace coup.

Only the foolish eighth princess was left alive.

Song Jin sighed in his heart and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for him.

"How can Your Highness help me?"

Xu Shi'an lifted his hair and said, "The pearl mining field in the west is not as simple as you think. Father strictly restricted the number of pearl mining slaves and stipulated that only the pearl mining field in the west can produce pearls. Although this reduced the tragedy of pearl mining slaves, it also aggravated the collusion of interests in the pearl mining field."

Song Jin pondered: "Why doesn't anyone control them?"

Xu Shi'an sneered, "Who dares to intervene? The emperor is busy with state affairs all day long. He wanted to expose the pearl farm, but he was stopped before he could present it to him. He is so busy that he won't be distracted to take care of these things."

After a while, everyone turned a blind eye to it.

After listening to this, Song Jin just said, "I hope His Highness Nine will take me in."

"What did you say? You want to go in?"

Xu Shi'an's eyes showed fear, and his calm and composed demeanor just now disappeared.

"No! You can't go there. There are all kinds of dirty deals going on there..."

"That's why I have to go in." Song Jin interrupted him indifferently, "I don't know how many pearl-diving slaves have been implicated in this shady deal. As a prince of the Yu Dynasty, the Ninth Prince should stop it!"

Xu Shi'an was stunned: "No, no, no... I have no ambitions, I just want to live like this."

Song Jin: “…”

It's simply a hopeless case!

She was saving his life!