Jiang Zhaorong breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, there is good news.
Shi An slammed the table and said, "Who did you put in there?"
The guard lowered his head, his voice trembling, "Sir, I don't know either. He just gave me this ingot, and I let him in. As for his identity, I really don't know."
The guard beside him presented the ingot in his hand to Shi An. Shi An rubbed it for a few times and said, "Remember the man's appearance and height, right?"
"I remember that man was a little shorter than me, with a black mole on his eyebrow. Judging from his accent, he didn't sound like someone from Beijing, but rather from the northwest."
Perhaps out of fear of being tortured, the guards revealed all of Zeng Ju's characteristics, not even holding back on what they said.
The person next to him drew a portrait while listening to his description and showed it to the guard. After the guard had seen it, Shi An waved his hand and asked the guard to post the wanted poster.
Shi An's face was terribly gloomy, and he said in a rough voice: "Hurry up and take them away. Each of them will receive fifty lashes!"
The guards took orders and quickly dragged the wailing people out.
Silence returned to the hall. Shi An suppressed his anger and said with a smile, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself. I'm really incompetent in leading my subordinates and I'm unworthy of my position as the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple."
Jiang Zhiyu and Jiang Zhaorong did not speak.
Shi An coughed twice and continued, "Since Chunxiu was murdered, then this confession cannot be used as evidence. Minister Jiang, please do not blame me."
Jiang Zhaorong was not surprised at all when he said this. As early as when Jiang Zhiyu insisted on following him, he had a vague premonition in his heart that this time, nothing would be accomplished.
He stood up and said goodbye to Shi An.
Now that Jiang Zhaorong was gone, Jiang Zhiyu naturally had no need to stay here, so she also walked out slowly.
At the gate of the Dali Temple, Jiang Zhaorong looked at the endless stream of people on the street. Hearing footsteps behind him, he opened his mouth softly, "Zhiyu, let's talk."
There was no response from behind him. Jiang Zhaorong assumed she was still angry about that day and sighed softly, "You and Shi Wei are sisters, you've been together day and night since childhood. Why did you have to make such a fuss?"
"You haven't left the house these past few days, so you don't know how much the outsiders have spread about the Prime Minister's Mansion. Reputation is so important to a girl. If there is someone in the mansion who harmed her sisters, it would be shameful to tell others about it. Not to mention Shi Wei, even your reputation and Su Lan's would be affected."
Jiang Zhaorong talked a lot, and when he saw that she didn't respond at first, he thought she had heard him, but the more she talked, the more something seemed wrong.
There was no voice of rebuttal, and even her inner voice was not heard...
Jiang Zhaorong turned around suddenly and saw the guard from the Dali Temple standing behind him, looking uneasy.
Jiang Zhaorong: “…”
The guard saw him turn around, scratched his head, and smiled innocently: "Prime Minister Jiang, Lord Shi asked me to escort you out."
Jiang Zhaorong looked over his shoulder and looked back. It was empty, without a single person in sight.
The guard whispered, "Secretary Jiang was walking behind you. When I looked up, he was gone."
So he heard everything I said before?
Jiang Zhaorong pinched his eyebrows, raised his hand to signal him not to follow him, went down the stairs, and got straight into the carriage.
…
Jiang Zhiyu had long seen Jiang Zhaorong's back standing on the steps. Although moral kidnapping could not hold her back, she was afraid that she would not be able to control the impulse to beat Jiang Zhaorong to death, so she chose to turn a blind eye.
It was still early and she didn't want to go back. The sky was clear and cloudless. The sun shone on Jiang Zhiyu, and she felt warm all over.
When she first traveled through time and occupied the original owner's body, Jiang Zhiyu wanted to save her family and not let them go down the same path as before.
But the more they got along, the more Jiang Zhiyu felt that there seemed to be an inextricable connection between him and this body.
Perhaps, this connection is the reason why she traveled here?
She sighed softly, looking at the quaint buildings around her and the people passing by, and then she truly felt what it meant to be in another world.
As she was thinking this, she suddenly saw a woman in red in front of her, followed by another person. Jiang Zhiyu was very familiar with those two people, they were Hu Yue and Jiang Kang'an.
Jiang Zhiyu: “!!!”
She suddenly became energetic, flew up the tree, stood on a branch and looked down at them.
"Miss Hu, what do you want to talk to me about?"
After Jiang Kangan recovered from his injury, it was the first time that he was stopped by a woman on the street. Seeing her so cool and heroic, he felt a bit of good impression of her.
Hu Yue was also impulsive. She had been sending people to keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion. She finally met Jiang Kang'an going out alone. After the spy reported the news, she rushed out impatiently. When Hu Yue came to her senses, she was already standing in front of Jiang Kang'an.
Hu Yue rubbed her fingers nervously, "Master Jiang, are you feeling better?"
Jiang Kangan was slightly stunned, and Jiang Zhiyu on the tree branch slapped his thigh in anger.
He's standing right in front of you, full of life! Isn't this just nonsense literature?
Jiang Kangan: “!!!”
He was really shocked this time. How could he hear the sound of young fish?
He looked around, was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the tree.
[Vocal, Brother, I hope you won’t find me.]
Jiang Kangan: “…”
He retracted his gaze, pretending nothing had happened, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, Miss Hu. I'm fine now."
"That's good..." Hu Yue blurted out, meeting Jiang Kang'an's gaze, and then lowered her voice: "I mean..."
She hesitated and became anxious looking at Jiang Zhiyu on the tree.
[Come on, girl! Hesitation will lead to defeat! Stand up!]
Jiang Kang'an looked at Hu Yue in front of him, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
She won’t…
As if he had heard Jiang Zhiyu's thoughts, Hu Yue took a deep breath and made up his mind.
She has already missed it once, no matter what the result is, she will not back down!
She took a step back and bowed to Jiang Kang'an. "To be honest, Master Jiang, I've admired you since you saved me that day. I know you may have forgotten that, but that's not important. I just want to tell you that I admire you."
[Ah! What a nice girl! She didn't even tell Big Brother about what she did before. She was probably afraid that Big Brother would be embarrassed to reject her if he knew.]
What did you do before?
Jiang Kang'an's eyes were full of confusion. He still remembered that he had saved her before, but it had been so long that his memory had become fuzzy. But other than that, they should have had no other interactions.
Jiang Kangan looked at Hu Yue, who was nervous and lowered her head, not daring to look at him. He sighed softly and bowed to her: "I appreciate your kindness, but I am ashamed that I am not as beautiful as you."
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