The Left Vice Minister of War was trembling so badly that his knees buckled and he knelt down.
Such a big secret has actually been exposed. He originally thought he would be the first one to be exposed, but when he found out that Ji Yingying only ate gossip about scholars, he was already relieved.
Little did he know, he would become a laughingstock today.
【Let me tell you, he, after executing those condemned prisoners, those beheaded prisoners, would secretly bring them back, freeze them, and turn some into butterflies, some into human skin, and some into animals. In short, his lanterns were made of four-legged creatures, and his dogs ate scraps of those four-legged creatures.】
[No, please stop! I suddenly remembered a Hong Kong drama I used to watch, about a four-legged animal selling char siu bao (barbecued pork buns). Ugh, because of that drama, I still can't eat meat buns.]
Ji Cailiang: I can testify to this. His son has only ever eaten vegetable buns since he was a child. He never eats meat buns. I didn’t know why before, but now I do.
He did that too...
What? He...ate?
No, he made it to feed the pigs.
Wait, this reminds me of a scene from Journey to the West... I'm not sure, it's from a movie where Pigsy uses a four-legged beast to... do something, I forget what, but I remember his face with the flower hairpin, so greasy, I still can't forget it.
"Your Majesty..." The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War tried to speak to stop him, but was held down by the people on both sides, who even covered his mouth to prevent him from making a sound.
Indeed, he sometimes wore flowers in his hair. His habit of collecting corpses, making specimens, and feeding them to pigs and dogs stemmed from his first murder.
However, he dared not act recklessly, and in the past he had always actively restrained himself, only handling death row inmates and the dead.
Wait, didn't you just say you were having a "massage" with a corpse? How do you do that?
[It's about a female corpse, having intercourse with someone, the yin and yang energies. People say that having sex with a dead person can cleanse you of impurities, since the dead are going to the underworld with their souls. The deceased wants to use that place to give their filth to that person, so she can help them take it to the underworld and make them feel more at ease.]
[Scary...]
[What he did violated the law, and even showed signs of mental illness. He should be locked up in a mental hospital; if he's not properly restrained one day, he could easily become a mass murderer!]
【Then why don't you let the Emperor deal with him?】
Ji Yingying had just looked up when she saw that the Left Vice Minister of War had been taken into custody. The action was swift.
[I didn't even need to say anything; look, Lord Rong has come in. He truly lives up to his reputation as a member of the Imperial City Guard; I almost suspect he's Erlang Shen (a deity in Chinese mythology).]
How to say it?
[Open your third eye!] Otherwise, how could you have investigated this entire Four Directions City so thoroughly?
[You're right, Rong Yi is not bad. Why don't you try to win him over? After all, he's a pretty handsome older man.]
【Take what? I'm only ten years old! Do you want my parents to beat me to death? Besides, what's more appealing than love? And what's more appealing than a career? I'm just an ordinary, unremarkable genius at giving up.】
But, uncle, it smells so good!
[Hehe... Color Master!]
Who is this little vixen calling a slut?
[Stop playing word games, this joke's been overused, is there any sequel to this story?]
[Yes, if he continues like this, he'll eventually turn himself into a monster. By the way, host, the list you provided to the Minister of Justice has been confiscated. The national treasury is now rich; you should quickly perform meritorious service so the Emperor can reward you with several million taels of gold.]
【hehe……】
Making meritorious contributions requires hard work and can be life-threatening; she neither had the capacity for such work nor the life to exchange for it.
So, it's so much better to just obediently collect her salary; besides, this way she has job security.
The morning court session ended while people were gossiping.
The ministers didn't feel as tired as usual when they left the Hall of Diligent Governance; on the contrary, they felt quite relaxed. Ji Yingying is truly an extraordinary woman!
In the afternoon, Ji Yingying went to the Inspectorate to act like a slacker. She originally wanted to see Lord Tang, but he had taken leave.
"My lord, the left and right inspectors and Lord Tang are both currently unavailable," Jiang Haoxuan said. Two of their three superiors are in critical condition because of her.
One of them took leave to pick up her biological daughter.
The Left Inspector was forced to stay at home, and it was feared that he would not be able to continue serving as the Left Inspector, after all, his family had done something that involved taking away other people's property.
As for the Right Inspector General, it was because of his wife that he was not suspended from his post, but he had finally reached the end of his term.
"Ah... no one's here?" Ji Yingying was quite helpless, but... when the tiger is away, the monkey is king, and she, the monkey, is the king here.
"Then I'll go do my thing."
"My lord, tomorrow is the Fifth Prince's wedding, and the day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. We've almost finished reading the Inspector's reports."
"???" Ji Yingying looked at them, and after digesting what they said, she couldn't help but praise them: "You two are really qualified oxen and horses."
They are human beings, not cattle or horses, yet they dare not refute them.
"By the way, Lord Tang is a fourth-rank official, so what rank are the Left and Right Inspectors?"
"Lord Tang is a third-rank official, and the Left and Right Inspectors are fourth-rank officials."
"Ah... then what am I, a mere fifth-rank inspector, supposed to do?"
Jiang Haoxuan and Ji Li looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
What are these two doing, looking so troubled?
"My lord, there is actually no official position of fifth-rank inspector. It was the emperor who forcibly created it. Originally, the highest-ranking inspector was Lord Tang, followed by the left and right inspectors, who were responsible for supervising all officials and for supervising and impeaching officials throughout the country."
Then there was one more fifth-rank inspector who could attend court, and then there was another fifth-rank inspector.
They were both fifth-rank inspectors, but they couldn't attend court and had to help Ji Yingying with her memorials. Of course, they dared not say this aloud.
After all, Ji Yingying's status is undeniable; even the Emperor dotes on her and pampers her, let alone the officials. They might even have a chance to be granted the title of princess.
"Ah...am I superfluous?"
[Host, what makes you superfluous?]
[As a fifth-rank official, why do I feel utterly useless to the Inspector General?]
What if you were a mascot?
"That's true. Since it's none of my business, I'll go home and prepare for the wedding I'm going to see tomorrow. I'm taking my detective brother with me to see an ancient wedding ceremony."
Ji Yingying greeted the two of them and then ran off in a flash.
Go home and have dinner.
Passing by a restaurant, Ji Yingying even went in to say hello.
"You've come at the perfect time. We're opening on Mid-Autumn Festival. Can you make it?"
Ji Yingying recalled: "I think I can't come. I have to attend the palace banquet. It seems so. It's okay, you can arrange it as you see fit. Anyway, we'll split the money 50/50."
"Then sign the contract." Mu Kaiji took out a contract, and Ji Yingying glanced at it and signed it.
"You trust me that much? Aren't you afraid I'll betray you?"
"Tell me, what are you trying to scam me out of?" Ji Yingying didn't think she had anything to scam.
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