Chapter 651 I Won’t Tell You
So in the following days, Ji Yunshu stayed on the flower boat and talked about poetry and painting with Miss Xianxian.
Yu Shiyi often joins them.
Speaking of which, Ji Yunshu felt that Zhao Shen was actually more suitable for this job.
But she couldn't let anyone find out about their relationship now.
On this day, when a few people were chatting, Xianxian suddenly mentioned Yang Zhen.
She spoke casually, "I heard the people sent by the court to investigate Lord Yang's case have been here for many days, so why haven't they made any progress?"
Yu Shiyi said nonchalantly, "The one sent by the court is the new Marquis of Jingning, only in his early twenties. You haven't met him before, have you? He's been living a more carefree life than I am these days. How could he have the time to investigate a case?"
Ji Yunshu was a little surprised. This Mr. Yu looked naive, but he rarely mentioned these things.
Xianxian frowned and asked, "Could it be that he is just here to go through the motions? What about Lord Yang then?"
Yu Shiyi said, "Why rush? He's just here for formalities, so naturally there will be other people to investigate the case."
Go ahead, he turned to Ji Yunshu and said with a grin, "What do you think, Young Master Zhao?"
Ji Yunshu said dissatisfiedly, "Young Master is Young Master, why add "young master"? I am just a commoner, how can I know what you are talking about? Miss Xianxian is so concerned about this Lord Yang, could he be your lover?"
She didn't know if the two were testing her, so she deliberately changed the subject to matters between men and women.
Most people would be interested in this kind of thing, so her question wasn't out of place.
Xianxian blushed: "What are you talking about? I was just asking casually. Lord Yang is a hero in Hangzhou, and everyone cares about him."
"Really? Why did I hear he was colluding with the Japanese pirates and was a bad guy?"
Ji Yunshu looked bewildered.
Xianxian quickly explained: "That was all framed. Hangzhou is a place with good officials..."
The words that came out of her mouth stopped abruptly when she saw Yu Shiyi, and then she said angrily: "You don't understand."
Ji Yunshu complained, "Why are you like my dad? You don't tell me anything and just say I don't understand. If you tell me, I'll understand. Why do you keep me in suspense by saying half of it?"
Xianxian smiled and said, "You are still young. Your father must love you very much, so he protects you like this. Anyway, you are here to play and will leave in a few days. Why do you know all these things?"
Ji Yunshu curled his lips. "What do you mean by protecting me? I think you just think I'm stupid and easy to fool. From what you said, maybe Mr. Yang was deliberately framed? Let me tell you, my father is very powerful. If you have evidence, I can help you."
Xianxian lowered her head and said, "It's just idle chat. It's none of my business. How can you say you're helping me?"
Ji Yunshu pointed at her face and said, "Your cheeks are red, and you said that Lord Yang is not your lover. Oh, I won't be jealous if you say it."
Xianxian forced a smile: "Sir, you are joking."
Yu Shiyi said, "Whether or not the Yang man was wrongly accused, the court has sent people to investigate. I heard that the emperor personally appointed him, so no one else can interfere in this matter. Could it be that Brother Zhao knows the emperor?"
Ji Yunshu said, "It's no big deal to know the emperor. Which official in the court doesn't know the emperor? However, since the case has alarmed the emperor, it's difficult for others to do anything."
She held her chin with one hand and said lazily: "Come to think of it, I thought Jiangnan was some kind of paradise. I've never heard of anything bad happening here in all these years. This is the first time that Lord Yang has heard of it."
Xianxian opened her mouth to say something, but after looking at Yu Shiyi, she didn't say anything in the end.
Yu Shiyi, on the other hand, acted as if he was ignorant of the sufferings of the world. He said nonchalantly, "As an official, it's the same everywhere. But Jiangnan is indeed very good. It's even more prosperous than the capital."
Ji Yunshu agreed: "That's true."
After that, she asked Xianxian curiously, "Is that Mr. Yang really not your lover?"
Xianxian was a little embarrassed: "I've only been here a few times."
Ji Yunshu became even more curious: "But I heard that he is a hero in the eyes of the people of Hangzhou. He is not interested in women and rarely comes to places like this."
It was unusual in itself for a man who was not interested in women to appear on a flower boat.
If he has nothing to do with Xianxian, then he has something to do with this flower boat.
Xianxian winked at Ji Yunshu and said, "A lot of people come to me, and they all say they're not interested in women."
Ji Yunshu also winked at her: "That only shows that they are all dishonest. I came here just because I heard that my sister is beautiful."
Xianxian couldn't help but laugh: "Master Yang is not that kind of person."
Ji Yunshu raised an eyebrow, so Yang Zhen and Xianxian were not in the relationship that people thought.
Doesn't that mean he came to this flower boat for other reasons?
Ji Yunshu couldn't tell whether Xianxian's words were true or false, especially since Yu Shiyi was here.
For some reason, she always felt that Xianxian was a little afraid of Yu Shiyi.
At this moment, Yu Shiyi suddenly interrupted them, "It's rare to have time to hang out, so let's not talk about these things. Lord Yang's affairs are not our business. But, little brother Zhao, you haven't been very good these past few days. The poems you wrote are not as amazing as those two."
Ji Yunshu said, "I am just a genius, but it's impossible for every poem I write to astonish the world. Brother Yu, just bear with me."
Yu Shiyi suddenly said mysteriously, "Aren't you interested in why Lord Yang came here? If you write a good poem, I'll tell you."
Ji Yunshu raised an eyebrow: "You know?"
Yu Shiyi patted his chest and said, "There is nothing in Hangzhou that I don't know."
This was very arrogant, but Ji Yunshu did not think it was an exaggeration.
There is indeed nothing in Hangzhou City that the Yu family doesn't know.
So there is something fishy about Yang Zhen's case.
Maybe it has something to do with this flower boat.
But Ji Yunshu certainly wouldn't be fooled so easily. She said nonchalantly, "Even if you offered me a huge secret in exchange, I still wouldn't be able to write poetry. I told you before, those two poems were written by my brother."
Yu Shiyi said, "Then tell me who your brother is. To be able to write a poem like that, he must be incredibly talented. I can't possibly not know him."
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "He's very famous. You must have heard of him, but I won't tell you."
Yu Shiyi: "We are so familiar with each other, why are you still so distant?"
Ji Yunshu blinked her big eyes and said innocently, "I ran away from home secretly, so of course I have to be careful."
Yu Shiyi was helpless: "You really don't want to know about Yang Zhen's affairs?"
"I'm not someone sent by the imperial court, so why should I be interested in him? I'm not even from Hangzhou. Whether he was wronged or not is none of my business."
Xianxian said, "But we often have Japanese pirates coming here. In the past, we relied on General Yang and his men to stop them. If they knew that General Yang was imprisoned, they might come. Then..."
Ji Yunshu was puzzled: "If Yang Zhen is locked up, there should be someone else to take his place. Without him, there will be no one to fight the enemy?"
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