Chapter 136 As long as she escapes quickly, even the "Extermination of Nine Clans" can't catch her.
“This…” Shen Wen’s gaze wandered elsewhere, “If I said I hadn’t checked, even a fool wouldn’t believe me.”
He raised his hand and coughed a few times, lowered his voice, and leaned closer to Jin Shu: "We've investigated, but found nothing. Liu Cheng'an has kept you under tight surveillance, otherwise the Prince wouldn't have gone to Dingzhou in person."
After saying that, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Jin Shu drinking tea, scratching his ear with his finger: "It is indeed quite strange. Although I did not investigate personally, they were all elites from the Censorate, yet they still failed to find out anything about you. It was as if you disappeared into thin air after leaving Dingzhou Prefecture, and we could not find out any information about you at all."
Vanished into thin air.
Jin Shu nodded and took a sip of tea with a smile.
Once she left Dingzhou Prefecture, she changed out of her men's clothing. Who could possibly find "Mr. Jin" in Dingzhou now?
Thinking of this, she paused for a moment. The murderer in this case also disappeared into thin air in the corner. Could it be because he changed his clothes?
She hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Li Jin in the crowd, her heart filled with uncertainty.
She was 50% certain that Li Jin already knew her true identity as a woman.
But seeing that Shen Wen didn't seem to be lying to her, Jin Shu felt that things might not be as pessimistic as she thought.
She gazed at her reflection in the teacup, her face etched with sorrow. She couldn't fathom what this Prince Jing of Great Wei, the head of the Six Doors, was truly up to.
"Lord Shen, I have a question for you," Jin Shu said in a low voice, "If there were a tiger behind you, glaring at you menacingly, what would your first reaction be?"
"Do we even need to react?" Shen Wen said in surprise. "Weigh your knife carefully. If you can't kill him, seize the opportunity and run!"
He turned and ran.
Jin Shu nodded knowingly: "Thank you, Lord Shen."
Her solemn demeanor left Shen Wen completely bewildered. He stared blankly at her, his mouth opening and closing. Looking at her bean sprout-like figure, he swallowed the question, "You're not going to hunt tigers, are you?"
But Jin Shu, sitting opposite him, seemed much more at ease. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she made a big decision.
Regardless of whether Li Jin has figured out whether she is male or female, she still has value in his hands and cannot be discarded.
What she needs to do now is save up money so that once Li Jin's six-year-old case is resolved, she can make a quick getaway with Jin Rong.
Theoretically speaking, as long as you run fast enough, even the "Exterminate Nine Clans" technique can't catch up with you.
Thinking of this, I felt great and popped two broad beans into my mouth.
Seeing the two of them looking so relaxed and peaceful, Li Jin's eyes twitched.
After being surrounded and grumbled by the elderly for more than an hour, he finally sat down at the table, rubbing the bridge of his nose and looking ashen-faced.
“I have two takeaways.” He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said to Shen Wen, “These aunties mentioned someone who used to live in this neighborhood, but lost a lot of money doing business a few years ago.”
He paused, picked up the teapot in front of him, skipped the step of adding tea leaves, poured a cup of water directly, and moistened his throat: "To pay off their debts, the man in that family sold his own daughter."
Shen Wen was stunned for a moment.
Jin Shu asked incredulously, "Sold?"
Li Jin glanced at her and nodded, saying, "I don't know what happened in between, but that girl is now the top courtesan in the brothel in Anshanfang."
"At that time, the family also had a son who had a fiery temper. Whenever he saw these women talking about his sister, he would go up and argue with them until the family moved away."
He glanced at Jin Shu's face and added, "According to them, this boy should be about sixteen or seventeen years old this year."
Looking out of the teahouse, one sees a constant stream of people, and hears the calls of vendors.
This everyday life brought Li Jin, who had always lived in a state of tension, a sense of peace and tranquility.
He glanced at the people in the teahouse, took a deep breath as if to shake off the fatigue in his body, and that signature smile slowly crept onto his face.
“There’s another one,” he said. “There’s a petty thug around here who makes a living as a porter. He has a long carrying pole as his trademark, and he usually takes jobs in the East Market.”
"This person doesn't talk much, but he has a habit of petty theft and is often talked about behind his back by the local aunties."
After Li Jin finished speaking, Shen Wen stood up, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "I understand." Then he turned around and quickly disappeared into the flowing crowd.
At the table, only Li Jin and Jin Shu remained, and for some reason, the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.
"that……"
"I do not have homosexual tendencies."
Jin Shu paused, and Zhou Zheng, standing behind Li Jin, widened his eyes even more.
Li Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "Mr. Jin, it's really strange. Zhou Zheng and I used to joke around like this, even putting our arms around each other, but I never heard Zhou Zheng say that I was gay."
He glanced at Jin Shu with dissatisfaction: "Why does it change when it comes to Mr. Jin?"
As he spoke, he reached for two broad beans: "If you don't like it, sir, you can just say so to my face. Fortunately, Yan Zhao is one of our own, otherwise, you would probably be in prison now, bearing the title of an insult to the royal family, chatting with me happily."
This heartfelt speech, which seemed to come from the bottom of his heart, did not sound like nonsense at all, leaving Jin Shu stunned on the spot.
I can't find a single word to refute it!
What exactly is brotherhood between men? Jin Shu isn't a real man, so she really doesn't know!
She glanced at Zhou Zheng, who nodded seriously: "It's more than just putting our arms around each other's shoulders; between us, we're completely naked..."
"No, don't talk nonsense." Li Jin frowned, turned around and looked at him from below, her gaze silencing Zhou Zheng's thousand words.
Looking at the two of them, Jin Shu's initial 50% confidence plummeted to only 20%.
Seeing that she was stunned, Li Jin didn't say anything more. He smiled slightly, took out his fan, and tapped her shoulder twice: "I'll pay more attention in the future, bean sprout."
He knew that he had achieved the effect he wanted.
"What did you want to say just now, sir?" He smiled, his eyes crinkling into crescent moons as he looked at Jin Shu's face.
She pursed her lips and waved her hand, saying, "I've thought of a possibility." She said, "Could it be that the murderer changed his clothes or identity after climbing over the wall, which is why the neighbors didn't see anyone suspicious?"
Li Jin looked into her eyes, and after a long while, nodded.
It's very possible that, just like Jin Shu back then, no information about her could be found at all.
That night, under the bright moon, Li Jin, Bai Yu, and Zhou Zheng, dressed in black, walked along the wall of the neighborhood. Just as they reached the front of Jinhua Tower, they were stopped by He Lin, who suddenly appeared and was dressed in black with a hood.
She stood there, lifted her hat, and bowed, saying, "The young master is not here."
He Lin hesitated for a moment, then added, "Young Master said that among the tombs that the Ministry of Justice has been moving these past few days is that of Lin Zhongyi, who was killed in the street a few days ago. It won't be easy for Young Master to get him out, so please don't rush things, Your Highness."
Li Jin looked at her without saying a word. He was displeased that Song Zhen had figured out his purpose.
Unexpectedly, He Lin continued, "Young Master also said that the Prince's case is urgent."
Li Jin was taken aback. Before he could ask any further questions, He Lin bowed and disappeared into the night.
He stood on the eaves, backlit, for a long while before turning around and saying the word "go".
When Li Jin returned to the Six Doors and saw an arrow stuck in the black pillar at his door, bearing the number "seven," his expression darkened considerably.
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