Chapter 86 The Female Teacher Who Survives Through Her Talent
Upon being criticized like that, Jin Shu curled her lips and snorted disdainfully.
Before me stood Li Jin, dressed in white, bathed in sunlight through the window. His profile was strikingly handsome and quite eye-catching.
That's just her personality; it's like fate played a cruel joke on her, completely at odds with her looks.
He's a handsome young man, but his mouth is really sharp.
“If the sect leader continues with such a sharp tongue,” Jin Shu sighed and shook his head, “be careful no girl will dare to marry you.”
"What a joke." Li Jin waved his hand without turning his head. "Just the name of Prince Jing is enough to make people wear down the threshold for marriage proposals."
Upon hearing this, Jin Shu's eyes twitched.
While Li Jin was pondering the case, she clicked her tongue and looked at Zhou Zheng: "Lord Zhou, the sect leader is such a handsome man, hasn't the Emperor arranged a decent marriage for him?"
Zhou Zheng thought for a moment and said, "There is a plan. The daughter of the Duke of Fuguo was specially betrothed to the Prince."
Jin Shu was taken aback: "...The Duke of Fuguo's family has a daughter?"
Before him, Zhou Zheng sighed with a heavy heart: "He had five children before he died. The prince was almost twenty years old, and he still hadn't had a daughter."
These words made Jin Shu look at Zhou Zheng in surprise, and she raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead.
What a cursed lone star!
Inside the theater, in the main hall, the manager, bowing and fidgeting with the hem of his robe, pointed to a group of people behind him: "That's all the people. There's also Liu Mingze, but he's taking a break these past two days and isn't here."
Below the stage, in the center, Li Jin sat with an air of authority, while behind him, the head constable of the Six Doors and the yamen runners of the Jingzhao Prefecture worked together to figure out how to remove the partition containing the corpse.
He was dressed in white, his long eyelashes like a curtain, and he was playing with a black fan in his hand, twirling it and creating afterimages.
Jin Shu stood behind him, already used to his unchanging approach to everything.
At this moment, remaining silent is indeed the best choice, because some people will inevitably be unable to hold back and, in order to clear their names, reveal things that are not usually known to others.
If he speaks directly, he will shut down the conversation and put Li Jin, who currently has no clues, in a passive position.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the group of people standing there began to feel uneasy, and their expressions were quite varied.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Jincai smiled and said, "Stop guessing, it was murder." He glanced at everyone's faces, "Everyone here is a suspect."
"Ah?!" A young man dressed in blue couldn't contain himself any longer. He pushed through the crowd and stepped forward. "Sir, you can't say that! This young lady from the Liu family has been to our garden more than once or twice. She's a distinguished guest! If it was murder, you should be arresting the murderer. Why have we all gathered here?"
His words were echoed by the crowd behind him.
"Besides! No one can stand up there. In my opinion, it's more likely that the shopkeeper was just unlucky, and that Miss Liu was bored with life and couldn't think straight, so she bought arsenic and hid in the hidden compartment to eat it!"
But Zhou Zheng stepped forward, gripping the hilt of his knife, and said bluntly, "The prince said it was murder, so don't try to make trouble."
Your Highness?
Upon hearing this, the actress in blue seemed to be covered in ashes. She pursed her lips, stepped back, and muttered under her breath, "This old man didn't even say that it was a prince who came. He did it on purpose, didn't he?"
Seeing his indignant look, Li Jin chuckled and said, "Then let's start with you."
He got up and walked towards the private booth. As he passed Jin Shu, he whispered, "Go pour me a cup of tea."
After saying that, without waiting for Jin Shu's response, he walked towards the private room on his own.
Jin Shu looked down at the pale gold outer robe in her hand, her brows furrowed, and she turned back to Zhou Zheng, puzzled, as if seeking his help.
Those eager gazes made Zhou Zheng feel uneasy.
"Why is it me again?"
Zhou Zheng then moved closer to Jin Shu, coughed lightly, covered his mouth with his hand, and lowered his voice: "I heard you served tea to the Crown Prince last time?"
Jin Shu paused: "Just because of this?"
Zhou Zheng responded bluntly: "Isn't that enough?"
Four words left Jin Shu speechless.
In the private room, Li Jin held a cup of hot tea. He brushed the foam off the tea leaves without looking up and said, "Tell me, how much do you know about Miss Liu's affairs, and how much do you know about the shopkeeper's affairs?"
The young man in blue frowned as he looked at Li Jin, smacking his lips and rubbing the base of his neck repeatedly. After a long while, he finally managed to utter two sentences: "Oh dear, I don't know much about this Miss Liu. Liu Mingze is quite familiar with her."
"This young lady from the Liu family is really generous to him. She never hesitates to give him money as a reward, and she has even given him handkerchiefs that she embroidered herself. I have seen them in Liu Mingze's room."
Because he had just confronted Li Jin directly, he was extremely uneasy and didn't dare to look at Li Jin's face.
“Liu Mingze…” Li Jin took a sip of tea, frowned slightly, and glanced at Jin Shu standing behind him.
Unexpectedly, apart from her corpse-talking skills, this woman really didn't resemble a woman in any other way.
If the Crown Prince had drunk the same tea that day, Li Jin would feel much better.
No wonder he stood up so decisively and splashed it on Chen Lan's face.
If it were him, he would have splashed it too.
After taking a sip of the strangely bitter tea, Li Jin took a deep breath, put down the teacup, and continued to ask, "How did Liu Mingze get to know Miss Liu? I heard that Miss Liu has only been in the capital for less than three months."
"Who knows!" Qingyi sighed and pursed her lips. "I heard that Liu Mingze is engaged, but by the time we noticed the two of them, this cousin from the Liu family was already getting very close to him. I even reminded him!"
"A marriage agreement?" Li Jin looked at him.
"Yes, he is engaged, and he and Mr. Ren, who writes scripts in our opera troupe, are childhood sweethearts. It is said that they secretly ran away after eloping."
At this point, the actress in blue turned her head to look at the main hall outside the private room, pointed to a handsome young man, and said, "That's him."
In my eyes, "Mr. Ren" was handsome and stood in the crowd, much shorter than the others.
His clothes, the hat on his head, even his posture, were all unmistakably masculine.
"Her? A woman disguised as a man!" the actress in blue whispered. "Her talent is genuine, and the scripts she writes are absolutely brilliant!"
After saying that, he didn't forget to give a thumbs up and praise, "Our stingy boss wanted to replace a few people a while ago, and even Liu Mingze and our pillar were planned to be replaced, but this Mr. Ren, no one can get rid of him."
Upon hearing this, Jin Shu felt a chill run down her spine, fearing that this young actress in blue had unleashed Li Jin's imagination.
He let out a cold laugh and deliberately made a sarcastic remark: "She's just a woman, what kind of script does she write?"
Unexpectedly, the actress in blue was the first to complain: "What's wrong with women? Can you write what she can? It's easy for you to talk when you're not in her shoes! If you're jealous, so be it! Women, my foot!"
Jin Shu's mouth was half open, and she couldn't utter a sound for a long time.
Li Jin, however, could barely suppress a laugh at her attempt to cover up her misunderstanding. With a straight face, he waved his hand seriously and said, "You can go out now. Call the manager in."
After the actress in blue had walked away, Li Jin turned around, frowned, and glanced at Jin Shu's stunned expression, saying with a hidden meaning, "Sir, you've been acting quite strangely today."
Jin Shu was speechless and couldn't respond.
Compared to the actress in blue, the shopkeeper was much more direct.
As soon as he came in, he lowered his voice and said, "This person was definitely killed by Mr. Ren. I have evidence!"
Li Jin, who was halfway through drinking tea, paused for a moment, then asked, "Evidence?"
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