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These martial artists recognized the martial arts master hidden among the army and pointed him out on the spot: "Isn't this the Smiling Elder of the Shadowless Sect! Aren't you working in the Fifth Prince's mansion in the capital? Why are you here to suppress the bandits? Could it be that the Fifth Prince cares about the people and sent you here specially? The Fifth Prince is truly a good prince, with the kindness of a gentleman and the appearance of an emperor!!!"
This news spread widely among the people and soon reached the capital.
The night the news reached the Fifth Prince's Mansion, there was a dead silence, and Wu Weian once again possessed two thousand and fifty taels.
Chapter 51 Sleeping next to her
It was a hot summer day, and the Ministry of Personnel had not had much business recently. Shangshu Ji Mingxi, who had been free for a long time, suddenly discovered that the family had not been together for some time.
The third sister is married and although she lives in the Wu family next door, she is actually not very active and doesn't come over very often.
Ji Mingxi is even less active, so he won't go over there either.
His seventh brother, Ji Mingshuang, now works at the Hanlin Academy. A few days ago, the Grand Secretary mentioned to him that he was a pillar of talent! This future pillar of talent left home early and returned late every day, becoming the busiest person in the palace.
Ji Mingxi, the idle man, hasn't seen anyone busy for almost seven days.
I see my sixth brother Ji Mingyan every day, but I won’t mention him here.
Since his fifth brother Ji Mingyuan returned to Beijing, Ji Mingxi had not seen him again except for the day he came back.
However, his sixth brother Ji Mingyan often told him that the melon seeds, peanuts and plums at home were gone again, as they had all been taken away by his fifth brother.
The rice, flour, grain and oil in the kitchen are gone as they were taken away by my fifth brother again.
The horse that my brother-in-law lost was also found and taken away by my fifth brother.
Speaking of this brother-in-law, Ji Mingxi often sees him.
Sometimes he would go to the morning court, and when he went out, he would often run into the Wu family at the corner of the street.
My brother-in-law always greets him.
Ji Mingxi also discovered that his brother-in-law had recently changed his carriage, but the horse was not changed, it was still the skinny horse.
After thinking about it, Ji Mingxi realized that he had not seen his younger brothers and sisters for more than a month, and finally realized that he had become the eldest brother.
There was nothing to do at noon. Ji Mingxi, who had just returned home from the Ministry of Personnel and was drinking tea, arranged a family dinner in the empty study and asked his servants to notify everyone one by one.
Ji Yunxi was the first one to receive it because she was easy to find, either at home or in the store.
She had been busy with the new business that was about to open this month. She thought about it and realized that she hadn't seen her family for a while. After asking Baofu to remind her when the time came, she plunged into the game of making money again.
The ones who are also easy to find are of course Ji Mingshuang and Wu Weian from the Hanlin Academy.
The servant of the Ji Mansion brought the Marquis's message to the back and asked with embarrassment, "Seventh Master, Son-in-law, have you seen Sixth Master today?"
Ji Mingshuang shook his head: "No."
Wu Wei'an also shook his head: "It seems that Sixth Brother didn't come today."
The servant sighed softly.
Liu Ye seems to be hanging around often, but his whereabouts are actually the most mysterious.
You can see him because he wants to see you, so he comes to see you.
But if he doesn't want to see you anymore, or finds something more interesting than you, it will be difficult to find Ji Mingyan even if you want to.
Ji Mingyan said that he was working in the Dali Temple, but he was also very inconsistent in his work there, and no one would say anything.
Because Ji Mingyan didn't care about this small official position in the Dali Temple, and the Dali Temple really needed Ji Mingyan's excellent poison skills.
The reason why Ji Mingyan went to the Dali Temple was because there was a major case that was unresolved and the emperor gave a deadline. The Dali Temple had no choice but to go and ask Ji Mingyan to come.
The Dali Temple was closer than the Hanlin Academy. Before the servant came to deliver the letter to the Hanlin Academy, he went to the Dali Temple first, but Ji Mingyan was not there. The people from the Dali Temple told them to go to the Hanlin Academy to check.
But there is no such thing in the Hanlin Academy either.
Ji Mingshuang looked at Wu Weian: "You and Sixth Brother have been close these days. Do you know where he goes?"
Wu Weian thought about it carefully and said to the servant of Ji Mansion, "Go to my house and take a look. Sixth Brother may be in my kitchen."
The servant bowed to Wu Weian with gratitude, then hurried back to Xuanrenfang and went to the Wu family to ask the Wu family's steward Yuan to help see if their Sixth Master was there.
Manager Yuan went to find Poison Lady, who was eating melon seeds.
She was cracking melon seeds and spitting out the shells at the same time. Xuezhu, who was standing next to her, was staring at her and sweeping up the shells, her figure dazzling.
Poison Lady: "Ji Mingyan? I don't know. He didn't come today. Why are you looking for him?"
Steward Yuan said: "The Ji family is looking for him. By the way, the young master and his wife will be having dinner at the Ji family today. You can simply prepare dinner."
Poison Lady nodded: "I understand."
Outside, a servant of the Ji Mansion wiped his sweat. Just as he was about to have a headache, a hand suddenly reached out and touched his head: "Why are you here? Big brother, what do you want to talk to Third Sister about?"
The servant was moved and said, "Sixth Master, you finally showed up! Where have you been? I've been looking for you for so long!"
Ji Mingyan tilted his head, raised his other hand, and opened his palm. In his palm were two long and thick centipedes: "I went to dig centipedes!"
Servant: “…”
He screamed and took several steps back.
Ji Mingyan put the centipede away and carefully understood the whole story: "Have you told my fifth brother?"
The servant sighed, "Xiao Fu called out several times outside Master Wu's yard, but I don't know if Master Wu could hear him."
Ji Mingyan was the most experienced in this matter: "You can't hear it. Fifth Brother's formation is soundproof."
Servant: "Well, what should we do? Sixth Master, you have to help me think of a solution!"
Ji Mingyan patted the servant's shoulder, looking like an experienced person: "Don't worry, just follow what Sixth Master taught you, and you'll definitely catch my Fifth Brother!"
After telling his servants about the method, he sneaked into the Wu family to find the Poison Lady. He wanted her to appreciate this excellent poisonous centipede.
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