Kunshan Jade Shattered

As they were talking, they arrived at the Ji Mansion.

Madam Ji was the wife of Marquis Ji, who lived in Weicheng and was usually very low-key. Madam Ji loved to grow flowers, and she had been growing flowers all her life. The Ji Mansion was full of various rare flowers, competing for beauty. Madam Ji would hold a flower show every season, and the flowers in each flower show were different. Whenever she held a flower show, young ladies, wives, old men and young masters from various mansions would come to appreciate it, and it was very lively.

Now it was the Autumn Flower Show, as the name suggests, it was an autumn flower show. As soon as you arrived at the door of the Ji Mansion, you could smell the fragrance of flowers, which was refreshing.

The autumn flower show mainly features chrysanthemums, roses, and camellias. All the flowers planted in the Ji Mansion are rare varieties, and ordinary flowers cannot enter the Ji Mansion's flower show.

When Luo Jin arrived, many people had already come to the Ji Mansion. These people were all of noble status, and they leisurely admired flowers, tasted tea, and chatted under the service of maids and servants.

As soon as Chai Jing entered the door, she attracted everyone's attention, and everyone came forward to greet her.

"Greetings, Princess!"

"No need to be polite!"

The Jiuyuan Continent is not like the ancient times in reality, where there is a great etiquette between men and women. The status of men and women here is not much different, and it is common to visit the garden together.

Many nobles came here to visit the garden with the idea of ​​blind dates, thinking that they could meet young ladies and young masters of comparable family status here, and if they are destined to be together, they could become relatives.

Luo Jin didn't care about the distinguished guests. As soon as she entered the garden, she was attracted by the flowers. She pointed to a place and signaled to Chai Jing that she wanted to see them.

"Go and see." Chai Jing nodded.

Luo Jin left Chai Jing behind and went to see the flowers.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a mobile phone. She really wanted to take pictures.

As she was looking, a rebuke suddenly sounded from behind, "Get out of the way! My eldest daughter wants to see the flowers here!"

Luo Jin turned around and saw a maid with a proud face walking behind her, followed by a girl dressed in jewels.

Luo Jin was too lazy to argue with her, so she stepped aside to see the bouquet of flowers next to her.

But the maidservant refused to give in, "My eldest daughter wants to see the flowers over here, you don't stay here and ruin the view! Look over there... Why don't you go serve your master and come here to slack off!"

Luo Jin was a little unhappy and raised his chin, "My master is beautiful and kind, she asked me to come and see the flowers by myself. What? Are you jealous that I have a good master?"

These words also involved the eldest daughter, obviously saying that she was not a good master, not a beautiful person and not a kind person.

The eldest lady blushed and said angrily, "Whose girl is so rude! She deserves to be beaten!"

Chai Jing walked over and glanced at the girl, "What's the matter? Miss Zhu, do you have any opinion about my people?" Miss Zhu

was furious and said, "Your Highness, you have to be reasonable, right? This girl is really rude. Even if she is someone around the princess, she deserves a lesson!"

Luo Jin defended herself, "How am I rude? I just praised my master for being beautiful and kind. What's wrong? I can't praise? You want to say that my princess is ugly and vicious, right? How dare you disrespect the princess! How dare you!"

"I... I didn't say that!" Miss Zhu's face turned pale, "Your Highness, I really didn't mean that... I... I'll take my leave!"

After that, she turned around and ran away without even looking at the flower show.

Chai Jing smiled and said, "You are really good at arguing, no wonder Chen Changmo can't beat you..."

Luo Jin was complacent, "Chen Changmo can't let go at all, he is too reserved, he definitely can't beat me in an argument."

Chen Changmo was originally admiring flowers with Chai Jing, and when he saw Chai Jing walking away, he followed. He had just taken two steps when he bumped into someone who just turned around.

The man was immediately angry, "Who are you? How dare you bump into this prince!"

Chen Changmo clasped his fists, "Sorry, I was careless."

The prince looked at him, "Are you the one who followed the princess? What do you do?"

"I am the musician of Yu Music House." Chen Changmo said.

The prince said with contempt, "I was wondering how could you be so rude? You are just a commoner..."

Chai Jing was annoyed when she heard this. She walked over and frowned, "Who do you say is a commoner? Are you... the prince of Ruchuan? Apologize to my zither player!"

The prince of Ruchuan did not give in. "Your Highness, you also know that I am the prince of Ruchuan. I was born in a royal palace and have a noble status. This person is of humble origin. Compared with me, how can he not be a commoner?" "

Chai Jing said angrily, "You..."

She wanted to refute, but couldn't find the words to say, and stomped her feet angrily, "Damn it, I can't win the argument..."

Then she turned around and looked at Luo Jin, "You come and argue!"

Luo Jin remembered that there was such a character in the novel, a villain with a very low IQ. He once tried to rebel, but he was not strong enough and had a great momentum. When the fight started, he was defeated by He Xiao in seconds. He was just a little clown who came to make jokes.

She snorted coldly and said, "This Mr. Chen is the guest of honor of Her Royal Highness the Princess. The Princess has always treated him with great courtesy. How come in the mouth of the Prince, he is a pariah? Can it be said that... the Prince thinks he is nobler than the princess?"

Prince Ruchuan was stunned, "This Prince did not say that..."

Luo Jin was unreasonable and pointed at him and said loudly, "That's what you think, right? You are nobler than the princess, which means that your father is nobler than the princess's father... Okay, Prince Ruchuan wants to rebel!"

Prince Ruchuan blurts out, "How do you know... No, don't talk nonsense, it's not true!"

"..."

The whole audience was suddenly silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Prince Ruchuan who accidentally let the cat out of the bag.

Chai Jing was silent for a while, then waved her hand, "Catch him!"

Several hidden guards immediately flew out from the darkness, rushed up and held down the Prince of Ruchuan.

The Prince of Ruchuan cried out in injustice, "I am innocent! I am innocent!"

Luo Jin: "Princess, I... I was just saying it casually."

She knew that the Prince of Ruchuan might be a fool, but she didn't expect him to be so stupid. It was simply unbearable to watch.

Chai Jing: "You seem to have made a great contribution..."

"Well... probably not much. With his IQ, it's a bit too much to think of treason."

"That's true..."

With such a big thing happening, Qiuhua Club suddenly became lively. The prefect immediately sent people to surround the Ji Mansion and strictly investigate all those who had spoken to the Prince of Ruchuan, suspecting that they were accomplices in the rebellion.

Luo Jin saw that the prefect Yang was so happy that his mouth was about to stretch to the corners of his eyes. He was happier than the New Year. After learning the whole story, he ran over to thank Luo Jin, "I will also report the merits of Deputy Envoy Luo. Of course, the princess is the first to be credited! The princess is really good at judging people. I admire her!"

"Okay, you go and do your work!" Chai Jing was too lazy to pay attention to him.

"Yes! I'll take my leave!"

Chen Changmo didn't say a word all the way back. When getting off the car, he suddenly asked Chai Jing, "Princess, were you... angry just now?"

"Of course I'm angry. This is treason!" Chai Jing said.

"I mean... when that prince called me a lowly person..."

Chai Jing said, "I was also angry. What right did he have to say that to you? You are my person! Humph, it makes me angry just thinking about it!"

...

The next day when they went to Yulefang, Chai Jing still asked Luo Jin to go upstairs to copy the scriptures, because she had not finished copying them.

Luo Jin was about to go upstairs with a bitter face, but Chen Changmo suddenly said, "Your Highness, Deputy Envoy Luo just made a contribution yesterday. Although the case of treason has not been concluded and the emperor has not rewarded her, can she be exempted from copying the scriptures?"

Luo Jin did not expect Chen Changmo to plead for her, but she soon felt that this man must have bad intentions. Could it be that he saw through her true purpose?

"You can't avoid it! This princess has a word for what she says, and it's not over until you finish copying! You guys practice your own things, don't worry about her!"

Chen Changmo said nothing more, sat down in his seat, and continued to practice the piano.

Luo Jin went upstairs and continued to look for clues.

For several days, she searched the second and third floors thoroughly, but didn't find any clues.

"Either it was handled too cleanly, or... the murder was committed on the first floor?" Luo Jin guessed.

Chai Jing shook her head, "It's impossible that the murder was committed on the first floor. The door was always open and passers-by could see it. Besides, there are always many people on the first floor. How could the murder be committed on the first floor?"

"It's really weird. How could the body be transported out without being discovered? Or was it not transported out at all? Or the person is not dead, and he disguised himself and went out without being discovered?"

"If he is not dead, why doesn't he show up? I still think he was murdered. Otherwise, he can't ignore his wife and children, right? His son is only two years old!"

"That's right. A civil servant who doesn't gamble or go to prostitutes, works honestly, has a wife and children, generally won't suddenly run away from home. I guess he discovered the true face of the bad guys and was silenced. We have to figure out who the bad guys are. Humph, Chen Changmo and Ruan Qin are definitely wolves. There is a high probability that there are more than two wolves. I guess there are at least three to five!"

A maid came to report that the prefect, Lord Yang, had arrived.

Luo Jin felt very strange, "It's not appropriate for him to come to the princess in the middle of the night? Why not come during the day?"

Chai Jing smiled, "It's very appropriate! It's not appropriate to come during the day!"

Luo Jin was full of doubts. When Lord Yang entered the yard, Chai Jing dismissed all the servants and closed the door.

"Princess, I only found this." Lord Yang took out a cloth bag from his arms, "I haven't found that thing yet."

Chai Jing took the cloth bag, opened it and was a little disappointed, "How did I find this hairpin? There is also a golden Buddha!"

​​"I will go back and continue looking, even if I have to dig three feet underground, I will find it for you!"

"Okay, go back!"

Seeing Luo Jin's puzzled expression, Chai Jing explained, "I lost to Prince Ruchuan in a dice game last year. If my father saw it during the confiscation of property, he would definitely scold me to death. My father didn't let me gamble."

"This..." Luo Jin pondered, "I think your majesty is right, gambling is not a good thing, and it's best for the princess not to gamble. Nine out of ten times, you will lose. Even if the princess has money, she can't afford to gamble like this."

"You said so too..." Chai Jing seemed to be thinking about something, "Okay, I will try not to gamble."

"Not try, I must!"

"Oh, I know, I know! No matter what, the Golden Buddha must be found. It's a gift from my father. If he sees it, I'm done!"

"Prefect Yang said that we should dig three feet underground..." When Luo Jin said this, he was suddenly stunned, "Dig three feet underground... Princess, I think I have guessed who the murderer is!"

Chai Jing was immediately refreshed, "Who is it?"

"It's hard to say now. We have to go to Yulefang to verify it."

"Then let's go now!" Chai Jing said and ordered a carriage.

Seeing that it was getting late, Luo Jin was a little worried, "Let's take people there tomorrow, just in case there is danger..."

"It doesn't matter, didn't Jiang Mo leave? Who else is so bold as to attack this princess? Aren't there still hidden guards following?" Chai Jing said impatiently, "Let's go!"

Luo Jin followed Chai Jing into the carriage and rushed to Yulefang.

The sky was dark, without the moon or stars, it was late at night, and it was pitch black everywhere.

The door of Yulefang was locked. Chai Jing took out the key to open the door, lit an oil lamp, and went upstairs with Luo Jin.

"It's here!" Luo Jin said, she squatted down, "I saw this piece of wood was relatively new during the day, and I thought it might be damaged and replaced with a new one, so I didn't think much about it. Now I think... there must be something wrong with this wood."

"Someone is hiding... under the floor?" Chai Jing asked in confusion.

"I also thought that people couldn't hide under the wood, so I didn't look closely." Luo Jin pried open the floor with a knife.

Under the dim oil lamp, you can see a dark thing under the wood.

"What is this..."

"Dried blood!"

"But why did the blood seep into the bottom layer of the wood?" Chai Jing was puzzled.

Luo Jin said slowly: "If it was cleaned in time, the blood would not have penetrated so deeply. But if the body was left from day to night, by the time it was discovered, the blood would have penetrated very deeply, right? The wooden floor was soaked with blood and could not be cleaned off, so this part was replaced on purpose, but the floor below could not be replaced."

"Leaving it there from day to night? Didn't anyone find it?"

"That's my guess," Luo Jin took a deep breath, "The entire Yulefang... is full of wolves! So there's no need to hide the body!"

Chai Jing's eyes widened in shock.

A sigh suddenly came from the window, "Hey, it was... discovered, what should I do?"