Hearing this, Jiang Hexi was thoughtful and looked down at the girl who had already seen her first sight of her future beauty. Although she felt a headache, she never thought of giving up.
Perhaps because of what she expected, the girl standing across the street downstairs suddenly turned around, glanced at the second floor in confusion, and happened to meet Jiang Hexi's complicated eyes.
When she saw that her peeping was discovered, Jiang Hexi did not panic at all. Instead, she calmly smiled at Sheng Ningyu and even nodded in a friendly manner.
Sheng Ningyu was slightly startled, but years of etiquette instruction made her quickly recover her decent smile. She nodded slightly to Jiang Hexi and walked into Linlang Pavilion step by step.
"Ningyu, are you standing behind like this?" Liang Yushu saw her daughter taking a step slower and couldn't help but glance at her.
"Mother, I was just taking a look." Sheng Ningyu didn't mention anything about seeing Jiang Hexi just now. She took Liang Yushu's arm and said coquettishly: "Mother, my daughter wants to buy a hairpin."
"Okay, as long as we Ningyu likes it." Liang Yushu has always been responsive to the requests of this well-behaved and beautiful daughter, so naturally she will not refuse her request, but instead touches the broken hair on her forehead lovingly.
"Shopkeeper, bring me the best hairpin you have here." Liang Yushu asked the second shopkeeper, and then led Sheng Ningyu to the elegant room on the second floor.
On the second floor of Yunixuan opposite Linlang Pavilion, Jiang Hexi closed the window and sat on a chair and thought for a long time, "How is the news you asked for?"
"Girl, I have made inquiries according to your instructions. There are not many gangsters left in Xuzhou. The gangsters captured by Mr. Huo were all beheaded or silenced due to other causes of death for some unknown reason."
"I also asked through the other party's channel whether any gangsters had successfully escaped from Mr. Huo's pursuit, but they are still missing." Chen Gui pondered for a moment, hesitated for a moment and then said: "But those gangsters were all captured by Mr. Huo back then.
I arrested him, maybe Mr. Huo has criminal evidence of the gangsters."
Jiang Hexi understood what he meant, and after being silent for a while, she whispered: "Don't worry, I will find a way to ask Mr. Huo."
"That's good." Chen Gui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had long wanted to use Huo Jingchen's power to investigate the murder case of Liang Yushu colluding with gangsters. However, after many hints, he found that Jiang Hexi pretended not to understand him.
I had no choice but to suppress the thoughts in my heart.
In the past, he did not dare to ask Huo Jingchen for help because of Jiang Hexi's reluctance, but now that Jiang Hexi has arrived in the capital, it is much easier for her to come forward to do some things than for him to lead people to investigate.
"By the way, is there any good news from Xuzhou Governor Zhou Daoxing?" Jiang Hexi took a sip of tea and asked.
Hearing this, Chen Gui frowned subconsciously, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Girl, Zhou Daoxing is just like the rumors among the people. He is the most cautious person. I sent someone to follow him for a long time, but I didn't find any clues.
"
"Even Sun Yu's people can't penetrate into the secret places in his house. Now we still have nothing to gain from the gangster case." After saying that, Chen Gui couldn't help but feel a little frustrated and a little ashamed. Jiang Hexi had entrusted him to investigate for a long time.
As for the case, he actually only found the surface and could not go any further.
Jiang Hexi felt that it was expected. After all, although Sun Yu was a gangster in the past and Chen Gui was considered a local gangster in Jingzhou, in the capital, a brick thrown casually could hit every inch of land and valuables of relatives of the emperor or nobles.
With their power, they really can't find out the secrets of Duke Sheng's Mansion and Ping Jinghou's Mansion.
Naturally, the same is true at the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion.
"It's okay, just try your best." Jiang Hexi smiled slightly, "Tell the people below that although no evidence can be found now, the Skynet is vast and there are no omissions. As long as we don't give up, we will always find a clue. Investigators
Safety is important, and the rest can be put aside.”
"Yes, girl." Chen Gui responded respectfully.
"You go and do your work first. I'll sit here alone." Jiang Hexi waved her hand towards him and said to Rong Yue who was standing aside: "Rong Yue, please step aside as well."
Although Rong Yue, who had been waiting quietly for a long time, was reluctant, seeing Jiang Hexi's determined eyes, she could only leave with worry.
Chen Gui also knew that there was something on her mind, so he didn't want to ask any more questions. He quietly retreated and closed the door thoughtfully.
It wasn't until Jiang Hexi was the only one left in the room that she sighed quietly, a trace of exhaustion flashing in her eyes.
At this moment, the office building of the Ministry of War is located.
"It's okay. What time is it? Why are you still busy reading these documents? Go eat first. Your health is important." Wen Jianzhou strode in, shaking his fan, waving his hand to Wen San who was following behind, with a proud look on his face.
Said: "Look what delicious food I brought you? This is the new dish of Chunjiang Restaurant, beggar's chicken!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen San opened the food box and saw a bulging brown lotus leaf suddenly appearing in front of everyone, and a faint scent of lotus leaf filled the tip of his nose.
After Huo Jingchen glanced at the ugly lotus leaf, he frowned in disgust and continued to look at the document without even looking at Wen Jianzhou.
"Don't worry, this beggar's chicken doesn't look good, but the chicken inside is fresh and tender, and it's delicious!" Wen Jianzhou couldn't see Huo Jingchen's disdain, and he immediately became unhappy and hurriedly urged: "Wen Jianzhou
Third, open the beggar's chicken quickly and let Wu Yao have a taste."
"This beggar's chicken is a delicacy that Xi'er specially cooked for me the day before yesterday to compensate me. It's delicious. Don't look down on it because of its appearance. If..."
Before Wen Jianzhou could finish his gushing words, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Huo Jingchen, "What did you say? Xi'er made it for you?"
Hearing this, Wen Jianzhou's expression froze, and he immediately wanted to slap himself. He glanced at Huo Jingchen in fear, and sure enough, he saw him staring at him with a dark face, and his scalp felt numb all of a sudden.
"Xi'er arrived in the capital a few days ago. I happened to run into her at Chunjiang Restaurant, so we chatted for a few words and then had dinner." Wen Jianzhou twitched the corner of his mouth, his eyes wandered, and he hesitated for a long time before saying.
Huo Jingchen's face became more and more ugly, his dark eyes stared at him coldly, he snorted coldly, and said indifferently: "Oh... Second Young Master Wen, it is true that noble people forget things."
"It's okay. I didn't mean not to tell you. This is not because I have been busy with business these days. You are busy with official duties, so you didn't have time to tell you about it." Wen Jianzhou knocked fiercely with his folding fan.
With his own palm, he remembered what he said the day before in a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly defended: "Xi'er told me again that it's not a good idea to bother you with this matter, so I hesitated for a long time and didn't tell you. You can't blame me!