At the main entrance of the Yushitai, a man wrapped in a straw mat was mercilessly still on the ground.
"Has your identity been confirmed? Is it the guard who made the first complaint?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Ajie said: "Yes."
Luo Qingzhi was a little helpless and ordered: "Let's find a widower to do an autopsy."
"yes."
Returning without success again, Luo Qingzhi returned to her mansion. It was already past lunch time, and the maid came to ask if she wanted to pass on the meal. Luo Qingzhi shook her head, "No, let's go down first."
After a while, Luo Chen knocked on the study door.
"master."
"What? Do you need to tell me something?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Luo Chen said: "I brought Xin'er to the second young master last night."
"I know." Luo Qingzhi nodded.
Seeing that Luo Chen had not left, she asked: "Is there anything else?"
"Master, do you have any quarrel with Mr. Siye of the Imperial College?" Luo Chen asked.
Luo Qingzhi chuckled lightly, "I have never even entered the gate of the Imperial College, so where is the suspicion?"
"But." Luo Chen recalled what happened last night and said, "I think that Mr. Si Ye seems to dislike you, Master, so he doesn't even like the Second Young Master."
"Did he embarrass Ah Chao?" Luo Qingzhi asked immediately.
Luo Chen shook his head, "That's not true."
"That's fine," Luo Qingzhi said, adding very self-consciously: "There are not many people in Jinling who like me."
"Do you need me to bring any letter to the second young master tonight?" Luo Chen asked.
"No need." Luo Qingzhi shook her head, and then said: "Let him find a way to find those prison students first, something is not quite right."
"yes."
When Xu time arrived, Gao Zhen came to the plum tree again. This time, Luo Chen came earlier and had been waiting for a while.
"Why are you here so early tonight?" Gao Zhen asked.
Luo Chen observed the movement behind Gao Zhen, and after making sure it was correct, he answered, "There is nothing to do tonight, so I came a little early."
"How's it going? Have you found those supervisors?" Luo Chen asked.
"Not yet," Gao Zhen said, frowning unconsciously, "Siye doesn't let everyone talk about this matter, so I can't find out the news. I also searched some places during the day, but there is no news."
"Do you need me to come in and help you?" Luo Chen asked.
Gao Zhen was about to nod, but shook his head instead, "No, I can handle it."
"...Okay, sir, please be more careful." Luo Chen did not want to force himself and was ready to leave after saying this.
"Hey, how about A Luo?" Gao Zhen asked.
Luo Chen answered directly without thinking: "Very good, she will come to the Imperial College in the future, and you can see her then."
Gao Zhen smiled happily, "Okay."
Luo Chen left, but Gao Zhen did not choose to return to his dormitory. Seeing that there were not many people along the way, he thought of taking this opportunity to look around again.
He calculated the route, "The east courtyard is the students' dormitories, the west courtyard is the wasteland, the north courtyard is the teaching dormitory, and the south courtyard is the accommodation for the doctors. I have already searched the north courtyard during class, so why not go to the south courtyard?"
have a look."
With the decision made, he looked for the direction in his memory and headed to the south courtyard.
The South Campus is the residence of the Imperial College doctors, with one room per person and very personal characteristics.
Gao Zhen quietly entered the south courtyard. It was as quiet as he imagined. It was obviously not the time to fall asleep yet, but it seemed that he had automatically entered the rest mode. The entire courtyard was so quiet that it was almost scary.
The names of the residents were hung on the door plates. The first room on the east side was Si Ye's room. Gao Zhen thought about it and chose to go under the window and listen to the noise.
After listening to half a cup of tea, there was no sound at all in the room. Gao Zhen was about to give up when he heard the sound of moving heavy objects and stopped to listen again.
"Xia Ji's case has been handed over to Princess Anning for investigation."
Gao Zhen had never heard this person's voice, and was just guessing when Si Ye's voice came.
"No matter who investigates this case, in short, Xia Ji's guilt is confirmed. Is it possible that Princess Anning still dares to show favoritism?"
The man said: "I found some information. This aunt from Xia Ji and the mother of Princess Anning are close friends."
Qi Zhen said: "Then I will report this matter to Lord Jijiu."
Gao Zhen thought, "If I report it to Lord Jijiu Yuan, then the other person is not Lord Jijiu Yuan, who could it be?"
Qi Zhen continued: "It's getting late. You should go back first. I will take good care of those supervisors and will not let them talk nonsense in front of Princess An Ning."
"Okay, then I'll go back first."
After the man finished speaking, Gao Zhen heard the sound of the door opening. He peeked from the corner and saw only a figure wearing a cloak.
Gao Zhen hesitated and analyzed, "Judging from the conversation just now, Si Ye must know the whereabouts of those students, but the identity of that man is also worth exploring."
After hesitating for a while, when he looked around again, he could no longer see the man. Suddenly, he no longer hesitated and chose to check Si Ye first.
He thought about it for a while, listening to the sound of lighting lights inside. He couldn't go in at this time, so he thought about sneaking over to check it out during class tomorrow.
Gao Zhen slowed down his breathing, hunched his body, slowly moved to the shadow area, looked around, and then walked out of the south courtyard.
After returning to the dormitory, Gao Zhen released Zhou Jin from being tied up, and then took off the towel from his mouth.
"Azhen, what on earth are you doing? Why are you tying me up?" Zhou Jin asked.
Gao Zhen didn't want to explain, so he rolled onto the bed, covered himself with a quilt, closed his eyes, and prepared to sleep.
Zhou Jin could naturally see Gao Zhen's disgust towards him. He thought that Gao Zhen was angry about what happened ten years ago.
He rubbed his tied wrists, thought about it, exhaled deeply, and walked towards Gao Zhen. After taking a few steps, Gao Zhen said sternly: "Stop."
Zhou Jin took back her steps, stood at the end of Gao Zhen's bed, sighed, and said with an apologetic tone: "Back then, I was just a child, and I had no way to control those things."
Gao Zhen had no reaction.
Zhou Jin continued: "I am cowardly and timid. The queen asked me to beat you, but I dare not disobey."
Hearing this, Gao Zhen curled his fingers slightly and finally responded, but still did not speak.
"Azhen, I'm sorry, I really didn't know that you would encounter something like that later..."
"Shut up!" Gao Zhen finally said, "I told you, you got the wrong person, don't say any more inexplicable words to me."
Zhou Jin paused for a while and said, "If you don't admit it's Ah Zhen, why don't you dare to listen to what I have to say."
Gao Zhen sneered, sat up half-way, looked at him, and said, "Okay, then you say it and I'll listen. After you say it this time, don't say it again."
Seeing Gao Zhen being so calm, Zhou Jin panicked, "You, are you really not him? He won't let others talk about this. He doesn't dare."
Perhaps due to the sudden collapse of his belief, Zhou Jin murmured to himself and kept saying: "He doesn't dare, he doesn't dare." He stepped back step by step, got caught by the steps, fell to the ground, got up in embarrassment, and turned around.
Ran out of the room.
Gao Zhen closed his eyes, lay down on the bed, and muttered silently, "It's all over, it's all over, I have Aluo..."
Just after Haishi, Luo Qingzhi came to the Yushitai again. Referring to the records in the file and following the footsteps of the guards that night, she entered from the main gate, walked through the second gate, and came to the west courtyard. Her eyes were pitch black.
"There was no lamp in the room, how did he determine that there was a lecture inside?" Luo Qingzhi said to herself.
Luo Qingzhi walked around and figured, "He didn't discover it on Lantern Festival night. He discovered it before. He deliberately sued on Lantern Festival night. But why? Because he didn't start copying until the next day? Or something?"
In the quiet night, the sound of footsteps came from behind. The steps were steady and did not stop even if they stepped on dead branches and made a sound.
Luo Qingzhi turned her head slightly, "Uncle?"
Bailihan approached with a lantern, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"
Luo Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the scene, and said, "Let's take a look and preview what will happen that night."
"Is there any progress?" Bailihan asked.
"No." Luo Qingzhi sighed and said, "Master Xia admitted it on the spot, and many people heard it. In fact, it is already an ironclad case."
"Then why do you come here late at night?" Bailihan asked.
Luo Qingzhi thought for a while and said: "I just feel uneasy, a little too smooth."
"When does Your Majesty want you to close the case?"
"I didn't say." Luo Qingzhi replied. Thinking of Ajie's words during the day, she asked: "Uncle, you were originally on night duty on the Lantern Festival, right?"
"Yes." Bailihan nodded, explained, and said, "That's not true, because you suddenly sent a message, so I had to write the notes all night, and asked Mr. Xia to help me stay on night watch."
Luo Qingzhi lowered her head, thinking, "No one would know in advance that I would send a letter to my uncle, so maybe this matter is really just a coincidence..."
"Qingqing-qingqing!"
After shouting several times, Luo Qingzhi finally agreed, "What's wrong, uncle?"
Bailihan took a breath and said: "Don't think about it, just judge it how you want, okay?"
Luo Qingzhi was confused and asked: "Master Xia has been working with you for a year after all, and you don't even think about interceding for him."
Bailihan said sternly, "He is the last person who should make this mistake."
In Luo Qingzhi's impression, she had never seen Bailihan speak so harshly about anyone. She was a little surprised and wanted to ask, but Bailihan took the initiative to explain.
"He clearly knows what this matter means. As a rare nobleman from a poor family in the past ten years, he has learned the ways of those aristocratic families. He has made one mistake and every step. He should reflect on it."
Luo Qingzhi asked: "My uncle likes him very much?"
After hesitating for a while, Bai Lihan nodded, "He has great ambitions and extraordinary talents, but he is never arrogant. Although he is unreasonable, he sticks to justice, which is the sign of a doctor..."
Bailihan calmed down for a while and continued: "Qingqing, the dispute between the aristocratic family and the humble family depends on people like him to resolve it. The more pure ministers like him, the more they will influence each other. At that time, the so-called
The struggle for rights and resources will turn into a struggle for literary talent, and in this way the country will become better and better."
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Qingqing understands, uncle, there are still many doubts about this matter. You and I should not make a conclusion first. This would be unfair to Mr. Xia and the students from poor families who study hard."