Chapter 44 Find the trace
As the wisest man of the novel, Jie Gui was an expert in solving cases. Luo Jin had no doubt about his ability, but his temper was bad.
The legendary star who will die if he doesn't have a sharp tongue was Jie Gui.
Despite fuming, Luo Jin was curious about the truth of the case. She arranged for Xiangxiang to take care of the visitor and took Little Xiaoyu out to find Jie Gui.
She went to the Ministry of Justice to get the dress that was sent before, and then went to the inner hall of the Ministry of Justice to find Jie Gui.
"Official Xie went out for lunch. Just at the Fulai Restaurant across the street. Official Luo, how about waiting?"
When Luo Jin heard ‘lunch’, she felt hungry at once and said, "No need, I'll go across the street to find him."
Unwilling to admit defeat, she said, "He's been out for more than a month and there are so many cases piled up in the Ministry of Justice, but he's still so leisurely."
The subordinate official laughed, "Official Luo, you don't know, Official Xie had finished all the cases before he went out for lunch."
"A month's cases... all finished?"
"En."
Luo Jin was speechless.
Could the setting of the characters of the protagonist group be so exaggerated and perverted? What did he mean by finishing all the cases? Didn't he only come back?
The Fulai Restaurant wasn't far from the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, across the street, and you can see it at a glance.
It was lunch time. The streets were bustling with people. Fulai Restaurant was doing well. The lobby on the first floor was full of people. No empty table at all.
When Luo Jin came in, the server greeted her with a smile, "Guest, there are no empty tables anymore. How about sharing a table with someone else?"
"I'm looking for Jie Gui." Luo Jin glanced around the lobby and pointed at a person in the corner, "Is that him?"
She felt that this person must be Jie Gui at first glance. According to the description in the novel, this person liked to wear red clothes, looked young and handsome, and he was the most eye-catching person in the entire lobby.
"Miss, do you know Official Jie?" The server smiled, "But... I don't recommend that you share a table with Official Jie. You may not be able to stand his temper."
Luo Jin looked at Jie Gui and saw that he ordered a few exquisite side dishes, a pot of tea, and a bowl of noodles. He ate slowly and lived a comfortable life.
She smiled, "You go and do your work. I have business to see Official Jie."
"En... okay." The server shook his head and went to greet other guests.
Luo Jin walked straight to Jie Gui, sat down next to him, and called out, "Hello, Official Jie!"
"Hello, Official Luo." Jie Gui responded immediately.
"Do you recognize me?" Luo Jin was stunned for a moment. She had never met Jie Gui before.
"No, I guessed." Jie Gui looked at Luo Jin and put down the chopsticks in his hand. "I have been away for more than a month. I heard that Official Luo was promoted quickly. It is inevitable that there are some rumors and even spread outside Wei City. I was still a little confused, but now that I see Official Luo, these rumors are self-defeating."
"What rumors?" Luo Jin was curious, "I haven't heard of it..."
"It is rumored that Official Luo got to the top by relying on beauty... how hilarious. How can a person get to the top by relying on something she doesn't have?" Jie Gui sighed, "So Official Luo must be powerful."
Luo Jin: "..."
"Are you praising me or insulting me?"
"Of course I am praising Official Luo, can't you hear it?"
"I can't hear it."
Jie Gui pointed at the table, "Has Official Luo eaten yet? I'll ask the server to bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks and we can eat together?"
Luo Jin shook her head, "No, your tongue is poisonous and the food you touched must be poisonous too. I'm afraid I'll be poisoned to death."
Sure enough, if he didn't have a poisonous tongue, he'll die. She had learned her lesson.
"Okay, let's get down to business," Jie Gui said, "Are you here to ask about the ancestor worship case?"
Luo Jin sat up straight, "Tell me, how did it happen?"
"It's simple. There's something wrong with the needle mark. You've already discovered that, right?"
"En."
"Then why are there such strange needle marks? How did those threads disappear? Isn't it simple to answer? The embroiderer used a special needle method to weave live stitches. As long as one of the threads was pulled, the dragon claw can be quickly removed. But the embroiderer was probably bribed. She is from the local area and has a husband and a child, she can't run away."
"So the question is, why do this?"
Luo Jin thought for a while, "Frame Lin Jinzhou?"
Jie Gui laughed a little sarcastically, "Is he worth it?"
"..."
"Another thing happened that day, you know it, right?" Jie Gui continued, "Because there was an assassin in the palace and the Princess was attacked, the guards were doubled on the day of the ancestor worship. The guards were doubled, the dragon claws were removed... Don't you have an answer after putting them together?"
Luo Jin felt that her CPU was going to burn.
"What's the connection?"
"A secret code!" Jie Gui shook his head, "You can’t even think of this... It seems that you didn't get to the top by strength, but by luck, right? The dragon claw is a pre-arranged secret code. I guess someone originally planned an assassination that day and they had an insider. If the situation changed, they would send a secret code. What kind of secret code can be seen by everyone? Of course, it's the emperor's clothes! The lack of a dragon claw was the agreed secret code. Someone must have known about the increase in guards. Removing the dragon claw means stopping the action."
"Then why didn't this person show up and pass on the secret code? ? I guess there was no chance? Someone who can touch the emperor's robes, but can only stay in the room and cannot come out during the ancestor worship. Can also hear the news of the increase in guards... Haha, this range is small. "
"The eunuch who was assigned to serve in the inner room that day?" Luo Jin blurted out, "And the one with a relatively high status?"
"Not particularly stupid." Jie Gui took a sip of noodle soup, "Okay, I'm going back to rest. Today's official business ends here."
Luo Jin was speechless. The Ministry of Justice was notoriously busy. How could he, the Minister of Justice, live so leisurely?
She had already got the answer she wanted, so she said goodbye to Jie Gui and left the restaurant.
Little Xiaoyu was waiting for Luo Jin downstairs with the robe in his arms. When he saw Luo Jin coming out, he went up to her, "Official, going back?"
"No rush. Buy some food before going back."
"Okay!"
Luo Jin bought some oranges and some sweet snacks. As she was strolling, she suddenly saw Jie Gui walking toward her from a distance. His expression was obviously not good. When he walked in front of Luo Jin, he suddenly grabbed her wrist and said sternly, "How dare you privately raise a dwarf slave!"
His expression was completely different from the leisurely look now.
Little Xiaoyu suddenly turned around and ran away when he heard this. Luo Jin was stunned, "Dwarf slave? What is a dwarf slave?"
"Just..." Jie Gui pointed at Little Xiaoyu's receding back, "That's not a child, right? The laws of this dynasty, buying and selling are equally criminal. Privately raising a dwarf slave is also a serious crime! Come with me to the Ministry of Justice!"
Luo Jin's wrist was hurt by his pulling. She shook him off and frowned, "You are the Minister of Justice! Arbitrarily accusing people is not against the law, right? Which eye of yours saw me buy a dwarf slave? How do you know he isn't a child? And he isn't my people. He is the Crown Prince's people! Speaking of which... what is a dwarf slave?"
Jie Gui put one hand on his sword, frowned, and stared at Luo Jin, "You don't know what a dwarf slave is?"
"If I knew, would I bring him out openly? Bring him to the Minister of Justice, right?" Luo Jin rubbed her wrist, "Really, I used to think you are smart, but unexpectedly you are a reckless man."
"..."
Jie Gui was silent for a while before saying, "The so-called dwarf slaves are to cater to the preferences of some nobles; putting children in cages so that they can't grow tall. They are dwarf slaves."
Luo Jin remembered that Little Xiaoyu had said before that he was raised in a cage when he was a child, so he didn't grow tall. It was Liu Shu who saved him and could live to this day.
She gasped, "It turns out that this isn't an isolated case! How can there be such a cruel person?"
Jie Gui said: "Because of the poor growth environment, less than 30% of the dwarf slaves can survive. Most people will die in the poor living environment. And even if they survive, their internal organs are squeezed and the functions of their organs will be more or less missing. As far as I know, most dwarf slaves are infertile."
He pondered for a while, "I can't listen to your one-sided words. I have to confront the dwarf slave before I can judge."
Luo Jin felt bad. She knew that Little Xiaoyu had encountered tragic things, but she didn't expect it to be so tragic. Not only did he not grow tall, but he was also physically disabled.
She took a deep breath and said: "Let's go, find Little Xiaoyu."
She walked toward the direction where Little Xiaoyu had escaped. It seemed that Little Xiaoyu ran away because he was afraid that she would be implicated.
After turning a few streets, Little Xiaoyu was nowhere to be seen. There were many people on the street, so Luo Jin called out a few times, "Little Xiaoyu, come out. Everything was fine!"
But Little Xiaoyu didn’t respond.
Jie Gui said, "Is he hiding from me? Just now... I was blinded by anger and was so reckless. I am not like this usually..."
He paused, "I investigated a case of a dwarf slave before. It was a 15-year-old girl. She was shorter than Little Xiaoyu. When she was found, her internal organs were severely squeezed and ruptured. She often coughed up blood. A few days after she was rescued, she..."
He clenched his fists.
When Luo Jin first met him, he looked cheerful and confident like everything was under control. Unexpectedly, he would also have moments of powerlessness and be equally angry and powerless. She patted his shoulder, "Let's find Little Xiaoyu first... Where did this guy go? Will he go home? I'll go home and check."
Jie Gui said, "I'll go with you."
The two walked toward Moyuan while looking for Little Xiaoyu.
Back at Moyuan, Luo Jin asked Xiang Xiang as soon as she entered the door, "Is Little Xiaoyu back?"
Xiang Xiang shook her head, "No, he never came back after he went out, what happened?"
"He's gone!" Luo Jin was anxious, "Where could he go?"
Jiang Mo walked out of the house and whispered, "Don't worry, I'll help you find him."
As he said that, he flew out and disappeared in an instant.
"I'll go too!" Yue Qinghai also flew out and disappeared in an instant.
Jie Gui was a little stunned, "How come these two people's skills... seem to be ninth level?"
"Not seem to be, but are ninth level." Luo Jin said, "Okay, let's go find him. Xiangxiang, you stay here to look after the house. If he comes back, tell him not to run around."
"Okay." Xiangxiang responded.
Jie Gui was still stunned, "Ninth level... is it so common?"
very common, our girl picks one up whenever she goes out.
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