Zhong Heqing still stayed in Dali Temple.
He didn't forget to call Stargazer over to deliver the message.
"You go home and talk to my wife, and tell me that Dali Temple is busy with affairs, and I'm afraid I won't be able to return home tonight."
Zhong Heqing said, thought of something, and told Guanxing again.
"If the lady is displeased by this, you can come back and tell me."
"The little one took note."
Guanxing said, blinking and looking at his husband a few more times.
"What's wrong?" the man asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Stargazing scratched his head and chuckled.
"My husband's request is really weird. If the lady is displeased, can you finish your work and go back? If you can't go back, do you care whether the lady is happy or not? Anyway, you have made the lady unhappy in many places before. I'm just annoying you, but that's not the point..."
Before he finished speaking, Guanxing covered his mouth.
Why did his mouth start talking nonsense again? !
After he finished speaking, he saw that Lang Jun's eyebrows seemed to have drooped, the corners of his lips were pressed into a straight line, and he looked out the window silently, making no sound.
Stargazing: "..."
Damn it!
He didn't dare to say another word, so he turned around and ran back home.
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Zhongfu.
Jiuji waited for a long time but didn't come. She suspected that it wasn't the demon that was caught by him, but that he, a mortal, was caught by the demon on his way home, right?
However, Guanxing appeared at the right time, and in front of her, she told her husband that he was going to stay at Dali Temple.
Jiuji was surprised.
So busy? What was found? Still nothing found?
She frowned, but didn't say much.
... ...
The news of the lady's frown quickly reached Zhong Heqing's ears through Guanxing's mouth.
It's just that the stargazer's mouth has its own opinions.
"...The lady didn't say anything, but she frowned tightly and let me go without saying a word."
It was nearly three o'clock, and the leaves in the courtyard had all closed, and there was almost no sound inside and outside the Dali Temple.
Zhong Heqing didn't sleep and looked out the window silently for a long time.
In the middle of the night, Stargazer, who had taken a nap, came to take a look at his husband.
"Lang Jun, you haven't slept all this time?"
The wick of the candle stretched out a long tail. After hearing this, the man looked up from the desk and asked the time.
Stargazing quickly stepped forward and cut off the wick, "It's almost dawn, sir, can you take a nap?"
Lang Jun shook his head, his voice slightly hoarse.
"Go home and rest in the evening."
Then he whispered, "Go home tonight."
Stargazing immediately regretted yesterday's exaggerated words.
But he can't say that the lady is not unhappy, but happy, right?
I didn’t dare to sleep anymore while watching the stars.
At dawn, officials from Dali Temple came to the yamen one after another, and the whole yamen became busy again. Watching the stars from the side, my husband not only had no sleep, he couldn't even eat, so he just ate a piece of cooking cake and passed away. .
He quickly found someone to send a message back to the house and asked the house to cook a decent lunch for Lang Jun and send it over.
Who would have thought that during lunch time, the person who came was not a boy running errands, but someone he had never expected.
Zhong Heqing came up from the dungeon and saw that person as soon as he entered the courtyard.
Her willow-yellow dress attracted people's attention like fresh green branches and leaves in the cold Dali Temple.
The man thought he had not slept all night and a phantom appeared in front of his eyes.
Until she tilted her head and looked at him, her red lips lightly pursed.
"Are you fainting from hunger?"
She walked forward carrying a wooden suitcase.
... ...
Dali Temple has a hall specifically for officials to eat. It is a little early now and there is no one in the hall yet.
Guanxing placed all the food in the suitcase on the table. Seeing that there was only a pair of bowls and chopsticks in the suitcase, he quickly found a pair.
Zhong Heqing glanced at the person who came to deliver the meal a few more times.
"Why are you here, madam?"
Dali Temple is full of aura. If he hadn't waited for him for a long time yesterday and didn't come home, Jiu Ji wouldn't have come.
He had put the food on the table, but the young lady didn't start to eat yet. He just imitated the way Mrs. Jin served her and gave the young lady two chopsticks to eat.
"Didn't Stargazer spread the news that you fainted from hunger? I have to come and take a look, right?"
Zhong Heqing paused and looked at Guanxing, only to see the boy who was talking nonsense shrink his head.
The man was speechless and heard his wife say something again.
"Why is Dali Temple so busy? Officials are not allowed to sleep or fed?"
When she spoke, her expression was relaxed and somewhat teasing. How could she look like the angry frown that Guanxing said last night?
Zhong Heqing couldn't help but glance at the boy again.
Stargazer's head almost shrank into his stomach.
The man scolded helplessly, "Why don't you get down quickly?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guanxing quickly disappeared.
Zhong Heqing shook his head secretly. The stargazer's mouth was talking more and more nonsense. It was just the stargazer's nonsense that attracted unexpected people.
He served her a bowl of soup.
"Wife, eat some too."
Although Jiuji didn't want to eat it, she thought about it and agreed with him.
Of course she didn't deliver food just for the sake of delivering food. She waited for him for a long time yesterday but didn't come back, so stargazing happened to give her a chance to come to his door today.
She picked up the bowl.
As soon as he lowered his head, a strand of broken hair happened to fall down and landed on the edge of the bowl.
Jiuji was holding a bowl and a spoon, and had no time to worry about the broken hair. She was about to let it go, but someone suddenly reached out and lifted it up for her.
But the slender fingers accidentally touched her cheek.
Jiuji looked up in confusion.
Zhong Heqing also didn't expect that at that moment, he actually stretched out his hand, and felt the soft skin against his fingertips, and he was stunned.
But with his hands stretched out, he missed her strange gaze and gently tucked the strand of hair behind her ears.
"Be careful with the soup."
In the deserted dining room, the aroma of rice mixed with some indescribable aura surrounded the two of them.
Jiuji was still a little dazed, but the man withdrew his hand, picked up another piece of fish, shaved off the bones and put it in her bowl.
Jiuji was even more stunned, blinking, and it took a while before she remembered the purpose of her trip.
"Uh... Is it because of Mr. Du's case that Lang Jun is so busy?"
"Yes, this case must be solved as soon as possible." The man nodded.
Jiuji heard some clues, put aside her confused thoughts, and cheered up.
"Did the imperial court urge Dali Temple?"
When she asked, Zhong Heqing did not deny it.
"This morning, a censor came to Dali Temple."
The supervisory censor was obviously here to supervise and solve the case.
When Jiuji heard this, she secretly thought it was not good.
Most mortals have no contact with demons, but their impressions of demons are mostly related to the weird and terrifying. Now that a demon has been captured in Dali Temple, both the people and the court think he is the culprit.
Not to mention, there may be people who are adding fuel to the flames, hoping that Dali Temple will quickly identify this demon as a murderer and bring justice to the matter.
As a result, Quan Lang was in a very bad situation.
But she had previously explored Zhong Heqing's intentions and found that Zhong Heqing was different from what those people thought. Perhaps because of this, he had been busy with the case last night and could not go home.
At this moment, Jiu Ji asked him in a low voice.
"Are there any other clues available?"
When she asked this, she obviously guessed that he was looking for another real culprit. Zhong Heqing's eyes fell on her face and paused for a moment in her eyes as clear as mountain springs.
Just as he was about to say something, Liao Chun suddenly came over.
"Shaoqing, a man came to the door of Dali Temple. He said that he also saw what happened that night!"
A second witness suddenly appears?
Zhong Heqing put down the bowl and chopsticks.
... ...
Jiu Ji felt that she had made the right decision to come to Dali Temple today, and she really wanted to thank Stargazer for finding her such a good excuse.
Now she was sitting in the dining room, but Heng Heng followed Zhong Heqing out the door.
The second witness was still at the door of Dali Temple. He said that he saw the scene when Mr. Du died. As soon as he appeared, many people gathered in front of the door.
When Zhong Heqing saw this, he first asked Liao Chun to take this person into Dali Temple.
As soon as people entered the Yamen, the supervisory censor who had just arrived this morning came forward.
"A new witness has arrived. Dali Temple should be able to solve the case quickly."
Zhong Heqing remained silent, arranged for people to take notes, and then asked this person.
This man said that he saw what happened that night, and what he said was basically the same as Li Ling's, but he was much more conclusive than Li Ling.
"...I saw the dog demon baring its fangs and biting the old gentleman's chest until there was blood and flesh everywhere. As soon as he was discovered, he ran away quickly!"
Liao Chun quickly wrote down what he said.
"Is everything you said true?"
The man nodded, "It's true, it's true!"
Liao Chun brought him ink pads and asked him to press his fingerprints, and he did so.
One of the officials present couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, "Now that dog demon can't cry out unjustly, everyone has seen it."
Everyone was talking like this, only Zhong Heqing looked the man up and down and asked.
"Dali Temple has been investigating this case for more than half a month. Why didn't you come to report the case before?"
When he asked, the man blinked rapidly.
"I, I am a thief. I stole something in someone's yard that night. The official came and asked, how could I dare to tell the truth?"
His reason is not unreasonable.
Zhong Heqing said "hmm" and asked the thief, "Then why did you come to Dali Temple today?"
This question made the thief hesitate for a moment, and then he thought for a moment and said, "That monster hurt people, and it was the teacher who was hurt. I can't bear it if I don't speak up!"
After he finished speaking, he stared closely at Zhong Heqing's reaction, but it was the new supervisory censor who spoke.
"Shaoqing asked many questions. It seems to me that the evidence is conclusive and Dali Temple can finalize the case."
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding area became quiet.
The Dali Temple officials present looked over and saw a gust of wind blowing in the courtyard, sweeping away the rustling grass.
The supervisory censor felt nervous when everyone saw him, but he did not change his words. Instead, he called the young Shaoqing.
"What do you think, Shaoqing? You can't decide the case without conclusive evidence, right?"
The gust of wind swept over the hem of Zhong He's green and crimson official robe. Instead of looking down, he looked up and saw a plaque hanging high in the corridor.
The supervising censor saw him holding his hands behind his back and taking a breath, then shook his head in response to his own urging.
"The investigation time of this case is still short, and there are still doubts. The suspect refuses to plead guilty, and Dali Temple cannot finalize the case immediately."
Actually refused?
After saying this, all the officials in Dali Temple nodded.
The new censor's face twitched a few times.
Jiuji quietly stood at the corner of the wall, looking quietly at the young young man in the courtyard who directly rejected the censor.
She was also a little surprised.
He usually seems to be a good talker, especially recently, at least he treats her a lot more gently, like just now...
But on some things, she was not so talkative, just like she insisted on asking a doctor to see her facial injuries before, and this time she directly rejected the censor.
He seems to have determined something, and even if others block it, he will persist in it silently.
Gee, what a weird temper.
