deadly mantra

Chapter 336 Come Prepared
Ji Fanyin withdrew her gaze and continued to look at the courtyard, sipping tea patiently.

Li Mubai walked over and stood side by side with Ji Fanyin, also holding a cup of tea in his hand.

The time for a stick of incense has passed.

A quarter of an hour passed.

A bitter smile appeared on Li Mubai's face, he drank the last sip of the tea that was so strong that it was astringent, and said slowly:
"This is the first time you have come to me on your own initiative."

Ji Fanyin held the tea cup in her little hands and nodded:
"That's it."

Li Mubai turned his face sideways, cast his gaze on Ji Fanyin's face, and said:
"Baozi at least tried hard, what about you? Coming to the palace to find me should be more than just a meal."

Ji Fanyin turned around, put the teacup on the table, and when she raised her eyes, she glanced at Feng Xiaoyao.

Feng Xiaoyao nodded slightly, understood, stood up from the stool, patted Bao Simu on the shoulder, and motioned for her to come out with him.

Ji Fanyin lifted up her clothes, sat down on the stool, put her elbows on the table, and held her chin with her left hand. She looked at Li Mubai with a half-smile and said:

"Since you said that, let me... well, say something."

Li Mubai said "ha", laughed out loud, raised his hand and said:
"Please say."

Ji Fanyin took out a palm-sized roster from his sleeve and put it on the table:
"Before you say anything, take a look at this."

Li Mubai smiled, walked over, sat down next to her, picked up the book, and opened it.

There are more than a dozen pages of densely packed small characters recorded on it. Behind each name, detailed ancestral origin and information are recorded.

Li Mubai raised his head and looked at Ji Fanyin, with surprise in his eyes:
"Where did you get this roster?"

Ji Fanyin's eyes flashed with gleaming light, and she said with a smile:

"No one can refuse money. If you refuse money, it's because the money you gave is not enough."

Li Mubai's eyes were dark, he slowly closed the roster and said:
"It seems that you are well prepared."

Ji Fanyin smiled easily and said softly:

"I am a person who has never been trustworthy. If I trust you once in a while, I will never leave empty-handed."

Li Mubai was stunned, glanced at her expression, and asked with some confusion:
"Are you also doing it for that Mu Chanyi?"

Ji Fanyin said without comment:

"It doesn't matter who you are for, as long as the goals are the same."

After a pause, she turned her head slightly, looked directly into his eyes, and said:
"Don't you also believe that Mu Chanyi is innocent?"

Li Mubai put down the roster, shook his head slightly, and replied calmly:
"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, and whether Mu Chanyi is innocent or not. You also said that if a prince dies in the palace, some blood must be shed to calm the incident."

Ji Fanyin neither denied nor admitted, and said in a casual tone:

"Blood will still have to be shed, and life will still have to be paid for."

Li Mubai felt relieved:
"As long as you understand, Ji Fanyin, to be honest, it's rare for you to come to me once, and I don't want to refute your face. It's best if you can understand."

Ji Fanyin turned her eyes and looked at the gloomy sky. She closed her little cherry mouth together and said slowly:
"So, I'm going to help you once."

Li Mubai raised his eyebrows, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes:
"help me?"

Ji Fanyin nodded slightly and continued:
"Living in such a filthy environment, when I calm down and am alone, I can't help but wonder if I have become dirty and unbearable."

Li Mubai's cheeks suddenly tightened and he looked at Ji Fanyin in shock.

Ji Fanyin did not look back at him, but seemed to know what he was thinking, and continued with a smile:
"In this world, every piece of news has its own price. Fortunately, I lack everything except money.

Last time on the mountain, you mentioned Concubine Liu and Concubine Yun. I used a lot of gold bars to smash them out, and soon I got what I wanted.

This roster is one of them.On it, the identity information of all the maids and eunuchs around Concubine Yun were recorded. I checked with someone and found a very interesting place. "

Seeing her pause, Li Mubai couldn't help but asked:

"what have you found?"

Ji Fanyin tapped her cheek lightly with her fingertips and said clearly:
"There are two palace maids and two eunuchs in the roster. In recent years, they have mysteriously disappeared from Concubine Yun's palace."

Li Mubai frowned, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and snorted mockingly:
"This is nothing noteworthy. In the palace, eunuchs or maids 'slip' and fall into the water every day."

Hearing the sound, Ji Fanyin glanced sideways at Li Mubai.

Although the hatred in his eyes was somewhat concealed, she still noticed it.

Ji Fanyin looked into the courtyard.

The heavy rain engulfed the king's steaming palace, and at the same time, it seemed to cover up the hidden dark side.

However, whether it is covering up or hiding.

The facts are there.

Once it happens, it will definitely leave a trace.

A smile so faint that it was almost hard to detect passed across Ji Fanyin's lips and said:

"What you said may be right, but what I want to say is not what you are thinking at the moment."

Li Mubai was slightly stunned and asked:

"what is that?"

Ji Fanyin slowly sat up straight, turned around, looked at Li Mubai, and said:
"The bodies of the two eunuchs who disappeared were fished out from the lotus pond in the palace a year ago. On the fifth day after the disappearance of another palace maid, someone smelled the smell of the corpse while passing by the corridor in front of the Leng Palace. The bad smell was also found.”

She paused, smiled playfully, and said:
"What's interesting is that another palace maid who disappeared miraculously returned to Concubine Yun one month after her disappearance, and stayed there for five years."

Li Mubai said "hmm".

Although this situation is rare, there are many strange things in the palace.

She is just an insignificant palace maid, no one cares about her life, death or whereabouts.

When Ji Fanyin saw Li Mubai's expression, she knew what he was thinking and couldn't help but smile.

She reached out and picked up the roster, opened it, and turned to the fourth page. She scratched the name "Feng He" from top to bottom with her fingertips. She paused and said:

"The one who miraculously disappeared and then reappeared miraculously was the palace maid named Feng He.

It happened to be a coincidence. Just half a month ago, someone also discovered the body of this palace maid in the cellar of Leng Palace.

The body was dismembered and thrown into the cellar. "

Li Mubai blurted out without thinking:

"Then who is the palace maid who is going back?"

Ji Fanyin shrugged:

"This... I don't know. If you want to know who Feng He is when he returns, you can go to Concubine Yun's palace and you'll find out."

Li Mubai's face was a little gloomy, and he vaguely felt that Feng He's death was not simple, and it might be a clue worth exploring.

Just as he was about to think further, Li Mubai suddenly realized that he had been unknowingly led by Ji Fanyin to start paying attention to the affairs in Concubine Yun's palace, and his face darkened.

(End of this chapter)