The ghost-catching princess, she always pretends to be weak

Chapter 23 Pretend to leave the palace
  "Master Lu, Miss Wen."

"You must be Zuo Cao of the Ministry of Justice who has just been transferred to Beijing." There was no emotion in Lu Xu's tone.

"That's right, your official." Chen Shu handed over his hand in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

"Master Chen solved many old cases when he first arrived at the Criminal Department. Lu really admires him."

"It's your job."

Wen Jiu's heart skipped a beat. When these two people were talking, they couldn't help but feel that those who praised others didn't seem to be praising others, and those who were humble didn't seem to be humble.

"Do you know?"

Lu Xu glanced at Wen Jiu thoughtfully, wondering why he was so quiet now when he usually kept chattering.

"It doesn't count as acquaintance." Wen Jiu even heard the tension and trembling in his own voice.

"Miss Wen has helped me many times!" Chen Miao blinked and looked at Wen Jiu with joy.

What Lu Xu actually asked was whether Chen Shu and Wen Jiu knew each other.

That day Wen Jiu rescued Chen Miao on the street, and he sat upstairs and witnessed the whole process. He had also heard about the Yong'an Palace, so he naturally knew that Wen Jiu had saved Chen Miao.

"I heard that Mr. Chen is Taifu Wen's disciple?"

"Yes."

Chen Shu spoke little, but Lu Xu's eyes showed a little more appreciation.

People who can establish a relationship with Taifu Wen should publicize their relationship with Taifu Wen at this moment, and speak 70% of their words if they have a three-point friendship.

But the man in front of him, neither humble nor arrogant, said a word and had no intention of clinging to him.

"Thank you Miss Wen for rescuing my roommate many times." Chen Shu suddenly saluted Wen Jiu with his hands raised, which frightened Wen Jiu into returning the salute in panic.

"Mr. Chen, you're very polite. It's just a little effort."

"It's getting late, the official and my sister-in-law have to take the first step."

Chen Shu didn't seem to be asking Lu Xu and Wen Jiu for their consent, but more like informing them.

Lu Xu chuckled, no wonder some people have been saying recently that the Punishment Department has a wooden person with no friendship at all.

Watching Chen Shu and Chen Miao leave, Wen Jiu hesitated to speak. She didn't know why, but she always wanted to say a few more words to Chen Shu.

She lowered her eyes and looked down at her toes in trance.

"You don't seem to be happy?" Lu Xu looked at the people around him suspiciously, her disappointment almost covering her up.

"No way? I'm happy." Wen Jiu didn't look up.

"Wen Jiu, don't lie to me." Lu Xu's eyes flashed with emotions that even he himself couldn't understand.

Wen Jiu waved his hand, "I don't know what you are talking about, not to mention whether I am happy or not is my own business, what does it have to do with you?"

"You still have an engagement with me," Lu Xu reminded.

"Then it will have to be solved sooner or later." Wen Jiu secretly gritted his teeth and walked forward on his own.

"Even if you have the intention, I think he may not have the intention."

"You! What are you talking about!"

Wen Jiu's hair suddenly exploded as if his tail had been stepped on.

"Don't you like him?"

"Don't speculate on my thoughts." Wen Jiu said expressionlessly.

"Wen Jiu, the answer is not what you asked, it's the answer." Lu Xu sneered, "Your thoughts are written on your face."

"The Zhang family also wants to discuss marriage with him!" Wen Jiu retorted angrily. "The eldest girl of the Zhang family has long been engaged to the Prince of Zhennan. It would not be a bad idea if the second girl Zhang puts her treasure on Chen Shu. Even if Chen Shu is not worthy of his position, the eldest daughter of the family will still be there to support him. And what about you? Wen Shu. The Tutor regards you as your life."

"Your Majesty is so superficial, it is useless for us to say more."

Wen Jiu deliberately emphasized the word "eldest son". Some people are born into poverty, while others are born into royal nobles. This is decided by God, not by yourself.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you then."

"Master Lu, have you found out the truth about the case in your palace?" Wen Jiu took off his cloak and handed it to him, "Master is busy with business, so I won't disturb you."

Lu Xu looked at Wen Jiu's back, raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, asking her what she was talking about.

"Sir." Lou Wu appeared out of nowhere and whispered in Lu Xu's ear: "There is something going on in the palace of noble Xian."

Lu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Have someone stop those people at the palace gate."

After saying that, the two of them rushed towards the palace gate.

From a distance, he could see the coachman moving down the foot stool. Wen sat in the car for a long time and kept thinking about the scene just now.

Chen Shu didn't seem to give himself even an extra look, thinking that everyone would really support him. In fact, people didn't want to look at you at all, let alone say whether they liked you or not.

"Ban Xia, please open the curtain." Wen Jiu covered his chest, feeling a little congested, perhaps due to the lack of air circulation in the car.

Just as the maid opened the curtain, the carriage happened to pass by the open space where the statue was to be placed.

Wen stared at the statue for a while. The eyes were so lifelike that they even seemed to blink.

She quickly rubbed her eyes and looked there again. Sure enough, she was dazzled.

Look, people still can't be too sad, they all have hallucinations.

Wen Jiu leaned back, and the ghost hunting order around his waist slipped out of his cloak.

It's not a hallucination, the ghost hunting order has arrived.

She stared at the jade pendant flashing around her waist, and her heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

Why was the ghost hunting order issued at this time?
  Bringing a corpse back to life?

She just forgot to ask Lu Xu, so she quickly got out of the carriage, but Lu Xu was nowhere to be seen.

If the resurrection of corpses in the palace is man-made, it has nothing to do with the ghost hunting order.

She recalled the scene just now in her mind. Although there were ghosts in the palace, they seemed to be waiting for that one. Although there were many people in the market, no evil ghosts were seen rampaging around. The statue.
  Wen Jiu's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly remembered the statue that he had been dazzled by. No, the statue was not wrapped in any black energy, so there should be nothing wrong with it.

At the entrance of the palace, the lights are brightly lit.

"Jin Yiwei is handling the case!" Lou Wu and his people quickly surrounded dozens of palace residents who were about to leave the palace.

After all, he was a palace servant who had been trained. No matter how panicked he was, he still stood there, not daring to move around and make noise.

Lu Xu handed the portrait in his hand to Lou Wu and whispered one word: "Check."

This portrait was painted by a painter in the Department of Health based on the palace maid's description.

He checked that the palace maid who was taken away from the Royal Garden was indeed the missing Liu Zhu who entered the palace in the same batch as Xian Concubine. The two had worked together, but Liu Zhu was later pointed out to Xian Concubine.

Lou Wu and others checked the maids present one by one, but no one was found in the portrait.

He frowned slightly, what's going on? It was impossible for the informant to give the wrong information. Could it be that it was a dark and windy night and he was wrong?
  He walked to the front of the team again, preparing to compare again.

"Check everyone." Lu Xu's voice was a little impatient. He could even pretend to be dead, so why couldn't he pretend to be a eunuch and leave the palace?
  If Lou Wu never understood what Lu Xu meant, then he would have been with Lu Xu for so many years in vain.

Sure enough, some people in this group could no longer stand.

　I love code words. I love code words. Code words make me happy!
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)