The daughter of the metaphysical fortune teller: she is the best at eating melons to prolong life

Chapter 158 I'll help you investigate the case, and you can give me half of the banknotes

Originally hearing the disgusted comments from others, Xie Lan was also curious about what kind of idiot the doctor from the Ministry of Justice was. Unexpectedly, when she saw the person coming, her eyes almost popped out of her head.

"why you?"

Just as Xie Lan blurted out in surprise, Xiao Jin also frowned and stared at her, "Why are you here?"

Seeing her puffy face, Xiao Jin suddenly felt his fingers stirring for some reason, and he almost couldn't help but raise his hand to pinch her.

The two of them were staring at each other. Zhao Chong, who was following behind, was also surprised to see Xie Lan.

Just as he was about to step forward to say hello, he accidentally saw the young man covered in blood on the ground. His face changed and he hurriedly pushed the crowd aside and rushed over.

"Second brother, why are you here? Who hurt you?"

Xie Lan was also surprised. It turned out that the young man was Zhao Chong's second brother. No wonder she felt that he looked familiar just now.

Although Zhao Zheng was rescued by Xie Lan, he had lost too much blood and could not recover for a while. Seeing his brother excited, he almost fainted again.

Zhao Chong was shocked and angry. His second brother was a weak scholar and had never suffered such a serious injury. He was so angry that he almost wanted to smash the Wanhua Tower.

It was Xiao Jin who recognized Lai An. "What happened? How could your second son be stabbed?"

Lai An was very nervous just now, but he felt relieved when he saw his fifth young master coming.

But being questioned, he couldn't help but get nervous, "Master Xiao, I don't know exactly what's going on.

All I know is that my Second Young Master was invited by Prince Kang to come to Wanhua Tower to listen to music today. The Second Young Master drank a few too many glasses and said he wanted to come out to change his clothes.

Not long after the young master left, I heard that the courtesan in Wanhua Tower had died. I was worried, so I went out to look for her. But I was told that the young master had died in the courtesan's room.

When I rushed over, I saw the second young master lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his body and covered in blood. If it weren't for Miss Xie's rescue, my young master would have died long ago."

Xiao Jin frowned, "So, you didn't see who hurt Mr. Zhao?"

Lai An shook his head, "I wanted to accompany the Second Young Master, but he wouldn't let me. He said I'm not a girl, I just need to change clothes, there's no need for me to accompany him."

Lai An was filled with guilt at this moment. If he had known that something might happen to the young master, he would have followed him closely.

When Prince Kang saw Xiao Jin looking at him, he immediately bowed and said without waiting for him to ask, "It was indeed me who invited Second Young Master Zhao to come to listen to the music today. I didn't expect that he would be injured so badly just because he came out to change his clothes."

The madam had been silent since she saw Mr. Xiao appear, but now she couldn't help but flicked her handkerchief, "Hey, Prince Kang, don't talk nonsense, this Second Young Master Zhao was not injured by anyone.

He probably fell in love with my daughter Yiyi and wanted to have sex with her for free. After being rejected by Yiyi, he got angry and killed her. He was afraid that my Wanhua Tower would investigate him, so he took the dagger and committed suicide. "

Although Zhao Zheng was still in severe pain, he had to speak up to defend himself.

"Sir Xiao, I didn't kill anyone. After I changed my clothes in the toilet, I was about to go back to find Prince Kang and the others.

Suddenly someone tapped my shoulder, and when I turned around, someone covered my mouth and nose with a black handkerchief, and I fainted immediately."

"Did you see the person who did it?"

Zhao Zheng shook his head. "No, that person moved too fast. I didn't have time to see his face clearly."

"When you were stabbed, did you see the other person?"

Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No, I woke up from the pain when I was stabbed by the other party. But before I could open my eyes, I was knocked unconscious again by the other party.

When I woke up again, I found myself lying here. "

The madam snorted coldly, "Second Master Zhao, you keep saying that you were stabbed. But when we came in, we saw with our own eyes that you were holding a dagger in your hand. It was obvious that you killed Yi Yi and then committed suicide."

"Master Xiao, Yiyi is a courtesan I spent a lot of money to promote. She was supposed to be auctioned off tonight, but she was killed by the second young master Zhao. Now my Wanhua Tower has suffered heavy losses. I hope Master Xiao will handle this impartially and let the second young master Zhao compensate me for my losses."

Xiao Jin nodded, "Don't worry, I will handle it impartially."

The madam immediately smiled and said, "Oh, I was originally worried that Mr. Zhao and Mr. Xiao's subordinates are family members, and Mr. Xiao would bend the law for personal gain. I didn't expect that I was judging others by my own standards."

Zhao Zheng frowned and was about to speak.

The madam took out a silver note from her sleeve and handed it to Xiao Jin. "Thank you for investigating the case for me, Master Xiao. This ten thousand taels is for you and your subordinates to have tea."

Zhao Zheng originally thought that Xiao Jin would refuse, but he did not expect that Yang Feng behind him would take the banknote from the madam without hesitation.

Zhao Zheng looked at Zhao Chong in astonishment and whispered, "Fifth brother, why did Lord Xiao accept the banknotes from the madam? Lord Xiao, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, is a fool and is extremely greedy for money.

How come Lord Xiao has changed? Will he side with Wanhua Tower and sentence me to murder? "

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but worry about the matter of life and death, but Zhao Chong had followed Xiao Jin for many years, so he naturally knew his boss's character better than anyone else.

"Don't worry, Lord Xiao will handle your case impartially."

Although he shouldn't doubt his brother's words, Zhao Zheng couldn't help but worry when he saw Yang Feng accept the banknote with his own eyes, "But why did you let Yang Feng accept the banknote from the madam?"

Originally, I shouldn't have said more, but Zhao Chong knew that his second brother was not a talkative person, so he had to explain a few more words, "The national treasury is empty, and the monthly salaries of officials in the Ministry of Justice can hardly be paid.

We follow you around to investigate cases, and we also need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, but the court has no money to support us. The emperor can only acquiesce to you to accept some tributes to maintain the expenses of the Ministry of Justice without violating the principles and laws of the court."

"So that's how it is." Zhao Zheng thought for a while, and finally his heart settled down.

The two of them deliberately lowered their voices when speaking, so Xie Lan on the other side did not hear them.

Seeing Yang Feng accept the banknote from the madam, she secretly complained in her heart. She had just heard others talking about Lord Xiao, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, being a greedy idiot, and she didn't quite believe it.

I didn't expect it to be true.

He glanced at Xiao Jin's handsome face with sharp edges and cursed inwardly, thinking that such a good-looking face was wasted.

However, when he thought of the ten thousand taels that the madam had just given him, his heart was moved.

At this moment, Xiao Jin was checking the wounds on the courtesan's body and had no idea that he had become a fool.

He didn't even know that before he could even warm up to the silver bills he had just received, someone was already planning to covet them.

Xie Lan's eyes rolled around, and seeing Xiao Jin still checking, he walked over quickly, "Sir Xiao, the courtesan of Wanhua Tower was killed, and there are no witnesses.

Mr. Zhao didn't see the person who hurt him, and the scene was also destroyed, so it would not be easy to find the murderer.

How about this, I will help you investigate this case. When the murderer is found, you can give me half of the banknotes you just received, how about that?

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