After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 194: The Hook Hidden in the Play, Targeting Wen Chengxuan

"Hey? Why is it gone?"

"Yeah, I was listening to it fine, but it's really annoying when it happens all of a sudden."

The storyteller and his apprentice walked out from the back, bowed, and then said, "I'm sorry, everyone. The money and stories that the girl gave me only go so far. I don't know anything more. If you want to know what happened next, please come back tomorrow."

Most of the people who came to the teahouse to listen to stories were scholars or idle people. In less than half a day, the news about the teahouse had spread among the people.

The new story told by the storyteller was written by Yuan Qing overnight. It has a mythological color and is not long, divided into three parts.

Telling one section at a time and leaving a hook at the end of each section will greatly attract people to explore the content.

This script is specially designed for Wen Chengxuan and Ji Kang, and the pace of the story must be based on the progress of the trial.

Every time she goes to see Ji Kang, the story will develop one step further.

Tomorrow will be the day when she goes to meet Ji Kang for the second time.

Wen Chengxuan knew the news of Ji Kang's entry into the capital as early as when the palace issued an edict.

He wasn't too worried at first, but the silence made him unable to calm down and wait for news.

But he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only stay in the mansion and drink alone every day. He would beat people if he disagreed with something. The whole Prince Xuan's mansion was in chaos every day.

Yuan Qing, who was relaxing in Lu's residence, heard about what happened in Prince Xuan's mansion and couldn't stop laughing.

She thought that Wen Chengxuan could hide well, but she didn't expect that just this one move would reveal his true colors.

Lu Zhaocai just resigned from his job and had time to go home and rest for two days.

He carried the fruit plate and sat next to her, looking at her resentfully, "What's there to be happy about? Isn't it just that he started to get angry?"

"Oh, Master Lu doesn't care about things." Yuan Qing half-reclines on a chair to enjoy the cool air. "I have to say, Master Lu knows how to enjoy life. He built a pavilion here. The location is great and the scenery is great."

Lu Zhao picked up a fruit and threw it over, but Yuan Qing quickly caught it.

"If nothing else, your martial arts skills have indeed improved, and even your reaction time is faster than usual."

Yuan Qing rolled up his sleeves and pointed at the bruises on his arm, "Well, Gong Chan is watching over me during my training every day, it would be strange if I didn't make progress."

Lu Zhao shook his head in disapproval and raised his eyebrows, saying, "In my opinion, Gong Chan is still a little soft-hearted. If it were me who was to discipline you, I would make sure your muscles ached every day and you wouldn't even have the strength to lift your hands to eat."

Yuan Qing was too lazy to argue with him.

This guy feels uncomfortable if he doesn't argue with her every day.

But she couldn't argue with Lu Zhao, and always ended up failing, so she just kept silent.

Seeing that she was silent, Lu Zhao started chatting with her about other things, "Is there any progress with Ji Kang?"

"No, I only went there once, and didn't find out anything." Yuan Qing took a bite of the fruit out of boredom.

As soon as the fruit flesh entered his mouth, his whole face wrinkled into a ball.

She covered her face and leaned on the chair, feeling that her teeth were about to fall out from the sourness.

"The one with the surname Lu——!"

Lu Zhao dodged the green fruit thrown at him and said hurriedly, "I picked this especially for you to enjoy."

Yuan Qing's eyes were filled with anger, but the weather was too hot and she really didn't have the energy to argue with him. She just picked up the ice water and took a sip, which diluted the bitterness in her mouth a little.

She smacked her lips, took another sip, and said, "Ji Kang is not easy to deal with. He is too cunning and I can't even figure him out."

Lu Zhao seemed to not care about this matter, but in fact, no matter how big or small the actions in the capital were, they could be hidden from his eyes and ears.

After hearing Yuan Qing's words, he smiled indifferently, "Over time, the truth will eventually show up, don't worry."

Yuan Qing glanced at him.

This person was joking with her again.

To put it bluntly, this matter cannot be delayed.

Every day of delay would introduce an unknown variable. As long as we didn't get anything useful out of Ji Kang's mouth, it wouldn't be considered a sure thing.

Every minute and every second is precious.

The more urgent the time, the more she couldn't let the enemy see it.

Ji Kang pressed steadily, so she had to press more steadily than him.

She had to find something in it that truly scared Ji Kang, otherwise she had no chance of winning.

This game has been going on and has no end.

The prison cell of the Ministry of Justice is like an iron barrel, especially since Ji Kang has committed a serious crime, he cannot be careless.

The Dragon Scale Guards would not speak a word to him except for delivering food, so the rumors outside would not reach Ji Kang's ears.

I said that before just to test Ji Kang's attitude.

After listening to the report from the Dragon Scale Guard, Yuan Qing wrote down all the clues and spread them out on the table one by one.

The Xu family is Wen Chengxuan's maternal family. Even now, the power to manage the Xu family is not in the hands of Concubine Gui and her siblings.

The key still lies in the Xu family in North City.

But she looked through all the relevant books in the Dali Temple and found nothing about the Xu family's internal situation at that time. The only trace was that of Xu Su, an official who had long been dismissed.

She retrieved the relevant files on the same day she found this person.

According to historical records, Xu Su was not beheaded that year, but he died inexplicably on the way to exile. It was said that the cause of death was so strange that even the coroner could not find out, so the local government could only attribute the case to sudden death.