Each sentence pierced Ji Yunshu’s heart and made her felt extremely heavy-hearted. Finally, she decided to take out the painting scroll she brought with her and gave it to him. “Think of it as a memento.”
After he took the painting, he slowly unscrolled it, revealing the image of a delicate and pretty woman in green clothes. Her face was delicate, her expression alert, with crimson thin lips and exquisite eyebrows.
‘It’s so lifelike!’ The painting looked as if Suyun was right in front of him. It completely dispersed the malevolent aura exuding from him. Lin Duan was completely absent-minded as he stared at the painting.
Ji Yunshu no longer disturbed him and left with Luan’er.
She had only taken two steps when she heard Lin Duan’s voice. “Thank you.”
Her steps halted, but she didn’t reply. She simply gave Lin Duan a side glance before continuing her road. When she exited the prison, snow started to fall all of a sudden. The sparse snowflakes drifted and fluttered along the cold wind blowing on her face, causing sharp pain on her face.
Luan’er lifted her eyes and grumbled, “I should have brought an umbrella before we went out. Miss, should we wait a bit before leaving?”
“It’s just a little snow. Nothing inconvenient about it. You should wait here until the snow stops. I’ll go to the yamen first. It’s not too far from here and I could borrow an umbrella from Lord Liu.”
“Ah? I think I should accompany you.”
“I’m going there to do the autopsy. Aren’t you afraid of seeing skeletons and such?”
Yes, she was afraid, not to mention that it terrified her too. Luan’er expressed her thoughts by shrinking her neck and revealing a fearful look.
Ji Yunshu continued to speak. “Besides, you will be a hindrance there.” Her words were very straightforward! But Ji Yunshu wasn’t afraid of hurting Luan’er’s feelings.
Ji Yunshu no longer paid any attention to Luan’er as she left in the snow. The snowflakes fell and brushed against her hair and shoulders, and piled up very quickly.
The weather in the eleventh lunar month was very unpredictable!
Meanwhile, in the yamen, Magistrate Liu had been waiting for a long time. Today was the agreed day to do the autopsy, so naturally, he would wait patiently.
“Yunshu, have you eaten breakfast yet?” asked the magistrate in a happy tone.
‘I still haven’t eaten yet.’ She rubbed her belly and asked, “What’s there to eat?”
“There’s pork chop braised with potatoes, stir-fried meat with celery and finally, eggplants sauté with soy sauce. If you want to eat, I can have them make pig trotters steamed in broth.”
“Are you sick? Eating such greasy food so early in the morning.”
“…” Liu Qingping’s face stiffened as he was rendered speechless. His teeth hurt as if cold water was being poured inside!
Ji Yunshu already sat down and started tapping on the table. “I only want to eat stir-fried bamboo shoots and meatballs soup. If possible, add some Chinese cabbage in it. It’s better to make it fast since I don’t want to delay the autopsy any longer.”
“Alright, alright! I’ll order it.”
Magistrate Liu hurriedly summoned a servant and gave him the names of several dishes.
Soon after, he sat opposite of Ji Yunshu with a huge smile on his face. He stupidly looked at her.
‘Are you crazy or what!’ Ji Yunshu thought.
Thump! Thump!
Suddenly, the sound of the drum came bursting forth from the entrance.
Someone had struck the drum!
Magistrate Liu became nervous. Not even a moment passed before a runner hurriedly rushed in and pointed at the large entrance as he spoke. “Milord, someone has struck the drum.”
“Who is it?”
“It’s the idiot!”
‘The idiot? Is it Wei Yi?’
Liu Qingping inquired. “Which idiot?”
The runner replied, “It’s the Wei family’s idiot. He said he came to find ‘Big Brother’. He’s at the entrance and refuses to leave.”
Liu Qingping’s face was full of helplessness!