An official beseeching a commoner, this was unheard of!
Inside the room, Ji Yunshu was already awake by the time she heard the county magistrate’s voice. So, she slipped into men’s clothes, neither hurried nor slowed, and carried her sandalwood box under her arm.
‘Dressing like this… is Yunshu going to the yamen?’
Ji Yunshu tossed a sugar-coated lotus seed in her mouth and walked out of her room. As she stepped out, she saw Liu Qingping panicking, practically kneeling in front of her.
“Milord, what’s wrong?”
With no time to explain, Liu Qingping simply grabbed Ji Yunshu and rushed out.
“Hurry! Follow me! Someone is looking for you at the yamen. It’s an important guest. Not going is out of the question!”
Ji Yunshu was dragged along by Liu Qingping in big strides. Unable to take her wrist back from his strong grip, she frowned. “Milord, what is going on? Didn’t I tell the yamen runner that I’m not going to work today?”
The county magistrate was puzzled as his sight swept her up and down. She was dressed in men’s clothes and held her sandalwood box. Isn’t this how she usually dressed when going to work?
“You don’t intend to go to the yamen with me?”
Ji Yunshu shook her head. “No.”
“Then, where are you going?”
“The Zhou’s residence.”
Liu Qingping failed to understand. “Why are you going to Zhou Mansion? Their young miss has died, and they are going to bury her today. Hurry and follow me to the yamen.”
“The murder case of Zhou family’s young miss doesn’t need to be investigated?” Ji Yunshu softly inquired.
‘What? The murder case of Zhou family’s young miss?’
Liu Qingping widened his eyes, doubling in size. He felt as if someone had just scraped his spine. He asked in a trembling voice, “She didn’t accidentally fall to her death on that rock in her garden?”
Ji Yunshu stared at him. “I’ve always given you a written report of my cases when I finish. Didn’t I give you the report of the Zhou family’s case?”
“Not yet.”
“And, did I ever say that the Zhou family’s young miss accidentally fell to her death?”
Liu Qingping thought about it and shook his head. “You also didn’t mention that.”
‘How odd. Didn’t she fall to her death? How did it become a murder case?”