“Earlier, I took a sample of the deceased’s flesh and discovered lard on it, which corroborates with my conjecture. In addition to how neat and smooth the amputation wounds are, we can determine that the murderer is a butcher. Governor, I need you to immediately investigate all the butchers inside the city. But, please remember not to alert the murderer with your actions. We want to avoid the murderer escaping before identifying them.” After explaining this much, everyone understood everything.
The capital governor was shocked, amazed, and even had some admiration. After he agreed to Ji Yunshu, he left in a hurry to accomplish his tasks.
As for Madame Jiang, she started to cry and shouted, “If we find the murderer, I will absolutely kill that person!”
Ji Yunshu walked to her and stated, “Madame Jiang, the dead cannot return to the living.”
“Teacher Ji, thank you so much.”
“You’re welcome.”
Madame Jiang cried until her eyes started to swell. Since there was nothing more for Ji Yunshu to do here, she departed from the Li mansion.
As soon as they returned to the Rong estate, Lang Po came for Jing Rong and whispered something in his ear. She only heard Jing Rong say, “Good, let him wait there.” Then, Jing Rong turned to Ji Yunshu and said. “I have something to do. Go back and rest. Since we have narrowed down the murderer, I believe that the governor will send us some news soon.”
“Ah.” She nodded.
Thus, Jing Rong left with Lang Po. Ji Yunshu wasn’t in the mood to inquire about Jing Rong’s whereabouts. At this moment, she was more preoccupied by the discovery of the new clue. She believed that there will be new progress with the case very soon.
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In Peach Blossom Spring.
Yan Weiyi was sitting in the pavilion. A pot of tea was placed in front of him. However, the tea had long gone cold. Unlike his scholarly appearance and his amiable facial traits, deep down, he was a vicious and merciless man.
After waiting the time of a joss stick to burn, he finally saw Jing Rong arrive. He hid away the hatred in his eyes and got up to greet the newcomer. “This one pays his respect to Prince Rong.”
“Yan Weiyi, no need to be too polite. Please sit down.” Jing Rong sat down while smiling at the other person.
Yan Weiyi sat across Jing Rong. His gaze was lowered as he asked the latter, “I don’t know why your Highness summoned me. Do you need me for something?”
“There’s no need to rush.” Jing Rong took the pot of cold tea and poured it into two cups. Then, he pushed one of the cups to Yan Weiyi. “Here. Please try this, Teacher Yan. I infused this with peach blossoms. It is quite tasty.”
Yan Weiyi obviously knew that the tea was cold, but he still drank it in small sips. After that, he gently put the cup down. “It’s a very good tea.”
“It’s only very good? Could it be that Teacher Yan didn’t notice something else in the tea?” Jing Rong frowned as he spoke.
‘Something else?’ Yan Weiyi looked inside his cup without understanding. “Please enlighten me, your Highness.”
After hearing his words, Jing Rong sneered. “I infused this tea using the Northern tangerine tree leaves that Teacher Yan personally grew.”
‘Ack!’ Yan Weiyi’s expression instantly changed to panic and he was exuding cold sweat. Shock and fear were seen in his eyes.