"When the oil lamp in the room was lit up, he was already dead … lying on Lady Liu's body. His back …" Li Xiao's voice was soft and sweet, like a soft dough ball. It sounded warm and delicious.
"Did you find anyone suspicious?"
The registrar, Zhang Tang, frowned. Li Xiao's words were almost exactly the same as what Lady Liu had said. However, if that was the case … this case was back to square one.
Li Xiao pursed her lips, looked at the edge of the table, and shook her head.
In the end, self-preservation prevailed.
She couldn't say what was in her heart. Who would believe the nonsense of a girl?
Furthermore … the black shadow was moving. Was this some kind of suspicious content?
It was just her nonsense.
Zhang Tang wanted to ask more, but Chen Jue tapped the table with his finger.
Li Xiao looked up and met Chen Jue's sharp eyes. She quickly lowered her head again.
"Do you two have anything to ask?" Chen Jue handed the microphone to Xu Ting and Wang Hua.
Wang Hua glanced at Chen Jue. He had thick eyebrows, deep eyes, a high nose, thin lips, and a serious face!
He turned to look at Li Xiao. After a while, he shook his head. When he looked at the little girl in front of him, his mind was full of her beauty.
There was nothing else.
"The second time you went to Lady Liu's house, you said at first that it was to borrow … a table?"
Xu Ting frowned. The sun shone on his face. He had big eyes, long eyelashes, fair skin, and a high nose. He was a beautiful face that many girls envied.
But today, he met a woman who was much better looking than him, and it was this little beggar-like person in front of him.
Li Xiao almost buried her head under the table … Why didn't she use her brain at that time and borrow a more reasonable thing?
Although she was too ashamed to show her face, she still resisted the shame and nodded with gritted teeth.
"Now you're saying that it was because you divined that Wang Yi would face a bloody disaster?" Xu Ting continued to ask.
Li Xiao nodded again.
Originally, she had a good impression of Xu Ting. Such a good-looking person should be gentle.
But when he questioned her, she felt as if she was being chased and beaten. She felt extremely stifled.
"But … Wang Yi didn't die. Instead, it was Liu Yunan who died." Xu Ting snorted coldly, obviously questioning Li Xiao's words.
"Because I knocked on the door. Although I couldn't do anything, if an outsider interfered, the result of the divination would change."
Li Xiao raised her head and glanced at him. In the end, she swallowed back the words' you should know this'.
She really did not dare to talk back to the case officer like this.
"Have you ever divined that you would be imprisoned?" Xu Ting's voice was still cold and full of hostility.
Li Xiao pursed her lips and raised her head to stare at him. She quickly lowered her head and restrained the anger in her eyes. She stammered, "There are too many variables when divining oneself, and it's often inaccurate.
This is also something that everyone in the field of divination knows. "
"Help me divine!" Chen Jue suddenly said.
His tone was full of interest.
Xu Ting frowned, but he held back and did not say anything.
Zhang Tang's face was full of an expression that he could not bear to watch. Lord Chen, you're a third-rank official. Such an urgent case is here, and you're here telling the fortune of a suspect?
I can't stand it!
I can't stand it!
Li Xiao also could not help but raise her eyebrows. However, when she met Chen Jue's stern and somewhat fierce face, she quickly lowered her head and took out the three copper coins that she usually used from her sleeve pocket.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on her. Li Xiao wiped the sweat from her palms on her clothes and asked Chen Jue about his birth characters. Then, she casually threw the copper coins on the table.
So casual … Even those who never knew her could tell that this little girl was talking nonsense.
Xu Ting almost could not control the mocking expression on his face.
Zhang Tang lowered his head and drank his tea, pretending that he did not exist.
Wang Hua … continued to stare at Li Xiao's exposed eyes, wholeheartedly admiring her beauty.
Chen Jue, on the other hand, seemed to admire her very much. He asked expectantly, "How is it?"
Li Xiao pursed her lips and looked like she was thinking. After pausing for a few seconds, she raised her head and said, "Lord Chen, can I read your palm again?"
Chen Jue's face darkened. "What's wrong?
You can't read my face and six lines of sight, but you still want to read my palm? "
Everyone thought that Li Xiao would be scared out of her wits by Chen Jue, kneel on the ground and admit that she was a liar or something like that.
After all, in front of Chen Jue's ferocious face, there weren't many people who could stand it.
Li Xiao nodded seriously and said, "It's necessary."
Chen Jue paused … Suppressing his impatience, he put his hand in front of her.
Li Xiao reached out her small hands and gently held Chen Jue's big hands.
It was a warm, thick, and heavy hand.
A series of images instantly appeared in her mind. They were images of Chen Jue's future.
It was something that would happen very soon.
Li Xiao raised her eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "Lord Chen may be facing a bloody disaster in a while. This disaster can be avoided. Just don't walk on the stone road."
Chen Jue finally couldn't take it anymore. He snorted coldly and withdrew his hand.
He pursed his lips and looked up at the sky.
His heart must have been muddled. Why did he mess around with this damn girl?
"I'll let you go home today, but you can't leave the capital, understand?" Chen Jue tapped his finger on the table. Under the gaze of Li Xiao and everyone else, he suddenly stood up.
"Sir, this is against the rules —" Zhang Tang raised his head and couldn't help but remind him.
There needs to be an end to this nonsense, Sir.
Chen Jue had already stretched and was about to take a step. When he heard this, he stopped and turned around.
Li Xiao looked up and saw Chen Jue standing tall in front of her. The sun shone down from the top of his head and inlaid a layer of light behind him.
He was tall and strong with the light and sun behind him. His face was a little blurry because of the backlight, but his eyes were still shining. His expression was also clear — insufferably arrogant, as if he was looking down on everything.
It was as if there was nothing in this world that he couldn't solve.
It was as if there was no one in this world that could control him.
He said in a deep voice, "In this place, I, Chen Jue, am the rule."
There was an almost undetectable anger and majesty in his tone, which made Zhang Tang immediately shut up.
Li Xiao raised her head hard and looked at the man who was as tall as a mountain.
Zhang Tang gritted his teeth. There was a bit of unhappiness on his face that didn't belong to a wild dog.
He glanced at Li Xiao and said angrily, "Let's go, let's go."
Li Xiao felt as if she had been granted amnesty. She nodded her head like she was pounding garlic. Then she stood up like a monkey and followed Chen Jue out of the door.
Xu Ting: "… …"
Wang Hua: "… …"
The whole courtyard was brightly lit and full of vitality.
Today, the roof of the Dali Temple Yamen's back hall was being replaced. The worker was wiping his sweat and changing the tiles one by one under the dazzling sun.
A huge wicker basket full of new tiles was tied to his waist with a rope. After he finished this layer, he pulled the rope and moved up.
The tiles were far heavier than expected, making the worker's waist a little painful.
He tried to pull the wicker basket, but it didn't move. Sweat flowed into his eyes, so he quickly reached out to wipe it. In a daze, he let go of his hand. The wicker basket suddenly lost its strength and fell down.
"Aiyo!" the short worker cried out, almost falling down from the wicker basket. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and leaned over to stabilize his body.
But when the basket was pushed downwards, the rope that tied it to the basket finally could not bear the weight and broke with a 'bang' sound.
The wicker basket fell down along the eaves.
Chen Jue was walking along the flagstone road when his sleeve was suddenly pulled. He turned around and saw Li Xiao stubbornly pulling on his sleeve.
"You can't walk on the flagstone road." Li Xiao said.
Chen Jue snorted and shook his head. In the end, he was pulled by Li Xiao and walked to the side of the dirt road.
He was still thinking that the flagstone road would suddenly collapse.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise above his head.
No one expected that he would encounter danger in the back hall of the yamen.
The bodyguards who were protecting him were standing far away. When they noticed the danger, no one rushed over to rescue him.
The moment Chen Jue raised his head, he was also shocked.
He was about to dodge subconsciously, but the wicker basket had already fallen down.
"Lord Chen —" Xu Ting screamed. He suddenly jumped up and rushed toward Chen Jue.
He wanted to rescue him, but before he could open his mouth and rush forward, the wicker basket was already above Chen Jue's head.
"Bang, bang, bang —" There was a loud noise.
"Ah —" There were screams everywhere.
Zhang Tang, the registrar, suddenly covered his mouth. His first reaction was, "It's over. This annoying boss is finished."
"It's over!"
In the blink of an eye —
"F * ck — F * ck???"
"Ah — Ah???"
"Idiot — Ah???"
The expected pain and impact did not happen. Chen Jue took two steps back before he saw the situation in front of him clearly.
He saw that the heavy wicker basket full of tiles fell on the flagstone road. The wicker basket was broken and the tiles were broken.
The wicker basket brushed past his shoulder and fell to the ground, only a dozen centimeters away.
It fell on the flagstone road.
At this moment, Chen Jue was standing on the grassland of the flagstone road. Li Xiao stood beside him obediently, without a trace of panic.
Everyone was stunned, just like when they saw her beautiful face.
Looking at the wicker basket that fell on the ground, Li Xiao's words just now … were still ringing in their ears.
Looking at Li Xiao again, everyone could not help but stare blankly with their mouths agape, like a courtyard full of idiots.
Even Chen Jue, who was always unhappy and disgusted, had a surprised expression on his face at this moment. His long and narrow eyes widened a little, which was rare for him. He pursed his lips tightly, maintained his posture after retreating, and looked at Li Xiao motionlessly.
Li Xiao swallowed her saliva. She didn't expect everyone's reaction.
Her big eyes turned a few times, and then she asked tentatively, "Lord Chen?"