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Chapter 319 – Do You Believe in the Heavens?

Ji Yunshu’s expression darkened as she asked, “What’s the hed, “That wostress in a brothel, but was tainted by a ht in that roo master of one of the influential houses in Yufu County and he proclaimed that he didn’t kill her He even bribed the local yamen When the coroner exaesting poison and this case was concluded as such That wohter would never take her own life, so she has traveled all the way to the Capital to submit this clai her claihter having a son The day before she died, her daughter told her that she would re Yufu County to raise her son somewhere else in peace, therefore she was certain that she would never commit suicide”

The Governor pulled out several crumpled pieces of paper fro, “These are the claims she submitted Please have a look, Teacher Ji”

Ji Yunshu stretched out a hand for the papers but was intercepted by another hand She followed those fingers upwards only to lared at the capital mayor, “Governor, did you not understand what this Prince reen – he, of course, understood his intentions, but – “Your Highness, if this case was not so tricky, this official would also not have-”

“Is there no-one in the entire capital ya over this case? Is the court feeding a bunch of useless ani bellowed

Lord Yi shook in his boots, but continued slowly, “Please calhness This official knows that he shouldn’t trouble Teacher Ji with such a o and would be difficult to investigate Everyone across the capital, even the entire Great Lin, knows of Teacher Ji’s capabilities As such, this official thought of Teacher Ji – if Teacher could solve this case, then this official along many others, could then submit our letters of recommendation for Teacher Ji to beco cut the Governor off before he could finish This governor sure was testing his li had already known of the Capital Governor’s plans to request for her help in solving the case, but had rejected it on her behalf Who could have expected that the Governor would be unfazed despite Jing Rong’s warning and pay her a secret visit personally, only towas furious as he sternly spoke, “Governor, this prince will repeat this only once more – this is a case that you and the Supreme Court should handle Discuss how you would do this behind closed doors and leave Teacher Ji alone”

It was as if he had been slapped across the face as the Governor’s cheeks began to flush He gulped his saliva nervously and sighed, “Yes, this official understands It was this official’sreplied curtly and returned those claim papers he had intercepted previously

Lord Yi received them with both hands as he paid his respects, “Then this official… will trouble and bother Your Highness and Teacher Ji no longer This official will take his leave”

In the short span of their back-and-forth, Ji Yunshu caught a glimpse of the words “Ye’er” on those papers – where had she seen them before? Just as the capital mayor stored the papers away dejectedly, Ji Yunshu called out, “Lord Yi, please hold on”

He stopped immediately and turned around expectantly As Ji Yunshu headed towards the Governor, she was pulled back by Jing Rong He stated firate”

“I want to decide for ’s hand away and extracted the papers from the Governor’s hands Those papers should have been unsoiled, the writing on it neat and meticulous, but instead, the papers were crumpled, wrinkled, faint water marks still visible Some of the ink had been stained and washed away, the written words difficult to make out unless one looked really carefully

Ji Yunshu conscientiously perused those clai as she finished She held those papers tightly in her hands, only to carefully keep them after a while as she asked Lord Yi, “Can I meet this person?”

The Governor nodded enthusiastically, “Of course, Teacher”