After the imperial examination ended, Zhou Jie and Zhu Yipin walked out of the examination hall.
"Now that the only clue is broken, how do we investigate next?!" Zhu Yipin said dejectedly.”
"Not necessarily." Zhou Jie pointed to an examinee in front of him and said,"We were all wrong. The Lin character on that piece of paper is the upper part of the Chu character. There aren't many candidates with the surname Chu who came to participate in the imperial examination. Only that person is from the same hometown as Su Zhen. I guess we should be looking for him.”
Zhu Yipin looked in the direction that Zhou Jie was pointing at and saw a handsome scholar carrying a book box on his back.
"I'll follow him. You go back to the clinic to find Liu Ruoxin and Yang Yuxuan.”Zhu Yipin had originally planned to give up, but now that he had a new clue, he didn't care if that scholar was the person he was looking for. He had to capture him first.
Zhou Jie looked at Zhu Yipin's stalking technique, which was almost as good as following him openly. He wanted to remind him, but he didn't expect him to be so anxious. In the blink of an eye, he had already walked far away.
"Old Zhu, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that you want to court death!”Zhou Jie looked at Zhu Yipin's back with a regretful expression, but he was looking forward to seeing Zhu Yipin's miserable state when he returned.
It was quite a distance from the examination hall to the clinic. When Zhou Jie went back to inform Liu Ruoxin and Yang Yuxuan, and they caught the examinee, it was almost dark.
At night, Zhu Yipin stumbled back to the clinic with a pile of undergarments, handkerchief, and other things.
" Brother Zhu, you're finally back!" Chen Anan hurried to greet him." I've been waiting for you."”
"You want to say that you're looking forward to it!" Zhu Yipin had indeed changed after the imperial examination. At least he had the patience to correct Chen Anan's idiom.
"Anyway, that's what I meant." Chen Anan didn't care about her mistake at all. She asked excitedly,""Brother Zhu, how did you do?"
"Only after sitting in the examination hall did I know that there will always be a strong person among the strong. When the book is used, it will be a pity that there are few. I reckon that this time, there will be no one on the list.”Zhu Yipin pretended to be sentimental, as if he was really depressed because he couldn't get in.
"What did I say? The imperial examination is not a child's play. It's not something that can be passed by people of all walks of life.”Zhao Buzhu had been eavesdropping ever since Zhu Yipin came back. When he heard Zhu Yipin say that he didn't get in, he was even more elated and laughed at Zhu Yipin proudly.
"Forget it, forget it. It's useless for our medical center to have a High Scholar anyway. Chen Anan comforted him and looked at the things that Zhu Yipin brought back."What are these things?"
When Zhu Yipin was following the examinee, he bought all the goods in order not to be pestered by the stall owner. After that, he was knocked unconscious by the examinee. He knew that he was still a little confused and forgot to get rid of these things. He carried these things back to the clinic.
Hearing Chen Anan's question, Zhu Yipin rolled his eyes and said,""I specially bought this for you.”
"It's for me!" Chen Anan picked out something from the pile excitedly and suddenly found a colorful undergarment. Chen Anan picked up the undergarment shyly and said,""This is also for me."
Zhu Yipin turned his head and was shocked. He didn't notice what he had bought. If he had known that there was a dudou inside, he wouldn't have used that interface.
"I didn't know what you liked, so I bought it for you." Zhu Yipin said hurriedly. Anan, you usually take care of me so much. This time, I'm not on the list. I should at least show some gratitude. If you don't like it, I'll return it immediately.”As he spoke, Zhu Yipin was about to snatch the undergarment.
"I like it very much!" Chen Anan grabbed the thing before Zhu Yipin could and said happily,""I'll wear it every day in the future, okay, Brother Zhu?”
"Every day?" Zhu Yipin shouted in surprise, but he couldn't resist Chen Anan's gaze. He smiled and said,""As long as you like it."
Just as Zhu Yipin was feeling awkward, Zhou Jie walked over from behind and said,""Old Zhu, you're back. I'm looking for you.”Zhou Jie turned around and left.
Zhu Yipin knew that he had been caught and hurriedly chased after Zhou Jie.
Zhu Yipin looked at the familiar door and said,""Why is it my room?"
"You don't have to come if you don't want to." Zhou Jie rolled his eyes at Zhu Yipin, pushed the door open, and walked in.
Zhu Yipin clicked his tongue. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he still followed her in. He saw that the examinee was being held by Liu Ruoxin with a pained look on his face.
Liu Ruoxin loosened her hand and looked at First Zhu with disdain,""I really admire you. You were able to lose track of a scholar, causing me to have to personally take action.”
"Why didn't I know that you were the one who did it?" Yang Yuxuan laughed.”
"Yes, yes, yes. You're amazing. You're an expert.”Liu Ruoxin looked at Yang Yuxuan discontentedly and said,""He's just a scholar. Why did you use the Tendon Splitting and Bone Dislocating Hand? He dislocated his ankle and I had to fix it for him.”
"Brother, I know that your hand is hurting a lot right now, but please answer a few of my questions first.”After listening to the conversation between Yang Yuxuan and Liu Ruoxin, Zhu Yipin had guessed most of the story. He was full of sympathy for the examinee surnamed Chu and couldn't help but speak in a much softer voice.
"It's not a hand, it's solid."
Zhu Yipin was stunned. He didn't know what examinee Chu meant.
"I told him about Suzhen," Liu Ruoxin explained.”
"Suzhen!" Chu Zhong Zhong burst into tears when he heard the sad news. He kept calling out Su Zhen's name.
Yang Yuxuan could not bear to see a man crying like a woman. He said coldly,""Stop crying. Where were you the day Suzhen died?”
"What do you mean? You suspect that I killed Suzhen?”Chu Zhongzhong slammed the table and stood up." You're slandering me. I will never do anything to hurt Suzhen."”
"Don't be so agitated. Tell us everything you know. As long as you tell us the truth, we won't accuse you wrongly.”Zhou Jie said slowly, trying to calm Chu Zhong Zhong's emotions.
Perhaps Zhou Jie's words worked, Chu Zhongzhong calmed down and recalled,""Three years ago, I brought Suzhen from the countryside to the capital. I originally planned to take the exam first and then marry Suzhen in glory, but I didn't expect to fail for three consecutive years.
I really didn't want Suzhen to suffer for me, so I resolutely broke up with her and asked her to go back to her hometown.”Chu Zhongzhong looked at everyone with hopeful eyes, hoping to get their support.
"That's right." Zhou Jie understood his feelings very well. Which man didn't want to give the person he loved a happy life? In order to not let the other party suffer, he had no choice but to leave her.
"You men don't understand what we women think at all. How do you know that Suzhen doesn't want to live a hard life with you?”Although Liu Ruoxin was talking to the candidate surnamed Chu, her eyes kept glancing at Zhou Jie.
Zhou Jie knew that Liu Ruoxin was talking to him, so he felt warm in his heart and looked back at her affectionately.
"Uh, don't worry about them. Continue.”Zhu Yipin was speechless at the two people who were showing off their love and could only ignore them.
Chu Zhongzhong nodded and continued," It's just that Suzhen didn't return to the countryside after that. She came back to visit me from time to time and even gave me some money to help." At that time, I wondered where she got so much money. Later, I found out that Suzhen had already given herself to that rich man.”
"I understand." Liu Ruoxin said as if she had discovered the truth,""You wanted to reconcile with Suzhen, but she refused, so you wanted to kill her.”
"Why don't you believe me?" Chu Zhongzhong seemed to have suffered a great grievance and repeatedly promised,"I love Suzhen. I can't hurt her. I had already planned to bring Suzhen back to the countryside if I failed again, and she agreed, but who knew that things would turn out like this.”
As Chu Zhongzhong spoke, sadness rose from his heart and he began to cry again.
Zhu Yipin had already started to believe Chu Zhongzhong's words. He confirmed again,""First, tell me where you were on the day Suzhen died.”
Chu Zhongzhong said confidently," That day, I was preparing for the examination at the Examination Hall. If you don't believe me, you can ask around. There are many people who can testify for me."”
"Do you know who that rich man is?" Yang Yuxuan asked.”
"Suzhen was worried that the rich man would find trouble with me, so she rarely mentioned him to me.”Chu Zhongzhong whimpered. Although his voice was a little unclear, Zhou Jie and the others could still roughly hear it.
"Things are clear now." Zhou Jie held his chin with his right hand." The rich man is the biggest suspect now. Maybe Suzhen broke up with him, but the rich man didn't agree, so he killed Suzhen."”
"But we don't know anything about that rich guy, so where are we going to catch him?”Liu Ruoxin shook her head helplessly. There were at least eight thousand rich people in the capital. Now that he didn't even know the most basic name, a headless and brainless search was no different from finding a needle in a haystack.
Now that the clues to the case were broken, the only way to find out the cause of Su Zhen's death was to find that rich man. However, only Su Zhen knew the identity of that rich man. Everyone seemed to have entered an endless loop and could not get out of it.
The next day, everyone gathered together to discuss the case.
"What are you discussing behind my back?”Chen Anan appeared out of nowhere and looked at Zhu Yipin with dissatisfaction.
Zhu Yipin looked at Zhou Jie, Liu Ruoxin, and Yang Yuxuan, hoping that they could help him deal with Chen Anan. However, Zhou Jie and the other two turned their heads in the same direction and ignored Zhu Yipin's plea for help.
Zhu Yipin took a deep breath and forced a smile."We are discussing the development plan of the clinic. People are not in good health now. I plan to ask everyone to do some national fitness exercises, such as Taiji Fist and Five Animal Frolics.”
"Pah!" Chen Anan grabbed Zhu Yipin's ear and said angrily,""You're an outsider. If everyone isn't sick, why are we still opening a clinic? I must teach you what to do today.”Then, Chen Anan dragged Zhu Yipin out.
Zhou Jie shook his head as he looked at the couple. When he turned around, he saw Liu Ruoxin smiling too. The two of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly. Everything was not serious.
At the same time, Chen Anan pulled Zhu Yipin to the door of the Salvation Hall. She pointed at the crowd and said,""You should learn from them. They can sell hundreds of pills a day for five taels of silver. I now order you to analyze the prescription of this medicine before tomorrow. We will sell it too.”
Zhu Yipin took the medicine from Chen Anan and fell into deep thought.
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