Crossing the Sword

Ye Shi actually asked Yue Ji straight to the point: "Do you know the truth about the Ridoujin blood case?"

His straightforwardness not only surprised Ling Fei, but Yue Ji was also stunned by his sudden question. She lowered her head and avoided Ye Shi's gaze and said, "Mr. Ye, you are joking. How could I know such a terrible thing? I did go to Ridoujin to play a few rounds recently, but Mr. Susano deliberately let me win a lot of money. Therefore, I deeply sympathize with their tragedy. If I knew the reason, I would never hide it."

"So that's how it is." Ye Shisan nodded without comment and said, "Then Miss Yueji, besides Susanoo, who else have you had more contact with during this period?" After saying that, he still stared at Yueji closely, observing her changes.

Yue Ji carefully raised her head, and seeing Ye Shisan still looking at her, she immediately lowered her head and said, "I am unfortunate to have fallen into the mortal world, and my interactions with people are all occasional. I smile at everyone I meet, and how can I remember so many people afterwards? Naturally, there is no such thing as how much or little interaction you have with someone. If there is someone I have had the most interaction with, it would be my maid Xiao Cui."

Ye Shisan sneered in his heart, I don't believe you! However, Yueji's words were very strict, and it could be said that there were no loopholes. He knew that he couldn't ask anything more, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble Miss Yueji." At this time, a waiter happened to pass by, and hurriedly called out, "I'm here to investigate something under the order of the Black Emperor. Can you help me call Miss Yueji's maid Xiaocui over?"

When the maid heard that it was the Black Emperor's order, how could she dare to say no? She quickly agreed and ran to call for help. At this time, Yue Ji didn't know what she was thinking. Her eyes turned subconsciously, and Ye Shi, who had been paying attention to her, happened to see it. He casually talked to her about something else. Yue Ji didn't understand, so she had to answer one by one.

After a while, Xiao Cui was brought over. Yue Ji thought disdainfully, "Xiao Cui is my personal maid. We have a lot of contact. If I just give her a glance, she won't understand immediately? Do you really think you can get anything out of her? It turns out that Ye Shi is a master at solving cases, and hearing about him is worse than meeting him in person!"

Ye Shisan did not ask Xiao Cui questions right away, but unexpectedly said to Yue Ji: "Thank you, Miss Yue Ji. You can go back now." Seeing that she was still hesitant, he teased: "Miss Yue Ji, you are unwilling to leave. Do you also want to hear my questions and help Xiao Cui to supplement your views?"

Yue Ji's face finally became a little embarrassed, and she frowned and said, "I don't understand what Mr. Ye means by this."

Ye Shisan said in a half-joking tone, "I doubt you."

Yue Ji said coldly: "In that case, Yue Ji bids farewell!" After that, she left with a look at Xiao Cui. Unfortunately, Ye Shisan hadn't started to ask yet, Xiao Cui could only know that Yue Ji meant for her to stop talking nonsense, but she didn't have the same scheming as Yue Ji, so this look was doomed to be useless.

After Yue Ji walked away, Ye Shisan smiled and said to Xiao Cui, "How old are you this year?" Ling Fei, who was standing by, immediately looked at Ye Shisan with strange eyes, wondering how this boy could tease young girls?

Xiao Cui didn't expect Ye Shisan to ask such a strange question. She looked at Ye Shisan's friendly smile and lowered her head shyly and said, "Eighteen."

"Oh. So how many years have you been following your young lady?" Ye Shisan asked a few more irrelevant questions before returning to the main topic: "So who does your young lady usually interact with the most, or who does she have the closest contact with?"

After answering Ye Shisan's first few questions, Xiao Cui had already lost her guard against him, and now she answered fluently: "My young lady has a good relationship with an older sister, but I don't know her name. Also, Mr. Qi has been pestering my young lady for the past six months, but my young lady has never paid much attention to him."

"Mr. Qi?" Zhang Tianya asked casually.

Xiao Cui nodded and said, "Yes, I only know that he is the boss of the Chengxi herbal medicine store."

Ling Fei at the side interrupted and asked, "Is it Shuimutang Pharmacy?"

"Yes." Xiao Cui replied immediately: "This gentleman also knows."

Ling Fei nodded, and Ye Shisan said, "It's nothing, you can go back first."

On the way back to the Imperial Palace, Ling Fei asked curiously, "What did you find out today? Except for Xiao Cui's age."

Ye Shisan knew what he was thinking, and explained with a wry smile: "Do you really think I'm some kind of playboy? Yue Ji winked at Xiao Cui before she left, so if I ask her right away, the answer she gets may not be true. That's why I asked a few irrelevant questions to wear down her guard. She's not as scheming as Yue Ji, so she can naturally get the answer I need."

Ling Fei was somewhat surprised and said, "Is Yue Ji very scheming? I feel that her answer just now was very frank. She even took the initiative to tell her about her recent frequent gambling at Ridoujin. As for the last question, maybe she felt that the woman and Qi Lu had not been in contact recently." He was a romantic man and naturally did not expect too many calculations.

Ye Shisan's eyes flashed with wisdom, and he sneered, "If she didn't say it, wouldn't we know? And there was no need for her to bring it up at the time. This was clearly an attempt to cover up the truth. A lie that is half true is indeed easier to believe, but her words have aroused my suspicion. And didn't you notice that when I asked the first question, she hurriedly avoided my gaze and answered."

Ling Fei nodded and said, "I really didn't notice it. If it's as you said, this Yue Ji is really not a simple person."

Ye Shisan thought of the Qi Lu he had just mentioned and asked, "Is the Qi Lu you mentioned just now the Qi Ye that Xiao Cui mentioned? Who is he? He is just an ordinary drug store owner, you shouldn't be able to call out his name, right?" With Ling Fei's cultivation level, he naturally would not get sick. Even if someone in the mansion was sick, he would not have to get the medicine himself, so it is common sense that he should not know the name of an ordinary drug store owner.

Ling Fei nodded and said, "He is indeed extraordinary. Have you heard of the First Snake Clan? The First Snake Clan is the most powerful clan under the Water God Gonggong, and their leaders are two beautiful women."

Ye Shisan smiled mischievously and said, "Aren't you attracted to those two beauties?"

Ling Fei hurriedly warned: "Don't say that. Those two beauties are sisters. The lover of elder sister Xiangliu is the Fire God Zhurong of Youxiong Country! Although the Fire God Zhurong is very chivalrous, he also has a very hot temper. If you talk to me about Xiangliu in such an ambiguous way, be careful to be burned to ashes!"