The sympathetic gazes beside her were so intense that Jiang Wansang found it hard to ignore them.

Arriving at Tingsang Pavilion, she couldn't help but speak: "Miss Zhao, there's no need to look at me like that. These people in the Xiangfu can't bully me."

Zhao Zhizhi had just seen it with her own eyes, so how could she believe what she said? She just thought she was showing off.

She wasn't the type to expose other people's scars, so she nodded in agreement with Jiang Wansang's words, "I trust Miss Jiang, but if there's anything you need help with, feel free to ask me."

Although she and Jiang Wansang were not close friends, from the few days of contact, she could feel that she was smart and clever, and was a very nice girl to get along with.

If she could make friends, she would naturally be willing to do so.

Jiang Wansang could tell she didn't believe him at all, but she didn't say much and changed the subject, "Miss Zhao, what's the matter with you coming to see me?"

Her friendship with Zhao Zhizhi only lasted until after the Autumn Banquet. She had taken the initiative to talk to her about how to investigate the criminal in the missing woman's case. She had come to her house today and waited at the door for so long, probably because of this matter.

As expected, Zhao Zhizhi immediately shifted her focus. "Miss Jiang, I did as you said and asked beggars in the imperial city to take turns watching for unusual movements on the streets day and night. Sure enough, they found something suspicious."

Jiang Wansang asked Zheliu to prepare tea while listening to Zhao Zhizhi's words. She was a little surprised to hear this.

If she wanted to investigate unusual movements in the streets without attracting attention, the best way would of course be to find the beggars who often roamed the streets, so she took the initiative to propose this idea to Zhao Zhizhi after the Autumn Banquet.

The plot of the woman's disappearance was arranged in the book only to add industrial saccharin to the love between the hero and heroine. It did not explain where the missing woman had gone, nor who the real criminal was.

Of course, it takes some effort to find the criminal, but she didn't expect to get the news so soon.

Jiang Wansang took the initiative to ask, "What's suspicious?"

Zhao Zhizhi looked a little excited.

She was of course excited that the case, which had been deadlocked for so long, finally showed some signs of hope.

She came here specifically to talk about this matter, so naturally, she didn't keep anyone in suspense. "According to those beggars, apart from the fact that the girls in the Imperial City are afraid to go out lately, there are only two unusual things."

She suddenly paused, then glanced at Jiang Wansang.

This glance made Jiang Wansang raise his eyebrows slightly, and he vaguely guessed something.

As expected, what Zhao Zhizhi said was exactly what she had guessed: "Well... the first thing is that in the past few nights, there have been two women who like to hang out on the street for no reason."

Zhao Zhizhi's expression was a bit embarrassed. "When they see beggars, they will not only kindly give them some money, but also tell them that the Imperial City is unsafe at night and ask them to go home early."

Jiang Wansang: "..."

Let the beggar go home early?

Haha, this is something those two idiots could do!

Jiang Wansang wasn't interested in what those two idiots were doing. She picked up the tea that Zheliu had brewed and asked, "What about the other thing?"

Seeing that she had no interest in hearing about the two people, Zhao Zhizhi certainly didn't say anything more, and even felt a little relieved in her heart.

During the Autumn Banquet, she really thought Jiang Zihan had some good ideas. Even when she first heard that she used herself as bait to lure criminals, she thought that this Second Miss Jiang was smart.

But after ordering those beggars to do their job, and then putting herself in the criminal's perspective, she suddenly felt that Miss Jiang's method was stupid...

Zhao Zhizhi coughed twice to collect her thoughts and quickly talked about another matter. "A beggar said that the night incense seller in the east of the city was several hours late collecting night incense a few days ago and was almost fired. However, he goes out of the city more often every month than before."

Zhao Zhizhi is a smart person. After hearing about this, she asked someone to investigate and it turned out to be true.

"I also found out that the days when Ye Xianglang was late collecting the night incense happened to be the same days when those women disappeared."

Anyone could guess what this meant. Jiang Wansang certainly understood. "We need evidence to arrest someone, and we also have to consider the safety of those women. Miss Zhao, please send someone to keep Ye Xianglang under surveillance first."

Zhao Zhizhi nodded, and she did so.

This matter cannot alert the enemy, but Zhao Zhizhi can finally put her mind at ease after so many days. She urgently needs to find someone to share with, so she comes to the Jiang family.

She looked at Jiang Wansang with eyes filled with gratitude, "Miss Jiang, you're so concerned about those missing women. You're a truly kind person!"

In comparison, Miss Jiang's actions seemed a bit deliberate.

Jiang Wansang was stunned by her praise.

A good person?

Few people would call her that; most of them would call her crazy.

Jiang Wansang curled her lips, "I'm not as noble as Miss Zhao thinks."

She did this not to save those women, nor for justice, but simply to make Jiang Zihan unhappy.

Unfortunately, Zhao Zhizhi didn't know this and thought she was being modest. After all, in her heart, Jiang Wansang was a kind person, so she liked her even more.

Miss Jiang is a kind-hearted person, so she must catch the criminal as soon as possible to repay Miss Jiang's kindness!

Zhao Zhizhi was full of fighting spirit and confidence. As a result, the next day she learned that the second daughter of the Jiang family had caught the criminal.

Everyone was confused.

Could it be that they were overthinking it, and that the criminal was actually a brainless idiot, so he fell into the trap so easily?

Zhao Zhizhi felt uneasy, so she went to talk to Jiang Wansang about the matter. "...I really didn't expect Miss Jiang to actually catch the criminal. I wanted to interrogate him, but I didn't expect her to accidentally kill the criminal and only bring back a body. There's no trace of the missing women either."

Mentioning this, she looked worried. "Right now, the entire Imperial City is discussing what reward the Imperial Master will ask for from Second Miss Jiang."

At the previous autumn banquet, many people heard the National Master say with their own ears that they would ask the National Master for a reward on behalf of the Second Miss Jiang.

Jiang Wansang remained calm.

Because of Lin Tong, Pei Zhanzhou already knew the origin of the "criminal", and he also knew that she would use this incident to deal with Jiang Zihan, and would definitely not do the stupid thing of asking for a reward.

That "criminal" was specially prepared by Su Huanyu for Jiang Zihan. He had no idea about the whereabouts of the missing woman, nor did he know the details of the case, so his final outcome must not be to be captured alive.

The assassin's mouth could not be pried open, so Jiang Wansang did not think of sparing the assassin's life and asking him to identify Jiang Zihan and Su Huanyu.

After Zhao Zhizhi finished speaking, she asked, "Has there been any abnormality recently with the Ye Xianglang we investigated earlier?"

Zhao Zhizhi shook her head, "Not yet."

Jiang Wansang: "Keep watching, don't alert the enemy."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhizhi understood.

Is she still doubting Ye Xianglang and not believing that the criminal Jiang Zihan found is real?

But Jiang Zihan arrested the man on the street, and the noise he made woke up the people living nearby, and they heard with their own ears that the criminal confessed his crime.

Zhao Zhizhi hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Miss Jiang, do you suspect that the criminal was bribed?"

But who would risk their life to be bribed? Moreover, she had been closely following this case and had checked every detail. There was nothing suspicious about the criminal who was accidentally killed.

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