Chapter 117



117 Fishing

Xiao Juan looked at her expressionlessly. “Are you plotting to frame me?”

Yu Niaoniao wagged her index finger.

“No, no, no. It’s called fishing, to be precise.”

Xiao Juan narrowed his eyes. This word was interesting.

Yu Niaoniao said smugly.

“Your Highness, your vigilance is still too low. You were so easily corroded by someone else’s sugar-coated bullets. Fortunately, it was me this time, not anyone else. Otherwise, you would definitely be unlucky.”

Xiao Juan thought that if it were someone else who fed him, he would not accept it either.

Granny Xiu Yan came over to remind them that it was getting late. If they didn’t leave soon, they would miss the appointed time.

Xiao Juan walked out.

Yu Niaoniao quickly chased after him with the paper bag.

When getting into the carriage, Xiao Juan looked at the big paper bag in Yu Niaoniao’s arms.

Yu Niaoniao immediately hugged the paper bag tightly and gave him a fawning smile.

In the end, Xiao Juan did not say anything and let her bring the popcorn to the Justice Department.

Yu Niaoniao sat down behind the small desk.

She had popcorn in her left hand, fruit tea in her right, and books in front of her.

Eating and working at the same time could be said to be wonderful.

Lo Pingsha and Meng Xizhou came to report to Prince Lang for work.

The two of them had just walked into Mirror House when they smelled something sweet.

At first, they thought that there was incense in the house.

But soon they remembered that Duke Lang never used spices.

So where did the scent come from?

Meng Xizhou was fine. He was just curious, but he maintained a serious expression.

“Your Highness, I’ve already followed your instructions and led our men to search the entire Prince Min’s Mansion. I didn’t find any useful clues.”

Xiao Juan was not surprised by this outcome.

He said calmly, “Go to Prince Min’s Mansion to search again tonight.”

Meng Xizhou did not understand. “Didn’t we just search it?”

Xiao Juan said, “The search is just a means. Your real goal is Prince Min.”

Meng Xizhou understood. “I understand.”

Xiao Juan looked at Lo Pingsha and saw him staring blankly at the screen. He could not help but frown and ask.

“What are you looking at?”

Lo Pingsha immediately came back to his senses, embarrassment appearing on his fair baby face.

“Sorry, I was distracted.”

He sensed someone behind the screen and guessed that the sweet smell was coming from behind it.

He had little interest in the person, but he was interested in what the person ate.

He wondered what that person was eating. It smelled so good.

Xiao Juan asked, “How’s Shen Xu?”

Lo Pingsha answered truthfully.

“I’ve already interrogated him. The reason he wanted to print the book in the first place was that he listened to a friend’s suggestion. After sending the sample book to the printing shop, he left the rest to that friend. He really didn’t know that there was something wrong with the printed book.”

Xiao Juan asked, “Who is his friend?”

Lo Pingsha said, “That person’s name was Li Qiao. Shen Xu met him at a poetry meeting. Li Qiao was good at poetry. He was eloquent. Shen Xu hit it off with him at first sight and quickly treated him as a confidant. He often brought him along to eat and drink. But ever since the anti-government poetry case was exposed, Li Qiao disappeared. I suspect even the name Li Qiao might be fake.”

Although he knew that it might be a fake name, Xiao Juan still got someone to investigate Li Qiao, hoping to find some clues.

Xiao Juan instructed Lo Pingsha.

“Continue interrogating Shen Xu. It’s best if a sketch can be made of Li Qiao’s appearance.”

“There.”

Things were arranged.

Logically speaking, Meng Xizhou and Luo Pingsha should have left.

But Lo Pingsha could not quite bring himself to walk.

He wondered what the hell the person behind the screen was eating.