I traveled through time with my best friend.

Chapter 198 Jiang Xue is suspected of murder.

After Wenchuan quickly slipped away, Pei Zhijin silently clenched his hands on his knees, and recalled the time when he watched his father fall off a cliff when he was a child.

His eyes narrowed suddenly, and then his chest heaved violently. Pei Zhijin supported himself on the table with both hands, trying hard to suppress his emotions, and then he slowly calmed down.

He has always been obsessed with his father's death. Although Pei Chong said that it was his fault that his father was intermittently killed, only Pei Zhijin knew that his father's death was closely related to the unsolved murder case five years ago.

"Sir, are you okay?" Wen Yu suddenly appeared at the door, and seeing that Pei Zhijin looked a little strange, he asked with concern.

Pei Zhijin suddenly loosened his hands, and when he looked at Wen Yu, he had regained his previous rationality.

"what's up?"

Wen Yu then walked in and said, "Sir, the person who spread the nursery rhyme might be Miss Jiang."

Pei Zhijin frowned after hearing this, "Jiang Xue?"

"Yes, someone saw Miss Jiang giving candy to those children, and then someone died..."

Wen Yu stopped and did not continue, but Pei Zhijin already understood what Wen Yu meant, so he denied it directly: "It definitely couldn't be her."

Wen Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "But sir, these are just too coincidental."

"Jiang Xue was not in the capital five years ago."

Pei Zhijin picked Jiang Xue clean with just one sentence. Wen Yu was speechless and lowered his head and said, "Then, sir, how should we start this matter?"

Pei Zhijin looked serious. After a moment, he said, "Don't alert the enemy to the murder case. Let the Ministry of Justice investigate first. As for the nursery rhyme, I'm afraid it has already spread to the palace. The Queen Mother will take action. We must keep a close eye on the Queen Mother's people. If they make a move, arrest them immediately."

"Yes."

After Wen Yu went out, he came back in less than a moment with an anxious look on his face.

"Sir, Zhu Feng came over just now and said that Miss Jiang is missing."

Pei Zhijin stood up immediately after hearing this, and without waiting for Wen Yu to finish his words, he rushed out.

Zhu Feng was pacing back and forth outside anxiously. Seeing Pei Zhijin coming out, he ran over and shouted anxiously, "Sir, my young lady and Miss Lin didn't come back all night. I searched for them for a long time but couldn't find them."

"Do you know where they went?"

Zhu Feng shook his head, "I don't know."

Pei Zhijin remembered that after he and Jiang Xue parted in a hurry yesterday afternoon, he had not cared about her anymore. Now that he heard that she was missing, he looked a little panicked.

Then he called Ye Tong out.

Ye Tong immediately came out from the side and said respectfully: "My lord, please give me your orders!"

"Go check where Jiang Xue is right now?"

"Yes."

Half an hour later, in the Northern Pacification Office, Ye Tong said respectfully in front of Pei Zhijin: "Sir, Miss Jiang is still missing, but Miss Lin has been found and she has returned to the Lin Mansion."

Zhu Feng said immediately: "I will go to the Lin Mansion to find Miss Lin and ask her where she is."

However, before Zhu Feng could go out, Pei Zhijin walked out quickly, and when he left the Northern Pacification Office and was ready to mount his horse and go to the Lin Mansion.

He saw Wenchuan running towards him on the street. Pei Zhijin pulled the reins. Wenchuan said anxiously, "Sir, someone was killed in Huaxiang. Miss Jiang was also there..."

When Pei Zhijin heard this, his expression tensed and he quickly rode his horse towards Huaxiang.

Outside Huaxiang Street, there was a crowd of people. People gathered together, chattering and pointing at the people inside.

"Alas, such a good person, how could he be killed?" someone in the crowd said with regret.

"Yes." A person nearby pointed at the woman lying on the ground with her face covered by her sleeves and said, "Do you think she is the murderer?"

The person who had just spoken looked over and saw that the woman was holding a dagger in her hand. The dagger was stained with blood and fit the wound perfectly.

"The Ministry of Justice is investigating the case. All outsiders please leave immediately!"

Several people from the Ministry of Justice immediately separated the crowd. The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice walked over quickly and lifted the sleeves of the woman in front of him. The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice was stunned, "Why is it her?"

The woman lying on the ground frowned slightly, then slowly opened her eyes, saw the corpse in front of her, and then sat up from the ground in panic.

Then he saw the dagger in his hand and quickly threw it away with a look of panic on his face.

The Minister of Justice said to the woman in front of him: "Miss Jiang, what are you doing..."

The woman was slightly stunned, and suddenly frowned. She recalled a man's voice in her mind, "If you play the role of Miss Jiang well, after faking your death, I will set you free."

The woman's panic-stricken expression gradually calmed down. She was about to speak, but no sound came out. She opened her mouth again, but still no sound came out.

The woman touched her neck and frowned. Why couldn't she speak?

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice watched Jiang Xue in front of him perform these strange actions. In order to avoid unnecessary panic, he had to order people to take Jiang Xue and her body back to the Ministry of Justice for trial.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Pei Zhijin's anxious voice, "Stop!"

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice looked over and saw that it was Pei Zhijin. He hurried over and saluted, saying, "Master Pei, why are you here?"

However, Pei Zhijin jumped off the horse and walked towards Jiang Xue with his eyes fixed on her.

Jiang Xue frowned and didn't react when she saw Pei Zhijin. She just kept staring at Pei Zhijin.

Pei Zhijin stopped in front of Jiang Xue, his eyes full of worry. Looking at the blood on Jiang Xue's body, he said, "Take her back to the prison."

After hearing this, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice said in embarrassment: "Master Pei, this..."

"Why? Didn't your Ministry of Justice already hand this case over to the Royal Guards? Do you regret it now?"

"No, no." The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice smiled awkwardly, "It's just that this matter concerns Miss Jiang. I'm afraid it has little to do with the murder case five years ago, right?"

"There have been a series of murders in the capital recently. I think it is related to what happened five years ago." Pei Zhijin looked at the Minister of Justice with cold eyes.

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard came in person to demand the person, so how could the Ministry of Justice not hand him over? In the end, they had no choice but to let him go and watch Pei Zhijin take Jiang Xue away.

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice did not know the relationship between Pei Zhijin and Jiang Xue. He thought that he would be in great danger if he went to the imperial prison, so he quickly sent someone to deliver a letter to Jiang's house.

In Fusi, Beizhen.

Jiang Xue sat on the stool stiffly. Pei Zhijin looked at Jiang Xue and asked, "Where did you go last night?"

Jiang Xue looked at Pei Zhijin, shook her head, and pointed to her mouth, indicating that she couldn't speak.

Pei Zhijin frowned and asked Wen Yu to ask the doctor to come over.

Zhu Feng looked at his young lady in this state and said angrily, "Young lady, tell me who made you like this, and I will help you get revenge."

Jiang Xue in front of him seemed to be very unfamiliar with Zhu Feng and ignored him.

Before the doctor came, King Cheng's men rushed in. Mu Qi, holding the imperial edict in his hand, looked at Pei Zhijin seriously and said, "Miss Jiang is suspected of murder. She will be detained in the Ministry of Justice from now on, and King Cheng will be in charge."

Everything happened too suddenly. Pei Zhijin stood in front of Jiang Xue and looked at Mu Qi and said, "No one can take her away today."