Chapter 70 The Wrong Face

Ling Chu muttered in his heart, how could this person know that she was in the gambling house.

He came to find her specifically, could it be that he couldn't find any money in the house and came to use her again.

Ning Chuyi stopped and said in a calm voice, "I came out to do something, and just happened to hear that you were in Changlefang, so I went in to take a look."

Wei Feng, who was standing by, couldn't help but complain in his heart when he heard this.

The master was obviously doing something in the Jinyiwei Yamen, and he hurried over when he heard the Jinyiwei who came out to do something inadvertently mentioned that he seemed to have seen Miss Ling enter Changlefang.

When the master heard that Miss Ling went to the gambling house, his face changed.

This is a rare thing, their masters have always been people who don't change their faces even when the sky collapses.

If he didn't know that the emperor was interested in Miss Ling's ability and told the master to pay more attention to Miss Ling's safety, he would almost suspect that their masters were interested in Miss Ling, so he was so nervous.

Ning Chuyi didn't know that Wei Feng was criticizing him, so he turned around and asked Ling Chu, "Why would Miss Ling go to a place like Changlefang where all kinds of people gather?"

"My maid was taken to the gambling house by Hu Batian, and I couldn't bear to see her get into trouble, so I came to Changlefang to ask for her."

Ning Chuyi didn't expect that she was here to find the maid. Miss Ling gave him the feeling that if she said she came to Changlefang to gamble, it wouldn't be a strange thing.

Ning Chuyi didn't know why he had this idea, and after a moment of silence, he said, "What's the matter with the injury on Manager Tao's body?"

Although Tao Cheng said that he fell and got injured, Ning Chuyi didn't believe it.

When mentioning this, Ling Chu looked gloating, "Manager Tao met a bad luck puppet. The prince of Pingjun and the eldest son of the Minister of War were fighting in the gambling house. He went to persuade them and was accidentally injured."

Ling Chu didn't sympathize with Tao Cheng at all.

The amulet she gave was actually a waste of a talisman paper she had drawn. Although it can ensure safety, the effect is average and can only be guaranteed for two days at most.

After two days, the talisman is just a piece of waste paper.

Ning Chuyi was speechless.

On the way here, he happened to meet the Prince of Pingjun and the eldest son of the Minister of War who were leaving Changlefang. There was no injury on the two of them.

I didn't expect that Tao Cheng would be beaten so badly when he tried to stop the fight.

It seems that he is really unlucky.

Ning Chuyi and Wei Feng didn't think much about Ling Chu's words. They didn't know that Tao Cheng was really entangled by the unlucky puppet.

Since Lord Ning didn't come to ask her for help in finding the silver, Ling Chu planned to take the two maids back.

Ning Chuyi said, "There is a little clue about Lu Chengliu's matter."

Thinking that Yu Xiuyue's matter had not been resolved, Ling Chu's words of farewell came to his lips, but he swallowed them back.

"What did you find out?"

Ning Chuyi, "If Miss Ling is not busy, why don't you go sit in the teahouse?"

They are still standing in front of the gate of Changlefang. It is not suitable to talk here because of the people coming and going.

Ge's funeral affairs have not been completed yet. Ling Chu sent Liu Xiangju and Xia Zhi back to continue to handle the funeral. Then he turned around and got on the carriage, intending to go to the teahouse to listen to what Lord Ning found out.

Ning Chuyi took Ling Chu to Qingyun Street, a teahouse called Mingxue Pavilion.

The decoration of this teahouse is elegant. Following Ning Chuyi to the private room on the second floor and sitting by the window, Ling Chu discovered that there was actually a academy not far away opposite.

When the waiter served tea, Ling Chu retracted his gaze from the window and asked Ning Chuyi, "What did you find out about Lu Chengliu?"

Ning Chuyi took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and began to talk about the situation found by his Jinyiwei.

According to the investigation, Lu Chengliu is a student from a small county town in Dengzhou Prefecture. He has only a widowed mother at home. He went to Beijing to study alone half a year ago. Although his family is not rich, he is a very hardworking student.

His academic performance is pretty good and his temperament is gentle. In the academy, both the teacher and classmates have a good evaluation of him.

However, the Jinyiwei who investigated the case did not find that there was a girl named Yu Xiuyue around Lu Chengliu, but they found that Lu Chengliu seemed to be dating the sister of a wealthy classmate.

Originally, the classmate's family intended to get engaged to Lu Chengliu, but it was heard that Lu Chengliu accidentally fell and injured his head, so the engagement was temporarily shelved.

The classmate's family was going to wait until he recovered from his injury before proposing the engagement.

Ning Chuyi took a scroll from Wei Feng, opened it and spread it on the table.

"This is the Lu Chengliu."

Ling Chu glanced at the portrait and twitched his mouth.

Although the painting is quite clear, it would be difficult to match it with the real person.

Ning Chuyi also knew that the painting was disliked. His Jinyiwei were good at investigating cases, but their painting skills were just average.

"Miss Ling is good at painting. When there is a chance, could you please give some advice to the painters in our yamen?"

In order to track down those wanted criminals, the yamen hired a painter to draw portraits of those wanted criminals. But the painter's painting skills were far inferior to Miss Ling's.

It was not difficult to give advice on painting skills. Ling Chu could not refuse and could only nod in agreement.

"Lu Chengliu is studying at Changfeng Academy. It's almost time to go home. We should see him coming out."

Ling Chu glanced at Changfeng Academy not far away. No wonder Lord Ning brought her to the teahouse near the academy. It turned out that he wanted her to match the real person with the portrait.

The entrance of the academy was quiet at this time. No one was seen. Those students should still be in class inside.

…

Changfeng Academy, Xiuzhu Class.

A teacher with a white beard was distributing a stack of papers in his hand.

This is the test paper that was just finished yesterday. The teacher has already graded it. The students whose names are called will go up to the stage to receive their own papers.

The teacher looked down at the paper in his hand with a red pen writing "B grade", raised his head and called out, "Lu Chengliu."

Lu Chengliu, who was dressed in a blue-gray student uniform, responded and walked to the teacher respectfully.

The teacher handed the paper over, and his eyes were regretful.

Lu Chengliu noticed his gaze, and his heart tightened for a moment. He lowered his head and pretended to be calm as he took the paper.

The teacher looked at his back and felt regretful.

This Lu Chengliu used to be a very good student. He could get A grades in most of his courses before, but since he fell and injured his brain, his grades have been much worse than before.

Even his hand was injured, and his handwriting was much worse than before. It was a pity.

Lu Chengliu took the paper and walked to his seat. Although the teacher didn't say anything, his eyes made him feel uncomfortable all over.

The classmate next to him accidentally glanced at his hands holding the test paper and frowned.

Noticing the other party's strange look, Lu Chengliu looked down and found that because he was too strong, the test paper was torn by his hands.

His heart skipped a beat, and Lu Chengliu quickly smoothed the test paper.

The classmate glanced at the two words "B" on his test paper, and the doubts in his heart were relieved. No wonder the test paper was torn, it turned out that he didn't do well in the exam again.

Lu Chengliu tried his best to calm himself, and finally waited until the end of school, hurriedly packed up his books and prepared to go back.

"That's Lu Chengliu." Ning Chuyi suddenly pointed at a man at the entrance of the academy.

Ling Chu looked in the direction of his finger, and suddenly exclaimed, "This man's face is not right..."

Ling Chu: Do you want to read your fortune?

No copper coins, just bills.