In the martial arts world, he threatens Yin Susu from the start.

Having developed some resistance to the onslaught of spiritual energy, Ji Yaohua was no longer so easily intoxicated.

But after a few drinks, I was still a little tipsy.

Therefore, he quickly took his leave.

"Young Master Gu, I should go investigate the case."

Gu Hanyuan said in a deep voice:

"The case of the Plum Blossom Thief has many suspicious points, but very few clues. It may not be easy to investigate."

Ji Yaohua sighed softly; how could she not know the difficulty of investigating the case?

Especially after yesterday's cursory investigation, I have an even bigger headache.

Helplessly, he said:

"With a mission on my shoulders, I have to give it a try."

Gu Hanyuan said gently:

"Alright. If Miss Ji has any difficulties, you can ask me for help."

Ji Yaohua's beautiful eyes flickered slightly.

1.2 Gu Hanyuan's promise is more effective than anything else.

It also means that Gu Hanyuan doesn't care about her using someone else's power to bully others.

Ji Yaohua couldn't help but smile radiantly as she said:

"Thank you, Young Master Gu. Yaohua takes her leave now."

As Ji Yaohua walked to the courtyard gate, she heard a mocking laugh from afar.

"Also, if Miss Ji has made up her mind, she can come to me at any time."

Ji Yaohua paused, turned around, and snorted:

"Hmph, then Young Master Gu can just wait and see!"

After saying that, he turned around and quickly left.

However, a natural smile involuntarily appeared on her lips.

It wasn't the usual masked, fake smile, but an incredibly genuine one.

Gu Hanyuan watched Ji Yaohua's departing figure with a deep gaze.

A playful smile curved at the corner of his lips.

Chapter 740: Ji Yaohua: Besides...aren't we friends?

Ji Yaohua and Gu Hanyuan were separated for a shorter time than expected.

Before noon, a purple-clad constable from the Six Doors came to inform Gu Hanyuan to go see Ji Yaohua.

Gu Hanyuan followed him to a manor.

This is Mr. Iron Flute's property.

To be precise, it was given by Long Xiaoyun to Mr. Tiedi.

Ruyi now lives here.

Mr. Tie Di's first wife died early and left no children; his only concubine was Ruyi.

Therefore, Ruyi naturally inherited all of Mr. Iron Flute's estate, including this manor.

This place has been sealed off by the Six Doors, so such a commotion must mean that another murder has occurred.

Gu Hanyuan entered leisurely.

Ji Yaohua, dressed in a black constable's uniform, examined the corpse on the ground with a solemn expression.

His once shiny bald head had become wrinkled and bluish-black, making it difficult to discern his features.

However, Gu Hanyuan recognized it at a glance as a Heart Mirror.

A little further away, Ruyi, dressed in plain white mourning clothes, covered her face and sobbed weakly.

Ruyi noticed Gu Hanyuan's arrival and subtly gave him a flirtatious wink.

Gu Hanyuan's lips curled slightly, but the smile quickly disappeared.

She called out softly:

"Miss Ji."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yaohua stood up and looked at Gu Hanyuan, a hint of joy flashing in her beautiful eyes.

She said in a gentle voice:

"Young Master Gu, you've arrived."

The 31 members of the Six Doors present all looked over with ambiguous expressions.

Ji Yaohua had already seen similar looks when she returned to the Six Doors' headquarters that morning.

Perhaps it was because of a guilty conscience.

Ji Yaohua simply glared at them fiercely, without offering any further explanation.

When no one could see, she couldn't help but purse her lips.

Gu Hanyuan said gently:

"Miss Ji, how is the situation?"

When the conversation turned to serious matters, Ji Yaohua reverted to her usual aloof and capable demeanor.

She said with a slight frown:

"Xin Jian died from a deadly poison. This poison is very rare; it's a bat poison from the Miao region. I suspect it was the Five Poison Boy who did it."

Gu Hanyuan raised an eyebrow and asked:

Why did the Five Poison Child want to kill the Heart Mirror?

Ji Yaohua glanced at Ruyi, who was still sobbing, and said in a low voice:

"Miss Ruyi said that Xinjian suddenly broke in and tried to take advantage of her, and then, for some unknown reason, his face turned black and he died from poisoning. Then, a figure less than six feet tall broke in and took a book from Xinjian's body. When I examined Xinjian's body, I found two bloody holes on the back of his neck, which should have been from bat bites. As for what the book was, I have no idea."

PS: The ruler used here is the ancient ruler, one foot is 0.23 meters.

Gu Hanyuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he pondered for a moment before saying:

"The Five Poisons Child is probably after my 'Innate Sunflower Divine Skill'."

Ji Yaohua paused for a moment, then asked:

"'Innate Sunflower Divine Skill'?"

Gu Hanyuan said quietly:

"Yes, that's the martial arts I taught Afei. Long Xiaoyun and I made a deal, so I gave him a copy as well. Xin Jian must have obtained the manual when he was cleaning up Long Xiaoyun's body. But I don't know how the Five Poison Child found out about it, killed Xin Jian, and stole the manual."

Ji Yaohua naturally had no idea about the private deal between Gu Hanyuan and Long Xiaoyun.

Hearing this, he paused for a moment, suddenly recalling some rumors he had heard about Lin Shiyin before.

Those rumors are baseless and their veracity is questionable.

However, based on Ji Yaohua's understanding of Gu Hanyuan, the rumors are very likely true, and something may have happened between the two.

When she first heard the rumors, she still looked down on Gu Hanyuan, but now she felt inexplicably unhappy.

Ji Yaohua frowned slightly and shook her head, unwilling to think about it any further.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he asked:

"Young Master Gu intends to take on the Northern Shaolin Temple?"

Gu Hanyuan asked with a half-smile:

"how you said that?"

Ji Yaohua's beautiful eyes sparkled as she said with certainty:

"It was Young Master Gu who got Long Xiaoyun's consent to have Xin Jian prepare Long Xiaoyun's body."

“Miss Ji is indeed clever. I don’t need to say more about my relationship with Shaolin, do I? I merely took advantage of Xin Jian’s greed.”

There was no need to hide such an obvious framing tactic.

Gu Hanyuan was only taking advantage of Xin Jian's greed.

Once the mind is tempted by greed, it falls into the trap.

This is an open strategy; whether it gets exposed or not is not important.

Gu Hanyuan's composure made Ji Yaohua's smile even brighter.

Ji Yaohua pondered for a moment and said:

"I see. I just don't know how the Five Poison Child found out about it and even came to steal the manual."