Kong Zhiyou initially planned to enter the study to search for sothing when no one was around, aiming to deal with Qiuju.
As a result of seeing Chen Ji hard, her first suspect was the person he had secret dealings with. Her second suspect, however, was ng Yunzheng, since the matters they discussed involved him and might have sothing to do with him as well.
Kong Zhiyou hesitated at first, but ultimately searched the study and, upon finding these two sheets of paper, hid them away. She had her own motives—if the matter was unrelated to ng Yunzheng, then her actions would help him.
Regardless of ng Yunzheng or Shu Yu, both had high statuses, and if she were to encounter any trouble later, perhaps she could seek their help with this as leverage.
Previously, in court, when Shu Yu testified for Qiuju, Kong Zhiyou was furious and considered taking out those two sheets of paper, possibly dragging ng Yunzheng into the list of suspects too.
However, Shu Yu, despite their past conflicts, didn’t side with Qiuju; instead, she unravelled the truth and proved Kong Zhiyou’s innocence.
Kong Zhiyou was relieved she held back and didn’t impulsively hand over the papers.
Now that the truth of the case has co to light, with Chen Ji having been hard by Qiuju, the situation beca simpler. Kong Zhiyou felt sowhat at ease and handed the docunts to Shu Yu as a way to repay her for her help in court.
"Monarch Lu Xiang, this is all I know. I don’t know what grudges Scholar ng and that mysterious person have, nor do I want to know. I have no other requests, just that after giving you these papers, I wish to have no more connection to this case."
At this mont, Shu Yu finally took the two sheets of paper handed over by Kong Zhiyou and began to look through them.
In fact, they did not record anything significant, just ng Yunzheng’s schedule, such as when he left and returned ho.
This schedule was not at all secretive; even without Chen Ji, any neighbor in Liufang Alley could find it out.
However, what ng Yunzheng did when he went out and whom he saw was scarcely ntioned, detailing only three places. After all, ng Yunzheng’s routines were monotonous: either visiting the Lu family to see Shu Yu, going to the bookstore, visiting Master Wen, or staying ho all day without even leaving the gates of Jiangyuan County, with activities confined to the vicinity of Liufang Alley.
The sheets only listed tis and locations, nothing more.
No wonder ng Yunzheng didn’t notice, but everything could be known without needing to trail soone.
Although the papers contained no significant information, if found at the scene of Chen Ji’s murder by the authorities, it would surely drag ng Yunzheng into the swirling vortex.
Kong Zhiyou indeed did them a great favor.
She carefully put the papers away, "Thank you."
"It’s nothing, just consider it my repaynt, and we’re even now."
After speaking, Kong Zhiyou pursed her lips and said, "Then... I’m leaving, goodbye."
As she was about to lift the curtain and get out, Shu Yu suddenly asked, "Can you tell what that person looks like?"
She had ntioned earlier that the person seed to be in their forties, indicating she had seen his face.
Kong Zhiyou furrowed her brows, "I don’t have a deep mory for faces; I just glanced at him briefly and didn’t dare to look closely, so I can’t describe him specifically. I can only tell you a few features."
Shu Yu sat upright, "Go on."
Kong Zhiyou thought for a mont and then described his height and age, as well as his hairstyle, large nose, and short eyebrows.
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