After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Lu Changan rubbed his forehead and carefully analyzed with Qin Shengrui the disadvantages of his participation in politics. Now that the court is facing internal and external troubles, can he solve the internal or external troubles with his ability?

If nothing can be solved, it is better not to participate in politics, so that your clumsiness will not be exposed. When Yan Mu is found guilty, he will be the only fourth prince left, and he will be the crown prince no matter what. Why be thankless when you can just sit back and enjoy the results.

Qin Shengrui snorted, "Okay, I won't join the government and participate in politics. I will listen to you on this matter, but there is one more thing, you have to listen to me."

Lu Changan sighed slightly, "What's the matter?"

Qin Shengrui came closer and said, "Take this opportunity to kill Lao Qi."

"Your Highness, I just said..."

"Kill him and avoid future troubles forever!"

The next day, Liu Yunxiang and Zhang Qi were calculating the losses after the stores were closed. Fortunately, only a few stores in Shengjing were closed, and stores in other places were still operating normally.

"The guys were divided into several groups and patrolled outside the store day and night. Fortunately, no theft was discovered." Zhang Qi said.

At this time, there is no peace inside and outside Shengjing. They are afraid that thieves will take the opportunity to steal the inventory in the store, but the government does not care about it, so they can only suffer the loss.

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Our shop will be unblocked soon. Please tell the guys not to panic. Let's take care of each other during this special period."

"Yes."

Zhang Qi wrote a number at the bottom of the account book in front of him, and then showed it to Liu Yunxiang, "Because the store was sealed, we had several batches of goods that couldn't be shipped out, so we couldn't deliver the goods on time. This was a loss of silver, not counting the compensation to the other party. of."

Liu Yunxiang frowned as he looked at the last number, "Let's explain our situation clearly to the other party and try to gain their understanding. The amount of compensation will be as stipulated in the contract. We at Lingyun are based on integrity and must not fail. Integrity.”

"I see."

At this time, the housekeeper came over and said that an official from Jingzhao Mansion came to deliver a message and that Mrs. Feng wanted to see her.

Arriving at the jail of Jingzhao Mansion, Governor Li Zhong was leading Xue Hefeng out. Li Zhong had a sad look on his face, but Xue Hefeng had a smile on his face and a brisk pace, unlike the suspect who had just been interrogated.

Seeing Liu Yunxiang, the two men stepped forward to salute.

Liu Yunxiang raised his hand and then looked at Xue Hefeng: "I heard that Mr. Feng identified Mr. Xue as the real culprit who killed Xiao Wu?"

Xue Hefeng chuckled and said, "This is not nonsense. The fifth girl is smart and cute. I don't love her as much. How could I kill her! Feng's retracting her confession and biting her randomly are just a desperate struggle."

"Did Mr. Xue personally see Feng kill the fifth girl that day?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Ms. Feng said she didn't kill the fifth girl, so which one of you is telling a lie?"

Xue Hefeng sneered, "Of course it's Feng."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Li Zhong, "The couple identified each other. If Feng's confession cannot be used as evidence, then the confession of Mr. Xue, who is also suspected, cannot be used as evidence, right?"

Li Zhong was silent for a moment and said, "That's the truth."

"Then Feng was imprisoned, but why was Mr. Xue released?"

"This……"

Xue Hefeng clicked his tongue and said: "The princess may not know that as a court official, unless there is conclusive evidence, denial cannot be easily convicted, let alone imprisoned."

After saying that, Xue Hefeng smiled and walked out of the prison.

"Li Fuyin, you just let him go like this?" Liu Yunxiang asked with a frown.

Li Zhong said helplessly: "As I said before, Feng's confession cannot be used as evidence. There must be other witnesses and evidence to convict Xue Hefeng. But Feng's situation was different. The officer saw a knife in her hand that day. , and she pleaded guilty and even closed the case, so if Xue Hefeng cannot be convicted, then Feng will still be the murderer and must be executed."

Arriving outside the door of Feng's cell, Feng saw her and hurriedly ran over in the darkness. Different from her previous lifeless look, she tied up her hair and looked at Liu Yunxiang with bright eyes.

"Xue Hefeng was let go." Liu Yunxiang sighed slightly.

Feng's eyes darkened, but she quickly put away her disappointment and looked around, "Princess, can I have a word with you alone?"

Liu Yunxiang turned around and saw the prison officer standing next to him, so he waved them to wait outside.

As soon as the prison guard left, Mrs. Feng took another step forward, grabbed the railing with both hands, and whispered: "Yesterday, Fuyin Li interrogated me. I told him everything that happened in the mountains that day, but he said that I This confession cannot be used as evidence. It makes me think about whether there were other people who saw Xue Hefeng murder. I thought about it carefully and found that one person did see it."

Liu Yunxiang raised his eyebrows, "Is there a fourth person present?"

Feng shook his head, "That is the mountain behind Fahua Temple. There is a path up the mountain. The old man was over sixty years old and carrying a bamboo basket. He must have been passing by there. I saw him in panic, and he was also affected by it. He was frightened and ran away in a panic."

"Then why didn't you tell Li Fuyin?"

"No, I can't trust them. Xue Hefeng is very capable. He may have spies in Jingzhao Mansion. I can't take the risk."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he subconsciously glanced in the distance and saw a prison guard looking over here. When he saw her looking over, he hurriedly hid back.

"Princess, please help me." Feng prayed.

Liu Yunxiang exhaled, "Do you want me to help you find this old man and ask him to identify Xue Hefeng?"

Feng nodded hurriedly and took out a piece of paper from her arms, "During the interrogation yesterday, Fuyin Li asked me to carefully write down what happened that day. I drew the old man's appearance on the paper while they were not paying attention. Sneak it into your arms."

Liu Yunxiang took the paper and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket for fear of being discovered.

"I know I have caused trouble for you, Princess, but the only person I can turn to right now is you. Please help me, I have to return to Kong'er, and I have to protect him."

"I'm not helping you, I'm here for Xiao Wu."

After coming out of Jingzhao Mansion, Liu Yunxiang took out the portrait and took a look. Without further ado, she took Zijin out of the city to Fahua Temple.

"Girl, Fahua Temple is full of incense and people come and go. I'm afraid it's hard to find it just based on this painting." Zijin said.

"Then you have to find it."

"How about we go back home and bring more people?"

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "We must not leak the news. If Xue Hefeng finds out and is one step ahead of us, the old man will be in danger. Let's find it secretly first, and then act according to the situation."

On the first day, the master and servant asked many people, but no one knew the old man, and finally returned without success.

Early the next morning, they went to Fahua Temple again, but outside the mountain gate, they bumped into Qu Moran, who was accompanied by Li Zhu.

"Hey, Yunxiang, what a coincidence, you also come to Fahua Temple to offer incense?"

Liu Yunxiang smiled and nodded, "It's indeed a coincidence."