The Crown Princess is reborn and returns to subvert the world

Jiang Peipei followed Jixiang out of Ji's house, the anger on her face still not subsided, "It's true that a dog can't change. No matter how many times it is tortured, it is still the same greedy and shameless. Cousin, just treat them as air, we won't be angry."

Jixiang smiled, "After dying once, these things no longer affect me. They just want what they want, but I have the final say on whether to give it to them or not."

"Yes, yes. If you don't give them the money, it will be useless even if they make a scene! Fortunately, Linglong went home today and didn't come with us. Otherwise, Linglong would definitely spit in their faces."

As they were talking, they ran into Xiong Er.

"Miss!"

"Didn't I tell you to go back and see Sister Zaohua and the kids? Why are you still on the street?"

"Xie Dongnan discovered something unusual in the house in front." Xiong Er said.

"What's abnormal?"

"Miss, just go and take a look and you'll know."

Jixiang and Jiang Peipei followed Xiong Er to Chunxi Street. As soon as they arrived at Chunxi Street, Jixiang suddenly realized that the problem might be in the Qi Mansion.

"Is there something going on in the Qi Mansion?"

"Yes." Xiong Er answered, "After Prince Duan disappeared, the prince asked us to search every house. When we searched the Qi Mansion, we found a clue."

Several people came to the courtyard where Qi Yue, the third young master of the Qi family, once lived. Xie Dongnan, Zhao Dong, Zhao Xi and others were all there.

"Miss, come and look over here." Xie Dongnan brought a few people to a rockery, and then went in through a hole that was only wide enough for one person. After entering, they saw a set of dragon robes thrown in a space as big as a room.

"Has Prince Duan ever been here?"

Xie Dongnan picked up the dragon robe beside him and said, "He left the South Gate and should have come here to change his clothes. Miss, look, there is blood on the shoulder of the dragon robe, which means he was injured."

Jixiang nodded, looked around the narrow space, and saw a secret passage next to it, "Where does this secret passage lead to?"

"I have walked along the secret passage, and the final exit is at the vegetable market in the north of the city."

"Didn't you see Prince Duan?"

Xie Dongnan shook his head, "Apart from this set of clothes, there is nothing else to find."

Jixiang frowned. There were so many secret passages dug under the imperial city, but Emperor Likang didn't even know about it! If Emperor Likang hadn't gone south, I'm afraid there would be secret passages all over the imperial city in the future.

By then, I wish there would be a secret passage under Emperor Li Kang’s bed.

Prince Duan had been planning for so many years to ascend the throne, which showed that he had put a lot of thought into it. Naturally, he would not easily give up the throne that he had worked so hard to get.

So, she felt that he might come back at any time.

"Find someone to seal this entrance and exit. Let's go to the north city vegetable market." Jixiang ordered.

The vegetable market in the north of the city is the largest vegetable market in Beijing, with many stalls and a diverse staff.

Jixiang and others arrived at the exit of the tunnel and found it was a small grocery store.

The shop owner was a man in his fifties, who had long been under the watch of Li Da. When he saw Jixiang and the others coming, he lowered his head and dared not look up.

Li Dabian stepped forward and said, "Miss, I have already asked him, and he said he didn't know there was a tunnel in the house. He just took over this shop three months ago."

“Where is the original merchant?”

"I heard that Prince Duan was accidentally killed when he entered the city, so this shop has not been rented out for a long time. The current owner only spent a small amount of money to rent it."

"Bring people here."

Soon, the owner was brought to Jixiang by Li Da.

The shop owner looked like an honest man. Perhaps he was oppressed by the aura of Jixiang and others and never dared to look up.

"Look up." said Jixiang.

The old man then slowly raised his head, and as soon as his eyes met Jixiang's, he quickly lowered it again, looking like someone who had never experienced any big scene.

"Has anyone entered or exited the tunnel in the past two days?"

"No, no," the old man shook his head and rubbed his hands nervously, "Except them." He pointed at Xie Dongnan and others.

"Do you know the emperor?" Jixiang asked again.

The old man shook his head quickly, "No, no, I have never seen the emperor. Before I took over this shop, I was just a peddler walking on the street. How could I be so lucky as to meet the emperor?"

"Not only have you met the emperor, but you also have a close relationship with him!" Jixiang suddenly flashed in front of the old man and reached out to touch his face.

Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly dodged Jixiang's approach. His speed and agility were totally unlike that of an old man.

Upon seeing this, Xiong Er, Xie Dongnan, Li Da and others quickly guarded the exit and surrounded the old man.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside, "Hurry up, someone is dead, someone is dead!"

Jixiang signaled Xiong Er to go out and take a look.

As soon as Xiong Er took a step forward, the old man immediately attacked Xie Dongnan, trying to rush out in the chaos.

But Jixiang's eyes were always on him, so how could he let him escape?

After a few rounds, Jixiang's whip entangled the man and threw him to the ground.

Then Jixiang stepped forward and tore off his mask.

The person under the mask was a man in his twenties, with a fair complexion and long, thin eyebrows. When he saw that he had been discovered, he changed his previous state and was not afraid at all.

"Are you one of Prince Duan's lovers?" Jixiang asked disdainfully.

The man was startled, then sneered, "I don't know what you are talking about?"

"Although the Sixth Uncle's harem is dwindling and he only has Queen Lan, he has several male favorites who are similar to you in his Yangxin Palace, and you are one of them."

"Besides, he escaped from the capital from here not long ago."

The man's expression changed. He didn't expect Jixiang to know so much.

At this time, Xiong Er ran over in a hurry and said, "Miss, it's bad. Many people outside have been poisoned."

"What was the cause of the poisoning?"

"I suspect that a well in the market was poisoned."

Jixiang looked at the man coldly, "You did it, didn't you?"

The man denied it, "You're talking nonsense, I've never done these things."

"Brother Xiong, go inform King Ning and immediately send people to check all the wells in the city. Before confirming whether they are poisonous, prohibit the people from using them."

"Yes!" Xiong Er agreed and left immediately.

After Xiong Er left, Jixiang stepped forward and removed one of the man's arms, then handed it to Zhao Dong and Zhao Xi, "Take it back and hand it over to the Dali Temple. Brother Li, take your men to investigate immediately to see if anyone has seen Prince Duan nearby."

The vegetable market in the north of the city is the largest vegetable wholesale market outside the capital, with many merchants coming and going from the south and the north. It is easiest for Prince Duan to leave from here.

But there is an advantage to having a lot of people. As long as he passes by here, someone will definitely see him.

Li Da immediately took people to investigate nearby, and Jixiang signaled Jiang Peipei to go to the vegetable market where the poisoning incident occurred.

The people who were poisoned were a middle-aged couple. They set up a pancake shop in the vegetable market and made and sold pancakes on the spot.

A doctor has come to treat them, but after the examination he was scratching his head and had no idea what to do.

"Why, is this poison so hard to cure?" Jixiang came over.

The doctor didn't know Jixiang's identity, so he just said, "I have been a doctor for many years and have seen many patients, but I really don't know how to treat these two people's symptoms."

"Let me see." Jixiang came over, squatted down, and reached out to the lady's wrist.

Soon, she realized that the poison in the woman was Qian Meiluo.

She quickly examined the man again, and it was Qian Meiluo again.

"How were they poisoned?"

A woman who looked like an old woman immediately said, "They drank water from the well. It's easy for them to overheat when making sesame cakes, so they drink a lot of water every day. Just now they finished drinking all the water they brought with them, so they went to the well next door to get a bucket of water. Unexpectedly, they drank less than a cup of tea and then..."

Sure enough, there was a bucket of water next to it. Jixiang went forward and tasted it, "Seal the well, the water is poisonous."