Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

Jing Zhichen did not comment, "Right now is not a good time for you to return to Beijing."

How could Xu Xingyin not know this?

Xu Xingyin chuckled sarcastically.

"Grandpa always said that the most useless people on the battlefield are deserters. And I have never been a deserter."

As expected, she was raised in the Zhennan General’s Mansion. Even though she is such a soft and beautiful girl, she has a strong mind that is not inferior to that of men.

"So what do you want?"

Jing Zhichen thought that Xu Xingyin would tell him her plan in a strong and powerful voice, but unexpectedly, the little girl blinked her eyes and looked at Jing Zhichen with burning eyes, and asked with a fawning smile.

"Your Highness, when will your carriage arrive in Beijing?"

Being accustomed to Xu Xingyin's sharp look, Jing Zhichen couldn't help but look up and carefully examine the girl in front of him when he heard her words with a hint of flattery.

The afterglow of the setting sun flickered on the little girl's dusty cheek.

There were leaves from the bushes hanging on her black hair. It was a funny picture, but it made the little girl look more quirky and cute.

There seemed to be hidden starlight in the clear and bright almond-shaped eyes, forming a sharp contrast with Jing Zhichen's overly deep eyes.

The little face is round with some baby fat, the nose is small and the lips are rosy.

Not beautiful enough, but surprisingly likable, this was the man's evaluation after carefully examining Xu Xingyin.

Jing Zhichen calmed himself down and said, "Men and women should not touch each other. Miss Xu Qi has applied the medicine and it's time for her to leave."

The implication was that Xu Xingyin would not be allowed to ride in the carriage.

Xu Xingyin responded fluently, "Those who achieve great things don't pay attention to small details!"

Jing Zhichen glanced at Xu Xingyin and gave a straightforward rebuttal, which was extremely cold.

"I have no obligation to help you."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince still owes me a favor for what happened today. Don't you want to repay me?"

"Why do I owe Miss Xu Qi a favor?"

Xu Xingyin calmed himself down, put together the thoughts he had secretly sorted out, and answered in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"Today, if the grudge between the bandits and me had not been involved in the case, could Your Highness really have left Pingcheng unscathed?"

"Why not?"

“Your Highness did not reveal his identity at first, and the county magistrate would not be lenient when interrogating you.

When all the evidence is against you, you will be accused even if you are innocent.

By then, when your identity is exposed, people will only accuse you of bullying others by taking advantage of your power.

You had just accomplished something in suppressing bandits, and the people had high hopes for you, but then you were accused of crimes and your reputation was ruined."

"Miss Xu Qi, do you think that all my Black Tiger Cavalry are vegetarians?"

"When Meng heard that the trial was postponed, her first reaction was to assassinate you, which means that her mission was to kill you today. Why did she have to do it today? I boldly guess that perhaps your Black Tiger Cavalry was not in Pingcheng at first?"

After hearing this, a smile flashed across Jing Zhichen's eyes. Well, this Xu Xingyin is not someone who can be easily fooled.

Jing Zhichen did not give a direct answer, but said it coldly.

"You are seriously injured."

"When I recover from my injuries, there will be no place for me in the capital."

Her words were so powerful that they echoed in the carriage. After a long silence, Jing Zhichen finally nodded.

"When do you want to enter Beijing?"

"The sooner the better!"

"No matter how fast we ride, we will still arrive in Beijing at 3 pm."

"enough."

Xu Xingyin nodded. "No matter how anxious he is, Duke Xu still has to attend court. By the time he gets back from court and arrives at the government office, it will be at least the beginning of the 4th hour. This leaves me two hours, which is more than enough."

"it is good."

The car galloped all the way without stopping for a moment, and even changed two horses along the way, and finally arrived as scheduled within the planned time.

After passing the city gate, Jing Zhichen ordered people to stop the car.

Xu Xingyin jumped off the carriage swiftly, curved his eyes and waved at Jing Zhichen.

"Thank you for your help, Your Highness. I will remember it in my heart!"

"Nothing to lose or owe, no need to worry."

The knuckles of Jing Zhichen's fingers were clearly visible as he lifted the door curtain. His bright and beautiful face was extremely cold, and he distanced himself from the others without leaving a trace.

"We're settled."

The voice was still extremely cold, but it made Xu Xingyin calm down inexplicably.

"it is good."

After bidding farewell to Jing Zhichen, Xu Xingyin took the last copper coin he had and asked the auntie at the morning wonton shop to exchange for a set of clothes, then turned around and headed west of the city.

The west of the city is poor and dirty.

It was like a festering sore on the body of the prosperous capital city. Anyone with a bit of status in the city would avoid it.

The reason why Xu Xingyin came here was very simple. She vaguely felt that she could find the answers she wanted here.

That day, when Xu Xingyin used a dagger to fight back against the man in black, he felt a small word "Qin" engraved on the dagger.

Martial artists take a dagger, a thing they carry with them to save their lives, very seriously. However, the material of that dagger was not good.

In other words, the man in black had his reasons for having to carry the dagger.

There seems to be no better explanation other than that it is paid by the employer.

Coincidentally, there is also a concubine named Qin in Duke Xu's mansion.

In addition to the dagger, Xu Xingyin also observed two points.

First, the man in black spoke with the local Beijing accent;

Secondly, there was a faint smell of phosphorus powder mixed with women's makeup on his body.

Phosphorus powder is mostly used for lighting the tombs of the powerful and wealthy. It is very expensive, so the black-clad thieves naturally cannot afford it.

Unless, he used bone phosphorus!

Bone phosphorus has a similar effect to phosphorus powder, but is extracted from animal bones.

Most people think it is unlucky, so naturally they don't use it.

Only some poor families who could not afford oil lamps would buy bone phosphorus for lighting.

The largest production area of ​​bone phosphorus is in the west of Beijing.

Those who would use bone phosphorus without feeling unlucky are all in the west of the city.

As soon as Xu Xingyin headed towards the west of the city, Jing Zhichen learned about this from the guard Ao Ying.

Jing Zhichen put down the exquisite white jade teacup, raised his eyebrows, and instructed Aoying.

"You arrange for someone to tell her about what happened in the west of the city."

"Didn't you say earlier that the matter in the west of the city involves a lot of people and that we should not do anything about it for now?"

"If we investigate openly, it will naturally be suppressed. But what if it is dragged into family affairs? No one can cover up the unpredictable things."

"This matter may be dangerous. Are you really willing to let Miss Xu Qi do it?"

Jing Zhichen's expression remained calm.

“It’s just mutual benefit.”

Persuasion failed, Aoying had no choice but to do his job.

……

An hour later, at the Xuguo Mansion in the capital city—

Under the woman's command, the servants of the Duke's Mansion threw out a bunch of things, attracting people's attention.

A crib, a small rattle, tiger-head shoes, all the little things that were thrown out were the baby girl's toys.

The woman in the crimson wide-sleeved dress adjusted her hair full of pearls and jade and spat at those things.

"Throw away everything related to Xu Xingyin in the mansion! The Duke will go to the government office today to sever ties with this whore. From now on, there will be no more such a shameless lady in our Duke's Mansion! With an adulterer..."

The young girl in coarse linen shirt came quickly over, and before the woman could finish her words, she was slapped three times by the other party.