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Now that Jiang Yuan had found him, Ji Anjun wanted to investigate thoroughly.

"What's your name? Where did you get this batch of food?" Ji Anjun asked.

"Small... the little one's name is Zhang Tianlun. This food was given by a person on the ground, and I don't know the specifics." Zhang Tianlun trembled back, his eyes moved randomly, and he didn't dare to look directly at Ji Anjun.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun narrowed his eyes, approached him, and asked again, "Who is that person? Why did he give it to you?"

Zhang Tianlun was so frightened by Ji Anjun's sudden pressure that he knocked his head to the ground, sweating profusely, and trembling all over.

"Small...Small...Small ones can't talk! Please forgive me, I will never dare again!" Zhang Tianlun kowtowed his head again and again, talking in his mouth, The tone was very panicked, as if someone was holding a big knife on his neck.

Ji Anjun frowned, straightened his body away from him, and looked back at Xiao Yizhi.

"I'll go out for a while." Xiao Yizhi understood and said, before disappearing into the City Lord's Mansion.

"Zhang Tianlun, since you don't want to say anything at this moment, then follow me into Liyang and talk to you." Ji Anjun threatened viciously, with a dark look in his eyes.

Jiang Yuan on the side looked at Ji Anjun whose expression had suddenly changed before him, and felt a pause in his heart.I thought he was a gentle person, but now it seems that he is a ruthless character, without mercy.

Could it be that it was all pretended before?

"My lord! My lord! The little one is wrong, the little one is really..." Zhang Tianlun wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ji Anjun's fierce eyes.

"Drag on." Ji Anjun opened his mouth and said.

Immediately after Jiang Yuan waved his hand, he summoned two servants, one on the left and one on the right, ignoring Zhang Tianlun's cries at all, and dragged on abruptly.

"My lord, Zhang Tianlun is so stubborn and doesn't give up, how to settle this case?" Jiang Yuan couldn't help asking.

Ji Anjun raised the corners of his mouth, his gloomy eyes were terrifying, and he replied coldly, "I have my own way of doing this. When Yizhi comes back, we will set off immediately, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"Since the Lord has made a decision, I can rest assured." Qi Zhixuan raised his chin and said with a slight bow.

He has his own way, Ji Anjun already has a plan in mind, since Ji Changjun is so disregarding of human life, he actually sent someone to rob life-saving food, why should he keep any kindness, let alone no kindness at all.

If he wants to get rid of Ji Changjun, he must take a dangerous path.

A day later, Ji Anjun packed up his flags and drums, pulled three horses, and left Fengdu with grain and grass and Zhang Tianlun.

I thought I was going to leave the way I used to go, but I never thought about that way. Every time I enter, I will change the way, and I can only go in and out.Therefore, there is the back door of Fengdu City, which is also called "the way of eighteen levels of hell".Because if this road is not led by people who are familiar with it, ordinary people will definitely enter or die, and there is no way out.

Qi Zhixuan walked slowly in front, followed by three groups of horses. Ji Anjun and Xiao Yizhi stood on the left and right sides, following cautiously while observing the surroundings.

This place has an abyss of hundreds of feet, looking down, it is bottomless, there are seven to eighty thousand steep stone roads above, the wide one can accommodate a dozen people, and the narrow one has only one foot left, if you don't know the way out, you can't even walk. Those who walk for seven or eight days will not be able to get out. In addition, this stone path is covered with moss, extremely cold and damp, and some weird things will crawl from time to time, which is really terrifying.

Fortunately, the head of the Xuanqing Sect has always guarded this park, so he has memorized all the roads along the way. This place is also a place for retreat after the succession of the Sect Heads.

"Out ahead, there is Bainiao Mountain in Jiaodong. Everything in Xuanqing Gate is complicated. I am afraid that I will not be able to follow. Please be careful along the way." Qi Zhixuan bowed slightly to Ji Anjun and Xiao Yizhi , said respectfully.

It's not really troublesome, it's just that a certain person sent one or two Gu worms to look for him every day, and when he got so annoyed, he just found an excuse to get away and go back to Xuanqingmen.

"It's nothing, if you have something to do, just do it." Xiao Yizhi looked at Qi Zhixuan and responded.

Entering from Bainiao Mountain in Jiaodong, and then entering Gaoping Prefecture, this road is also extremely dangerous.Now that Ji Anjun has learned that Ji Changjun must be behind this matter, once they enter the Jiaodong border, their whereabouts will be exposed. With the addition of this cart of grain and a locked person, Ji Changjun will definitely know that they have obtained the whole truth.

Thinking about it this way, Ji Anjun hesitated a little.

"What is Yuan Qian thinking?" Seeing that Ji Anjun's footsteps were slowing down, Xiao Yizhi couldn't help asking.

"Yizhi, once we enter the boundary of Jiaodong, no matter how careful we are, Ji Changjun will know where we are, and when we enter Gaoping, there is only one way to go to Bainiao Mountain. How can we hide it from him?" Ji Anjun reached out and touched his chin. , frowned, while meditating, while talking.

Hearing Ji Anjun's concerns, Xiao Yizhi rolled his eyes and responded, "Instead of trying to hide the truth, it's better to tell him blatantly."

Surprised by Xiao Yizhi's words, Ji Anjun looked at Xiao Yizhi as if he was looking at a stranger, but then he thought, this is a good idea, but it's a little risky.

Ji Anjun thought over and over again, but didn't speak again. He wanted to know what was going on in Yizhi's mind, so he stared at him, wanting him to continue talking.

Knowing Ji Anjun's eyes, Xiao Yizhi curled his lips and continued, "If you tell him, he won't be able to tell whether what we found is related to him or not. Even if he knows that we have found the truth, he has no choice but to insist If you dare to face the emperor with us, if he makes a move midway, we will have an excuse to get away for ourselves."

"This is a very good move. Yizhi is thoughtful, so I will listen to you." Ji Anjun stretched out his hand and patted Xiao Yizhi's shoulder, saying in admiration.

The two reached a consensus, so they quickened their pace and quickly headed for the boundary of Bainiao Mountain.

Walking to the Baihui exit, Ji Anjun stopped, took out the mansion card from his arms and handed it to Xiao Yizhi, who asked him to go to Jiaodong Palace, told Ji Changjun everything, and asked him to go back to Liyang together to report the snow disaster case.But Ji Anjun stood guard at the entrance, waiting for Xiao Yizhi.

Four days later—

Ji Anjun and his party finally entered Li Yang, and everything really happened as Xiao Yi expected.

This Ji Changjun was asked to enter the royal city with Ji Anjun, thinking that what he had done had not been exposed, and the person who was arrested might just be a scapegoat that Ji Anjun randomly found to prevaricate the king.

But just in case, he still sent a killer to assassinate Chen Zhenyu.He doesn't know much about Xiao Yizhi, but for Ji Anjun, when he thinks about Princess Wuyang more than a year ago, he really needs to think carefully. will fall into his hands.

As for Ji Changjun's thoughts, Xiao Yizhi guessed it early. He secretly buried the people of Ghost Shadow Hall and protected Chen Zhenyu at all times. Therefore, Rao Ji Changjun repeatedly sent killers, but they all returned in vain. .

Although it was just to prevent accidents, the repeated assassinations failed, which inevitably aroused Ji Changjun's suspicion.Several times of assassination, no matter who the target is, as long as Xiao Yi exists, the assassination will definitely fail. This is too much of a coincidence!

But just when he doubted Xiao Yizhi's identity, he happened to see the whole process of Xiao Yizhi's sword practice every night, and the process of resisting many assassins alone.

It turned out that he himself stood by Chen Zhenyu's side every night and blocked the assassination for him.

Where did Ji Anjun get this guy?

Ji Changjun, who was so puzzled, simply withdrew all the assassins.Since he can't get it, let's see what kind of tricks this Ji Anjun is playing.

A group of people entered the Liyang King City in a mighty manner, and then walked slowly into the palace.

Ji Anjun took Xiao Yizhi and ordered two soldiers to press down on Chen Zhenyu, followed by Ji Changjun, and entered the trial hall with his chin raised.

"See Your Majesty!"

Seeing Ji Jingfeng sitting upright in the hall, a group of people knelt down and arched their hands in a bow, then bowed their heads and bowed.

"Everyone, please." Ji Jingfeng responded.

After everyone packed up their luggage and faced the emperor again, Ji Jingfeng looked at the tightly bound man.

"Is this the one who robbed the food?" Ji Jingfeng pointed to Chen Zhenyu and asked.

"Returning to your lord, this person's name is Chen Zhenyu. He was forced by others, so he hid the relief food at home." Ji Anjun replied respectfully.

Hearing this, Chen Zhenyu suddenly raised his head and looked at Ji Anjun.

How did he know he was being coerced?

Meanwhile, Ji Anjun beside him glanced at Chen Zhenyu at his feet, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, thinking, he was hooked.

At the same time, when Ji Changjun heard the name, he suddenly panicked, but he calmed down again in the blink of an eye.

"Who forced you to put my lord's thousands of people in dire straits!" Ji Jingfeng narrowed her eyes and said in a strict voice, while slamming the table violently, the veins on her hands popped out.

Feeling Ji Jingfeng's sudden burst of anger, Ji Anjun took a deep breath, quietly looked at Ji Changjun on the right, lowered his eyes again, and pursed his lips tightly.

"Anjun, why didn't you say it?" Ji Jingfeng noticed that Ji Anjun's eyes were a little hesitant, and he looked embarrassed, so he pressed his voice and asked.

"Back to your lord, I really dare not say it." Ji Anjun secretly glanced at Ji Jingfeng, then quickly lowered his head, his tone was slightly panicked.

Xiao Yizhi behind him lowered his head again and again when he heard this tone, with an uncontrollable smile on his lips.Not only is this person thicker-skinned, man, he is also more cunning and cunning.

"I told you to say it, so you say it!" Ji Jingfeng said impatiently.

She really looks more and more like his mother, always tantalizing.

"Back to your majesty, my son begs your lord to agree to this matter first." Ji Anjun suddenly knelt down again, put his hands on the ground, respectfully lay on the ground, and begged loudly.

Seeing Ji Jingfeng who suddenly gave him a big salute, he couldn't help but tighten his heart, clenched his fist slightly, and then slowly loosened it after a long while.

"Let's listen to it." Ji Jingfeng said.

"If my son's words are inappropriate, and I rush into this seat, I beg the Lord to spare my son's death." Ji Anjun said solemnly, lying on the ground to maintain his posture.

Hearing this, Ji Jingfeng seemed to understand something, there was only one person present, one was the emperor, one was the prince, one was a prisoner, one was his entourage, and the other was himself.If he had to offend someone, it could only be the emperor or the prince.

Dijun is his biological father, so he might not be able to offend him, so if he thinks about it, he is the prince.

Ji Jingfeng glanced at Ji Changjun, and the latter arched his hands, bowed to Ji Jingfeng, and then put down his hands.

"What does King Gaoping mean by this?" Ji Changjun turned to Ji Anjun again.

Hearing Ji Changjun's words, Ji Anjun straightened up slowly, glanced at Ji Changjun, but did not return him, turned to look at Ji Jingfeng again, arched his hands again and bent down.

"I beg you to spare my son's death first!" Ji Anjun begged stubbornly, emphasizing his tone.

Seeing this, Xiao Yizhi behind him knew that he could not help, so he had to stand where he was and watch what Ji Anjun did.

"Then it will be as you wish. No matter what you say, I will save you from death. Get up." Ji Jingfeng finally compromised. How could he not know that what Ji Anjun thought in his heart was nothing more than the fear that he would kill him in a fit of anger? For this reason, he warned himself in advance and left a way out for himself.

It's very fine.

"Thank you, my lord!" Ji Anjun raised his head, bowed respectfully again, then slowly got up, straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and glanced at Xiao Yizhi.

"Your Majesty, a month and a half ago, a snowstorm broke out in Jiaodong. At first, the Jiaodong Prefecture Government didn't pay attention to it. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, there was not much food and grass left in the treasury. Is your majesty lying about this matter?" Ji Anjun spoke slowly, and then asked Ji Jingfeng again.

"It's true, why, is there a problem?" Ji Jingfeng responded.

Hearing that Ji Anjun mentioned his own Ji Changjun, his heart paused, and he secretly thought that something was wrong, and he might have been tricked!But how did Ji Anjun find out about him?

Ji Changjun looked at Chen Zhenyu, who was kneeling, and murmured in his heart, even if Chen Zhenyu was caught, he still had his wife and daughter in his hands, so he would not confess half of himself.

"Since then, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked His Majesty for disaster relief food, and His Majesty agreed, but the person who escorted the relief food was not the Crown Prince himself, and His Majesty knew about it. I don't think there is anything wrong with this." Ji Anjun Sort out what happened at that time again.

Ji Jingfeng was a little annoyed by what he said, so she stretched out her hand to caress the center of her eyebrows, stared at Ji Anjun, and motioned for him to continue.

When Ji Anjun saw Ji Jingfeng's actions, he understood, took a deep breath, and then said, "But the prince secretly colluded with the Jianghu faction to rob this batch of disaster relief food in our Gaoping Prefecture and sent it to Baihui. In order to prevent it from being known by others, he ordered the escort to be given Huashisan, and died in the Baihui swamp!"

He spoke faster and more aggressively, without giving the listeners a chance to breathe. He pointed his finger on the ground and spoke angrily, his face full of anger and grief.

After finishing a long paragraph, he took a deep breath, paused, stared at Ji Jingfeng, then slowly turned to Ji Changjun beside him, piercing him with a pair of falcon-like eyes.

"You are talking nonsense!" Ji Changjun stared wide-eyed, and said coldly, shaking his sleeves, pretending to be calm, but the hands in the sleeves were trembling uncontrollably, and they were clenched tightly.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun looked at Ji Jingfeng, only to see him staring at him with squinted eyes, with an unclear look in his eyes.

"King Gao Ping, everything must be based on evidence." Ji Jingfeng said coldly.

evidence?

"Your Majesty, do you remember what you said when you entered the palace after you learned that the grain and grass had been robbed? This minister has been confined to the palace for more than [-] years. How can he have the ability to allow the minister to welcome the new year in the palace and at the same time go thousands of miles away?" Commanding the robbing of grain, not to mention the snow disaster, I also learned about it after returning to Gaoping Prefecture. May I ask, isn’t it the prince who was really implicated in the robbery of grain in Gaoping Prefecture? Your Majesty! Please be careful Think about it!" Ji Anjun kept talking, and finally threw the matter to Ji Jingfeng.

Hearing Ji Anjun's remarks, Ji Jingfeng took a deep breath. It's not that he didn't think about it, but this Ji Changjun is the prince of a country, and Ji Anjun has been imprisoned in the mansion for a long time. He has no power and power, and is not a threat at all. Prince's hostility.Therefore, Ji Jingfeng put the prince's idea of ​​framing Ji Anjun behind him.

Unexpectedly, when some things came out of Ji Anjun's mouth, things changed again.

"King Gao Ping, I repeat, you must pay attention to evidence in everything." Ji Jingfeng emphasized again, but her tone was a little softer, not as cold as before.

Ji Anjun knew, he hesitated.

"Your Majesty is right. We must pay attention to evidence in everything." Ji Changjun stared at him and said with a sneer.

"Evidence? Gu worms are planted on the bodies of all the people with first-class shadows in the Jianghu. For this reason, Erchen and Young Master Xiao went all over the Jianghu, especially looking for his Shadow Hall, and found the identity of the person whose body was destroyed by you." , Relying on the mother Gu, I just arrived at the land of Baihui. Under the Baihui, there is an old city named 'Fengdu City'. That batch of grain and grass is hidden here." Ji Anjun said slowly.

"My son asked the city lord that all the rice eaten in the city was soft rice from Gao'an country, and there was very little raw rice from Beili country. Therefore, it was easy to find such rice. Later, I found it in Chen Zhenyu's house. Seeing the rice bag with the official seal of Beili, Chen Zhenyu said "I can't tell" when he saw his minister, so he concluded that this person is the prince's contact person in Fengdu city."

"And this Chen Zhenyu was rescued by the steward of the prince's mansion in a village near Baihui. He promised to use his official position to intimidate and lure him, and then secretly sent soldiers to control his family. This is why Chen Zhenyu agreed to this matter. Your Majesty thinks I want evidence, I don’t know if this record of entering the city of Fengdu can be regarded as evidence?”

I saw Xiao Yizhi took out a notebook from his arms and handed it to Ji Anjun. Ji Anjun turned to the record of Chen Zhenyu's transport of grain trucks, and handed it to the waiter, who took it carefully, and then handed it to Ji Jingfeng.

Ji Jingfeng took the notebook, looked at the words written in ink, and frowned slightly.

"This record is worth explaining that Chen Zhenyu transported grain into the cart, but it does not mean that the cart was transporting my Beili's disaster relief grain, or his own commercial grain. King Gaoping, do you have any other evidence?" Ji Jingfeng wrote the book to After putting it on the table, he asked again.

Seeing Ji Jingfeng's actions, Ji Anjun grinned.

"Isn't Your Majesty curious about the ancient underground city under the Baihui Swamp, Fengdu City?" Ji Anjun asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Ji Jingfeng bowed his head and pondered for a moment. He was indeed curious about this city. Baihui is a swamp of thousands of miles, and strangers must not approach it at will. How could there be a city under this swamp?

"It's suspicious, but what does it have to do with this case?" Ji Jingfeng asked suspiciously.

"Fengdu City has never been seen in the world. Therefore, everyone who enters Fengdu City or who leaves the city must record their names and the time of entering and leaving the city. Chen Zhenyu's family is poor. He has a wife and a son. He is a scholar and sells paintings with his shoes. For a living, let me ask you, how can such a person buy such a quantity of grain and grass, and where can he have such money to buy it?" Ji Anjun slowly said what was in his heart, while looking at Ji Jingfeng's expression.

Hearing Ji Anjun's words, Ji Changjun became more and more flustered, but now, what else can he defend himself?

"Chen Zhenyu, is what King Gao Ping said true?" Ji Jingfeng turned to look at Chen Zhenyu who was kneeling on the ground, and asked sharply.

When Chen Zhenyu heard his name, his whole body trembled, and he quickly lowered his head, trembling, not daring to answer.

"Chen Zhenyu, I'm here, so you don't have to be so afraid." Ji Jingfeng said again, with a slightly softer tone.

Chen Zhenyu, who felt the pressure around his body suddenly lessened, secretly raised his head and glanced at Ji Jingfeng, then hurriedly lowered his head, and turned to look at Ji Changjun hesitantly. Dodge sideways.

"Your... Your Majesty! The little one was wronged! The little one was also forced by others!" Chen Zhenyu was so frightened that he burst into tears and yelled loudly.

For a moment, Ji Changjun felt as cold as falling into an ice cellar.

Hearing Chen Zhenyu's words, Ji Jingfeng's heart also turned cold. It seems that what he said was not wrong.

"Is there anything wrong with what King Gao Ping said?" Ji Jingfeng asked Chen Zhenyu.

"No... not a single mistake. That's true. The little one still has that person's belongings! It's just that he didn't bring them." Chen Zhenyu saw Ji Jingfeng hurriedly responded, and then said something else.

When Xiao Yizhi heard about it, he took out a wooden sign from his waist and put it in front of Chen Zhenyu.

"But this thing?" he asked.

"That's right! That's it! The man said that the young one should use this to meet the food escort, and he also said that this thing will welcome the next person." Chen Zhenyu nodded repeatedly, saying so.

Immediately, Xiao Yizhi handed the wooden sign to the servant.Ji Jingfeng looked at the wooden sign, checked it repeatedly, opened his eyes wide and found that there was a column of small characters "Jiaodong Wangfu" in the lower left corner of the wooden sign.

The family members of the royal family surnamed Ji, all the princes have their own badges, the princes are holding bronze jade plaques, engraved with their respective fiefdoms, and the high-ranking people in the mansion are pear wooden plaques, and the engraved characters are their ranks, The lower left corner is the fiefdom.All engraving tools are exclusively for the royal family, and it is absolutely impossible to forge.

Ji Jingfeng didn't care about the status on the pear board, but only cared about the small characters on the lower left - "Jiaodong Prince's Mansion".Undoubtedly, it must belong to the prince.

"Your Majesty! Don't listen to this villain's words. My son doesn't know about this at all. Please, Your Majesty, look into it!" Ji Changjun hurriedly arched his hands, knelt down on his knees, and hurriedly defended himself, then looked at Ji Anjun again, and said , "King Gaoping! This pear wooden sign can only show that it is related to my Jiaodong Palace, but I don't know about it at all. How can you conclude that I sent someone to do it?"

Xiao Yizhi, who had expected this for a long time, looked at Ji Anjun, who turned his head and smiled at him, blinking his eyes to show his understanding.

"Your Majesty, there is only one person who is at fault for this matter, and this person is Xiao Yizhi whom Your Majesty has met before." Ji Anjun said, crossing his hands.

Ji Jingfeng raised her chin, signaling to Xiao Yizhi.

"Your Majesty, in order to seek evidence, I went to Jiaodong Palace privately, but unexpectedly the housekeeper was being robbed and killed. In desperation, I rescued the housekeeper and asked about this. Your Majesty, can you tell him ?” Xiao Yizhi said slowly, and finally asked again.

At this moment, Ji Changjun no longer had the strength to support himself, so he sat down on his feet in frustration, slightly lowering his head.He didn't know which step he took wrongly, and he lost everything.

"Broadcast!" Ji Jingfeng responded.