prosperity

Ning He's family lives in another small town, not too far away, and they only arrived in one morning.There are not many people in the town, they are all neighbors and folks, and they are very familiar. Seeing that Ning He brought a stranger over, he couldn't help asking around Ning He. Hearing that it was a merchant who came to buy spices, he dispersed, but his eyes still remained close. people.

It can be seen that they are very vigilant.

"Aside from you, who else knows this?" Ju Jingyi asked Ning He.

Ning He whispered, "Actually, everyone knows."

"But there is no proof." Si Nian'an interjected, "I said you should go back to the capital, what's the use of looking here? Let that old fox Ji Yuandao look for it by himself."

Now he came to persuade Ju Jingyi to leave as soon as he had the time. Hearing the words, he was so persuasive and sarcastic, and he was about to use all eighteen martial arts skills, but it was still useless.

Ju Jingyi ignored him as usual and just walked forward quietly.

"Population numbers are recorded in all states. Twenty years ago, Pei Xiaotang reported 20 deaths. There is a huge gap." Zhao Jiamin said, "Unfortunately, it is definitely impossible to catch him."

"There is no need for Pei Xiaotang to make false accounts." Ju Jingyi shook her head, "In the whole country, it can be said that the only ones with perfect household registration records are the capital and a few important places. In places, they are basically as lazy as they can be. Many small villages with more than a dozen people in remote mountainous areas The villages and the government have no records. As for the border, except for the relatively large-scale towns directly bordering neighboring countries, they are basically, and very loose.”

"Then what to do?"

"Personal evidence, physical evidence, both are indispensable."

Ning He emphasized, "No insider will testify."

Ju Jingyi didn't change her face, "Then find the record of changing defense at the border gate 20 years ago."

"With your identity, you can do something under the noses of the Pei family? It's just fantastic." Sinian laughed wantonly, and his expression changed suddenly, "Wait, you won't."

"Just in case, before I came to the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, I sent people to the border gate to secretly check all official records."

Si Nian'an gave a stiff 'haha' laugh, "It's amazing."

Zhao Jiamin raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that you thought of these things when you saw Zhezi in Mufu?"

Her eyes fell on Ju Jingyi, and she admired him a lot, "But with this little evidence, it is difficult to bring down a general from the first rank."

Ju Jingyi smiled, "I didn't think about it that much at the time, just try my luck."

"You." Ning He, who still wanted to persuade her, was stunned, not knowing what to say.

"However." Ju Jingyi restrained her smile and said seriously, "Jiawan, a small country that disappeared 20 years ago, can leave behind a glazed lamp to remind people that they once existed. I believe that those villages will also be able to stay. Make some marks."

"Can you really find it?" Ning He murmured.

"Then why did Li Songyang tell me about Jiawan?" Ju Jingyi asked him, "If you don't have confidence in me, why do you do what that person tells you?"

"What you can do now is to obtain a statement. You are the most familiar with the insiders, these few days."

"No." Ning He shook his head like a rattle, "They won't."

Seeing that he was still unwilling to move, Ju Jingyi lost her patience, "Why did Li Songyang go to assassinate the courtiers, you are hiding here, greedy for life and afraid of death."

With such blunt words, Ning He felt humiliated, blushing and arguing with her, "I'm just."

But Ju Jingyi interrupted him, "Since you are willing to pass the message to me for that person, then think about Li Songyang who is in prison, think about yourself and the future of this town. The people here are all for To avoid the pursuit of Pei Xiaotang's subordinates and be forced to become a black household."

Ning He was excited, Ju Jingyi's words directly poured cold water on him, forcing him to calm down.

Ju Jingyi didn't care about his emotional changes, and continued, "In addition to the border defense records 20 years ago, there is another piece of evidence, the people who died that year."

Si Nian'an rolled his eyes, "Can this kind of thing be used as evidence in court?"

"I can't do it alone. Assuming that the body or bones are found, it can prove that he died 20 years ago, and that he was a citizen of Jin Dynasty. The number does not match the number reported by Pei Xiaotang at that time, then." Although Zhao Jiamin said so, he had to admit , "But it's hard."

"I really don't understand." Sinian looked at the dumbfounded Ning He, and snorted, "Even if you have all the evidence, you can only bring down Pei Xiaotang, and the Pei family won't fall."

"No." Zhao Jiamin retorted, "The reason why the Pei family can still have influence in the court is precisely because of the real military power under Pei Xiaotang's hands. Set up a fief, the influence is not as good as before. Pei Huaiyuan only has two sons, the eldest son is ordinary, and he only serves as the servant of the Ministry of Industry. To put it bluntly, his influence in the court is not as good as that of Dazai. So now, the glory of the Pei family, It is indeed Pei Xiaotang who supports it alone."

Without Pei Xiaotang, most of the Pei family would have collapsed.

"There is less than a month left, and we still have to plan the time for the return trip. Can you find out?" Si Nianan stared at Ju Jingyi, with the usual sarcasm in his eyes, but also worry, "It's very possible, Bamboo Basket It’s a waste of water.”

"Do my best."

It's a pity that nothing was found in these two days, and even the time became tight.

This day, Pingting, who was far away in the capital, took eight hundred miles to rush to send a letter, and the few words were shocking.

Lord Zhen Guo noticed something, and Princess Anping returned to the court.

Ju Jingyi's Dazai's mansion can't even fly a fly, and the people sent by Zhen Guogong to monitor naturally can't detect whether the people in the mansion are really Ju Jingyi himself, but Ye's mansion is different.

Although Pei Zhenniang was trapped in the back house of the Ye Mansion and had little communication with the outside world, she was the concubine of Duke Zhen after all, and Mrs. Ye couldn't keep her in check all the time.Pei Zhenniang did not confirm that Ye Huazhao was not in the mansion, but based on Lan'er's movements in the past few days, she judged that Ye Huazhao was probably not in the mansion.

In this regard, Pei Huaiyuan did not directly attack, but in the early dynasty, several adults of his own faction proposed to promote Pei Yunzhen, the son of Pei Xiaoquan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the young Zhan Shifu of the Zhan Shifu, to the minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

This matter was naturally refuted by everyone, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was not only envied by the Zhenguo family.Besides, Pei Yunzhen is only a fourth-rank official, and the ministers of all ministries are second-rank. He has been promoted two ranks in a row. Who wouldn't be jealous?The Zhen Guogong Mansion already has a general from the first rank, and a minister of the Ministry of Industry who is the second rank. When the time comes, there will be a minister of the Ministry of Punishment who is the second rank. Will the others still survive?

Startled, Shi Zhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, hurriedly threw this hot potato, claiming that Dali Temple's secretary had been suspended for three months, and the affairs of Dali Temple were therefore suspended. The case of Prime Minister Ji's assassination has not yet been settled, and it is time to consider the Dali Temple. matter.

As early as Ju Jingyi's suspension order had not been issued, and when she learned that she had personally entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to meet the murderer, Shi Zhong "abuses his power" and transferred the case to Dali Temple.

He originally wanted to divert everyone's attention from the position of Minister of Criminal Justice, since Ju Jingyi was not there anyway, he would not argue with him, but unexpectedly he fell into Pei Huaiyuan's trap.

Immediately, someone suggested that Dali Temple Minister Ju Jingyi be exempted from the suspension punishment for more than one month.

Hearing his words, all the ministers discussed and looked around.The prime minister, Ji Xingchen, seemed to be smiling, but he couldn't tell what he was thinking. Except for Shi Zhong who was looking happy, all the ministers were calm; Then he lowered his head and fiddled with the embroidery on the hem of his skirt, but he didn't know if he heard it.

The most nervous one was Master Ouyang who was sitting on the throne.

Ju Jingyi is far away in Anxi Dufu Mansion, and the decree will be issued within three days at the latest, and she will never come back in time.

Unexpectedly, Mo Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, suddenly spoke at this time, suggesting that the two young ministers of Dali Temple act as agents to exercise the power of the Minister of Dali Temple, and hand over the assassination case of Ji Cheng to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial.

How could Shi Zhong be willing to accept this hot potato? After all, Dali Temple has been interrogating for a month without any results. The Ministry of Criminal Justice estimates that the trial will start next spring. What if he offends Prime Minister Ji?

Master Ouyang had no choice but agreed to be represented by the two young ministers of Dali Temple.

After all, he also knew the efficiency of the criminal department.

After hearing the little emperor's decision, Ji Xingchen couldn't help feeling in his heart, an old fox is an old fox, Pei Huaiyuan easily took half of the power of Dali Temple in a few casual moves, I'm afraid he had already started to doubt Ji's family.However, as long as Ju Jingyi can find evidence, all Pei Huaiyuan's troubles now will be invalid.

It's just that he gave birth to an incompetent eldest son, who stayed in the same position as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and did not make any progress for several years.

After the morning court, Ji Xingchen greeted several close ministers, and was about to leave, but before he took a few steps, he was stopped by a female voice.

"Prime Minister Ji Xiao, please stay safe."

Several ministers around saw it clearly, but they could only pretend that they didn't see anything.The expression on Ji Xingchen's face was distorted for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"Princess Anping, please stay safe."

Can anyone tell him how to escape safely from this female hooligan?

The town didn't even have a hotel, so the group had to stay at Ning He's house.

Hearing Wei Zheng's name, Si Nian'an fell off the chair, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, "What did you say? Wei Zheng came back from the border???"

"Don't get excited." Ju Jingyi quickly flipped through the paperwork for Ada and the testimony left by Ning He's father, hoping to find useful information, "Senior sister just returned to the capital from the border, not the elder Run away to the Great Northwest."

She wanted to tell the truth to scare Si Nian'an, but seeing Zhao Jiamin at the side who also seemed to be palpitating and frightened, she abruptly changed into a comforting tone.

"That's scary too." Si Nian'an helped Ada stand up, picked up the hot tea mat stomach on Ju Jingyi's table, and then pulled back half of the startled soul, "What if she can't think about it?" , come here to find you."

"Hey." Ju Jingyi said, "What do you want me to do, she will only come to you."

"Me?" Sinian didn't believe it at all.

Ju Jingyi couldn't turn the pages of the Chinese book in her hand, so she turned to look at him, her face suddenly became serious.

"Little uncle, why do you think the emperor suddenly recalled Princess Anping who was guarding the border between Jin and Liang?"

Si Nian'an lowered his head and played with the empty cup in his hand, and said absently, "How could I guess what that little emperor is thinking."

"Before I left the capital, I got news that Liang Guo was going to propose marriage at the time of the renewal of the trade agreement, and sent the seventh prince. The first emperor had weak heirs, and there was no princess of the right age to marry. Only There are two princesses, one," Ju Jingyi glanced at Zhao Jiamin, showing a gentle smile, "is close at hand. And the other, right now, is in the capital."

"Oh?" Si Nian'an laughed, "Marriage? She should be old enough to get married, right?"

Seeing that Si Nian'an's face didn't change, Ju Jingyi was a little disappointed, but said, "Then what should I do? If Senior Sister doesn't want to marry, why don't she come here to find you?"

"She doesn't know I'm here."

"I will order Ada to send news back to the capital every three days."

Hearing this, Si Nian'an couldn't bear it any longer, his ass seemed to have nails growing on it, he barely endured it for a while, and then pushed the door open and ran out.

The very winking Ada glanced at the two people in the room, pretended to go out with Sinian, and closed the door considerately.

Seeing Sinian rushing out the door at lightning speed, Zhao Jiamin asked, "What did you lie to him for?"

Not to mention the little emperor Ouyang Shi, even Ji Yuandao and Pei Huaiyuan would not agree to this matter.Princess Anping has been guarding the border between Jin and Liang. Her marriage is a state affair.And Wei Zheng has long been no longer the reckless little princess, but a female general with a family and country in mind. Even if Master Ouyang really ordered her to get married, she would not really sneak away from the capital, but obediently wait to marry.

Logically speaking, the best candidate is Minghua's son Ouyang Yu.But neither Wei Zheng, the Princess of Anping, nor Ouyang Yu, the heir of Minghua, mentioned this matter until now.

"Senior sister likes him." Ju Jingyi said, "But, little senior uncle... I'm just not worth it for senior sister." She flipped through a few pages of Zhixian and couldn't go on, so she simply pushed it aside, "Speaking of which, This time the senior sister was called back to the capital, although it is for the signing of a new agreement, but her marriage with Ouyang Yu is afraid that it will not be delayed."

"Since Wei Zheng likes Si Nian'an, she can't push her to marry her. She must dare to push this marriage. Could it be that Ouyang Yu is willing?"

When Zhao Jiamin was the princess, he had very little contact with Ouyang Yu. After his rebirth, he has been pestering Ju Jingyi, and he has never met him a few times.I don't know much about Ouyang Yu.

"Well, he likes Senior Sister."

"Wei Zheng didn't beat him up?" Zhao Jiamin asked in surprise.

"Beating." Ju Jingyi nodded, "Sometimes I wonder if there is something wrong with his head. The more senior sister beat him, he would still follow senior sister. If it weren't for his high status and Luoyang King's arrest In the south, it is estimated that I will go to the battlefield with my senior sister."

"Tsk tsk tsk, such an infatuated person, why is Wei Zheng unmoved?" Zhao Jiamin sighed.

Ju Jingyi's heart beat wildly, and she blurted out, "If a person treats you like this, will you be tempted?"

Subconsciously, she thought of Wei Shuyu and became nervous.

Zhao Jiamin was stopped by the question for a while, frowned and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Maybe, it depends on the person."

"Looking at people?" Ju Jingyi was stunned this time.

"If someone I don't like keeps pestering me, I'm afraid it will be annoying."

Ju Jingyi thought, Wei Shuyu should not belong to the category she hates.

Thinking of this, he became a little irritable, thinking about what Zhao Jiamin thought of Wei Shuyu in his head.

Glancing at Ju Jingyi's complexion, Zhao Jiamin didn't even think about it, and quickly explained, "If it was you, I'd rather be pestered by you every day!"

Before the words fell, Zhao Jiamin realized how ambiguous his tone was, and saw Ju Jingyi's ears turn red little by little, and immediately felt awkward with both hands and feet, not knowing where to put them, and dared not look at Ju Jingyi again .

But she kept thinking in her heart, what if, what if she was acting passionate?Why can't she speak cautiously.

What if Ju Jingyi felt that she was frivolous and hated her because of this?

Zhao Jiamin didn't know that Ju Jingyi was as at a loss as she was, and could only focus on the Jiawan Guoshu on the other side of the table.Only in this way will her overwhelmed mood calm down.

Although the document was read to calm down, Ju Jingyi's eyes fell on the bottom of the page, and she couldn't move away immediately.

Because it is a national document submitted to the state of Jin, all the characters are in Chinese, so there is no pressure to read it.

"...Turks are different, they have surrounded Jiawan, please help Dajin..."

The time is the second year of Daoyuan, the year name adopted by the first emperor, so it is exactly 20 years ago.

Ju Jingyi hurriedly looked forward, the ninth day of October.And the object of submission was Pei Xiaotang who was guarding the border at that time.

If she remembered correctly, it was the night before the Turks broke through the border defenses of Jin, and Jiawan was very close to Jin.And one day is not enough to evacuate the people.

Hearing the sound of the pages being turned, Zhao Jiamin took advantage of the situation to look over and caught a glimpse of Ju Jingyi's serious expression on the page, felt helpless, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

I struggled there for a long time, it turned out that she didn't take it to heart at all.

A gust of wind blew past and slapped the fragile door panel against the wall, messing up Ju Jingyi's hair and dispelling the weird atmosphere in the house.

"Ju Jingyi!"

Sinian, who didn't know where to go, came back from the wind and sand, and before he had time to put on a handsome pose, he was choked by the sand on his body, "cough cough cough, what, I found it."

"What?" Zhao Jiamin couldn't hear what he said, "Drink your saliva and speak slowly."

"Xu Yu." Sinian stared straight at Ju Jingyi, "I found Xu Yu!"

Sensing the change in Ju Jingyi's expression, she quickly asked, "What is that?"

Ju Jingyi explained quickly, "Flowers that absorb nutrients from corpses are generally common in mass graves in the suburbs."

Zhao Jiamin said in shock, "Could it be that you found the..."

"Ada, prepare the tools." Before Ju Jingyi could finish her orders, she was interrupted by Sinian'an.

"What do you want to do?" Sinian'an's voice suddenly rose, staring at Ju Jingyi with a cold expression, "Even if you really found the right one! So what if you dig up the corpse? It's been 20 years! What evidence can there be?! "

Ju Jingyi's tone was calm, word by word, "Since it exists, it must leave traces."

"I'm really, senior brother actually raised you as an apprentice with the heart of a virgin." Si Nian'an looked as if he was so angry that she couldn't complete his sentence, "It's exactly the same as that old man! It's unreasonable!"

The tabletop was slapped by Sinian'an, and the teacup placed on the table made a tinkling sound, and the candle holder also jumped. The newly melted candle wax jumped high, and finally fell to the ground, where it quickly solidified into the shape of water droplets.

The candlelight reflected in Ju Jingyi's eyes flickered, "Uncle, this time, I must take care of it."

"Okay, take care." Si Nian'an stood in front of her and clenched his fists violently, but he couldn't let go of his hand while hanging in the air. He nodded several times and didn't know what to do, so he gritted his teeth and turned his head towards her. The innocent Ada yelled, "What a waste of time now! Heideng can dig out a ghost?! Let's go tomorrow!"

When Si Nian'an slammed the door angrily, Zhao Jiamin, who was always on the lookout for his attack, heaved a sigh of relief, and carefully sat next to Ju Jingyi, and the two of them turned back to back, neither of them could see the other's face or expression. "Your uncle, why are you so angry?"

Ju Jingyi didn't answer her question but said, "Actually, back then, I believed that you didn't do those things. Apart from believing in you, part of the reason was the teacher, who once left a letter to my junior uncle. "

This was the first time that Ju Jingyi brought up the past, and Zhao Jiamin became inexplicably nervous.

"The teacher discovered that there was a discrepancy in the court and warned us not to move around no matter what happens. If he encounters any misfortune, we must be cautious in words and deeds. The evidence at that time was so perfect that it was very problematic no matter how you looked at it."

Zhao Jiamin didn't expect that there would be such a relationship in it, remembering that he had blamed her so much and misunderstood her, he suddenly felt guilty, "I'm sorry."

Ju Jingyi turned to look at her, and hurriedly explained, "No, I didn't mean to blame you. I just want to say that the uncle is angry because he is worried about me. Don't be nervous, he won't hurt me."

"He is worried that you will be like..." Zhao Jiamin suddenly fell silent, and after a long time, he whispered, "You will be fine."

Ju Jingyi lowered her head, feeling warm in her heart, "No."

At least until she finds out the truth, she won't let something happen to herself.

"Ju Jingyi." Zhao Jiamin comforted her and said, "You have done so much for your teacher, Tai Shi Lingquan knows, you must be very pleased."

"I'm not just for him."

Zhao Jiamin was taken aback.

"It's for you too." Ju Jingyi said seriously, "Even if you are no longer Princess Zhaoyang, I don't want you to walk on the long streets of the capital in the future and hear all nonsense."

Obviously it was just a simple sentence, but the grievances hidden in Zhao Jiamin's heart would pop up from time to time and make her feel uncomfortable, and strangely because of her words, they gradually calmed down.

"Thank you." Zhao Jiamin smiled and turned her head away, "Do you know? I have thought about it countless times, why I came back, and why it wasn't my father who came back. Now with your words, I think, I will come back There should still be meaning in this world.”

"Really?" Ju Jingyi also smiled tacitly. The only pity was that she lowered her head and didn't see Zhao Jiamin's smile, nor did she see the tears in Zhao Jiamin's eyes because she was moved, "That's good."

"By the way, can those corpses be dug up to find clues?"

"I don't know." Ju Jingyi shook her head, with a slightly bitter smile, "To be honest, I have no idea."

"The majestic Minister of Dali Temple and Lord Dazai will have times when they are not sure."

"Well, I'm also human, and there will always be times when things develop differently than I expected. The only thing I can do is to do my best."

"If clues are found, can Pei Xiaotang get the punishment he deserves?"

"I don't know." Ju Jingyi said, "I always have a vague feeling that what happened to Pei Xiaotang this time seems to have nothing to do with your case, but there is an invisible thread behind it. "

Zhao Jiamin chuckled, "Isn't it the old man Ji who did it? First the Regent's Mansion, followed by the Zhen Guogong Mansion, who will be next."

Ju Jingyi hesitated and shook her head, "No, for now, there shouldn't be another one."

Zhao Jiamin smiled and said, "That's right, apart from the Zhen Guogong's mansion, the Ji family is the only big target left in the court."

Speaking of this, she was taken aback.

wrong.

This is very wrong.

But for a while, she couldn't think of anything wrong, so she had no choice but to say nothing.

After a moment of silence, Ju Jingyi suddenly said seriously, "I will help you."

"Ah?" Zhao Jiamin didn't understand what Ju Jingyi was talking about.

"I will clear the stigma of the Prince Regent's House and give you justice."

A warm current emerged from her chest, warming her cold heart, Zhao Jiamin hummed, "Thank you."

"This is what I should do."

"Then I also want to say thank you." Zhao Jiamin spoke softly, raised her hand and patted Ju Jingyi's head lightly, "Thank you for everything you have done for me."

If Ye Fu gave her a second life and a second home, then Ju Jingyi gave her the expectation of this second life.

In addition to revenge, she has many, many reasons worthy of her continued life.

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