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Zhao Jiamin didn't hide her figure, and followed the girl up to the fourth floor. The other party noticed her presence, stood in front of the door and turned to look at her.

"I don't know son, what can I ask for advice?"

"Dare to ask about the jade pendant on the girl's waist." Zhao Jiamin did not deliberately lower her voice, but spoke in a normal voice, "How did you get it?"

The girl was taken aback, looked at Zhao Jiamin carefully, and asked, "A gift from a friend, what's the problem?"

Seeing her answer like this, Zhao Jiamin's high-pitched heart came to fruition, and said with a smile, "If a girl meets a friend, you can tell him that it was snowing the day before yesterday, and the old friend will go away from now on."

She reached out and handed the paper fan to the girl, "This fan is full of my old friend's heart."

The girl's expression was unclear, she looked at Zhao Jiamin for a while, then suddenly looked away, and landed downstairs, "It seems that the Jinwu Guard came very quickly today."

Zhao Jiamin was stunned for a moment, and quickly stepped forward and leaned on the railing to look down.Sure enough, the Jinwu Guard had brought people in, separated Li Siwen and Ouyang Ke from left to right, and almost all the people watching the theater scattered around.

Her heart sank, and it seemed that she couldn't stay here and continue to ask.

"Miss, please tell that person, if you want to find me, you can just find Miss Ye who just woke up at the official secretary's mansion."

After speaking, he smiled slightly at the girl, then turned and went downstairs.

It's a pity that she miscalculated, before she went downstairs to find Lan'er, she was pulled into the room by a hand, but when she looked up, it was a magnified Ye Hengqi's face, and she couldn't help but feel a surge of joy in her heart. Layer panic.

But the most shocked one was Ye Hengqi.

He really didn't expect his sister to give him such a big surprise.

Originally, he and Ju Jingyi stayed in the room, and they planned to wait until all the Jinwu guards had left, so he kept staring at the movement outside.

Unexpectedly, with this staring, a younger sister was spotted.

"Ahem." Ju Jingyi broke the dignified atmosphere between the two, and pointed downstairs, "That little girl belongs to your family, right?"

Ye Hengqi and Zhao Jiamin took advantage of the situation to look, Lan Er stood there, bewildered like a lost child, ignorant and confused.

"You." Ye Heng stretched out his finger to touch Zhao Jiamin's smooth forehead, but he didn't dare to use too much strength, "Why did you bring Lan'er here?"

"Now is not the time to talk about this." Ju Jingyi interrupted him again, the Jinwu guard downstairs had noticed Lan'er's existence, and was about to step forward to question her, "Let someone go down and bring this little girl up."

"I'll go."

"No." Ye Hengqi and Ju Jingyi said in unison this time.

They looked at each other, Ye Heng fell silent, and Ju Jingyi said, "Your brother's existence will be exposed if you go."

Just as he was talking, Jin Wuwei had already started to question Lan Er, but Lan Er bowed her head for a while and could not say a word.

Ju Jingyi's eyes darkened slightly, she called Mr. Gui, who was guarding outside the door, and gave some instructions.

As soon as Mr. Gui went out, Ye Hengqi began to educate his restless younger sister, "Can you come to this kind of place?"

"She's not here."

Ju Jingyi sat at the side, and when she heard this, she raised her slender eyebrows, and her eyes swept over Zhao Jiamin, that gaze still gave her the illusion of being seen through.

Ye Hengqi didn't realize it, and continued to educate, "Master Dazai has business to do."

Zhao Jiamin pursed her lips, she always felt that all the disguises she made looked like a clown to Ju Jingyi.

Ye Heng started chattering, "It's so late, father and mother should worry."

That being said, Ye Hengqi was most worried about himself.

Judging by the degree to which his parents dote on his daughter, he may not sleep all night tonight.

After a long time, when Jin Wuwei left, Mr. Gui brought Lan'er to find Ju Jingyi.

Following Mr. Gui around, Lan'er was so anxious that she burst into tears. When she saw Zhao Jiamin and Ye Heng, she couldn't help crying, "Miss! Where did you go! This servant is looking for you!" It's been a long time!"

Zhao Jiamin felt a little guilty, hugged her to comfort her, "I'm here all right, don't worry."

"By the way, Minzhi." Ju Jingyi took out a jade token and handed it to Ye Hengqi, "Seeing that the curfew has passed at this time, holding the token, there is a reason to meet the Jinwu Guard on the road."

Ye Heng was startled, and took it with trembling hands.

This plaque was given to Ju Jingyi by the little emperor in front of all civil and military officials of the court, and asked all civil and military officials to see this jade plaque as if seeing the emperor in person.No matter where Ju Jingyi goes, she must not be stopped.

This jade tablet is really too precious.

"Then you."

Ju Jingyi chuckled, "Jin Wuwei, you don't have the guts to stop me yet."

"Thank you sir."

Back at Ye Mansion, Zhao Jiamin was already ready to be scolded, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye didn't blame her, they just kept asking her if she was injured, but Ye Hengqi was unlucky enough to be scolded. The dog's head was bloody, and by the way, he was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall.

Zhao Jiamin felt guilty and secretly gave Ye Hengqi a pillow and half a box of pastries before returning to her room.

If all goes well, she will have a visitor tonight.

The capital tonight is destined to be unstable.

As soon as Ju Jingyi returned home, she was blocked by Jing Zhaoyin who was circling anxiously at the gate of her house.

Master Jing Zhaoyin, who always pays attention to appearance, came out in a hurry, with panda eyes, he rushed over when he saw Ju Jingyi, and shouted loudly, "Master Dazai! You are back!"

Of course, he didn't have the guts to question why Dazai-sama was still wandering outside at such a late hour even after the curfew had passed, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Something happened!"

What made Jing Zhaoyin come to look for her at night was definitely not such a trivial matter as the empress dowager's nephew and the Luoyang king's concubine fighting for women in the brothel. Ju Jingyi frowned, "What's wrong?"

"Master Liang, Minister of the Household Department, died in the death row in the middle of the night."

"Liang Changxu?" Ju Jingyi had just handled this person's case, and looked up at Jing Zhaoyin, testing with her eyes.

Jing Zhaoyin nodded heavily, "Exactly."

"cause of death?"

Jing Zhaoyin looked around, leaned close to her, lowered his voice, raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck, "Wu Zuo said, he was killed by one blow. I think it is the same, the neck is broken like that, and the shot is fierce, just like the previous one. It is estimated that the general judgment of Beijing’s debriefing was done by the same person, but the murder weapon has not been found yet.”

What he didn't say was that many wounds were found on Liang Changxu's body, and he seemed to have been severely abused.

"To be so ruthless to a death-row prisoner is probably a vendetta." Ju Jingyi glanced at Jing Zhaoyin clearly, "I will transfer to Dali Temple tomorrow."

In fact, this case is also within the jurisdiction of Jing Zhaoyin, but this Master Jing Zhaoyin has always been afraid of things, so naturally he dared not go around alone, and it was only half a month since the death of the general judge last time, and the prisoner will start again soon. This case will be handed over to Dali Temple sooner or later.

With Ju Jingyi's permission, Jing Zhaoyin immediately felt refreshed, and got into the sedan chair humming a little tune, sweeping away the sorrow when he first arrived.

Pingting, who came out to deliver a cloak to Ju Jingyi, saw this scene and couldn't help sighing, "Master Yang is really a good hand at being lazy."

Ju Jingyi smiled, "It's because of this that you can live a long life, isn't it?"

"What happened to the matter I asked you to investigate?"

Pingting followed Ju Jingyi into the room, brought her a cup of hot tea by the dim candlelight, and replied in a low voice, "Miss Ye has been lying in bed in a coma, Mrs. Ye visits her every day, Mrs. Ye I will go to visit once a year in person, and there is absolutely no suspicion of bag loss.”

She was a little curious. She had heard that Miss Ye was similar to Princess Zhaoyang, and Ju Jingyi also knew about it. But today, after seeing each other, she sent a message and ordered them to check on Miss Ye's relationship.

How much does this Miss Ye look like the princess herself?

"That's right." Ju Jingyi took a sip of her tea, "I must have thought too much."

That person had long since turned into a pile of loess, and she had no way of knowing whether it was true or not.

The only thing she remembers is that the last look that man looked at her was neither remorse nor resentment.

The pupils of that person's eyes were like clusters of flames ignited in the black abyss, crazy enough to burn everything.Then, that person really lit a big fire, and together with that famous mansion, it vanished into thin air.

That person was not reconciled, and Ju Jingyi understood that the person who was unwilling to admit the crime in the end, how could he be reconciled after seeing the emperor's edict to conclude this.

So that person simply burned down the entire palace, and also destroyed the important physical evidence in the palace, leaving only witness witnesses, and the originally settled case became complicated.

"grown ups?"

Ju Jingyi came back to her senses, "It's very late, go back and rest."

"Yes."

Pingting backed out as she said, leaving Ju Jingyi alone in the room facing the candlelight, wondering what she was thinking.

"Beep, beep, beep."

The wooden window frame made regular light noises, and Zhao Jiamin, who was sitting on the edge of the bed and was almost falling asleep, stood up abruptly, approached the window cautiously, and whistled, three short and one long.

"The princess?"

Zhao Jiamin stood up and opened the window, "Wei Shuyu."

The visitor's eyes were bright, like stars in the sky, but the moment he saw Zhao Jiamin clearly, his face showed doubts, "Princess?"

"Don't be confused." Zhao Jiamin grabbed his shoulders and pulled him into the room, "It's me, your princess."

After Wei Shuyu was dragged into the room, he was still stunned, looked Zhao Jiamin up and down, and then asked in a daze, "Princess, what are you doing?" He struggled and couldn't find a suitable word to describe his mood at the moment.

"It's hard to say." Zhao Jiamin said, "Could it be that I changed my identity and you don't recognize me?"

"No, no, no." Wei Shuyu quickly proved his loyalty, "As long as the princess is still alive, no matter what he looks like, he is Wei Shuyu's master."

"Aren't you afraid that I'm a fake?"

Wei Shuyu shook his head, "No one can recognize the jade pendant and the paper fan carved by the princess himself, and no one understands the meaning." He said excitedly, "The princess is really smart, She escaped with the aid of the fire and pretended to be Miss Ye."

Zhao Jiamin looked at him with excitement, and secretly swallowed the words that he originally wanted to explain that he had returned from the corpse.If she scares away this loyal guard commander, it will be really worth the loss.

Zhao Jiamin was relieved that Wei Shuyu could come.

but.

"I'm going to rehabilitate the case I've been carrying. Commander Wei, are you willing to continue to follow me?"

"Yes." Wei Shuyu's expression was firm, without even a trace of trouble or hesitation, "From the day the subordinate enters the palace, the life of the subordinate no longer belongs to him, but belongs to the prince and princess."

"Okay." Zhao Jiamin smiled, "Commander Wei, with your words, Zhaoyang has no regrets in this life."

"The princess is absurd."

The news that the Empress Dowager's nephew had a fight with the concubine of the Luoyang King in the brothel, quickly spread throughout the entire capital. It can't be blamed for Jin Wuwei's sloppy mouth, but the two of them fell out within a few days. Into the court, yelling that the emperor must give them justice.

Not to mention the constipated faces of the ministers, even the little emperor sitting on the dragon chair was speechless and choked.

"The emperor's cousin!" Li Siwen looked like a big girl, propping up his right sleeve to cover half of his swollen face, while taking out an embroidered handkerchief of an unknown girl to wipe away tears that didn't exist. The strong fragrance aroused many people around him The minister covered his nose and sneezed, "You have to decide for me!"

"Your Majesty! You can't favor one person over another!" Ouyang Ke followed closely not to be outdone, stretched out his arm, showing the bruises on it, "Look at that good cousin of yours who pinched the servant, he still has face!" He pointed to a red mark on his forehead, "It's all disfigured!"

Originally, the ministers were discussing whether the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment should take over the case of the servant of the household department the night before.

But the main reason is that the Ministry of Punishment blushed and had a thick neck.

Last year's major cases were basically taken over by Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice was not given a chance at all. They had long disliked Ju Jingyi, and coupled with the fact that Zhen Guogong's faction was secretly playing tricks, the dispute could not be resolved for a while.

Although Ouyang Ke and Li Siwen had no rank, they were also relatives of the emperor, so no one dared to stop them.

Seeing the two thorns come to disrupt the situation, except for the people in Dali Temple, they all heaved a sigh of relief.

The little emperor is only 15 years old this year, and he gets a headache when he hears the quarrel below, and he wants to roll his eyes when he sees the two cousins ​​coming over to make trouble.

"that."

Before the little emperor could finish speaking, Ji Xingchen, who stood at the top of the line, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, since the two cannot compete for a while, it is better to hand it over to the Dazai for trial. Jing Zhaoyin is still in charge of the case of the general judge and the servant." If Jing Zhaoyin is unwilling, he can hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment."

The young prime minister's voice was clear, and he was not in a hurry, but he pointed out a "clear way" for the dizzy courtiers.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was the first to react, and nodded again and again, "What Prime Minister Ji said is true."

Many courtiers responded, "What Prime Minister Ji said is true."

Li Siwen and Ouyang Ke looked at each other, but they had no objection.

The little emperor's face was slightly gloomy, but from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Ju Jingyi shaking his head calmly at him, exhaled slowly, and said, "That's it." After saying that, she waved her hand.

The inner prisoner next to him raised his voice, "Back~toward~~"

Only officials of the third rank and above can participate in the court meeting. Ye Hengqi didn't feel the early court situation, but felt the rare and lively Dali Temple.

Back home at night, Ye Hengqi told Zhao Jiamin what happened during the day as a joke, "You don't know, those two guys quarreled from the main hall to Dali Temple, that guy Pei Yunyin's face turned green. Oh, Pei Yunyin is the same as me , the official obeisance to Dali Temple Shaoqing, is a distant relative of Zhen Guogong's line."

Zhao Jiamin didn't care about this, and asked hastily, "Then how did Ju Jingyi solve it in the end?"

Ju Jingyi didn't ask the two of them immediately, but sat in the lobby, waiting for Li Siwen and Ouyang Ke to get dry from the quarrel, before ordering someone to serve a pot of hot tea.

"You two, can you repeat the scene at that time?" Ju Jingyi's face was calm. When she was not sullen, she looked very innocent with her clean eyes. "I didn't hear clearly just now."

At this time, Li Siwen and Ouyang Ke didn't have the intention to add to the snake, and they didn't have the energy to scold Ju Jingyi, so they had to repeat the previous thing word by word.

"So that's how it is." Ju Jingyi said, "It was Mr. Li who struck first, and Mr. Ouyang just fought back, right?"

"That's right!" Ouyang Ke said, "Master Dazai is wise. I have Mu Linsen, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, to testify on my behalf."

"Nonsense!" Li Siwen jumped his feet angrily, "You were the one who hit me first! Mu Linsen has a good relationship with you, what proof can I have!"

Ouyang Ke said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, I have nothing to do with Mu Linsen!"

"I've seen it all." Li Siwen was triumphant, "Last October at nine o'clock in the morning, I bumped into you drinking with him at the Yellow Crane Tower. At that time, I asked the boss and the people living nearby. In the beginning, you would go to the Yellow Crane Tower to drink at this time every year, without interruption."

Ouyang Ke was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously retorted, "You're talking nonsense." But his tone and demeanor seemed to turn into anger from embarrassment after being ripped off.

But the most shocking one was Ju Jingyi, who was at the top.

She can't remember wrong.

On the ninth day of October in the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tai Shiling died.

In addition to the physical evidence such as the murder weapon and shoe prints found from the Prince Regent's Mansion, the most important witness for her to judge that Zhao Jiamin had been in and out of the eunuch was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

in case.

Her heart started beating fast.

The second person to react was Pei Yunyin. His expression changed slightly, and he reminded Ouyang Ke, "It's so late, Mr. Li and the store owner may have misread it."

Ouyang Ke seemed to have found the backbone, "What Mr. Pei said is true!"

Pei Yunyin smirked, but met Li Siwen's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he almost couldn't keep his smirk.

No, a dude like Li Siwen probably wouldn't think so deeply.

He turned his head to look at Ju Jingyi, but this woman was the same as before, her expression was calm and unchanged, and outsiders could not detect the answer he wanted from her face.

Pei Yunyin's reminder was not limited to Ouyang Ke, Ye Heng immediately remembered this old incident.

"If Pei Yunyin didn't make a sudden noise, I wouldn't have thought so far." Ye Hengqi sighed at Zhao Jiamin, "I didn't expect such a turning point to happen now."

"Brother doesn't seem to dislike that princess?" Zhao Jiamin asked curiously, "When people mention her, most of them are abusive." She really wanted to know what her 'brother' thought of her.

Hearing Zhao Jiamin's question, Ye Hengqi's expression began to change, as if a bystander felt helpless and sad after seeing some irresistible tragedy happen, "She is not that kind of person."

"what?"

"Master Tai Shiling once said that the princess is intelligent and upright, with a cloudy heart and a moon-like nature. Excessive power will captivate the eyes and pollute the hearts of the people. What ordinary people can't do. One day, time will prove everything she has done."

Zhao Jiamin's nose was sore, he didn't expect that old man to say something nice.If she had known that day, she shouldn't have quarreled with him and let him go.

That way, he can feel at ease when he leaves.

"Why do you believe what Tai Shiling says?"

"Actually, I didn't hear what Tai Shiling said, but Dazai-sama heard what Tai Shiling said, and then she told me."

Zhao Jiamin said it casually, but she was taken aback by Ye Hengqi's serious explanation to her.

Ju Jingyi, told Ye Hengqi?

Before she could ask, Ye Hengqi said to himself, "I heard that the princess killed Taishiling, and the first reaction of Mr. Dazai was to not believe it."

But the evidence was so convincing that she had to believe it.

Zhao Jiamin's heart was in a mess, and he suddenly remembered that time.

Ju Jingyi followed behind Xuanzhi's inner prisoner, with a rare hesitation in addition to sadness on her face, she seemed to want to say something, but she was pushed out of the door by herself and chased away.

Was she still suspicious at that time?Did she believe in her innocence?

In my memory, Ju Jingyi always had a cold face and was not easy to get close to, and she was rarely seen smiling.

Zhao Jiamin once thought that Ju Jingyi was a person who could not tolerate sand in her eyes, and she should be like her teacher Tai Shiling with a pure heart. Dirty means.

Unexpectedly, the stubborn and rigid Tai Shiling would look at her like this.

What about Ju Jingyi?

There was one thing that Ye Hengqi didn't know.

After personally tracking down the chief bookkeeper to record the testimony of Li Siwen and Ouyang Ke, Ju Jingyi wanted to find an opportunity to ask Li Siwen clearly, but she didn't expect the other party to secretly gesture to her.

It was a sign language popular among princes and nobles recently, and the meaning was easy to understand.

See you in a quarter of an hour.

Pei Yunyin was restless, wishing he could grow wings and fly out to find the Yellow Crane Tower and destroy all the evidence.

But he was almost certain that Ju Jingyi understood what Li Siwen's testimony represented even earlier than him. If this testimony was accepted, then he was even more certain that Ju Jingyi would appeal and retry the old case.

He is afraid.

He was afraid that Ju Jingyi would follow him, and that his rash actions would attract Ju Jingyi's attention.

Because he was too worried, he didn't notice that after Li Siwen walked out of the gate of Dali Temple, he quietly returned through the back door.

"Master Dazai."

"Thank you, Young Master Li."

Li Siwen smiled, and swept away his flirtatious appearance before, "Hey, don't thank me, I'm just helping to deliver the message."

It was clear at a glance who was behind him.

Ju Jingyi was silent for a moment, but did not hesitate, "I wonder how the Queen Mother is doing?"

"Not bad, and I'm in a good mood." Li Siwen lowered his voice, "It's just a little effort, and she doesn't want Dazai-sama to return anything in return."

"That's right." Li Siwen said again, "The boss of the Yellow Crane Tower has been protected by someone I ordered. Lord Dazai can rest assured for the time being, but it's best to make a confession as soon as possible, otherwise, I won't be able to protect him for long."

Ju Jingyi stood up and saluted Li Siwen, "Please also ask the young master to take the place of the official and thank the empress dowager."

Li Siwen didn't move, and received this great gift, "The queen mother said that although Master Tai Shiling is a stubborn old man, he always makes her and the late emperor very angry, but when he doesn't see him, he still feels like something is missing. To her old man, Master Tai Shiling is also half an old friend."

Especially the older she gets, the more she misses the past.

"That three provinces."

"It's mine." Li Siwen readily admitted, "He has no fame, and he doesn't do business on weekdays, so he is suitable for this kind of errand work. If Mr. Dazai has any inconvenience, you can also go to Chengxi Ruyifang to find him. "

Ju Jingyi asked, "Isn't it Qinfangyuan?"

Li Siwen laughed, "I thought about buying the entire Qinfang Courtyard, but unfortunately, I failed."

There was deep meaning in his eyes, as if he intended to remind Ju Jingyi, "That place is very messy. If Master Dazai intends it, you'd better be careful."

"Thank you."

"I've said it all, it's easy to do."

Really, just a little bit of effort?

But before the criminal department could breathe a sigh of relief because Ju Jingyi couldn't intervene in the case of the servant of the household department, a big event happened.

Just a few days after Liang Changxu, the servant of the household department, died in the same way, Mu Linsen, the servant of the punishment department, died in his own house.