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The warm wind blew away a clear cloud in the sky, Zhao Jiamin unfolded the newly bought paper fan, his face was full of joy.

She finally persuaded Lan Er's little crying bag to stay at home and didn't follow her. She pitied Ye Hengqi and vouched for her in front of Ye's father and Ye's mother, otherwise she would not have been able to leave the Ye's house so easily and simply.

Compared with the life of the previous princess, the life of being the eldest lady of the Ye family is much easier.

You don’t need to get up early every day, you don’t need to meet your subordinates, you don’t need to read memorials, you don’t need to go to court in the morning, you don’t need to listen to ministers arguing, and you don’t have to worry about being discouraged or followed by people when you go out.But now, the little emperor is experiencing this kind of hectic and irritable life. Thinking about Zhao Jiamin, he is proud and sad.

It's not that she wants to seize power, it's just that the complicated government affairs are too stressful for the little emperor at his age. She originally had good intentions, but she didn't expect that the little emperor would dislike her because of this, and there was a gap between her and her.

Therefore, when he found evidence of the so-called Zhaoyang princess' collaborating with the enemy and treason, he ordered Dali Temple to close the case without further investigation.

To say it's not sad would be to lie.

Zhao Jiamin has always regarded him as a younger brother, and she has not forgotten the time when she was studying when she was a child, but Ouyang Master ignored everything because of a needless misunderstanding, and did not even give her a chance to refute.

"Princess." Wei Shuyu interrupted Zhao Jiamin's emotion, and said apologetically, "I can't find the booklet of records. It's all because my subordinates are incompetent. It's not good to take care of even a booklet."

Zhao Jiamin shook his head, "You don't have to worry about it, that person must have made full preparations, besides, I burned down the entire Regent's Palace, and it's a good thing I can't find the brochure."

The most important piece of physical evidence proving that Princess Zhaoyang's "collaboration with the enemy and treason" is the beam of the Regent's Palace.

That's right, the beams.

Master Shen An, a well-versed and knowledgeable Guozijian Jijiu, can see at a glance that the beams of the Prince Regent's Mansion are redwoods that are only produced in Rao'an in the south of Liang State.Even in Liang State itself, only princely ranks can use it, but this kind of red cedar wood appeared majestically in the Prince Regent's Mansion of Jin State.

It was only ten years since the Prince Regent's Mansion was built until it was burned down by Zhao Jiamin. Zhao Jiamin still remembered that the late emperor was critically ill. At that time, his father had just been named the regent, and all the officials were asked by the wayward emperor to give a gift to each of them. She was almost sure that the red The beams of Shan wood were also given by a certain important minister.

But it is a pity that the booklet recording the gift giving was no longer found, and Zhao Jiamin could hardly argue with his mouth about the relationship between the Prince Regent's Mansion and the Kingdom of Liang.

But the most important piece of physical evidence is a letter found in the Prince Regent's Mansion and Zhao Jiamin's study.

Most of them are correspondence with Prime Minister Liang Guo, and the contents discussed are even major events related to the Jin Dynasty.

It was this letter that left Zhao Jiamin speechless.

She didn't know how the letter was found from her study, let alone why every letter had her seal on it.

"By the way, can you bring out those letters?"

Wei Shuyu shook his head, "The letters are still kept in Dali Temple, and you know that Ju Jingyi's management is so secretive that it's hard to get a single word from her." Not to mention important physical evidence like letters.

"Dali Temple?" Zhao Jiamin asked in surprise, "Shouldn't they be transferred to the Ministry of Punishment?"

Wei Shuyu seemed a little reluctant, with an obscure expression, but he still replied, "Ju Jingyi didn't want to close the case. Last year, she forced the Ministry of Punishment Minister Shi Zhong and Prime Minister Ji to leave the court and left the case in Dali Temple."

The wonderful verbal battle also made the officials realize that this taciturn Mr. Dazai is not as weak as she appears on the surface.

"Is that so?"

It's hard for Zhao Jiamin to imagine that someone would face Shi Zhong and Ji Xingchen's cooperation because of her case without changing his face. After all, no matter which of the two of them get along, they are not easy to get along with.

And it seems that such a person who has no desires and no desires will be so stubborn, so he really deserves to be the favorite student of that old man Sima Hui?

She felt inexplicably warm.

Wei Shuyu didn't think that Ju Jingyi had good intentions, and he made no secret of his hostility towards the minister of Dali Temple, "When the princess was around, she fought against the princess many times, and the letter is likely to be her manipulation. , Now come to pretend to be a good old man, just to cover up your behavior."

"No." Zhao Jiamin knew Ju Jingyi's personality very well, and she believed that Ju Jingyi was also a person who had no knowledge of those letters, "She is not such a person."

"The county lord."

Wei Shuyu paused, but was interrupted by Zhao Jiamin when he couldn't say a word.

"Speaking of letters, I suspect that someone is indeed secretly communicating with Prime Minister Liang." Zhao Jiamin mused, "It's only those few people who can communicate with Prime Minister Liang. You remember to pay attention to the station leading to Liang Guo."

"Yes."

"By the way." Thinking of Taishi Ling, Zhao Jiamin thought of the minister of punishment who died suddenly the day before yesterday, "Did Mu Linsen offend anyone?"

"Ju Jingyi." This was Wei Shuyu's first reaction.

After all, what Ju Jingyi did at that time really shocked the entire capital and was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Zhao Jiamin waved her hand funny, "It's not her." Really, it should be Mu Linsen who hates her. She's afraid that she has long forgotten who this servant of the Ministry of Punishment is.

She casually asked, "Does Mu Linsen have any enemies?"

"Mulinsen is arrogant and has verbal conflicts with many people, but to be honest, it's just a simple friction with others, not to the extent that it will hurt someone's life."

"This is strange." Zhao Jiamin said, "There is also Liang Changxu from before. He is obviously going to be executed in a few days. He has been in death row, and the notice has already been posted. That person should know that he is bound to die."

"Therefore, there is only one possibility. The murderer, the two of them, and the general sentence have an unusual hatred."

What could make that person feel an unusual hatred for them?

"But these are not important." Zhao Jiamin stood up and smiled, "The most important thing is to find out who is the person who communicated with Prime Minister Liang Guo, and the person who gave the red cedar wood to my father to be the beam of my house , could it be the same person?"

"Princess, don't worry, the subordinates will definitely find out." After speaking, Wei Shuyu's eyes fell on Zhao Jiamin's waist, and his expression changed suddenly, "This is it!"

"Ah, this." Zhao Jiamin flipped the jade plaque on his waist, "It belongs to Ju Jingyi."

"How could it be?" Wei Shuyu was so shocked that he couldn't even finish his sentence, "Princess, this."

"She gave it to Ye Heng. I asked Ye Heng to ask for it. With this thing, it's convenient to go anywhere."

"That's true." But Wei Shuyu was still immersed in surprise, he knew very well the importance of this object.

Leaving from Wei Shuyu, Zhao Jiamin didn't go back to Ye's mansion, but instead went to the mansion of Mu Linsen, the minister of punishment.

For him to give false testimony in court, accusing the Princess of Zhaoyang of going in and out of the Taishi Supervisor after the palace banquet, that person definitely has a very close relationship with Mu Linsen.

She hadn't paid attention to the servant of the Ministry of Justice before, and she hadn't found any signs of friendship with anyone.Although Ouyang Ke's relationship with him provided some clues, no one knew whether it was a disguise.

It's just that Zhao Jiamin didn't expect that she would run into Ju Jingyi again on the trail near the Lin Mansion.

She was thinking whether to use Ju Jingyi's jade card to enter the Mufu openly, or choose to climb the wall unobtrusively, and she caught a glimpse of Ju Jingyi coming from afar out of the corner of her eye.

This time without Ye Hengqi and Lin Zheng, the atmosphere between the two became more awkward.

"Hello Dazai-sama." Zhao Jiamin greeted first, but saw a little surprised look on Ju Jingyi's plain face.

She scratched her chin subconsciously. Could it be that she called her wrong?

Or, Ju Jingyi doesn't like being called Dazai-sama?But obviously she always heard Ye Hengqi yelling like that.

She suddenly remembered that when she was still using the body of the princess, she liked to call Dazai-sama to respond to Ju Jingyi in a strange tone.

Because she doesn't like to see Ju Jingyi and Sima Hui with sullen and cold looks, she always wants to see other expressions on this person's face, even if it's angry or surprised.

Unfortunately not once.

After a while, Ju Jingyi said, "Miss Ye should go back to Ye Mansion as soon as possible." She seemed to feel that her tone was too harsh, and explained, "It's getting late, they will be worried."

They don't know about this, including herself.

Zhao Jiamin put away his thoughts of running to the ends of the earth, put his hands on his hips, and puffed out his chest, "I just won't go back, what's the matter?"

It's something she's always wanted to do.

In the past, due to her status as the regent princess, she had to maintain her dignity and image, and she dared not show a trace of her willful and childish behavior.

It's different now, she's just the young lady of the Ye family, so naturally she doesn't have to worry about her misbehavior.

Ju Jingyi was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously said, "But."

Zhao Jiamin didn't want to hear that she kept using people from Yefu as an excuse, so she simply mentioned the jade card and turned it around in Ju Jingyi's face, "Too~zai~big~ren~ Without this jade card, people from Mufu would not I'll let you in."

Ju Jingyi moved her eyes from the jade plaque to Zhao Jiamin's face, and stared at her for a while, her eyes were neither cold nor indifferent, and even a little gentle.

She must have read it wrong.

Zhao Jiamin blinked.

How could Ju Jingyi look at her like that?

Even a stranger like Ye Huazhao shouldn't have this kind of look.

"Next." Ju Jingyi paused for a moment, a trace of annoyance flashed in her eyes, she lowered her head and seemed to sigh, "The afternoon is almost over, Miss Ye should send a message back to the house first, let Master Ye Take it easy."

"You agreed?" Zhao Jiamin's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his ears, and murmured, "You actually agreed."

She suddenly heard a small soft sound, and couldn't help but look up at Ju Jingyi.

"You're laughing."

Ju Jingyi turned her face away, serious, "No, let's go."

"Hey! Are you laughing!"

"No."

The two entered the Mufu noisily, and were led to the study by the housekeeper.

It is said that Mrs. Mu has not woken up because of being too frightened, and it is not easy for Ju Jingyi to visit, so she handed over the cakes she bought on the way to the housekeeper.

"It's really messy." Zhao Jiamin casually swept away the messy folders on the table, revealing the darkened blood stains underneath. "The people in the Ministry of Punishment are too casual, throwing away such physical evidence."

Ju Jingyi was looking down at the bloodstains on the chair, and replied casually, "It's normal, Shi Zhong's thoughts are all on drilling, and his subordinates will naturally follow suit."

Zhao Jiamin paused.

She almost thought that the person in front of her was not Ju Jingyi.

This person has always paid attention to details, and the people of the Ye family will relax because she is Ye Huazhao and ignore her differences, but Ju Jingyi doesn't have to, and absolutely won't.

Obviously there are so many loopholes, so many things are wrong, and the look in the eyes when we first met seems to have discovered something, so why didn't this person ask?

Why, she seems to be pampering herself all the time?

She was thinking wildly there, but Ju Jingyi didn't notice her strangeness, but carefully examined the shape of the bloodstain.

It made her feel like she was wasting her time, like she was thinking too much.

Zhao Jiamin shook off the mess in his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It seems that the people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice are not lying." Ju Jingyi knelt down and stroked the sharp marks left by the sharp weapon on the side of the table. "The murderer who killed Mu Linsen, judging from the method, is indeed the same person."

Zhao Jiamin glanced at the miserable situation in the study room, and sighed, "I hate it so much, and there are so many victims, it's a massacre in disguise."

"But it's a pity." Ju Jingyi simply sat on the chair Mu Linsen sat on when he died, and flipped through the notes on his desk, "We don't have any clue about this massacre."

"My lord." The butler knocked on the door and entered the room with tea, "Tea, please."

He glanced at the messy desktop, and when he touched the black blood stain, his eyes showed sadness. He put the tea on the shelf closest to Zhao Jiamin, and said, "I don't know, what are you looking for? The master's study room is all It's the little ones who are sorting out."

"What did the Ministry of Criminal Justice take away?" Ju Jingyi asked.

"There is only one booklet that the master was reading at that time."

Zhao Jiamin asked, "What was Lord Mu looking at at that time?"

"The specific villain is not clear, but it is probably to be handed over to the prime minister."

Ju Jingyi nodded, and then asked, "Master Mu is from the capital?"

"My master only came to the capital to take office four years ago, and he has been in the Anxi Protectorate before."

"Anxi Governor's Mansion?" Ju Jingyi said, "That's very far away."

"Indeed." The housekeeper nodded, "When I came to the capital, the master took care of the family, but the master moved very quickly, and it only took half a month to bring the old lady."

"Are you following from the Anxi Governor's Mansion?"

"No, the villain is from the capital."

"Oh." Ju Jingyi continued to stare at the blood on the table, wondering what she was looking for.

Over there, Zhao Jiamin took a sip of tea, his mind moved slightly.

Anxi Protectorate's Mansion is located on Longyou Road.Speaking of which, the judge seemed to be from Longyou Road.

She took advantage of the opportunity to look at Ju Jingyi, who was lying on the table with her head tilted. This person was facing the window, and the light and shadow hit her face in a criss-cross pattern. The brilliant brilliance emitted by being completely immersed in one's own world seriously.

Just this is enough to fascinate people, and they can't move away for a while.

"Ah!" Ju Jingyi let out a soft cry, the brilliance in her eyes became even brighter, "I found it."

"what?!"

Zhao Jiamin and the housekeeper leaned over together.

"Look." Ju Jingyi carefully returned the scattered blood-stained folders on the table to their original positions, stretched out her fingers and tapped on the table, "The direction where the blood was sprayed is to the left."

"left handed?"

Seeing that Zhao Jiamin quickly understood what she meant, Ju Jingyi showed a gratified expression, straightened up, and explained to the butler, "If the murderer used a right-handed sword, the direction of the blood should be to the right."

"Check to see if there are any masters who make good use of their left hands in the capital recently."

Ju Jingyi shook her head, "The scope is too wide, and it cannot be ruled out that the crime was committed by an acquaintance."

Zhao Jiamin fell silent. In the past, she always gave orders from a high position. Any specific operational problems were solved by the people below. There has never been a situation like this when she is helpless.And now, she can only watch like this, unable to help at all.

Not to mention finding clues from a pile of messy papers now, even if there were clues before, they were completely destroyed by a group of idiots from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Ju Jingyi, can we really find the murderer?

It's all like this, why is Ju Jingyi still unwilling to give up?

For the first time, she realized that she didn't understand Ju Jingyi.

Maybe at the beginning, Ju Jingyi really wanted to find evidence to prove her innocence.

But what is that for?

"Why did you find the murderer?" Zhao Jiamin couldn't help asking, "This case has already been transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

At this time, she couldn't care less about hiding why she was here, she just wanted to know why Ju Jingyi was so persistent.

Ju Jingyi looked up at her, then lowered her head, "If the people in the criminal department don't change for a day, there will always be cases in their hands."

"I ask you why." Zhao Jiamin said seriously, "Don't change the subject."

"the truth."

"what."

"There are many reasons why people hide the truth of certain facts." Ju Jingyi said in a deep voice, "What I want to find is not the reason, but the truth behind those reasons."

"So, you're not interested in the reason." Zhao Jiamin's smile didn't seem warm, and her heart sank slowly.

Ju Jingyi was taken aback, realizing that Zhao Jiamin had become like this because of what she had said wrongly, and there was imperceptible panic in her eyes.

"I."

"It's nothing, why don't you hurry up and find clues?"

Ju Jingyi couldn't figure it out, but Zhao Jiamin's expression was so strange.

She lowered her head to look for clues, but her heart was in a mess and she couldn't concentrate.

What did she say wrong?

Why, Zhao Jiamin seems to be angry?