I was a princess in ancient times

Emperor Changping agreed to the request of the courtiers and issued an order on the spot, ordering Yu Heng to temporarily take the position of the right general of the Jinwu Guard so that he could dispatch the Jinwu Guard to investigate the matter.

Not only Yu Heng froze in place, suspecting that he had heard wrong.

The faces of the alert courtiers also changed drastically, and they subconsciously looked at Ji Jingyu and Ji Xinxue who were standing at the same place.

What does this mean, Your Majesty?

The Jinwu Guard is His Majesty's personal soldier, and its significance is far greater than that of the Beijing Suburb Camp, Qianniu Guard, and Habayashi Guard, both of which belong to Chang'an City Defense. How can they let... people who are related to the throne get involved?

If it was normal, the courtiers would immediately speak to stop Emperor Changping's 'faint' decision.

However, they know very well that if they want the horse to run, they must feed the horse.

If you make the behavior of "grass grabbing with the horse's mouth" at this time, let alone whether you will be kicked, at least you can no longer confidently ask the horse to run with a heavy load.

Ji Jingyu felt the sudden increase in gazes on her body, raised her head blankly, and looked at the officials one by one.

see what he does?

The old foxes standing at the front took the lead to look away, and looked away as if nothing had happened.

Like Emperor Changping, they insisted on having expectations for the eldest son, and then kept being disappointed, so that their mentality got better and better.Seeing that Ji Jingyu was still confused and didn't feel a sense of crisis at all, the old foxes cleanly erased the strangeness in their hearts.

The Spirit King doesn't care, why should they be villains?

Besides, the result of Ji Jingyu's order to investigate the assassin this time is really disappointing.

Now Ji Jingyu is only the Lingwang, and there is the wise and mighty Emperor Changping on top of him, so that the big event will not be delayed. If decades later...

The thoughts of the veterans drifted unconsciously.

If His Majesty wants to establish prestige for the Fifth Highness, he can directly order the Fifth Highness to take the right general of the Jinwu Guard temporarily. Why do you have to use Xianglin County King?

The courtiers who took a wait-and-see attitude admired the patterns of the moccasin shoes and the jade pendant around their waists, while those who still firmly supported Ji Jingyu refused to give up easily. They exhausted all their strength and crazily winked at Ji Jingyu.

Ji Xinxue was accidentally injured several times, but she still couldn't face it calmly after all. The old men with the prime minister's belly scrambling to wink at each other, stiffly looked away.

Ji Jingyu pondered for a moment, took the initiative to take half a step forward, bowed in the direction of Emperor Changping, and said in a loud voice, "Aye Yingming, the king of Xianglin County lived and ate with the soldiers of the military camp when he was in the northern border. The position of the right general of the Jinwu Guard."

The courtier who repeatedly reminded Ji Jingyu to prevent Yu Heng from getting involved in the Jinwu Guard suddenly raised his hand and patted his thigh, making a very loud sound, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The anger and remorse on his face immediately condensed, he knelt down subconsciously, and said in panic, "Minister, minister... Your minister is second! King Ling is right!"

When Ji Xinxue saw this, disappointment quickly flashed in her eyes.

Although he was only the 'temporary acting' for General Jin Wuwei, he still had to deal with his immediate superior, Mo Yao, often.

Best of luck to Yu Heng.

Maybe in Aye's mind, the Jinwu Guard is just a springboard for Yu Heng.When the assassination is over, Yu Heng will be transferred to Daying in the suburbs of Beijing or Qianniuwei and Habayashiwei to serve.

Thinking of this, Ji Xinxue finally curbed her hatred of courtiers.

After the dynasty was over, Ji Jingyu and Abuhanbing offered to take Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

A total of 35 assassins, five died on the spot due to serious injuries, eight died of illness one after another, and now only 22 are left.

Ji Xinxue silently grabbed Yu Heng's sleeve, and suddenly couldn't move her legs nervously.

What disease can kill eight people in less than half a month?

Could it be that the remaining 22 people have already... Fortunately, including the two assassins lying in a separate cell, all of them have sound limbs, and their exposed skin has no obvious wounds other than welts.

"Someone once secretly mixed arsenic in their food, but unfortunately when the Jinwu Guard found it, the person who poisoned him had already thrown himself into the well in fear of crime." Abu Hanbing said in fluent Yu Chao official language, "That person is from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. jailer."

Ji Xinxue nodded, her eyes swept over those who sat or lay down one by one, ignoring their assassins at all.

Although these assassins did not suffer the inhumane punishment as he had imagined, judging from their ashen state, they had basically lost their desire to survive.

"Have you interrogated the jailer's family and clan?" Ji Xinxue asked.

In this era, the low-level officials in the yamen are basically hereditary, commonly known as falling into the rice bowl.

However, whether the iron rice bowl is fragrant or not, it can only be said that different people have different opinions.

There are several ways to get an iron rice bowl.

Pass the assessment, have connections, get recommendations from at least five small officials with different surnames, have money, use gold, silver and jewelry to find connections... As long as you are determined enough, there are always more ways than difficulties.

There is only one way to put down the iron rice bowl.

Make a big mistake enough to be implicated in it.

Otherwise, even if there is no one in the family, the yamen will replace the position with someone from the same clan.

Therefore, those who have obtained official status through imperial examinations, recommendations or donations look down on such petty officials the most.I would rather let the unpromising younger generations of the family go back to their hometown to serve the ancestors' cemetery, and I would not easily make them small officials.

However, in the eyes of ordinary people, the petty official is a beautiful job with guaranteed income in drought and flood, and no worries about food and clothing, and he can't wait to get his head off for it.

Over time, small officials became a special small family like craftsmen who were also easy to naturalize and difficult to leave.

If there is no accident, the person who can serve as a small official in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment must have other small officials in his family.

A Buhanbing nodded and explained, "His grandfather voluntarily sold himself as a servant because of the flood, and was appreciated by the master's family for rescuing the drowning prince of the Chengyang Hou Mansion. Not only did he accumulate a lot of gold and silver treasures in a short period of time, but also He has become a thorn in the side of many people, but he was eventually kicked out of the mansion. Fortunately, Marquis Chengyang valued the man he saved, and specially asked the housekeeper to allow him to take away all the belongings he had accumulated."

The jailer's grandfather was also a man with a plan. Before Cheng Yanghou had forgotten him, he immediately cashed out all the money he had accumulated, and 'buy' the place of a small official in the Ministry of Punishment at almost double the price.

Three years later, the jailer's grandfather married the only daughter of a colleague, and he and his wife had two sons, who respectively succeeded his father-in-law and the petty official on him.

The jailer who poisoned the assassin's meals was the third generation of petty officials.

Although his father also married a girl whose father was a petty official, the post of petty official from his grandfather was not passed on to his mother but to his uncle.

Ji Xinxue was confused when he heard this, and his vigilance suddenly increased.

Rich experience told him that this kind of group of relatives connecting relatives and unknowingly weaving a network of relationships is extremely dangerous.As long as you look into it, there are bound to be problems.

This is especially the case, where everyone in the network struggles to break free for the same reasons and is more prone to 'daring' thoughts.

When in doubt, sort out the information first.

Ji Xinxue walked around the cell as if wandering, and said with a smile, "Feng Lang and I have already agreed with Ji Cheng that we will decide on General Rabbit today, and we will interrogate them tomorrow."

A Buhanbing was stunned, and looked at Ji Jingyu questioningly.

General Rabbit?

Although the words were easy to understand, he couldn't imagine it.

He has seen tiger and horse fighting in Mohe, and cricket and rooster fighting in Chang'an.

No matter where it is, I have never seen anyone deliberately fighting rabbits.

What are you fighting for?

Which rabbit can run faster, or dig a hole faster?

"Nonsense!" Ji Jingyu scowled, "The courtiers trusted you and Feng Lang, so they recommended you to continue investigating this matter, and Aye, because he was worried that you would be tied up, specially ordered Feng Lang to be the right general of the Jinwu Guard. Your minds are full of rabbits? How can you be worthy of Aye's letter..."

Ji Xinxue took Ji Jingyu's arm and walked out, her brows were full of melancholy, "Feng Lang and I originally planned to go to Hot Spring Zhuangzi to live until New Year's Eve after we finished writing tomorrow. In order to have more time to play in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, we deliberately stayed up all night Packing up my belongings, I didn’t expect to be stumped by this matter, and the next time I have free time, I might have to wait until next year.”

Ji Jingyu knew that Ji Xinxue's sudden remarks that had nothing to do with the business were deliberately changing the subject, but she couldn't bear to see Ji Xinxue showing any disappointment.

He was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Don't leave Chang'an, the courtiers are watching. You and Yu Heng will rest in Princess Anguo's mansion for two days, and I will send some files to you. You have to spend as much time as possible on research in your free time."

When Ji Xinxue heard the words, she immediately forgot what she was going to say, and her eyebrows and eyes were crooked.

The reason why he didn't check the files in the prison of the Ministry of punishment was because he suspected that it was not only the jailer who poisoned him that had problems.

Yu Heng fell behind, and asked Ah Buhan Bing in a low voice, "Is there any stranger who always wants to get close to you recently?"

A Buhan Bing tilted his head and fell into deep thought, and suddenly uttered a series of Mohe language.

Yu Heng raised his hand to cover the upturned corner of his mouth.

This is one of the few Mohe languages ​​he can understand, and it is also the most familiar Mohe language for Chang'an courtiers.

'Sorry, I don't know what you mean. '

No one knows whether Abu Hanbing will suddenly become a pure foreigner who does not know anything about the official language of the Yu Dynasty after communicating with others fluently in the official language of the Yu Dynasty.

"I heard that you provided the Mohe royal family with..."

Yu Heng interrupted what Abu Hanbing hadn't finished speaking, with a soft and slow tone, "It's not for the Mohe royal family, but for His Majesty's concern. Whether it's the Turkic royal family, the Nanzhao royal family, or the Tuyuhun royal family, or even the old and new Rouran Royal family, I would make the same choice."

Given the bad relationship between Abu Hanbing and the Mohe royal family, there is no need to thank anyone for the Mohe royal family.

Two quarters of an hour later, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng returned to Princess Anguo's mansion, and specially chose a bright side room in Lenghui Courtyard to temporarily store all the files related to the assassin.

The first is the origins of the 35 assassins, including information about their parents, clansmen, wives and children, which are fully filled with ten large wooden boxes that can hide Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng at the same time.

Then there is the message of the poisoned jailer.

To Ji Xinxue's surprise, there were only two wooden boxes.

He also thought that there would be at least five wooden boxes in the records about the jailer.

Ji Cheng's life in Princess Anguo's mansion is very regular.

Sleep until you wake up naturally, eat breakfast alone, find something to pass the time or go out to play with friends, at noon, depending on the situation, choose to share lunch with Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue or eat alone, and have a meal outside, and you will definitely go out in the afternoon Play, have dinner depending on the situation, and return to the Princess Mansion before the curfew.

Because there was a grand court meeting today, he was afraid that he would meet Prince Qinghe's son while he was outside, so he purposely stayed at the Princess Mansion to pass the time.After finishing lunch, he swaggered towards the door.

He had already agreed with the nephew of Princess Dewan's mansion to compare his courage, touch the things hidden inside the completely closed wooden box, whoever can't stand the shock and shout first will be the loser.

Before reaching the door, Ji Chengcheng saw the smiling Lin Zhao.

"Old General!" He took the initiative to wave hello and said with a smile, "Tell me later what treasures Fenglang's fief sent. If I can get it, I will share half of it with you!"

Lin Zhao shook his head, "I'm waiting for the Duke."

"Huh?" Ji Cheng looked towards the door subconsciously, and asked uncertainly, "Wait for me?"

The Duke of Chang'an is not thirty but fifteen... Lin Zhao can send a message to his servant or go directly to his yard if he has something to do, there is no need to wait here.

Lin Zhao turned around holding Ji Cheng's arm, nodded with a smile, "Your Highness is looking for you to fight rabbits in Lenghui Courtyard."

Ji Cheng showed exactly the same bewilderment as Abhan Bing not long ago.

Dou, rabbit?

Which plate of spicy rabbit head tastes more authentic?

In Ji Cheng's mind, of course Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue who could take him in were more important than the nephews of Princess Dewan's family.Although there was hesitation in his heart, he walked towards the Lenghui courtyard without any hesitation.

"Here I come! How do you fight rabbits?"

He rubbed his just full stomach, thinking to himself how much more he could eat.

However, there was not even a single rabbit fur in the house. Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng were sitting on the two sides of the wall, with open files and messy wooden boxes beside them.

The smile on the corner of Ji Cheng's mouth suddenly faded.

He took a half step back cautiously, and whispered to the two people who looked up at him, "Go ahead, I'm going to Dewan..."

"The table over there is yours." Ji Xinxue immediately interrupted Ji Cheng's escape, pointing to the window on the other side.

Ji Chengcheng wanted to turn around and run away, but Yu Heng's gaze was too sharp.

People are under the eaves... Not only is Ji Cheng afraid that Yu Heng will kick him out, but he is also afraid that Qinghe County Prince's Mansion will call him back on the grounds of the Chinese New Year, and Yu Heng will not do anything to protect his dog's life.

He knew in his heart that after so many days, Qinghe County King, Qinghe County Princess and Qinghe County Prince Shizi must have known about him and Ji Mingtong.

In other words, there are at least three more beatings.

Ji Cheng is not stupid at all.

As early as when he started taking the medicine, he foresaw the inevitable beating.

If it weren't for the fear of Ji Mingtong's distress, Ji Cheng would never let go of the opportunity in the palace.

With Emperor Changping around, the power of the prince of Qinghe County will definitely be greatly reduced, and he will display at most [-]% of his usual strength.

It's a pity that he couldn't bear to make Ji Mingtong feel distressed, so he could only delay the beating to Princess Anguo's mansion.

The more severe the beating, the easier it will be for him to return home in the future.

One or three, Ji Cheng chose three without hesitation.

So he purposely uttered rude words when Prince Qinghe County beat him up, and sure enough, he had to lie on the bed for nearly ten days before landing.

But this can only guarantee that other people from Qinghe County Prince's Mansion will not come to An Guo Princess's Mansion to beat him again, if he dares to go back... Ji Cheng shook his head and shook off the image in his mind that could stop the child crying at night, and strode towards the specially prepared room for him Empty table.

Ji Xinxue nodded in satisfaction, and carefully explained to Ji Cheng how to dig out the hidden information of the scroll.

He had vaguely noticed what kind of surprise Ji Mingtong had held back for Emperor Changping.

Ji Mingtong is the jewel in the palm of Emperor Changping, of course nothing will happen to him, if Ji Cheng continues to play foolishly, there is a high probability that he will become Mo Yao's leg pendant again.

The three of them spent three full days, and finally re-recorded all the dossiers in an unrecognizable way.

First of all, Ji Xinxue has the most intuition problem with the poisoning jailer.

Judging from the records in the dossier, he is the least problematic existence.

Because he just took advantage of his position to poison some assassins. Among the people who ate this big pot of food, there were scumbags who cheated his brother for money and sex, causing his brother to throw himself into the river and die.

The other three big pots of rice that he carried were also without any problems.

Then there are 35 assassins.

Although these people were in different military camps, they had the same experiences that were not reflected in the previous files.

The 22 people in the camp in the suburbs of Beijing originally belonged to the Jinwu Guard, two were Junwu, and twenty were Waiwu.

For the Jinwu Guard, Junwu and Waiwu can already be regarded as two completely different departments.

Junwu is an elite from all over the world, and Waiwu is a brother of Junwu.

However, the two Junwu and the twenty Waiwu among the assassins have no blood relationship. People who are related to them have been detained separately, and they all claim to have no knowledge of their actions. Some of them even broke down emotionally. The courtiers wanted to flay the assassin more than the almost terrified courtiers.

Ji Xinxue almost rummaged through the files and the rosters sent from various places, and finally found the similarities between the 22 people, and they had worked under the same person successively.

This person is called Liu Shan, who was also a Junwu, and his highest official position was the captain of the Jinwu Guard.Then he was transferred to Daying in the suburbs of Beijing for two grades of officials and students, and became a general of Zhonglang.Three years later, Liu Shan was transferred to Habayashi Guard due to normal transfer, and three years later, at the request of his colleagues, he reasonably replaced his colleagues and was transferred to Qianniu Guard.

The two Junwu among the assassins served as Liu Shan's deputy successively when Liu Shan was the captain of the Jinwu Guard.

During the same period, Liu Shan managed Waiwu and had contacts with 22 of the 15 assassins who were born in Waiwu.The remaining seven people only had contact with Liu Shan after he went to Daying in the suburbs of Beijing.

The seven assassins of Habayashi Guard and the six assassins of Qianniu Guard also showed signs of being under Liu Shan's hands.

Although the clues about Liu Shan are secret and have intentionally covered up traces, they are far from seamless.Ji Jingyu and Abuhanbing didn't notice this person because Liu Shan died of illness in May of the eighth year of Changping, but the ancestor worship in the imperial mausoleum took place in the twelfth lunar month of the same year.

Ji Xinxue sneered, the anger in her eyes almost turned into substance.

While he was planning the appearance of his ancestors, someone was also planning to haunt the ghosts.

Ji Xinxue had to admit that the plan of these people was very successful.

Even if Liu Shan can be dug out, it is only to dig out Liu Shan.

An ordinary, even ordinary Jinwu Guard.

Liu Shan is an orphan without parents. It is only because of his beautiful skills that he can stand out in the process of selecting Jinwu Guards and embark on the road of success.

His wife is the daughter of Poor Hanlin. She had two sons and one daughter, but none of them survived.

Liu Shan claimed that he was reluctant to hurt his wife again, so he specially bought two young and beautiful concubines, and gave birth to five daughters and three sons one after another, but none of them survived.

From then on, Liu Shan gave up completely, gave the concubines a large sum of money to dismiss them, and devoted himself to accompanying his sick wife.

In the sixth year of Changping, Liu Shan's wife died.

Distraught, Liu Shan dissipated all his family property to hold a funeral for his wife, refused his colleagues' proposals for adoption or adoption, and began to live a life of asceticism.

When Liu Shan passed away two years later, there was not even a single person wearing mourning.

Yu Heng put the teacup by Ji Xinxue's mouth, interrupted Ji Xinxue's words in time, and turned to tell Zizhu, "Have someone dig the graves of Liu Shan and his wife, and dig up all the small tombs around. Check to see if the bone age matches the record, and if there are any traces of poisoning."

He will do this kind of thing that is detrimental to morality and criticized by others.

Ji Cheng unconsciously grabbed at the hair that looked like a chicken coop, and said hesitantly, "Should we also investigate the two concubines who have already been released?"

Ji Xinxue nodded and then shook her head, "I want to investigate, but it's too late."

Not only was this an old story ten years ago, but the two concubines were still unknown people, so it would be like finding a needle in a haystack, and I don't know how much time and energy it would take.

The courtiers could not wait for that time.

If the annual leave ends and he and Yu Heng fail to come up with a result that satisfies the courtiers, bad luck will befall Daying in the suburbs of Beijing, Qianniuwei and Habayashiwei.

Civil servants and military commanders already looked down on each other, and because of the rise of the upstarts in northern Xinjiang, they had accumulated many old grievances. In addition to this incident, no one could predict what the outcome would be. .

While waiting for the results of the grave digging, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng finally began to formally interrogate the assassin.

Ji Cheng took the opportunity to sneak away, and finally realized belatedly that, at some point, there was a rather heavy tail behind him.

It sounds like an acquaintance.

General Lin's grandson, Yu Heng's companion, Lin Wei.

Even if he endured his fear of heights and hid in a tree, trying to escape when everyone had forgotten him, Lin Wei would find his hiding place precisely like a dog smelling a scent.

After repeated battles and repeated defeats, Ji Cheng had no choice but to give up, and honestly followed Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng to fight.

The process of interrogating the assassin was basically the same as what was recorded in the file.

Although the assassins were just ordinary people, their mouths were unexpectedly strict. No matter how intimidating or lure Ji Xinxue was, they were unmoved.

Ji Jingyu shook his head, his brows were full of disappointment, "They have long wanted to die, so they won't say anything."

Ji Xinxue also shook her head, the coldness in her eyes was like frost, but the smile on her face was mild, "I'll think of other ways."

If you really want to die, a complete hunger strike is the safest way.

They just paralyzed like unpowered salted fish every day. Not only did they eat three meals a day as usual, but they also honestly cooperated with the jailer in taking medicine after being tortured.

He refused to speak, simply because he hadn't been poked into his weakness yet.

What is more touching than freedom, family, and even life?

The results of the grave digging were sent to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng within two days.

The man in the grave is not wrong.

Liu Shan's wife was lingering on the sick bed during her lifetime, and had to hang herself with tiger and wolf medicine, all of which were reflected in the bones.

He himself had a fracture in his right hand, which was also reflected in the bones.

The surrounding small bones cannot be determined to be Liu Shan's heirs, but their age and traces of medication can be matched.

Ji Xinxue was silent for a while, and ordered the messenger to re-bury the bones, leaning against Yu Heng and falling into deep thought.

Time is limited, where to start?

assassin?

A family with problematic intuition?

The two concubines Liu Shan let go in his early years?

Or the poisoned jailer who had no problems organizing the scrolls?

There are less than [-] days left before the end of the annual vacation. To dig out all the secrets of hidden clues, he and Yu Heng can only choose two out of four at most.

"Your Highness?"

Suddenly there was a regular knock on the door, it was Lin Zhao.

Yu Heng tilted his head and kissed Ji Xinxue's brow lightly, "No hurry."

Seeing Ji Xinxue nodding, he called Lin Zhao in loudly.

Lin Zhao took out a letter sealed with vermilion sealant but without any logo from his sleeve pocket and handed it to the two, whispering, "Someone sent this letter to Langya Pavilion."

Ji Xinxue raised her eyebrows.

When he first met Yu Heng, Yu Heng was still living in the British government, and Lin Zhao incarnated as the old shopkeeper and lived in Langya Pavilion, managing all the operations of Princess An's Mansion in Chang'an, and taking care of Yu Heng's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Not long after Yu Heng officially returned to Princess Anguo's mansion, he officially donated Langya Pavilion to Lin Zhao, and now it is Lin Zhao's property.

There was no mark on the envelope, and the wax was smooth and intact, but Yu Heng's tone could not be doubted, "It's a letter from Mrs. Yu."

He quickly unfolded the slightly thin letter paper.

There are only two sentences without beginning and end.

'The hyenas, along with the foxes and the antelopes, planned this, with the intention of making the cattle bear all their previous crimes for them. '

The cow was willing to provide the lion cub with evidence that the antelope planned this. '

Ji Xinxue immediately remembered the letter Yu Heng received some time ago that recorded the story of the foreign land.

He stretched out his palm and said slowly, "Four choices of two become five choices of two."