I was a princess in ancient times

Yu Heng nodded, and promised with his usual expression, "I will personally deliver the invitation to them."

Qi Baixuan showed satisfaction, he didn't even bother to say a word of perfunctory concern, and continued to ask for it as a matter of course, "Yanhe and Zhu'er are about the same age as you, and it's time to start a family and start a business. It just so happens that you have an errand on hand that can be experienced, so you might as well take it with you." They. I don't ask you to seek official positions for them immediately, as long as your majesty and courtiers can see their hard work."

Ji Xinxue took the initiative to take over the quarrel, "Qi Honglu thinks that Qi Yanhe and Qi Zhu should start training from which level?"

Qi Boxuan was stunned, and looked at Ji Xinxue blankly.

He was too lazy to think about these troublesome things, and he was lazy to tell Yu Heng the original words of Duke Ying, but he didn't expect to get an answer other than a promise or a refusal.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the familiar yet unfamiliar Qingming, Yu Heng's heart moved slightly, and he finally withdrew his thoughts from elsewhere.

It's a pity that before he can compare how much Qi Boxuan, who has rare clarity in his eyes, is similar to the figure that has long been blurred in his memory, the clarity, like a flash in the pan, is once again replaced by a drowsy drunkenness.

Qi Boxuan smiled nonchalantly, and continued to repeat what the British bus said on his behalf, "Feng Lang, don't be confused, you, Yanhe and Zhu'er are blood relatives. If your status is reversed today, they will spare no room to support you."

Ji Xinxue clasped ten fingers with Yu Heng, and held it up for Qi Boxuan to see, the smile on the corner of her mouth suddenly became extraordinarily enthusiastic.

"They are Feng Lang's brothers, and they are my brothers. Qi Honglu thinks that Qi Yanhe and Qi Zhu's ability can be qualified for several ranks of official positions. Just tell me, and I will try my best to speak well for them in front of Aye." He hinted, "Although there's no guarantee that Aye will trust them like Qi Honglu does, at least he won't bury them."

It is possible to give an official position, and you can even choose an official rank.

There are many idle positions in the court that are only grades, which are specially rewarded to the descendants of meritorious ministers, just like Zheng's husband, Deputy Captain Qi, who can have a formal official position only by relying on the father of the family.

The promise made by Ji Xinxue is only to temporarily lend the reward that should have been given to others to the British government.

Qi Boxuan fell silent again.

Even if he didn't care about Duke Ying's orders, he knew that the key point of Duke Ying's orders was to let Yu Heng bring Qi Yanhe and Qi Zhu by his side, not to seek official positions for Qi Yanhe and Qi Zhu.

His Highness the Fifth Highness repeatedly showed his favor, whether it was intentional or not... Forget it, he is just a useless person, why bother to think so much?

There was sarcasm in Qi Boxuan's eyes, he clapped his hands and laughed, "Okay! My vision is not as accurate as Aye's. I will tell His Highness when I go back and ask Aye for instructions.

After finishing speaking, before Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng could respond, Qi Baixuan had already turned around, as if he couldn't wait to go back to his house to ask the British Duke for his opinion, to make sure of this matter so that Ji Xinxue would not regret it.

He obviously didn't smell of alcohol, but when he walked, he swayed three times, and even his back was drunk.

The carriage engraved with the Qi clan emblem was waiting not far away, Qi Baixuan, supported by his servants, stepped on the low stool and returned to the carriage, leaning on the cushion as if he had no bones.

"Go to Liuyun Lane."

The servant who was driving the car looked embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "The national bus will return home immediately on your behalf, don't stay outside for too long..."

The smile on Qi Boxuan's face suddenly subsided, he stared at the servant with serious eyes, but his tone was as boneless as the sitting posture, "It's nothing, just follow Aye's orders, after all, I have to follow Aye's orders, right?"

The servant's expression changed drastically, and he knelt down immediately, "Liu Lang forgive me! I know I'm wrong!"

After Liu Lang came back from Jiangnan, his temperament changed drastically, as if he had changed himself.

Although the servant who drove the carriage had never served Liu Lang who had not yet left Chang'an, he had heard many people say that serving Liu Fang was the easiest job.

Liu Lang has been favored by the Duke and his wife since he was a child.

When she was unmarried, the Duke's wife personally took care of Liufang's internal affairs, and strictly followed the rules left by the ancestors to require servants. On the contrary, Liufang did not have the evil trend of intrigue and framing by the lower servants in the other rooms.

As a man carefully cultivated by the family, although Liu Lang will not be particularly considerate of his servants, he is definitely not a harsh master.With his pride, he didn't bother to attribute the cause of his displeasure to his servants.

Like Liu Lang, Princess Xianglin is aloof and doesn't bother to make trouble for his servants.

Mrs. Li was originally a girl from a wealthy family. Unfortunately, she became a concubine for Liu Lang. She went in and out all day, and had almost no contact with the servants outside her yard.He only listens to rumors, and he is also an extremely easy master to serve.

However, what Liu Lang did after returning to Chang'an was completely different from the rumors.

The rumored Liulang, Mr. Jiaojiao, has outstanding talents. He has dabbled in both piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In his spare time, he likes to make some pens and inks by himself according to ancient recipes.

When Princess Xianglin first married, Liu Lang personally made rouge for Princess Xianglin.

However, the Liulang he saw had already been hollowed out by women. After waking up, he was able to go to the ground, and then took the forbidden medicine and the maid again... Thanks to the Duke and his wife who searched all the banned medicines in Liulang's hands, Liulang was able to reluctantly Save your life.

Forced to reboot, Liu Lang began to indulge in fine wine again.

It was also thanks to the strict defense of the Duke and his wife that Liu Lang did not die suddenly from drinking too much.

These changes had nothing to do with the servants who drove Qi Baixuan's car. No matter how violent the disturbance was, he was just worried that one day Liu Lang would have something bad because of his mischief, and the Duke and his wife would take anger at Liu Lang's servants who served him.

What really frightened him was Liu Lang's cruelty to his servants.

It is obvious that the person who forbids Liulang to drink is the Duke of the state, but Liulang frequently and severely punishes the servant who does not give him alcohol.

If the Duke of the state blocks it, Liu Lang will let the servant go, and instead punish the servant's parents, wife and children...

In less than a month, dozens of people have been whipped to the point where they were dragged home, and at least one-third of them did not survive.

Although the Duke and Mrs. Guo not only ordered the government doctor to prescribe medicine for these people in order to preserve Liu Lang's reputation, but also rewarded them with large sums of money and let them go to Zhuangzi or shops.

But no one knows whether the next unlucky guy punished by Liu Lang will survive, or will he be stabbed in by Liu Lang with a dagger like the servant who tried to stop Liu Lang in the name of Duke and Mrs. chest.

The servant who was driving the car shivered silently, knowing that there was a dancer Liu Lang raised when he was in Jiangnan, she might seduce Liu Lang to use the medicine of tiger and wolf again, so he didn't dare to say anything to dissuade him.

He carefully looked at Qi Boxuan's face, and said in a low voice, "Slave, slave, drive the carriage to Liuyun Lane."

Qi Boxuan chuckled, and wanted to take something from his purse to reward the obedient servant, but his fingers suddenly trembled uncontrollably, unable to grasp the string that tied the purse tightly.

He simply pulled the entire purse from his waist and threw it to the servant, "Let's go!"

As the carriage began to move forward at a steady speed, Qi Boxuan fell down, completely unaware that the uncontrollable trembling had spread from his fingers to his whole body.

Half-dream and half-awake, Qi Baixuan seemed to see a hand with ten fingers clasped in front of him again.

Even at the crossroads where people come and go, the owner of the hands does not look unnatural.

Unknowingly, the frown between the eyebrows suddenly relaxed.

The little county king that the Qi family tried so hard to pursue, not only has the same appearance as the Ji family's royal family, but almost does not have the appearance of the Qi family, and his personality is just like his mother.

Haha, ridiculous!

Ji Xinxue watched the carriage engraved with the Qi Clan emblem leave, suddenly felt something was wrong, and subconsciously asked, "Where is he going?"

The British government's residence is in the west city, so why should the carriage go south? Isn't Qi Boxuan going back to the British government's residence immediately to ask the British government's opinion?

Yu Heng lowered his eyelashes and said in a low voice, "All the dancers he raises are in Nancheng."

Although the British government sent people to bring back Qi Baixuan's children and concubines who had stayed in the south of the Yangtze River to Chang'an, but only allowed the concubines who had children to enter the British government, and the barren dancers were raised in Qi Baixuan's house and Zhuangzi.

Ji Xinxue suddenly had nothing to say.

He couldn't understand it, but he was shocked.

Before Qi Boxuan, he had never seen anyone who would even risk his life for indulging his desires.

Even the craziest Emperor Yanguang, the desire for health far outweighs desire.

The people in the restaurant waited for a long time, but they still didn't see Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng who had been standing there for a long time. They thought of going upstairs to find them, and their hearts gradually became impatient.

Yu Yiran raised the teacup again and drank it all in one gulp. After all, he couldn't hold his breath, and couldn't help asking, "Will Yu Heng listen to Qi Baixuan's bewitching, change his mind, and not come to see us?"

"I don't know." Yu Feng, who had left the window a long time ago, replied casually.

"Uncle! I know you are close to Yu Heng, and I don't agree with the patriarch's desire to wait for Yu Heng to give in first. But the patriarch also thinks about the Yu family, and only hopes that the Yu family can gain the upper hand in the cooperation between the Yu family and Yu Heng. "Yu Shiran, who was two years older than Yu Feng, showed displeasure, "Don't forget your surname, Yu Heng's 'Yu' is the same as ours, he is the county king of the Ji clan."

Yu Feng didn't have any intention of arguing with Yu Shiran.

He said calmly, "I have accepted the patriarch's order to bring you to Yu Heng personally, and I agree that everything on this trip is up to you. Still can't prove that my surname is 'Yu'?"

Hearing this, the dissatisfaction that could not be completely hidden in Yu Shiran's eyes not only did not dissipate, but became heavier instead.

Knowing that your surname is Yu, you should immediately go down and ask Yu Heng to come up!

Yu Feng looked at Yu Shiran calmly, as if he couldn't understand Yu Shiran's eyes at all.

After a while, Yu Feng took the initiative to look away, and tasted the inferior tea from Chang'an Teahouse with great interest.

He's too lazy to talk nonsense with idiots.

For nearly ten years, only the biological father who has been contacted by letter and the distant relatives who have only resumed contact by letter three years ago.

Out of ten people, nine people would not hesitate to choose the former when choosing.

When negotiating the terms at the beginning, they refused to take the initiative to offer sincerity, and they didn't talk about blood relationship at all.

But now he expects Yu Heng to value the Yu family more than the Qi family because of the thin blood relationship?

Yu Feng touched the wide sleeve pocket, felt the writing on the token quietly through the fabric, and the hesitation in his eyes became more and more intense.

There is only one token for Princess An.

Is it to protect the Yu family, or to protect his wife and children?

Using it for the former may not necessarily achieve the desired result.

For the latter, at least the wife and children can spend this life without worrying about food and clothing.

After a while, Yu Yuran completely lost his patience. He violently snatched the teacup from Yu Feng's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Please trouble my uncle to go down and lead the way for Xianglin County King."

Yu Feng raised his eyelids, and the deepness in his eyes was no less than that of Yu Shiran, "Are you ordering me as the person appointed by the head of the family?"

Yes, but Yu Shiran didn't want to admit it.

Before the family debated how to cooperate with Yu Heng, Yu Feng was the most popular elder in the family.

Seniority, generosity, good temper... She is the closest blood relative to Princess An.

Every reason made the members of the Yu clan taste the sweetness.

That's why Yu Feng was able to maintain his original position in a highly hierarchical family after he openly opposed the family leader.

The next major event in the family still needs Yu Feng's contribution, that is to say, Yu Feng will not lose power in a short time.

Yu Shiran was really unwilling to offend him easily.

Regular knocks on the door interrupted the turbulent tide in the room, and then came Yu Heng's voice, "Uncle, is it convenient for us to go in?"

Yu Shiran and Yu Feng immediately sensed their gaffe, and hurriedly suppressed their emotions, and went to open the unlocked door in person.

Yu Feng first introduced Yu Jiran to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng.

Yu Shiran is the grandson of the head of the Yu family. Although he is not the eldest son, he is no less valued than the eldest grandson of the elder family except the eldest grandson.

Ji Xinxue nodded with a smile, thinking that the Yu family was still as arrogant as ever.

After all, Yu Feng was Yu Heng's uncle according to his seniority. Even if he didn't take the initiative to salute, he still opened the door and poured tea, as if he was begging to see him.

Yu Shiran was actually more arrogant than Yu Feng, and dared to show his brother's profile in front of Yu Heng.

Although Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue came to see the members of the Yu family, they were not eager.

Again, they can achieve their goal without going through the Yu family.

Without them, the Yu family is very likely to be a scapegoat.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng are neither fools, nor do they have the Buddha's light to save all sentient beings. How could they take the initiative to bow their heads to the members of the Yu family under such circumstances.

The process of meeting was very in line with Yu's efficiency. The two sides greeted each other, only said some nonsense like chatting, and then dispersed.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng's only harvest.

They respectively learned that Yu Yiran and Yu Feng would stay in Chang'an temporarily and live in Xiangguang Hutong.

Because he was busy interrogating the assassins and sorting out the files, he hadn't left the prison of the Criminal Ministry for many days.I finally took time out of my busy schedule to feel the fireworks in the world.

Going back to the Ministry of Punishment under the moonlight, there is good news immediately.

After being rejuvenated by Imperial Physician Zhu, Shiwu's physical condition improved rapidly. Not only was he completely out of danger, but he was also able to withstand a short interrogation.

Imperial Physician Zhu was full of emotion, and said in a low voice, "He has a very strong will to survive."

Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue did not participate in the interrogation, and handed over the matter to the people in the Jinwu Guard who were good at interrogation and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment.

It's a pity that Shiwu still can't learn to be honest after experiencing the test of life and death.

Although he brought out a lot of news that was different from what he said before, they were half-truths and half-false, and it was difficult to distinguish, which caused the Jinwu Guard and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment to have a headache.

Ji Xinxue quickly scanned the contents of the confession.

To be honest, the inside story of Fifteen Moves has far exceeded his imagination. Not only are there several people similar to Liu Shan, but there are also remnants of the previous dynasty.

According to Fifteen, the mission of the assassin was neither to assassinate Emperor Changping, nor to seize the jade box given to Emperor Jianxing by his apparition, but to scare the people.

The remnants of the former dynasty have controlled the old and new Rouran and Turks, and they are ready to go south, attack Chang'an, and restore the former dynasty.

In order to achieve the ultimate goal, the remnants of the former dynasty planned this "assassination", with the intention of intimidating the courtiers and the common people, and shaking the foundation of the Yu Dynasty.

They did not pose any threat to Emperor Changping, and made a lot of noise. As long as they refused to recruit anything, their lives would not be in danger.

When the fake death pill works, they will be able to leave the Yu Dynasty and become nobles on the base of the remnants of the previous dynasty!

If they confess, the remnants of the previous dynasty will no longer wake them up from the state of suspended animation, let them sleep forever, and change from suspended animation to real death.

Ji Cheng quietly walked behind Ji Xinxue, his eyes widened and he even forgot that he was peeping, and said in disbelief, "Why do they think that the remnants of the previous dynasty will waste a lot of manpower and material resources on them, and let the Are they going to the north to be nobles?"

Ji Xinxue handed the confession to Yu Heng on the other side, and turned her head to look at Ji Cheng from top to bottom.

Ji Cheng's scalp was numb from Ji Xinxue's gaze, and he backed away subconsciously, "What are you looking at?"

"I suddenly remembered a joke." Ji Xinxue smiled.

Ji Cheng already felt the weirdness but couldn't ignore the growing curiosity in his heart, he asked hesitantly, "W-what joke?"

Ji Xinxue spread her hands and said solemnly, "I am the founding empress possessed by Ji Xinxue. The opportunity is hard-won and there will be no next time. I can only make a long story short. Although I am the empress, there are many emperors below, all of them are good They are all older than me, so the life of the Ji family is not easy."

Ji Cheng was stunned, wanted to shake Ji Xinxue's arm but didn't dare to act presumptuously, so he hurriedly asked Yu Heng for help, "Feng Lang! Look at what's wrong with Axue!"

Ji Xinxue was almost shouted by Ji Cheng's voice, so she sped up her speech silently.

"The day before yesterday, my son found the secret book left by the ancient predecessors in the cliff on the [-]-story underground. This is our chance to turn around. As long as one person can successfully quench the body, we will have a strong man who dominates half the floor and bring more people. Chance to quench your body!"

"However, after digging through the purses of all the members of the Ji clan's royal family, I still can't find enough money to buy the materials." Ji Xinxue's outstretched hand was silently too high, just in front of Ji Cheng, making it difficult for Ji Cheng to ignore it.

Yu Heng raised his hand to cover the corner of his mouth, he hadn't seen Ji Xinxue talking serious nonsense for a long time.

Ji Cheng, who seldom read serious scripts, was intimidated, and stared at Ji Xinxue blankly.

Ji Xinxue raised the corners of her lips calmly and began to draw big cakes.

"Good boy, if you can give me 2000 taels of silver, the royal family of the Ji clan will turn over underground. When you come down, you will no longer need to worry about cultivation. I will prepare the exercises and resources for you, the best fief, Sharp weapons..."

He leaned closer to Ji Cheng, and said in a voice that even the most sensitive Jin Wuwei could not hear clearly, "I will grant you five more wishes. You are a hero of the Ji family, and no one dares to disagree with your wishes."

As Ji Xinxue's tone became gentler, Ji Cheng held his breath subconsciously, the tension and excitement in his eyes almost turned into reality, he had long forgotten that Ji Xinxue suddenly thought of a joke to him before he was possessed by the Founding Queen.

Ji Xinxue abandoned all thoughts, kept her eyes deep, and looked at Ji Cheng without blinking.

Why didn't you respond?

Don't you feel the joke?

Yu Heng coughed lightly, got up and walked towards the two of them.

Just kidding, there's no need to be so close.

Startled by the sudden sound of footsteps, Ji Cheng suddenly turned his head and grabbed Yu Heng's arm, his tone could not hide his excitement, "Feng Lang has a lot of money! Let alone 2000 taels, he can get 200 million taels!"

Ji Xinxue suddenly felt like being molested instead of molesting the little girl.

He asked curiously, "How is it, is this joke funny?"

Ji Cheng was stunned again, "A joke?"

"Are you serious?" Ji Xinxue didn't believe it.

The two looked at each other, suddenly blocked by the palm of the bony joints.

Yu Heng dragged Ji Cheng to the side of the chair calmly, pressed his shoulders to sit down, and forcibly turned the topic back to business, "Fifteen's confession may not be false, let Jin Wuwei reorganize the assassin's interpersonal relationship tomorrow, Investigate whether they have a lot of debts or other handles, and what is their relationship with their parents, wives and children."

Ji Xinxue nodded and added, "By the way, check whether they have read the book."

If not, literacy cannot be delayed any longer.

In two days, there will be more and more assassins who are willing to confess. Although they have a good understanding when they refuse to confess, which caused a lot of trouble to Ji Jingyu and Abu Hanbing, they may not have a tacit understanding to lie.

Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng looked at each other and smiled.

There are still ten days before the first court meeting in the ninth year of Changping, which is enough time for them to ask the inside story of the assassin and figure out the process of the assassin quietly pretending to be the Jinwu Guard. Finally, they have lived up to the expectations of the courtiers.

Ji Cheng, who had been silent for a long time, finally straightened out what happened before, and asked with the last hope, "Is it really just a joke?"

Surprise appeared in Ji Xinxue's eyes, and she asked, "Why don't you pay the money yourself if you want to believe it?"

Ji Changchang sighed for a long time, his eyes filled with melancholy, and said in a low voice, "2000 taels of silver is not much, and my ancestors will inevitably use it hard, and it may not be able to achieve the desired effect. It is better to ask Feng Lang to pay to make sure everything is safe. Lang is so generous, he will definitely not be stingy to share my wish."

Ji Xinxue pondered for a moment, then gave Ji Cheng a thumbs up.

Only when the ultimate goal can be achieved can there be opportunities to care about gains and losses.

Even if the Yu family is half transparent, it won't be as it is now...

If he and Yu Heng can find out the actual evidence that can involve the family through the assassin or the petty official, the Yu family will lose all the bargaining chips that can be exchanged with him and Yu Heng because of greed.

Because of the moon eclipse poison on Shiwu's body, Ji Cheng added drama on the spot, took a long whip to the place where the assassin was held, whipped him up, and left the cell exhausted.

Physician Zhu personally pretended to be an ordinary prison doctor to administer medicine to the assassin and check whether there were any poisoned people.

No.

Of the 22 assassins still alive, only fifteen are special.

In the middle of the night, the Jinwu Guard retrieved the body of the assassin who died of poisoning by the jailer.

Doctor Zhu took the Ministry of Punishments to go for an autopsy.

Ji Xinxue specially ordered people to use the most breathable gauze and linen to sew masks that could hang on the ears, and also ordered the embroiderer to make a few pairs of gloves for them.

After complicated steps, Imperial Physician Zhu finally completed the autopsy before dawn.

There were eight people in total, and each of their bones had traces of lunar eclipse poison.

This once again proved that Ji Xinxue's idea was correct.

Although the files about the jailer's poisoning of the assassins were clear and logical, without any flaws, the existence of the moon eclipse poison revealed a perfect illusion.

The sky was completely bright, and Ji Cheng entered the prison with a yawn, and continued to draw 'lucky ones' at random.

The so-called first-time freshman, second-time acquaintance, and the third time to draw the "lucky one", Ji Cheng's heart has no waves.

Thanks to Ji Xinxue's cold joke, he was chased and killed by his ancestors all night in his dream last night.

If Yu Heng didn't wake him up personally, he wouldn't give anyone face.

Ji Cheng yawned again, and said weakly, "Seven, thirteen, nineteen."

Nineteen looked in disbelief at the cloth strips tied around his arms, and shook his head frantically.

He thought that Ping Guogong fired again yesterday but did not draw the wooden ball again, which meant that he had given up this method of extorting a confession.

Why did no one stop Ping Guogong?

They were all killed by Ping Guogong, so no one will ever know who is behind the scenes?

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Jin Wuwei's moccasin boots, and Shijiu finally said tremblingly, the words that had been surging in his heart for several days.

"I, I recruit! I am willing to confess!"