I was a princess in ancient times

A hard-talking assassin is like a high wall built of logs. Only when all the "wood" has firm beliefs can it be as solid as gold and remain motionless.

Nineteen's self-righteous cry was actually not as loud as the birdsong under the eaves.

Seventh and Thirteenth, who were also facing the Jinwu Guard's pressure, immediately responded to Nineteenth's words and made the same choice one after another.

Before the Jinwu Guard could take them away, other assassins confessed.

For a while, the Jinwu Guard and the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not even have enough people to interrogate.

Half an hour later, Yu Heng first got the Jinwu Guard's reorganized files.

A total of 35 assassins, 23 assassins have been in and out of the casino.Two of them have been separated from their wives, and thanks to their errands in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, they can maintain their last dignity.

These two people used to borrow money from their colleagues on the grounds of sudden serious illness of their parents and water leakage in the house.When he almost lost his job due to the uproar due to his refusal to repay the loan, he suddenly got a large sum of gold and silver and paid all the debts in time to keep the job in front of him.

The soldiers who had borrowed their gold and silver told the Jinwu Guard that they not only repaid the loan, but also paid a large amount of gold and silver to the school captain and Zhonglang general, who were willing to suppress everyone's dissatisfaction for them.

It is a pity that the time is too short to immediately check whether the other 21 people who have been in and out of the gambling house have huge foreign debts.

Yu Heng pondered for a while, then ordered Jin Wuwei to go to the assassin's house to find land deeds, house deeds and gold, silver and copper plates.

Two hours later, the statement from the assassin's interrogation was delivered to Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue.

It is the confession of Seventh, Thirteenth, Nineteenth and two other people who voluntarily confessed.The remaining assassins who were willing to confess had to wait in line for interrogation.

The confessions of the five people were similar, but there was an obvious contradiction with Shiwu, who was poisoned by the moon.

Fifteen did not confess, he was waiting for the feigned death medicine to take effect, and he went to become a nobleman in the remnants of the previous dynasty.

These people did not confess because the people behind the scenes promised them that at least one-third of them would survive and change their appearance to other places with a large sum of gold and silver.

Before death really comes, everyone is lucky, thinking that they will be one-third.

Ji Xinxue silently calculated the account.

There were 35 assassins in total, five of whom were killed on the spot, and eight were poisoned to death in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, leaving 22 of them.

One third of the 35 people is eleven people.

Confession, even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will have to go to the mining area to serve for decades.

If you don't confess, there is a half chance of being alive, and you still have money and leisure, and a good life with a new look.

If it was him, he...would never believe the deceit of the person behind it.

Tsk, these people have misunderstood Emperor Changping, or they haven't read the laws of the Yu Dynasty.He would actually believe the nonsense that he participated in the assassination of Emperor Changping and could change his face and enjoy the rest of his life in peace.

Ji Xinxue held down the confession, looked up at the Jinwu Guard in front of him, and asked, "Do you know the content of Yu Lu?"

The Jin Wuwei replied with his head held high, "I don't know."

Ji Xinxue didn't understand why Jin Wuwei was so proud of being blind to the law.

He shook his head, and asked Qing Zhu and Chun Xiao respectively if they knew the content of Yu Lu.

The answers of the two are similar.

Know, but not fully.

They only know the part about the princess and the king, how courtiers and wives of what grade should salute when they see the princess and the king, how many family offerings the princess and the king should enjoy, and what crime should they have to criticize the princess and the king rashly ...

Summary: Only know the part that can be used.

With the help of Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, they have been in the center of power for a long time, and they also know something else under the influence of their ears and eyes.

It's just that I know, it's not difficult to bluff people who are less knowledgeable than them, when he speaks hesitantly to Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng who are familiar with Yulu, it's almost the same as temporarily forging a new law.

Seeing this, Yu Heng gradually understood why Ji Xinxue suddenly asked the people around her if they knew what Yu Lu was about.

The ignorant are fearless.

After Emperor Changping came to the throne, he always showed himself as a benevolent monarch.

The assassins used to be the military guards of Daying in the suburbs of Beijing, Jinniuwei and Habayashiwei.

The Emperor Changping in their ears should be...

Yu Heng's expression gradually became strange.

Even though he was almost taken away from the throne and oppressed by the queen mother every day in the name of "unfilial", he still couldn't bear to deal with the Jiang family according to the evidence of the crime, and insisted on leaving their lives to miss the old emperor.

After being slandered by King Li, he chose to endure it again and again, giving King Li countless privileges, and even using his private treasury to support King Li's weak brother.

Even in the face of the Shangzhou case and the Jiangnan case, which were very involved, Emperor Changping was still "merciful" and at most confiscated the family property of these people and ordered three generations of them to serve in the mining area.

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Perhaps in the minds of the assassins, Emperor Changping has never had his head beheaded since he ascended the throne, which is enough to build up their confidence to believe the rhetoric of the people behind the scenes, and think that they still have a chance to change their appearance and live a wealthy life.

The assassin who went to investigate the assassin's family came and went.

Of the 23 assassins who had been in and out of the gambling house, except for the two who had conflicts with their colleagues and almost lost their jobs, the remaining 21 people did not have house deeds or land deeds.

Before that, Ji Jingyu and Abu Hanbing also investigated the assassin's family background, but the key point was whether the assassin had made a fortune in the near future, whether there was a lot of gold and silver in the family, and extra deeds and antiques. They never thought of checking the assassin and his family now. Whether the place of residence has a deed.

"Where are their house and land deeds?" Ji Xinxue asked.

The Jin Wuwei took out a letter from the secret pocket on his chest, speaking in a low and fast manner.

The family members of ten people neither believed that the assassin was addicted to gambling, nor did they know where the house deeds and land deeds were.

The family members of the other eleven people knew that the assassin was deeply addicted to gambling, so they dared not ask in detail.It seems that if they don't ask the assassin, how can they lose so much money to the gambling house, and the assassin's gambling addiction does not exist.

Only the families of the five assassins can tell what happened to the deeds and land deeds.

In the hands of Li Yuanwai.

Not only did Li Yuanwai replace them with gambling debts, but he was also willing to offer them ten taels of silver every month, on the condition that the assassin owed Li Yuanwai a favor.

In order to prevent the assassin from denying his account in the future, he mortgaged the house deed and land deed to Li Yuanwai.

Before the two asked questions, Jin Wuwei took the initiative to talk about Li Yuanwai's background.

In the second year of Changping, Xinxue was investigating the case of Shangzhou in the feudal land, and Jiangnan was also involved. The officials and businessmen in Jiangnan all experienced the "earthquake", and most of the survivors changed their appearance after the "earthquake".

Officials retired, businessmen changed their careers.

Li Yuanwai is a Jiangnan businessman who moved from Jiangnan to Chang'an, sold his property, and became a farmer with peace of mind.

Ji Xinxue was almost amused by Jin Wuwei's emotionless description.

If you really feel at ease as a farmer, how could you deliberately 'support' a military guard who is addicted to gambling.

"Li Yuanwai's original name was Li Qing. He used to be the servant of the head of the Yu family. Because of his meticulous and steady work, he was deeply loved by the head of the Yu family. After he married the personal maid of the wife of the head of the Yu family, he left the Yu family to establish his own family. Thanks to the support of the Yu family, in just ten years, he has grown from an unknown small businessman to a well-known wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River."

Before Jin Wuwei could say the rest of the matter, Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng already understood what Yu meant when he said that the antelope and the fox planned to use cattle to pay for their crimes.

The Yu family had to leave Jiangnan because of Emperor Changping's will, and the whole family moved to Gyeonggi.

Without the protection of the Yu family, Li Qing had no way to maintain the former glory in Jiangnan, so he simply left Jiangnan and settled in Chang'an.

It can be said that without the Yu family, there would be no Li Qing today.

With such a master-servant friendship and kindness to guide and support, what Li Qing does will inevitably implicate the Yu family.

"The list." Yu Heng stretched out his hand.

Qingzhu immediately handed over the document in his hand.

A total of 23 people with gambling addiction have nothing to do with lunar eclipse.

These 23 people and Li Qing are tools specially used by the family to push the Yu family to the top.

As more and more assassins confessed, Fifteen's body gradually became able to withstand more rigorous interrogation. The difference between Fifteen and other assassins became more obvious.

Although he did not directly confess to the family, he was able to name a network of characters that perfectly covered all assassins. From Daying in the suburbs of Beijing to Qianniuwei and then to Habayashiwei, he confessed a total of fifteen school lieutenants, three Zhonglang generals, two four There is even a third-rank general who is Cui's son-in-law.

It can perfectly explain how the 35 assassins changed into the old clothes of the Jinwu Guard and approached Changping Emperor pretending to be the Jinwu Guard under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The rest of the assassins also recruited a perfect logic chain, and the three captains and two Zhonglang generals were able to complete the process of fifteen confessions under the amazing timing and location.

It wasn't until this time that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng realized belatedly that they happened to use the fake death medicine to save Fifteen's life and saved them many detours.

At the same time, it also means that the Yu family has completely lost the qualification to negotiate terms with them.

After nearly half a month of hard work, I got two thin documents.

One document records the assassins, and the other records the poisoned jailers.

Ji Xinxue stared fixedly at the two documents.

Although Shiwu's testimony can involve Cui Taishi's son-in-law, that's all.

If there is no more evidence, Taishi Cui only needs to let his daughter and son-in-law reconcile and separate, and then perform a good show of righteousness and extermination of relatives, at most, he will be able to expose this matter.

The existing evidence can only make the courtiers pay attention to the remnants of the previous dynasty.

Only by not giving the aristocratic family any chance to respond, and following the poisoned jailer to investigate, can it be possible to deal a fatal blow to the aristocratic family.

Ji Xinxue was hesitating whether to do this or not.

Still stick to the original idea and hand over the matter of purging the family of petty officials to the courtiers.

The sudden cold touch from the side of her face made Ji Xinxue shiver silently.

Resisting his subconscious reaction, he tilted his head and clamped his ice-like hands, and asked in a low voice, "Why are your hands so cold?"

Yu Heng leaned over suddenly, and kissed the cold plum fragrance like a dragonfly. When Ji Xinxue raised his head naturally, he withdrew his hand and turned to the brazier to cool off.

"Jin Ming took people to make some ice lanterns himself, and gave us two specially."

After all, it was Ji Mingtong's wish. He happened to bump into the person delivering the lantern, and Yu Heng enjoyed it on the spot and said some words of encouragement.

"Only two?" Ji Xinxue looked surprised.

Yu Heng nodded, "There are only two ice lanterns, one for you and one for me."

There is no Ji Cheng's share.

Ji Xinxue carefully recalled the recent events, and realized that ever since Emperor Changping found out about Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng, Ji Mingtong and Ji Chengcheng were like two parallel lines, never intersecting.

Even at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong did not greet each other in full view.

If he hadn't seen Ji Mingtong break down and cry with his own eyes, Ji Xinxue would probably think that Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng had already repented.

Yu Heng waited until the coldness on his body completely disappeared before returning to Ji Xinxue's side.

He flipped open the documents neatly placed in front of Ji Xinxue and glanced at them, and immediately felt Ji Xinxue's hesitation.

Taking advantage of the affairs of the small official's family, he caught the family by surprise.It's better to be patient for the time being for their previous plan, and first watch the courtiers weaken the family.

There is no doubt that in the long run, the latter is safer and more in line with their expectations.

However, the family and the remnants of the previous dynasty have done countless evil things. Even though they were silent on the surface after the incident of "the family's coercion of the princess" in the sixth year of Changping, they still quietly planned the assassination behind their backs, exposing the hole card that made the courtiers shudder.

If the family is not dealt with as soon as possible, who knows if the family will do even crazier things under the pressure of the courtiers because of the petty official family.

"You can ask His Majesty for advice." Yu Heng supported the table with one hand, and his broad shoulders completely covered Ji Xinxue's figure.

Ji Xinxue shook her head and said vaguely, "This is an opportunity."

Of course he can ask Emperor Changping, it's only natural for a son to count on his father.

However, he is no longer what he used to be, he only wants to be a son who relies on his father, he wants to be like his father, to become a giant tree with luxuriant branches, covering his brothers and sisters under the shade.

If possible, he even wanted his father to bend over and lean against him to enjoy the shade.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Yu Heng's cousin, Ji Ji, the eldest daughter of the thirteenth eldest son.

Not only did Yu Heng fulfill his promise to Qi Baixuan, he personally delivered the invitation from Qi Baixuan to Ji Cheng, Li Jinhuan and others, and he also specially returned to the Princess Mansion half a day early.

On the day of Qi Shisan's birthday, it was still daylight, and Yu Heng rushed to the British government with a lot of gifts.

I don't know when, there has been a saying that the lower the status, the earlier the seat should be seated, so as not to block the way for those who are not high.

Even though Yu Heng set off early enough, he still encountered many small carriages on the road, most of which were offshoots of various existing families.

It is said to be a side branch, but in fact, it has been five times with the main family, and it is not going well, so it refuses to let go of any chance to get close to the main family.

Seeing the guard of honor of the county king from afar, the people in the small carriage first didn't believe it, then they were shocked and overjoyed, and even made the move of leaving the carriage and kneeling in the street.

So much so that before Yu Heng arrived at the British residence, the news that Xianglin County King returned to the British residence through the morning mist spread throughout the alley.

Not only the courtiers who were shocked to hear the news, but also mentally speculated about the purpose of Yu Heng's trip.Even the English princess' master, when he heard the news, thought the servant was making fun of her.

Without even thinking about it, Qi Shisan raised his hand and threw it on the maid's face, his pretty face was full of distorted hatred, "What are you, you dare to mock me?"

Since the sixth year of Changping, the British government has frequently asked for leave and rarely intervened in court affairs, and the status of the British government has frequently declined.

In addition, although Qi Shisan came from the eldest son of the first wife, she is only the youngest daughter of the first wife.

Her Jijili can only be regarded as a major event in the Qi clan, far inferior to her sister who is a compatriot of the same mother. Back then, the Jijili of the eldest daughter of the British prince was well-respected.

Qi Shisan has been favored since he was a child, how could he be indifferent to such a gap?

Besides, Jiji is not as good as Sister A, which means her marriage is also destined to be inferior to Sister A.

Why?

Was it her fault that she was born a few years late?

She hated Aye and A Niang for being useless and unable to restore the identities of the eldest son and wife of the eldest son, and hated Yu Heng who caused Aye to lose his position as the eldest son, and even more hated for obstructing Aye's restoration of his status as the eldest son. The Zheng family who ran on her...

It's a pity that she didn't dare to vent her anger on these people, and could only vent it on the maid who served her with all her heart.

Before the maid who fell to the ground with the force of the slap could react, Qi Shisan had already kicked hard towards the maid's soft abdomen.

When Princess Yiyun hurried over, the maid at the end was already dying.Qi Shisan, who was riding on her body and punching and kicking, also had disheveled hair, completely unable to see the demeanor of a girl from an aristocratic family.

Qi Shisan's other maids all knelt in the corner with indifferent expressions, and lowered their heads deeply.

Princess Yiyun almost fainted when she saw this, "What are you doing?"

You don't have eyes?

Qi Shisan restrained himself and closed his eyes, his chest heaving even more violently.

This woman is annoying, but can't hit.

Now she still wants to find a good marriage, she can only count on her grandfather.

Princess Yiyun covered her chest, the joy in her eyes suddenly diminished, and said indifferently, "Your cousin went back to the mansion to celebrate your passing, and also brought the phoenix hairpin of Princess Lu to make your face, you know what to do .”

Joy spread from the corners of his eyes to the corners of his mouth, Qi Shisan got up like a light flowing cloud and floated to Princess Yiyun's side, the dimples at the corners of his mouth were instantly filled with intoxicating fine wine, "Really? Auntie, don't lie to me."

Before Princess Yiyun could answer, Qi Shisan had already walked briskly towards the dressing table, "Princess Lu's phoenix hairpin? My brother treats me like my own sister."

The joy in Princess Yiyun's eyes completely dissipated.

Back then, she prepared the hairpin used by Empress Jianxing for her eldest daughter as a face for Jiji ceremony. Although she was in a complicated mood when facing her younger daughter, she gave up her face and went back to bow to her aunt, and begged for a hairpin from Empress Dowager Su for her youngest daughter. .

In terms of the fate of Empress Jianxing and Empress Dowager Su, it is the younger daughter who is more advantageous.

I didn't expect my little daughter to...

It really is a heartless little thing, exactly the same as the sick woman in the main courtyard, which is chilling.

It must be because she committed too many crimes when she was young and ignorant, so she encountered this crime to take revenge on her.

Princess Yiyun became angrier as she thought about it, and couldn't help cursing the British princess in her heart.

The old lady who has no good intentions only passed on selfishness and indifference to Qi Shisan, why didn't she also pass on Qi Shisan's exquisite heart to Qi Shisan?

She originally wanted to remind Qi Shisan that Yu Heng probably had a grudge against his elder brother, and she had some good eyesight, so don't get close to Yu Heng, especially His Highness the Fifth Prince.

How dare a shallow-sighted fool dare to use this to cling to Shang Yuheng?

Just because Shisan is her and Zhilang's daughter, it is impossible for Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue to like her.

Princess Yiyun shook her head, turned around and left.

Forget it, she can't control this daughter.

Princess Yiyun was right, Yu Heng really didn't take her cousin whom she had no memory of at heart.

Yu Yu's jewelry is too much, too much, too much to wear.

Princess Anguo's mansion is too rich, and there will be no melting of old jewelry.

The so-called phoenix hairpin of Princess Lu is just an old thing that has been dusted for decades and has never been used.

Yu Heng gave face suddenly and disrupted the plans of the entire British government.

Qi Baizhi, the former son of the British prince, went to the second gate to greet Yu Heng in person, with a calm look on his face, "Feng Lang is back."

He hated Yu Heng, especially when he lost his position as the prince of the United Kingdom and felt a gap in every aspect, he especially hated Yu Heng for being ruthless.

Later, because he longed to become the crown prince again, he didn't hate him anymore, and hoped that Yu Heng could forgive him and help him become the crown prince again.

Then he found out that Yu Heng hated him too, which made him angry, embarrassed, and at a loss...not knowing how to face Yu Heng.

Now he no longer expects to become the eldest son again, facing Yu Heng, all that is left is a deep indifference.

Yu Heng nodded and took the initiative to salute, "Uncle."

Qi Baizhi returned the gift, and silently led Yu Heng to the flower hall to meet the British Duke.

Seeing Yu Heng, the British public applauded repeatedly, and the meaning of joy was self-evident.

Yu Heng took the gift list and the palm-sized wooden box from Qing Zhu, and said calmly, "To celebrate the thirteenth sister and Ji, I have prepared some sets of jewelry and clothes, and found A Niang's phoenix hairpin, if the thirteenth sister I haven't found a suitable main hairpin yet, you can consider..."

"Don't think about it!" The British princess clapped her hands and laughed, "Using the princess's phoenix hairpin can reflect the harmony of the family."

Qi Baizhi didn't understand, but he didn't object.

He knew that his wife wanted to leave Empress Dowager Su's hairpin to the eldest daughter.

"What are you doing here so early?" The sleepy Qi Boxuan leaned lazily against the door frame, making no secret of his dissatisfaction with Yu Heng, "Aye asked me to accompany you, heh, listen to what this is called? Is it reasonable for a father to wake up early to accompany his son?"

As soon as these words came out, the excitement in the flower hall suddenly condensed.

Yu Heng immediately got up and admitted his mistake, "Aye, forgive me, I'm leaving now, and I will come back when the ceremony begins, and Aye will go back to the sixth room for a sleep meeting."

Qi Baixuan suddenly raised a smile that was different from usual, and a few invisible dimples flashed quickly at the corner of his mouth, "If you know your mistakes, you can correct them, yes, you..."

"What nonsense!" Duke Ying blushed from Qi Boxuan's anger.

He got up and walked towards Qi Boxuan, the anger in his eyes almost turned into substance, but his tone was full of the helplessness of an old father seeing his young son's naughty, "Feng Lang Chunxiao, I can't listen to your jokes, stop talking about it."

Qi Boxuan raised his eyelids and looked at Duke Ying, nodded nonchalantly, "Aye is right, it's my fault."

The British Duke took Qi Boxuan's arm and pressed him on the chair beside Yu Heng, as if the embarrassment just now had never happened, and said nonchalantly, "Feng Lang specially brought a princess's phoenix hairpin to make a hairpin for Thirteen Niangs." The main hairpin of Li, do you have any impression?"

Yu Heng opened the wooden box in response, and held it up to Qi Boxuan's eyes.

Qi Boxuan yawned again.

Princess?

Which princess?

Why does he have the impression.

"Huh? It's Yu Yu's hairpin." A smile appeared in Qi Baixuan's eyes, "I remember this is a pair of hairpins, and the other one is in the sealed dowry in the main courtyard of Liufang."

He was silent for a moment, and when Yu Heng was about to withdraw his hand, he suddenly picked up the phoenix hairpin and inserted it into the hair crown on the top of his head instead of the original white jade auspicious cloud hairpin, not caring at all that this female hairpin was incompatible with his white jade hair crown.

"The hairpin in the dowry of the deceased is unlucky. It is not suitable to be the main hairpin of the little girl and Ji. Choose another hairpin for her."

The Baiyu Xiangyun hairpin fell to the ground along Baide's sick fingers, and fell apart with a crisp sound.

Yu Heng raised his head in silence, and looked through the open door to a strange yet familiar place.

He had long forgotten what kind of jewelry there was in the dowry in the main courtyard of the Sixth House.