Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Princess Gao Yang was startled, and looked at Li Mingda puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

"Today I called the son-in-law here, just to record the testimony for the questioning. Everything is done according to the rules and what should be done, what can I do." Li Mingda turned around and asked the documents to collect the evidence, "I will present it to the saint later. , don't break it."

When Princess Gao Yang heard that Li Mingda was about to record what she had just said, her expression changed instantly.She turned her eyes and recalled what she said just now, every sentence was provocative, arrogant and rude, but Li Mingda hardly said a word to herself.If this thing was written down and sent to her father, she would definitely become a tricky woman who bullied her sister and her husband in front of the saint.

She just bought her freedom at the price of copying the filial piety scriptures for more than ten days.After being grounded for half a year, she was already going crazy in the mansion.She didn't want to be arrested and punished just after she came out.She had already made a mistake once, and if something happened again this time, her father would only punish her more severely, and he would never soften his heart towards her again.

Li Mingda tilted his head slightly, took a sip of tea leisurely, and waited for her next words.

Princess Gao Yang immediately understood what Li Mingda meant, that Nineteenth Sister wanted to apologize to her herself.Princess Gao Yang pursed her lips, looked at the ground angrily, then gritted her teeth, and apologized to Li Mingda.

"Because I suddenly heard that someone suspected that the consort of the house was colluding with the murderer, I felt dissatisfied, so I came to comment with my sister with resentment, I was indeed a little confused, please forgive me."

It is extremely embarrassing to apologize in public, and to be someone younger than yourself.But there is no way, people always have to succumb to reality.Compared with being grounded for a year and a half and still being despised by saints, Princess Gao Yang would rather choose to lose face for a short time.

After a long silence, Princess Gao Yang didn't hear Li Mingda's response, and looked at her annoyed.

"Sister, please think about it. If you were suddenly suspected of doing something bad by your close relatives, saying you were a murderer, would you be happy? It's only natural for me to be annoyed. Besides, I can confess to my sister heartlessly. Because I have a close relationship with my sister and trust you, I dare to say this. It is better than those who hide everything in their hearts and think about revenge in the future." Princess Gao Yang's mouth became more and more dexterous.

"It has never been said here that my brother-in-law is the murderer, and no one has said that he colluded with the murderer. I just want to ask the reason for the few times he met Qi Fei." Li Mingda looked at Princess Gao Yang, "It's the seventeenth sister, who suddenly Excited for what?"

Princess Gao Yang raised the corners of her mouth, and smiled, "Okay, okay, just think that I think too much about my sister, and I will apologize to my sister, so don't worry about it. It's inevitable for us sisters to quarrel. You don’t have to worry about your father, I heard he’s not feeling well recently.”

"En." Li Mingda immediately ordered the clerk to burn the testimony, so there is no need to report it.

The document agreed, symbolically grabbing a roll of paper and going down.

"Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, I would like to ask Seventeenth Sister to move to the side hall to rest for a while. I will ask my brother-in-law a few words, and it won't take long."

Princess Gao Yang wanted to open her mouth to say that she wanted to stay, but because of her unreasonable behavior just now, it would not be good to ask again now, so she had to go on and give Li Mingda a face.

After Fang Yiai saw Princess Gaoyang go down, she repeatedly apologized to Li Mingda for her mistakes, and asked her not to worry about it.

"She has been grounded for a long time, and she has a lot of resentment in her heart. She thinks she is impulsive, so please don't mind." Fang Yiai saluted again and apologized.

"It's nothing, it's just a few gossips, I can still listen to them. In fact, the clerk was just rearranging the confession, and didn't write anything. I was just scaring Seventeenth Sister." Li Mingda smiled at Fang Yiai, and asked him to continue sitting down. , and ordered someone to drink his favorite sweet grape juice.

"Well, this tastes very delicious, very sweet, and it doesn't seem like sugar is added." Fang Yiai immediately became happy after eating the delicious food, and asked Li Mingda, "What kind of grapes are these made of?"

"It's just ordinary grapes. It has a stronger taste. It's because it's half-dried before squeezing the juice, so it's sweeter. In fact, there's no sugar in it." Li Mingda explained with a smile.

"Well, that's a good idea. I'll ask others to learn it later."

After Fang Yiai and Li Mingda chatted about this for a few words, they relaxed and were not on guard against Li Mingda.

"Brother-in-law, can you tell me the truth, is your meeting with Qi Fei related to helping each other?" Li Mingda asked.

Fang Yiai was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded, "I'm a bit of a drinker these days, so I often go to the Wantanlou Building. One time I almost slipped down the stairs when I was drunk, and was helped by Qi Fei. So Thanks to him, I invited him to drink, and we chatted a lot. I didn't expect him to be a cashier, but he was also a person with a deep heart, and he could chat with me. I think he is quite ambitious and very He felt wronged by being an accountant, so he wanted to help recommend him to be an official. He confessed to me, and told me that he actually has other hobbies, and then he talked about helping each other. When I heard that everyone in this gang It is a good thing to be kind to each other and help each other. At that time, because I was drunk, I didn't think deeply, so I shouted and joined."

"How long have you joined?" Li Mingda asked.

"It started one month after Princess Gaoyang was grounded, and it's been about four or five months. Because of my better status, I often 'contribute', and it's all a little effort. Qi Fei will tell me every few days to help Not many people solve big troubles, how grateful they are to Dade, I suddenly feel that I can still be useful, and I am very happy."

"Then have you asked for 'help'?" Li Mingda asked.

Fang Yiai gave Li Mingda a guilty look, then shook her head and whispered no.

Li Mingda looks back at Fang Yiai in complete disbelief, making Fang Yiai immediately understand that the princess has seen through him.

"Seventeenth brother-in-law has to tell the truth after drinking my grape juice. Isn't there a saying, 'eat people's short mouth'." Li Mingda's joke immediately eased the embarrassment.

Fang Yiai followed with a smile, embarrassed under Li Mingda's gaze for a while, thought for a while, and had to say, "I asked him to help check the history of a person, this person is from our princess's house, I promise It has nothing to do with helping each other."

Li Mingda looked at Fang Yi'ai, "Is there anything else? For example, after Qi Fei became more familiar with his brother-in-law, did he mention the East Palace and the map?"

"I don't know the map. He mentioned it in the East Palace. He told me that this mutual help actually originated from the East Palace and was ordered by the prince. I was surprised for a long time, and then I didn't want to go to the wanton building. I thought that Qi Fei was talking It's becoming more and more unreliable, and it's just bragging." Fang Yiai explained truthfully.

"What else?" Li Mingda felt that the matter must not be so simple. If it was as Fang Yiai said, then Princess Gaoyang didn't need to stand up for Fang Yiai for this matter, and made such a fuss just now.

"There's nothing more." Fang Yiai looked away.

"Alright," Li Mingda ordered the clerk to bring the real written testimony to Fang Yiai and ask him to sign it.

Fang Yiai picked up a pen and wanted to write her name on it.

"Brother-in-law thinks it through before writing. This case involves the East Palace, and the sage is always involved. The evidence must be submitted to him for review. If what brother-in-law said is true, there is no concealment, and he is not afraid of investigation, then it is no big deal. But If there are any omissions in it, the sage will see the clues, and then lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and suspicions, then I am afraid that no explanation will be of any use." After Li Mingda said, seeing Fang Yiai's complexion was not good, He said in a soft tone, "It's not that I don't trust my brother-in-law. I said these conventions to remind you, and I said the same to the prince. Don't be afraid of anything else. I'm afraid that when the situation gets serious, I want to help, but it's useless to say anything."

Fang Yiai nodded and thanked Li Mingda for his concern.He frowned and hesitated for a while, still muttering in his heart, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

"Brother-in-law, what's the secret?" Li Mingda was persuasive, and seeing that Fang Yiai was still in trouble, Li Mingda sent away all the people in the yamen, leaving only Tian Hanshan to accompany him.

Fang Yiai sighed again and again, shaking her head in embarrassment to express that she could not speak.

"To tell you the truth, I'm afraid your Seventeenth sister will hate to see me again in this life."

"Then don't tell me, I'll ask you, you just shake your head." Li Mingda asked with a smile.

Fang Yiai smiled wryly and said: "Your lord, don't embarrass me. I am husband and wife with your seventeenth sister, and we must share weal and woe. If we really suffer punishment in the future, I am willing to do so."

"Okay." Li Mingda nodded understandingly, expressing that she would not embarrass Fang Yiai, and could leave now.

Fang Yiai said unexpectedly: "Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple. Could it be that my brother-in-law thinks that I will torture you to extract a confession?" Li Mingfa asked back, his eyes wandered around the corner of Fang Yiai's robe several times, confirming that the dirty part was rust.

Fang Yiai thanked Li Mingda, and while trying to be as graceful as possible, she hurried away as if fleeing for her life.

Li Mingda waited for Fang Yiai to go out, so he gave Tian Hansan a wink and asked him to prepare a carriage.

Tian Hanshan nodded, quickly escaped from the back window, and quickly handled it quietly.

After Fang Yiai and Princess Gao Yang left in the carriage, Li Mingda also got into the carriage, so the coachman could follow at a distance.

Princess Gao Yang didn't dare to ask Fang Yi'ai in detail just now at the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After getting in the car, seeing that she was far away from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, she angrily scolded Fang Yi'ai a few times, and then asked Fang Yi'ai about her passing.Although Fang Yiai was reluctant, she still honestly told Princess Gaoyang about the incident one by one.

Princess Gao Yang asked Fang Yiai suspiciously: "You really didn't confess me?"

"Of course not. I know very well that the princess and I are husband and wife. We have the same blessings and difficulties. I'm not stupid enough to repay myself." Fang Yiai sighed.

Princess Gao Yang laughed, and glanced at Fang Yiai, "It's not too bad, otherwise I will really look down on you, and I will look down on you for the rest of my life."

Fang Yiai snorted, she didn't care for this kind of 'praise' from Princess Gaoyang.

"Remember, no matter what tricks or threats she plays on you, you must insist on not saying anything." Princess Gao Yang pointed at the tip of Fang Yiai's nose and repeatedly warned her.

Fang Yiai: "I don't understand, the Princess Mansion is not short of money. What the Princess wants to do with the gold, she can't spend it if she keeps it. You'd better listen to me and bring it back quickly, where it came from."

"What do you know? People say that I lack gold in the five elements, so I have to make up for it. You see, I listened to her now. After making up for the gold, I gave the scripture of filial piety to the sage, and the ban was lifted in advance." Princess Gaoyang said The tone was firm, "Besides, he has already finished asking you, and everything has been fooled, so what are you afraid of?"

Fang Yiai couldn't stop laughing, although there were many dissatisfaction in her heart, she didn't dare to say another word.

The carriage then turned into Princess Gaoyang's mansion.

Tian Hanxi hurriedly asked Li Mingda, "My lord, shall we still follow?"

"No more."

Li Mingda felt a gust of wind blowing, lifted the window screen, looked up to the sky, and there were some black clouds in the east of the sky.

"Look at this day, it's going to rain tomorrow." Tian Hanshan looked at it, and then sighed with emotion, and then teased the princess, "It's really what Fang Shizi said, and your lord owes him another 'request' now. .”

"Judging Qi Fei is the most important thing, owed a request is nothing." After Li Mingda said, he asked the coachman to go from Pingkangfang to buy some food and wine at Xiangyaolou, just in time to bring them back for everyone to use.

"Your lord is so kind, and considerate of his subordinates. When you meet such a good lord, the little officials in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs will be secretly happy!" Tian Hanshan clapped his hands happily, "I happen to want to eat some meat too."

"What kind of meat do you want to eat?" Li Mingda asked with a smile.

"Mutton belly, fat and thin, grilled for a while, it's the best." Tian Hanshan knew that his noble lord didn't mind, so he said generously, swallowing his saliva quietly.

Li Mingda nodded and asked Tian Hanshan to order more food so that he could gather enough energy to work at night.

"Thank you for your love! Do you want to prepare some snacks?" After Tian Hanxi got Li Mingda's permission, he immediately counted the number of people, sent people to want to order dishes and meals, and then asked for [-] servings dim sum.

The shopkeeper of the Xiangyao Building recognized Tian Hanshan at a glance, at first he was afraid to accept the money, but after seeing Tian Hanshan gave it sincerely, he accepted the money, and then went to salute and thank Li Mingda who was sitting by the window in the lobby.The shopkeeper didn't know Li Mingda's status as a princess, so he yelled "Master" one by one.

Li Mingda looked at him with a smile, "Don't worry about us, you can just go."

The shopkeeper saw that the head of the Department of Criminal Justice did not put on airs, and after they arrested people indiscriminately, he took the initiative to take care of the business and took the initiative to take care of the business. He was extremely generous, and he was very grateful.Salute and salute before leaving.

It didn't take long for the food to be packed and ready, and the whole car was filled.But this time I came out with a car, and everyone else rode horses.Putting things on the car, the princess naturally had no place to sit.Tian Hanshu became worried.

"Just give me a horse, let them carry the vegetables and go first." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he put down the juice in his hand and got up to leave.

The shopkeeper greeted the guests there, and then came to salute and see them off. He looked at Li Mingda, thought for a few times, but hesitated to speak.

Li Mingda continued to smile at him with a very friendly gaze.

Only then did the shopkeeper gain courage, "I don't know if it's useful or not. If I don't talk about Cao Min, I feel a little uneasy. If I talk about Cao Min, I feel that I might bother Mr. Li for nothing."

"Tell me." Li Mingda said.

The shopkeeper then bravely said to Li Mingda: "After the people from the yamen left last time, a doctor in my building suddenly remembered something. He said that he once saw Qi Fei and a foreigner in the back of wanton building. Street murmured, and didn't know what to say."

"Foreigner? Can you tell from the clothes?"

"Yes, it looks like a Tubo person." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he called someone over and asked him to tell Li Mingda again.

What he said was no different from what the shopkeeper repeated.

After Li Mingda agreed, he asked him to take him to the back street of Xiangyao Building to have a look.The road is not too wide, just enough to accommodate a carriage.Normally, if there were no carriages and horses from the guests from the wanton building, there would hardly be anyone on this street.The willow trees lined up along the street are thick, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and they have been around for some years.

"It's just under the willow tree six or seven feet away. I just happened to see it that day because I wanted to climb to the roof to get dried fish. The two of them were mysterious, and they didn't know what they were muttering. They were talking when they saw their mouths moving. But I couldn't hear anything because I was far away."

Li Mingda asked the doctor again if he remembered the weather that day.

"It's cloudy and it's going to rain. That's why I packed up on the roof to collect dried fish," said the doctor.

Li Mingda agreed, and then rode back.

When riding through the main street of Pingkangfang, he saw a Tubo man coming from the opposite side. After a gust of wind, Li Mingda smelled the fragrance that he smelled on Ye Yi before.Li Mingda immediately asked Tian Hanshan to inquire.Fortunately, most of the Tubo people who can come to Chang'an can speak a few words of Chinese, Tian Hanshan asked while gesturing, but he also asked.Immediately, under the kind guidance of the Tubo people, Li Mingda and Tian Hanshan bought the same herbs in a Tubo spice shop called 'Four Seasons Like Spring'.

The owner of the shop is a Han Chinese. He smiled and explained to Li Mingda that this Tubo herb not only smells good, but also has the effect of calming the nerves.

"If you don't sleep well at night, chop it up, put it in this special muslin bag in our store, and tie it around your waist. Within two days, you can guarantee a 'unshakable' sleep at night."

"It's so amazing, just pretend it's something for me." Li Mingda said while looking at the shop owner. He was dressed in plain white clothes, just like the clothes of ordinary people.

After the shopkeeper had packed the herbs and the cloth belt, he presented the things with both hands.

"Why is this shop called Four Seasons Like Spring?" Li Mingda asked casually.

"It's just for auspiciousness, I hope my business can be as vibrant as in spring. It's a bit tacky, so don't take offense to the customers." The shop owner smiled amiably.

"Good name." Li Mingda sighed, and stepped out the door, Tian Hanxi hurriedly followed.

After returning to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Fang Yizhi and Di Renjie were still sorting out the testimony of all the family and friends involved in the case.

Seeing Li Mingda enter the door, the two put down their things.

Li Mingda directly asked them not to be formal, and then sat down at a random place, drank a few sips, and rested.

At this moment Fang Yizhi raised his head and asked Li Mingda if the interrogation of his second brother was effective.

"He shows everything on his face, but he still doesn't say what should not be said, and his mouth is very hard."

Fang Yi stared at him and smiled, "But your lord must have a way to deal with him."

"I said why did you ask me to interrogate you? So you expected it." Li Mingda glanced at him, not talking about Fang Yiai's matter for the time being, after all, she overheard this matter, so it's not good to be in front of Di Renjie explain.Li Mingda first told the two of them the new news she got when she went to the Wantanlou Building.

Di Renjie: "Tubo people? But based on this alone, it's hard to say. There are a lot of Tubo people in Chang'an City. It may be a coincidence. They occasionally ask for directions. Unless we can find some real evidence to prove it."

Li Mingda asked Tian Hanshan to show the vanilla to the two of them.

"I know this. It's a kind of herb from Tubo. It's used to soothe the nerves. It's very popular among aristocratic families recently." Di Renjie took it over and explained how to use it with a smile, just like the shop owner of 'Four Seasons Like Spring' said.

"Do you know?" Li Mingda asked Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi picked up a whole dried herb and looked at it, and quickly recognized it, "I saw it in a book, it's called Tranquil Grass."

Li Mingda nodded, thinking that since this thing is very popular in Chang'an City, it is not too strange for Ye Yi to have this vanilla smell on his body.

"Many young people who study at night like to use this. They often memorize books until late at night, but their minds are clearer and it is not easy to fall asleep. Put this vanilla bag next to the pillow, and you will fall asleep after a while. It's very familiar, and sleeps very well, and won't be woken up by some small noises." Di Renjie explained.

"I see you know so clearly, why are you useless?" Li Mingda asked.

Di Renjie scratched his head and smiled, "I can sleep when I lie down, without their troubles. But it's good to listen to them before, so I just listened."

Li Mingda agreed, and said to the two of them: "It's getting late, let's eat first."

Tian Hanshan and the others immediately put the food they had just bought on the table, and distributed the rest of the food to the other members of the Department of Criminal Justice.

For ordinary people, the wanton building is a place for nobles to eat and drink, and the food inside is naturally very expensive for them.Today, all the officials of the Ministry of Justice were fortunate enough to have such a gift, and they all felt that this day was not in vain, it was worth it!At least the higher ups see all their hard work.

After a meal, everyone is more motivated.

After night fell, the night was very dark tonight. Because of the dark clouds covering the moon, the sky was even darker than the first day of the lunar new year.

"Look at the weather, it will definitely rain tomorrow." Di Renjie looked at the sky and sighed.

Hearing his words, Fang Yi couldn't help looking at Li Mingda.It was found that she was sitting behind the desk with a tangled face, poking and drawing on the paper with a brush.

Fang Yi watched her take a deep breath, and then puffed up the little powdery face under the crescent eyebrows.

Fang Yi couldn't help laughing.

Li Mingda still held his chin, and looked at the characters she wrote on the paper, feeling that each one was more complicated than the other.

"What are you worrying about?"

The deep and pleasant voice immediately brought back Li Mingda's rationality.

Li Mingda followed the prestige, and saw that there was no one around him, and Fang Yizhi was sitting next to Di Renjie, watching the testimony, two feet away from her.Di Renjie was bowing his head and completely immersed in the content of the testimony, with a very serious look on his face.

Fang Yizhi didn't look at her either, as if he was too busy looking at the evidence in hand.

Li Mingda thought he was hallucinating, and when he lowered his head and continued to think, he heard the same voice again.

"If your lord doesn't understand, you can take a short break."

Li Mingda immediately recognized the voice and looked at Fang Yizhi, noticing that his lips moved slightly.

Fang Yi didn't look at him all the time, his eyes were lowered, as if he was looking through the case file seriously.

Suddenly he walked to a more secluded place by the east window, half covered his face with the file, and threw it to watch.

Li Mingda thought he was so interesting, and just about to laugh, he heard him speak once.

"Actually, I don't know how to observe the sky. I made a bet like that, thinking that I could make a request from the princess, but I didn't expect the sky to fail."

Those who won, even lamented, "Heaven fails to fulfill people's wishes".

Li Mingda glanced at Fang Yizhi, thinking that he was showing off, and it was necessary to warn him.Being too rampant is easy to suffer.

"Your lord is beautiful today."

With a snap, the pen fell off.

Tian Hanxuan hurriedly picked up the pen, put it in the brush washer and washed it.

Li Mingda glanced at Fang Yizhi before taking the brush again.

She hasn't recalled what Fang Yizhi just said in her mind.The wingman spoke again.

"Qi Fei whispered to the Tubo people, and Ye Yi had the unique vanilla smell of Tubo on his body. When the two things came together, I thought differently from Huaiying. I thought it couldn't be a coincidence. They did have a relationship with the Tubo people. There are relationships."

"Based on these alone, it is not enough to constitute suspicion." Li Mingda retorted immediately.

As soon as she said this, she immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.Li Mingda finally realized that no one heard Fang Yizhi's words, and she suddenly said such a sentence in a normal tone, which seemed very abrupt.

Li Mingda frowned, and glanced at Fang Yizhi reproachfully, thinking that this was all the trouble he caused him.

Fang Yizhi didn't look at the files in his hand at this time, but leaned halfway by the window, leaning his tall body slightly, staring at Li Mingda with a half-smile.

Di Renjie got up in a hurry, causing the volume of evidence in his arms to drop to the ground.He hurriedly cupped his hands and said to Li Mingda: "What is your lord's order? Huaiying will do it now!"

Tian Hanshan also hurriedly looked at his noble lord suspiciously.

"It's nothing, it's because there are two villains fighting in my mind, and I accidentally slipped the words out." Li Mingda explained.

"Two villains?" Fang Yi asked bluntly with a casual smile, the cheeks reflected by the candlelight silhouette showed his slender and handsome features

Di Renjie's eyes suddenly lit up, "Coincidentally, I have had it too. Sometimes when it comes to particularly entangled matters, two completely different people will appear in my mind and fight each other to see who can persuade the other, and I will use whoever in the end." decision."

Di Renjie looked at Li Mingda, very happy that he finally found a good friend with 'like-mindedness'.

"I know Huaiying's villains, regardless of gender, what about your lord's?" Fang Yi stared at her, and waited for her to speak, with an indifferent look, but after all, he couldn't hide the scorching heat that burst out naturally from the bottom of his eyes.

Di Renjie was very curious when he heard this, and asked Li Mingda with a smile: "It's so difficult that the princess's villain is divided into men and women? That's amazing. The men and women have different ideas. The men tend to control the overall situation, and the women are easier. Pay attention to the details. The hatchback fights like this, it must be more exciting than Huaiying's two. Your master is your master, it is really extraordinary, Huaiying can't compare."

Di Renjie praised Li Mingda happily and with sincere admiration, but Li Mingda was a little embarrassed to hear it.She can't deny Fang Yizhi's statement, otherwise Di Renjie's curious temper will definitely ask why Fang Yizhi said that the two people in the princess' heart are divided into men and women, and it will be endless.

Li Mingda had no choice but to smile modestly, "Actually, it's not as good as you said, I just want to try not to miss anything."

Di Renjie hastily and sincerely admired, "This is amazing, ordinary people can't do it."

"Is it."

Li Mingda smiled guiltyly, then glanced across the room.But Fang Yizhi didn't reflect on himself because of his reproachful gaze, instead he smiled at himself even more arrogantly.

"When I checked Ye Yi's ancestral home, I found something suspicious," Fang Yizhi said, which immediately diverted Li Mingda's attention.Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi inquiringly, asking him to talk about it.

Fang Yizhi sent the dossier to Li Mingda, and he spread the dossier in front of Li Mingda's case, then leaned on the table with one hand, bowed his waist and turned sideways, and pointed out the problem for Li Mingda, which was Ye Yi's birthplace , "Jiannan Road, from Daliushu Village, Songzhou."

"Is there any problem?" When Li Mingda looked up at the room, he realized that the two of them were so close.Li Mingda quickly lowered his eyes and continued to look at what Fang Yi was pointing at, but he still didn't see anything special.

"According to the records of major events reported by Songzhou at that time, when Ye Yi was about [-] or [-] years old, that is, in the second year of Zhenguan, Daliushu Village encountered barbarians and was looted. There were originally more than a dozen households in the village. Everyone was slaughtered, only Ye Yi and the other three teenagers escaped because they were too late to play."

"It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it." Li Mingda went to check the records of major events reported by Songzhou in the past years, as well as the corresponding archives of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Fang Yizhi has already organized these, so she can see them easily now.

"Daliushu Village is located in a remote place. It takes two days to climb six mountains to get to this village from the official road in Songzhou. It is said that the family members of a fugitive official from the former dynasty live in this village, so the number of households is not large. Many, and rarely communicate with outsiders. Of course, this has not been confirmed. In short, this village is remote, and few outsiders come and go. After the incident, the reason why the local government knew about it was because the three escaped Only after the teenager ran to report to the police did he find out."

Di Renjie scratched his head in doubt, "I still haven't heard the problem."

Li Mingda frowned slightly, feeling something, probably the problem might be that the village of Daliushu doesn't often communicate with outsiders.

What Fang Yizhi said next really confirmed her guess.

"The problem is that no outsider knows the identities of these three teenagers. However, their names do match the household registrations of the villagers of Daliushu Village. But it can be said that the identities of the three teenagers could be truly confirmed at that time. People are all dead."

"Fake identities?" Di Renjie suddenly realized, "But how can Brother Yi be so clear about this matter, once they are really the children of the villagers of Daliushu Village?"

"Look at the record of the unknown dead body reported by Songzhou to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the fourth year of Zhenguan."

Di Renjie immediately searched on the table.Li Mingda handed Di Renjie the dossier she had just read.When Di Renjie took a look, it was a coincidence that three male remains were found on the mountainside near Daliushu Village.According to Wu Zuo's description, it belonged to three young men.

Di Renjie was stunned, "It's such a coincidence, could it be that the three of Ye Yi are bandits?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Li Mingda thought of the vanilla smell of Tubo Kingdom on his body, and had a deeper suspicion in his heart.

"It's from the Tubo Kingdom?" Di Renjie narrowed his eyes, "Then why did they do this?"

"At that time, the three teenagers who escaped from Daliushu Village have all passed the imperial examinations to become officials. The remaining two, one is a Chengmen Lang in Menxia Province, and the other is a member of the Treasury Department in the Ministry of War. Although they are all six or seven They are high-ranking officials, but like Ye Yi, they all occupy important positions in Chang'an City." Fang Yizhi concluded.

Li Mingda was puzzled, "Zanpu of the Tubo Kingdom and our Tang Dynasty sincerely married each other to seek good fortune. They tried their best to kill so many people, and only sent three people to the Tang Dynasty to be officials. It is somewhat unreasonable."

"What happened more than ten years ago, Zanpu was still young at that time, and I'm afraid it was impossible for him to have the thought of sending spies to Tang Dynasty." Fang Yizhi analyzed.

Li Mingda nodded, "That's someone else, Ye Yi needs to be interrogated again."

"Let Bao Qi interrogate him with torture in prison first, if he refuses to accept the punishment like that, I'm afraid it won't be effective if he is promoted to the court for interrogation." Fang Yi said straightforwardly. "In a hurry, it's counterproductive."

"The remaining two, Zhao Ruizhen, the provincial gatekeeper, and Leng Zengqi, the military treasury officer, are arrested and interrogated together." Li Mingda said.

Fang Yi directly agreed.

"I'm just a suggestion about your Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Li Mingda said with a smile. It is Dali Temple's business to examine suspicious officials.After all, whether these two officials are Tubo spies has yet to be confirmed. At present, they only rely on the files and household registration records, which are just reasonable guesses and cannot be regarded as empirical evidence.

Fang Yizhi got up and said goodbye to Li Mingda and the others. He had to go out and discuss this matter with Dali Temple Secretary before he could arrest them.

"Go." Li Mingda said.

After a while, Wei Shuyu came back with anger on his face, and told Li Mingda, "Then Ye Yi has been tortured inhumanly, and he still refuses to confess. He only yelled that he was wronged and didn't know, and only admitted to helping each other."

"It's okay." Li Mingda sighed.

Di Renjie hurriedly suggested, "Before your lord threatened his wife and children, he confessed obediently. Use it again this time? If it doesn't work, you can ask his wife and children to come in person to scare you he."

"Good idea!" Wei Shuyu echoed.

Li Mingda hesitated, "Use the same trick again, I'm afraid it won't work."

Wei Shuyu: "This Ye Yi has a deep affection for his wife and children. When Baoqi interrogated him earlier, he found the longevity lock worn by the child on him. The new one has not been sent to his child before."

"The reason why he didn't recognize him as a spy from Tubo is probably because he was afraid of admitting it. Your lord's words to protect his wife and children before cannot be counted. It is also possible that he will not recognize this identity until he dies. Just like those dead men, he has an obsession in his heart, will be loyal until death, and will never betray." Di Renjie guessed.

Wei Shuyu frowned and couldn't help sighing, "It's too difficult if it's like what you said, but you have to try it to know."

"As you said, Ye Yi cannot be forced too much." Li Mingda just finished speaking.

"Princess, Ye Yi committed suicide by biting his tongue." Ya Chai knelt down and told in a hurry.

"He's already dead?" Li Mingda asked in surprise.

"This subordinate was still alive when he left, and he was vomiting blood. He has already invited the doctor to see it. Mr. Yuchi is over there trying to figure it out."

Wei Shuyu frowned, "It's useless, it can't be saved. If it can be saved, he can't speak without his tongue, how can he plead guilty?"

After being surprised, Di Renjie calmed down, and was afraid that the princess would be troubled by this matter, so he hurriedly comforted her, "Such a person can even bite his own tongue cruelly, and he will die. What is there to be afraid of? Even if a person is alive, I am afraid that there is nothing to confess."

"That's true, you won't be able to ask anything if you keep it." Wei Shuyu echoed.

"Go and tell Yuchi Erlang so that he doesn't have to panic about it." Li Mingda silently looked at the file on the table, and after a long while, he didn't speak.

Just when Wei Shuyu and Di Renjie were both worried about the princess, Li Mingda suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Forget it, it's getting late. Let's go to bed early. We have to interrogate Qi Fei early tomorrow, so we should keep our spirits up."

Wei Shuyu and Di Renjie glanced at each other, and hurriedly agreed.

After Li Mingda left, he ordered Cheng Chubi to check Ye Yi's residence and places he frequented. "There are so many people who help each other, there must be a register to record all members of the gang."

Cheng Chubi agreed to make arrangements immediately.

Half an hour later, Fang Yi went straight back to the Ministry of Punishment.

Wei Shuyu and Di Renjie were still waiting for him. Seeing this, they rushed over to ask about the situation.Seeing that Fang Yi hadn't brought anyone over, the two asked him if he had left the two of them in Dali Temple.

"Resisting arrest, dead." After Fang Yi replied briefly, he heard that Princess Yi had already rested, and Ye Yi committed suicide as well.Fang Yi frowned, told the two of them to rest earlier, then turned around and left.

……

The next day.

The sky was gray and cloudy.

Li Mingda sat down in the hall, Fang Yizhi, Di Renjie, Wei Shuyu and Yuchi Baoqi sat beside him.

Qi Fei was brought up.

Cheng Chubi also presented the roster he found in the fish pond where Ye Yi lived.