Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Immediately, a servant came to reply, saying that Jin Wang Li Zhi had heard that he was coming, so he invited him to meet him.

Cui Qingji got up, brushed off his robe, and hurried to see Li Zhi.

As soon as Li Zhi saw Cui Qingji, he happily seated him, asked him what he would like to drink, and asked someone to prepare it.Cui Qingji told Qingcha to do it.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled meaningfully, "Your hobby is similar to my sister's, or is it that clear tea is already popular in Chang'an City?"

"Among the children of nobles nowadays, there are indeed many who prefer to drink sencha, but they still don't put the ingredients in it. I don't know who they learned it from." Cui Qingji replied politely.

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and laughed, without saying too much, he turned to ask Cui Qingji: "Why did you come to this Plum Blossom Temple?"

"I was going out of the city to run errands for my father. When I came back, I found that the city gate was closed, so I wanted to find an inn to stay. I didn't want the inn to run out of space. The attendant said that the Meihua Temple had a good view, so I came here. I don't want to do that Coincidentally, I met the king and princess here, as well as Fang Shizi and the others."

"Today coincides with the fifteenth day, and Jin Yang and I came here to offer incense, as did Fang Yizhi, Yuchi Baoqi, and Di Renjie, so everyone naturally met." After Li Zhi finished speaking, he asked Cui Qingji where he lived in the nunnery When he learned that he lived in the room of ordinary pilgrims, he sighed that the conditions there were not good, so he invited Cui Qingji to live with him, and the rooms on the left and right of him were also empty.

Cui Qingji hastily declined: "How can I disturb the tranquility of Your Majesty."

"It's nothing quiet, so don't be polite." Li Zhi said.

Cui Qingji thanked Li Zhi, and didn't evade any more, so he sent someone to move things.

Later, Li Zhi heard Cui Qingji talk about Mrs. Yong'an, and lamented that this clue is important, and this will lead Cui Qingji to see Li Mingda.

Li Mingda was sitting at the desk, looking over the summary of the past experience of Mrs. Yong'an that Fang Yizhi had just investigated for him. Just as he was about to finish reading it, he heard the conversation between Li Zhi and Cui Qingji from the next courtyard.Then think about the situation of Plum Blossom Nunnery. The nuns I met in these two visits to Plum Blossom Nunnery were all relatively young, only Master Yong'an, Ren'an, and Master Ci'an were older.The two masters, Ren'an and Ci'an, are not like Master Yong'an, who grew up in the nunnery when they were young, and they are not apprentices under the master of Master Yong'an.Both of them became monks halfway, and they were both around 30 years old when they became monks. Because the two of them have some ability to handle affairs, they are responsible for many chores in the nunnery. Master Yong'an valued him so he gave it to her. With the dharma names of the two, others who don't know the inside story will mistakenly think that the two of them and Master Yong'an are from the same person.

The accounts that Fang Yizhi investigated and submitted to him all came from the interviews in the nunnery.Because Plum Blossom Temple only started to prosper in the past ten years, the specifics of the nunnery and how it prospered are just some general statements, which make people feel that Plum Blossom Temple has gradually grown by its own ability.But what Cui Qingji said sounds like a very interesting inside story.

Naturally, Li Mingda wanted to see Cui Qingji, and listened carefully to what he said about Master Yong'an and Taoist Master Qingshan Guanxuan.

After Li Zhi and Cui Qingji were seated, Li Mingda ordered the maid to prepare pear juice and green tea for them.

Cui Qingji looked at the tea in his hand, and felt a little surprised, but he didn't show any emotion, just touched the teacup with the tip of his index finger, and never left.

Li Mingda held back his curiosity for the time being, and after listening to Li Zhi say a few foreshadowing words, he immediately asked Cui Qingji to tell him about it in detail.

Cui Qingji nodded, and hurriedly said: "As we all know, 'Tao comes first, Confucianism comes after, and Buddhism comes next'. No matter the nobles or the common people, most of them believe in Taoism, and few believe in Buddhism. Therefore, Taoist temples are usually very popular, but there are few temples. It can be as powerful as this Plum Blossom Temple."

Cui Qingji went on to say: "Actually, as early as fifteen or sixteen years ago, the Plum Blossom Nunnery did not have such incense as it does today, and there is no such thing as a blessed place with red plums all over the mountain. The Plum Blossom Nunnery more than 20 years ago was in In a small temple in a barren mountain, there were more than a dozen nuns in it, all of whom were very poor. The abbot at that time, Mrs. Yongan, was taught by Mrs. Meihua. Mrs. Yong'an went out for alms, but died halfway. After Mrs. Yong'an came back, she said that Mrs. Meihua made her the abbot in her last words before her death. Mrs. Yong'an was the most valued disciple of Mrs. Meihua in the nunnery. There were not many people, and everyone was very harmonious, so no one cared about these things. Later, after Master Yong'an became the abbot, he couldn't bear the poverty in the nunnery, and thought of many ways to make Meihua nunnery bigger.

At that time, there was a very famous Taoist priest in Chang'an, Zhang Xuanzhen of Qingshan Temple, and Mrs. Yong'an tried to meet him, hoping to get some good prescriptions from him to change the situation of Meihua nunnery.The red plums all over the mountain were Henry Zhangzhen's idea, asking her to open up the mountain and plant plum blossoms.

There is also the saying that Plum Blossom Temple is a blessed place, which was actually said from Henry Zhangzhen.It is said that at that time, as long as someone asked Zhang Xuanzhen to practice Fengshui, he must be asked to pick a few red plums in the Plum Blossom Temple and go back to the dark.The reason is that the Plum Blossom Temple is located in a blessed place of Fengshui, which gathers the spiritual energy of the world, and breaking branches and inserting them at home can help improve luck.When a wealthy family comes to ask for plums, where would they come to take them empty-handed, they always have to show some kind of plum blossom nunnery.

In the past five or six years, Plum Blossom Nunnery has gradually grown, and it has become a blessed place among the people.Later, the plum blossoms all over the mountain grew better and became a scene, and more people came here admiringly.After a long time, everyone only remembers the "fruit" and does not pursue the "cause". They only know that the Plum Blossom Nunnery is a blessed place with beautiful scenery, and the plum blossoms on the mountain carry the aura of improving luck. , never hurts.

"Then why did Zhang Xuanzhen help Plum Blossom Anniversary like this?" Li Zhi asked inexplicably, "This is not a petty favor, and ordinary people are not so kind. Could it be because of the benevolence of this Taoist priest, and Plum Blossom Anniversary is indeed as he said Is it a blessed land?"

"If it is true, this Plum Blossom Temple is a good place that is hard to find, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. With his ability at the time, he can take this good place as his own and practice here. For a Taoist priest What else is more important than what he thinks is the best place to practice?" Cui Qingji raised his own doubts, and then he apologized to Li Zhi, saying that he did not quite believe that the Taoist priest did it out of " Benevolence', made such a big sympathy to Plum Blossom Temple.

"Yes, there are so many suffering people in the world, but he only helped Plum Blossom Temple. There is something strange about it." Li Mingda asked Cui Qingji, "How did you know this news?"

Cui Qingji: "It's also a coincidence. Among the dozen or so nuns in Plum Blossom Nunnery, there was a nun named Yuan'an. After returning to secular life, she had no livelihood, so she sold herself to my house and became a domestic servant. This year, she was just promoted to my mother's side. The little steward happened to be on the Lantern Festival, and she told the past when she heard that her mother was going to send someone to pick plum blossoms in the Plum Blossom Nunnery."

"Then why did she return to vulgarity?" Li Mingda asked.

Cui Qingji hurriedly apologized, saying that he should have explained this earlier, "Because I was in a hurry to tell the news, I forgot all these reasons. At that time, Mrs. Yong'an had a close relationship with Taoist Zhang Xuan, and several nuns in the nunnery met. Rumors inevitably spread. At that time, there was a lotus lady in the nunnery, who was the younger sister of Meihua teacher. She called out that Yongan teacher was corrupting the atmosphere, so she wanted to discuss with everyone and took away the position of abbot of Yongan teacher. Yongan teacher really She left, but the nunnery was robbed the next night, and several nuns were sold. Only Yuan An, who pretended to have a stomachache on the way, ran into the mountains from the side of the road when she had the opportunity, and escaped unharmed. Then it came to my house.

Later, she saw that Mrs. Yong'an had returned to Plum Blossom Nunnery to be the abbot, and found many children from poor families to serve as nuns to support her appearance.Yuan'an was dissatisfied and wanted to go to the government office to file a complaint, but happened to meet Taoist Xuanzhen who had just come out of the Jingzhao Mansion.Yuan'an knew that he was soft-spoken and had no proof, fearing that he would not be able to fight against the two of them, so he stopped thinking and only hoped that he could live on. "

Li Zhi was speechless when he heard that, "There are still such things, this is not what a monk who claims to have bodhicitta should do!"

Cui Qingji immediately said, "Not all monks are like this, most of them are good, but it is inevitable that there will be a few bad seeds in them."

Li Zhi nodded, praised Cui Qingji for seeing things comprehensively, and then sighed with a sneer at Mrs. Yong'an: "Looking at her benevolent face and gentle and courteous speech, I thought she was a person of high virtue. I didn't expect it, really. Unexpectedly, Master Yong'an would be this kind of person.

Si, we brother and sister really came here by mistake.The elder brother also chose the wrong place for our mother's altar. "

"It doesn't matter where the altar is located, what matters is our intentions as children." Li Mingda immediately corrected Li Zhidao.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and said yes repeatedly.

After hearing Li Mingda's words, Cui Qingji's eyes became brighter, but she didn't hide her thoughts. Instead, she glanced at Li Mingda and nodded quietly to express her admiration.

Li Zhizhuan immediately saw Cui Qingji's performance, and secretly laughed in his heart.

Li Mingda's complexion changed slightly, just for someone to write down what Cui Qingji said just now

At this time, someone came to send a message, it was the news from Fang Yizhi, that an important clue had just been found in the scripture storage pavilion of Meihua Nunnery.

Li Mingda immediately got up to go, seeing Cui Qingji's tired face, Li Zhi also looked disinterested.

Li Mingda said to Cui Qingji: "You only settle down when you are traveling, so you can rest. It happens that my ninth brother is bored, so you two can chat and play chess when you have time."

Li Mingda turned his head to look at Li Zhi, and then said to Cui Qingji, "My ninth brother really likes to make friends with you."

Cui Qingji hurriedly thanked Li Mingda and Li Zhi for their attention.

However, he actually wanted to go to the Buddhist scripture pavilion with Li Mingda, but your lord did have discerning eyes and saw his fatigue.Cui Qingji thought about it for a while, he was not in good spirits, so if he followed, it might be a "scenic" and he couldn't offer any useful opinions.Instead of doing that, it's better to cultivate enough energy so that you can perform well in front of the princess in the future, so it will be easier to please.Furthermore, King Jin will not stay here in vain.

After Cui Qingji sent Li Mingda away without being humble or overbearing, Li Zhi lazily got up and stretched, "My little sister is really..."

"Your master is smart, dignified, and so good at investigating cases and distinguishing right from wrong. He is really a hero among women." Cui Qingji praised.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then with a smile in his eyes, he looked up and down Cui Qingji meaningfully, "To be honest, do you really like Princess Jinyang?"

Cui Qingji saluted and agreed.Although the attitude of replying was clean and quick, Li Zhi could see that Cui Qingji was shy, because when he replied, his handsome cheeks suddenly turned red.

Li Zhi laughed, and sighed that Cui Qingji had such a good personality, and then patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him to work hard. "My sister is like a wild horse when she investigates the case. No one can stop her. You have to show your talents and conquer her."

"Qingji is taught." Cui Qingji said.

Li Zhi immediately expressed generously that if given the opportunity, he would definitely help match it up. "However, I think the saint, in fact, has been optimistic about your marriage for a long time, and wants to settle it."

Cui Qingji raised the corner of his mouth subtly: "If this is the case, it will be the blessing of Qingji who has been cultivated for thousands of generations. With a wife like this, Qingji will have nothing else to ask for."

"According to what you mean, you will only have one son in the future?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows.

Cui Qingji closed her eyes and nodded.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him with wide eyes: "It's rare, you dare to make such a promise in front of me. You have to be clear, Sizi is the most favored among our royal brothers and sisters. Not only does His Majesty dote on her, we The brothers also like her very much. Her future life must be supported by our brothers. If you dare to say this now, you must do what you say in the future, otherwise you should know what will happen."

"Qingji understands, if you don't understand this level, how dare Qingji say such words casually." Cui Qingji's words were not excited, and his tone was flat, making people know that this was indeed a decision he made after careful consideration.

"Okay, okay." Li Zhi was happy and satisfied, so he said yes three times.

Immediately he invited Cui Qingji to play chess together, just in time, he could also talk to Cui Qingji about her little sister's usual hobbies, what kind of things do she like, so that Cui Qingji will know something in the future, and she can better please her his good sister.

After Li Ming arrived at the Sutra Pavilion, she heard that Fang Yi was on the second floor, so she went straight up.

After Li Mingda reached the second floor, he felt a gust of wind blowing from the west. Looking over, he saw Fang Yi standing by the window with his hands behind his back.Because there are many tall bookshelves in the Sutra Pavilion, the light is not very good, so Fang Yizhi's figure looks like a dark shadow from his angle.For some reason, it makes people feel dark and eerie.

It was only at this time that Tian Hanshu notified him that the princess was coming.

Fang Yizhi must have been in a trance. Hearing the sound, he immediately turned around with a smile on his face. Standing against the light, the edges of his entire body seemed to be coated with gold.

"Some came late and kept you waiting. Those subordinates saw Cui Qingji talking to me about clues, so they deliberately waited for him to finish before reporting back to me." Li Mingda explained.

"It's supposed to be like this, it's just a matter of waiting for a while, even if it takes ten or half a year." Fang Yizhi's dark eyes shone even brighter in the dim light.

Fang Yizhi's words spread in Li Mingda's heart, it's hard to tell what it feels like.She looked at Fang Yizhi, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she didn't take it back for a long, long time.

Fang Yizhi then handed the letter to Li Mingda.Li Mingda immediately noticed that there was nothing on the envelope, it was blank.

Li Mingda then opened the letter immediately.What surprised her was that there were no words in the letter, just pictures.The painting is a hillside, and there is a cave on the hillside. There are some messy flowers and trees around the cave, and a few words are written on the top of the cave, which is "Beautiful Cave".

Li Mingda immediately thought that there was a cave on the mountain behind the Plum Blossom Nunnery, above the cave happened to have these four characters written on it, and after passing through the cave, the hillside over there was full of winter jasmine flowers, which were wrapped around the body of Mrs. Yong'an. winter jasmine.

"This is..." Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi nodded and told Li Mingda: "It should be the cave in the back mountain."

Li Mingda immediately analyzed the content of the painting on the letter, "This letter paper is a bit old and yellow, and the scenery on this painting is different from what we have seen before. Also, the trees near the cave are just pine trees and thorns and so on, and what we see now are all plum blossom trees.”

Fang Yi nodded and told Li Mingda, "As far as we know, as early as 11 years ago, the back mountain of Plum Blossom Nunnery was already covered with plum blossoms, similar to the scenery you see today, the only difference is the plum blossoms The size of the tree is just short. So this painting should have been painted [-] or [-] years ago. Judging by the technique of painting, it must not be Mrs. Yong'an, but I don't know who it is."

Fang Yizhi immediately showed Li Mingda the two volumes of paintings he had placed on the bookshelf.Li Mingda glanced at it, the signature on the painting was Mrs. Yong'an, and the overall painting technique looked completely different from the painting in the envelope.

Li Mingda immediately told Fang Yi some clues he heard from Cui Qingji.

"I have heard of Zhang Xuanzhen. He was indeed a very famous priest in Chang'an more than ten years ago. His paintings can still command high prices in the market. I have two in my family, but they are My father collected it. I had vaguely seen it twice in the past two years, and after hearing what your lord said, I suddenly felt that the technique on this painting was indeed a bit like it was done by Zhang Xuanzhen." Fang Yi said straightly.

"Do you remember clearly? Don't you think he is like me when I mention him." Li Mingda half-jokingly said.

Fang Yizhi thought about it seriously, then nodded affirmatively to Li Mingda and said: "I remember when I saw his paintings before, I thought they were not good enough and said they were not worth collecting. But my father had a different idea. Said that Zhang Xuanzhen's painting technique is a combination of rigidity and softness, which is full of Taoism, and said that I have too little experience to understand. He told me that when Zhang Xuanzhen painted mountains, his brushwork was rigid, but he painted flowers and plants. When he was young, he was soft and boneless, and he also liked to draw pine needles with ticking."

According to what Fang Yizhi said, Li Mingda corresponded to the contents of the painting and found that they all matched. It seems that this painting was indeed made by Zhang Xuanzhen.

"By the way, where did you find this letter?" Li Mingda asked.

"The attendants found it from this scripture." Fang Yizhi took the scripture on the shelf to Li Mingda again, "There is some dust on this scripture, and I haven't wiped it, just to make it easier for your lord to read it." I won’t lose any clues, if your lord wants to read the contents, I will be responsible for flipping through it.”

Li Mingda nodded, sighed in his heart and Fang Yizhi's carefulness, and naturally accepted his kindness, so he stopped reaching out.After observing the surface of the scriptures, Li Mingda indicated that Fang Yizhi could open them, and looked at the contents of the pages. It was indeed just ordinary scriptures, and there was nothing special about them.The pages of the book are relatively yellow, and there are two spots of black mold on the spine of the book. After the pages are opened, there is also a musty and damp smell, which should be some years old.

"The scriptures were obtained on the third floor. I have already asked about it. Only Teacher Yong'an can go to the third floor of the Sutra Pavilion. I just asked someone to search for other books, but I didn't bring anything with me, only this one. "Fang Yizhi explained the follow-up carefully.

"It seems that she left this painting on purpose." Li Mingda guessed, and then asked Fang Yizhi what he thought.

Fang Yi shook his head, expressing that he couldn’t guess, “Probably only the victim knows about this kind of thing. What is the relationship between him and Henry Zhang needs to be further checked, and he can only be sure by asking the Yuan’an servant of the Cui family. "

"You are cautious. After hearing these words, ordinary people will inevitably suspect that Mrs. Yong'an and Henry Zhang really have an unusual relationship, and there is something wrong with it." Li Mingda said.

"There is neither factual evidence nor witnesses' personal testimony. Just a little bit of rhetoric to speculate on the relationship between the two is very likely to enter into some prejudices, so that it is easy to make wrong inferences about the entire case. Let me tell you about this point from I learned from the princess that no matter what the situation is, no matter who it is, there must be evidence to prove it, otherwise it is all speculation and unsubstantiated assumption." Fang Yi replied directly.

Li Mingda couldn't help laughing when he heard him praise himself so tactfully.I don't know if this is considered flattery, but she should appreciate it if flattery has reached such a high level, it is really very popular.

"Let's take a look again. What's the clue of this strange world?" Li Mingda suggested.

Fang Yizhi nodded, and while following Li Mingda downstairs, he mentioned Cui Qingji to him.

Fang Yizhi: "I heard that he also came here to spend the night because he couldn't return to Chang'an City?"

Li Mingda nodded, and said with some hesitation: "That's what I said."

Fang Yi saw Li Mingda's reply like this, with a light smile on his mouth, "Could it be that your lord has seen something from his expression?"

"I can't figure it out." Li Mingda shook his head, "But one thing is for sure, Cui Liulang's city is not as deep as usual."

"What about me? What does your lord think of me?" Fang Yizhi suddenly stopped, turned his straight waist sideways, and looked at Li Mingda slightly sideways.

Fang Yizhi's gaze seemed to burst out of affection that had been brewing for a long time, and Li Mingda's heart beat violently when he was watched.

Li Mingda's face became hot, and so did his heart.She picked up the fan at her waist and spread it out to fan the wind.Blinking his eyes, he looked away, thinking about how to answer Fang Yizhi appropriately.

But under Fang Yizhi's gaze, her mind went blank.She has always been quick-witted and sweet-talking, but now her words are on the verge of her mouth: "You...just be like that."

"Which, please tell your master clearly." Taking advantage of the moment when only he and Li Mingda were walking forward, Fang Yizhi approached slightly and replied to Li Mingda in a low voice.

Li Mingda speeded up his hand fanning, "Well, it's the kind of look that I just happen to look pretty good."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he hurriedly walked ahead, regardless of Fang Yizhi behind him.

She followed the wind all the way to the back mountain of Plum Blossom Nunnery, and then she wanted to look back, but there was no sign of Fang Yizhi.Thinking about how fast she didn't walk just now, at least she didn't have to run, and she wouldn't let a man with long legs fail to keep up.

Li Ming blinked, and wanted to ask where he was, but he didn't open his mouth.

Tian Hanshan followed closely behind the princess, and immediately understood what the princess was thinking, and immediately explained: "Just now, for some reason, Fang Shizi suddenly stopped and didn't leave, but your master walked fast, and this servant followed your master Come here, I don't know what Fang Shizi's situation is behind."

Li Mingda hooked his hands and asked Tian Hanshan to get closer to him.Tian Hanshu followed Li Mingda's side as ordered.

"Are you saying what I just said was too much?" Li Mingda asked.

Tian Hanshu blinked, looking ignorant.

Li Mingda glared at him, "Don't come here, don't think that I don't know that your sharp ears have heard what we both said."

Tian Hanshan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Slave should die!"

"Stop talking nonsense, get up quickly." Li Mingda said.

Tian Hanshan got up awkwardly, then obediently leaned in front of Li Mingda, and replied to what he said earlier.

"To the point, appropriate, moderate, very good."

Li Mingda listened to his comments with gusto, and glared at him sideways.As expected, this fellow did not cheat, and immediately admitted it.

Tian Hanshu pursed his lips, guessing that his words offended the princess, so he quickly slapped himself.

At this time, Fang Yizhi had already led people to catch up from behind.He looked as usual, and after saluting and apologizing to Li Mingda indifferently, he and Li Mingda arrived at the Cave of Heaven with Li Mingda.

Before reaching the place, everyone saw a figure in the cave from a distance.

Cheng Chubi immediately led people in to check around, and then came back to tell Li Mingda: "Another one died, it was Mrs. Ren'an. Mrs. He Yong'an was the same, with no clothes on, the body was hanging upside down, and entwined with winter jasmine flowers."

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi looked at each other, then went to check the condition of the corpse, and then looked at the environment in the cave.Because the soles of the feet are hard soil, no footprints can be seen. On the hillside beyond the viewing hole, there are traces of newly cut winter jasmine flowers.

"It's not pure revenge on one person, it's serial killing." Fang Yi sighed.

Li Mingda agreed, and then the two also thought of the next possible victim, and asked the guards to immediately protect Mrs. Ci'an.

Not long afterward, the two came out of another cave.

The guard hastily reported, "Master Ci'an also died in his own room, the method of death is the same as the previous two masters."

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi looked at each other in surprise, and went to check immediately.It was found that Mrs. Ci'an's room was neat and tidy, and there was nothing unusual, except for a corpse wrapped in jasmine vines hanging on the beam.

Tian Hanshu glanced at the door, then turned around with his eyes covered, stamped his feet at the door and said with a trembling voice, "This case is really terrible. In the blink of an eye, three people died in one day."

After Zuo Qingmei's autopsy, she informed Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi that Master Ren'an and Master Ci'an died earlier than Master Yong'an. "The preliminary inference should be from last night to before dawn this morning."

Fang Yizhi recalled it carefully, and then said to Li Mingda: "But I didn't see these two teachers appearing today."

Immediately they sent someone to ask the nuns in the nunnery, and they all said that the two mistresses had told them before the rest yesterday that they would get up early tomorrow to go out to buy land outside the nunnery.

"Due to the increase in the number of people in the nunnery and the number of pilgrims staying overnight, the two masters suggested that the nunnery buy their own land to grow. This saves money and is affordable. It can not only leave some land for the nunnery. In the future, more food can be harvested, and it can also be used for relief. Poor people. Everyone thinks it’s good, and Mrs. Yong’an agrees, so I plan to do it immediately. The poor nun and others didn’t see the two teachers in the morning, so they thought they left early together, and we missed it.” Xiao Xiao the nun explained.

"It seems that he was killed a long time ago, and the corpse was transported and hung upside down later. After all, it takes some work to dispose of the corpse." Li Mingda then pondered, "I think the winter jasmine vines wrapped around the corpses of Mrs. Ci'an and Mrs. Ren'an are not as good as There are too many Master Yong'an, and the messy entanglement is not as good as the former one. It must be that the two corpses got a little flustered when dealing with them. It is probably because our intervention in the investigation made the murderer anxious."

Fang Yi nodded and agreed, "But who the murderer is is still a mystery."

"After all, the murderer must be in the Plum Blossom Nunnery. After the accident with Master Yong'an, the guards guarded the exit of the Plum Blossom Nunnery. Anyone who leaves must get my permission. So far, no one has dared to leave." Li Mingda said.

Fang Yizhi immediately asked people to record all the names of the people in the nunnery.

"Who is it!" The guard outside the courtyard suddenly shouted.

Then Li Mingda heard a familiar female voice, and came out of Mrs. Ci'an's room. Sure enough, she saw Wei Wanshu standing at the gate of the courtyard. She was explaining her reason for coming with a guard. She also knew that the princess was investigating the case, so she hurriedly asked Mrs. Ci'an if she was well.

Wei Wanshu turned around and saw the princess approaching, put down the basket in her hand, and greeted Li Mingda.

Li Mingda glanced at the bamboo basket covered with a piece of cloth, and asked what it was.

"I did some embroidery work. Master Ci'an was an embroiderer before she became a monk. She knew it very well. We had been chatting a lot before, and she taught me some things, but there were still some things I didn't understand, so I wanted to ask questions." Wei Wanshu said. , I looked towards the room curiously, and saw a guard carrying out a corpse rolled up in a mat, but the forehead and a pair of feet of the corpse were exposed, and it was a nun's attire.

Wei Wanshu covered her mouth in shock, her eyes almost popped out.Her legs were a little weak, and she almost couldn't stand still. It was only with the help of the maid beside her that she could stabilize her body.

"Master Ci'an, is she really dead?"

"En." Li Mingda asked the servant girl to help Wei Wanshu, and then invited her to sit in the room where he was resting.

After Wei Wanshu drank the Jingjing tea, she breathed a sigh of relief, her complexion was still pale.

"It's so unexpected that three highly respected mistresses all died on the same day. This..." Wei Wanshu turned her head to look at the maid beside her, Yuanyue, in complete disbelief.

Yuan Yue hurriedly said that she would send a letter back to the house, and asked someone to send a carriage to pick Wei Wanshu back.

"You are confused, you can't even return to Chang'an City with so many nobles, how can you send someone to send a message back." Wei Wanshu scolded Yuanyue for being stupid, and then apologized to Li Mingda for losing her composure just now.

"You grew up in a deep boudoir, how could you ever see a dead body? It's normal to panic when you see it. You don't need to apologize for it." Li Mingda comforted him, and then asked Wei Wanshu why she stayed in Plum Blossom Nunnery for so long.

Wei Wanshu lowered her eyes and said very embarrassedly: "Last time because of my cousin's matter, I did a lot of mistakes, so I reflect on it."

After all, Wei Wanshu also bowed to Li Mingda, regretting her poor performance of helping Zhou Xiaohe that day.

"I always feel that she was brought by me. If I don't help her and let her lose her face, we will be like grasshoppers on a rope. I won't be well, but I am wrong, and it is outrageously wrong. "

Li Mingda smiled faintly, "It's all over, since you have sincerely apologized, you don't have to blame yourself. Seeing the shock on your face, you should go back and rest earlier."

Wei Wanshu quickly thanked her and left.

After she left the courtyard where the princess lived, she breathed a sigh of relief, straightened her back and walked forward.At this time, Cui Qingji just came out of Li Zhi's yard, and the two sides collided.

Wei Wanshu glanced at Cui Qingji, saw that Cui Qingji made a modest gesture to her, smiled at him politely, and left.

Cui Qingji glanced at Wei Wanshu's back, without expressing much expression, instead, he listened to his followers and asked Fang Yizhi where he lived, and immediately went to find Fang Yizhi.

After Wei Wanshu walked all the way to her room, she hurriedly closed the door, leaning against the door and inhaling heavily.

"Second mother?"

Wei Wanshu rolled her eyes, thinking about Li Mingda and Li Zhi who were stopped outside Chang'an City, and then thinking about Cui Qingji's attitude, Wei Wanshu's complexion changed drastically, and she immediately fell to the ground.

"Er Niang, what's the matter?" Yuan Yue hurried to help Wei Wanshu.

"The great changes in Chang'an City, the prince is not good." Wei Wanshu said with a pale face.

Yuan Yue was astonished, and stared blankly at Wei Wanshu, "Then, that Erniang and him—"

"Shut up, don't mention him again in the future, even in private." After Wei Wanshu regained her composure, her fierce look remained unchanged.

"Then what shall we do?"

"I heard that Mr. Yuchi is also here," Wei Wanshu bit her lip, "If things can't go as you want, then you can't do what you want."