Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Yuanyue looked at Wei Wanshu not quite understanding, "Er Niang, three people have died in a row in Plum Blossom Temple, so you don't mean to get involved at this time, do you?"

"What can I get involved in? This case has nothing to do with me." After Wei Wanshu calmed down, she was extremely calm, "To put it bluntly, the death of the three masters is actually a good thing for me. "

Yuan Yue rolled her eyes, then nodded in agreement, she also deeply felt the same.

Besides, Cui Qingji thought that going to visit Fang Yizhi this time would still be rejected.But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the door of Fang Yizhi's house, he would be immediately ushered into the room by his follower Luo Ge, and the other party specially said, "My eldest son has been waiting for a long time."

Cui Qingji hurriedly saluted and followed in.But Fang Yizhi got up from behind the case and came to meet him.Cui Qingji is not as prestigious as Fang Yizhi at the moment, so when meeting him, he still has to salute him solemnly and say "I have met Fang Shizi".

Fang Yizhi smiled lightly and asked him not to be too polite, and then invited him to sit down, then ordered someone to serve tea, thought for a while, and asked him to prepare some more pear juice.

"I can just drink tea, just use fried tea leaves and soak them in water. If you don't have any, you can also use fried tea."

After Cui Qingji said these words, he smiled politely at Fang Yizhi, and then thanked him.

Fang Yizhi didn't change his attitude because of his words, he just waved his hand calmly to signal his subordinates to get ready.

"I don't know how the case is going, but is there anything Qingji needs help with?" Cui Qingji asked.

"There is no big clue, it would be great if you can help." Fang Yizhi said generously.

Cui Qingji glanced at Fang Yizhi's expression, and smiled slightly, "Brother Yizhi thinks too much of me, I'm a little embarrassed."

"I heard that you are very talented. Now that I see you in person, I don't need to talk about your talent in poetry and writing. I just look at your words and demeanor. I know that you are a good person. Since there is a knowledgeable and smart person who is kind enough to help solve the case, there must be something. It's good, the princess and I have no reason to refuse, so we are naturally happy." Fang Yi spoke bluntly without any pretentiousness, and his demeanor was so easygoing that one could not help but think of the saying "A gentleman is as gentle as jade".

Cui Qingji raised the corner of his mouth, and thanked Fang Yizhi cooperatively.

"I don't have much talent and learning, and I'm not half as good as a son of the world. The investigation of the case is very important, and I'm not proficient. I'm afraid that it will cause you trouble in vain. If there is any difficulty in the investigation, it's just when I can help , let me do my best."

"Cui Liulang is too humble, but he can't force you, so he will ask you for help when he encounters difficulties." Fang Yizhi smiled lightly.

After the tea was served, Fang Yizhi asked Cui Qingji to have a taste.

"Princess Jinyang has already tasted the method of making tea at home. I like it very much. You can try it." Fang Yi stretched out his hand as a gesture of 'please'.

When Cui Qingji heard him mention Princess Jinyang again, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she stared at Cuibi's tea soup with a trace of coldness in her eyes.

Looking up again, he smiled and blew on the tea. He smelled the fragrance of the tea first, and took a sip when the tea was slightly warmer.

Fang Yi has been looking at Cui Qingji with easy-going eyes, as if he was simply waiting for him to comment on the taste of the tea.

Cui Qingji swallowed a mouthful of tea, and only commented briefly on Fang Yizhi, "Good tea."

Fang Yi smiled, "I knew you would like it."

Then Fang Yizhi asked someone to wrap a bag and gave it to Cui Qingji.

If there is any refusal at this time, it would be rude over there.Cui Qingji could only stand up and thank him, and ordered his entourage Mu Lang to put it away.

After leaving Fang Yizhi's residence, Cui Qingji asked Mu Lang how he felt about the conversation he had with Fang Yizhi just now.

Mu Lang understood the meaning of his Liulang's question, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "It should be the same."

"Oh, on par?" Cui Qingji sneered, then looked up at the red clouds flying to the west, and sighed slightly, "It's almost sunset."

"Yes." Mu Lang said.

"Go back, play a few games of chess with King Jin." Cui Qingji said.

Luo Ge made another pot of good tea for his heir.

Fang Yi drank the tea directly, and drank it with lowered eyes.

Luo Ge said from the side: "I was afraid that Cui Liulang was angry just now, he lost."

"There's no winning or losing." Fang Yi took a sip of tea and said indifferently.

Luo Ge bowed his head and agreed, but he still believed in his heart that his family's aristocratic style was aloof, and he was not common sense.He is careful.But the chess match between Shizi and Cui Qingji, he could see clearly from the side.As soon as Cui Qingji entered the door, he intended to provoke the crown prince by drinking tea. The crown prince was not annoyed at all, but mentioned that Cui Qingji was invited to solve the case in the name of him and the princess, and then he pretended to be the master, and he just gave it to the prince of love. Drink tea' Cui Qingji a pack of tea.

In the final analysis, the son regards the host as the guest, that is, no matter how Cui Qingji reacts, he is always the guest, which is already a loss.

Luo Ge admires his master's ability to pull a thousand catties.Even as a servant, by the side of such a master, he can learn a lot, which is his blessing.

……

In the evening, after Yuchi Baoqi had dinner, he walked around the neighborhood as usual to digest food.

Suddenly I heard a girl calling for help.

Yuchi Baoqi walked a few steps following the sound, and saw that the girl was supported by a person, it was Wei Erniang.Fang remembered that the maid, Yuanyue, was next to the calling Wei Erniang.

"What happened?" Yuchi Baoqi saw that Wei Wanshu's eyes were closed and her whole body was powerlessly resting on Yuan Yue's body, she seemed to be in a coma.

When Yuanyue saw Yuchi Baoqi, she was stunned for a moment, hurriedly wiped away her tears, saluted Yuchi Baoqi, and then said to Yuchi Baoqi: "I just had dinner and went out for a walk with my second mother, who would have thought that she would suddenly die I fainted, and when I woke up, I was dizzy and couldn't move. I wanted to carry Erniang back and call the doctor, but I didn't have enough strength. Throw Erniang down."

Plum Blossom Nunnery is built on a mountain, so there are often some stone steps going up and down.Yuchi Baoqi found it really difficult to walk, and Yuan Yue was also a petite person.

Wei Wanshu squinted her eyes at this time, shook her head weakly, and said to Yuan Yue: "I'm fine, I can go now, but don't bother Mr. Yuchi."

After Wei Wanshu said that, she insisted on going down the steps, but her body became unstable and she fell down.

Yuchi Baoqi couldn't cry in a hurry, so he immediately reached out to help.Fortunately, he grabbed Wei Wanshu in time, otherwise she would have knocked her head on the rock.Yuchi Baoqi immediately felt Wei Wanshu's small forehead leaning against her chest, a little hot, her heart skipped a beat, and hurriedly pushed Wei Wanshu to Yuanyue who came to help her.

"Feel sorry."

Feeling Yuchi Baoqi's rejection, Wei Wanshu hurriedly saluted and apologized.

On the contrary, Yuchi Baoqi was embarrassed, she might have her life in danger, but she was still thinking about something.He immediately reached out his hand to help again, but he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly withdrew his hand and asked Yuan Yue to wait for a while.

"I'm really tired, you help her to sit on the ground first." Yuchi Baoqi put her cloak on the stone steps and spread it out, and then hurried away immediately.

Yuan Yue was startled, and asked Yuchi Baoqi where she was going, but because the other party was running too fast, she didn't get a response.

Not long after, Yuanyue saw Yuchi Baoqi bringing Zuo Qingmei and several nuns over.Knowing what was going on, she hurriedly muttered something in a low voice.

Zuo Qingmei saw the unconscious Wei Wanshu and asked what happened, Yuchi Baoqi told him what happened to him before the full moon.

Zuo Qingmei went over to check the pulse, checked Wei Wanshu's complexion, and said to the nun, "Please help me carry her back to the room."

A strong nun immediately stood at the foot of the stone steps, and the other two put Wei Wanshu on the nun's back, and then escorted her all the way back to the house.

After returning to the house, Zuo Qingmei felt the pulse of Wei Wanshu again.

"Is there anything wrong?" After Zuo Qingmei felt her pulse, Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly asked.

"Pale complexion, sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness, unsteady steps, weak pulse." Zuo Qingmei looked at Wei Wanshu who was on the bed, and then said, "She is a bit thin."

After hearing this, Yuan Yue hurriedly said: "For more than half a year, my second mother has been eating fast and reciting Buddha in Plum Blossom Nunnery, and she has indeed lost a lot of weight. Could it be because of this that she has suffered from some kind of illness?"

Yuchi Baoqi was in a daze, and looked at Zuo Qingmei in surprise, "It sounds like this is seriously ill, and Chang'an City is closed again, how can we notify Duke Wei?"

"Make a glass of brown sugar water for her to drink, and it will be ready in a while." Zuo Qingmei said, "When I go home, I will cook brown sugar chicken for her every day. If I persist for a while, I think I won't make a mistake."

Full Moon nodded.

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned for a moment, "Then this is—"

"Young and thinner girls all have this problem, but they seldom do it in the afternoon, they usually happen in the morning." Zuo Qingmei then asked Yuan Yue if her little lady had a good meal today.

Yuanyue was stunned for a moment, looked at Wei Wanshu who was lying on the couch over there, and said to Zuo Qingmei: "I have prepared meals, but it is useless. Because I heard that all the teachers in the nunnery have died, I am somewhat sad. "

Zuo Qingmei hastily said that this is not possible, and turned around to tell Wei Wanshu that no matter how bad her mood is, she still has to eat well.

Wei Wanshu got up vigorously and thanked Zuo Qingmei.

Zuo Qingmei smiled lightly and said no, then she left.

Yuchi Baoqi also followed, and instead told Yuanyue to take good care of Wei Wanshu, and then nodded to Wei Wanshu, telling her to cultivate well, and hurried to chase Zuo Qingmei.

Zuo Qingmei didn't wait for Yuchi Baoqi, when she heard someone running quickly behind her, Zuo Qingmei couldn't help laughing, and turned to look at him: "Erlang's temperament has changed, don't he take advantage of the opportunity to pity others?"

"It's changed, I won't bother in the future. Besides, even if I haven't changed before, I don't dare to provoke the little lady of the Wei family. Her father is too powerful, so I dare not cause trouble."

"You have caused even bigger troubles, and you are afraid of Wei Wanshu." Zuo Qingmei sighed with a smile, and asked Yuchi Baoqi what else to say.

Yuchi Baoqi was wondering what Zuo Qingmei's so-called "bigger trouble" was, and heard her ask herself, knowing that Zuo Qingmei didn't like procrastination, she hurriedly asked her about the case, and wanted to know the death process of the other two teachers.

Zuo Qingmei briefly explained the situation, and then asked Yuchi Baoqi puzzledly: "Mr. Yuchi is not studying, why do you still care about these things?"

"Study can't delay this." After Yuchi Baoqi finished speaking, he thanked Zuo Qingmei, watched her off, and then went back to his room, ready to study hard by the candle.

Seeing Zuo Qingmei came back, Li Mingda asked her how Wei Wanshu was doing.

"It's because I didn't eat enough and I lost my head." Zuo Qingmei explained.

Li Mingda nodded, thinking that since there was nothing serious, he didn't ask any more questions.Turning to Fang Yizhi over there, he asked if he could exclude the suspect from the list of pilgrims.

Fang Yi nodded straight, "At the moment there are only five businessmen and three other men who cannot provide an alibi during the death of Mrs. Yong'an. The rest of them have other people who can prove it. After all, when things happen around lunch, everyone will come out , so there are more people who prove each other.”

"Five businessmen?" Li Mingda asked.

"The five people from Dingzhou were the ones who made a lot of noise in the dining hall before, and they were the ones who discovered the body of Mrs. Yong'an later." Fang Yizhi immediately told Li Mingda that the one with the loudest voice and the tallest figure His name was Li He, and the person who had been persuading Li He to speak more politely was Jian Wenshan.The two are doing business in partnership, and the three following are their followers.

"I also have an impression of these five people." As soon as Li Mingda's words fell, someone came from the other side to announce that Baiming, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, brought people to Plum Blossom Nunnery.What's more interesting is that the person who came with him was actually the envoy of the Wa Kingdom.

At that moment, Li Zhi also rushed over and sat beside Li Mingda.

Later, Bai Ming and the envoy of the Wa Kingdom came to meet Li Mingda and Li Zhi together.

Li Mingda asked Bai Ming, "Where did you come from?"

Of course, Bai Ming understood what the princess meant, and replied in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "From Chang'an City."

Li Zhi's expression clearly showed dissatisfaction, because his father actually asked people to come out of Chang'an City, but he didn't let his brother and sister in.

Bai Ming quickly explained: "The official has already told the sage about the plum blossom, and the sage said that the princess likes to solve the case, why not stay in the Plum Blossom Temple, order the official to solve the case with your lord, and then go back to Chang'an City .”

"That is to say, if the case is not solved, we will not be able to return to Chang'an City?" Li Zhi asked.

Bai Tianming was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said that this was the meaning of the saint, not his idea.

After Li Zhi heard this, he couldn't say anything more, so he naturally obeyed the holy order.In short, quickly solve the case in front of them, so that they can return to Chang'an City quickly.

Tianming didn't delay immediately, and wanted to discuss the current case with Li Mingda immediately, and at this time Wa Guozheng made a noise.Tianming only remembered him, and hurriedly saluted Li Mingda and introduced the Japanese envoy.

"We've met before, so let's talk about it." Li Mingda said.

After the Japanese envoy saluted Li Mingda again, he looked at Baiming again. Obviously, he wanted the other party to talk about this matter instead of himself.

Bai Ming explained to Li Mingda with even more embarrassment: "The princess of the country of Wa has been missing for half a year, and the mission of the country of Wa has been sending people to look for her everywhere, and she is a little anxious."

After talking during the day, he winked at Li Mingda.

Li Mingda immediately understood that Li Shimin was annoyed by this matter, probably because the current prince's affairs bothered him, so he sent her to deal with it.After all, she was in charge of the case of the death of Princess Wa.

At this time, the Japanese envoy saluted Li Mingda again, asking her to help find 'Ashiwuyuanjing'.

In dealing with the case of helping each other, Li Mingda did not deal with the affairs of the Wa country.She thought that after the people from the Aye faction took over the follow-up matters, someone would naturally take care of them, but she didn't expect that everyone would forget about Wa Kingdom.

Now the Japanese diplomatic mission thought that their princess was missing, but it was a little strange to bring it up after such a long absence.

Li Mingda vaguely remembered that when she left Chang'an City for Anzhou last year, there were rumors that the princess of the Wa Kingdom had disappeared, and when she returned to Chang'an City, she saw Ashiya Yardin appearing.At that time, the explanation given by Ashiya Yasushi was that during her disappearance, she just went out to relax and play alone.Later, after her death, in the first two or three months, there was no rumor about the disappearance of the Japanese diplomatic mission, and only now did they raise it. I am afraid that they themselves did something wrong, so they did not dare to raise objections before the matter was confirmed.

Therefore, Li Mingda thought of the cause of the death of Princess Wa. The reason why she was killed in Yuchi's backyard was because she coveted Yuchi's gold mine map.And according to the people who helped each other, the reason why they followed Ashiya Yasushi was also because she haunted the gold mine.

It can be seen that Ashiya Yasuke has been secretly investigating Datang's gold reserves. As for the members of the mission, it was not known whether they knew about it at the beginning.But then they must have known about it, so after Ashiya Yujing's death, no one in the mission has come forward to explain, probably because she thought she was doing a secret investigation by herself again.Regardless of whether the members of the mission are innocent or not, one thing is certain, there are indeed people from the Wa Kingdom who covet the gold mines of the Tang Dynasty, so the death of the Princess of the Wa Kingdom is not a pity.

"How did Ashiya Yuanjing disappear?" Li Mingda asked the Japanese envoy.

Wa Guozheng was taken aback, and said to Li Mingda: "She was not in a good mood last year, and she often went out to relax by herself. Earlier, she left without saying goodbye and made a joke, so this time she disappeared, we I thought she was going out to play again, but it has been six or seven months, so it shouldn't be like this, so I feel wrong."

"Is this Ashiya Yonjing really the princess of the king of the Japanese kingdom?" Li Mingda asked amusedly, "I don't even have a maid, so it's too careless to take care of her."

Wa Guozheng said in embarrassment: "Because she doesn't trust her maid, she often sneaks out while she's sleeping, and ordered us not to look at her, so we couldn't find her."

"Why is this so?" Li Mingda asked again.

Wa Guozheng was sweating coldly on his forehead at this time, and he became more and more nervous. He stared at the ground and respectfully said to Li Mingda: "That's because I had a quarrel with her before, and there was some misunderstanding. She thought her The maid betrayed her, and I don't support her ideas, so I choose not to trust anyone. The princess is very stubborn and ambitious, and we can't persuade her."

Li Mingda: "Then what is the misunderstanding between you?"

Wa Guozheng was stunned and stunned, "It's just some trivial misunderstandings. Forgive me for offending, the most important thing now is to find her first, and it's not important to pursue these reasons."

"Of course it's important. I don't know the cause of your quarrel, and how do you know why she sneaked out. The world is so big, it's too easy to hide a woman, but if you can't find it, why should we be able to find it? Indeed, our Tang Dynasty There are many people here, but no one in our Tang Dynasty understands your princess!"

Wa Guozheng blushed, then lowered his head deeply, and flinched immediately, as if he was afraid that Li Mingda would continue to question him.

"If we know the reason, we will probably be able to find her too. If your country doesn't want to help you find her, that's all. We're just asking for help."

"You can find it yourself, but I think Ashiya Yuanjing hasn't come back for so long, [-]% won't come back. She is a troublemaker, and she must be making her mind very clear about what she planned to do before.

Why don't you think about it, there is no news but it is good news for you.Otherwise, the reason for her leaving twice will really be investigated. If it makes you king of the Wa Kingdom feel ashamed, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing.At that time, it will affect the diplomatic relations between Datang and your country, and we will definitely not be the ones who regret it. " Li Mingda said these words with a smile, half with a sense of warning.

After listening to these words, the envoy of the Wa Kingdom almost shed cold sweat on his forehead.He knew in his heart that it was their fault, and Datang must have heard of what Ashiya Yonjing did.This disappearance, if you don't keep it together, you will die.But people are really killed quietly by Datang, what can he do.Putting this matter on the bright side, they are the ones who suffer in the end.This decision was made by the Wa Kingdom, who dared not make it himself, and could only report it to the king in person when he returned to the country one day.

The envoy of the Wa Kingdom didn't say much anymore, he could only agree in a muffled voice, and then backed down.Immediately, someone arranged a residence for him, and Chang'an City was strictly prohibited, so he would stay here for the time being and could not go back.

Bai Ming waited for the emissary of the Japanese kingdom to leave, and applauded repeatedly, sighing that the princess is amazing.

"The lower official thought this matter was still troublesome, but he didn't expect the princess to dismiss him with just a few words, which made the lower official admire."

"It's their fault. If the Governor of the White House knows the reason, he will definitely be more beautiful than what I sent." Li Mingda said modestly.

When Tianming heard this, he politely smiled and said no, but the princess was so friendly and not put on airs, she was really like the rumored Princess Jinyang, which made him feel much less nervous.

Afterwards, Bai Ming listened carefully to Fang Yi's direct account of the case, and read Cui Qingji's testimony, as well as the past investigation about Master Yong'an, and the current list of pilgrims in the temple.Tianming couldn't help feeling that Fang Yizhi and Li Mingda were able to investigate the case to such an extent in less than a day, that is, the day when the three deceased appeared, it was really amazing.

"It really makes me feel ashamed." Bai Tianming stroked his beard, full of admiration.

Li Mingda asked Bai Ming what he thought based on the current investigation results of the case.

Tianming saluted first, and then said modestly: "There may be something wrong, please don't be offended by your lord, your lord, and Fang Shizi. I feel that the investigation of this case has been cleared up to now, and there is only one last step left. Judging from the evidence at the scene of the crime, the murderer was at least one strong man who could carry the corpse and was tall, so his hair hung on a higher branch. The five were not present The businessmen who proved it are all tall and burly. Moreover, if these five men act together, it would be too easy for them to kill three nuns."

Li Mingda: "But as far as I know, Master Ren'an and Ci'an died the night before, and the five businessmen were not in Dameihua nunnery at that time."

Bai Tianming laughed when he heard the words, "Based on my years of experience in handling cases, this just proves that they are indeed suspected of committing crimes."

"I would like to hear more about it." Li Mingda watched Bai Ming seriously, expecting his answer.

"Imagine who will kill someone and not make any cover up for people to find out? It is possible that Master Ren'an and Master Ci'an Taiji did it last night, and then they will go to the nunnery today to find a reason to kill Master Yong'an. After all, Mrs. Yong'an is not easy to kill compared to the previous two. There are always people around her. They need to trick him out and kill him. But in this case, the alibi cannot be proved. So they Just use the other two dead people as a disguise to reduce their suspicion."

Li Mingda glanced at Fang Yizhi and asked him what he was thinking.Fang Yi shook his head, expressing that he is not very clear yet.

Li Zhi said: "What a simple matter! It will be clear if these five people were arrested and questioned. Also, if the murderer is the murderer, there will definitely be evidence left on him, and people will search carefully. Know where they live."

Bai Ming immediately echoed Li Zhi's words, and then asked Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi for instructions, asking them what they thought.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi looked at each other.

At this time, Li Zhi said that it doesn't matter to check, even if nothing can be found, there will be no big mistake.So he decided on his own, and asked Bai Ming to quickly arrest the five businessmen and ask them carefully.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi had no better idea. Since Li Zhi had already opened his mouth, they followed Li Zhi's decision and watched Li Zhi's interrogation of Li He, Jian Wenshan and others for the time being.

Immediately after five people including Li He and Jian Wenshan were brought up, they knelt down to salute Li Mingda, Li Zhi and others.Immediately after listening to Bai Ming's accountability, Li He, Jian Wenshan and the other five all denied their grievances.

"Master Yong'an's body was indeed discovered by the five of us, but we didn't kill the person. We also had lunch in the cafeteria, and then walked up the back mountain on the way to see Plum Blossom. Later, when we encountered the corpse, we were also very surprised. We were so frightened that we could barely move our legs. How could we dare to kill someone?" Jian Wenshan was the most eloquent among the five, so he was the first to argue .

Li He, who was the tallest and most violent, gritted his teeth and shouted, "We didn't kill anyone, please don't wrong us!"

"If you are really innocent, naturally you are not afraid to investigate. I will order people to search your body and check your residence immediately. If you are really innocent, we will definitely not find any clues." Bai Tianming said.

When Jian Wenshan heard this, his face changed slightly.

Li He clanged at this time: "Okay, let's investigate. If nothing is found in the end, please give us a clean slate."

Li He seemed to have had a grudge against the government for a long time, and he had long been dissatisfied, so he was timid and afraid of corpses, but he had no fear of people like nobles in the government.He speaks like a strong man about to die.Not long afterward, the people who went to search came back. They found a painting of Henry Zhang and a letter in Jian Wenshan's accompanying luggage. Although the letter was written by Jian Wenshan to someone else, from the content Looking at it, we can see that Jian Wenshan is actually Henry Zhangzhen's son.

This discovery was enough to surprise everyone present.

Li He was stunned, opened his mouth halfway, and turned to look at Jian Wenshan, unable to react for a while.

Jian Wenshan hurriedly kowtowed to Li Mingda and Li Zhi, "My biological father is indeed Zhang Xuanzhen, but it has nothing to do with whether I killed Mrs. Yong'an, right?"

"Of course it has something to do with it. Mrs. Yong'an and Zhang Xuanzhen had an adultery back then, and that's why today's Plum Blossom Nunnery came into being. You are the son of Zhang Xuanzhen, but why did you come to Plum Blossom Nunnery from Dingzhou, a hundred miles away? ?”

"Master Yong'an has an affair with my biological father?" Jian Wenshan stared in surprise and shook his head, "I really don't know, how is this possible."

"At a time like this, when the evidence is all in front of you, don't you think it's ridiculous to pretend to be a fake? I've seen a lot of people like you who refuse to admit the murderer after the incident. There are no fewer than ten people like you in a year." Bai Tian Ming sneered, not accepting Jian Wenshan's set at all, and then reprimanded Jian Wenshan for confessing the truth about the killing of Master Yong'an, Ren'an and Ci'an.

Jian Wenshan only complained that he was wronged, but said that he did not.

At this time, the nun Hui Ning who had been by Li Mingda's side frowned, and then stared carefully to identify Jian Wenshan.

Li Mingda immediately noticed her strangeness, and asked her what to watch again.

"When An Ning and I went down the mountain to fetch water last night, I seemed to have seen him at the gate of the mountain." After Hui Ning said, he expressed that he was not sure, and asked the princess to allow her to call the nun An Ning.

Before Li Mingda could speak, Li Zhi immediately sent her to go.

Not long after, Hui Ning brought An Ning over.An Ning is younger than Hui Ning, about the same age as Li Mingda, with a round face, and looks very honest and kind.After An Ning looked at Jian Wenshan, he grabbed Hui Ning's hand, raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "The person at the gate of the mountain yesterday evening seems to be him. I remember his nose, which is high and straight, which is rare for ordinary people. , the tallest I've ever seen."

Jian Wenshan lowered his head very much. After being identified, he closed his eyes, then kowtowed to all the nobles, and admitted: "The Caomin did come to the Plum Blossom Temple last night, but it was not for the purpose of killing people. The Caomin just wanted to come here to see Personal, but I didn't expect that the other party was not in the nunnery at all, so after I inquired, I left."

"Who, who did you ask?" Bai Ming asked.

Jian Wenshan said: "Zhao Furong was supposed to be my engaged wife, but she ran away from home suddenly three months ago. Last month I learned that she was in Plum Blossom Nunnery, and it was only when Li He went to Chang'an City When doing business, I followed her, just to pick her up by the way.

When we rushed to Fenxia County, ten miles away yesterday, we settled down at the inn.Because I was eager to inquire about Furong and didn't want to delay Li He's business, I borrowed a lot of money to rush over to inquire.Unexpectedly, I got a reply saying that the person was not here, so I went back.As a result, when we went to Chang'an City with enough energy on the second day, the city gate was closed.Because I was still thinking about Furong, I was worried that she was a monk and didn't want to see me, so I sent someone to fool me, and I was about to go back and ask more carefully.Even better, since I couldn't enter Chang'an City, I advised Li He to live here. This place is closer to Chang'an City, so Li He agreed. "

Li He immediately said: "That's the case! I really didn't expect that I was tricked by you!"

Then the nun who guarded the nunnery was called. The nun who guarded the nunnery collapsed from diarrhea this morning and hid in her room to rest.Now that he was brought here, he recognized Jian Wenshan at a glance and admitted that he asked about Zhao Furong.

At this moment, An Ning turned her head to Hui Ning and whispered, "Master Ci'an's lay name before she became a monk was Zhao Furong?"

Hui Ning was stunned for a moment, nodded, and then said to Li Mingda: "Yes, Master Ci'an's name before becoming a monk was Zhao Furong!"

"Well, the elderly Mrs. Ci'an is the one you found as your fiancée? You have a special taste." Li Zhi sneered, and immediately decided that Jian Wenshan was just trying to quibble before, and immediately said to Bai Bai, "Everyone It is said that businessmen are cunning and good at sophistry. I used to be curious about what would happen, but today I have seen it. Now I see this trial, they refuse to admit anything, so there is no need to talk nonsense, just take them away, and you will take them back to Jingzhao Mansion later. Well, if you force a confession on their words and deeds, they will naturally recruit everything."

Tian Ming promised that he would order the five people to be arrested and guarded first. After the gate of Chang'an City was opened, the five people would naturally be interrogated in Jingzhao Mansion.

Hearing this at this time, Li He yelled that he was wronged, and that Jian Wenshan did it himself, and it had nothing to do with him.But after he shouted a few words, his mouth was gagged and dragged out.

After Fang Yizhi watched all this with a cold eye, he turned his head and picked up the tea bowl to drink tea, without expressing his opinion too much.

Ming hurriedly saluted Li Zhi and Li Mingda during the day, feeling that the king and the princess are wise and decisive, "On the day when the crime happened, the murder case was solved. This should be the fastest time in the history of Jingzhao Mansion, and it is the third consecutive time." Kill. The next official has really borrowed the blessing of the princess and the king!"

Li Zhi smiled, "It's just a simple case. I don't dare to take the credit if it's not enough. It's all the credit of Nineteenth Sister and Fang Shizi."

Li Zhi immediately looked at Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi, and found that they were drinking tea with their heads down.After hearing his words, Fang Yizhi raised his head and stood up to say a polite word to him.Sizi had a sullen face and simply ignored him.

Li Zhi thought about it, he didn't do anything wrong, and even let the two of them praise him, why did everyone seem to dislike him?

To celebrate the successful cracking of the case, Li Zhi sent people to prepare more sumptuous fast meals.When Bai Ming heard that Li Zhi was interested in playing chess, he was eager to try it immediately, and immediately started playing chess with Li Zhi.

Li Mingda wanted to go out to get some air, and Fang Yizhi followed suit.

At this time, Cui Qingji, who had taken a nap, came to greet Li Zhi energetically.Li Zhi hurriedly sent him to go quickly, and told him in a low voice that Li Mingda had just gone for a walk.

Cui Qingji thanked Li Zhi, and immediately went out to chase him.

In the courtyard of Teacher Yong'an, under the old plum tree.

Li Mingda looked up at the plum blossoms blooming on the tree, and stretched out his hand to touch the thick trunk, "This should be the oldest plum tree in the Plum Blossom Temple."

"Yes."

"Are you like me, thinking that this case is wrong?" Li Mingda pressed the tree trunk, turned to look at Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi nodded his head, his eyes never moved away from Li Mingda.

Li Mingda was stunned, and turned to Dongfang where the voice came from, "It seems that Cui Qingji is here." After finishing speaking, Li Mingda heard footsteps behind him but did not speak, thinking that Fang Yi was going away to avoid suspicion, Turning to look at him, her forehead just touched his chin.

The old tree plum fragrance is long, with a hint of sweetness.