Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin saw through Li Mingda at a glance, and couldn't help laughing: "I knew you would have this expression, are you happy now?"

Li Mingda nodded repeatedly, "Of course I'm happy, thank you Aye. Then where is the office of the Department of Mirrors?"

Li Shimin looked at her sideways, "It's easy to say, it depends on where you want to be, tell me a location you like, and Aye will ask someone to arrange it for you later."

Li Mingda and Li Shimin looked at each other, rolled their eyes cleverly, grabbed Li Shimin's arm and said, "Sis will go wherever Aye arranges, and obey the holy order."

Li Shimin laughed, and after chatting with Li Mingda, he asked someone to clean up the house that was prepared earlier, repair the facade, and put up the signboard of the Department of Mirrors.

After Li Mingda returned to his room, after hearing Li Shimin's words, he guessed that his previous guess was correct. She, Aye, had already made arrangements in her heart, and it was just a test for him.However, Li Shimin still didn't say where the specific location is. Li Mingda became more and more curious about the location of the Der Spiegel Department that Li Shimin had already selected.

The next day, news came from the Han Palace that Princess Han gave birth to a son.Li Mingda had a chance to ask him to come out, but Li Shimin asked Li Zhi, who was already busy, to accompany Li Mingda.

Li Shimin finally regained his energy today, met with Li Zhi alone, and asked Li Zhi in detail about their situation in Meihua Nunnery these days, who they met, and after learning that Fang Yizhi was also there, he asked Fang in detail The relationship between Yizhi and Li Mingda.

Li Zhi thought about it carefully, "It's nothing but solving the case together."

Li Shimin nodded, and then sent Li Zhi away.

Li Mingda was already fully dressed and was waiting for Li Zhi in the room.After hearing the conversation at the Legislative Hall, she leaned against the door and looked down at her fingers.Hearing Li Zhi's footsteps approaching, she raised her head and opened the door to go out.

"Let's go." Li Mingye said.

Li Zhi agreed, and then touched his chin with emotion. Speaking of which, I haven't been to Hanwang Bieyuan, nor have I seen the baby on the day of its birth.

After the two arrived at King Han's mansion, they were immediately invited to King Han's bedroom by the housekeeper.

Han Wang Li Yuanjia was sitting on the bed happily holding the child, and when he saw Li Mingda and Li Zhi coming, he whispered them to come over.

Li Mingda saw the baby wrapped in silk in King Han's arms, eyes closed, head pink like peach petals, she happily moved over to have a look.Li Zhi held a different attitude. He frowned after glancing at the child's appearance, without any urge to step forward and take a closer look.

"It's so cute, look at her little hands, they are so small." Li Mingda whispered, then put his fingers into the baby's palm, moved his little hand, and suddenly grabbed Li Mingda's. finger.

Li Yuanjia laughed happily when he saw it, and sighed that his precious son liked Li Mingda.

Li Mingda also responded with a low smile, keeping his eyes on the child, "I also think we are destined."

Li Mingda asked Li Zhi to come over to have a look.Li Zhicai reluctantly came over, glanced at the face that looked like a monkey's butt, smiled perfunctorily against Li Yuanjia's will, and said to Li Yuanjia: "He looks good, his eyebrows and eyes are very much like my cousin's."

Li Yuanjia's eyes narrowed with a smile, "Yes, yes, they say this kid looks like me."

Li Zhi turned his eyes to Li Mingda and raised his eyebrows quietly, intending to ask her, where can she tell that this child is good-looking?

Li Mingda glanced back at Li Zhi, telling him to pay attention.

Li Zhi giggled and closed his mouth knowingly.

Li Mingda asked Li Yuanjia about the situation of Princess Han.

Li Yuanjia said: "I'm sleeping now. Giving birth is really exhausting. She was in pain for a long time before giving birth with difficulty. I went to see her right away. She closed her eyes after one glance at the child and passed out from exhaustion." Let her have a good rest. You two don't expect to see your aunt today, I can't bear it. "

Li Zhi sighed with a smile: "Uncle Tang really loves Auntie, Auntie is very lucky."

"Tang Shu is more blessed." Li Mingda said.

Li Yuanjia thanked the two of them for coming to see at this time, and the full moon wine will come in a few days.Li Mingda and Li Zhi both nodded.At this time, people from outside came to spread the word, telling Li Yuanjia that Fang Xuanling, Mrs. Lu, Fang Yizhi, Fang Yize and Fang Baozhu's family were coming.

Li Yuanjia sighed, "Hurry up and welcome."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the child in his arms reluctantly, and then carefully put the child on the couch, and let the nanny take good care of it.Then he got up and wanted to meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Before Li Mingda went out, he turned his head and looked at the portrait hanging on the east wall. It was the back of a Taoist priest. Looking at the inscription on it, Li Mingda couldn't help but stop.Seeing this, Li Yuanjia hurriedly asked why.Li Mingda pointed to the painting on the wall with a smile, and asked if it was made by Li Yuanjia.

Li Yuanjia agreed, "The painting is exactly that of Taoist Xuanzhen."

"Can you lend it to me?" Li Mingda asked.

Li Yuanjia simply agreed, "You can take it if you like, you and my son are predestined, it's my happy gift from Lin'er to you."

"I really need this painting, thank you cousin." Li Mingda said.

Later, Fang Xuanling, his wife, Fang Yizhi and others met Li Yuanjia, Li Zhi and Li Mingda.After their family quietly went to have a face-to-face meeting with Xiao Shizi, a group of people waited to take their seats in the main hall.

Mrs. Lu sighed that the child was born well, and asked about the situation of her daughter Fang Fengzhu. She was worried, so she went to see for herself.It is different for my own mother to go to see her. Of course Li Yuanjia will not stop her, but she is very grateful to Mrs. Lu and please send her off.Fang Xuanling twirled his beard, and smiled as he listened to Li Yuanjia talk about how nervous Fang Fengzhu was these days, and finally he was somewhat satisfied with this son-in-law.

"The concubine just woke up." Not long after, the maid came to report.

Li Yuanjia hesitated for a moment, and wanted to take everyone to see her.

Li Mingda said: "That's all, let's see in a few days. Brother Jiu and I don't want to disturb you here for too long, so we leave."

Li Yuanjia nodded, and hurriedly greeted Fang Yizhi and Fang Baozhu to send Li Mingda and Li Zhi off for him.

The two agreed, and they went to give it away.

Before leaving, Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi, and actually wanted to ask him something, but then heard Li Zhi from over there looking at him and urging him. Say goodbye to their siblings.

Fang Baozhu hurriedly said: "My lord, please take good care of yourself, your lord has become very thin these two days."

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on Fang Baozhu's cuff, and he said with a smile, "Come and play with me in the palace when you have time."

After finishing speaking, Li Mingda stretched out his hand.Seeing this, Fang Baozhu, who was hesitating, immediately became overjoyed, and hurried forward to hold Li Mingda's arm, and became very intimate with her.

Fang Yi moved two steps straight, while bowing to Li Mingda, he asked Fang Baozhu to restrain himself.But the tone is not heavy, it's just a symbolic statement.

Only then did Fang Baozhu let go of her hand, and said goodbye to Li Mingda with a smile.

Li Mingda nodded, waved to her, and got into the car.

The carriage passed Chengtian Gate and stopped in front of Qianhua Gate.

Li Zhi got out of the car first, and then waited for Li Mingda in the carriage behind to get out of the car.After a while, I saw her get out of the car slowly, and I was puzzled, and then saw that Li Mingda's face was not very good, obviously why he was uncomfortable.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Zhi asked.

Li Mingda forced a smile, and shook his head at Li Zhi, "It's nothing, I just thought of something sad."

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard the words, and understood that she must have thought of her elder brother, so he didn't say anything, and dragged Li Mingda back to the Lizheng Hall.After the two brothers and sisters and Li Shimin invited gifts, Li Shimin sent Li Mingda away, and asked Li Zhi who stayed behind, "When I go to the other garden of King Han's Mansion, besides the child and Li Yuanjia and his wife, who else will I meet?" No?"

"Later, Fang's family also went. It was natural. Fang Gong and Mrs. Lu couldn't miss the eldest daughter's birth." Li Zhi sighed.

Li Shimin nodded, he didn't think it was strange, he just asked Li Zhifang whether he went straight or not.

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, and only now did he feel that something was wrong with his father. This was the second time he had asked Fang Yizhi about it today.Li Zhi answered Li Shimin with doubts in his heart, "I have gone, and Fang's Saburo and Erniang have also gone, but Fang's son-in-law did not."

Speaking of Fang Yiai, Li Shimin suddenly remembered that some time ago he asked Zuo to go to Jingzhou to take up his post as a long history.Li Shimin still hasn't received a reply, Li Shimin can't bear it, he goes so far, Princess Gaoyang must follow, then this daughter he once loved, he will hardly see him in the future.Right now Li Chengqian and Du He have an accident, one is demoted to a commoner, and they are sent away from Qianzhou.One was executed, causing her other daughter to faint at home.Li Shimin was already extremely sad for losing a son and offending a daughter. At this moment, if he let go of another daughter he liked, he still couldn't bear it.Although Gao Yang has been a little disobedient and disobedient in the past year, this child is still young, so there is no time when he does not make mistakes. When he was Gao Yang's age, he also did stupid things, and he also wanted to compete for favor because of his parents' preference.This kid Gao Yang is so much like him, Li Shimin is still reluctant to part with it.Probably because people get soft-hearted when they are old.

"Aye?" After Li Zhi replied briefly, seeing that Li Shimin suddenly stopped talking, he asked softly after waiting for a long time without waiting for a reply.

Li Shimin came back to his senses, turned to look at Li Zhi, and continued to ask: "Then what did the two of them talk about, please tell me carefully."

Li Zhi was stunned again, and then recalled with a frown, "It seems that I didn't say anything. At first, I asked their family to salute, and then I sat in the main hall and listened to Mr. Fang and Mrs. Lu. Then my sister and Mrs. I left, and the king of Han sent the brothers of the Fang family to see us off. After we said goodbye, we got into the car and left. Ah, by the way, before leaving, Sizi even invited Fang Erniang to come to the palace to play with her when she had time. .”

Li Shimin heard Fang Erniang's passage, frowned and sighed: "It's not important."

Li Zhi blinked, he secretly observed Li Shimin's expression, and tentatively asked: "Aye seems to be very concerned about the conversation between Sizi and Fang Yizhi, could it be..."

Li Shimin glanced at Li Zhi, "Don't ask if you shouldn't know."

Li Zhi nodded embarrassingly.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then said to Li Zhi: "De Kongduo and Cui Qingji walk around, often invite him to visit you at the Lizheng Hall."

Li Zhi promised, when Cui Qingji was mentioned, he regained his energy, and immediately forgot what happened before, and sighed with Li Shimin how talented this person is, the last time the two of them chatted for a long time, which benefited him a lot.

"Since this is the case, you should associate with him more. The so-called near Zhu Zhechi, although you are usually diligent, you don't know how to study. This young talent of Cui Qingji is indeed worthy of your imitation. Full of benefits. , even if you are a prince, you should know how to be respectful to a corporal, and you should not be ashamed to ask your subordinates." Li Shimin taught.

Li Zhi agreed one by one, and immediately after leaving the main hall, he immediately sent someone to deliver a message to Cui Qingji.

Sitting behind the table, Li Mingda practiced calligraphy calmly, and the emotions aroused by the overheard words were transformed into powerful words on the paper.

Tian Hanshu watched from the sidelines and sighed, "Your lord's calligraphy is more powerful than before."

After Tian Hanshu said it, he was afraid that Li Mingda would not believe it, so he hurriedly fetched the characters he had collected before, and opened it for comparison.Although the words are beautiful as usual, but what is written now is indeed more sharp.

"It seems that this kind of writing requires some experience to be better." Li Mingda sighed, then put down the pen, and asked Tian Hanshan to immediately order Cheng Chubi to investigate, where did the saint arrange her Mingjing Division? .

In the evening, the news came, and it really wasn't good news.

Li Shimin even arranged the Department of Mirror on the street where Cui's house is located.That house was originally the residence of an old minister surnamed Zhang. Later, he retired and returned to his hometown. Naturally, the imperial court took back the house bestowed by the imperial court.In fact, there are several places like this in the imperial court, and there are even two places that are closer to the imperial city, but her father chose not to choose this place, which is closer to the Cui Mansion.It's clear what his heart is like.

Li Mingda held his chin, looked at his handwriting that was finally broken on the desk case, and thought for a long time.At this time, Cheng Chubi sent a message, saying that the Jingzhao Mansion had pronounced a sentence on Jian Wenshan, and decided that he was the murderer of the three masters of Meihua Nunnery, and ordered him to be executed tomorrow.

Li Mingda stood up abruptly, "I told him earlier that there are still unresolved suspicions in this, so why the rush to convict him?"

"The other side thinks that the evidence is conclusive, and there is no need to delay the case. Besides, the common people don't know the inside story of the death of the three teachers in the Plum Blossom Nunnery. Now they only hear that three highly respected teachers were killed. I feel that the Jingzhao government should punish the murderer severely and not procrastinate. Maybe it's because there are more people who are paying attention to this matter, probably because of this reason, the governor of the Bai government wants to settle the case as soon as possible." Cheng Chubi guessed.

"Can I directly intervene in this matter?" Li Mingda asked.

Cheng Chubi frowned and shook his head, "Jingzhao Mansion has a rule that appeals are not allowed level by level. Don't say that your lord is not in the Ministry of Punishment right now, even if he is, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to stop it."

Li Mingda frowned, immediately thought of Li Zhi, and went to him immediately.

When Li Zhi heard this, he was puzzled and said, "Why should I stop it? I always thought that Jian Wenshan was the murderer, and the case of Baifu Yin has been settled with solid evidence."

"Will Brother Nine help me?" Li Mingda asked.

Li Zhi spread his hands, "My good sister, other things are easy to discuss, but I'm sorry I can't do anything about it. It's not appropriate for me to come forward for such a small case, let alone a case with clear and conclusive evidence. What is your name?" What do I say?"

"Jian Wenshan was wronged, it was an innocent life." Seeing that Li Zhi didn't take it seriously, Li Mingda sighed, "Understood, his status as a businessman is lowly, and his life is nothing more than a life for the royal family. critical."

Li Zhi shrugged, "I know you are soft-hearted, but some trivial things are really not worth taking risks. Father, it will be annoying if you always talk about it. Just like you are now, it is not easy to ask Aye Why, let me come forward and go directly to Bai Ming."

"Understood." Li Mingda thanked Li Zhi for his suggestion, turned around and left.

Seeing this, Li Zhi frowned, feeling sad after all, stopped Li Mingda, and sighed helplessly, "That's all, I'll help you once, just this time, don't make an exception."

"I think Brother Nine's words are very reasonable. If I ask you to deal with such a trivial matter, it's a bit of a big deal." Li Mingda asked Li Zhi not to worry, but she was not angry.Although some of Li Zhi's words were not pleasant, the principle was correct. She couldn't trouble others when she couldn't do small things by herself.After all, most of the time now, she is doing things with the privilege of her princess.

After Li Mingda returned to his room, he leaned against the window and blinked with his chin in his hand.

Tian Hanshu was a little anxious at the side, "Otherwise, Mr. Fang, please think of a way."

"We can't bother him during this time." Li Mingda thought for a while, "Now it's just a matter of time. I really need to find a way to delay the time. There should be news about the investigation in Dingzhou in two days."

Tian Hanshu hurriedly asked Li Mingda: "Then what should we do?"

"Use extraordinary methods in extraordinary times." Li Mingda clasped his hands, making Tian Hanshan listen cautiously, then whispered to him, and sent him to think of a way to do it, "Is it possible?"

"Don't worry, your lord, you can't be a slave to big things, and this small matter is guaranteed to be done." After Tian Hanshan said, he couldn't help laughing and praised that your lord still has a way, so he resigned and made arrangements.

Li Mingda dismissed the idlers in the house, and took out a letter from his sleeve, which Fang Baozhu took the opportunity to slip to her when they were parting at the Han Palace.When she came back by car earlier, Li Mingda had already read the letter, but now she opened it and read it again, and her heart was still as uncomfortable as when she first read it.

The font on the letter was strong, and it belonged to the eldest brother she was most familiar with.It turned out that when Li Chengqian went to Qianzhou immediately after he was demoted that day, Fang Yi said that he was accompanying Mrs. Lu to the Taoist temple, but actually helped her to see Li Chengqian off.Li Chengqian left this letter for himself.

The elder brother had no regrets in the letter, and felt that he had ended up like this, and he only said that the timing was not right.He believes that if you are more cautious in doing things, you will be the one who wins the world, and all the unreasonable and unjust methods that have been used are ultimately written by the winners.

Li Chengqian was still in the letter, blaming everyone, the Su family, Li Tai, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, everyone who disliked his lameness, and even Li Shimin who had given birth to him seven or eight years ago. Li Chengqian blamed everyone , only Li Mingda, Li Chengqian only apologized to her.Apologizing to his dereliction of duty as the eldest brother made her see the ugliness among the close relatives in the family at a young age.Li Chengqian also mentioned that when Empress Changsun gave birth to Li Mingda, he was the first person to take over from the midwife to repay her.

Li Mingda was still in tears.Her mind went blank and she didn't know what to say.Then he sent the letter to the candle and burned it.Li Mingda's sadness not only felt his paranoia and stubbornness from Li Chengqian's letter, she also felt the farewell meaning in Li Chengqian's words.Even if she didn't want to admit it, she probably would hear about it before long.

Li Mingda only felt tightness in his chest, and he was covered in blankets until the next morning.

At noon, Li Mingda was raising his head and applying an ice silk handkerchief to his eyes, when he heard Cheng Chubi coming back to inform him that the Jingzhao Mansion had temporarily suspended the death sentence against Jian Wenshan, and the punishment had been postponed.Li Mingda gave a "hmm" and continued to rub his eyes.

Tian Hanshan said excitedly, "your lord is really smart, this method is really useful. How did your lord come up with this method before?"

"During the time after the end of the year, it is good to read more books." Li Mingda re-read "The Law of Zhenguan" before, "If there is a new case, it is to sue the murderer who has already been sentenced. Only after that can the execution be executed. There is no other way, we can only make a case and sue Jing Wenshan, which will cause some trouble for the Governor of the White House."

Tian Hanshan: "Good way, this way we only need to send someone to pretend to file a complaint and it will be resolved."

"It's not a long-term solution. I just hope that Dingzhou will get news soon."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he asked Tian Hanshan to help her lie down, and continued to rub her eyes.

"Your lord's eyes may not be swollen for a while. What will happen at noon later? If the saint asks your lord to accompany him for dinner, he has to think of a reason to explain it." Tian Hanshan said,

Li Mingda lamented: "Pray that he doesn't look for me."

It happened to be evil, and not long after she finished speaking, Fang Qirui came to send a message, asking Li Mingda to come over.

"Just woke up, clean up and go." Li Mingda sent Tian Hanshan away, went to the bronze mirror, wiped his red and swollen eyes with water powder, and then hurriedly went to see Li Shimin.

After Li Mingda entered the hall, he squinted his eyes and smiled. When he smiled, his eyes narrowed into a slit, so naturally he couldn't see the swelling.After finally surviving the meal and coming out of the main hall, Li Mingda's cheeks felt sore.Looking back, Li Shimin was still feeling happy with Fang Qirui in the hall, saying that Princess Jinyang was in a good mood today, so he also became happy.

Li Mingda then heard Li Shimin mention Fang Yiai's note with emotion, and decided to reject it.

Li Shimin immediately said: "It's better to execute her as soon as possible, so that she can't think about it."

Fang Qirui agreed, and ordered people to draw up an order.

"Choose a day to let Princess Gaoyang come into the palace. I haven't seen her for quite a while." Li Shimin was still immersed in sadness, and had been reluctant to see his Princess Chengyang. He couldn't find comfort from this daughter. Li Shimin thought of another one.

Fang Qirui is agreeing, and will do as he said.

Li Mingda looked up at the sky, it was sunny and clear, after dark clouds there will be sunny days.

"My lord, there's news from Dingzhou." Cheng Chubi hurried over and reported to Li Mingda in a anxious tone.

When Li Mingda saw Cheng Chubi's appearance, he knew that the matter was done. After asking about it, he turned around and asked Li Shimin for instructions.

"Oh, there is another story about the Meihua Temple case?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Mingda nodded, "I heard that the door of Mingjing Division has almost been changed, can Sizi take up the post?"

"You are impatient." Li Shimin sighed.

"Aye, if the Jingzhao Mansion is not cautious in judging the case, it should give a reminder. Otherwise, in the future, whenever you see someone who is a bit suspicious in the case, you will be fooled and convicted, and it will become an unjust, false and wrongful case. One or two cases may not necessarily be true. What, but after a long time, it will be difficult to convince the public and cause public grievances?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Mingda knowingly, "Don't fool me with big ideas, let's talk about the truth, just tell me, where is the real murderer in this case, not Jian Wenshan, so who else is suspicious in the nunnery? "

Li Mingda was surprised, "Did Aye read the file of this case?"

"Aye is very concerned about matters related to you." When Li Shimin said this, he stared at Li Mingda meaningfully, "Even if you sent someone to Jingzhao Mansion to pretend to file a complaint, and to use Tuyan to complain to Jane Aye also knows about Wenshan's execution."

Li Mingda was shocked, looked at Li Shimin, and then knelt down to make amends, but was held back by Li Shimin.

"It's a crime, but if it's true as you said, Jian Wenshan was wronged, and you used extraordinary measures to save his life, which is a smart move. It seems that you know the "Law of Zhenguan" very well, ah Ye is quite relieved, and feels very proud to have a daughter like you." Li Shimin smiled in relief, and stretched out his hand to pull Li Mingda up, "Go."

Li Mingda narrowed his eyes and thanked him.Then she went back to her room, changed into men's clothes, and left the palace on horseback.

Cheng Chubi drove his horse to Li Mingda's side and asked, "My lord, are we going directly to Fang Shizi?"

Apparently Cheng Chubi had long been used to the practice of bringing Fang Yizhi together to solve the case.

Li Mingda turned his head slightly, and directed his ears to the direction behind them, "Don't look for him."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he left Zhuque Street on horseback.A group of people went straight to the location of the Department of Mirrors. When they reached the intersection, Li Mingda sat on his horse and looked around. He could see the Zhongshu Shilang's Mansion in the middle of the street, which was Cui Qingji's home.Li Mingda took a deep breath, got off the horse, and looked at the board of the Ming Jing Division that had been hung up. It was his father's handwriting, and he personally inscribed the words.

Li Mingda couldn't help laughing when she saw it. She really loves and 'hates' Li Shimin now.Needless to say love, 'hate' is because of his recent obvious intention to forcibly match her and Cui Qingji.But it's a bit strange, after my father said it half a year ago, he never confronted her face to face, instead he secretly observed him and Fang Yizhi, even though he supported Cui Qingji, he was not impulsive enough to impulsively point out marriage.

So Li Mingda really can't figure out Li Shimin's mind at the moment. This is probably the so-called unpredictable heart, that is, her eyes can observe, that is, she grew up in front of Li Shimin since she was a child, and sometimes she still touches Li Shimin's temper. well.

Li Mingda stepped into the Department of Mirrors, and because he heard someone walking towards her in a hurry, he wanted to see who was inside at the moment.Immediately, Li Mingda was a little surprised to see Cui Qingji leading a group of people to greet him.

"Why are you here?" After asking, Li Mingda also had a guess in his heart.

"The sage sent an order to Qingji to oversee the work, in order to complete the transformation of the Mirror Department as soon as possible." Cui Qingji briefly explained.

Li Mingda also expected this, nodded, and then turned his eyes to look around the environment.It stands to reason that the house that has been vacant for a year is naturally overgrown with weeds and dust everywhere.Now I see that the yard is clean, there is not a single weed, all the windows have been replaced with new window paper, and even the window lattices have been wiped spotless.

"In such a short period of time, it is not easy for you to build the door, hang the plaque, and clean up the inside." Li Mingda must be sure of this, "It probably took a lot of manpower?"

"It's only two or three days' work. It happened that Qingji's house was closer, so I called some servants over, and it could be done quickly."

"Troubleshooting." After Li Mingda said that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Cui Qingji was stunned for a moment, "Your lord, why don't you come into the house and take a look, why don't you sit down?"

"I will come to this place often in the future. There are many opportunities to sit there. The most important thing right now is to settle the case of Meihua Temple." Li Mingda said.

Cui Qingji: "Can Qingji help?"

"No need." Li Mingda declined with a polite smile, then turned and left in a hurry.

Cui Qingji stood on the spot, watching Li Mingda's leaving back, his face gradually darkened.

The attendant Mu Lang frowned, and sighed worryingly for his master: "Rong slave talks too much, your master probably doesn't have the slightest affection for Liu Lang."

"I know." Cui Qingji raised the corners of her mouth, and turned to look at Mu Lang with piercing eyes, "I think that something that comes through twists and turns is more worth cherishing."

Mu Lang was stunned for a moment, agreed and said yes, but then he wondered: "It's just that Liu Lang knows who the opponent is this time?"

"Of course it's clear, but he can't rob me. So what if he won the princess's heart first," Cui Qingji sneered, "It's not up to the sage to finalize the marriage. Maybe I can't compare to him for the time being. , but I will definitely win this matter. In the future, he will lose on his own mouth, so I can’t blame me.”

"The precious master is a person with a temper, and the saint loves her very much—"

"Am I just incompetent?" Cui Qingji asked Mu Lang sharply.

Mu Lang bowed his head, repeatedly admitting his mistake.

"Remember in the future, you can only tell me secret things when the princess is far away." Cui Qingji instructed, Fang left in a huff, and only sent Mu Lang to be in charge of the Department of Mirrors.

After Li Mingda delivered the oral order, he took Jian Wenshan out of the prison in Jingzhao Mansion.Bai Tianming smiled and did not dare to resist the order, but he tried his best to ask Li Mingda to take him on the sidelines during the trial.Bai Ming said "study", but he was actually a little unconvinced in his heart, but he just wanted to see how Li Mingda made a fool of himself and "reversed the verdict".

"If Governor Bai is free, I don't mind. A place as big as Plum Blossom Nunnery, how can there be no room for Governor Bai alone." Seeing that Bai Ming spoke insincerely, Li Mingda naturally didn't give him a good look. answered him sarcastically.

"Plum Blossom Temple? Why is it that you mainly judge cases in Plum Blossom Temple, not the Department of Mirrors?" Bai Ming asked in surprise.

Li Mingda nodded, and immediately led the crowd to the Plum Blossom Temple.Li Mingda, who was driving the horse in front, suddenly heard Baiming behind him muttering in a very low voice: "It's been many years of solving the case, and it's the first time I met a little girl who is still breastfeeding. Who will have the patience to accompany vexatious troubles."

When they arrived at the gate of Meihua Temple, they saw the guard Cheng Muyuan waiting there.

When Cheng Muyuan saw Li Mingda and Cheng Chubi, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and reported that he had always obeyed the task of guarding, and had not let anyone leave the Plum Blossom Nunnery in the past few days.

"Your lord, do you think the murderer is still in the Plum Blossom Nunnery?" Bai Tianming didn't understand. He guessed that Li Mingda was going back to the Plum Blossom Nunnery to try the case because something happened in the Plum Blossom Nunnery, but Bai Ming couldn't figure it out. There will be a murderer in the Plum Blossom Nunnery, "At that time, we had investigated everyone's alibi. Except for Jian Wenshan and other five businessmen, the rest had conclusive alibi. I don't understand, could it be the murderer? It is not possible to have a double body. Or is there a problem with the time of Master Yong'an's death? But it is not true. When Master Yong'an was alive, your lord was there at the time. I saw with my own eyes that she was alive very well. It's just that there is only one day before and after eating. In a matter of hours, she died. Therefore, from this point of view, the alibi is a certainty, there is no other possibility, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"What Bai Fuyin said is very true. When the murderer killed Master Yong'an, he must have no alibi. Otherwise, how could he kill the person?" Li Mingda sighed, and walked to the Plum Blossom Nunnery, asking Jian Wenshan, " Have you ever thought about the reason why Mrs. Yong'an, who is not feeling well, went out through the secret passage on the beam?"

"Of course I thought about it, it must be Jian Wenshan's appointment. Because Jian Wenshan is the son of Zhang Xuanzhen and Mrs. Yong'an, she was very ashamed when she heard the news, so she went out secretly to meet Jian Wenshan." Seeing Li Mingda during the day Looking at himself in surprise, he raised his mouth and said, "The lower official just verified yesterday that Jian Wenshan's so-called biological mother, Wei Shi, is actually a stone girl, and she can't have children at all. The lower official sent someone to confirm with Wei Shi as well." , this Jian Wenshan is indeed not her biological son, but the baby that Zhang Xuanzhen entrusted to her to take care of."

"Did Governor Bai also send someone to Dingzhou to investigate?" Li Mingda stopped and asked suddenly.

During the day, Ming hurriedly saluted with a light smile, "Because your lord questioned this case, I didn't dare to be negligent, so I also sent someone to Dingzhou to investigate. I didn't want this official to get the news from Dingzhou earlier. This news further confirmed Jian Wenshan's identity and motive for the murder, so he was sentenced to death."

"Prefect Bai is 'cautious'."

Tianming was not too polite, and thanked Li Mingda for his compliment.

"It's a pity. It would be great if the White Mansion Yin was more cautious and checked a little more. For example, Zhang Xuanzhen and Master Yong'an were so close at the beginning. Is it really adultery? How do you know if they may be brothers and sisters?" ?” Li Mingda said.

Bai Tianming stared: "Brothers and sisters? How is this possible, your lord should stop joking."

"Who is joking with you?" Li Mingda said, "The rumors are full of strange things and are not credible. No conclusive evidence is the real basis for concluding the case. The White Mansion has been solving cases for many years, so I'm afraid I, a little noble girl, should not teach you this. ?”