Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"Ugh-"

After a cry of pain, Jiang Lin endured his sore teeth, covered his bleeding nose, and fell to the ground.

"If you don't beat your teeth all over the place, you don't even know what pain is." Bai Tianming snorted, "It's the first time I've seen a murderer like you in my life. People do obscene things and still think they are noble. I think what you have on your neck is either a head or a piece of donkey dung."

"Ahem... Baifu Yin, although this murderer is hateful, he still needs to be careful with his words." Wei Shuyu reminded with the corner of his mouth curled up.

Bai Ming also realized that he had made a slip of the tongue. There were so many elegant people present, and he was also a scholar. It was really not good for him to say such indecent words in a hurry.These words were learned from the children of the servants when he lived in his hometown when he was a child. Although the words are not pleasant to hear, it feels really good to say them.Bai Tianming hurriedly saluted Li Mingda and apologized, but then he was embarrassed and smiled at Fang Yi.

Li Mingda didn't say anything.

However, Fang Yizhi suddenly helped Bai Ming to speak: "It is reasonable for Baifu Yin to be surprised."

Tianming didn't expect that he could still get Fang Yizhi's affirmation, and he felt better in an instant, so naturally he didn't feel so embarrassed.

Wei Shuyu glanced at Fang Yizhi with a smile, and felt that the role model he had been studying today looked a little different.But soon, Wei Shuyu came to an epiphany and summed up the truth. Probably this is called making friends informally. He will try it in the future and imitate it.

"You, Hui Ning, and An Ning must have thought of using wooden feet to disguise the man's footprints to confuse the direction of the government's case at the same time. Who taught you?" Li Mingda stared at Jiang Lin and asked.

Hearing these words, Jiang Lin, who was a little out of her wits, suddenly seemed to have been infused with strength and regained her energy. She wiped her bloody nose with her hands fiercely, although she wiped the blood on her mouth Most of it fell off, but some blood was rubbed onto her face by her. The white skin and the deep red blood marks were in sharp contrast. Coupled with the grin that gradually rose from the corner of her mouth, the whole person looked a little sinister.

"I won't be fooled by you again, and I won't say anything."

"It doesn't matter whether you say it or not, because other than you, someone else has already said it, and we just want to confirm from your mouth whether this person really exists. Now you don't deny it, so It means that there is a real person, so it is easy to handle, and you can find out when you check." Li Mingda said confidently.

Jiang Lin's eyes widened, and he was so angry that he cursed: "Hui Ning and An Ning, those two bastards, I knew they were wrong, I should have called them both—"

"They didn't say anything, they just lied to you just now. Fortunately, you are stupid, you really revealed it, and there is indeed such a person." Li Mingda interrupted.

Jiang Lin seemed to have been struck by lightning, and he knelt and sat there dumbfounded.Then, she became ten times more crazy than before, her body jumped up violently, she screamed and bared her teeth and claws, trying to get up, even though her body was severely restrained by the guards and yamen servants, he still struggled desperately.Her clothes were torn, her arms were scratched and swollen, and her back was severely hit by several boards, but she still did not give in.

Li Mingda felt that she would not be able to ask too many questions with her temperament. With this temptation, it was a good result to know that there was a person.

Jiang Lin was still struggling and screaming crazily, his hair was messed up, and he was in a daze.Li Mingda waved his hand, indicating that the Yacha could take her down.

"This Kun Dao is really scary!" Wei Shuyu glanced at Jiang Lin, frowned and sighed in disgust.

Fang Yi said nothing, turned around and sat down relaxedly, drinking tea.

Bai Ming glanced at Fang Yizhi, and quickly looked at Li Mingda questioningly, "My lord, what about Jiang Lin's treatment..."

"Leave it to our Der Spiegel Department. Everything Jiang Lin said during the trial today is not allowed to be leaked. Only those who are present can know. Don't tell anyone, including your closest relatives." Li Mingda warned.

Fang Yizhi and Wei Shuyu hurriedly responded in unison.

"Especially with Mr. Wei and Mr. Fang, the last thing to say." Li Mingda stared at Fang Yizhi and Wei Shuyu, and reminded him again.

The two agreed.

"Okay, now let's discuss the case of bones in the pond." Li Mingda picked up the list that had been prepared on the table and said, "This is the list of missing persons in Gyeonggi Province that I asked Wei Shizi to sort out. I found that they have been missing for nearly a year and a half. Among the personnel, apart from some reasonable reasons, nearly [-]% of the remaining people disappeared on the road after rushing to Chang'an City or going out from Chang'an City. Among the [-]% Half of them are definitely missing in the direction south of Suzaku Gate."

"South of Suzaku Gate?" Wei Shuyu sighed in surprise, thinking that when she obeyed the princess to summarize the list, she didn't use her brain and didn't notice any of these important things. She was really stupid.The job of sorting out the list is messy and boring. Wei Shuyu once secretly complained in his heart, feeling that he was being overqualified and doing useless things.

Now I really want to be convinced, in terms of solving the case, he is indeed not as good as the princess in finding clues.

"The list is well done." Li Mingda affirmed Wei Shuyu.

Wei Shuyu cupped his hands in embarrassment, "I'm ashamed, but I'm just following your lord's orders."

Li Mingda smiled politely, and then said to everyone: "Since Qi Qilang said that the mighty general Ji Wang is suspected of committing the crime, we must monitor the general's mansion now, and thoroughly investigate these people in the south of Zhuquemen. Missing people. Since these people all disappeared on the way, the children in the pile of bones are likely to be robbed and killed when the whole family was on the way together. I have circled the names of the people who disappeared with the children with a cinnabar pen. It is up to you to investigate the specific scope of their disappearance."

As soon as Wei Shuyu heard this, he revealed that he was brave and said that he would do this. "I checked the list in the first place, and it will be easier for me to filter and check."

Li Mingda nodded, "But this matter is a bit complicated and energy-consuming, so let Di Renjie and Xiao Kai help you."

Wei Shuyu also had this intention, and hurriedly saluted and agreed, thanking the princess.Di Renjie also took orders immediately.

"Where is Xiao Kai?" Li Mingda asked.

Di Renjie laughed and said, "I have a stomachache."

Li Mingda immediately remembered that Xiao Kai had a stomachache when he was on duty for the first time at the Department of Mirrors, so he mentioned this incident by the way, and couldn't help but sighed, "It's strange that a tall man has a bad stomach. .”

It was Xiao Kai's first time to have a stomachache. It was because they made Xiao Kai deliberately pretend to have a stomachache to attract everyone's attention in order to sneak into Cui Qingji's house.Wei Shuyu glanced guiltily at Yuchi Baoqi, who was silent the whole time and was almost ignored by everyone.Seeing that there was no reaction from the other party, he also calmed down.

Fang Yizhi put down his teacup at this moment, squinted at Yuchi Baoqi who had been dazed all the time, and asked him, "What's wrong with you today?"

"A few more skeletons were dug up in the pond. There are six skeletons." Yuchi Baoqi turned his head to look at the room in a daze, his eyes gleaming. Yes, he is really insane!"

Fang Yizhi suddenly remembered that the relationship between Yuchi Baoqi and Ji Wang seemed to be pretty good, and the two of them occasionally drank and chatted with a few other children, and stayed out all night.

Fang Yi patted Yuchi Baoqi on the shoulder without saying a word.

But Yuchi Baoqi was very helpful to Fang Yizhi's consolation, she nodded obediently, her heavy face gradually eased.

"The surveillance of the Mighty General's Mansion is in charge of Cheng Shiwei and Bai Fu Yin. The spying on Ji Wang and the situation in his mansion is by—" Li Mingda looked at Yuchi Baoqi and Fang Yizhi, and paused, "Master Fang Qing..."

"Your lord, please allow Baoqi to go too. Baoqi and Ji Wang are very familiar. If Baoqi came to test him, he would definitely not attract his attention." Yuchi Baoqi was excited before Li Mingda finished speaking. Take the initiative to ask Ying to salute.

"Of course you are indispensable. As you said, you are the closest to Ji Wang, and you won't arouse his vigilance." Li Mingda originally wanted to take into account Yuchi Baoqi's feelings and didn't want him to do anything. with.But in a blink of an eye, seeing that Yuchi Baoqi was eager to perform, as if he was afraid that he would not arrange work for him because he cared about his feelings, Li Mingda immediately changed his mind.

Yuchi Baoqi was really happy, and after saluting and thanking him again and again, she said that she would go to send a greeting card to the general's mansion.

Everyone immediately took orders and went to do their own things.Fang Yizhi stayed and told Li Mingda empathetically that he was in charge of the investigation of the Wutou Mountain Village back then, and he would try his best to investigate the clues of the mysterious person who had passed the prison with Jiang Lin and the other three.

Li Mingda couldn't help sighing: "As expected, you know that I have this matter in mind. Hui'an, An Ning and Jiang Lin, the three children who survived the bandits' den, have too many similarities in their crime methods. After being pointed out by someone."

Fang Yi nodded straight: "Of course this matter cannot be left alone. If this person really exists, then he must be a very powerful person. Just the three women he randomly taught, the method of committing crimes is meticulous and brutal. It also gave us a good meal, and we worked hard to find out."

Li Mingda nodded, "The 'secret room murder' in Plum Blossom Temple, the corpse hanging upside down in the mountain, and Jiang Lin's use of such a thick iron pestle in his chest, these methods are all deliberately pretending that a strong man is killing people. Similar to the big footprints of a man. Letting ordinary people investigate this case, based on these two points alone, the case will be locked on men, and women will hardly be considered anymore, not to mention that they all have the identity of monks as a disguise, which is easier Ignored."

Fang Yi chimed in, "It can be said that he dared to kill and do, brave and resourceful."

Li Mingda frowned, with faint worry in his eyes, and turned to look directly at Fang Yi.

"I checked the confessions of the bandits several times, and I didn't find out from their words that there was another person in the cottage, and Jiang Lin, Hui'an, and An Ning didn't leave us too many clues. The only thing that is certain is that I just learned from Jiang Lin that this person really exists."

"This person probably hasn't lived in the cottage for a long time. If he guides these three people by chance, then he is three points more terrifying than what I described before." Fang Yizhi deduced.

"Yes, I'm afraid he won't have only these three apprentices. Three or four years have passed, and we don't know if there are still people who were misled by him and committed anything. We don't even know the identity of this person. Age, if he is old and he is about to die, it is okay, but if he is young, it will be even more of a disaster in a few years." Li Mingda followed suit, and then she thought, "And the result of this deduction , It actually reminded me of helping each other. This person's mental illness seems to be contagious, and helping each other is what it is, and now this one is too. Look at Hui Ning, An Ning, and Jiang Lin, what do they have in common in temperament?"

Fang Yizhi immediately concluded: "There is an almost crazy stubbornness towards a certain thing that they think they believe in. They are completely immersed in their own judgments, completely ignoring other people's ideas, and thus develop a set of self-confidence. Very reasonable rhetoric. If you meet some stupid and short-sighted people, you will be easily persuaded by their words."

Li Mingda nodded and praised Fang Yizhi for his extremely accurate conclusion.

Fang Yi bent his eyes and smiled at Li Mingda, and deliberately explained: "My ability is more than that."

"Of course I know that your abilities are more than that. You are very good at many things." Li Mingda didn't understand why Fang Yizhi suddenly showed off to himself today.He has always been a restrained person who does not fight for the limelight.

Li Mingda just wanted to ask Fang Yizhi if he was feeling unwell today, or if something happened to him and he was in a bad mood, when he heard Fang Yizhi speaking at a volume that she could hear, his voice was very low, so It sounds more magnetic than usual.

"In terms of hurting people, the most outstanding."

Although he lowered his voice, Li Mingda could hear the change of tone in his sentence, the word "most" bit the hardest and the volume was the loudest.

Li Mingda: "..."

After a long time, Li Mingda who suddenly understood said, "Stop making trouble."

"Well, don't make trouble." Fang Yizhi's mouth curled up a little badly, Li Mingda was the only figure in his burning eyes, "When your lord deduced the case, he was too engrossed."

Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi in confusion again, wondering why he suddenly said this?It's a good thing to concentrate on deducing the case.

At this time, Fang Yizhi suddenly continued to talk about the case, "If you compare the case of Hui Ning and An Ning with Jiang Linmo, the former is even better. With 'apprentices', many people commit crimes, meticulous techniques, and careful handling of details. He was bold and careful, and even arranged in advance to plan a scapegoat, so that the whole case seemed to have a beginning and end. However, Jiang Lin's method was a bit rough, and he committed the crime alone, and there were many risks. There are also many flaws left, which are easy for people to see through. Furthermore, in terms of the temperament of the two people, Hui An and An Ning are more calm than Jiang Lin, and they are not as crazy as Jiang Lin after being stimulated. Then there are Hui An and An Ning Until his death, no one felt the existence of this mysterious person."

Li Mingda couldn't agree more, but nodded and continued to echo Fang Yizhi's words.

"So, Jiang Lin can be tried again?" Li Mingda realized something.

Fang Yi nodded straight, "However, it is not easy to break the stubborn shell of a person like her. We must find her weakness. The weakness I am talking about is not the 'dirty' he showed clearly before, but the Something about the mysterious person who once guided her. Jiang Lin was able to be guided obediently, it must be because there was something in this mysterious person that Jiang Lin relied on to trust, so she was so easy Be seduced."

"What could that be?" Li Mingda asked.

Fang Yi stared back at Li Mingda with stars in his eyes, and he shook his head after enjoying being "watched" by the princess for a while.

Li Mingda was startled, looked away, and said disappointedly: "I thought you had thought of it."

"I didn't think about it at all. After being watched by your lord, I can't even think about it." Fang Yi said frankly.

Li Mingda was stunned again, her ears started to turn pink, she looked at Fang Yizhi suspiciously: "You are so strange today."

Fang Yi smiled silently, only raised his eyebrows, and did not refute.

Li Mingda was even more puzzled because of this, and looked at him puzzledly.

At this time, Yuchi Baoqi's footsteps came from outside, Li Mingda stopped looking, and turned to look at Yuchi Baoqi who entered the door.

Yuchi Baoqi smiled, and came to ask for credit with great joy, "The invitation letter has been sent out, and it will take about half an hour. He will definitely reply to me and let me go tomorrow. I will send brother Yi Zhi Bring it, after all, my thinking is not as thorough as his, my observation is not as good as his, and my memory is not as good as his."

"Thank you." Fang Yi said straight.

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned when he heard this, "Today is quite new. I used to praise you a lot, but I saw that you are bored and don't like to show off. But I didn't expect to hear a thank you today. What's wrong? Today's sun Did it come out from the west?"

Fang Yizhi took a quick glance at Li Mingda, then smiled faintly at Yuchi Baoqi, looking very reserved, still looking like a modest gentleman.

Yuchi Baoqi didn't think much about it, she just said that Fang Yizhi had a sudden convulsion and wanted to thank him.Right now in front of the princess, he wanted to behave well, so he seriously discussed with Fang Yizhi about his plan to go to the general's mansion tomorrow.

"Ji Wang has a bright personality and doesn't care about trifles. If he really committed something, we should be able to detect it after a little probing." Yuchi Baoqi said.

"If he really was a murderer, he couldn't be 'bright and informal.'"

Yuchi Baoqi looked at Fang Yizhi suspiciously and asked him why.

"Qi Qilang said that Ji Wang said such cruel words because he had ridiculed and ridiculed Ji Wang when he was young. He had to memorize even a joke when he was young. Would he be an informal person? If this The fact that it was really done by Ji Wang only shows that he is a small-minded person who is easy to care about."

Yuchi Baoqi suddenly realized, "Yes, yes. Then how should I deal with Ji Wang tomorrow?"

"Assess the situation and adjust accordingly." Fang Yi said straightforwardly, "According to my previous observations, Ji Wang really likes compliments from others. If I find any clues, you can use all your skills to praise him."

Yuchi Baoqi nodded, indicating that he would go back and get ready.Fang Yi looked straight at Li Mingda, and wanted to say something, but Yuchi Baoqi forcibly dragged him away.

"Let's go back and discuss it right now. You will stay at my house tonight, and we will leave together tomorrow. Let's solve this case while the iron is hot, so that the two cases of Der Spiegel Pond will be completely over."

Fang Yi couldn't help it, he gave Li Mingda a last look with something in his eyes, saluted, and left with Yuchi Baoqi.

After Li Mingda watched them leave, he was in a daze.

Tian Hanshan, who was standing by Li Mingda's side, was also in a daze.

Li Mingda had to report to Li Shimin to investigate the matter of the mighty general Ji Wang. After all, the mighty general was of a high rank, and he had to inform the sage if he wanted to move such an official.Li Mingda then got up and planned to go back to the palace, when he turned his eyes and saw Tian Hanshu stunned, he coughed.

Tian Hanshan quickly saluted, apologized to Li Mingda, and then followed Li Mingda into the carriage.

After returning to the Lizheng Palace, Tian Hanshan waited for the princess to change clothes, and then he couldn't help but sigh: "I always feel that something is wrong when I look at the house today."

Fang Yizhi suddenly said those two strange words when deducing the case, his voice was relatively low, only Li Ming could hear it, so Tian Hanshan didn't know about it.Tian Hanshu felt this emotion, but he discovered something wrong with his expression and attitude when he looked at Fang Yizhi.

"Then what do you think is wrong with him?" Li Mingda asked knowingly.

Tian Hanshan was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Mingda with embarrassment, and hesitated awkwardly: "I'm not sure, I'm afraid of offending your lord when I say it."

"Forgive you for your innocence." Li Mingda's tone was lazy, she knew that Tian Hanshu was laying the groundwork, and the purpose of these words was to please her.

Sure enough, Tian Hanshan immediately agreed: "I feel that Fang Shizi's eyes are a bit sticky when looking at your lord. Although he didn't stare at your lord all the time, every time he looks at your lord, it makes people feel this way. It looks like it grows on your lord."

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Mingda scolded.

"I'm not talking nonsense, I just observed quietly, Fang Shizi definitely has one hundred hearts for your lord." Tian Hanshan smiled and assured him confidently.

"Okay, that's all for now." Li Mingda glanced at Tian Hanshan coldly, turned around and went to the main hall to meet Li Shimin. As she walked, the corners of her mouth curled up.

When he came to Li Shimin, Li Mingda couldn't hide the sweet smile on his mouth.

Li Shimin was also infected by the smile on Li Mingda's mouth, and then he heard about Ji Wang from Li Mingda's mouth, and learned that the mighty general he cared about was very likely to kill 30 people within a year. Many innocent people, the smile on Li Shimin's face disappeared immediately.

"Strictly investigate! If he really committed the crime, he must be beheaded to show the public, as a warning to others."

Li Mingda agreed, smiled and asked Li Shimin if he was tired, and ran to give him a shoulder squeeze.

Li Mingda also wanted to test Li Shimin's mind, so after coaxing Li Shimin to be happy again, Li Mingda asked him how Cui Qingji was doing in the Ministry of Industry.

"Why did you ask him? Aren't you disliked by him?" Li Shimin squinted and looked at Li Mingda with some scrutiny.

"I always feel that he was transferred because of me..."

"No!" Li Shimin immediately cut off the conversation, "their Cui family is so powerful that they don't need Shangzhu at all. Of course, the most important thing is that my good daughter doesn't like him, and it's true that there's something good about not seeing him."

Li Shimin's face changed faster than the sky.Obviously, he was the one who praised Cui Qingji's talent several times before.

……

Zhongshu Shilang's Mansion.

Cui's father and son are playing chess.

Cui Qingji held on to the sunspots, 'killing' Cui Qian all the way without leaving any behind.

"What's wrong today? I'm in a bad mood? In the past, you always dealt with me in a draw." Cui Qian couldn't help sighing as he watched his crushing defeat.

"I lost elsewhere, so naturally I just want to win at this moment."

"The saint loves your lord too much, and he won't let go easily for a while. Unless he meets a perfect person, he must carefully consider the choice of this person. After all, you are young and energetic. Why are you so anxious? The current situation may not be The final situation."