Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"Princess Gaoyang and Monk Bianji have a very close relationship." Fang Yi went straight to the point, did not go any further, and immediately informed Li Mingda, "My second brother was unexpectedly released as an official, and I wrote to ask for a saint a few years ago, three times. , were not allowed.”

Li Mingda rolled his eyes, of course she knew what Fang Yizhi meant by 'the relationship is very close'.She waited for a moment, then suddenly met Shang Fang Yizhi's eyes, "Is it time to deal with the debate?"

"Well, Jiang Lin's case will eventually go to trial."

"It is to interrogate her relationship with Jiang Lin. If it has anything to do with the mysterious person in Wutou Mountain back then, it is even more necessary to interrogate it carefully." Li Mingda asked Fang Yizhi how he wanted to use his defense, "If you directly ask If someone goes to sue, Aye will definitely lose face, and this is not a good thing for the Fang family."

"That's true, so I arranged for someone to reveal this matter tactfully. As the saying goes, family ugliness should not be publicized. Originally, this matter was not intended to make a big fuss, but my second brother's letter has not been approved. This matter must be known to the sage. This letter probably Only then will there be a reply." Fang Yizhi said softly, "So before this matter is arranged, I want to inform your lord, and I also want to ask the princess for a favor."

"It's rare for you to need help, so let's talk about it." Li Mingda looked at him with interest, and just when Fang Yi was about to speak, Li Mingda suddenly said, "But I can't help you for nothing, you have to Do something for me."

"Yizhi will do his best, and people don't have to be their own." Fang Yizhi said frankly.

"You are not your own, don't worry, I won't let you do too embarrassing things." After Li Mingda finished speaking without thinking too much, seeing Fang Yi staring at him was a bit strange, and he was puzzled for a while Son.

It is estimated that he has something to ask for himself, so his attitude is better than usual.

Li Mingda raised his chin, and generously asked Fang Yi to tell him what help he needed.

Fang Yi said straightly: "For your lord, it is the simplest thing, that is, after the incident, please help your lord to lobby and comfort a few words, so that the sage will not be too angry, and announce this scandal, so that everyone will die. Know."

"It's easy, I'll talk about it later." Li Mingda agreed, thought for a while, and said straight to Fang Yi, "It's not for nothing, you owe me another request in the future."

"Okay." After Fang Yizhi was asked, not only was he not worried at all, but he smiled contentedly.

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, his wish to take advantage of it and be happy again could not be realized.She cares, but others are generous.Compared with the two, she is obviously not generous enough as a princess.After Li Mingda watched Fang Yizhi leave, Xiaoxiao sighed with emotion.

"I'm a little hungry." Because he left too early in the morning, Li Mingda only took two bites in a hurry.

"Princess, I see that there is food on the table in the main hall. It looks good. I'm going to bring it for your lord to taste?" Tian Hanshan asked with a smile.

"There is nothing to eat in the Mingjing Division, but a few dry snacks." Because the Mingjing Division has just been established and has not yet prepared a cook to cook, everyone's meals are served from the dining hall in Jingzhao Mansion. Delivered from outside by noon.

"It's different this time. I just saw it. It looks good and smells good." Tian Han said.

Li Mingda agreed to go with Tian Han.Not long after that, Tian Hanshan came over with three dishes.Sure enough, as Tian Hanshan said before, the three dishes looked really appetizing. It seemed that the meat was marinated and fried, and a thick layer of sesame seeds was sprinkled on it.She had never seen it before, so she took a piece and put it in her mouth.Sour, salty and sweet, rich in taste, but not conflicting.She didn't like spicy food at first, but this dish was just right, and it wasn't meat until she chewed it in her mouth for a long time. The chewy texture was similar to meat, but it wasn't meat , so there is no fishy smell of meat at all, and the hot and sour taste is just appetizing.The other two dishes are also very distinctive, making people unable to stop after eating.

Li Mingda also ate about half of the plate, and stopped talking when he felt his stomach was full, and then remembered to ask where he got these dishes.Tian Hanshan was also curious, and sent someone to ask, only to find out that these things were brought by Fang Shizi from the mansion this morning, not only here, everyone including Yuchi Baoqi gave a copy.

Li Mingda wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, raised his eyebrows when he heard this, thought for a long time, and suddenly said, "It's delicious."

Tian Hanshan chuckled, "Fang Shizi has put his heart into it, and the princess just promised to help him."

Li Mingda didn't seem to hear Tian Hanshan's words, and he held his chin on his own and fell into deep thought.

"If he brought it in the morning, then he didn't stay in the Department of Mirrors last night?"

After Tian Hanshu inquired, he came back to report: "It's true that I didn't stay. I left early yesterday morning."

This is strange!In the morning, Li Mingda could see clearly. Fang Yizhi's eyes were dark and his face was tired, which was obviously caused by staying up all night.If it wasn't for staying up late reading case files in the Department of Ming and Jing, could it be that he couldn't sleep at home, just insomnia?

Li Mingda was confused, Fang Yi straightly explained why he suffered from insomnia, she thought he would only stay up late when investigating cases and reading files.

Not long after, Cheng Chubi hurried in and whispered something to Li Mingda.

Two hours later, Di Renjie, Wei Shuyu, and Xiao Kai came back.

"I found it. The princess expected it well. Sure enough, someone nearby has an impression of the carriage that often goes in and out of that road." Di Renjie and Li Mingda then roughly described the characteristics of the carriage. Yes. There are quite a lot of people walking with the carts, sometimes more than a dozen, all of them are on horseback, with knives on their waists. According to the descriptions of the people, they all have serious faces and are very fierce."

"Since a carriage can be used, and there are more than a dozen horse-riding guards accompanying it, it must be a wealthy family." Wei Shuyu said.

"This kind of carriage is special. It should give people an impression. We asked more than a hundred guards at the Suzaku Gate, and sure enough, two or three people had an impression of it. Because a truck like his enters the city. , must accept the search, the guards guarding the city remember very clearly that those carriages and entourage belong to the mighty general's mansion, and they are exempted from the search by giving them the token." Di Renjie continued.

Xiao Kai sighed, "These evidences are enough to prove the suspicion of the mighty General's Mansion, your lord, do we want to arrest people directly?"

"What evidence? It's just that a carriage passed through Zhuquemen, even if it passed the official road near Wutou Mountain, can that prove that the carriage must be related to the missing people?" Li Mingda asked back.

Xiao Kai was stunned for a moment, scratching his head, "It's just that I didn't think carefully. But if you don't search the mansion for this kind of thing, where can you find real evidence? I think we might as well arrest people first and take a gamble." , Search the General’s Mansion carefully, there must be some clues.”

"What if you lose the bet and can't find any clues?" Li Mingda asked.

"This..." Xiao Kai wondered, "If the princess is involved in this matter, Ji Wang should not dare to say anything. Both civil and military officials in the court know that the saint loves the princess the most and cannot allow others to slander the princess. Besides, when we investigate the case, there are also saints." Didn’t the princess ask the sage for instructions before she wanted to check Jiwang’s decree? We checked it out and found that she was acting according to orders, which was reasonable.”

"If you do something frivolous and willful, how can the sage agree next time that I can check the important officials in the court at will." Li Mingda shook his head, "You can't do this."

"I'm in a hurry, for fear that he will run away. I'm even more afraid that there will be some changes in the future. We can't produce any evidence, and we will just watch him do evil. There are nearly thirty bones. If he hides in other places instead of here, the number of people killed It will only be more than this, how cruel!" Xiao Kai said angrily.

Di Renjie responded, "The number of people is indeed horrifying. We should have acted earlier. We are afraid that the other party will be vigilant and hide all the evidence. Then we really have nothing to do with him. Murder, especially killing so many People, it’s not that there are no clues left behind. If we go to raid and search the general’s mansion now, we should have a great chance of winning.”

"Hearing what you two said, I think so too." Wei Shuyu turned to look at Li Mingda and nodded.

Li Mingda remained silent, as if he was considering the importance of this matter.

"Where are Bao Qi and Brother Yi Zhi, I remember that they were responsible for going to the General's Mansion to investigate the situation, but is there any news?" Wei Shuyu asked.

Di Renjie and Xiao Kai also remembered, and they both looked at Li Mingda questioningly.

Li Mingda lowered his eyes and sighed, "There are no clues, the two of them just walked around the general's mansion, drank a few glasses of wine with Ji Wang, and only checked his character Try something, but Ji Wang doesn't seem to have any problems."

"Where's that leaf?" Wei Shuyu asked.

Li Mingda looked at Wei Shuyu.

Wei Shuyu quickly explained: "It's the leaf that Brother Yi Zhi got from the General's Mansion. I heard from Bao Qi that Brother Yi Zhi told him that it was a clue."

Di Renjie and Xiao Kai looked at Li Mingda at the same time.

"A leaf? It's fresh. What kind of evidence can a leaf have?" Xiao Kai sighed amusedly.

Di Renjie couldn't think of it either, he scratched his forehead with his hands, and thought: "Although it sounds absurd to say that the leaves are clues, but Brother Yi has always been prudent in his work, I think if he said it was a clue, it must be a clue." clue."

Wei Shuyu nodded in agreement, "So the three of us are very curious about how this leaf turned into a clue."

The three looked at Li Mingda at the same time.

"It's not an important clue." Li Mingda sighed, "Let's put it this way, this leaf can't be used as evidence of Ji Wang's guilt, but just to help us judge that Ji Wang is likely to be the murderer of the corpse case. As for your investigation The carriage was in a similar condition."

Li Mingda immediately told the three of them that the black stain found on the leaf was actually dried blood.Li Mingda then told the three of them what Fang Yizhi found there.

"There are bloodstains on the leaves, it's too suspicious!" Di Renjie trembled for a moment, then turned to look at Wei Shuyu and Xiao Kai, and asked them what they thought.

Wei Shuyu nodded, "This must be suspicious. Since Ji Wang said that the forest was deserted, how could there be bloodstains. Moreover, the blackened bloodstains still remained on the leaves and were not washed away by the rain, which means it was caused recently."

Xiao Kai stared and said in surprise, "That means Ji Wang hasn't stopped killing, he's still killing, and the killing place is in the wild forest in his house."

"Yes, you are right, it must be so." Wei Shuyu echoed, "Qi Qilang's testimony, the windowless carriage, and the bloody leaves, these suspicions together can be regarded as ironclad evidence. Wait? Of course, immediately search the General's Mansion and arrest Ji Wang."

Xiao Kai echoed, "I also think these evidences are enough to apprehend Ji Wang, and I'm afraid I'll miss the opportunity if I wait any longer."

Di Renjie nodded, and agreed with Xiao Kai and Wei Shuyu's words very much, and begged the princess to order a search of Ji Wang's mansion now.

"Your lord likes to arrest people with solid evidence in any case. It is indeed appropriate, but in some cases, the murderer is too cunning, and those in high positions have many subordinates to work for them. It may not be possible to find evidence that he personally committed the crime. To deal with such people, you need to catch them by surprise." Wei Shuyu suggested.

"Ji Wang is a mighty general of the imperial court. He holds a heavy army. If there is evidence to prove that he is guilty, he is not afraid of anything. Once the search fails, have you thought about how to explain it?" Li Mingda looked at them and shirked responsibility. , "I can't take care of this matter."

Di Renjie, Wei Shuyu, and Xiao Kai were all surprised by Li Mingda's answer. They didn't expect the princess to say such a thing one day.When solving crimes before, the princess always rushed forward when she had clues.Now why did the princess become timid when it came to the search of the general's mansion?

"If the three of you insist on recommending that the general's mansion be seized, if there is no evidence, can you bear this responsibility?"

"This..." Xiao Kai forced a smile, "A princess can't do it, so I can't do it either."

"I don't dare. I have no name or distinction. I'm just a student here. Even if I want to, I don't have the ability." Di Renjie said truthfully.

Wei Shuyu took a step forward, saluted Li Mingda and said sonorously, "Then I'll come, I believe that the evil in this world must be overwhelming."

As soon as this remark came out, the room fell silent.

Li Mingda stared at Wei Shuyu.

Xiao Kai and Fang Yizhi looked at Wei Shuyu in admiration.

Wei Ruyu instantly felt that she seemed taller, with a radiance on her face.

With neither humble nor overbearing face, he once again saluted Li Mingda and asked for his order to express his willingness.

"You've really thought about it." Li Mingda picked up the tea on the table, his voice was a little light, and it seemed to be full of joy.

Wei Shuyu and the other three could hear the difference in Li Mingda's voice, and couldn't believe their ears.After the princess shirked her responsibility, she still had a sense of joy.

Xiao Kai was a little worried about Wei Shuyu's bravado, "You have to think about it, once you do this, what will happen."

"Didn't everyone think there was something wrong with Ji Wang just now? I believe we can definitely find ironclad evidence from his mansion." Wei Shuyu said, "Besides, we are investigating him now because we have reasons and reasonable doubts."

"That's right, I support you." Di Renjie said, "If the sage really blames it for this, I will bear it with you. Although I am light-hearted, it won't be of much use."

Xiao Kai asked in surprise, "Are you two serious?"

"Of course it is serious." Wei Shuyu said.

Di Renjie also nodded.

Xiao Kai quickly cupped his hands in admiration, "Since you two are like this, how can I stay alone and accompany me to the end!"

After encouraging each other, the three of them made up their minds, and then saluted Li Mingda, intending to search Ji Wang's mansion immediately.

Li Mingda secretly looked at the three of them, "Have you really thought it through?"

"Yes!" The three said in unison.

"Okay, then you guys go." Li Mingda waved his hands, signaling them to be free.

Wei Shuyu and the others were stunned, and asked Li Mingda, "Isn't the princess going?"

Li Mingda shook his head, "It turned out to be the decision of the three of you, of course the three of you are going, I am timid to do what I will do."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and continued to drink tea.

The three looked at each other and were stunned.

"But just the three of us, there is no way to search the general's mansion." Wei Shuyu sighed, and immediately asked the princess to help send troops.

"Who said that it is necessary to take the risk and swear to the death to inspect it? It's nothing if there are fewer people." Li Mingda sighed.

Wei Shuyu smiled wryly, and hurriedly saluted Li Mingda, "Your lord, how can we search without anyone. Is your lord in a good mood today, making fun of us?"

Li Mingda smiled, "It's not a joke. If you insist on going, I can't stop you. I said I won't help, so I won't help. Even if you three share the same hatred, I will still do the same."

Wei Shuyu, Xiao Kai, and Di Renjie didn't know what to say.

"There's no one to take here, so the three of us naturally can't go. Even if the three of us hold sticks and straddle knives, we can't beat Ji Wang alone, let alone the soldiers in his entire mansion." Xiao Kai said helplessly.

Di Renjie observed Li Mingda secretly for a while, feeling strange in his heart, "Your lord, I really don't understand, this matter can be done directly, why wait?"

Li Mingda was silent, and said to Di Renjie, "Of course I think it can't be done. I didn't wait on purpose, but I don't think the time has come."

"Your lord, do you have other purposes in this arrangement?" Wei Shuyu pondered for a while, wondering.

Xiao Kai looked at Li Mingda thoughtfully, and nodded in agreement.

"Of course not. I've said it before, but the evidence is insufficient. The status of a mighty general is different, so it's not easy to act casually." Li Mingda emphasized it again, and then said to the three of them, "But don't ask me nonsense, If the three of you can go, go, if you can't go, retreat."

Wei Shuyu, Xiao Kai and Di Renjie looked at me and I looked at you, so they had no choice but to retreat.

After going out, the three of them discussed quietly.

"Your lord is very strange today, do you two know what's going on?" Di Renjie asked.

"You asked me, but I want to ask you." Wei Shuyu sighed.

Di Renjie turned to look at Xiao Kai, "Then do you know?"

Xiao Kai shook his head funny, "How could I know, I haven't seen the princess as many times as you guys recently. If you two don't know, I don't even know."

"It's so strange, the princess was not like this before." Di Renjie scratched his head incomprehensibly, "She has the most straightforward temper, why is she suddenly afraid of wolves and tigers?"

"That's right, I don't understand. She is the most beloved princess in my life. Besides, the princess has already asked the saint for instructions on the matter of arresting Ji Wang, and the saint clearly agreed. And such clear evidence In front of him, why not arrest him immediately? Waiting for Ji Wang to continue killing? I really don't understand, what is the reason." Wei Shuyu said with emotion.

Xiao Kai pouted and shook his head, "I'm really not sure."

"It's abnormal, it's too abnormal." Wei Shuyu was full of doubts.

"Oh, that's right. Why don't we ask Brother Yi Zhi, he may know clearly." Di Renjie suddenly realized.

Wei Shuyu and Xiao Kai nodded immediately when they heard the words, and the three rode to Duke Liang's mansion immediately.

After arriving at Duke Liang's mansion, the three were invited to wait in the side hall.

Luo Ge smiled and said to Wei Shuyu and the others: "Your Majesty has just rested, so I will call you now."

"Just took a break? Why, Brother Yi stayed up late yesterday?" Wei Shuyu asked with concern.

Luo Ge nodded, "I haven't slept all night, sitting by the window alone, I don't know what to think—"

"That must be deliberating on the facts of the case." Wei Shuyu replied immediately.

Di Renjie nodded in response, "It should be, he often stays up late because of the case."

Xiao Kai hurriedly said: "In this case, let's wait a little longer, let him rest first, and see us after he has rested."

Wei Shuyu and Di Renjie also quickly agreed, not allowing Luoge to call someone.

Luo Ge had no choice but to agree, and then prepared a chess board and a lot of food for the three of them to entertain.

The three of them had been investigating the case recently, and they hadn't had much fun, but now a game of chess relieved them of their worries.When Xiao Kai and Wei Shuyu played chess, Di Renjie held a piece of food and watched from the sidelines, laughing from time to time.

An hour later.

Fang Yi came straight to see them.Hearing that they had been waiting here for a long time, they began to reprimand Luoge for not understanding the rules.

Luo Ge nodded, obeyed the training obediently, and did not refute a word.

"But don't talk about him. We are willing. Anyway, we are tired from investigating the case. You can just take a break with you." Xiao Kai said hastily.

After hearing the purpose of the three people coming here, Fang Yizhi shook his head, "I can't help you with this matter. Your lord is the host of the Department of Mirrors, and you should all listen to him."

"But she's not right about this matter." Wei Shuyu just sighed, and added embarrassingly, "It's because we have a good relationship, so I'm telling the truth."

Di Renjie nodded, and asked Fang Yizhi's true opinion.

"I support your lord's approach. It is true that you are too impulsive." Fang Yi said directly.

The three of them looked at Fang Yizhi in astonishment.

After Fang Yi sent the three of them away, he ordered Luo Ge: "Ji Wang's death must be covered up, don't let anyone know."