Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Li Mingda observed for a while holding the stone.The stone is about the size of a thumbnail, slightly yellowish, with blue edges.

She pinched the stone back and forth with her fingers, narrowed her eyes slightly, and fell into deep thought.

Fang Yizhi came at this time, and told Li Mingda about his previous investigation of the bandits in Wutou Mountain.

"We asked the owner of the pawnshop who used to frequent Wutoushan. He didn't know any powerful mysterious people on the mountain three or four years ago. He also said that there were only 31 bandits on the mountain for more than ten years. Two more left, leaving only 29. The small cottage can’t do any big business, and only finds a couple of passers-by to rob. The pawnshop owner also said that these bandits like to rob the students who are rushing for the exam. There are few people here, but with their feet bound, a few easy robberies are enough for them to live comfortably for half a year." Fang Yi said straight.

"Was there any visitor in the mountain three or four years ago?" Li Mingda asked.

Fang Yi shook his head and said he didn't know, "The people in the mountain village were either released or died, so it's not easy to find out. But I think that on the one hand, these bandits have to eat every day, but they didn't grow vegetables in the mountains. "

"Is there someone delivering vegetables to the cottage over there, or there are bandits and people who often go down the mountain to buy vegetables?" Li Mingda said.

Fang Yi nodded straightly, "Since the pawn shop has been in business for a long time, it is likely that they only buy vegetables at one. After all, their identities are special, and it is better to keep them secret. The number of times to buy vegetables is bound to be more than the number of times to go to the pawn shop. Regardless of this If someone delivers vegetables to the cottage, or people from the cottage go to buy vegetables from him, the vegetable vendor must know more about the cottage than the pawnshop owner.”

Li Mingda nodded in agreement, feeling that Fang Yizhi's statement was reasonable.

"Then let's search in this direction for the time being and see if we can find this person. Things like shopping for vegetables and cooking must not be too far away. We will start from the vicinity of Wutou Mountain. It is not ruled out that they may be some peasants. Home, investigate any possibility." Li Mingda ordered.

Fang Yi directly agreed, and immediately took out a map, marking several surrounding villages and counties with Wutou Mountain as the center, and Ling Luoge and Cheng Muyuan led people to start investigation from these directions.

After everyone went down, Li Mingda hesitated, and said straight to Fang Yi: "The matter of your second brother—"

"And thank you princess, this is the best result." Fang Yizhi saluted modestly.

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, seeing Fang Yi's indifferent expression, he swallowed back the comforting words on his lips, "I heard that Seventeenth Sister was not willing to leave, it was you who resorted to a way to leave. But Seventeenth Sister has a temper Arrogant and indulgent, what happened today also proves that she is not a law-abiding person, if you force her to leave in this way, I'm afraid there will be more trouble in the future."

"It's not up to her, it's a sacred order." Fang Yi said straight.

"What if she's not afraid of the holy order?" Li Mingda recalled Princess Gao Yang's anger after leaving the Lizheng Hall that day, and she must have been genuinely moved by the monk Bianji.She is a person who dares to hate even a saint, what else can she not hate.

"You can change your temper, as long as you use the right method. Princess, don't worry, our Fang family can solve this matter."

"If you need help, please tell me. After all, she and I have been sisters for more than ten years, so I have some understanding of her temperament." Li Mingda said.

"The princess has been lied to by her before." Fang Yi stared at Li Mingda.

"At that time, I was young and confused, but now I can see more clearly. You know what I can do." Li Mingda went back to look at Fang Yi, and found that Fang Yi looked directly into his eyes, which seemed to reveal a bit of pity.She was clearly declaring to him that she was very powerful, why did she show such a look?

Fang Yi laughed straight, and praised with a very proud tone: "The princess is really amazing."

Li Mingda glanced at him unhappily, and felt that Fang Yizhi's praise was sympathetic and not sincere, so she was not happy either.

Fang Yi saw an awkward expression on Li Mingda's face, smiled, didn't feel anything, turned to see a stone on the table, was startled, stared at Li Mingda and asked: "What is this?"

"I was just about to tell you that I just received an anonymous letter, on which my title was generously written." Li Mingda handed the envelope to Fang Yizhi.

"How did you get it?" Fang Yi passed the envelope directly, looked at it and frowned.

"Earlier in the morning, the Yamen found it through the crack in the back door of the Department of Mirrors." Li Mingda said, "A person with such courage, I think he must be not simple."

"It's not that simple. These words are written vigorously, with a sort of imposing momentum, and they come from the left hand." Fang Yi put down the envelope, then picked up the stone on the table, his eyes were cold to the bottom of the valley.

"How do you know it's from the left hand?" Li Mingda asked.

"The power point is on the right side, normally it should be from the left side. He paused the pen from the very beginning, intending to accumulate power, so the force later became more ruthless. Wherever he started to stop the pen, he would form this kind of stroke with different shades before and after. Ink stains." Fang Yi said straight.

Li Mingda was surprised, and then looked at Fang Yizhi with a strange look, "Is it your eyes that are good, or my eyes? I have some doubts that my eyes are not good."

"Your lord should pay more attention to this stone." Fang Yizhi placed the stone in his palm.

His fingers were clean and slender. When he brought them to Li Mingda, his fingers were like hooks. It was easy for people to shift their attention from what they should be paying attention to to his hands.

"Does your lord recognize this stone?"

Li Mingda looked away, and then landed on the stone in Fang Yizhi's palm.

"Well, it looks like it came from the place where I fell off the cliff." Li Mingda replied.

"I also looked at it. There are many such stones on that mountain. Because there are some places that are blue, most of the other mountains are yellow and white stones. Of course, there are no absolutes. There must be some mountains that have such stones. But this The letter openly wrote the title of the princess, and it was matched with such a stone, so its origin must not be simple."

Li Mingda nodded and sighed, she expected the same.

"When the princess fell off the cliff, she was hit with stones, who else knows besides Mrs. Su?" Fang Yi asked directly.

"Yu Feng, the internal servant who has a very close relationship with the Crown Princess, must know! But he is already dead. Then there are you, and Eunuch Tian. As for whether the Su family has disclosed it to others, I don't know." Li Mingda replied.

Fang Yizhi nodded in deep thought, "Princess and Eunuch Tian will definitely not leak the news here, so we have to start with these two people who are already dead."

"It must be difficult to check." Li Mingda took a slow breath, and smiled helplessly at Fang Yizhi, "Nothing has been easy recently."

"After suffering, there must be sweetness." Fang Yi said straightforwardly.

"With your good words, I also hope that this matter can end as soon as possible."

"I hope too." Fang Yizhi deliberately glanced at Li Mingda again.

"By the way, I heard a funny thing two days ago." Li Mingda then told Fang Yizhi how she was specially told 'Cui Qingji was excluded'.

Fang Yi looked at Li Mingda seriously: "Oh? You said that I deliberately found someone in the Ministry of Industry to exclude Cui Qingji?"

Li Mingda smiled helplessly, "The Cui family father and son are really capable, one trick after another, I will be overwhelmed."

"Actually, Cui Qingji isn't that bad, it's just that he's too talented and smart, and occasionally wants to play tricks. In this regard, he's a bit like Shuyu, but he's not as straightforward as Shuyu. It's more subtle." Fang Yi said with emotion.

Li Mingda: "That's right, he is a bit like this. I have never been able to figure out what makes me feel strange about him. After you said that, I understand. When he treats anything, he can't help but use it." His brain needs to use some wisdom, and he needs to calmly weigh it before deciding whether it is worth it. There is no problem in handling it like this in official affairs, but when it comes to dealing with people, he takes this way. It just makes people feel a little too utilitarian.”

"A wise man seeks thousands of miles, so it can't be considered wrong for him to do so. After all, he is thinking about the future of his family." Fang Yizhi deliberately brought the word 'family'.

Li Mingda nodded and understood.Fang Yi glanced straight at Li Mingda, with a smile on his lips.

Turning his eyes, Li Mingda noticed Fang Yizhi's smile and raised his eyebrows, "Looking at you like this, I can't help but suddenly feel that the rumor that you arranged someone to bully Cui Qingji might be true."

Fang Yizhi's smile widened, "Your lord is smart."

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, then looked at Fang Yizhi, "It's true that you made people push Cui Qingji away in the Ministry of Industry?"

Li Mingda always thought that this was impossible before, but after seeing Fang Yizhi's reaction just now, he thought again if Fang Yizhi really did this, then the result should be Fang Yizhi's ability now The means of playing out.Fang Yizhi's work will never be simple and straightforward, and the way he prepares will definitely clean himself up.Cui Qingji's father used to be in charge of the Ministry of Industry. After all, everyone knows the power of the Cui family and firmly believes that Cui Gan, who once stayed in the Ministry of Industry, will leave behind many cronies.So even if the truth was told, if Fang Yizhi really arranged for someone to bully Cui Qingji secretly, few people would believe it.

Fang Yi still held the stone with his eyes half downcast, just changed his appearance, smiling happily there.

Li Mingda suddenly felt that the man in front of him was really bad, and he was so bad that he justified himself.

However, the flaws do not conceal the virtues.

Logically speaking, this matter was wrong, but Li Mingda still felt uncontrollably happy.

But for some reason, Fang Yizhi's calculations were also calculated, but she didn't dislike her at all.

When Li Mingda was thinking about the reason, he suddenly heard Fang Yi say it directly.

"The black cow is in heat, and ran away for a few days without a trace. Last night, he came back with great difficulty. He was so emaciated that he fed him food, and left again just after he was full."

"Cats are like this when they are in heat." Li Mingda explained.

After Fang Yizhi finished listening, he waited for a long time before speaking, mixed with laughter: "Isn't it true that people, who are hurt by lovesickness, are bound to fade away."

Li Mingda was stunned, turned his eyes to look at Fang Yizhi, and found that his eye sockets were black and a little tired.Li Mingda moved his eyeballs, and then looked at Fang Yizhi with concern: "I think you can't sleep at night? It's dark around your eyes."

Fang Yi stared at Li Mingda's playful lips, and sighed, "It's probably because the older you are, the more you think, the harder it is to fall asleep."

"I heard from Aye that people will suffer more when they grow up. I didn't expect it to be so insomnia." Li Mingda sighed with emotion, and felt that as Fang Yizhi's superior, he had to care about it. Take a look at her body. After all, there are many aspects of this case that require his help.

Li Mingda immediately asked Tian Hanshan, "Which of the imperial physicians in the palace is better for treating insomnia?"

Tian Hanshan thought about it seriously, "Of course Imperial Physician Gao is the best, Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician Liu are also good."

"Then invite Imperial Physician Gao to come over and show Fang Shizi a good student." Li Mingda said.

Tian Hanshu immediately agreed to do it.

Fang Yi couldn't help laughing, but he didn't stop him, and after Tian Hanshan in the room had left, he said to Li Mingda: "Doctor Gao can't do it, even a genius doctor can't cure my insomnia."

"Why?" Li Mingda asked puzzled.

"This kind of thing has to be resolved by yourself." Fang Yizhi gently raised one corner of his mouth, smiling so that people suddenly felt a little naughty, but it was very seductive.

Li Mingda blinked, his mind was struck by lightning, and then he realized what Fang Yizhi wanted to express before.She actually thought that there was something wrong with Fang Yizhi that caused her insomnia, and she seriously asked someone to see the imperial physician.

Li Mingda supported her forehead, sat at the table, covered her forehead with her hands and looked at the ground. At this moment, she really didn't know where to put her face.

"Your lord?" Fang Yizhi asked uncertainly because he couldn't see Li Mingda's expression.Then seeing the petite body in his eyes, he buried his head deeper.Fang Yizhi started to worry, stepped forward a few steps, and asked Li Mingda again with concern if he was okay.

"Okay, don't worry about me, you go to work quickly." Li Mingda said in a unclear voice.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything. Seeing your lord like this, how could he have other thoughts," Fang Yi refused to leave, just seeing Li Mingda's slender body shivering there, he couldn't bear it.

"I'm fine, let's go." Li Mingda raised his head and quickly finished talking to Yizhi, then lowered his face and hid himself.

Fang Yi was stunned, staring at Li Mingda with bright eyes, the corners of his mouth getting deeper and deeper.

But it is a big thing for the princess to be happy, nothing is more important than that.Fang Yizhi immediately bowed to Li Mingda and said goodbye. Since the princess attaches great importance to this case, he must handle the case well so that the princess can feel completely at ease.

"By the way, do you think we should check this letter?" Seeing Fang Yi turning around to leave, Li Mingda suddenly remembered this and stopped him.

"Since you dare to send it here blatantly, you're not afraid of being investigated. I guess you won't find any news." Fang Yi said straightly, "This person is finally willing to come out, which is a bit gratifying. So the one that was hit at the beginning The stone on the head of the former Crown Princess Su must not have been accidental, it must have been done on purpose. This person has the guts to send the princess a letter of stones at this time, and what he wants to express must be Not only that, there will definitely be news sent here from now on. Let's pretend we don't know about Shi Zi for the time being, and see how the other party will react afterwards."

Li Mingda agreed, feeling that Fang Yizhi was very thoughtful, and immediately asked him to go out to do some work.

Fang Yi said yes with a smile, and walked back at every step.

Tian Hanshan only came back at this time, and saw Fang Shizi leaving, he was a little anxious, "Isn't this going to see the imperial doctor? Why did someone leave?"

Li Mingda: "Go and spread a word so that Imperial Physician Gao doesn't have to come."

Tian Hanshu's eyes widened in surprise, he had just sent a message to ask Imperial Physician Gao to come over, but now the princess changed her mind and refused to let him come over, what was it about?

Although Tian Hanshan didn't understand, he must follow the princess' instructions. After Tian Hanshan passed on the words, he came back with doubts and secretly observed the situation of his own princess.

Yuchi Baoqi then brought Xiao Kai and Di Renjie back and forth to report to Li Mingda. The three of them had interrogated Ji Wang's trusted subordinates overnight yesterday.Because of what Li Mingda told them before, they firmly believed that all these cronies were involved in the massacre.Therefore, when Yuchi Baoqi and others were interrogating, they had a basis in their hearts, they were very confident, and they knew how far the trial could end.In the end, under the interrogation method passed down by Yuchi Baoqi's family, these people all confessed truthfully.

"Well done, when the case is over, there will be a reward."

Li Mingda read the testimonies of these people and they were basically consistent.The incident mentioned above started a year and a half ago, when General Ji sent them to Ji Wang's side because of his poor health.It is hoped that they can help Ji Wang so that he can become the next qualified general.

They are all loyal men, on the one hand, out of obedience and fulfillment of the old general's last wish, and on the other hand, for their future considerations.If the general they follow is a wimp, it will also be a blow to their future.So from the beginning, several people were sincere and wanted to assist and help Ji Wang from the bottom of their hearts.

As for the reason for the massacre, it was because after their teachings were useless, they felt discouraged and disappointed. Ji Wang suddenly told them that the reason why he was timid was that he had never personally fought in battle, let alone killed anyone. He is even afraid of killing a chicken, so he needs to exercise his guts.He really wanted to change himself, and he didn't want to drag the people around him down.

Ji Wang's words were very sincere, which moved several of his confidants, so they brought over the two beggars caught by the patrol before on the street. The beggars had no relatives and no reason, and they were all under curfew When he was arrested by them, no one knew about it.When they were apprehended, there was nothing wrong with even killing the two beggars, as they were supposed to be capital crimes, so it gave Ji Wang the feeling of trying to kill people.

But a few people didn't expect that they were not killed by Ji Wang, but because they wanted to teach Ji Wang to kill, two cronies killed him first.The two cronies who murdered first consciously fell into the hands of others, and felt a little uneasy.Then, at Ji Wang's suggestion, he ran to arrest the same number of beggars, and everyone at that time had to kill one.In this way, everyone holds each other's handle, so naturally the news will not be leaked.Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, they all want to use this to force Ji Wang to kill someone first.

"It was a very light windy afternoon in spring, and there was only one beggar left, a middle-aged man with a scab on his face. The beggar was very afraid, and General Ji was even more afraid. We simply tied the beggar to a tree and stuffed it His mouth, and then everyone booed and shouted General Ji, no, everyone called him Ji Dalang at that time. We called Dalang to hurry up and told him that he was a beggar who broke the rules and deserved to die. But General Ji took The hand holding the knife was trembling all the time. Despite our repeated persuasion, he was still timid and frightened. In the end, it was dark and I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Everyone ran out of patience and didn’t want to force him. We were about to say goodbye. At that time, just after sunset, when it was getting dark, we said goodbye in unison. When we turned around, we heard General Ji behind us snorted and then yelled, and then he took a knife and slashed To the beggar who was tied to the tree, I still remember his face at that time, very red, very ferocious, it looked really scary, but he cut it crookedly, and the knife hit the trunk. We were stunned at that time After a while, I couldn't help laughing loudly. But the next moment, the blood spattered three feet, and we were all stunned. The beggar's head rolled at my feet. General Ji was The whole face was splashed red with blood. At that time, the sun was slanting to the west, and the light just shone on his face. It was blood red and extremely dazzling. He touched the blood on his face in a daze, facing the light, he even burst out laughing , like a cocoon that has been trapped for a long time, and finally turned into a butterfly, he is very happy at his sudden freedom."

Li Mingda frowned slightly after hearing this person's testimony, and looked at Yuchi Baoqi.

Yuchi Baoqi smiled apologetically: "My name is Lu Huairen, and he has read books. I found that his speech is very organized and delicate, so I asked him to explain it to the princess in person."

Li Mingda endured it, and then asked: "What about after that?"

"Then the old general went. He received the grace of God and inherited the position of general. He asked us to arrest people that day. As a celebration, he killed three of them one after another. Each of them cut their necks and let the blood splash directly on them. His face, and then he closed his eyes against the light, not knowing what he was thinking. What's even more weird is that he really changed, not as cowardly as before, but after killing someone, he became extremely brave, and his whole body There is a decisive momentum of killing.

I thought it would be good if the matter ended like this, but it got out of hand. The beggars in the city have been killed by him. We couldn't bear it after staying with us for a while, so we begged him to stop this kind of thing together. Anyway, Courage has been practiced...

But he disagreed. He said that such things as practicing courage should be done step by step, how can you give up halfway.We were all scared when we heard this sentence, and no one dared to say anything.Because at that time, General Ji was already a truly brave general who had made many meritorious deeds and was praised by saints. We dare not defy him.However, General Ji took the initiative to apologize to us later, saying that he would not continue.This happened half a year ago. "