Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Li Mingda: "Three or four years ago, a boy in his teens, handsome in appearance and aristocratic, could easily catch people's weaknesses and see through people's hearts." If it is connected with the case that happened, people will investigate from within us, and it is easy to guess the seven or eight."

"Your lord is talking about Xiao Kai?" Fang Yi asked directly.

Li Mingda looked cautiously at Fang Yizhi, frowned and nodded uncertainly, "From the current clues, it looks like him. The situation in his family has changed. Three or four years ago, it happened to be his father Xiao Yu." When he was demoted from Chang'an, he matched his age and temperament as you analyzed before. He was a gentle and not too showy person. Besides, we were the only people who knew about Ji Wang's case at the time. , you, Wei Shuyu, Yuchi Baoqi, Di Renjie, Cui Qingji and him, it seems that the other four suspects are not serious at present, only him."

"Princess, don't forget that there were many guards who knew about it at that time, including Cheng Chubi." Fang Yizhi reminded.

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Fang Yizhi, "Do you doubt Cheng Weiwei?"

"At this time, we can't let go of any possibility. We even suspect Xiao Kai, why can't Cheng Chubi? In my opinion, all the people involved in the incident should check again to avoid omissions." Fang Yizhi asked rhetorically.

Li Mingda nodded, "You're right, but I think Cheng Chubi's skills may be very low. He has been accompanying me all the time and is often in the deep palace. He rarely has time to leave to contact anyone."

"However, casually instigating Ji Wang, Jiang Lin and the other four to become vicious men is not simple in itself, and cannot be judged by ordinary thinking. It is better to find someone to investigate his situation three or four years ago." Fang Fang Yizhi explained.

Li Mingda frowned, nodded in agreement, then held his chin in meditation for a while, and then sighed blankly, "I suspect that everyone's feeling is really..."

Fang Yizhi: "This is a very necessary step. Those who are innocent are not afraid of being investigated. They will understand the princess."

"I will ask someone to investigate Cheng Chubi's situation during this period, including where he was doing three years ago. Baoqi, you know best, what do you think?" Li Mingda asked.

Fang Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course it can't be him. He is a little cautious and knows how to hide the front, but he is not so powerful. Besides, Bao Qi is really afraid of ghosts and hates ghosts. Dead man, he can't do such a thing."

"Wei Shuyu is very popular in Chang'an City." Li Mingda sighed, "He is a person who wants to be famous in history. If he is like his father, he will definitely not do such dirty things. As for Cui Qingji, he Human nature is also gentle and talented, but his reputation has only come recently, and he used to be in Boling, we don't know. To prevent accidents, let someone go to Boling to confirm."

Fang Yi nodded his head straight, and then talked about Di Renjie, who didn't match his age. Furthermore, he said that Di Renjie was definitely in Jinzhou three or four years ago, and it was impossible for him to come to Chang'an City, so he could be directly ruled out.

Not long afterward, both Cui Qingji and Cheng Chubi came to the conclusion of their investigations.Cheng Chubi was still training in the Dingzhou military camp three years ago, so it is absolutely impossible for him to run away and disappear for half a year.And Cui Qingji has always been in Boling, and has not disappeared for a long time.

"After all, Xiao Kai is the biggest suspect." Li Mingda raised his eyes and asked Fang Yizhi seriously, "Have you found out where Xiao Kai was three years ago?"

Fang Yizhi: "I had an excuse to drink with him yesterday and mentioned this matter, but he distracted me and didn't say anything."

Li Mingda frowned.

Fang Yi said directly: "I also sent people to inquire about it. When Xiao Yu was transferred from a distant place three years ago, the children of Xiao's family did not follow, and they all stayed in the old house in Dingzhou City with their mother. After leaving home for a year, I also traveled with the old Taoist to the Zhenyun Temple near Chang'an City."

"Hearing what you said, then Xiao Kai's suspicion is even greater." Li Mingda sighed.

Fang Yi hesitated for a moment, "But it's just a suspicion. If we want to get evidence from him, we need to investigate carefully."

Li Mingda also agreed with Fang Yizhi's statement, and immediately gave orders to send someone to secretly monitor Xiao Kai.

"It's always hard for me to believe that Xiao Kai can do such a thing, and I don't usually see it at all." Li Mingda sighed, and then looked at Fang Yizhi warily, "Do you think it is possible or someone else?"

Fang Yi nodded his head straight, and told Li Mingda with certainty, "Of course it is possible. But if we rule out the suspicion of the person in front of us first, then the rest will naturally be easy to investigate."

"When Ji Wang died, you and I were suspicious. We tried a few of them by the way, but their reactions were all normal, and there was nothing weird about them, including Xiao Kai." Li Mingda recalled, "If the murderer It's really him, could he already be vigilant?"

"Are the three of them begging the princess to arrest Ji Wang?" Fang Yi asked directly.

Li Mingda nodded, "Everyone was very motivated and stood up for the deceased, especially Wei Shuyu. Although Ji Wang was dead at that time, no one showed composure. They were all angry when they found out what Ji Wang had done. .If Xiao Kai is really the mysterious person we have been looking for, judging from the reaction to this incident at the time, it is so real that it is impeccable, at least it has been hidden from my eyes."

"Anyone who can instigate three major murders with just one mouth will definitely not look like an ordinary person. Don't forget, princess. If the two are the same person, he may have already met the same person. The princess is on guard." Fang Yi said straight.

At this time, a guard outside the door delivered an oral order, and Li Shimin asked Li Mingda to wait for him in front of Zheng Guogong's mansion after a stick of incense.

After Li Mingda agreed, he dismissed him, and then frowned at Fang Yi: "Then Xiao Kai..."

"Don't rush, take your time. The more difficult the opponent is, the more we must calm down and act cautiously. I will let someone investigate Xiao Kai's situation three years ago. After the proof is clear, I will definitely report it to the princess as soon as possible. .Since the sage has issued a decree, it is better for the princess to take care of other affairs first, and I will arrange the rest." Fang Yizhi said politely.

Li Mingda smiled gratifiedly, and told Fang Yizhi, "You are right, if the mysterious man is really Xiao Kai, then if he is already on our guard, we must be cautious in investigating him, so as not to startle the snake. Everyone inside and outside the Der Spiegel Department can be dispatched at will. I still have a token here, and I can use it when necessary."

Fang Yizhi agreed one by one, reassuring Li Mingda.

Li Mingda immediately got up and left.

Fang Yizhi suddenly stopped Li Mingda.Li Mingda thought it was a matter of the case, so he hurriedly asked Fang Yizhi if he had any questions.

"It's inevitable that your lord will accompany the sage to visit Wei Gong, but you must be more vigilant," Fang Yi instructed.

"Be vigilant? Hasn't Wei Shuyu ruled out the suspicion? It's unlikely? Quickly clear up the confusion. I don't understand. I accompany my father to see a patient. Why should we be vigilant?" Mentioning Wei Zheng's body, Li Mingda regretted it , "It was a little better in the past two days, but it suddenly got worse in the past two days. I don't know how many imperial physicians Aye sent to see him, and precious medicinal materials were sent to him like running water, but I heard that it has no effect at all. .Wei Gong may have a hard time this time."

Fang Yi nodded, "Yesterday I went to visit with my father, and it seems he is doing the same."

Li Mingda sighed again.

"By the way, you haven't replied to me yet, why did you ask me to be vigilant just now?" Li Mingda asked Fang Yizhi.

"It may not be very good to say this now, but I do have worries in my heart. People who are about to die are pitiful after all. The sage has a deep friendship with Wei Gongjun and his ministers. It is inevitable that they will feel compassion when they go to visit this time. People are afraid. Dead, before dying, there is a lot of nostalgia for the world, and it is inevitable that there will be unfulfilled wishes." Fang Yi went straight to the end, and the rest of the meaning was in Li Mingda's eyes.

"I understand." Li Mingda nodded, looked away from Fang Yizhi, and then said goodbye to him, and hurried to Zheng Guogong's mansion on horseback, waiting for Li Shimin.

Not long after, Li Shimin arrived.The accompanying people were mighty and mighty, which must have alarmed the entire city of Chang'an.

After Li Shimin's feet landed on the ground, he looked up and saw his daughter who was welcoming him. He smiled gratifiedly and nodded to her.

"Wei Gong is not in good health. You are also outside the palace. Don't you always respect him, so I asked you to accompany me to see him." After Li Shimin said, he was greeted by the Wei family and took Li Mingda They ran to Wei Zheng's bedroom together.

Wei Zheng was wearing a court uniform, tremblingly about to get up from the bed, and wanted to kneel down to worship Li Shimin.Wei Shuyu and his wife, Mrs. Pei, supported him hard, with tears in their eyes, looking extremely sad.

As soon as Li Shimin entered the room and saw the situation, he immediately scolded Wei Zheng to lie down and rest, not allowing him to toss and salute himself like this.

" Between you and my monarch, why do you have to be so heretical." Li Shimin immediately sat down beside Wei Zheng's bed, stretched out his hand and patted Wei Zheng's shoulder lightly, and sighed.

Li Shimin saw that Wei Zheng, who had always been high-spirited in the court and always contradicted him with his sharp teeth, was now so weak that he was not even as good as a chicken, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable.Li Shimin was full of emotions, and praised Wei Zheng for his hard work in admonishing these years, and told him to recover from his illness and try his best to recover, so that he can continue to pick on him when he is healthy.

Wei Zheng smiled bitterly with white lips, and shook his head weakly, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint the saint this time. I'm really not in good health. It won't be long, maybe tonight, and I may go."

"But don't talk like that, there must be hope." Li Shimin's eyes were a little red, thinking that this enemy who had been fighting with him for so many years would leave him like this, Li Shimin suddenly felt a little reluctant.

Li Shimin held Wei Zheng's hand and asked him what other wishes he had.

After Li Mingda heard this sentence, his heart skipped a beat, and he realized that Fang Yizhi was really a fortune teller, and he had all said it right.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Shimin with tears in his eyes, and turned his eyes to Wei Shuyu and Wei Wanshu standing at the end of the bed.

Li Shimin raised his head and looked over. He naturally recognized Wei Shuyu, but he didn't have a deep impression of Wei Wanshu.Fang Qirui has good eyesight, and immediately introduced Wei Wanshu's identity in a whisper in Li Shimin's ear with interest.

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng very understandingly, and said with emotion: "The fathers all have the same thoughts, but these two children make you worry?"

Pei Shi, who was accompanying him at the side, heard this and nervously set his eyes on Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng held back for a long time, forced a smile and shook his head, and said to Li Shimin that he had no last wish, "The children and grandchildren have their own blessings, let them go."

Seeing Wei Zheng being so 'sensible', Li Shimin felt even more sad, and took the initiative to say to Wei Zheng: "I said earlier that the friendship between our monarch and ministers is deep, so there is no need to be polite. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, just say it."

Wei Zheng was very grateful and quickly thanked Li Shimin. He glanced at Princess Jinyang next to Li Shimin, and then at his eldest son Wei Shuyu.

Li Shimin was also concerned about Wei Zheng's situation at this time, so he naturally noticed the change in his gaze.Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, after understanding Wei Zheng's meaning, he turned his head to look at the handsome Wei Shuyu over there, and then glanced over Li Mingda.

Li Mingda felt that the situation was not good, so he immediately said in a playful tone: "Duke Wei has been a country all his life, he has violated his face and advised the emperor directly, he can be described as a virtuous minister who is rare in a hundred years. Sizi ventured to guess that Duke Wei's wish must still be in Aye body."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then laughed, turned to look at Wei Zheng sideways, asked him if that was the case, and then said half-jokingly: "It's so easy to have a wish and I'm in charge of it?"

Wei Zheng was startled, couldn't help but also laughed, and repeatedly praised Li Mingda's intelligence, "I never thought that the princess would see through my mind at a glance!"

"This has nothing to do with my intelligence, it's Duke Wei's loyalty that is well known in the world, so it's easy to guess." Li Mingda complimented.

Hearing this, Wei Zheng couldn't help the smile on the corner of his mouth even more, and suddenly he coughed violently.Seeing this, Mrs. Pei hurried to help Wei Zheng and feed him water herself.

Wei Shuyu nervously followed her mother, helping to deliver water.

Wei Wanshu stood there in a daze, seemingly at a loss.However, no one in the house paid attention to Wei Wanshu's situation, except Li Mingda.

Li Mingda saw that Wei Wanshu seemed to have something to say, so he hurriedly said to Li Shimin: "I think Wei Gong's illness can't bear the mood swings, and Aye's coming here makes him very happy."

Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and said to Wei Zheng, who had already calmed down: "I won't say much else, you should calm down and recuperate, and the seat in the court room will be reserved for you."

Wei Zheng hurriedly thanked Li Shimin, although he was reluctant to leave Li Shimin so soon, but he didn't know how to stay longer.

Li Shimin just got up when he suddenly heard faint sobbing in the room.Wei Zheng also heard it, and together with Li Shimin looked at the source of the crying - Wei Wanshu.

With red eyes and tears in her eyes, Wei Wanshu hastily knelt down in front of Li Shimin to make amends.

Pei Shi also apologized, grabbed Wei Wanshu's arm, scolded her for being unruly, and kowtowed to Li Shimin at the same time.But she couldn't control herself while speaking, and tears fell down.

Seeing the kneeling couple, Wei Zheng coughed and apologized to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin quickly waved his hands, signaling Fang Qirui to help Pei Shi and Wei Wanshu up.

"You don't need to apologize. It's natural for their mother and daughter to feel uncomfortable seeing you sick, so you should get better soon." Li Shimin patted Wei Zheng's arm reassuringly, then looked at Wei Wanshu again, and found that the child looked very good, Temperament also looks stable and polite.

Wei Wanshu continued to make amends, repenting that she shouldn't have shed tears at the time just now.

"It's human nature, if you don't know how to cry, it's terrible." Li Shimin sighed, then smiled and said to Wei Zheng, "You have raised a good daughter."

Wei Zheng hurriedly said he didn't dare, and said that he was absolutely inferior to Princess Jinyang.

The smile on the corner of Li Shimin's mouth deepened, and he naturally looked at Li Mingda.Wei Zheng's words are true, no other daughter can be as good as his son.

Wei Zheng coughed violently again, Mrs. Pei quickly supported him and patted his back.

"I don't know what's wrong today, I have such a bad cough."

"It's time, it's time to go." Wei Zheng smiled wryly, his eyes were clear.

"My lord, don't scare us, let alone talk nonsense." Pei said angrily.

Li Shimin also reprimanded Wei Zheng for speaking like this, "Even if you look at the people around you who miss you, you shouldn't have such thoughts."

Pei nodded repeatedly.

Wei Wanshu also hurriedly knelt down beside Wei Zheng's bed obediently, clutching Wei Zheng's arm tightly, and looked at him tearfully, "Aye taught Wanshu since she was a child that one must keep one's word. Have you forgotten?" Aye said earlier that he would watch Wanshu get engaged and get married with his own eyes, so Aye will not fail to keep his promise."

Wei Zheng smiled gratifiedly when he heard his daughter's words, but he couldn't help but blame himself, "It's Aye's fault. I'm afraid Aye won't survive that day this time."

"Hey, why can't I make it through? I'll give her a marriage right now." Li Shimin interjected, then looked at Wei Wanshu with a smile, and asked Mrs. Pei if there was anyone he liked before.

Mrs. Pei hesitated, and looked at Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng didn't expect it to happen so suddenly, he stuttered, and then glared at Mrs. Pei.

"But you don't have to listen to him, just tell me, I'll make the decision for you." Li Shimin saw that Pei was afraid to speak, so he immediately emboldened her.

Mrs. Pei immediately pulled her daughter Wei Wanshu to kneel down, kowtowed to Li Shimin and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the concubine and the gentleman did discuss for Wanshu before. I mentioned it to Mr. Fang to see if the two families can make a good relationship between Qin and Jin. But I didn't expect that Mr. Lang fell ill three days later, and the matter was shelved."

"The Fang family?" Li Shimin smiled, and sighed for the good eyesight of Pei and Wei Zheng, "But the Fang family has two unmarried sons, which one do you like?"

"Of course it's the eldest son Fang Yizhi." Mrs. Pei replied.

Li Shimin's eyelids lifted slightly.

Li Mingda looked at Mrs. Pei in surprise, and quickly turned to Wei Wanshu.She lowered her head, pursed her lips, and pressed her fingers hard on the ground, even her trembling eyelashes showed restraint.

And Wei Zheng, who was lying on the couch at the moment, had a joyful expression on his face. It seemed that he, like Pei, was also very satisfied with Fang Yizhi being their son-in-law.

"Okay, this is a good thing. I went back and asked Fang's family to confirm that neither of you two is married. I will decide this marriage and make it up to you." Li Shimin laughed and agreed, and immediately sent someone to implement the matter. He also comforted Wei Zheng to have a good life and recuperate from his illness. It is best to heal his illness in one breath, and then watch his daughter get married happily.

Wei Zheng was a little happy, and thanked Li Shimin repeatedly.

After chatting with Wei Zhengqian for a few more words, Li Shimin told him to take care of his illness and left.Li Mingda accompanied him, and before he left, after returning to the Lizheng Palace, he listened to Li Shimin talking about the marriage.

Shortly thereafter, the person Li Shimin sent to Fang's house for questioning got a reply, telling Li Shimin that Fang Yizhi was not engaged yet.

"Since that's the case, let's issue the imperial edict, and be happy while the others are still around." Li Shimin said.

Fang Qirui promised to do so.

Li Mingda was listening to Li Shimin's orders, his face became more and more cold.

Li Shimin turned his eyes and noticed that something was wrong with Li Mingda, and asked her what was wrong.

Li Mingda shook his head.

"Look at your tired face, it must be because you are overworked in solving the case. Listen to what Aye said today, don't ask any more questions, go back and get a good sleep immediately, and we will talk about everything tomorrow." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he ordered Fang Qirui followed Li Mingda back, and urged, "You are only allowed to come back after she is asleep."

Fang Qirui responded, and then followed Li Mingda to leave.

After Li Mingda went back to his room to change his clothes and take a shower, he lay down on the couch.Tian Hanshan then brought Fang Qirui into the house and made him take a look through the curtain before sending him away.

Tian Hanshan guarded the door, looked back to the left, and after confirming that it was safe, he quickly closed the door, and then hurriedly moved to Li Mingda's side.

Tian Hanxi stomped his feet anxiously, and sweated profusely, "What should your lord do? I never thought that the sage would marry them!"

Tian Hanshu had always had a bad impression of Wei Wanshu, and when he was in Plum Blossom Temple, Wei Wanshu and the crown prince had no clear relationship, Tian Hanshu didn't like her even more.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense." Li Mingda leaned back firmly, lying on the couch, narrowing his eyes.

Tian Hanxi blushed anxiously, "But Mr. Fang—"

Li Mingda turned his ear to the direction of the Lizheng Palace, and then got up.

Seeing his princess's serious face, Tian Hanshu thought that she had finally noticed the seriousness of the matter, and was about to tell Li Mingda the method he was thinking about when he heard a voice from outside.

"Duke Wei has gone." After Biyun knocked on the door from the outside, he hurried back and forth to report.

"Gone? Died?" Tian Hanxi asked in surprise.

Biyun nodded.

Li Mingda was not in a hurry to think carefully, and then heard hurried footsteps, which sounded like an urgent report from eight hundred miles.

Then, a voice came from the Lizheng Hall, saying that the former prince Li Chengqian had died.