Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Wei Shuyu sat down on his own, and looked at Wei Wanshu, "I see that you have been in a bad mood for the past two days, don't overwhelm your body, your mother can't stand it, if anything happens to you, I can't take care of it, take care of yourself .”

Wei Wanshu lowered her eyes sadly and nodded in agreement.

"It's good to get through this period, there is always something to look forward to in the future, right?" Wei Shuyu twitched his lips in relief when he thought of the saint's proposal of marriage to Wei Wanshu.

"In the future..." Wei Wanshu frowned, and tears burst out of her eyes, "What hope do you have!"

Wei Shuyu was puzzled, "What do you mean? Are you dissatisfied with the marriage proposal given by the sage? You should know that your marriage proposal this time was made an exception because of our father. What kind of family and character is the other party? It's rare. Besides, this relative is exactly what you've been looking forward to, how can you be dissatisfied now that you have it?"

"What I've been looking forward to? Nonsense!" Wei Wanshu sneered, and turned her eyes to look at Wei Shuyu with red eyes, "I made this choice because of our family. You think I'm just like other vulgar fans in Chang'an city, I know that I like houses Prince? My eyes have never been on him."

Wei Shuyu's eyes immediately grew on Wei Wanshu's body, and he looked at her fiercely, as if he really wanted to dig out her brain to see what she was thinking at the moment.

The room was extremely quiet, and even the occasional slight sizzle when the candle was burning could be heard clearly.

Wei Shuyu let out a barely audible sneer, and looked at Wei Wanshu with cold eyes: "I heard you right, you were not in the right place a few days ago, and your mother asked repeatedly, it was you who told your mother that you liked Fang Yizhi, but now Change your mouth and say that your eyes have never been on other people at all?"

"Yes, you heard it right." Wei Wanshu glared at Wei Shuyu with red eyes, "If it wasn't for this family, if I only cared about myself, I would never say such words against my will."

"Ridiculous! Let me ask you, what happened to our family, and we need you to change your favorite to save it?" Wei Shuyu was so angry that he refused to give in.

Wei Wanshu glanced back at Wei Shuyu, blinked her eyelids, and tears fell one by one, "Didn't elder brother always want to surpass his father's reputation and pass it on to the world! If I don't have a better life, marry better, and help elder brother , how can it be considered worthy of being your sister?"

"What I think is my business, and it has nothing to do with you. Since ancient times, a man has relied on his own ability to establish a career. When did he rely on a woman and his own sister to sacrifice?" Wei Shuyu looked at Wei Wanshu puzzledly, with a twinkle in his eyes. Doubt and inquiry, "What thoughts are in your heart that you can't express, and use me as an excuse?"

"I—" Wei Wanshu frowned, lowered her head, not daring to look back at Wei Shuyu.

Wei Shuyu looked at Wei Wanshu more and more coldly, and asked her again what was going on in her heart.

"What can I think, of course I have the same thinking as my elder brother, wanting to honor our Wei family, wanting to live up to my father's reputation." Wei Wanshu said anxiously.

"So you want to marry someone who looks more promising, so that our Wei parents can save face." Wei Shuyu understood.

"More than that," Wei Wanshu tugged at the veil, "Father is famous for the rest of his life, everyone praises him, how can we as children embarrass him."

Wei Shuyu frowned slightly, and nodded, somewhat understanding Wei Wanshu's thoughts.After a moment of silence, he sighed, "It's not that I look down on you, but we men should have done the honoring of the Wei family's lintel, and you shouldn't wrong yourself like this. It's a good idea to choose someone you like and grow old together forever, right? Is it good?"

Wei Wanshu lowered her head and remained silent.

"Then who is your serious favorite?" Wei Shuyu asked.

Wei Wanshu lowered her head even deeper. "The matter has come to this, what's the matter, there has been an imperial decree to grant marriage, and it cannot be changed."

Wei Shuyu thinks about it too, silently.

After a long time, Wei Shuyu sighed, "Fortunately, brother Yi Zhi is also a good person. He seems to be very cold-tempered at first glance, but after getting to know him well, you will know that he is a very gentle, humble and talented person. , is always above you. After getting married in the future, if you get along with him for a long time, you will naturally admire and like him. "

Wei Wanshu lowered her eyes and still did not speak, probably acquiescing to Wei Shuyu's statement.

"Don't do such a stupid thing again in the future." After Wei Shuyu said, he got up and was about to leave.

Wei Wanshu suddenly stopped Wei Shuyu.

Wei Shuyu turned around, "Is there anything else?"

"Brother also said just now that you are the son and eldest son of the Wei family, and the Wei family will rely on you from now on. Now that my father is gone, our family will not be as glorious as before. Why don't you cherish the opportunity now, brother?" If the chance is gone in the future, no matter how regretful it is, I won’t be able to get it back.” After Wei Wanshu finished speaking, seeing Wei Shuyu’s face turned strange, she added, “I know you don’t like to hear it, but honest words are hard to hear, I always say what I have to say.”

Wei Shuyu thought for a while, then nodded, "Thank you for your suggestion. By the way, what mother is most happy about right now is your marriage. The matter has come to this point, and nothing can be changed, so don't say anything to make her worry."

"I understand this. This is my own choice, and I can't blame others." Wei Wanshu said.

Wei Shuyu nodded, this time he really said goodbye.When she returned to the mourning hall, seeing Mrs. Pei kneeling there crying again, her face was as white as paper, Wei Shuyu asked someone to help Mrs. Pei away.

"I just advised you to go to rest, why are you here again? My father has already gone, so Auntie must not get overwhelmed anymore, and tell us juniors what to do." After Wei Shuyu personally accompanied Mrs. Pei back to her room, she repeatedly asked Mrs. Pei Shi needs some food and sleep.

Another person came to report that Xiao Kai was coming.

Pei waved his hand, "Go see your brother, don't worry about me, you will have a good rest."

Wei Shuyu agreed, said goodbye to Mrs. Pei, and went to see Xiao Kai.

Xiao Kai has been waiting outside the mourning hall. When he saw Wei Shuyu, he hurriedly saluted solemnly and went to worship again.

"You don't have to come every day."

"Wei Gong is the person I admire the most. I said that before his funeral, I would come to worship him every day, so I must come." Xiao Kai saluted Wei Shuyu, apologizing for causing him trouble.

"No trouble, I'm too happy that you can admire my father so much." Wei Shuyu immediately invited Xiao Kai in, watched him kowtow to his father's coffin, and then led him to sit in the side hall.

"How's the case going?"

Xiao Kai shook his head, "The murderer has been found, but both the princess and Fang Shizi suspect that there is a real murderer behind Jiang Lin, Ji Wang and others. There are not many clues in this regard, so it is not a big deal progress."

"I can't help, you go back and apologize for me." Wei Shuyu sighed.

Xiao Kai agreed, and then comforted Wei Shuyu to mourn, so he didn't stay any longer and said goodbye to him.

The next day, Xiao Kai went to the Department of Mingjing as usual. From the moment he entered the door, he found that the people in the Department of Mingjing looked at him a little wrongly, and there was a more "staring" feeling than before.

Xiao Kai scratched his head, wondering, and then asked if the princess was there, and knowing that she hadn't arrived, Xiao Kai went back to his room first.Not long afterward, Yuchi Baoqi came to greet Xiao Kai with a smile and asked him what he would have for lunch today.

"You have a big heart. The case is not solved yet. If you don't look at the evidence, you want to eat all day long." Xiao Kai said helplessly.

Yuchi Baoqi shook his head, "Hey, if the case is to be solved, we have to eat. Now that the case has not progressed, let's eat well and recharge our batteries."

"Big heart, big heart." Xiao Kai glanced helplessly at Yuchi Baoqi, and sighed again, then he grabbed Yuchi Baoqi and asked him, "Did you notice anything strange when you entered the door today?"

"Is there?" Yuchi Baoqi scratched his head, frowned and thought for a while, "I didn't find it, it's the same as before, you found it?"

"Why do I feel that everyone is looking at me wrongly?" Xiao Kai took a breath and thought about it.

Yuchi Baoqi immediately patted Xiao Kai on the shoulder vigorously, "Ah, you said those guards, they look at everyone with that look. Those who come out of the palace have been ordered by the sage to protect the princess, so they look at people , apart from seeing the princess being respectful, seeing anyone is suspicious, like examining a prisoner."

"Yeah, why didn't I find out before."

"That's because you didn't pay attention before." Yuchi Baoqi casually picked up a writing brush on the table, put it up to his nose and sniffed it, then continued to ask Xiao Kai where they went for lunch.

"Don't bother me, let me bring this up again, just eat a cake, what do you want." Xiao Kai snatched the pen from Li Yuchi Baoqi's hand and sent him away quickly, "I still have files to read, so don't be idle , look for clues from three years ago. Since we want to investigate the case, we have to work hard."

"Okay, then I'll watch it with you." Yuchi Baoqi sent someone to move a stool over.

Xiao Kai glared at him: "No! What can I see when you are so small and noisy here?"

Yuchi Baoqi had no choice but to nod, and went.

Not long after that, I heard someone outside saying that the princess was coming.Xiao Kai hurriedly put down the pen in his hand and went out.I saw the princess wearing a black robe and hurried to the main hall without looking sideways.

Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie also came out at this time, only seeing the figure of the princess flashing over there, the two of them immediately approached Xiao Kai.

"I think the princess is not in a good mood today." Yuchi Baoqi raised the brush in his hand, and poked the hairy end on his chin, looking like a scholar in deep thought.

Di Renjie stared in the direction of the main hall in awe, without saying a word.

"Ah, by the way, have you heard? The sage proposed marriage to Brother Yi!" Yuchi Baoqi suddenly said excitedly.

"Referring to marriage?" Di Renjie was surprised, and then looked at Zhengtang again, with doubts on his brows.

"With whom?" Xiao Kai asked.

"Wei Erniang, what are you pretending, don't you know? Your sister must be the first to know about such things." Yuchi Baoqi whispered.

Xiao Kai glared at him, "I didn't go home yesterday."

Yuchi Baoqi's eyes widened, "You didn't go home yesterday? Then where did you go?"

"After receiving the sad news about Duke Wei, I have been in a bad mood. After worshiping Duke Wei yesterday, I didn't want to go back and hear my family talking about these things, so I found a random inn in Pingkangfang to stay." Xiao Kai said.

Yuchi Baoqi suddenly remembered that Xiao Kai had always admired Wei Zheng and took him as a role model. When he was young, he had asked Wei Zheng for advice many times. Speaking of which, Wei Zheng can be regarded as half of his mentor.Yuchi Baoqi understood his mood very well, and patted him on the shoulder, expressing comfort.

Xiao Kai sighed and said nothing.

Di Renjie said at this time: "Brother Yizhi is here."

The three of them immediately turned their gazes to Fang Yizhi who came in, and then the three of them hurriedly smiled and approached Fang Yizhi, congratulating him.

Fang Yi looked at the three of them indifferently, "Where does the joy come from?"

"Marriage, isn't this considered a great joy in your life?" Yuchi Baoqi asked with a smile.

"The man just died."

The person Fang Yizhi was referring to was naturally Wei Zheng.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't be happier.It is true that they are happy at the moment when they are having a funeral, which is really inappropriate.

"One yard is one yard, look at you. That's fine, we won't mention it, we'll talk about it later." Yuchi Baoqi patted Fang Yizhi on the shoulder, and then asked everyone to enter the room.

"I'm going to see the princess." Fang Yi said bluntly, then turned around and went straight to the main hall.

Di Renjie looked at Fang Yizhi's back, the doubts on his brows disappeared, but there was a little more worry.

"Why do I think he's not interested?" Xiao Kai sighed to Yuchi Baoqi.

"I also think it's too bad, is it because he didn't like Wei Wanshu?" Yuchi Baoqi immediately felt wronged for her good brother, "Sage is also, and he didn't ask what I mean?"

"What are you asking? It won't work if you ask. You forgot how Brother Yi refused to marry last time?" Xiao Kai whispered.

Yuchi Baoqi half opened his mouth, and suddenly understood.He hurriedly pulled Xiao Kai and asked in a low voice: "Then tell me, did the saint intentionally take revenge on Brother Yi?"

"Not at all, the saint's heart is not so small." Xiao Kai replied in a low voice, and warned Yuchi Baoqi not to say such things in front of outsiders, if they are heard, be careful to be punished.

"Of course, I dare to say a few words only to a good brother like you." After Yuchi Baoqi said, he looked at Di Renjie, followed Di Renjie's gaze and glanced in the direction of the main hall, and then quietly walked to Di Renjie's side, ah He yelled loudly, startling Di Renjie.

Di Renjie covered his ears, gave Yuchi Baoqi an annoyed look, and scolded him for being rude.

"Hahahaha, what are you looking at, let's go, look at the file, there are thousands of files, the three of us have to hurry up." Yuchi Baoqi pulled Di Renjie.

Di Renjie nodded, and then he still forgot to look in the direction of the main hall, and then followed.

In the hall of the Department of Mirrors, Li Mingda was writing with his head down and his pen in a hurry.After receiving a report from the attendant, Fang Yi was told that she had arrived, but she did not raise her head.

Fang Yi waited for a while, and saw that Li Mingda had stopped writing, so he opened his mouth to report to her, "Xiao Kai followed Wudaochang to stay in Zhenyun Temple three years ago. Wudaochang himself has been here for four months. I died of illness before, so I can't ask. I ordered people to start interrogating from the people around Wu Daochang, and I also sent all his leftovers. I will check it out myself later. Zhenyun Temple also asked Several elders who were there at the time said that Xiao Kai lived with the Taoist priest in the thatched hut on the back mountain of Zhenyun Temple, and he didn't usually go to the temple, but only occasionally went to Zhenyun Temple."

"Why are you in the thatched hut in the back mountain?" Li Mingda raised his eyes, and his dark eyes met Fang Yizhi's.

"I heard that it is the place where the Taoist priest originated. He also founded the Temple of True Clouds. After traveling in Dingzhou, he built the Temple of Auspicious Clouds in Dingzhou. Liao Wudao lived in the Temple of Xiangyun for a long time, and occasionally returned to the temple. Go to Zhenyun Guan for a short stay to 'trace back to the source'. Because he doesn't like everyone to regard him as the patriarch and serve him carefully, he chose a secluded thatched cottage, and only brought one or two young apprentices by his side." Fang Yizhi After all, I would like to add, "Many Daoist priests are like this, and they don't like to be contaminated by the world."

Li Mingda nodded, "There are few witnesses, so it is even more difficult to investigate. I have to go to Zhenyun Temple to see if it is convenient to go down the mountain there, and whether there are people nearby who can witness his going down the mountain. It is necessary to check carefully again. Their master and apprentice have lived there for a whole year, which is considered a long time, and the people in the audience will still understand something. Especially the children in their early ten years old, they all liked to run around, and Curious, Bao Buqi knows more."

Fang Yi replied directly, "I thought of that too, but it was a coincidence. At that time, the young Taoist priests in Guannei were all from the younger generation, and now they all traveled to Dingzhou with the Taoist priest. It has been less than half a year since they left Decide when to come back. I have ordered people from the Taoist temple to spread the news so that they can return as soon as possible."

Li Mingda nodded, "You are quite thoughtful."

"I'm about to apologize to the princess, I don't deserve the word 'comprehensive'." Fang Yizhi saluted modestly.

Li Mingda let go of the pen, almost letting the pen slip in his hand, then held it tightly, raised his eyes and stared at Fang Yizhi, "Are you talking about marriage?"

"Yeah," Fang Yizhi saluted, "It frightened the princess, I will find a way to solve this matter as soon as possible."

"The sacred order is hard to violate, how do you solve it?" Li Mingda put down his pen and asked with great interest.

Originally, Li Mingda was not in a good mood, especially after the wedding incident happened, she didn't even know how to face Fang Yizhi this morning.But in the end it was decided to come, and seeing Fang Yizhi's attitude now, for some reason, it was like a gust of wind, sweeping away all the haze in her heart.It was so inexplicable, so inexplicable that Li Mingda himself felt incredible.

"It may be necessary to use some low-level means." Fang Yi said straight.

Li Mingda: "But Wei Wanshu is innocent."

"This girl never had any intentions of being clean from the beginning. In the past, she just had nothing to do with me, so she didn't care about other people's way of life, but now she has provoked me." Fang Yi said straight.

When Li Mingda heard that Fang Yi called Wei Wanshu "this woman", he already understood how much he hated her.

"I would like to trouble the princess to tell me what the situation was like at that time." Fang Yi said straight.

Li Mingda gave Fang Yizhi all the details of what happened when she accompanied Li Shimin to visit Wei Zheng.

"With Wei Wanshu's intelligence and scheming, when the princess accompanied her majesty to visit Wei Gong, her sudden cry could not be a simple accident." Fang Yi judged.

Li Mingda: "You said she did it on purpose?"

Fang Yi nodded, "And the person she likes is not me, but Baoqi. But after hearing what the princess said, Mrs. Pei seems to think that the person Wei Erniang likes is me. Why? If Wei Wanshu didn't say this herself, Pei Madam will definitely not think so. If you make a fuss like this, if there is no plan, who will believe it? That's why I say that this woman is not clean-minded."

Fang Yi was explaining to himself that he did not wrong Wei Wanshu.Speaking of Wei Wanshu's "unclean mind", Li Mingda thought about what happened in the past, and it was true.Li Mingda has always paid attention to homicide cases. She doesn't pay attention to the small thoughts of girls, the hypocrisy between noble girls and so on. Even if she sees it, she mostly ignores it.She is a princess, and things will become bigger if she speaks. Li Mingda doesn't think it is a last resort. There is no need to magnify a small matter, or drive a girl who is confused and makes mistakes to a dead end.

Who is not frivolous when young?But thinking about it now, this kindness may not be all good.Wei Wanshu obviously didn't learn her lesson.

After Li Mingda heard Fang Yizhi's explanation and analysis, his already stable heart became more stable.

"Then how did you find out that she likes Yuchi Baoqi?"

"Eyes, one person's eyes are pleasing to another person's eyes are different, you can't deceive people. Whenever Wei Wanshu meets Bao Qi, her eyes can't help but drift towards him." Fang Yizhi explained.

"You can discover this, it's amazing." Li Mingda couldn't help admiring.

Fang Yizhi: "It was just a casual glance and I noticed it. Based on her family background, it was more than enough to discuss relatives with Yuchi's family, but now she is not worthy of others."

Li Mingda reacted, and found that Fang Yi's mouth was really dark when he directly hurt others, and his words became more powerful the more people thought about them.

"Your lowly means, can I ask?"

"I dare not say it now, I am afraid that the princess will change my impression of me, why don't I talk about it after we get married?" Fang Yi asked tentatively.

Li Mingda was stunned, "Can this be related to marriage? Besides, who agreed to let you become the master? Say it now, I want to listen."

"How about killing two birds with one stone? Just block the other one out." Fang Yi suggested.

Li Mingda was stunned again, "Who? Are you talking about him? Could it be that he wanted to bring the two of them together? It's all scheming, so you don't have to be afraid..."

"People who are too smart and arrogant are unwilling to submit, especially when they think that the other party is not good enough for them. If these two people get together in the future, it will inevitably be a scene of 'killing one thousand enemies and destroying eight hundred' every day. "Fang Yi said bluntly.

Li Mingda chuckled happily, "I'm a little curious after hearing what you said."

"Wei Gong has just left now, and we have to wait for a few more days. It will definitely be resolved soon." Fang Yizhi saluted, with a smile on his lips, and said, "Princess, remember to reward Yizhi when the time comes."