Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Wei Shuyu agreed, and set off to find Fang Yizhi.On the way, Wei Shuyu wondered if he would be shut down.Because according to Fang Yizhi's consistent character, if he doesn't like someone, the other party is a prince, and he will find a reason to disappear.But unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Liang Guogong's mansion, the doorkeeper saw him and hurried up to greet him and invited him in.

This made Wei Shuyu feel more guilty, and made him feel more uneasy than being rejected.This shows that Fang Yizhi has long expected his return, and is ready to talk to him.The other party had already made preparations, and his talent and handling of things were already superior to him.And being caught off guard, if I go to see him now, I'm afraid I can only be at his mercy, with no room for struggle.

Wei Shuyu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead unconsciously, and when he raised his eyes again, he was already in front of Fang Yizhi's house.

After the servant who led the way reported back, he heard a response from the people in the house.The servant opened the door and respectfully invited Wei Shuyu to enter.

Wei Shuyu waited for a moment before stepping into the room, and saw Fang Yizhi standing up to meet him, and then gently asked him to sit down.

"About my sister," Wei Shuyu looked at Fang Yizhi, and saw that he turned his eyes to look at him as soon as he heard that he mentioned his sister, with a somewhat indifferent attitude.

The matter of the former prince has not been clearly stated, but the private contact between Wei Wanshu and Cui Qingji was hinted by Fang Yizhi with a Tibetan acrostic poem.Thinking about it now, the other party didn't make it very straightforward, and coming here at this time is equivalent to admitting the truth in disguise.But if you don't come, the matter is there, the other party obviously knows it, and the consequences of delaying will only be more serious.Wei Shuyu felt like sitting on pins and needles. For the first time, he felt that his brain was not enough and he had no way out.

Wei Shuyu is not a fool either, he picked a topic and stopped talking.Because he said it too clearly, it seemed that he was even more wrong.

"Lingmei is a person with ambition." Fang Yi said straightforwardly.

If someone else listens to such a sentence, Bao Buqi still thinks it is a compliment, but when it comes to Wei Shuyu, it is extremely harsh.

The word "aspirational" clearly satirizes her sister's ambition, and the city is too calculating, and she even hooked up with the former prince.

Wei Shuyu's face suddenly became hot.

He felt ashamed, very ashamed.

"Brother Yi Zhi, she—" Wei Shuyu frowned, not knowing how to mention this matter.

"You might as well just say it." Fang Yizhi sent everyone in the house away, and led Wei Shuyu to the inner room.The windows were also open, letting him know that there was no one inside or outside the house.

Looking at Fang Yizhi's back, Wei Shuyu moved his throat nervously, and finally raised his hand to apologize solemnly to Fang Yizhi.

"Our Wei family is sorry for you."

"I know you don't know about this matter, so I didn't argue with you," Fang Yizhi and Wei Shuyu looked at each other, "Everyone makes mistakes, and there are always a few relatives who are worrying in the family. It’s all unavoidable.”

Wei Shuyu sighed and frowned, but he had to agree with Fang Yizhi's statement.In fact, he also wanted to explain that what his sister did could not bring out the entire Wei family.

After listening to Fang Yizhi's 'understanding' words, Wei Shuyu even blamed his sister for embarrassing him, making him unable to hold his head up in front of Fang Yizhi.Think about it, if this matter spreads among the aristocratic circles in Chang'an City, then he will not only be ashamed in front of Fang Yi, but also in the entire Chang'an City.

"How to choose, in fact, you have already figured it out in your heart, but after all, it is a relationship of more than ten years, so you can't just break it up." Fang Yizhi looked at Wei Shuyu again, "But I have to say a heartless thing, I and She didn't get along with her for a long time, so naturally there was no so-called affection. What would you do if you were in my position in this matter? "

Wei Shuyu nodded, and once again sincerely apologized to Fang Yizhi, expressing his understanding. "I... and my mother actually hope that this matter will not become a big deal as much as possible. I know that such a request is a bit too much for brother Yizhi, but brother Yizhi, please consider that my father has just passed away. If you can be considerate. The Wei family It is absolutely shameless to marry the Fang family, but this is a sage's finger marriage, and it is not easy to break it off. I also ask Brother Yi Zhi to help me, wait a little while, and when I discuss a solution with my mother, I will definitely give Brother Yi Zhi a Confession."

Fang Yi looked at Wei Shuyu silently.

Another layer of cold sweat broke out on Wei Shuyu's forehead, this kind of silence made him very uneasy and nervous.He hung his heart and stared at Fang Yizhi's mouth, hoping that the other party would move quickly and give him an answer.

"Okay." After a long time, Fang Yi replied with a straightforward answer.

Wei Shuyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then thanked him with some gratitude, and then left.

Fang Yi was only delivered to the door of the house, Wei Shuyu hurriedly saluted him and asked him to stay.Fang Yizhi didn't want to continue thinking about it, and then asked Luo Ge to deliver it.

After the person walked away, Fang Yi looked sideways at the west wing.After a while, the door of the west wing opened, revealing a pretty face with a hint of a smile on his lips.

"You are a really bad person, taking advantage of others' danger, taking advantage of the fire to rob." Li Mingda sighed as he walked towards Fang Yizhi.

"They were the ones who took advantage of the fire. If Wei Gong hadn't died of illness, how could this relationship be settled so casually." Fang Yi sighed, looked at Li Mingda with a smile on his lips, "It's all thanks to the princess."

"That's right, it just happened that the case came here, which simplifies the problem. You can't get it right." Li Mingda sighed regretfully, and then asked Fang Yizhi curiously, "But you can tell me, how do you plan to get it together? Wei Wanshu is in her filial piety, so she can't go out."

"My idea is just to use rumors. The princess just said that she wants Wei Wanshu to go out. Why?" Fang Yi asked Li Mingda pretending to be puzzled, "What is the princess thinking?"

"I didn't think about anything." Li Mingda turned his head away, walked outside the courtyard and shouted to Fang Yizhi, "Hurry up, interrogate Xiao Kai, I really want to know if he did what happened to Shizi."

Der Spiegel.

Li Mingda and Fang Yi sat straight in the main hall, and then Xiao Kai was interrogated.

Only three confidantes and followers are left in the house, and the rest are avoided.

After Xiao Kai was brought up, he observed the surrounding situation, smiled, and saluted to thank them both.

"Only the princess and Fang Shizi interrogated me? Anyway, not many people know about it, and I feel that I can save some face." Xiao Kai laughed at himself.

"Where were you when I fell off the cliff?" Li Mingda asked.

Xiao Kai was stunned, looked at Li Mingda, "I..."

"I won't talk nonsense with you, and you don't have to lie to me anymore. You want everyone to trust you, so how can you be trusted for what you did?" After Li Mingda finished speaking, he asked Tian Hanshan to bring Wei Wanshu's testimony to him. Xiao Kai looked.

After Xiao Kai read it carefully, he was dumbfounded.

"According to what you said before, you were at Beishan, with Zhang Jia Erlang." Li Mingda flipped through the record book of the alibi.This was the investigation she had ordered when she just woke up after falling off the cliff.

Fang Yi always remembered that when he suspected that there was a second person at the scene when the princess fell off the cliff, several noble children also said about it. At that time, Xiao Kai did say that he and other children were far away on the other side of the mountain.

Xiao Kai lowered his head in embarrassment, then raised his head embarrassingly to explain to them, "I admit that I was afraid of trouble and didn't tell the truth directly. I'm sorry!"

"That is to say, you really appeared at the place where the female relatives were at that time, and when I fell off the cliff, you just ran from downhill to downhill in a hurry." Li Mingda said.

Xiao Kai nodded, "Yes, I heard that the princess fell off the cliff, and I ran away in a panic, but I didn't do anything to the princess, and I didn't know why the princess fell off the cliff at the time. In the mountains, I have never seen a princess before."

"Then what are you doing there?" Li Mingda asked.

"I—" Xiao Kai hung his head sullenly, choked on words, and stopped talking.

"Do you know that this will increase your suspicions, you can't even do a basic explanation, and you expect us to believe that you haven't done anything?" Li Mingda asked, "Where does trust come from? It's your every move. It's worth my letter!"

Xiao Kai was a little excited when he heard the princess's words, he shivered, and hurriedly knelt down to apologize to Li Mingda, "I was going to see someone, and that's why I lied at the time, I'm afraid I'd be ashamed when I said it."

"There are very few people now, why don't you tell me?" Fang Yi asked straight.

Xiao Kai nodded quickly and said, "Tell me, I, I... Alas! I went to peek at Princess Gaoyang."

After Xiao Kai said this, his face blushed, and he wished he could bury his whole head in the ground.

"Princess Gaoyang?" Li Mingda asked for confirmation.

"Yes, to tell you the truth, I have also reached a certain age, and it is inevitable that I will have admiration for some beautiful women. Princess Gaoyang just happens to look the same as I... um." Xiao Kai explained the reason carefully in a panic, but found himself The more you explain, the more obnoxious it becomes.

Li Mingda turned his head to look at Fang Yizhi.It wasn't her who was shocked to find out that it was true, even Fang Yizhi, who had been calm for thousands of years, had a flash of surprise in his eyes.

"Now I can't. At that time, I really just admired and didn't have any other thoughts. I couldn't control my thoughts at that time. But I knew very well that the princess had already married the house concubine, and the most I could do was stay away. Take a peek from a distance." Xiao Kai explained again, "I really knew I was wrong, and my sister found out afterwards and scolded me. I restrained myself, and after I learned about Princess Gaoyang's character, I completely Disappointed, nothing to worry about."

After Xiao Kai said this, he felt a little regretful, and took a peek at Fang Yizhi and Li Mingda. One of them was Princess Gao Yang's younger sister, and the other was Princess Gao Yang's brother-in-law.It seemed a bit inappropriate for him to say bad things about Princess Gao Yang.

Xiao Kai repeatedly apologized, "I didn't intend to slander, but... I'm afraid that if I don't tell the truth well, you will misunderstand me again."

"Just tell the truth, you don't have to worry about anything else." Li Mingda said.

Xiao Kai breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still nervous.

Li Mingda asked again: "Anyone prove it?"

Xiao Kai: "How does this prove that I can only sneak in such small thoughts, and I dare not even tell the attendants around me, for fear that they will laugh in private."

"The last question, if the murderer is not you, who do you think it would be?" Li Mingda asked Xiao Kai.

Fang Yizhi also watched Xiao Kai seriously at this time.

"This—I really don't know, anyway, I'm sure I'm not the murderer. You don't know what I can do, I don't know how to use my mouth to persuade Brother Yi to drink, let alone instigate murder? Besides, I have done it so far I don't understand, what is the purpose of the so-called murderers behind the scenes, the instigators Jiang Lin, Ji Wang, etc., to kill people, and is there any benefit for me to kill the dead?" Xiao Kai was puzzled.

Li Mingda nodded to show that he understood, and asked someone to take Xiao Kai down first.Then she looked at Fang Yizhi and asked Fang Yizhi what he thought of Xiao Kai.

"Is he telling the truth, or acting?"

"Since the real culprit behind the scenes is not simple, and it is well concealed, it makes sense that you and I can't see any flaws." Fang Yi said bluntly, and then called Cheng Chubi to strengthen his defense against Xiao Kai.

Li Mingda nodded, feeling that Fang Yizhi's arrangements were excellent, "After listening to his explanation and performance just now, I do understand his words a little bit, and it's easy to relax my guard. But the facts are indeed as you said, the other party is likely to be in danger Not Luan, he is still acting in Zangfeng, and then waits for us to show our flaws, so that he has a chance to escape."

"Princess also thinks that Xiao Kai is probably innocent?" Fang Yi turned to look at Li Mingda.

Li Mingda heard Fang Yizhi say "yes", and heard that Fang Yizhi also thought the same as her.Li Mingda was slightly stunned, "Then I asked your opinion just now, you said that he might be acting too real, we can't see it?"

"This possibility is indeed not ruled out. When Xiao Kai does not have enough evidence to prove himself, it is normal for us to maintain the necessary doubts about him. It is always the safest to do a comprehensive suspicion, and there will be no mistakes." Fang Yizhi explained road.

Li Mingda nodded, feeling that what Fang Yizhi said was very reasonable.She dug up Jiang Lin's previous testimony again, and rested her chin on her hand to read, "Then you said Jiang Lin is acting, will he lie to the sky?"

"She probably doesn't have the ability." Fang Yi said straight, and then asked the princess if she had discovered anything.

"The last time I interrogated her, when Tian Hanshan said that Xiao Kai had a mole on her back, I carefully observed her expression when she looked at Xiao Kai. I was shocked and curious, full of strangeness. It seems that she really This is the first time I saw Xiao Kai. But it doesn't make sense, why did she change her mouth to protect Xiao Kai later." Li Mingda frowned.

Fang Yizhi: "If Xiao Kai is not the real culprit she admires, with her temperament, she should be happy to push people out to die, so that she can have a scapegoat, and she can also get rid of those who don't want to be tried and die quickly." thought."

"That's right, but she later denied it and admitted it was nonsense. She changed her words out of desperation. It stands to reason that it's hard to hide her expression. I can also tell that her expression is lying." Li Mingda said.

Fang Yizhi was a little surprised and asked Li Mingda if he could be sure.

"At least [-]%, how clear are my eyes?" Li Mingda added, "And this time the observation was very careful, and I didn't relax for a moment. I think it should be accurate, but I can't be sure."

Fang Yi nodded his head, expressing his understanding.

"Xiao Kai said something just now, and I agree with it." Li Mingda continued, "It's the motive behind the real murderer who instigated the murder. Why did he do this? And it was when he was young, why did she start to instigate a complete murder?" Did you know three people who didn't know him, and made them start killing people?"

"This question is very good, and I have been thinking about it." Fang Yizhi's eyes were deep, and he tapped his fingers on the table, "Behind everything a person does purposefully, there is his inevitable purpose. Fierce, young, but extremely bold, deliberately ran into the bandit's lair, the purpose should be to realize his idea of ​​instigating people to kill. Why let a stranger who has nothing to do with him kill other strangers? What good will it do for him to accomplish this? I think if we want to understand these two issues, it will not be difficult to find the purpose of the real murderer behind the scenes who instigated the murder."

"Since he is an irrelevant stranger, it has nothing to do with ordinary murder motives such as revenge and seeking money." Li Mingda ruled it out, "He should just purely want people he trained to kill people. The advantage is... ...his training was successful?"

Fang Yi smiled and nodded, "Princess is wise, her purpose is as simple as that."

Li Mingda moved his eyeballs, and asked Fang Yizhi suddenly, "That is to say, the purpose of the real murderer behind the scenes to go to Plum Blossom Temple was for 'practice'?"

Fang Yi nodded straightly, "Otherwise, there will be nothing about General Ji in the future. When I was young, I was in the bandit den for trial practice, but Ji Wang's place here is definitely not the case. So I have thoroughly investigated for nearly a year. , that is, Ji Wang's achievements during his official career. He has worked for the Xiao family five times. The last time Xiao Yu quelled the civil unrest and returned to the court after making meritorious deeds, Ji Wang deserves the credit. Ji Wang also left ten Thousands of mu of fertile land were transferred to the Xiao family at a low price."

"I remember this matter. The court's military salary was delayed. The story of him selling land to comfort the soldiers first spread throughout Chang'an City. The saint once praised him for his loyalty to the country and he is a good general who is very sympathetic. For this reason, I will return it to him. Promoted to a rank official." Li Mingda said.

"It's a good name to sell the land to reward the sergeants, so as to boost the morale of his troops, but the real purpose is to benefit the Xiao family." Fang Yi said straight.

At this time, it was rumored that Yuchi Baoqi had obtained the testimony of the young Taoist priests of Zhenyun Temple, and there was key evidence.

Li Mingda asked someone to present it immediately, and then asked why Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie were not there.

"The two of them asked the witness to go through the field again based on the testimony to confirm that what he said was true and credible."

Li Mingda couldn't help but sighed to Fang Yi with a straight smile: "Look, the two of you are getting more and more serious about the case now."

"Careful, considerate." Fang Yi Zhiying praised.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi read the testimony together.

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, and after thinking deeply, his eyebrows twisted together.

Fang Yizhi: "In this way, Xiao Kai has no time to commit the crime. He is really not the murderer."

Li Mingda took a breath slowly, and gritted his teeth angrily: "The real culprit behind this scene is really too powerful, and he has kept it from us until today."

"That's the way it is, if it's not great, it must be fake." Fang Yi sighed straight.

"Before Ji Wang died, half of the servants were not allowed to show up in the back door house, even cronies. This is so suspicious that I didn't think about it carefully. There are also Jiang Lin, Hui Ning and Anning's methods of committing crimes, There must be a large part of it from the teachings of the real murderer behind the scenes, so it also shows that the real murderer behind the scenes must also use this method, and I didn't think about it." Li Mingda turned his eyes, his dark pupils straightened Looking at Fang Yizhi calmly, "But after self-reflection, I'm still a little surprised, I really didn't expect it, what about you?"

Fang Yi nodded, "It's not just an accident, I'm quite shocked."

Li Mingda immediately called Cheng Chubi and gave him a letter he had just written, ordering him to deliver it to the palace immediately.

"Go through the back door, pay attention to the surrounding situation, and avoid being followed. It is best to walk around when there is trouble, and make sure that there is no one behind you. You are sending a message to enter the palace." Li Mingda said.

Cheng Chubi accepted the letter in surprise. Although he was puzzled, he still obediently obeyed the princess' instructions.

After Tian Hanshan watched and listened coldly, he was still in a daze. After Cheng Chubi left, he couldn't hold back his curiosity, and wanted to ask if his princess had confirmed who the murderer was.Opening her mouth without thinking, the princess got up, ran to wander back and forth in the center of the ground, then sighed again that it was not good, and ordered him to prepare the horse and go back to the palace immediately.

"Go back to the palace?" Tian Hanshan and Fang Yizhi asked puzzled questions at the same time.

Li Mingda said straight to Fang Yi: "Tell me later." After saying that, she ran out of the door.

Tian Hanshan hurriedly followed.

After Li Mingda rode back to the palace, he didn't go back to the Lizheng Palace, but went directly to Li Hui'an's residence.

Seeing this, the maids outside the hall hurriedly came to salute Li Mingda.

Li Mingda wanted to go in, but was hurriedly stopped by the maids.

"Your lord is taking a bath. It seems that he was too tired from playing last night and just fell asleep. Would you like to come back later, princess?" the maid suggested.

"They are all good sisters, so there is no taboo." Li Mingda pushed away the maid who blocked the way, and went straight to Li Hui'an's bedroom where the door was closed.

The door slammed open, only to see two maids in the hall who were standing and dozing, looking at Li Mingda with a frightened look at the moment, and then came to their senses and hurried over to salute.

"Where's Princess Hengshan?" Li Mingda said while rushing to the room.

"Your Majesty, your lord is resting, don't let anyone disturb you—" Before the maid in the palace could finish her sentence, she saw Li Mingda had already rushed into the inner room, and the rest of the words naturally became weaker, and there was nothing to say .

Li Mingda looked at the empty bed, the room with no one at all, and turned his eyes angrily to the maids who followed behind him, "What are you doing!"

All the court ladies knelt down to make amends, and only then did they confess the truth under Li Mingda's sharp questioning.

Princess Hengshan Li Hui'an went out with Xiao Wuniang.