Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Hearing this, Zhuxi refused to give way, and said to Li Mingda: "My lord, you don't even know what kind of place Cizhou is, it doesn't even have a lake. Shrimp can be transported from the seaside in winter , It is also a precious food that rich people can eat. In this hot summer season, where do you ask my husband to find Guangming grilled shrimp for you, I think you don't want to make friends with our Dalang sincerely."

"I think it's because you guys are not sincere, and you took the initiative to submit friends, but you don't even have any sincerity." Li Mingda said.

Zhuxi stared, trying to argue again, but was pushed aside by Ji Zhiyuan with a slap.Ji Zhiyuan didn't want to use force at all, but with a slight push, Zhuxi staggered back a few steps with his small body.

Ji Zhiyuan scolded him angrily: "Don't be rude to my friends! If you do this again, be careful, I will kick you out and let you sleep on the street!"

When Ji Zhiyuan was angry, his expression was particularly fierce.Although Zhuxi knew that his master had no malicious intentions, his body still trembled instinctively when he saw the situation, and then he regained his normal state with reason, and obediently bowed his head to admit his mistake.

Ji Zhiyuan then smiled and apologized to Li Mingda, "I'm spoiled and ignorant. It's easy for Nineteenth Lang to eat Guangming grilled shrimp. I know a place where you can get what you want, but you have to trouble Nineteenth Lang for more Walk a few steps, that place is in Jinzhou."

Li Mingda is just a stranger in front of Ji Zhiyuan now, the fact that he can maintain such a good temper under such unreasonable demands from her is enough to show that he is not usually a person with a very vicious temper.At least they won't encounter any trivial incidents, which will lead to rage and kill people's lives.

Seeing that Li Mingda was silent and silent, Ji Zhiyuan thought she didn't want to go to Jinzhou, so he thought about it again: "Then I'll let Zhuxi take a trip to Jinzhou to pick it up, just because it's too hot along the way, and the food will go bad when I get it back. gone."

"No, I suddenly don't want to eat." Li Mingda smiled and asked Ji Zhiyuan if he had dinner.

Ji Zhiyuan shook his head.

"Then are you interested in eating with me at Cizhou Station?" Li Mingda asked.

Ji Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Mingda in surprise, "Could it be that Nineteenth Lang is an official family?"

Li Mingda nodded.

Ji Zhiyuan hurriedly met again and said that he was rude.

Li Mingda smiled and nodded at him, and went downstairs first.

Seeing that she was walking a little further, Zhuxi hurriedly grabbed Ji Zhiyuan and said in a low voice: "What kind of official family, I think he is a person with many problems. The gentleman just looked at his clothes, the material is average, the official family will Dress like him? I think he is a liar! If he is an official, I will hang upside down from a tree."

"Nonsense, you can't judge a person by their appearance. How can you judge a person just by their clothes. I see that Jiujiu Lang is extraordinary, full of nobility and extraordinary bearing." Ji Zhiyuan praised.

Zhuxi's words didn't make sense at all.

"Don't blame me for saying you, there are not many people who misunderstood you. Let's say that you made those two friends last month. You treated them with all your heart and soul, and even lent them money. As a result, they now turn to bite you Threatening and coercing them to accompany you to eat and drink, and saying that you are as good as Long Yang, forcing them to submit. I have never seen such shameless people in this world, who eat your food, drink your food, spend your money, and finally pay you back. It ruined your reputation. Those ordinary people are even more annoying, but they blindly believe them and call you a bully!"

"Okay, I don't think this little brother can do it. I can't stop making friends just because I met two heartless people. Besides, this is going to the post station, not to the gate of hell." Ji Zhiyuan blamed Zhuxi for making a fuss over a molehill. .

Zhuxi swallowed, "A few days ago, I heard from people on the street that someone pretended to be an official from another place, saying that he forgot to bring money, and asked someone to borrow some, and then took him to the post station to pick it up, but he followed a few steps, and the person He ran away without a trace. But I think this man is also like a liar, just wait and see, when you follow him out, half way, he must find some reason to shirk and go somewhere else."

Ji Zhiyuan was startled, and asked Zhuxi if such a thing really happened.

Zhuxi nodded.

Ji Zhiyuan thought for a while, "Then we can't be fools, but we can't immediately conclude that he must be a liar. Let's walk with him and see what he says on the way. If it's what you said, we'll deal with it later. "

Li Mingda waited at the entrance of the restaurant for a while, only to see that Ji Zhiyuan's master and servant came late, and complained: "So slow, how many whispers do you master and servant have to say."

The more Zhuxi felt that this person was a liar, he must have a guilty conscience, so he felt that their master and servant had whispered something, so he looked at Ji Zhiyuan more resolutely.

Ji Zhiyuan scratched his head embarrassingly and said with a smile: "Checkout, I was just checking out, and I kept Nineteen Lang waiting for a long time, sorry, sorry."

"Let's go." Li Mingda turned around and continued to walk in front, followed by the maid Biyun.

Ji Zhiyuan took a look, and then went to look at the horse that Zhuxi took from the doctor.

"Look, Dalang, he doesn't even have a horse, and he returns to the official family." Zhuxi continued to look down on him.

Ji Zhiyuan frowned, waved his hand, and let his servant lead the horse to follow, and he paced behind Li Mingda.

"Look, it's the direction to the station." Ji Zhiyuan said.

Zhuxi sneered confidently, telling Ji Zhiyuan to wait, and there will be surprises after they are not complete.

Sure enough, when they followed him to the street, they turned around and walked into a jewelry shop.

"Look, here we come," Zhuxi said hastily, "I will definitely borrow money from Da Lang in a while."

Ji Zhiyuan didn't want the matter to be said by Zhuxi very much, so he glanced at Zhuxi angrily, and walked in with his hands behind his back.

Ji Zhiyuan saw Li Mingda asking the price of a piece of jade pendant, and took a look at the quality of the jade pendant.This Jiujiu Lang has good eyesight, and the quality of the jade pendant is very good, so it must be the treasure of this shop.

"how much is it?"

"Three thousand strings." The shop owner said.

Li Mingda turned his head and looked in Ji Zhiyuan's direction.

Ji Zhiyuan and Zhuxi both felt a little bit in their hearts, feeling that something was going on.Immediately, anger appeared on the faces of Zhuxi and Ji Zhiyuan.

Li Mingda immediately took the jade pendant in his hand and shouted: "Biyun, pay the bill."

At this time, Biyun at the door responded and whistled, and someone led the horse and rushed over, took a cloth bag of money from the horse's back, and brought it in.

After counting the price, the boss returned the remaining money to the attendant with a smile, and happily sent Li Mingda out.

Seeing this, Ji Zhiyuan's master and servant were dumbfounded.Then he watched Li Mingda get on the jujube horse. The horse was majestic, with a shiny mane, absolutely extraordinary.

Zhuxi was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, and he was even more dumbfounded.

Ji Zhiyuan glared at Zhuxi fiercely, scolded him for talking nonsense, sowing discord, and made him apologize to others in his heart.He snorted coldly, and then hurriedly smiled and rode on the horse, chatted with Li Mingda, laughed and rode side by side, and went to the post station.

Zhuxi Xiaopao followed behind, his face was hot, this time he really felt worse than being slapped in the face directly.

When they arrived at the post station, someone came to Li Mingda's lead horse immediately, and several guards in casual clothes also guarded the door, saluting and waiting for Li Mingda to enter.

Seeing this posture, Ji Zhiyuan panicked a little, and became more and more aware of the unusual status of this Nineteenth Lang.Thinking instead that he had listened to Zhuxi's bewitchment and doubted his identity just now, Ji Zhiyuan felt very ashamed.He promised to recognize him as a friend, but he failed to trust his friend.

"What are you stunned for!"

When Ji Zhiyuan heard Li Mingda's call, he hurriedly agreed with a smile, and quickly followed him into the door.

Fang Yizhi and others knew that the princess had just gone out and seemed to have something to do, so they all waited in the lobby of the inn.Seeing her return now, everyone stood up to greet her, but saw that after Li Mingda came in, a tall and ferocious man came in after him, his appearance was extremely ferocious, as if he was about to eat people.

Seeing this, Yuchi Baoqi rushed over with a brisk stride, called the guards again, and pointed at Ji Zhiyuan in a bad tone: "Where is the bold madman who dares to break into the post, get out!"

Ji Zhiyuan hurriedly waved his hands to say no, but Yuchi Baoqi became even angrier when he couldn't speak up.

"I still want to do something, take him down quickly, and protect Nineteen Lang."

The guards had seen Ji Zhiyuan come back with the princess, but seeing the princess didn't say a word, so they thought they knew each other, worried and looked at Ji Zhiyuan defensively.Now when they heard Yuchi Baoqi's words, everyone felt that this person was an intruder, and immediately raised their knives.

Li Mingda: "Stop."

At the same time, Fang Yizhi's hand also fell on Yuchi Baoqi's shoulder, reminding him in a low voice that the 'murderer' he identified should have come back with the princess.The reason for Fang Yizhi's judgment is very simple, the princess has keen ears, if this person really followed maliciously, the princess would have found out.

Yuchi Baoqi was startled, and turned to hear Li Mingda say that it was true, so he apologized to Ji Zhiyuan in embarrassment.

Ji Zhiyuan scratched his head with a silly smile, saying that it's okay, "I'm often misunderstood like this, saying that I look like a bad guy, and some people say that I just laugh, and my whole body smells like blood."

"Your temperament is rare." Fang Yi heard that Ji Zhiyuan spoke with a Cizhou accent, and he probably concluded in his heart that he should be Ji Zhiyuan related to the case, otherwise the princess would not take him back to the station on purpose.

"Ji Zhiyuan, I just made a friend." When Li Mingda introduced to everyone, he threw the jade pendant in his hand to Ji Zhiyuan, "Meeting ceremony."

Ji Zhiyuan instinctively caught the jade pendant, and when he heard that Li Mingda wanted to give it to him, he was scared and dared not accept it, "I want to be friends with Jiujiu Lang, so I should also give the gift. Besides, I always give gifts to others, and no one gives them to me." mine."

Yuchi Baoqi burst out laughing, and also saw Ji Zhiyuan's temperament, never thought that there would be such a kind "murderer" in this world.

"I think you're pretty good too, let's see if we can be friends later?" Yuchi Baoqi asked, and then added, "Don't you know each other if you don't fight?"

Ji Zhiyuan had seen Yuchi Baoqi's good looks earlier, and nodded happily when he heard that the other party offered to be friends with him.But when he looked over Yuchi Baoqi's shoulder and saw Fang Yizhi, Ji Zhiyuan's smile became even brighter, and he always felt that he was lucky to go out today, to meet so many noble and elegant gentlemen.

Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly introduced herself, and then introduced Fang Yizhi, Di Renjie, Changsun Huan and others to Ji Zhiyuan.

When Ji Zhiyuan heard that all of you were well-known founders of the country, he was amazed wave after wave. After paying respects to each of them, he paid special salutes to Fang Yizhi, "I have heard my uncle praise Fang Dalang for being a good person. It's a blessing to see you."

Fang Yi smiled, "I didn't expect King Jiang Xia to have such high regard for me, but Fang is just an ordinary person, no different from everyone else."

"It's different, the difference is big. In terms of appearance alone, you and I are very different. Look at my fierce face, I don't know how much trouble it has caused me. Besides talent and learning... it doesn't matter, I am not worthy to compare with you " Ji Zhiyuan smiled shyly, he was in a very good mood at the moment, he was lucky enough to know so many noble sons at once, for him, it was an honor that could only be cultivated in several lifetimes.

Fang Yi could tell that Ji Zhiyuan was a sentimental person, he laughed and sighed that he was too polite, and invited him to sit down.

Only then did Ji Zhiyuan think of Nineteen Lang, and looked at Li Mingda. "Everyone's identities are very good. What about Jiujiu Lang, who is the son of an honorable family?"

After Ji Zhiyuan finished speaking, Fang Yizhi and the others just laughed and said nothing.Look at Li Mingda again, drinking water casually from a teacup.Ji Zhiyuan became more and more sure that among these people, he was the only one with a different identity.

Nineteen Lang, without a surname.The appearance is still so pure, and although the voice is deliberately lowered, it is a little like a female voice.

Ji Zhiyuanxiong was shocked.

"Could it be..." Ji Zhiyuan had heard rumors before that Princess Jinyang had gone to Jinzhou.Now that there are so many noble people from Chang'an here, it is not impossible for the princess to come to Cizhou.

Seeing Fang Yi immediately nodded.

Ji Zhiyuan was terrified, his legs trembled, he quickly knelt down, and kowtowed to Princess Jinyang.

Zhuxi was startled half out of his wits by these extraordinary lords in the inn.Now, when he heard his master say that Nineteen Lang is Princess Jinyang, he just laughed at the person who is usually dressed as a liar, but it turned out to be Princess Jinyang!

Zhuxi felt that there were countless arrows piercing his whole body, his soul flew away, and his whole body was almost limp and kneeling.

Li Mingda looked at Zhuxi with a smile and teased him: "You can rest assured this time."

Zhuxi vibrated, almost peed on his pants, "Slave... Slave plead guilty!"

Li Mingda asked the two of them to stand up, and then called Tian Hanshan to come.

Ji Zhiyuan recognized Tian Hanshan, and was stunned, "He...is he?"

"In order to investigate the case and determine whether you are innocent, it is a last resort. Does Ji Dalang mind?"

"No, no, no, I don't mind at all." Ji Zhiyuan hurriedly said, and then nervously explained to Li Mingda that the death of Governor Zhang and his wife had nothing to do with him at all.

"I would like to explain. It is said that two days before Governor Zhang's death, you came to the door with a chicken and threatened them with poisoning on the spot." Now that his identity was revealed, Li Mingda asked straight to the point.

Ji Zhiyuan thought about it, and said anxiously: "Nonsense, the chicken was not poisoned at all!"

At this time, Zhuxi also regained his composure, and he was glad that his words were not heard by the princess, so he became more courageous.As soon as he heard that his master was wronged again, he quickly nodded in agreement, expressing that he was really not poisoned to death.

"It was my lord who was out hunting, and managed to catch a live pheasant. It ran fast, and it was not easy to get it alive. The pheasant tasted good first, and then he heard that the girl from Zhang Shi's family was healthy. Not good, pheasant ginseng soup is the most invigorating, so when I was discussing with Zhang Cishi, I took chicken and a few catties of ginseng to go.

I don't want Lang Jun to take the chicken out of the cage to show Zhang Cishi, his hand is so strong that he pinches the chicken to death.In order to save the chicken, Mr. Lang naturally wanted to let go, but who knew that the chicken would still die after thumping twice on the ground.Inspector Zhang shouted at the time that Mr. Lang deliberately threatened him with a chicken, but it really wasn't! "Zhuxi sincerely complained for his lord.

Yuchi Baoqi couldn't help laughing again, "It's such a big misunderstanding that there is such a thing."

Fang Yi gave him a warning look.

It was too much for Yuchi Baoqi to make fun of people's depression and sadness.

Yuchi Baoqi had an epiphany immediately, and hurriedly apologized, seeing that Ji Zhiyuan didn't mind, he smiled again: "It's hard for you."

"I'm used to it. I have encountered such things since I was a child. Friends who don't really understand my temperament are extremely afraid of me. I just use my nostrils to vent my anger. They all feel that I am going to hit someone. When I am anxious to explain, they I was even more afraid, thinking that I would kill them." Ji Zhiyuan looked helpless, "Now that I am older, I have become more restrained, and I don't want to go out. Try to make people misunderstand me. Who would have thought that Zhang Shishi would come to the door, I As soon as I explained it, there was another misunderstanding, and the city was full of trouble. They dug up all the things about me a few years ago, saying that I was a bully who killed people without batting an eyelid. The reason why no one dared to punish me was because I had my uncle as a backer. .”

Li Mingda focused on the key points and stared at Ji Zhiyuan, "How many years ago?"

"Yes, what happened in the past two years. Because I was bored at home for a long time, I always went out for a stroll occasionally. I saw an old woman pushing a cart with difficulty on the road, so I went to help push her twice and sent her home. Who knows The old woman died that night, and they said I was the one to blame. Just because the old woman blocked my way, I was in a bad mood and ordered the old woman who lived alone to be killed.

Another time was when I went to the gambling house. Because of this misunderstanding, I was in a bad mood. I wanted to go to the gambling shop to relieve my anger, and I didn't care about winning or losing.At that time, it seemed that I lost more than a dozen pennies, and I didn't notice it.But after that, about half a year later, the two people who beat me in the casino were hacked to death in the woods. Everyone said that I was careless and kept waiting for opportunities to retaliate, thinking that half a year had passed and no one had lost my money. Remember, that's why I killed people to vent my anger. "

After hearing Ji Zhiyuan's experience, Yuchi Baoqi ran to comfort him and patted him on the shoulder, "Just now I laughed at you, I was really wrong. Brother, you are having a hard time."

"There are many similar things. In short, those who have nothing to do with me will be unlucky and die afterwards, and they will all rely on me, so that many people think that I am a bully with several lives on me!" When Ji Zhiyuan said this, The expression was full of helplessness, and he smiled wryly.

"It's really not easy for you." Li Mingda turned his head and saw that Ji Zhiyuan's confession had been written down, so he raised his hand to motion for Ji Zhiyuan to sign the testimony.

After Ji Zhiyuan obediently finished his betting, he still asked Li Mingda curiously, "Is it true that Governor Zhang was poisoned to death?"

"We won't know until tomorrow when the coffin is opened for an autopsy. If you are curious, you might as well stay at the inn. Just after we have met us tomorrow, go to the governor's mansion and confront the Zhang family face to face." Li Mingda said.

Ji Zhiyuan thought for a while, it was his honor to live with all the nobles, and he also wanted to prove his innocence, so he nodded in agreement.

……

It was night, with a cool breeze and stars shining.

As the coffin will be opened at dawn tomorrow, everyone should go to bed early.

Haizheng, the inn is already quiet, except for a few guards who are required to guard and need to change guards in shifts, everyone is basically sleeping soundly.

Just at this moment, a woman's scream crossed the night sky.Then, there was another sound, and then there were consecutive screams, which shook the entire station.

There are not many women in the station.

Fang Yizhi immediately got up from the bed, although he felt that the voice seemed strange, but he rushed out of the door immediately, and ran to the door of the princess' room.At this time Yuchi Baoqi, Cheng Chubi and Changsun Huan also rushed over.Because they ran in a hurry, the three of them were still a little disheveled, and they all asked what was going on while arranging their clothes.

Fang Yizhi was wearing a green robe, dignified and neat.

Tian Hanshan also ran out from the next room in a panic at this time, and hurriedly knocked on the door to ask about your lord's situation.There was no response for a long time, everyone was a little impatient, and it was not good to directly break into the princess's room to offend.Everyone sent Tian Hanshu in.

Tian Hanxi was troubled, "Princess said, don't disturb her tonight. Besides, Biyun is waiting in the house, so she should be fine."

"But if the scream just now really came from the princess..."

"Okay, I'll go."

Tian Hanshan was about to push the door, when he saw the door move by itself, then saw Biyun open the door, and Li Mingda came out from inside.

She was sleepy, but she had already put on her clothes. She raised her eyes to see so many people gathered at the door of her house, asking what happened.

"There was a woman's scream just now, didn't the princess hear it?"

Li Mingda spread out his palms and showed Fang Yizhi two balls of cotton.

Fang Yizhi immediately told Li Mingda how many times the woman screamed and how long it lasted.

"Now that I think about it, the voice should be coming from there." Fang Yi pointed to the southeast direction.

Everyone followed Fang Yizhi's direction and went downstairs, and then heard another scream, a woman's trembling voice shouted "Stay away from me".

Everyone hurried over, Li Mingda was at the end, she was not in a hurry, because she had already heard the reason for the noise.Li Mingda sat in the lobby instead, asked for water, and waited for everyone here.

Not long after, everyone brought Zhou Xiaohe and Ji Zhiyuan over.Together with Zhou Xiaohe, there are four servant girls.Ji Zhiyuan followed from a distance with an embarrassing expression on his face.

"We met halfway on the hatchback, and on Wednesday, Niang held up a lantern and saw Ji Dalang from a distance, she got scared and shouted." Fang Yizhi explained.

Li Mingda nodded, just now he had heard Ji Zhiyuan explain to Zhou Xiaohe in a panic, but Zhou Xiaohe just screamed out of fear and didn't listen.Li Mingda looked at Zhou Xiaohe wonderingly, but looked at Zhou Xiaohe a little guilty, and lowered his head.

"Your aunt said that you came to Cizhou to visit relatives, but now why did you come to the post?"

Zhou Xiaohe nodded, pouted slightly, "My relatives just went to visit, I thought it was boring, and I heard that the princess would investigate the case with my uncle, so I turned to the princess and begged my uncle to let me see and see. My uncle has already allowed me to be here, but he didn't I thought he didn't inform the princess and everyone. However, it's not my uncle's fault, it's Xiao He who was rude and abrupt, so I apologize to everyone."

At the end of Zhou Xiaohe's speech, there was a cry in her throat. After saluting, she still didn't forget to say "Ji Zhiyuan"

"When Xiao He arrived, the princess was not there, and because she was too tired from the journey, she fell asleep on the bed and didn't wake up until just now. Xiao He thought that she should pay her respects to the princess, and didn't want to run into that murderer just after walking a few steps! Now Xiao He thinks this is a blessing, it must be God's deliberate arrangement for Xiao He to meet this murderer and find him in time, just in time to ensure the safety of the princess."

Zhou Xiaohe twitched her nose, her eyes were red, but her expression was extremely strong.

"I'm not a murderer, I'm just going to be courteous." Ji Zhiyuan said anxiously.

When Zhou Xiaohe heard that he actually "roared" at herself, she was so frightened that she shed tears and took a few steps back, hiding further away.

Seeing this, Ji Zhiyuan became even more anxious. He wanted to explain but didn't know how to explain it. He was afraid that it would be useless to explain, and people would think he was bullying him.

"He is my guest, and when he met you, he brought his followers with him." Li Mingda glanced at Zhuxi behind Ji Zhiyuan, then rubbed his temples wearily, "Since it was a misunderstanding, everyone should leave. "

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he went upstairs.

Fang Yizhi, Changsun Huan and others also dispersed.After Changsun Huan learned that the princess was fine, he switched from 'spirit' to 'sluggish' and kept yawning.When they went upstairs, they separated from Fang Yizhi, almost closed their eyes and felt for the door to enter.

Fang Yi glanced downstairs, and realized what Yuchi Baoqi and Zhou Xiaohe had said, but they didn't bother to pay attention, and went back to the room.

"Not everyone can do this investigation. I advise Miss Zhou to go back to her relatives as soon as possible tomorrow, so as not to be scared like today again."

Zhou Xiaohe originally saw the handsome Yuchi Erlang coming to comfort her, and she felt a little fond of her, but after listening to what he said, she actually looked down on her, so she was a little unwilling.

"You are all good, but I can't. Tomorrow I will show you my ability, and I will not let you look down on me."

After Zhou Xiaohe finished speaking, he turned his head and left unconvinced.

Yuchi Baoqi was dumbfounded, this beauty has quite a temper.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky gradually turned from dark to bright.

Li Mingda sat up when he heard the sound of horseshoes at the gate of the post station, regretting that he didn't put cotton in his ears when he fell asleep for the second time last night.

Li Mingda yawned and asked Biyun to wait for her to change her clothes and freshen up. Then she leaned against the window and watched for a while. When a gust of wind came, Li Mingda smelled the incense on King Hejian.This time was different from usual, he still smelled of powder and flowers.No need to guess, he went to find a woman last night.

Li Mingda rubbed his temples and yawned again.

Seeing this, Biyun hurried over to massage the princess's head, "I got up so early, the princess was woken up again last night and didn't sleep well."

Biyun is well aware of the princess's habits, such as sleeping, if she wakes up in the middle of the night, it will be like sleeping for nothing.If the time for re-sleeping is not enough, the princess will still be extremely sleepy.

It's like this now, it's only because of that Zhou Xiaohe screaming last night.

"You don't have to complain, she didn't mean it either." Li Mingda patted his face, forced himself to be energetic, and then went downstairs.

Fang Yizhi and the others were already waiting there.

Li Chongyi just took off his cloak, and seeing Li Mingda coming down, he laughed and asked, "Then let's have breakfast quickly and leave early?"

Li Mingda nodded.

After the group had breakfast, they all rode on their horses.

Only then did everyone see that Zhou Xiaohe was already wearing luxurious men's clothing and had already been waiting outside the door.Her eyes were abnormal, and her face was full of confidence. After saluting Li Mingda, she greeted everyone one by one, and she behaved very well.

Seeing this, Li Chongyi turned to smile at Li Mingda: "This child has justice in his heart, so he wants to investigate with us, punish rape and eradicate evil, and avenge others. I agreed to her. The princess won't mind?"

"This is your case, it's up to you to decide." Li Mingda responded blankly, without any strange expression.

Immediately, everyone rode their horses and rushed to Zhang Cishi's mausoleum.

A group of people rode fast horses and galloped.

Zhou Xiaohe couldn't stand the bumpy ride halfway.She obviously didn't eat in the morning, but at this moment, she felt that there was a lot of stuff in her stomach, and she wanted to vomit.Zhou Xiaohe endured and endured, but in the end he couldn't do it, so he had to stop the horse and squatted on the side of the road to vomit.

The people walking ahead stopped when they heard the sound.Fang Yizhi was the closest to Zhou Xiaohe as the queen of the palace, so he drove back and asked her how she was doing.

"I'm fine." Zhou Xiaohe hurriedly wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, then raised his eyes to look at the boy on horseback.Light blue clothes, picturesque appearance.But when he turned his eyes to look at her eyes, the warmth and elegance that penetrated into his bones appeared.

Zhou Xiaohe blushed and lowered her eyes.

"It's fine, keep going, don't delay the trip of the princess and the county king." Fang Yi said bluntly, and drove back to explain the situation to Li Mingda and King Hejian.

Seeing that Zhou Xiaohe got on the horse again, King Hejian knew that she was fine, so he called everyone to continue.

Afterwards, Zhou Xiaohe didn't feel the bumps anymore, and kept chasing after Qing Jue's back.

When the group arrived at the cemetery, the local officials who had already come here to prepare in advance dug up the tomb and carried out the coffin, only waiting for King Hejian, Wu Zuo and others to investigate.

"Open the coffin." Li Chongyi said.

The yamen servants immediately pried open the coffin, and a strong smell of decaying corpses wafted out, causing most of them to cover their mouths and noses.

Zhou Xiaohe also covered her nose and swayed her body. She cried bitterly and endured it to the extreme, then turned around and vomited.Because the contents of her stomach had been vomited out long ago, so now all she vomited was some sour water.The accompanying maid hurriedly wiped Zhou Xiaohe's air.

Seeing Zhou Xiaohe like this, Yuchi Baoqi instinctively felt nauseated, since they are both women...she couldn't help but look at the princess.The princess stood beside the coffin calmly, not even covering her mouth and nose.

Yuchi Baoqi sighed to herself, and let go of her hand, gradually getting used to the stench of corpses.

The corpse had been buried for more than a month, and now it was midsummer, the surface was already highly decomposed.

However, Wu Zuo had their own set of drug testing methods. There was still some intact skin on the back of the corpse, which could be seen to be bluish in color.Although the skin and flesh on the top of the corpse are rotten and the bones are visible, but the bones are black, so it can be known that it is poisoned.But what kind of poison it is, because the time interval is too long, it is indeed difficult to determine.

Li Mingda looked at the corpse of Zhang Cishi's wife first, and saw a little red thing in her rotten abdomen, but it was so small that no one could find it except her.Li Mingda looked at Zhang Cishi's corpse again, and asked him to poke the rotten stomach with a knife, and he saw the same thing. Fortunately, there was a larger piece, which could be regarded as a normal piece of debris.

After Li Mingda directed Tian Hanshan to pick out the debris visible to ordinary people, he considered that there must be similar residues in his abdomen, so he asked Wu Zuo to try some of the residues that were taken out on living creatures to see if it would work. What kind of reaction.

The yacha got a duck from a villager nearby, wrapped the poison in bread and stuffed it into the duck's mouth.After that, the ducks were still croaking in the cage as usual.

Li Mingda ordered Tian Hanshan to collect the scum, and the duck also took it with him.The group returned to Cizhou City.

After arriving at the governor's mansion, Li Mingda first sat down in the main hall.Tian Hanshan washed the reddish residue with water.

Li Mingda looked at the washed red residue again, only to find that there was still a little black under the red part.The texture is hard to the touch, and the red color of this kind of skin is gorgeous and long-lasting.Li Mingda looked at it and found it somewhat familiar.

The surface is somewhat curved, like a seed.

At this time, the Yamen over there rushed to report and told everyone that the duck had a different reaction, "It collapsed on the ground, had diarrhea once, and seems to be out of breath right now."

Li Mingda and others went to check immediately, and the duck was already dead when they arrived.There is some blood on the duck's buttocks. The foreman pulled out part of the duck's feathers, and looked at its skin, and it was blue-purple.

Everyone knew immediately that the duck must have been poisoned with the same poison as that of Zhang Cishi and his wife.

Li Chongyi took a special look at the duck's head, wondering: "But there is no bleeding from the seven orifices."

Wu Zuo hurriedly said: "Bleeding from the seven orifices may not be caused by swallowing poison. After death, if a person stays for three or two days, and there is a bump when moving, it may also happen."

"It's so." Li Chongyi nodded knowingly.

After Li Mingda went back, looking at the remaining red scum, she always felt familiar, and the name was on her lips, but she just couldn't remember it for a while.

Li Mingda knew that Fang Yizhi had a lot of experience, so he immediately described it to him, "What kind of seeds should it be, red, bright in color, with a little bit of black, poisonous, what can you think of?"

Fang Yi went through Li Mingda's words in his head, and after pondering for a while, he simply said to Li Mingda: "Xiangsizi."

"Acacia child?" Li Mingda knew about this thing, she used to play with a bunch of it when she was a child, and heard her father tell the story of the love between men and women that this acacia child symbolizes, "Then this kind of thing is poisonous?"

"It's poisonous, if you grind it up and take it, just a few pills can be fatal." Fang Yi said affirmatively. He read some medical books, which clearly stated this point.