Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

After Li Mingda entered the door with a gust of wind, he strode up to Zhang Shunxin and stared at him coldly.Immediately Tian Hanshan also followed, he was not empty-handed, he held Zhang Feixue in his arms.At this moment, Zhang Feixue had stopped crying, and blinked her slightly red eyes, looking extraordinarily well-behaved.

Seeing this, Zhang Shunxin happily kowtowed to Li Mingda, and said again the words asking her to make the decision.

"Zhang Shunxin, do you want me to investigate the murderer who killed your brother and sister-in-law? Or do you want me to convict Ji Zhiyuan and punish him?"

Zhang Shunxin didn't understand, he frowned and looked up at Li Mingda, "May I ask your lord, is there any difference in this, it means the same thing."

"Of course it doesn't mean the same thing. The murderer is the one who actually killed your brother and sister-in-law. Ji Zhiyuan is not guilty. He was an innocent person who was dragged out by you without any evidence." Li Mingda's tone was leisurely, even though she didn't like Zhang Shunxin This gesture of coercing people in a pitiful manner, but still patiently explained to him.

When Zhang Shunxin heard this, disappointment flashed across his face, "It turns out that your lord, like them, planned to protect that Ji Zhiyuan! My brother and sister-in-law died unjustly and pitifully. I have been a governor for more than ten years. I have worked hard and complained for most of my life as an official in Cizhou, but I finally ended up like this."

"If you have no evidence like you, you can just point and convict. There are many people who are guilty. I can also say that you killed it, or that it was him, him, and him," Li Mingda pointed again. Fang Yizhi, Yuchi Baoqi and others said, "Anyway, the mouth grows on me, and I want to say that whoever kills will kill. And in terms of the weight of words, I am better than you, after all, I am the princess of Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Shunxin's face turned blue, "It's different, I said that Ji Zhiyuan killed people because he—"

"What about the evidence? Don't tell me what you think. Ji Zhiyuan looks a bit fierce, but when did he really threaten your brother and sister-in-law? Do you have any concrete evidence to prove that he did something bad."

"I said earlier that even if he kills someone, he won't leave any evidence. It's just a waste of effort. Second uncle, why bother, because you have caused so much trouble." Zhang Lingyun slowly turned his head to look at Zhang Shunxin, Those eyes were as deep as stagnant water, as if they had seen through all the ugly things in the world, "Now people can't catch them, and they suspect me as a murderer instead."

Zhang Shunxin heard that his nephew was blaming him, so he thumped his chest in tears, "You are right, but I was wrong. I shouldn't have made such an unnecessary move, but caused you to be misunderstood! I never thought that the government in this world is actually Generally black! I was wrong, I shouldn't have hoped for them!"

"I'm really going to piss me off, I don't want any polite shit," Yuchi Baoqi grabbed his sleeve and wanted to beat someone up, but was pulled back by Cheng Chubi.

"What are you doing!" Yuchi Baoqi glared at him.

"You've read all the books for nothing, and you're not as good as me." Cheng Chubi reminded him in a low voice.

Yuchi Baoqi: "No matter how much I read, it's still not as good as my Yuchi family ancestor's envious temper."

Yuchi Baoqi turned and looked at Zhang Shunxin angrily again.

"If we really wanted to cover up Ji Zhiyuan, we wouldn't come to Cizhou in person. What are you trying to do to investigate the case for you? What's the point? Besides, you said that other people are close to King Jiangxia and have connections. , I can bear it. Only my Yuchi family can't do it, and I'm not afraid of your jokes. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, the sage held a banquet for heroes. Because of the arrangement of the seats, King Jiangxia said a few sarcastic remarks, and my father punched him in a fit of anger. It hit him in the face, almost blinding him in one eye. Afterwards, under the mediation and scolding of the sage, the matter was settled. But the two still became enemies and looked down on each other.

But you said that I was also one of the people who shielded King Jiang Xia, how could I be convinced, if my father knew that I did such a thing, he would definitely blow my head off with two punches when he went back.

Zhang Shunxin, apart from making delicious snacks, you are really stupid and impulsive, don't think that you are so clear-headed. There is no such thing as 'everyone is drunk but you are sober', it just shows that you are not normal. "

After Yuchi Baoqi's words, Zhang Shunxin's face turned pale again and again, and he was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

Li Mingda: "This time I came to investigate the case only to catch the real culprit, but not to do things according to your orders. Now the facts prove that the murderer who killed your brother and sister-in-law was in the governor's mansion. Whether you admit it or not, it is fact."

Zhang Shunxin opened his mouth to speak, but Princess Jinyang turned her head and looked at Zhang Lingyun.His heart skipped a beat. Before they said they suspected Zhang Lingyun, Zhang Shunxin also admitted that they were protecting Ji Zhiyuan.But now, after listening to the princess and Yuchi Baoqi's explanation, Zhang Shunxin somewhat understands, but the princess is also staring at Zhang Lingyun...

Zhang Shunxin had a bad premonition in his heart, and he looked at Zhang Lingyun who was kneeling beside him in fear.

Could it be that?

Zhang Lingyun knelt with downcast eyes. Although his face was a little nervous, he was relatively calm.

Li Mingda's eyes shifted from his face to his neck.Zhang Lingyun wore a white linen half-arm outside, and a white silk satin underwear inside. Because of his body sweating, the white silk around his neck was tightly attached to his neck.From this, it can be vaguely seen that there are several slender protrusions on the back of his neck, which are not obvious, but they cannot escape Li Mingda's eyes.

This reminded Li Mingda of what she saw just now.When she led people to search the Governor's Mansion, Zhang Feixue's residence was naturally not found.At that time, there was a servant girl hiding under the shade of a tree outside her house to be a female celebrity.When Zhang Feixue heard the news, she hurried out to meet her. When she saw the working maid, her expression changed drastically, she screamed in shock, and lost her manners.Afterwards, Li Mingda saw the maid hiding the needle behind her back in a panic.Zhang Feixue felt better now, he was coaxed.

"You know your sister is afraid of needles?" Li Mingda's eyes moved up and down, staring at Zhang Lingyun's face.

Zhang Lingyun's face turned pale for a while, and his eyelashes fluttered up and down, as if there was sand in his eyes.

"I don't know."

"I know." Zhang Lingyun then changed his words, and then explained to Li Mingda, "Just now I was a little flustered by the princess, so I made a wrong answer for a while, please forgive me, princess."

When everyone heard Zhang Lingyun's words, they all knew that there were flaws in his words.The first "I don't know" is his instinctive pursuit of advantages and avoidance of disadvantages, and he wants to deny things that are not good for him, but obviously this matter can't be hidden, probably just ask people in the house to know, so he reacted immediately Come over and admit it again.

Because of this, everyone became more suspicious of him, and felt that as long as the princess was forced to question her, she would definitely find out more flaws.

"Can you take off your shirt," Li Mingda said at this moment.

Everyone looked at Li Mingda in unison, full of doubts.

The princess interrogated well, why do you want people to undress?

Yuchi Baoqi couldn't help but a lot of thoughts popped up in his head, so he went to see Zhang Lingyun's appearance.His looks are passable at best, and besides, he is still a child.If the princess has any thoughts, she can definitely consider them, men who are more mature and better-looking than Zhang Lingyun, how boring it is to watch a brat undress...

Before Yuchi Baoqi could finish thinking, Fang Yizhi's sharp gaze sent chills down his spine.

Yuchi Baoqi's mind calmed down, she felt that she was thinking too much, and with the character of the princess, it was impossible for her to be what he thought.Sure enough, his brain is too dirty, he thinks everyone is dirty, he confesses!

Yuchi Baoqi pursed her lips, bowed her head and seriously reflected.

Zhang Shunxin was the most surprised and puzzled person among all, "Why do you want to strip his clothes?"

"Of course it depends on his body." Li Mingda said.

"Isn't this an offense?" Zhang Shunxin sighed.

Tian Hanshan's fire-breathing eyes shot straight at Zhang Shunxin, wanting to tear him up and throw him out to feed the dogs, and every time he opened his mouth, his urge increased.

"You find out your identity, everyone present, only you offend the princess, but there is no claim that the princess offends you!" Tian Hanshan said harshly.

"Princess's order, Ling Yun will follow." Zhang Lingyun kowtowed, then bowed his head and undressed.

After he took off his shirt, all eyes were on him.A series of slender and clear scars, like many worms, crawled all over his back.

"Is this... a welt mark?" Yuchi Baoqichi asked.

Fang Yi nodded straight, and looked at Zhang Lingyun intently, "Your father can beat you?"

Zhang Lingyun's expression was mournful and heavy, because his hidden secret was forced to be revealed to everyone, and he nodded silently in resignation.

The boy's back, only the width of two palms of an adult, was covered with welts, and there was hardly a piece of good skin.The different shades of welts are because they were not formed at the same time.The raised and more obvious welts are new wounds, superimposed on the old ones.The new wound looks scabbed off and is lighter in color than the surrounding skin, probably from the last month.

Everyone was stunned by the shocking scar on Zhang Lingyun's back.

Zhang Lingyun kept his face indifferent, and kept silent, but lowered his head even more.

Zhang Shunxin looked at Zhang Lingyun's back with his mouth half open, desperately moved his body, wanted to reach out to touch it, but retracted his hand again, tears kept streaming down.

"How could this be? Brother beat you?" Zhang Shun stretched his neck anxiously, intending to get closer, and asked Zhang Lingyun with great concern.

Zhang Lingyun rolled his eyes, and his long and thick eyelashes trembled.Zhang Shunxin asked again, Zhang Lingyun shed tears, but still didn't say anything.

"You child, I asked you something, did your father call you?" Zhang Shunxin raised her voice.

Zhang Lingyun suddenly looked sideways at him: "It's not him, it's them. What's the use of asking these, is it possible that the second uncle still wants to save me? But it's too late, everyone is dead. When you are not dead, you are not here."

The corner of Zhang Shunxin's mouth twitched, he wanted to say that Zhang Lingyun was rude, but seeing his back injury, he shut up and endured it.

"It's my second uncle's fault that I didn't come back sooner. Knowing that you were beaten like this, I should come back even if I risk my life."

"Death?" Li Mingda looked at Zhang Shunxin suspiciously.

Zhang Shunxin was immediately poked into a weak spot, and had to admit: "The reason why I left home at the beginning was because I was fed up with my parents' scolding and escaped."

After Zhang Shunxin finished speaking, he hesitated for a while before rolling up his sleeves and showing everyone the scars on his arms, "The others are almost gone, but this one is the deepest. Because I was not good at studying, my father was out of breath once. He dropped the cup and scratched my arm with a piece of porcelain. He told me that there are no bad books, only students who are not hardworking. He also scolded me for not doing my job properly, so I know how to hang around in the kitchen and embarrass him.”

When Zhang Lingyun heard this, his eyelashes trembled again and again, and he turned to look at Zhang Shunxin's arm, as if he saw himself.

"I was 24 at the time, and I was completely disappointed with this family. I didn't want to stay anymore. Later, my elder brother helped me escape and gave me all the money he saved. I have always wanted to come back to see him for so many years, but When I think of my old father, I am afraid. It was at the end of last year that I found out that my father had been dead for three years. Later, I dared to write to my elder brother, but I didn’t expect that the news that I heard again would be his death. Risking my life to save me, I will repay this kindness, so when I saw the steward's letter informing my brother and sister-in-law that they died of poisoning, I was very angry and vowed to complain for my brother and sister-in-law. I really didn't expect, big brother His father was the same as back then, and would treat children... so cruelly."

With tears in his eyes, Zhang Shun couldn't bear to look at the wound on Zhang Lingyun's body.

"I'm nothing. It's not worth your pity. It's my elder brother who is poorer than me. He is slower to learn things, and because he is the eldest son, his father is very harsh on him. He is close to the Zhang family. Some relatives and friends only thought that the death of the elder brother was just the result of his father being extremely angry and occasionally punishing him too much. In fact, it was not. If someone took off the clothes on the elder brother at that time, the scene he saw would be much more exciting than what I saw Already." Zhang Lingyun sneered, and turned to look at Li Mingda, Li Chongyi and the others, "Thanks to my father, I have cultivated the temperament that I am not afraid of now. What is there to be afraid of? For me, death is a A kind of relief, better than being alive. Not even afraid of death, what do you think can make me fear in this world?"

Zhang Lingyun's tone of narrative didn't sound like it was coming from the mouth of an eight-year-old child.Presumably he must have experienced a lot of struggles, so he matured earlier than others.Also because there is nothing more sad than death, and I have no thoughts about living, so I am indifferent and not afraid of anything.

"I used to think that you were different, so you have this contingency, but it turns out that you are world-weary, and you don't want to live long ago." Yuchi Baoqi sighed with emotion.

"Thanks to my father's teaching, I can recite all the classics backwards. I have memorized all the truths. Although they are all memorized for fear of being beaten, they are also useful. At least it made me understand that the most people can live is nothing more than this. It won't be any more fun.

I never understood why they insisted on forcing us like this!It doesn't matter if I become a high-ranking official and give them face, people will eventually run to a dead end, what can they bring with their eyes closed!Just look at them now, what else can they do except turn into a puddle of mud, why can't they treat us better when they are alive! "When Zhang Lingyun said the last sentence, he roared with all his strength, as if he was going to use up his entire life.

Zhang Lingyun's words hit Zhang Shunxin's soreness. He sighed, "When I left home, no matter how hard life was, I never regretted it. As long as I think about my past experience and compare my current situation, I will relax. In a breath, I feel very happy."

"Second uncle is indeed lucky, which is enviable." Zhang Lingyun's eyes shone slightly.

"But I never thought that the elder brother who was my enemy and helped me escape would attack you, just like our parents did to us." Zhang Shunxin closed his eyes, tears still falling down.He thought about it, then laughed again, he didn't know whether he thought he was funny, or his parents or elder brother was funny.

"What's new about this? It's passed down from generation to generation, and the family tradition is like this." Zhang Lingyun sighed indifferently, and then looked at Zhang Shunxin, "That's why my sister and I have made a vow that if we don't get married in the future, we will die alone like this, so as not to cause further harm. The next generation."

"What are you talking about, you are still young, you will live well in the future, and when you grow up, you will live like ordinary people." Zhang Shunxin hurriedly comforted them.

Zhang Lingyun looked at Zhang Shunxin, neither agreeing nor denying what he said.Perhaps this kind of thing is already hopeless for him.

After being quiet for a long time, Zhang Lingyun slowly pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a wry smile, "I wish so, but I'm afraid it's too late."

Di Renjie shuddered, and immediately asked Zhang Lingyun, "You really killed your parents?"

"That's right, I mixed it with my parents' porridge with crushed acacia seeds." Zhang Lingyun looked back at Di Renjie, and admitted it frankly.

As expected, everyone felt a little sad.

Li Chongyi sighed, waved his hand to let the document record, and then asked Zhang Lingyun to explain the crime.

"But I have nothing to say. I just hate them. You can see the reason. I can't bear the humiliation and beating. I don't care about my parents' upbringing. I just want to get rid of it. I read that acacia beans can be fatal from a medical book, so I grind them." It was broken and went into the porridge my parents had that night.

It takes several hours for Acacia to be poisoned, they must have had the attack at night, they couldn't breathe, and finally died.After I died, I didn't want to make things public, so I ordered the housekeeper to collect and bury him, but I didn't expect that a second uncle would appear to cause trouble.The housekeeper is also a long-mouthed person, so he had to talk too much to let this matter out.It made the second uncle toss so many nobles to investigate the case.

Since it was said to be Ji Zhiyuan, I naturally pushed it to Ji Zhiyuan.But I didn't want to hurt the innocent in my heart, so I still hoped to calm things down, so I let it go. "Zhang Lingyun explained the process happily.

Hearing this, Li Chongyi breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Li Mingda, Fang Yizhi and the others happily.The case was finally solved and the murderer was found, so he could have an explanation to the many people who were concerned about the case later.However, the matter of the son killing his father is really appalling, and it is estimated that this case will cause discussions in Jindi for a period of time.

"It's really you." Di Renjie murmured, there was no anger in his eyes, but he didn't dare to show mercy either.A strong child like Zhang Lingyun would probably not bother to accept everyone's pity.

"Where are the medical books?" Li Mingda asked.

Zhang Lingyun: "What?"

"You said you read what was written in the medical book. Where is that medical book? Is it in your study?" Li Mingda asked.

Zhang Lingyun was stunned for a while, "Maybe, I forgot after reading it, and I don't remember where it is."

"But this one."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, Tian Hanshan immediately took out a medical book from his bosom, and unfolded the page about Acacia in the book to Zhang Lingyun.

Zhang Lingyun was surprised, and looked at Li Mingda in a daze, "Where did you find it?"

"And this thing."

Li Mingda yelled, and a guard came in carrying a stone slab. There was also a stone on the slate. Smooth enough to grind things.

Tian Hanshu held a package of things wrapped in lotus leaves in his hand.

"What is this?" Zhang Lingyun looked at the two stones suspiciously, a little puzzled.

Tian Hanshan opened the lotus leaf, and there was a lump of soil inside. When he fiddled with it, he could see some small particles in the soil. He rubbed it with his hands to remove the dust on the surface of the particles, and the bright red color was exposed.

Zhang Feixue had already been put on the ground by Tian Hanshan, and held by Biyun.Now when Zhang Feixue saw those two stones, she leaned back more and more in fear.If Biyun hadn't pulled her along, she would probably have found a mouse hole to hide immediately.

Zhang Lingyun glanced at Zhang Feixue, and immediately said to Li Mingda excitedly: "Ah, I remembered, this is the stone I used to sharpen Acacia! Don't scare Feixue, she doesn't know anything."

"You are highly expected by Governor Zhang. You read and recite classics all day long, and practice calligraphy and poetry. You don't have enough energy to deal with these things, and you still have the extra mood to read medical books? Besides, this medical book was found in your sister's room. The stone for grinding Acacia was also found in her courtyard. If it is true as you said, your sister doesn’t know about it, and you don’t want to implicate her. Then why did you bother to bring these things to your sister? In front of the house?" Li Mingda questioned Zhang Lingyun while observing him.

"It's just a coincidence, I was anxious at the time!" Zhang Lingyun stammered, and in order not to show his guilty conscience, he deliberately raised the volume of the last few words, showing a bit of "full confidence".

"I heard that your Zhang family not only has strict requirements on their sons, but also requires talents from their daughters. In addition to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you also need to learn some small prescriptions for body conditioning, so that when you get married in the future, you can serve and be considerate in your husband's house. , in the name of being virtuous and virtuous, in order to give face to the mother’s parents.”

Zhang Lingyun turned pale, "How does the princess know this?"

"There are so many servants in the Governor's Mansion, do you think you can really silence them with a few orders? After all, you are still a child, and your power is not enough." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Bi Yun who had completely hidden behind him. Zhang Feixue asked her softly, "You were the one who ground the acacia beans and put them in the porridge, right?"

Zhang Feixue turned her head to look at Li Mingda, saw that he was not angry with her, but was very gentle, so she was not so afraid, and nodded guiltily.

"Feixue, don't misunderstand!" Zhang Lingyun shouted, and kowtowed to Li Mingda in a panic, "It was me, I killed my parents, princess, please don't wrong my sister. Please, please Please."

Zhang Lingyun kowtowed again and again, tears falling drop by drop on the ground.The young man who had always been indifferent and underestimated everything became more and more humble at this time, so humble that he was very pitiful.

"If I'm not mistaken, your parents also have punishment methods for her. It should be that the girl must not be injured, so they used needles. This is also the reason why she is very afraid of needles." Li Mingda knelt down and called Zhang Feixue over.

Zhang Feixue hesitated for a while, then lowered his head, walked up to Li Mingda, and then whispered to Li Mingda timidly, it was not her brother's fault.

"It's Feixue, Feixue hates them. The needles hurt so much, so painful... Feixue heard medical books say that acacia seeds are poisonous, and remembered that she had a bunch of them in her hand. She ground them and sprinkled them into the porridge while saying hello to dinner. The next day they got poisoned and died. I was so scared that I told my second brother about it. The second brother buried them hastily in order to protect me." Zhang Feixue explained in a stammering manner.

"Feixue—" Zhang Lingyun yelled uncomfortably.

Zhang Shunxin was so shocked that he couldn't speak, he never thought that this incident was actually done by his five or six-year-old niece.

"Feixue hates them." Zhang Feixue repeated in a murmur, then bowed her head guiltily

Zhang Shun stared blankly at the two children, at a loss for what to do. He didn't blink, but tears rolled down his face.Suddenly, weeping loudly, he raised his arms, kowtowed to Li Mingda and Li Chongyi, and shouted: "It's alright if you don't sue the grass people, if you have to arrest someone to punish, please kill the grass people, kill the grass people. Brother and sister-in-law It was I who killed it, and I deliberately slapped things around, and the thieves shouted, "Tieves, you arrest me, arrest me!"

Zhang Lingyun looked at him sideways, with a little heat in his eyes.But he also knew in his heart that there was nothing he could do to undo the matter at this point, and everything had been found out, and his sister, he and the second uncle could not escape the responsibility.

"The murderer was at the desk, and the motive was found out. Now it's completely clear." Li Chongyi sighed again.

Li Mingda was still squatting in front of Zhang Feixue, wiping away her tears with a handkerchief in hand.

Zhang Feixue was a little terrified. Although she was only five or six years old, she knew a lot of etiquette. She was a noble princess, but she treated a murderer like her as kindly as her own sister. She was so excited that she didn't know what to say.I just feel that if she is like today, she is worth it even if she dies.

"This—" Seeing this, Li Chongyi wanted to ask Li Mingda why she was so condescending to a murderous girl, it was so incomprehensible.He only uttered the first word when he questioned, and Fang Yi stopped him by touching his arm.

Yuchi Baoqi and the others also had this doubt, but they were all quick-witted. Seeing Fang Yizhi's attitude at a glance, and watching the princess concentrating on chatting with the little girl, they knew that it was not good to disturb at this moment.

Li Mingda: "There is one more detail, I want to ask you clearly, you can answer me truthfully, okay?"

Zhang Feixue nodded.

"Acacia is poisonous, did you know it by reading a book, or did someone else tell you?" Li Mingda wiped away Zhang Feixue's tears, then touched her face, telling her not to be afraid, and explain what happened that day.

Li Mingda took out a jade bracelet from his waist, put it in Zhang Feixue's hand, and asked her if she liked it.Zhang Feixue nodded, then shook his head again, thinking he liked it but dared not accept it.

Li Mingda gently put the bracelet on Zhang Feixue's wrist.

"I gave it to you. No matter where you go in the future, just say that this thing was given by me, and no one will dare to touch it. If someone refuses to accept it, you should report it to the official. This is a gift from the emperor. Don't give it away at will. If anyone touches it If you broke your bracelet, the government will investigate." Li Mingda instructed.

"There is one thing Feixue doesn't understand. Since it is a royal gift and cannot be transferred, why did the princess give it to Feixue? The princess lost this bracelet, how can she explain it to the sage later?" Zhang Feixue was so worried that she forgot her own situation , to worry about Li Mingda getting up.

"I'm different," Li Mingda smiled a little embarrassedly, "I'm much luckier than you. I have a good father. Even if I made a mistake, he wouldn't be willing to blame me. Besides, I gave you this bracelet, but it's not He won't say anything about it."

Envy flickered in Zhang Feixue's eyes. The emperor, who manages every day, loves his daughter so much. Why did her parents, who are governors, treat her like that? Isn't she his own?

"Second Brother, are we really Aye's own children?" Zhang Feixue asked hopefully.

Zhang Lingyun nodded with a wry smile.He understood the reason why his sister raised such a question. If he said no, then his parents treated them so harshly back then, which would actually make them feel better.

Zhang Feixue cried again.

Li Mingda wiped her tears again, pulled her to sit down, and asked Zhang Lingyun and others to get up.Sent away the redundant idlers in the house, leaving only a few kinder ones here.Li Chongyi was among those who were dismissed.

Anyway, Li Chongyi didn't understand why the princess felt pity for a murderer who killed his parents, so he was so patient, so he went to the west wing with Ji Zhiyuan.It happened that there was some cold meat left over from lunch at the post station, so he ordered someone to bring over the good wine in his car.

"We happened to be eating and waiting."

When Ji Zhiyuan heard that he was going to drink and have fun, he immediately frowned, not thinking that Li Chongyi's actions were appropriate.

"The governor and his wife are dead, and their children are still keeping their filial piety. It's really not good for us to drink here." Ji Zhiyuan sighed.

"What's wrong? People are killed by themselves, how can they be sincere in their filial piety."

"Then their brothers and sisters are also pitiful. They were beaten like that, and their lives would be worse than death. Now that their crimes have been exposed, they have to face punishment. After all, it is some unpleasant things. No matter how you think about it, it is not appropriate for us to drink when people want to die. "Ji Zhiyuan quickly waved his hands to express that he would not drink.

"When did you have so much kindness? This case is solved. It's very appropriate for the two of us to celebrate. You should think about the grievances you suffered before. Who pulled you in front of you in order to escape the crime? ! You were almost regarded as a murderer and punished by the court, do you know that?"

"Then I'm not doing well. You guys have found out the matter. I have nothing to complain about. I just pity what happened to those two children." Ji Zhiyuan lamented uncomfortably, then got up and bid farewell to Li Chongyi, "I still don't bother The prince's Yaxing, I'll go to the courtyard and wait for news."

Li Chongyi waved his hand, feeling that he was really disappointing, so let him go.

Inside the house, Li Mingda waited for Zhang Feixue to calm down, then asked her again if she had heard about Xiangsizi from someone.

"You said a word before, you said 'listen to the medical book'. The medical book itself can't speak, if you didn't read it yourself, who read this page of the medical book to tell you? And that lovesickness Son, where did you get that string of things? Who gave it to you?" Li Mingda asked one after another.

Zhang Feixue pursed her lips.

"If someone instigated you to do this case, then your guilt can be reduced a lot. Forgive you for being young and there are reasons for the incident. Saving your life should not be a problem." Li Mingda explained patiently, she said it to Zhang Feixue, and she also said it to Zhang Lingyun .

Zhang Lingyun was a little excited when he heard this, he naturally hoped that his sister's life would be saved, "Feixue, did you say that someone instigated you to poison me at that time?"

"No one instigated me. Wang Changshi asked me to study that day, and I only accidentally read the page of the medical book, and I was moved. He told me not to eat the acacia he gave me before, and it would be poisoned." Zhang Feixue was honest. replied.

"Why are you so stupid? He often comes to our house, and he knew how our parents treated us. You were punished that day, and you were angry and cried to me, saying that you wanted them to die, and he heard it! He must know that you have such thoughts, I deliberately took advantage of you!" Zhang Lingyun didn't expect that there would be further things behind this incident, and when he thought of his poor young sister being used by Wang Changshi, she ended up in her current fate.Zhang Lingyun wished he could kill this person.

"How can you be sure that he eavesdropped and saw it with his own eyes?" Di Renjie asked Zhang Lingyun.

"Because when my sister and I were complaining that day, I noticed a strange noise, so I immediately searched for the sound. I saw that the fleeing figure looked like him, but I was not sure. Wang Changshi has always been kind and kind to us brothers and sisters, and seemed to sympathize with us. He cared about our encounters, so I didn't delve into it at the time. Now, listening to my sister's words and the princess' deliberation, the figure that day must have been Wang Changshi, otherwise he would not have sent him away for no reason. After killing Xiangsizi, I reminded my sister that Xiangsizi can poison people." Zhang Lingyun recalled the beginning, and confirmed Wang Changshi's evil intentions more and more.

Fang Yizhi interjected at this time: "I know a little about this Wang Changshi. He is young, promising, and talented. He is highly respected among Cizhou literati. Now that Zhang Shishi has left, it is up to him and another long history Come temporarily to take over the post of governor and handle government affairs. According to the past practice, if no one in the court is temporarily appointed, the candidate for the new governor will definitely be selected from among the two long history. The possibility of Wang Changshi being promoted is extremely high .”

Li Mingda sneered, "It's another power struggle."

"By the way, when I was in Jinzhou, I also heard a rumor about Wang Changshi. I didn't say it because I didn't know whether it was true or not." Li Mingda paused, and then said to Fang Yizhi and the others, "That's the one The auspicious restaurant, which has everything in the room, is Wang Changshi's property."

This is when Li Mingda was watching the Flower God Meeting in the restaurant, he overheard the conversation between the shopkeeper of the restaurant and the accountant.I didn't say it at the time, because I felt that an official had stolen a property, and they were busy on their way, so there was no need to delve into it.

"Then he has a lot of money." Di Renjie sighed.

Yuchi Baoqi: "More than that, I think he deliberately instigated the death of Inspector Zhang, just to make sure that he can take the position."

Fang Yizhi was not surprised by this, but raised his eyebrows and asked Yuchi Baoqi why, and asked him to continue talking.

"There are people in the court, so they are guaranteed." Yuchi Baoqi said it easily.

Li Mingda's eyes darkened immediately, she looked serious, and said straight to Fang Yi: "I shouldn't have interfered in this matter, but it involves the transaction of power and money, which is a major matter in the court. When I left Chang'an, the sage allowed me to Exercise the power of cheapness. Today I have to exercise it again, ordering you to arrest Wang Changshi immediately and interrogate him overnight. If you come to a conclusion, don’t sue me, and send them to Chang’an City together with others and evidence.”

"One night, is it enough? I'm afraid he's a stubborn one." Di Renjie worried.

"The three of you get together and each shows your abilities. I'm sure we can solve it. I'm not worried." After Li Mingda said that, he ordered Fang Yizhi to be the person in charge of handling the matter.

"Then these two children?" Di Renjie asked.

Li Mingda: "The report is clear. Report it to the Ministry of Punishment. The law is nothing more than human feelings. The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment is a good person, and he will deal with it according to the circumstances. But if you expect to be innocent, it is impossible."

Zhang Shun cried bitterly and nodded, and also understood that he had done a lot of excessive things back then.Now too late to regret, he is willing to accept the punishment.I only hope that his niece will be less guilty, and I hope God will bless her.

Fang Yizhi is not worried about Zhang Feixue. In the future, she has the jade bracelet bestowed by the princess on her wrist, and she is young. Even if she is assigned somewhere in the future, no one will dare to bully her. She should not suffer too much. bitter.

……

That night.

Fang Yizhi ordered someone to arrest Wang Changshi quietly, and interrogated him together with Yuchi Baoqi and Di Renjie.Wang Changshi was stubborn, Fang Yizhi and Di Renjie withdrew voluntarily, leaving Yuchi Baoqi to deal with him.

Yuchi Baoqi's judging skills are very powerful, all thanks to the inheritance of his father Yuchi Gong.Fang Yizhi and Di Renjie waited outside for less than half an hour, when they saw Yuchi Baoqi happily wiping off his sweat and enshrining the certificate.

"You must be surprised to see it."

Fang Yi glanced at the evidence, his eyes froze, and then he asked Yuchi Baoqi: "Is this the person who supported Wang Changshi in the imperial court? Did you ask clearly? Is there any suspicion of misidentification?"

"No, look at the specific method of sending the letter. He wrote it clearly. We only need to go back to the capital and try it once to verify the authenticity."