Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

Yuchi Baoqi made a special statement that although the people who witnessed the water ghost were frightened this time, they were sane and spoke in an orderly manner, so what they said should be credible.

"It seems that this water ghost really exists, what do you think, son?" Li Shimin looked at Li Mingda.

Li Mingda: "Since they are really ghosts, why did the Taoist priests exorcising ghosts die? Ghosts should be afraid of them."

"Maybe the Taoist priest didn't have enough mana and was killed by a ghost." Yuchi Baoqi guessed.

Li Mingda smiled and asked Yuchi Baoqi: "I remember you said that these two Taoist priests exorcising ghosts are very famous and powerful."

"Uh..." Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly saluted and apologized to Li Mingda, "It's strange that Baoqi looked up to them before, I didn't expect them to be such useless magic sticks!"

"Whether it's a human or a ghost, the matter must be resolved, and the people around Qujiang Lake must be given peace."

Li Shimin immediately asked Li Mingda if he was interested in dealing with this matter. Since she didn't believe in the existence of water ghosts, why not come and prove it herself.

Li Shimin has long discovered that his daughter is very talented in investigating cases, so this time Quan regards her as an assessment, "Remember what you said last time, if you can find out about this matter, Aye will really consider giving you a Officials do it."

As soon as Li Mingda heard that there was an official job, he became interested, "Just to be an official, Sizi has to find out the water ghost case, so that Sizi can become an official fan in the future."

Li Shimin laughed loudly, "I'm looking forward to your day very much. Check it out carefully. If you find out the result, Aye will check it himself and confirm that it is the case before rewarding you."

"Yes." Li Mingda agreed, and then asked Li Shimin how to investigate the case, and whether she could be given the right to mobilize human rights.

"Since Baoqi has already participated in it, let her follow you to investigate. As for the deployment of personnel," Li Shimin pondered for a while, "I will notify the Ministry of Punishment to cooperate later, and you can also order Cheng Chubi to wait for the guards."

Li Mingda agreed.

When Yuchi Baoqi heard that he had the opportunity to get along with the princess, he was very honored to agree.It was hard to hide his joy, and even the eyes he turned to look at Li Mingda showed infinite enthusiasm.

Li Shimin only glanced at it, and saw that Yuchi Baoqi looked at his daughter with clues.He pretended not to see, his expression remained the same, and he ordered Cheng Chubi to join Li Mingda and Yuchi Baoqi.The three of them can go down and discuss how to investigate the case, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

After sending them away, Li Shimin happily walked around the hall twice with his hands behind his back. Then he sat down and happily asked Fang Qirui, "What do you think of the princess and Yuchi Baoqi?"

"Yuchi Erlang is handsome and has a gentle temperament. He is also a good candidate, but he is a bit flirtatious."

Fang Qirui's evaluation of every sentence was objective, and it touched Li Shimin's heart.

Li Shimin nodded, and sighed when he heard the word "Merry", his face turned from joy to sorrow, and he kept tapping on the table with his fingers, "Everyone has shortcomings, and none of them is completely satisfactory."

Fang Qirui echoed, "However, no one is perfect, everyone has more or less faults, I think as long as it is a major fault that doesn't get in the way, it's fine."

"Then do you think romanticism is in the way? Is it okay to talk back and forth?" Li Shimin asked.

Fang Qirui bowed and saluted, not daring to answer.

Li Shimin didn't want Fang Qirui to answer, and sighed sadly again, feeling that he still had to look for it again, so he asked Fang Qirui to bring him the list of children from the aristocratic family he made last time.

"The one that the sage crossed out?" Fang Qirui asked.

Li Shimin glared at him.

Fang Qirui hurriedly bowed to apologize, then obediently went to get the list covered with red crosses, and then asked Hanlin to copy a new copy and present it to the saint.

Li Shimin picked up the cinnabar pen, pondered over the names one by one, and then crossed them one by one.

Seeing this, Fang Qirui regretted it endlessly, he should have thought that this would happen again, next time he should ask Hanlin to make a hundred copies, so as to be prepared.

After Li Mingda, Yuchi Baoqi, and Cheng Chubi were sent out from the main hall by Li Shimin, they had nowhere to go and they couldn't discuss matters in the princess' boudoir.So the three of them set up a table under the tree and sat opposite each other, temporarily using this place as a meeting place.

Cheng Chubi only expressed his position briefly, but he followed the princess' orders.

"Apart from this sentence, do you have any other thoughts, what do you think about water ghosts?" Li Mingda asked.

Cheng Chubi blinked and thought carefully.

Both Yuchi Baoqi and Li Mingda poked their necks slightly to look at him, feeling that he had been brewing for so long, and he must have something amazing to say.

After that, the stern-faced Cheng Chubi answered Li Mingda seriously: "You will have an idea after seeing the water ghost."

"Oh, I thought you had some good idea, it's the same as if you didn't say it." Yuchi Baoqi sighed, then dragged her chin, looked at Li Mingda, and asked the princess what she thought.

Li Mingda and Cheng Chubi said: "I think what he said is simple, but the truth is right. Since there is no clue, let's catch the water ghost first."

"Ah? Catching ghosts." Yuchi Baoqi was a little scared, "You didn't see the corpses of the two Taoists. Anyway, after I saw them this morning, I don't want to eat for the next three days."

"Yes, the corpse should also be checked to see if there are any clues left on these two people, such as catching a water ghost hair or something." When Li Mingda said this, Yuchi Baoqi was so frightened that his eyes wandered.Immediately afterwards, Li Mingda asked Yuchi Baoqi's body where it was now.

"The head of the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the investigation, and the results will be delivered in a short time. We can only wait here for the time being." Yuchi Baoqi sighed boredly.

"Why wait, let's go now." Li Mingda got up immediately, let Cheng Chubi and Yuchi Baoqi sit here for a while, and asked Tian Hanshan to inform Zuo Qingmei to meet at the Ministry of Criminal Justice for a while, while she hurried to go change clothes.

After a while, Li Mingda came out in a black and green outfit, wearing a long black hair with long legs and beautiful eyebrows.Her attitude is indifferent, when she is serious, her face is like melting moonlight, luxurious and dignified; once her small face is filled with a smile and the flesh on her cheeks is raised, she looks round and lovely, quite agile and pretty.

There are many beautiful women, but such a woman who is both still and moving is rare in the world.And the most rare thing is that his heart is wise and wise, and his belly is full of heaven and earth, which is comparable to all women in the world.

Yuchi Baoqi felt that the princess Baobuqi was the reincarnation of a fairy, so he was a bit blindsided. Fortunately, Cheng Chubi touched his arm secretly to remind him, so he was saved from the crime of offending the princess.

Yuchi Baoqi's heart was beating wildly, and she smiled sheepishly, although her gaze had been cast elsewhere in time, her face was still uncontrollably hot.

"Let's go." After Li Mingda said to Yuchi Baoqi and Cheng Chubi, he took the lead and walked briskly.

After Cheng Chubi and Yuchi Baoqi respectfully asked the princess to go first, they walked side by side.

Cheng Chubi glanced at him and snorted.

Yuchi Baoqi looked at him with raised eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean, the blind can see it." Cheng Chubi walked a few steps, and when Yuchi Baoqi didn't say a word, he turned to look at him seriously, "We are friends, so I will remind you more, the one in front is the princess , Princess Jinyang. It’s not a woman you can chat with and meet casually if you see it in a family and think it’s good.”

"I'm not blind." Yuchi Baoqi still stared at Li Mingda's back, and then couldn't help but smile with love, "The princess is so heroic and extraordinary."

"You don't need to say that, people all over the world can see it." Cheng Chubi said.

"Then do you think there is still a chance for someone like me?" Yuchi Baoqi asked Cheng Chubi nervously.

Cheng Chubi raised his eyebrows in surprise, looked him up and down, and then his eyes widened, full of hostility and warning.

"You really want to come?"

"Of course, I already cut off everything that should be broken yesterday." Yuchi Baoqi said with determination.

Cheng Chubi was startled for a moment, and then looked at him with strange eyes.Seeing that Yuchi Baoqi was so serious, Cheng Chubi laughed.

"You, how can you compare?" Cheng Chubi sighed, seeing that he was far away from the princess, he hurried to catch up.

Yuchi Baoqi was startled, and hurried to catch up, seeing that the princess over there didn't seem to have heard anything and was still walking forward, so he pulled Cheng Chubi and asked him in a low voice what he meant by what he just said.

"Nothing to say."

"No, please explain clearly."

"I don't want to say it, what's the matter? You still want to fight me?" Cheng Chubi looked at Yuchi Baoqi with a slightly contemptuous look, "With your father's purple gold whip, it is possible to defeat me."

"Nonsense, even if there is, I can't beat you. My family doesn't learn martial arts anymore, and my brother can do some. I don't know anything except boxing and embroidering. I only study." Yuchi Baoqi has something to say about this Self-knowledge, if you can't beat it, you can't beat it.

After leaving the Qianhua Gate, Li Mingda took the reins from Tian Hanshan and rode on the horse. He turned his head to see that the two of them were still talking, and glanced at Yuchi Baoqi meaningfully. In front, quietly waiting for the two of them.

Cheng Chubi and Yuchi Baoqi arrived later, and realizing the impoliteness, they hurriedly apologized to Li Mingda.

"I told you earlier, you don't need to be so polite in private." Li Mingda smiled slightly, his eyes swept over Cheng Chubi, and then stayed on Yuchi Baoqi for a long time, "I guess the two of you must have important matters to discuss."

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded very definitely, "There is indeed something important," which is related to his life's major event.

Li Mingda pursed his lips and smiled, "Hurry up and get on the horse, we have to go to hell soon."

Yuchi Baoqi is most afraid of ghosts, last time in Taiwu County he was scared half out of his soul by the legend of the red-clothed female ghost, now when he heard the princess say to see the water ghost, his face turned pale again.

After riding the horse, he began to worry about the water ghost all the way, and he couldn't care less about the joy he felt because he liked someone.

After arriving at the Ministry of Punishment, Cheng Chubi showed his token, and the three wanted to go to the morgue.

At this time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was the Jiangxia King Li Daozong who ordered someone to send a message, inviting Li Mingda and others to meet him first.

"Speaking of King Jiangxia, it reminds me of Ji Zhiyuan, who looks very fierce in Cizhou." Yuchi Baoqi sighed.

"It just so happens that he's here in Chang'an City. If you're interested, you can play with him." Cheng Chubi answered.

Yuchi Baoqi smiled, "You underestimated me, I had looked for him a long time ago, and I wanted to invite him to live in my house, but he just had a temper and didn't go, so he stayed in the inn."

"I heard that his uncle is King Jiangxia, why don't you go and join him?" Cheng Chubi asked suspiciously.

"It's because I'm afraid of causing trouble to my aunt, and I also want to rely on my own ability to become an official, and I don't want to use connections." Yuchi Baoqi didn't understand, "If there is a way to use it, use it, why don't you think about it."

"Everyone has his own aspirations, you think he is as thick-skinned as you." Cheng Chubi sighed.

"I found that you are not only talking more than before, but also talking more poisonously than before. Who did you learn from?" Yuchi Baoqi sighed.

Cheng Chubi thought for a moment, he seemed to be really like this.But I didn't have any special changes during this time, except for a new master to serve.

Cheng Chubi immediately looked at the princess's back.

When Li Daozong heard that Li Ming had arrived at the door, he got up and greeted him slightly.

Because Li Daozong is an elder, Li Mingda still has to treat him solemnly and call him uncle.

Li Daozong happily welcomed Li Mingda to sit down, then looked at Li Mingda with a smile, and sighed that they hadn't seen each other for a long time.Ask her how it feels to travel to such a far place after leaving Chang'an.Hearing Li Mingda say that everything is fine, but she didn't complain bitterly, he couldn't help but praise her for her heroine demeanor, just like her aunt, Princess Pingyang.

"Your cousin is also like you. When I escorted her to marry far away in Tubo, she never said a word of bitterness. It's thanks to her such a generous temper, otherwise if she is like an ordinary daughter's Jiaojiao Didi If I marry so far away from Tubo, even if I become the queen of Songtsen Gampo and be served by thousands of people, I don't feel at ease." Li Daozong said with emotion.

Li Mingda smiled and nodded, "My cousin has a better temper than me. She has cared about the world since she was a child, and she is capable of both literature and martial arts, but I am far behind her."

"She is absolutely inferior to you." Li Daozong twisted his beard and sighed, but there was an indescribable feeling of missing a woman in his eyes.Seeing that Yuchi Baoqi was here, Fang thought of something serious, recruited assistants, and reported the autopsy results of the two Taoist priests with them.

Wu Zuo bowed to Li Mingda and the other three in front of Li Daozong, and then replied: "Both of them fell into the water and drowned."

Li Mingda waited for a while, but Wu Zuo had nothing to say, and stared at him: "That's all, is it gone?"

"Reporting to your lord, that's all, I don't see anything special." Wu Zuo replied humbly.

Li Mingda's eyes wandered, looking him up and down, and found that his hands were overlapping each other, with some force, as if he was controlling something, and then looked at his legs, trembling slightly.Although he was standing up straight and trying to control himself, so that others might not notice anything unusual, but this kind of shaking was too obvious to Li Mingda, and he couldn't escape her eyes at all.

"Are you afraid?"

Hearing this, Wu Zuo knelt down and kowtowed to Li Mingdake to confess his guilt, "This is the first time that I have seen so many nobles, and I am quite frightened. I don't understand the general situation, and I offended the princess, the county king and all the nobles. Damn the officer."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Seeing him in such a state, Li Mingda probably wouldn't be able to ask anything out of his mouth, so he might as well go to see him in person, so he got up and went to the morgue.

Cheng Chubi didn't respond, he had done such things with the princess long ago and was used to it.

Li Daozong was terrified when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped Li Mingda from going to the morgue, which was dirty and smelly.

Li Mingda didn't even bother to explain, and only told Li Daozong that he was investigating the case under the order of Sheng Sheng, so he had to do so.

Naturally, Li Daozong couldn't stop him, so he had to agree to ask Wu to lead the way, so he wanted to accompany Li Mingda.

"Don't need to be like this, Uncle Tang. If you follow us like this, we won't feel comfortable, and it will also delay Uncle Tang's handling of other major government affairs of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. You can leave it to the juniors to investigate this small problem, and don't worry about it because of it." My princess status embarrasses my uncle, otherwise I will feel very sorry." Li Mingda stopped her politely.

Li Daozong nodded, but still insisted that some people must be sent to follow Li Mingda, so that he could be assured.

"If you still want to go to Qujiang Pond to investigate water ghosts at night, you must tell me that you can deploy the people from the Ministry of Justice. The safety of the princess is a major issue, and it is better to have more people than less." Li Daozong turned to ask the person in charge of the safety of the princess. Cheng Chubi.

Cheng Chubi saluted and nodded, and responded one by one.

Li Daozong gave a few more instructions in a blink of an eye, and then he left uneasy, and walked back every step of the way.

After watching Li Daozong go, Li Mingda immediately turned around and strode into the mortuary.

The corpses of the two Taoist priests were placed near the door, and the place was fairly ventilated. The two corpses had just been salvaged, and they hadn't died for a long time, so there wasn't much smell.

Yuchi Baoqi covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, stood stiffly at the door, glanced at the many corpses placed in the mortuary, and counted more than a dozen. He couldn't help feeling that there are quite a lot of people who died in Chang'an .

"There are more people, so there are more chances of murder." Li Mingda tilted his head to look at the faces of the two Taoist corpses, and then glanced at the hands and limbs of the corpses.

At this time, someone from outside came to report that Zuo Qingmei had arrived.

Li Mingda immediately let her in.Zuo Qingmei's ancestors were imperial physicians, she knows medical skills and is meticulous in her work. She has been walking in the palace for many years and has seen all kinds of corpses, so she has some experience in judging the cause of death.The most important thing is that Li Mingda is more familiar with her and trusts her more. Let her help to examine the corpse, and Li Mingda will assist, then nothing will be left behind.

"If he was forced to drown, there should be bruises on his arms."

Zuo Qingmei pulled up the sleeves of the corpse, only the soaked white arms could be seen without any bruises.

Looking at the shoulders of the two, the same is true, there is no abnormality.

Yuchi Baoqi nodded with insight, and then a lot of inexplicable fear flashed in his eyes, "So it is really the water ghosts who did it. If the water ghosts drag them into the water, they will definitely not be like people, they will Leave marks on the corpse."

Li Mingda, Cheng Chubi and Zuo Qingmei cast indifferent gazes at Yuchi Baoqi at the same time.

Yuchi Baoqi shrunk her neck, took a step back, and muttered unconvinced, "Is it strange to be afraid of ghosts? I've been afraid of this since I was a child."

Li Mingda looked at the corpse and secretly sniffled. In addition to the fishy smell and faint rancid smell from the corpse itself, there was also a very strong fragrance, the incense of burning incense.Even though the corpses of the measuring tools had been soaked in water, the fragrance was still quite strong, which shows that the two should have burned a lot of incense when they were killed.Look at the skirt of the fat Taoist priest, there are many black spots that are not too conspicuous.

The two Taoist priests are indeed the "famous" Taoist priests who exorcise ghosts as Yuchi Baoqi said. The Taoist robes they wear are made of silk and satin, which makes them look more prestigious than ordinary Taoist priests.Besides, these black spots seem to be caused by being scalded by something ignited.But look at these black dots are round and small, densely packed, almost dozens of them.Judging from the size and quantity, it can only be reminiscent of burning incense. It must be that in a panic, the whole stick of incense was stuck on himself.

"Other parts of the body?" Li Mingda looked at Zuo Qingmei.

Zuo Qingmei nodded her head, asked Cheng Chubi to give her a hand, and turned the body over.Because she had to strip her clothes and inspect every part of the body, Zuo Qingmei asked the princess to stay away temporarily.

Li Mingda came out, and Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly followed.

"Why don't you look at it? What are men afraid of?" Li Mingda knew that he was afraid, and he was bored right now, so he teased him.

"Look at what the princess said, men are afraid of it, and women may not be afraid of me." Yuchi Baoqi said with a bit of arrogance, and then saw the princess looked at him with very suspicious eyes, he was immediately discouraged and had to let go Recognized, "Both men and women are afraid, after all, they are dead. After death, the soul will leave the body, and there may be ghosts nearby."

Li Mingda sighed, "The folklore is just misleading people."

Yuchi Baoqi was taken aback, thinking it might be the case, but he was still afraid until there was no concrete evidence to prove that there are no ghosts in the world.

Yuchi Baoqi walked a few steps in place to relieve some of the fear in her heart, and then looked at the princess who stood there with a calm face and remained motionless.

"Your lord, how did a girl in your family not be afraid of ghosts or corpses? As far as I know, there are many noble girls from aristocratic families who are afraid of even small bugs, let alone these." On this point, because I can't reach the princess at all, so Yuchi Baoqi's admiration for the princess is added.This might be a bit bad, because Yuchi Baoqi felt that he was about to sink deeper and couldn't control himself.

"Maybe it's because I have been living with saints since I was a child, and no one preached to me that corpses and ghosts are scary, so I don't really care about it." Li Mingda said indifferently, "If you have to say that I have something to fear , It should be parting, I am afraid of parting, I have been afraid since I was a child."

When Yuchi Baoqi heard this, her heart was shocked, and then she looked at the princess who seemed to have a slightly sad gaze, feeling inexplicably distressed in her heart.He knew what the princess was talking about. Empress Changsun was one thing, and Princess Changle was another.She probably doesn't like the people around her who love her to leave her.

"But having said that, who would like parting? There is always a banquet in the world. This is how life is." Li Mingda's words became clear immediately, and he smiled at Yuchi Baoqi, "I said this to let you understand that I value friendship very much. , it’s no joke, because I hate parting.”

Yuchi Baoqi was a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, he blinked and scratched his head, trying his best to understand the cause and effect of what the princess said, but he still couldn't figure it out.He values ​​friendship very much, not child's play, has something to do with hating parting?

Seeing that Yuchi Baoqi didn't understand, Li Mingda smiled.In any case, those words were all overheard by her before, implying that there would be no results, and she couldn't tell Yuchi Baoqi suddenly and recklessly not to use her affection indiscriminately.

Yuchi Baoqi struggled in his heart for a while, but he still didn't understand what the princess said, so he simply gave up thinking about it, and leaned over to tell the princess a joke with a smile.He is the best at coaxing women. If you tease her a few more times, the princess will naturally feel happy with him. After a long time, the two of them will have a bond, and they will naturally have feelings.At that time, he will be done, and then beg his father to propose to the Lord.

Yuchi Baoqi had a good plan, so he opened his mouth to tell a joke to the princess.

"Once upon a time, there was a county magistrate named Wang Tan. When he was working in a certain county, he ate Huto at noon one day, but he didn't put on the headband properly, and the strap on it fell into the bowl. Fall off. Tie it again, fall again. Wang Tan was so angry that he tore off the turban, threw it into the Hoto bowl, and shouted at the Futou: "You can eat enough, I won't eat." !'"

Li Mingda waited for a while, seeing that Yuchi Baoqi stopped talking, he looked at him innocently: "It's over? Then?"

"It's over, there is no more." Yuchi Baoqi saw that the princess was not interested in this, thought for a while, and said, "There is another one. A certain official has been married for 20 years and has no children. Later, his wife finally gave birth to a fat son for him. He was overjoyed and invited his colleagues to a banquet. An official stood up and said modestly: "I have a shame in my heart, and I will be rewarded for nothing." A certain official was very annoyed and asked him: "Where did you come from? How can you take credit for this kind of thing?' Hahahaha...is it funny!"

Li Mingda saw that Yuchi Baoqi was telling jokes by himself, and he laughed very happily, which was a bit funny, so he also laughed.But it's just because he looks funny when he tells a joke, as for the joke he said, it really doesn't look like a joke, it's not funny at all.

Yuchi Baoqi was very happy to see that the princess finally smiled, and she wanted to continue talking.Li Mingda hastily stretched out his hand to signal that he didn't need it, then stared into his eyes, and said to him: "It's better to save some strength and use it to catch water ghosts at night."

Yuchi Baoqi's face immediately turned pale, and she shut her mouth tightly, unable to speak a word.

After a while, Cheng Chubi came out from the mortuary room and asked the princess to go in again.

Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly continued to cover her mouth with a handkerchief, and followed in.

The corpse had been turned face down, the fat Taoist priest was completely covered by the sackcloth, and most of the other tall Taoist priest's body was also covered, only a piece was exposed on the left thigh, and there was a clear spot on it. The smear was about the size of a child's fist.

After Li Mingda glanced at it, he left the morgue with Zuo Qingmei and others.

"Just one person?"

"There is another one too, but the location is not suitable for your lord to see," Zuo Qing whispered to Li Mingda, "It's in the rear."

"The two bruises are on the back." Li Mingda pondered for a moment, then thought of something, "Could it be kicks?"

Zuo Qingmei frowned and thought about it, then nodded, "Very likely."

"Could it be caused by accidentally bumping into something during his lifetime?" Cheng Chubi asked.

"If there are two people, it should not be such a coincidence, and the location of the bruise is not a place where it can collide casually." Li Mingda analyzed.

Zuo Qingmei nodded in agreement with the princess's statement, "It seems that whether the water ghost is real or not needs to be carefully considered. Since there are traces of man-made on these two people, it is very likely that they were not killed by ghosts, but by people."

"Ghost hunting at night." Li Mingda immediately made a decision easily.

As soon as these words came out, it was extremely difficult for Yuchi Baoqi.Seeing that the princess immediately brought Zuo Qingmei back to the palace to prepare, his heart began to beat, he pulled Cheng Chubi to discuss with him, he didn't want to go at night.

"They say it's man-made, and it has nothing to do with the ghosts you're afraid of."

"Are you sure it's not a water ghost? You swear on your life?" Yuchi Baoqi asked.

Cheng Chubi choked, and looked at Yuchi Baoqi speechlessly.He really can't guarantee this, and he won't be so bored as to swear on such a trivial matter.His life is used to serve the country and be loyal to the princess.

"In any case, you have to go if you go, or you have to go if you don't go. You have been ordered by the Holy Order to investigate the case, and this is your duty." Cheng Chubi said, and said goodbye to Yuchi Baoqi on horseback.

Yuchi Baoqi lingered in place.

The entourage, Duofu, knows what his lord is afraid of best. He is really not afraid of anything since he was a child, but he is afraid of ghosts, but he doesn't blame their Erlang lord for being like this. It is really the result of his childhood experience.

"Anyway, Erlang has a good relationship with the princess. If you don't go at night, please explain. The princess will definitely understand Erlang."

"No, it's too embarrassing to say such a thing."

"They already know that Erlang is afraid of ghosts, so there's nothing to be ashamed of." Duofu said puzzled.

"So it's embarrassing enough now, if I retell the embarrassing things of the past, wouldn't I be even more embarrassing." Yuchi Baoqi thought for a while, got on the horse, and went straight east after leaving the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Li Mingda rode halfway from the Ministry of Punishments when he suddenly remembered Cheng Chubi's sister and asked him how he was doing.

Cheng Chubi hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Recently there are many things, and my subordinates are afraid of disturbing the princess, so I have never had the opportunity to talk to the princess. My second sister has responded very well, and now she has no symptoms of coughing and wheezing. The subordinates who come back late make a bowl of soup, and they are very satisfied."

"That's really a good thing, congratulations." After Li Mingda said, he asked where Cheng Chubi lived, and when he learned that it was not far from where they were, Li Mingda said, "I just feel thirsty all of a sudden, so I'm going to see you at your house." It's good to see."

Cheng Chubi welcomed him in fear, and hurriedly led the way, leading Li Mingda into Cheng's residence.

The Cheng family's mansion in Beijing is not as grand as the Yuchi's house, it is smaller, but the layout is simple and comfortable, which is not bad.

After Li Mingda sat down in the main hall, he saw a girl dressed in peach pink cautiously enter the door with a cup of tea.

This girl is dressed in silk and satin, her manners are elegant and dignified, she is not an ordinary maid.

Li Mingda immediately trained Cheng Chubi and said: "Your family has no servants, how can you ask your sister who just recovered from illness to do it herself?"

Cheng Lanru hurriedly put down the teacup, then knelt down and kowtowed to Li Mingda, "Lanru made the decision without authorization and wanted to serve tea to the princess herself. I thank the princess for saving her life, but I don't blame the second brother."

Before and after Cheng Chubi saluted the princess, his eyes silently looked at his sister, full of concern.

"Get up quickly, but I can't bear this life-saving grace. It's the doctor Gao who has excellent medical skills. He has recuperated for you. I just want to thank him." Li Mingda stretched out his hand for Lan Rudao to come forward, took her hand, and asked her what this year will be. How old is she? Knowing that she is just two months younger than him, Li Mingda said with a smile, "Then you have to call me sister, and you can call me sister Si from now on."

The princess was willing to be called her sister.

Cheng Lanru was both happy and terrified, she quickly thanked Li Mingda and shyly called out.

Cheng Chubi felt that he was a bit out of line, and he dared not accept it, so he hurriedly asked the princess to take back what he said.

"I am willing, if Lan Ru is willing, this matter will be done, and it has nothing to do with you."

Lan Ru nodded with a smile, then turned to Cheng Chubi and said, "That's right, it has nothing to do with the second brother."

After Li Mingda saw that Lan Ru was familiar with him, his temper was exactly as Cheng Chubi said before, she was a smiley and hearty person, so he liked her even more. play by youself.

"Really? I've never been to the Tai Chi Palace, nor have I seen a saint. Sis, what does a saint look like? Do you have three heads and six arms? Is it particularly powerful? I asked my second brother before, and he thought I was boring , refused to tell me this." Lan Ru was a little excited and curious, so she asked a series of questions.

As soon as Cheng Chubi heard this, he hurriedly scolded her for not understanding the rules.

Lan Ru shut her mouth obediently and bowed her head obediently.After hearing the princess say it's okay, she immediately became lively, looked up with a smile on her face, and was as enthusiastic and brilliant as tomorrow in midsummer.

"I don't have three heads and six arms. Just like you and me, we have two legs and two arms. If it is a martial arts, indeed, no one can match it." Li Mingda replied simply, then looked at Cheng Chubi, and then promised her in a low voice, waiting After finishing the water ghost case at hand, she took her to see the emperor.

"Thank you, your lord!" Cheng Lanru thanked her with a happy salute.

Li Mingda then asked Cheng Lanru if he was still taking medicine to recuperate.

"Physician Gao said that since I don't have symptoms of cough and asthma, I can stop taking the medicine, and I don't have to taboo anything in the future. I can eat whatever I want."

"We still need to use more food for clearing the lungs, relieving cough and stopping shortness of breath." Li Mingda heard that Cheng Lanru's voice was still a little wrong, sometimes it was clear and crisp, and sometimes it had some strange noises, a little hoarse, and then told Cheng Chubi to give it again. She took medicine for ten and a half months to consolidate it.

Cheng Chubi obeyed his orders, and now he will go back to the palace with the princess.Li Mingda refused, so he left him to rest at home now, "Don't waste too much time, we have to catch water ghosts at night. Rest at home now, and we will meet at Qujiang Pond at dusk. When we get there, we Interrogate three witnesses first, and then catch ghosts after dark."

Cheng Chubi remembered the process of the princess's instructions, saluted and thanked her, and then watched the princess go.

"Second brother, why does the princess want me to continue taking medicine? I'm already healed."

"If I tell you to eat, you can eat it. Ever since I followed the princess, I haven't seen anything wrong with what the princess said." Cheng Chubi instructed.

Cheng Lanru nodded, and said with a smile: "I also believe in the princess, but everything in the prescription is too famous, and the money of the family and the salary of the eldest brother are almost spent."

"You don't have to worry about the money, I even borrowed some, and I'll ask Bao Qi later." Cheng Chubi said.

Cheng Lanru agreed.

After lunch, it was time for the attendants in the courtyard to take a lazy nap.Suddenly someone knocked on the door of Cheng's mansion, opened it, and heard that the other party was from Fang's mansion, the servant did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly went to inform Cheng Chubi.

"You don't need to be so troublesome, and let your husband come back. This is my wife who heard that the second wife of your mansion is not in good health, so she sent some tonics. It's nothing valuable. It's just a heart, you just accept it. That's right, I'll go back and report back." After Luo Ge said that, he ordered people to deliver more than a dozen brocade boxes in, and then led them there.

The speed was so fast that the guard at the door almost didn't react.

A while later, Cheng Chubi and Cheng Lanru were in the main hall, and they looked at these so-called cheap medicinal materials, which happened to be just right, and they were all high-quality and precious herbs for treating Lanru's asthma.

"There are so many noble people, Lan Ru is lucky!" Cheng Lanru clapped her hands happily, expressing her joy, "Second brother, who is this Mrs. Lu? She has never met Lan Ru, how can she treat Lan Ru so well?"

"You're right, she hasn't seen you before, how could she be nice to you? This is a favor given to me by my brother-in-law. Because I want to give you something, it's not easy to use his name directly, so I used Mrs. Lu's name." name." Cheng Chubi sighed, and he felt more and more grateful to the princess and Fang Yizhi, these two are his true nobles.

"Then the second brother will pay back the favor for me in the future." Cheng Lanru happily ordered people to take all the medicinal materials, smiled heartlessly at Cheng Chubi, and happily left with the things.After all, it's not her who will repay her kindness in the future, so she doesn't worry about it.

Cheng Chubi couldn't help laughing when his younger sister acted like a rascal.Since there was still a case to be investigated in the afternoon, Cheng Chubi thought it over and went to thank Fang Yizhi another day.

The sun was slanting to the west, and it was almost dusk.

The light has become softer. By the Qujiang Pool, looking at the sparkling river surface in the twilight, there is an indescribable softness.

Li Mingda thought he had set off early and he should be the first to arrive at the agreed place.Unexpectedly, someone had already arrived by the edge of Qujiang Pond.From a distance, this person was dressed in blue silk satin, with attendants by his side, with a slender back, an outstanding figure, and a very majestic appearance.

Li Mingda looked vaguely from a distance while riding a bumpy horse, thinking it was Yuchi Baoqi, and was feeling that Yuchi Baoqi's back was so clear, no less than Fang Yizhi, but he didn't expect that when he got closer, he found that this person was Fang Yi straight.

Fang Yi heard the sound of horseshoes, turned around, waited for Li Mingda to approach, and saluted him warmly.

Li Mingda jumped off the horse neatly, and asked puzzledly, "Why are you here?"

"Baoqi is afraid of ghosts, so she begged me to come here for him."