Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"Seduction, drugging, the bruises on the buttocks and legs of the two Taoist priests are very small, only as big as the fist of a two- or three-year-old child," Li Mingda then asked Yuchi Baoqi, "We said before that the method of drugging is It is usually a means for the weak to deal with the strong. By the river in the middle of the night, do you think it is more likely that a man can accomplish this kind of thing, or a woman?"

"In this way, it is true that women are more likely." Yuchi Baoqi rubbed his chin, "Late at night, in a haunted place, if a man appears, he is an acquaintance, more or less Therefore, at least the two of them have no reason to go so far with her. If it is a woman asking for help, or discussing with her for some other reason, then the two of them must have no defense."

"If the medicine is given, the food must come from the mouth, and the murderer must have used some excuse to let the two eat or drink something." Fang Yizhi added.

"It's very likely that they are acquaintances, so it's easy to discuss with some reasons and lead them to the other side." Li Mingda guessed.

"But there are too many lists of acquaintances here, where can I find them!" Yuchi Baoqi complained hopelessly.

"The list is more than a hundred people here. Most of these are high-ranking officials, and many domestic servants in their families should also be counted. After all, Taoist priests go to exorcise ghosts, and most of them are domestic servants who are responsible for receiving them." Li Mingda added.

Hearing this, Yuchi Baoqi's head became dilated in two, and he fanned helplessly, trying to calm down.He inadvertently turned his eyes to look at Princess Jinyang. She was holding her chin in her forehand at the moment, turning over the list with a pensive expression on her face, her expression was extremely serious.

Today the princess is wearing a dark green palace dress with a light gold background and a thin smoky brocade. It is just a casual sitting posture, but it is full of elegance, magnificent and beautiful, as bright as the autumn moon.

Yuchi Baoqi's face was hot, and he felt thirsty in his throat. He knew that his body would become more and more uncomfortable looking at it like this, but he was addicted to it. He couldn't control himself to look away, so he continued to look closely at Li Mingda. that face.She had a rosy oval face, bright eyes full of aura, cherry-like lips, and a neck like white jade. There just happened to be a strand of blue hair hanging around her neck, perhaps it fell when she was riding a horse.Yuchi Baoqi then fixed his eyes on the beautifully curved jade neck, suddenly felt bad, forced his eyes away, and looked elsewhere, but somehow his eyes were pulled back, he stared at the princess' neck, his voice grew louder and louder. Thirsty, I couldn't help but want to stretch out my hand to fiddle with the jade neck, and even had the urge to step forward and kiss Fangze.

It's too wretched, how could I become so wretched.

Yuchi Baoqi condemned herself.

Yuchi Baoqi has always paid attention to methods in the pursuit of women. Although she likes to laugh and tease, she always treats each other with courtesy and never forces anyone.Most of the beauties are also willing to take the initiative to rely on him, so he is also willing to give more money to reward these beauties for their good eyesight.He has always been like this, seeing that Miao Feifei who is sought after by thousands of people, he can also control himself very well, and he has never had such an impulse today.

Yuchi Baoqi felt that she was going to be ruined.He glanced over at Fang Yizhi who was still seriously analyzing the case with the princess, turned his head, and gently hit his head with a white jade fan, warning himself to learn from Fang Yizhi's indifference.

The voice was not loud, but the princess heard it.

"What are you doing, Yuchi Erlang?" Li Mingda immediately looked at Yuchi Baoqi after hearing the voice.

"Uh, it's nothing, I think my head is stupid, so I tap it." Yuchi Baoqi smiled awkwardly, but her face gradually turned red, "Do you feel that the room is a bit hot?"

"It's autumn now, and the sky is cool." Fang Yi said warmly, and turned to look at Yuchi Baoqi sharply, obviously he already saw that something was wrong with him.

Yuchi Baoqi kept fanning the wind, "I feel hot, so hot."

Li Mingda: "It's cool and windy outside, why don't you go outside to get some fresh air?"

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned for a moment, thanked Li Mingda hurriedly, and then walked steadily and "gracefully", but in fact he had already fled in panic.

Fang Yi watched Yuchi Baoqi leave, and turned his head to look at Li Mingda, who also looked at Yuchi Baoqi with something wrong.Fang Yizhi couldn't help laughing and sighing that Yuchi Baoqi was a little abnormal these days.

"It's very abnormal." Li Mingda sighed thoughtfully, "You care about him?"

"I'm not his Aye, I can't control it, and he doesn't listen to me." Fang Yi sighed funny.

"Compared to him, Aye, I think he listens to you more. You should persuade him when you have time." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he remembered the old farmer's autobiography and asked Fang Yizhi where he bought it. However, she wanted to see the old farmer's residence and experience where he lived when she had time.

"In Dingzhou, I found it by chance when passing by, but I don't know where the specific person lives." Fang Yi said straight.

"But it's strange, the names are not revealed in this book, and even the children are only called by their baby names, so people can't find them." Li Mingda sighed, "The things about the big families in the village that are mentioned in this book are not real. It’s no less than the one in this Gaomen mansion, it seems to be more lively, although it’s just a small matter of farming and raising a family, but the ups and downs, ups and downs, it’s really embarrassing.”

"That's the beauty of it."

"I always feel that this old farmer seems to be deliberately hiding his clumsiness, and his original literary talent may be better than this." Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi with an inquiring eyebrow, and asked him what he thought.

"Perhaps the old farmer has a high level of understanding."

"The author of this book is indeed highly enlightened." Li Mingda laughed. She actually suspected that this book was written by Fang Yi, but the yellowed paper and the slightly old smell on the pages all proved that This book has been stored for several years.Maybe there are really old farmers with high comprehension.

Li Mingda didn't worry about this, but she was more worried about the case of the water ghost.

"There has been no movement for so long."

"Soon." Fang Yi said straight.

"Have you arranged someone?"

"It's arranged, but this matter should be kept as secret as possible. The less people know, the better."

Li Mingda nodded, indicating that she did not tell the third person.

Fang Yizhi also echoed that he did the same.

"This token is for you. If you have news, you can pass it to the palace in time." After Li Mingda handed the token he had prepared earlier to Fang Yizhi, he got up and said goodbye.

"Is the princess in a hurry? Mother still wants me to invite the princess to have dinner at home at noon."

"Today is Wei Gong's second daughter's birthday, I'm going to congratulate her." Li Mingda did not forget his uncle's explanation to him before, this time he took advantage of Wei Wanshu's birthday to find a reason to go and see how she is.

Fang Yi didn't know about this at all, he only thought that the princess and the second wife of the Wei family had a good relationship.Since it was her birthday, it was naturally not good to continue to invite her. He nodded and wanted to send her there.

Li Mingda thanked Fang Yi while walking, "Go back and help me survive, thank you Mrs. Lu, this time I have no luck, next time I have a chance, I will definitely go there."

"It's not good!" Yuchi Baoqi rushed to the two of them in two or three steps.

"What happened?" Li Mingda asked her immediately when he saw that his expression was different.

Yuchi Baoqi got into the fan in her hand, took a deep breath to calm down her emotions, and then said straight to Li Mingda and Fang Yi in a controlled tone: "It seems, it seems that someone died in the backyard of my house."

"Huh?" Li Mingda looked at Yuchi Baoqi with some disbelief.

Fang Yizhi also asked: "What is it like?"

"The housekeeper told me just now that they found a dead body, a woman's body, under the wall of the east courtyard. I didn't go to see it myself, so I said 'it seems'. Just now I asked the housekeeper to investigate whether there are few people in the house, and find out. Which maid accidentally died there, but the steward told me just now that there are not many people in the mansion, regardless of gender." Yuchi Baoqi looked at Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi with a look of horror, "Then How can you say that there is an extra female corpse in my house?"

"Go and have a look." Li Mingda was about to leave.

Steward Zhao from the Yuchi Mansion was on the side, and immediately looked anxiously at his own Erlang.

"Your lord, don't go. The butler said that the dead woman's body is very ugly, with blood all over her face." Yuchi Baoqi looked at Butler Zhao uncertainly.

Butler Zhao hurriedly added: "Princess Hui, the face was stabbed by a knife, bloody and bloody, I couldn't see her face at all, it was very bloody."

"Clothes?" Fang Yi asked directly.

"I was wearing the clothes of the maid in the mansion, so I misunderstood that the maid in the mansion died at first." Zhao Guanjia said.

Li Mingda didn't say anything, just let Butler Zhao lead the way.Now Zuo Qingmei happened to be out of the palace with her, so she could have a look at the corpse.

Steward Zhao led the way as he said, and before leaving, he politely told Li Mingda and the others that the distance was a bit far, and it was at the east end of the backyard.

After walking for about two sticks of incense, I finally arrived at the wall behind the east courtyard that Butler Zhao said.

The blood on the body was still bright red, which showed that he had just died not long ago, but the mosquitoes and flies had already attracted him.Flying and buzzing everywhere, Li Mingda could clearly see the eyes, legs, and even the blood on the legs of these mosquitoes.There were so many bugs, some looked disgusted, so Li Mingda turned his head away.

Butler Zhao thought the princess couldn't bear the bloody face of the corpse, so he hurriedly asked someone to cover it.

"It's not necessary, just ask someone to use willow sticks to drive away mosquitoes and flies."

Housekeeper Zhao obeyed his orders and hurriedly sent people to break wicker to drive out the insects.

Zuo Qingmei walked to the corpse first, checked its condition, and after looking at the general situation, she said to Li Mingda: "He was stabbed in the abdomen and died. The wound on the face should be scratched after death. To make a specific judgment, the face must be scratched." Only when the blood is washed clean can we be sure."

Li Mingda nodded, and immediately asked someone to prepare a straw mat and water to scrub the face of the corpse.

Fang Yi stared at the corpse coldly and did not speak, but his eyes stayed on the corpse for a long time and did not move away.

"Did you find something?" Li Mingda asked.

"Look at this person's figure looks familiar." Fang Yi frowned.

Li Mingda shivered, and then went to look at the corpse carefully, "I thought I was the only one who felt this way, and she looks familiar too."

"Familiar?" Yuchi Baoqi walked over, moved his eyes slightly away from behind the fan, then took a quick look at the corpse, and then quickly covered his face with the fan, "I don't look familiar, it's all blood!"

"However, if you both find someone familiar, then it must be a nobleman." Yuchi Baoqi sighed in response.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi looked at each other, and then Li Mingda asked Fang Yizhi if he remembered who it was.

Fang Yizhi searched carefully in his mind, and shook his head, "This woman's figure is not special, it's a little difficult to figure out who she is just based on her figure, after all, she's not someone she knows very well, she must have only had a few face-to-face photos. .”

At this time, Zuo Qingmei had already washed the blood off the woman's face with water and a cloth towel, but the punctured part could not be restored.

Li Mingda saw the small brown spot at the corner of the woman's mouth at a glance, Li Mingda then looked at the woman's hands, and asked Zuo Qingmei to pull down the sleeves on her wrists, and she really saw black and white skin.

Li Mingda looked at the figure of this person again, and had a guess in his heart. In order to make sure that his thoughts were true, he asked Zuo Qingmei to take off the woman's shoes. Her big toe and second toe were slightly larger than ordinary people's, and There is a thin callus in the middle.

"This is?" Yuchi Baoqi asked puzzled.

"Wa people." Fang Yi said straight, and then asked Li Mingda, "Has your lord confirmed who this person is?"

"Ashiya Yuanjing, that is, the princess of the Wa Kingdom." Li Mingda said.

"Ashiya Yuanjing, this person is Ashiya Yuanjing!?" Yuchi Baoqi sighed twice in surprise.

"The last time I saw her was the second day after Princess Changle's death. At the back door of the Princess Mansion, she passed me on a horse, and then came back to greet me." Li Mingda said.

Yuchi Baoqi: "If the dead person is the princess of the Wa Kingdom, then it will be troublesome."

"Block the news, don't spread it to the outside world until the matter is clarified." Fang Yi said straight.

"But why did the princess of the Wa Kingdom die in my mansion?" Yuchi Baoqi asked in puzzlement.

"Look at her clothes, she must be disguised as a servant girl of Yuchi's mansion, sneaking into the mansion to plot something." Li Mingda turned around and asked Yuchi Baoqi, "Is there anything in your mansion that she should steal?"

Yuchi Baoqi thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No. You also know that I live alone in this mansion. Whether I am an official or hold any important position, what can be worth stealing by her. My mansion is There are a few pieces of money, a few bolts of silk, and some slightly more expensive furniture, but although Wa is a small country, she is still a princess of a country, so she will not come here for this."

"You're talking nonsense." Fang Yi sighed straight away, telling Yuchi Baoqi to pick the important ones and stop rambling.

"Think about it again." Li Mingda approached Yuchi Baoqi, and said to Yuchi Baoqi in a voice that he could only hear, "It must be something confidential, something that can make them profitable for Japan."

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned for a moment, then realized something, and was about to speak to Li Mingda, but she cut her off first.

"Is it because you have hidden some famous ancient paintings, ancient objects from the Spring and Autumn Period? Anyway, there must be something in your house that attracted her." Li Mingda raised his voice.

Fang Yi squinted his eyes, and immediately responded to Li Mingda: "I heard that Japanese people worship our ancient paintings and relics very much. I guess some ancient paintings in your house caught her eyes. If she can't get them, she will come here." Take hard."

"Ah, yes." Yuchi Baoqi finally realized, "There are just a few paintings in the mansion, one of which was inscribed by Cao Mengde."

"This person is pretending to be a servant girl in your house, there is a second person." Li Mingda continued to wink at Yuchi Baoqi.

Yuchi Baoqi nodded suddenly, understanding that the princess wanted him to transfer everyone away.Immediately according to the words, Zhao steward was ordered to investigate whether there were any fake thieves in the mansion, and summoned everyone to the backyard. He was in charge of questioning and examining each one, and Zuo Qingmei supervised them.

Seeing that the servants had dispersed, the three of them returned to the main hall and closed the door to discuss matters.

Yuchi Baoqi: "I just remembered, I, Aye, sent someone to deliver a letter to me three days ago."

"What content?" Li Mingda asked.

Yuchi Baoqi smiled embarrassedly and said, "I haven't seen it, I don't know."

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi looked at him with deep eyes at the same time.

Yuchi Baoqi took two steps back, and said to the two of them: "I thought it was the long-winded words that his old man reprimanded and instructed. I thought it would be annoying to read it, so I might as well not read it. Could it be different this time?"

"No matter what, hurry up and see if the letter is still there."

Yuchi Baoqi immediately took the two of them to the study to get the letter.

When Yuchi Baoqi arrived in the study, he searched for the porcelain vase.

"What are you doing?"

"Every time I receive a letter, I will stuff it into the bottle casually." After Yuchi Baoqi said, he took out two letters from a porcelain bottle, checked if they were wrong, and flipped through the next one, and finally found the letter on the high foot. After a few searches, he found the unopened letter from three days ago, and then he handed the letter to Li Mingda.

Li Mingda opened it to read, and then handed the letter to Fang Yizhi.

"Isn't it important that I didn't write anything, I'm just talking about it so I can study hard." Yuchi Baoqi moved to Fang Yizhi's side to look at it, and then his face changed, and he was about to open his mouth to speak, but was warned by Fang Yizhi's eyes up.

"Burn the letter." Fang Yi said straight.

Yuchi Baoqi nodded, asked someone to get a copper basin, and immediately burned the letter completely,

"What should we do now, the dead man in the backyard...report or not?" Yuchi Baoqi meant to report to the court.

"He is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi, and then sat down, "This is strange, since she is dead and has nothing, the person who killed him may come after you .”

"Me?" Yuchi Baoqi pointed at herself in surprise, "Then what should I do now?"

"Come back to my residence with me. The dead body in your backyard will not be hidden from the outside world. I will ask the people from Dali Temple to collect the body for an autopsy, but we will not spread the true identity of the body for the time being. Since the murderer intends to expose her face If she is ruined and her identity is not known to everyone, then we will fulfill our wish and not announce it to the public for the time being."

"What's wrong with this? The water ghost case has no clue yet, and now such a terrifying female corpse appears in my backyard for no reason." Yuchi Baoqi sighed that she was unlucky.

"Although the letter was burned, the one my father said in the letter..."

"I'll send someone to deal with it, you don't have to worry about it." Li Mingda continued, "Since the other party dared to kill even the princess of the Japanese country, if he can't keep your house and his secret work, your every move may have been monitored by him for a long time. Among them. We probably are too.”

"Is it so scary?"

"I don't even look at what kind of person died in your mansion." Fang Yi warned him coldly, and then suggested that Li Mingda report the matter to the emperor, "Let the sage send someone to fetch it, we Don't move around, it's best to take it secretly, don't leak the news."

Li Mingda nodded, "But if it's true as you said, there may be a secret operation in this mansion, we can make a scene right now, let Baoqi go out in person, get the things back, and see if someone will do something to you .”

"Leading the snake out of the hole, this method is excellent, steady, accurate and fast." Fang Yi directly agreed.

"Ah——then am I in danger at any time?" Yuchi Baoqi cried out incessantly.

At this time, Butler Zhao was going back and forth to report to all the nobles. He had already asked the servants in the mansion in detail, but no one noticed any special movement last night.

Yuchi Baoqi nodded.

Li Mingda stood up at this time and said: "Although it is said that a princess of the Wa Kingdom died, she came to your house to steal and died. The name of her death is not right, and she is not afraid of any opinions from the Wa Kingdom. You and Fang The eldest son will deal with it together, and I will go to Zheng Guogong's mansion to congratulate me, so I won't stay any longer."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he left with Zuo Qingmei and others.

Fang Yizhi then ordered people to call the people from Dali Temple to dispose of the body, and then asked Yuchi Baoqi to give a testimony, so he must make some noise and attract attention...

It was already afternoon when Li Mingda arrived at Zheng Guogong's mansion.After getting off the horse, Li Mingda asked Tian Hanshan if he had sent someone to inform him in advance.

Tian Hanshan promised: "After the female corpse was discovered, I will send someone to inform, and let Wei Erniang and the others start the banquet first, without waiting for your lord."

Li Mingda gave a "hmm" and was warmly welcomed in by the people from the Zhengguo Mansion.After hearing the news, Wei Zheng's wife Pei Shi and Wei Wanshu rushed to greet him.

After Li Mingda waived the gift from the two of them, he heard a few more greetings from Mrs. Pei, nothing more than thanking her for showing her daughter's birthday.

"We've seen each other since we were young, so we've known each other since we were young. Mrs. Pei doesn't have to be so polite." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he turned his head and signaled Tian Hanshan to present her congratulatory gift.

They are a pair of gold and jade steps, naturally they are exquisite things in the palace, and they are rare outside.

Wei Wanshu thanked her quickly and invited the princess to the table.

Mrs. Pei hurriedly said: "Because it's not an integer birthday, there is no big banquet, but a few relatives and sisters in the family are getting together, and Princess Haihan is invited."

"Just right, I don't like too much excitement." Li Mingda went to the backyard under Pei's guidance.When he was about to arrive, Li Mingda smelled different scents of powder, and heard someone whispering something about her.

Most of them were excited, thinking that they were lucky to meet her today, and some were curious whether she was as gentle and virtuous as the rumors.Instead, there was a familiar voice complaining that she was late and made her hungry.

But listening to the noisy voice, it sounded like a lot of people, and I didn't know the extent of the 'no big banquet' that Mrs. Pei said.

Li Mingda then met with the crowd and saw that he had set up 28 tables by the lake, with seven tables in a row, two rows on the left and two on each side, and two people sitting at each table.Most of them are from the families of girls who are about her age, and there are also a few older ones who are relatives like Wei Wanshu's aunt.

After Li Mingda took his seat at the main table, Mrs. Pei and Wei Wanshu sat down on the left and right sides of the main table.Li Mingda glanced at Zhou Xiaohe who was sitting diagonally across from her, and sure enough she was there too.

Li Mingda saw that everyone was waiting for her to be hungry, so he didn't say much, just said: "Let's eat."

Mrs. Pei happily ordered people to pass the dishes, and after the dishes were served, some actors came to play piano music.

Mrs. Pei observed Li Mingda's eyes and picked out some good things to say, such as asking the princess about her trip some time ago, and how Wei Wanshu was looking forward to her coming, and thanked her for condescending to come to the house to celebrate her birthday in person.

Li Mingda smiled, looked at Wei Wanshu, and asked her what her daily hobbies are.

"My favorite is playing the piano and playing chess." Wei Wanshu said.

"Since I love playing the piano, why listen to those, how about you play a piece for me to listen to?"

Wei Wanshu agreed, and asked someone to bring her piano over.

Immediately, a servant girl threw mats and cushions in the center of the ground, placed the piano table, and carefully arranged Wei Wanshu's guqin.After Wei Wanshu sat down dignifiedly, she put her hands on it, and after a moment of silence, her fingers suddenly jumped, and the sound of competing pianos came out immediately, sonorous and powerful, and the state of waves was like a boat on a vast and endless sea, sailing against the wind and waves, wanting to have ambitions Aspirations create a sky.

Li Mingda's complexion gradually darkened when he heard the soft voice, and then he looked at Wei Wanshu who was still playing the piano seriously.The face is indifferent, calm and unbreakable, this woman is absolutely extraordinary.

After Zhou Xiaohe over there heard the sound of the piano, she was fascinated. Hearing the emotional part, she couldn't help feeling with the little sisters around Wei Wanshu that Wei Wanshu played really well, and she really surpassed everyone.

Wei Wanshu then raised her hand, lowered it lightly, moved her fingers slowly, and hooked the strings a few times.The sound of the zither fell, like jade shattered, but the lingering sound still lingered in my ears.

After a moment of silence, everyone praised Wei Wanshu's qin skills, which was invincible.

Wei Wanshu hurriedly said that she didn't dare to take it seriously, "Actually, a little sister of mine taught me this piano skill. Her ability is superior to mine, but she is now in the palace. Otherwise, everyone will know how good I am after listening to her piano. It's out of flow."

"Oh, what's the name of the person who taught you piano skills?" Li Mingda asked with interest.

"It is the martial artist who is currently in the palace."

"Wu Cairen," Li Mingda said with a smile, "it's not easy."

After the princess mentioned Wu Cairen, she sighed that it was not easy, but she didn't know whether the "not simple" meant Wu Cairen or Wei Wanshu.

"My fourth brother also loves to play the piano. Compared with yours, his piano skills may not be as powerful as yours." Li Mingda sighed again.

After hearing this, all the people present laughed and echoed.But those who are a little bit familiar with the way of speaking, feel that the princess's two praises have other reasons.The princess said that her piano skills are better than that of the king of Wei. Does it mean that her ambition is better than that of men.If Wei Wanshu were a man, it would be good to receive such praise, but she is a woman in the back house, she should be virtuous and gentle, this kind of praise always makes people feel a little awkward.In the peaceful and prosperous age, is a woman who is more ambitious than the prince good or bad?

But no matter what anyone thinks about it, in such an occasion, no one dares to spoil the fun, only thinks that the princess is praising Wei Wanshu, and dare not say anything else.

Wei Wanshu saluted and thanked everyone, but she was still calm and calm.

When Zhou Xiaohe saw Wei Wanshu approaching, she quickly praised Wei Wanshu: "My cousin plays the piano very well and has great courage, but as the princess said, she is better than a man."

Li Mingda glanced at her, and brought the jade cup containing wine to his mouth.

At this time, Zhou Xiaohe suggested that it is better for everyone to contribute a talent to congratulate her cousin on her birthday, which happened to be dedicated to the princess.

Li Mingda put down the jade cup in his hand, and smiled slightly, "Knowing that I'm here, you are all uncomfortable. It just so happens that I have other things to do today. Since He has already said it, I won't disturb everyone."

Everyone hurriedly got up and said they didn't dare.

Wei Wanshu also hurriedly came to salute, sincerely expressing that everyone likes the princess to stay and have fun together, that is everyone's luck.

"It's true." Li Mingda said.

After hearing this, Wei Wanshu naturally didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly sent Li Mingda off respectfully.

"You don't need to give it away. You are today's birthday star, and I'm not such a princess who puts on airs. You can do whatever you want, and I'll go." After Li Mingda finished speaking, he received Pei's salute again, and turned around and left quickly.

After leaving the Moon Arch, Zhou Xiaohe complained to Wei Wanshu: "Just came and left, the princess is really busy."

Wei Wanshu didn't speak.

Zhou Xiaohe probably got bored of himself, so he didn't say anything more.

After Li Mingda walked a few steps away, he heard Pei's deep words, which were exactly the conversation with Wei Wanshu.

"The princess said she wanted to celebrate your birthday, it must be from the heart, and now there is something wrong with leaving early, don't mind."

"It is already a great honor for the princess to come here to show her face. How dare I ask for more. But I don't understand one thing. I always feel that her compliments on me have other meanings."

"I didn't think anything of it. I really praised you. My daughter is so kind." Mrs. Pei smiled and grabbed Wei Wanshu's hand, and then her tone suddenly became sharp, "But I don't know where your elder brother went. I talked to you early in the morning. He said that the princess came today and asked him not to go out, but he disappeared before noon, and he couldn't find it no matter how hard he searched."

Wei Wanshu: "Elder brother may have to leave the house because of some urgent matter. Aniang, do you really want to let elder brother be the Lord?"

"Why, the eldest grandson's family, the Fang family, the Du family, the Xiao family...these are all superior to the master, but our family does not. That's why our Wei family has been told by outsiders that it is not a first-class family in the capital, at best It's second class, a head shorter than others!" Pei said unwillingly, "Tell me what's wrong with our family. Your father's generation of famous officials can be said to be famous all over the country, and will definitely go down in history in the future. Your eldest brother is like that again. Outstanding appearance, outstanding talent, why our Wei family is not qualified to choose the master. I think we should choose the best. But I don’t know why, your elder brother just can’t think about it, so you can persuade him when you have time.”

Wei Wanshu nodded in agreement, and asked Mrs. Pei to rest assured that she would comfort Wei Shuyu in this matter.In fact, her thinking is similar to that of Pei's, she thinks that the eldest brother should be the master, and his family should be glorious, so it is easier to be famous like this.

"...But he just can't think about it, so he has to rely on himself. As everyone knows, this Shangzhu actually depends on his own ability." Wei Wanshu sighed.

Pei Shi had a headache when he mentioned this matter, and after he had no choice but to respond to Wei Wanshu, he felt more and more depressed.She immediately sent Wei Wanshu to entertain the guests, and only let the girls have fun.

When Li Mingda left the gate of Zheng Guogong's mansion, a group of people on horseback ran from the east side of the street. The leader was a stunning young man, wearing a dark blue cloud silk round collar robe and a jade belt around his waist.He galloped on the horse with his whip and his head raised, looking very valiant.

Li Mingda looked at Wei Shuyu who was coming towards him, and got on his horse as usual.

Wei Shuyu immediately saw Li Mingda, was stunned for a moment, panic and regret flashed across his face, then he stopped the horse, and then jumped off the horse with all his followers, and walked to Li Mingda's horse to meet him.

"Exemption."

After Li Mingda finished speaking, he looked at Wei Shuyu quietly.

After Wei Shuyu flattened his body, his eyeballs looked to the left, feeling uncomfortable, and then looked to the right.Immediately, he said: "Thank you princess for coming to celebrate my second sister's birthday."

"You're welcome." Li Mingda still looked at him with downcast eyes.

Wei Shuyu looked at the hooves of Li Mingda's horse in front of him, didn't know what to say for a while, and felt even more anxious that he came back at the wrong time.He didn't expect the princess to leave so late. Logically speaking, no matter how slow the banquet was, it should have been over long ago.

A bold idea popped up in Wei Shuyu's head, could it be that the princess left so late on purpose, just to wait for him.Thinking of this, Wei Shuyu became even more worried, and asked doubtfully in her heart, "Could it be that what I expressed before was not obvious enough?" '.

Wei Shuyu was a little anxious and didn't know how to ease the situation at the moment, how to make it clear to the princess that his ambition was to become famous by himself, not anything else.

What is the most appropriate way to talk to the princess, so that she can insist on herself without making the princess feel ashamed, sad or frustrated.After all, the princess herself is quite likable, Wei Shuyu didn't want to hurt her, just because of the love he grew up with, he shouldn't hurt such a gentle and intelligent woman.

"You're blocking my way." Li Mingda waited for a while, but still didn't see Wei Shuyu making way, and finally couldn't help but speak to drive people away.

Wei Shuyu was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the princess, a little bit unresponsive.

Wei Shuyu immediately found that the princess looked back at him immediately, her eyes were calm, without emotion, and there was an indescribable majesty in them.

Tian Hanshan shouted again and again: "Wei Dalang, please make way for the princess."

Only then was Wei Shuyu brought back to his senses by the shout, he hastily saluted Li Mingda and made amends, and immediately led his people aside.

Li Mingda rode a horse expressionlessly, and quickly disappeared into the street with her entourage.

It was just a gust of wind, without any nostalgia, and he walked extremely simply.

Wei Shuyu stood awkwardly by the side of the street, as if struck by lightning.He stared blankly at the street where the princess disappeared, with mixed feelings in his heart, but all the emotions finally turned into a thunderbolt and hit his head, making him only have one sentence in his mind: The princess doesn't seem to like it. he.

Impossible, if she is not interested in herself, why would she leave late on purpose...

Wei Shuyu still couldn't accept this fact.He hastily lifted up his robe, hurried back to the mansion, and then asked the servants in the mansion when the princess came to their mansion.

"It's not long since I came, and when I left less than a stick of incense, I left." The servant said.

"Just here?" Wei Shuyu was surprised, "Isn't the banquet at noon?"

"It seems to be delayed by something. I heard that something happened to Yuchi's mansion."

Wei Shuyu nodded in dismay, then waved off the people and went back to the room alone.

Not long after, Mrs. Pei came to Wei Shuyu and scolded him too much, even running out quietly behind her back to hide from the princess.

Wei Shuyu frowned listening to Mrs. Pei's nagging, then opened her eyes and asked Mrs. Pei, "You always persuade me to be the Lord, but do you know if the princess is interested in me?"

Mrs. Pei was stunned by Wei Shuyu's question, "Look at you running around all day, avoiding her, how could she be uninterested in you, your father is stupid in this respect, he can't see it, but I can see it clearly. Otherwise why is she today?" I came here to celebrate your sister's birthday for no reason. Your sister is not familiar with her, and I have never seen her come for this reason before. Is it for you or for whom? Good boy, what a good opportunity this is, Madam I think you should get along well with the princess. If you are a master, the saint must have favored you because of the princess, and you will have more opportunities to display your talents. Are you afraid that you will not be famous?"

Wei Shuyu shook his head, and hurriedly begged Mrs. Pei to stop talking and let him be alone.

……

An hour later.

The people of Dali Temple were finally evacuated from Yuchi Mansion.

Soon the news that an unknown female corpse was found in Yuchi's mansion spread throughout Chang'an City.

Li Shimin was shocked to learn from Li Mingda that the woman who died in the backyard of Yuchi Mansion turned out to be the princess of the Wa Kingdom.

"Can you confirm that the disfigured female corpse must be her?" Li Shimin asked.

"It should be her. After this, Sizi found a random excuse and invited Ashiya Yuanjing to come to me. The people from the Japanese Mission said that she disappeared this morning, and she hasn't returned yet."

"This year is an eventful year. First, the deputy envoy of the Wa Kingdom died in your uncle's mansion, and now the princess of the Wa Kingdom died in the Yuchi Mansion." Li Shimin sighed with a sneer, "Could it be that these people from the Wa Kingdom are against our Tang dynasty?" ?”

Li Mingda: "Anyway, I don't think that Ashiya Yuanjing had any good intentions. He ran to Yuchi's mansion, most likely because he wanted the gold mine map left by Duke Yuchi back then. It can be seen that these Japanese people surrendered to our university on the surface. Tang, but secretly coveted the wealth of Datang."

"Why don't Aye simply deport them and tell them not to come to Datang again." Li Tai suggested from the side.

Li Mingda nodded in agreement.

"As for the evidence, we must have real evidence to drive people away. If we only rely on words to frame people at will, how will we be respected and admired among the foreign nations after the Tang Dynasty, and we will stand for a long time." Li Shimin asked back.

"I'm looking for it." Li Mingda said.

Li Shimin nodded, smiled and praised Li Mingda for winning his heart, and said that he would wait and see.

At this time, Tian Hanshan called back and forth before entering the door, telling Li Ming