Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"It's not a big deal. Don't worry, those guards will definitely protect you." Li Mingda smiled at Yuchi Baoqi.

Yuchi Baoqi was startled, and slowly closed her mouth that was about to continue to open, and then seeing the princess's sweet smile, Yuchi Baoqi also felt affection in her heart.He smiled and nodded in agreement, then bid farewell to Li Mingda, Fang Yizhi and others.

Li Mingda watched him go away, the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared, and he turned his head to look at the gold being salvaged one after another by the river bank.

"Back to your lord, there are seven boxes in total. One box weighs about [-] to [-] catties, so these are at least ten thousand taels of gold."

"Check to see if there are puddles like this near the river bank, and explore them all," Li Mingda said.

The Yacha and the guards agreed, and immediately searched the river bank with a bamboo pole. Once they found a relatively deep puddle, they would check the mossy stones by the water for signs of damage, and report it immediately if they found any.Li Mingda then came over and poked with a bamboo pole to listen to the sound.

Six places were found, five empty and one containing two chests of gold.

Fang Yi directly observed the conditions of the corresponding river banks in these five places. Although it has been a few days, the traces are not very obvious, but some small residues can still be seen in some places. The loose soil on the bank seems to have been cleaned by things like wicker .

"Carrying such a heavy box ashore will inevitably leave deep foot marks on the soft soil. But when we patrolled the river bank to check the situation that day, we did not find such special footprints. Leaving some traces of people who have stepped on it lightly in the past."

After looking over, Li Mingda nodded, "Very cautious, knowing how to hide the traces. But just now, they walked by the river in a hurry, so they haven't had time to clean up."

Fang Yizhi immediately surveyed the entire river bank, "This gold is hidden in the water, it is indeed an unexpected place. But after all, there are many tourists near Qujiang Pool, even if people rarely play in such deep water, they are still there." There are no exceptions."

Li Mingda looked at him seriously: "You mean, there should be someone guarding these gold bars every day to ensure nothing goes wrong?"

"Your lord, look at it." Fang Yi asked directly.

"If it were me, I would do the same. After all, these gold bars are not a small amount. Qujiang Village is paved with cobblestone roads, and there are no traces of ruts. I have been thinking about the water marks that everyone witnessed on the road. Could it be the water that flows down when the gold cart is transported?"

"If this is the case, it is very likely that at least two carts of gold have been shipped out in the past few days. The estimated number can support at least [-] soldiers and horses."

Li Mingda agreed.

"Witnesses have said that when you hear a grunt, it's probably a rut."

"And it is likely to be a bullock cart, because if there is a sound of horseshoes, they should not ignore it." Fang Yi said straight.

Li Mingda: "If the money is just greedy, it's not terrible. If it's used to support the army, as you said, [-] soldiers and horses are nothing compared to the entire Tang Dynasty, but I'm afraid..."

"It's outside Chang'an City." Fang Yi said straight.

"Fourth Brother should be aware of the seriousness of this matter, and report it to Aye immediately. Now we will find the bandits hiding in Qujiang Village as soon as possible, no matter what conspiracy they have, break it!" Li Mingdayan looked at it first. Looking at the stretch of houses on the other side of the river, "If there are people guarding this place, then they must choose a place that is closer to the river bank so that it is easy to look out."

Li Mingda immediately looked at Fang Yizhi, and then waved his hand to signal the guards to immediately search all the residents in Qujiang Village who can see the river bank.

There are about a hundred households facing the river and can see the six deep puddles on the other side of the river.The Yachai and the guards rode horsemen in two directions, going east and west, and walked a long way until they confirmed that they could not see the riverside.Then, starting from this respectively, from the east and the west, we gradually searched and questioned the center one by one.

After tossing and tossing again and again, it was found that a resident in the east was suspicious.It's an inn with two floors. Looking from a height, you can have a clear view of the situation on the other side of the river.When the clerk asked the question, he saw the doctor in the store evasive, and his words seemed suspicious, so he reprimanded him a few times. The doctor was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and confessed his crime.Then the guards found a rectangular trace on the ground where the fodder was stacked in the cowshed behind the inn, which was exactly the same size as the iron box found by the river.There must have been those boxes stacked here.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi then rushed to the inn, and found that the name of the inn was strange, it was called 'Yueji Inn'.

Before the Yacha could report the situation in detail, Li Mingda concluded: "The shop owner must be a woman."

"Why?" Fang Yi asked directly.

"Yueji, do you guys like to use this word for your name?"

Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Probably not."

After Li Mingda entered the inn, he saw ten servants inside, three women and seven men.This inn is on this street facing the river, and it has been open for another two years.

The Yacha immediately came back to report the general situation. This inn was opened by a person called Widow Zhang. She was out of town and didn't come back often. Although she was not at the inn at the moment, she was there last night.According to the servants in the inn, [-] boxes of things had been transported away from the inn before, just two days ago when the rumor of water ghosts started in Qujiang Village.

"Which family's widow Zhang, where is she now?"

"But I don't know, the servant girl went to knock on the door this morning, but found that the lady is no longer in the room, and she looked around but couldn't find it." The servant girl said tremblingly.

Li Mingda then looked at the men who cowered and knelt down to plead guilty, "You were ordered to go to the river to salvage the boxes in the river?"

"Yes, but the slaves didn't know that the box was filled with gold. The lady told us that this is the particularity of her hometown. Before building a house, a few boxes of gravel should be sunk in the river, and when the house is built , spread these gravels under the house, saying that it is a good omen of "water will bloom", and it can also ensure that the property of the family will be in good weather and harvest every year. The lady also said that the few boxes of gravels are what she heard from the Taoist priests earlier. It sank, and we just need to help her take it out." The servant replied truthfully.

"Do you believe such words?" Tian Hanshu asked.

Cheng Chubi said: "If the master orders, you must believe it."

Li Mingda asked again about the origin of this widow.

"The accent sounds like a local, but she said she was married and widowed. This inn is her dowry property, and it is usually only handed over to the maidservant to take care of it. She will come back occasionally to check the accounts and see the situation. Recently, in a few days I just came back a few days ago, and when I talked about building a house in Dingzhou, I had to take out the stones that had sunk in the river and transport them to build a house for good luck." The speaker was called 'Liu Siniang' The servant girl is the shopkeeper of this inn.

"Accent? Are you unfamiliar with her?" Li Mingda asked.

Several servants then kowtowed and agreed, explaining that they were all domestic slaves of the degraded criminals in Chang'an City, and they were supposed to be sold separately, but later they met the kindness of Widow Zhang and bought them all.

They were originally slaves, so they could only obediently obey orders and work honestly.Since the new owner is so gentle and kind, he usually leaves them to take care of the inn without worrying about how they eat and drink. They are all grateful to Widow Zhang, loyal to her, and always obey her orders.

"Since she is married out and has some accompanying property, then she must be from a wealthy family, and she should have brought some followers with her here. Where is she?"

"There are only two servant girls who have been accompanying her all the time. One is called A'hua and the other is called Huahua. But for some reason, the three of them were all well last night, but this morning they were all gone." Liu Siniang said. .

"Ah Hua—"

Li Mingda thought of the Ah Hua that 'Water Ghost' Niu said.Then he asked again, the specific situation of this Ah Hua.The servants don't know much about it, they only know that Ah Hua is more beautiful, loves to put on makeup, and is also clever.Huahua is a strong woman, driving a car and carrying things, no less than a man.As for their host, Widow Zhang, she is a woman who likes to look up to the sky. She is a bit dark, old-fashioned, and lifeless and not very talkative.

"It's probably because she was a widow when she was young, and she has no interest in life." Liu Siniang analyzed the reason casually.

"Then whoever drives the car away, those three boxes?" Fang Yi asked directly.

"A few men who don't look like they are said to be hired by Widow Zhang to build a house. We plan to salvage them at night and transport them to the cowshed. They will naturally come and transport them away." The servant replied.

"Don't you think it's strange to salvage and transport away quietly at night?"

"The lady said that this thing should not see too much popularity before building a house, otherwise it will lose its effectiveness."

Li Mingda found this widow, but she was very good at making excuses and finding reasons. She must be a clever person who has read books and seen some things in the world.

When asked who else Widow Zhang was in contact with, all ten domestic servants said that they had seen Widow Zhang three times in the past two years, and each time they saw her bring the two maids over.

"Since she doesn't come here often, one of you should be ordered to look after these boxes?"

Ten people shook their heads.

"Could it be those two scholars who have lived here for a long time?" Liu Siniang suddenly sighed.

"What scholar?"

"Shortly after the opening of the inn, two scholars from other places stayed in the inn for a long time, saying that the place is quiet and the scenery is good, and it is suitable for studying hard here in preparation for the imperial examination. There were such scholars who came to live in the inn before. , but they left within a year or so, the two of them the longest." Liu Siniang said.

"What about people?"

"It must be that he didn't wake up. In the past, he would only wake up when the sun was high, and every time he read late at night." After Liu Siniang said, she took the yamen's servants upstairs and knocked on the door.

I knocked for a long time, but there was no response.Everyone thought it was wrong, so the yacha broke into the door and came to nothing.

Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi went in afterward, looked around, the bedding was still in a mess, the wardrobe door was forgotten, it seemed that they were in a hurry to leave.Li Mingda stood by the window and glanced at the scenery outside the window.It can be seen that the turquoise Qujiang Pool more than 20 Zhang away is sparkling.As for the scenery on the other side of the river, it is natural to have a panoramic view.

Li Mingda then went to Widow Zhang's residence, which was also on the second floor, but the room was at the far east end.As soon as Li Mingda entered the room, he smelled the fragrance of osmanthus powder.Following the scent, I glanced at the powder box next to the copper mirror, and knew where the smell came from.This is a suite with a bed outside and two maids living in it, and a larger one inside that lives in widow Zhang.Li Mingda continued to go to the inner room, and the bedding was also messy, which meant that he was still sleeping here last night, but then he left in a hurry, without many belongings.

Especially this widow, because she left in a hurry, she didn't even take away the jewelry in her dowry.Fang Yizhi walked to the dowry at this time, and picked up one of the butterfly gold hairpins.

"I do know this thing." Fang Yi said straight.

Li Mingda has been wondering where this sense of familiarity comes from since he first entered the door and smelled the clear scent of powder.

At this moment Fang Yizhi suddenly said that he knew the golden hairpin, Li Mingda suddenly remembered, and said in unison with Fang Yizhi: "Mr. Du!"

"Du family?" Tian Hanshan frowned and was about to ask which Du family it was, when he suddenly got excited, "Du family from Cizhou?"

Li Mingda nodded.

"It turned out to be her, but those people said that this is Widow Zhang, she must be a widow." Tian Hanshan said puzzled.

"Called a widow, do you really believe that she must be a widow?"

Tian Hanshan patted his head dumbfounded, saying that he was really fascinated by this name, but he didn't expect it to be Du Shi.

"This woman is really smart. With such a name, it's hard to think that it's her. But this needs to be found out before it can be called conclusive evidence." Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi.

"Since she escaped last night, it must be because she saw that we caught the water ghost and searched the shore with a lantern. She found something and expected the incident, so she ran away. But the major intersections in Qujiang Village have been blocked by our people. They will not be able to get out because of the blockade. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, I also ask the guards under the princess to help me search the house together." Fang Yi bowed his hands and said.

"Of course I want to help. Tian Hanshan and I have seen him. Baoqi is gone. You call Di Renjie and the guards who have seen her together. Let's investigate Qujiang Village one by one. That's all." Li Mingda ordered, and Fang Yizhi nodded and carried it out immediately, and the soldiers divided into fifteen routes to conduct a thorough search of more than [-] people in Qujiang Village one by one.Every family and every living person needs to be clearly identified to make sure that there is no Du family hiding in it.

"After Wang Changshi's accident, Mrs. Du didn't go back to Cizhou to pack up her things, but went to live in the inn in Qujiang Village, urgently transporting gold bars."

Li Mingda rode his horse leisurely, listened to what Fang Yi said, and looked up at him, "Wang Changshi knows?"

"It must be." Fang Yi chimed in.

Li Mingda asked Fang Yizhi to immediately order someone to interrogate Wang Changshi.

Fang Yi sent someone to chase after him, "I have been degraded and exiled, I just left yesterday morning, I'm afraid something happened on the road now."

"It is indeed possible to kill people and silence them." Li Mingda stared at him with a calm expression, "Then this Du family must be caught alive."

Not long after, Li Tai came on a fast horse with a team of tens of thousands of people behind him. Li Tai then ordered people to surround Qujiang Village and not let anyone go at will until the case was cleared up.

Not long after that, Prince Li Chengqian also arrived, "I heard that a big case happened, and my sister is responsible for you again. Let me see if there is anything I can do to help."

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he looked at Fang Yizhi and Di Renjie who had just arrived, and then asked Yuchi Baoqi's whereabouts.

"He has a private matter today." Li Mingda explained.

Li Chengqian stared at Li Mingda and smiled, "This guy always has a lot of things to do. I heard that he is afraid of ghosts. Originally, the two of you were in charge of this case together, but you have to investigate it alone."

"Where did you hear about it?" Li Mingda asked.

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, feeling the unkindness in Li Mingda's tone, his complexion immediately sank. "Why, your investigation is still a secret?"

"A casual question, brother, don't be upset." Li Mingda sighed, and then smiled at him, "He was the one who discovered this case in the first place, and it's a credit to him. If he hadn't mentioned it, the gold would never have been transported." Where did you go?"

"It's true, so let him credit him and don't argue with him." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he went to Li Mingda's side and explained to her in a low voice, "I was here to hold the injustice for you. You did a lot of work, but he followed Bai Zhanguang took the credit. But I didn't expect that you would be upset when I said that. If I knew you were helping him like this, why should I be such a talkative idler."

"Do I still need to ask for credit? My father knows it well." Li Mingda turned around and asked Li Chengqian if he came here by order.

"I happened to go to the Lizheng Palace and met your fourth brother. After learning about this, I quickly called back and came to you to see if there is anything that needs my help."

"Really."

"Say."

"I want to eat stinky tofu, you can buy it for me." Li Mingda said.

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and stared straight at Li Mingda.

"Help, you can help this. If you help other things, it's taking credit from me. Brother can't treat Yuchi Baoqi like that, but don't ask yourself." Li Mingda laughed.

"Sizi is getting more and more mischievous." Li Tai came over to make fun of it, but she dared to directly contradict the prince, which is amazing, so Li Tai still supported Li Mingda, "But fourth brother thinks you are right!"

"Then treat them equally. Fourth brother, go too. Take your [-] troops and go buy me stinky tofu with your eldest brother." After Li Mingda said, he continued to keep a smiling face to tell , "Pingkangfang, the easternmost road, Jiupo stinky tofu."

Li Tai's expression froze, and then he glanced at Li Chengqian, and then the two brothers glared at Li Mingda angrily.

"Father asked me to bring this soldier and horse." Li Tai argued.

"There is no need for so many people. There are too many people with mixed eyes and hands. Three groups of people mix together and don't know each other. On the contrary, it is easy for people to take advantage of loopholes." Li Mingda immediately saluted and asked the two brothers not to get involved in this matter. , "The two elder brothers are both of high nature and outstanding achievements. They also really care about Sizi, think for Sizi, and want to do something for Sizi. Then really leave this matter to Sizi. How about letting Si Zi get a solid compliment?"

"Okay." Li Chengqian agreed.

Li Tai smiled helplessly, pointed at Li Mingda, and turned to Li Chengqian, "Our little sister has really grown up."

Li Chengqian turned around on his horse, turned his head to Li Tai and said, "What are you talking about, hurry up and buy stinky tofu."

Li Tai smiled helplessly, then gave Li Mingda a spoiled but slightly reproachful look, and Fang followed Li Chengqian on horseback.

When Li Mingda turned his head to look at Fang Yizhi again, he saw him nodding to him with admiration in his eyes.

This is a rare affirmation.

"Fortunately, the princess spoke in time and stabilized the situation." Fang Yi praised directly.

Li Mingda blinked, "But Jiupo's stinky tofu is really delicious, you can try it if you have time."

Fang Yi laughed lightly, and thanked him.

The search continued immediately, but not long after, Li Daozong also came with people.When he arrived, he was sweating profusely, because he heard that the case involved tens of thousands of taels of gold, and Qujiang Pond was under his jurisdiction, so he was naturally very nervous as Minister of Criminal Affairs, and wanted to come over to participate in the inquiry.

"There are too many things going on in the Ministry of Justice these days, and there are many things that I didn't take into account. I just heard yesterday that the servant of the Ministry of Justice has found a useless job for you. I'm really angry. It's so good to give him a lesson. Today A special came to lead him to make amends with the princess."

After Li Daozong finished speaking, he beckoned to Guan Hongbo.

Guan Hongbo immediately wanted to kneel down to Li Mingda apologetically.

"It doesn't have to be like this. Who should be held accountable is an internal matter of your criminal department. I won't ask too much. I only have one sentence for you here. If you make a mistake, remember it, and don't do it a third time."

Li Daozong was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked Li Mingda, "Princess, please tell me why it is the third time."

"Back this spring, the bodyguard Zheng Lun was also an autopsy from your Ministry of Punishment, right?" Li Mingda asked.

Li Daozong was stunned for a moment, then nodded in embarrassment, and quickly assured Li Mingda that he would strictly discipline his subordinates in the future.

Guan Hongbo shook his body, knelt down immediately, and apologized to Li Daozong and Li Mingda again.

"Princess, we have already searched from house to house, but we did not find Mrs. Du and his entourage." Tian Hanshan replied.

Li Mingda looked at Cheng Chubi, and felt that he seemed to have something to say.

After Cheng Chubi received the princess's signal gaze, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "There is still one household that has not been searched."

"There is no need to search that household. It is the other garden of the King of Wei, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter and exit. Besides, I have asked, and no one entered or exited there last night." Tian Han said.

Li Mingda stared at Tian Hanshan.

Di Renjie said at this time: "It is true that this household was not searched, so we report here and ask the princess for permission."

Tian Hanxiu said: "My lord's other garden is heavily guarded, there is nothing to investigate."

Li Mingda squinted at Tian Hanshan.

Tian Hanshan felt his master's blaming gaze, immediately stopped talking, and then slapped himself, although he didn't know where he was wrong, but he still admitted his mistake obediently.

"If you agree that one household will not be settled, you will make a special case and deal with you later." After Li Mingda lectured Tian Hanshan, he took people to Li Tai's other garden in Qujiang Village in person.

Seeing Cheng Chubi coming to knock on the door again, the guard at the gate shouted absent-mindedly after opening the door a crack: "Why are you here again? I have said that this is the other garden of Prince Wei. Without the permission of King Wei himself, anyone No one else is allowed to enter. Although this is another garden, it is also equivalent to the palace, if you rush in, you are offending the prince and the imperial power!"

"Princess Jinyang is here." Cheng Chubi whispered to him.

When the guard heard this, he blinked, laughed and looked at Cheng Chubi, "Are you kidding, pretending that I didn't know that Shaoqing of Dali Temple was in charge of this case?"

"You are not even as good as an idiot. An idiot knows that there is a princess among the investigators." The more Cheng Chubi spoke, his voice became softer, as if he was whispering, but the words were full of provocation.

The guard glanced at Cheng Chubi suspiciously, but still didn't believe it.

Tian Hanshan immediately showed the Lin Talisman to the guard, who trembled and almost dropped the thing.He hurriedly opened the door, and saw that there were many nobles waiting there on tall horses.Among other things, he knew Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, so he hurriedly knelt down to make amends.After a long silence, the guards glanced at those dismounted people from the corner of their eyes, and looked at the petite but handsome 'boy' standing in the middle, who was full of dignity, and looked at King Jiang Xia's attitude towards him, this man It must be Princess Jinyang.

The guard hurriedly bowed his head to the ground, kneeling more piously.

"This house is not bad," Li Mingda said after entering the door with his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked around, and found that the yard was quite large and quiet, and the scenery layout was very comfortable and pleasant.

Li Mingda cast a sideways glance at the guard who just put on airs and shouted.The guard was trembling with fright, knowing that he was pretending to be big and offending the wrong person, he feared that his life would be lost.

"You probably don't know, just this morning, the fourth brother has already lost this house to me, and you are now my people." Li Mingda said.

Hearing this, the guard was so frightened that his soul flew out of his wits. He felt that a sharp knife had been placed on his neck.

It was a little crazy to hear the guard's words just now, but as a gatekeeper, he followed the rules of the palace, but there was nothing wrong with him.Although his attitude was not good, he did nothing wrong, and Li Mingda would not have killed him because of it.But at this moment, he wanted to scare him, to beat his heart, to save his life, and to answer his questions.

"The answer is sincere, but I will spare you, otherwise..."

"This subordinate understands, please feel free to ask the princess, the subordinate will definitely know everything and say everything."

"How many servants are there in this mansion?"

"It's less than a hundred, maybe eighty or ninety. I have to ask the housekeeper for the exact number. Usually, the prince doesn't come, and these people are enough to clean the other garden. When the prince comes, there will be many followers to follow, and there is no shortage of manpower."

"Since there are not many people, as a gate guard, you should know everyone."

"Most of them know each other, but some maids and wives often walk around in the backyard, which is not common for subordinates," said the guard.

"There may be new guests or servants recently."

"No, I haven't seen it before." The guard thought for a while, and then looked a little troubled, not knowing whether to say or not.

"Your fate is up to me." Li Mingda warned coldly.

The guard immediately replied: "Late last night, someone from Wei Palace sent a letter to the steward."

After the guard finished speaking, the housekeeper who had received the news greeted him with a smile, and ordered him to summon all the servants in the mansion.

The housekeeper explained: "There are always old people in the mansion. There have never been newcomers or guests. The person the princess is looking for should not be here."

After the housekeeper finished speaking, he took Li Mingda to meet the servants.

Cheng Chubi called everyone to look up.

"You don't need to look up, the fourth, fifth and sixth in the second row on the left, come forward." Li Mingda looked at the three maids in lotus-leaf green domestic servant outfits. Although they all lowered their heads and couldn't see their entire faces, Du Shi The exquisite figure is still easy to see through. As for the two maids, one is taller and the other has a scent of osmanthus scented powder, so it is very easy to distinguish.

After the three masters and servants were picked out, they all wanted to lower their heads into the ground, trembling.

"Look up." Tian Hanshan scolded.

They didn't dare to look up.

Cheng Chubi immediately ordered three guards to lift their heads up.

Du Shi's face was a little darker, and his skin looked dull, but it was not as bright as when he put on makeup and powder before, when he saw it at first glance.However, his facial features have not changed, and at first glance, he is deliberately pretending to be ugly.

As for the two maids, Li Mingda didn't have much impression of them, they both felt strange, and only had an impression of the fragrance on the maid named Ah Hua.It must be that in Cizhou, when Mrs. Du visited her at the inn, all her followers were waiting outside, so Li Mingda could only smell the smell and had no impression of the person.

Li Mingda looked at the more beautiful maid, and asked her if her name was Ah Hua.

"Hui, Hui... For your lord, the maid is not called A Hua, but the maid is called Xia Yu."

"It doesn't matter, go and call A Niu to recognize him." As soon as Li Mingda said this, the maid named A Hua felt guilty, and immediately recognized her.

The butler watched, sweating profusely on his head.

"You don't happen to be named Du, do you?" Li Mingda looked at Mrs. Du, who lowered his eyes and said nothing, with a downcast expression on his face.

Tian Hanshan immediately asked someone to wipe Du's face with water, and sure enough, a layer of black stuff was applied on it, and his face immediately became white.

Du Shi resigned to his fate and knelt down, crying.Her two servant girls also cried, calling for the princess to spare her life.

Li Mingda ordered the officials of Dali Temple to continue to search the entire mansion to see if there were any omissions.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, the steward of Bieyuan hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, admitting frankly that the three people did come in through the back door last night.But the reason why he took these three people in was because he received a letter from the prince asking him to do so.After the housekeeper finished speaking, he was afraid that Li Mingda would not believe him, so he hurriedly took out the letter from his sleeve and presented it.

Li Mingda opened the letter and saw that it looked like his fourth brother's handwriting.But at the second glance, she immediately confirmed that the letter was a forgery. She had studied and copied Fourth Brother's calligraphy carefully, and the fake ones were fake after all. They could fool ordinary people, but they couldn't fool her.

"Let's talk about the 27 boxes of gold bars." Li Mingda frowned as soon as he finished speaking, feeling that something was wrong. She turned her head to look at the north roof, and then looked in the direction of Mrs. Du.

"careful!"

Li Mingda rushed forward with a stride.

With a whoosh, the arrow shot down from the roof and hit Du Shi's chest.

Du's body trembled violently after being hit by the arrow, she slowly lowered her head, looked at the arrow on her chest, her eyes widened, as if it was hard to believe that she was actually hit by the arrow.Then she felt pain all over her body, and her facial features were distorted by the pain. She looked at Li Mingda, opened her mouth, and finally leaned back and fell down.

Seeing this, the maid next to him yelled loudly, knelt down and crawled backwards, and ran away in fright.

After reading the situation over there, Li Mingda felt a strong heartbeat under his palm.Dong Dong jumped up and down very quickly, and the warm body temperature rushed to her palm through the silk satin.

Li Mingda saw Fang Yizhi who was pushed down by her, and was almost under him, quickly sat sideways on the ground, and then let go.Fang Yizhi suddenly grabbed Li Mingda's hand that was about to leave, fixed his dark eyes on Li Mingda, and looked up and down her body with concern.

"My lord, are you alright?" Fang Yizhi confirmed it clearly, but his eyes still scanned Li Mingda's body again, with infinite panic flickering in his eyes.

"Is there any pain?"

"My lord, please don't meddle in your own business in the future, and don't take any more risks. It's not a pity to die, but the princess is different..."

Fang Yi frowned, a little bit endlessly, and then he found that Li Mingda was taking a slow breath, looking at the place below his shoulders.Fang Yi lowered his head, realizing that he was still holding Princess Jinyang's hand, and because he was too flustered just now, he seemed to use too much force.

Fang Yi let go of his hand in a hurry, and the panicked people behind all called the princess, rushed over to greet her with concern, Fang Yi hurriedly helped Li Mingda up, and then saluted her, thanking her for saving her life.

Li Mingda glanced at Fang Yizhi, put the hand held by Fang Yizhi behind his back, and gently shook it twice, the pain gradually dissipated.

"It's okay." Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi uncomfortably, then looked at the person who rushed over there, and immediately ordered, "There is a thief in the room, can someone chase it?"

Tian Hanshan hurriedly said: "Jiangxia Wang Gang has brought people to chase after him immediately."

Li Mingda looked at Cheng Chubi who was nervously protecting his side, "You go too."

"This subordinate is ordered to protect the princess, not to catch a thief." Cheng Chubi said in a muffled voice.

"Go!" Li Mingda stared at him and said sonorously.

Cheng Chubi bowed his hands and obediently accepted his orders.

Tian Hanshan hurriedly swept the dust off his noble lord's body with a dust whisk, then nervously supported Li Mingda's arm and asked her if she was hurt anywhere.

"It's okay." Li Mingda told everyone that they don't need to be overly nervous about her.

Immediately, everyone sighed that Fang Yi should thank the princess, the princess just saved his life, otherwise, judging from the direction of the arrow, it might hit his head.

Fang Yizhi and Li Mingda looked at each other with complicated eyes, and then saluted again, sincerely thanking Li Mingda for saving his life.But after Xie En, he still said the same thing, hoping that the princess would not take risks to save him in the future.

"Fang Shizi is right, the princess can't risk her life like this next time." Tian Hanshan nagged.

"Don't tell the saint when you go back." Li Mingda's tone also ordered and ordered.

Tian Hanshu was taken aback for a moment, and everyone fell silent.

"It is my order that you are not allowed to speak." Li Mingda declared.

Everyone hurriedly saluted and took orders.

Then Li Daozong came running out of breath and told Li Mingda that the assassin had been arrested, "but he didn't expect that after he was captured, he would commit suicide by taking poison."

Li Mingda opened his eyes slightly, and then quickly walked to see the body dragged back by the guards.Look at that man's lips are black and purple, and there is still vomit in the corner of his mouth. He really seems to have died of poisoning.

Li Mingda glanced around with sideways eyes, and then looked at Li Daozong with complicated emotions in his eyes.

Li Daozong hurriedly cupped his hands and apologized, "But I didn't expect this man to be a dead man, I blame my lack of thoughtfulness. When I arrested him, I saw that he stuffed something into his mouth, but he didn't stop him."

"There are too many coincidences for the king of the county." After Fang Yizhi calmed down his emotions, he was still as calm and refined as usual, but now there was a sarcasm in his words.

"What do you mean?" Li Daozong can respect Princess Jinyang who is favored by saints, but he can show his power to Fang Yizhi, a mere young minister of Dali Temple, as a county king.

Naturally, Fang Yizhi was not influenced by Li Daozong, his expression remained the same, and his words were more stable and confident, "The prince just killed this assassin, but he turned around and asked the junior what he meant. I am a little bit afraid to take it."

"Me? Kill me? Do you know what you said!" Li Daozong yelled at Fang Yi with his veins bursting out.