Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty

"What are you holding in your hand?" Li Mingda asked Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi presented the painting in his hand to Li Mingda.

Li Mingda took it suspiciously, unfolded the scroll, and what came into view was the portrait of Shi Hongyu.The fine brushwork is delicate and lifelike, just like seeing yourself.

Li Mingda raised the corners of his mouth, "Well done, you really have a photographic memory."

Yuchi Baoqi raised his head upon hearing this, and couldn't help but poke his head out of curiosity to take a look.Immediately, his eyes lit up, he leaned forward to take a closer look, nodded, feeling that Fang Yizhi's paintings of people are really too similar.This stone red jade is so beautiful, he can outline its charisma with a few strokes, it should be observed for a long time to comprehend such a deep charm, ordinary people really can't do it.If it was him, even if he sat there, he would not be able to draw it, let alone Fang Yizhi and her only met once.

"It's amazing, it's amazing, it's really amazing." Yuchi Baoqi sighed endlessly.

"I don't dare to say that I have a photographic memory, but my memory is better than the average person's. It's probably a habit I've learned from memorizing books since I was a child." Fang Yizhi said modestly.

"What a coincidence, I just needed this painting, so you drew it." Li Mingda smiled and glanced at Fang Yizhi, and then called the painter from the Ministry of Justice, and asked him if it was possible to compare the drawing. It's easy to say.

"How many of you are there?"

"Five." The painter said.

"Draw ten pictures first, take them out and post them, and then continue to make up twenty more pictures." Li Mingda said.

The painter agreed, and immediately took the painting down to do so.

Yuchi Baoqi was puzzled, "What is the purpose of painting so many portraits of a dead person?"

"How do you know that Shi Hongyu is dead?" Li Mingda asked.

"The head in the pot is the one, isn't it?" Yuchi Baoqi saw that the princess was treating her as normal, so she was not as shy as before, and talked to the princess as usual.

"Can you distinguish the face? Are you sure it's her?" Li Mingda asked again.

Yuchi Baoqi choked.

"The four dumb brothers in the kitchen of Fengyuelou didn't give convincing reasons. They cut off their heads, hands and feet and threw them into the pot to cook. They said it was because these places were hard to hide when they were identified as human beings. But there are some parts of the body that can be identified as human beings, so why are they hidden? This is not a reasonable reason. Those boiled parts are just the best places to identify Shi Hongyu's identity." Li Mingda continued , "Think about it, where is the place where people usually show up the most."

Yuchi Baoqi looked at Fang Yizhi, then at himself, and said in amazement: "Head, neck, hands, feet."

"Exactly." Li Mingda said.

Yuchi Baoqi suddenly realized, "These four brothers are lying!"

"But there is no evidence to prove that they are lying." Li Mingda continued, "These four brothers are dumb, and their tempers are a little extreme. They will act both hard and soft when they are sure, and refuse to explain. But Shi Hongyu is definitely not a mountain village woman. , she has another identity, and based on her character and appearance, people who have seen her will definitely have an impression of her. Now whether it is possible to lie or not, we only need to take her portrait and offer a reward to ask for clues, and then we can roughly know. This Shi Hongyu really died under the knife of those four brothers, it is also very necessary for us to find out his identity and find out who is plotting against you."

Yuchi Baoqi nodded in admiration, and then looked at Fang Yizhi, who also had a clear expression on his face, probably just happened to think of the princess together.Yuchi Baoqi suddenly felt that she was a little stupid, and thought carefully that there was such a big gap between herself and the princess.Yuchi Baoqi suddenly understood why the princess rejected him, he seemed to be a little bit incompatible with the princess.

Thinking of this, Yuchi Baoqi felt sad again, and sighed slowly in the dark.

"Whether Fengyuelou's false mother is hiding something, we have no way of knowing." When Fang Yi said this directly, he looked at Yuchi Baoqi.

Yuchi Baoqi was still depressed and deep in thought.

Li Mingda immediately looked at Yuchi Baoqi, "The last time you acted without authorization and caused us to make a fuss, I haven't settled with you yet."

Yuchi Baoqi was very embarrassed, and hurriedly saluted the princess and apologized.

"It's useless to just apologize, you have to make amends." Li Mingda said leisurely.

Yuchi Baoqi immediately said sonorously: "How to atone for sins is up to the princess, Baoqi will die!"

"I heard that you are very familiar with Miao Feifei from Fengyuelou, a confidante?" Li Mingda asked.

Yuchi Baoqi glanced away, and the momentum that had just been brewed was discouraged by Li Mingda's words, "It's... already broken off, no more."

"That's also an old acquaintance, see if you want to chat with her, and set up a conversation. I want to know whether Fengyuelou has no other illegal activities other than making dead body meat for guests, as the fake mother said." Li Mingda said.

Yuchi Baoqi agreed, then asked where Miao Feifei was, and went.

"Wait a minute, I've already asked someone to prepare the food and drinks, and you can take them there. It seems so disingenuous to see people empty-handed." Li Mingda instructed.

Yuchi Baoqi smiled: "The princess is still thoughtful."

Duofu then took the food box from Tian Hanshan, and then the master and servant went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Miao Feifei was locked in the innermost part of the women's prison alone.As soon as Yuchi Baoqi entered, there was a commotion. The little ladies in Fengyue Tower who were originally imprisoned saw him, and they all grabbed the cell door and called him, begging him to help them rescue them.

Yuchi Baoqi promised to say hello to each of them, and only said that the case is under investigation, as long as you don't break the law, you will be released sooner or later.

Seeing that Yuchi Baoqi paid attention to them, all the young ladies were very grateful, but they also begged more and cried more.After Yuchi Baoqi waved to everyone, encouraging everyone to calmly wait for the court's verdict, he hurried inside and came to Miao Feifei's cell door.

Miao Feifei was sitting on the straw mat at the farthest corner of the cell. She was holding her legs with her hands, and she was shrunken. She was quiet and said nothing, which formed a sharp contrast with the noisy little ladies at the cell door. .As expected, everyone in Fengyue Tower knows that even if she lives in the prison, her performance is much more elegant and quiet than other little ladies.

Yuchi Baoqi looked at her through the cell door, and suddenly couldn't help feeling distressed and sad.

Miao Feifei had heard "Yuchi Erlang" shouted by the little ladies in the prison, but she still kept her head down and didn't raise it up. Her hands were originally holding her legs, but when Yuchi Baoqi's footsteps approached, Sometimes, he clenched his fists and tightly held the skirt on his knees.It wasn't until the jailer picked up the tinkling key and opened the cell door that Miao Feifei slowly raised her head, with tears still in her eyes.

She didn't have auditory hallucinations, she really saw Yuchi Baoqi.There are many complicated emotions in the eyes that are twinkling with tears, including complaints, joy, and pain...

Yuchi Baoqi went in carrying the food box, seeing that there was no table in the cell, so she turned around and asked the jailer to borrow one.Then the jailer not only brought in a low table with four corners, but also a clean bamboo mat and a brand new cushion.After the jailer made the bed for Yuchi Baoqi, he bowed and left.

Yuchi Baoqi bent down and handed the cushion to Miao Feifei, and sat directly on the bamboo mat by herself, "Now it's autumn and it's cold, you girls are most afraid of the cold."

Miao Feifei looked at Yuchi Baoqi with tears in her eyes, but did not respond to him.Later, Yuchi Baoqi shook her hands, indicating to her to go on, then she reached out and took the cushion, and sat on it as she said.

"I thought Erlang would never miss me again." Miao Feifei's voice was thin and trembling.

"How could it be? I, Yuchi Baoqi, am not a fickle person. I remember all your kindness."

Miao Feifei sneered, "The last time Erlang saw me, he acted as if he didn't know me, so he forgot?"

Yuchi Baoqi just opened the food box while talking, and was stunned when he saw the things on the first floor.Immediately after hearing Miao Feifei's sarcasm, he turned to look at her.

"You mean the last investigation, the time we met in Fengyue Tower?"

Miao Feifei nodded.

"How do you want to talk on that occasion? If I get to know you in front of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the head of the Criminal Department, do you think they will let me continue to participate in the investigation? How can I have the opportunity to talk to you now? Meet?" Yuchi Baoqi asked back.

Miao Feifei was stunned, and looked at Yuchi Baoqi half-believingly, "Don't fool me like a fool, you are afraid that you encountered some obstacles in the investigation, and you want to get some truth out of me. Tell you, I don't know anything. I know, even if I know, I will not betray my fake mother who has been taking care of me."

Yuchi Baoqi didn't argue.

Rouge gouache, comb and small bronze mirror.

Yuchi Baoqi took out all the items in the first layer of the food box and put them gently on the table.

"I know you love beauty, so I specially prepared these for you."

Miao Feifei raised her eyes to look at the things on the table, tears came down her eyes.Rouge is still her favorite to use Lvxiangfang, but the comb is made of jade. He really loves himself.

Immediately Miao Feifeiluo saw a silk handkerchief in front of her eyes, she took it and lowered her head to wipe away her tears.

Yuchi Baoqi then took out some food from the food box and put them on the table.

Seeing that they were all her favorite meals, Miao Feifei was so moved that she stopped crying again.

"I don't ask you anything today, just to see you, you don't have to be so defensive and suspicious of me." Yuchi Baoqi sighed, he really didn't want to ask any more.Even because of this, he was ashamed of the princess, and he accepted it.

Miao Feifei stretched out her slender white hand, poured a glass of wine and handed it to Yuchi Baoqi, and poured a glass herself.She raised her glass to Yu Chi Baoqi, and then smiled faintly.

"There's nothing to say. There are no secrets in Fengyue Building. I'm not afraid to tell you that I knew about the fake mother killing the dead body, but she didn't know that I knew about it." Miao Feifei immediately saw Yuchi Baoqi's expression was a little bit Nauseous, helplessly smiled bitterly, "When I first saw this, I was just like you. I was so disgusted that I couldn't eat meat for half a month. But don't worry, the food and wine you ate in Fengyuelou were all made from other stoves. Those pots and kitchen knives are only used when killing people, not at other times. Not only are you disgusting, but fake mothers are also taboo and disgusting. Besides, the cooked human flesh is only given to second and third-class room guests every year Eat, the distinguished guests of the first-class room can’t eat it.”

"You put it that way, I'm still glad that I have some money anyway, and my status is different." Yuchi Baoqi sneered.

Miao Feifei smiled wryly, "The false mother is my boss, I can't stop it, and I can't control it. I'm just a prostitute who was bought into a brothel since I was a child, and I'm just a prostitute, the lowest lowly person, who cares about me say what."

"You are not allowed to talk about yourself like this. Prostitutes use sex to serve others, and prostitutes rely on singing, dancing, and poetry to attract literati and refined scholars. Many of them are clean and self-sufficient, and you are among them. How can it be shameful to eat based on skills? Besides, this You didn't choose your life, it was your parents who casually sold you into a brothel that made you do this." Yuchi Baoqi sympathized.

Miao Feifei pursed the corners of her mouth, smiled with relief and shed tears, "With Erlang's words, I am willing to die now."

Miao Feifei poured wine to Yuchi Baoqi again, "I can't judge about the false mother, but the four dumb brothers in the kitchen are strange, they don't usually interact with others, they only talk to each other with signs and gestures. What. But the four of them have a very good relationship with an old man who delivers firewood, and they often make delicious food for him. The surname is Zhang, but I don’t know the exact name. Go check it out, and you will find it.”

Yuchi Baoqi was moved when she saw Miao Feifei confessed to her so intelligently, and toasted her again, saying that as long as she had the opportunity, she would help her as soon as possible and let her leave the prison.

Miao Feifei smiled, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you live here, if you go out, Fengyuelou will be sealed up, and I don't know where I will end up. I will probably be an official prostitute. Maybe in the future It's better than going to jail."

Yuchi Baoqi frowned, looking at her sadly.Miao Feifei looked at him with a smile, so that he didn't have to be reluctant to give up on himself, and just left when he had to, and did what he had to do.

"Don't worry, as long as I have the ability, I will definitely help you." Yuchi Baoqi said, got up and left.

……

Fang Yi looked at Li Mingda who was hovering at the door of the cell, saw that he finally stopped, turned around and walked towards this side, and asked her with a smile if she heard anything.

"This Miao Feifei's background sounds pitiful." Li Mingda whispered to Fang Yizhi.

"Women in a brothel have no backgrounds that are not pitiful. And they are very good at winning the sympathy of men with their poor backgrounds, and now they have won the sympathy of women." Fang Yi focused on Li Mingda.

Li Mingda turned his head to look at Fang Yizhi curiously: "From your tone, you seem to have a bad impression of that Miao Feifei?"

"A bit."

"Ah, it's exposed, you've been to a brothel." Li Mingda pointed at the tip of Fang Yizhi's nose, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, you can't escape the vulgarity."

"The one who was dragged away by Hard Baoqi, sat down for a while and then left. I only met Miao Feifei once."

"Why don't you like her after a first meeting? I think she looks good and speaks in a gentle and dignified manner. She is a talented woman in her stomach. The most important thing is that she knows how to get along with men. How can she be with you?" Will we dislike you if we meet?"

"But it's not a formal meeting. When I went downstairs, she was upstairs, and the handkerchief fell in front of me. The maid next to her asked me to pick up the handkerchief." Fang Yizhi explained.

"What about her, did she tell you anything?"

"No, I took a round fan to half-hide her face, so that people can just catch a glimpse of her face." Fang Yi said straight.

"Isn't that the attitude of welcoming when you want to refuse?" Li Mingda covered himself with his sleeve, then showed his face, and raised his eyebrows at Fang Yi.

Fang Yi looked at her steadfastly.

Li Mingda pursed his lips and smiled, "It seems that this trick is really useful."

Fang Yi turned his eyes to look elsewhere, pursed the corners of his mouth, was silent for a while, and then said to Li Mingda: "I left with my veil on."

"what?"

"This girl is scheming. If the princess hears that she is a pitiful person, I think she is just pretending." Fang Yizhi paused for a moment, then looked solemn, "I think if she has 'deep love' for Baoqi, she may be Because of his status."

"Are you being too arbitrary? After all, you don't know her very well." Li Mingda pondered.

Yuchi Baoqi had already come out of the prison, with a heavy expression on his face, obviously he hadn't come out of the sadness from the conversation with Miao Feifei just now.

Fang Yi looked at Yuchi Baoqi who was slowly walking towards them step by step, and said to Li Mingda: "It's not arbitrary. There have been stories about courteous women who have affection and righteousness since ancient times. The reason why those few are widely circulated is because of this Stories are rare and rare. What happened once in a thousand, how could it be so coincidental that we happened to happen to it. I don’t believe it, let alone that she dropped the veil by mistake.”

"You are very defensive." Li Mingda sighed.

"There are more wolves and less flesh, so we have to guard against them." Fang Yi said straight.

Li Mingda looked at the house in astonishment, he is very handsome, elegant and graceful, Xiao Shuxuan, and has such a good family background, such a man must be popular among noble ladies.Tell the truth, but don't be humble.

Fang Yi felt the strangeness in Li Mingda's gaze, and asked her, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Li Mingda withdrew his gaze, his face turned hot.

At this time Yuchi Baoqi came over sniffling, her face still sad, "Why are you all standing here? Are you waiting for me?"

"Otherwise, wait for someone, there is no one else in the prison who is our friend." Li Mingda said.

"Haha, that's right." Yuchi Baoqi smiled wryly, then scratched her head, organized her words and said to Li Mingda, "She doesn't know anything, but she knows about the fake mother's murder of corpses. By the way, she also said that the four brothers in the kitchen I have a good relationship with an old man who delivers firewood, surnamed Zhang."

"What do you think of Miao Feifei?" Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi and suddenly asked Yuchi Baoqi.

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on her face, she didn't know how to answer, after all, last night he just expressed his heartfelt love to the princess, although he didn't directly reveal it, but they both knew each other well.How about talking about another woman in front of her right now, Yuchi Baoqi was a little bit speechless.

"Understood, she should be beautiful in your heart. If you compare her with a flower, what flower would you use?" Li Mingda asked.

"Baihe." Yuchi Baoqi thought for a while and replied truthfully.

"White lotus that grows out of mud but is not polluted." Li Mingda nodded, and then asked Fang Yizhi meaningfully, asking him to describe one too.

Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly looked at Fang Yizhi.

"Let's investigate the case first." Fang Yi knew that the princess was teasing him, so he quickly changed the subject, "Now we have sent people to set up ambushes in several gold mines marked on the map, just because we are afraid that such things may not happen immediately. Action, waiting for a rabbit is not the best policy."

"I see that the places you have chosen have easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrains on the roads you must pass through. You are very careful." Li Mingda became more energetic when he brought up the case, and couldn't help but praise Fang Yizhi for his thoughtfulness.

Then the three of them entered the room to discuss matters.

Yuchi Baoqi sighed, "Fortunately, your lord and brother Yizhi thought carefully at that time, and thought of using a fake map to lure snakes out of the hole. Otherwise, I would have suffered a big loss. If I leaked important information, I would have committed a serious crime. I will not Understood, this Shi Hongyu couldn't get out after arriving at Fengyue Tower, which made the case a dead end."

"So Fengyue Tower is a quagmire, otherwise how could white lotus grow." Fang Yizhi said flatly.

Yuchi Baoqi looked at him puzzled, "Why do I hear this, it seems to have other meanings."

"Is there, isn't the white lotus your comparison to Miao Feifei?" Fang Yi asked straight back.

Yuchi Baoqi choked.

Li Mingda couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.

The two looked at Li Mingda at the same time.

Li Mingda felt a little embarrassed when he saw it, so he immediately stopped laughing, and said to the two of them: "Go back and post Shi Hongyu's portrait, and wait for news. First find out the identity of this woman, and trace the source, maybe there will be a clue. "

"These four dumb cooks are a problem. They can't speak, they can't communicate, and it's too difficult to interrogate." Yuchi Baoqi sighed, "I have a hunch that the four of them are the key."

"Fengyue Tower is also strange." Fang Yi said straightly, "With the fake mother's discerning eyesight, especially the ability of women, wouldn't it be possible to see that Shi Hongyu's identity is suspicious?"

Yuchi Baoqi was stunned, and suddenly realized, "That's true, she can't even see things that us young people can see? This old woman has been running a brothel for many years, she has a good eye, and she talks about people when she sees people. Hell, it's impossible not to see something wrong with Shi Hongyu's identity."

"So it's a quagmire." Fang Yizhi emphasized again, looking at Yuchi Baoqi.

Li Mingda felt that Fang Yizhi was a bit strange today, he would not talk so much about one thing before, and he emphasized it repeatedly.Then she looked at Yuchi Baoqi suspiciously, seeing his face changing, guessing that something happened to these two last night.

Li Mingda sent Yuchi Baoqi to lead people to put up portraits, "Bang gongs and drums at all the gates of the city and in the city to publicize it."

"Why did I go?"

"You know a lot of people, and you will get a lot of responses when you come to Zhang Luo, and more people will be interested and willing to help."

After Li Mingda boasted so much, Yuchi Baoqi really felt that she was very important, so she happily agreed to it, and then she took her with her.

Li Mingda just looked at the room.

Fang Yizhi was contemplating whether Shi Hongyu was dead or alive in this case, and suddenly felt that Li Mingda was staring at him, looking up at her puzzledly, but his eyes were extremely gentle.

"Did Yuchi Baoqi look for you last night?"

"Ah."

"What did he... say to you?"

"Did the princess mean "Jasper Song"?"

Li Mingda was stunned, and stood up from the table, "He is a real person, he can't hold two taels of oil in his stomach, so I will tell you such trivial things."

"It's not a trivial matter, it's very sad. Your lord has never liked anyone before, so he doesn't know how sad this kind of love is. He had a lot of trouble last night, and it was because of his heartache that he came to me crying." Fang Yizhi explained road.

"Crying?" Li Mingda looked at the room in surprise, "Is it so serious, he's a big man crying?"

"of course."

Li Mingda frowned suspiciously, and then sat down slowly, "Didn't he always boast that he would 'be among thousands of flowers, not even a single leaf touches his body'? Seeing that he was just on a whim, he refused casually. It was so hard to cry."

"This matter is not your lord's fault, and it is the best policy to refuse, lest he still think about it in the future and mislead others and himself." Fang Yizhi concluded.

"Misunderstanding others and yourself?" Li Mingda asked leisurely, "I understand that I have misunderstood myself, but why do you still misunderstand others?"

"Cough." Fang Yizhi coughed lightly, and handed the completed testimony to Li Mingda, "I reorganized the testimony yesterday, and I happened to look through the file of the Qujiangchi water ghost case, and suddenly found a coincidence."

Li Mingda looked at him: "What coincidence?"

"The money saved by Wang Changshi and Du's family for Li Daozong was stolen in Qujiang Pond. In Anzhou City, Qingniang hid her own money under Baizhao Lake. The same method is to put the money Put it in an iron box and sink it to the bottom of the water." Fang Yizhi explained.

Li Mingda frowned and pondered for a moment, nodded, and admitted that it was indeed the case, "Anzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and Wang Changshi and Mrs. Du have lived in Cizhou all year round. These three places are some distance from each other, and These people don't seem to be related either. Could it be a coincidence?"

"Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's not. Your lord, don't forget that this concubine Pei, who is related to Qingniang, has participated in stealing silver mines. Now this case is related to the map of gold mines. They are all mines. This is another coincidence." Fang Yi said straightly, "But there is no direct evidence to show that these people are related, so let's treat it as a coincidence for the time being, but we have to pay attention to this matter, if there is any clue in the future Connect them and never ignore them."

"I wrote it down, it's hard for you to be so careful." Li Mingda sighed.

Fang Yi smiled lightly and said it was nothing.

"You haven't finished what you just diverted, how can you call it a mistake?" Li Mingda didn't follow the routine of changing the subject directly, and brought up the part that was not finished before.

"The princess has rejected him long ago, so he can get to know another woman. Does this count as 'misleading' to that woman?"

"Far-fetched, that's definitely not what you originally meant." Li Mingda saw through it at a glance, but he knew Fang Yizhi's temperament, and when he didn't want to explain it, his mouth was very hard.

"By the way, I heard that you have a black cat named Hei Niu. I didn't see it last time I went to your house. I'll have to take a look next time I go. I'm curious how strong it is. What do you give me?" It got a name like that."

"It's actually not strong. I picked it up from under the dog's mouth when I was a child. It's very thin and dying. The reason why I named it is that I hope it can grow strong and live well." Fang Yi straightly sculpted his eyebrows and eyes, gentle and low His voice suddenly sounded like a loving father.

Li Mingda felt something new, "Why does raising a cat look like raising a daughter?"

Fang Yi was silent, looking at Li Mingda if he smiled but not smiled.

"People who like cats and dogs are kind-hearted and kind, which means that you are not as indifferent as you seem." Li Mingda sighed, and then smiled, "I like cats too, and I want to raise one, but the Legislative Palace It is the place where saints often work, and it is not suitable for me to keep it."

"When the princess establishes her own mansion in the future, you can raise as many cats as you want." Fang Yi said straightforwardly.

"When you say that, I suddenly look forward to getting married." Li Mingda half-jokingly said.

Fang Yizhi's pupils shrank slightly inadvertently, and the corners of his mouth raised an extremely beautiful arc.

"Tomorrow is the Qingfeng Banquet. The sage will have a feast for the ministers at Nanhai Pool. The children of the aristocratic family and the noble ladies of various families will be at Xihai Pool. Concubine Wei will be in charge. I am curious, which side did you go to do Dali?" Si Shaoqing can be regarded as a courtier, but you are still young, so you can be regarded as one of us." Li Mingda asked.

"Should be going to Nanhai Pond with father." Fang Yi said straight.

"Yeah, that's right." Li Mingda nodded, and a trace of unnoticed disappointment flashed in his eyes.

"Is your lord doing something today?" After Fang Yi asked directly, seeing Li Mingda shaking his head, he hurriedly saluted, asking Li Mingda for a favor and going to Chengyang Princess Mansion with him.

When Li Mingda heard that he was investigating Wang Changshi's death, he immediately agreed.

After sending someone to Chengyang Princess Mansion to inform in advance, the two arrived at the Princess Mansion half an hour later.

Princess Li Jingrong of Chengyang and consort Du He greeted her personally.

The two were surprised when they saw that Li Mingda was wearing an official robe, but they were even more surprised when they turned their heads and saw that not only Cheng Chubi, the third-rank bodyguard, but also Fang Yizhi was behind her.

Li Jingrong secretly looked at this handsome Fang Yizhi, and smiled quietly, sent Du He to entertain Cheng Chubi and Fang Yizhi, and dragged Li Mingda to her room, impatiently whispering to her .

"Why did you go with Fang Shizi?" Li Jingrong smiled happily, pulled Li Mingda and said, "I like him"

Li Mingda looked at Li Jingrong in surprise, thinking that what she said was a bit bold.

"—Be my brother-in-law." Li Jingrong took a breath before saying the second half of the sentence.

"Sister Sixteen took a big breath, which scared me twice." Li Mingda patted his chest.

"Haha..." Li Jingrong smiled and pulled Li Mingda's hand, "I just want to scare you, let's see your reaction. I can't hide it from Miss Sixteen, you like him."

"Sister Sixteen is joking again." Li Mingda gave her a mischievous look, and explained to Li Jingrong, "He is my follower, and now he happens to be investigating the case with me, so I brought him along."

"Investigate the case?" Li Jingrong looked at Li Mingda's clothes and asked with a smile, "Tell me about your official robes."

Li Mingda then told Li Jingrong how he became an official.

Li Jingrong clapped her hands and said, "You have done a good job for our daughter's family. Looking back, I will think about what talents I have, and I will go ask my father for an official job."

Li Mingda smiled and expressed his support, then asked Li Jingrong if she had heard about Mrs. Du.

Li Jingrong's face became a little more serious, "I know a little about the Qujiangchi case, but I didn't expect this Du family to be so bold and reckless, and she deserves to die. I still regret it. I took her to live here for a few days. It's all your brother-in-law's fault!"

"Then who will be in charge of serving her during the few days she lived here? Please, Miss Sixteen, let me meet you."

Li Jingrong: "Hey, let me tell you why you are so kind and suddenly came to see me. It turned out that it was not to see me, but to investigate the case. Little girl, you are so courageous, and the investigation came to your sister's house."

Li Mingda shook Li Jingrong's arm, laughed a few times, and gave her winks. "It's my own sister, so I'm not being polite. I also know that my sister's character must have nothing to do with that Du family, and I'm not afraid of investigation, so I came here in such a bright and fair manner."

"Smart teeth, but it's useful," Li Jingrong replied, and then sent a maid to call for someone, and brought them here for Li Mingda to interrogate in person.

"Don't bother, I'll just go there. Sister Sixteen, I'll come as soon as I go." Li Mingda smiled at Li Jingrong, got up and went.She then told the maid that she only needs to temporarily gather these people in a courtyard and tell them that she will be interrogated one by one later.

The maid did so, and Li Mingda was behind the yard where they were waiting, listening to the wall.

After the maid sent the message, those servant girls who had served Mrs. Du gathered together in twos and threes, muttering in doubt.

Li Mingda then judged several innocent maidservants from these whispers, picked one who sounded smarter, asked her to come to him, rewarded her with money, and told her to go back and say a few words.

The maid obeyed her order, and when she returned to the courtyard, everyone surrounded her and asked her what she was being asked.

"I didn't ask anything, it was about serving Mrs. Du before, but before leaving, I heard the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the son-in-law say that the murderer suspected of hurting Wang Changshi is in our mansion, and it is likely to be among us. among."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an immediate uproar.Everyone looked at each other in fear, and some two or three people continued to get together and discuss who was the most suspicious.

Afterwards, Li Mingda got two suspicious names, one named Liu Dazhuang and the other named Wang Fengshou.Both of them were the coachmen in charge of driving Du Shi, and they were strong.

Li Mingda asked the housekeeper about the life experiences of the two, and after learning about the situation, she didn't need to interrogate herself, so she called Fang Yizhi.

Li Mingda didn't explain what he said before, but only mentioned the names of the two suspects, "Liu Dazhuang and Wang Fengshou, you can guess which of them is the murderer. If you guess correctly, I have a reward here."

"Wang Fengshou." Fang Yizhi said immediately.

Li Mingda looked at him in surprise: "It's decided so quickly, don't you want to change it? I'll give you a chance to change your mind."

"to not fix."

"Okay, you guessed it right." Li Mingda said with some disappointment, and then looked at the room in puzzlement, "Although it's a choice between two, the chances of guessing right are very high, but how can you be so sure just by hearing the name?"

"The murder weapon was a knife used for harvesting crops and chopping firewood, which means that this person used to be a farmer." Fang Yi looked straight at Li Mingda, "Wang Fengshou's name is enough to prove his identity as a farmer."

"A person is like a cat's name, cow!" Li Mingda praised.