Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty
Chapter 98 Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty
Wei Shuyu also echoed: "It must be him, otherwise why did he deliberately hide this mole?"
Li Mingda felt that this was the strange thing.They also accidentally discovered that the connector had this mole. Today they attacked suddenly, Qi Fei must have thought about it, and could hide it in advance.
"You knew we would come?" Li Mingda asked.
Qi Fei shook his head honestly, "Caomin didn't know that someone from the government would come. Caomin just didn't like this mole, so he kept hiding it."
Wei Shuyu sneered, "Don't like it? This reason is too far-fetched. I think you discovered the clue of our search, so you hurriedly covered up that mole."
Qi Fei shook his head to say no, but Wei Shuyu stared at him fiercely.He was afraid of these officials, so he had to hang his head in grievance, and kept silent, his whole body was a little trembling.
Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi both sensed that something was wrong and glanced at each other.
Changsun Huan lost his previous giggles, and whispered to Li Mingda: "You can find out. Although this is your elder brother's place, he is also a person who wants face. If you wrong him, even his own family will do it. angry."
It's nothing for Li Mingda to move an accountant, but Changsun Huan knew that the case she investigated would inevitably lead to higher involvement.Changsun Huan couldn't help but want to persuade her to be more careful.
"Don't worry, I understand."
Li Mingda ordered people to take Qi Fei away first, and the enclosure outside the building was still kept, but the people inside the house could evacuate.Li Mingda went to check the accountant in the wanton building again, but found nothing special.Many servants on standby in the backyard breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the government had withdrawn them, and couldn't help discussing in a low voice, asking each other what happened.
Later, when they heard that the cashier was arrested, most people thought it was strange and lamented that Qi Fei was simple and honest.But there are also people who say that Qi Fei is unusual, he usually pretends to be a little sheep, but in fact he is a vicious wolf.
The shopkeeper came to the backyard at this time, clapped his hands to signal everyone, and then shouted everyone to shut up, and then dispersed, doing their own work.
A few small butlers who have a good relationship with the store manager came here to ask what happened and whether the government officials had left.
"No, I'm still in the accounting room. I'm also wondering, Qi Fei is quite an honest person, what did he do to provoke the government." The shopkeeper was puzzled.
"Then should we inform the palace about this?"
"Yes, you can go for an errand in a while." The shopkeeper sighed after saying that, obviously he didn't want to cause these troubles.
"It's nothing, it seems that no one else in the wanton building knows about it." Li Mingda said straight to Fang Yi, "But just in case, I still send some people to monitor the wanton building these few days."
Fang Yi nodded.
Seeing the princess' serious 'killing', Wei Shuyu admired her from the bottom of her heart.If he investigated the case and found out that the property belonged to his closest relatives, he probably wouldn't be able to be as impartial as the princess.Wei Shuyu reflected on his own shortcomings in his heart, and then he heard the voice of Cheng Chubi who 'broke off friendship' with him, and looked over.
Cheng Chubi was replying to the princess and didn't notice that he was looking at him.Judging by his pious and earnest appearance, he should sincerely want to serve the princess.Wei Shuyu recalled the time when he and Cheng Chubi got along well, and felt a little disappointed.Immediately, Cheng Chubi's previous reprimand to him echoed in his mind, and Wei Shuyu suddenly realized that there was indeed a big gap between the self who lied favoritiously for a small matter, and the Princess Jinyang whom he sincerely loyal to now.
Wei Shuyu frowned fiercely, stood on the side sullenly, watching Fang Yizhi, the princess and others busy with the investigation, and suddenly felt empty in his heart, feeling indescribably awkward and uncomfortable.
At this time, someone from outside reported that Yuchi Baoqi was not in the residence.
"Where did he go?" Li Mingda asked.
"It is said that I met Xiao Erlang early in the morning. I went to play outside the city."
"Ask the location clearly, and bring someone to look for it right away." Li Mingda said, and asked Cheng Chubi to go there in person, she was a little worried about Yuchi Baoqi's side.If Shi Hongyu was really unwilling to get the fake map back then, then their only breakthrough now is Yuchi Baoqi.Therefore, the safety of Lieutenant Chi Baoqi is particularly important.
Cheng Chubi was ordered to leave.Wei Shuyu quickly stood up and said that he would go with him and help.
Li Mingda nodded.
After the two took orders, they both resigned.
Fang Yi looked at the back of the two of them leaving, and sighed with a smile: "Your lord, I will make arrangements."
"He asked for his own order to go," Li Mingda moved his eyes, tilted his head and asked Fang Yizhi, "Do you think Wei Shizi is a little different today?"
"Zhou Xiaohe left Chang'an today." Fang Yi said straight.
Li Mingda was surprised and looked at Fang Yizhi.After leaving the palace, Li Mingda only sent Zuo Qingmei to deal with it according to the palace rules, but he didn't care about Zhou Xiaohe's future.Now listening to Fang Yizhi's explanation, Wei Shuyu's "special" today should be from Zhou Xiaohe.Li Mingda, who didn't want to pay attention to this matter, was immediately aroused by Fang Yizhi's words.
"how?"
"Wei Shuyu was in charge of sending her off, doing the last of the Wei family's love. But Zhou Xiaohe's temper... Of course he didn't spare him. I heard that during the process of sending her off, Zhou Xiaohe cried a lot and said all kinds of pitiful words. Wei Shuyu is not either. It's hard, probably because of some stimulation. In fact, Zhou Xiaohe's temper is somewhat similar to Wei Shuyu's." Fang Yi replied directly.
"Then how to deal with her in the end?"
"I sent someone to send her to a certain place in Huainan Road to become a monk."
"What is somewhere?"
"It's a certain place. I'm afraid only Zuo Shanggong knows where it is." Fang Yi said straight.
Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, thinking that although Zhou Xiaohe went to become a monk so far this week, it would not be difficult for the Zhou family to take care of her, so she probably wouldn't suffer too much.But if it's a 'certain place', they deliberately avoided letting the Zhou family know about it.In a place as big as Huainan Road, there are hundreds of Taoist temples, big and small, so it's hard to find.
"The Zhou family wanted to give Zhou Xiaohe a final gift, but it was not allowed. Zhou Xiaohe's parents were also demoted for a reason, and the matter was not publicized. This way of dealing with it has given their Zhou family enough face. Apart from being grateful to St. Well, there will be no second words." Fang Yizhi explained.
"It's a pity to be as old as a flower."
"Your lord is pitying her?" Fang Yi looked sideways.
Li Mingda nodded, "Pity her for doing stupid things at her flowery age."
Fang Yi raised the corner of his mouth.
Li Mingda looked at Zuo Qingmei, and asked her how she came to deal with Zhou Xiaohe.
"The sage only gave the servant girl the eight words 'Death crime is inevitable, but life crime is inevitable'. The servant girl thought about it for a long time, but she still felt that it was difficult to decide the severity. Later, after receiving Fang Shizi's suggestion, she came up with such a plan way."
"Oh?" Li Mingda felt just now that this method of dealing with Zhou Xiaohe had a taste of "repaying the other with the same way". "However, I don't know when you discussed it."
Logically speaking, Zuo Qingmei has always been by her side.When they speak, they should be within the monitoring range of their own ears.
"Only two days ago, when your lord was staying at the Ministry of Punishment at night, the servant girl brought someone to serve him early in the morning, but your lord didn't wake up at that time. Fang Shizi chatted with the maidservant for a while."
"I see." Li Mingda hummed, got on the horse, whipped his whip and left.
Fang Yi Zhi Wen smiled, and rode his horse to chase after him.
Li Mingda didn't speak until the horse stopped in front of the gate of the Criminal Department.She jumped off the horse, Fang Yizhi immediately caught up with Li Mingda, and apologized to her.
Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, and said straight to Fang Yi who was following him, "Why did you suddenly apologize to me? What did you do wrong?"
"Yizhi shouldn't have proposed to Zuo Shanggong how to deal with Zhou Xiaohe without the princess's permission." Fang Yi spoke bluntly and had a deep introspection.
Li Mingda couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth when she heard the words, she raised her eyebrows and raised her head to look at the room.
"Your words are listened to. But it doesn't matter, Zhou Xiaohe was plotting against you back then, so you should ask."
"Thank you, your lord." Fang Yi saluted directly.
Li Mingda was taken aback when he heard the words, and said straight to Fang Yi: "I think you have something else to say?"
"Princess, do you still remember that 'request'?"
"You've finally made up your mind, are you going to mention it?" Seeing Fang Yi nodded, Li Mingda smiled and let him speak generously, and she listened attentively.
Fang Yi looked around, and said to Li Mingda with a smile, "It's a bit inappropriate to be in this place right now."
"Then let's go into the room and talk." As soon as Li Mingda stepped into the room, he looked back at Fang Yizhi, waiting for his words.
Fang Yi bowed his head straight, his dark eyes just enough to accommodate Li Mingda's whole body.Li Mingda was stunned for a while, for some reason, he suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.
Tian Hanshu followed in, and after closing the door quietly, he saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room.He hastened to hold his mouth honestly, stood at the door and shrank his neck, pretending that he didn't exist.
Fang Yizhi was about to open his mouth, but Li Mingda raised his hand.
"Wait a minute, let me state in advance that your request is fine, but you can't cheat, it can only be one. For example, what to do every day, it is not a request, it is a request every day." Li Mingda looked at the room defensively. Straight, warn him.
Fang Yizhi chuckled and nodded, expressing that he understood.
Li Mingda also nodded, indicating that he could speak.
Fang Yizhi noticed that Li Mingda's nervous cheeks were flushed, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but smile. There was a hint of sweetness spreading in his heart, but it aggravated his worry about gain and loss.
"My request is to ask the princess not to stay in the Tai Chi Palace during the Lantern Festival next year." Fang Yi spoke slowly and clearly, as if he was afraid that Li Mingda could not hear clearly.
Li Mingda reacted for a while after listening, frowned, looked up at Fang Yizhi in surprise, "Why?"
"Since it's a request, there should be no need to explain why. This is a promise, and I ask the princess to keep it." Fang Yizhi saluted shallowly.
"I didn't say I didn't abide by it, I just asked why, and it's fine if I don't explain it." Li Mingda was so confused, why Fang Yizhi would be involved in next year's Lantern Festival.
"Then let the princess have a taste of celebrating the festival alone."
"You're not that boring." Li Mingda looked Fang Yizhi up and down.
"I'm bored, and I still hold grudges. Do you remember what your lord asked me to kneel down and beg before? I took your lord's request to spend the festival alone as 'revenge', which is also in line with the principle of 'repaying the other for the other'." Common sense." Fang Yi said straight.
"Really, you are so childish." Li Mingda said.
"Childish." Fang Yi admitted directly.
"Still boring." Li Mingda said to him.
Fang Yizhi: "Yes, boring."
"Okay, I won't chase you for long. Since it's a bet, I'm willing to admit defeat and agree to your request. Don't mention this matter, let's do something interesting to relieve the boredom at the moment." Li Mingda looked at him glance.
Fang Yi was stunned.
Li Mingda saw a blush quickly emerge from Fang Yizhi's cheeks, his eyes were a little reserved, and he didn't dare to look at himself.
Li Mingda couldn't help laughing, and asked him: "What are you thinking? I'm investigating the case together, isn't it interesting?"
Fang Yizhi: "..."
After a while, Fang Yi replied "Yes".
Li Mingda smiled happily, and was about to start with the testimony, when the Yamen came to report, saying that it was Shi Hongyu who was calling to see Fang Shizi.
"She said she was willing to give a full confession."
"Then wait for her to confess all the confessions, and then come to raise conditions." Fang Yi said coldly.
Shi Hongyu made all these tricks useless to him.If she didn't tell the truth, she could only continue to suffer.
"I didn't see you interrogating her today, why did she suddenly confess?" Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi curiously.
"Using a step-by-step method." Fang Yi went straight to the end, convincing Li Mingda not to ask, the method is not cruel, but it is disgusting.
"Tian Hanshu and I learned a few words before."
"Compared with what he saw today, what he saw that day is nothing more than a drop in the bucket." Fang Yi said frankly, "Does your lord still want to listen?"
Li Mingda immediately said: "Forget it, let's interrogate Qi Fei first."
Not long afterward, Qi Fei was brought up. After he knelt down to salute obediently, he was trembling and nervous all the time.
Li Mingda asked Fengyuelou's false mother to identify him first, and the false mother recognized him at a glance.
"Yes, that's him. He used to meet Shi Hongyu in Fengyue Tower." The false mother said excitedly.
Qi Fei looked at the fake mother in a daze, "Who are you? Why did you frame me like this? I haven't even met you, let alone Shi Hongyu."
The fake mother laughed back and scolded: "I can even quibble like this? It's obviously you, and I'm not blind. Besides, it wasn't just me in Fengyuelou, there were others who saw you."
Immediately, the false mother implored Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi to call the nursing home of Fengyuelou, some of them must have an impression of him.
"My lady, what are you doing to say that about me! We have no grudges in the past and we have no grudges in the near future. Why do you wrong me like this?"
"Who wronged you, what nonsense." The fake mother said, "I've lived for so long, I've seen everyone, and I've never seen a thick-skinned rascal like you, don't you have a brain? No matter what you think No, this matter has already been confirmed and cannot be changed.”
Qi Fei looked at the fake mother angrily, he really wanted to argue again, but because he was stupid, he couldn't talk about the fake mother, so at this moment, his face was livid with anger at the fake mother's words.
Immediately, he kowtowed to Li Mingda and Fang Yi, trying his best to show his innocence.
"This is really a disaster from the sky. I settled accounts in the accounting room. I didn't do anything. I don't even go out of the wanton building. How could I go to a place like Fengyue building?" Qi Fei kowtowed again and again, imploring the two officials to give him a fair judgment.Although he didn't know why, he was really innocent.
"Calm down first, let's not mention Fengyue Tower, but just talk about the mole on your hand, do you usually cover it up?" Li Mingda asked Qi Fei after comforting him.
Qi Fei nodded.
"He can't be an ordinary mole, you also have one on your face, but why do you insist on hiding the mole on your hand?" Li Mingda asked again.
"Because the mole on my hand is an eyesore, when I see this mole, I will think of the time when I was a child, Aye held my hand and asked me to go with him. It is a bad memory, and I don't care about it at all. I don’t want to think about it anymore. So I’ll always use things to hide this mole.” Qi Fei mentioned his childhood, his expression was not very good.
"Why did your father take you away, and you have bad memories?"
"He was beating my mother. I went to protect my mother. He pulled me out, then closed the door and bolted it. I yelled outside the door and looked in through the crack of the door. See what he did to Ah Mother cursed, punched and kicked, kept beating, kept beating... Afterwards, Mother stopped moving and her crying stopped."
When Qi Fei described this point, tears flowed down his face, but he didn't sob, he just shed tears, one after another, quietly.
This way of crying has become a habit for him, and he has been cultivating it since he was a child.
Li Mingda sent someone to take the fake mother down first, then she looked at Qi Fei who didn't admit anything, and shook her head at Fang Yi, expressing that she didn't see any flaws in Qi Fei's performance at all.
"Take him down first too." After Fang Yi had dismissed him, he said to Li Mingda, "It may not be ruled out that the acting is too realistic, but you can try him with punishment."
"I think he may really not know, but it's okay for you to try." Li Mingda frowned and fell into great doubts.
"Yeah," Fang Yi replied, "This case is really strange. It seems that everyone I met was abnormal, and interrogation is very troublesome."
Li Mingda thought about transporting firewood, the old man Zhang, the four brothers, Shi Hongyu... Really, no one is normal.
"Indeed."
"How is the mutual assistance in the palace? Now I feel that there are more normal people in the palace, so it's a good start." Fang Yi said straight.
"It has already been guarded, but we need to see Eunuch Zhao's 'help', who will go to check." Li Mingda said.
In the blink of an eye, it was getting dark, and there was still no news of Yuchi Baoqi's return.Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi began to feel a little worried at this time, and they gathered people to prepare to search again.
Just as he was about to trigger the trigger, Li Mingda heard the sound of horse hoofs coming from the east, followed by Yuchi Baoqi's voice.
She gave Fang Yizhi a look, and the two of them went to the door to greet Yuchi Baoqi one after the other.
Yuchi Baoqi, Xiao Kai and the others were hurriedly heading this way, and when they saw his house, they hurriedly saluted and apologized.
"Today, Xiao Kai and I rode horses to play around the city. I didn't expect the princess to find us. I'm very sorry. If I had known this, I would have stayed at home obediently, so that your lord and brother Yizhi wouldn't have to worry about me." Yuchi Bao Qi hurriedly saluted and apologized.
"It's okay, it's a temporary decision to find you. As long as you're okay, Wei Shizi told you what happened today?"
Yuchi Baoqi nodded, "It is very likely that they will find out that the map of the gold mine is fake?"
Li Mingda nodded.
"That's weird, they haven't seen the real one, how do they know it's fake." Yuchi Baoqi said in puzzlement.
"Maybe we scribbled on the map at that time, maybe there was a mistake in the marking, and people found out the clue. Or..." Li Mingda glanced at the people present, "Someone of us sent a message."
"Us?" Yuchi Baoqi exclaimed, "This is impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible, mutual help has been extended to Tian Hanshan, how do you know that the people around you will be fine?"
Yuchi Baoqi nodded, and hurriedly handed his watch, saying that he would definitely go back and investigate thoroughly.If there is really a "mutual help" around him, he will never show mercy.
Xiao Kai and Wei Shuyu immediately said that they would also check the people around them when they turned around.
"Then what should we do now?" Yuchi Baoqi asked.
"You go home and stay there, and protect your own safety. Your father will also send a letter to inform you." Li Mingda instructed.
Yuchi Baoqi nodded repeatedly, grateful for the princess' instructions.
Li Mingda was still worried, so he sent a team of guards to follow Yuchi Baoqi and take charge of his safety.
Afterwards Yuchi Baoqi and Xiao Kai left, Wei Shuyu realized that it was getting late, and asked Fang Yizhi if he wanted to interrogate Shi Hongyu tonight, and when he knew it was not necessary, he also said goodbye.
When Wei Shuyu went out of the city with Cheng Chubi to find Yuchi Baoqi, he took the opportunity to have a nice chat with him.Cheng Chubi didn't like to talk to him at first, but later Wei Shuyu apologized to him several times and confessed his mistakes.Cheng Chubi was moved when he heard that he had finally realized the root of the problem, and reluctantly chatted with Wei Shuyu for a few words.
Cheng Chubi is a straightforward person.Wei Shuyu learned a few lessons from Cheng Chubi very much, and regretted that he didn't cherish Cheng Chubi's critical friend before.
After Wei Shuyu reflected on the bad situation, he decided to go back and write down his shortcomings in a notebook, so that he could realize the shortcomings well.Zhou Xiaohe is his lesson from the past. He will never pretend to be smart and self-righteous again.
At that moment, seeing Wei Shuyu leave, Li Mingda and Fang Yi expressed emotion, "Why do I think there is something wrong with him. Wei Shuyu seems to be missing something today."
"Conceited?" Fang Yi asked directly.
Li Mingda nodded, "In the past, his eyes were higher than the top, but today he started to look down."
Fang Yi laughed straight away, without making judgments.
"It's a good thing." Li Mingda sighed, "I hope there are good things on our side. There are obviously more clues in this case, but it is getting more and more confusing."
"Don't worry, don't be afraid of messy clues, as long as you sort it out slowly, the truth will naturally emerge." Fang Yizhi immediately suggested that Li Mingda should go back to the palace to rest earlier. She has been working hard on the case these days, so she should relax properly.
Li Mingda nodded. Before getting on the horse, she suddenly thought of something. "I forgot, if they were going for the real map, now the map is in the hands of Aye, and there are many people helping each other in the palace, so they need to be on guard."
Fang Yi agreed, and then told Li Mingda to be careful.
After Li Mingda returned to the palace, he immediately asked Eunuch Zhao about the progress.
"I have been guarding the crack in the wall that Eunuch Zhao said. Yesterday evening, a eunuch named Liu passed by, but he didn't take anything. It was also him this morning. Later, at noon, he came again, and finally He took the things from the crack in the wall, and hurriedly gave them to a eunuch named Xing Kai from the Shangshi Bureau."
"and then?"
"Then the subordinates have been monitoring the actions of the two of them. There has been no abnormal behavior since the surname Liu, but this eunuch named Xing Kai sent lunch to the East Palace. Because the entrance of the East Palace is strictly controlled, the subordinates have no special actions. Enzhun, dare not trespass." The guard replied.
"Understood." After Li Mingda sent the guards down, when Zuo Qingmei arrived, he sent her to secretly capture the eunuch named Xing Kai, and then interrogated him.See if there is any connection between him, the Mutual Guild and the East Palace.
Now the person in charge of managing the affairs of the harem is Concubine Wei, so Li Mingda went to greet Concubine Wei in person.But Li Mingda only talked about the Mutual Guild, as for the matter involving the East Palace, of course she couldn't just talk about it.
Concubine Wei found it very funny when she heard about the absurd Mutual Guild, "These little eunuchs and maids just don't have enough work for them, and they usually have nothing to do, so they will make such boring things. You should take care of them." Check it out and punish severely, otherwise there may be some troubles in the future that will cause trouble to the palace."
After Wei Guifei finished speaking, she rubbed her forehead with her hands again, "Speaking of which, I'm really old and mentally weak. The mutual gang association you mentioned has already brought trouble to Eunuch Zhao and you in the Hall of Martial Virtue So far, I haven’t found anything about Eunuch Tian. I think I can’t handle the heavy burden of coordinating the harem alone, so I have to ask you, Aye, to see if Concubine Yang can help me. "
"Concubine Yang's body has recovered not long after the miscarriage, and it's only now that she's taken care of her. It's not appropriate to worry about these things. If the concubine feels that she can't manage it, why not ask Concubine Xian for help, I think she is shrewd."
"Her? I dare not invite you." Concubine Wei Gui sighed, then apologized with a smile. She shouldn't have said anything to Li Mingda. You don't have to be polite to me here in the future, I won't pick on the princess."
"The imperial concubine is always kind, I know you won't be like this, but it's hard to guarantee that others will pick and choose after seeing it. So no matter what, I still have to say something to the imperial concubine, it's just a matter of opening and shutting up to say hello, simple and unnecessary future troubles."
"You girl is obedient and well-behaved, and people like it. It's hard for you, Aye, to hurt you to the bottom of your heart." Wei Guifei smiled and sighed, and asked someone to serve Li Mingda all the delicious food and drinks.
"But no need, stay another day, there are still people to interrogate today." Li Mingda bid farewell to Concubine Wei, and then took the eunuch Xing Kai away.
Xiao Cairen's residence was adjacent to Concubine Wei Gui. At this time, when she heard the news of Princess Jinyang's arrival, she leaned over to Wu Cairen's side, eating walnuts with a bored expression on her face.
"I don't know when, the relationship between the imperial concubine and Princess Jinyang became better. I remember that before Wei Guifei, apart from worrying about her own status, she was afraid of everyone and wanted to hide."
"It's Princess Jinyang who wants to be nice to her. She was raised by the sage himself, and her style is really different from that of ordinary people." Wu Cairen spat out the walnuts in his mouth and stepped on the ground with his foot.
Xiao Cairen looked at Wu Cairen puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"This one doesn't taste right." Wu Cai said humanely.
Xiao Cairen smiled, then peeled off one and handed it to Wu Cairen.
Wu Cairen took it over and ate and said: "Wei Guifei is a person who can be seen through at a glance. When she is old, she has children. Although she is a noble concubine, she is remarried and her status will not be promoted again. This noble concubine She has already reached the top of the position, and now the important thing is to stabilize her position. As she grows old and ugly, the more humble she becomes, the more fearful she becomes, but the more afraid she is, the less she can accomplish anything."
"Yes, I heard that when Concubine Wei was young, she was smart and beautiful. She was so energetic and lovable. Who knows what has happened in these years, she is old and ugly, and she has lost her aura. It's no wonder that the saint hasn't been there for three years. Step into her bedroom once."
"Don't talk nonsense, it's not that exaggerated." Wu Cairen bit the walnut in his mouth, opened the back window, and looked at the bedroom where Concubine Wei lived over there, "If I am old, I will live in that A good place will definitely live in a different way.”
"Don't be smug, there are tens of thousands of women in the palace, and how many of them can become noble concubines." Xiao Cairen also moved to Wu Cairen's side, looking at the other side, "I don't want to do this, if I can have a decent , when I get old, it’s enough for someone to see me off.”
"You can do it. I didn't know who sharpened his head before, and he wanted to show his head in front of the saint."
"Oh, don't expose me." Xiao Cairen coquettishly pulled Wu Cairen's arm and asked her, "Then you said that the relationship between the princess and the imperial concubine is getting better and better, why?"
"Everyone takes what they need. Concubine Wei is old and decrepit, only her status is not favored, so she wants to be stable. The princess is very energetic and wants to make a difference, but it is too important to be careful in a place like the harem, so someone must cooperate with her." Okay. Concubine Wei is just right."
"Can't we?" Xiao Cairen said bravely, "We can support the princess if we have."
"What position do you have, what kind of support do you have. Besides, look at our young appearance, as long as you get close, the princess might think you have other plans." Wu Cairen deliberated.
"It's so." Xiao Cairen understood.
Wu Cairen: "Actually, you do have other plans."
"I hate it! Shut up!" Xiao Cairen hastily pushed Wu Cairen.
……
Li Mingda suddenly stopped and trembled.
Seeing this, Tian Hanxi hurriedly came to inquire about the situation.
Li Mingda waved his hand to him, expressing that he was fine.She was just startled by the coquettish voice from afar.Of course, she didn't expect that Wu Cairen and Xiao Cairen would look at her like this.
"I hope I can learn something from Xing Kai this time." Tian Hanxi said with emotion about the case.
"Zuoshang Palace is very skillful in interrogating people. Let's wait and see. The eunuch surnamed Liu must not be let go, you come and ask."
Tian Hanshu agreed one by one.
Li Mingda gave up his orders, and was persuaded to go back to his room to rest.
After taking a nap, Li Mingda saw Tian Hanshu happily report to himself, and the eunuch surnamed Liu confessed.
This person is Liu Ming, who was introduced by Xing Kai and joined the Mutual Guild.The way of joining is similar to Tian Hanshan's before, writing a note and putting it in a cave somewhere.After Liu Ming tasted 'help' for the first time, he couldn't help himself. He felt that mutual help would be a good thing. He wanted to save more 'help', so he was always keen on 'contributing'.Later, because of his good performance, the Mutual Guild promoted him to be a messenger.The so-called guardian messenger is responsible for delivering some news between members of the Mutual Guild.And the information he collected was finally handed over to the eunuch Xing Kailai.
"It is said that the slave wrote the birthday horoscope back then, and wanted to apply for joining the Mutual Guild. This note was also delivered by Liu Ming." Tian Hanshan explained.
Li Mingda nodded, "In this method of spreading news, someone must collect the news, bring it back together, and then see how Xing Kai confesses."
Early the next morning, after Li Mingda finished washing up, Zuo Qingmei greeted Li Mingda with a tired face.
"He's a loyal dog. His mouth was very hard at first, but fortunately, the maid knows some ways to deal with bastards." Zuo Qingmei then told Li Mingda that all the evidence of Xing Kai pointed to Ye Yi, the prince's family order of the East Palace.
"Ye Yi." Li Mingda was very impressed with this person. After all, he was in charge of all the housework in the East Palace. When the Crown Princess Su was still in the East Palace, he would occasionally visit the Crown Princess. Li Mingda accompanied him. I have seen Ye Yi a few times.Li Mingda didn't pay much attention to him, so he didn't have much impression of him. In his 40s, he is very humble and steady.
Now that Xing Kai confessed to Ye Yi, the problem was not with Ye Yi alone, but with the entire East Palace.
Compared to outside the palace, the investigation inside the palace went smoothly, it seemed a bit too smooth.Li Mingda had some doubts, so he suppressed the matter for now.After she had breakfast, she went straight to the criminal department.
Fang Yi had been waiting there a long time ago, holding a roll of evidence in his hand.As soon as Fang Yizhi saw Li Mingda, he told him, "Shi Hongyu confessed."
"Finally recruited? Let me have a look," Li Mingda hastily opened the evidence after receiving the evidence.She began to quickly scan the first article, and found that there was nothing too new about the confession.But he didn't lie, and it was basically consistent with what they were investigating so far.
"She called Qi Fei her master." Li Mingda frowned, turned the page and continued reading, and was surprised, "Can Qi Fei have two people?"
Li Mingda felt that this was the strange thing.They also accidentally discovered that the connector had this mole. Today they attacked suddenly, Qi Fei must have thought about it, and could hide it in advance.
"You knew we would come?" Li Mingda asked.
Qi Fei shook his head honestly, "Caomin didn't know that someone from the government would come. Caomin just didn't like this mole, so he kept hiding it."
Wei Shuyu sneered, "Don't like it? This reason is too far-fetched. I think you discovered the clue of our search, so you hurriedly covered up that mole."
Qi Fei shook his head to say no, but Wei Shuyu stared at him fiercely.He was afraid of these officials, so he had to hang his head in grievance, and kept silent, his whole body was a little trembling.
Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi both sensed that something was wrong and glanced at each other.
Changsun Huan lost his previous giggles, and whispered to Li Mingda: "You can find out. Although this is your elder brother's place, he is also a person who wants face. If you wrong him, even his own family will do it. angry."
It's nothing for Li Mingda to move an accountant, but Changsun Huan knew that the case she investigated would inevitably lead to higher involvement.Changsun Huan couldn't help but want to persuade her to be more careful.
"Don't worry, I understand."
Li Mingda ordered people to take Qi Fei away first, and the enclosure outside the building was still kept, but the people inside the house could evacuate.Li Mingda went to check the accountant in the wanton building again, but found nothing special.Many servants on standby in the backyard breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the government had withdrawn them, and couldn't help discussing in a low voice, asking each other what happened.
Later, when they heard that the cashier was arrested, most people thought it was strange and lamented that Qi Fei was simple and honest.But there are also people who say that Qi Fei is unusual, he usually pretends to be a little sheep, but in fact he is a vicious wolf.
The shopkeeper came to the backyard at this time, clapped his hands to signal everyone, and then shouted everyone to shut up, and then dispersed, doing their own work.
A few small butlers who have a good relationship with the store manager came here to ask what happened and whether the government officials had left.
"No, I'm still in the accounting room. I'm also wondering, Qi Fei is quite an honest person, what did he do to provoke the government." The shopkeeper was puzzled.
"Then should we inform the palace about this?"
"Yes, you can go for an errand in a while." The shopkeeper sighed after saying that, obviously he didn't want to cause these troubles.
"It's nothing, it seems that no one else in the wanton building knows about it." Li Mingda said straight to Fang Yi, "But just in case, I still send some people to monitor the wanton building these few days."
Fang Yi nodded.
Seeing the princess' serious 'killing', Wei Shuyu admired her from the bottom of her heart.If he investigated the case and found out that the property belonged to his closest relatives, he probably wouldn't be able to be as impartial as the princess.Wei Shuyu reflected on his own shortcomings in his heart, and then he heard the voice of Cheng Chubi who 'broke off friendship' with him, and looked over.
Cheng Chubi was replying to the princess and didn't notice that he was looking at him.Judging by his pious and earnest appearance, he should sincerely want to serve the princess.Wei Shuyu recalled the time when he and Cheng Chubi got along well, and felt a little disappointed.Immediately, Cheng Chubi's previous reprimand to him echoed in his mind, and Wei Shuyu suddenly realized that there was indeed a big gap between the self who lied favoritiously for a small matter, and the Princess Jinyang whom he sincerely loyal to now.
Wei Shuyu frowned fiercely, stood on the side sullenly, watching Fang Yizhi, the princess and others busy with the investigation, and suddenly felt empty in his heart, feeling indescribably awkward and uncomfortable.
At this time, someone from outside reported that Yuchi Baoqi was not in the residence.
"Where did he go?" Li Mingda asked.
"It is said that I met Xiao Erlang early in the morning. I went to play outside the city."
"Ask the location clearly, and bring someone to look for it right away." Li Mingda said, and asked Cheng Chubi to go there in person, she was a little worried about Yuchi Baoqi's side.If Shi Hongyu was really unwilling to get the fake map back then, then their only breakthrough now is Yuchi Baoqi.Therefore, the safety of Lieutenant Chi Baoqi is particularly important.
Cheng Chubi was ordered to leave.Wei Shuyu quickly stood up and said that he would go with him and help.
Li Mingda nodded.
After the two took orders, they both resigned.
Fang Yi looked at the back of the two of them leaving, and sighed with a smile: "Your lord, I will make arrangements."
"He asked for his own order to go," Li Mingda moved his eyes, tilted his head and asked Fang Yizhi, "Do you think Wei Shizi is a little different today?"
"Zhou Xiaohe left Chang'an today." Fang Yi said straight.
Li Mingda was surprised and looked at Fang Yizhi.After leaving the palace, Li Mingda only sent Zuo Qingmei to deal with it according to the palace rules, but he didn't care about Zhou Xiaohe's future.Now listening to Fang Yizhi's explanation, Wei Shuyu's "special" today should be from Zhou Xiaohe.Li Mingda, who didn't want to pay attention to this matter, was immediately aroused by Fang Yizhi's words.
"how?"
"Wei Shuyu was in charge of sending her off, doing the last of the Wei family's love. But Zhou Xiaohe's temper... Of course he didn't spare him. I heard that during the process of sending her off, Zhou Xiaohe cried a lot and said all kinds of pitiful words. Wei Shuyu is not either. It's hard, probably because of some stimulation. In fact, Zhou Xiaohe's temper is somewhat similar to Wei Shuyu's." Fang Yi replied directly.
"Then how to deal with her in the end?"
"I sent someone to send her to a certain place in Huainan Road to become a monk."
"What is somewhere?"
"It's a certain place. I'm afraid only Zuo Shanggong knows where it is." Fang Yi said straight.
Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, thinking that although Zhou Xiaohe went to become a monk so far this week, it would not be difficult for the Zhou family to take care of her, so she probably wouldn't suffer too much.But if it's a 'certain place', they deliberately avoided letting the Zhou family know about it.In a place as big as Huainan Road, there are hundreds of Taoist temples, big and small, so it's hard to find.
"The Zhou family wanted to give Zhou Xiaohe a final gift, but it was not allowed. Zhou Xiaohe's parents were also demoted for a reason, and the matter was not publicized. This way of dealing with it has given their Zhou family enough face. Apart from being grateful to St. Well, there will be no second words." Fang Yizhi explained.
"It's a pity to be as old as a flower."
"Your lord is pitying her?" Fang Yi looked sideways.
Li Mingda nodded, "Pity her for doing stupid things at her flowery age."
Fang Yi raised the corner of his mouth.
Li Mingda looked at Zuo Qingmei, and asked her how she came to deal with Zhou Xiaohe.
"The sage only gave the servant girl the eight words 'Death crime is inevitable, but life crime is inevitable'. The servant girl thought about it for a long time, but she still felt that it was difficult to decide the severity. Later, after receiving Fang Shizi's suggestion, she came up with such a plan way."
"Oh?" Li Mingda felt just now that this method of dealing with Zhou Xiaohe had a taste of "repaying the other with the same way". "However, I don't know when you discussed it."
Logically speaking, Zuo Qingmei has always been by her side.When they speak, they should be within the monitoring range of their own ears.
"Only two days ago, when your lord was staying at the Ministry of Punishment at night, the servant girl brought someone to serve him early in the morning, but your lord didn't wake up at that time. Fang Shizi chatted with the maidservant for a while."
"I see." Li Mingda hummed, got on the horse, whipped his whip and left.
Fang Yi Zhi Wen smiled, and rode his horse to chase after him.
Li Mingda didn't speak until the horse stopped in front of the gate of the Criminal Department.She jumped off the horse, Fang Yizhi immediately caught up with Li Mingda, and apologized to her.
Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, and said straight to Fang Yi who was following him, "Why did you suddenly apologize to me? What did you do wrong?"
"Yizhi shouldn't have proposed to Zuo Shanggong how to deal with Zhou Xiaohe without the princess's permission." Fang Yi spoke bluntly and had a deep introspection.
Li Mingda couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth when she heard the words, she raised her eyebrows and raised her head to look at the room.
"Your words are listened to. But it doesn't matter, Zhou Xiaohe was plotting against you back then, so you should ask."
"Thank you, your lord." Fang Yi saluted directly.
Li Mingda was taken aback when he heard the words, and said straight to Fang Yi: "I think you have something else to say?"
"Princess, do you still remember that 'request'?"
"You've finally made up your mind, are you going to mention it?" Seeing Fang Yi nodded, Li Mingda smiled and let him speak generously, and she listened attentively.
Fang Yi looked around, and said to Li Mingda with a smile, "It's a bit inappropriate to be in this place right now."
"Then let's go into the room and talk." As soon as Li Mingda stepped into the room, he looked back at Fang Yizhi, waiting for his words.
Fang Yi bowed his head straight, his dark eyes just enough to accommodate Li Mingda's whole body.Li Mingda was stunned for a while, for some reason, he suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.
Tian Hanshu followed in, and after closing the door quietly, he saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room.He hastened to hold his mouth honestly, stood at the door and shrank his neck, pretending that he didn't exist.
Fang Yizhi was about to open his mouth, but Li Mingda raised his hand.
"Wait a minute, let me state in advance that your request is fine, but you can't cheat, it can only be one. For example, what to do every day, it is not a request, it is a request every day." Li Mingda looked at the room defensively. Straight, warn him.
Fang Yizhi chuckled and nodded, expressing that he understood.
Li Mingda also nodded, indicating that he could speak.
Fang Yizhi noticed that Li Mingda's nervous cheeks were flushed, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but smile. There was a hint of sweetness spreading in his heart, but it aggravated his worry about gain and loss.
"My request is to ask the princess not to stay in the Tai Chi Palace during the Lantern Festival next year." Fang Yi spoke slowly and clearly, as if he was afraid that Li Mingda could not hear clearly.
Li Mingda reacted for a while after listening, frowned, looked up at Fang Yizhi in surprise, "Why?"
"Since it's a request, there should be no need to explain why. This is a promise, and I ask the princess to keep it." Fang Yizhi saluted shallowly.
"I didn't say I didn't abide by it, I just asked why, and it's fine if I don't explain it." Li Mingda was so confused, why Fang Yizhi would be involved in next year's Lantern Festival.
"Then let the princess have a taste of celebrating the festival alone."
"You're not that boring." Li Mingda looked Fang Yizhi up and down.
"I'm bored, and I still hold grudges. Do you remember what your lord asked me to kneel down and beg before? I took your lord's request to spend the festival alone as 'revenge', which is also in line with the principle of 'repaying the other for the other'." Common sense." Fang Yi said straight.
"Really, you are so childish." Li Mingda said.
"Childish." Fang Yi admitted directly.
"Still boring." Li Mingda said to him.
Fang Yizhi: "Yes, boring."
"Okay, I won't chase you for long. Since it's a bet, I'm willing to admit defeat and agree to your request. Don't mention this matter, let's do something interesting to relieve the boredom at the moment." Li Mingda looked at him glance.
Fang Yi was stunned.
Li Mingda saw a blush quickly emerge from Fang Yizhi's cheeks, his eyes were a little reserved, and he didn't dare to look at himself.
Li Mingda couldn't help laughing, and asked him: "What are you thinking? I'm investigating the case together, isn't it interesting?"
Fang Yizhi: "..."
After a while, Fang Yi replied "Yes".
Li Mingda smiled happily, and was about to start with the testimony, when the Yamen came to report, saying that it was Shi Hongyu who was calling to see Fang Shizi.
"She said she was willing to give a full confession."
"Then wait for her to confess all the confessions, and then come to raise conditions." Fang Yi said coldly.
Shi Hongyu made all these tricks useless to him.If she didn't tell the truth, she could only continue to suffer.
"I didn't see you interrogating her today, why did she suddenly confess?" Li Mingda looked at Fang Yizhi curiously.
"Using a step-by-step method." Fang Yi went straight to the end, convincing Li Mingda not to ask, the method is not cruel, but it is disgusting.
"Tian Hanshu and I learned a few words before."
"Compared with what he saw today, what he saw that day is nothing more than a drop in the bucket." Fang Yi said frankly, "Does your lord still want to listen?"
Li Mingda immediately said: "Forget it, let's interrogate Qi Fei first."
Not long afterward, Qi Fei was brought up. After he knelt down to salute obediently, he was trembling and nervous all the time.
Li Mingda asked Fengyuelou's false mother to identify him first, and the false mother recognized him at a glance.
"Yes, that's him. He used to meet Shi Hongyu in Fengyue Tower." The false mother said excitedly.
Qi Fei looked at the fake mother in a daze, "Who are you? Why did you frame me like this? I haven't even met you, let alone Shi Hongyu."
The fake mother laughed back and scolded: "I can even quibble like this? It's obviously you, and I'm not blind. Besides, it wasn't just me in Fengyuelou, there were others who saw you."
Immediately, the false mother implored Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi to call the nursing home of Fengyuelou, some of them must have an impression of him.
"My lady, what are you doing to say that about me! We have no grudges in the past and we have no grudges in the near future. Why do you wrong me like this?"
"Who wronged you, what nonsense." The fake mother said, "I've lived for so long, I've seen everyone, and I've never seen a thick-skinned rascal like you, don't you have a brain? No matter what you think No, this matter has already been confirmed and cannot be changed.”
Qi Fei looked at the fake mother angrily, he really wanted to argue again, but because he was stupid, he couldn't talk about the fake mother, so at this moment, his face was livid with anger at the fake mother's words.
Immediately, he kowtowed to Li Mingda and Fang Yi, trying his best to show his innocence.
"This is really a disaster from the sky. I settled accounts in the accounting room. I didn't do anything. I don't even go out of the wanton building. How could I go to a place like Fengyue building?" Qi Fei kowtowed again and again, imploring the two officials to give him a fair judgment.Although he didn't know why, he was really innocent.
"Calm down first, let's not mention Fengyue Tower, but just talk about the mole on your hand, do you usually cover it up?" Li Mingda asked Qi Fei after comforting him.
Qi Fei nodded.
"He can't be an ordinary mole, you also have one on your face, but why do you insist on hiding the mole on your hand?" Li Mingda asked again.
"Because the mole on my hand is an eyesore, when I see this mole, I will think of the time when I was a child, Aye held my hand and asked me to go with him. It is a bad memory, and I don't care about it at all. I don’t want to think about it anymore. So I’ll always use things to hide this mole.” Qi Fei mentioned his childhood, his expression was not very good.
"Why did your father take you away, and you have bad memories?"
"He was beating my mother. I went to protect my mother. He pulled me out, then closed the door and bolted it. I yelled outside the door and looked in through the crack of the door. See what he did to Ah Mother cursed, punched and kicked, kept beating, kept beating... Afterwards, Mother stopped moving and her crying stopped."
When Qi Fei described this point, tears flowed down his face, but he didn't sob, he just shed tears, one after another, quietly.
This way of crying has become a habit for him, and he has been cultivating it since he was a child.
Li Mingda sent someone to take the fake mother down first, then she looked at Qi Fei who didn't admit anything, and shook her head at Fang Yi, expressing that she didn't see any flaws in Qi Fei's performance at all.
"Take him down first too." After Fang Yi had dismissed him, he said to Li Mingda, "It may not be ruled out that the acting is too realistic, but you can try him with punishment."
"I think he may really not know, but it's okay for you to try." Li Mingda frowned and fell into great doubts.
"Yeah," Fang Yi replied, "This case is really strange. It seems that everyone I met was abnormal, and interrogation is very troublesome."
Li Mingda thought about transporting firewood, the old man Zhang, the four brothers, Shi Hongyu... Really, no one is normal.
"Indeed."
"How is the mutual assistance in the palace? Now I feel that there are more normal people in the palace, so it's a good start." Fang Yi said straight.
"It has already been guarded, but we need to see Eunuch Zhao's 'help', who will go to check." Li Mingda said.
In the blink of an eye, it was getting dark, and there was still no news of Yuchi Baoqi's return.Li Mingda and Fang Yizhi began to feel a little worried at this time, and they gathered people to prepare to search again.
Just as he was about to trigger the trigger, Li Mingda heard the sound of horse hoofs coming from the east, followed by Yuchi Baoqi's voice.
She gave Fang Yizhi a look, and the two of them went to the door to greet Yuchi Baoqi one after the other.
Yuchi Baoqi, Xiao Kai and the others were hurriedly heading this way, and when they saw his house, they hurriedly saluted and apologized.
"Today, Xiao Kai and I rode horses to play around the city. I didn't expect the princess to find us. I'm very sorry. If I had known this, I would have stayed at home obediently, so that your lord and brother Yizhi wouldn't have to worry about me." Yuchi Bao Qi hurriedly saluted and apologized.
"It's okay, it's a temporary decision to find you. As long as you're okay, Wei Shizi told you what happened today?"
Yuchi Baoqi nodded, "It is very likely that they will find out that the map of the gold mine is fake?"
Li Mingda nodded.
"That's weird, they haven't seen the real one, how do they know it's fake." Yuchi Baoqi said in puzzlement.
"Maybe we scribbled on the map at that time, maybe there was a mistake in the marking, and people found out the clue. Or..." Li Mingda glanced at the people present, "Someone of us sent a message."
"Us?" Yuchi Baoqi exclaimed, "This is impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible, mutual help has been extended to Tian Hanshan, how do you know that the people around you will be fine?"
Yuchi Baoqi nodded, and hurriedly handed his watch, saying that he would definitely go back and investigate thoroughly.If there is really a "mutual help" around him, he will never show mercy.
Xiao Kai and Wei Shuyu immediately said that they would also check the people around them when they turned around.
"Then what should we do now?" Yuchi Baoqi asked.
"You go home and stay there, and protect your own safety. Your father will also send a letter to inform you." Li Mingda instructed.
Yuchi Baoqi nodded repeatedly, grateful for the princess' instructions.
Li Mingda was still worried, so he sent a team of guards to follow Yuchi Baoqi and take charge of his safety.
Afterwards Yuchi Baoqi and Xiao Kai left, Wei Shuyu realized that it was getting late, and asked Fang Yizhi if he wanted to interrogate Shi Hongyu tonight, and when he knew it was not necessary, he also said goodbye.
When Wei Shuyu went out of the city with Cheng Chubi to find Yuchi Baoqi, he took the opportunity to have a nice chat with him.Cheng Chubi didn't like to talk to him at first, but later Wei Shuyu apologized to him several times and confessed his mistakes.Cheng Chubi was moved when he heard that he had finally realized the root of the problem, and reluctantly chatted with Wei Shuyu for a few words.
Cheng Chubi is a straightforward person.Wei Shuyu learned a few lessons from Cheng Chubi very much, and regretted that he didn't cherish Cheng Chubi's critical friend before.
After Wei Shuyu reflected on the bad situation, he decided to go back and write down his shortcomings in a notebook, so that he could realize the shortcomings well.Zhou Xiaohe is his lesson from the past. He will never pretend to be smart and self-righteous again.
At that moment, seeing Wei Shuyu leave, Li Mingda and Fang Yi expressed emotion, "Why do I think there is something wrong with him. Wei Shuyu seems to be missing something today."
"Conceited?" Fang Yi asked directly.
Li Mingda nodded, "In the past, his eyes were higher than the top, but today he started to look down."
Fang Yi laughed straight away, without making judgments.
"It's a good thing." Li Mingda sighed, "I hope there are good things on our side. There are obviously more clues in this case, but it is getting more and more confusing."
"Don't worry, don't be afraid of messy clues, as long as you sort it out slowly, the truth will naturally emerge." Fang Yizhi immediately suggested that Li Mingda should go back to the palace to rest earlier. She has been working hard on the case these days, so she should relax properly.
Li Mingda nodded. Before getting on the horse, she suddenly thought of something. "I forgot, if they were going for the real map, now the map is in the hands of Aye, and there are many people helping each other in the palace, so they need to be on guard."
Fang Yi agreed, and then told Li Mingda to be careful.
After Li Mingda returned to the palace, he immediately asked Eunuch Zhao about the progress.
"I have been guarding the crack in the wall that Eunuch Zhao said. Yesterday evening, a eunuch named Liu passed by, but he didn't take anything. It was also him this morning. Later, at noon, he came again, and finally He took the things from the crack in the wall, and hurriedly gave them to a eunuch named Xing Kai from the Shangshi Bureau."
"and then?"
"Then the subordinates have been monitoring the actions of the two of them. There has been no abnormal behavior since the surname Liu, but this eunuch named Xing Kai sent lunch to the East Palace. Because the entrance of the East Palace is strictly controlled, the subordinates have no special actions. Enzhun, dare not trespass." The guard replied.
"Understood." After Li Mingda sent the guards down, when Zuo Qingmei arrived, he sent her to secretly capture the eunuch named Xing Kai, and then interrogated him.See if there is any connection between him, the Mutual Guild and the East Palace.
Now the person in charge of managing the affairs of the harem is Concubine Wei, so Li Mingda went to greet Concubine Wei in person.But Li Mingda only talked about the Mutual Guild, as for the matter involving the East Palace, of course she couldn't just talk about it.
Concubine Wei found it very funny when she heard about the absurd Mutual Guild, "These little eunuchs and maids just don't have enough work for them, and they usually have nothing to do, so they will make such boring things. You should take care of them." Check it out and punish severely, otherwise there may be some troubles in the future that will cause trouble to the palace."
After Wei Guifei finished speaking, she rubbed her forehead with her hands again, "Speaking of which, I'm really old and mentally weak. The mutual gang association you mentioned has already brought trouble to Eunuch Zhao and you in the Hall of Martial Virtue So far, I haven’t found anything about Eunuch Tian. I think I can’t handle the heavy burden of coordinating the harem alone, so I have to ask you, Aye, to see if Concubine Yang can help me. "
"Concubine Yang's body has recovered not long after the miscarriage, and it's only now that she's taken care of her. It's not appropriate to worry about these things. If the concubine feels that she can't manage it, why not ask Concubine Xian for help, I think she is shrewd."
"Her? I dare not invite you." Concubine Wei Gui sighed, then apologized with a smile. She shouldn't have said anything to Li Mingda. You don't have to be polite to me here in the future, I won't pick on the princess."
"The imperial concubine is always kind, I know you won't be like this, but it's hard to guarantee that others will pick and choose after seeing it. So no matter what, I still have to say something to the imperial concubine, it's just a matter of opening and shutting up to say hello, simple and unnecessary future troubles."
"You girl is obedient and well-behaved, and people like it. It's hard for you, Aye, to hurt you to the bottom of your heart." Wei Guifei smiled and sighed, and asked someone to serve Li Mingda all the delicious food and drinks.
"But no need, stay another day, there are still people to interrogate today." Li Mingda bid farewell to Concubine Wei, and then took the eunuch Xing Kai away.
Xiao Cairen's residence was adjacent to Concubine Wei Gui. At this time, when she heard the news of Princess Jinyang's arrival, she leaned over to Wu Cairen's side, eating walnuts with a bored expression on her face.
"I don't know when, the relationship between the imperial concubine and Princess Jinyang became better. I remember that before Wei Guifei, apart from worrying about her own status, she was afraid of everyone and wanted to hide."
"It's Princess Jinyang who wants to be nice to her. She was raised by the sage himself, and her style is really different from that of ordinary people." Wu Cairen spat out the walnuts in his mouth and stepped on the ground with his foot.
Xiao Cairen looked at Wu Cairen puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"This one doesn't taste right." Wu Cai said humanely.
Xiao Cairen smiled, then peeled off one and handed it to Wu Cairen.
Wu Cairen took it over and ate and said: "Wei Guifei is a person who can be seen through at a glance. When she is old, she has children. Although she is a noble concubine, she is remarried and her status will not be promoted again. This noble concubine She has already reached the top of the position, and now the important thing is to stabilize her position. As she grows old and ugly, the more humble she becomes, the more fearful she becomes, but the more afraid she is, the less she can accomplish anything."
"Yes, I heard that when Concubine Wei was young, she was smart and beautiful. She was so energetic and lovable. Who knows what has happened in these years, she is old and ugly, and she has lost her aura. It's no wonder that the saint hasn't been there for three years. Step into her bedroom once."
"Don't talk nonsense, it's not that exaggerated." Wu Cairen bit the walnut in his mouth, opened the back window, and looked at the bedroom where Concubine Wei lived over there, "If I am old, I will live in that A good place will definitely live in a different way.”
"Don't be smug, there are tens of thousands of women in the palace, and how many of them can become noble concubines." Xiao Cairen also moved to Wu Cairen's side, looking at the other side, "I don't want to do this, if I can have a decent , when I get old, it’s enough for someone to see me off.”
"You can do it. I didn't know who sharpened his head before, and he wanted to show his head in front of the saint."
"Oh, don't expose me." Xiao Cairen coquettishly pulled Wu Cairen's arm and asked her, "Then you said that the relationship between the princess and the imperial concubine is getting better and better, why?"
"Everyone takes what they need. Concubine Wei is old and decrepit, only her status is not favored, so she wants to be stable. The princess is very energetic and wants to make a difference, but it is too important to be careful in a place like the harem, so someone must cooperate with her." Okay. Concubine Wei is just right."
"Can't we?" Xiao Cairen said bravely, "We can support the princess if we have."
"What position do you have, what kind of support do you have. Besides, look at our young appearance, as long as you get close, the princess might think you have other plans." Wu Cairen deliberated.
"It's so." Xiao Cairen understood.
Wu Cairen: "Actually, you do have other plans."
"I hate it! Shut up!" Xiao Cairen hastily pushed Wu Cairen.
……
Li Mingda suddenly stopped and trembled.
Seeing this, Tian Hanxi hurriedly came to inquire about the situation.
Li Mingda waved his hand to him, expressing that he was fine.She was just startled by the coquettish voice from afar.Of course, she didn't expect that Wu Cairen and Xiao Cairen would look at her like this.
"I hope I can learn something from Xing Kai this time." Tian Hanxi said with emotion about the case.
"Zuoshang Palace is very skillful in interrogating people. Let's wait and see. The eunuch surnamed Liu must not be let go, you come and ask."
Tian Hanshu agreed one by one.
Li Mingda gave up his orders, and was persuaded to go back to his room to rest.
After taking a nap, Li Mingda saw Tian Hanshu happily report to himself, and the eunuch surnamed Liu confessed.
This person is Liu Ming, who was introduced by Xing Kai and joined the Mutual Guild.The way of joining is similar to Tian Hanshan's before, writing a note and putting it in a cave somewhere.After Liu Ming tasted 'help' for the first time, he couldn't help himself. He felt that mutual help would be a good thing. He wanted to save more 'help', so he was always keen on 'contributing'.Later, because of his good performance, the Mutual Guild promoted him to be a messenger.The so-called guardian messenger is responsible for delivering some news between members of the Mutual Guild.And the information he collected was finally handed over to the eunuch Xing Kailai.
"It is said that the slave wrote the birthday horoscope back then, and wanted to apply for joining the Mutual Guild. This note was also delivered by Liu Ming." Tian Hanshan explained.
Li Mingda nodded, "In this method of spreading news, someone must collect the news, bring it back together, and then see how Xing Kai confesses."
Early the next morning, after Li Mingda finished washing up, Zuo Qingmei greeted Li Mingda with a tired face.
"He's a loyal dog. His mouth was very hard at first, but fortunately, the maid knows some ways to deal with bastards." Zuo Qingmei then told Li Mingda that all the evidence of Xing Kai pointed to Ye Yi, the prince's family order of the East Palace.
"Ye Yi." Li Mingda was very impressed with this person. After all, he was in charge of all the housework in the East Palace. When the Crown Princess Su was still in the East Palace, he would occasionally visit the Crown Princess. Li Mingda accompanied him. I have seen Ye Yi a few times.Li Mingda didn't pay much attention to him, so he didn't have much impression of him. In his 40s, he is very humble and steady.
Now that Xing Kai confessed to Ye Yi, the problem was not with Ye Yi alone, but with the entire East Palace.
Compared to outside the palace, the investigation inside the palace went smoothly, it seemed a bit too smooth.Li Mingda had some doubts, so he suppressed the matter for now.After she had breakfast, she went straight to the criminal department.
Fang Yi had been waiting there a long time ago, holding a roll of evidence in his hand.As soon as Fang Yizhi saw Li Mingda, he told him, "Shi Hongyu confessed."
"Finally recruited? Let me have a look," Li Mingda hastily opened the evidence after receiving the evidence.She began to quickly scan the first article, and found that there was nothing too new about the confession.But he didn't lie, and it was basically consistent with what they were investigating so far.
"She called Qi Fei her master." Li Mingda frowned, turned the page and continued reading, and was surprised, "Can Qi Fei have two people?"
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