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Lin Chengyou glanced at Wu Qi: "Why did she send gold to Mrs. Wang?"

Jiao'er: "Because Mrs. Wang helped with the matter, this gold is her reward."

"What did you do?"

Jiao'er timidly said: "Send—"

"Dean." Wu Qi abruptly interrupted Jiao'er.

Then hurriedly left the meeting, and bowed to Dean Liu to salute: "You have always watched the students grow up, and you always know the temperament of the students best. I have a straightforward temperament since I was young, how could I do such a thing It's not difficult to buy a maid, this is clearly a frame-up against the Wu family. Not long ago, my eldest sister had an accident, is it my turn again? Please ask the dean to uphold justice, instead of being splashed with dirty water for no reason , Ah Qi is willing to kill herself to prove her innocence!"

She was filled with righteous indignation, her throat was choked, and she looked like she had been wronged.

Vice President Liu's heart softened, and he hurriedly helped Wu Qi up: "Good boy, don't worry."

Wu Qi wiped away her tears.

Vice President Liu has a close personal relationship with Mrs. Wu, and she usually takes care of the Wu family sisters in the academy. Tonight, Mrs. Wu did not go out of the city to take care of her lost eldest daughter. Euphemistically said to the queen: "Your Majesty, I know this child, Ah Qi, who has always been simple and straightforward, and will definitely not do such a despicable act. I am afraid it is difficult to be sure based on the words of a maid."

The queen thought for a while, and said to her subordinates: "You'er, besides this maid's testimony, is there any other evidence?"

Lin Chengyou looked at Jiao'er at his feet, Jiao'er was visibly more perplexed than before after this incident, she knelt on the ground shyly, not daring to utter a single word. He looked up at Wu Qi, and smiled: "Yes. My nephew had expected that these two thieves are very cunning tonight, so how dare you not be fully prepared."

He said to Jiao'er: "Don't worry, she will never run away. As long as you tell everything you know, I'll keep you safe. One is to deal with you."

Jiao'er's scalp shuddered: "My mother, my mother asked Mrs. Wang to send those two poems to Yining Fang. Mrs. Wang said that she would find a way to send them to Mr. Lu."

Lin Chengyou: "Speak clearly, which two poems?"

"The poem that Niang stole from Du Niangzi."

"I gave it to Mrs. Wang as soon as I stole it that night? Your second mother recognized Mr. Lu long ago?"

Jiao'er shook her head: "I don't know. This is Wang Yu's idea."

"Is your second mother very familiar with Mrs. Wang?"

"Very familiar, the two of them were introduced by Mrs. Jingchen from Yuzhen Nuguan Temple."

The pot exploded at the banquet. Mrs. Jingchen was a key criminal pursued by the imperial court for many years, and she committed suicide a while ago due to failure.

"You're talking nonsense!" Wu Qi yelled, "Your Majesty, I heard that you are very good at solving cases. He was bought by someone, and all he said was—"

Lin Chengyou raised his hand to let the yamen guards separate Wu Qi from the people around him, and then signaled the palace guards with strong martial arts skills to guard against someone plotting against Wu Qi, then he said to Jiaoer: "Continue to talk."

Jiao'er wiped off her sweat indiscriminately, and told everything she knew.

About five or six years ago, by chance, Wu Qi heard that the Yuzhen Nuguan Guan made a wish come true. Since then, she often went to the temple to burn incense. The companion held a poetry meeting in Guanli.

After coming and going, I became acquainted with Master Jingchen. At first, I just drank tea and chatted with Master Jing, and then began to learn some strange martial arts from Master Jing.

This "porridge seller" Mrs. Wang was introduced to Wu Qi by Mrs. Jingchen at that time. It's just that Mrs. Wang didn't sell porridge everywhere at that time, but called herself Liu Pozi. bakery.

Master Jingchen told Wu Qi that she was often not in Chang'an, and if Wu Qi had anything to do, she could go directly to Wang Yu.

A while ago, after Master Jingchen punished her, Mrs. Liu was afraid of being traced by the court, so she no longer bought mustard pancakes, but changed her appearance and sold porridge in the streets and alleys all day long.

From then on, Wu Qi could only discuss matters with Mrs. Wang.

Wang Yu learned that Wu Qi wanted to deal with Du Tinglan, so she wrote back and asked Wu Qi to steal Du Tinglan's belongings, and said that she would take care of the rest, so as to tarnish Du Tinglan's reputation. "

"So, you two mothers don't know that these two poems will be sent to Lu Zhaoan in the end?"

Jiao'er said: "Niang Niang didn't know this person before. Erniang stole the manuscript of Du Niangzi's poem that day and asked her maid to give it to Wang Yu. Wang Yu quickly wrote back and said that it has been arranged here. , It’s just that there will be too many people at that time, and mistakes will inevitably be made. To be safe, let Erniang make some additional preparations. If necessary, she can push this matter to the daughter of the Peng family. Remember to do it without showing any traces. "

Hearing this, Peng Huayue grabbed Wu Qi with a single glance, and Peng Jinxiu's eyes were also full of resentment.

"You know it's so clear?" Lin Chengyou was very interested, "Even if your second mother trusts you, it's impossible for Mrs. Wang to be unprepared. You are just helping to pass a letter, so how can you know these details? Unless...you peeked at their letters."

Jiao'er twisted her fingers anxiously.

"Why do you want to peek at the master's letter?" Lin Chengyou asked with interest, "Did you finally start to be afraid when you learned that Wu Niang murdered your sister? That's right, although you already knew about your master. Hands and feet are not clean, but at least she hasn't murdered her own family members before. After this incident, you realize that your master's heart is already rotten. When you help them deliver letters, you will go through them without showing any traces. Doing this, I just don't want to die, for no apparent reason, a person who even went down to kill his own sister is even less likely to be soft on his personal servants."

Jiao'er's shoulders trembled suddenly, and she fell to the ground trembling.

"The servant girl... is very scared, but... not just because of what happened to the aunt, but earlier, after learning that Li Yinger's death in Chuguo Temple was related to them, the servant girl I was very scared."

"Li Yinger's death?"

Jiaoer nodded. At that time, Wu Qi was depressed all day because of the resignation of Mrs. Wu and Mr. Zheng. Jiaoer thought Erniang was like this because her sister was wronged. Auntie is running for election, and there has never been a precedent in this dynasty for two sisters to run for the princess concubine at the same time.

On a certain day not long before the school started, Wu Qi suddenly acted uncharacteristically. Instead of borrowing porridge to deliver a letter, she pretended to go to see Wang Yu in person, because the situation was too urgent, and she was at the door before Jiao Er went far. Talk to Mrs. Wang.

"Didn't you want you to take away people's souls? Why did you kill people?"

When Jiaoer heard this outside the window, she held her breath on the spot.

Wang Yu said: "There was an accident at the time. There is a well in the temple. It is reasonable to say that Li Ying'er would only be unconscious after her soul was taken away, but she didn't know what happened that day. I walked to the edge of the well in a daze, stumbled and fell down. We didn't expect this."

Wu Qi: "But I heard that because of the girl's death, Chang'an County sent the body to Dali Temple! Dali Temple has been alarmed, aren't you afraid they will find us?"

Ms. Wang said: "Dali Temple has been secretly investigating this matter for a long time, why not take the opportunity to make a serial case, the culprit has been found anyway, and the whole thing will be done without any trace. If you If you don’t do it now, the girl will die in vain. Don’t you want to be a princess? Why don’t you think about your current situation. Your elder sister retired, and your father had a big fight with the Zheng family. I heard that Mrs. Zheng is also running for the crown princess, and your father is trying his best to suppress the Zheng family. Your elder sister is better than you in talent and appearance. According to your parents' love for your sister, the position of the crown princess may be in turn. I can't see you—"

Suddenly, she seemed to hear a slight sound from outside, and Mrs. Wang said sharply, "Didn't you send your maid away?"

As soon as he raised his hand, he shot out a silver thread. The silver thread was as sharp as a knife, and it narrowly brushed against the tip of Jiao'er's nose.

Although she was not sniped by Wang Lao on the spot, Jiaoer knew that she would be silenced sooner or later, because she would not be able to find a trusted maid for a while, so she was spared for the time being.

Jiao'er had a nightmare that night.

Fear is nothing but fear, but after all, she only heard a few words during the day, and she didn't realize that this incident was just the beginning.

It wasn't until Wu Xiang's accident that she understood what the "serial cases" that Wang Yu said that day meant.

If Wu Xiang is assassinated directly, Dali Temple will soon have an insight into the murderer's motives, and the focus of the next investigation will be on people close to Mrs. Wu, so Erniang will be easily exposed.

However, it would be different if there was a Li Yinger whose soul was taken away before this case. The murderer's motive is to collect souls, and Wu Xiang was chosen by the murderer only by luck.

"After thinking about the whole thing, the servant girl is not only afraid, but also feels very sorry in her conscience. The aunt was very kind to us servants when she was in the mansion. If the maidservant had reminded the aunt earlier, maybe the aunt would not It will be so difficult. These days, seeing the foolish look of the aunt, the servant girl is restless day and night."

"If you have such a conscience, you should have told your master about it long ago. Why do you want to continue helping your wife to harm Mrs. Du?"

"Because—" Jiao'er raised her head suddenly, "Because Erniang threatened the servant girl that if I tell this matter to the public, Mrs. Wang will immediately use the same method to kill the servant girl's father-in-law and younger brother. The son said that in the future, she still needs the help of her maidservant to take care of many things. Except for the maidservant, she can't trust anyone else. In the past, she knew that the maidservant was eavesdropping, but she didn't let the maidservant hurt me. As long as the maidservant Helping her to become a princess, the maidservant will have countless benefits in the future. Of course the maidservant does not want to do this, but the maidservant is afraid that her family will be implicated."

Lin Chengyou laughed. If you really want to tell the truth, Mrs. Wang may not be able to get the news in time. After all, glory and wealth are the most important thing. The princess is only one step away from the queen. What does that mean? Wu Linniang's loyal servant knew that he had lost his conscience, but he did not forget to whitewash it with words.

"You're spitting blood!" Wu Qi laughed back in anger, "Is this how the Dali Temple actually judged the case? Can crazy words be used as testimony?"

Lin Chengyou rushed back and waved, and the yamen servants brought over the cage beside Mrs. Wang.

"Lady Wang was caught by us on the spot this morning, but we couldn't rush back to the room to destroy the evidence. This search led us to find a lot of interesting things. This is a letter box, hidden in a secret compartment in the room There are no other letters in it, but all your own letters to her."

Lin Chengyou took out a letter box from the cage, took out one of the letters in front of Wu Qi, and then slowly unfolded it.

Wu Qi opened her eyes, her face changed instantly, and then she lost her voice: "No, it's impossible."

Lin Chengyou looked at her clearly: "I know, Master Jingchen taught you a certain way to make the ink disappear. As long as you do some tricks in the ink, the handwriting on the letter will disappear within half a day." Go, you are sure that the letter you handed over will not leave any clues, so you have nothing to worry about. But you never imagined that although Mrs. Jingchen and Mrs. Wang tempted you and used you, they also guarded against you. She gave you Moli made another trick, only disappearing for a moment, and will reappear within a day, and all of this is to threaten you in the future to leave deadly evidence. The writing on it is clear, and you can tell it is right after you check it. You wrote it yourself."

"Can't the handwriting be forged?" Wu Qi gritted her teeth and said, "The man bought Jiao'er, so he can easily forge my handwriting——"

Lin Chengyou: "What a hard mouth, but fortunately Wang is smarter than I thought, and she also knows what kind of person you are, and knows that once something happens, you will definitely shirk away completely, so once She gave you a piece of suede cloth, and asked you to draw the birthmarks and moles on my sister's body on that piece of suede cloth. There is a black mole the size of a mung bean between your sister's toes, Not only your mother didn’t know about this, but neither did the big maids around your sister, but you asked it from your sister, and then you dipped it in that special ink and drew it on the chamois cloth in detail. The shape and location of the eleven large and small birthmarks and moles on your sister's body, including the one between the toes."

These words were like a boulder, which suddenly caused an uproar. The handwriting can be imitated, but only the closest people can know the secrets of the other party.

President Liu seemed to be shaken, his face full of shock.

"As everyone knows, that piece of suede cloth has already been written. When you painted your elder sister's birthmark, you left a lot of palm prints on the cloth. You couldn't see it at the time, but it will appear one by one later. Is it you? I drew it myself, just compare the palm prints."

Wu Qi looked at the piece of suede in dismay.

Lin Chengyou sneered: "Unexpected, right? In order to deal with you, Master Jingchen asked his subordinates to keep a hand too early. In fact, this is not surprising. From the moment you decide to deal with 'demons', you should be ready to be caught Prepare for the 'evil demons' to ask for rewards. They have worked so hard to help you become a princess, in order to get benefits from it, not to be bitten by you in the future. Only by showing ironclad evidence that you cannot deny can you be married Er Niang is firmly in her hands. It is in vain for you to count all your tricks, but you will not be counted as a devil after all."

As he spoke, he asked people to take the chamois cloth, and began to compare Wu Qi's palm prints one by one.

Wu Qi's complexion changed a few times, and she suddenly shouted: "Don't come over!"

"If you still refuse to admit it, there is more evidence here, do you still need me to show it one by one?

There was no sound during the banquet, and everyone looked at Wu Qi with bated breath. Compared with the horrified gazes of Vice President Liu and others, the gazes of the windows were more complicated, with disgust, shock, and more What is regretful.

Wu Qi's chest rose and fell violently, and she lowered her eyes in annoyance: "There is no need for this. I admit, I did it."

Before the words were finished, a jade-faced young man suddenly came out from behind the gazebo on the west side. I don't know if it was extreme grief or disappointment, but he looked very good-looking at first, but now he seemed to be beaten hard by someone. With a punch, his feet staggered, his face was pale, and he finally got close, but forgot to kneel down to the empress.

It was Wu Yuanluo, he had come a long time ago, but he always believed that it was just a misunderstanding, until he heard Wu Qi plead guilty with his own ears.

"You did it?" Wu Yuanluo stared at Wu Qi, "Why?! The aunt is your own sister!"

"Why?" Wu Qi suddenly raised her voice, "You guys didn't force me! Do you know why I went to Yuzhen Nuguan Temple to make a wish when I was ten years old? You guys like me a little more, don't only have my sister in your eyes. If not, how could Mrs. Jingchen use this to lure me into a wrong path?!"

Wu Yuanluo seemed to be strangled by the throat, and suddenly fell silent.

"Don't you know how biased you and your parents are?" Wu Qi sneered again and again, "It was agreed that I would run for the crown princess, but as a result, as soon as my sister is resigned, you will immediately give it to me." She chose a better marriage, but grandpa said that my appearance and knowledge were not as good as that of elder sister, so I went directly to the imperial court to ask for a decree to be elected by elder sister! Do you know how many years I have been preparing for this moment? Don’t even ask me , ruined all of this. You have no regrets about this, even my sister thinks it makes sense. What am I in this family? Do you have a heart?"

"But you never said that you wanted to run for the crown princess." Wu Yuanluo's voice seemed to have been polished by sandpaper, "You said more than once that you wanted to choose your own husband and son-in-law. As long as you don't want to, you have strongly opposed it."

"That's not because I have long been used to hiding my true thoughts." Wu Qi's eyes were full of sarcasm, "When Grandpa was still serving as the servant of the official department, Zheng Pushe was already a court official. He is an important official in the middle school. He appreciates Grandpa's talent and intends to marry the Wu family. The Zheng family is one of the most famous families in Chang'an. I don't know how many officials want to marry the Zheng family. My sister and I are only one year apart. Grandpa didn’t even think about letting sister get married. Even if sister and Zheng Dalang clashed in the first few years, even if they could only wait until this year to formally get married, grandpa would not hesitate. From that moment on, I understood that in the end All the good things should be left to the eldest daughter who loves the most, as my second daughter, I can only pick up what my sister left."

She laughed bitterly.

"And you—" Wu Qi gritted her teeth, "You remember that my sister has a hobby, and she didn't even forget to dip in flax when helping her buy candy. As for my second sister, when will you Take it to heart? That year I got lost in the maze of Yuzhen Nuguan Temple, and the teacher went out temporarily. There were only a few female crowns in the temple who didn't understand the mechanism. I only hope that you, brother, will come to save me soon, because there is no puzzle in this world that you can't break, brother, the sky is getting darker, and I am terrified, but I have not been able to wait for my brother, until the end It was the crown prince who heard that someone was trapped in the temple when he passed by, so he led me out of the temple."

Speaking of this, Wu Qi couldn't help but look at the prince at the table. The prince was a little surprised and also a little confused. Obviously, this early experience had long been forgotten by him.

Although Wu Qi's gaze only stayed on the prince for a moment, a soft and complex emotion burst out faintly.

Teng Yuyi looked at Wu Qi coldly, her heart gradually seemed to be frozen.

That's it.

She had guessed countless times the motive of the black cloak man murdering her in her previous life, although recently she finally guessed that it was because the prince wanted to marry her, but she did not expect that there were other complicated emotions mixed in it.

Obviously, for Wu Qi to marry the prince as her obsession, besides wanting to outdo her own sister, she also has a desire for monopoly.

I remember that in the previous life, when she and Deng Wu were ordered to meet at Daming Palace, the queen only rewarded Deng Weili and Wu Qi with eight pieces of silk each, but what rewarded her was the Kabra incense known as the "Crown of Hundred Medicines".

Wu Qi's killing intent towards her must have been buried at that moment. After that, the prince not only inquired about her recent situation frequently, but also claimed that she would marry her after she became a filial piety. When these news reached Wu Qi's ears, the killing intent buried in her heart was brewed into a real action.

I remember that there were no such big monsters in the previous life. Xiaoya once said that this may be related to the disaster caused by the change of fate against the sky. , then the man in the black cloak that night was most likely sent by Mrs. Wu Qi.

These people have their own ghosts, but their purpose is obviously the same: to help Wu Qi become a princess.

As for Deng Weili, Grandpa said that the saint intends to promote the courtiers who support Pingfan, but Deng Shizhong strongly opposes the saint Pingfan.

This means that as long as she is removed, only Wu Qi is left as a candidate for the crown princess.

‌Since they had a clear goal, they would kill her as soon as they entered the mansion.

Regardless of past life or present life, this Wu Qi is extremely vicious.

He killed her in the previous life, and murdered his own sister in this life.

Teng Yuyi subconsciously clenched her palms, she hated, she wanted to tear the devil in front of her to pieces.

She was sad, sad that she died in vain at the hands of this person. In her previous life, she was just an orphan, her mother died young, and her grandfather also left. Because of such a conspiracy, she was deprived of the qualification to live alone.

Wu Yuanluo obviously understood the emotion in his sister's eyes, and gritted his teeth: "Why didn't you tell brother earlier?!"

"I said you will help me?" Wu Qi snorted, "No, you will still give the best to sister. No one in this world can help me, I can only rely on myself!"

Lin Chengyou shouted abruptly: "Do you have to eliminate all those who may hinder you from becoming a princess in advance? So you murdered your sister, framed Mrs. Deng, plotted against Mrs. Du, and even plotted against Mrs. Teng on Lishan Mountain." Lady?"

Speaking of this, he subconsciously glanced at Teng Yuyi, and unexpectedly found that she was looking at Wu Qi full of hatred. The hatred was so deep, as if the enemy he had been looking for for many years unexpectedly appeared in front of him, but It was also a little sad, like an undispelled melancholy lingering in his heart, Lin Chengyou was stunned, such a strong emotion was not just because my sister was almost plotted against by the person in front of me—