I Am This Type of Woman Chapter 84: City

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The assassination of Ban Huai spread throughout the capital in just one day. Compared with Zhao Jia, who had no sense of existence, Ban Huai's status as a top dude was extremely valuable. Regardless of whether he had real power or not, the news of his assassination at this time was enough to cause panic among many nobles.

There are few people in the world who are not afraid of death, especially nobles who live a luxurious life.

Some nobles who had a good relationship with the Ban family came to visit with gifts. When they saw Ban Huai lying on the bed with a languid look, they couldn't help but say a few words of encouragement. Most of them wanted to take good care of themselves. , if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later.

Some people really had nothing to say, so they praised Ban Huai for finding a good son-in-law. For the assassination case of Ban Huai, he ran and worked so hard that he even drew a portrait of the criminal. Only then did everyone realize that it was not that Cheng Amber was not good at drawing figures, but that he didn't like drawing. But in order to help his future father-in-law find the criminal, he made an exception.

Principled gentlemen are admirable, but juniors who put aside their own principles for the sake of their elders are equally touching. Originally, many people were laughing at Ban Huai behind his back that he might have found a son-in-law who looked down on the Ban family. Who knew that this son-in-law was not only not disrespectful to the Ban family at all, but was also respectful to Ban Huai. He had not yet married a girl from the Ban family. He has already taken the Ban family's affairs as his own to worry about.

Now everyone is envious of Ban Huai again. What kind of bad luck did he have to find a future son-in-law who is good in everything and who respects and cares about the woman's parents so much?

No wonder someone wants to assassinate him. Maybe it’s because he’s so lucky that people are so jealous that they can’t stand it anymore.

The Holy Emperor issued two imperial edicts to Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the case as soon as possible, and even asked the Ministry of Punishment to assist in the investigation. The entire capital was panicked by this huge battle, which also allowed everyone to once again see the Ban family being the emperor. degree of attention.

Because the character in Rong Xia's painting was too close to the criminal himself, even though the criminal looked very ordinary, someone still revealed his identity for the reward of fifty taels of silver.

It turned out that this person was a steward of Prince Hui's Mansion, but since Prince Hui and his wife died in the fire and Prince Hui's son and the princess were raised in the palace, many servants of Prince Hui's Mansion have been dismissed. As for the manager who was revealed, his household registration had already been cancelled. The reason for the cancellation was that he died in the fire.

A person who was originally killed in the fire was actually killed by Duke Jingting. If there was no conspiracy, no one would believe it.

I only pity Jiang Yuchen and Jiang Kangning who were raised in the palace. After this incident, their life in the palace became even more difficult.

There have long been rumors in the capital that the mastermind behind the previous assassination of the eldest princess was King Hui. It's just that King Hui has died in the sea of ​​​​fire, and His Majesty has never mentioned this matter, so even if many people have doubts about this matter, they dare not speak out in a big way.

But now the old troops of Prince Hui’s Mansion want to assassinate Duke Jingting. What’s the reason?

There can only be one reason, and that is that King Hui’s old men hated the eldest princess for ruining their plan to assassinate the emperor. However, the eldest princess was already dead, and the only person they could take revenge on was the eldest princess’s son, Duke Jingting.

Many people began to sympathize with Ban's family. Their biggest supporter died trying to save him, and now the mastermind behind the scenes hates them. What an unlucky fate this is?

One day later, the yamen servant found the body of this former servant of King Hui in a ruined temple. After examination, it was found that the steward had been dead for at least ten hours.

This was obviously because his minions were exposed, and the mastermind behind it was so anxious that he silenced the steward.

Then Zuo Zuo found a pearl in the steward's mouth. The pearl was of excellent quality, as if it were used by women to embroider on their clothes or shoes.

This pearl is hidden in the wormhole of his teeth. If you don’t look carefully, no one will know that there is this thing in his mouth. Could it be that he felt unwilling to do so before he died, so he deliberately left something on the murderer's body?

The officials of Dali Temple suddenly had a headache. Why is this related to a woman again?

However, with this pearl, they had a clue to investigate the case, so Dali Temple sent people to strictly investigate all the channels for providing pearls in the capital, especially the channels that provided pearl supplies to the nobles.

There is a saying that masters are always among the people. An old craftsman recognized that this kind of pearl was a kind of clam pearl from the seaside. It was very rare. The best ones were sent to the palace by the imperial merchants, and the next one was slightly lower. The ones were also bought by nobles, and ones of this quality were only sold to three families this year.

Jingting Gongfu, Zhongping Bofu and Shi Xiangfu.

The people from Dali Temple were the first to find out about Zhongping's residence, and finally found out that all the pearls were used as dowries for the second prince's concubine.

As for Jingting Palace, Dali Temple went to the victim's home and asked, and found that the family could not even remember whether they bought the pearls. In the end, they found the box of pearls from the storage list. It turned out that the box had not been in the class since The door has never been opened since then.

The reason was that the queen sent a box of better pearls, and they forgot about the defective ones.

The officials of Dali Temple finally saw the luxury of the Ban family. They forgot such good things without hesitation, which shows that they are used to using good things in daily life.

"Sir, this Jingting Palace is so rich and enviable," a Dali Temple official walked out of the Ban family gate and followed Liu Banshan, sighing, "The potted plants in their house are all Inlaid with precious stones, I have never seen anything so gorgeous."

It's a pity that his family doesn't have a daughter, otherwise it would be nice to get married into Ben's family.

"I have seen it before." Liu Banshan seemed to have thought of something, and he smiled, "The Ban family has also been a wealthy family for hundreds of years, so it is not surprising that there are good things at home."

"But aren't there rumors outside that when the Ban family conquered the world with the ancestor Emperor, they didn't get many good things because of bad luck?" The official said, "To this day, there are still storytellers who talk about it with relish. What happened years ago, the ancestors of the Ban family fought this way," he gestured with his thumbs, "but this is luck."

Liu Banshan looked at his colleague's little finger and sighed, "Master Wang, how do you think we should visit the Shi family?"

Master Shi, who had been talking eloquently just now, suddenly fell silent. Mr. Shi is now in power, and the princess is still his eldest daughter. How can they, the junior officials, dare to offend this person? When they went to the Xie family just now, they were still confident, but facing the Shi family...

"Let's go. Since we are investigating the case under the emperor's order, I think Prime Minister Shi will not embarrass us because of his loyalty to His Majesty." Liu Banshan straightened his clothes and said to the people behind him, "If Prime Minister Shi I can’t understand our painstaking efforts, so we can only report it to the emperor.”

All Dali Temple staff: Please don’t phrase your complaint so euphemistically.

Shi Chonghai was mentioning the assassination of Ban Huai to his eldest son when he heard a servant say that the young minister of Dali Temple asked for an audience.

"Why did Liu Banshan come to our house at this time?" Shi Chonghai frowned and said to the eldest son, "When you go to receive me, just say that I have gone to bed."

"Yes." Shi Jin had a bad feeling in his heart, but he didn't say it in front of Shi Chonghai. He exited his father's yard and when he went out the second door, he met Shi Feixian who was coming back from outside.

"Feixian, have you been out?"

Because of the rumors outside these days, Shi Feixian has not gone out for several days.

Shi Feixian forced a smile: "Yesterday I made an appointment with a few sisters to meet at the poetry club, but I didn't know they were busy, so I moved the date to today."

Shi Jin was worried that something might happen to her while she was stuck at home all day long. It would be nice if she could go out for a walk, so he nodded and said, "There has been some chaos in Beijing recently. You should be more careful."

Shi Fei But couldn't have an attack.

She hated Banhua and those dandy boys for spreading random rumors, and she also hated the second prince for not standing up and saying a word to help her. Men all over the world are like this. In their spare time, they think you are good-looking and talented, so they say words such as "love and admiration" for you, but something will really happen.

But they disappeared one by one.

The second prince is like this, and so is Xie Qilin.

Men...

Heh.

Liu Banshan and several officials from Dali Temple waited in the main hall for two sticks of incense, and finally waited for someone from the Shi family, but it was not Shi Chonghai but Shi Jin who showed up.

"Master Liu, all the adults of Dali Temple, what kind of auspicious wind has brought you all here today?"

"Master Shi, you are very polite. We have taken the liberty of disturbing Master Shi, and we ask for your forgiveness."

After greeting each other, Shi Jin asked everyone to sit down. When he saw that the officials of Dali Temple looked unnatural and Liu Banshan's expression was not right, he said calmly: "I don't have anything to do without going to the Three Treasures Hall. Sirs, please speak out if you have anything to say."

"I really have something to ask of you, sir. Have you ever seen this kind of pearl on the female relatives at home?" Liu Banshan opened a box and there was a pearl inside.

Shi Jin frowned, "Pearls and other objects are very common. As a man, why would I stare at things on a woman? What do you mean by Master Liu's words?"

"Master Shi misunderstood. This thing was found in the mouth of the person who assassinated Mr. Jingting." Liu Banshan didn't seem to care at all that the thing was pulled out of the dead man's mouth. "We found this thing." Pearls are a new type of clam pearl introduced this year, and only three families in the entire capital have bought them."

Shi Jin's face sank when he heard this: "Master Liu, do you mean that our Shi family is also one of three families?"

"It's true." Faced with Shi Jin's ugly face, Liu Banshan refused to take a step back. "In addition to your house, the people who bought this thing include Zhongping's house and Jingting's house."

Hearing the name Jingting Gongfu, Shi Jin lowered his eyelids and took a sip of tea: "Since Lord Liu wants to know the whereabouts of the pearl, I will ask my servant to check it out."

Every large household has a general manager and branch managers. They will keep their own records of what they bought and who used them. After Shi Jin spoke, a servant came to report in less than two quarters of an hour. The mansion had indeed bought this kind of pearl. However, although this kind of pearl was rare, the lady and the lady thought it was a bit small, so they did not use it to make hairpins. , only the lady took some to make embroidered shoes a few days ago.

When they heard the word embroidered shoes, the eyes of everyone in Dali Temple lit up. One rash official even couldn't help but said: "Master Shi, I wonder if I can let this official take a look at these embroidered shoes."

"Presumptuous!" Shi Jin put down the tea cup, "Are you here to humiliate my Shi family, or are you here to investigate the case?"

How could you take out the embroidered shoes worn by your daughter and let these men look at them?

"You sirs are all well-read in poetry and literature, how can you make such a ridiculous request?"

"Master Shi, please calm down. My colleague, who is a lower official, was in a hurry and was offended by his words. Please forgive me, Master Shi." Liu Banshan stood up and cupped his hands towards Shi Jin. "Please rest assured, Master Shi, I have a woman in Dali Temple." How dare we offend Miss Shi when we hold office?"

Only then did the scolded official react. He quickly stood up and apologized: "I was quick to speak and did not speak clearly. Please forgive me."

Liu Banshan did not wait for Shi Jin to speak, and directly asked a woman wearing a Dali Temple uniform to come out and said to Shi Jin, "Master Shi, please ask the servants of your house to lead the way."

Shi Jin looked at Liu Banshan coldly and said nothing.

Liu Banshan looked into Shi Jin's eyes with a smile and said nothing.

"It seems that Mr. Liu has come prepared for a long time." Shi Jin said coldly, "How come I don't know that there are still women serving in Dali Temple?"

"Master Shi worked in other places in the past few years, and I'm afraid he doesn't know much about some things in the capital," Liu Banshan said with a smile, "because some cases in our Dali Temple involve female relatives. After rigorous discussions among you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty has given many considerations. , so we decided to select some women with innocent backgrounds and well-read poetry to serve in some departments. Although their ranks are not high, they have helped a lot in many things."

Shi Jin glanced at the woman wearing Dali Temple clothes. She was about thirty years old. Her hair was only combed into a very simple bun. Her appearance was also very ordinary. Only her eyes were very determined. She didn't look like a woman, and she didn't look like a woman. Like Erlang.

He didn't want these people to enter the second sister's yard, because he didn't know whether the second sister really had nothing to do with this matter.

My sister knows it myself. She looks fine on weekdays, but she is very stubborn and can easily get into dead ends. Even if someone told him that the second sister hired someone to kill Duke Jingting in order to prevent Banhua from marrying Rong Xia so that Banhua could observe filial piety for another three years, he would still believe that this was somewhat possible.

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't let people from Dali Temple in, at least not at this time.

But just because he is unwilling, it does not mean that Liu Banshan will give up. This case is not a trivial matter. If it cannot be found out within five days, they will not have to offend the Shi family by then, but they will be in trouble first. What's more, this case also involves Cheng Amber's future father-in-law, and he will get to the bottom of it no matter what.

"Master Shi, we are investigating the case under orders, please don't make it difficult for us."

"This is a bit ridiculous. Is Mr. Liu here to search our Shi family under orders?"

Master Liu asked back: "Since your government has a clear conscience, why are you afraid of us?"

"This is really ridiculous," Shi Jin said with a stern face, "Did you also have the same attitude when you went to Xie's and Ban's families to investigate the case?"

"Master Shi, you are overthinking it," Liu Banshan said with a smile, "Uncle Zhongping and Duke Jingting did not refuse the request of Xiaguan and others, and made the origin and origin of the pearl clear. There is no hiding anything."

Everyone in Dali Temple was worried about Liu Banshan. Was he going to directly confront the Shi family?

"Mr. Gongzi, Princess Fule is here!" A young boy ran in in a hurry, with a look of panic on his face.

Shi Jin stood up from his chair: "Who are you talking about?"

"Princess Fu, Fule." The young man thought of the guards brought by Princess Fule, and felt a wave of fear. They weren't here to visit, they were here to cause trouble.

Before Shi Jin had time to speak, he heard noises coming from outside. A woman wearing a green dress walked in quickly, with anger still on her face, "Master Shi, I am an uninvited guest. You won’t be unwelcome when I come to visit you.”

She walked like the wind, holding a riding crop in her hand, and was followed by a guard with a sword behind her. She didn't look like she was visiting, but more like she was looking for trouble.

Just when the people in Dali Temple thought that the two sides were going to fight, Shi Jin didn't know that he was not angry, but said in a gentle tone: "The princess has something to say, sit down and speak slowly, you can come to my mansion, I will give you ten minutes Welcome."

Ban Hua sat down on the chair, "Everyone in the capital always likes to say that I am arrogant and unreasonable. Since I am used to being arrogant, Master Shi does not need to talk to me about these false etiquette. I heard that your mansion bought We have a batch of pearls, but we don’t want people from Dali Temple to check them. Why?”

"Princess, I think there is a misunderstanding about this matter," Shi Jin advised, "My roommate is a weak woman, and it will not be good for her if it is spread that her clothes are inspected by Dali Temple. The princess is also a woman. , I think I should understand the difficulty for women."

"Master Shi is afraid that he has forgotten what your sister has done. Since a woman should not embarrass a woman, why did she embarrass me again?" Ban Hua looked into Shi Jin's eyes, "Since Master Shi If you don't want us to check, that's fine. As long as Mr. Shi swears an oath that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with your sister, then I will leave your house without saying a word."

Shi Jin looked at Banhua's angry eyes and closed his eyes.

Four years ago, he fell in love with a lively girl, but this girl already had a fiancé. Feeling disappointed, he asked himself to go to the border. It was not until last year that he came back from the border.

And the woman he imagined he should marry was still single, but she was more vivid and beautiful than four years ago, so dazzling that he didn't dare to take another look. Now this woman who was about to marry someone else looked at him seriously for the first time, but there was no affection in her eyes, only anger and hatred.

He thought that the thoughts he had four years ago had already faded into the past, but whenever he saw her, he would be reminded again and again of the thoughts he once had.

"Princess...Why are you so aggressive?" Shi Jin sighed, "This matter has nothing to do with the Shi family. You came here so rashly. If you can't find any evidence, how will you deal with yourself in the future?"

"It's okay to act recklessly for the sake of my family. If I'm wrong, I'm willing to apologize to the whole Shi family in front of everyone in the capital," Banhua sneered, "I'm not afraid of embarrassment, I'm just afraid that my family will be hurt. Less than the culprit."

Shi Jin looked at Banhua blankly and said nothing for a long time.

"You are so..."

How can there be such a woman in the world when she is so absurd and unruly?

Shi Jin's heart was so oppressed by complicated and unspeakable emotions that he couldn't breathe. He looked at Banhua and asked something he shouldn't have asked.

"If you do this, have you ever thought about what Amber Cheng thinks of you?"

How many men in the world can accept such a woman?

The worldly view and other people's comments are all **** knives that destroy the relationship between husband and wife. Each knife can cut into the heart and cause bleeding and pus.

Banhua actually smiled when he heard this: "I chose to come to your house today to bother you, and I never thought about what others think of me. I only have a father and a mother in this life. They regard me as a pearl or a treasure and love me. If I only weigh what others think of me before repaying them, then how can I have the face to be their child?"

When these words came out, the faces of everyone in Dali Temple who originally thought Banhua was ridiculous and rude were slightly moved. For the sake of her family, a woman can break through secular etiquette, and she is not even afraid of what others think of her. Such a sincere heart...

Seeing Shi Jin standing there without speaking, Banhua said, "Master Shi, I'm sorry."

She made a gesture, and the female guards behind her took the women from Dali Temple and walked directly towards the inner courtyard. If the Shi family didn't let them go, she would lead them to force their way in.

Everyone in Dali Temple looked at Shi Jin nervously, worried that he would suddenly have a violent attack. Will they help Princess Fule or not?

However, Shi Jin didn't make any move. He didn't even ask his servants to stop Banhua's people. He just kept a calm face and said nothing.

The officials of Dali Temple looked at their immediate superior, Liu Banshan, at a loss. Unexpectedly, Liu Banshan did not say a word, but just lowered his head to drink tea, as if the tea in his hand was brewed from Lingshan tea leaves, and one sip would rejuvenate his youth. , seems to live a hundred years.

"What kind of tea does the princess like to drink?" Shi Jin sat back and looked at Banhua, "It is said that the princess likes the big red robe very much. Although I don't have such good things in my house, there are still some bits of snow floating in the lake. , if the princess doesn’t dislike it, please give it a try.”

Banhua's eyelashes trembled slightly: "No, thank you."

Shi Jin forced a smile and raised his hand to the servant. Soon a servant came in with a cup of tea, which was the best Bitan Piaoxue tea.

Liu Banshan put down the Maojian tea in his hand, glanced at Shi Jin and Ban Hua, raised his eyebrows slightly, turned to look out the door, and allowed the awkward atmosphere to continue.

Time passed little by little, and most people's teacups bottomed out, but their hearts became even more uneasy. I'm afraid it's really not easy for people to come out after being in there for so long. But if it is really related to the Shi family, then what are they trying to do?

The Shi family is now in power, and their daughter is the crown prince. The Ban family is just an idle clan and does not compete with the Shi family for power. What benefits can their family gain from assassinating Ban Huai? Moreover, the dignified Prime Minister's Mansion couldn't even hire a capable killer, so it had to find a few unreliable gangsters?

We can’t say that the second young lady of the Shi family wanted to kill Banhua’s father because she was jealous?

That's not as useful as killing Banhua, and killing the love rival's father for a penny?

"Master Liu!" A sword-carrying guard from Dali Temple hurriedly walked in and glanced at Shi Jin with a subtle look, "Someone came to report that a young woman and her maid broke into the temple yesterday evening. After inspection, the subordinates and others found that this young woman is the second young lady of Shifu."

Shi Jin's hand holding the tea cup shook, and the tea in the cup splashed on the back of his hand, instantly scalding the skin.

"You are spitting blood!" Shi Feixian came in from outside, pointed at Banhua and said, "Banhua, don't bully others too much. What's the point of killing your father? If I really want someone to die, That's not Mr. Jingting either."

"It's me, right?" Banhua sneered and glared back at Shi Feixian, "I've been thinking for a long time, since you hate me in your heart, why do you keep smiling at me all day long and point at my nose like this? If I make a noise, won’t it relieve my anger?”

"I won't tell you such nonsense," Shi Feixian was extremely angry now. She didn't expect Banhua to let the guards forcefully break into her yard. This was really too bullying and he didn't take her seriously at all. , "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to know who is behind the scenes." Banhua said in a cold tone, "If Miss Shi has nothing to do with this matter, there is no need to be so angry."

Shi Feixian's chest heaved violently, and she turned to look at Shi Jin: "Brother, get her out of here. This is the Shi family, not the Ban family where she can do whatever she wants!"

"Miss Shi, I'm afraid this won't go as you wish," Liu Banshan clasped his hands and looked at Shi Feixian with a half-smile, "My subordinates found a pair of embroidered shoes with pearls missing in your house, and the embroidered shoes were It’s still stained with the dust and hay from the temple. May I ask why you, a boudoir woman, would go to such a place?”

Shi Feixian was stunned. She looked at Liu Banshan blankly, "What do you mean by this?"

"Miss Shi," the smile on Liu Banshan's face disappeared little by little, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have to temporarily invite you to be a guest at Dali Temple for a few days."

"Why do you take me to Dali Temple?" Shi Feixian sneered, "Who do you think you are?"

She is the daughter of a dignified Prime Minister. These people want to convict her and take her to Dali Temple based on just one mouth and a pair of embroidered shoes. It is really ridiculous.

Banhua sneered, "Why don't Miss Shi go?"