with words in mind

Chapter 161 The Marriage Fraud Case 4
"This is the pattern left by the iron sheet." The prince tilted his head and wanted to rub it carefully.
As soon as Eunuch Yan reacted, he remembered his current identity, and quickly presented the blueprint with both hands: "Your Highness."

Instead, the prince raised his eyebrows, pretending to be cold and said: "Show Master Shen."

Eunuch Yan lowered his head and turned half of his body, presenting the blueprint to Shen Shangshu.

The contrast between white and red is strong, and Shen Shangshu can barely see the clues after taking over the drawings.
Prince: "Master Shen, where was the defense plan originally placed?"

Shen Shangshu handed back the drawing to Eunuch Yan, and led everyone to an inner wall: "It was originally placed in that box."

Eunuch Yan and the prince looked up, the box was placed in the groove on the inner wall, and the bookshelves on both sides were far away, which made the box look particularly lonely and also reflected its importance!
Shen Shangshu stretched his arms to take down the box, and handed it to the prince with both hands: "After she took the defense map, the box fell to the ground, and Wei Chen put it back in its original place."

Eunuch Yan took the opportunity to observe. Shen Shangshu and the prince were about the same size. There was no footsteps in the secret room, so Zhao Qing, who is also a woman, had to use her feet to get the box!Or on the inner wall, or on the bookshelf, there should be footprints! !

pity!After observation, Eunuch Yan did not find the imprint of the iron sole! !

After the crown prince took the box and observed it, Shen Shangshu saw Eunuch Yan looking for the mark from the corner of his eyes, and he could see the other party's thoughts: "I didn't expect that the woman is not short in stature, and she can't even use light work. She can do it with a jump." Got the box!"

Prince: "Isn't your stature short?"

Shen Shangshu looked at Eunuch Yan, and replied to the prince, "Not as tall as my minister, but a little taller than this little eunuch."

Crown Prince and Eunuch Yan: "!!!"

"Is this woman taller than a villain?" Eunuch Yan reconfirmed.

Shen Shangshu gestured with his hands: "Probably so much higher."

Eunuch Yan looked up at the gap between his head and Shen Da's hand, and estimated that the woman was half a foot taller than him. Young Master Shen clearly said that Zhao Qing was shorter than her. She remembered when she was a child, in order to pretend to be a fox who was taller than herself, I have stepped on stilts before, and my normal actions are passable, but walking on stilts is easy to sprain my feet, and it is not smooth to fight.
Eunuch Yan: "Master Shen, does that woman's shoes show signs of heightening?"

Shen Shangshu: "It was too dark at that time, so I couldn't see clearly, but according to the sense of power coming from the blade of the sword, unlike the soles of high-heeled shoes, not only the contact area is not small! The power is also great!!"

Eunuch Yan looked at the prince, they both had the same thoughts, could it be that Zhao Qing and Nv Xizuo are not the same person?
After leaving the Shen residence, the foolish father-in-law drove the prince's carriage to a sparsely populated place. Eunuch Yan in the car took off his outer robe, revealing the woman's clothes inside, directly took off the father-in-law's crown and put on a slightly messy black hair. After Lan Xue combed her hair into a simple bun, she got out of the carriage.

Taking advantage of this, Hanzi also took off his father-in-law's robe, took off his crown, and resumed his ordinary male attire.

It is not appropriate for the prince to show up, so he just raised the curtain of the car slightly, and after bidding farewell to Yan Mo silently, he asked Lan Xue to drive back to the palace directly!
After returning to the palace, Yan Mo asked Hanzi to draw another portrait of Li Han before letting him go back to his room to rest, and he took three drawings to Yanmingyuan.

Next, the guards of the Yi'an Palace received two tasks, one was to search for people, the targets were Li Han and Zhao Qing, and people who might be wearing iron shoes, and the other was to visit craftsmen to figure out the iron soles texture.

Two days later, there was no news of the missing person. The pattern of the iron sole was deduced by the craftsman, and the most likely original pattern of the two drafts was obtained. It was basically composed of sharp corner unit patterns, but the combination method was slightly different.

Yan Mo asked Hanzi to make a few copies of the drawings, and gave them to the guards to find them. Not long after the guards left, they saw Lu Jiu trotting to report.

"Princess, I received a firework alert from Mr. Jia! It's in the suburbs of Beijing towards the south gate!!"

"Let's go!" Without saying a word, Yan Mo led Lu Jiu on his horse and rushed to the suburbs of Beijing! !
Suburbs of Beijing.

Jia Fang was carrying a scholar's bamboo basket and hid in a low cave, looking out of the cave vigilantly from time to time.
Yan Mo and Lu Jiu arrived at the fireworks display point, dismounted and fastened the horses, and quietly searched for Jia Fang on foot. After half a stick of incense, they finally saw half a head poking out not far away!The two quickly flew over and came to the low cave entrance!

"Princess Wangfei!" Jia Fang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw someone coming, and said nervously again, "Xiaosheng found this Mr. Meng when he visited the village, and followed him all the way. He seemed to be alarmed when the fireworks were set off! He ran up the mountain Already!!"

"Mister is waiting here!" Yan Mo blurted out, then thought of something, she changed her words, "No! Sir, hurry back to the village! Leave it to us!!"

"." Jia Fang was a little short of breath because he was a little scared. He mustered up his courage and said, "Xiaosheng is going too! Xiaosheng is familiar with mountain roads!"

It is always good to have someone who is familiar with the terrain lead the way. Seeing the princess hesitated, Lu Jiu begged for orders: "Princess, my subordinates are responsible for taking care of Mr. Jia!"

"Let's go!" Yan Mo didn't want to waste time, so he led the two of them up the mountain!

After a stick of incense, the three came to the halfway up the mountain, but they never saw the shadow of the others.
Jia Fang panted heavily, wondering, "Xiaosheng obviously saw him go up the mountain."

Seeing that the other party was struggling, Lu Jiu asked, "Mister's bamboo basket looks heavy, why don't you let me carry it?"

"Impossible! Impossible!!" Jia Fang quickly waved his hands and said, "Xiaosheng carries it by himself! Don't dare to bother the guard!!" While talking, he backed away because of exhaustion, embarrassment, an accident!The soles of my feet are empty!Roll backwards and fall straight down! !
"Sir!!" Lu Jiu hurriedly jumped up!Stretch out!Still missed Jia Fang's fluttering sleeves! !Watching the opponent's figure disappear into the dense branches and leaves of the forest! ! !

Yan Molu, who was observing his surroundings, suddenly looked back!Hurry over here!
"Leave it to your subordinates!" Lu Jiu stretched his body and flew down, stepping down!Search for Jia Fang! !
Yan Mo concentrated his attention and sensed his surroundings, because along the way, there were no other footprints on the ground except the footprints of the three of them, presumably the other party must have used lightness kung fu to step forward among the tree trunks!Thinking of this, she flew up to the tree and used a high-angle view to observe the surroundings. By the way, she observed whether there were any traces of trampling on the trunk. This tree has not been replaced by another one!Going forward like this, Yan Mo slowly moved away from the hill where Jia Fang fell just now.
Suddenly a tree trunk shook! !It was more than ten feet away from Yan Mo! !She quickly took a few steps to chase after him! !

In the dense forest, a figure is flickering! !
Yan Mo focused!Hurry up! !Catch up with each other! !I saw the man's long legs taking a few steps on the tree trunk!Another distance! !

Yan Mo was shocked!She was amazed at the other party's long legs and leg strength!When she landed on the tree trunk that the man had fallen on, she subconsciously looked at the tree trunk!The imprint on it is actually very similar to the texture of the iron sole! !She performed lightness kung fu again and caught up with the figure in front of her! !Pull out Cangqi with your right hand and throw it hard! !Cut off the branch that the opponent just landed on! !The man fell to the ground with a crash! !Yan Mo took the opportunity to leap!A shot is a palm! !

The man in the gray robe rolled over! !Narrowly escaped! !Stepping on wood to help!Pulled out the dagger on his waist and stabbed at Yan Mo! !

Yan Mo flipped his toes!The Cang Cry that bounced and fell to the ground!Hold it in your hand and fight hard! !

I saw two figures jumping up and down! !Across the trees!Stop fighting! !

Yan Mo found out that the other party's stature was really tall!She reached out when she saw the opportunity!Want to pull down the fake face of the other party! !But the man narrowly escaped! !
The two fought for a while!The man had no intention of fighting, and ran forward when he saw the gap! !The advantage of long legs is full! !His footprints are all over the mud! !
Yan Mo struggled to take two steps before barely catching up with the opponent's one step! !

"Who the hell are you?! Why did you lie to those girls?! The child in Miss Jiang's stomach is yours?!!!"

The man is obviously out of shape!Continue to run in the next moment! !

Yan Mo spun!Strive to throw Cang Cry again! !

Clang! !The man's long feet that were quickly replaced were tripped by Cang Qi who was thrusting obliquely into the soil! !I fell a big somersault! ! !

Yan Mo observed carefully!It was the other party's boot that hit Cangqi, making a metal clashing sound! !It's a pity that when she stepped up, the man had already turned over and jumped, only heading for the cliff ahead! ! !

Yan Mo didn't want to force the other party to a dead end, so he ran up the trend and wept, trying to stop the man! !
"God bless my family!! Shengda Changlong——" the man shouted in a deep and loud voice, and his long legs leaped over!Disappear over the edge of a cliff! ! !There was a sound of branches breaking! ! !

"Li Han!!" Yan Mo flew up quickly!Never been able to save the other party! !look down!Vaguely saw a limp corpse hanging among the damaged branches and leaves!His hands and feet were already broken, crooked! !
Yan Mo gasped for breath!Thinking of Miss Jiang, she felt sad!I don't know how to explain! !After a long time, she came back to her senses and turned back down the mountain to find Lu Jiu and Jia Fang! !

Back at the hillside where the three of them were scattered, Yan Mo didn't see Lu Jiu or Jia Fang. She looked around for a while, and suddenly heard a sound! !

"Ah! Ah!!" A person slowly climbed up from the bottom of the hill, his face covered in dust!It was Jia Fang! !
"Mr. Jia!" Yan Mo took two steps, ready to pull him up!

"My lord! You can't do it!!" There is a difference between men and women, Jia Fang didn't dare to presume, and hurriedly said, "Xiaosheng is fine, I can climb up slowly by myself." He twisted his body and exerted all his strength to climb up! !When he finally came up, he was covered in mud, not to mention, even his shoes fell off!The snow-white socks were exposed, and there was a clear mark, the top was blackened by the mud, but the bottom was clean.The bamboo basket on his back was slightly deformed due to the muddy leaves stained by the fall.
He slumped on the ground, gasped for breath, looked around, and said out of breath with worry: "Ah! The guard hasn't come back yet. Hu Xiaosheng must have missed him. Ah."

Seeing that the other party was safe, Yan Mo said, "I'll go down and have a look!" As she said that, she slid down the hillside, "Lu Jiu—" shouted, searching for traces among the leaves and bushes.
After about half a stick of incense, Yan Mo vaguely heard someone calling sir, it was Lu Jiu's voice! !She went looking for the sound and joined Lu Jiu! !
Lu Jiu panted, "Princess! My subordinates are incompetent and failed to find Mr. Jia!! My subordinates followed the traces to find them, but the traces became shallower and thinner. I searched everywhere, but I still couldn't find it!!"

Yan Mo signaled the other party not to be nervous: "He's fine, he's back on the hill. Let's go up!"

"Really? That's great!" Lu Jiu caressed her heart and said, "This subordinate said that he must take good care of him. If something happens to my husband, I will blame myself to death."

Hearing this, Yan Mo frowned deeply!Those small details that lingered for a long time made her feel a faint sense of strangeness.
Jia Fang was so scared, he could go back to the village to avoid danger. Why should he be their guide?Also, what happened just now, why is the timing so coincidental?She couldn't help thinking, along the way, she didn't see the imprint of the iron sole, until she saw the man, she didn't realize the imprint. The disappearance of Mr. Jia was like a switch, and Li Han appeared in response!She began to wonder if all this was Jia Fang's trap!Maybe Jia Fang is Li Han's accomplice? !However, if it is an accomplice, Li Han should use Jia Fang's wrong guidance to find a way to escape from death. Why jump off a cliff to seek death? !

Yan Mo led Lu Jiu back to the small hillside, and saw that Jia Fang had tidied herself up a bit, and found her shoes, which were worn on the dirty white socks. She couldn't help squinting her eyes
"Ah! That's great!!" Jia Fang rushed to meet the person who came, "Xiaosheng is afraid that you two will get lost if you don't know the route!!"

Lu Jiu couldn't help being surprised and said: "Sir, how did you come up here? I followed you all the way and searched for the traces of your slide, but I couldn't find you. I was almost dying of anxiety."

Jia Fang hurriedly said: "Xiaosheng is familiar with this area, there is a small path covered by trees, you can climb up directly!! Xiaosheng thought that the guards will not find me below, so he will definitely come up! So he hurried up and waited. Say hello to the princess!!"

Yan Mo stared at Jia Fang calmly for a long time, then frowned and asked worriedly, "Is there any injury, sir?"

"It doesn't matter if you have a little flesh injury!" Jia Fang looked at the bruise on the back of his hand, wiped the mud left on his cheek and said, "Xiaosheng can bear it, and then search for Mr. Meng!"

"No need." Yan Mo said calmly, "That man is already dead. Let's go down the mountain."

When Lu Jiu heard this, she was extremely surprised: "Princess! Have you caught up with that person?!"

"Yeah." Yan Mo snorted lightly, leading the way down the mountain.
"What?!!" Upon hearing the dead man, Jia Fang was shocked! !Breathing short of breath, he muttered to himself, "I'm dead. God, why did I die?"

"Sir, don't be afraid." Yan Mo turned his head and said, "This person is not a good person, and he deserves his crimes if he dies. Today, you have made a great contribution! Come back with me to receive the reward!"

When Jia Fang heard this, he humbly said: "The concubine has already given Xiaosheng silver taels! Xiaosheng can't be greedy anymore!!"

Yan Mo spoke earnestly, bowed and said: "Sir, don't refuse, this credit belongs to you, for contributing to the palace, how can a few taels of silver be enough to repay you! Anyway, Mister risked his life!"

"." Jia Fang was a little cautious, and said with a smile, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful."

Yan Mo smiled back with relief!
Half an hour later, when he returned to the palace, Yan Mo asked the guards to go to the destination to collect Li Han's body, and asked him to entertain Jia Fang.

Jia Fang changed into clean clothes, wiped the bamboo basket, and carried it to the front hall. The maidservant served tea for him. As time passed, he was a little anxious, thinking that he would be free to take the reward away. .
After the guards brought back the body of "Mr. Meng", Yan Mo and Qi Ming finally appeared outside the lobby.
"Xiaosheng sees the prince and concubine." Jia Fang smiled and saluted.

Qi Ming went straight to the high seat and began to drink tea. Let Yan Mo handle it by himself.

Yan Mo: "Bring it up!"

The guards lifted "Meng Gongzi" up and lifted the white cloth
"Sir, come and have a look." Yan Mo asked, "This man is the Mr. Meng you mentioned."

Jia Fang shrank his head and looked close to the corpse, then nodded.

Then, the guards began to take off the disguise mask of "Mr. Meng". After the mask was peeled off, a strange face was revealed. leg!
Yan Mo took the opportunity to observe Jia Fang from the corner of his eye, and saw that the other party was not too surprised, so he pulled out Cang Qi and cut the boot into seven or eight pieces!There are indeed patterned iron plates on the sole, but not on the boot shaft!
Seeing this, Jia Fang was slightly taken aback!Then he lowered his eyes and lowered his head, subconsciously moved his body to one side, and stood humbly on the spot, not daring to move. The princess's chaotic sword is too eye-catching!Bright and frightening! !

Yan Mo looked down at the fragments on the ground for a while, then turned around and approached Jia Fang for a good look, especially the face, skirt, and legs of the other party.
Jia Fang was horrified at the sight, and seemed to be terrified by the corpse!He hurriedly took out all the portraits from his arms and returned them: "My lord, since the bad guy has been caught, can Xiaosheng get the reward and get out of this matter. Xiaosheng can't take it. I can't see the dead."

Yan Mo shifted his eyes from Jia Fang to the bamboo basket: "Sir, it is not easy to go into danger, I understand, but there are just a few questions, if you can clarify my doubts, sir, naturally there is no need for you to go into danger again."

Following Yan Mo's gaze, a guard brought the bamboo basket over!Jia Fang became even more nervous!Want to grab the bamboo basket!But was dodged by the guards! !
"My lord!" Jia Fang begged humbly, "That's Xiaosheng's bookcase! For scholars, books are life!!"

"Don't worry, sir." Yan Mo said calmly, "I'm not interested in your book, I just want to ask, how did you find out about Mr. Meng today?"

Jia Fang: "Xiaosheng told me about what he found when he visited the village. Xiaosheng memorized all these portraits! When you see a suspicious person, Xiaosheng should immediately notify you with fireworks!!"

Yan Mo jokingly said: "At first, I thought that a person's height could not be changed, but the master seemed to give me something new. You must not know that I once visited Shen Shangshu's mansion and got the information from Mr. Shen. I have a question!"

Jia Fang became more and more confused, so he said, "Your Excellency Shen doesn't know you well."

Yan Mo stared at the other party and continued: "Today you could have stayed in the short cave or returned to the village for safety, but I didn't think it was strange that you insisted on going with you as a guide and taking us up the mountain. After all, if the thief turns back, It is also dangerous for you to stay in the cave and be accidentally discovered.

But along the way, I didn't find any suspicious signs, and it may be that this Mr. Meng is very cautious!Cover up the traces!I thought I would get nothing. Unexpectedly! !After you fell down the hillside and disappeared, I went up to the tree to observe for a while and found him!The timing is too coincidental! !The most suspicious thing is that when I fought against him, I found the iron sole imprint that I had never seen along the way! !
This has to make me suspect you. At first, I thought you were deliberately leading us in the wrong direction so that Mr. Meng could go down the mountain smoothly. But instead of going down the mountain, he went up the mountain to seek death!What's more, this Mr. Meng is also strange!Not to mention whether he recognizes me or not, even if he senses my hostility, he should ask me a few words. He resisted me without saying a word, and finally got away and went straight to the cliff on the mountain!As if all this was to lead me to witness his death! !
Later, when I returned to the original place, I found that you and Lu Jiu were not together.Then I thought of what Shen Shangshu said, that the secret agent wears a pair of shoes with a special structure, or boots, and this Mr. Meng also has a pair of boots with iron patterns, and the fact that Zhao Qing and the secret agent are the wrong height. I began to have A bold hypothesis!

I guess, after you fell down the hillside, you used the dense woods to cover yourself, then took out the magical boots and robes for changing clothes, and the disguise mask from the bamboo basket, and turned into Mr. Meng, and appeared in front of me on purpose !Guide me to follow you to the edge of the cliff!You put the same disguise mask on this tall man in advance!Arrange the corpses!Then he jumped in front of me and pretended to kill himself! ! "

Jia Fang said with a sad face: "The words of the concubine are too unbelievable! Mr. Meng is Mr. Meng, how could he be pretending to be Xiaosheng?! How dangerous is the cliff? If Xiaosheng jumps off the cliff, how can there be life here?"

Yan Mo saw through the other party and said: "You who are familiar with the mountainous terrain have already prepared under the cliff, and you have saved yourself a way out!! After I leave, you can turn back!! That's it!!"

Jia Fang couldn't believe it, and cried, "It was an accident that Xiaosheng fell down the hillside! You doubted it so much, Xiaosheng couldn't argue with it! But when the princess returned to the hillside, Xiaosheng was right there!" He saw Looking at his body, he said, "Xiaosheng doesn't seem like someone with such abilities! Pretend to jump off a cliff, turn back and reach the hillside before the princess arrives! This is something no one can do!"

"No! You can do it!!" Yan Mo affirmed, "Because your long legs are faster than mine!"

Jia Fang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said with embarrassing eyebrows: "The concubine is joking, Xiaosheng's stature. How can he have such long legs?"

"Of course you have!" Yan Mo winked at the guards and continued, "When Lu Jiu asked you if he would carry the bamboo basket, you immediately refused, not because of your low status or because of the bamboo basket. The books in the basket are because of the casual gown and mask in the bamboo basket, and those magical boots! When you turn back from the cliff to the hillside, it is not difficult to take off the gown and mask while running! But for Speed, you can't take off the magical boots!! When I was fighting with Mr. Meng, I could clearly feel that there was iron on his boots, but there was no such thing in these boots! It means that it was not him who was fighting me! After chasing Mr. Meng, he returned to When I saw you climbing up a small hill, I didn’t see your shoes! The socks were clean, but after I found Lu Jiu, they became filthy!
I think when I slid down the hillside to search for Lu Jiu, you tidied up your appearance and found that the magical boots covered the socks, leaving a relatively clean part, so you smeared the socks with mud with your bare hands!So as not to expose the stuffing!
At first, I was puzzled, Young Master Shen clearly said that Zhao Qing was shorter than me, but Shangshu Shen said that the emissary was taller than me!Then I thought about it, if Zhao Qing and you both had a pair of magical boots that could increase your height! !Forming an inherent impression with your tall stature, naturally no one will doubt you who are originally short! ! "

While talking, the guards opened the bamboo basket!I found a lot of things from the inside, including books, pens and inkstones, a set of old plain robes, two slightly dirty thick black cloths, and two rusty boxes. It was empty!

"!!!" The face of Yan Mo, who was originally full of confidence, changed instantly!She took the bamboo basket and looked it over carefully! !It is indeed empty! ! !
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