Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 764 The Fourth Person
Lu Changan rubbed his forehead and carefully analyzed with Qin Shengrui the disadvantages of his entering the court and participating in politics. Now that the court has internal and external troubles, can he solve the internal or external troubles with his ability?
If nothing can be solved, it is better not to participate in politics, so that you will not show your clumsiness.When Yan Mu's charges are confirmed, he is the only fourth prince left, and the position of crown prince will be his anyway.Since you can sit back and reap the rewards, why bother.

Qin Shengrui snorted, "Okay, I won't enter the court to participate in politics, I will listen to you on this matter, but there is one more thing, you have to listen to me."

Lu Changan took a deep breath, "What's the matter?"

Qin Shengrui moved closer and said, "Take this opportunity to kill Lao Qi."

"Your Highness, I just said..."

"Kill him, and there will be no future troubles!"

The next day, Liu Yunxiang and Zhang Qi were calculating the losses after the shops were closed. Fortunately, only the shops in Shengjing were closed, and the shops in other places were still operating normally.

"The guys are divided into several teams, patrolling outside the shop day and night, but fortunately, no theft has been discovered." Zhang Qi said.

Right now, both inside and outside Shengjing are not at peace. I'm afraid that some thieves will take the opportunity to steal the store's stock, but the government doesn't care about it, so they can only suffer from being dumb.

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Our shop will be unsealed soon, tell the guys not to panic, let's take care of each other during special times."

"Yes."

Zhang Qi wrote the number at the bottom of the account book in front of him, and then showed it to Liu Yunxiang, "Because the shop was sealed up, we had several batches of shipments that couldn't go out, so we couldn't deliver the goods on time. This is the loss of silver, not counting the compensation to the other party." of."

Liu Yunxiang looked at the last number and frowned, "Explain our situation clearly to the other party, try to get their understanding, and the amount of compensation will be as agreed in the contract. Our Lingyun is based on honesty, and we must not lose Integrity."

"I see."

At this time, the housekeeper came over and said that an official from Jingzhao Mansion had sent a message that Mrs. Feng wanted to see her.

When they came to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, Governor Li Zhong was leading Xue Hefeng out.Li Chong looked sad, but Xue Hefeng had a smile on his face and walked briskly, unlike a suspect who had just been interrogated.

Seeing Liu Yunxiang, the two stepped forward to salute together.

Liu Yunxiang raised his hand, then looked at Xue Hefeng: "I heard that Mrs. Feng identified Mr. Xue as the real murderer of Xiaowu?"

Xue Hefeng laughed lightly, "This is not nonsense, the fifth girl is smart and cute, I can't love her more than her, how could she be killed! Feng retracted her confession, gnawed at random, it's just a dying struggle."

"Master Xue saw Feng's killing the fifth girl that day?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Feng said she didn't kill Miss Wu, so which one of you is lying?"

Xue Hefeng sneered, "Of course it's Feng."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Li Chong, "The husband and wife identified each other. If Feng's confession cannot be used as evidence, then the confession of Mr. Xue, who is also suspected, cannot be used as evidence, right?"

Li Chong was silent for a moment, and said, "That's the reason."

"Then Mr. Feng was imprisoned, why was Mr. Xue released?"

"This……"

Xue Hefeng tsk-tsk said: "Princess may not know, as an official of the imperial court, unless there is conclusive evidence, denial cannot be easily convicted, let alone imprisoned."

After speaking, Xue Hefeng smiled, and then walked out of the prison.

"Li Fu Yin, you let him go like this?" Liu Yunxiang asked with a frown.

Li Chong said helplessly: "It's still the same sentence. Feng's confession cannot be used as evidence, and other witnesses and evidence are needed to convict Xue Hefeng. But Feng's situation is different. The officer saw her holding a knife that day. , and she pleaded guilty, and even closed the case, so if Xue Hefeng cannot be convicted, Feng will still be the murderer and have to be executed."

Arriving outside Feng's cell, Feng saw her and hurriedly ran over in the dark.Unlike the usual lifeless look, she tied up her hair and looked at Liu Yunxiang with bright eyes.

"Xue Hefeng was let go." Liu Yunxiang sighed slightly.

Feng's eyes dimmed, but he quickly put away the disappointment and looked around, "Princess, can I have a word with you alone?"

Liu Yunxiang turned around and saw prison guards beside him, so he waved them to wait outside.

As soon as the prison guard left, Mrs. Feng took another step forward, grabbed the railing with both hands, and whispered: "Yesterday, the Li Fu Yin interrogated me, and I told him everything that happened in the mountains that day, but he said that I This confession cannot be used as evidence, let me think about it, there were other people who saw Xue Hefeng murder. When I thought about it carefully, there was indeed one person who saw it."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Is there a fourth person present?"

Mrs. Feng shook her head, "That's the back mountain of Fahua Temple. There is a small path up the mountain. The old man is over sixty years old and carrying a bamboo basket. He should have passed by there. I saw him in panic, and he was also affected by it. Terrified, he ran away in a panic."

"Then why didn't you tell Fu Yin Li?"

"No, I can't trust them. Xue Hefeng is very powerful. This Jingzhao Mansion may already have his eyeliner. I can't take the risk."

Hearing this, Liu Yunxiang subconsciously glanced into the distance, and saw a prison guard poking his head to look this way, seeing her looking over, hurriedly hid back.

"Princess, please help me." Feng begged.

Liu Yunxiang exhaled, "You want me to help you find this old man and let him identify Xue Hefeng?"

Mrs. Feng nodded hurriedly, and at the same time took out a piece of paper from her pocket, "During the interrogation yesterday, Mrs. Li asked me to write down what happened that day carefully, and I drew the old man's appearance on the paper while they were not paying attention. Sneak it into your arms."

Liu Yunxiang took the paper, and hurriedly stuffed it into her sleeve pocket for fear of being discovered.

"I know I'm causing trouble for you, princess, but the only person I can ask right now is you. Please help me, I have to go back to Kong'er, and I have to protect him."

"I'm not helping you, I'm here for Xiaowu."

Coming out of Jingzhao Mansion, Liu Yunxiang took out the portrait and took a look at it. It was not too late. She took Zijin and went out of the city to Fahua Temple.

"Girl, Fahua Temple is full of incense and people come and go. It's hard to find just this painting." Zijin said.

"That has to be found."

"Why don't we go back to the mansion and bring more people?"

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "Don't leak the news. If Xue Hefeng finds out, this old man will be in danger. Let's look for it secretly first, and then play it by ear."

On the first day, their master and servant questioned many people, but no one knew the old man, and finally returned without success.

Early the next morning, they went to Fahua Temple again, but outside the mountain gate, they ran into Qu Moran, who was accompanied by Li Zhu.

"Hey, Yunxiang, what a coincidence, you also come to Fahua Temple to offer incense?"

Liu Yunxiang smiled and nodded, "It's really a coincidence."

(End of this chapter)