Chapter 14: Suicide note
Jing Diyi saw her resting her hands on her bulging belly, the emperor would not think about her child being born, and when he heard that she was going to be unable to survive, he left her to fend for herself.
The Ji Mansion was seized.
If you want to go in, you can only let people pass at night.
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Jing Diyi asked people to enter Ji's mansion and search the study, but they couldn't find even a hair, and wondered if it was Ji Qingcheng's heart, or maybe she had made the wrong question.
The next night, someone came and solved her problem.
Han Xing made kidney bean rolls, which was originally eaten by Bai Xue and Yinying, which she learned from the imperial chef in the palace, and the only dim sum she knew how to make, but the craftsmanship was not yet at home, and the appearance was not very good. Jing Diyi also ate a piece when she saw it, and said, "I think it's not bad to arrange for you to go to the kitchen to learn how to cook from the cook." ”
Han Xing said, "The slave still wants to groom the young lady." It was only after learning this snack that the slave and maid learned that it was not easy to be a cook, and it was oil and smoke all day long. After staying in the kitchen for a long time, even my face was oily. "She just likes to dress up every day, and she doesn't like to be around pots and pans.
A maid said outside the door, "Miss, someone asked to see her, saying that it was the boss of the building outside the building." ”
Jing Diyi thought that she didn't go to find someone, but someone did come to the door. The people sitting in the hall saw that the crystal curtain had been lifted, and they stood up. Jing Diyi recognized him as the only person in the White Bird Boat that day who did not show her courtesy.
She said, "When I saw you that day, I thought you were standing out from the crowd, and I was thinking about how to mix with a group of gentlemen. ”
The man said, "The inheritance that my father has placed is just a son inheriting my father's business and now I am taking care of it, so it is not a skill." The girl was frightened in the outer building before, and I wanted to come to the door to make amends, but I was just a businessman, and the girl's status was precious, so I came rashly, afraid that the girl would not be seen. ”
Jing Diyi asked, "Then why is it now?" ”
"I had something to ask for, so I had to be cheeky. ”
She tapped her index finger on the arm of the chair, "You haven't said your name yet." ”
The man had to answer all questions, "My surname is Zhong, and my single name is a successor." ”
She playfully pronounced the last name, "Zhong." ”
Zhong Jidao, "I know what the girl is investigating, my father's name is Zhong Mao, and he worked as a government official in Kaizhou when he was young. He is a fellow villager with Master Ji, who was exiled not long ago. ”
Jing Diyi smiled, "You are really honest, I was thinking about whether to bring out the torture of pinching fingers and toes, but now that you are like this, I don't have a chance to use it." ”
"The girl has already let people find out about Jifu, and I can't hide it if I want to. This matter is gradually beyond my ability, and I know everything that the girl wants to know, but I also want to ask the girl to do me a favor. Zhong Ji stood up and bowed solemnly.
Jing Diyi said, "Go on." ”
Zhong Ji said eloquently, "My father and Master Ji are fellow villagers, and they can enter the yamen to find an errand or rely on the relationship of Master Ji." One night, Master Ji came to him, saying that there was a noble man who asked him to do something, and he was rewarded for doing a good job, and if he didn't do it well, his life would be gone. The noble man asked Master Ji to write a letter to the Kaizhou regiment to train the envoy to frame Chen Ke, because the other party was powerful and powerful, in order to save his life, my father could only agree, Chen Ke was beheaded by General Song, my father and Lord Ji each got 500 gold, for fear of being killed afterwards, the two changed their names and fled elsewhere. After a few years, the matter faded away, and Master Ji donated the 500 gold to the official, and my father started a business. ”
"Why do you want to frame Chen Ke?" Mu Sheng said that his father's monthly salary was enough for the family to barely survive, and there were no priceless treasures in the family to worry about.
Zhong Ji shook his head, "I don't dare to ask, but Master Ji later became an official in the court, and he seems to know something, and he mentioned it to my father a little bit in the letter." said that Chen Ke has an upright personality and refuses to be inflammatory. Master Ji rose all the way, and after he took office in the imperial capital, my father deliberately reduced the correspondence, saying that if this continued, it might cause disaster to our family. ”
Jing Diyi said, "Your father is very prescient. "An official who doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune, she has never seen it so far, but the higher she climbs, the more dangerous it is.
Zhong Ji continued, "Master Ji is kind to our family. Before he had an accident, he was afraid that he would be in danger, so he sent a letter, saying that the person who had instructed him had promised him that as long as he brought the secret into the coffin, he could keep his family from dying. But Master Ji was afraid that the person would not be trustworthy, so he left a suicide note, asking my father to read the past feelings, and if he found that the other party really broke his promise, he would take out his suicide note and warn. ”
Jing Diyi said, "Under the pear blossom wood desk?"
Zhong Ji nodded.
She stretched out her hand and asked, "Where's the suicide note?"
"Because of what happened back then, my father didn't dare to stay in one place for more than ten years, let alone take root, and followed the caravan back and forth, and it was also because he was getting older that he returned to his hometown. And when I received the letter, I left for the imperial capital, and I also took a few industrial covers, and inquired in many ways, and found that the Ji family was left with Miss Ji. ”
Jing Diyi followed what happened next, "Then you think that Ji Qingcheng is in the Lu Mansion, so you let people tie up Lu Menglian and want to exchange?"
Zhong Ji praised, "The girl is really smart and icy. ”
"I don't need you to say it, I know I'm smart. She asked again, "Where's the suicide note?"
Zhong Ji gave her the things.
Jing Diyi read it, and mentioned a few names she didn't expect in the suicide note, "You also read this." ”
Zhong Ji said honestly, "Yes, so I know this is not something that a small businessman like me can handle." Miss Jing, can you help me save Miss Ji? ”
Jing Diyi confiscated the suicide note, "Now the emperor wants her to die, saying that he will deal with her in accordance with the laws of the country, no matter how powerful I am, I can't be more powerful than the king of a country." Okay, I know the ins and outs, you can go back first. ”
Zhong Ji still has something to say.
Jing Diyi said, "People say that businessmen value profit over righteousness, but you do your best for Ji Qingcheng." You can't let me rob the prison, not to mention that she has poisoned me, and I will never repay my grievances with virtue. Zhong Ji didn't know that she and Ji Qingcheng still had this grudge, the businessman was the most eloquent, but he didn't even know how to answer for a while to persuade her to help.
Jing Diyi asked the maid to send off the guests.
On the second day, she entered the palace to greet the queen mother, and was intercepted by the queen's people before she walked to the Feng Palace, saying that the queen had brewed lychee stuffing and wanted to invite her to taste it, Jing Diyi smiled, "There are good things to eat, of course I have to go to the queen first." ”
The queen was fiddling with the Buddha beads with one hand, and the wooden fish was reciting the Great Compassion Mantra with the other, and she stopped when she heard the palace maid report that Emperor Jing was coming. Jing Diyi saw that the queen was getting thinner and thinner, and she had the illusion that if she tied a rope to her feet, would she be able to put her in the sky if the wind was too strong.
Jing Diyi said, "It seems that the queen did not do what I said." "No matter what it is, you can't drill too deep, and if you think too much, you can't get along with yourself. (To be continued.) )