"Killer?" Ji Ying couldn't believe it, "How can you see it?" ”

Duanmu replied: "The people of the rivers and lakes act above board, but if they hurt people behind their backs, no matter what the reason, they will be laughed at by the entire rivers and lakes, and they will be difficult in the future." And the killer's whereabouts are secretive and mercenary, often unscrupulous, only seeking money, regardless of the way. With the kung fu of the person who just fought against me, he will not be a nobody, he does not leave his name, he blindly goes ruthless, he is either a killer or a grass coward or something. As for why it's not an ordinary grass coward—" Duanmu looked at Jiang Yichen.

Jiang Yichen stood up and explained: "Generally, most of the grass cowards are poor peasants, and when they encounter the imperial court's harsh taxes or famine years, they have no choice but to occupy the mountains as kings, and make a living by plundering, often not focusing on the other party's life. Not so with these people. They are clearly professionally trained, and they do everything they can to put people to death. Soon after we escaped, someone quietly followed, trying to find out who we were. What is this not a killer? ”

"That'...... So what are you going to do with the people who are following us? ”

Jiang Yichen said with a smile: "It is said that the killer is ruthless to people, and even more ruthless to himself, and any torture to extract confessions will not help." I think the world is still boasting too much about them. The methods in our northwest barracks, even if the prisoners are lucky enough to survive, will be 'missed' for a lifetime. After a while, Xiao Jiu will tell you the identity of the boss behind the Hidden Dragon Gambling House, don't worry. Ji Ying looked at Jiang Yichen's evil smile and felt creepy.

"Let's talk about something else." Jiang Yichen said, "Have you noticed that when we first entered the back hall, there was a person sitting on the edge of the martial arts platform, about forty years old, with a mustache and a scar the size of a fingernail on the corner of his mouth. ”

Ji Ying replied: "I only know that there is a middle-aged man sitting there, and the light is too dim to see his appearance clearly." What's wrong? ”

"I saw that his eyes flickered, so I became suspicious, and after thinking all the way, I remembered his identity."

"Who is that man? Does it have anything to do with our case? ”

"I'm afraid it's very relevant. As you know, I live in the northwest all year round and rarely interact with the people in the capital. Fortunately, three years ago, when I came to the capital to report on the war in the northwest, I was invited by the secretary of the military department to go around the yamen of the military department, and I happened to meet them interrogating prisoners. This prisoner was a former commander from Wupindu, named Chen Han, who was convicted of embezzlement of military salaries and sentenced to exile. The person we just met was Chen Han. ”

Duanmu said, "How can you see it? I was closest to him, so I could see what he looked like. Even if he has a scar on his face, there are many people in the world who look alike, how can you be sure that it is him? Besides, Chen Han has been sentenced to exile, so he shouldn't be here. ”

Jiang Yichen said: "You don't know anything. When I first saw Chen Han, I heard that he joined the army when he was young, and his left leg was cut by the enemy on the battlefield, so when he walked, his left leg was a little lame. ”

"But the man walks in a normal position." Duanmu said with certainty.

"That's because his boots are different from other people's. Did you hear that his footsteps were strange as he walked? ”

Duanmu thought about it carefully: "So, it's really different, when his left foot touches the ground, it sounds very heavy. ”

"Yes. He must have had a thick cushion in his left boot. ”

"If it's really Chen Han, the original prisoner," Rong Shen asked, "who has such great ability to let him return to the capital to do things in a different identity?" What do they want to do? ”

Jiang Yichen said: "General Qi Guang often goes in and out of the Hidden Dragon Gambling House, and there are important criminals and well-trained killers in the gambling house, what does this mean? ”

Ji Ying replied: "The key to explaining all the problems lies in the army. ”

Jiang Yichen smiled: "The son can be taught!" ”

Ji Ying pursed her lips and said, "Then I will hand over the fold to Your Majesty immediately, and I will go to the barracks tomorrow." ”

"Cockscomb" shouted: "I'm going too!" ”

Duanmu also said, "Take me with you, too." ”

Ji Ying wished that there would be more people so that she could be bold, so she agreed.

Rong Shen apologized: "I'm going to report to the Ministry of Officials tomorrow, so I won't go with you." ”

Ji Ying Shili said: "Trouble my brother for so long, I will take office tomorrow, and I hope it will go well." ”

Rong Shen returned the salute and thanked him.

At this time, Dong Jiu walked in, his clothes were still clean, but his body exuded a bloody aura. Jiang Yichen crossed his legs and smiled: "Why, that person was recruited so quickly?" ”

"Recruited."

"Haha, our Xiao Jiu is getting more and more ruthless as an old man! What did he say? ”

Dong Jiu still had a cold face: "He is just an ordinary killer, responsible for such an operation as finding out the news, and he doesn't know much about it, but according to his confession, he participated in General Qi's assassination." It was he who led General Qi into the alley. ”

"Good. I'll go over and comfort him later, don't let him die. ”

"Understood!" Dong Jiu answered and went out with a cold face.

Everyone seemed to be frozen by Dong Jiu's cold face, and no one spoke for a long time. Rong Shenkut couldn't sit still, confessed his guilt and took his leave, so Jiang Yichen found a few proper servants and sent him and the nomadic Ye back. Ji Ying didn't want to bother anymore, and planned to go with Rong Shen and them. Jiang Yichen clasped Ji Ying's shoulders and said, "Ji Ying, you don't talk much. ”

Ji Ying didn't understand where Jiang Yichen came up with such a reproach, and said, "What does Brother Yuanqing mean by this?" ”

"At the beginning, at the inn, do you remember any agreement with me?"

Ji Ying recalled that indeed, there was an agreement between them - after she was in high school, she would come to the princess's mansion for a visit. It's just that she has been doing a lot of things for a while, and she has long forgotten about this matter, but she didn't expect Jiang Yichen to remember. Ji Ying asked Duanmu to go home first, she wanted to stay in the princess's mansion for a while, so that Miao Tailor didn't have to stay for dinner. Duanmu should get off and drive home.

Although Ji Ying had long known from Jiang Yichen that Jiang Yichen's mother, Princess Jing'an, loved to raise flowers, especially all kinds of excellent orchids, but when she saw the fragrant orchids in the garden with her own eyes, she couldn't help but admire, the eldest princess is really a wonderful person who understands flowers and loves flowers.

Jiang Yichen didn't buy Ji Ying's admiration, he said: "Many years ago, I lived in this garden with my mother. At that time, the mother carefully tended many different varieties of orchids, as well as camellias, gardenias, epiphyllum and so on. Unfortunately, many flowers are not only precious but also delicate, and no one can feed them except my mother, so after my mother left, many of them withered. I saw that the garden was depressed, so I simply bought some easy flowers to make up for it. ”

"So you planted a lot of flowers here."

"Well," Jiang Yichen continued, carefully watering a pot of orchids, "I was not very good when I was very young, because I was allergic to a certain kind of pollen, which triggered asthma and was in a coma for several days. When my mother found out, she was so sad that she simply smashed all the flowers, and waited until I was seven or eight years old and followed my father to the barracks, and my mother was lonely, so she began to continue raising flowers. ”

Ji Ying saw that Jiang Yichen was gloomy, so she opened the topic and asked, "Speaking of your father, I have long wanted to ask you, why did you sneak out and not let your father know your traces?" Don't tell me anything to compete with your father and fight for his old man's face, I don't believe it. You're not someone who messes around with a single provocation. ”

It's okay not to mention it, as soon as Ji Ying mentioned King Huai'an, Jiang Yichen looked very angry. I saw Jiang Yichen throw down the watering scoop and said angrily: "Of course it's not a competition with the old man, he doesn't bother to care about me." Hmph, he's just a bad old man who doesn't change his heart! ”

When Ji Ying rarely saw Jiang Yichen so open-mouthed, she hurriedly comforted him and said, "What are you talking nonsense? I'm not afraid that others will listen to it. ”

"Whoever wants to listen to it, let him listen to it," Jiang Yichen's voice raised a lot, "Since the old man has done it, why should he be afraid of people's jokes!" My mother had only been dead for a few years, and he was about to take a concubine, so I had the woman chopped up in a fit of rage and escaped. If he still dares to take a concubine, I will dare to stab him so that everyone knows! ”

"What kind of child's words are you talking about when you're such an adult?" Ji Ying has never seen such a bold son, "The old man is so old, and he still has to fight at the border, but he wants to find someone who can take care of himself, why are you so angry?" ”

"Take care of him? Can't I, the son, take care of him? Besides, even if you are a concubine, you can see the background of that woman clearly. That woman was a foxy person, and she knew it wasn't a good thing at first glance. Later, I went to check with Xiao Jiu and found that the person had a secret communication with the Beidi people, and this was not a spy. I cut down the woman, but my father complained. Okay, good, he's measured, he's experienced, I don't care! ”

Only then did Ji Ying understand the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that King Huai'an fell in love with a girl and wanted to accept her as a concubine, but Jiang Yichen found out that this woman was Beidi's fine work, so he took it upon himself to kill the girl. For this reason, the father and son quarreled, and Jiang Yichen ran out in a fit of anger and stayed in the capital temporarily.

Ji Ying tried to explain: "Maybe King Huai'an has already discovered the identity of that woman and wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, but I didn't expect you to ruin the plan." ”

"He wants to lure the snake out of the hole, yes, but not in this way. He is so old, and he always quarreled with his arms a few days ago. It's no wonder that someone like him, who thinks about fighting openly and secretly all day long, can be comfortable! ”

Ji Ying smiled and pushed him: "It turns out that you are thinking about King Huai'an, you are quite filial!" ”

"I don't care about him, who cares about him? If my mother is still here, can I control him like this? Kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs! ”

"How do you know that the prince doesn't understand your filial piety? If he really blamed you, he would have sent someone to call you back. Okay, don't be angry, hurry up and write a letter to the prince to say goodbye, lest he worry about you. ”

Jiang Yichen pouted: "What kind of letter to write, he already knows that I came to the capital, so I don't need to tell him anymore." ”

Ji Ying said angrily: "Whether he knows or not has nothing to do with whether you tell me or not." If you remember him, why don't you write a letter of greetings? Maybe he's looking forward to hearing from you every day. ”

Jiang Yichen pushed Ji Ying away and walked lazily towards the bedroom with his arms thrown around.

"Why are you going?" Ji Ying shouted.

"What else can I do? Grind for the master! ”