"And what are you going to make me promise?" Ming Danshu looked anxious.

Wei Nong looked at her for a moment before he whispered: "Jin Cheng lent a large amount of silver to Nie Xingyi before his death, do you know?" ”

Ming Danshu was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded: "I know." ”

"I want you to come forward as a witness at a critical moment, so that the money in Jincheng will not be returned." Wei Nong made an excuse that it was not light or heavy.

"Why would I do this?" Ming Danshu narrowed her eyes and did not agree.

"After Jincheng Qiqi, Ming Chenyuan will definitely pack up her relics, if he finds that the whereabouts of this large amount of money are unknown, do you think he will give up?"

Ming Danshu sneered: "Then it's even more impossible for me to help him." ”

"The key matter will definitely involve Nie Xingyi to withdraw a large amount of money, you and I have been in charge of the phoenix seal, and we will not be able to escape at that time."

This concern is not unreasonable, at least in terms of Ming Danshu's understanding of Ming Chenyuan, she does think that he will investigate it thoroughly. So she was silent for a moment, and a sarcastic smile appeared on her lips: "I really thought you had no desires, it turns out that you are also afraid of ruining your reputation." ”

Wei Nong saw that she was no longer suspicious, so she also misunderstood: "Then you agreed?" ”

Ming Danshu shrugged his shoulders, which was a tacit response.

Wei Nong then spread out a few portraits, handed the first one to her first, and did not forget to say: "This person is a pill pharmacist......

Ming Danshu glanced at it and didn't say much.

Wei Nong then handed over the second one: "This one is also the ...... of the Pill Pharmacist"

Ming Danshu looked at it carefully, but still didn't react.

Wei Nong handed over the third portrait: "This is the housekeeper of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Industry......"

Ming Danshu naturally didn't recognize it, and she didn't say much.

Wei Nong still had the last two in her hand, she glanced down, handed them to Ming Danshu, and said: "These two people are hunters in Yunyang Mountain, and they live on the mountainside of the mountain behind Xuanji Palace. ”

Wei Nong observed Ming Danshu's expression as she spoke, and finally saw her pick up the last portrait, as if she was looking closely. Then she showed a slight surprise again, and asked unconsciously, "Orion? ”

"What? What's wrong? "Wei Nong just didn't find anything.

Ming Danshu immediately lowered her eyes and said expressionlessly: "It's nothing, I just think that this person has a white face and looks like a scholar, but I didn't expect it to be a hunter." ”

"No one should be a disgrace." Wei Nong didn't say anything more, and rolled up the five portraits in turn.

Ming Danshu was not stupid, she suddenly reacted to something, and suddenly asked in confusion: "Why are these paintings not named?" ”

"Oh, because of the special status of several of them, Dali Temple is afraid of insulting the reputation of the eldest princess and several important ministers, so they deliberately did not write their names." Wei Nong continued to ram nonsense.

Ming Dan Shu'e frowned slightly, and asked again: "How can Jincheng deal with the housekeeper of the Eldest Princess's Mansion?" Kaneshiro ...... You also know her life experience, how could she have dealings with the eldest princess's mansion? ”

"Because of this, she may have a relationship with the Eldest Princess's Mansion. After all, it is not known that Hou and the eldest princess have been husband and wife for decades, and it may be that it is inconvenient for him to come forward, so it is unknown that the housekeeper asked someone to contact Jincheng. Wei Nong said casually, and was afraid that she would continue to ask, so she hurriedly said: "What is the matter, no one can say before the murderer is revealed." ”

However, Ming Danshu had already woken up, and still looked at her suspiciously: "Why did you suddenly come to me to talk about this?" What are your intentions? ”

"I don't have any intentions," Wei Min rolled up five paintings, and said calmly, "I thought that you had a good relationship with Jincheng, and you were not able to participate in her first seven days today, so I came to tell you about her, and by the way, I asked your opinion." ”

"What's the opinion?" Ming Danshu still had a puzzled look on her face.

"After all, Jincheng is a princess, and a funeral will be held for her in the palace in a few days. I want to ask you if you will participate, and if you do, I will exempt you from grounding that day. Wei Nong's words are not lying to her.

Ming Danshu lowered her head and muttered for a moment, her face improved slightly, and she said with a little choked: "Of course I want to go!" ”

"Alright, I'll send someone to inform you." Wei Nong didn't say anything more, straightened up and said, "I still have to go to Longqian Palace, go first." ”

"Wait," Ming Danshu suddenly stopped her again, and asked hesitantly, "Jin Cheng...... Will it be buried in the royal tomb? ”

"It stands to reason that she should be buried, but after all, she has a different bloodline, and she really wants to be buried in the royal tomb, but I am afraid that the first king will not agree if he knows it." Wei Nong said truthfully: "I want to build a tomb for her alone, but I can't be the master of this matter, and I still need to discuss it with the one in Longqian Palace." ”

Ming Danshu nodded: "Your consideration is right." ”

Coming out of Ming Danshu, Wei Nong handed over a few portraits to the palace maids and ordered them to take them back to Weiyang Palace first. She herself went to the Longqian Palace empty-handed, informed Nie Xingyi of the results of Jincheng's autopsy, and asked for the idea of building a separate tomb for Jincheng.

Nie Xingyi still looked weak, his eyes were red, and the grief on his face didn't seem to be fake. Hearing that Jin Cheng had been violated before his death, he was so angry that he scolded, dropped the medicine bowl, and couldn't help coughing again and again.

Wei Lianpian and a few palace maids hurriedly came out to serve, and Wei Nong didn't want to stay for a long time when he saw this, so he got up and said goodbye: "You can rest first, but the tomb in Jincheng is a top priority, not only to select the site, but also to draw a new one, which must be determined as soon as possible." ”

Nie Xingyi coughed too much, and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time: "You ...... first Pick a few places to come out...... I'll pick and choose. ”

"It's fine." Wei Nong said a few more words to Wei Lianpian, and then left the Longqian Palace.

After returning to Weiyang Palace, she immediately took out the last one from the five portraits, carefully rolled them up and put them in the drawer, and the other four were burned straight away.

"Right now, the Marquis of Zhenguo is in the Xuanji Palace of Yunyang Mountain, so I immediately invite him to come to me, and say that I have something important to discuss." Wei Nong passed orders to the guards.

From Yunyang Mountain to Yanwang Palace, it will take more than an hour to go back and forth, and during this waiting period, Wei Nong sorted out the affairs of Nie Xingyi and Jincheng from beginning to end, and had a few ideas in his heart.

An hour and a half later, Ming Chenyuan hurriedly came to Weiyang Palace, and he was also happy. Before Wei Nong could speak, he said in a hurry: "I went to Xuanji Palace with a few portraits, and found Qing Jingsan and a few disciples for interrogation, and they all said that they had never seen anyone above. But Jincheng's maidservant said that Jincheng had mentioned the name of one of them before his death. ”

"Is it called Weng Jiutong?" Wei Nong immediately asked.

"How do you know?"

Wei Nong then roughly explained what happened in the Ming Danshu Palace today, and finally said: "I have an idea, let's ...... like this"

*****

In the past few days, Weng Jiutong has been in retreat for alchemy, ignoring all the disturbances outside, and has also refused the invitations of several families and wealthy families. On the eighth day of October, he had only been in retreat for five days, and as soon as he had finished refining two pots of gold pills, he heard a report from his apprentice, saying that someone from the palace was looking for him.

"Someone from the palace?" Weng Jiutong didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ran out and retired the little apprentices who served beside him. When he entered the outer hall, he saw a plainly dressed woman wearing a cloak and veil, and only a pair of clear eyes were exposed, looking straight at him, her gaze was sharp and calm.

Weng Jiutong is a thin man in his thirties, with a fair face and a very bookish life. Because he had just come out of the alchemy room, his robe was still a little dirty, and his forehead was also full of sweat, and the whole person was quite embarrassed. Seeing that it was a stranger who showed up under the banner of the palace, he was also very defensive, but asked with a smile on his face: "I don't know who you are?" ”

The woman took out a waist plate printed with the words "Longqian Palace" from her sleeve and said, "The slave is here to get medicine." ”

Weng Jiutong was vigilant: "Are you looking for the wrong person?" I don't know what you're talking about. ”

The woman didn't answer, and took out another waist card from her sleeve, which was all in the Ming Danshu Palace, she handed the waist card to Weng Jiutong, and said: "I guess you have also heard that Concubine Shuniang was grounded by the Lord of Yanlan County a few months ago, and now she can't come out to get medicine." ”

Weng Jiutong looked at the waist card in his hand carefully, and returned it to her with a smile: "Poor Dao really doesn't know the people in the palace." ”

The woman was not discouraged, and her eyes behind the veil lowered slightly: "I don't know if you have heard of the murder of Princess Jincheng?" In the past few days, the king has been unable to swallow and sleepless at night, so that he is overly exhausted with grief, and urgently needs your elixir to refresh himself. ”

Weng Jiutong was still unmoved when he heard this, and smiled calmly: "You really have to recognize the wrong person, although Poor Dao has some friendship with several adults, he has never had the honor to serve the king." ”

"Mr. Weng," the woman sighed helplessly, "how do you trust a slave?" ”

Weng Jiutong only smiled blindly, insisting on refusing to admit that he knew the people in the palace.

The woman had no choice but to pull off the veil, showing a little approval in her eyes: "Very good, worthy of being a person valued by the king, Mr. Weng's tone is tight enough." ”

This sentence made Weng Jiutong confused, and asked confusedly, "Who are you?" ”

"It doesn't matter who the slave is," the woman replied with a smile: "Recently, the king's taking of the pill was discovered, and the princess of Jincheng had an accident, he was worried that you were being found in trouble here, and the special slave came to remind you." ”

"You're testing me?" Weng Jiutong was a little annoyed, but this sentence also made him show his feet.

"Mr. Weng, don't worry, the king has no choice but to do it." The woman said with a solemn face: "Fang Cainu has a lot of offenses, and I hope Mr. Haihan." ”

In fact, the other party has Nie Xingyi and Ming Danshu's waist cards in his hand, Weng Jiutong has already believed her for three points, and when he heard her say this at this moment, he couldn't help but take off two more vigilances. He snorted coldly and squinted at the woman, "You haven't spoken the code word yet. ”

"Now the slave can speak." The woman looked around, beckoned to Weng Jiutong, and said, "In case the partition wall has ears, please take two steps closer, and the slave will whisper to you." ”

If it was usual, Weng Jiutong would never go over. But too many things have happened in the womb these days, and he is afraid that someone will target him, so he took two steps closer to the woman and took the initiative to attach his left ear: "You can say it." ”

However, as soon as the words fell, he only felt a red light flash in front of him, and then he squatted on the ground and cried out in pain.

And the woman in front of him, holding a glowing red Emei thorn in her hand, wearing half of his blood-drenched left ear on the tip of the thorn, was looking at him with a smile.