0p0 Chapter 978 Are You Trying to Deceive This Princess?
Chapter 978 Are You Trying to Deceive This Princess?
Shi Anxia's face was filled with sorrow. "Since Feng Ji is on good terms with you, you must know his identity. Which Feng family is he from? How do we inform his family now?"
"I don't know." Cen Che insisted, "He and I just hit it off when we were chatting in the teahouse. What we really talked about was just business. I don't know anything else."
"How dare you promise to guarantee him 500,000 taels of silver without knowing anything about it?" Shi Anxia raised her eyes calmly, "Xie Yu, are you trying to deceive this princess?"
Cen Che's breath was stuck in his chest, unable to move up or down, "Little one, I dare not."
How did he, a prince, end up in this situation?
Shi Anxia didn't argue with him too much on this issue, and just said solemnly, "Go collect his body."
"Me?" Cen Che almost vomited blood.
He wished Cen Ji would die, and even collected his body! He had already done a great favor to Cen Ji by not doing anything.
Shi Anxia glanced over and said, "If it's not you who collects the bodies, do you want me to do it myself?"
Cen Che went to Yefeng Valley to collect Cen Ji's body with a look of rejection on his face.
The body was still there, covered with a white linen sheet.
Fortunately, it was a cold winter with heavy snow, so the body decayed slowly.
Cen Ji's body was covered with knife wounds, his skin and flesh were torn up, and his bones were visible. This shows how tragic the scene was.
This is the sword wound that Beiyi usually uses, Cen Che thought. Could it be that the Beiyi people deliberately killed Cen Ji in order to stir up trouble and find an excuse to attack the Wan people?
As soon as he had this thought, Zhao Zhui stretched out two fingers as if he could read his mind, and opened the deepest wound for him to take a closer look. "The fatal wound is hidden deep inside. Inside is a standard curved knife specially made by the Wan Kingdom's imperial guards, with a barbed edge."
The witnesses and evidence are complete.
The real witness is Cen Che... Shi Anxia specially arranged for him to go to the scene to prevent Liang State from causing trouble for Beiyi because of Cen Ji's death in the future.
Cen Che is becoming more and more important, and there can’t be any mistakes.
Zhao Zhui kindly reminded, "The people of Wan are shameless. Master Xie, you should also pay attention to your safety, so as not to become a target. Do you need me to send troops to protect your safety?"
Cen Che quickly refused, "No need!"
How can I dig for gold if you protect me?
Zhao Zhui did not force him, and reminded him to bring more people with him to avoid any accidents.
Cen Che felt more and more that he was important to the princess. However, he didn't know that Xie Huai had already knelt in front of Shi Anxia to plead guilty.
"Please punish me, Princess." After Xie Huai confessed that he was not his fourth brother Xie Yu, he knelt with his forehead on the ground and refused to get up.
Shi Anxia didn't expect that Xie Huai was so honest. He was so scared by a small thing that he blurted out everything he should and shouldn't say.
She asked, "Is there anyone named Xie Yu in your family?"
Xie Huai broke out in a cold sweat, "Yes. My fourth brother is indeed called Xie Yu."
"Where is your fourth brother? How dare you let an outsider impersonate you?"
Xie Huai bowed his head and replied, "My fourth brother has been ill since he was young, and he has been kept in the deep house in the old house and cannot see anyone. Apart from the servants in the old house, almost no one else has seen my fourth brother. I was bewildered and could not think of any other way to change the fate of the merchant, so I resorted to this desperate measure."
Perhaps he felt that he had not expressed himself clearly enough, so he added, "Everyone in my Xie family is willing to sacrifice their lives for the princess and would not dare to complain even a little."
"You did a good job, and this princess is very pleased." Shi Anxia affirmed his achievements and also pointed out his shortcomings, "It's just that this deception was not done well."
Xie Huai agreed and dared not to quibble anymore.
Shi Anxia pondered for a moment, then slowly asked, "Then do you know the true identity of Xie Yu now?"
"He should be the son of the rich Baron Chen family in Beijing." Xie Huai answered again.
Shi Anxia: "..."
You really think about it! But she didn't say it, only admonished, "Now that things have come to this, and the implications are huge, you don't have to expose his identity yet. This princess has her own use. As for the Xie family... you should finish the job in Iron Horse City first."
Xie Huai was surprised. He had a feeling that the princess seemed to have known the truth long ago.
He finally felt relieved. Now he didn't dare to dream of any title, as long as the princess didn't pursue the Xie family for deception.
In fact, this matter was just a matter of the princess's thoughts. Thinking of this, Xie Huai felt a little sympathetic when he met Cen Che.
Especially when I think of the other party saying "the princess is stupid" on the left and "the princess looks smart, but is actually a puppet" on the right, I can't help but secretly sweat for her.
This is what it means to be sold out and still count money for others. Tsk! Xie Huai remembered that he must not reveal even a little bit that the princess knew the truth.
Cen Ji's death was the same as Bushi's death in the Northern Wing. Both of them entered the country as others, and now that they are dead, they cannot justify themselves by saying that they were the princes of Liang.
At that time, Anxia reported to the court with an urgent message of 800 miles, saying that Feng Ji, a merchant from Beiyi, had died at the hands of the people of Wan.
At the same time, Tiema City welcomed the imperial doctors and medicines.
The imperial physician's convoy rolled through the snow into the city. The bright yellow seals on the medicine boxes were eye-catching, causing the people to whisper and cheer.
They knew that the food and medicine allocated by the court would be distributed to them in real terms.
The cold wind is ruthless, but the court is kind.
Before the carriage had stopped, Xiyue had already lifted the curtain and jumped down.
She rushed to the door of Chongyang Inn in two steps, but was stopped by the doorman.
The concierge saw Xiyue in her official uniform. Although he didn't recognize her appearance, he knew she was not an ordinary woman. He immediately bowed and said respectfully and cautiously, "Sir, please wait a moment. I will go in and pass the message."
Xiyue clenched her fingertips unconsciously, her eyes filled with anxiety, but she still tried to suppress it, and urged hurriedly, "Go quickly, go quickly, and tell the lady that Xiyue is here! Quickly, quickly, quickly!"
The two doormen looked at each other, one of them still stood at the door like a pine tree, while the other turned around and ran inside.
But Chongyang Inn is too big.
There were many red doors and deep corridors. The gateman ran out of breath after passing through three courtyards before he saw Miss Beihui who was in charge of the inner courtyard.
By the time the messages were passed in, Xiyue had already paced back and forth outside the door for dozens of times, with sparks almost coming out of the soles of her boots on the bluestone slabs.
Doctor Kang was reaching out to pull her helplessly, "You'll be able to see your wife soon, don't worry."
Xiyue's eyes turned red. "In the past, I could come and go as I pleased when I wanted to see Madam. But now I need to be told to do so..." She choked with sobs as she spoke the rest of the words. She felt a distance between herself and Madam.
Doctor Kang didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only stay by her side.
Fortunately, the concierge who was in charge of reporting came out panting, "The princess has..." Before he could finish the word "please", the female official had already run away and disappeared.
The doorman smiled awkwardly and glanced at Dr. Kang out of the corner of his eye.
Doctor Kang was about to step forward, but suddenly stopped and explained in a gentle voice, "The female official just now was my wife."
The concierge was startled, then bent even lower, "Ouch! I am blind! Sir, please come in."
Doctor Kang took out two pieces of silver from his sleeve and stuffed them into the palms of the two men. "You must be more careful in the future. The princess's safety depends on you two. If you see anyone suspicious in the future, please be more careful."
Silver is not heavy, but words are worth a thousand pounds.
The two doormen subconsciously straightened their chests and backs, and suddenly felt very important.
Just as Doctor Kang entered, another group of people came to the door, also from the capital...