Chapter 123 Isn’t this the case? [Please give me a monthly ticket! 】
“The reason why I hide my identity as a mystic master is because all my cultivation comes from a mysterious master.”
Zhang Ji lowered his guard and relaxed. Said slowly.
“Originally, I was just a scholar from Nanzhou who came to the capital city to take the exam, but unexpectedly I met the princess and was appointed as the consort. In today’s court, becoming the consort means that the official career has been cut off. But I I couldn't refuse, so I became disheartened. After getting married, she went wild and there was nothing I could do about it."
In the officialdom of the Yin Dynasty, basically as long as you became a prince-in-law, there would be no official position with real power. Chance. I don't know whether it is to prevent relatives from interfering in politics, or because they are afraid that the status of the princess's family will be lowered.
Therefore, promising young people are basically unwilling to marry royal women.
However, for someone like Zhang Ji, who never got any good grades in the exam, he was thankful to have a spare job with the princess.
His family was not a high-profile one among the Nanzhou gentry. At that time, the young and beautiful Princess Fuyang could support him eight times.
Who would have thought that Her Royal Highness would reveal her hospitable nature after getting married?
At that time, he really had no qualifications and no reason to refuse.
"During that time, I was very decadent." Zhang Ji recalled, with a trace of pain on his face.
This is understandable.
After all, Princess Fuyang's level of hospitality is a bit exaggerated, and he can't control it. Some symptoms are normal.
You can’t walk on the grass when you go out, you can’t see green vegetables when eating, and if it’s serious, the sun may look green...
“It was at this time that I met my master. He said that I had The talent of a mystic has really helped me open up my spiritual consciousness. This has given me new hope. I have no hope in my career. Is it possible to achieve something in my practice?" Zhang Ji continued, "In addition to asking me to keep it secret. Besides, he never asked for anything in return for teaching me my magical powers. At first, I really thought he was an outsider. But later, he started to make demands on me.”
"In the beginning, I was asked to help inquire about some things. Although it was a bit sensitive, in order to let him continue to teach me, I did it for him. The magical powers and secrets he taught me were different from those of Wentian Tower, and my cultivation progressed very quickly. So I dare not disobey him."
Wen Yifan frowned and whispered: "There is probably a price."
Zhang Ji nodded and said, "I also found out later. Something was wrong. I sometimes had headaches and felt restless. At this time, he gave me Milo Incense, saying that it was caused by my practice progressing too quickly. This could relieve my symptoms."
"In. After I gradually couldn't live without the Miluo incense, he gave me a Miluo flower and a prescription, and asked me and the princess to try to refine it and sell it to Nanzhou. After I recommended it to the princess, she also liked it very much. According to the plan given by the master, he lived in Nanzhou for a period of time in the name of accompanying me back home. Taking advantage of the gathering, many Nanzhou nobles became infected with the fragrance of Miluo. "
Hearing this, everyone in Zhuxie Yamen understood.
If Zhang Ji didn't lie, then his master should be the Nine Martingale spy.
“By selling the Miluo Incense, the princess and I made a fortune, and became more and more convinced of the Master. But at this time, he asked us to repeat our old tricks and spread the Miluo Incense in the capital of the gods.” Zhang Ji sighed and said: "But a few years have passed, and some mortals in Nanzhou who have been smelling Miluo Incense for a long time have become seriously ill. The realm of practitioners generally does not rise but falls. The harm caused by this thing may be serious. I'm worried Selling in Shendu will cause big problems, so I don't want to help them any more."
"But the princess agreed. She was crazy. She actually wanted to leave me and find someone else to cooperate with to sell Milo incense in Shendu. !”
Everyone in Zhuxie Division had reservations about this part of his statement.
Placing the blame on the dead person in a confession to clear one's identity is too common. As for whether he is as righteous as he says, we need to investigate further.
"Helping him contact Priest Ruyi was the last thing I did to help Master." Zhang Ji continued: "I originally wanted to stop contacting him from now on, and I haven't returned to the princess mansion for many days. But. Today the princess told me that she has found a new partner who can vigorously spread the Miluo Xiang in Shendu, and she wants me to come back and talk together. I am afraid that if she continues like this, something will happen sooner or later and I will be implicated, so I I just want to come back and see who is cooperating with her."
Zhang Ji paused and glanced around the crowd, probably not seeing Da Qiao.
He continued: "But I was led away by your people during the banquet, and they actually tested me with the mantra spirit mist. Although I escaped, I didn't have time to investigate who the princess was contacting. Who."
...
"Apart from you two, who else knows about the underground secret room in the princess's bedroom?" Liang Yue asked again.
"No more." Zhang Ji shook his head, "You should be the first outsider she brought."
Not necessarily...
Liang Yue also has reservations about this.
Princess Fuyang really likes the feeling of the wilderness.
"The person most suspected of killing her is still you." Zhang Ji stared at Liang Yue, looking like he didn't believe what he said.
"I didn't expect the princess to tell you so many things, and my hiding them was meaningless. I did do a lot of wrong things over the years, but I didn't know it at the time, and I never did what you said. "
After listening to him finish this long speech, Liang Yue thought silently for a while.
Not only sort out the current information, but also identify which of his words are credible and which are not.
First of all, what he said he had done should indeed be done.
What he admitted was very clever, such as helping to sell Milo incense and inviting the Ruyi priest without knowing it.
It sounds like these things are indeed not capital crimes.
But if you think about it carefully, you can find that he must have concealed something on purpose.
It was as if he told the princess the origin of Miluo flowers and trees, but only mentioned Baihu City and deliberately did not mention Mangcang Mountain. Although I wasn't lying, it sounded completely different.
Liang Yue was sure that he must have a plan to kill the princess.
The abnormal behavior of Miluo Huamu was probably caused by Zhang Ji. He should have done some tricks to loosen the seal of Miluo Huamu, so that they would wake up when they smell the breath of strangers. Only he and Princess Fuyang knew about this secret room, and he didn't come back for a long time. In this way, as long as Princess Fuyang goes down, she will be killed by Yao Mu.
He was afraid that Princess Fuyang was selling Milo incense in the capital, and something would happen that would involve him. It is reasonable to simply do nothing and continue to create the illusion that the princess was accidentally killed.
If you think about it further...
Who wants to continue selling Milo incense in the capital of Gods? Who is the person who wants to stop?
This is not entirely certain.
If he wanted to sell Milo incense in the capital of the gods, but the princess refused, and still wanted to expose the matter, it would be possible for him to kill the princess ruthlessly.
In this case, his involvement with the Nine Martingale spies will become deeper.
......
Zhang Ji was taken back first by people from Zhuxie Yamen, and the matters concerning him could be tried slowly. Anyway, I'm sure he's guilty. Let's find out exactly how many things he has committed.
But the most important thing is that he did not lie, that is, he was indeed not the murderer of the princess.
Even if he hadn't been knocked unconscious at that time, he wouldn't have brought a Qi Master with him to kill again.
The timeline of that night...
It should be the time when I and Princess Fuyang went to the secret room. Senior Sister Wen and the others took action against Zhang Ji, and then came to the bedroom to look for it, but they didn’t see it. To the figure.
When something happened in the secret room, the mysterious qigong master arrived, killed the princess, and pushed himself back.
Before leaving, Liang Yue also asked Zhang Ji if he had any clues about the person the princess had found to negotiate business with. Zhang Ji shook his head and said that he only knew that he was among the guests that night, but he hadn't had time to ask.
As I thought about it, the morning light shone brightly.
"Huh..."
Liang Yue exhaled a breath of turbid air.
"Relax." Wen Yifan said from the side: "At least the person with the biggest suspicion has been eliminated now, and the next step is clear."
"Yes." Liang Yue He nodded and said: "The results of the survey should be out soon."
On the other side, Ling Yuanbao, who had been following Liang Yue, was suddenly stunned, "What's the result?"
She felt as if she had suddenly missed a piece. She had just finished listening to the story and was still waiting for Liang Yue to finish thinking about it. Let’s talk about the case. Why did the result come out?
Wen Yifan said: "Zhang Ji is not suspected of murder. No matter how much he is telling the truth or how much he is lying, the murderer can basically locate the target."
"That's right. "Liang Yue said: "My colleagues from the Zhuxie Division have worked hard to arrange all the guests that night."
"How did you decide?" Ling Yuanbao asked confusedly.
Wen Yifan explained softly: "On the night of the banquet, the worshipers and guards of the Princess Mansion were always guarding the outside, making it difficult for outsiders to enter. However, there is freedom of movement inside, so the murderer is likely to be among the guests."
Liang Yue added: "Although the murderer's cultivation is stronger than mine, it is limited. It should not be easy to break through the peripheral security of the princess mansion. So there is a high probability that he is among the guests that night. Before the action here, Wen Senior sister has already asked them to start arranging. "
Wen Yifan continued: "As long as we screen out how many Qi practitioners there are among the guests that night, what level they are at, and whether there is any evidence of alibi. After eliminating them, there shouldn’t be too many remaining targets.”
“Yes.” Liang Yue said with a smile, “It’s only been half a day, so there should be plenty of time.”
"Oh..." Ling Yuanbao blinked and punched his palm with his fist, "So that's it!"
After a pause, she scratched her head and said, "How could you... think of these things so quickly?"
Liang Yue and Senior Sister Wen looked at each other and said in unison: "It's not always like this. "
......
Liang Yue rested in Zhuxie Yamen that night, and Xie Wenxi hurried over with a copy of the results early the next morning.
"Brothers worked all night and found out the results. There were four people who attended the banquet that night, had no alibi, and had Qi refining cultivation level above the third level."
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He said one by one:
"The chief disciple of Longhu Hall, Du Jian."
"The Southern Zen monk, Zhou Xuanci."
"The scholar who rushed to take the exam, Wei Kangnian."
"Prince Dinggou, Jiang Yan."
Good morning.
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(End of this chapter)