Yan Shifan felt as if he had been slapped in the head. He was completely stunned and stared at Xiao Feng blankly.
Xiao Feng was still talking to himself: "The princess left the palace and lived in my house. There are records in the palace. You can find out after checking.
In fact, the princess is still in my house now. I wonder if the princess testified and Mr. Yan also accepted it and stopped arguing as he said before? "
Yan Shifan suddenly woke up: "This, this is different! Princess, she...she..."
Xiao Feng said dissatisfied: "Mr. Yan, you just said that if the prince is the witness, you will no longer argue, because the prince has a distinguished status and will not lie.
Now that the prince has become a princess, you don't admit it. What do you mean? Do you think in your heart that the status of a princess is not noble? "
Seeing Jiajing's face darken, Yan Shifan quickly shook his head and waved his hands. He sat on the ground shaking his head and waving his hands, which was even more funny than before when the princes danced together in the hall.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Of course, the status of a princess is equally noble. But, the relationship between the princess and you..."
Xiao Feng's face also darkened: "Mr. Yan, what do you mean by this? What happened to the relationship between the princess and me! Huh?"
Yan Shifan had a bitter taste in his mouth. Who the hell didn't know that the princess was having an affair with you, but he couldn't say this.
That was the princess who was about to be married, and she was Jiajing’s favorite daughter!
As a retired minister, if he makes false claims about the princess's innocence and says that the emperor's favorite princess is having an affair with a certain minister, isn't this looking for death?
Yan Shifan quickly changed to a more acceptable statement: "Everyone knows that Princess Chang An has a very good relationship with your Xiao family, and she is worthy of your wife Liu Xueer! Her testimony will inevitably be biased..."
Xiao Feng sneered and said: "Oh, not the people in my house, not my friends, not the princess as a royal family, not even those who have a good relationship with me.
Then why does Mr. Yan think that two princes and princes are enough? Is this implying that the two princes have a bad relationship with me, so is the testimony credible?
As the Taoist master of two princes, if you say they don’t have a good relationship with me, who do I have a good relationship with? With you?
I don't have a good relationship with the princes. Is it because there are no beautiful women to send to my door? If that's the case, I'd have to ask them! "
Yan Shifan's teeth were about to break, but Xiao Feng caught him and he could only take a defensive posture first.
"I didn't say that the two princes have a bad relationship with you, so don't frame me up by talking nonsense!"
"Since I have a good relationship with the two princes, then you just said that if they testify, you will admit it. Obviously, it doesn't mean that you have a good relationship with me and you can't testify, right?"
"That's right, as long as you tell the truth..."
"How do you know what the princes are telling the truth?"
"Well, the prince has a distinguished status, so naturally he will not lie or commit perjury..."
"Then you still said that the princess' status is not noble, so she lied and perjured herself?"
"..."
Yan Shifan knew that he had fallen into the pit he dug for Xiao Feng. It was a dead pit. The more he pulled Jiajing's face, the darker his face became. He had no choice but to break his wrist.
"Okay! I accept the testimony given by the princess! I accept that An Qingyue did not leave your Xiao residence last night, okay?"
Xiao Feng sneered and said, "You just said that apart from An Qingyue, there is no other person in the capital who can pretend to be Sister Rouge. You won't deny what you just said!"
Yan Shifan was furious, but he could only grit his teeth and nod: "That's right, I can't find it."
"Since only An Qingyue can pretend to be Rouge Leopard, and An Qingyue has never left the Xiao Mansion, then the carefully prepared inference made by Mr. Yan just now is completely unreasonable, right?"
Yan Shifan's anger is burning his reason, and he will reach the edge of collapse at any time.
What a fucking bully! That's all if I didn't see through your plan! Obviously I am so smart today! Obviously I saw through everything today!
But I can't explain it clearly. This feeling
It's like a child quarreling with an adult. He obviously makes sense in his heart, but he just can't explain it to the adult!
"This inference is doubtful for the time being. There may be other possibilities. Don't be aggressive, Mr. Xiao. I am just making a reasonable guess!"
Xiao Feng sneered and said, "Is your guess reasonable? Your guess is full of loopholes, not just because An Qingyue didn't leave the house!"
Yan Shifan is not happy anymore. You made the princess feel comfortable by serving the princess with just one mouth. You forced the princess to fill the loopholes in your plan for you, and you also got a bargain and behaved well!
"Master Xiao, tell me, apart from An Qingyue, is there any part of my speculation that is unreasonable?"
Xiao Feng looked at him coldly: "If I tell you, will you completely deny your inference and stop throwing shit at me?"
Yan Shifan gritted his teeth. He couldn't break the princess's testimony anyway, and it was hard for people to accept this inference. He really wanted to know, if he was so smart today, could there be any invisible loopholes?
"Master Xiao, if you can tell me where my inference is unreasonable, I will give up this inference first, and I will no longer doubt that it was you!"
Yan Shifan still left a way out for himself, refusing to follow what Xiao Feng said and completely denying this inference, but no longer said it was Xiao Feng's doing.
Xiao Feng sighed: "The old man has been in coma for more than half a year. For more than half a year, I have sought medical advice and tried various methods, but the old man has not woken up.
When he was taken to prison, Lao Dao was still unconscious. While in prison, Lao Dao not only did not improve, but his condition worsened. Mr. Lu also asked the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
According to your speculation, I bribed the Rouge sisters and asked them to perform a play in the prison. But have you ever thought about what would have happened if the old Taoist didn't wake up by chance at that time?
Not to mention Xiaodong's young age, every time someone went to prison, the Jinyiwei people would stare at her, and there was no way to explain to her in detail how to perform the play.
Even if there is a chance to explain, at Xiaodong's age, can she perform this scene well without others seeing her flaws? The most terrible thing is not this!
Couldn't Sister Rouge kill Xiaodong and take her away? Even if Xiaodong was not knocked down, with the Rouge sisters' martial arts, what would be the difficulty in taking Xiaodong away by force?
Who can fail to see such a major unreasonableness? What's the point of acting like this?
Is there any way I can make the old man wake up at that time? If I had such means, what would I have been doing for the past six months?
Don’t I hope that the old man wakes up soon? Or does Mr. Yan think that I started planning this action half a year ago? Deliberately not letting him wake up?
Before Master Yan reported that Xiaodong was a descendant of Xia Yan, I was ready to rescue Xiaodong and Lao Dao. Don't you think it's ridiculous? "
These words made everyone suddenly realize. Even Yan Shifan was speechless. Yes, how is this possible?
Even if Xiao Feng had the art of measuring words, he couldn't imagine out of thin air that Xiaodong would be reported in half a year, so he should let the old Taoist persist in pretending to be a vegetative state for another half year, right?
Seeing that Yan Shifan relented, Lu Bing felt that it was not appropriate to argue on this issue anymore, otherwise it would really be a matter of which came first, the chicken or the egg.
"Since Yan Shaoqing no longer accuses Mr. Xiao of designing this matter, then Yan Shaoqing should continue to prove his innocence. How can Yan Shaoqing prove that this matter was not caused by you sending Sister Rouge?"
Yan Shifan knew that things were back to where they started, but his way to prove his innocence was almost blocked by Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng's method of buying off the Rouge sisters should be Yu Dayou, but Rouge Leopard brought up Yu Dayou's gift of golden tiger bones, which proved that she had lost interest in this groveling man.
Even if you don't believe it, Shen Lian and Lu Bing who were present at the time can prove that this is true, and the Rouge sisters did not even look at Yu Dayou during the whole process.
In the plan designed by Xiao Feng, An Qingyue was a key actor, but Xiao Feng used the princess to force himself to give up investigating this possible loophole. The saddest thing is that it was actually a hole he dug for himself!
Xiao Feng’s motive for designing this matter,
The highlight is that Lao Dao and Xiaodong are rescued and do not leave to prove their innocence to Jiajing. But if this plan is to be implemented, it will be difficult to rely on Xiaodong.
This play is difficult to perform, Xiaodong may not be able to perform it well, and it is unbelievable that the Rouge sisters cannot take away a child by force. So the key to this plan is that the old man just wakes up suddenly.
Can this be planned? This is such a damn coincidence! It was obvious that when the old man was arrested, Jin Yiwei confirmed that he was unconscious!
Even Yan Shifan was in a daze at this time, wondering if he was really overthinking?
According to the principles of reasoning, when all possibilities are eliminated, the remaining possibilities, no matter how impossible, are the truth.
The truth is...this matter is actually ***?
Did I give the order to Sister Rouge to carry out this plan while sleepwalking?
With my intelligence, it’s not surprising that I could come up with such a plan while sleepwalking, but the problem is that I don’t sleepwalk either!
Besides, why am I sleepwalking? I don’t even have legs!
Yan Shifan shook his head vigorously to get rid of these crazy thoughts in his mind. It was Xiao Feng who did it. There is no doubt that it was this bastard who did it!
Probably because the shaking of the head stimulated the movement of the brain, Yan Shifan suddenly thought of an idea, an idea that cut through the mess quickly.
"Master Lu, today we are going around and around what happened last night, but in fact we are getting further and further away from the core of the matter.
The core of this matter is whether Xiaodong is Xia Yan's granddaughter. If it can be proved that she is, then it will make no difference no matter who planned what happened yesterday or what the purpose was.
Because what happened yesterday seemed to be just to prove that Xiaodong was not Xia Yan's granddaughter, so she killed someone again and refused to be rescued.
So we don't need to worry about what happened last night. Let's use the evidence Jin Yiwei has now to see whether Xiaodong is Xia Yan's granddaughter! "
Lu Bing was slightly stunned, but then he knew that Yan Shifan was actually right. All the fancy processes are for the final result.
If Xiaodong is recognized by Jiajing as Xia Yan's granddaughter, then Xiaodong will be dead regardless of how yesterday's incident ended.
Looking at what happened yesterday, Xiao Feng has the upper hand. Once Yan Shifan is found to be the mastermind of what happened last night, he will go to jail even if he doesn't die.
Breaking into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to kill someone, breaking into the imperial prison to save someone, and even killing someone casually, these are all serious crimes. If they are not locked up, it will be difficult to convince the public.
But looking beyond what happened last night, once Xiaodong is recognized by Jiajing as Xia Yan's granddaughter, Xiao Feng will be at a disadvantage on the main battlefield.
With Xiao Feng's character, he would probably give up all his current status in order to save Xiaodong. Although Yan Shifan was in prison at that time, he could make a comeback at any time.
Because judging from the current situation, if Xiao Feng falls, there will no longer be any force that can compete with Yan Dang. Yan Song will definitely be able to find a way to turn defeat into victory.
Yan Shifan's move to cut through the mess quickly may seem like a helpless move, but in fact it is an extremely clever method, jumping out of a complicated situation and hitting the vital point!
Lu Bing said cautiously: "So far, the evidence is not very sufficient. The only really strong evidence is that piece of jade pendant.
The first accuser was dead. Although the old Taoist man woke up, his confession and Xiaodong's confession were the same. They both said that Xiaodong picked it up at the door of the shantang and had never seen the jade pendant. "
Yan Shifan said loudly: "I think that piece of jade pendant is enough! The jade pendant was found from Xiaodong's box!
With the world's tight defense, who could sneak the jade pendant in? Unless Jin Yiwei put it in himself during the search!
But I don’t believe this kind of thing! Jinyiwei is known to everyone to be loyal and courageous, so how could he do such a thing? "
Yan Shifan openly flattered Lu Bing, but secretly cut off Xiao Feng's way of survival.
Don't think about saying that Jin Yiwei secretly released it. If you dare to slander Jin Yiwei at this time, you are seeking death!
Lu Bing pondered for a moment and looked at Xiao Feng: "Master Xiao, if all the clues from now on are lost, we can only rely on the discovery of evidence."
Judgment based on evidence.
Then it is very likely that Xiaodong will be identified as a descendant of Xia Yan. Unless evidence can be found to prove that Xiaodong is not a descendant of Xia Yan. "
Xiao Feng looked at Lu Bing calmly: "Master Lu, last time we were looking at that jade pendant, and we could only see the words 'Xia Dong'.
To take a step back, even if this jade pendant belongs to Xiaodong, there are so many people named Xia in the world, how can it be determined that it is related to Xia Yan? "
Lu Bing waved his hand and asked someone to bring a piece of rice paper and calligraphy to Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng opened it and saw a beautiful calligraphy on it, which was strong, powerful, free and elegant.
"This is Xia Yan's work. It is a poem he wrote to celebrate his long live birthday. Xia Yan's running script is vigorous, free and elegant, just like the words on the jade pendant."
Xiao Feng took a deep breath: "I understand, it's just that we are not professionals in jade pendant carving, we can see the calligraphy.
But we don’t know much about the authenticity, age, carving and other details of the jade pendant. I would like to ask a professional to take a look at the jade pendant. Is your permission allowed? "
Lu Bing looked at Jiajing and saw Jiajing nodding slightly, Lu Bing also nodded.
"You can look at the jade pendant, but this is an important piece of evidence. It has been kept strictly in Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town. I asked someone to get it, so you can only look at it here!"
Xiao Feng nodded: "Then please ask Mr. Lu to bring Zeng Zaoban and let him see if there is anything wrong with this jade pendant."
After a while, Jin Yiwei took the jade pendant from Beizhen Fusi to the Jingshe. Zeng Zaoban was also brought to the Jingshe from home by Jin Yiwei.
Because the world view has been quite chaotic these days, Zeng Zaoban did not go to the world view, and has been cultivating his feet at home, which are not very agile.
Although he often carved objects for the palace before, he rarely saw Jiajing, let alone such close contact. He was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed several times before calming down.
But as soon as he got the jade pendant, Zeng Zaoban was out of breath, his hands stopped shaking, his expression was restrained, his eyes were shining, and the posture of a great master was revealed.
Jiajing nodded slightly, and sure enough, he was the number one scholar in his 360th line. Anyone who excels in their own line of work will naturally have the aura of a king.
Zeng Zaoban looked over and over again for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows became. Lu Bing saw the clues and asked.
"Zeng Zaoban, is there anything wrong with this jade pendant?"
Zeng Zaoban quickly replied: "Sir, the jade pendant is exquisitely carved and round in quality. It is truly a fine product.
I just heard from the adults that this jade pendant should be at least five or six years old, but judging from the carvings, it is only about half a year at most. "
Everyone was shocked, Yan Shifan even jumped on his butt, pointed at Zeng Zaoban and shouted.
"Don't talk nonsense! Can you tell the time through the carvings?"
Zeng Zaoban did not dare to reply, but kowtowed repeatedly: "Long live Mr. Lu, engraving words on jade is the same as writing words on paper.
The time of writing can be judged based on the color of the paper and ink, and the time of carving can also be judged based on the newness of the carvings on the jade.
The appearance of this jade pendant has been carved a long time ago, and it looks very round. It should be a blank jade pendant. The two characters Xia and Dong are engraved later.
So you adults can touch it with your hands. The edges of the engravings are still a bit tingling, unlike the edge patterns of the jade pendant itself, which are as rounded and integrated. "
Everyone touched it individually, and they did feel this way, but it was very subtle. Yan Shifan couldn't accept this statement and said loudly.
"Zeng Zaoban served in Xiao Feng's World View. Can his words be trusted?
If you want a professional judgment, why not choose a few more people from the Artisan Hall to come and take a look together? "
When Lu Bing saw that the matter had come to this, he really couldn't just listen to one side of the story. He immediately asked ten skilled craftsmen to be brought to the Craftsman Hall of the Ministry of Industry for appraisal.
After looking at it and touching it, these craftsmen unanimously agreed with Zeng Zaoban that the characters were newly carved recently. Although they couldn't tell how new they were, they were definitely no more than half a year old.
After the craftsmen retreated, Yan Shifan's face turned pale, and he only had three words in his heart: No.
able!
Xiaodong is over nine years old this year. Calculated by time, she was only three years old when she lost it. If this jade pendant is real, it must have stayed with her for more than six years. How could the words be engraved within half a year?
Not only Yan Shifan can think of this, but everyone can naturally think of this. So everyone invariably came to the same conclusion.
I'm afraid this jade pendant doesn't belong to Xiaodong, at least it doesn't belong to Xiaodong since he entered the Shantang!
Just when everyone was silent, Zeng Zaoban spoke timidly and looked at Lu Bing pleadingly.
"Master Lu, can you let me take a look at the jade pendant again? The carving skills of this character are very similar to the craftsmanship of one person..."
