Chapter 860: The Real Culprit

When I got up in the morning, I stepped out of the house and saw the white yard. Yuxi shook her head and said: "With such a big frost, it's no wonder it's colder than yesterday." When she exhaled in one breath, everything turned white.

Meilan said from the side: "Yes, today is much colder than yesterday." She even added an extra dress.

After finishing a set of punches, Yu Xi looked up at the gray sky and said, "Look at the sun again today." Although the sun is not very warm in winter, it is still very comfortable to bask in the sun.

Sister Quan just walked out of the house, rubbed her hands together and said, "Why are you boxing in the yard? You are not in good health, what if the wind blows?"

Yuxi laughed and said, "There's no wind!"

After breakfast, Yuxi followed Yunqing to the front yard. Not long after, Tan Tuo presented the results of the test. Although he didn't need to read the article now, Yun Qing had no interest in this matter, so this matter fell on Yu Xi's head.

Yuxi looked at the list and his hometown, and said: "Nearly three-quarters of the scholars are from Jiangnan. Tan Tuo, this ratio is a bit out of balance." Yuxi had expected that Jiangnan scholars would be in the majority. But it accounts for nearly three-quarters, which is not quite right.

Tan Tuo smiled wryly and said, "My Lord thinks it's wrong, but the articles written by those in Jiangnan are much better than those in other places."

Yun Qing said, "Is there any problem?"

Yuxi said: "It's okay this time, but it will become a big problem in the long run." After a pause, Yuxi explained: "Twenty years later, all the officials in the court are from Jiangnan, can you imagine the scene ?” That would be very dangerous.

Tan Tuo lowered his head. The princess thinks long-term, so she doesn't need his reminder.

Yun Qing understood Yu Xi's implication, these officials were easy to form a group when they came from one place, and when the time came, they would be excluded. Yun Qing said: "This is a problem."

Yu Xi rubbed her forehead and said, "I've thought about this for a long time, but I just can't think of a good solution."

Yun Qing said without thinking: "The people in Jiangnan are really good at reading, and they have natural advantages. People from other places will definitely not be able to pass them. If you don't want Jiangnan Juzi's family to dominate, you can separate them .”

"Separate?" Yuxi murmured to herself, and then her eyes lit up: "Yes, we can separate."

Tan Tuo shook his head and said, "Princess, how do we separate?"

Yuxi thought for a while and said: "There will be a total of 300 people for the test, 150 people from the south and 150 people from the north. In this way, I won't be afraid that the family of scholars in the south will dominate in the future." students a chance.

Tan Tuo thinks this idea is not good, and it can be seen that Yuxi is not easy to say anything against him: "Princess, do you want to divide the north and the south this time?"

Yuxi shook her head and said: "Forget it this time, and do it next time." This time the exam has already been completed, and the list of the top 300 people has come out. Not to mention manpower and material resources, many things will be delayed.

Tan Tuo heaved a sigh of relief, but fortunately there was no separation this time, otherwise not only would they be troubled, but those exams would not be easy: "My lord, my concubine, where do you think the imperial examination will be held?"

Yuxi said: "Still in the Gong Yuan!" The Gong Yuan was built last year and can accommodate thousands of people. The palace does not have such a big courtyard, but it can accommodate 300 people for scientific research at a time, so it is most suitable to choose the Gongyuan.

Tan Tuo asked, "When will that be?"

Yuxi said: "In three days' time, the prince will go there in person." She won't go, anyway, the essay after the exam will be in her hands, and she needs to agree who will be the champion.

Although Yunqing is not interested in this,

But this is his responsibility, and he cannot shirk it.

Tan Tuo hesitated for a while, but still asked: "Then the questions of the palace examination?" The questions of the general examination and the palace examination are usually given by the emperor. Northwest Yunqing is the biggest, so he should be the one to solve the problem. But Tan Tuo was really worried about Yunqing's literary level.

Yuxi smiled lightly and said, "After three days, I will give you the title." Naturally, she came up with the title.

After waiting for Tan Tuo to go out, Yun Qing said to Yu Xi, "Adding this Enke will cause a lot of trouble."

Yuxi smiled and said: "We are in short supply of talents now, so we can only hold scientific examinations to select talents." Before, they were all through recommendation, but the disadvantages of recommendation are very serious. Many people will recommend only their relatives, and they are not as safe as passing the scientific examination.

Yun Qing also said this because he was afraid that Yu Xi would be tired: "Let Tan Tuo and the others read the palace examination articles first, you just need to pass it well." It is easy to make mistakes when dealing with things that are not good at.

Yuxi hugged his arm and said: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion, and I won't be tired."

Three days later, the palace examination was held in the hall of the Gongyuan. Considering the cold weather, a lot of charcoal fires were burned in the hall, which relieved the worried scholars.

It was also on this day that Yuxi received a secret letter from Falcon. After reading the letter, Yu Xi's expression was very ugly.

Sister Quan saw that something was wrong, and asked Yu Xi: "What's wrong? Such an ugly face?"

After a while, Yuxi said: "Ah Hao's smallpox was caused by Yuchen." Han Yuchen avoided Yan Wushuang's doing this, and naturally used her people. Falcon got Yuxi's letter and suspected that he had fallen in love with her, and the time didn't pass long, so he naturally found the clue soon after he put his mind to it.

Sister Quan said: "Why did Mrs. Dong help her? What weakness did she catch Mrs. Dong?"

Yuxi said: "Mr. Dong was not alone when he fled, but he ran away with his son." Dong's son, Falcon, was not found, but as long as he knew that Dong's son was alive and staying at Han Yuchen's dowry village, After a while, that's enough.

Sister Quan immediately understood: "That means Dong's son is not dead, but was saved by Han Yuchen's people?" Seeing Yuxi nodding, Sister Quan said: "Why did she put someone in the palace?"

Yu Xi shook her head and said, "Only she knows about this."

Sister Quan thought for a while and asked: "Then what are you going to do? Just pretend nothing happened?" Now that Brother Hao is gone, maybe Yuxi will just let this matter go lightly with nostalgia.

Yu Xi shook her head and said: "Impossible." After a pause, Yu Xi said: "I will tell the prince about this before I decide how to deal with it." Because she was only suspicious before, she couldn't tell Yun Qing well. Now that it has been confirmed, we can no longer hide it from Yunqing.

During dinner, Yu Xi behaved as usual, without any abnormality. Not to mention Yunqing, even Brother Hao didn't notice that Yuxi was in a bad mood.

After dinner, Yuxi said to Zaozao and the others: "You go back first, mother has something to tell your father." On weekdays, the family would chat after dinner before returning to their own courtyards.

Seeing Yuxi's calm expression, the children knew it was business. As long as Yunqing didn't make Yuxi angry, the children wouldn't ask more questions.

Yun Qing stayed in the Gongyuan for most of the day today, making him very irritable. If he hadn't remembered his identity, he would have left long ago.

After the children had left, Yun Qing asked, "What can't you say in front of the children?"

Yuxi opened her mouth, and finally said: "Go back to the room and talk!"

Yun Qing followed Yu Xi into the room suspiciously, and asked, "What's the matter? Make you so embarrassed?"

Yu Xi said with a bitter face: "It's not embarrassing, but I don't know how to speak?" After a pause, Yu Xi said: "The real culprit of Brother Hao's smallpox has been found."

Hearing this, Yun Qing lowered his face and asked, "Who is it?" Hearing Yu Xi's tone, he knew it wasn't Yan Wushuang.

Yuxi sighed and said: "It's my third sister Yuchen. She thinks that Zhou Yan was killed by me, and she wants to kill Brother Hao to avenge Zhou Yan, so that I can also experience the pain of losing a son."

Hearing Yu Xi's words, Yun Qing was furious: "It was Yan Wushuang who really killed Zhou Yan, she wanted to avenge Zhou Yan, why didn't she kill Yan Wushuang?"

Yuxi looked up at Yunqing and said: "Yan Wushuang is not only her husband, but also the father of her two children, and they rely on them. If Yan Wushuang dies, the three of them will become fish and meat at the mercy of others." .”

Yun Qing slapped the table with a slap. Fortunately, the century-old huanghuali wood is very hard, otherwise it would really break: "Don't dare to do anything to Yan Wushuang, but use my Ah Hao to vent her anger. She treats us as dead people ?"

Yuxi didn't speak.

Seeing this, Yunqing asked Yuxi in a cold voice: "Yuxi, what are you going to do about this?"

Yuxi said: "You decide this matter!" If Han Yuchen tried to kill her, even if Han Yuchen succeeded, she would not resent her. Although Zhou Yan's death was not ordered by her, it was at the hands of her people after all. But she absolutely shouldn't, she shouldn't have done anything to Ah Hao.

Yun Qing had always acted aboveboard, and hated assassination and poisoning the most, but this time Han Yuchen touched his back. Yun Qing said: "I want the lives of Yan Hengli and Yan Hengyu."

Yuxi didn't refute, but said: "It will take some time before we start. There have been too many actions recently. If we attack Yan Hengli and Yan Hengyu again, I'm worried that Eunuch Cao will be exposed." Eunuch Cao hides very deeply, Cheetah is the only one who knows his true details. But no matter how deeply you hide it, if you do too much, it will inevitably show your feet.

Although Yun Qing was angry, he knew the seriousness: "Then let's talk about it after a while. However, we can't let her live so comfortably." Regarding the order to get rid of Yan Wushuang's two sons before, Yun Qing didn't feel guilty at all. No. You know, Yu Xi and Liu Er almost died in the hands of Yan Wushuang back then, he was just an eye for an eye with an eye for an eye.

Yuxi heard that Yunqing was about to get rid of Yuchen's confidant, and said, "Are you trying to scare the snake?"

Yun Qing hummed and said, "Didn't she want you to experience the pain of bereavement? Before we do it, let her live in f***ing fear."

Yu Xi nodded and said, "Okay."

Looking at Yu Xi's dejected expression, Yun Qing knew that she felt uncomfortable: "You are the only one who is soft-hearted, such a selfish person who only has himself in his heart is not worth feeling sad at all."

Speaking of this, Yun Qing disdainfully said: "She still has the face to say that she wants to avenge Zhou Yan? He put Zhou Yan in an unbearable situation, why didn't he commit suicide to make atonement?" With a strong personality, it is impossible to remarry For an enemy who kills her husband, she will not give birth to children for the enemy.

Yuxi shook her head and said, "Don't talk about it." The past is just a thing of the past.

It is not easy to kill the prince, but it is not difficult for Falcon to kill Han Yuchen's minions. The day after receiving Yun Qing's letter, Jiang Yong, the head of the village where Dong's son lived, died. After his throat was cut, he hung naked on the tallest tree in Zhuangzi. The body was found frozen.

This was just the beginning. In the next two days, three more people died. These few people were either Han Yuchen's dowry to Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi or the shopkeeper of the shop.

Although Falcon followed orders, he did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. The four people who died either did evil things or took their lives. If they were in the northwest, what they committed would be enough to be sentenced to death.

Nanny Gui felt a little uneasy when she got the news. If only one died, it could be called a coincidence, but if four died in a row, it would be wrong.

Yuchen didn't associate this incident with Yuxi and Yunqing, so she was very angry when she knew this incident, and even put pressure on the governor of the capital to solve the case as soon as possible.

As a result, Yan Wushuang was naturally alarmed. Yan Wushuang, who had always been suspicious, felt that something was wrong when he heard this, so he asked Meng Nian to send someone to investigate. As a result, the murderer turned out to be Falcon.

Meng Nian finished reporting the matter and said, "Falcon deliberately left clues to let us know that he did it, and we don't know what he wants to do?"

Yan Wushuang thought for a while, and his expression was a little ugly: "Yun Qing and Han Yuxi already knew that the murderer who killed Yun Qihao was a noble concubine." Unexpectedly, the two of them knew the truth so quickly.

Meng Nian felt that this guess was unreasonable: "If they knew that the murderer who killed Yun Qihao was the noble concubine, they should seek revenge from the noble concubine, why would they attack a few insignificant people?"

Yan Wushuang looked at Meng Nian and said, "What do you think is the best way to get revenge on someone?" Before Meng Nian could say anything, Yan Wushuang said on his own, "That is to make her life worse than death. Appetizer, their ultimate goal is Po and Chi."

Meng Nian's expression changed and he said, "Aren't the third prince and the eldest princess very dangerous?" Being blacklisted by Falcon is very dangerous.

Yan Wushuang said: "It's very dangerous. But after falling off the horse before, I believe Achi will be careful in the future." He survived such a difficult environment back then, and now Achi's situation is better than him. I don't know. How many times, he believed that as long as Ah Chi had the awareness of prevention, Han Yuxi would not be able to harm him even if he wanted to.

Meng Nian was not at ease. Ah Chi was also his favorite heir, so there must be no mistakes: "Your Majesty, you still have to send some more people around the third prince."

Yan Wushuang didn't object either, and said, "You can make arrangements for this matter." Among the many children, Ah Bao and Ah Chi were his favorites.

After a pause, Yan Wushuang said: "Suppress the news, I will tell the noble concubine after the New Year is over." If Han Yuchen knows the truth, I'm afraid this year will be a bad one. He didn't care what happened to Han Yuchen, but he cared about Achi and Abao's feelings. (to be continued)