In the past, I only paid attention to Ji Youran and her father. What about my second uncle who seemed to be good for nothing? Wasn't he worthy of suspicion
It seemed that all the problems were focused on Xiao and Ji Youran, so what about Ji Yongan, the head of the second house? If he was really useless and many things had nothing to do with him, then Ji Yongan would not have been involved in the drama troupe incident.
The most suspicious thing is another matter, the matter of Yuan Meiren.
She looks like Ji Hanyue, and considering Xiao's crazy words, she was kept in the Qingyun Temple for a while, and then lived in Ling'an Earl's Mansion. The person who could hide it from everyone and convince the lady was most likely Ji Yongan. After all, she was his illegitimate daughter. If he didn't agree, Xiao would never allow Concubine Yuan to be with him.
As for the old lady, she favored her youngest son the most. Although the youngest son was not good at either literature or martial arts, he was the most "filial" son in the old lady's eyes. Compared with her upright eldest son, the youngest son was the one who was "wholeheartedly filial" to her and listened to her.
Compared to Xiao and Ji Youran, Ji Yongan has the most say and can make Madam Ji the most moved. She will even keep the death of her eldest son a secret for him.
Ji Yongan, the master of Qingyun Temple
There is actually a connection between them.
After my father passed away, all power fell into the hands of the second house. The Xiao family was in charge of the inner courtyard, and it was very easy for Ji Yongan in the outer courtyard to do whatever he wanted and hide it from anyone.
Even though Mrs. Duan had become a lady, she still couldn't make the decisions on some things. Moreover, at that time, Mrs. Ji was not satisfied with Mrs. Duan and would call her over from time to time to set rules.
Mo Ying guessed that during that period, a monk must have entered the mansion.
After hearing what she said, Madam Duan responded, but also expressed some difficulties. Nowadays, the Ling'anbo Mansion has cut a lot of expenses, and the staff has also been reduced a lot, especially the staff of the second house. The Ling'anbo Mansion no longer has a second house, and many of the servants of the second house have been bribed, and those who are left now may not know.
"Madam, just check the concierge." Mo Ying smiled and reminded Madam Duan, "The front door or the back door will do."
As long as they didn't climb over the wall, then they came in openly. Whether it's the front door or the back door, it's a breakthrough point.
Mo Ying believed that this monk was brought in by Ji Yongan. Ji Yongan at that time was not like he is now. He almost had the entire Ling'an Marquis Mansion in his hands. If he concealed it a little, he could hide it from everyone. Of course, this does not mean that no one saw it, but no one dared to say anything.
The Buddhist beads were first given to her by Ji Yuanhai, and then he gave her another one. There must have been a monk there when her father was in trouble, but the place where she found the Buddhist beads was indeed between the scrolls hanging on the wall. Unlike the place where Yuanhai picked them up, this place did seem more like someone had hidden them intentionally.
It might have been an accident at first, and it might have been intentional later in order to come to the Ling Anbo Mansion more often.
Mo Ying had a hunch that those people were looking for something, the letters, or maybe it was the jade piece that the Second Prince of Northern Frontier mentioned today. Mo Ying was not sure yet.
But when I get back, I have to open the cards and see what the jade pieces inside are.
After Mrs. Duan went to inquire, she indeed got some information. A monk came to the house and entered through the back door. Ji Yongan went to pick him up. It was indeed more than once, but the visitor wore a cloak. If it wasn’t for the wind blowing one time and lifting it up a little, and the old woman at the back door happened to see a bald head, the old woman would probably never have thought that it was a monk.
Later, someone else in the palace also saw him, but they also saw a man wearing a cloak, and no one knew that he was a monk.
He came more than once, and each time he came he wore a large cloak. Because Ji Yongan went to pick him up personally, the servants stayed aside even if they saw him and did not dare to ask any questions.
They usually come when the lights are just turned on and leave after dark.
Someone also saw that the light in Ling Anbo's study was on, and then the second master was seen walking out with someone, a man wearing a cloak.
After listening to what Mrs. Duan said, Mo Ying understood in his heart that there was indeed such a monk who was involved in the bloody case, and this monk was very brave and had come more than once.
She was only paying attention to Pei Luoan's movements at first, but she didn't expect that there was a mysterious monk among them.
Thinking of the monk, she suddenly had an idea. She actually had something in her hand.
"This amulet is really exquisite!" Pei Yuanjun reached out and took the amulet from Mo Ying's hand. After flipping through it for a few times, the corners of his thin lips curled slightly.
"Your Highness knows?" Mo Ying raised her watery eyes and tilted her head slightly, looking quite charming.
The reason why she took out the amulet was because it had some relationship with Miss Zhou Er. Since she suspected Miss Zhou Er, she dared to use this amulet which she couldn't understand casually. Later, she asked about it in the palace and finally put it away.
When she thought about the "monk" in Ling Anbo's mansion, an object emerged in her mind, an amulet that she had discarded at that time and had kept since then.
She didn't understand the characters on it.
I had thought it had something to do with the rear house, and I had never shown it to Pei Yuanjun. Now I suddenly felt that I might have been wrong, otherwise why wouldn’t I have been able to find a breakthrough.
"It's quite interesting. Some of the Qin army's secret codes actually appear on this amulet. It makes me amazed." Pei Yuanjun turned the amulet in his hand twice more and gave the answer.
Mo Ying was stunned. This was just her guess, but now Pei Yuanjun suddenly said this. A hint of confusion appeared in her eyes.
Many things were tangled up, making it difficult for her to sort them out for a while.
The words came out of his mouth: "Is this really some military code in Qindi?"
"What? Don't you think it's right?" Pei Yuanjun knocked the amulet on the table jokingly.
"If it's not this thing, how come it is on the amulet?" Mo Ying shook her head and frowned slightly. The army had its own set of secret codes, and Mo Ying had heard about it from her father before.
But even my father didn't tell me what it was like in detail at that time.
The military's secret code is only known by a few people in the army, and what is mentioned now is the Qin's secret code.
"Is it the King of Qin's old subordinate?" Mo Ying pursed her lips slightly, and her eyes fell on the amulet.
Ever since she got the amulet, Mo Ying had always thought that it was something from the backyard, and at most it contained some sinister means. However, after checking it over and over again, she did not find anything unusual, and the characters on it were completely incomprehensible, as if they were casually drawn.
This thing had been in her body for some time. Later, when she met Master Shangshan in the palace, Master Shangshan only hinted that she was "infected with evil" and did not explain the specific situation.
Maybe I really didn't know and only knew some fragmentary rumors. Maybe I was given enough hints, but I really didn't understand at that time and didn't think about it in this way.
Who would have thought that an amulet obtained by chance would have so many details to consider.
If it weren't for the fact that Miss Zhou Er's affairs were involved, if it weren't for the fact that Miss Zhou Er was suspicious, Mo Ying wouldn't care even if he couldn't understand the amulet.
Many coincidences came together to make her value the amulet in her hand a little more. It was useless to keep it like this.
But even if he took a fancy to it, Mo Ying would not think that this thing had anything to do with the military, and moreover, it had nothing to do with the Qin territory more than thirty years ago.
"When the three kings rebelled, the main force was Qin. Qin developed a set of military code words as the terms used between the main generals and confidants in the army. Only the confidants of the three kings knew this set of military language." Pei Yuanjun put down the amulet, took the wet wipes handed over by Mo Ying, wiped his hands, and lazily explained to Mo Ying.
His slender fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and he continued to explain to Mo Ying: "Afterwards, the three kings failed, and their descendants fled in panic. This set of secret codes was almost completely lost. When I was in charge of the army, I saw it in some secret scrolls. I thought it was novel and read it a few more times."
"I haven't seen this set of code words for all these years?" Mo Ying couldn't help but ask curiously. It still exists now, so it shouldn't be possible that it hasn't existed for all these years.
"It has happened before." Pei Yuanjun smiled, but his smile was very cold, "but every time it appears, it is bloody and violent. The incident of Empress Yuan in the palace was also caused by something like this."
Mo Ying's heart skipped a beat: "Is it also a talisman?"
"No, it's something else. It's related to Empress Yuan's family."
It was obvious that Empress Yuan was implicated in what happened back then. She was then framed and thrown into the cold palace. Many concubines also stepped on her, which led to Empress Yuan's tragedy.
Mo Ying was silent, and took the initiative to reach out and hold Pei Yuanjun's hand. There were some things she had always known, and she also understood Pei Yuanjun's pain and obsession.
He happened to know this kind of background and this kind of identity very clearly.
The old Prince of Yun should have told him about it a long time ago, but the emperor thought he knew nothing. Over the years, he would never take the initiative to talk about it unless the emperor said it.
Maybe this is just his obsession, but in life, not everyone can let go of everything.
It was because of this obsession in his heart that he acted recklessly and casually in the past, and the things he did did not seem to be for his own good.
Pei Yuanjun when I first met him is actually different from Pei Yuanjun now.
"This symbol is used on the amulet, and it looks like some Buddhist elements have been modified. Could it be that a monk designed this set of code words?" Mo Ying held Pei Yuanjun's hand, and felt his big hand slowly responding. A gentle smile appeared at the corner of her lips. She didn't want to think about what he was like in the past.
I just hope to pull him out of that thick darkness.
And with his strength, I pulled myself out.
When I was reborn, I hated it as much as I could.
"There was a monk who was an aide to the King of Qin. He was very mysterious, but many of the information at that time has disappeared. It was only said that there was such a monk, and then he died in the war, or died while escorting the King of Qin's son to escape. After that, no one mentioned the military code at the time, and no one mentioned that it came from the hands of this monk."
Pei Yuanjun said slowly.