The next day, Li Qi came to the East Palace early in the morning.
He handed the account book to Prince Jiang Qian and told him about the witness.
After Jiang Qian heard this, he said angrily: "My imperial sister is really lawless!"
Putting the account book aside, Jiang Qian asked: "Li Shidu, tell me, how did you uncover the case this time?"
Li Qi told the story of his escape from death in Youcheng, but he did not mention the Imperial Guards.
He also told me about sneaking into Lanyuan to steal the account book.
After hearing this, Jiang Qian was no longer surprised and said with a smile: "I have indeed seen the right person. Li Shidu, you are really brave and resourceful. It's a pity that I am only the prince now and do not have the right to be appointed an official. Otherwise, I will
If you do this, I can make you a third-rank official."
"Thank you, Your Highness. As I said before, it is my blessing to be able to do things for Your Highness." Li Qi said.
"But don't worry, this matter won't be in vain for you. I will talk to my mother later and she will definitely reward you heavily." Jiang Qian said.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"By the way, your transfer order has been issued and you should be promoted within the next two days." Jiang Qian said and glanced at the eunuch Zhao Fu beside him, "Zhao Fu, go and give me the gift I am going to give to Li Shidu."
Bring the things over."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li Qi was a little confused and asked: "Your Highness, what do you want to give me?"
Jiang Qian gave it a try and said with a smile: "You will know in a moment."
Soon Zhao Fu came over with a tray covered with a layer of brocade cloth.
"Li Shidu." Zhao Fu handed the tray to Li Qi.
Li Qi was a little confused. He opened the brocade cloth on the tray and saw three exquisite small bottles.
When I looked carefully, I saw the word "Pepper" written on the bottle.
"Li Shidu, I heard some time ago that a bottle of this pepper is hard to find in Kyoto. I heard it was brought from the Western Regions. Adding it to dishes not only makes the dishes more delicious, but also has the benefit of prolonging life. Even the imperial meals
We don't have much room, so I asked someone to buy a few bottles and give them to you as a reward." Jiang Qian said.
Li Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "Where does this pepper come from, Your Highness?"
"Of course I spent a lot of money to collect it from others." Jiang Qian said with a proud look on his face.
Grandma, what's wrong with you giving me pepper?
Do you know how many boxes I still have at home?
It seems that the prince does not know that the source of the pepper comes from himself.
But you can't hide this kind of thing.
Thinking about it, Li Qi cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please atone for your sins."
Jiang Qian looked confused: "Why did Li Shidu say this?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Actually, all the pepper in Kyoto comes from me..."
Jiang Qian was stunned for a moment: "Going out of your place?"
Li Qi nodded and explained: "I bought this pepper from a foreigner by chance when I went to Guangnan, and then brought it back to Kyoto..."
Hearing this, Jiang Qian had a wonderful expression, and Zhao Fu on the side was also stunned for a moment.
"Haha..." Jiang Qian laughed twice, "I thought this was a rare thing and I couldn't ask for more. I wanted to give it to you, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating."
"Your Highness is serious." Li Qi clasped his fists and said, "I am lucky to be rewarded by Your Highness. Later I will have someone send some pepper from my house to Your Highness."
"Okay." Jiang Qian said with a smile, "I don't know what I want to reward you now, but you can remember it first and I will make it up to you later."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
After staying in the East Palace for a whole morning, and having dinner with the prince at noon, the prince went to take a lunch break. Li Qi was about to leave, but who knew that he was summoned to the prince's bedroom by a palace maid.
Li Qi knew that Lu Jinshuang had probably been waiting for him to enter the palace for a long time, but this time he was prepared.
He has now completely understood the meaning of the four lines of the poem "Jueqing Palace".
It's nothing more than an address. As for what is in that address, Li Qi still doesn't know.
"Li Shidu, it's really not easy to find you." Lu Jinshuang said with a half-smile.
"Isn't it easy for the Crown Princess to see me? Just find someone to knock me out and carry me over?" Li Qi said.
As soon as she heard this sentence, Lu Jinshuang's cheeks couldn't help but turn red.
Li Qisheng was afraid that she would change her attitude immediately, so he quickly said: "I have already checked the silver. As for the secret of the sacred object, I can also tell you."
Li Qi looked around and said, "Do you have paper, ink, pen, and inkstone here?"
Lu Jinshuang didn't know what he was going to do, so he had the Four Treasures of the Study brought over.
In front of a table, Li Qi picked up a writing brush and started writing on the paper.
He silently wrote out all the verses contained in the four sacred objects, and as for the final high-verse verse, he also copied it down according to the gourd painting.
Looking at the four lines of poetry on the paper, Lu Jinshuang looked confused: "What is this?"
Li Qi took out the bracelet he got from Tianjihui from his arms and handed it over: "You should be familiar with this, right?"
Lu Jinshuang took the bracelet and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "This is a sacred object!"
"There is a saying hidden in every sacred object you say, don't you know?"
Lu Jinshuang looked confused. Li Qi took the bracelet over and broke it hard. The bracelet instantly broke into two halves, revealing a piece of cloth hidden inside.
After taking out the strip of cloth, it exactly corresponded to the words written by Li Qi on the paper.
Now Lu Jinshuang reacted: "Is this what is hidden in the holy object?"
Li Qi nodded.
Lu Jinshuang's face lit up: "That's it!"
As she spoke, she looked carefully at the four lines of poetry written by Li Qi on the paper. Whenever she read the last two verses with high rhymes, she would speak two languages that Li Qi could not understand at all.
Li Qi was naturally not that honest, and he messed up the order of the last two translated high-rhyme verses.
The original order of the four lines of the poem is: Kuncheng to the north of the sun, the water village in the mountains of Tianji Mountain, the farmhouse on the ancient west wind road, and the cold cave of Qiankun.
What he wrote to Lu Jinshuang was: Kuncheng to the north of the sun, the farmhouses in the Tianji Mountains, the water village on the ancient west wind road, and the Qiankun Cold Cave.
Of the four sacred objects, the cloth strip inside the first sacred object was taken away by Li Qi, and the cloth strip inside the fourth sacred object was also taken away by Li Qi. As for the other two, they fell into the hands of Jueqing Palace.
So he tampered with the contents of the two sacred relics he took away and changed their order.
The reason why he did this was just in case. If the other party wanted to kill people and silence them, they would not be able to find what they were looking for.
"What is hidden in this place?" Li Qi asked tentatively.
Lu Jinshuang glanced at him, and the smile on her face gradually faded. She stared at him for a long time, which made Li Qi feel a little scared.
Grandma, you can say whatever you want. What does it mean to stare at me?