My father ordered me to kill the emperor, but His Majesty bestowed a princess upon me instead.

Three lines were set up in front of the Yong'an old warehouse.

The first step was to test the weapons.

The second step is to verify the person's identity.

The third step is to verify the accounts.

Everyone is the same.

The emperor's guards first engaged in long-range combat.

He kept only his sword.

The same goes for fathers.

Xu Sandao refused to hand over the third knife.

He had a sword at his waist.

One in the boot.

There was also a handful hidden in her hair bun.

Ah Liu watched with great admiration as the guards inspecting the weapons pulled a short knife from his hair.

"Master Xu."

"Um."

"Doesn't it feel uncomfortable when you sleep?"

"Habit."

"Washing your hair?"

Xu Sandao looked at him.

Wash less.

Ah Liu immediately stepped back.

I think he asked a question he shouldn't have.

The father's sword was placed outside the first line.

The knife is too long.

Even the warehouse door is not suitable for entering.

After the emperor saw it, he said:

"There are times when you don't carry a knife."

The father said, "The knife is outside."

"I still have it with me."

The two spoke very calmly.

Unlike an enemy of eleven years.

It's more like two people who don't want to raise their voices first.

This is when it's even more dangerous.

The mother sat in the middle of the soft chair.

They weren't allowed to catch up first.

To put it simply:

"Verification of the person."

The emperor has prior knowledge of this.

Name.

Identity.

Old wound.

Purpose of leaving Beijing.

Number of people accompanying the person.

Axle and records along the way.

Fully combined.

The father also tested positive.

Name:

Shen Lie.

Identity:

Commander-in-Chief of the Southwest Army.

The person in charge of transporting 6,000 shi of grain in Jiangbei.

The emperor ordered the assassination of his ruler.

People related to Gu Qinghe's old case.

His report was more comprehensive than what the Ministry of Rites had prepared.

The officer examining the body asked:

"Has the name been changed?"

"no."

"Was the identity of a dead person used?"

"no."

"How can you prove it?"

The father looked at Xu Sandao.

Xu Sandao said:

"I've been with him for twenty-seven years."

The officer shook his head.

"A single witness is not enough."

Xu Sandao's face darkened.

But the father said, "Continue."

The second testimony comes from an old doctor in the army.

He examined his father's new scar on his left eyebrow, the old wound on the web of his right hand, and two arrow wounds on his back.

The third is the mother.

The officer asked:

"Can Gu Qinghe confirm that this person is Shen Lie?"

The mother looked at the father for a long time.

"I can recognize some of them."

The father's eyes flickered.

Which part?

"Face."

"hurt."

"Frown your left eyebrow first when you speak."

"When angry, he will tap the scabbard with his right thumb."

"There's no scabbard today."

"So this item wasn't tested."

The father subconsciously tapped the edge of the table with his right thumb.

The mother said, "It's been tested now."

Ah Liu lowered his head.

His shoulders twitched twice.

The father saw it.

Laugh if you want to laugh.

Ah Liu immediately stopped moving.

"no."

The officer then asked:

"Has Gu Qinghe confirmed that this person has not been replaced since eleven years ago?"

The mother said, "No."

Her father looked at her.

"You doubt that I'm faking it?"

"It's been eleven years since we last met."

Why not have doubts?

"Tiger Seal."

"A genuine seal can be used to accomplish false tasks."

My mother wrote this in a letter.

The father did not refute.

Final medical examination record:

It can be confirmed that the current identity is highly consistent.

The eleven years of experience are corroborated by records from military tents, Xu Sandao, military doctors, and the Southwest Camp.

It wasn't based on just one glance from his wife.

My father signed it.

The emperor, standing to the side, said:

"General Shen's case also needs to be verified."

His father looked at him.

"Your Majesty has three Wei Zhis."

"each other."

The two truly clashed in their first exchange.

Nobody benefited.

The third step is to verify the accounts.

The father did not bring all the original documents.

Four categories.

Actual receipt of 6,000 shi of military rations.

Forty-one entry records.

Gu Qinghe's order to transfer military rations.

Order to Kill the King.

Each type of original document is held by a different accounting office.

It wasn't placed solely on the father.

After seeing this, the mother said:

"I've learned it."

The father said, "It's always been like this."

"I used to be in your military tent."

"The military tent was safe at that time."

"They betrayed the most later on."

The father did not speak.

Ah Liu glanced at me secretly.

He probably felt that his mother was more likely to shut his father up than the emperor.

The transfer order was placed on the first table.

The front has the father's signature.

The mother's signature is blank.

Behind this is the testimony of the Wang family's good fortune.

The end of Bai Song is missing half a section.

The father said:

"The original document."

The mother asked, "Has it been in your possession the whole time?"

"Sealed in a copper box."

"Why didn't you pay?"

"To whom?"

"First Queen."

"She's dead."

"Bai Song".

"He's dead too."

Pei Shen.

I don't believe it.

The emperor said, "You can hand it over to me."

His father looked at him.

"You are the last person I should associate with."

The emperor's face darkened.

Why?

"You've been banned once."

"It will be sealed off a second time."

"I have now opened it."

Eleven years later.

"At least it's open."

The father said, "That's why I came."

This statement does not constitute a reconciliation.

It's just an admission that the facts have changed a little.

The mother turned the transfer order over to the back.

"Who signed the Wang family's witness statement?"

"Wang Heng".

Wang Heng, who had been imprisoned in the new jail outside the palace, has now been moved to the side courtyard of the old granary.

Her statement and her identity are still intact.

They didn't let her sit directly at the head table.

The mother had someone invite them over.

Wang Heng was carried to the front of the transfer order.

I glanced at it.

"I didn't sign it."

The father said, "Wang Shi Yi Tang Heng Yin."

"The seal is mine."

"The character is not correct."

"Who can use your seal?"

"Wang Song".

"Luo Qingniang".

"And there was Zhou Qi, who was in charge of the seal of Yitang back then."

Where is Zhou Qi?

"There's someone dead in the tent."

"What about in reality?"

"have no idea."

Another dead body.

The mother said, "Make a note of it and we'll check later."

The father frowned.

"This order has been in effect for eleven years."

"If Wang Heng says it's not true today, then we should investigate?"

"She is the master of the seal."

"He might be lying."

"So it's not invalid."

The mother said, "It needs to be investigated."

The father tapped his finger on the table.

"The military's food supply operations cannot be completely shut down just because one piece of evidence is pending investigation."

Nobody told you to stop completely.

"But you can't use this seal to prove that Wang was fully aware of the situation at the time."

The emperor, standing to the side, said:

"General Shen."

How does it feel to be rejected to someone's face?

His father looked at him.

"It's better than His Majesty being tricked into affixing his seal by three urgent imperial edicts."

The emperor remained silent.

The mother tapped the table with her pen.

"You two."

"I want to argue."

"State the facts first."

Both of them stopped.

I suddenly realized that my mother wasn't sitting in the middle to protect herself from being hit.

This was to prevent them from turning court discussions into a battle of wits and weaknesses.

The second document is the actual receipt of military rations.

The Southwest Vanguard Battalion has a stipend of 3,400 shi (a unit of grain).

The information includes the camp number, the person receiving the rations, and the daily consumption.

It looks very real.

Bai Zhi only asked:

"Where is the rice bag?"

The accountant was stunned.

"The rice bag from eleven years ago?"

"The grain bears the seal of the Jiangbei Granary."

What happens to the grain bags after the army collects them?

"Disassemble and clean."

"Make sandbags."

"Make bedding."

"Burn the rest."

"Not at all?"

"The military depot might have it."

The father said, "I've checked."

"Forty-three were found."

"How much grain does forty-three prove?"

"One stone per animal."

"Therefore, only forty-three shi can be empirically verified."

The accountant said urgently:

"Twenty thousand soldiers have eaten it!"

"Where are the witnesses?"

"veteran."

"Give me your name."

Just because there are many people in a military tent doesn't mean that everything should be known to everyone.

Thirty-seven people were ultimately selected from the veterans of the Vanguard Battalion.

Sub-camp.

Divide the day.

Grain distribution officer.

Each person reminisces.

We cannot get together and agree on a single statement.

The father's complexion grew increasingly grim.

"Qinghe".

"Um."

"Investigate in this way."

"It won't be finished in seven days."

"Then let's extend the opening hours for a few more days."

"Military affairs cannot be completely halted."

"Who told you to stop?"

The mother said, "The accountant is checking the accounts."

"The soldiers will continue their duties as usual."

"Unless your army leaves your sight, it won't move."

The father remained silent.

Xu Sandao said from behind:

"active."

His father looked at him.

Xu Sandao remained expressionless.

"The general is not here."

"It can move too."

This statement seems to be in defense.

In fact, they dismantled the father's last reason as well.

In the afternoon, the father finally approached the mother.

Not in private.

All witnesses remain.

he asks:

How are you feeling?

The mother said, "Alive."

"Where's the medicine?"

"Part of it has stopped."

Will it be alright?

"have no idea."

The father's fingers tightened.

"I didn't know the Wang family would imprison you for eleven years."

"You know about the seven-day lockdown."

"Yes."

Why?

"I'm afraid you'll die if you deliver the tents to the capital."

"So you'll die for me for seven days?"

The father did not answer.

His mother looked at him.

"Shen Lie".

"Um."

You can say you're afraid.

"Don't say it's for me."

After a long pause, the father finally spoke:

"Afraid."

"What are you afraid of?"

"Fear of military unrest."

"I'm afraid you'll die."

"I'm afraid you'll hand the roster over to Xiao Jingheng."

"I'm also afraid you'll find out."

"I already know that several of the forty-one people are from the Wang family."

The old warehouse fell silent.

The emperor raised his head.

I looked at my father.

This was a detail that was not previously found in the military tent.

Mother asked:

"How many do you know?"

"Seven."

"When will we know?"

"The day before you were locked up."

Why didn't you tell me?

"I want to keep this in order to investigate the Wang family."

Pei Shen made the same choice in the capital.

I know some of the informants.

Control first.

Not disclosed.

The father went even further.

Seven men were left in the army.

They wanted to use them to spread false information back home.

"Did it work?" the mother asked.

"We've caught two grain supply lines."

"And the price?"

"Four people escaped."

"Three people died."

Who died?

"A Wang family informant."

"Two military guards."

The mother nodded.

"Add to the bill."

The father said, "I have already admitted to failing to supervise forty-one people."

"This is not an oversight."

His mother looked at him.

"It was known that there were seven people involved."

"I still choose to stay."

The father did not argue.

The accountant added a line.

Continue down this path.

He was no longer burdened with responsibilities that he only learned about later.

Rather, a choice had already been made at that time.

The emperor, standing to the side, said:

"Shen Lie".

"You should also control it first and then open it."

His father looked at him.

"At least I'll see it for myself."

The emperor said, "In the end, we couldn't keep an eye on things either."

The two of them are about to start again.

The mother closed her eyes.

"An'er".

"I am here."

"Separate them."

"How do we separate them?"

"The emperor went to the eastern granary."

"Shen Lie is going to Xicang."

"No seeing each other before dinner."

The emperor said, "I—"

The mother opened her eyes.

"Does Your Majesty wish to sit behind the screen?"

The emperor stopped talking.

My father didn't say anything either.

Two people, one went to Dongcang.

One went to Xicang.

Each person checked their own accounts.

I stood in the middle courtyard.

Ah Liu asked:

"Young master."

"Um."

"What do you look like right now?"

"Imperial Censor".

"I feel like a schoolteacher."

"A bad student on the left."

"The one on the right is also broken."

I looked at him.

"You will copy the identity register tonight."

Ah Liu immediately changed his tune.

"They are all good students."