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

After the notice that "Shen An has no personal guards" was posted, more of Shen An's personal guards appeared in Yong'an City.

When Ah Liu ran back to report the news, he was out of breath.

"Young master."

"Um."

"Thirty-seven in the East Market."

"Twenty-one in the West Market."

"There's another one in the north of the city."

"How many?"

"have no idea."

"They sell things."

I didn't understand at first.

What are you selling?

"Shen An's personal guard talisman".

The notice had only been up for half a day.

Someone in the East Market made wooden signs.

Engraved on the front:

Shen An had no personal guards.

Engraved on the back:

Therefore, everyone was a personal soldier.

One dollar and five coins.

Buy two and get a free red string.

Ah Liu bought one.

I deducted ten coins from him.

Why deduct ten coins?

"Fake brand for five coins."

"Five coins for tuition."

He thought it was too expensive.

Bai Zhi turned the wooden plaque over and over to examine it.

"The person who makes the cards can read."

"They'll change their words."

"Have you checked?"

"The stall owner said he gets his goods from the north of the city."

"They say it was brought by a merchant from Qingzhou, from the north of the city."

"Where are the Qingzhou merchants?"

They ran away.

They are not necessarily Zhou Ding's accomplices.

It's also possible that businessmen just think there's money to be made.

People are not necessarily sensitive to matters of principle.

They are usually very sensitive to five coins.

But it's dangerous for everyone to be a personal soldier.

It turned my denial back on itself.

There was no official personal guard.

Therefore, anyone can call themselves that.

They did not receive military pay.

Not included in the camp register.

There's no need for you to listen to me.

All you need is my name.

I asked Lin Huan to inspect the memorial archway.

It is not prohibited from being sold.

First, have all the stall owners report who purchased their goods.

They don't even bother to catch those that have already been bought.

Add one more line next to the notice:

The person holding this wooden plaque is not Shen An's personal guard.

The five coins are non-refundable.

Ah Liu saw the last sentence.

"Why not return it?"

"I didn't accept it."

"But the people were deceived."

"Get a refund from the person who sold you the license plate."

What if they ran away?

"Debt accounting".

Bai Zhi agrees.

She loves keeping track of debts.

The stall owners in the East Market quickly revealed the sign-carving workshop.

A coffin shop in the north of Yong'an City.

The boss's name is Sun Youcai.

There is no record of the person being dead.

The household registration is real.

The question was asked why they were playing cards.

他 说:

"Someone gave me two taels of silver."

"Let me carve it the same way."

"Who?"

"A lame man."

Gu Shisan is also lame.

He was the first person everyone thought of.

This is called borrowing features.

Gu Shisan has now returned to the southwest to inspect Du Heng's military tomb.

Not in Yong'an.

But all you have to do is say he's lame.

Suspicion will fall on him first.

"What does it look like?"

"Cover your face."

Which leg is lame?

"Left leg."

Gu Shisan has a limp in his right leg.

At least it wasn't made exactly like his.

"What accent do you speak?"

"southwest."

"Where was the silver minted?"

Angelica dahurica has been tested.

It's not the Southwest Military Bank.

It was a reward silver from the imperial treasury of the capital.

The year is the fourteenth year of Chengxi.

Someone is using old silver to tell new stories again.

Sun Youcai only carves plaques.

He was not involved in the murder.

Deduct the remaining goods first.

Leave the silver as evidence.

It has nothing to do with people.

After it's closed, people in the city will only say that the emperor arrested the people because of a five-cash wooden plaque.

Besides the plaque carver, a new list has appeared in the north of the city.

The list reads:

The young lord has no army.

This was because the imperial court feared the army.

The young master defied his father's orders.

This was because the princess had her mother in power.

The young master is in Yong'an.

It must not be told the truth.

I will see the young master from now on.

Just one question:

Do you still remember the troop review at Qingxia Gorge?

If the answer is yes.

That is, to ask for help.

If the answer is no, then...

It means being controlled by medication.

I've finished reading it.

"This method is easier than clenching your fist."

No matter what I answer.

They were all asking for help.

Ah Liu asked:

"So you're not going to answer?"

"Feeling guilty."

"Are you swearing?"

"Controlled"

"Run?"

"Being chased."

"Laughing?"

"Forced smile."

He thought for a while.

"Young master."

"Nothing you do now is right."

"It's about the same as usual."

The person who made this statement doesn't need to prove that I'm being controlled.

As long as others believe it, all counter-evidence is part of the control.

This is another use of the dream-locking drug.

It does not fall on people.

They fell into the crowd.

I asked Zhou Ding.

Was the list prepared by him?

He said no.

"But it's well written."

"What's good about it?"

"A road I won't explain to you."

Who wrote it?

"have no idea."

Do you know the lame person?

"Many people in the Southwest have limping limbs."

"What about the old silver in the imperial treasury?"

"There are many in the capital as well."

Zhou Ding was very relaxed.

He probably really didn't know.

This makes things worse.

One method has already spread.

It is not an organization that is issuing the order.

Anyone can learn it.

After reading the new list, the mother said:

"The word 'seal'."

"What?"

"Young Master."

The father frowned.

"How to seal it off?"

"You're not allowed to use it?"

"It's unstoppable."

The mother said, "It's not about sealing your mouth."

"Sealing the procedures."

In all public documents, military orders, postal correspondence, and notices.

The title "Young Master" will be temporarily suspended as an identity.

Shen An must be written about.

If it refers to Shen Lie's son.

It is about Shen An, the son of Shen Lie.

If referring to the Censor-in-Chief.

Write about the censor Shen An.

If it refers to the son-in-law.

Write about Shen An, the son-in-law of the Zhaoning Emperor.

If referring to the troops being mustered at Qingxia.

This is a description of Shen An being greeted by a fake soldier kneeling on that day.

It's not enough to just write about the young master.

The father said, "That's how they've always called us in the Southwest Army."

"That's why it's easy to borrow."

"The military knows who it is."

"Zhou Ding also knows."

The father remained silent.

"Young Master" is not a name.

It wasn't an official position either.

It's more like an empty seat.

Who wants to be ordered around?

He then stuffed in his own interpretation of Shen An.

"How long will the lockdown last?" the father asked.

"Seal it off until no one uses it to kill people."

"That could take a long time."

"It will take a long time."

The emperor said, "I agree."

His father looked at him.

"His Majesty certainly agrees."

"The title of 'Young Master' has been bestowed upon him."

"The Southwest is missing a flag."

The emperor said, "You have too many flags."

"It's still better than Wei Zhi in the palace."

The mother tapped on the table.

"Write an appendix."

The two remained silent.

The notice of discontinuation of service for the young master was personally signed by me.

The content, however, does not say that ordinary people cannot speak out.

There is no penalty for using everyday names.

Performing opera is not punishable.

Swearing is not punished.

Only stipulates:

Any document that uses "Young Master" as the source of a message, as a pretext for recruiting soldiers, raising funds, or as a reason for killing is invalid.

The real name and clear command must be provided.

Those who are missing should be referred to by borrowed name.

This range is very narrow.

That's perfect for blocking the person who's doing the work.

Don't arrest the person who spoke.

When the notice was posted, the vendor selling amulets in the East Market asked:

"Can I still sell it?"

Lin Huan said, "Yes."

"Is everyone on the other side a personal soldier?"

"It can also be engraved."

"Really not going to arrest them?"

"Don't arrest them."

The stall owner breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Huan added:

"Someone used your cards to commit murder."

"First, let me ask you where you receive the silver from."

The stall owner immediately put away the cards.

It's not that I'm afraid of the greater good.

It's because they're afraid of the debt.

That evening, half of the wooden signs in the city were gone.

The command is not valid.

All license plate sellers started requiring buyers to sign their names.

The lame man never reappeared.

The Qingzhou merchants could not be found either.

No one was willing to take on anything beyond five coins for an unknown person.

Yue Da and five others read the notice that the young master had been suspended.

Yue Da asked:

"Can't I call you Young Master from now on?"

"You can call."

"What's the difference?"

"Calling me won't make you guilty."

"I'll use those two words to make you kill someone."

"Command invalid."

"If it really was you who gave in?"

"I will write about Shen An."

Yue Da thought for a moment.

What if someone imitates your handwriting?

"It also requires the seal, the time, and the witnesses."

"Is it that troublesome?"

"Murder must be troublesome."

He nodded.

This time, it seemed like I actually understood a little bit.

Zhao Shi remained unconvinced.

"My father's command is true."

"General Shen also wants to kill the emperor."

"Why can't we do it?"

His father asked him personally:

"Have you ever served in the Southwest Army?"

"Awaiting recruitment."

"Those awaiting recruitment are not soldiers."

"I do."

"It's not that I'm willing, but it's not."

Zhao Shi's face turned red.

"Then how do we determine if it counts?"

Give me your name.

"A physical examination."

"Training troops."

"Included in the register."

"Receive your pay."

"Take an oath."

"Further clear military orders have been received."

The father said, "One step less."

"None of them can kill for the Southwest Army."

Zhao Shi asked:

What if the enemy is already in front of us?

"Self-defense is permissible."

Is today's emperor an enemy?

The father looked at the emperor.

Everyone held their breath.

The father said:

"He is my enemy."

"They are not the enemy forces you face today."

The emperor was also looking at him.

This statement provides no justification for the assassination.

However, he separated personal grudges from military orders.

The father finally admitted it.

He wanted to kill the emperor.

This does not mean that the Southwest Army is at war with the Emperor.

Zhao Shi lowered his head.

They did not admit their mistake.

At least they won't be calling it the Southwest anymore.

After hearing his father's words, Zhou Ding asked to see me for the first time.

"Are you planning to write everything in great detail?"

"Yes."

"The common people can't remember."

"If you can't remember, just ask."

"There wasn't time to ask in the army."

"There's always time to know who to kill before you kill someone."

Zhou Ding sneered.

"The world is not an accounting office."

"I know."

"Then why do you always want others to write it?"

"Because the knife is too fast."

I said, "Write slowly."

"At least it will make Yue Da put down his knife."

Zhou Ding looked out the window.

Yue Da is rewriting his name in the courtyard.

This was written for the first time in a fundraising appeal.

The second one was written in the confession in the case of the regicide.

The third time was written on the page where the young master refused to serve in his place.

It's always Yue Da.

There is no Jia 81.

There was also no Shen An's personal guard.

Zhou Ding asked:

"Do you really think we can win like this?"

"Who will we beat?"

"All those who want to kill the emperor."

"cannot."

"All those who borrowed your name?"

"No, not either."

"Then what's the point of you doing all this?"

I thought about it.

"Give way to the next knife."

"At least you know who has the power over you."

Zhou Ding fell silent.

An urgent report arrived in the capital that night.

The news of Zongzhengji's future death was revealed.

The record next to it that read "His Majesty is still alive today" was also torn in half.

A new piece of paper is pasted in the original place.

There is no print.

It has no name.

Only four sentences:

The emperor left the capital.

Shen Lie crossed the gorge.

Gu Qinghe sat in the middle.

Shen An was given a name.

Last line:

The four of them were in Yong'an.

Old debts can be settled overnight.

After I finished reading it, I asked:

Who's putting up these in Beijing?

Urgent report:

I didn't see it clearly.

There was a man with a slight limp in his left leg.

He's limping again.

It's not about helping us find someone.

It was to make all lame people suspicious.

Gu Shisan.

Wounded soldiers in Qingxia.

Jiangbei River Engineering.

Even elderly people with limpses on the street.

If you arrest the wrong person.

The new list can then continue writing:

Shen An was given a title.

Arbitrary arrests harm civilians.

The mother put the paper down.

"They're not in a hurry to hide anymore."

The father asked, "What do you want to do?"

The emperor looked at the three grain debt plaques outside the old Yong'an granary.

I understand.

The title of "Young Master" was bestowed upon him.

The substitute offering was blocked.

The regicide order was refused.

Zhou Ding was arrested.

They need something bigger.

There wasn't enough time to complete all the supplementary pages, medical examinations, and name registration.

The four people were all in Yong'an.

The accounts were settled overnight.

It wasn't just the emperor who was killed.

It was meant to involve the Emperor, Shen Lie, Gu Qinghe, and me.

Let's all die in this ledger.