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

Deng Sanniang was not a native of Jiangbei who had returned to her hometown.

Her household registration has remained unchanged.

Her husband died in the Qingfeng epidemic camp.

The body was not found.

The account book states "died of illness".

She denies it.

I've been searching for eight years.

Later, he went to Beijing and worked as a handyman at the Jiangbei Guild Hall.

Many people in the guild hall called her Sister Deng.

Her real name is Deng Xiniang.

When the list was posted, it was written as Deng San Niang.

It's not a pseudonym.

It refers to the birth order in the family.

This delayed the search by half a day.

Everyone is investigating Deng San Niang.

Her rental agreement, however, was signed by Deng Xiniang.

The name hasn't been changed.

They just asked one less question.

Qiu Tang led a group to search for rented houses.

Three things were found.

An old shoe.

A receipt for a body from the Qingfeng epidemic camp.

There is still one eye card that hasn't been claimed.

The soles of my shoes are covered in mud from the southern ditch of Beijing.

The corpse claim slip reads:

Husband Deng Dalang.

The body had been burned.

Corpse Collector:

Deng Xiniang.

But the handprint wasn't hers.

She never claimed the body.

Someone else pressed her fingerprint on her behalf.

It was because of this fake death warrant.

The authorities have consistently maintained that the body has been handed over to the family.

If she asks again, it's just unreasonable pestering.

She waited for eight years.

In the end, he did not deny his mother's innocence simply because he suffered.

This is why Zhou Qi cannot keep her.

She is not on the side of the emperor.

It's not about standing up for the father either.

She only recognizes which stroke is correct.

Which stroke is wrong?

Such a person is not suitable to be a clean witness.

I instructed the capital not to report Deng Xiniang's murder first.

No body was found.

You can only write "missing".

Further investigation is needed to determine who she contacted after she withdrew from the game.

Seven people saw it at the Jiangbei Guild Hall.

However, the accounts differ.

One person said she went with the water delivery man.

One person said they were threatened.

The two men said the water delivery person was a woman.

The three men said it was a boy.

Another person said they didn't see the water delivery person.

All I could see was an empty bucket moving towards the back alley by itself.

The last point is useless.

And the most honest.

He was on the second floor at the time.

All I could see was a bucket.

I didn't see anyone carrying a bucket.

Bai Zhi separated the seven testimonies.

"Disagreements are a good thing."

Ah Liu asked, "Why?"

"This indicates a lack of consensus."

If seven people say the exact same thing.

Instead, they should check if the knowledge has been memorized.

At present, only the following can be confirmed:

Before Deng Xiniang left.

There are indeed water buckets in the back alley.

The person carrying the bucket was dressed plainly.

Face, age, and gender cannot be confirmed.

The direction is Nangou.

The inner guards of the capital searched along the southern ditch.

Twelve buckets were found in an abandoned dye workshop.

Each bucket has an eye pattern engraved on the bottom.

Eleven of them were empty.

The last one contained a wooden plaque.

There are a total of 248 pieces.

That's exactly the number of people who are unwilling to change their tune.

Three hundred and seventy-one names were listed on the four lists.

Two hundred and forty-eight people said they would not change it.

The cards were already made in advance.

It wasn't engraved after the name was left.

This indicates that Zhou Qi did not know who would come.

But they know roughly how many people would be willing to only acknowledge one.

Or perhaps she simply doesn't care about a few dollars more or less.

As long as there's enough to distribute.

There are also four empty books next to the wooden sign.

The cover should state:

The monarch's testimony.

Military ID.

Suffering symptoms.

Clearance.

The title "Junzheng" corresponds to the emperor.

The military ID corresponds to the father.

Suffering corresponds to the mother.

The evidence corresponds to me.

The same table is drawn on the first page of each book.

Name.

old name.

The person you recognize.

The person I hate.

What have you seen?

Would you like to change your mind?

Can you write?

Can the body be identified?

Can it be stamped?

Could you show me the way?

See the last four items.

The Emperor said:

"It's not a list of names."

The father said, "We're counting people."

The mother said, "Choose witnesses."

Zhou Qi doesn't need more than three hundred people to kill.

She only needs to select four types of people from them.

They can write.

I'll copy future obituaries from now on.

They can identify corpses.

To verify the identity of the burned face.

It can be recognized by the seal.

Use the real seal to prove the false order.

They can lead the way.

Lead people to where they should be seen.

Each person still only does one segment.

And they would feel like they were just giving testimony.

No one was killed.

I had someone copy each of the four volumes page by page.

The original remains unchanged.

Lead powder indentations are already visible starting from the second page.

This indicates that another filled-out sheet was previously placed on top.

It was later removed.

Lightly sweep the angelica root with charcoal.

The indentation revealed some words.

The Emperor's Certificate.

First name:

Qi Shouli.

Former official of the imperial clan.

It can be identified as the emperor's private seal.

No changes.

the second:

Zhao Yuansheng.

He was a descendant of a former physician in the Imperial Medical Academy.

The seal of Zhao Qi, a physician, is identifiable.

No changes.

The third name is unclear.

Only visible:

Wei...

The following text is written:

Wei Zhi can be identified.

I looked at Wei Zhijia.

His face turned pale.

"Who can recognize you?"

"There are many elderly people in the palace."

Which part do you recognize?

"have no idea."

If an old eunuch were to step forward.

It's true that Wei Zhi is a certain person.

Many people will believe it.

In particular, this person only recognized the emperor.

He wouldn't ask about the fingers.

They wouldn't ask about the two hours in the fourteenth year of Chengxi.

Among the indentations on the military ID book are:

Centurion of the former vanguard battalion.

The seal of Shen Liehu can be identified.

No changes.

Southwest Army horse groom.

The dark clouds are recognizable.

No changes.

The old service of the Qingxia tent office.

The order to transfer military rations to Gu Qinghe can be recognized.

This entry was placed in the wrong booklet.

A person whose mother's handwriting is recognizable.

However, it was put into military service.

This shows that Zhou Qi did not base her support on who she supported.

It is divided according to what needs to be proven in the end.

Among the testimonies are those of Jiangbei descendants.

He can recognize Gu Qinghe.

It can recognize the stone gate.

Can recognize the symptoms after taking dream-locking drugs.

The Qing Dynasty's official register contained mostly scholars and former officials of the Censorate.

They can recognize my handwriting.

Can recognize and refuse to accept the page.

He can write scathing denunciations.

They can copy the rankings.

These people are used separately.

This allows them to fabricate a story where every detail is witnessed.

One person identifies the body.

One person recognizes the seal.

A person who can read.

A person knows the time.

Each of the four people only looked at their own small piece of the picture.

The final story was decided by Zhou Qi.

Just like the forty-one people who changed clothes back then.

It's not one person who creates everything.

It is each of many people speaking a truth.

To piece together a fabricated story.

I asked Zhou Ding:

"How many times have you used eye patches before?"

"a lot of."

Which one?

"Chen Ping died of illness."

Which Chen Ping?

"The inner treasury one."

"He's not dead."

That's why we need someone to recognize us.

Zhou Dingdao: "Someone recognizes the medical records."

"Someone recognized the coffin."

"Some people are accepting funeral allowances."

"Some people recognized the city gate as the location of the funeral procession."

"Everyone is telling the truth."

Who's in the coffin?

"have no idea."

Who is leaving the city?

"have no idea."

"But Chen Ping died."

He finally finished speaking.

There was no detour.

Because Zhou Qi's method is being repeated outside.

He didn't think it was a secret.

That's skill.

Mother asked:

In which volume will Deng Xiniang be used?

Zhou Dingdao said, "I don't know how to use it."

Why?

"She will change."

"so what?"

"Cancel it."

"Who will sell it?"

"The auditor."

"Zhou Qi?"

"possible."

"She doesn't hand things to people herself."

"But I will personally cancel the incorrect one."

No one spoke inside the room.

Zhou Qi will not personally deal each card.

I won't write every list myself.

However, one of the license holders changed his mind.

This could lead to two possible outcomes for the entire witness list.

She might handle it herself at this point.

Deng Xiniang withdrew from the game.

Then they left with the water delivery man.

If you find her.

Then they might be able to find Zhou Qi.

I instructed Jingzhong to continue investigating Nangou.

It's not just about checking corpses.

Check the dye.

There was blue-gray in the mud on the soles of Deng Xiniang's shoes.

The abandoned dye workshop had twelve barrels, but no dye.

This indicates that she had visited another dye house.

There are nine old dye houses in Nangou, Beijing.

Six abandoned buildings.

Three more are still under construction.

One of them specializes in dyeing grey-blue cloth.

Shangyi's old style.

Princess's sick clothes, Lan Yifang's clothes room, and Wang's Yitang's clothes room have all been used.

name:

Zhou's Dyehouse.

The owner's surname is not Zhou.

His surname is Qian.

Manager Qian said that Zhou is Zhou as in thorough.

It's not a person's name.

This explanation is reasonable.

The more reasonable it is, the more you should look at it.

When Qiu Tang led her people to Zhou's Dyehouse.

The dyeing workshop is under construction.

Twenty-six workers.

All of them have household registration.

The shopkeeper, accountant, dyer, and water boiler were all present.

There was no Deng Xiniang.

There were no women in their forties either.

The ledger was very clean.

After reviewing the copy, Bai Zhi only asked:

"Where's the scrap cloth?"

The dye shop said it sold all of their products to coffin shops for use as linings.

"What about the ones that were ruined by dyeing?"

"Also for sale."

"Water account?"

"Nangou Public Canal, not counted."

"What about gray?"

"He collapsed in the backyard."

The ash pile in the backyard was three feet high.

The autumn crabapple blossoms invite you to explore layer by layer.

The top layer is new gray.

There is old cloth in the middle.

But at the very bottom was a wooden box.

There was no one inside the box.

There are only twenty-three pairs of eyes.

It's not a living eye.

These are artificial eyepieces made of thin skin, adhesive, and glass.

Different sizes.

Different colors.

There are both old and young people.

Each one has a name engraved on its back.

Wei Zhi.

Gu Qinghe.

Shen An.

Xiao Lingyi.

Wang Heng.

Lin Ping'an.

Chen Ping.

There are also many names we haven't seen before.

Xiao Jingheng is not included.

The emperor asked, "Why am I not here?"

The father said, "Your face is not easy to change."

The mother said:

"no."

"The emperor doesn't need to change his face."

"Just change the message."

A list was placed at the bottom of the wooden box.

Title:

The witness does not need to be seen in person.

They only acknowledge old wounds.

It only recognizes sounds.

They only recognize the clothes.

Only the seal is recognized.

Last line:

Leave your face to the person checking the accounts.

Zhou Qi is not choosing people to impersonate us.

She was instructing the witness.

Even if the face is wrong.

We must continue to recognize this.