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

Deng Xiniang's shoes appeared in the backyard of Zhou's Dyehouse.

It wasn't the pair she was wearing.

It's another one.

They make a perfect pair, one on the left and one on the right.

The left shoe is in the rented room.

The right shoe is covered in ash.

The soles of the shoes all have the same patch.

It can be confirmed that it belongs to her.

The person has still not been found.

There was a small roll of cloth hidden inside the right shoe.

It wasn't her who stayed.

Someone stuffed it in.

It was written on the cloth:

She changed her tune.

Therefore, you can't walk on the same path with both feet.

Zhou Qi likes to write things in a way that makes them sound like a logical truth.

It was just a threat.

One cannot simultaneously acknowledge that one's mother was a victim and that one's mother committed wrongdoing.

One cannot simultaneously acknowledge the emperor's responsibility for sealing the tents, and also acknowledge his current responsibility for opening them.

Once the tune is changed.

Then he separated her two shoes.

Make others only find one side of it.

People can also be split into two versions.

Some people say she ran away.

Some people say she is dead.

As long as there is no intact body.

It can be used on both sides.

I asked my mother:

Will she survive?

"have no idea."

"Zhou Qi likes to make mistakes."

"Settling accounts doesn't necessarily mean killing someone."

"It might also change its name."

"So that Deng Xiniang can no longer speak using her original name."

This is harder than finding a body.

If she were forced to change her clothes, her face, and her name.

They will stand in front of us from now on.

It's possible that no one will recognize it.

The only thing that can identify her is what she left behind.

The husband received a death warrant.

Left and right shoes.

They refused to accept only one answer.

She also said:

Suffering cannot excuse signing the wrong document.

I made it public in the capital that Deng Xiniang had disappeared.

I won't write it, or I'll be killed.

It doesn't mention fleeing either.

At the same time, the reason why she withdrew from the game was posted.

Some people objected.

"This would alert the enemy."

I asked, "The snake has disappeared."

"Then the witness statements should not be made public."

"If she's not dead."

"Making it public makes it harder for people to hide it."

The mother said:

"I'll let her know too."

"The name was not deleted."

The final version will only include the necessary parts.

Deng Xiniang.

Relatives of those who died in the Qingfeng epidemic camp.

The husband, Deng Dalang, is suspected of using a fake death warrant.

He was once listed on the Gu Qinghe list.

He later rejected the argument that "Gu Qinghe's mistakes are not necessarily wrong."

He disappeared after returning the eye card.

No body was found.

The departure has not been confirmed as voluntary.

Anyone who relays a message in his name must simultaneously answer questions about the husband's claim for the body and the left and right shoes.

Not revealing all private matters.

Only leave the door open so that she can prove herself again.

The notice was posted 25 minutes later.

Zhou's Dyehouse is short one person.

Not the shopkeeper.

It's the accounting office.

Name: Qian Fang

Thirty-two years old.

Local household registration.

He has a wife and children.

It was still early morning.

He went to the outhouse at noon and then disappeared.

He left a note on his desk:

Deng Xiniang is dead.

The body was found in the South Ditch.

The handwriting is different from that of the other four lists.

However, it is the same as the dye shop's account book.

Written by Qian Fang himself.

I don't know if it was written voluntarily.

A female corpse was quickly found in Nangou.

Her figure and age are similar to Deng Xiniang's.

My face was ruined by the water.

He had no shoes on his feet.

A section of his finger was cut off.

It cannot be pressed directly.

Inside the clothes was Deng Xiniang's husband's death claim slip.

The county coroner said upon first examining the body:

"It should be the Deng family."

I asked, "On what grounds?"

"I have the ticket."

"The ticket is fake."

"Similar in build."

"Similar is not".

"There is a mole on the back of my neck."

In Deng Xiniang's testimony regarding renting the house, she did indeed write that she had a mole on the back of her neck.

However, this testimony came from a woman who lived in the association.

I just added it.

"Who asked about the mole first?"

Qiutang's response:

"Zhou's Dyehouse Accounting and Money Handling".

Qian Fang, under the guise of helping to find someone, went to the guild hall to inquire about Deng Xiniang's old wounds, moles, and teeth.

He then disappeared.

The corpse then appeared with these characteristics.

It wasn't Zhou Qi who found Deng Xiniang.

The first step is to collect information about how others recognize her.

Make another corpse that looks similar enough.

The mole on the back of the female corpse's neck is a new finding.

There is no old color under the skin.

One tooth is missing.

There are conflicting testimonies regarding whether Deng Xiniang was missing teeth.

The two said yes.

The three of them said no.

Of the people Qian Fang asked, someone happened to say that there was a shortage.

He added the easiest one.

There were no shoes on the left or right.

Because the real shoes are all in our hands.

Mother said:

"Don't admit it yet."

The body was identified as belonging to an unknown woman.

age.

height.

The mole was newly created.

The right posterior tooth was extracted no more than ten days ago.

Whether the fingertip cut occurred before or after death remains to be determined.

He was carrying a fake death warrant inside his clothes.

It's not Deng Xiniang.

No, not at all.

I only wrote "I don't know".

Some people were already crying after seeing the results of the four exams.

Gu Qinghe, the person in charge of the plaque award, said:

Deng Xiniang was killed by Wang Shi Jiuxian for betraying Gu Qinghe.

Those who passed Xiao Jingheng's exam said:

Deng Xiniang was silenced by radicals in Jiangbei and used to frame the imperial court.

Shen Liebang's people said:

She discovered that the emperor was still sealing the tents, so she was killed by the imperial guards.

Shen Anbang's people are the most troublesome.

She said that Deng Xiniang was a false witness that I deliberately released.

Now I'm the one who made the corpse.

It was used to prove that "only recognizing one" would lead to death.

Four interpretations.

An unidentified body.

That's enough.

Zhou Qi doesn't need anyone to confirm who she is.

All you need is to be able to interpret the corpse in the way you want for each list.

This is the evidence.

Not everyone is proving the same thing.

The group used the same corpse to prove four conflicting things.

Bai Zhi copied down the four versions.

They were pasted side by side at the temporary examination site for the female corpse.

At the top it says:

All of the above are rumors.

There is no factual basis to support this.

Some onlookers were dissatisfied after seeing this.

"They're all writing rumors."

"What do the officials know?"

"We know the corpse is a woman."

"I know he's around thirty years old."

"Knowing about moles is a new point."

"The tooth was extracted in the last ten days."

"I knew there was a fake death warrant hidden in the clothes."

"That's all?"

That's all.

They felt it was too little.

But even a few falsehoods are better than three more.

In Yong'an, copies of the four lists of diligent people were also posted.

It's not about letting people choose again.

The task was to have the emperor, my father, my mother, and me each answer one question.

Those who only recognize Xiao Jingheng asked:

If the emperor is guilty, why is he still allowed to sit on the throne?

The Emperor replied:

Because the court has not yet decided on abdication.

Not because of innocence.

Those who only recognize Shen Lie asked:

If General Shen saved the Southwest Army, why would he return the grain to Jiangbei?

Father replied:

Rescuing the army cannot turn the grain into one's own.

Those who only recognize Gu Qinghe asked:

Gu Qinghe was imprisoned for eleven years, so why did she still write about her past?

Mother replied:

Being victimized does not erase the choices made.

Those who only recognize Shen An asked:

Since Shen An refused his father's orders, why didn't he wholeheartedly protect the emperor?

I replied:

Refusing private swords does not absolve the emperor of responsibility.

None of the four sentences are good enough to be a slogan.

Too long.

It wasn't pleasant either.

But they removed the most comfortable aspect of "only recognizing one".

That night, the four examination papers in the capital were changed to new questions.

No longer asking who they recognize.

Change it to:

Who should die first?

Xiao Jingheng.

Shen Lie.

Gu Qinghe.

Shen An.

Each person can only choose one of the four.

Those who do not choose.

The eye card is invalid.

This time, it's not about choosing witnesses.

It's about choosing people who are willing to turn complexity back into a death sentence.

Zhou Ding smiled after reading the new list.

"She's forcing you."

"What are you forcing?"

"You all say all four of them are true."

"She then let the people choose who should die first."

"Just select the most."

"That is the will of the people."

The emperor said coldly:

"A few privately compiled lists dare to claim they represent public opinion?"

His mother looked at him.

"The imperial court has always done this."

"When?"

"Those who are unwilling to speak are not included."

The emperor remained silent.

The list only allows selection of one of four people.

No one is allowed to choose; they should die first.

You are not allowed to check first.

You are not allowed to write about other people either.

Regardless of the outcome, someone will always get the most votes.

It's not public opinion.

The question eliminated one of the questions first.

I told the capital not to close the list.

Add a fifth option next to the four lists.

It's not that "none of them will die."

But:

Write down the facts first.

Write down which action you believe this person deserves to die.

I am willing to testify using my real name.

There are no eye cards in this column.

No copy was found.

There was no award.

Only nine people left their names on the first day.

The number increased to twenty-seven on the second day.

Deng Xiniang's name was written at the very top.

It wasn't her.

The handwriting is also incorrect.

The following only contains:

She refused to acknowledge only one person.

So they went missing first.

I looked at that line of text.

Who wrote it?

The urgent report said they didn't see it.

It was there when the results were announced.

Five pinholes.

This time, everyone thought it was Zhou Qi.

Wang Heng shook her head after reading it.

"no."

Why?

"Zhou Qi will not choose the fifth option for Deng Xiniang."

"Who is that?"

"Deng Xiniang herself."

I looked at her.

"The handwriting is incorrect."

"She can have someone else write it."

"The person has gone missing."

"That doesn't mean you can't pass on messages."

Wang Heng said, "If she were still alive..."

"What I want to do most is not to escape."

"It's to let people know."

"Some people also chose the fifth answer."

The female corpse has not been identified.

Deng Xiniang might still be alive.

And the first thing she left behind.

It wasn't a cry for help.

It's a multiple-choice question with four options.

A "Do not answer according to the question" option has been added.