"I want you to help me change my appearance and move out of this ghastly place. Let me become your shiqie, and together with my child, appear openly in front of people."
Liu Hao wasn't very surprised that Ji Xingxuan had made such a request.
"You still make it difficult for me," He shook his head, "That day, I rescued you from the Heavenly Prison and saved the lives of you and your child. You still haven't repaid me and now you're talking terms with me. Do you really think that I have the heart of a Buddha?"
Whether she lived or died, it was all up to him. If she thought that she could toy with him in the palm of her hand, then she was gravely mistaken.
Looking into Liu Hao's mocking eyes, Ji Xingxuan's heart was in turmoil. She knew that he didn't have the slightest bit of affection for her. If she continued to bluff, she might end up making a fool of herself. After a moment of hesitation, she lowered her pale neck to show her weakness.
"Does wang ye remember that last October, there was a murder case in Taishi Shu Yuan. The person who died was the daughter of the Xia Jiang family, Xia Jiangying?"
Liu Hao had a vague impression but he didn't know why Ji Xingxuan would suddenly bring up such an unrelated matter.
"Afterwards, the Emperor decreed a marriage. The deceased Xia Jiangying's younger sister, Xia Jiangmin, was married to the Ninth Prince as his fei. She is now Jing Wang Fei."
Liu Hao's eyes flashed. He was interested to continue listening.
"I was good friends with Xia Jiangying when she was alive. The night before her death, she suggested to switch rooms with me. She slept in my room and told me to go home. When I asked for the reason, she told me that her younger sister, Xia Jiangmin, had a nightmare. She dreamed that a thief had broken into her room. "
At the time, when the Da Yuan Examination was approaching, Xia Jiangying was full of ambition. She clearly received a warning but didn't care. She didn't want to go back to Xia Jiang's guesthouse to avoid the disaster. Instead, she wanted to switch rooms with her. She thought that this way, they would be safe. Who knew that the Heavens would play tricks on people and she died a violent death.
"Then did you switch rooms with her?" Liu Hao asked. Seeing Ji Xingxuan nod, his expression became subtle.
"Actually, that night, the murderer wanted to kill me. But because Xia Jiangying moved to my room, she was the one who died. "
When Ji Xingxuan said these words, she did not look at Liu Hao's face. Her eyes hid the inherent coldness. When she talked about the death of her close friend, she did not feel guilty. It was because she had experienced too many trials and tribulations that she did not care about life and death.
However, she cherished her life because she had lost almost everything. If she lost her life, she would not be willing. She wanted to live and see what would happen to her enemies in the future.
"How did you know that the murderer originally wanted to kill you?" Liu Hao caught the key point.
Ji Xingxuan looked up at him.
"Because I knew earlier than Xia Jiangying that someone wanted to kill me. I agreed to exchange rooms with her to save my life."
Liu Hao was puzzled. "You knew?"
Ji Xingxuan nodded and looked into his eyes. Her voice was low and solemn, unlike her previous understatement. "I have a teacher who has the ability to decide death," she said.
Liu Hao was stunned for a moment. Then, surprise appeared on his face. His train of thought changed and he asked, "Your Master? Is he the old immortal who taught Yu Lianfang the Death Judgment? "
It was no wonder that he would think of Yu Shu. Yu Shu was famous in the capital. When the Death Judgment was mentioned, the first person that people would think of was Messenger Miaoling.
Moreover, he remembered that Ji Xingxuan said that she had a Master when she was in Yiyang. It was the Immortal who taught Yu Shu the Six Lines Technique.
"No," Ji Xingxuan denied Liu Hao's guess. "My Master is someone else."
"Who?" Liu Hao was slightly impatient. If there really was such an expert, he had to recruit him to Ning Wang Fu.
Ji Xingxuan saw through his thoughts. Her eyes flashed with mockery. She didn't answer Liu Hao's question. Instead, she looked far away and looked behind him. She told him a story that no one knew about.
"In the ninth year of Zhaoqing, I was twelve. My grandfather was promoted to the Right Judge of the Celestial Commissioner and took me to Jing …"
The Ji family was one of the top aristocratic families in Yiyang City. Once they entered Jing, they were not worth mentioning. There were twelve prestigious families in Anling City and countless children. Ji Xingxuan was young and not famous. Ji Huaishan took her to various houses. What she received in private was not kindness and friendliness, but contempt and isolation.
Because she was born with an apparition, her fate was precious. Her grandfather had high hopes for her and arranged for her to participate in the Great Yan Examination the following year in order to fight for a place in the Taishi Library for her.
In the tenth year of Zhaoqing, she passed the astrology exam in the Great Yan Examination and became a Yi Master. That year, she was only thirteen. Everyone around her praised her and said that Ji Huaishan had a successor.
She had become talented at a young age and was naturally proud. She had finally entered the Taishi Library, but reality had given her a loud slap in the face.
She was far from being the most outstanding one. There were many more talented and intelligent than her. There were many who had a better background and were smarter than her. She became an unremarkable female student.
She was not willing to be mediocre but there was nothing she could do. The Ji family had only been a prestigious family for three generations. Compared to those prestigious families that had been established for hundreds of years, it was not enough. Without the rare family teachings, without the guidance of a respected elder, she could only be ordinary.
Now that she thought about it, she did not know whether it was a blessing or a misfortune. That day, she walked into a Yi Shop on Qianyuan Street and met her future Yi Master. He was an elder of mysterious origin who made her respect and fear him.
He enlightened her, taught her strange skills, and told her about the complicated relationship between the prestigious families in the capital. He made her stand out in the Taishi Library, where there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Gradually, she became friends with princesses and princes and finally broke away from the ordinary.
"Every time I meet my Yi Master, he always covers his face. Otherwise, there will be a curtain covering his face and it will be difficult to see his true appearance. I still do not know his name, so Your Highness does not need to pursue it. If he does not want to show himself, you will not be able to find him. "
Liu Hao was already moved. How could he give up the idea just because of a few words from her? He no longer wanted to investigate the master who knew the Death Sentence Technique. So he asked her in a roundabout way,
"So, on the day of the murder in the Taishi Library, it was he who told you that someone wanted to kill you. That was why you deliberately exchanged rooms with Xia Jiangying and let her die in your place?"
His words were straightforward and sharp, but Ji Xingxuan was not moved. She calmly told him another secret,
"There is Wen Chen in the north and Xia Jiang in the south. Wen Chen's family is famous for their Word Prediction Technique, and Xia Jiang's family has the ability to interpret dreams. I have heard from Xia Jiangying that her sister, Xia Jiangmin, is gifted and often dreams of people's deaths. Because most of the people in her dreams are strangers, it is useless. A few days before the murder, she specially came to warn Xia Jiangying not to spend the night in the Taishi Library. Xia Jiangying listened to her and then proposed to exchange rooms with me. She chose to die in my place. This is her fate. She was destined to die. I was just going with the flow. How could I have done it intentionally? "
After listening to her explanation, Liu Hao smiled coldly and said, "Why did you have to completely cover yourself? Since you knew that there was a disaster, you could have stopped her from taking the risk. However, you stayed out of it. It was clearly a scheme. Someone wanted to kill you. If you did not succeed that night, there would be a next time. However, Xia Jiangying died and the matter was blown up. The Supreme Court was involved in this murder. In order not to expose themselves, the murderer did not dare to attack you again. You escaped and escaped from danger. It was a clever move that killed two birds with one stone, wasn't it?"
At this point, he had already seen through this little girl's heart of stone.
"You can say whatever you want." Ji Xingxuan spoke in a low voice. She lowered her head again. Xia Jiangying's tragic death. Whether or not she felt any guilt, only she knew.
"The secret you want to tell me, is that all?" Liu Hao slowly shook his head. "This is not enough for me to agree to your conditions."
Ji Xingxuan's head was still lowered, but her eyelids moved. She looked at Liu Hao with a strange gaze. She gave a strange laugh.
"This is just a preamble. The real secret I want to tell Wang Ye, I have not said it."
Hearing this, Liu Hao's mind shook. He couldn't help sitting up straight. He heard her say, "Why does Wang Ye think that I have fallen to such a state?"
Her family had been destroyed. Her future and reputation had been ruined. She had lost her innocence. She had barely managed to keep her life, but she had become a fish on someone's chopping block. She had been imprisoned in this deep courtyard, unable to see the light of day.
Liu Hao frowned. He pointed out bluntly, "If you hadn't provoked that Yu Lianfang, not only did you fail to harm her, but you were also plotted against by her. Perhaps you would still be a glorious Hideous Great Yi Master."
As he said this, he couldn't help but feel angry. He had once tried every possible way to obtain this woman in front of him. Who knew that today, she had given birth to someone else's vile spawn.
Ji Xingxuan did not know what Liu Hao was thinking, but hearing the ridicule in his words, saying that she had overestimated her abilities and provoked Yu Shu, resulting in her current sorry state, her face couldn't help but turn cold. She silently told herself not to argue with him. After a moment of silence, she spoke again.
"If I hadn't listened to Shifu's orders and failed to do my job properly, how could I have been caught and ended up like this?"
"What do you mean?"
"In the fourth month of this year, there was another murder case in Taishi Library. The daughter of the Cao family was hanged to death on the stargazing platform. On the eve of the murder, it was indeed me who used the name of the Daoist to lure Cao Youling to the stargazing platform at night."
Ji Xingxuan coldly confessed her crime. She had imitated Jing Chen's handwriting and placed the note in Cao Youling's book. She knew that Cao Youling admired Jing Chen and would definitely keep the appointment. Who knew that she hadn't been discreet enough and had been witnessed by Qin Yuerou?
Later, when Ninth Prince Liu Tan held a banquet in Xuan Chun Garden, Qin Yuerou confronted her by the lake. Xin Liu eavesdropped on them and chased them to the balcony. Qin Yuerou and Qin Yuerou got into an argument and accidentally pushed her down the stairs. Just as they were about to kill each other, Yu Shu arrived and saved Xin Liu. The two of them accused her of murdering Qin Yuerou, causing her to be thrown into prison once again.
"So you're saying that you were incited by your Shifu to harm the young lady of the Cao family. That's why in prison, you would rather be tortured than confess to him. Is that right?" Liu Hao thought that this woman was cold by nature, but she was dead set on her Shifu.
"It's not that I didn't want to, it's that I couldn't. Only by clenching my teeth would I have a chance at survival. If I told you, only death awaited me."
It was unknown what Ji Xingxuan was thinking, but Liu Hao saw her shoulders tremble as if she was shivering.
"Why did your Shifu want to kill the young lady of the Cao family? Was it just to frame Jing Chen? "He couldn't understand why Ji Xingxuan's Shifu would be involved with Jing Chen.
"Perhaps." Ji Xingxuan was absent-minded. Her thoughts were stuck on what happened just now.
"Humph." Liu Hao snorted in dissatisfaction. This caused her to return to her senses. She raised her eyes to look at him and licked her dry lips. Previously, giving birth had consumed all of her strength. If she didn't drink a bowl of ginseng soup, she wouldn't have the energy to deal with him.
"How does Wangye think our Da An's Crown Prince is chosen?"
Liu Hao didn't have enough patience. His heart was still full of questions, but he was stopped by her question. His ambition for the throne wasn't just one or two days ago. He had a deep thought in his mind. He opened his mouth and said:
"Those who are capable will take the throne."
Who knew that when Ji Xingxuan heard his words, she actually laughed. Without waiting for him to get angry, she said: "I'll tell Wangye a secret now. Come closer, I'll whisper it to you."
Although Liu Hao was on guard against her, he wasn't afraid of a weak woman. He hesitated for a moment, then got up and walked forward. He didn't sit on the bed. Instead, he stood at the head of her bed and bent down. Then, he heard her weak breath.
She said: "The Celestial Commissioner of the Past Dynasties has given advice. He has one of the six tools for the founding of the country, the 'Book of Mystery Maiden'. Who will be the next Emperor?"
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