I made the villain right.

When the two walked away, Zhilu asked worriedly, "Miss, are you okay? Why did you suddenly fight with the Second Prince?"

"Because he is a scum, I couldn't help it and took action." There was undisguised disgust in his words.

Shi Jin didn't want to stay in Yue Lao Temple for even a second, so he came out immediately and took a car back to the mansion.

the other side

Fan Hua followed a man in black to the marriage tree. The suspect seemed to notice Fan Hua's gaze, so he hurriedly tried to jump over the wall to escape.

Fan Hua frowned slightly, and with quick hands and eyes, he shook his sleeves, and with a "whoosh" sound, a silver needle flew out quickly, passed through the top of the marriage tree, broke the thin branches, and hit the man's back.

The man's body froze after being hit. In order to avoid being caught, he climbed over the wall and escaped with difficulty.

Fan Hua looked at his hastily fleeing back leisurely, and was not in a hurry to chase him. Du Xuan was outside to support him, and the silver needle contained poison, so he was already a prey in his hand and could not escape.

When Fan Hua was about to leave this place, a gust of wind blew, and the prayer belts on the tree swayed in the wind. Suddenly, a prayer belt fell from the tree and covered his eyes.

Fan Hua suddenly felt a red spot in front of his eyes. He quickly reached out to take it away. When he was about to throw it away, he caught a glimpse of Shi Jin's name written below the prayer belt. His hand suddenly stopped and he stopped thinking about throwing it away.

Thinking of the scene when he met Shi Jin today, his eyes moved. He looked at the content of the prayer belt and saw that it was written: I wish to get the heart of one person and stay together until we grow old. Suddenly, his eyes were filled with emotions that others could not understand.

There was also a small word written on the lower right corner: But the premise is that I hope I can go home soon. Seeing this, Fan Hua's face showed a trace of doubt, all thinking, go home soon? Isn't she already back to the general's mansion from Qianshuang Pavilion, why would she write like this, could she have written this a few years ago?

After a moment, he collected his thoughts, put the prayer belt in his chest pocket, and left Yue Lao Temple.

After Shi Jin returned to the mansion, she summoned all the maids in the courtyard to the front yard. She wanted to stage a drama to catch the spy who secretly passed the message last night.

She had already told Zhilu about her plan in advance and asked her to prepare some things in advance for the performance.

Shi Jin asked the servant to move her chair to the front yard. She sat on the chair, eating a bunch of grapes in her hand. Today she was irritated by Xu Wuchen again and needed to eat something sweet. Zhilu considerately brought her a green bucket for her to spit out the grape seeds.

Seeing that all the maids in the mansion had gathered, Shi Jin winked at Zhilu beside her, indicating that she could take action.

After receiving her instructions, Zhilu put down the bucket in his hand, walked forward, and said sternly: "Yesterday, the young lady specifically told us not to go out at night, but someone ignored her and sneaked out at night. Today, the young lady will catch the person who sneaked out last night."

Upon hearing this, the maids were all surprised and looked around, wondering which tough guy was so bold as to disobey the little ancestor's words.

A maid hidden in the crowd felt a pang in her heart and felt that something was wrong. She was afraid that she would be exposed.

Suddenly, Zhilu looked towards a moon-shaped door in the courtyard and shouted, "Guard Lin, please bring the things up."

Everyone looked over there with curiosity, wanting to see clearly what Lin Yang was holding. Following Zhilu's call, Lin Yang came out of the moon-shaped door with a basin in his hand. Just as everyone was curious about what was inside, Zhilu explained, "Last night, the young lady had someone secretly sprinkle a potion on the doorknob of the gate of the courtyard where you live. Anyone who opens that door at night will get the potion on their hands. Guard Lin is holding walnut juice in his hand. When the walnut juice mixes with the potion, the hands will turn black. Whoever's hands turn black is the person who sneaked out last night."

Lin Yang placed the basin in his hand on the sandalwood table in the middle.

Shi Jin put down the grapes in his hand and watched leisurely from the side, observing the words and expressions, just like the crowd eating melons on the front line.

Suddenly, a little maid in the crowd questioned, "But if someone didn't go out last night, but went out this morning and touched the potion on the doorknob, wouldn't it be unfair? How can we ensure the accuracy of this?"

Shi Jin looked over when he heard the voice, with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.

At the same time, everyone agreed and echoed "Yes"

"This..." Zhilu looked embarrassed. Facing her questioning, his brain couldn't react and he didn't know how to answer her.

One of the eyes saw this and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Shi Jin immediately followed up with: "Let me answer this question."

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to her. She stood up from her chair nonchalantly, straightened her appearance, and walked to Zhilu. Seeing this, Zhilu smartly stepped back to make room for her.

Her eyes narrowed, and she looked at the maid and said, "The effect of the medicine on the door can only last for a few hours, so even if it was touched in the morning, it would not be a big deal. But if someone went out last night and accidentally got it on their hands, it would remain for three days and would not be washed off, so no injustice would happen." She was talking nonsense in a serious manner, and did not even blink when she lied.

She asked casually, "Any other questions?"

But this sentence sounded like an implicit threat to others. The maids below did not dare to question it and the scene suddenly fell silent.

Seeing that no one said anything, she said, "Then please put your hands into the walnut water one at a time."

Hearing this, all the maids lined up one by one and put their hands into the walnut water.

A maidservant in the crowd hesitated for a while and then stood at the end of the line. As she saw the number of maidservants in front of her decrease, she felt more anxious and tormented.

When it was her turn, she looked around guiltily and found that no one around her was paying attention to her, so she pretended to put her hand into the water, but her hand stayed in mid-air and did not reach into the water.

Seeing that the maids had finished, Zhilu said, "Please stretch out your hands, palms facing up, so that we can check them one by one."

Zhilu and Shijin walked into the crowd to check.

The maids stood in several rows, cooperating with each other with their palms facing upwards. Zhilu and Shijin walked into the crowd to check, and in the blink of an eye, everyone's palms turned black.

A maidservant in the crowd was the first to see her hand turn black. She said in panic, "Why did my hand turn black?"

Then people continued to say: “Me too”

Upon hearing this, one of the maids' face changed. She immediately checked the palms of the maids next to her and found that their hands were all black, but only her hands were white. Her eyes sank, and she instantly realized that she had been fooled, so she quickly sneaked out.

Perhaps because she felt guilty, she fled the scene impatiently without even giving herself a chance to defend herself.

When the sharp-eyed Shi Jin noticed it, he immediately chased after her. Just as the maid was trying to use her lightness skills to escape by jumping over a wall, Shi Jin was quick-eyed and quick-handed and swung the Liuyun whip at his waist, wrapping it around the maid's waist, and the maid was frozen in mid-air, unable to move.

When everyone present saw the sudden change, they all had looks of shock on their faces, and they watched quietly with their breathing slowed down.

The maid felt a force restraining her waist. She tried to break free, but Shi Jin pulled her hard and dragged her back to the ground in an instant. At this time, Shi Jin's whip also left her waist.

Realizing that she had no way to retreat, she made up her mind to fight Shi Jin head-on, even if it meant risking her life. Suddenly, she bent down quickly, lifted up her skirt, picked up the dagger hidden in her shoes and socks, and suddenly jumped up and stabbed Shi Jin.

Shi Jin was startled and took a step back. When she was about to fight back, Lin Yang on the side reacted very quickly. Before the maid could touch Shi Jin at all, Lin Yang raised his scabbard to block it. The force on his neck was quite strong. He turned his wrist flexibly and swung the sword left and right. The maid could not hold it. She let go of her hand in pain, and the dagger flew out and fell to the ground beside her.

Before she could recover from the pain, Lin Yang's extremely fierce palm force pushed her like a dozen flying knives, hitting the maid's chest. She was suddenly knocked to the rockery beside her, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Her face turned pale and bitter. She stared fiercely at Lin Yang who was so cruel to her, her eyes filled with hatred.

Then the maid was tied up by Lin Yang and brought to her kneel in front of her. The maid's face was full of reluctance and unwillingness. She stared at her with hostile eyes and said indignantly: "I will not betray my master. Don't try to get words out of me. I won't tell you even if you kill me."

Hearing her lofty ambitions, Shi Jin found it ridiculous. She knew who the master behind her was. She had eavesdropped clearly that night. It could be either Xu Wuchen or Qin Yixian. There was no need to ask this question. What she wanted to know was how many spies like her there were in the general's mansion.

Shi Jin looked at her and asked coldly, "What's your name?"

The maid ignored her question, turned her face away with a bad look and kept silent.

Seeing this, a man in the crowd stood up and said, "Miss, I know her name. Her name is Rumeng. She lives in the same room with us. She just moved to our West Garden not long ago." After saying that, he glanced proudly at Rumeng lying on the ground.

"Du Xiaolan, you are shameless!" Ru Meng's face suddenly turned black. The person who exposed her had always been her enemy. Now that she was in a bad situation, he took advantage of her misfortune. This made her immediately furious. She looked at her with gritted teeth, wishing she could strangle her to death right now.

Du Xiaolan first looked at Rumeng with disdain, and then retorted: "How can I be shameless? I am a man who knows the times."

Shi Jin saw that Rumeng was easily angered by the maid, so she believed that the maid's words were credible.

Shi Jin raised his eyebrows, looked at her and said softly: "Thank you for your cooperation. Got it. I'll reward you something later." After hearing this, the maid was very happy and thought that her behavior was right.

Shi Jin intended to provoke Rumeng, as if to say that even if you want to hide something, you may not be able to hide it. Sure enough, Rumeng became even angrier when she saw this.

Shi Jin had a smile on her lips. Suddenly, she squatted down and whispered in Rumeng's ear, "I know the master behind you is Xu Wuchen or Qin Yixian. You don't have to hide it." After that, she stood up.

Hearing this, Ru Meng's pupils suddenly dilated and she looked at her in disbelief.

Shi Jin saw that this sentence broke down Ru Meng's inner defenses, so she quickly tempted her, "Why don't we make a deal? If you answer my questions honestly, I will let you leave safely. What do you think of this condition?"

Ru Meng's thoughts were in a mess. Since Shi Jin already knew who the master behind her was, there was no need to keep her alive. Keeping her alive meant that she was still useful. If she cooperated, she might be able to survive. She had spent half her life doing business for her master, and now she was in trouble and could do nothing. This time, she just wanted to live for herself.

"Okay, I promise you"

In the darkness of the unknown roof, there was a sight that was closely watching Shi Jin's movements. When he saw Rumeng agreed to Shi Jin's conditions, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"How many of your accomplices are there in the general's mansion?"

Ru Meng hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "There is another in the mansion..." Her voice stopped abruptly before she finished speaking. In an instant, a flying knife shot out from the darkness and hit Ru Meng's heart. Ru Meng fell to the ground in front of her in pain, and died with her eyes open.

Shi Jin's face changed. She did have an accomplice in the mansion. They came here to kill her and silence her in order to prevent the secret from being exposed.

In a flash, Shi Jin turned around and looked at the source of the flying knife. She saw a person wearing a black mask and a cloak hiding there. She exclaimed, "There is someone on the roof."

When the accomplice in the dark realized that he had been exposed, he immediately jumped off the roof and fled in panic.

Seeing this, Lin Yang jumped onto the roof and followed all the way.

Seeing Lin Yang chasing out, Shi Jin turned around to check on Ru Meng's condition. She squatted down and felt Ru Meng's breath, and found that she was no longer breathing. Her eyes suddenly became deep, and after a moment, she stroked her eyes and asked her to close them.

"Zhilu, let someone bury her," she said in a deep voice.

"Yes," he said calmly.

After a while, Shi Jin turned around and left. Zhilu quickly told the maids present to leave as well, and then followed Shi Jin all the way to the study.

Two quarters of an hour.

In Shijin's study.

Lin Yang stood in front of Shi Jin and said, "I'm sorry Miss, I lost them. I found that there was more than one accomplice in the mansion. When I was about to chase them to the flower corridor, I found another black shadow flying past me, distracting my attention. By the time I reacted, the two had disappeared."

She thought: "Lure the tiger away from the mountain"

Then her eyes turned, a glimmer of light flashed across them, and she asked, "Which direction did the first night disappear in?"

Lin Yang thought for a moment and said, "It's Dongyuan."

"East Garden? That's Aunt Zhao's yard." Shi Jin lowered his eyes, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, thinking about something in his mind.

Her sixth sense told her that this matter might be related to Zhao Xuan?

At this time, Zhilu heard Shi Jin say this, and then pretended to be thinking seriously, which made her guess: "Miss, do you think Aunt Zhao is the accomplice who killed Rumeng?"

"I'm just guessing. We should find an opportunity to test her. But I'm afraid that after this incident, the spies in the mansion will be more cautious, and it will be difficult for us to find her out," she sighed.

Time passed quickly and night fell.

In the main courtyard, the lights are on.

Shi Jin, Shi Jin and Shi Wei sat together for dinner. The picture of the family together was warm and harmonious, but Zhao Xuan was nowhere to be seen at the dinner table.

She found that every time she had dinner with everyone, Aunt Zhao was almost never present. In the past, she felt that Aunt Zhao disliked her and was unwilling to eat at the same table with her, but she didn't care much. But now, after what happened in the afternoon, she had doubts about her and felt that Aunt Zhao's behavior was strange.

So Shi Jin asked, "Dad, why didn't Auntie eat with us today?"

"Your aunt said she was not feeling well today."

"Aunt seems to be often unwell. Has father asked the court doctor to check her out?" Shi Jin asked deliberately.

"I've examined her. The court doctor said her pulse is weak and she has a weak constitution. She usually takes medicine to regulate her body, but the effect of the medicine doesn't seem to be obvious. She still gets sick easily."

Shi Jin pondered and said, "Is that so?"

Shi Sheng, who was standing by, noticed something unusual about Shi Jin today. She seemed to be paying a lot of attention to Aunt Zhao.

"Did the colorful auspicious clouds appear today? Why is my sister suddenly concerned about Aunt Zhao today?"

Shi Jin glanced at Shi Sheng with resentment and defended himself: "Brother, what you said is true. Aunt Zhao is also a member of our family. It is normal for me to care about her."

Really? Why doesn't he believe it?

"Is that so? That's good," Shi Sheng said perfunctorily, not pursuing what Shi Jin was thinking.