"Forgive me for my ignorance and my inability to understand what the young lady meant."

"The handle of your whisk is made of deer bones."

When the old lady and the others heard this, their faces immediately changed!

Taoist Master Jingming was still confused: "Even if it is a deer bone, so what?"

Shen Qiyin sneered: "I now believe that the Taoist priest has really been practicing in the mountains for so long that he doesn't even know what the scenery is like down in the mountains."

"When the late emperor was still a prince, he was seriously injured in a battle. Fortunately, he was saved by an elk and recovered."

"Afterwards, when the late emperor ascended the throne, he issued an edict to make the elk the auspicious animal of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"When the current emperor ascended the throne, in order to show his filial piety to the late emperor and his respect for his founding of the empire, he ordered the government to compile laws and regulations, stating that all citizens of the Great Zhou are not allowed to hunt and kill deer, and are also prohibited from using deer bones, deer blood, etc."

"Those who violate the law will be punished as treason!"

Taoist Master Jingming froze in place, his face pale.

Shen Qiyin continued, "Isn't the Taoist priest from the Great Zhou?"

"But even if the people of the neighboring countries enter our Great Zhou territory, they must abide by the etiquette and laws here."

Taoist Master Jingming only felt a buzzing sound in his ears, his heart was in turmoil, and the whisk in his hand fell to the ground with a "click".

Shen Qiyin leaned over to help him pick it up, but said, "Master, take it. This is evidence of a crime."

Taoist Master Jingming was so frightened that he almost dropped his whisk again.

"Grandmother, if you don't order us to report to the authorities, what are we waiting for?" Shen Qiyin returned to his seat and drank his tea leisurely. "If we are late, it will be bad if we are convicted of harboring someone."

Mrs. Shen then realized the seriousness of the problem and was about to ask someone to report to the police, but at this moment, a timid voice suddenly sounded from the corner, still a little childish.

"Grandma, wait a moment."

Shen Mengyin quickly looked in the direction of the old lady, just a glance, and then hurriedly lowered her head.

Old Madam Shen disliked this timid and coy girl the most.

Like a rat spirit.

Girls should be open and generous, which shows that the Shen family has good upbringing.

But no matter how much she talked, this girl was still so timid and useless.

But Shen Qiyin felt that her fourth sister was the most accomplished and patient of all the children in the Shen family!

In her previous life, after she was sent to the manor, apart from Shen Ruyin who had visited a few times, the other person who visited from time to time was Shen Mengyin.

She seldom spoke, and most of the time she just sat quietly by her bed or helped Honeysuckle with chores.

It's been like this for a whole year.

Among the people in the Shen family who either had something to ask of her or were plotting against her, Shen Mengyin had become like the "white moonlight".

But now looking back, how can a little white rabbit be raised in a wolf's den?

pity……

She was blinded at the time.

She longed too much for a pure family relationship without any interests or scheming. He treated her well not because she was useful, but simply because she was Shen Qiyin.

The appearance of Shen Mengyin just filled the void in her heart.

So she taught her medical skills, guided her in painting, and unknowingly turned her into someone else's image.

Then suddenly one day, people outside were saying that Erya, the miracle doctor at Guangrentang, was the fourth young lady of the Shen family!

Even thinking about it now, Shen Qiyin admired the other party. To be able to lie dormant for so long in order to achieve his goal was definitely not an ordinary person.

But at the moment, no one in the Shen family has figured out her true identity.

Old Madam Shen was kept in the dark and scolded her angrily: "The adults are talking, why do you, a little kid, interrupt?"

"But, but...but there is one thing that I don't understand..."

Shen Mengyin raised her head again, this time looking at Shen Qiyin: "Second sister, how did you know that the handle of the whisk was made of deer bones? If it was a mistake, wouldn't it be a false accusation?"

At the end, he added: "I, I was just talking nonsense, please don't be angry with me, second sister."

Shen Qiyin said in a cold tone: "You know you are talking nonsense, why don't you shut up?"

"I……"

"You still say it!"

Shen Mengyin was so frightened that she closed her mouth and looked at Old Madam Shen for help.

The latter rarely stood on her side.

"What the fourth girl said makes sense."

"Second girl, how did you know that it was a deer bone?" Don't mess around, she must have seen it wrong. "Besides, if it was really a deer bone, how could Taoist Jingming knowingly commit such a crime?"

Shen Qiyin: "Maybe he is just too bold, or maybe he himself doesn't even know that it is a deer bone."

"I know this because when I was practicing medicine at Guangren Hall, a medicine dealer secretly brought a piece of deer bone to sell. He burned it, observed its color, and smelled its odor to determine whether it was real or not."

"Besides that, the deer bones themselves have a very bad smell. The master said that only rosin can relieve the smell."

"As soon as I came in, I smelled a strong scent of pine. Although it is one of the seven incenses of Taoism, it is only used in some specific ceremonies. For daily use, agarwood should be the main one."

"To put it another way, even if rosin is used, no one would use it on whisks."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Jingming and said, "Master, am I right?"

Taoist Master Jingming broke out in a cold sweat.

No wonder when the master passed the whisk to him, he told him to fumigate it with pine resin from time to time. It turned out to be for this reason!

Shen Qiyin looked at Shen Mengyin again, and said with a gentle smile: "Sister taught me, have you learned it?"

"Meng Yin...thank you for your guidance, sister..."

"No need to kneel."

"……Yes."

Shen Mengyin looked embarrassed, but she lowered her head so no one could see it.

Besides, when Taoist Jingming saw that the development of the situation deviated from his original plan, he immediately panicked. He could no longer maintain the attitude of controlling the world, and hurriedly argued for himself.

"I-Ignorance is innocent. I didn't know this was a deer bone!"

"Besides, this whisk was passed down from my master's generation. At that time, His Majesty had not yet issued a new decree, so how can it be counted?"

Shen Qiyin, however, acted as if it was none of her business. She adjusted the hairpin on her bun with an elegant movement and said, "Master, please don't tell me. I'm not the one in charge of the trial. If you have any grievances, just wait until you get to Jingzhao Prefecture and tell me."

"Can……"

"But I still want to remind you, Taoist priest, there is a saying that goes, you can escape death penalty, but you can't escape living crime."

"Even if this deer bone was not originally yours, you are definitely using it now, and you cannot deny it."

Taoist Master Jingming felt that he was wronged!

Just when he was in despair, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind. He looked at Shen Qiyin expectantly and said, "I have a secret that I can tell you, young lady!"

"You took the money and came to my house today to act like a ghost and deliberately slander me."

"H-How do you know?!"

"Because I have brains."

Old Madam Shen was about to ask the same question that Taoist Jingming asked, but after hearing Shen Qiyin's extremely insulting words, she curled her lips and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

Taoist Master Jingming didn't worry about how he was exposed; he just wanted to save his life.

So he quickly said, "I can tell you who is behind this!"

"As long as you don't report to the police and give me a way out, I will tell you everything I know!"

Madam Shen was about to agree, but Shen Qiyin stepped forward and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? If I report it to the authorities and you get beaten, won't you confess everything?"

Mrs. Shen pursed her lips, feeling that she was also being scolded.

Taoist Master Jingming now had no way out.

He thought that if he stuck his head out he would be cut, and if he lowered his tail he would also be cut, so he might as well give it a try, in which case there might be a way out.

So he became furious and bold, and he pulled Shen Qiyin in front of him, and took out a dagger from somewhere and put it across her neck.

"Hurry up and prepare a fast horse for me, quickly!"

"Otherwise I will kill her with a single knife!"

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