Jia Gui didn't seem to expect Ji Linglan's reaction like this, and said: "Your Highness, even if Xiaomin has ten guts in front of you, he would not dare to lie. Xiaomin's family has indeed practiced medicine for generations, and it has been passed down for three generations. Everyone in the neighborhood knows Xiaomin."

"Yes, yes, this is Dr. Jia, we all know each other, don't you think so?" Another man came out from the crowd, echoing Jia Gui's words.

"Yes, Dr. Jia has practiced medicine for generations, and we know each other very well." Someone in the crowd echoed.

Ji Linglan whispered a few words in Xu Ning's ear, Xu Ning nodded, walked to the door of the shop, and conveyed Ji Linglan's order to the sergeant at the door.

Ji Linglan looked at Jia Gui and said with a smile, "Since there are people who have testified, there is no doubt about Dr. Jia's identity. Please ask Dr. Jia to check whether the contents are poisonous."

Jia Gui took the bottle from Ji Linglan's hand and said with a smile, "It's my honor to serve His Highness."

Ji Linglan smiled noncommittally, and made a 'please' gesture.

Jia Gui took the small bottle up to his nose and sniffed it, took out a silver needle from somewhere, inserted it in and tried it, after a while, his complexion changed drastically, and he said: "Your Highness, this thing is really poisonous. , Anyone who is infected will be like her, poisoned and die!"

When the onlookers heard this, they immediately became agitated, checking the places on their bodies where they had applied cosmetics.Those men and women who testified for Jia Gui began to discuss in low voice with the people around them.

"I heard that Prince Lan was brought back from Fu by Princess Yaohua..."

"Fu Guo and our Lin Guo are deadly rivals, he can't be a fake?"

"The people who come here are all the children of the court ministers. If something happens, wouldn't the imperial capital be in chaos?"

"The king of Lan County has ulterior motives. We can't just sit and wait for death. He poisoned him. He must have an antidote. It's important to arrest him and force him to hand over the antidote!"

"Hand over the antidote, hand over the antidote..." More and more people were bewitched, shouting and approaching Ji Linglan slowly!

Xu Ning drew out the long sword in his waist, protected Ji Linglan behind him, and said, "Anyone who approaches will be killed without mercy!"

The shadow guards in the room all responded: "Yes!"

"The law does not blame the public, we should not be afraid..."

Before the man finished speaking, he was stabbed in the throat by Xu Ning's sword. With the sword drawn out, the blood splashed out and splashed on Xu Ning's face. He looked at the people in the shop indifferently, and repeated: " Those who confuse people with evil words will be killed without mercy!"

The people in the shop were shocked, and slowly backed away following Xu Ning's gaze.

Jia Gui swallowed his saliva in fear, and said, "Lan County King, even if you are noble, you can't kill people at will. Where do you put the laws of the neighboring country?"

A flash of white light flashed, and Jia Gui's eyes widened in horror. He felt a chill on his neck. He stiffened his body and looked down. He saw Xu Ning's long sword was pressing against his throat. If he took another step, he would Like the people just now, he died unexpectedly.

Ji Linglan held Xu Ning's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Commander Xu, be safe and don't be impatient. If you want to kill someone later, let me say a few words."

If he hadn't stopped him in time, Jia Gui in front of him would have been a corpse. Ji Linglan only discovered today that Xu Ning was really quick and ruthless in his moves.

"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Ning flipped his wrist, and after a beautiful sword flower, he calmly put away the long sword, but his eyes were still fixed on everyone, like a hunter waiting for his prey.

Ji Linglan glanced at everyone, and finally put her gaze on the woman in front, and said, "You said just now that she smeared the contents, so she fell to the ground and died, right?"

The woman looked at Xu Ning in horror, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, yes."

Ji Linglan nodded, turned to look at Jia Gui, and said, "You said the contents of this vial are highly poisonous, right?"

Jia Gui said tremblingly, "Yes, yes... it is highly poisonous."

Ji Linglan nodded again, took the small bottle and walked around in front of everyone, saying: "This thing is not from our shop, even if it is highly poisonous, what does it have to do with Beauty Square?"

"How is it possible?" Jia Gui retorted subconsciously, looked at Xu Ning slowly, saw that he hadn't moved, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "This small bottle is exactly the same as the bottle in the shop, and it appeared here again, why? Maybe it's not something from Beauty Square? Prince Lan cannot come up with such clumsy...bad excuses just to shirk responsibility."

"Clumsy?" Ji Linglan smiled, picked up a cosmetic from the shelf casually, and said, "This is the cosmetic from our beauty shop. Although the bottle used looks very similar to this one, it is a little different. The one we use When the body of the bottle is exposed to the sun, the words "Beauty Square" will appear. If you don't believe me, you can choose any person to verify."

Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly someone came out and said, "Let me take a look."

"No, you can't." Ji Linglan shook her head with a smile, then walked to a young woman in a goose yellow dress, and said, "If I remember correctly, this lady should be Mr. Qiao, the Minister of Rites. My daughter, Miss Qiao."

Qiao Wanqing nodded shyly, and said, "Wan Qing has seen Prince Lan."

"If Miss Qiao doesn't mind, please take a look and be a witness." Ji Linglan handed the bottle to Qiao Wanqing.

Qiao Wanqing took the bottle and said with a smile: "The king of the county orders, I dare not refuse."

Qiao Wanqing took the bottle and came to the window, carefully observing the body of the bottle in the sunlight, and she saw the word 'Beauty Square' looming.

"Junior Lan is right. There is indeed the word 'Beauty Square' on this bottle." Qiao Wanqing looked at her friend and said, "Sister Qin Qing, come and have a look."

Qin Qing looked at Ji Linglan, walked to Qiao Wanqing's side, took a closer look at the body of the bottle through the sunlight, and said, "Sister Wanqing is right, there is indeed the word 'Beauty Square'."

"There are these three words on all the bottles in our beauty shop. If you don't believe me, you can just take a bottle and have a look."

Everyone looked at each other, and one after another picked up the bottle next to them and went to the window to have a look.

"It's true, what King Lan said is true."

"There's this one too. I've seen three of them, and they all have them."

Ji Linglan put the poisoned bottle on the table, and said: "There is nothing on this poisoned bottle, which is enough to show that this bottle is not from our beauty workshop, and someone deliberately framed it."

Everyone looked at the woman and Jia Gui in the field, guessing quietly.

"These two people really took the courage of Xiongxin Leopard, and dared to frame Prince Lan."

"I think they are in the same group as the assassins just now. They failed in the assassination and came to frame them again."

"That's right, that's right, that's what I thought too. I just put on makeup, and now I'm fine. These people definitely have bad intentions!"

Seeing that everyone was targeting him, Jia Gui quickly argued, "Even if the bottle doesn't have the word 'Beauty Square', it still doesn't prove that it's not from the Beauty Square. Maybe this young lady offended someone from the Beauty Square. In order to avoid suspicion, people deliberately used this kind of bottle to kill people."

"Miss? Do you know her?"

Jia Gui shook his head and denied, "I don't know her, but judging by her clothes, she should be a young lady from someone's family."

Ji Linglan came to the corpse and squatted down, opened her sleeves, spread her palms, and said: "Look at these hands, they are full of calluses and dirt that can't be washed away; look at this face again. , the skin is rough, the whites of the eyes are cloudy and yellow, and the teeth have turned black; and these feet, the nails are turned gray, obviously have onychomycosis, and there are even scars left by frostbite. Who do you think the lady will Is it like this?"

Jia Gui hesitated for a while, then said: "Perhaps she has suffered before, and now she has finally paid off, no matter what, it is a human life..."

Looking at him, Ji Linglan smiled contemptuously, lifted the corpse's hair, exposing the back of her neck, and said: "Look at the back of her neck, there is a small pinhole here, she was poisoned to death , but not for smearing the contents of the bottle, but for being stabbed with a poisonous needle. Since she fell to the ground, no one has left, and the murderer has no chance to deal with the poisonous needle. Just search and find out who the murderer is."

"Lan County King is so powerful! He easily saw through those people's tricks."

"Yes, yes, no wonder the emperor likes him so much."

The onlookers started talking again.

Ji Linglan took out a handkerchief, wiped her hands and said, "Xu Ning, the body search starts with those few jumping around."

"Yes, Your Highness."

As soon as Xu Ning waved his hand, the shadow guard rushed towards the crowd, dragging out those instigators.Some of them wanted to resist, but were beheaded by the shadow guards without mercy.

Xu Ning walked towards Jia Gui, he took a step, and Jia Gui took a step back in fear, until Xu Ning's long sword was unsheathed, and Jia Gui knelt on the ground with a "plop".

"Your Highness, I killed the man. Someone bribed me to frame His Highness. As long as His Highness spares my life, I will answer whatever you ask."

"Okay, as long as you tell the mastermind behind the scenes, I will spare your life."

"Yes……"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" a hidden weapon was shot, Ji Linglan turned sideways neatly, and then kicked Jia Gui, the hidden weapon flew past his scalp and narrowly dodged.

Xu Ning immediately looked towards the direction of the second floor, waved his hand lightly, and several shadow guards walked over.

"Jia Gui, it's obvious that someone wants to kill you, so why don't you tell the truth quickly."

Looking at the dart stuck on the ground, Jia Gui swallowed his saliva in horror. After a while, he said: "It was a masked man in black who came to look for me. Give me 100 taels of gold, I... just got greedy for a moment, that's why I did this kind of thing. Please help me, Your Highness!"

"Do you know the girl who was murdered?"

"It's a beggar on the street. I gave her ten taels of silver and asked her to change into this dress."

"In this crowd, besides the few people you found out, are there any accomplices of yours?"

Jia Gui looked up and said, "It's all here."

Ji Linglan nodded, and said, "Very good. Xu Ning, take them to Xiaoqiwei and hand them over to Lord Xiao."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Hearing the words, Jia Gui suddenly raised his head to look at Ji Linglan, and said in fear: "Your Highness, Your Highness, you promised to spare my life, you can't break your promise!"

"Break on your promise? No, I never break my promise. Xu Ning, tell Mr. Xiao to spare his life."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The shadow guard stepped forward and set Jia Gui up with the others.They struggled and wailed: "Your Highness, Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, spare your life!"

Xu Ning frowned, and said expressionlessly: "One more word, kill without mercy!"

As soon as Xu Ning's words came out, the people who were still howling just now shut up immediately, allowing the shadow guards to drag them out of the Beauty Square.

Ji Linglan looked at the corpse on the ground and said, "Send someone to bury her properly."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The soldiers at the door came in and dragged the corpse away, and cleaned the ground, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Linglan walked to the counter, clapped her hands, and attracted everyone's attention, saying: "The opening of Beauty Square today is supposed to be a happy day, but there are so many disasters. The reason is nothing more than me. The return of the country has threatened the interests of some people. Yes, I was brought back from Fu country by my mother, and I have lived in Fu country for nearly ten years, but my roots are here, my parents are here, and the blood flowing from my body is here. It is the blood of the Linguo royal family. No matter how stupid I am, I know where I can live without worry; no matter how stupid I am, I will not lure wolves into my house and hurt my family. Today I take this opportunity to express my attitude, I, Ji Ling Lan is the flesh and blood of Princess Yaohua, and the royal blood flows through her body, and the ones I want to be loyal to are also the royal family of Linguo, those who have ulterior motives, don't want to use this to defeat me!"

"Lanjun Wang Yingwu, Lanjun Wang Yingwu!" Ji Xinwu took the lead in shouting, and the people in the shop followed suit.

Ji Linglan suddenly felt embarrassed, and quickly waved her hands to suppress her voice, saying: "I think there will be no more troublemakers today. If you want to buy something, or want to leave, please feel free, and no one will stop you."

Ji Linglan greeted Ji's brothers and sisters, then turned and walked to the second floor. Seeing this, Xu Ning quickly followed.

Ji Linglan asked in a low voice: "The dart came out from the stairs just now, did you pay attention to who it was?"

Xu Ning shook his head and said, "I only saw a skirt flashing past, it should be a woman."

"Women?" Ji Linglan paused, looked at the customers around, and said with a wry smile: "Nine out of ten people who come here are women, how can we check?"

"This girl is not weak. Whether it is the angle of the dart or the strength, she is very accurate. It should be a long-term training. If you really want to find it, it is not difficult."

Ji Linglan looked at the open window and said: "Just now the movement on the first floor attracted everyone's attention, and almost no one was there on the second floor. It is very likely that she took the opportunity to escape from the window. Forget it, today's Let's stop here, and even if she is here, she will not act rashly again."

"Yes, Your Highness." It was easy to solve today's situation, which made Xu Ning more sure of Ji Linglan's ability.

Ji Linglan didn't delay any longer, and went straight up to the third floor. As soon as she reached the stairs, she heard Ji Pingting talking, "Father, mother, you didn't see the heroic appearance of my brother who broke the situation so easily. He really fascinated thousands of girls."

Ji Linglan's face became hot from the praise, and her steps were deliberately heavy.The conversation inside stopped as expected, and everyone's eyes turned to the stairs.

Seeing him coming up, Ji Pingting trotted to meet him, and said with a smile, "Brother, why do you remember Qiao Wanqing? I remember that you didn't ask her about her during the banquet. Could it be that brother has a heart for sister Qiao?" ?”

Ji Linglan was startled, and then looked at Fu Nanling, and sure enough, Fu Nanling was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and explained with a wry smile: "I met it once in the Royal Garden by chance, but I haven't had any contact with him. It was Xu Ning who said She is the daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Rites, so I have an impression of her. Ting'er, you can't talk nonsense."

Ji Pingting didn't find anything wrong, and went on to say: "I think Sister Qiao is quite suitable for my brother. She is not only good-looking, but also gentle and generous. The most important thing is the way she looks at my brother, shy and timid, obviously It's because I have admiration for my brother, if my brother wants to find a sister-in-law, sister Qiao is the best candidate."

Seeing that Fu Nanling's face was getting darker and darker, Ji Linglan frowned unconsciously, and said, "Don't worry about Ting'er, I already have someone I admire, and I only like him, didn't I tell you?" , don’t make this kind of joke again in the future.”

Seeing that Ji Linglan was a little angry, Ji Pingting hurriedly begged for mercy, "Brother, don't be angry, I'm just joking. If you don't like to hear it, I promise I won't say it again."

Ji Linglan calmed down, and said, "We're all talking to our own family members. Think about Ms. Qiao, if this news gets out, will it affect her reputation?"

Ji Pingting said guiltily, "Brother, I know I was wrong, and I won't dare to talk nonsense anymore."

Princess Yaohua looked at Ji Linglan, then at Fu Nanling, and said with a smile: "Alan is right, don't make jokes about such things in the future, Tinger really should have a long memory."

Ji Pingting walked up to Princess Yaohua, took her arm coquettishly, and said, "Mother, Ting'er knows she was wrong, I promise I will never dare again."

"I hope so." Princess Yaohua paused, and then said: "Alan, we have heard what Tinger said just now, these people are really getting more and more rampant. I will go to the palace with your father and Report today's matter to your imperial grandfather. After you finish handling the matter of the shop, go back to the mansion with Yong Ye and the others. The emperor's capital is not peaceful recently, so it is better not to stay outside."

"Yes, mother, Ah Lan obeys."

Princess Yaohua didn't stay for a while, and left the beauty workshop with Ji Mingqiu.

Seeing this, Lin Xian'er asked curiously: "Alan, you already have a sweetheart, who is it, can we know it?"

Ji Linglan hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile: "You don't know each other, so keep it secret for now."

Lin Yongye sat quietly at the side, as if it had nothing to do with him, but he kept looking at Ji Linglan seriously. Whether it was when Ji Pingting was joking or when Lin Xianer was asking, Ji Linglan would always be indifferent. Consciously looked at Fu Nanling.Lin Yongye also looked over. Although this man is a little thin, his figure is very tall and straight; his facial features are exquisite, but he doesn't look feminine at all, especially those long and narrow phoenix eyes, which seem to be dotted with stars when he smiles. Sometimes it seems that there are gusts of wind and frost, which is still fresh in people's memory.

Feeling Lin Yongye's gaze, Fu Nanling turned his head to look over, and met his gaze, and both saw the inquiry in each other's eyes.

Lin Yongye licked the corner of his mouth slightly towards him, and asked aloud: "I don't know where Mr. Ling's house is, and what kind of business does the family do?"

Ji Pingting's expression froze when she heard the words, fearing that Fu Nanling would be different from what she said and reveal the truth.

Fu Nanling smiled lightly, and said: "To tell you the truth, my cousin, our family has been in business for generations, and there are shops in my family in the three countries. As for the ancestral home, the family training of the Ling family cannot be compared with outsiders. Please forgive me."

Hearing Fu Nanling's answer, Ji Pingting couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, at least she didn't reveal her secrets.

Lin Xian'er couldn't help frowning after hearing this, and said, "Why can't you say it? Could it be that there is some secret?"

"As for why there is this family rule, there is really such an allusion."

Seeing Fu Nanling pretending, Ji Linglan couldn't help laughing, and said cooperatively: "Oh? What's the allusion, Ah Ling might as well tell everyone."

"The thing is like this. When my grandfather was young, our family was already rich and wealthy. My grandfather traveled around and met a down-and-out man in Linguo. They share similar interests and have endless topics to talk about. So they decided to go together. The grandfather took care of the food and clothing of that person, and even brought it home, which would lead to disaster. The person joined forces with the robbers and not only robbed the property of the old house , and killed a lot of people, only my grandfather and father escaped. Later, when my grandfather made a comeback, he established this family rule.”

After Fu Nanling finished speaking, he shook his head and sighed pretendingly, which made Ji Linglan amused.

"So that's the case." Ji Pingting believed it was true, and asked naively, "Then what happened later, did your grandfather take revenge on that man?"

Fu Nanling nodded and said: "Reported. That man also opened a shop with the stolen money and became a businessman. Later, his grandfather found him and asked him to lose all his belongings. In the end, his wife was separated and died of starvation. In the ruined temple."

"Then this person is really to blame." Ji Pingting asked curiously: "Brother Ling, what kind of business does your family do?"

"What to do to make money, but my family first started selling tea."

Everyone was chatting, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, everyone looked towards the stairs, a maid came in, bowed and said: "I have seen the king, the master, the prince."

Ji Linglan asked bluntly: "Did something happen downstairs?"

"Returning to Your Highness, nine out of ten of our products have been sold, but there are still an endless stream of customers entering the store. I want to ask, can all customers who enter the store be able to order the goods? The goods can be delivered in about a few days arrive?"

"So fast?" Although Ji Linglan had expected that the business would never be bad, she didn't expect so many people to buy it after the bloodshed.

"How about this, we only make reservations for [-] guests, and no more reservations will be made after the capacity is full. The delivery time will be about three days, and no more than seven days at the latest."

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant will leave."

"Wait, after the store is sold out and the reservations are full, you can close the store for a rest, and then bring me the account book and the list of ordered goods, understand?"

"Yes, the servant understands."

"Okay, back off."

"Yes, the slaves retire."

Fu Nanling asked curiously: "Alan, I'm new to the imperial capital, and I don't know what you're selling, but it's so popular."

"It's something like rouge. I call it cosmetics. Most of the guests are women, so women will receive them."

"Rouge?" The jealous jar in Fu Nanling's heart was overturned, and he said: "Then Ah Lan lives in the gentle village every day? I really envy others!"

Ji Linglan couldn't help being a little bit dumbfounded when she heard the words, and said: "There is a special guy in the shop, I just showed up when it opened, and Ah Ling praised it a bit."

"Didn't there be Miss Qiao and Miss Qin just now? Ah Lan is not only distinguished now, but also has a lot of money. Such an excellence should be liked by many ladies from aristocratic families." Tie up Ji Linglan and take him away without letting him see anyone.

Without waiting for Ji Linglan to explain, Ji Pingting said: "Brother Ling is right. If you want to say who is the most popular young talent in the capital, of course it must be my brother. The future that many ladies of the family are thinking about Husband candidate..."

"Ting'er, aren't the masks I gave you almost gone? I'm out of stock here. I think you should go downstairs and have a look, maybe you can find some."

"Didn't my brother say that the stock should be replenished within seven days, and mine can still be used for a few days."

"The facial mask is a new product, and the production process is cumbersome. It won't work in seven days, at least half a month. The customers downstairs haven't tried it yet, so they shouldn't buy many. I think you..."

"I'm going right away!" Ji Pingting ran downstairs without waiting for Ji Linglan to finish speaking.

Seeing this, Lin Xian'er got up quickly and said, "Ting'er, wait for me."

Seeing the two of them going downstairs one after another, Ji Linglan couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, but he turned his head to look at Fu Nanling, who was clearly displeased, and smiled wryly in his heart, thinking about how to coax him.

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