"Mr. Xin, you are really good at martial arts!"
"No, Your Highness, thank you for your compliments. What was that just now?"
"Oh, that was my secret guard. Sorry to bother you."
"No, I misunderstood. I hope Your Highness will not be offended."
After the fight, the tense atmosphere in the room, which had been caused by talking about the truth about what happened to the Xin family, was eased. Uncle Xin Jiu had actually had doubts about Sheng Jicheng for a long time, but he had never dared to really think in that direction.
But now that Fengming had broken through that layer of window paper, he had to really think about it.
"Your Highness, I have a few questions."
"Well, go ahead."
"First, may I ask why Your Highness is asking about my relationship with Prince Sheng? Second, how did Your Highness know that it was Prince Sheng who harmed the old master? Third, does Your Highness know Young Master Xin Wei?"
When it came to the first two questions, Uncle Xin Jiu was very sure, but when it came to the third question, Uncle Xin Jiu was a little hesitant. Although he had such doubts, he couldn't figure it out. How could this be possible? Fengming was the eldest princess of Daqing, so it was impossible for her to know him.
"Sir, if I want to answer these questions, you must first answer two questions for me. Who are you loyal to now? Whose orders are you following?"
Feng Ming did not answer Uncle Xin Jiu's question immediately, but instead asked her last and most important question.
"Of course..."
"Sir, please think carefully before answering. I hope to hear the most truthful answer. Of course, I can't help you if you tell me a false answer, but there are some things I can't answer you."
Uncle Xin Jiu was about to blurt out the answer but was stopped by Feng Ming. She was not a naive person. Although Uncle Xin Jiu had said so much before, making him seem innocent and loyal, who knew if it was just an act? After all, he had probably eaten more salt than she had eaten rice.
There was another silence. Uncle Xin Jiu looked at Feng Ming with complicated eyes. There was something dangerous in his eyes, but it was suppressed immediately. In the end, all the complicated emotions finally combined into a kind of helplessness and determination.
"Since Your Highness is speaking so frankly, you must know something. But considering that Your Highness has everything, I, an ordinary citizen exiled in another country, must have nothing for Your Highness to covet. So I will not lie and speak frankly. I am now following the orders of Prince Sheng!"
Fengming looked at him. Is that really the case?
"But, I will always be loyal to only Master Xin!"
"Oh~ What kind of statement is that? I'm stupid, please explain it more clearly, sir."
Uncle Xin Jiu sighed, picked up the cold tea and took a big gulp.
"Now that you've said it, let's be clear. Earlier, I mentioned that after I discovered that Sheng... Sheng Jicheng had secretly stationed troops on the border, I planned to stop supplying him with gold and silver. He then turned against me and threatened me with Young Master Xin Wei's life and the whereabouts of Miss Xing Wu. If I dared to stop supplying him with gold and silver, I would watch helplessly as the Xin family was wiped out. For Young Master Xin Wei's life, for now, I am under his control, but my loyalty is only to Master Xin. He gave me a new life, and before he left, he entrusted me to protect his home, so I will protect this home."
"So, sir, you don't know why Sister Xinyi fell off the cliff?"
"What?"
Uncle Xin Jiu was originally reminiscing about the master-servant relationship between him and Master Xin, when he suddenly heard Feng Ming throw out another bombshell.
"Could it be, could it be, it's..."
"Yes, sir, you're right. Sister Xinyi fell off the cliff not because she encountered some thieves wandering here, but because someone deliberately sent her to pretend to be a thief. Sister Xinyi also mentioned that she was chased to the edge of the cliff, and no matter how much wealth she promised, the thieves were unmoved and only wanted to capture her. Mr. Xin, is it because Xiao Xinwei was found that you are no longer willing to obey Sheng Jicheng's orders?"
Uncle Xin Jiu was really shocked this time. He didn't expect that Princess Daqing was so smart and her deduction was exactly right.
"But, if it was really Sheng Jicheng who wanted to capture my daughter to threaten me, how did Your Highness know about it?"
"Well, I have my own subordinates, so you don't need to know. But since you've already told the truth, I'll answer your three questions. First, I asked about your relationship with Sheng Jicheng because I needed to confirm your loyalty to the Xin family. Now it seems that although you were coerced, at least your heart is still with the Xin family. Second, how did I know that it was Sheng Jicheng who murdered the three members of the Xin family? Xingwu told me personally."
"Miss?"
"Don't panic. Thirdly, I not only know Xin Wei, I've also given him a gift."
Uncle Xin Jiu originally thought that Fengming knew all this because of the private soldiers in Sheng Jicheng's hands. He also thought that Fengming's request to him was to know the whereabouts of those private soldiers. After all, even he could see that Sheng Jicheng had evil ambitions in hoarding those private soldiers. But he didn't expect Fengming to say that he knew Xing Wu.
During this short conversation of less than half an hour, Uncle Xin Jiu felt that he was in shock the whole time.
"Okay, sir, do you have any questions?"
"My lady, Your Highness, do you really know my lady? Is she...is she okay? Why hasn't she returned in the past few years?"
Seeing that Uncle Xin Jiu's concern was genuine and not fake, Feng Ming finally believed that he was still loyal to the Xin family.
"Xing Wu has been by my side for the past three years. She is doing well and is now in Mingcheng. If you want to meet her, I can arrange it."
"Okay, okay, write more about Your Highness, Your Highness is so kind..."
When Uncle Xin Jiu heard that Xing Wu was in Mingcheng, he was so excited that he was at a loss. He had been worried about Xing Wu's whereabouts for the past three years, and when he found out one night, he really didn't know what to do.
"Alright, sir, we've been talking for quite some time now. You can arrange for someone to investigate and confirm some things yourself. I've said everything I need to say, and I know everything I need to know. I just hope you can keep what I've said to you a secret, and never let Sheng Jicheng know. Once you're sure, have Sister Xinyi come to the guesthouse to find me."
After Feng Ming finished speaking, he didn't care what Uncle Xin Jiu wanted to say. He pushed the door open and went out to find Feng Yuyun and the others who were playing tossing pots, leaving Uncle Xin Jiu alone in the study to think.
Although she also wanted to explain everything to Uncle Xin Jiu all at once today, since Uncle Xin Jiu had been forced by Sheng Jicheng to do things for him in the past few years, he must know many other things that were unfavorable to Sheng Jicheng. These were powerful weapons that could help them deal a fatal blow to Sheng Jicheng.
But after all, this old fox is not so easy to trust just by a few words. We still have to give him some time to investigate on his own. As long as he finds out where the bandits chasing Xinyi are from, then everything will be fine.
If Uncle Xin Jiu is ungrateful and wants to report what she told him today to Sheng Jicheng, then her secret guards will not be pushovers either.
She would suddenly ask the secret guard to change her tea, not because she really wanted to drink hot tea, but to test Uncle Xin Jiu, who was said to be famous in the Central Plains martial arts world!
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