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Chapter 550: Spy, Collaboration and Selling Out the Country

"It was the powder that the young master bought. He said that as long as I mix it into the ink when writing, I can achieve this effect. He also said that this powder is rare and told me to use it carefully and not to waste it."

The more the servant boy talked, Jiang Youzhen carefully observed his reaction and found that there was nothing unusual on his face. He seemed panicked, in pain and resentful, but he did not feel guilty. Could it be that Liu Gui really cheated?

"Liu Gui, do you still want to quibble?" Zhu Zhimin snorted coldly. He would not cry until he saw the coffin.

"Sir, this is really unfair! I didn't do it. Where did I buy the test papers? I don't have any connections at all!"

Zhu Zhimin sneered, "You really don't have any connections, but a good friend you just met is doing this, but he is a liar who specializes in deceiving people like you."

Zhu Zhimin shouted, "Come here, splash some water on Zhang Er to wake him up."

Zhang Er, who was standing by, was very confused after waking up. He glanced at the person above him and was immediately frightened to death.

"Zhang Er, do you recognize the person next to you?" Lord Zhu scolded coldly.

Zhang Er turned to look at Liu Gui and nodded hurriedly, "Your Excellency, this man is the one who came to me to buy the test questions and medicine powder that day. I asked for 200 taels at the time, and he said he would go back to collect the money. Two days later, we made an appointment to trade at Yuanxiang Teahouse."

Liu Gui's eyes widened when he heard this. "Sir, I don't recognize this person at all. I have never seen him before. How can there be any talk of a deal?"

Jiang Youzhen has been observing the expressions of several people and found that they were all normal, with no abnormality at all. If someone is lying, then their acting skills are really perfect.

"No noise is allowed in the court! Zhang Er, where did you get the test questions and medicine powder?"

Lord Zhu's questions made everyone present prick up their ears. No witness was missing, and the case was already solved.

Zhang Er touched his abdomen and a look of pain appeared on his face.

"I made it up myself. I have no way of knowing it. But I hang around in the market all year round and have used this to cheat people before. After those people were fooled, they didn't dare to spread the news and could only suffer this loss in silence.

Common people usually trick one person into moving to another place, and that’s how they succeed every time.”

Zhang Er took a deep breath, "But this powder was sold to me by someone, who said it had miraculous effects. I thought that if I used it with the powder to cheat, the effect would definitely be better, so I bought it."

"Who sold it to you?" Lord Zhu asked immediately.

Jiang Youzhen felt that she had finally asked the key question. So far, the matter seemed to have nothing to do with her, but she knew that it was related to something else.

"I don't know. He was masked. But when he took out the powder bag from his bosom, he accidentally dropped a token from his bosom. I was sharp-eyed and found that it was a wooden pass used by the servants of the Third Prince's mansion to make purchases."

Everyone couldn't help but look at the Third Prince. The veins on Lord Zhu's forehead twitched. This was another person who could not be interrogated.

He pondered for a moment, then asked, "Your Highness, that's right. The spy caught in your house used this kind of powder to pass the message. He must have used it up and then became greedy and sold the rest for silver.

Although he refused to admit it, fearing that Jiang Youzhen would be implicated, only Jiang Youzhen could mix this kind of powder, so she had no way of denying it. "

Jiang Youzhen raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that spies were involved in this. No wonder the case was transferred to the Dali Temple.

When they heard that spies were involved, the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince frowned at the same time.

Liu Gui was so frightened that his face turned pale. If it was just cheating, the worst result would be confiscation of property and exile. After all, he did not leak the real test questions. But if he was implicated as a spy, then his life would be gone.

"As for this medicinal powder, I have heard a little about it." Lord Zhu then looked at Jiang Youzhen with a sharp gaze.

"Your Highness, it is impossible for you to be a traitor to your country. Jiang Youzhen is the only one who has this medicine powder, so she is the most suspicious." Lord Zhu's eyes were as sharp as torches, and he carried an air of majesty that frightened the three people kneeling below.

imperial study room

The emperor was just resting with his eyes closed when an old man in a black robe suddenly appeared in the imperial study.

"emperor!"

"Hmm!" The emperor opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Youzhen has been taken to the Dali Temple, but the three princes have also been there to listen to the trial."

The emperor tapped the imperial desk with his index finger, "Humph! They really take it seriously."

"Do you want to intervene? If Jiang Youzhen is involved in the spy case, I'm afraid he will have trouble getting out of it." The old man spoke in a cold tone with no expression on his face.

"No need!" The emperor shook his head.

The emperor picked up the file on the table. It was a record of everything Jiang Youzhen had done since he was born. It even recorded how he did business and who he had contacted. Everything that could be found was in the file.

Although he felt that Jiang Youzhen had many things going his way, as if he was blessed by God, it turned out that such a gifted child actually existed.

"If he doesn't even have this ability, then I don't feel it's a pity." For the emperor, if Jiang Youzhen can get through this safely, it will be the first step of the test.

"After all, he is still young. What if he gets hurt?"

"That's his fate! If he can't get through this time, the difficulties and obstacles in the court in the future will be a burden for him." The emperor's brows were full of indifference. To become a chess piece in his hands, one must have some ability.

In the Dali Temple court, Jiang Youzhen laughed after hearing what Zhu Zhimin said, "May I ask if I may ask you something?"

Lord Zhu snorted, "You say!"

He wanted to see how this boy would argue. Even though several princes were protecting him now, he wondered if the princes would still be biased towards him once they knew he was related to the spies.

If Jiang Youzhen was really a spy, then he had accomplished a great feat this time. Although Jiang Youzhen was not a court official, he had ill intentions in paving the way for the emperor before he entered the government and slowly approached the princes.

This child is the most powerful chess piece in the hands of those people, and he must be highly expected. Thinking of this, Mr. Zhu's eyes flashed with excitement.

"May I ask, Your Highness, have you lost your medicine powder?"

The third prince looked at Jiang Youzhen steadily, hesitating. He couldn't produce the powder, but he could actually give false testimony for Jiang Youzhen, saying that he had lost it, and Jiang Youzhen might be able to escape danger.

But why did he do that? He and Jiang Youzhen were just making a deal. If Jiang Youzhen was really a spy, wouldn't he be harming the entire court and the people of the country?

Just like Jiang Youzhen, a brilliant person, it is more likely to be cultivated. Only when such a person enters the officialdom, once he has a different mind, it will be a devastating blow to the court.

"No! The medicine powder has been used up by me. There is nothing left!" the third prince said affirmatively.

The second prince held the handrail tightly, and a hint of sinisterness flashed in his lowered eyes.

Before this, he was sure that Jiang Youzhen was not a spy. He knew Jiang Youzhen's origins. In his previous life, Jiang Youzhen was a chess piece in his hand, but not in this life.

However, if Jiang Youzhen was really chosen by those people for intensive training, it does make sense.

As for the Fourth Prince, his eyes were deep and no one knew what he was thinking.