Chen Qingyang looked at us solemnly and said, you have not been in the capital for half a year, and you still don't understand the current situation in the capital. At present, the capital is calm on the surface, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging, which is entangled in some old things, and even the struggle for imperial power, and the words stop here, the less you know, the more beneficial it is for you.

Half a year ago, I escorted Hu Zongxian to Jinling for trial with Jinyiwei, and outside the city, Hu Zongxian's words "The hidden dragon lies in the abyss" are still fresh in my memory.

Later, Li Changling and I mistakenly entered Jiajiazhuang in the south of the Yangtze River, and now the capital is made by Dengwen Yuan and Jinyiwei, which further confirms my guess: the former emperor Zhu Wuneng is not dead, not only is he not dead, but there seems to be an invisible force behind him supporting him, waiting for the opportunity to move.

Since last year's empty seal case, the government and the opposition have been in a period of turmoil.

The first is that the original guerrilla scattered and brave Japanese suddenly twisted into a rope, feinted to attack Hengjiang Port, and then captured Chongming Island, and then Hu Zongxian was dismissed, if it were not for Hu Zongxian's efforts to resist the pressure on that day, coupled with Yu Dayou and other soldiers like gods, Songjiang Mansion may have fallen. Songjiang fell, and Jinling was not in danger to defend, exposed to the Japanese invaders, and at that time, Emperor Zhu Runze was in Jinling City.

The second is that Xie Shiting took up the post of secretary of the household department, which is quite intriguing. After Shen Zhengdao's death, the imperial court issued three edicts to let Xie Shiting take office, and Xie Shiting resigned three times. The Xie family, the Wang family, and other families representing the Jiangnan Shi clan refused to serve in Beijing. If Zhu Runze hadn't gone down to Jiangnan in person, he would have used a rope to help Xie Shiting, and he only took an aunt and daughter Xie Junyan to the capital. Xie Shiting left his family business and family property in Jinling, and even his son Xie Junfan did not follow.

The third is that the rivers and lakes are not calm, whether it is Jinling or Haining Fengyun Island, these two wars are strange. On the surface, it seems that the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference is seeking revenge against the Netherworld God Sect, but secretly it involves a hero alliance. This alliance of heroes has a great plan, and these all point to the secret of the Underworld.

Fourth, Emperor Zhu Runze restored the establishment of the Dengwen Academy, responsible for investigating all bizarre cases, and took away Wang Heng, one of the three major Kou, one of the two forbidden army guards of the former Emperor Zhu Runze, in Jiangnan.

These undoubtedly point to my speculation.

In the letterhead of the big shopkeeper Lu Zhongyuan, he asked us to point our confession to Yang Menglong, the first assistant of the cabinet, and it was extremely tactful, leaving enough room for the other party to imagine.

In the six doors, the case is handled by telling the facts and presenting evidence, and everything is in accordance with the Daming Law as the code of conduct for case handling. However, in spy agencies like Jinyiwei and Dengwenyuan, they don't need evidence, and they can handle the case with suspicion and unwarrantedness.

Thinking of this, I asked, where is Hu Zongxian now?

Chen Qingyang said that Hu Zongxian was a good and capable official, and he had made great contributions to the peace of the Japanese people, but unfortunately he made mistakes on issues of principle, and all the credits could be erased by virtue of this.

I know that he is talking about the former emperor Zhu Wuneng. The emperor sent people to arrest Wang Heng and imprison Hu Zongxian, in order to get the news of Zhu Wuneng's mouth from them. But Hu Zongxian did not mention this matter, and it was precisely for this reason that the emperor could not kill him, and he was also given a false position.

Chen Qingyang continued, don't worry, he is just trapped and can't leave the capital, in fact, he is still very free. However, whether he can survive this time depends on what you say in the interrogation transcript in the afternoon.

I thought for a moment, looked at Chen Qingyang, and said, I'm afraid I'll disappoint the beautiful head.

Chen Qingyang frowned slightly, a sense of sorrow loomed, she said, Su is still here, why are you so stubborn? The big shopkeeper let you do this, although it violates your heart, but you have done the right thing.

I asked rhetorically, do the right thing, even if it's by the wrong means?

Chen Qingyang nodded, this world is not black and white, sometimes, the truth is not important, the result is the goal.

I suddenly remembered that when I was stealing the Holy Gate to learn the arts, the first senior brother said a sentence: What you see is not necessarily the truth, the truth is not necessarily the truth, what people believe is the truth. Just as the world in our eyes is not the same as the world in the eyes of red-green color blindness, it does not mean that the world in their eyes is fake.

At the time, I was very dismissive of this statement. Now what Chen Qingyang said is similar to him.

But for me, let me make a false testimony and point the contradiction at Xu Menglong, I really can't do it. Lao Sun Tou said that the struggle of politicians is no different from the fight of the shrew in the village, seize every opportunity to bite the other party, so as to obtain greater benefits for himself.

The afternoon transcript took only one hour. Jinyiwei sent a thousand households surnamed Cui, and Dengwenyuan sent a director surnamed Mei from the second investigation department. The two inquired about some details of the day the silver was stolen, and learned about the whereabouts of the Xu siblings.

Zhang Youqian and I didn't hide anything, nor did we follow Lu Zhongyuan's request to guide the two of them to guess on Yang Menglong's side. Both of these are battle-hardened veterans, and even if we deliberately make some guesses, they won't necessarily believe it.

As for the jade-faced Rakshasa Chen Qingyang, as the department involved, she didn't say a word from beginning to end.

After the questioning, the two showed me and Zhang Youqian the transcript, and after the two confirmed that it was correct, all three parties signed, stamped with seals, and sealed with fire paint. I said, two adults, this case of theft of tribute silver started by us, and we are willing to make meritorious contributions to the crime and take the initiative to cooperate with the adults to find the tribute silver.

Cui Qianhu's face was full of pockmarks, and he looked expressionless, and when he heard me speak, he snorted coldly, do you think that just 300,000 taels of silver can make the two major institutions of Jinyiwei and Dengwen Yuan dispatch? This matter is no longer a pure theft case, and the imperial court has also decided to hand over the right to handle the case to us.

I looked at Chen Qingyang, and Chen Qingyang said in a deep voice, you two will go back to the capital first, and then pass you on when you are needed. In the next few days, we will also go to the field and several other suspicious points to investigate.

After making the transcript and returning to the courtyard, Chen Qingyang looked unhappy.

There are rumors in the market that she is Lu Zhongyuan's woman, but we didn't do what she said, and it is estimated that there is no good impression anywhere in Lu Zhongyuan.

Chen Qingyang said unhappily, you did a good thing.

Zhang Youqian said that the beauty catches the head, don't be angry, come to drink tea, the Biluochun brewed last night.

After that, he personally poured a cup of tea and handed it over, Chen Qingyang took it, took a sip, and snorted. Stretched out his hand and threw the teacup out, annoyed, what kind of broken tea, so sour, can you drink it?

Zhang Youqian glanced at the small pot, scratched his head and said, I'm sorry, I wanted vinegar for dumplings last night, I was confused with the teapot, don't be angry with the beauty catcher, don't be jealous. There's one thing, I have to ask a beautiful woman to catch the head for help.

Chen Qingyang said, if there is a fart, let it go.

Zhang Youqian sighed, is this okay? gritted his teeth, poof, let out a fart, and then looked relaxed.

Chen Qingyang was annoyed and angry, and punched over, Zhang Youqian was no longer the Ameng of the day, dodged and dodged, saying I have been enduring, you asked me to let it go. Chen Qingyang snorted coldly, turned around and left, and said Hurry up and get out of Hejian Mansion, don't let me see you.

Zhang Youqian shouted, you see, once a woman goes to the grade, her temper becomes bigger and bigger.

When Chen Qingyang heard this, he came in again and pulled out the Rakshasa knife, do you say it again?

Zhang Youqian said with a smile, I mean, the more beautiful a woman is, the bigger her temper.

Chen Qingyang said that you are interested, and my aunt and grandmother decided to give you a chance to invite you to dinner.

What to eat?

Eat chicken'.

Zhang Youqian said Eldest sister, your taste is really heavy, I am still a child. I decided to let Su Da catch the head.

Chen Qingyang leaned in front of Zhang Youqian's face, blew a breath and said, Okay, it's okay for the two of you to be together.

Zhang Youqian and I were so frightened that we fled, although Zhang Youqian is a playboy, but in a little widow like Chen Qingyang, he can't get any cheapness.

In the afternoon, we borrowed two horses from Hejian Province and set out on our way back to Beijing.

While we were hurrying, we analyzed the case of the robbery of the tribute silver. According to the general logic, who benefits from it, who is most suspicious.

This incident directly affected Xu Ge's old student Zhao Xingde into the cabinet, on the surface, Xu Yufu suffered losses, and one of his sons and daughters were also involved.

Could it be that Xu Yufu poured sewage on himself, deliberately doing so, so as to arouse the emperor's suspicion and thus gain an advantage? But at the expense of a cabinet ally, this is inevitably too much loss.

The wolf knife that happened to appear at the scene made this case even more confusing, Song Yicheng was old, a little confused, and he didn't know who he saw. If the military had been involved in the robbery, the case would have been hilarious.

Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind.

At this time, Zhang Youqian also seemed to have discovered something and shouted.

The two of us looked at each other and said in unison, Feng Bao?

We are always looking for a motive and who is the ultimate beneficiary, but we ignore this fact.

At the scene of the crime, when we arrived at the post station, there were corpses all over the ground, but Feng Bao's body was not found.

So, was Feng Bao taken captive, or did he personally plan this incident? He was the godson of Feng Linggan of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and he was also the supervisor of the Gongyin escort, including the 100,000 Su Jin given by the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to the inner court.

If he planned to rob the silver, wouldn't he personally ruin his future? No matter how he analyzed it, Feng Bao had no motive for committing the crime.

Zhang Youqian asked, "Then what should we do?" Go back to the capital, or stay in Hejian Mansion?

You tell me?

I listen to you.

I said okay, it's not like someone said, where you fall, lie down. Chen Qingyang won't let us take care of it, so let's investigate secretly, anyway, it's not a few days to go back.

The two of us made a decision to divert to Sipingyi, ready to comb through the crime scene from the beginning.

When we arrived at Sipingyi, it was already evening, we found that something was wrong, the local dog in the post station kept barking, turned over and dismounted, came to the backyard, but saw that in the courtyard, scattered some people's stumps and broken hands, I roughly counted, there are twelve.

Zhang Youqian analyzed that this door is locked, and once this kind of door is locked, it must be opened with a key.

I nodded, no problem.

Zhang Youqian said again, the twelve severed hands in the courtyard are not from the same corpse.

I looked at him with a confused look and said, "Zhang Dashenzhuo, are you sure you didn't go through the back door to enter the six doors?"