Chapter 33: The prefect's yamen is in shock
Wang Zhizheng and Shen Shaoxian, the prefect of Hejian, pushed the cup and changed the lamp, talked and laughed, and his concubine Liu Qingqing served Wang Zhizheng to pour wine on the side. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info in this late spring season, the hall is wide and wide, wine and food, the willows in the courtyard are still around, and the spring breeze is pleasant. Shen Shaoxian figured out Wang Zhizheng's thoughts, trying to cling to Wang Zhizheng by knotting, so as to give himself the icing on the cake to his already destined future, Wang Zhizheng, tried to convey what he saw and heard in Suzhou through Shen Shaoxian's "big stroke" of successfully completing the task to the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian.
After three rounds of drinking, the two of them are already in decline in Yushan, drunk and confused. But Shen Shaoxian was not drunk, he ordered Wang Zhizheng and his concubine Liu Qingqing to be sent to the prepared luxurious bedroom, and then arranged Zhou Cheng's clean and neat bedroom. Everything was arranged, and then he called his subordinates to ask about the specific situation of the labor army outside the city. The subordinate told him that Wang Zhizheng's personal entourage Zhou Gong had already received the wine and meat, and the Dongchang Tiqi was having a happy banquet outside the city, Shen Shaoxian nodded reassuringly, and then went to the bedroom to sleep peacefully under the service of the concubine.
Back in the bedroom, Wang Zhi was under Liu Qingqing's service, and after washing, he began to fall asleep while lying on the comfortable big bed. She also carefully lay down beside Wang Zhizheng.
Liu Qingqing and Yi were lying on the couch, looking at Wang Zhizheng who was sleeping soundly beside him, and he was full of thoughts. This heroic young man has an indescribable temperament, sometimes wandering, sometimes calm and contemplative, sometimes mixed in the wind and moon field, hugging left and right, but he is a humble gentleman here, and he has not committed any crimes in autumn. The reason why she dared to bet on him was because in her impression, such a man must be a person with great ambitions and awe-inspiring spirit. With him, there will always be a sense of security from the heart. If it weren't for the misery of variables and the hatred of the country and family, she would even be willing to entrust her life to this person. It's a pity that the fate is too bad to consider the love of children.
Thinking about it, I tossed and turned until the second half of the night, and I heard the sound of chickens crowing in the distance, it seems that I can't sleep tonight, Liu Qingqing thought.
Suddenly, she heard a quiet sound. Thinking she had misheard, she didn't care. But not long after, there was another noise from the roof. After all, Liu Qingqing has gone through all the vicissitudes of life, and he is calm, and it must not be a good thing for ten people to go up to the roof in the middle of the night. She pretended not to notice, stared at the roof with wide eyes, and suddenly saw a roof open open, and then a rope suddenly fell down.
It's not good, there are assassins, Liu Qingqing didn't dare to hurriedly shout: "Someone has assassinated!!" Wang Zhizheng sat up suddenly. Before the two of them could react, a dark shadow jumped down along the business, carrying a bright big knife and walking viciously towards the couch.
Although Wang Zhizheng is a gentle son, since Bai Jiazi invested in the Yuan Shen, he has often cultivated, so his body has gradually become stronger.
Seeing the assassin's big knife slashing at himself, Wang Zhi was dragging Liu Qingqing, and he rolled over and rolled out of bed with an agile side flash, of course the assassin was fully prepared, his big knife was pressing on the two step by step, Wang Zhizheng dragged Liu Qingqing to retreat left and right, while hiding behind the big bookcase, he shouted: "Zhou Cheng escort!"
Zhou Cheng, who heard the owner's shouting in the outer room, was startled, and rushed in with a big knife at the head of the bed without caring about wearing a coat.
The Assassin and Zhou Cheng fought fiercely together. Liu Qingqing asked Wang Zhizheng, who was taking care of him: "Is the prefect trying to kill you?" Wang Zhizheng shook his head: "Impossible, you rush out and call for reinforcements!"
Liu Qingqing saw that Wang Zhizheng was sure that the prefect would not harm him, so he rushed out of the courtyard and shouted: "Come and escort the assassin!"
Hearing the shouts, the guards on night watch at the prefect's mansion quickly ran over. When the assassin heard the call for help, he didn't care about pestering and tearing, and quickly grabbed the rope and was about to climb and escape.
Wang Zhizheng shouted: "Quickly cut the rope!" Zhou Cheng cleverly threw out a dagger to cut off the rope that fell from the beam, and the assassin saw that he couldn't escape, so he took out a small medicine bottle from his arms and sent it to his mouth.
Wang Zhizheng jumped over and kicked the bottle in his hand away, and the assassin sat on the ground in despair, tied up by the rope bindings of the rushing guards.
At this time, Shen Shaoxian, who smelled the movement, hurriedly ran to this side.
As soon as the assassin was tied up, Shen Shaoxian arrived in the house. When the candles were lit, I saw Wang Zhizheng, whose clothes were messy, sweating profusely, and Wang Zhizheng, who was also frightened, and Liu Qingqing, a concubine with a pale face. Shen Shaoxian scolded the assassin in his heart: Isn't this a mess for me? If Wang Zhizheng dies in my mansion, the nine thousand years old will not be able to kill me!
He bowed deeply to Wang Zhizheng and apologized: "Little Chitose, the lower official did not protect you well, and you were frightened, and the lower official will apologize to you!" Wang Zhizheng fixed his mind and said, "I don't blame you for this!
Shen Shao walked to the assassin's side first, rolled up his sleeve and slapped the assassin with two loud slaps: "Tell me quickly, who sent you to murder Chitose? If you can't say it, this official will rip out your heart with his own hands tonight!"
The assassin bowed his head and said nothing. Wang Zhizheng took a closer look, and saw that this person was about twenty years old, fair-skinned and elegant, not like a professional assassin, and he could also see that his martial arts were average, and an ordinary attendant like Zhou Cheng could confront him. But Wang Zhizheng really couldn't think of anyone who would murder him.
Shen Shao first saw that he was stubborn and did not speak, and ordered his subordinates: "Go and drag him to the prison, put a stick on him, and let him suffer some flesh and skin! If you don't give him some color, he won't be recruited!"
When the Assassin heard that he was about to be tortured, he laughed and said, "I won't say anything if you just peeled me skin and broke my bones!"
Wang Zhizheng thought to himself, this kind of person doesn't seem to be able to use hard to make him soft, so just give him some soft.
So Wang Zhizheng waved his hand to stop the murderous Shen Shaoxian: "Lord Shen, don't torture him first, hand him over to me for trial, I want to see who wants to kill me!"
In order to prove his innocence, Shen Shaoxian didn't want to talk much, so he nodded: "It's okay, then hand it over to Xiao Chitose for trial." Then he instructed left and right: "You listen to me, General Wang will be tortured later, you must run quickly, don't dirty General Wang's hands!" The guards seized the opportunity to show who were willing to let go casually, and one of them walked over with the handle of the knife and hit the assassin in the face, and the assassin was covered in blood and his teeth fell out. Wang Zhizheng saw that the assassin was beaten and still didn't say a word, so he stopped and followed him: "Okay, okay, you can retreat first." All you have to do is tie him to a pillar and step down, and the judge will judge him himself tonight!"
The relatives who had used violence retreated contentedly.
Shen Shao ordered the guards to tie the Assassin to a pillar and not move, and then stood by and stood by.
Wang Zhizheng said to everyone: "This kind of person has a lot of knowledge, you punish him, the more he is tortured, the more hardened he becomes, you can step down, I will judge it myself." ”
Shen Shao first saw that Wang Zhizheng insisted on interrogating him personally, thinking that Wang Zhizheng did not trust him and asked him to avoid it, but he was afraid that this assassin would bite indiscriminately after he retreated, so he laughed and said: "Xiao Chitose, let's try it with you, after all, it is what happened in my house." Wang Zhizheng smiled at him, comforted him and said: "Lord Shen, you don't have to worry, this official understands in his heart, and he will not doubt you, because first, I believe in your person, and second, you have no reason to assassinate me, right?" Shen Shao listened first, breathed a sigh of relief, and then bowed to the ground: "Lord Wang, thank you for your trust! The lower official must remember your kindness." Wang Zhizheng smiled slightly: "If I don't suspect you, I will keep tonight's matter a secret, and I won't let the nine thousand years old know and worry about me." It will not make Lord Shen in a dilemma. "Hear here. Shen Shaoxian sobbed gratefully. All worries were swept away, and then he retreated with his relatives.
In addition to the assassins who were chained to the pillars, only Wang Zhizheng, Liu Qingqing and Zhou Cheng were left.
Wang Zhizheng said to Zhou Cheng: "Look outside the door, no one is allowed to come." Zhou Cheng walked out and stood guard at the door.
Liu Qingqing asked the assassin in a low voice: "Tonight, you only need to explain who instructed you, and we will definitely let you live." The assassin laughed: "How to live? This person, he is tyrannical in Suzhou, and he cares about people's lives, and he actually wants him to give me a way to live?"
Wang Zhizheng listened and glanced at Liu Qingqing. Wang Zhizheng whispered to Liu Qingqing: "This person is the Donglin Party. Liu Qingqing heard the three words of the Donglin Party and raised his eyes to observe this assassin carefully.
The Assassin looked at the woman and gave him a cold look. Who knew that as soon as they looked at each other, both of them were stunned.
"Hou Qi?" Liu Qingqing exclaimed, and the other party also exclaimed, "Miss Liu?"
Seeing that the two knew each other, Wang Zhizheng breathed a sigh of relief. He asked Liu Qingqing: "Do you know this person?" Liu Qingqing said: "This person is my father's colleague, Hou Qi, the son of Hou Shangshu, a member of the Donglin Party! Why did you come to assassinate Wang Zhizheng?" Wang Zhizheng said: "Hou Shangshu's son?
Liu Qingqing nodded hurriedly.
Hou Qi sneered: "Let's not talk about why I want to kill him. Let's talk about you first! As the daughter of Zuo Ge Lao, you actually mixed up with this eunuch?"
Liu Qingqing frowned: "This matter is a long story, I'll loosen your ties first, let's talk slowly." ”
Wang Zhizheng personally used a dagger to break the rope and untie it for Hou Qi.
Hou Qi still didn't want to say much to them, just sat in his chair and didn't say a word.
Wang Zhizheng said to Liu Qingqing: "I'm waiting outside the door, you tell him the pinyin consequences of the matter." ”
Liu Qingqing nodded, and Wang Zhizheng walked out with his hands behind his back.