Chapter 119: Questioning
Chen Zixiu always feels a little funny every time she thinks about this day.
I really couldn't imagine that it was just the water in the post house, which made these soldiers so panicked, and even the black-clothed people who were regarded as bandits, a few of them couldn't bear it, and scattered to find buckets, basins, vases and other things and ran to the water tank to scoop water to extinguish the fire. And the little official of the post house shouted at Mr. Zhang: "Protect the things in the West Wing!" If it's really burned, you can't afford to lose it if you sell it! After speaking, he rushed into the west wing and locked a few large boxes!
Mr. Zhang's face was dark, he cursed in a low voice, he didn't care about making things difficult for Chen Zixiu and his party, turned around and ordered a few of his subordinates to go into the west wing to assist the little official to carry the box out, and ordered a few people to take care of the son of the Hou Ye, so that people could neither get away nor be injured. Several soldiers looked embarrassed, and they couldn't tell him what to do, he looked back at Chen Zixiu, his eyes swept around the secret guard, knowing that these people were going to leave, and they couldn't stop them at all now!
Looking at the expressions of Chen Zixiu, Wang Ying and others watching the play, neither said that they would help extinguish the fire nor quickly pack up their things and run for their lives, and completely stayed out of the matter, Mr. Zhang gritted his teeth angrily, waved a big knife and pointed at them, and shouted loudly: "If you want to leave Ludi safe and sound, you can get to know each other!" Let you be spared today! Don't think I'm afraid of you! β
This stupidity is really arrogant. Wang Ying pursed his lips, approached Chen Zixiu, and asked, "Childe, do you want to leave?" β
Chen Zixiu glanced at him. "Your people did it?"
Wang Ying didn't say yes or no, only smiled.
It's not the first time they've done this kind of thing, every time they have a task, a team of people in the open and a team in the dark, the basic number of people is the same, it's just that the brothers in the bright place don't know who is following in the dark, and the two sides only know the code words and the content of the task, and many times they don't meet unless necessary, and even if the task is completed relatively smoothly until they return to Beijing, they may not have the opportunity to meet. To put it bluntly, their task is to complete the things that the emperor has assigned, and the task of the brothers in the shadows is to monitor and protect them. So, the snitch was gone, and he wasn't worried, someone followed.
"It's just a fire in the front yard, why are they so panicked?" Chen Zixiu has never been able to figure this out. In addition, there is a certain distance from the houses in the surrounding area, so it cannot be burned.
"The post house is an official system, and no matter how small the officials are, they have grades. And most of the people who come and go to the inn are officials and their dependents, as well as family members who hold letters. The fire in the post house was as serious as the fire in the yamen, and the little official was going to lose his head. If it frightens the imperial officials......" Wang Ying touched his chin and smiled suspiciously. It seems, it seems, that he is a six-rank military attachΓ©?
Chen Zixiu shuddered, and mourned for the little official for three minutes in his heart. just thought that the other party was going to frame them just now, and I felt that the little official was innocent.
"Childe, let's go. It's like a fire is burning. After watching for a while, Wang Ying felt that the wind direction had changed, and he couldn't help urging.
When Xiao Qiang passed by here on the second day, she couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the post house that had been half burned down by black paint!
The little official is organizing people to clean up a messy yard, trembling with his hands and feet and almost not obeying the call! He was about to bend down and lift the half of the table in front of him, when a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, and a big hand easily lifted his collar and asked, "Did you have guests last night?" β
The little official is annoyed by this! He didn't even raise his head, and said angrily: "Yes! All dead! "Those dead soldiers! Phew! What Mr. Zhang Qian, he can't save a fire! I don't know which brain-dead person directly poured a bucket of oil on it, and the fire that was not burning quickly became uncontrollable! Exercise! If he hadn't seen the opportunity and quickly left the adult's token to hide as a life amulet, he might have "died heroically in the fire"! Anyway, the adults will pay for the repair of the post house for themselves, as long as no one reports it, his little life is temporarily saved.
When Xiao Qiang heard this, she was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat, her hands became stronger, and she picked up the little official directly, and her feet barely left the ground! He glared at each other with angry eyes and cracked teeth, and asked, "Dead?" How did you die? Don't tell me that it was burned to death! "According to the calculation of the time when Chen Zixiu left Chenxi County yesterday, they should arrive in Ji'an Mansion before dark, and they will definitely stay here. Could he ...... Dead in the fire?
Only then did the little official raise his eyes to see the person who came, and recognized Xiao Qiang, who was dressed in a general suit, and almost didn't pee, so he quickly begged for mercy!
"Ouch, my lord! The little one just now is nonsense! No dead people, no dead people! Not a single one died! "Those men in black who were accidentally injured and hacked to death in the fight don't count!
Xiao Qiang's face was solemn, "You kid is playing with me!" He threw the person away, pointed to the fire scene, and asked, "Tired of living?" How did it burn? "As the deputy general of the city, and this place is not far from the barracks, he has the right to ask.
The little official cried and defended with a sad face: "It's not about those guests who recruited it!" β
Xiao Qiang frowned, and when she was about to ask carefully, she felt that the person's identity was tricky, pursed her lips, let go of this bastard, went out and got on the horse, and galloped straight towards Fucheng.
Chan Tsz Xiu......
Thinking of his strange whereabouts and special identity, he didn't hear any news beforehand, but he was already standing on his own territory. Hell, go back to your hometown and worship your ancestors! This is not a year, a festival, a good season, and there are no weddings and funerals, and it will be strange to come back!
There is also Chenxi County's Ya Loss, what is the important document? I can't even know it! Is it really related to Zixiu?
Within a few days, the document stamped with the official seal of Chenxi County, which had been remembered, was transferred to the hands of today's son.
Gao Shenghan didn't want to look at it anymore. You should know, the first two times the dark guard came back, I also told it, but it was just a few more additions to the number.
She closed the booklet, lifted her eyelids, and looked coldly at the kneeling courtiers below.
"You are a good country for me!" As he spoke, he pushed it and smashed seven or eight blue-skinned booklets on the table in front of them.
The two elders, Wang Bingzheng, and Zhang Ting, the head of the household department, lowered their kneeling bodies by two points, and said in unison: "The emperor is angry. The ministers are negligent, and the ministers are guilty! β
Several people trembled and picked up the nearest booklet, flipped through a few pages, and couldn't see anything, only knowing that it was the registration book of the land deed, so they glanced at each other suspiciously, and then looked up at the emperor.
Gao Shenghan patted his forehead and instructed Gonggong Deng: "Bring a copy of the household department last year." Ludi's. Grandpa Deng turned around and went.
When the booklet left by the household department was in hand, it was compared with the book that I didn't know who copied it before, and it was turned to the county and village with the same place name, and several people broke down in a cold sweat.
Zhang Ting, the head of the household, almost stared out his eyes! Although the booklet is a new transcription, many of the contents registered in it are dated last year or the year before!