Chapter Twenty-Four: Di Dashan explores the unsolved case of the two cities
Weng Bo has one of the sayings: Shuyun: "The courage is big but the heart is small." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Human beings are established in the world, and their temperament dictates them, and their life and death may be fateful, or is it determined by heaven? If this is the case, why did Zhang Yide die at the hands of Fan Qiang and Zhang Da, and Lu Shengzhi would also be imprisoned? Those who have high righteousness die unexpectedly; Virtuous and chivalrous people also have the trouble of causing trouble. However, the people of my generation try to be self-reliant with their temperament, such as Zhu Qinguang, if their wisdom is not round, and their actions are not square, they will be harmed by others and themselves.
Omber has two sayings: the old city meets and the love is open, and the two love each other without knowing it; Yingzhou only caresses the flowing water, and the heart is printed into one heart; The two cities are close to each other, and they are happy and smiling; It was originally a winged bird in the forest, and it took a thousand turns to get even.
Let's say that a group of people entered the inn in the same city, and they were very respectful, Di Fan felt that trouble was coming. And Gu Zhuole was already full, listening to Di Fan say this, when he looked up: the first person was dressed like Ding Jie, still a small man, wearing a black gauze on his arm, he was the Wei Changshi of Xiaotongcheng, called the fourth guard of Jinxi, surnamed Zhu, named Qin Guang, and the word Antai. It turned out that Zhu Qinguang was Ding Jie's brother in life and death. On the way to Jiangjia Village for Di Fan and Gu Zhuole, a spy reported the news, and Zhu Qinguang arranged a sumptuous meal for them.
After Zhu Qinguang reported to his home, Di Fan got up, returned the salute, and said: "It turned out to be the fierce general of the victorious general, the big sword General Zhu." In Xia Di Fan, I heard the general's name early, which is really a blessing. ”
Zhu Qinguang said with a smile: "Fortunately, Di Shaoxia carries love, and there is a lot of glory on the face of this general." The Ding Jie brothers have already said hello, but when Fan Di Shaoxia comes to our and other places, he must be a good student to greet each other, and he can't be lazy. It's a blessing to see you today! ”
"The general should thank Brother Ding for me."
"How dare you say thank you! If it weren't for Di Shaoxia's tricks, the Tianlongwei and Tianmawei of my God Sect would not only be difficult to get out, but where could they still occupy Fuzhou! It's me who should thank Di Shaoxia. "It turned out that in the Dongsheng shop, Di Fan gave Ding Ming a clever plan to attack Fuzhou, to the effect: first let out the wind, saying that the grain and grass were about to be cut off, and then in the afternoon, with the Tianlongwei to storm the front of Fuzhou, an hour later, withdraw the siege, after dusk, leave some old and weak to guard the barracks, with the main force of Tianlongwei and the main force of Tianmawei ambushed on both sides of the barracks, and with Tianmawei to cut off the return of the Fuzhou army, just waiting for the Fuzhou army to rob the camp. The Fuzhou army really hit the plan, and all of them were dispatched after dark to rob the camp. Gongsun Mingliang and Shu Shuanghe strangled the Fuzhou army and conquered Fuzhou. Therefore, Zhu Qinguang said this.
Di Fan asked: "Did Shu Xinzi evacuate Fuzhou later?" ”
"No, leave the Heavenly Dragon Guard to garrison."
"Why not evacuate them all?"
"This is going to ask our Wei Protector. Di Shaoxia, let's not talk about this for now, let's invite you and your wife to go to the mansion. ”
"Ma'am? Where's the lady? ”
Zhu Qinguang pointed at Gu Zhuole and said that she was. Gu Zhuole's face turned red, and Di Fan smiled, reached out to help her, and said, "Madam, are we going to take a walk?" Gu Zhuole picked up the chopsticks and knocked Di Fan, but he also followed his wishes and went to the mansion of Xiaotong City together. Along the way, Di Fan faintly felt a little uneasy.
Just arrived in front of the Yamen of Xiaotong City, there were already five people waiting, dressed as generals, namely You Zhong (word comrade), Xu Youshen (word Jiayin), Shi Baoan (word Huiwen), Jin Fengshou (word Shengsigh), Tao Dayong (word Zhonggao). Among them, You Zhong, Xu Youshen and Shi Baoan are from Datong City, You Zhong leads the first guard of Jinxi, Xu Youshen leads the third guard of Jinxi, and Shi Baoan is a commander of a thousand people, mainly responsible for the security of Datong City and the protection of Xi Jingzhi; Jin Fengshou and Tao Dayong are from Xiaotang Prefecture, Jin Fengshou leads the second guard of Jinxi, and Tao Dayong is the commander of a thousand soldiers. The five of them are all Ding Jie's good brothers, and they are all extremely respectful to Di Fan, and after greeting each other, they entered the mansion together.
After everyone sat down, Gu Zhuole asked, "Why are you all wearing black veils, who is dead?" When he first saw Zhu Qinguang, Di Fan saw it, and he didn't want to meddle in things, so he avoided asking, and seeing that Gu Zhuole asked so directly, he really had nothing to say, and thought: The matter is coming.
Zhu Qinguang said: "In the inn, the general wanted to talk about it, but because he talked about Fuzhou, he didn't mention it. Now that Miss Gu asked, she happened to talk to Di Shaoxia. In fact, it was the Qinglong envoy of our God Sect, and Xi Jingzhi, the Changsheng general in charge of the Jin Ministry, was killed. ”
Di Fan now understands that the attack on Fuzhou is not that General Xi is not in command, but that he was killed, so he asked, "When did it happen?" ”
"It's seventy-seven today."
"In other words, General Xi was killed a month and a half ago."
You Zhong said: "Yes, we are rough people, we are all subordinates of General Xi, I received a message from General Zhu last night, saying that Di Shaoxia came to Xiaotongcheng, and asked us to discuss together, I hope you can help find out who harmed our general." ”
Everyone nodded yes, and Xu Youshen said: "Thanks to General Zhu's carefulness and inviting Di Shaoxia, there is hope for the general." Otherwise, we can only wait for a hundred days before the general is buried in the ground. ”
"Want to park for 100 days? Doesn't corpses rot and stink? ”
"It is said that our General Zhu is careful, but in fact, he is also bold. Not long after the general was killed, it was he who said at the main altar of our God Sect that he must find out the real culprit, and also asked our Emperor Heart Venerable to prevent the corpse from decomposing, and put a few large ice cubes for our heatstroke prevention to the general, so that the general's body was temporarily unharmed. I really admire it! After Xu Youshen finished speaking, everyone cast admiring glances at Zhu Qinguang.
"Oh, that's it! General Zhu is comparable to Zhang Yide in the Three Kingdoms! Di Fan also respected Zhu Qinguang very much, and said, "You haven't checked it before, or haven't you found out?" ”
"The investigation has been checked, and the corpse has also been examined. It's just that there are no wounds, and there are no signs of poisoning, and they are still killed in our twin cities, and now they have no clue. ”
Gu Zhuole asked, "Your twin cities?" ”
"Datong City and Xiaotong City are collectively called Twin Cities."
"Where is General Xi's body?"
"It's in the ice cellar."
"Where's the ice cellar?"
"In the West Camp."
"What about the West Battalion?"
"Out of the north gate of Xiaotong City, on the left."
"Where was General Xi killed?"
"Datong City, found in the general's own room."
"Who found out first?"
Shi Baoan said, "It's me." Originally, the generals all got up early to train their troops. But that morning, after midday, we did not see the general come to the school. I was supposed to protect the general, so I went to ask, and as soon as I entered the room, I found the general lying on the bed, motionless, and I knew that the general was killed. ”
"What is the speculative time of death?"
"It's a quarter of the night before."
"Where did General Xi go before the time, is there anything wrong?"
"As usual, I accompanied the general to inspect the West and East camps, nothing special."
"Isn't it really any different?"
"The general came back from Meicheng that day and arrived in Xiaotongcheng in the evening, so he came out of Xiaotongcheng and inspected Dongdaying first. The general lives in Datong City on weekdays, starting from the West Daying. ”
"Oh, how did you get back after the round?"
"In the carriage, it is also my car. Di Shaoxia wouldn't suspect that I had killed the general, right? ”
Di Fan waved his hand again and again and said, "No, I just want to know more about the situation." I think we're pretty much done, you call Shang Zuo, let's go and see General Xi's body together. Don't forget, find a carriage. ”
Zhu Qinguang and the others were puzzled, but they still did so. After a while, everyone came to the north gate of Xiaotong City. Originally, the east and west sides of Xiaotong City and Datong City are connected together by the city wall, the city gates of the two cities are connected by the north and south of the moat, the center of the moat is built with a circular grandstand of several zhang high, the two sides of the moat are respectively provided with the West Avenue and the East Avenue, and the West East Avenue is the arc-shaped avenue that rises to the west. This is the school field, which is more than six miles from east to west, and more than six miles from north to south. The moat divides the school grounds into the West Camp and the East Camp. The western camp was garrisoned by Zhu Qinguang's Jinxi Fourth Guard. The East Camp is divided into the Northeast Camp and the Southeast Camp by a large middle road that crosses the east and west, and this large middle road can pass through the stands and lead directly to the West Camp. The northeast battalion was garrisoned by You Zhong's Jinxi First Guard, and the southeast battalion was garrisoned by Xu Youshen's Jinxi Third Guard.
When Di Fan walked towards the West Avenue, Zhu Qinguang stopped and said, "The general has already stipulated that from Xiaotong City to Datong City in the north, take the East Avenue east of the moat; From Datong City to the south of Xiaotong City, take the West Avenue to the west of the moat. We now have to go to the ice cellar of the West Daying, we have to take the East Avenue first, and then pass through the stands, before we can enter the West Daying. ”
Di Fan felt a little interesting, he didn't ride the wind, and he didn't let Gu Zhuole ride a horse, pulled her, got into the carriage, and said to Shi Baoan: "All the way, we are all riding horses. This time, I want to take a carriage ride, and I ask General Shi to help me. ”
Di Fan saw that Security Officer Shi was a little hesitant, and added: "According to the speed at which you usually accompany General Xi to patrol the camp." ”
Security guard Shi immediately understood, so he came to drive. Because there are seats on both sides of the carriage, Di Fan is on the left and Gu Zhuole is on the right, and the two sit opposite each other. When they were seated, the carriage began to run as fast as they could, and the people rode after them. When we reached the intersection of Dazhong Road, the carriage stopped, and Shi Baoan said, "Now let's go to the southeast camp." ”
Di Fan kept looking at Gu Zhuole, and only said, "No, please ask General Shi to continue." ”
The security guard had to continue to drive the carriage. As soon as he entered the stands, Gu Zhuole fell into Di Fan's arms. It turned out that when the carriage entered the stands, it took the south side road, and the speed did not slow down, due to the effect of centrifugal force, Gu Zhuole naturally tilted to the left, and the center of gravity was unstable, so he threw himself into his arms.
Gu Zhuole was a little shy and wanted to break free, Di Fan said quietly: "Don't worry, it's still in the arc passage under the stands, you, it's better not to move." ”
Gu Zhuole leaned on Di Fan's arms, and after a while, he broke free, sat down next to Di Fan, and said, "Brother doesn't study well, he just thinks about taking advantage of others." Di Fan smiled slightly and did not answer.
After a while, they came out of the stands, and everyone arrived at the west camp. After Di Fan took a big Buddha Zen pill, he helped Gu Zhuole get out of the car, passed the gate of the West Battalion, and looked: the middle is the Chinese army tent of the West Battalion, the ice cellar is directly below the Chinese army tent, and there is a square platform in the southeast, northeast, southwest and northwest of the Chinese army tent, which is obviously the training point of the four commanders of the West Battalion, and the point of the general platform extends to Datong City or Xiaotong City is their respective training ground and living area. Due to the hot weather around noon, the sergeants rested in the living quarters.
Zhu Qinguang led everyone straight and entered the big tent of the Chinese army. Without further ado, Zhu Qinguang asked the servants in the tent to go out first, walked to the back of the main seat, lifted a piece of floor, and a downward staircase appeared. Di Fan wanted Gu Zhuole to wait in the big tent, so he gave her a look. Everyone has curiosity, and she wants to find out, so she walks up the stairs with everyone. Not long after, everyone arrived at the ice cellar, only to see a table like a box and a cabinet next to it. There was a naked corpse covered with a white cloth on the table, which was naturally Xi Jingzhi's, and under the corpse were many large ice cubes, which were stacked into two layers. Di Fan immediately covered Gu Zhuole's eyes, and asked her to take shelter from the side, and then walked to the corpse and took a closer look. As Xu Youshen said earlier, from the surface of the corpse, there were no wounds and no signs of poisoning, but Xi Jingzhi's expression was a little painful.
Di Fan was puzzled and asked, "On the day of the accident, what about the clothes that General Xi was wearing?" ”
Shi Baoan said, "It's in the cabinet." Originally, General Zhu was going to burn all the clothes, but I said that the coat was the general's favorite during his lifetime, so I kept it and burned the others. As soon as he had finished speaking, he had taken out his coat. Di Fan asked him to unfold his coat and place it on the cabinet. After a careful search, Di Fan found a small sawdust piercing into his right sleeve. Comparing it with Xi Jingzhi's corpse, Di Fan found a wooden needle as fine as sawdust on its right arm.
Zhu Qinguang asked, "Could it be that Di Shaoxia suspects that this coat is not our general's?" ”
Di Fan put down his coat, shook his hand again and again, and said, "There is absolutely no such meaning, it's just a routine." ”
Di Fan said again: "Dare to ask the generals, is there still ice in the Northeast Camp and the Southeast Camp?" ”
You Zhong pointed at Xu Youshen and said: "Originally, there was, because the general was killed, all the ice cubes in our ice cellar have also been brought here, Di Shaoxia, please see, the upper layer is my and my third brother's." ”
Di Fan asked, "What about the carriage that General Xi rode in that night?" ”
Shi Baoan said: "In Datong City, do you want to go now?" ”
Di Fan shook his head, said that he was not in a hurry, looked at everyone for a while, and went up. Zhu Qinguang had already ordered someone to make tea, just waiting for Di Fan and others to come up and taste the tea. Just took a sip, Gu Zhuole said: "Well, good tea, the top grade in the West Lake Longjing!" ”
Xu Youshen smiled and said, "Only when our general comes, can we drink." On weekdays, you can't see it. Today is the girl who comes, and we are also stained. ”
Di Fan said: "It seems that General Zhu still favors his superiors a lot!" ”
Xu Youshen pointed at Zhu Qinguang and said, "It's not just because of Shangguan, the fourth brother is still the same countryman as our general!" ”
Di Fan asked, "I don't know where General Zhu's house is?" ”
"Junzhou Township."
Jin Fengshou said: "Alas, it's actually no wonder that the fourth brother is there. Now we can't even get military salaries, and other necessary items are relatively tight, and the same is true for tea. This new tea can relieve the heat and refresh the mind, and you can buy some of it. Aged tea, on the other hand, can also be sterilized, making it more difficult to get. The generals nodded yes.
Di Fan said: "Since General Jin's name is Fengshou, there should be some way, right?" ”
You Zhong said: "Originally, the second brother should have had a better time. But when he saw that the people were having a hard time, his heart softened. As soon as his heart softened, he distributed the rations to the people. So, life is almost the same as ours. ”
Di Fan said: "Your Manichaeism, starting from the founding of the religion, is from the common people, if it were not for the support of the common people, I am afraid you would not be able to stay in the city for a long time, right?" ”
You Zhong said, "Who says it's not! So, it's no wonder that the second brother is no wonder. ”
Di Fan said: "I heard that the imperial court has a granary in Fuzhou, you have just been in Fuzhou, you should be able to solve your urgent needs, right?" ”
You Zhong said: "That's the credit of the Suzaku envoy, and it basically has nothing to do with us, and now that our general has been killed, let alone it." ”
Di Fan wanted to ask more, but he heard a loud noise outside the tent. Zhu Qinguang only said: "It's the Houshan cemetery." After speaking, Zhu Qinguang led the way, and everyone followed, going to the back of the camp tent. There is a gate in the western wall that leads to the back hill. Houshan is where Xi Jing's cemetery was built, and the people who built the cemetery were the people of Jiangjia Village. It turned out that everyone in Jiangjia Village was here, an old man and a few pregnant women were watching their children at the bottom of the hillside, and everyone else was building a cemetery for Xi Jingzhi on the hillside. Due to the hot weather, the old man and the pregnant women rested in the pergola, while the children could not bear it and played everywhere. One of the little boys, twelve-year-old named Jiang Dawang, was very naughty, chasing dragonflies at the foot of the mountain. A boulder rolled down the hillside and rushed towards Jiang Dawang's body. The old man saw it clearly, shouted and ran to save him. As soon as Jiang Dawang was opened, the old man was hit in the chest, spitting blood from his mouth, and he had already fainted. This old man is the patriarch of Jiangjia Village, known as the sixth uncle. A man and a woman were the first to rush down the hillside, followed by others.
The man's name is Jiang Liang, forty-six years old, dressed in a coarse cloth short coat, with sleeves rolled up, hair coiled, and a dark complexion. The woman's surname is Luo, her name is Qinghe, the word Yin, she is Jiang Liang's wife, dressed up like Jiang Liang, she has passed the age of not being confused, her hair does not see white sideburns, she is wearing a white hosta, and a pair of jade earrings in her ears; A large round face with a slight wrinkle. Her life motto: Mountains and wilderness, ask less about the world, do not seek fame, and accompany her husband to old age.
When Di Fan and the others came out of the West Gate, Jiang Liang and Luo Qinghe had already carried the patriarch under the pergola, and Jiang Liang gave the patriarch a pulse.
Luo Qinghe was teaching Jiang Dawang and said, "Big head, don't you know that it will be very dangerous to get close to the bottom of the mountain?" ”
Jiang Dawang said: "You didn't say it, how do I know?" ”
"Dare to resist?" After Luo Qinghe finished speaking, he stretched out a slap and slapped Jiang Dawang's ass.
Jiang Dawang cried and said, "It's not that I'm going, it's my brother who likes that dragonfly, so I ran to catch it!" ”
Luo Qinghe said: "Dare to talk back!" It's not that you're thick-skinned and playful, and you would make it like this? I'm embarrassed to push my brother in! After saying that, Luo Qinghe slapped him on the ass again.
There was also a child on the side, who had just turned four years old, Jiang Xiaowang, pulled the corner of Luo Qinghe's clothes, and said: "It's the little head who likes dragonflies, the little head is wrong, if the mother wants to beat the little head, don't hit the brother." ”
Luo Qinghe was even more angry, picked up Jiang Xiaowang, and was about to beat him. At this time, Di Fan and others came to the pergola. Di Fan saw it in his eyes, blocked Luo Qinghe's palm, and said: "It is the nature of children to be playful, this child is still young, as a mother, he can't be so heavy-handed." What if it breaks? It's better to save people first. After Di Fan finished speaking, he asked Zhu Qinguang to send someone to find a military doctor. Luo Qinghe also stopped, and rubbed Jiang Dawang's ass on the side.
Jiang Liang said: "Thank you brother, you don't have to invite, the patriarch's internal organs are damaged, and he is already out of gas." As soon as the words fell, everyone in Jiangjia Village knelt down and began to cry.
Seeing this scene, Di Fan said, "You all get up first, I'll take a look, maybe there will be salvation." After Di Fan finished speaking, he gave the sixth uncle a pulse. Di Fan has been ill for a long time and has become a doctor, and he has learned some medical skills from He Guisheng and He Shime. After a while, Di Fan helped the sixth uncle up, and he also crossed his legs. With a little luck, Di Fan used the finger exercises combined with "Shaolin One Finger Zen" and "Golden Sage", and worked the back of the sixth uncle to input the mixed yuan gong into his body. After half an hour, Di Fan retracted. I saw that the sixth uncle vomited some blood again, and took a breath, Di Fan said: "Jiang Lichang, look at the patriarch, is there any improvement?" ”
Jiang Liang gave the sixth uncle a pulse again, and then said: "There is a heart pulse, but it is a little weak." After speaking, Jiang Liang led the people of Jiangjia Village to worship Xie Difan.
Di Fan smiled and said, "I'm not very sure, so I can only try." Judging from the tone of his speech, Di Fan's internal strength was greatly damaged, and he almost had no strength to speak. Gu Zhuole saw it in his eyes, and had already walked to his side and supported him. Luo Qinghe understood, asked Gu Zhuole to give way, sat behind Di Fan, and lost some true qi to Di Fan. Di Fan improved slightly, and wanted to say something to Luo Qinghe, but Luo Qinghe winked, shook his head, and signaled not to say anything. Di Fan had no choice but to thank him, and then said: "It's not early, I see you all go home, in a day or two, I will go to Jiangjia Village to see you, and I will definitely save your patriarch." After speaking, Jiang Liang gave Di Fan a pulse, feeling that his pulse was extremely weak, and he especially needed to recuperate and rest. Di Fan knew that he didn't say it, and motioned to Jiang Liang not to say it.
Shi Baoan had already driven the carriage over, saying that he was going to Datong City to rest. After saying goodbye to everyone, Gu Zhuole helped Di Fan get into the car. Di Fan smiled and said to Gu Zhuole: "In order to avoid the recurrence of the previous incident, I sit on the right side, and Sister Ling sits on the left side, okay?" ”
Gu Zhuole said: "It's all like this, why do you pay attention to those?" ”
Di Fan said: "I'm fine, just save someone, Sister Ling, don't worry." Gu Zhuole couldn't help it, so he had to give up. In a few moments, the carriage entered the stands. Gu Zhuole still fell into Di Fan's arms, although he was a little shy, he was a little more excited.
I only heard Di Fan say: "This General Shi is really incompetent as a guard!" ”
Gu Zhuole also said: "General Shi, what is the situation, why is it still going south?" ”
Shi Baoan said: "The girl doesn't know, the north side road has always been closed, this is the rule set by our general, so ah, when we go back to Datong City, we still take the south side road." ”
"Can't you slow down, then? If my brother has a good one, can you afford to be guilty? ”
"I ...... I'm used to it. Di Shaoxia, I apologize to you. After Shi Baoan finished speaking, he set up the carriage a little slower.
After not hearing Di Fan speak for a while, Gu Zhuole got up from Di Fan's arms, and when he saw that he vomited a lot of blood, he was very anxious and kept shouting Di Fan's name. Di Fan came to his senses and said, "Sister Ling, I'm sorry, I stained your clothes, go to the city, and my brother will buy you a few new ones." After Di Fan finished speaking, his eyes gradually closed, and he fainted, no matter how Gu Zhuole screamed, he didn't wake up.
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