Chapter 35: The Man Behind the Pot
Screaming, yelling, yelling......
A jumble of voices came from the dungeon.
Outside the rockery of Baima Village, Gongsun Lu rode a big horse and rushed into Zhuangzi with a team of royal forest troops, and quickly approached the rockery where the riot occurred.
Yesterday, after Li Tianlu learned that someone was 'interested' in Baimazhuang, just in case, he invited two people from Hutai Street overnight, and the Imperial Forest Army with bows and crossbows was transferred outside to stand by at any time.
For this kind of sycophancy, Gongsun and his son have always borne the brunt, and Gongsun Lu personally came over with the Imperial Forest Army.
Hearing that there was really a riot in Zhuangzi, Gongsun Lu rushed to the rockery in order to invite merit from the Li family, and asked the Imperial Forest Army to draw his sword and crossbow, and he said loudly:
"Bold thief, quickly tie up and ......"
"Don't let go of the arrows, I'm from the Investigation Division!"
In the stone cave of the rockery, the voice of the woman came out.
With the sound of footsteps of "Dong Dong Dong-", Xu Buling, who was masked in black, rushed out of the rockery with Zhu Manzhi in his arms and stopped at the entrance of the cave.
Zhu Manzhi was holding the package in his arms, and he was holding a token in his hand, for fear that when he went out, the Imperial Forest Army would come with ten thousand arrows.
In the stone cave behind, the sword-wielding guard Yaoyao shouted:
"My lord, quickly catch these two thieves, they killed Li Tianyu and Li Gongzi! I want to run away! ”
Gongsun Lu was shocked, he didn't expect the young master of the Li family to be killed, this is a big deal. After a little thought, he raised his hand and said:
"Take it for me! Dare to resist and kill! ”
"No!"
The Imperial Forest Army held torches and official knives, and prepared to step forward to take people.
Zhu Manzhi's eyes were full of astonishment, she naturally recognized Gongsun Lu, who had a one-sided relationship, maybe she felt that the scene was familiar, and she didn't know what to say for a while.
Xu Buling's eyes were bloodshot, his chest was poisonous, and his forehead was already bruised. If his identity is exposed, Zhu Manzhi will inevitably be noticed by the Investigation Department, and the follow-up plan will be ruined. He hesitated for a moment, and then prepared to take up his knife and kill it.
Fortunately, the riot in Zhuangzi is relatively large, and it has alarmed many people.
Xiao Ting, who was spending time drinking, heard that there was a dead person outside, and knew that Xu Buling must be making waves, so he hurriedly ran over.
Xiao Ting saw Xu Buling covered in blood from afar, and he was so frightened that his soul was scattered, if he came out with Xu Buling, Xu Buling would die ball, he estimated that he would have to go back to Huainan to think about it for a lifetime, how could he not be afraid in his heart.
Xiao Ting hurriedly ran to the vicinity of the rockery, jumped up and slapped Gongsun Lu on the back of the head.
Smack-
The strength was not heavy, but the defenseless Gongsun Lu was stunned, and he pressed the waist knife with his hand and turned his head in annoyance:
"Who the is that...... Yushu Linfeng ...... It turned out to be Xiao Gongzi, disrespectful and disrespectful. ”
Gongsun Lu's expression changed suddenly, and he raised his hand in fear.
Xiao Ting looked at the Imperial Forest Army who drew his sword and crossbow, and scolded angrily:
"It's all the other way around! Do you know who he is? ”
Xu Buling's heart sank, and he hurriedly pinched Zhu Manzhi's waist.
Zhu Manzhi was excited, and hurriedly answered: "Xiao Gongzi, I came to investigate Baimazhuang according to your instructions, and there is indeed a big case hidden below that shakes the government and the opposition." ”
Xiao Ting was stunned for a moment, and then remembered what Xu Buling told Mrs. Lu not to know, coughed, and said with a cold face:
"He is the guard of this son, I have long suspected that this White Horse Village is hiding filth and dirt, and today I brought the wolf guard to investigate, and it is as I expected......"
Xu Buling raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Xiao Ting to be quite clever, and this official said a set of things.
Gongsun Lu naturally knew that Baima Zhuang was hiding dirt and dirt, and compared with the Huainan Xiao family, the Li family was not even a little finger, where did he dare to be partial at the moment, and then said: "I see, Xiao Gongzi really knows everything." As he spoke, he turned around and angrily reprimanded the Imperial Foresters: "Why don't you take someone in quickly and see what happens." ”
The Imperial Forest Army received the order and quickly rushed into the underground palace under the rockery.
Xu Buling leaned over to Zhu Manzhi and whispered a few words, then took the package in her arms, turned around and walked outside the White Horse Village.
With Xiao Ting covered, Gongsun Lu naturally didn't dare to stop this masked guard for questioning, so he just didn't see it, bowed down next to Xiao Ting and said:
"Young Master Xiao, White Horse Village is the property of the Li family, and I am ordered to do things, and everything has nothing to do with me......"
Xiao Ting looked like a prime minister with his hands behind his back, frowning and looking at the stone cave under the rockery:
"What's hidden down here?"
Gongsun Lu naturally shook his head sincerely: "I heard that it is only a small industry, and the lowly position is not clear." Well...... Li Gongzi of Kuishou Street is very interested in this place, you came over today and directly killed Li Tianlu's cousin, I'm afraid it will ......"
When Zhu Manzhi heard this, he hurriedly trotted to him and raised his hand respectfully: "Young Master Xiao, the Li family's move of 'feeding tigers with people' in White Horse Village is intolerable to heaven. If you hadn't come here today to investigate with your humble duties, I don't know how many innocent people would have suffered miserably. ”
Now that the saints have been brought out, Gongsun Lu naturally doesn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. He glanced at Zhu Manzhi and felt a little familiar, but Zhu Manzhi was wearing an ordinary daughter's skirt, and he didn't recognize it for a while.
When Xiao Ting heard 'feeding people with tigers', his expression became really serious, and he frowned:
"Feed a tiger with a live man? Can't the Li family afford meat? ”
Zhu Manzhi nodded angrily: "Childe will know when you go down and take a look." ”
Xiao Ting saw that Xu Buling was covered in blood, and he knew that there must be corpses all over the field, and he was willing to go down there.
After waiting for a while, the leader of the Royal Forest Army ran out with a pale face, bowed down and almost wanted to gag, and waited for a long time before he spoke:
"My lord, there is a dungeon below, and many gentry are paralyzed in it. There should have been a clash just now, and there were five corpses on the ground, all incomplete, one of which was torn apart by the tigers...... The scene was terrible......"
Although Xiao Ting has a bit of a problem with his brain circuit, he is definitely not unable to distinguish right from wrong. Doing such a thing at the feet of the Son of Heaven will inevitably shake the government and the opposition if it spreads. Xu Buling stuffed such a big reputation into his hands, and he naturally had to take it.
After listening to the report of the Royal Forest Army, Xiao Ting was furious and waved his sleeves:
"Sure enough, as expected by this son, the Son of Heaven dared to do such a hurtful act at his feet, and the Li family was really lawless. Someone came, and gave me the seal of White Horse Village. ”
Li Tianyu was killed, and there was not even a person in Zhuangzi who took care of things, so naturally no one ran up to ask for accommodation.
Gongsun Lu was afraid of being charged with connivance and cover-up, so he had to reprimand the Li family with a few righteous words, and then led a bunch of royal guards to seal the hole of the rockery tightly, and no one was allowed to come out.
There are also many princes and nobles in the underground palace, all of whom are illustrious families, but no matter how prominent they are, they are not as prominent as the Huainan Xiao family, and it is useless for anyone to come out to intercede.
Xiao Ting is a child of a serious family, such a big thing is poked out, he just doesn't have a good name, if he selfishly lets one or two, not only will he be infected with a lifetime of mistakes, but he will be seized by political enemies, and it is possible to tear his father off the position of prime minister when he takes the opportunity, and he will definitely not dare to show favoritism.
The Imperial Forest Army surrounded it like this, and when Chang'an City received the news, the chief officer of the Tianzi Battalion Wolf Guard and Dali Temple arrived, and the matter of Baimazhuang could not be suppressed even if he was present today......