At dusk, with the sun turning west, at the peace market in Luoshui County, the hustle and bustle of the day is gradually coming to an end.

People rushed home, and the bustling avenue gradually returned to coldness, revealing its flat and wide original appearance. On both sides of the road, the houses are lined up one after another, and lanterns are lit on both sides of the lintels of the restaurants and teahouses to attract merchants.

A group of men and horses marched slowly down the avenue, from south to north. In this procession, a carriage stands out.

The carvings on the four walls of the carriage are not cumbersome but exquisite, and the doors and windows are tightly covered by water-green pearl velvet curtains, and when the carriage walks, the crystal tassels at the top of the curtain will make a crisp sound, and the light and shadow will be swaying.

There were passers-by who stopped to watch, and it was not difficult to tell that the person sitting in the carriage must be a young woman.

Ping'an Ji is one of the larger towns in Luoshui County, and the main street is here. From here, go straight north along the road, and you can enter Beijing in less than three days.

Suddenly, loud shouts of killing came from all directions, and many black-clothed people rushed onto the avenue, instantly trapping the convoy in the middle.

"Acquaintances, leave your things behind and let you live!"

Among the people in black, a sharp-beaked monkey cheek shouted, and his eyes emitted a fierce light.

The man riding a tall horse at the head of the convoy drew his sword and replied sharply:

"Bold! Who are you, dare to intercept the official family here! ”

"Less nonsense! What kind of official slave, give it to me"

The other party's expression was rampant, and with a wave of the blade in his hand, the two groups of people immediately fought in one place.

There were only a few dozen trapped convoys, and they were obviously outnumbered, and some people were frequently injured and hung up with color, and blood stained the ground red.

At this time, the man in black swung his knife and slashed down his opponent, and then approached the carriage in the middle of the road. The coachman was already dead, his blood-stained body leaned on the wheels, and a large knife was stuck diagonally in his back.

The man in black narrowed his eyes wickedly, and a dark smile overflowed his lips.

Approaching the carriage step by step, he lifted the curtain with his steel knife and looked inside.

In the car, it turned out to be empty!

No one? How is this possible? Didn't they say that they would have a round with the people of the East Factory in the capital of Ping'an?

Could it be that the message is wrong......

Just as this person's expression was stunned and his eyes were dark, a vicious wind "whirred" from the back of his head rushed in.

The egg-sized steel ball hit the back of the man in black's head, and his brain suddenly blossomed, and a red and white brain paste came out.

At the same moment, on both sides of the road, the retail merchants who had just been frightened as if they had turned into bronze statues, picking flat children and selling vegetables, showed their blades from their carts or bamboo baskets, and joined the battle one after another, entangled with the man in black.

I only heard someone shouting above the tea shop on one side:

"Ignorant thief, your grandfather Zhao has been waiting here for a long time"

Zao Wou-Ki stood on the third floor of the tea shop, holding a steel ball in his hand, violently raised his leg and kicked off the wood-carved fence, and jumped to the middle of the avenue with a group of men.

"Beat me hard, there is no mercy for killing!"

Zhao Wou-Ki gave an order, and the guards came out of the cage like fierce beasts, their momentum was like a rainbow, and the earth-shattering shout made many black-clothed figures tremble twice.

The corners of Zao Wouji's mouth were filled with a sneer of disdain, his eyes were fierce and sharp, and he unhurriedly collected the steel ball, pulled out his saber and strode forward.

The lightning flashed, and the red light splashed. Zao Wou-Ki brought a large number of guards, all of whom had unique skills and were ruthless. After a while, the battle was over. The men in black suffered heavy casualties. The way was intercepted, and the only way was to be caught.

Zao Wou-Ki smiled coldly and instructed his subordinates:

"Tie up the angry ones with chains and stuff them into the carriage and transport them back to the capital!"

As soon as the words fell, I only heard a few painful groans around me, and several black-clothed people who were disarmed foamed at the mouth, their bodies went limp, and they fell to the ground unconscious.

Fan Wei put his finger under the nose of the man in black, then got up and said:

"Back to the third gear, they all took the poison."

Zao Wou-Ki nodded, knowing the reason. Before the dead could act, poison was buried in their teeth or under their tongues. If the mission fails, it must be self-defeating immediately, and must not be caught by the enemy.

A team of officers suddenly ran from the back of the street corner, forming a semi-arc and surrounding Zao Wou-Ki and his group.

"This official is the county of Luoshui County, and there is a report that there is a weapon fighting and making trouble here. I'm here to bring you back to the Taishou Mansion and file a case for interrogation! ”

The man at the head of the team was dressed in a green official robe, not yet confused, with a white face, and a righteous and awe-inspiring attitude between his words.

"You said, you want to take grandpa to the Taishou Mansion for interrogation?"

Zhao Wou-Ki laughed "hehe", raised the ghost head knife in his hand and approached the white face of Jun Cheng's face,

Jun Cheng's face turned pale with fright from the blood dripping on the knife, and he hurriedly took a step back, pursed his lips unnaturally, looked panicked and resistant, and said in a deep voice:

"Bold! Since ancient times, murder has paid for life, and debts have been repaid! If you wait here to kill, this official will naturally ......"

Before he finished speaking, a gold medal was erected in front of his eyes. The golden characters of the "East Investigation Factory" on it were strong and clear, so that Jun Cheng, who was still in an impassioned state just now, his eyes widened in an instant, as if he was grabbed by a sharp claw, and he suddenly swallowed the second half of the sentence into his stomach.

Zao Wou-Ki arrogantly raised his eyes:

"I'm the third time to block Zao Wou-ki, and I'm coming to your Luoshui County to arrest important criminals from the imperial court." Pointing to the convoy again, he continued:

"They are my brothers in the Dongchang Chongcheng Province. Now, are you going to take us back to Taishou Mansion?! ”

"The subordinates and the subordinates dare not ...... Rude, rude! ”

Jun Cheng was sweating all over his body at the moment, bowing his head to Zhao Wuji, and frequently acting humble, but he didn't dare to meet him

Piercing eyes.

Then they raised their hands behind them, and the officials retreated to the sides to make way out.

Zao Wou-Ki first bowed his hand to all his colleagues who were in charge of the matter, and said loudly:

"I have Brother Lao to help me on this errand, and I thank you below."

The team members didn't care about the pain, and folded their arms in return:

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, a family doesn't talk to two families! It is our duty to serve the Overseer. After returning to Beijing, I greeted Lord Leng on our behalf. ”

When Zao Wou-Ki heard this, his expression suddenly stiffened, showing a little gloomy, but he didn't say much. put on a smiling face to say goodbye to everyone, and led the three teams away.

At the same time, the capital

Lu Rong, the second blockade of Dongchang, led a team of people and horses to pass through the troublemaker and rushed all the way to the palace.

The carriage was so impressive that there were as many as fifty horse-drawn carriages alone. Each car was loaded with heavy wooden crates, which were firmly tied up by thick hemp rope. When the car passes, the soft yellow earth will leave traces of deep depressions.

The capital is the most prosperous place in Dayi, and even at sunset, the streets and alleys are prosperous.

Such a magnificent convoy will attract countless onlookers and discussions.

Looking at the marks of the crushed wheels on the road, you can see that the load must be heavy. At this time, what made the people curious was, what was in the stack of boxes?

A few days ago, Lu Rong was ordered by the governor to lead a team of more than 100 people to secretly go out of Beijing in disguise and go to Muyang Province to respond. As soon as the things arrived, they arrived back to Beijing by six routes at the same time. After the round in the northern suburbs, he went straight to the palace without stopping.

The Overseer had instructed in advance that the items in the boxes of this team were of great importance, and once they arrived, they must be handed over directly to the emperor.

After returning to Beijing smoothly, Lu Rong deliberately led the team to pass through the troublemaking area according to the plan. On the one hand, it is to attract attention and create an all-round momentum. On the other hand, the capital is the central hub area of the country, where the three divisions and six yamen of the imperial court are gathered. When someone wants to do something, they always have to think it through in advance. Therefore, if you choose this way, you will definitely be safe and unimpeded.

The brigade slowly crossed the Wulong Bridge, and when they reached the thick gate, they were stopped outside the imperial city by the Praetorian Guards guarding the palace gate.

Lu Rong and others changed their Dongchang uniforms halfway through. He raised his waist card in his hand, raised his head and shouted, shouting to the leader of the forbidden army on the high tower of the city:

"Fang Xiaojun, Lu Rong, who blocked Lu Rong for the second time in Xia Nai Dongchang, was ordered by the Governor to bring evidence from other provinces into Beijing, and he needed to be presented to the Holy Lord!"

On the city tower, Fang Xiaojun, who was in armor, looked at the glittering Dongchang casting plate, and responded with a slight frown:

"Dare to ask Your Excellency, is there a summons?"

Lu Rong said: "The stakes are very high, we are all secretly returning to Beijing, and we have not been summoned by the emperor." ”

"This ......"

Fang Xiaojun's face was slightly condensed, as if he was hesitating, and after thinking about it, he said to the other city:

"In this case, you wait here for a while, and let Benjun speak to the palace."

"Fang Xiaojun, please put it in the palace immediately. The contents of the box are too valuable, you and I can't afford to delay."

Lu Rong naturally couldn't wait, and he couldn't wait to rush into the imperial city immediately.

The forbidden army entered the palace through Bing, even if it successfully got the emperor's dictation, this journey of coming and going would take an hour, to say the least. Within an hour, there was no witness in the palace, and it was bound to be boiling over, which was enough to easily leak out the confidential information.

The Governor has an order, and these boxes must be handed over to the emperor in the shortest possible time.

Lu Rong suddenly thought that before leaving, the overseer had handed him a handwritten letter, saying that he was blocked from entering the palace, so he handed the letter to the leader of the forbidden army guarding the palace.

At this time, Lu Rong took out the letter and waved it to the city tower:

"Fang Xiaojun, I know that you are dedicated to your duties. However, the overseer has an order, and this matter cannot be spoken, so he left a letter written by himself. When adults have seen it, they will know everything. ”

After hearing this, Fang Xiaojun instructed the side:

"Go down and take the letter!"

A janissary quickly ran down the tower, took the letterhead from Lu Rong's hand, and turned back the way he came.

Soon, Fang Xiaojun read the entire content of the letter, and his face became tense one by one.

Holding the white jade railing in his hand, he hurriedly shouted below:

"Lu Block, can you open the box and take a look?"

Lu Rong's lips moved slightly, drawing out a hint of a smile. Then he dismounted, walked to the front of the car himself, waved his knife to break the hemp rope, and opened the heavy lid of a wooden box.

It was full of white silver, and the light in the evening twilight was also quite stinging.

Lu Rong closed the lid of the box and said with a smug smile:

"This is only half of the embezzled silver paid by the governor of my family to investigate the case, and the other half is converted into a silver ticket, and it will be presented directly to the emperor in the next time."

Fang Xiaojun trembled physically and mentally when he heard this, and he didn't dare to stop it anymore, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to open the city gate and let the team pass......

Beijing, West Factory

An Hong crawled into the atrium with a panicked expression.

"Overseer, it's not good!"

didn't care about dusting off, and when he saw Minglan, he said in a panic:

"I just received the news that Kagurahou's people lost their hands in Luoshui, and the news is wrong!"

Minglan was rubbing his nails, stunned when he heard the words, and then threw the file hard, narrowed his fierce eyes, and released the slightest coolness at the bottom of his eyes:

"Rui Yan was exposed late"

"There's something going on in the palace right now!"

An Hong wiped a handful of hot sweat and breathlessly took his breath:

"You sent someone to check the convoy that had caused trouble in Dongchang before, and now the palace has brought out the news. Dongchang had already secretly sent people to Muyang, and now it has discovered the case of embezzlement and reselling of official salt by Jia Shuren, the political historian. The car of things sent into the palace by the East Factory was three million taels of stolen silver involved in the case! ”

"What

”

Minglan shuddered when he heard this, and pulled Anhong's shirt violently, pulling it close to him.

"Where is Jia Shuren now!"

"Dongchang Zhaojiao!"

Advent's aggrieved back.

For Mu Yangbu's political history, Minglan knows too well. That person is dressed in the skin of an official family, and uses his functions to facilitate the operation of the dark box, and he is inextricably linked with the Wan clan.

Wan Yuyao's mother family was originally a tycoon in the business world, relying on the power of the imperial concubine in the palace to operate trade on land and sea, and it was extremely easy to play the side ball.

Anhong said:

"Overseer, at that time, Gu Yunxi and they were the most violent, and they were all looking for the missing tribute girl. Our attention is naturally there, and we really haven't heard any wind and grass in the East Factory going out of Beijing, so we will do Jia Shuren! ”

Minglan pushed his hand hard and let An Hong fall to the ground. He seemed to have broken into eight petals, and the pain made him tearful.

Minglan's slender white fingers were clenched, and even if all the beautiful nails were pierced into the palms of his hands, he couldn't feel the pain.

Bowing his head and gritting his teeth, Minglan said to himself:

"Okay, you Leng Qingtang, you really have a set! Playing a game of attacking the east and west with the governor, he instructed his subordinates to run around and hide their eyes and ears on the pretext of looking for a tribute girl. Behind the scenes, there is no smoke and no fire, and it has been found on the head of the Wan family! ”

"What shall we do, Lord? Will Wan's fall......"

"What the are you talking about?"

Minglan didn't like to listen to An Hong's crow's croaking mouth, so he shook his sleeves angrily and slapped him on the mouth.

An Hong was in pain, shut up, and didn't dare to make any more nonsense.

Minglan raised his eyebrows, as if he was confident:

"Don't forget, the antidote is still in our hands! At that time, there will be an extra trump card for the imperial concubine! ”

The capital, Lengfu

In the study, Leng Qingtang stood in front of the desk, waving his hand and writing on rice paper.

Since the poisoning, Imperial Physician Jiang asked the monk to be a monk and a doctor, and the master and apprentice joined forces to take acupuncture and medicine on Leng Qingtang, and barely suppressed the toxins in his body within five, so that he could not see much abnormality on the outside after a few days.

Yan Wan accompanied the overseer, wearing a colorful dark flower cloud brocade skirt to the ground, beautiful and seductive.

While grinding, she looked at the handwriting on the paper, she smiled lightly and praised casually:

"The overseer's handwriting is so good, he deserves to be a majestic man with a pen and a dragon!"

Leng Qingtang just hooked his lips, and a little coolness appeared between smiling and not smiling.

Lu Rong came in and arched his hand at the desk:

"Back to the Governor, his subordinates have not disgraced their mission, they have entered the palace to face the saint, presented the stolen silver to the saint, and now return to the mansion to resume their lives."

"Okay, the second gear head has worked hard."

After saying it in a beautiful voice, Leng Qingtang remained silent, squinting at Yan Wan next to him. But seeing her look in confusion, there was a slight panic.

At this time, the little eunuch entered the study, and after giving a salute, he said to the overseer:

"Back to the Governor, I just received a secret report that Zhao Zhutou has annihilated the traitors who want to rob and repatriate the tribute girls in Luoshui County, Chongcheng Province, and will arrive in the capital in a few days."

"Good!"

Leng Qingtang slowly dropped the brush, happily raised his praise and turned his head, his eyes were like torches, and he threw himself at Yan Wan sharply.

Her face was pale, and her body trembled.

"Take this poisonous woman down"

Leng Qingtang's gloomy voice had just risen, and the little eunuch had already pounced on the frightened Yanwan, cut her arms upside down without much effort, and slammed a kick behind her knee, causing her to kneel on the ground.

Yan Wan was unwilling, and continued to pretend that the pear blossoms brought rain, looking soft and pitiful:

"Overseer, cold Overseer! Why do you treat your concubine like this?! ”

Leng Qingtang's eyes were cold, and his complexion was pale:

"You sold the arrival of the tribute girl in Luoshui to your master, thinking that the governor did not know?"

"Just because the concubine went with you to the East Factory, do you suspect the concubine? When the task was assigned, a few people were also in the way, you must not mistake me, even if the real suspect is there! ”

Yan struggled and denied it at the same time.

Leng Qingtang sneered contemptuously and said to her:

"It is true that the Governor and the people have signed it, but the Governor said on one wall, and drew on the other on paper. The contact point symbol shown on the map is not Luoshui County at all! Only the people of the East Factory can understand it.

You don't know, so you leaked the false information about Luoshui dictated by this governor, so that the people who betrayed you fell into the situation of losing troops and losing their generals! ”

Kankan touched the pair of eyes in front of her, Yan Wan's face was shocked, and she had nothing to say.

I only heard Leng Qingtang ask:

"Bento's cushion is made by your own hands, and the cotton wool is stained with the poison powder that is dissipating. The poison entered the surface of the muscles, causing the original wound of the governor to fester, and you framed Yun Guan'er and covered up the fact that you had poisoned the governor with a ghost in his diet. Do you admit it? Say, "Who are you instructed by?!"

Even if there is a lot of certainty in his heart, Leng Qingtang still has to confront him face-to-face and let Yanwan answer by herself.

Under the coercive gaze, Yan Wan laughed heartily, and a pair of fierce eyes revealed a trace of desolation, and said fiercely:

"Anyway, you are also a dying person, why bother to ask clearly!"

Lu Rong was furious, and came over and slapped her in the face a few times, making her face distorted and ugly.

Leng Qingtang sat down in a high chair, hooked his lips shallowly, and his smile was particularly cold:

"It doesn't matter if you don't say it, there are many guys in Zhao Prison, so you can't live in pain, but you can't beg for death! The second block took her to Zhao Prison. ”

Lu Rong agreed, lifted Yanwan and walked out of the study. 2k reading web