The water is very deep here!

According to the news heard by the little official, the eldest son of the Yongyi Boniu Jizong family, after escorting his mother to incense, was shot in the throat by a sharp arrow flying out of the mountain forest next to the road when he was returning to the city to pass through the foot of the iron network mountain, and died of exhaustion on the spot.

Because the arrow shaft is clearly engraved with the word 'Wei', and the material and shape are exactly the same as the rest of Wei Ruolan's quiver, even Wei Ruolan's personal servant admitted that the arrow was indeed accidentally shot by his own master, so he flew out of the forest and killed Niu Gongzi by mistake.

And a few noble sons who hunted with Wei Ruolan proved that the power of his arrow was decent, and it stands to reason that even if he could pass through the dense forest, it would never be possible to shoot Niu Gongzi from a distance of more than fifty steps, so he decided that there must be something strange in this.

In a word......

This case will never be as simple as an accident, Bacheng is still a continuation of the 'Longgen case', and it is even very likely that it is due to the revenge of Emperor Guangde.

In this way, the matter of King Xinyang may be just a pretense to use a seemingly conspiracy to attract the attention of the Niu family to Princess Xinyang, but he killed the son of the Niu family to vent his anger with his backhand!

What's even better is that the Wei family and the Niu family are both the backbone of the 'Hou Party', even if the Niu family suspects that this is instigated by Emperor Guangde, I am afraid that there is nowhere to redress their grievances.

And if such a thing happens, the Wei family will inevitably be separated from the Niu family, if the Niu family insists on punishing Wei Ruolan severely, maybe even the King of Beijing will fall out with the Niu family.

But that's all for later.

At the moment, the most important thing for Sun Shaozong is ......

"Lord Fucheng."

Sun Shaozong hugged his fists solemnly and said: "There seems to be something strange about this case, Lord Wei is the deputy of my Criminal Name Division, can the lower officials ignore it?" Xiaguan wants to temporarily postpone his trip to Jinmen and start investigating the case first, so that he can ......"

"Ridiculous!"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Jia Yucun's old face sank, and he scolded unceremoniously: "Just because Master Wei is your deputy, you should avoid suspicion in all respects!" It's not just you, we should avoid suspicion from all over the world! ”

"But ......"

"Needless to say."

Sun Shaozong wanted to say something more, but Jia Yucun flicked his sleeves and ordered undoubtedly: "The court has its own public opinion on this case, why do you need to meddle indiscriminately?" Now that the clerical officials have been prepared, why don't you go to Jinmen Mansion to submit the list as soon as possible, so as not to miss the autumn decision Zhu Approval! ”

Seeing him talking, he had already issued an eviction order, and Sun Shaozong reluctantly walked out of the living room.

I only saw that the little official sighed in his heart: they all said that this Lord Sun and Lord Wei were not on good terms, and they couldn't imagine that at the critical moment, Lord Sun was still willing to protect him like this.

But he didn't know that Sun Shaozong was walking out, and at the same time, he secretly praised Jia Yucun in his heart for being a drama spirit with clear eyebrows.

How could Sun Shaozong not know the truth of avoiding suspicion?

Fang Cai's performance was just to use Jia Yucun's mouth to break through this trick, and then naturally stay out of the matter.

And Jia Yucun's reaction was not only just right, but by the way, even the whole Shuntian Mansion was also cleared up.

Out of the courtyard of the mansion, Lin Delu had already completed the handover of the official documents, and he was originally going to go to Jinmen Mansion with him, but now that Wei Ruolan has made a mistake, there is no one in the Criminal Division, so Lin Delu can only stay in the capital.

However, it was said that Sun Shaozong took the official seal letter, and escorted two large boxes of directory and atlas to the dock, and was about to board the ship to go south, when he saw a person approaching, fell on his knees with a pop, and cried: "Second master, little ...... The little one can be regarded as seeing you old again! ”

"It's you?!"

After seeing this person's face clearly, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but be surprised, because this person was one of the servants he sent to Qianxiang Country a few months ago to deliver a letter to Ruan Liangshun, a cheap old man.

Sun Shaozong looked up and saw that there was no trace of anyone else around, so he couldn't help but ask urgently: "Why is it only you?" What about the others? Is there an accident on the road, or is it the Ruan family's ......"

"Back to the second master!"

I heard the servant crying silently: "It's fine on the road, but when I inquired about it in Qinglin Mansion, I realized that the Ruan family had suffered a disaster, and Master Ruan somehow offended Ruan Fuzhong, the prime minister of Qianxiang Kingdom, and was sent to prison in early June." ”

"When a few of us got the news, we were about to come back to report the news, but as soon as we got out of the city, we caught up with a group of officers and soldiers of the Qianxiang Kingdom, and we couldn't help but say that we would add up the swords and kill us!"

"Fortunately, the little one has some martial arts, and he has always been used to walking mountain roads, so he escaped by luck!"

Sun Shaozong couldn't help frowning when he heard this, the cheap old man was one of Ruan Fuzhong's henchmen, and even had some relatives with Ruan Fuzhong, but now he was sent to prison, could it be ......

"In addition to the Ruan family, there are other high-ranking officials of the Qianxiang Kingdom who have recently been convicted and questioned?"

"Yes, yes!"

The servant said a few names in a row, and as far as Sun Shaozong knew, at least half of them belonged to the leading party of 'measuring the wealth of Qiannan and forming the favor of the Great Zhou'.

Obviously, this is a purge against the 'pro-Zhou faction' within the Qiannan Kingdom, and it seems that the day when the Qiannan Kingdom declares war on the Great Zhou is probably imminent.

This group of southern barbarians is really looking for an opportunity, but they chose a time when the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty was unstable and people were panicking!

In any case, this news must be reported to the court as soon as possible.

So Sun Shaozong extinguished the thought of boarding the ship and going south, explained to the accompanying officials, first waited on the dock temporarily, and then led the servants who sent the summons to the Beizhen Fusi.

Although Shuntianfu also has channels to play, it is not confidential enough, and secondly, in terms of efficiency and convenience, it is far inferior to the Son of Heaven's army.

However, after entering the gate of the Fusi Division of Beizhen, Sun Shaozong felt that the atmosphere was quite dignified, so he casually pulled a general flag and asked, only to know that Lu Hui, the envoy of the pacification of the town, had ordered early in the morning to summon all the sentinels and cavalry in Beijing to report back to the Yamen, which was said to carry out an internal self-examination.

As for what it is for, there is not a word yet.

Tut~

It was an eventful time!

Hearing that Lu Hui was in the inner hall of the back hall, Sun Shaozong led the servant to find him, and asked the hundred households guarding the door to go in and pass through.

"This ......"

Who knew that the hundred households hesitated for a moment, but shook their heads and said: "Please also ask Sun Qianhu to be calm and not impatient, it must not be long before Lord Lu will gather everyone in the front hall to give a lecture, and if you have anything to say at that time, it will not be too late to report it in person." ”

Sun Shaozong's face sank when he heard this, since he served as an inspector of thousands of households, although he did not often move around in the North Town Fu Division, but in terms of status, he was only under the control of Lu Hui and others, and he could even compete with the North and South Town Fu Affairs.

At present, there are 100 households in this area, and they dare not ask Lu Hui, so they directly turn themselves away......

And when he mentioned Lu Hui just now, he didn't seem to see much awe.

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong immediately raised his voice and asked: "What is your surname, what position do you hold, why has this official never been by Lord Lu's side, and I have never seen ......?"

"Sun Qianhu!"

Just as Sun Shaozong was questioning loudly, Lu Hui's voice suddenly came out of it: "Come in and talk." ”

Hearing Lu Hui's invitation, the hundred households guarding the door still hesitated for a moment before dodging and getting out of the way.

This move is even more revealing, but Sun Shaozong didn't bother to entangle with a doorman, so he ordered the servants to wait outside, and strode into the inner hall.

This inner hall is not so much a living room as a martial arts arena, with four rows of weapon racks erected in two places, at least thirty kinds of blades, and armor and crossbows hanging on the walls.

Right now, Lu Hui was standing in front of a simple riding bow, whispering something with a middle-aged man in a cloth and green shirt, until Sun Shaozong stopped in the middle of the living room, he turned around, pointed to the man in cloth next to him and said, "Sun Qianhu, I have seen ...... before."

"Xiaguan Sun Shaozong."

Who knew that before he finished his introduction, Sun Shaozong gave up his hand indifferently: "I have seen two Zhenfu adults." ”

"Haha......"

The man chuckled a few times, and said with some curiosity: "Could it be that Sun Qianhu has already seen Shi?" ”

"Xia Guan has never seen Shi Zhenfu."

Sun Shaozong shook his head, met the man's surprised gaze, and explained: "But since Lord Lu took office, he has always been forbidden by order, but the hundred households outside the door not only took it upon himself to turn away the lower officials, but when he heard Lord Lu's order, he hesitated for a moment, which shows that it is not under the jurisdiction of the Nanzhen Fu Division. ”

"And although you are here in cloth, you can stand side by side with Lord Lu, and you will not fall behind, if it weren't for Lord Shi of Nanzhen Fusi in person, who could it be?"

It turned out that the person in the cloth in front of him was Shi Mingchong, the pacification envoy of the Nanzhen Fusi!

In fact, Sun Shaozong was able to recognize Shi Mingchong's identity, mainly because of Lu Hui's hidden anger, but he tried his best to endure it.

Nanzhen Fu Si, there are only two people who can make Lu Hui so jealous, one is the commander Xia Shouzhong; The second is to pacify Shi Mingchong and Xia Shouzhong is a eunuch, and the bearded person in front of him can naturally only be Shi Mingchong.

"Hahaha......"

Shi Mingchong replaced his chuckle with a big laugh, then looked at Lu Hui again, and said: "This Sun Qianhu is born with two discerning eyes as rumored, I think this time the Beizhen Fusi is responsible for leading the investigation of the case, I'm afraid it must be him." ”

Investigating the case?

Sun Shaozong's heart couldn't help but move, could it be that this Shi Ming rushed to Beizhen Fusi for the murder of Niu Chongda, the son of the Niu family?

"No."

Lu Hui shook his head resolutely and said: "Lord Sun has some grievances with the two families, and he is the top boss of Wei Ruolan, so he should avoid suspicion of this case." ”

Sure enough, it's for this!

Immediately afterwards, Lu Hui looked at Sun Shaozong again: "Because of this, this official did not send someone to notify Sun Qianhu to come, but he didn't know ......."

"Lord Kaiyu."

Sun Shaozong hurriedly said: "The lower officials actually have other important matters to report, and the matter involves the secrets of the imperial court, so I don't dare to delay for a moment!" ”

Involving court secrets?

Hearing these words, Lu Hui immediately turned his gaze to Shi Mingchong, and Shi Mingchong was quite interesting, and after saying a few words, he walked out of the living room.

"Your Excellency."

However, after Shi Ming rushed out, Sun Shaozong did not rush to report the information of Qian Xiangguo, but frowned and said, "Nanzhen Fusi is too arrogant this time, right?" Even if they were to host the case, there would be no reason to summon all the sentries we secretly arranged to come over for questioning, right? ”

Nanzhen Fusi did this, obviously suspecting the case of 'Niu Jia's son was killed by an arrow', and it was Beizhen Fusi who was behind the trouble.

Isn't this a clear attempt to tear the dough?!

Could it be that the Emperor Taishang's favoritism towards the Niu family has reached such a level?

"Nope."

Lu Hui shook his head and said, "Summoning the spies back for self-investigation was not done by Nanzhen Fusi, but by the orders of Commander Dai. ”

Is it the meaning of Dai Quan?

Is it to clear up the relationship, so as not to suspect the head of Beizhen Fusi?

But isn't this 'three hundred taels of silver in this place'?

With Dai Quan's shrewdness and ability, he should not do such a trick.

Could it be ......

Niu Chongda's death was not arranged by Emperor Guangde, so Dai Quan suspected that someone was making an assertion?

Or is it simply suspecting that someone intends to provoke a more intense conflict in order to profit from it, so he hurriedly ordered Beizhen Fusi to carry out a self-examination?

But if this is not what Emperor Guangde meant, who would it be?

provoked the conflict between Emperor Taishang and Emperor Guangde, and the biggest beneficiary seems to be the Niu family, but the Niu family will not use the eldest son who has been painstakingly cultivated as a sacrifice, right?

Is it the King of Faithfulness and the King of Righteousness who are playing tricks on it?

But where did those two idle princes get the ability to do the game?

I have to say that this case is really confusing.

I heard Lu Hui say again: "Let's not talk about this yet, didn't you say that there is something that involves the secrets of the imperial court and you want to report it to me?" ”

Only then did Sun Shaozong restrain his suspicions, and bowed down to report: "That's the case, one of the concubines of Xiaguan is a ...... of Qianxiang Kingdom."

The words are divided into two ends.

At the same time that Sun Shaozong reported the latest trends in Qian Xiangguo, in a luxuriously decorated study, there were also two people whispering.

I heard the old man speak first: "With this vote, it is enough for us to break with the Niu family and fall to His Majesty's side!" ”

The handsome young man was a little apprehensive, and hesitated: "It's just that Erlang ruined his future and marriage because of this, it's a pity......

The elder interrupted him and said categorically: "As the saying goes, only by suffering hardships can you become a master, not to mention the current situation, you can't take care of a lot!" ”

"Besides, that companion has already committed suicide after returning to the city, and right now, apart from you and me, even Erlang doesn't know what the inside story is! As long as he was framed by someone to bite him to death, with the protection of the prince and the children of various families as evidence, can the Niu family still kill him to vent his anger? ”

"Alas~"

The beautiful young man sighed: "Everything arises because of greed!" If it weren't for the Niu family's madness, how could this king bear to put that Niu Chongda to death? ”

As he spoke, he was silent for a long time, and waved his sleeves with a smile: "That's it, it's too late to say anything now, Brother Lao will arrange it, this king wants to go to Dali Temple to see Erlang." ”

When the elder leader came out of the living room, the young man who called himself the king sat down in front of the glass mirror in despair.

Looking at the haggard face in the mirror, he muttered to himself: "Don't say it's the Niu family, I'm afraid even my brother-in-law can't guess it, it's actually his old man who secretly instructed him to kill Niu Jizong's son to vent his anger." ”