"Are you saying that the person who stopped you outside Yangzhou that day was the official of this Xue Luping Mansion, is this true?"

Xi Yuanxiu deliberately lowered his voice, for fear of being heard outside, but the action in his hand blocked Li Yuanhuan and the others in the opposite cell.

Liu Xiao carefully recalled the situation of the day again, and after a while, he looked at Xi Yuanxiu seriously and nodded, he was very sure, because the shoes that day left a very deep shoe mark on his face.

In the dim and narrow cell, Xi Yuanxiu picked up one straw after another, and then slowly tied it into several knots and placed them on the ground, his current performance was as interesting as Xu Lai sitting at the table and origami.

Bian Ying, who was sitting in the opposite cell, followed the window that did not look like a window, looked at the sky outside that was starting to get cloudy again, and looked back at King Xian, who was sitting next to him, and didn't know what to say to comfort.

"Don't be anxious, I think my brother seems to have some eyebrows!"

King Xian said as he looked at the two people opposite.

Although Xi Yuanxiu took the initiative to live opposite His Royal Highness, until now, several people have not said a word, only Liu Xiao and Bian Ying glanced at each other, and then bowed their heads and said nothing.

Xi Yuanxiu laid out the knots tied with straw on the ground one by one, and then began to muttered to himself: "This first knot is Ma Anbang from the beginning of the salt case, Zhu Wuye and Zhao Benliu!" ”

After saying that, he opened the first knot, threw it aside, and then picked up the second one.

"This is the man at the inn that night, well, leave half a knot!"

"Yishui and Chenghua, they can be discarded, and now they want to bring up the mighty dart game!"

"And the people in the capital..."

"Xianwang, Chai Song, Xue Luping, Wang Shichang, it is indeed a good hand!"

As Xi Yuanxiu fiddled on the ground for a while, leaving three knots and one half knot, he put his hand on his forehead and rubbed it vigorously, as if he was trying his best to erase the gloom on his eyebrows.

Liu Xiao also squatted on the ground and watched for a long time, pretending to nod frequently, but Xi Yuanxiu laughed because of this, and asked, "Master, what are you nodding for?" ”

Liu Xiao casually picked up a straw knot, pretended to be deep, and said, "You should be able to open the cage with this tool, but I don't know how to use it yet!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu glanced at him, dragged him to his side, leaned into his ear and whispered: "If it is really the people in Xue Luping's Mansion who searched the passing officials on that day, or just searched you, then he doesn't need to say much, naturally he has nothing to do with this private salt case, plus Hong Shichang of the Mighty Dart Bureau, then this Yangzhou is really a monolith, but according to him, then His Royal Highness Xianwang opposite us committed murder in the prison, and also left the waist card of Xianwang's Mansion, then this is really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, I can't get along with my own family! ”

As he spoke, Xi Yuanxiu inadvertently glanced at the other side.

"But if they have known each other for a long time, don't forget which one is now in charge of Jingguo's treasury, if these two are a play for the prince, in fact, they want to attack the prince, knowing that the prince must be going to fall into the well, as long as the king is sent to prison, then he has nothing to do with this matter, it is the prince's own problem, then first, even if the prince has something else to do in Yangzhou, then it has nothing to do with him, a suspect in prison, the focus is that the prince personally escorted people in!"

Liu Xiao somewhat understood what Xi Yuanxiu meant, and then he used his fat arm to pull Xi Yuanxiu to his mouth, and asked in a low voice: "Then you still want us to live opposite him, aren't you making trouble for yourself?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu drilled out from under Liu Xiao's armpit, straightened his hair, and dragged Liu Xiao's head and said: "If it has nothing to do with this dedication to the king, then the prince may torture this dedication king, and may even make him unable to get out of here, or let him go out and no longer say anything, in that case, it will be in line with Xue Luping's wishes, so I want to watch the dedication of the king here, even if it is for the sake of my face, or the face of the Marquis of Song, I hope the prince will not embarrass his imperial brother, hey, Now I can only hope that Xu Lai will know about this as soon as possible! ”

......

......

At this time, on the other side of Yangzhou City, Zhou Wenbin was already preparing to ride out of the city with his guards, but he was stopped at the east gate by the city gate guards, and several people competed against each other, and no one gave in.

"Why did the four of you stop Ben Chincha's horse from leaving the city and obstruct official business, and what should the four of you be guilty of?"

Zhou Wenbin looked at the four people in front of him with an angry face, he really didn't know what the reason for these people was, so he stopped him and his guards.

"Lord Zhou, how many people did I stop the adults to ask you something?"

The officer and soldier at the head arched his hand and said.

Zhou Wenbin frowned and said, "If you have any business, can't you wait for the official to come back?" ”

The officer and soldier grabbed the saber at his waist with his hand and said expressionlessly: "A few lowly people just want to ask your lord who killed the horse guard?" ”

Zhou Wenbin wanted to reprimand the other party, but he was dumbfounded and didn't know how to explain.

So he dismounted, walked up to the officer, sighed, looked at him seriously and said: "I'm sorry, the death of the horse guard, I haven't found anything yet, if there is news, I will tell you brothers, and I promise you that I will definitely return the horse and guard a fair!" ”

At this time, Zhou Wenbin had already replaced his official with me, because he really felt that it was a pity that Ma Anbang died, so he felt that he was now the same as these officers and soldiers who came to inquire about him.

However, what the officer and soldier said next made Zhou Wenbin a little unsure of how to answer.

"But a few people in the humble position heard that Ma Shoubei talked to you in his own home, and then died tragically at home!"

After hearing this, Zhou Wenbin nodded silently, indicating that what the officer and soldier said was the truth.

Then the officer and soldier had already grasped the handle of the knife on his waist at this time, stared at Zhou Wenbin and said: "The prefect said that the death of the horse garrison has nothing to do with your lordship, my lord, I want to hear you explain to a few lowly people?" ”

Zhou Wenbin's hands are a little trembling now, he really doesn't know what the prefect who is now sitting in the mansion and holding the concubine is here, just now in the Guangxing Building, he sent Xi Yuanxiu and Xianwang to prison, and at this time he sent Ma Anbang's subordinates to embarrass himself, and he felt in his heart that this Xue Luping was the mastermind of this case!

Zhou Wenbin faced the four people who might break out at any time, and said slowly: "I had a very happy conversation with Ma Shoubei that day, from the private salt case that day to your Zhu Shoubei was assigned to the army, and then I left Ma Shoubei's house because I was going to go to the prison to interrogate the prisoner, just before I left, Ma Shoubei was still sitting in his own home, he was killed by the murderer, it was after I left!" ”

"My lord, don't you say that Zhu Garrison is fine..."The officer and soldier led by him paused, and said with tears in his eyes: "The prefect said that Zhu Garrison was also sent to Liangcheng by you because he interfered too much in the case, this matter can be taken seriously!" ”

Zhou Wenbin was furious for a while, and scolded: "Xue Luping, you are not as good as a pig and a dog, dare not do it, Zhu Shoubei was assigned to Liangcheng, I also only learned after talking with Ma Shoubei, you prefect, but you can really put a hat on someone else's head, that day Ma Shoubei told me that Zhu Shoubei was assigned because after the Yangzhou Mansion and Xue Luping disputed, he was assigned to Liangcheng by the prefect in your mouth, this matter has nothing to do with me, Ma Shoubei's death, it has nothing to do with me, what is the matter, I'll talk about it when I come back from my errands! ”

After that, Zhou Wenbin didn't look as slow as usual, and rode directly on the horse.

The four officers and soldiers on the opposite side also directly pulled out the knives in their hands and directly pointed their knives at Zhou Wenbin and the others who were riding on horses.

"Bold, you dare to point a knife at the Qincha appointed by His Majesty!"

Zhou Wenbin's guards shouted on their horses.

"I'm sorry, my lord, I can only wronged you to go with me to Yangzhou Mansion, at this time, I need you and the prefect to make it clear to a few of us, otherwise, not only the four of us, but also the dozens of brothers outside the gate of Yangzhou will not let you go out, if this matter is found out, it really has nothing to do with the adult, then the humble duty will be punished voluntarily!"

The officer and soldier still pointed the knife at Xue Luping, his expression was calm, he was not worried about what would happen to him in the future, he just wanted to seek justice for Ma Anbang now.

"Confused, confused!" Zhou Wenbin grabbed the reins with his hands, the green tendons on both sides of his forehead rose, and he shouted loudly: "You wait for a few people to retreat quickly, and when I come back from handling the case, I will give you people justice, don't I feel heartbroken about the death of the horse guard, why don't I want such a man to live and be able to do more things for the country and the people, but now that the horse garrison has returned to his hometown, what is the use of you waiting for everyone to spend here with me?" ”

Although these officers and soldiers were somewhat convinced by what Zhou Wenbin said, they believed even more in the prefect who had been in this position for more than ten years.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but please go to the prefect with your humble position!"

After this person finished speaking, the four of them walked directly towards Zhou Wenbin, Zhou Wenbin was also at a loss at this time, he was not afraid of going to Yangzhou Mansion with these people, he was afraid that this time would be delayed and someone else would take advantage of it.

Just as these people were about to walk to Zhou Wenbin's horse, a stone suddenly flew out and hit the shoulder of the officer and soldier in the lead, and with a muffled snort, the officer and soldier fell to the ground.

Then another stone after another fell on the bodies of several other people, who, like the one in front, fell to the ground and fell to the ground.

Zhou Wenbin forced his composure, looked around, and didn't find who helped him, because in this heavy rain, everyone was in a hurry, and he couldn't see any difference between these people at all.

Zhou Wenbin and his guards did not delay any longer, whipped the horse's buttocks, and with the gradually heavy autumn rain, the horse quickly whipped out of the city.

The man in Tsing Yi, who had just appeared in front of the Yangzhou Mansion, was wearing a hat at this time, playing with the few remaining stones in his hand, and watching the two of them go out of the city.