Chapter III. The sword asks Beiyan 67
Although Qi Yan was wanted by the Northern Yan Dynasty, he was indeed implicated by Shen Gui; But if this news is correct, it obviously has another meaning. First of all, at this point in the early hours of this morning, a lot of problems were revealed. According to common sense, if the imperial court officially issued the official document of sea fishing, it would not have been issued to the prefect of Yanjing, Lord Luo Yuanluo, two days in advance. In other words, this news, which was two days in advance, is the first-hand information obtained by Mr. Water Candle through other channels!
Mr. Shui Candle's hands and eyes are all over the sky, and his ears and eyes are all over the Huayu Continent. Her sources are sophisticated, but their accuracy is assured. Just from the fact that she was able to accurately find Qi Hui who had just entered Yanjing City, and also pointed Qi Hui to Qinghe Building, found Gu Jie and Su Yiqing and his wife, who had not seen him for ten years, and instructed them to escort the second daughter out of the city together, it was enough to prove this.
And Qi Yan, the criminal wanted by this official document of sea fishing, although he is an irrefutable snitch, he has not made any earth-shattering cases since he was 'Yiman became a teacher'. In other words, the charges fabricated for him on the official document of sea fishing will definitely not be as simple as 'stealing'.
According to the laws of the Northern Yan Dynasty, all major cases in which the imperial court issued an official document for sea fishing need to perform an extremely cumbersome set of procedures. First of all, whenever there is a major case, the local government office will usually issue a preliminary investigation result and report it to the criminal department for trial. If the case is related to multiple homicides, it must also be investigated and tried jointly by the Criminal Department and the Military Department. After the criminal and military departments jointly investigated the original circumstances of the whole case, the two departments jointly signed the second investigation file and reported it to the Yamen of the Criminal Law Department for re-examination; After the re-examination of the Yamen of the Criminal Law Department was completed, and the case was characterized and sentenced, the files of the three inspections were sealed together and submitted to the Son of Heaven for approval. After the Son of Heaven inspected, he believed that the case had been confirmed beyond doubt, and agreed to issue an official document for sea capture, and together with the emperor's imperial approval, he would compile three files and hand them over to Dali Temple for final sealing and filing.
And even after all the prisoners are captured, if the prisoners themselves refuse to admit their guilt and the law, they still need to transfer the file from Dali Temple again to carry out the last three-headed confrontation. Because according to the law of Beiyan, even if there are all kinds of human and material evidence, as long as the criminal does not confess in person, the case still cannot be closed!
Although this whole set of procedures is extremely cumbersome, if it can be implemented fairly, it can also greatly avoid the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases; Moreover, once there is an unjust case, it can also be traced back to the source according to the detailed records of the file, and all the officials who need to be held responsible for the unjust, false and wrongly decided case can be found.
Therefore, the issuance of official documents for sea fishing is definitely not a trivial matter for the Northern Yan Imperial Court, nor is it a 'small action' that can be planned by relying on a few corrupt officials and corrupt officials to get together.
Judging from the official document that will be issued tomorrow, this case has obviously completed the entire process of the Criminal Department, the Military Department, the Imperial Front, and the Dali Temple. In other words, the wanted Qi Yan, or the wanted Shen Gui, must have received the imperial approval of Emperor Zhou Yuanqing.
In this way, the whole thing becomes very interesting. Because judging from this official document of sea fishing alone, Emperor Tianyou turned out to be an official document issued as a last resort without knowing who was 'coerced'!
The reason why Shen Gui would think like this is also because at this moment, there is an irrefutable ironclad evidence in his hands! It is the royal fan given by the Emperor of God. With this fan alone, although it is impossible to mobilize the border guards and garrison troops in various places; However, the main force responsible for catching thieves and thieves - horses and infantry two shifts to catch fast, including the chading officials of the yamen of various state capitals, should all be dispatched by Shen Gui!
To put it simply, if Emperor Tianyou also wanted to arrest Shen Gui by wanting Qi Yan, then he would definitely order the abolition of the 'full efficacy' of this imperial fan; otherwise, even if these two wanted Qin criminals with the 'Imperial Treasure' swaggered into various government offices, they would not dare to come forward to arrest them!
So judging from this contradictory sea fishing document alone, at least Shen Gui already knows clearly: Emperor Zhou Yuanqing is still on his side. However, his 'trust' in himself is not completely without conditions.
If you look at it from the perspective of Emperor Tianyou, being forced to issue this wanted warrant is not all bad. The deceit and deceit above the court, the open and secret battles are not to be talked about for the time being; The disappearances alone are definitely not as simple as they seem.
Even Mr. Shui Zhu, a woman, already knew that this matter was inseparable from the 'Huashen Sect', so how could Zhou Yuanqing, as the king of a country, be kept in the dark?
It is conceivable that Zhou Yuanqing tightened his belt and opened a warehouse to release grain to help the victims, but when the final 'fruit of victory' was secretly stolen by the Huashen Sect, this Emperor of Heaven had already moved the killing intent in his heart! But after so many years, the Huashen Sect has not only not been destroyed, but is still taking root in the fields and countryside; And after so many years of recuperation, the Huashen Sect, which was originally a rootless grass and a source of water, has become a big tail!
And over the years, judging from the experience of Emperor Tianyou's 'wanting to get rid of it', this 'Huashen Sect' has unknowingly stretched its tentacles into the court! Moreover, this force is so great that he, the king of a country, can be constrained everywhere and be controlled by others.
That's why Emperor Tianyou will hand over these cases of missing people to Shen Gui, an 'outsider', to investigate and deal with. As a matter of fact, the 'trivial matter' of missing dozens of people was far from the emperor's turn to bother; in fact, Zhou Yuanqing also went for the 'Huashen Sect' hidden behind the case.
Whether it is Emperor Tianyou or the Four Princes, they are at the height of the Beiyan Temple, and their every move on weekdays is exposed to the sun, which is too eye-catching; And although Shen Gui also has the title of a foreign envoy and the prince of Youbei; But after all, his 'roots' are not rooted in the Northern Yan Dynasty after all, so he is not so easy to be monitored, plus he also has a good martial arts, even if he is really in the market, he will not encounter any danger to his life.
From Shen Gui's point of view, in addition to these disappearances, he also has a 'legitimate reason' for leaving Yanjing City. It is the so-called entrusted by others and loyal to others. Since he took the 'three-inch town dragon nail' of Guan Beidou, he should complete the entrustment of others - go to the capital of Sanqin Road and the ancient capital of Chang'an City. In addition, the old grudge Liu Zhi who killed Wang Yutian is still 'at large'; presumably on the cusp of this seal, he doesn't dare to stay in Yanjing City!
Whether it is out of personal vendetta or justice, Shen Gui wants to draw a successful end to this grievance and hatred.
After thinking about everything, Shen Gui suddenly felt that the road ahead didn't seem to be so complicated. As for saying that Chiwu has the traitor of Mazi Liu, in fact, it has nothing to do with Shen Gui at all; And if he Zhou Chang'an can't even handle his own affairs, he won't do anything about the dream of 'unifying the Huayu Continent'.
“…… Brother Gu, Sister Su, next Shen plans to go to Chang'an City on Sanqin Road for a visit, and by the way, he will also help his friend do a small thing. I don't know if you two are going to do anything next? If not, would it be good to go to the land of Sanqin with Shen? ”
Gu Jie shook his head with a smile after hearing this, and just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Su Yiqing, who was like a blazing fire:
"Chang'an City is so far away, we won't go! And your nephew Gu Yi is only four years old this year, and he can't do without people at all! ”
Gu Jie smiled a little shyly, and also explained to Shen Gui:
"As Qing'er said, the youngest son in the family is still young, and someone needs to take care of him on weekdays. Besides, although you are not afraid of officials, you always have to leave someone to take care of in Yanjing City...... The two of us have already put down the Qinghe real estate in Nancheng, and it will be our own business in the future. If you need help with anything in the future, just send a message. ”
As the eastern sky gradually turned white, the heating bonfire in front of everyone gradually went out. Gu Jie and Su Yiqing, two 'serious businessmen', also said goodbye to everyone reluctantly.
"I said Iron Arhat, where are you going?"
Shen Gui turned around and asked the great monk Nian Heng, who had been silent all night.
"If you kill me, then I will go to the Buddha; If you don't kill me, I'll go back to see the four princes. ”
The great monk Nian Heng replied sullenly.
"Killing you, for me now, can do it at any time, so I'm not in a hurry. In this way, now I will let you go back, and after you see Zhou Changan, help me give him a message. Tell him that the six pockmarks in his house are the spies who were planted in the red black by Di Ting. ”
After hearing this, the great monk Nian Heng nodded, got up and wanted to leave here; But he had just taken two steps, then he turned around half a circle, and walked back in front of Shen Gui:
"The great monk never owes others affection, although your way of winning me is a bit invincible, but you did spare a monk's life...... In that case, the great monk will return this favor to you now. If your 'Shen Gui' is the 'Shen Gui' of Youbei Third Road, then I am also the right person for this kindness...... Shen Gui, listen up! The reason why I left Nanquan Zen Buddhism was also because the former abbot of Nanquan Zen Buddhism, Huimeng Zen Master, was beaten to death by a strange old man who called himself 'Liu Banxian'! After several inquiries, the current abbot Guixin Zen Master determined that this debt of human life will eventually fall on the head of 'Youbei Shengui'! ”
As soon as Shen Gui heard what Nian Heng said, he immediately frowned, and his heart was extremely 'unhappy'.
Liu Banxian, this old liar! ran away without a word, and disappeared without a trace; Now that he has just emerged, he has provoked such a 'horizontal' enemy for himself! Moreover, this great monk of Nian Heng is already very tricky, and he is only a novice with three precepts; If a nine-precept Zen master really comes to seek revenge in the future, why don't you screw your head off alive?