Chapter Forty-Eight: True and False, and False and True
In the prefect's yamen, everyone discussed the extermination of horse bandits, and the city of Huizhou was still in full swing to catch spies.
Zhang Guang was still on the run, but fortunately, Yu Nian's subordinates deliberately let him go. He Ping was forced by the situation in the city, and his only task out of Beijing was to protect the five princes, and now the fleeing people shot cold arrows straight towards the five princes, and the horse bandits outside the city killed Bai Tu again. As the leader of the guards, He Ping failed to bring his brothers back intact, and the guilt in his heart grew. Time passes by second, and the probability of catching a spy is getting lower and lower.
Wan Ting didn't care about the chaos in the city, and happily came to Chen's house. Chen Mingyang knew that she would definitely come to find trouble, so he had already stood at the door and waited, "Miss Zhou." ”
"Yo, Chen Mingyang? Why, greeting your wife? ”
"It is said that northern girls are bold, but Miss Zhou, do you know how to write the word reserved?"
"I don't know!" Wan Ting is not a person who twists, now that she understands her intentions, there is no reason to hide it, "Chen Mingyang, Miss Ben has already met the eight characters, you and I are very compatible, Miss Ben plans to accept you." ”
"Took me?" Chen Mingyang had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, "Oh, you didn't listen to my grandfather yesterday, Qianlang, Qianlang, so what about me, what I gave you is my father's eight characters, what's the matter, Miss Zhou wants to be my father's concubine?" ”
"You!" Wan Ting didn't expect Chen Mingyang to play with this hand, "Hmph, come, good son, call mother." ”
Chen Mingyang was not annoyed when he saw Wan Ting, and took advantage of himself in vain, he was stunned for a moment, and continued to tease without smiling, "When you pass the door, I will definitely call, but I have to remind you that my mother has a bad temper, so don't wash your face with tears every day." ”
Wan Ting glanced at Chen Mingyang, pushed him aside, and entered the door by herself.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Go see Grandpa, didn't you hear yesterday? Grandpa told me to come back today. ”
"Hey, you stop me." Chen Mingyang pulled Wan Ting's arm, "I said can you have a face, why are you so thick-skinned." ”
"Huh, how's it going? Let me tell you, when I marry your father, I will make your whole family restless, anger your mother, marry you an ugly monster, and make you dare to bully me again! Wan Ting shook off and ran two steps in. How could Chen Mingyang let her in, the two chased after each other, and finally entered the front hall.
"Hey, grandpa." The old lady was already sitting and waiting in the front hall, and as soon as Wan Ting called grandpa, Chen Mingyang hurriedly stopped making trouble.
"Oh, you want to kill me, the daughter of the Zhou family, why did you come?"
"Grandpa, didn't I come, hello grandpa." Wan Ting didn't recognize her life either, and sat next to the old lady by herself.
Chen Mingyang was reluctant in his heart, and thought: Is this confused, his son can't recognize it clearly, but Zhou Huanting remembers it clearly. "Grandpa, don't pay attention to her, we'll go back."
"You stinky boy, the lady came to see me, how can I go back? Miss Zhou, how are the eight characters combined? ”
Wan Ting didn't care about anything else, and took out the matching eight characters, "Grandpa, look, people said it, it's a match made in heaven." ”
"Oh, I'll see, I'll see." Old Mrs. Chen was already happy, "Oh, really yo, hahaha, our Qianlang is going to marry a daughter-in-law, it's so good, it's so good." ”
Chen Mingyang is simply one head and two big, "Hey, hey." Chen Mingyang didn't know how to explain it, one was troublesome and didn't listen to anything, and the other was confused and couldn't understand anything.
It was almost evening, Wan Ting was still messing around at Chen's house, and He Ping led people to discover Zhang Guang's whereabouts. The group had already surrounded him, but they couldn't stand the errand officials who had been around for more than a year and rushed out to make trouble, seemingly helping He Ping, but actually letting Zhang Guang go.
He Ping understood, "Are you making trouble?" ”
"Adults, the little ones are not his opponents, he is too cunning, how can the little ones make trouble." The officials are cheeky, and they look like dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water.
He Ping was really helpless, so he ordered people to continue the search and return to the prefect's yamen to report to Zhou Qiyu.
Li Bo and Zhou Qi looked at the map of the mountainous area of Huizhou in the study, and they were not surprised to hear He Ping's return. "The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, he is now the head snake for more than ten years, he has been operating in Huizhou for many years, and it is too easy for him to restrain him."
"My lord, if you continue like this, today's thoughts will be in vain." He Ping really didn't know what to do, and what kind of careful plans needed people to implement, but now these people are making trouble.
Zhou Qi rolled up the map and put it aside, and said, "Go." ”
"Where are you going?" Li Bo thought that he had to study the bandits first.
"Zhang Haifu."
"Where are you going? We have no evidence that this man has anything to do with Zhang Hai. ”
Zhou Qi didn't answer, and led people to Zhang Hai's residence, the official called the door open, and Zhou Qi took Li Bo and He Ping to the front hall.
"Lord Zhou, what kind of wind blew you here, hey, isn't this Lord Qincha, a rare guest." Zhang Hai was wearing pajamas, but there was no trace of sleepiness on his face.
"The official has to report that the thief ran into your mansion, so come in and have a look."
"Huh? Really? Oh, Lord Zhou, you see I'm sleeping, I don't see anyone. ”
Zhou Qicai didn't listen to his rhetoric, and motioned to He Ping to go in and search.
"Hey, wait. Lord Zhou, how could this thief run in, my subordinates didn't see it, could it be that they were wrong. ”
"He Ping?" Zhou Qi glanced sideways at He Ping. He Ping was also unambiguous, "My lord, my subordinates saw the thieves fleeing into the courtyard with their own eyes, I'm afraid it was dark, and the people in the courtyard didn't see it." ”
"Then quickly find out who is hurting the province."
"Yes!" He Ping waved his hand, and the official rushed into the courtyard with the guard. Zhang Hai didn't expect Zhou Qi to act like this, but there was no good reason to stop him.
"Yo, Lord Zhou, it's so late, and the adults are searching for people in person, it's really hard."
"As the governor of a state, this official should be."
"Lord Qincha is relaxed, I don't know, I think Lord Zhou is Qincha."
Li Bo smiled, "Ben Qincha didn't come to catch the horse bandits, so Ben Qincha just watched Lord Zhou go on business." ”
"Oh, yes, yes. I just don't know how this thief came to my yard? ”
"Zhang Hai, your name is Zhang Hai, right?"
"Yes, Xiaomin Zhang Hai, I don't know what the prefect commands?"
"Do you know this person?" Zhou Qi took out Zhang Guang's portrait and unfolded it in front of Zhang Hai.
"This person?" Zhang Hai deliberately pondered for a long time.
"Boss Zhang, someone saw you and this person entering the city together."
"Oh, yes, yes, yes. If the adults don't say that the little people don't remember, yes, but that day was. ”
"Someone saw you go to the money book together."
"Oh, my lord, that's right, we businessmen, when we get to a place, we naturally visit each other, maybe he also talks about business, we go in one day, but I talk about my business, he talks about his, we are not together."
"Qian Wanquan said, he was waiting for you in the courtyard at that time, wasn't he your entourage?"
"Lord Zhou, I really don't know this person, and he is definitely not waiting for me, I really don't know who he is waiting for." Zhang Hai had already opened his eyes and said something, he knew that Zhang Guang was exposed, but in order to prevent Li Tianshi from sending others to keep an eye on him, he could only keep Zhang Guang, as long as he was in the dark, the two of them refused to recognize each other, and no one could do anything to him. Besides, he only took Zhang Guang to the Qian family and the Chen family once, and then they all acted separately, even if they saw them together, wouldn't it be good to talk about business.
Zhou Qi looked at Zhang Hai, this person's skill in opening his eyes and saying something was really comparable to his own, "Someone saw you go to Yu Tongzhi's mansion together." ”
"My lord, this can't be. Xiaomin has never been to Yu Tongzhi's mansion, of course, this person has never been there, Xiaomin really doesn't know. ”
"Hmph." Zhou Qi suddenly laughed, just as He Ping came over and whispered a few words. Zhou Qi kept looking at Zhang Hai, and when He Ping whispered, he subconsciously looked at the ground, "Since that's the case, let's go to Yu Tongzhi's mansion to have a look." ”
Zhang Hai's eyes flickered imperceptibly, Zhou Qi had already turned around, and Zhang Hai hurriedly asked, "My lord, has the thief found it?" ”
"No, but don't worry, someone came to report just now that the thief appeared near Yu Tongzhi's mansion. This official believes that the thief must have escaped, you are safe here, Boss Zhang, you can rest well. ”
After Zhou Qi left, Zhang Hai was very nervous, and now Zhang Guang's life and death can only depend on creation, because Zhang Guang is in the Tongzhi Mansion at this time.
"You think you escaped?"
"My lord, your people are working very hard to help you today."
"Hmph, then you should hide well, don't look for trouble."
"My lord, what safer place than your fellow prefect."
"You want it to be dark? But don't forget, Zhou Kai is not so stupid, can he really not think of it? ”
"My lord, even if he thinks about it, can he come in? I think your yamen is very safe. Zhang Guangyi sat on the chair and looked at Yu Nian with Erlang's legs crossed.
Yu Nian squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Guang threatening him, feeling very disgusted, "Zhang Guang, you have been exposed, it will be a matter of time before you are caught." Besides, worthy people deserve to live, what about you? ”
"I can help the adults kill Zhou Kai."
"Hmph, do you think you'll have a chance after you miss today?"
"My lord, I have to kill two people at once today, and besides, he has already taken precautions, but after a while, will he be able to keep moving around with so many officers and soldiers every day? My lord, my skills are my value, can a person with such skills be worthless? ”
"How did you get close to Zhou Kai?"
"Hmph, this is my ability to eat, adults don't need to know, if the confidentiality work is done well, the chance of success will be greater."
Yu Nian was thinking about it, and Zhou Qi had already knocked on the door with someone outside.