The assassination of Xi Sheng, the second son of Xi Piluo, the governor of Xuzhou, gradually faded out of sight after a few days of noise in Yecheng, and the government arrested the assassin in Yecheng, and after a toss, there was no follow-up, according to well-informed sources, the assassin was not caught. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The assassin seems to have been shot by the guards of the Xi Mansion, and no one knows whether he was dead or alive later, and the Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County, who is said to be very suspicious, has not seen what happened to the Qiu Guanfu.

On the day of the incident, Xiao Sikou of the Autumn Official Mansion once brought people to the embassy, and after tossing for a few hours, he silently withdrew, waiting to see the lively people who did not know the truth, which can only be understood as the Xiyang County Duke was not involved in the case.

The heat of Xi Sheng's assassination quickly dissipated, and the people were busy all day long, and they were not in the mood to sigh for Xi Erlang, who was in fine clothes and food.

People who can't even eat meat worry about people who are tired of eating meat, how idle and panicked it is!

Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Lieutenant Chi Hui is listening to the report of the case, the big secretary and the little secretary of the Qiu Official Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion Chief Shi Cui Da Li, and the Angu County Lieutenant Chi Shun are also present, and the Qiu Official Mansion has been investigating the case for several days, and is now summarizing the relevant case to the Prime Minister.

The first is the identity of the assassin, this person is a servant of Xifu named Xi Ma Wu, twenty years old, not a child, Xi Sheng took him into the palace as a servant five years ago, and stayed in the Yecheng Courtyard as a slave.

Xi Ma five riding skills, and proficient in the art of horse breeding, on weekdays like the horse god horse Xi Sheng, the good horses are handed over to Xi Ma five breeding, each horse is well raised, so Xi Sheng attaches great importance to it, the stable is handed over to take care of it.

Sometimes he was taken with him on his travels to take care of the horses, so that day Xi Sheng had to go to the embassy, and among his entourage was Xi Ma Wu, in order to have his superb riding skills and help round up potential Assassins.

According to the investigation of the Qiu Guanfu, Xi Ma Wu behaved normally on weekdays, and according to other servants and guards in the mansion, he had no family members and lived with other servants, and there was nothing suspicious about his words and deeds on weekdays.

Many servants in the Xi Mansion were often scolded or whipped by Xi Sheng for some mistakes, but Xi Ma Wu did not enjoy this kind of 'treatment', because he was conscientious in raising horses and did not make any mistakes, of course, he did not have to do other things in the mansion on weekdays, and the chance of mistakes was much smaller.

In everything, it is difficult to suspect that Xi Ma Wu will poison Xi Sheng, so the motive for his murder that day has become the key.

According to the Qiu Guanfu's investigation of the scene afterwards, the second housekeeper of the Xi Mansion said that he had found paper fragments in Xi Ma Wu's residence, and according to the contents of these paper fragments, Xi Ma Wu seemed to have been bribed.

The scorched black fragments look like they should be unburned letterheads, and two of the fragments have the words "Bengong" and "Shannan" in them, although the specific content of the text cannot be inferred from the fragments, but with these two sets of four words, the person suspected of bribing Xi Ma Wu is about to come out.

Bengong is about the self-title of the letter writer, and the only person who can call himself "Bengong" is the person who is knighted, that is, the prince of the country or the county; The word Shannan has a more obvious directionality, that is, the boundary of Shannan.

What is the boundary of Shannan? Did he arrange for the Assassins to go to Shannan afterwards? Or what are you doing in Shannan? In any case, "Bengong" and "Shannan" are linked, and the suspect who meets this situation is only Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County, who is in Yecheng.

Yuwen Wen and Xi Sheng have a grudge, and not long ago he was almost murdered in the prison of Qiuguanfu, and the biggest suspect in this matter is Xi Sheng, so later Xi Sheng was assassinated, and Yuwen Wen had a full motive to kill.

It was precisely because of the fragments as evidence that the Qiu Guanfu dared to send someone to the embassy to search Yuwenwen's residence, and of course, out of caution, he also invited Chi Shun, the lieutenant of Angu County, to accompany him.

The search and questioning were the responsibility of Xiao Si Kou Linyan, first of all, to check Yu Wenwen's entourage, according to the palace order and the ban on violence and travel outside the embassy that day, Yu Wenwen and his entourage were not seen entering and leaving the embassy that day.

Including Zhou Faming, Tian Yilong and their entourage, as well as the alchemy Taoist master and apprentice who lived in the embassy, they all went out in the embassy that day, of course, this doesn't mean anything, after all, it was the servants in the Xi Mansion who assassinated Xi Sheng.

If Yuwen Wen really bought Xi Ma Wu, then there was no need to send someone out that day, so the presence of his entourage couldn't explain too many problems.

The problem lies in the subsequent search, so that no abnormalities were found elsewhere in the mansion, but in the courtyard where Yu Wenwen stayed, three incredible physical evidence were found, but this physical evidence was too strange to make people doubt its authenticity.

The first one is a small straw man with a needle, and the name of the secretary Chi is hidden on the note, which is a typical witch curse, and it is inferred from common sense that Yuwenwen cursed the prime minister not to die well.

The second is a puppet engraved with words, and the six characters engraved on it are "Yu Chi extinguishes Yu Wenxing", which is basically no different from the great rebellion, and it is inferred from common sense that this is the clan Yu Wenwen cursed the Yu Chi clan not to die.

Only one of these two things is needed to convict Yuwen Wen of capital crime, if it is to deter Xiaoxiao, he can even raze the three clans, and behead his father, brother, and wife, and the whole family, so as to rule the Ming court.

It's just that in this way, things will make a bigger fuss, Yu Wenwen, his father Yu Wenliang, and his brother Yu Wenming are the only three remaining adult clans of Zhou Guoshu, and his wife Wei Chi Chifan is the granddaughter of Prime Minister Wei Chi Hui.

If you want to raze the three clans, his father Wei Chishun will not escape death, that is to say, Wei Chi has to kill his son's family, this kind of thing is of course impossible, not only that, but the source of these two pieces of physical evidence is suspicious.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like someone deliberately framed and wanted to use the knife of the court to kill Yuwenwen, and if Yuwenwen had an accident, Yuwenliang in Shannan would never give up.

Putting aside the first two pieces of physical evidence, the third piece of physical evidence is related to the assassination of Xi Sheng, which is a few fragments of burned letterheads, on which the words "Done", "Killing", "Shoucheng", "Nineteen", are just four groups of eight characters, which can easily prove the "truth" of Yuwen Wen's murder.

The thing was found at the collapse of Yuwen Wen, combined with the fragments found in Xi Ma Wu's residence in Xi Fu, it stands to reason that Yu Wen Wen bought Xi Ma Wu to assassinate Xi Sheng, and the assassination case can be solved.

But this is impossible, the fragments found in the collapse of Yuwen Wen have been confirmed by the first two things to have no authenticity at all, Yu Wenwen will curse Yu Chi Hui and Yu Chi in the Yecheng Embassy? Totally unnecessary!

What was found at Yu Wenwen's place lost credibility even to the fragments found in Xi Mawu's residence in Xi Fu.

"Prime Minister, the lower officials think that this is an obvious frame-up! There is no credible evidence that Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County was involved in the assassination of Xi Sheng. The Grand Priest spoke his judgment.

"Prime Minister, the lower officials also think so." Cui Da said his opinion, before in the Xi Mansion, the second housekeeper of the Xi Mansion said that there was evidence to prove that Yuwen Wen bought a murder, and he really believed it when he saw the fragment, but now it seems that it is just a clumsy trick to blame.

"Prime Minister, the lower officials have strictly verified that no one in the Qiuguan Mansion who searched the embassy has maliciously planted any false accusations!" Xiao Si Ko Linyan said that now his focus is different, and he wants to try his best to avoid being thrown sewage and dismissed.

"Prime Minister, what was found in the residence of the Duke of Xiyang County was obviously framed by someone, so that the people of the mansion have ruled out suspicion, so that Lin Sikou's subordinates..."Wei Chishun said slowly, "Of course, it may be that the Duke of Xiyang County put it himself, right, Lin Sikou?" ”

"This... If the subordinate is derelict in his duties, he must strictly investigate his subordinates again! Lin Yan wanted to cry without tears, he was ordered to handle the case in a dignified manner, he never thought that such a big pot of would be splashed on himself, if he was not careful, even he would be unlucky.

Wei Chi slowly looked at the people present, did not hold on to Lin Yan's "dereliction of duty", and then opened his mouth to ask if there was no progress in the case, and the chief priest said that he had found a clue.

The day after Xi Sheng was attacked, someone went to the Qiu Guanfu to report the case, since Chen was pulling swill for a living, he was knocked unconscious when driving a swill car the morning before, and it was evening after waking up, but the swill car was gone, and later found in an alley somewhere, and the swill bucket was missing.

In these years, no one will rob the swill bucket, and the person who reported the crime has been doing this business for many years, and there is no problem of being taught a lesson for grabbing land, and according to the route he travels every day, he should have passed near Xifu at that time.

Upon learning of this, the investigators questioned the Xi Mansion guards, and after some investigation, they learned that the guards had stopped a swill cart at the west end of the mansion at the time of Xi Sheng's assassination, and it was inferred that the two people in the cart were most likely fellow Assassins.

"Prime Minister, these two must be the assassin comrades who intended to pick up Xi Ma Wu, but Xi Ma Wu couldn't break through to the west and ran east, and the two took advantage of the chaos to leave quietly."

"Did you find out what these two people were doing?"

"It is still being investigated, but it can be judged from this that the Xiyang County Gong has nothing to do with this case." Da Si Kou replied that he had been emphasizing one thing throughout, that is, "the Duke of Xiyang County has nothing to do with this case."

This is the most important part of this case, only if it is determined that Yuwenwen has nothing to do with this case, then the prime minister can be relieved, because this avoids the deterioration of the situation, if it is really Yuwenwen who did it, then how to deal with it so that the prime minister can prepare in advance.

"The Duke of Xiyang County and his entourage are all in the embassy, so it is impossible to send someone out to respond, of course, this may also be the helper Xi Ma Wu is looking for, and they have all been bought in advance, but there is no reliable evidence that the Duke of Xiyang County has anything to do with this matter." Cui Da added that it can be regarded as adding weight to this conclusion.

"Prime Minister, the lower officials also think so." Xiao Si Kou Linyan seconded the proposal, and Wei Chishun also agreed, he felt that there must be someone who wanted to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the fisherman.

The few burned paper fragments found in Xifu vaguely pointed to Yu Wenwen as the real murderer, but now it seems that it is a frame-up, just like those things found in the palace, which clearly want to mislead the government to "correct the law" of Yu Wenwen.

Xi Sheng was assassinated, and the beneficiary is Yuwenwen according to common sense, but if Yuwenwen is unlucky, Yuwenliang in Shannan will not be able to sit still, and the relationship between the imperial court and Shannan will change suddenly, and who will benefit, this is a very clear thing.

"In other words, it is very likely that the Sui State assassinated Xi Sheng, and then blamed Yuwen Wen, in the hope that the imperial court would break with Shannan, and then Yang Zhi could take the opportunity to reap the benefits..."

The reason why he ordered Xi Sheng's assassination to be investigated was to find out what happened, and to give an explanation to Xi Piluo and his son, as well as Yu Wenliang and his son.

If it wasn't Yuwen Wen's doing, then it had to be made clear with facts, so as not to make Sipila think that he was biased; If it was Yuwen Wen who did it, then lock it up first, so as not to be cut by Xi Piluo, and as for how to deal with it in the end, there would be a headache.

Now it seems that things have not yet reached the worst step, so Wei Chi Hui can breathe a sigh of relief, this time Xi Sheng is going to visit Yu Wenwen in the Embassy, he has received the news in advance, for the sake of the broken matter of these two little rabbit cubs, Wei Chi Yu specially arranged for the Qiu Guanfu to send someone to the scene in case it is not thorough.

As a result, Xi Sheng was still assassinated and seriously injured, and the person was saved but also abolished, but since Yuwenwen was not involved in the case, the nature of the case was completely different, as for whether Xi Ma Wu was bribed by Sui Guozuo, it had to be caught to find out.

Of course, if he is caught, and the mastermind behind the confession is Yu Wenwen, he can't jump to conclusions, the stakes are very high, and there must be both human and physical evidence, so as not to bite the other party indiscriminately.

In this era, it is not uncommon for servants to kill their masters, and there are many reasons, but most of them are because the lord of Lang is too harsh, and the servants are punished with grudges, and it is normal to wait for the opportunity to commit murder and vent their anger.

More than 40 years ago, Gao Cheng, the king of Qi in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (later posthumously named Emperor Wenxiang), was assassinated by his cook, and according to the inference that whoever benefited was the murderer, his brother Gao Yang was the biggest suspect.

But later I learned that it was completely the cook who had a grudge against Gao Cheng, this person was originally a general of the Southern Dynasty, and became Gao Cheng's cook after being defeated and captured.

Xi Sheng's conduct, Wei Chi Yu has heard of it, after all, he is the son of his right-hand man Xi Piluo, and he has met several times, with Xi Erlang's violent temper, it is not surprising that the servants have a grudge against him.

The case-handling staff inquired and learned that Xi Sheng was not bad to Xi Ma Wu, but it was difficult to say about this matter, after all, people are separated from each other, and a person looks like he is smiling at you, and he may not know what resentment he has in his heart.

Seeing that the chief priest had almost analyzed the case, and that a lot of relevant human and material evidence had been collected, Wei Chi ordered him to report the case to the Son of Heaven, because the Son of Heaven knew about the matter and was very concerned about the progress of the case.

"Write another copy of the case, and Cui Changshi will send someone to Xuzhou to show it to General Manager Xi."

"Xifu will take care of it, and whatever medicines are needed will be borne by the imperial court."

"This is the end of the inquiry of the Xiyang County Prince, and you must not disturb it for no reason!"

After talking for a while, everyone retreated, Wei Chishun stayed, Wei Chi Yu walked outside the room and came to the courtyard, twisted his beard and turned around and asked, "Your son-in-law... What do you think? ”

"Children can't see through it." Wei Chishun replied very simply.

"Really?"

"It's hard to say, as Fang Cai'er said, the Duke of Xiyang County smeared himself, and this kind of thing is not impossible."

"Your son-in-law, but you dare to tease Yang Jian in front of him in the main hall." Wei Chi Yu said, "Do you know what happened to him in Chang'an that year?" ”

"Could it be that someone accused him of intending to assassinate Yang Wei?"

"Yes, it was Yuwen Shu's Erlang who first sued, and he was the one who was going to be beheaded, but it was Yuwen Erlang who lost his life."

"What does Father mean?"

"Your son-in-law... Alas, there is no evidence anyway, so those things in the palace should not have been put by him. Wei Chi snorted, "Be careful yourself, don't be used as a knife by him." ”

"Father, I'm afraid that the Duke of Xiyang County is obsessed with what happened last time, so I want to take the opportunity to embarrass the Qiu Mansion." Wei Chishun was a little helpless, others might not dare, but he knew that his son-in-law really dared to do something like a thief shouting to catch a thief.

"From tomorrow onwards, send a team of people to keep an eye on your son-in-law, don't make any more trouble! Even if you don't think about your father, you have to think about Xiao Sanniang! (To be continued.) )