"Yes, Emperor!" Zhang Whale hurriedly bowed down and said, secretly relieved.

In fact, the emperor's question just now was also a test of himself, Zhang Whale couldn't help but scold Wang Xijue in his heart, blaming him, otherwise the emperor would not be so angry.

What kind of virtue Xing Shangzhi is, Zhang Whale knows it in his heart.

Let him kill people and use knives, this person is fine, but if you let him deal with some key things, this person's means are far behind, to put it bluntly, this person is a reckless man and can't be a big responsibility.

The matter over there in Jinan Mansion must be extremely complicated, and it is definitely not something that Xing Shangzhi can handle.

If he promoted Xing Shangzhi, it means that he was selfish, after all, Xing Shangzhi was recommended by himself. Obviously, because of Wang Xijue's matter, the emperor even suspected himself, and this was going to die.

Fortunately, thanks to his wit, Zhang Whale couldn't help but sigh, as for whether Xu De can handle things well, it is none of Zhang Whale's business.

"There's no need to reply to Qufu!" Zhu Yijun didn't pay attention to what Zhang Whale was thinking, and said directly.

"Yes, Emperor!" Zhang Whale hurriedly replied.

If the emperor doesn't reply to you, that is, he doesn't agree with your idea, and Zhu Yijun believes that Wang Xijue will definitely understand. This time he just wants to catch the ducks on the shelves, Wang Xijue can't do it if he doesn't want to, he wants to protect his reputation, and he has to make meritorious contributions, and he wants to be beautiful.

Jinan Mansion.

Since the assassination incident, it is not an exaggeration to describe Jinan Mansion as a rumor, and the gentry of the entire Jinan Mansion are even more in danger. Even a big family like the Chai family has a closed door, and it is easy not to let people go out.

The gentry were even more sensitive and waited for the next step in the development of things.

The governor yamen and the prefect yamen mobilized all the people to find the traitorous party, and the Jinyi guard was also constantly searching, and the official forces of the entire Jinan Mansion were all mobilized, and Baixin did not dare to go to the streets.

A lot of second-rate people who are messing around on the street on weekdays have been arrested, and the law and order are much better, and the petty theft is gone.

Qin cha Xingyuan.

Wang Yongji sighed, glanced at Xing Shangzhi, who was sitting under him, and said helplessly: "Still haven't found any clues?" ”

Xing Shangzhi was a little ashamed, but more unwilling: "No! We went to chase the men in black that day, but when we got out of the alley, they scattered, and we couldn't find anyone there. There are also no obvious clues about the corpses and clothes and weapons. ”

Listening to Xing Shangzhi's words, Wang Yongji sighed again, obviously these people are very professional.

"Jinan Mansion and the governor's yamen have not found any clues." Wang Yongji said helplessly: "This matter can't be like this, now the people of Jinan Mansion are panicking, this can't be done." ”

Listening to Wang Yongji's words, a touch of unhappiness flashed on Xing Shangzhi's face.

If it weren't for Wang Yongji's pressure in the past few days, Xing Shangzhi would have started a long time ago, first arrest a few gentry and interrogate them, and he would always be able to find some clues. The matter is not obvious, it must have been done by the gentry of Jinan Mansion.

Wang Yongji also knew Xing Shangzhi's thoughts, but he didn't dare to let Xing Shangzhi do this.

"I've already played the matter to the court, wait for the court's decision!" Wang Yongji looked at Xing Shangzhi, and then said: "Before the approval of the imperial court arrives, we should not act rashly, Jinan Mansion cannot be chaotic, once Jinan Mansion is chaotic, Shandong will be chaotic." ”

Although he was very unwilling, Xing Shangzhi couldn't help it, he was explained before he came, he wanted to listen to Wang Yongji, he was just a deputy.

Yangliu Lane, Yang Mansion.

Wang Shan's face was gloomy, and when he glanced at Yang Fei, his face became even more ugly. After a while, Wang Shan sighed and said helplessly: "This Wang Yongji is a master!" It's been so many days, and I didn't do anything with Jinyiwei. ”

Listening to Wang Shan's words, Yang Fei was a little embarrassed, in fact, he was very embarrassed in the past few days.

The assassination failed, but the loss of manpower was nothing, the key was the assassination failure itself. Although the assassination was serious enough, it failed to kill Pigan, which led to the lack of strength in the whole thing.

Originally, there was a glimmer of hope for Jin Yiwei to do it, but Jin Yiwei was disappointed again.

"Can't wait any longer!" Wang Shan looked at Yang Fei and said, "Let people give clues and lead the matter to the Chai family." If you don't do anything, let Jin Yiwei go to find the people of the Chai family. ”

"This time we must do a good job, try to make Jinyiwei believe that the Chai family did it, but people outside think that the Chai family is wronged."

Yang Fei nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I know what to do, and this time there will definitely be no mistakes." Now the people are panicking, once Jinyiwei makes a move, we will arrange a lot. ”

Wang Shan nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go and do it!" ”

At night, Xing Shangzhi returned to his house and asked someone to bring a table of wine and food, ready to drink some wine to relieve his depressed mood. Seeing his subordinate Qianhu Chao Lian walking in from outside, Xing Shangzhi's face turned dark.

Nothing has been found out these days, and Xing Shangzhi is also disappointed in his subordinates.

Chao Lian also knew that he was being commanded to make the adults not want to see him, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "My lord, there is a clue!" ”

As soon as Xing Shangzhi heard this, he immediately came to his senses, this was the best thing he had heard in the past two days. Standing up suddenly, he didn't even bother to drink the wine, and said directly: "What clue?" Say it! ”

"Lord Hui, there is a monk in a temple in the west, and he has come to report secretly."

Chao Lian hurriedly said: "This temple is called Lanruo Temple, and it is not very big in itself, but it is very strange these days, there is a big family to do things. But this Lanruo Temple usually doesn't give people to do things. ”

"The little monk originally thought it was strange, but he didn't take it to heart, on the day of Lord Pi's assassination, these people were gone, and it is said that although the ritual is still being done, there are a lot fewer people."

"Later, although some came back, but there were a lot of fewer people, and the little monk felt that something was wrong, so he found our Jinyiwei."

Xing Shangzhi slapped the table and said loudly: "God help me, order all the people, let's go to this Lanruo Temple." Just as he wanted to go out, Xing Shangzhi said again: "I'll go to Lord Wang's side!" ”

Although it was already dark, Wang Yongji was still asleep, and when he heard his subordinates say that Xing Shangzhi was coming, he directly let him in.

Xing Shangzhi's face was overjoyed, and after seeing Wang Yongji, he couldn't wait to say, "Lord Wang, we have found those assassins!" Speaking of this, Xing Shangzhi told the matter as it was.

Listening to Xing Shangzhi's words, Wang Yongji's heart moved, these people in Lanruo Temple must have ghosts.

It's hard to say whether it was the murderer of Pigan or not, but if it was, it would be great. Wang Yongji nodded directly and said, "Let's go, let's go to Lanruo Temple!" ”

Whether the other party is an assassin or not, it is a must to check it out.

The Jinyi Guard and the Qincha Guard had already been prepared, and they rushed towards Lanruo Temple.

Since the assassination incident, there are no pedestrians on the street when it gets dark, and Lanruo Temple has naturally been affected, and the incense has not been very good in the past two days, and when Wang Yongji and Xing Shangzhi came, Lanruo Temple was already closed.

"Come on, fence up!" Xing Shangzhi pressed the knife on his waist and said with a cold face.

With Xing Shangzhi's order, the Jinyi Guard and the Qincha Guard quickly surrounded Lanruo Temple.

Glancing at Chao Lian beside him, Xing Shangzhi said directly: "Go in, open the door!" ”

Jin Yiwei worked in pairs, one stood under the wall and bent his knees, his hands crossed in front of his abdomen, and the other stepped on the person's hands, climbed directly onto the wall, and then jumped in, and then opened the temple door from the inside.

"Rush in, search!"

Xing Shangzhi waved his hand, and Jinyi Wei rushed in like a wolf.

The monks in the temple were still doing evening classes, and they didn't know what was going on, and the Jinyi guard had already rushed in like a wolf. Seeing the sword in Jinyiwei's hand, he was immediately startled, and he didn't dare to move.

An old monk walked out and stood at the door of the main hall, looking at Xing Shangzhi and Wang Yongji who walked in.

"Amitabha!" The old monk bowed down and recited the Buddha's name, and said, "I don't know what happened when the adults rushed into the temple with people at night?" ”

Wang Yongji glanced at the old monk, then bowed down and said: "I really have to have a last resort to visit at night, and I ask the master to forgive me." The official received a secret report that there was a group of thieves hiding in the temple and came to arrest him. ”

Without waiting for the old monk to answer, there was already a shout of killing behind him, and the old monk's face suddenly changed greatly.

Xing Shangzhi instantly became excited, and said loudly to the people around him: "Follow me!" With that, he rushed back.

Wang Yongji glanced at the Qincha guards who came to report the news, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"My lord, as soon as we arrived in the backyard, a group of thieves spotted us, and when they saw us, they ran, and then more thieves rushed out of the yard. They all had knives and bows and arrows in their hands. ”

The guard said excitedly: "My lord, this time we caught a big fish!" ”

Wang Yongji nodded, and then said, "Look at these monks! After saying this, Wang Yongji also led the people to the back.

"My lord, there is still danger ahead, so it is better to wait here!"

The attendant reminded.

Wang Yongji shook his head, and said with a serious face: "Then I have to go and see, I can't let you fight in front, I hide behind, that's not my way of being an official, let alone my way of being a person." ”

Although Wang Yongji said so, when he came to the back, the battle here was already over.

The smell of blood was permeating, many people were wounded, and the brocade guards were carrying the corpses out. Wang Yongji frowned when he saw this scene, all those assassins were dead last time, and a few of them committed suicide.

This time, there are dead people here, won't there still be no living mouths?

At this time, Wang Yongji saw Xing Shangzhi, followed by two people who were pressed behind him, Wang Yongji's eyes lit up, there was a living mouth!

Xing Shangzhi laughed and walked to Wang Yongji's side, and said with a smile: "My lord, this time we really found the right place, these people used the same knife as the one who assassinated Lord Pi, it can be concluded that they are a group." ”

"These two people are the ones we caught, this is the steward of the Chai family, and this one is the people of those assassins."

Wang Yongji frowned when he heard Xing Shangzhi's words, people from the Chai family? Could it be that the assassination is really related to the Chai family?

The butler pounced on him at this time, and said with tears in his eyes: "My lord, I have been wronged! I don't care about these people! The Chai family has nothing to do with this matter! I don't know who they are! ”

"I don't know them, I don't know what they do!"

Before Wang Yongji could speak, Xing Shangzhi kicked him to the ground with a kick, and said loudly: "At this time, you still dare to lie, when I just went in, you were drinking with that leader!" ”

A captain of the brocade guard came over and said loudly, "My lord, I found the letter and the silver!" ”

Xing Shangzhi took the letter, opened it and looked at it, and said with a laugh: "Okay, this time the evidence is conclusive!" As he spoke, he handed the letter to Wang Yongji, laughed and said, "Lord Wang, look at it! ”

After taking the letter and looking at it, Wang Yongji frowned, this was actually a contract.

The two parties who signed the agreement were Chai Zhen of the Chai family and a person named Chen Liang, and the above did not say anything about killing, but said that Chen Liang did something for the Chai family, and then the Chai family paid Chen Liang 100,000 taels of silver.

I didn't say anything specifically, but there was Chai Zhen's seal underneath.

After Wang Yongji read the letter, the expression on his face became solemn, and he looked around, Wang Yongji felt that there was weirdness everywhere! glanced at the person who was pressed next to the housekeeper of the Chai family.

This is a man in his thirties, kneeling on the ground with dull eyes.

He was also wearing the finest silk of Jiangnan, and he looked like a pampered person.

"What's your name? What do you do for a living? Where? Wang Yongji asked slowly.

The man didn't speak, Xing Shangzhi on the side kicked the man on the heel, and the man raised his head blankly, as if he had only come back to his senses at this time. Lying on the ground and crying, he kowtowed to the king.

"Adults, little ones don't know anything! There's no small thing here! ”

Wang Yongji sighed, turned his head to Xing Shangzhi and said, "Master Xing, take it back and interrogate it well, don't let people die." ”

Xing Shangzhi clasped his hands excitedly, laughed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Wang, there will be no problem for us Jinyi Wei to do this." With a wave of his hand, he pressed the two of them down.

"Lord Wang, what about the Chai family? Now that the incident at the east window of the Chai family has happened, don't let them run away! When the two of them were pressed down, Xing Shangzhi said to Wang Yongji: "It's better to let Jinyiwei take care of the Chai family!" ”

Thinking of Jinyiwei rushing into Chai's house, Wang Yongji shook his head, once Jinyiwei entered Chai's house, the matter would be big.

"No, the Chai family is one of the top gentry in the local area, and they can't move without tangible evidence." Wang Yongji shook his head directly.