Zhu Shangshu discussed, and asked Heji to go to the fifth school camp, on the one hand, to calm the situation, and on the other hand, to investigate the cause of the matter. He Ji couldn't shirk in every possible way - he entered the province the latest, so he was ranked the lowest, and there was originally a low-born Yin Qiao who could step on two feet, but unfortunately Yin Qiao went out of the city to Gong County - he had to make a bitter face, and first summoned more than 100 people from his own family, relatives, friends, and domestic slaves, and dozens of Shangshu officials to follow and protect, and delayed until it was close to noon, before he went to the fifth school camp tremblingly.

Before entering the gate, he smelled a bloody breath, and saw corpses everywhere, and the monk book surged in five on the spot, and directly helped the car Shi to vomit to the ground. He did not dare to enter the camp, so he only set up a seat in a leeward place nearby, sent people from all over the place to summon the fugitive soldiers of the five colonels, and strictly interrogated them to investigate the specific course and cause of the incident.

Although the five schools were scattered, fortunately, the specific roster was also filed in Shangshu Province, and they successively found all those who had family members or relatives in the city, and asked them to assist in searching for the remnants. However, in addition to the forbidden people in the Suwei Palace, there are still two or three thousand five school soldiers, and there are only a few dozens of Shangshu Lingshi, how can they take care of it? It was busy until dark, and only more than 1,000 people gathered.

The little official came to ask the monk for instructions, these people, do you want to interrogate them personally? He Ji waved his hand in annoyance: "Such a chorus, how can I do it personally?" If you get the murderer, you can tie me up again. ”

The little official bowed down to receive the order, and after going down, he whispered to his colleague Zhang Qi: "The monk really refused to ignore it, and ordered me to wait for interrogation." Zhang Qi nodded, and said with a slight smile: "How to ask, you have a good idea, right?" The little official nodded again and again: "We will all live up to expectations." ”

The sky gradually darkened, and people came to say that the corpses in the fifth school camp had been disposed of, and the blood stains were washed away with clean water, and the government office was also cleaned, and Shangshu was respectfully invited to settle in. He Jiben didn't want to be here for a long time, and just after getting off work, he planned to give a few words, and then returned to his house to rest. However, Xun Di sent envoys almost twice a day, and asked him what the result of the interrogation was, so he did not dare to leave, so he had to pinch his nose and enter the camp, and ordered someone to fetch bedding and supper from home-"Ben Shangshu sits here, and you will carefully examine this case overnight, if there is no result, Ben Shangshu will never return!" ”

As a result, after a whole night of interrogation, the officials all had black circles under their eyes and dry lips, but in the end they found nothing.

Who sent the arrow and shot Pei Pi? It seems to be an invisible person, anyway, none of the soldiers of the Five Colonels who have returned so far know about it, and no one can provide any useful clues - anyway, the result of the interrogation is like this. After He Ji got up the next morning, Zhang Qi came to report and presented a thick stack of interrogation records, saying:

"The murderer who sent arrows to assassinate Pei Youwei should be lined up behind the formation of the five school soldiers, so no one knows who he is. And the five schools are scattered, and those who are still stranded outside and do not return, five or six out of ten, the murderer will also know that the crime cannot be punished, and he should have fled without a trace - the last officials and others are incompetent and fail to ask the truth, and I implore Shangshu to punish him. ”

He Ji was furious, slapped a few cases with his hands, and scolded Zhang Qi on the spot, but when the scolding was over, he asked Zhang Qi instead: "What will I do today?" How do you explain to the right guard? ”

Zhang Qi lifted his sleeves, wiped the spit on his face, and replied slowly: "If I think about it, if it is said that this matter is purely accidental, but the five school soldiers were frightened and mistakenly sent arrows to Pei Youwei, then the right guard will not believe it; If the murderer is said to have fled without a trace, the right guard will not give up......"

Heji said that this is not nonsense - "Then what should I do?" ”

Zhang Qi said: "It is better to infer that it is the spy of the thief, who sneaked into Luoyang in advance, trying to create chaos, in order to echo the crime of the soldiers, and it has been detected by me, but he resisted arrest and was killed - that is, he killed two or three people to blame, maybe he can get away with it." ”

He Ji nodded again and again: "This plan is very good-you can go down and quickly kill three...... The heads of the four came to see me. After a pause, he hurriedly said: "You don't have to come to see me, fabricate a confession of these four people, and dedicate your head to the right guard." If this matter is done well, I will ensure that you will be promoted to Shang Shulang within the age of three! ”

Zhang Qi took the order and left, and before he left the yamen, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and said to himself: "Such a scheming person, just because of his high background, he actually got to be a scholar, but we and others have sunk into subordinates...... This day is unfair! ”

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On the other hand, Zuna went to the palace by car, on the one hand, to inform Emperor Sima Ye of the news of the incident - although it is estimated that Mingda has already reported it, but as a representative of Shangshu Province, he must go through the procedure again, and by the way, he also affirms the attitude of the province - on the other hand, he searches for the perpetrator Mingda.

However, he was blocked in front of the palace gate, and the guards explained that there was an order, and no one was allowed to enter the palace. Zu Shiyan jumped on the spot: "A lieutenant official, how dare you isolate the monarch and ministers?" Mingda is afraid of his crimes, can't he plan to cause chaos?! ”

He shouted at the guards, asking the other party to enter the palace as soon as possible to report. The guards went to touch the time of a meal, Zu Nadu was almost impatient, the palace gate was only slightly opened, and a lieutenant raised his voice: "Your Majesty has an order, Xuanzu Shangshu has entered the palace." ”

Zuna abandoned the car, walked into the palace, and after walking a short distance, he saw Zhu Fei standing at the bottom of the steps, bent like a shrimp, and was deeply moved. Zuna asked in a deep voice, "Your Majesty is here?" Zhu Fei took two steps forward, arched his hands and said, "Your Majesty already knows everything about the things in the camp of the five schools. His Majesty was deeply ashamed of the calamity, but ordered me to inquire into Shangshu - what are the regulations of the province in this regard? ”

Zuna replied coldly: "The only way to tie up Mingda, capture the murderer, and escort him to the right guard, the great trouble may be able to take a break." ”

Zhu Fei said with a heavy face: "Shangshu also knows that Mingda is an old minister of His Majesty's palace, and he has always been loyal and respectful, and His Majesty also loves him deeply. Although the chaos caused by incompetence is not his original intention, His Majesty really can't bear to be humiliated by the soldiers......"

Zu Na sharply interrupted Zhu Fei's words and scolded: "The five schools plotted to kill the national general, how do you know that it was not instructed by Mingda? If you can't be restrained, I'm afraid it will be a burden on the heavenly family! Zhu Jun also knows the book, don't you know this reason?! ”

Zhu Fei looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "Shangshu is mistaken, if Mingda is sent to the right guard, I am afraid that it will affect the heavenly family!" ”

Zuna was stunned and said, "What is the reason? ”

Zhu Fei said: "Mingda pleaded guilty to His Majesty, elaborated on the commission, and drained his liver and gall, which is really harmless, mostly because His Majesty has no way, and even this." However, if the right guard is restrained, how can they be willing to kill by mistake? If you have to ask for the mastermind and fabricate a confession, I am afraid that Xiang Zhuang will dance the sword...... The recent situation, Shangshu will not be unobserved, right? ”

When Zuna heard this, his eyes widened on the spot, and his mouth opened, but he couldn't say a word for a long time. Finally, he calmed down his emotions, hurriedly turned his face away, coughed phlegm, cleared his throat, and then turned his head to Zhu Fei and said: "In this way, I will bind Mingda to enter the province first, interrogate it truthfully, and then send it to the right guard." ”

Zhu Fei smiled bitterly: "It's the same way." If the right guard is unwilling to 'kill by mistake', or does not believe in the judgment of the province, it will eventually affect not only the Heavenly Family, but also all the scholars......"

Zuna was a little flustered, and hurriedly asked: "Since Zhu Jun said so, there must be a countermeasure?" ”

Zhu Fei bowed his head and said: "Only the dead will never be falsely accused." After a pause, he said: "I can't hide it, Mingda is afraid of disaster to the heavenly family, and he has already killed himself, Shangshu can return with his head, and his confession will be sent to the five schools ......."

Zunaton said, "It's dead...... Of course, the dead will not be false, but who will believe the words of the dead? ”

Zhu Fei said with a bitter face: "It's just the lesser of two evils, what's the plan?" In fact, he persuaded him to commit suicide for another reason, that is, after working together for many years, he really couldn't bear to fall into the hands of his colleagues, not only to be tortured and humiliated, but also to die extremely miserably......

In the troubled times, the martial arts are tyrannical, and the soldiers are not restrained, what a cruel thing can be done. Zhu Fei still remembers the fate of Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, - he was first imprisoned in Jinyong City, and then Zhang Fang entered Jinyong and "collected him...... Kill it...... The vassal king is still like this, but what about a small lieutenant?

It's better to wipe your neck directly, and come back more comfortably, I hope that as Master Jiyou said, there is still an afterlife, and you can give birth to a good family...... No, you have to support yourself in the peaceful world.

Zuna had no choice but to agree with what Zhu Fei said, so Zhu Fei immediately called a little eunuch to come, holding a wooden box containing the head of Mingda, and let him out of the palace - Your Majesty, you don't have to see it, hurry up and send it to the right guard, and make this matter the most important!

Seeing Zuna's back gradually drifting away, and his back was rickety, as if he was overwhelmed, Zhu Fei couldn't help but let out a long sigh, quite sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

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Mingda's head was sent to the west gate of Luoyang in the afternoon of the same day. Pei Pi is dead, on the surface, his subordinate Yu Bao commands the right guard army - Pei Xu and Wang Gong are naturally not suitable to show up, and they are not qualified to take charge of their positions - this Yu Bao is also filial and honest, and he is knowledgeable, but at the instigation of Wang Gong, he deliberately pretended to be a big old man, and refused to talk to Zuna with his neck, just stood at the head of the city, said hello from afar, and ordered the head of Mingda to come in.

At this time, Pei Xu had already come back to his senses, and thinking about the events before and after, he couldn't help but have doubts. But he held back and didn't ask Wang Gong about it, the two just gathered together to discuss the plan of action after that. Wang Gong said: "This is a heaven-sent opportunity, which can promote the great Sima Shangluo." At this time, we must be calm, control the West Gate, no matter what the court does, ignore it and don't believe it. ”

Therefore, after Mingda's head was sent in, the Right Guard army remained at the West Gate as if nothing had happened, and did not disperse. Zuna repeatedly urged, saying that he wanted to meet General Yu to discuss, but the sergeant only replied: "Fang inspected the head, and there is no time to see Shangshu - and although the eunuch conferred the head, where is the murderer who released the arrow?" ”

The head of the "murderer" will not be sent to the west gate until the afternoon of the next day. The presenter was Shang Shuling Shi Zhangqi, whose status was far inferior to Zuna, so he didn't dare to say that he wanted to meet General Yu, so he could only stand in front of the camp with his hands arched and wait for a reply. It wasn't until the red sun fell that a sergeant came out of the camp, pointed at Zhang Qi's nose and scolded:

"You can return to tell Zhu Shangshu that the general of my family was killed in Luoyang City, and it must not be the dare of the little eunuch, there should be a hidden secret in this matter, and I am afraid that there is a mastermind! Send a few dead heads, and two vague confessions, and then plan to blame? How can you calm the hearts of the armies?! ”

Zhang Qi raised his head, glanced behind the sergeant, and saw Wang Gong hiding in the camp, greeting him from afar. Then he asked aloud: "This matter is indeed as contained in the confession, it was the work of the thief's spies, who knew the facts and did not know what was going on, and because they were guilty of the crime of being unfavorable, and the spies were all killed, how can it be false?" Where did the secret come from, mastermind? ”

He was purely playing on the spot, and Wang Gong couldn't help but smile.

The sergeant shouted: "Since the spy resisted arrest and was killed, how can he have a confession?" If you have a confession, how can you not lead your life to this? Thou and I are all coarse, don't you know the cunning of officials?! Quickly return to the book, don't blame, strictly arrest the murderer, and the mastermind behind it, so that the army can feel at ease! ”

Zhang Qi pretended to be frightened and jumped away with his head in his arms. He ran back to Shangshu Province to report, Xun Di couldn't help but be furious: "Just send a few pawns over, why do you have to fabricate a confession?!" The corner of Zhang Qi's eyes glanced obliquely: "This is the order of the monk...... Xun Di is really angry, and the halberd refers to Heji: "You ...... Monarch...... It's a big mistake! ”

He Ji said with a bitter face: "The five school guards are scattered, in fact, it is difficult to arrest, and the murderer will also escape, where do you dare to show up?" Jishi is incompetent, and I hope that Xun Gong will be able to shoulder this heavy responsibility. ”

Xun Di glanced left and right, and saw Zu Na hanging his head, Chu Yu looking at the sky, and Deng Yu looking left and right, these two of them didn't plan to carry the burden. Liang Yun stood up and said: "It's better for Yu Yun to go to the fifth school camp and re-handle the case." However, Xun Di was worried that Liang Yun belonged to the Western Party, and he was afraid that he would not be honest about it, so in the end, he was a little bit Deng You: "Bo Dao is always wise, and this matter must rely on Yu Jun." ”

Deng Bodao was known for his filial piety as a young man, and he grew up to be a literary person, although he was dyed with the style of talking, but he was trapped in karma, and he fled to Li Ju and Zu Ti, and theoretically he was still a person who had courage and was willing to do things. After entering the book, he was influenced by Xun Di, Liang Yun and others, and gradually reverted to his old state, and sat down again to talk, but when he encountered such a major event, he reverted to Xun Di and directly ordered the general, but he did not dare not to focus on the spirit of the twelve, to investigate the cause of the matter in detail.

To tell the truth, if the first order is Deng You, even if for various reasons, he can't understand the truth, he will not be as absurd as Heji. However, after a trial with Ji, those who should be asked, or those who can be asked, have also been asked, and the confessions that can be taken or should be taken have also been obtained, unless Deng Bodao is the famous Detective Conan, there is really no more information to be found. Especially with more than 1,000 soldiers of the five schools, where can Deng You ask alone? In the end, it is necessary to rely on Zhang Qi and other officials......

So the matter froze here, for two days, the interrogation made no progress, and the right guard always held on to the west gate. Xun Di personally went to see the sick Bian Yan and asked him to help him go to the West Gate to persuade the right guard general. However, before Bian Wangzhi boarded the car, Wang Gong got the news and urgently ordered all the old people in Xuzhou among the generals to withdraw to the gatehouse, and all the recruits who stayed in front of the camp were recruited by Pei Pi in Henan. These recruits don't sell the face of the assassination of Xuzhou, close the camp gate, and never pay attention. was so angry that Bian Wangzhi fainted, and was sent back to his home......