Chapter 90: Murder and Silence
Ren Hongfei took Ye Hanqing into the West Wing like a leisurely stroll, and along the way, both of them strongly suppressed their excitement, and stood in the courtyard for a while before calming down a little.
Shen Wenshan in the room had been loosened, he was sitting on a stool with trembling legs, his left hand was wrapped in a bloodstained white towel, his face was still in cold sweat, and he had to hold back desperately, not daring to moan.
Seeing Ren Hongfei and Ye Hanqing coming in, Han Benyong waved his hand to Li Siqi, and Li Siqi walked out with interest and closed the door.
Ren Hongfei slowly walked to sit down opposite Shen Wenshan, looked at Shen Wenshan with a smile for a while, and said lightly: "Mr. Shen has suffered, my subordinates are all rough people, please forgive Mr. Shen." ”
Shen Wenshan looked at Ren Hongfei who was smiling, and couldn't help but tremble, as if he saw a poisonous snake that was spitting out letters to him, Shen Wenshan hurriedly said: "No, no, it's the villain who doesn't know how to lift, the adult asks questions, the villain must tell the truth, if there is half a lie, the sky will not be able to die if the sky thunders." ”
Han Benyong suddenly stood up and said, "His Royal Highness King Xin, the villain will go outside for a while." ”
Ren Hongfei looked at Han Benyong, nodded with a smile, Han Benyong walked out with a sigh of relief, Han Benyong understood very well that the less he knew about this kind of confidential matter, the better.
After Han Benyong left, Ren Hongfei smiled and got straight to the point: "Mr. Shen, where is your ancestor's cornucopia now?" ”
Shen Wenshan replied: "Lord Qiyu, the cornucopia on the ancestor was taken away by Emperor Taizu and buried under the treasure gate in Nanjing. ”
Ren Hongfei and Ye Hanqing were stunned, glanced at each other, Jubaomen and they both knew that it was the current Nanjing Zhonghua Gate, which was renamed in 1931 in the 20th year of the Republic of China, and it was the largest existing city gate, known as "the first urn city in the world".
Ren Hongfei asked strangely, "How can it be buried there?" ”
Shen Wenshan said: "When Emperor Taizu established Nanjing City, when building the Jubaomen City Gate Tower, an accident happened, and the foundation suddenly sank when the City Gate Tower was halfway built, so that the entire City Gate Tower collapsed. Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, so he asked Liu Bowen to calculate that Liu Bowen was ordered by the Taishi at that time, Liu Bowen said that there were monsters under the city gate that ate soil and city wall bricks, and a cornucopia needed to be buried under the city gate to suppress it. After collecting the cornucopia, it was buried under the soil layer in the middle of the city gate. Then a miracle happened, the foundation of the city gate did not sink again, ensuring that the city wall did not collapse again, and Emperor Taizu did not intend to return it, so the cornucopia has been buried under the cornucopia. ”
After listening to this, Ren Hongfei looked at Ye Hanqing again, and Ren Hongfei asked, "Hanqing, do you think what he said is credible?" ”
Ye Hanqing shook his head: "If you don't believe it, it's like a fantasy, I think I have to put a few more nails on his fingers." ”
Shen Wenshan hurriedly said: "This is a later legend, when the cornucopia was borrowed by Emperor Taizu and its whereabouts were unknown, the ancestor Wan Sangong inquired around but there was no result, and finally bribed Li Shanchang, the first celebrity under Emperor Taizu, to know the truth." ”
Ren Hongfei and Ye Hanqing hurriedly leaned forward and asked, "What truth?" ”
Shen Wenshan said: "Liu Bowen is well versed in the art of public opinion, and when he built Nanjing City, he said to Emperor Taizu that Jingshi, as the leading place in the world, needs to be buried to the treasure to ensure that the Ming Dynasty will not fall for thousands of years." After several important ministers in the court discussed, I finally chose my cornucopia, after Emperor Taizu borrowed it, he ordered his henchmen to be secretly buried under the city gate in the middle of the night. But later, the legend of the treasure gate reached the ears of Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizu was furious, thinking that my family must have leaked the news, so he suppressed my family ancestor several times, so there was the decline of our family later. ”
Ren Hongfei nodded after listening: "Well, this time it's much more credible, Liu Bowen's skills are indeed worthy of his reputation, it seems that it should be his idea." ”
Ren Hongfei smiled: "You refused to tell the truth at first, because you were afraid that we were deliberately tested by the government?" ”
Shen Wenshan said: "Our family is already a frightened bird, if there is any more accidents, I am afraid that there will be no successor, and such a confidential event related to the fortune of the country, the villain is not a last resort, I really dare not divulge it, and please let the prince Mingjian, the villain is honest, please let the villain live." ”
Ren Hongfei said: "Mr. Shen, don't worry, if it is true, I will not embarrass Mr. Shen, may I ask Mr. Shen what other things do you know about the cornucopia?" Or do you have anything else in your house about the cornucopia? ”
Shen Wenshan hesitated for a moment, and finally told the plate: "My family still has a portrait of a cornucopia, which is in the wooden box under my bed, as long as you let go of the villain, the villain will be presented to the prince immediately." ”
Ren Hongfei hurriedly asked: "What does the cornucopia on the painting look like?" ”
Shen Wenshan said: "It looks like a rectangular tripod, about five feet high and eight feet long, with some strange patterns cast, and a few small rods, gears, switches, and other things on it. ”
Ren Hongfei's excited right hand into a fist and his left hand slammed into each other, and said in a trembling voice: "Sure enough, it's a Pisces jade pendant, it's great." ”
Ye Hanqing suddenly stood up when he heard this: "Really? Really, Hongfei, is it really a Pisces jade pendant? ”
Ren Hongfei nodded: "The shape of the Pisces jade pendant described in that top-secret record is very similar to the cornucopia that Mr. Shen said. ”
Ye Hanqing sat down in a daze, and muttered, "Finally, I finally see hope." ”
As soon as Ren Hongfei shot Ye Hanqing, Ye Hanqing was excited, looked at Ren Hongfei and wondered: "What's wrong?" ”
Ren Hongfei said: "Think of a way to dig out the cornucopia." ”
Ye Hanqing hesitated: "It's not easy to do, Jubaomen is the main gate of Nanjing City, and it is guarded by soldiers day and night for three hundred and sixty-five days a year." ”
Shen Wenshan was shocked when he heard this: "You want to dig out the cornucopia?" Liu Bowen once said that Nanjing is the leader of the Ming Dynasty, and the cornucopia is the finishing touch of the dragon. Aren't you a prince, how can you ......?"
Ren Hongfei Huo Ran raised his head, and looked at Shen Wenshan with cold and cold eyes, originally Ren Hongfei wanted to keep him alive for a few days, and wait until the Pisces jade pendant was in his hands to confirm that it was correct, and then kill him, but now it seems that this person knows too much, and his words are too mixed, and he can't stay for a day!