Chapter 149: Black Hands (Part 2)
(Thanks to Dameng, Chubby, Xathena)
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Zhang Fang sat on the left, behind him was a group of servants, the most eye-catching was naturally the murderous man Xiong Ayan, no one could help but take a few looks, but they didn't dare to look more, let alone touch the reddened beast pupils.
At the top of the head sat Zhai Guang, the commander of Yumen Pass, on the left side sat engaged in Lu An, and on the right side sat Sima, Fake Sima, Changshi, Zhu Bo and other Yumen Pass officials.
Under the lobby, there was a corpse lying horizontally, it was the city gate Cheng Xu Jing. The tragedy of his death made many colleagues shudder. Behind the corpse, there was a row of people related to the matter: Elder Wu, the three sons of the Sui, the cell head, the prison guard, and the four dejected treasury officials.
At this time, the lobby was echoing with the pestle's report: "...... After checking the remnants of the yokan and Xu Cheng's vomit residue, it has been confirmed that it is the poison of aconite. ”
The hall was solemn, and after a while, the voice of Zhai Guang, the governor of Guandu, sounded: "In this way, the result is obvious, it is Xu Cheng who instigated the four officials to murder Zhang Gongzi with the poison of aconite. Such vicious methods are outrageous, Zhang Gongzi ordered the servants to kill him, and Xu Cheng took the blame for himself. Someone is coming, and the four officials are put in prison......"
"Zhai Wei, please wait a moment." Zhang slowed down and spoke slowly, his gaze swept over Lu An's face, and he said lightly, "Before Xu Jing died, he confessed what happened, and someone bought the murderer, I hope this person can give me an explanation." ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, Lu An was restless, and sweat oozed from his forehead on a cold day.
Yumen Pass Sima was filled with indignation, and took the case: "Who is so bold and dares to assassinate the nobles of the imperial court, we must investigate it to the end and never let it go!" ”
Zhang Fang got up and arched his hand and said, "Thank you Sima for speaking outright, I want to talk to Lu Cheng privately about this matter, can I?" ”
Lew engaged! How do you have anything to do with him? Everyone's eyes fell on Lu An.
Lu An pinched a cold sweat, arched his hand again and again, full of gratitude, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, I'...... I would like to talk to my son. ”
In the back room, the charcoal fire was raging, isolating the cold outside the house, and only Zhang Fang and Lu An were facing each other inside.
Zhang Fang sat upright, calm and calm. Lu An, on the other hand, was annoyed and self-pitying.
At this moment, Lu An was holding an unfolded scroll in his hand, and he regretted it - if he had seen this earlier, he would not have made things out of control.
This is exactly the book of Guan citation that Xu Jing used as evidence to prove Zhang Fang's origin. At that time, Lu An was already half drunk, and the information provided by Xu Jing was enough to prove it, so he didn't read it carefully. And now he saw it, regretted it, and wanted to slap himself twice......
The column of the book is clearly written: "Chang'an Qili Fang Lu right". What is Qili? Those border officials who have never been to Chang'an in their lives do not know about it, but how can he not know about it when he goes to Beijing every year to report on his work and has a local supervision envoy who has a department? Beique Jiadi, who is qualified to live here, which one is an idle person? His mother's who was afraid of life went to trouble such a person! But...... God knows, there will be a son who runs out of the gate, what is this called!
Zhang Fang didn't speak, just looked at Lu An with a smile on his face, and the latter was furious in his heart, and had to bite the bullet and say the reason: "Well, that's the case...... When I received the official letter...... Well, a man who called himself Jia Ren came to me and said that he was willing to pay 100 gold and take the life of one person. If I take someone's life for no reason, I naturally won't do it. But the person who came said that this person mixed into the Western Expedition and participated in the counter-move, which is one of the rebels I was ordered to arrest this time, and it can be handled easily, which is a good thing for both public and private affairs...... Zhang Gongzi, I really don't know it's you! Otherwise, you won't be able to do ......."
Zhang Fang nodded with a smile and said gently: "Yes, yes, I understand." That 'Jia Ren' means dummy, and 100 gold...... Hehe, the son of the Hou family of Fuping, why is it a daughter? Zhang Fang really understands, he doesn't need hypnosis to know that the other party is telling the truth. If you know his true identity, you still dare to kill him, how crazy does this be? And this Lu An doesn't look like a psychopath at all - for this, the former psychiatrist Zhang Fang has the absolute authority to discern this.
Lu An didn't expect this young man to be so easy to speak, and his heart gradually calmed down, and he spoke more and more fluently: "Yes, yes, it's still a smart son, that bastard uses a fake name, and he has a hundred gold...... Isn't the son more than ten thousand gold...... Uh, no, no, it's not easy to ...... Childe's money."
Zhang Fang raised his hand to interrupt and said with a smile: "I want to know, where is this person now?" ”
Lu An smiled bitterly: "The lower officials didn't know this person, and they also checked it afterwards, but they found nothing." ”
Zhang Fang smiled, and his eyes were like a cone: "Won't it?" If you can't contact him, how will you get paid? ”
Lu An began to wipe his sweat: "He directly put down the fifty gold and left, saying that if he can do it, he will give the other half, even if he can't do it, the fifty gold should be given to me...... Cough, the lower officials are confused! ”
Zhang Fang stared at the other party's eyes seriously for a while, nodded slowly, and believed the other party's statement. Zhang Fang now found that sometimes he didn't need to use such drastic means as soul piercing, and when he stared at the other party's eyes at close range, he could judge whether what the other party said was true or false, maybe it was a derivative ability of forced hypnosis. However, it is only limited to judging the authenticity, as for if it is fake, what is the fake method, and what is the truth, you have to use a big move.
Zhang Fang smiled and said, "So generous! Fifty gold, counting as a deposit, no matter whether it is successful or not, it will not be returned. I guess that's hush money. ”
Lu An bowed his head and said in a trembling voice: "The lower official is willing to give fifty gold to the prince, and ask the prince to forgive the crime of disrespect to the lower official......"
Zhang Fang didn't say anything, just stared at Lu An like that. On a cold day, Lu An's forehead was oozing with beads of sweat, his back was wet, and he knocked heavily on the ground.
"The crime of murdering the son of the world, I don't need to say it, you also know how heavy it is."
"Yes, yes, the lower officials are deeply guilty."
"Don't say I won't give you a chance - if I want to spare you, you'll have to make up for it."
"Xiaguan...... I am willing to make amends. Lu An raised his head slightly, as if he had realized, "Childe's meaning...... Yes, yes, this person has such sinister intentions, and he dares to plot against his son, and his sin is unforgivable! Gongzi is relieved, and the lower officials will definitely arrest this person. ”
"Very well, then I'll wait for your good news." Zhang Fang slowly stood up and said lightly, "You can keep the fifty gold." I don't have time to wait here for the result, if I get something, I can send someone to Chang'an. ”
Under Lu An's repeated gratitude, Zhang Fang opened the door and stepped into the atrium, looking at the snow in the sky, and spit out a long mouthful of white mist.
I really didn't expect that in addition to Shi Rong, there were people who wanted to put him to death. I can't help but sigh, this body is really not in vain, God is really fair. Although he got a good skin and a good background, he was burdened with many crises like fascination - how much price did he have to pay for this young marquis of Fuping, who made enemies on all sides?
Well, let's go back to Chang'an as soon as possible. At that time, no matter what kind of cold arrows and dark arrows are, they will turn into open swords and open guns.
Whoever you are, go face to face for twelve rounds! (To be continued.) )