Chapter 97: Cunning as a Fox 2
The most important thing now is that they are not sure whether the prostitute has been killed by Wang Qi.
However, Zhang Ru estimated that the prostitute was not dead, and if he did, Wang Gongzi would not say that the prostitute was waiting for Wang Qi in the study at this time.
The two crept in the direction of the study.
Generally speaking, the study is not too big, just a place for personal contemplation and writing letters and reading books, but Wang Qi's study opened Zhang Ru's eyes.
When I got closer, I learned that the mansion the size of four or five ordinary houses was within the scope of Wang Qi's study. Because around here, there are at least fifty kung fu masters patrolling.
It is not an exaggeration to say that five steps and one sentry and ten steps and one post, basically every guard can clearly see the location of the people around him. If someone sneaks in, just knock one down, and the other not far away will immediately spot it and warn you. Unless the person who comes is an immortal, he can easily stun or kill dozens of people at the same time.
Seeing such a battle, Zhang Ru became more and more curious about this Wang Qiyuan.
Before he had an official position, his understanding of court officials was that of several scholars in the cabinet. The second is the officials of the Wantong family. After becoming the general of the Nine Sides Patrol, he took a cursory look at the information of the six senior members from the Jinyi Guard, and he didn't pay much attention to Wang Qi.
The information shows that Wang Qi is a student of Shoufu Wan'an, and he should not exist in the world in the eighth year of Chenghua, Zhang Ru didn't care much at that time, thinking that it was the little wings he crossed that flickered, so that Wang Qi did not die.
However, Wang Qi, who is now seventy-one years old, has long reached the age of Zhishi, why is he still standing tall in the court?
In February of the eighth year of Chenghua, Wang Qi fell seriously ill, and his gray hair turned black overnight, and there was a tendency to live younger and younger. Could it be that this Wang Hammer has really become a rejuvenating old monster? If this is the case, what is the ulterior motive of this Wang Yi who still lives in the temple at the age of seventy-one?
While thinking, his heart was like a cat's paw, Zhang Ru wanted to enter the study of the old Shangshu Wang Qi more and more, and see how many secrets the old guy was hiding in this heavily guarded study.
The two of them were like rats in the night, quietly hibernating, and no one dared to act rashly, for fear that they would startle the snake.
Finally, at the time of the third watch, the guards began to change the guard.
Zhang Ru didn't say hello to Fan Tong either, and when several guards scattered and left, he jumped directly from the roof and hid behind the pillar in a flash.
The moonlight is shining, and the back of this pillar is just a blind spot, they are all wearing night clothes, even if there are guards who walk to the edge of the pillar, if they don't go around behind the pillar, they are afraid that it will be difficult to see Zhang Ru's traces.
Seeing that Zhang Ru went down, Fan Tong was anxious, but helpless.
The best opportunity has already been taken advantage of by Zhang Ru, and he has nothing to do but lie dormant now. You can't jump down with it, and then be discovered by others, and finally expose Zhang Ru's whereabouts.
When he got to the back of the pillar, Zhang Ru was much bolder, climbed up the beam along the pillar, poured his internal strength into the paper on his limbs, and moved forward cautiously a little bit against the beam. If you look up from below, Zhang Ru is now like a big four-legged spider, which looks very funny.
After wasting all his strength, the cold sweat on his body was almost soaking his clothes, and Zhang Ru moved to a position near the gate.
The light inside the door shone through, and a black night robe made it easy for those guards to find out what they were doing, and Zhang Ru did not act rashly.
His ears pricked up, trying to hear something, but there was only a slight buzzing sound from inside, and he couldn't hear a word about the specific content.
At this time, one of the guards yawned, and accidentally saw a large black unidentified object hanging on the beam, and the guard, who was already a little sleepy, was frightened, rubbed his eyes and looked up again. The dark shadow in that position had completely disappeared, as if I had been dazzled before.
He opened his mouth to speak, but the words came to his lips, but he didn't say them.
Now that there is no one in that place, others may not believe it when they say it.
At this moment, Zhang Ru took the opportunity to enter the room.
Speaking of which, this is thanks to Wang Qi's house, generally speaking, other people's houses will never open a few big holes in the door. I don't know what Wang Qi thinks, but above the door of his study, there are several big holes that can get in.
Through this big hole, Zhang Ru successfully entered the room.
The room was large, but the furnishings were very simple, and in the northwest corner was a large table with some books and letters messily placed on the table. On the north side are two Taishi chairs, and in the middle of the Taishi chairs is a small table, which is obviously used by Wang Qi to entertain important guests.
To the south is a small wooden bed with folded futon bedding, and it is clear that the Wangqi Market will rest here.
Other than that, there was nothing else in the room. This made Zhang Ru a little puzzled, just now on the beam outside I heard another buzzing inside, why couldn't I hear anything after coming in, didn't even say anything, there was no one?
He chuckled in his heart: Could this be a trap prepared in advance?
He didn't dare to go down, lying on the beam, his heart pounding.
After waiting for a while, it seemed that the guards outside did not move, and he couldn't help but doubt his previous guess, could it be that there was also a secret room in this place?
Cautiously poking his head out, he carefully examined his surroundings again, and after making sure that there was no danger, he was about to jump off the beam.
Suddenly, a wall on the north side opened without warning.
Two people walked out of the wall, one was naturally Wang Qi, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the other was unexpected, he turned out to be Wan An, the head of the dynasty.
"Brother Guofu, this matter is decided, he will be convicted tomorrow, and then he will be blamed for committing suicide in fear of crime." Wan An said with a smile.
Wang Qi frowned and said: "Xun'an, this matter is careless, although this shaft is not to be feared, there are people behind him to support him, so it is better to be careful." ”
Wan An whispered: "That criminal department prison Cao Man, a small person, kill it, it doesn't hurt." Even Guo Xiao should give up, so as not to get burned. ”
Wang Qi looked around cautiously, and made a silent gesture towards Wan An: "Xun'an, the old man has his own measure in this matter, you go back and tell the princess, just say that the old man will get things done." ”
Looking at it like that, Wang Qi was afraid that someone would overhear their conversation, so he was very careful.
Wan An also saw that he was not very interested in talking, so he had to smile, and then walked out of Wang Qi's study.
Of course, after Wan An left, he just returned to his sedan chair and took a sip: "What is it, relying on the old and selling the old things." This scene is something that Wang Qi can't see.
Wang Hao didn t know that there was a very proper gentleman on the beam of the room, walked to the position of the desk in the northwest corner, frowned, picked up the messy letters, and looked.
After reading it, he brought a brazier, which seemed to be about to burn the new one.
Zhang Ru was in a hurry, turned over and jumped off the beam, and regardless of whether his whereabouts were exposed, he rushed to Wang Qi. Taking advantage of the moment of his surprise, the cold dagger was placed on Wang Hao's neck: "Don't make a sound, otherwise, you will die." ”
The panicked look on Wang Qi's face was fleeting, and he said indifferently: "The old man already knew that you were not dead. ”
Zhang Ru snorted coldly: "Lao Tzu didn't think that you didn't know, that corpse looked seven points similar to Lao Tzu, but it was not so similar that people couldn't see it." ”
Wang Qi sighed lightly: "You came up to my house in the middle of the night, why bother!" It can be known that as long as the old man shouts, the people outside can make you die with ten thousand arrows through your heart. ”
Zhang Ru tightened the dagger in his hand, and the sharp dagger pressed a bloody streak on the loose skin of Wang Qi's neck.
He held down Wang Hao and asked him to sit down before he said: "It's okay, if you are not afraid of death, shout, anyway, I can pull you on your back, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that your people dare to mess around." ”
Wang Qi smiled and said: "This official has lived a long time, and he has already reached the age when he should be buried in the ground. It's a pity that you are so young that you can't think about it. Besides, even if they take care of the life of their own officials, you escape from the prison of the Criminal Department, and then break into the mansion of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department without permission, this lawsuit is in front of Your Majesty, you are afraid that you can take care of it! ”
Zhang Ru glanced at the letter on the table: "With these things, even if I ignore them, I can explain them." ”
Wang Hao's face was very strange: "You are so confident? ”
Without knowing the content of those letters, Zhang Ru could only nod his head, after all, he was afraid that this old guy would cheat.
Wang Qi continued: "These letters are not for ordinary people to read, as long as the people who have read these letters, except for the old man and the letter writer, all of them will die. Now, do you dare to use these letters as bargaining chips? ”
"Don't talk nonsense, what about the prostitute raised by your wretched son? Call him out, Lao Tzu will not kill you. Zhang Ru threatened.
Wang Qi shook his head and said: "I have been studying with the prince all these years, but I haven't read a word of a saint." Speaking so vulgarly, if Old Master Cui is still alive, I am afraid that you will also die of anger as a bad disciple. Do you think that since the old man knows that the corpse is not you, will the old man still leave the messenger? ”
"You." Zhang Ru couldn't help but feel angry.
The old guy seemed to be really not afraid of death, and when he shook his head, he didn't even care that there was a sharp dagger around his neck. On the contrary, he was worried that the dagger would really hurt the old guy, in that case, let alone washing up the grievances, I was afraid that it would be a big problem to get out of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department.
"It's too late to leave now, the old man can pretend that he hasn't seen you." Wang Qi said softly.
Zhang Ru glanced at Wang Qi in surprise, but did not move, it was obvious that he did not intend to let Wang Qi go like this.
After waiting for a while, Wang Qi suddenly shouted: "Come on, catch the assassin!" ”
This voice came a little suddenly, and Zhang Ru didn't even react, and the voice had already come out.