The fans rushed in, and soon there was a shouting and barking of dogs in the temple, Hu Kejian glanced at Wu Mengming, and saw that the commander in charge of the pacification division made the muscles of his cheeks twitch slightly, obviously nervous to the extreme. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Lord Wu!" Hu Kejian smiled slightly: "Presumably the next time the queen and Concubine Tian come to Chongfu Temple for incense, the host will probably have to complain a few words again!" ”

Wu Mengming was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly: "I can't take care of that, I just hope that I can catch those two thieves, find out the truth, and give an explanation to the emperor." ”

"That's what Lord Wu said!"

After a while, the Qianhu escorted a young man wearing only underwear out, Wu Mengming looked at it and hurriedly asked, "Why is there only one person and another person?" ”

"Tell your lordship!" The thousand households hurriedly knelt down and replied: "When I entered the house, I only saw this scholar surnamed Chen, and the other room was empty, and the quilt was still warm, so I guess I haven't run far yet!" ”

"Then what nonsense are you still talking about here, don't chase it quickly!" Wu Mengming was already anxious at this time, he thought he was desperate to survive when he found the clue, but he didn't expect to catch only one, if it wasn't for Hu Kejian next to him, he was afraid that he would have already burst out foul language.

"Yes, sir!" The thousand households also felt that their boss was on the verge of an outburst, and he jumped up quickly and led Fanzi to the temple with two vicious dogs. The scholar, who was still confused, suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Who are you, dare to arrest people indiscriminately, be careful that I tell Zhou Shibo and beat you to death one by one!" ”

Wu Mengming's chest almost burst open at this time, and suddenly heard the shout of the scholar surnamed Chen who didn't know the height of the sky, and a wave of open fire suddenly rushed straight to the top door, and his backhand was a slap, and he shouted: "You have the courage to cover your body, open your eyes and see who Lao Tzu is!" ”

"North, North Town Fusi-!" Chen Zhenhui was caught in her sleep, and the whole person was still in a daze, and at this moment she was slapped by Wu Mengming, but she woke up. He is the son of an official eunuch, he has seen the world, and when he saw the costumes of the captains on both sides, he immediately understood, and the whole person immediately trembled, and he didn't know whether he was frozen or frightened.

"That's right, it's you and me!" Wu Mengming sneered and waved his hand: "Come on, tie this guy up for me, if you hurt a hair, I want you to look good!" “

"Wait!" Hu Kejian snorted coldly, Wu Mengming motioned to Fanzi to step back for the time being, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Gonggong Hu, who are you?" ”

"You let them go to the side first, we have almost something to ask him!"

"Good!" Wu Mengming responded, signaling the fans on both sides to withdraw from the seven or eight long openings. Hu Kejian walked up to Chen Zhenhui and smiled slightly: "Who is the Zhou Shibo you just said?" ”

Chen Zhenhui looked at the man in front of her, only to see that the other party was white and beardless, his voice was soft, and his clothes were embroidered with python patterns, obviously this was a eunuch, and he was also a eunuch with a very high status. At this time, he suddenly remembered the factory guards in the "Wei Eunuch" period that he had heard from the division commander in the same window in the past, and those terrifying legends suddenly jumped into reality, and he was the victim of it. Although at that time, he and other people in the Restoration Society were loudly praising the loyalty of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, but it was another matter when the matter came to him, thinking of the torture in the legendary Fusi in Beizhen, Chen Zhenhui's teeth trembled, where could he still speak.

Hu Kejian has been in the palace for decades, and he has already reached the peak in the way of observing words and feelings, and it was immediately seen that Chen Zhenhui was frightened. He turned back to Xu Hecheng and said, "Mr. Xu, you go and get some clothes, don't freeze this Chen Gongzi!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Hecheng saw Hu Kejian's intentions, and casually untied the mink cloak on his body and handed it over to Hu Kejian. Hu Kejian wrapped the cloak for Chen Zhenhui with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Chen Gongzi, let's say something boastful, all the gentlemen in the court have a good relationship with me, you tell me who Zhou Shibo is earlier, and I will let you go as soon as possible, so as not to wash the Dragon King Temple, and the family does not know the family, and it hurts the harmony in vain." ”

"Really?" When Chen Zhenhui heard this, she could hardly believe her ears.

"Nature is true!" Hu Kejian said with a smile: "Our family is to mention the imperial horse supervisor, why don't the ministers of the court and the central government know each other?" He turned sideways slightly, and let go of Wu Mengming behind him: "Today I am on an errand with this Lord Wu, if you don't say it, then you have to let this Lord of Beizhen Fusi come!" ”

"No, no!" Chen Zhenhui was rubbed by Hu Kejian's soft and hard skills, and his mind was suddenly confused, although he knew that saying Zhou Yanru's name at this time would bring great disaster to the other party, but he couldn't muster up the courage to face the famous Beizhen Fusi.

"Okay, then who is your Zhou Shibo?"

"It's Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the dynasty!"

"What?" Rao is Hu Kejian had already prepared, and he was also taken aback by Chen Zhenhui's answer, he looked at the two people on the left and right, Wu Mengming and Xu Hecheng, lowered his voice and continued to ask: "Who are you, and what does it have to do with Zhou Ge Lao?" ”

"Under the surname Chen Zhenhui, my father Chen Yuting was an official to the left capital of the imperial history. My hometown is Yixing, and I am a world friend with Zhou Shibo! After Chen Zhenhui answered, her whole body seemed to have been pulled out of her bones, she was paralyzed, and she cried with sobs.

Hu Kejian and Wu Mengming glanced at each other, and they both saw the solemnity in each other's eyes. Both of them are old men who have experienced accidents, so they can naturally see that Chen Zhenhui is not lying, after all, his identity is easy to verify. But if this is true, then there are a lot of relationships involved. This case is no longer a simple assassination case, but a whirlpool that is likely to involve the entire Ming high-level executive, the final result of a case like this is often not based on the facts of the case, but according to the comparison of strength, like the two of them know too much, and the end is often inexplicably dead. Even from the point of view of saving your own life, you should be cautious.

"Lord Wu, this person will be handed over to you, you must be careful, don't leak the news!" Hu Kejian turned around, and his face was already businesslike.

"Father-in-law, please rest assured, the lower officials will be strictly guarded!" Wu Mengming turned around and called a cronie: "You take a few people to take the things in the house, as well as the scholars, and leave a few clever people to stay here, and find that something is wrong and come and take it together!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Looking at the back of Chen Zhenhui who was escorted away, Hu Kejian's face was solemn, and after a while, he turned to Xu Hecheng and said: "Mr. Xu, please forgive me, unfortunately let you encounter these things, so I have to ask you to live in my house for a while, and leave after the rumors on this side subside!" ”

"I understand it below!" Xu Hecheng smiled understandingly, he knew that he already knew too many things that he shouldn't know, Hu Kejian was looking at Liu Cheng's face, otherwise he would be imprisoned in the black prison of Fusi in Beizhen or simply stabbed.

Xu Wanqian ran panting, and the barking of dogs pierced through the cold air, stimulating his eardrums. That low bark seems to be able to implant fear in the depths of the soul. Although it is not clear who suddenly attacked at night, Xu Wanqian knows what kind of fate will happen once he is caught.

You must find a way to avoid the hounds right away! Xu Wanqian looked left and right, looking for lakes or flowing water, but unfortunately it was the cold winter moon at this time, and even if there was a water surface, it had already frozen into ice. Danger was looming, and he could almost feel death gasping behind his back. Suddenly, Xu Wancheng found a black hole on the side of the road, from which a foul smell emanated from it, he gritted his teeth, tore off a rag from his clothes, wrapped his mouth and nose, and turned his head in.

After half a meal, two fierce dogs chased after Xu Wancheng's tracks, and behind them, a brocade-clothed guard Baihu with twenty or thirty fans chased after him with torches. But when the two fierce dogs arrived here, they lost their clues, and the dogs wandered up and down here in a daze, sniffing and sniffing.

"Lord Hyakho, the thief should have been here, but I don't know where he will go next!"

Baihu snorted coldly, took the torch from his subordinates, took a picture of it, bent down to look for footprints on the ground, and finally he walked to the black hole, covered his nose, and showed a look of disgust on his face: "Damn, this guy actually ran into the sewer!" He turned around, and everyone had a disgusting look on their faces, the sewer was full of feces, swill, and all kinds of garbage, and the height was not enough to stand up straight, and the sludge reached the waist of a person, and the air was suffocating enough, and of course there was a danger of not being able to go into the pit.

"Everyone goes down! Regardless of whether you catch it or not, you will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, and those who are caught alive will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver! Baihu pulled out his waist knife and slashed it: "If you cower, you will be engaged in military law!" ”

Under the dual effect of heavy rewards and military law, the brocade guards had to rush in, and the dim light from the torches dispelled the darkness, and also alarmed rats, cockroaches, and all kinds of small creatures, who hastily avoided these uninvited guests and hid in the darkness beyond the light of the fire. With a knife in one hand and a torch in the other, Hyakhe struggled his way through waist-deep sludge, the sound of clattering echoing through the narrow sewers, and the light of the fire could only shine six or seven paces before being swallowed up by the darkness. Fortunately, it was winter, and the smell in the sewer was not so bad, and the hundred households walked more than a hundred steps ahead, and suddenly their feet were empty, and the whole person sank, and the torch also fell into the muddy water, and it was immediately extinguished. Fortunately, the soldiers who followed him quickly grabbed him by the hair and pulled him out of the muddy water. By the time he caught his breath, he was already covered in mud, half-human, half-ghost.

"My lord! Are you alright? The soldier looked at the appearance of Baihu and asked in a low voice. When the hundred households just fell, they had accidentally drunk a mouthful of muddy water, and at this time they only felt extremely disgusting, so they spit out two sips first, and the soldiers on the side hurriedly untied the water bag from their waists and handed it over. Baihu took the water bag and rinsed his mouth, only to feel better.

"My lord, are you still chasing?"

Baihu didn't answer immediately, he looked at the seemingly calm surface of the sewage in front of him, no one knew what was hidden under this, he hesitated for a while, and shouted: "That's it, it's so difficult here, presumably the thief has died in some corner, unless this ditch is dug up, where to find him!" ”

When the crowd heard Baihu say this, they all understood what their boss meant, and hurriedly said: "What the lord said is that the thief fled here, where is there still a way to live!" ”

"Exactly, it is also a great achievement for the Lord to force that thief into a mortal enemy!"

Baihu snorted coldly, made a gesture, and Zhongfanzi went back along the way he came. When they went up to the street, the hundred households felt that they were covered in muddy water, like a dung man, and when the cold wind blew, it was cold to the bone, and they instinctively sneezed.

"Come on, call this family away, and let the official take a bath and change clothes!"

"Yes, sir!"

The soldier was about to knock on the door, but was stopped by the small flag next to him: "Wait, Lord Baihu, I think we should go and tell Gonggong Hu and Lord Wu about the matter here!" ”

The hundred households frowned, their faces showed anger, although the words did not come out, but the meaning was obvious: I am covered in feces like this, you let me go to Shangguan, don't you want to harm me?

Xiao Qi sighed and said in a low voice: "My lord, this thief is a very important person, although you have forced him to death, but after all, you have never seen a corpse. If you go to see the two adults cleanly, how will they know your hardships and difficulties? ”

"Makes sense!" The hundred households immediately understood what their subordinates meant, no matter how hard and dangerous they were in that sewer, Wu Mengming and Hu Kejian had never seen it with their own eyes, if they washed it clean and then went back, maybe their boss would think that they were cowering, and they might cut themselves with a knife according to military law. He glanced at the little flag gratefully, and shouted, "You two guard this entrance, and the rest of the people search along the sewers, and I will go and report to Lord Wu." ”

North Town Fuji.

"In this way, the assassination of Wen Ge Lao has nothing to do with you, it was all done by that Xu who escaped?" Wu Mengming asked with a smile.

"Exactly, Lord Wu, Gonggong Hu, I have also read the book of sages and sages, how can I get rid of such a thing, I have only known the thief for a month, and I don't know his roots, I thought I had made a good friend, but I didn't expect him to do such a crazy thing!" Chen Zhenhui, who was kneeling on the ground, tried her best to push all the blame on Xu Wancheng, who was not present, with all her strength, and wanted to get herself out of the charge: "I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart!" ”

"Really?" A sneer suddenly appeared on Wu Mengming's face, he suddenly slapped his palm twice, and seven or eight people came in from outside, each holding a few cases in their hands, and several cases were covered with a layer of white cloth, standing in a row in front of Chen Zhenhui. Although Chen Zhenhui didn't know what was under the white cloth, she still had an ominous premonition. Wu Mengming walked in front of the row of fans, and arched his hand to Chen Zhenhui with a smile: "Chen Gongzi, these are some of the things that I have accumulated in the Beizhen Fusi for more than two hundred years, if the prince is willing to tell the truth, this official will not plan to show ugliness in front of the son." Since you don't want to tell the truth, then I have to try it on you one by one, Childe, to see how many you can endure before you speak! (To be continued.) )