Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Tiger Fu Case (I)
The anger in Uncle Shen's eyes eased a little, he heard the frustration in Shao Jingwen's tone, of course he also understood that Shao Jingwen couldn't be blamed for this matter, he just came back last night, and this matter has always been the fault of his brother-in-law, and more importantly, Shao Jingwen can't command him at all, which Uncle Shen Guo knows.
This Shao Jingwen is his very powerful confidant, he doesn't want to hurt the hearts of his subordinates in this matter, thinking of this, Uncle Shen Guo sighed, took out his handkerchief and handed it to him, "I know in my heart this matter, I really can't blame you, it's my anger that makes me dizzy, stop the bleeding, get up!" ”
Uncle Shen's self-blame made Shao Jingwen's nose sour suddenly, and he was so moved that tears were about to come out.
"Uncle Xie Guo!" He took the handkerchief, covered the wound, and stood up.
"General Bao is a lowly lieutenant general, and he does have responsibilities."
Uncle Shen waved his hand and smiled gently: "Do you have any responsibility, I am like Spiegel in my heart, don't ask about this matter, go out for more than a month, I know that you are also working hard, take a good rest for a few days, go and accompany your wife and children!" ”
Shao Jingwen is the general of the embroidered clothes, he has many other ordinary affairs, and it is impossible to rest, but Uncle Shen's concern made him very moved in his heart, and he nodded silently, "That humble duty is gone." ”
Uncle Shen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Go ahead!" Your house is too old, I'll replace it for you in two days. ”
"The grace of the uncle of the country, the humble duty is engraved in my heart!" Shao Jingwen bowed deeply and turned around.
Uncle Shen Guo sat in his position, still annoyed in his heart, Zhang Chongjun was like a thorn in his eye, making him restless, and the 200,000 Helong elite army made him salivate, if he could master this army, then the king of Chu would be seven points more sure.
He let out a long sigh, not knowing what was going on with Empress Shen.
"Uncle Guo, General Bao is here!" A message from the guards came from the door.
General Bao is Bao Hongwu, Uncle Shen's brother-in-law, he is Shao Jingwen's subordinate, but he has always bypassed Shao Jingwen and reported to Uncle Shen Guo alone, in a sense, he is a nail that Uncle Shen Guo's implanted in the embroidered guard.
"Let him in!" Uncle Shen glanced at the fake tiger talisman on the ground, and his heart became annoyed again.
After a while, Bao Hongwu hurriedly walked in, he was the horse-faced embroidered guard officer that Wu Jin saw by the river in the morning, Bao Hongwu is about thirty years old this year, a third-level samurai, originally opened a small dart bureau in Anyang County, because of the accuracy of crossbow archery and is quite famous in the industry, his sister Bao is the maid of the national uncle's house, because of the favor of Uncle Shen and was accepted as a concubine, last year's stomach struggle, gave birth to a son to Uncle Shen, Uncle Shen Guo is old to have a son, very happy, Bao is also a mother with a son, upgraded to one of the three equal wives of Uncle Shen.
Bao Hongwu also ascended to heaven because of his sister's wealth, joined the embroidered guard in March last year, and was directly appointed by the Ministry of War as the fourth lieutenant, in charge of the embroidered guard three mansions, with 1,200 embroidered guards under his command.
Although Bao Hongwu is very hardworking, conscientious, and loyal to Uncle Shen, in contrast, Uncle Shen still trusts Shao Jingwen more, the reason is very simple, this Bao Hongwu can't do big things, this year the prince took away the position of assassin of Donghai County, Bao Hongwu was ready to assassinate Su Hanzhen without authorization, but fortunately Shao Jingwen told him in time.
Uncle Shen scolded Bao Hongwu, not that his Uncle Shen adhered to the rules of the court or anything, but that the cost of assassinating officials was extremely high, he assassinated Su Hanzhen, and the prince would also assassinate Shen Yuan, and even if Su Hanzhen was killed, the position of assassin in Donghai County would still belong to the prince, but once the matter was found out, he himself would be implicated, demoted, or lost, and pay such a big price for an assassination history, the gains outweigh the losses, of course, if Bao Hongwu wanted to assassinate the prince, Uncle Shen Guo would be willing, but Bao Hongwu did not have that kind of ability.
What made Uncle Shen Guo most dissatisfied was that Bao Hongwu dared to act without authorization behind his back, and this time the tiger charm missed, which made Uncle Shen Guo full of annoyance with his brother-in-law.
Bao Hongwu walked into Uncle Shen's study, and at a glance he caught a glimpse of the fake tiger talisman on the ground, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, not daring to say a word.
"Humph!" Uncle Shen Guo snorted heavily, "You also know the big thing that ruined me?" ”
"Guilty of contemplation!"
"Guilty?"
Uncle Shen slammed the table and scolded angrily: "Can your guilt be able to offset the loss caused to me by your stupidity?" You even let the duck fly away, what else do you think you can do? ”
Bao Hongwu trembled with fright, and didn't dare to have any more explanations, Uncle Shen Guo glared at him for a long time before he took a breath, "Say it!" How did you do it, and the good things turned out to be messed up. ”
"Uncle Huiguo, the fundamental reason is that he suddenly regretted it, he gave us the fake tiger talisman and shouted, saying that he was sorry for Zhang Dashuai, and then turned around and fled, we surrounded him with more than 30 people, but his martial arts were very high, and he was killed by him to open a bloody road, and finally he was hit by an arrow in his back, and died on the road after running for more than ten miles, we searched his body, and did not find the real tiger talisman, and it is estimated that he did not bring the real tiger talisman with him at all."
Uncle Shen Guo is so old and spicy, he found at a glance that Bao Hongwu's eyes flickered, obviously hiding something from himself, Uncle Shen Guo sneered in his heart, slowly stepped forward, and suddenly kicked him over, pulled out the sword from the wall, and split the head is a sword, "Muddy bastard!" Until now, if you dare to hide from me, I have to kill you. ”
Bao Hongwu was so frightened that he crawled, dodged a sword, kowtowed like garlic, "Don't dare to hide it, don't dare to hide it!" ”
"Tell me!"
Uncle Shen pointed his sword at his head and said viciously: "If you dare to hide anything, I will cut off your head today." ”
Bao Hongwu didn't dare to hide it anymore, he said with a sad face: "We found a horse's hoof print next to the corpse of the pro-soldier, so we chased into a pine forest opposite, but no one was caught. ”
Uncle Shen's anger slowly subsided a little, and he stared at Bao Hongwu and asked, "You mean to say that someone took the True Tiger Talisman, is that so?" ”
"I'm not sure if I took the Tiger Talisman, but someone must have been ahead of us, and I found a woodcutter later, and he said that a young man on horseback had asked him not long ago, and he wanted to go there."
"What kind of young man and what are his characteristics?"
"The woodcutter said that the man was very tall, with distinctive eyes, always smiling, and that he rode a somewhat unusual horse."
"What an extraordinary, you made it clear!" Uncle Shen Guo was a little impatient, how could he squeeze in one sentence by himself, this person was really useless.
"He said it was a white horse, but the tail was red..... The lowly suspicion is the red-tailed white unicorn. ”
Uncle Shen suddenly realized, it turned out that it was the king of Lanling County who made the first move, it is understandable, isn't Zhang Chongjun his son-in-law? He must have also received the news, and Uncle Shen slowly sat back in his seat, bowing his head and pondering.
What Bao Hongwu concealed just now was this, he had already guessed that it was the king of Lanling County who made a move, and the other party was riding a red-tailed white unicorn, then he was not an ordinary person, he was afraid of being ambushed, so he didn't dare to continue chasing, if Uncle Shen knew that he was afraid and didn't dare to continue chasing, he had to kill him, fortunately, Uncle Shen didn't seem to realize this, which made Bao Hongwu slightly relieved.
After a while, Uncle Shen Guo slowly spoke, "The tiger talisman should be composed of two pieces, and the two pro-soldiers each hold half of it, since half of them have been obtained by the king of Lanling County, then you don't have to track down this piece anymore, you concentrate manpower on tracking down the other half of the tiger talisman for me, be sure to catch the other pro-soldier, I will give you this chance again, if you fail again, don't blame me for being polite." ”
"Humble ..... Yes, sir! ”
......... Wujin returned to the Lanling County Mansion and did not go to sleep, but immediately found the King of Lanling County, although he did not know that the envoy of Helong Jiedu was the son-in-law of the King of Lanling County at this time, but one thing he knew very well was that he was inadvertently involved in a major court case, and he did not know about the complicated personnel relations at the upper level of the court, but the King of Lanling County understood, maybe the King of Lanling County would tell him how to get rid of this trouble, he had enough troubles.
At this time, he sat in the study of the king of Lanling, the tiger talisman and the silver medal were placed on the table, and the king of Lanling on the opposite side looked at the tiger talisman blankly, and sat for a long time, without saying a word.
Wu Jin couldn't help it anymore, wouldn't this matter have anything to do with this old man!
"I'll hand over this golden tiger to the prince, if there's nothing else, I'll leave."
Wu Jin got up and was about to leave, but he heard Huangfu Jiang sigh in a low voice, "It seems that it is really providence!" ”
He can't walk, what does it mean to be 'really providential', is this matter related to himself? He is most afraid of what people say about 'providence' now, and it is obvious that he is looking for trouble.
"You don't go, sit down!"
Huangfu Jiang found that Wu Jin had an intention to leave, and hurriedly stopped him, "This matter is related to your life experience, how can you just leave." ”
This sentence almost made Wu Jin almost faint on the spot, how could it be related to his life experience, he groaned in pain and squatted down holding his head.
Huangfu Jiang glanced at him strangely, until now, he hadn't had time to talk to Wujin about Tianji Temple, but since the bag he was carrying was gone, it meant that he had already met Huineng Zen Master, so I don't know if he had seen the Empress Dowager Jing'an.
"What? You don't really like your background? "Huangfu Jiang has been in the world for a long time, and he can see that Wujin has some resistance.
Wu Jin is not a seventeen-year-old boy after all, although he is extremely reluctant to accept this life experience in his heart, but he understands that there are some things that he can't hide from if he wants to, especially his life experience, if he ignores it, then he is the stupid ostrich who buries his head in the sand.
He sighed, sat back in his chair, and told the king of Lanling County frankly: "The prince should know that once my background is exposed, can my little life be saved?" ”
Huangfu Jiang heard that he was worried about this matter, and couldn't help laughing, "Wujin, if you are worried about this, then you are worrying about the sky, there is no need at all, we have kept this secret for forty years, how can it be leaked, I don't know if Huineng Zen Master has told you that there are only twelve people in the world who know your life experience, and these twelve people have sworn to God that they would rather die than tell your brother's secret, and there is no written record, they are all recorded in our hearts." ”
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(To be continued)