So Xiao Fan and Cao Yi walked slowly all the way to the inner courtyard of Geng's mansion under the guidance of the servants of Geng's house.

Walking through the corridor, past the water pavilion, and walking on a dark path, Cao Yi turned his head sideways and said softly in an inaudible voice: "My lord, do you really want to catch the murderer?" ”

Xiao Fan nodded: "Of course." ”

"Yes...... The murderer is us. ”

Xiao Fan rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows?" ”

"And who are you going to arrest?"

"Whoever hates it will be arrested...... By the way, do you usually have any people who don't like the eye? Let's arrest him as a murderer, and we will take revenge......"

Cao Yi wiped his sweat: "............"

It is really a very happy thing to have such a boss who cares about people's lives.

"Life has been very pleasant recently, facing the sea, eating is fragrant, no one messes with you?"

Cao Yi shook his head resolutely: "...... No. ”

"Well, you can have that."

"This ...... Not really. ”

"Think again! What a chance for revenge, don't waste it. ”

"I really can't think of it......," Cao Yi smiled bitterly.

Xiao Fan looked at him enviously: "You are so happy, the enemies have been killed by you?" ”

Cao Yi: "............"

"Since you have no enemies, then let me come, I'm too kind, the enemies are still alive and well, I'm in a good mood today, let's kill two and then ......"

Cao Yi Waterfall Khan: "............"

When today, if you hear this conversation between Jinyiwei Tongzhi and Jinyiwei Qianhu, will you be so angry that you will kill them first?

The servants of Geng's mansion respectfully led the two to the door of Geng Xuan's bedroom.

The two raised their legs and stepped into the threshold, but saw that the smoke in the huge bedroom was hazy, and in the two bronze turtle incense burners, the turtle's mouth was slowly spitting out sandalwood, and the smoke was billowing and overflowing, and the whole room was like a heavenly palace.

Xiao Fan carefully stared at the two Shougui incense burners and observed them for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "I always thought that [***] could only spit liquid, but I didn't expect it to be able to breathe smoke......"

Cao Yi: "............"

After being silent for a while, Xiao Fan suddenly asked, "Isn't this too low-level fun?" ”

“…… Sort of. ”

The servant bowed down and said, "Two adults, the little marquis was ...... because of that After being violently thrown in the thatched house, the little marquis has always been so clean that he can't smell the smell, so he lit a lot of incense in the house. ”

Xiao Fan nodded and walked to the bedroom.

The servant opened the curtain, but saw a white figure lying on the bed, wrapped in cloth tapes, even his face was entangled, and he looked like a mummy from a pyramid, he lay motionless on the bed, silently, as if he had been cut off from anger.

Xiao Fan stood on tiptoe and looked at it for a while, and said in a lost voice: "He's dead?" ”

On the bed, a dying voice answered him: "...... Not yet, but soon. ”

Xiao Fan was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward, seeing Geng Xuan wrapped in layers of cloth tape, only revealing his two eyes, looking at them gloomily.

Xiao Fan sighed: "The little marquis has suffered......"

Geng Xuan let out a cuckoo's bloody whimper, the corners of his mouth trembled twice, and he said in a trembling voice: "It's not suffering, it's life suffering......"

Xiao Fan nodded with sympathy on his face, turned to Cao Yi and said, "We...... Ahem, the murderer actually hit so hard, too vicious, right? ”

Geng Xuan raised his eyes to look at Xiao Fan with great effort, and said in a hoarse voice, "You guys...... Who is it? ”

The servant on the side replied respectfully: "Little Marquis, these two are Xiao Tongzhi and Cao Qianhu of Jinyiwei, and they were ordered to come to investigate the case of the attack on Little Marquis. ”

Geng Xuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said gratefully: "Your Majesty's grace is as high as the mountains and the sea is deep......"

Xiao Fan stepped forward and shook Geng Xuan's hand, and said with concern: "The little marquis suffered this catastrophe, it is really deplorable, Your Majesty is furious, and ordered my Jinyi guard to track down the murderer. ”

Geng Xuan hurriedly said: "In this way, there are two adults." ”

Xiao Fan looked at Geng Xuan's dying appearance, and a little unbearable flashed in his heart, speaking of which, this matter was all a last resort, if it weren't for the fact that the county lord of Jiangdu was unwilling to marry Geng Xuan, he wouldn't have to make this decision, no way, who called this little marquis the guest of honor of the county lord of Jiangdu personally designated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the husband was not guilty, he was guilty, and he was so miserable, Xiao Fan was really guilty.

What made him even more guilty was that he beat people into this appearance, and the little marquis was still grateful to him and Cao Yi, and he felt that he had taken advantage of the smell of being obedient.

Xiao Fan's surname is still very kind, this kind of kind surname allows him to maintain a gentle gentleman's guard, but his guard is not the same as other gentlemen, other gentlemen believe in moving their mouths and not doing anything, Xiao Fan feels that it doesn't matter if he beats someone, he must apologize after the beating, even if he can't apologize, at least he must be kind to the victim.

So, Xiao Fan began to care about Geng Xuan in a roundabout way.

Bending down slightly, Xiao Fan said with concern: "Little Hou Ye, the matter of the case is not in a hurry, speak slowly,...... Would you like some water? ”

Geng Xuan shook his head weakly.

"That'...... Do you drink some porridge? ”

Geng Xuan still shook his head.

"Take some medicine?"

"No...... No need, thank you Lord Xiao for your concern. ”

Xiao Fan scratched his head in embarrassment, then patted his thigh, and said expectantly: "Why don't you ...... Looking for a beautiful woman for you? ”

Geng Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up, his weak demeanor was immediately full of energy, tears of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he choked up in a voice: "Lord Xiao is a good person!" You will be my brother from now on! Help...... Help me up, I feel like I can give it a try......"

Xiao Fan: "............"

"Little Hou Ye, can you have a grudge with someone in peacetime?" Xiao Fan began to record a serious confession.

Geng Xuan thought for a while with a confused expression, shook his head and said: "Of course there are grudges with people, but they are all enemies on the battlefield, my father is a military general, and I have followed His Majesty to fight in the south and the north for many years, fighting Chen Youliang, fighting Zhang Shicheng, conscripting water bandits, conquest of chaos, there are countless enemies, but I live in Beijing, my Geng family has always been cautious, living in a simple place, and it seems that I have not offended anyone......"

"On the night of the attack, did you see the appearance of the perpetrator?"

Geng Xuan shook his head and said: "I didn't see it clearly, I was beaten unconscious and taken out of the house, and when they beat me, I woke up in pain, but my head was covered with a sack at that time, and I couldn't see anything......"

"It's called 'stuffiness.'"

"Lord Xiao, what is 'stuffy'?"

Xiao Fan explained: "It's to put a sack on your head, and then knock you with a stick......"

Geng Xuan admired: "It is worthy of being a fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei, Lord Xiao is really well-informed......

"The little marquis praised ......," Xiao Fan said shyly and modestly.

........................ "There is no enemy, and I haven't seen the appearance of the murderer, I don't know if the little marquis has a suspicious candidate in his heart?" ”

Geng Xuan frowned and thought for a long time, then slowly shook his head and said: "This is really nothing, maybe my father or I have inadvertently offended someone, but we don't know it, if we say that we doubt the candidate, it is absolutely not to talk nonsense." ”

Xiao Fan guided: "Little Hou Ye think about it carefully, maybe your flash of inspiration will be of great help to us to solve the case." ”

Geng Xuan looked at Xiao Fan with a very confused look in his eyes, but still shook his head.

The corners of Xiao Fan's mouth gradually went up, evoking an evil smile, his tone was very low, and with a strong sense of charm, like the snake in the Garden of Eden that lured Eve to eat the forbidden fruit...... "Little Hou Ye, you think about it carefully, think about it again, you must think about it carefully......"

Geng Xuan seemed to be hypnotized, his eyes became straightforward, and he looked at Xiao Fan's evil smile, and after a long time, he suddenly blessed his heart, and asked very cooperatively: "Can Lord Xiao give me some hints?" For example......

Xiao Fan's voice was lowered very low, and he gently reminded Geng Xuan word by word in his ear: "For example, the murderer who beat you, he may be a ...... Monk. ”

"Hiss-" Cao Yi on the side couldn't help but gasp when he heard the words, staring at Xiao Fan dumbfounded.

That's a big joke, isn't it? It's going to die!

Geng Xuan was also stunned, and stammered: "Harmony...... Monk? Why ...... Monk? ”

Xiao Fan smiled evilly: "Little Marquis, imagine that every time people in the world are running around for their livelihood and future, they are very busy, who is the most idle?" ”

"What...... Who? Geng Xuan asked with straight eyes, at this moment his thinking had completely stopped, like a parrot learning to speak, and he only followed Xiao Fan's thinking in a daze.

Xiao Fan said confidently: "Monks, of course, are the most idle monks!" If you think about it, the monks have thousands of incense and incense to pay respect, and there is no pressure to survive at all, and every day except for chanting sutras is meditation, and it hurts to be idle......"

"But...... But ......"

"Little Marquis, can you stop swearing?"

Geng Xuan thought about it and said sadly: "But I didn't recruit them or provoke them, why did they beat me?" Just because they're idle, they sneak into the house and beat me up? Do I owe so much to me? ”

Xiao Fan groaned: "What the little marquis said is very reasonable, maybe the monk beat you for other reasons......"

"What is the reason?"

"There is only one truth, and that is...... Your handsomeness has hurt you! Xiao Fan came to a solemn and sonorous conclusion like Conan.

"Huh?" Geng Xuan was dumbfounded: "Lord Xiao, why do you say this?" ”

Xiao Fan looked at Geng Xuan with a blue face and a regretful expression, and then slowly shook his head and said: "The little marquis has a jade face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, he is a famous beautiful man in our Beijing Division, and his reputation spreads far and wide, presumably the monks in the temple must have heard of your fame, do you think, monks can't be close to women, right?" ”

"Yes."

"But does the Bodhisattva have a rule that monks can't approach men?"

"Huh? This...... It doesn't seem to be. ”

"Therefore, the flower monk who beat you must be a man with the surname of Ximen, he must have had a crush on you for a long time, and he saw that you were going to get married the next day, so because of love and hatred, he stole you out of the house the night before you got married, and wanted to kill you, but after seeing your handsome face, he softened his heart, so he gritted his teeth and covered your head, and couldn't bear to see you again, and then hardened his heart and beat you, and since then the two of you have parted ways and gone their separate ways. As the saying goes, 'the east wind is evil, the joy is thin, a sorrow, a few years away, wrong, wrong, wrong! ’……”

After Xiao Fan finished speaking, there was a deathly silence in the huge room.

Cao Yi and Geng Xuan's eyes were wide open, looking at him blankly, their mouths were also wide open, and their expressions were like seeing a pig flying in the sky...... Xiao Fan raised his head and sighed for a long time, as if he was immersed in a sad and sad atmosphere that he couldn't stay in love.

...... for a long time, "Little Marquis, is the judgment of the lower officials right?" How much reaction is OK? Xiao Fan politely interrupted Geng Xuan's daze.

Geng Xuan shook his head vigorously, and then stammered: "Lord Xiao means that a monk surnamed Xima's style is ...... to me Because of love and hatred for me, they sneaked into the house and ...... me Kidnap me and beat me like this? ”

Xiao Fan shrugged his shoulders very chicly: "Do you have a better judgment?" ”

After a pause, Geng Xuan said, "But...... Why are you a monk? Even if you are a monk, why is she a monk, not a Taoist priest or a nun? ”

Xiao Fan sneered and said: "Come on, if it was a nun, I would have killed you first, as for why it wasn't a Taoist priest......"

Xiao Fan raised his head and groaned for a moment, and said in a firm tone: "...... Because I think a Taoist priest should have a better character than a monk. ”

Geng Xuan: "............"

After being silent for a long time, Geng Xuan's eyes suddenly became extremely indignant, and he said excitedly: "Lord Xiao, your judgment is simply nonsense......

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard an old and rapid cough coming from under the window lattice outside the bedroom.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The three people in the room looked at each other in amazement, but saw a figure outside the window flash quickly and disappeared.

Geng Xuan paused for a moment, and then immediately changed his words: "Lord Xiao's assertion is really incisive and unique, which makes me suddenly, yes, the murderer who beat me must be a monk, and he is an out-and-out flower monk!" I very much agree with Lord Xiao's words. ”

Xiao Fan was surprised at this time, originally he was really just talking nonsense, if the Geng family and the two fathers and sons were fools, maybe they could be blindfolded, if they weren't too stupid, he would make up a normal nonsense, who knew that the situation changed sharply, Geng Xuan actually really believed his nonsense, Xiao Fan was so surprised that his eyes almost didn't fall off.

"Uh...... Do you really think the perpetrator is a monk? Xiao Fan asked uneasily.

Geng Xuan nodded vigorously with a firm face: "Yes, Lord Xiao reminded me like this, I suddenly remembered, when I was beaten that night, I saw through the sack that a round head was shining in the moonlight, except for the monk, who else has such a shining head?" Monk! Right! Surely a monk! Lord Xiao, you must catch the monk, if you don't catch the monk, I will be anxious with you! ”

Xiao Fan paused for a moment, then thought that the few coughs outside the window just now had an effect, and said solemnly at the moment: "Are you sure that the monk injured you?" ”

Geng Xuan nodded hurriedly: "Sure!" ”

"Not changing?"

"Don't change it!"

"You'll have one more chance to ask for help from the sidelines."

"No, just monk, I'm pretty sure."

Xiao Fan let out a sigh of relief, and his face was full of friendly and gentle smiles: "These monks are so disrespectful, they actually dare to hurt my Ming merits, if they are not severely punished, how will they get it in the future?" Since the attitude of the little marquis is so firm, the lower officials should work for the little marquis and help you arrest the monk who committed the murder. ”

Geng Xuan said in a grateful tone: "In this way, Lord Lao Xiao is running around, and he is very grateful, and he will repay it." ”

"Serving the little marquis, how dare you say that you work hard? The little marquis is relieved to recuperate his injuries, and quietly waits for the good news of the official. Cao Qianhu! ”

"In!"

"Inform the brothers, prepare to arrest monks all over the streets!"

“…… Be! ”

After Xiao Fan and Cao Yi left, Geng Xuan's door flashed, and Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, walked in quickly.

As soon as Geng Xuan saw his father, he hurriedly sat up and said angrily, "Dad, why were you coughing outside the window just now?" Do you really believe Xiao Fan's nonsense? What a bullshit monk! I think he obviously has no ability to solve the case, so he randomly arrested a monk on the street as a murderer and dealt with this difficult errand, he is obviously perfunctory to our Geng family! ”

Geng Bingwen glared at Geng Xuan fiercely, and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up!" Don't talk nonsense if you don't know what's at stake! ”

"Daddy! What exactly do you mean? Could it be that the child's hatred is so confused, and catching a monk is over? ”

Geng Bingwen stroked his gray beard, let out a long sigh, and said, "What if you don't do this?" Xuan'er, the water in the middle of the court is deep and turbid, if you can't make a choice, my Geng family will be wiped out! ”

Geng Xuan's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Dad, why did you say this?" Isn't it the time for Your Majesty to be gracious to my Geng family? His Majesty still wants to marry his most beloved eldest granddaughter, the county lord of Jiangdu, to the child, how can there be a disaster of extermination? ”

Geng Bingwen snorted and said: "Your Majesty's marriage to your granddaughter is a grace, and Your Majesty's death is also a grace, if we as courtiers don't know the right way to advance and retreat, the glory of today can disappear overnight, and the happy event full of celebrations can turn into a disaster of destroying the family in an instant!" ”

Geng Xuan's eyes widened and widened: "Dad, you keep talking too much, right?" ”

Geng Bingwen sighed and said: "Xuan'er, the heroes and generals who followed His Majesty in the southern and northern wars with the old man have long since left the old man, His Majesty will kill them, give death to those who give death, and exile those who are exiled, such as Fu Youde, such as Li Shanchang, such as Lan Yu, do you know why Your Majesty alone does not kill the old man?" ”

"Because Your Majesty is convinced of your loyalty!"

Geng Bingwen smiled lightly, his expression couldn't tell whether it was ridicule or sadness, and he was silent for a while before he said: "Because the old man can be mediocre, and because the old man is indisputable." ”

"Indisputable?"

"Yes, no! Don't fight when you should fight, retreat a thousand miles when you should retreat, even if you are wronged, you will never say anything, the butcher knife in your majesty's hand has always been aimed at the tiger and wolf, you say, will he be disdainful of a sheep? ”

Geng Xuan realized: "Therefore, the tigers and wolves were all killed by His Majesty, but only the sheep of our Geng family was left, because it is impossible for sheep to shake His Majesty's country, and our Geng family has no threat to Your Majesty......"

Geng Bingwen smiled with satisfaction: "If you can understand this, our Geng family's incense will continue forever, and it will always be rich and glorious." ”

"But...... What does this have to do with Xiao Fan? ”

Geng Bingwen asked rhetorically: "Who is Xiao Fan?" ”

"Jinyiwei knows the same thing."

"Who does Jinyiwei listen to?"

"Just listen to today."

"Then what Xiao Fan said, can it be regarded as the meaning of the Son of Heaven?"

Geng Xuan hesitated: "This ...... I guess so. ”

Geng Bingwen smiled, and his expression gradually deepened: "So, Xiao Fan said that the murderer is a monk, then the murderer must be a monk, because this is what the Son of Heaven meant." ”

Geng Xuan hurriedly said: "But...... Why did the Son of Heaven say that? ”

Geng Bingwen's eyes were solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Perhaps, the Son of Heaven doesn't want to make a big deal about this matter and ruin the reputation of the government and the opposition, perhaps, this case will become a monstrous case if it is dug deeper, and it will implicate many people...... The murderer may really be a monk, Your Majesty is sincere in avenging my Geng family, no matter what the truth is, as long as the Son of Heaven doesn't say it, let's not ask, let's just look at the surface layer, what does the Son of Heaven mean, let's bow down and obey. ”

"But...... Dad, can't you let the real murderer who beat me go unpunished? Geng Xuan felt a wave of anger in his chest.

Geng Bingwen looked at the eldest son of the Geng family helplessly and kindly, and sighed: "I have to endure the humiliation for a while to ensure the safety of my Geng family for a hundred years!" ”

Geng Xuan was silent for a while, his expression gradually became a little realization, and finally he smiled with relief.

"Dad, the child is sure that what he said just now is correct, the murderer who hurt me is indeed a monk, an out-and-out monk."

Geng Bingwen smiled more and more gratifying: "God is pitiful, the murderer was revealed so quickly, this is all Your Majesty's imperial grace!" ”

(To be continued)