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Chapter 521: Closing the Net and Returning Home (1)

The sound of the carriage running over the bluestone slab and appearing was particularly clear in the silent night, as if it were rhythmically beating an instrument. The moon sprinkled a silvery white in the sky, and the wind dragged the shadows of the bare weeping willow branches and swayed them. It was late at night, and there were no pedestrians in sight on the street, so the carriage looked a little abrupt on the bluestone pavement, but it was clear that the carriage did not want to hide its tracks.

The soldiers of the Mingzhou Prefecture and the soldiers of the garrison who patrol the city will stop the carriage for inspection, but without exception, the carriage only stays for a moment and then goes on the road again, but today is a little different, Boss Wang on the carriage gave more wine money than before, and it seems that he is in a particularly good mood today.

Boss Wang was in a good mood, and the soldiers patrolling the streets were naturally in a good mood.

It was not uncommon for them to see horse-drawn carriages walking on quiet streets late at night, and the patrol officers of the Zhaozhou Mansion and the patrol soldiers of the garrison knew that Wang Yunyan, the owner of the Star Picking Tower, had a special hobby, that is, he liked to go to the dog meat shop in the west of the city late at night to have supper.

This habit is a bit puzzling, but over time the soldiers have become accustomed to it. Especially Boss Wang's bold and generous shots, every time he met the soldiers patrolling the streets, he would send some wine money, and gradually, the soldiers became familiar with this rich businessman who looked a little obscene but likable.

Three groups of soldiers patrolling the streets took the initiative to come forward to greet Boss Wang, and then the team led by them was carrying a heavy bag of meat and said goodbye in a very happy mood.

The speed of the carriage is not fast, from the star picking tower to the dog meat shop in the west of the city can be reached in twenty minutes, under the gaze of the soldiers patrolling the street, Wang Yunyan, who is thin and thin, got out of the carriage, slowly walked into the dog meat shop with a welcome dead wind lamp at the door, sat at a table in the middle of the store under the courteous reception of the shop owner, and the steaming stewed dog meat came up in a short time, as well as a few delicate side dishes, a bowl of rice porridge, and a golden crispy pancake that looks appetizing, A pot of this dog meat shop is only for Wang Yunyan alone.

It doesn't look like it's any different from the old days.

At the mouth of the alley opposite the dog meat shop, two black-clothed men shrank inside in the shadows, staring at them without blinking. The door of the dog meat shop was not closed, and they could see Wang Yunyan's back.

After staring at it for a long time, one of the men in black nodded and said softly, "You go back and tell your lordship, as usual." ”

The other nodded, turned and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Half an hour later, the news that Wang Yunyan was still eating supper in the dog meat shop reached the ears of Nayan Song Zhengben, and at this time, the carriage that Song Zhengben was riding just stopped at the back door of the Yamen of the Zhaozhou Mansion, and Song Baolai, the county guard of the Zhaozhou Prefecture in civilian clothes, and Wu Bushan, the chief arrester of the Zhaozhou Prefecture with a deferential and humble attitude, were already waiting there. Song Zhengben nodded to the two, and then slowly walked into the backyard of the Yamen of the Zhaozhou Mansion in the night, and there were two rows of inconspicuous houses in this backyard, which were for the torture room, and under the torture room, it was for the dungeon.

No one knew that Song Zheng, the first important minister of Great Xia, would visit the Yuzhou Mansion in the middle of the night, and no one except the person concerned knew what the three of them said that day. But when the person who brought the tea came out, he was always surprised, who was the big man who came today, and how could the county keeper and the chief catcher be like quails in front of this person, and their faces were ugly as if they had just recovered from a serious illness, and they were as white as the first snow in early winter.

He didn't know what they were talking about, but he was sure that both the county keeper and the chief catcher were terrified.

And just as they were discussing secretly in the study, two people also appeared at the back door of the mansion of Condesau, the squire of the Inner History. One of them was a thin old man in a cloth robe, whose originally dark face turned pale with fright. He glanced at the slender man beside him with palpitations, and said in the most serious tone: "Next time, if I beg you to let you take me to jump on the roof of someone's house, I will not be human." ”

This slender man's face was plain and natural, but it made people feel that he was arrogant to the extreme. There is no other reason, in the middle of the night in the capital of Great Xia, he dared to jump around on the roof of someone's house wearing a white suit and carrying a long sword on his back, and this kind of thing is definitely not something that ordinary people dare to do, nor can ordinary people dare to do it.

"You don't have to ask me."

The man in white glanced sideways at the shriveled old man and said flatly: "It's a pity, your golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell can't do without me." ”

"If Lao Tzu had wings, I would beg you to fly with me?"

The shriveled old man is none other than Wang Yunyan, that is, Wang Qinian, the second cute, second hateful, and second shameless Wang Qinian in Yanyunzhai. Of course, this is what he thinks, in his heart, there is a person he is destined to be beyond in this life, of course, he will never dare to say such words.

"Even if you have wings, you are by no means a golden cicada, at most you are a swallow tiger that has not developed well...... If you don't go in again, I'll go out of the city myself tonight. ”

The man in white threatened in a flat tone.

"Leaf Turning Clouds"

Wang Qinian smiled at the man in white and said in the most praising and sincere tone: "I--you-uncle." ”

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Wu Bushan looked at the tray he was holding in his hand, and his face was as bad as if he had just eaten a dead mouse. His hand holding the tray was still trembling, so that the wine jug and several plates of dishes in the tray also trembled, the porcelain plate and porcelain bottle collided, and the sound directly scratched people's hearts as if it was uncomfortable.

"Rubbish!"

Song Zhengben frowned and scolded.

"I heard that in the city of Zhaozhou, as long as someone pays the starting price, there is no goods you dare not sell, the price of the hands and feet is clearly marked, the bigger the person, the more valuable it is, in the year since you were promoted to the chief catcher, the people who broke their hands and feet or even broke their necks in your hands can't be counted on both hands, Wen Sheng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Pu, the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, and Ying Yanglang will Miao Wanchun died of a violent illness in the dungeon, all of which are masterpieces from your hands, after listening to these things, I thought you were still a character, but I didn't expect to be as timid as a mouse! Do you think you have a way out of today's incident? If you really don't dare, then think about the real lack of Wuyang County's order, since I have allowed you, I will never break my word. ”

"Greatly...... My lord, this time is different. ”

Wu Bushan trembled and said: "This time he is a veritable general, his prestige in the army is extremely high, and his subordinates are all soldiers who are not afraid of death, if this matter is known, my little life will be over, not to mention King Xia, even the Lord of Dou will tear me up and feed the dogs." ”

"Don't worry."

Song Zhengben said solemnly: "If this matter spreads, if the county lord Dou knows about it, he will never dismantle you... The worst will be chopped into pureed meat, how can it be possible to leave you with lumps of meat? ”

Wu Bushan's body shook violently, and he almost spilled the wine.

Song Zhengben glared at him and frowned: "I really don't know how your fierce reputation spread, I thought you were a person who could do great things, forget it...... Tell me clearly, since I personally arranged this matter, how could it be spread? Is my net worth worse than yours? Since I dare to make such an arrangement, I am naturally following the will of King Xia. The county lord has always been unrelenting to Wang Fubao, and there is no one in the state who does not know about this matter. But King Xia doesn't want the county lord to marry Wang Fubao, so what should I do? ”

"Kill him!"

It seemed that it was because of the will of King Xia that these four words gave Wu Bushan courage, he gritted his teeth and said, "But my lord... The humble position has never done this with his own hands, it is all arranged by the humble position to do it, let the humble position say yes, it is really a little difficult to let the humble position do it, the humble hand is not controlled, shaking like this Wang Fubao can see the clue at a glance. That guy is strong in martial arts, and he is definitely not an opponent. ”

"Alas......"

Song Zhengben sighed and turned around and said, "Song Baolai, you can do this." ”

Song Baolai is Song Zhengben's nephew, without Song Zhengben, he would never be able to achieve his current position, so although he was also afraid, he also knew that his net worth and life had long been tied to Song Zheng himself, he just hesitated a little and then gritted his teeth and nodded: "Since I want to do this, I can't be in prison, it's better to invite Wang Fubao to my room, and invite him to drink under the pretext of congratulating him on his upcoming reinstatement, once he is poisoned, I will immediately send someone to send him back to the cell." When a person dies, the rest of the matter is handed over to Wu Bushan, he is good at this kind of thing. ”

"Whatever you want!"

Song Zhengben nodded and said, "I just want the result." ”

"I understand!"

Song Bao glanced at Wu Bushan and said, "Go and invite General Wang!" ”

Song Zhengben walked to the door and beckoned, and the horseman in linen clothes, who had been guarding outside, immediately lowered his head and asked, "My lord, what are your orders?" ”

"Ghost Fang"

Song Zhengben thought for a while and said, "I thought about it, it's a little late to do it tomorrow night, you will go and kill Wang Yunyan first tonight...... No! Kill everyone in the Star Picking Tower, and then set a fire. Even if you burn a few more places, the officers of the Zhaozhou Mansion will not go too fast, you don't have to worry about this, as for the defenders patrolling the city...... It's not too hard for you to get past them. ”

"My subordinates will do it!"

The groom looked up and smiled, revealing a face covered in cobweb-like scars.

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"General, I respect you!"

Song Baolai humbly raised his glass and said, "Congratulations to the general on his upcoming reinstatement." ”

"How do you know?"

Wang Fubao picked up the wine glass but put it down, looked directly into Song Baolai's eyes and asked.

"Just half an hour ago, the palace sent someone to spread the word, let the lower officials prepare to wash and change your clothes, tomorrow morning when the general will go to the palace, it really scared me, when did the lord come back The lower officials didn't hear about it at all, and the will almost scared me stupid in the yamen of the state mansion. Sent away the servant who passed the decree, and the lower official did not dare to delay, and hurriedly arranged a banquet for you to receive the wind, and the hot water was prepared, and you will rest in this room after taking a bath, and I will let you change the bedding into a new one, and the lower official will personally send you to the court early tomorrow morning. ”

"King Xia is back?"

Wang Fubao pretended not to know and was surprised, then nodded and said, "Since the Lord wants to see me, then you can't drink." You have the bucket brought in, and I'm going to rest after I've taken a shower. Another thing I want to ask you, tomorrow morning, will I be the only one in the temple? ”

Song Zhengben, who was hiding behind the screen, frowned slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. His heart tightened, and he said that Wang Fubao was rough on the surface, and he couldn't imagine that his mind was so fine. I am also careless, I should just find Cheng Mingzhen together. Since he invited Wang Fubao to drink under the pretext of restarting him, how could he leave Cheng Mingzhen behind? If you change yourself, I'm afraid you will also be suspicious.

Song Baolai was stunned, and then said with a smiling face: "General Cheng is also going to the palace, but I don't know why, the chamberlain directly took General Cheng to the palace, saying that the lord wanted to see him." It's not easy for the lower officials to ask about this kind of thing, otherwise how could they not invite General Cheng to drink together? General...... Drink a cup to sleep peacefully, the general needs to have a good night's rest, only when the spirit is good tomorrow morning will the Lord deal with it freely, you can rest assured, the lower official will arrange someone to wake you up. ”

"It's fine, just one drink."

Wang Fubao couldn't refuse, he nodded and said, "Please send someone back to my house and let my subordinates pack up the armor for me, I can't say that I will be able to use it tomorrow." ”

"Well said!"

Song Baolai immediately smiled and said, "General, please!" ”

"Please!"

Wang Fubao picked up the wine glass and gestured, and then brought it to his lips.