Chapter 64: The Enemy

Qian Hongzuo said: "Everyone, yesterday I heard Lord Li Jishen tell the Lone King about the crimes of Dai Yun and his party, although because the key human evidence was killed and the physical evidence was burned, but the dirty silver obtained by Dai Yun and his party has been clarified. Since King Lone's accession to the throne, the reason why the people were hungry for the lack of food for the athletes was finally revealed, and the trial of the case was concluded. ordered Li Jishen to replace the head of the Criminal Department with a servant of the Criminal Department and recover the dirty silver. Master Li, you will tell you in detail about the trial of Dai Yun's conspiracy against the case. ”

Li Jishen immediately left his class and began to tell bitterly how vicious Dai Yunyu's party was to kill criminals detained in the prison of the Criminal Department and burn many criminal evidence. When many ministers heard the news, they were not angry, but rejoiced, glad that this shocking case, which may lead to the landing of thousands of people, is anticlimactic, and most of the people involved in the case are fortunate to have slipped through the net.

Then Li Jishen began to talk about the accounts, and the figures were even more jaw-dropping, no one thought that the huge property accumulated by Dai Yun and the three officials of the Ministry of War and Shilang could support Wu Yue to spend two or three years of prosperity without taxes.

Li Jishen's initiation is relatively lengthy and complicated, and it needs to be explained constantly before the ministers can understand it. But everyone still listened quite carefully, lest they miss an important sentence. At this time, an inner attendant ran up from the back of the Qinzheng Hall in a panic, disregarding etiquette, interrupted Li Jishen's performance, and said to the Empress Dowager Xu and Qian Hongzuo: "The Empress Dowager Qi, the Holy Gift, the hoopoe man of the Houyuan Hunting Court ran to the front hall with a sword. ”

Qian Hongzuo asked angrily: "How did she get out of Chuhouyuan?" ”

Since the hoopoe man was injured in the first battle of Jinxiao Lane, he has been under house arrest in Chuhou Yuan, and the last time Mrs. Dai came to visit her, it was not that she didn't want to see her, but she didn't know that Mrs. Dai had been here.

The chamberlain said: "Today, His Royal Highness Hongqi, go to Chuhou Garden to visit the hoopoe man." I don't know what's going on, the hoopoe man snatched the sword of His Royal Highness Hongqi, grabbed him and rushed out. When I passed by the Hall of Heroes just now, I was surrounded by Princess Ruyi, but the hoopoe man threatened the life of His Royal Highness Hongqi, and she still had a reputation, and the attendants did not dare to hurt her, such as a princess who sent villains to rush to the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord. The hoopoe man kept saying: I want to see Xie Xiangcun and Master Xie, and said that as long as Lord Xie goes to see her, she will let His Royal Highness Hongqi go, otherwise she will kill His Highness and then kill the palace. ”

Qian Hongzuo said categorically: "The hoopoe man has no name in the royal family, and he was only the daughter of a criminal minister who was imprisoned in the Chuhou Yuan in the past. You go and tell Princess Ruyi, don't have any scruples, if the hoopoe man is captured, she can be spared death, otherwise she will be killed. ”

Empress Dowager Xu said to Xie Xiangcun: "Xie Aiqing, after all, His Royal Highness Hongqi's safety is important, why don't you go and see, what's going on?" ”

Qian Hongzuo stopped: "This is not possible. Xie Aiqing was sick, the hoopoe man was holding a sharp blade, and Xie Aiqing had just beheaded her father, she was furious, and it was not suitable for them to meet. ”

Empress Dowager Xu still said to Xie Xiangcun: "Xie Aiqing, you take the sword of Shang Fang to persuade her and tell her: the child born to his father's original wife, now only she is left, her brother Dai Feng has been beheaded, two sisters, one committed suicide after Dai Yun's death, and the other has been missing for many years. After all, she has lived in the prince's garden, the royal family doesn't want to be difficult for her, the daughter of the Dai family, originally had to be put into the Chun'an prison camp, serving hard labor for life, only the daughter who married, with the exception of her husband's surname, if she is willing to change to the surname Qian, although she can no longer be the queen, but in the future, she can be a 'talented person' to serve the saint. "Empress Dowager Xu is quite jealous of the children born to Dai Yun's original wife, the main reason is that Dai Shengrong, who was a concubine in the Central Plains Palace and pretended to be the beauty Yao Yan of Wuyue. Empress Dowager Xu didn't want to send the hoopoe boy to the Chun'an prison camp, for fear that it would cause trouble, so she asked Xie Xiangcun to persuade the hoopoe man with the sword of Shang Fang, which was equivalent to handing over the decision-making power of the hoopoe boy's death to Xie Xiangcun.

Qian Hongzuo said: "Queen Mother, how can such a scourge be left in the palace? ”

Empress Dowager Xu motioned to Qian Hongzuo to stop arguing, and then looked at Xie Xiangcun.

Xie Xiangcun bowed down and said, "Weichen is willing to try his best to persuade Miss Dai." ”

With that, the sword of Shang Fang followed the attendant who came to report, and hurried away from the back door.

Qian Hongzuo hurriedly waved his hand to summon the foreman with a sword guard in front of the palace, and commanded in his ear: "Let the sharpshooter follow Xie Aiqing from afar, no matter what, you must ensure that Lord Xie is thorough." ”

Outside the Hall of Heroes, a circle of sword-wielding guards surrounded the hoopoe man and Qian Hongliang, and the hoopoe man put his sword across Qian Hongliang's neck and was in a stalemate with the guards. And Zhen Jinshu was far away, guarded by several palace maids with knives.

Seeing Xie Xiangcun coming with Shang Fang's sword, Zhen Jinshu greeted him, and before Zhen Jinshu could speak, Xie Xiangcun had already said to the palace maid who was protecting her: "You protect the princess to the rockery immediately, no matter what happens, don't come down, the most important thing is the princess's safety, you know?" ”

Zhen Jinshu saw that Xie Xiangcun's first concern was his own safety, and his heart was inexplicably moved, and he only had time to say "You have to be careful", and was surrounded by palace maids to climb the rockery.

Xie Xiangcun separated the guards who surrounded the hoopoe man, looked at the hoopoe man who was holding Qian Hongliang and said, "Miss Dai, I'm already here, you still don't let go of His Royal Highness Hongliang?" ”

The hoopoe man said: "As long as you promise to fight with me, I will let him go?" ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "I am happy to accompany you." There's a cloister over there, and as long as you let go of Your Highness, these guards will all accompany Your Highness and retreat there. If you have anything to say, just tell me alone. Then Xie Xiangcun instructed the guards: "Even if there is a fight between me and Miss Dai, no one is allowed to interfere!" The life and death of the two of us are left to fate, and if anyone interferes, my Shang Fang sword will kill him first. ”

Hearing this, the hoopoe man really let go of Qian Hongliang, Qian Hongliang did not panic, and under the protection of the guards, he retreated to the corridor far away, sat on the railing, and looked at Xie Xiangcun and the hoopoe man from a distance with a smile.

Xie Xiangcun sat down cross-legged on the spot, put Shang Fang's sword beside him, as if he wanted to have a long talk, and asked calmly, "Miss Dai, do you have something to do with me?" ”

The hoopoe man was sad and indignant, and asked sharply: "Hongliang told me, you killed my father, my brother and my little nephew, can there be such a thing?" ”

Xie Xiangcun glanced at Qian Hongliang, not knowing what Qian Hongliang intended to say to the hoopoe man, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, just eight days ago." ”

The hoopoe man's eyes blurred with tears, and he choked up: "He also said that my brother Dai Feng was also assassinated by you, is it true?" ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "This is true, I killed your brother first, and then I returned to Hangzhou City and beheaded your man." ”

The hoopoe man shouted: "Why do you want to kill my Dai family? ”

Xie Xiangcun glanced at Qian Hongliang again, and when he saw that he looked like a bystander, he asked, "Did His Royal Highness Hongliang tell you the reason?" ”

The hoopoe man said: "He said that you hate the Dai family, you want revenge?" ”

Xie Xiangcun still asked quietly: "What enmity do I have with the Dai family?" ”

The hoopoe man said: "My father injured your master Qu Liuyu back then, and he was disabled for life. And the two masters who taught you to learn martial arts are both minions of my father's rival General Ma's family, and in order to avenge your master, you are deliberately approaching the Holy Lord and pleasing him, just to deal with our Dai family. ”

Xie Xiangcun smiled bitterly: "His Royal Highness Hongqi knows a lot. ”

The hoopoe man said: "In the three years since the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the first two years have been safe with my father, but since you came to him, he has begun to target my father everywhere, until he killed my brother, and finally wiped out my Dai family." This qiē was instigated by you behind your back, right? ”

Xie Xiangcun asked, "So you clamped His Highness Hongqi and forced me out, wanting to kill me to take revenge?" ”