Chapter 115: I don't know the enemy I was shocked
When the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Guoguang was in power, he was an important minister of the state, but when he went home, he had a grade identity, which was nothing, Wang Tailai was just a playboy, what was the use of killing him.
"Lord Lu, do you know that he killed him?" "Definitely can't be wrong, the corpse that has been examined for nearly thirty years, how can he not report it to the above, but he has been suppressed by his brother with the help of his brother several times, and he will not tell lies to his brother on this!"
Looking at Wang Tong's doubtful expression, Lu Wancai followed, and then explained:
"This hanged one, usually the Adam's apple side is the heaviest, but this Wang Tailai's neck is also compressed in other places, and it is obviously about to stiffen before being hung on the beam......"
This is a professional opinion, Wang Tong nodded, in addition to the fact that suicide is a matter of great courage, it also requires great courage, no matter how you look at Wang Tailai's situation, it is not these two.
The night climate in Jingshi near May was quite pleasant, but Wang Tong unconsciously felt cold, traced He Jinyin, and Shuntianfu actually released people, thinking that he could get some news from this Wang Tailai, but Wang Tailai was also killed.
Whether it is related to the Sanyang Sect, Wang Tong dare not conclude, but if it is related to the Sanyang Sect, it will be too terrible, Wang Tong sat on the chair and asked coldly:
"Can you know when Wang Tailai died?"
"I'm not sure, it's probably around noon......
Wang Tongchang exhaled, if it is said that the only son of the Ministry of Shangshu hanged himself and has nothing to do with the Sanyang Sect, if it is related, then it can be inferred layer by layer, Emperor Wanli said layers of criminal evidence in the cabinet, forcing the Ministry of Shangshu Kingdom Guangzhishi to dismiss, this moment will not be more than an hour from noon.
That Wang Tong specially said to Emperor Wanli that if he wanted to block the mouths of the people in the world, so that the Queen Mother would not think that the emperor was messing around, then he would be nailed to death for the crime and the crime must be convicted and interrogated.
This news must have been spread out of the palace as soon as it was confirmed, and the people lurking in the prince's house began to silence and calmly left the Shangshu Mansion.
With such an intelligence network, such an ability to act, and such a secret, and then linked to all the previous signs, the Sanyang Sect, which I thought was a small cult, would actually have such a force and such a dense network.
In those film and television dramas and novels I saw in the past, there often seemed to be this kind of well-organized, leaky mysterious gang, but Wang Tong never thought that there would be such an institution in the people, in modern society, highly efficient, reasonably organized large companies and large groups may not be able to do this, how can it be done in this era of underdeveloped information and backward competitive level, the only reasonable explanation is that there is an official force doing this, or rather, someone is borrowing official power to do this.
Who is he fighting against, who is in the court, or who is in the palace, Wang Tong looked at the front blankly, not daring to think deeply.
Wang Tong has only been in this era for more than ten years, and he can already think so deeply, not to mention the old and sophisticated Shuntianfu governor Lu Wancai.
The two of them were silent there, until Ma Sanbiao came over with a meal over there, and Wang Tong said with a strong smile:
"Brother Lu, don't stand, sit down, Sanbiao, you go get a pot of tea, look at Brother Lu when he enters our house and hasn't even drunk his saliva!"
This is the first time Wang Tong called Lu Wancai "big brother", Lu Wancai's expression was excited, and he suddenly said with a smile:
"Today, wearing this robe is too thick, it's hot, my back is full of sweat, and it's sticky and uncomfortable, Brother Wang, I won't be outside."
As he spoke, he took off the robe he was wearing, Wang Tong clearly saw that Lu Tuiguan's middle coat was already wet, everyone understood people, and no one could guess that the sweat was not hot, but frightened.
Lu Wan knew that Wang Tong had already regarded himself as his own, and after sitting down, he hesitated for a moment before he said:
"Brother Wang, to put it mildly, you have already hugged the thigh of Zhang Cheng and Zhang Gonggong, and at this time, there is Feng Bao Feng's father-in-law's face, there are few people in the world who are bigger than these two backers, let's act cautiously, while beware of others harming us, don't let people catch our handle, and it won't be a big deal."
Wang Tong nodded, thinking that Ma Sanbiao should not move back in the future, and it would be good to live here together to take care of it, which Lu Tuiguan did say.
At this time, he remembered the thick book that was lost and recovered in the Juyi Workshop run by He Jinyin, and now this matter is more and more involved with the Sanyang Sect, this list is always pondering and studying by himself, maybe he can't think of anything, and now he and Lu Tuiguan have shared the interests and harms, sitting in the same boat, it is better to study and study together.
"Brother Lu, junior brother go to the wing room to get something, please wait!"
After a while, Wang Tong walked out with the thick roster and said to Lu Wancai in a deep voice:
"Brother Lu, this is copied from the Juyi Fang, the little brother has always existed in his hands and there is no foreign legend, the above names are very unfamiliar, Brother Lu is a native of Jingshi, maybe he can find something."
Lu Wancai, the pusher, hurriedly stood up and walked to Wang Tong's side, Ma Sanbiao opened the curtain and came in, saw the cautious and serious appearance of the two people in the room, put down the teapot and wooden bowl with interest, and said with a smile:
"Brother Zhang said that the ingredients of the delicious restaurant were not enough, so I drove to the vegetable merchant to transport them back."
After speaking, he turned around and ran out, Wang Tong opened the roster, turned over the pages one by one, and crossed the names with his fingers under the light.
Lu Wancai carefully followed Wang Tong's finger to those names, Wang Tong saw that he didn't react and turned the page, and on the sixth page, he saw Wang Tailai's name, Wang informed that this name was still in the past three days, but this name had lost its meaning to Wang Tong. Almost halfway through, Lu Tuiguan still didn't recognize anything.
When Wang Tong thought there was no hope, Lu Wancai suddenly stopped, pointed to a name on the booklet and said:
Cheng Wei ...... Brother has heard this name...... At the end of last year, someone spent some money to install Cheng Wei in the Yamen of Daxing County as a catcher......"
"Daxing County? What are the benefits of going to that yamen on an errand? ”
Wang Tong turned his head in surprise and asked, and Lu Wancai, the official of the promotion, also had a wry smile on his face, shook his head and replied:
"Brother, I don't know, so it only cost a total of twenty taels of silver, and it was arranged to invite Liu Tongju to drink the flower wine, which is also a joke in Shuntianfu."
The capital division is Shuntianfu, Shuntianfu has jurisdiction over two counties, the capital is divided into two counties, the front gate is the central axis, the east is Daxing County, and the west is Wanping County, all of which are in the capital.
The county order, the county officer, the officials of the six rooms, the government service, and the arrest are all available, and the county order of a county, if it is a county magistrate in the locality, a big man who kills and kills, everyone has to look up to three points, but in this Beijing division, a seven-grade county order is worthless.
What is a seven-grade thing, how many five-grade and six-grade Beijing officials in the Beijing division still have to rent a house and eat on credit in the rice shop, not to mention a seven-grade one.
There are high-ranking officials and nobles everywhere, and it is extremely difficult to do an errand, needless to say, there are many more supports than other provinces and counties.
Being an official elsewhere is to make a fortune, and being a county magistrate in Beijing is to lose money, and the next day, Nanjing City and the counties directly under the provincial capital are also similar drudgery.
Sitting in this position, the only thought is to stay up for three years and then change the position to sit, this county order is still so angry, not to mention the errand servants below.
Wang Tong has also heard of these allusions, and at that time they were just a joke, but at this time, I was really surprised to hear Lu Wancai say this, someone was willing to spend money to do a drudgery in that place.
But when I think about it, when I go to that place to be an errand, no one will pay attention to it, among the Beijing divisions, the servants of the wealthy families are more majestic than Daxing and Wanping County, not to mention those who are on errands below, in this way, wouldn't it be more hidden.
At this time, Lu Wancai also said in a deep voice:
"Some wealthy businessmen of the third class who have no power are willing to spend money to buy a servant status for their children, although that identity is not in the official department, but it is also a tolerance status, and it is convenient to act."
Wang Tong turned his head to look over, although there were only two people in the room, Lu Wancai's voice was lowered, and he continued:
"There are many yamen in Beijing, and the investigation is strict, and those with knives and swords are all inquired by officials, if you are this errand person, you can wear soap clothes and square hats, and walk in the market with a knife and a latte ruler."
The two looked at each other, they couldn't speak, Wang Tong pointed to another personal name, and Lu Wancai recognized more than a dozen names, including officials and messengers who worked in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, as well as the small officials of the eight and nine grades of the Yamen of Daxing and Wanping counties, Wang Tong closed the list and said in a low voice:
"The people on the roster may be the three sects and nine streams in the Jingshi, hidden in places that you and I can't see, doing things that you and I don't know, if you give this roster to Dongchang or Beizhen Fusi, and sweep the whole city with the cooperation of Shuntianfu and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, there shouldn't be any fish that slip through the net......"
Hearing this, Lu Wancai was taken aback, and just as he was about to speak, Wang Tong said to himself:
"No, just based on this roster and your and me's speculation, to do such a big thing, it will inevitably cause thunder and anger, I'm afraid that before the thing is done, we will be crushed."
The mansion of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant to the cabinet, was only seen in the small study of people close to him.
"Pavilion Elder, the reason why Wang Guoguang was deposed is related to the Wang Tong of the Martial Arts Pavilion, the little martial artist, he can actually say that the Holy Lord has deposed the members of the six departments, which is a little unfavorable to the implementation of the great politics of the Pavilion Elder!"
Cabinet scholar, the new secretary of the military department, Zhang Siwei said with a calm face.
(To be continued)