Chapter 518: Trial
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"Aunt Liu"
At least from the appearance, Xu Yiyang's etiquette makes people speechless.
Liu Ru is very beautiful and has a maverick temperament, but when she intercedes for others, this temperament does not exist.
She used to be a fireworks woman, but she was a fireworks woman held by everyone. Later, she became Dong Linkui's concubine, although she was a concubine, she said nothing at home, which was equivalent to the status of his wife. But now, she's unkempt and pleading for a prodigal kid.
"Yiyang, what are you doing here?" Liu Ru wanted to get closer, but was stopped outside by the soldiers.
Xu Yiyang replied: "I was ordered by the general to arrest the Qin criminal, and this person resisted arrest, so he could only give him a little bitterness."
There were noisy voices all around, Liu Ru looked around, saw thousands of soldiers on the banks of the Qinhuai River holding torches, scolding and shouting, and asked in a tactful tone: "Don't you know who he is?" ”
"I know" Xu Yiyang replied very crisply, "The fourth son of the Fushe, that is, this Hou Fangyu, has no interest, and only knows that he is messing around on the banks of the Qinhuai River. ”
Liu Ru swallowed all the words back.
Xu Yiyang arched his hand again and said: "The general has been assassinated, and the assassins are being searched for in the city, and Aunt Liu will also go with me."
"Me?" Liu Ru panicked. She had a ghost in her heart, and she knew it, but she didn't think it was a big deal.
"Yes, the name of my aunt is on the arrest list given by the General's Mansion" Xu Yiyang nodded, and then said: "The sergeant is rude, and my aunt should go by herself, so as not to offend more."
Liu Ru was silent, she didn't have the face to see Gu Mei again. Look at Hou Fangyu was beaten half to death, and was picked up by two soldiers and thrown into a carriage.
Tonight, the doors of every house in Nanjing were closed, and the common people heard the footsteps of the soldiers running on the streets outside for half the night.
The general was benevolent and never raised a butcher's knife against the government and scholars, and the only civilian official he killed was He Tengjiao's staff member Zhang Kuang.
After tonight, the civil servant will understand that the man is not angry, but he is not angry.
In the early morning of the next day, Xu Yiyang came to the General's Mansion to report his life, and last night a total of 132 people were arrested, half of whom were famous. Xiao Zhiyan stayed at home, closed the door, and did not receive any visitors. Xu Yiyang replaced him in charge of the Xiying soldiers and horses.
At dawn, the sunlight re-projected on the willow trees on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and there was a mess everywhere.
Xiying General Military Mansion.
The soldiers defending the city came to report that Chen Zilong arrived outside Nanjing. On the way to Nanjing, he heard that the general had not killed anyone, and he was finally relieved.
Zhai Zhe ordered the soldiers to deliver letters to the homes of the five cabinet scholars and summoned them to the Xiying General Military Mansion. Ma Shiying and the other five cabinet scholars are one step faster than Chen Zilong. People who have no ghosts in their hearts are frank and open, and several cabinet scholars, such as Zhang Guowei and others, are not panicked.
Zhang Guowei and Zhai Zhe are old acquaintances in eastern Zhejiang, and as soon as they saw Zhai Zhe, they immediately came over to condole: "General, you are not injured."
Zhai Zhe chuckled and said, "A group of small people, what can they do to me, they just injured two soldiers"
"We must find out the mastermind behind the scenes," Zhang Guowei was indignant. He is from eastern Zhejiang, has always supported King Lu, and expects Zhai Zhe to take this opportunity to abolish King Tang and put King Lu on the throne.
The few of them had not seen each other for a long time, and naturally they looked at each other in front of the general, and each talked about the cruelty of the assassin as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Half an hour later, three or two carriages arrived outside the General Army's Mansion. Chen Zilong got out of the carriage and trotted all the way into the General Soldier's Mansion. Everyone got up, and they couldn't help but greet each other.
Zhai Zhe took Liu Suifeng to meet the ministers in the living room.
After everyone sat down, the servants served tea and retreated, and Liu Suifeng gave a brief introduction to the life of Nanjing: "Two assassins were caught red-handed, and after being tortured, they confessed to the crime, both of them were from Changsha, and the dead soldiers of He Tengjiao, the former governor of Huguang. ”
"He Tengjiao, is it him?" Several scholars and Chen Zilong whispered a few words to each other, not too surprised.
"However, He Tengjiao is locked up in a prison, how can he instruct the assassin to act?" Liu Suifeng's voice changed and said, "There must be a mastermind behind it"
There was silence in the living room, and everyone was afraid to speak. Liu Suifeng is speaking for the general, and they don't know who Zhai Zhe's fire is going to burn.
"Yesterday when we arrested an assassin accomplice, that person committed suicide, he was Zheng Sen's bodyguard" Liu Suifeng said very slowly, giving a few people present time to think, and then said: "Last night, the soldiers of the Xiying searched and arrested the river fang on the bank of the Qinhuai River according to clues, and arrested some people who are being interrogated."
Several cabinet scholars all knew that their expressions were as usual, and Chen Zilong had just gotten the news and was a little surprised
"No matter who wants to assassinate me, I will definitely pull him out" Zhai Zhe knocked on the table lightly, "Am I still unable to enter this Nanjing City?" ”
As he spoke, the crowd listened.
Zhai Zhe sighed lightly again and said: "My anger has subsided in the past two days, in view of the fact that both inside and outside the court are concerned about this matter, the Ma Ge Department, Governor Chen, and Liu Changshi in my mansion, I can rest assured that the three of you will investigate this case."
Liu Suifeng already knew that the two people who were named focused on it.
Ma Shiying felt a burst of joy in his heart, and letting him serve as the chief judge meant that he had escaped from danger, and it was not in vain that he ran hard yesterday.
"This, I'm new here......" Chen Zilong knew that this was a hot potato, and he hadn't figured out the shape of Nanjing City, so he didn't dare to agree casually.
Zhai Zhe coughed heavily, interrupted him, and said: "Okay, it's settled, I will let the city defense soldiers cooperate with you, without further ado, within seven days, you must check the results, don't let me do it myself."
After he said this, he stood up and said, "I've been feeling a little unwell lately, so I won't accompany you" and turned around and walked to the back hall.
Seeing off the general, Liu Suifeng smiled at Ma Shiying and Chen Zilong, and said, "If the two adults want to know anything, just ask me."
The others were just accompanying the scene, and they all said goodbye and retired, and Zhang Guowei felt a little uncomfortable.
For the next half morning, the three of them sat together to sort out clues about the assassination.
Liu Suifeng reminded: "The general wants to get the results within seven days, since He Tengjiao has confirmed that it is correct, it is better to break the gap from him, the dead man is raised by him, he should be able to know the whole process of the whole thing"
Chen Zilong understood the situation and didn't talk nonsense. Ma Shiying knew almost everything about the inside story, but he was just pretending to be deaf and dumb there.
So, it's just Liu Suifeng making a decision.
The result is in front of you, who would dare to put this result on display? And the key is what the general wants
In the following days, Ma Shiying, Chen Zilong, and Liu Suifeng interrogated the two assassins and He Tengjiao, and they were very busy, but Zhai Zhe stayed in the General Military Mansion and was idle. In addition to military power, everything else can be handed over to a few people to do, so why should he do it himself. It is natural to let Liu Suifeng investigate the case with Chen Zilong and Ma Shiying, and wait for the results to come out before entering the court.
The dignitaries and nobles of Nanjing City inquired everywhere about the news, how the common people should live their lives, or how to live.
The willow trees by the river have begun to sprout, and the maple trees outside the courtyard of Xiao Mansion are still bare.
After Xiao Zhiyan returned from the palace, he was ordered by Zhai Zhe not to go out at home.
There was no one outside the yard and no one inside the yard. The guards guarding the door were all transferred, and the two maids of the Xiao family found a secluded corner to hide after they were busy in the kitchen.
Xiao Zhiyan leaned back on the recliner and moved for half an hour.
In the middle of the afternoon, there was a knock at the door.
"Who" The little maid ran over in a panic, not daring to open the door, but leaning in the crack of the door and looking out.
Outside the door stood two men, one with a majestic face and a black cotton robe, and the other a little kinder, but with only one arm.
The one-armed young man spoke: "Go back and tell your master, and say that the general is coming."
The maid took a serious look before turning around and running into the room, she had never seen the general.
After a while, Xiao Zhiyan and Gu Mei walked out side by side and pulled the door bolt.
"Brother Xiao"
With a salutation and a smiling face, Xiao Zhiyan immediately forgot all about the previous things. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "General, the last general is guilty."
"There is no general here" Zhai Zhe walked in the door, "I haven't drunk alcohol for many years, so I'm here to have a drink with Brother Xiao."
"Please"
Qin Huai Bayan is not only beautiful, but also has a unique job. Gu Mei cooked in person, and a table of wine was quickly put on the table.
Zhai Zhe sat on the top, and Xiao Zhiyan sat down.
Ji Hong poured wine for Zhai Zhe, and Gu Mei stood behind her husband.
Although Gu Mei's cooking skills are good, the Jiangnan dishes he makes are not in line with Zhai Zhe's taste. His favorite is roasted lamb sprinkled with salt and spices, a taste left over from his youth on the grasslands.
I didn't eat much food, and I drank several pots of wine.
Xiao Zhiyan is not drunk, Zhai Zhe has not drunk for many years, and the amount of alcohol has dropped a lot, and he is slightly drunk.
After three rounds of drinking, he hit the blue and white porcelain dish with chopsticks and said, "Ji Hong, tell Brother Xiao what you know."
Ji Hong bent his only arm and said, "Obey"
So, he began to speak. Xiao Zhiyan put down the chopsticks, and Gu Mei put down the wine jug.
Xiao Zhiyan's face became redder and redder, and Gu Mei's face became whiter and whiter.
After speaking, the dishes on the table were already cold, the two people sitting opposite each other had lost their appetite, and the two people standing were still on empty stomachs.
"You know what? Whether it's Zheng Sen, or Liu Rushi, or the emperor in the palace, we are not all the way" Zhai Zhe raised his right hand and waved it in the void, repeating: "Do you know why? Because what we have is taken from them, and there are people who want to take it back from us."
Xiao Zhiyan didn't know where to put his two hands.
"Why should I fight with Zhu Yujian, I want to fight with Zhu Yujian, because I believe that Daming would be better in my hands, if it weren't for us, the braids would have been flying all over the world"
For a long time, Zhai Zhe hasn't spoken like this.