Chapter 41 Fifth
All the family members and servants of the Assassin's Mansion were controlled by the guards of the Princess Mansion, and everyone was confined in two halls. Mrs. Yan hugged her youngest grandson and comforted her with kind words, but the child didn't know that something big had happened at home, and she was clamoring to go back to her room to sleep, eat cakes, and change into comfortable clothes, and Mrs. Yan burst into tears when she heard it.
Yan Jikang shrank in the corner of the room, his face pale, and looked desperately at the hail outside the window.
"Yan Jikang, what do you know?" Shen Mengxi asked.
Yan Jikang shook his head and muttered: "Kunlun Nu is a birthday gift from the fourth brother of the uncle's family to my aunt, and it was sent in advance last month, and the maid is the granddaughter of my aunt's wedding girl, I don't know why they suddenly assassinated the princess." Twelve came to congratulate his aunt on her birthday, and she didn't think it would be like this...... "He has been involved, and it is difficult to take it out."
A quarter of an hour later, the hail stopped.
The world has changed.
The autumn chrysanthemums of the proud frost were smashed to pieces, the unripe fruits on the trees were smashed, the residual leaves and branches were broken everywhere, the roof tiles were broken, the doors and windows were broken, You Tingshi knelt on the ground and cried, and I don't know how many unharvested grains were destroyed, how many houses collapsed, and how many cattle, sheep and livestock were stoned to death.
"Oh my God, what the hell is going on!" You stabbed Shi Lao in tears, looking up to the sky and crying bitterly.
Commander Lu was leading the guards to investigate the servants and maids, but he didn't see a clue, but he saw a team of men and horses galloping to the door of the Assassin's Mansion, about thirty people, wearing the uniform of the forbidden army, and the leader of the person had a fish bag tied to his belt, showing the edict of Emperor Wu, and was ordered to arrest You Tingshi.
That person first met Shen Mengxi, claiming to be the fifth submersion, the general of the Zuo Shenwu Army. Recently, when he was on official business in Bianzhou, he received an urgent order from Emperor Wu to immediately arrest You Tingshi and bring him back to Luoyang, and hand it over to the Magistrate's Court to Junchen for trial.
"Lai Junchen is back in the house so soon?" Commander Lu couldn't help but interject, his expression surprised.
The fifth dive nodded, and still said to Shen Mengxi: "I didn't hear about it when Xia Guan left Beijing, but looking at the edict, it should be that the official has been reinstated." ”
"I don't know what You Thorn Shi is guilty of?"
"Rebellion." The fifth dive bowed his head and bowed his hand.
"Rebellion? Your Majesty said that the old minister was plotting rebellion? You Tingshi stared at the fifth dive with round eyes, turned his head and kowtowed in the direction of Luoyang, "The old minister died unjustly!" The old minister is smeared with the liver and brain of the Tang Dynasty, how can he do such a rebellious thing! After saying that, he grabbed the ground with his head and cried incessantly.
When the family members of the Assassin Mansion heard about this crime, they also panicked, and the female relatives began to cry.
Shen Mengxi was also dumbfounded, this crime is the most domineering, no wonder he wants to take away the whole family, this is the rhythm of preparing to be beheaded all over the house. The rebellion plus the assassination of the princess is enough to kill two people back and forth.
Shen Mengxi sighed, she had no right to stop the fifth dive from taking away You Tingshi's family, so she could only say: "Fifth general, this palace is also trying to return to the Divine Capital, so it is better to go all the way." ”
The fifth dive should be.
Shen Mengxi looked at You Tingshi, and said: "You Tingshi fought to the death in the east, his military achievements were outstanding, this palace respects his noble character, loves the people like a son, and only stayed in Bianzhou for a few days, I believe in him, he will not be a rebel, and I don't believe that he will instruct his servants to kill me." The crime has not been determined, and the fifth general is asked to take care of it all the way. ”
After hearing this, You Tingshi knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Highness, the minister is ashamed!" Failing to take care of the princess and almost putting the princess in danger is the sinful of the minister, and the minister deserves to die! ”
"Speaking of which, I shouldn't have disturbed the history of assassination through Bianzhou." Shen Mengxi sighed: "In the past, when I heard about the deeds of the Assassin History, I always wanted to see the demeanor of the old general, but I didn't expect ......."
"Your Highness! Please believe that the old minister, there is no intention of rebellion, and there is no intention of harming His Highness, today the old minister was framed by a traitor, and it should be the old minister who has involved His Highness! I only hope that I have arrived in the Shendu, Your Majesty Shengming, and I will return the old minister to his innocence, otherwise the old minister will not be blind! ”
Shen Mengxi couldn't figure out for a moment whether this assassin was purely for himself, or assassinated himself in order to frame You Assassin Shi. If you say that you came to yourself, the maid is a child of the family, and it is not a day or two since Kunlun Nu arrived in the Thorn History Mansion, and at that time he should really be in Luoyang, and he didn't plan to travel. If you talk about framing You Thorn Shi, he has already been charged with treason, and there is no need to bother planting it. No matter how you look at it, it seems that You Tingshi instructed it, if she hadn't secretly put a bugging device last night and heard You Tingshi's conversation with her son, she couldn't completely rule out this idea.
Last night, You Tingshi and his eldest son analyzed all night, and the two whispered to each other, who could be the main messenger, and sorted out the relationship between Luoyang and Chang'an, and also checked the subordinates in Bianzhou. Shen Mengxi himself didn't believe that You Tingshi was the mastermind, who would be stupid enough to ignore the lives of the family and assassinate the princess at the practice banquet held by his family, and there were two hundred princess guards outside, if he really had this intention, the success rate of food poisoning and arson in the middle of the night would be higher.
Over there, the fifth dive also greeted Di Renjie with each other, although Di Renjie was reduced to the ninth grade, but the fifth dive still treated each other politely and respectfully, which made Shen Mengxi pay more attention to him.
Di Renjie and Qian Shikang's family have packed their luggage and come to say goodbye, and they are all rushing to their posts.
Di Renjie arched his hand at You Tingshi: "You Tingshi take care!" The powerlessness of the Jiupin official made him frustrated, "Xia Guan was 'lucky' to enter the magistrate's house and was injured, and he was even more fortunate to have the help of nobles and get out of the magistrate's house!" I only hope that God will favor you, and You Thorn Shi will be safe and sound. ”
How could You Tingshi not know the reputation of the Magistrate's Academy, and looked back at his family sadly: "Heavens! ”
The family members behind him wailed in unison, and the immature children were even more frightened, clutching the plackets of their relatives and shaking together.
Di Renjie's eyes were sad, his steps were heavy, and he walked towards Shen Mengxi, "Your Highness takes care of it, the old minister is hard to repay, and the descendants of the family have already enshrined the immortal tablet for His Highness." The road ahead is difficult, His Royal Highness should return to Shendu with Xiao Langjun and the little ladies as soon as possible. ”
"Then let Doctor Sun go to Pengze with the old gentleman, and let him return after he is completely healed. Treasure all the way! We look forward to seeing you in the future! Shen Mengxi said with a smile.
Di Renjie didn't smile, but at this time, he was down, and he was even more bitter and hateful, and his nasolabial folds were deeply sunken, and when he heard Shen Mengxi say that he was coming to the future, he smiled bitterly, which means that he is in his sixties, and he has been given up by His Majesty, what else is there to do?
"I said I'll see you tomorrow, and I'll definitely see you!" Shen Mengxi said with certainty.
After hearing this, Di Renjie took a deep look at Shen Mengxi, then quickly lowered his eyelids, arched his hand, and got into his broken carriage.
Qian Shikang also joined forces and silently followed Di Renjie.
Shen Mengxi motioned to Commander Lu, and with a wave of his hand, Commander Lu's escort group of twenty people and the supply of two carriages followed. Di Renjie heard the sound of horses' hooves, lifted the curtain, saw the guards who followed, stopped the carriage, got out of the carriage, stood on the side of the road, and shook it deeply, his white beard was blown up by the autumn wind, and his figure looked thin and old.
After the hailstorm, Bianzhou was in a depression, and Bianzhou, which had no chief official, was even more panicked.