Chapter 142: Opening the Coffin (Part II)

Xie Zheng and Shen Yu walked to the door of the car, and the ox cart they took when they entered the palace was parked here.

Originally, the two of them walked together, Shen Youzhi should have walked in front, and Xie Zheng walked behind, but when they arrived at the stop door, Shen Youzhi walked to Xie Zheng's side, gestured to invite her to get in the car, and said: "The county lord invites first." ”

Xie Zheng expected that he didn't have any good intentions, and this time with him, Shen Yuzhi must have wanted to control her along the way, so she tried it first, and instructed Yuzhi: "Yuzhi, you go back to the Hou Mansion first, go to the same county Hou to inform you, and say that I have something important to do, and I will go back later, so that he and Zhong Xuan don't have to wait for me to have lunch together." ”

"Yes," Yuzhi agreed, and she was about to leave, and then Shen Yuzhi really raised his arm to block her way, and said, "Eh, county lord, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What do I mean?" Xie Zheng chuckled lightly and said disdainfully: "I want to ask General Shen, what do you mean by blocking my maidservant girl from going way?" ”

Shen Youzhi smiled fakely, and said incomprehensibly: "The road is slippery and difficult to walk, you have to be careful on the main road of the county, it is not good to delay time." ”

The smile on Xie Zheng's face froze instantly, and Shen Yuzhi's words were clearly threatening her.

Four years ago in August, she was sent by Xiao Daocheng, the night before she set off for Liang County, it was also like last night, there was a downpour, and when she left, the Shen family father and son were sent outside the Nanli Gate, and when she said goodbye to Shen Wenhe, Shen Yuzhi also said the same sentence: "The road is slippery and difficult to walk, you should be careful on the Yanghou Road, it is not good to delay time." ”

And that time, since she left and returned to Jiankang, she died unexpectedly, Shen Yuzhi's words today are obviously hinting at her that she will also die when she goes outside the city today and enters the palace again.

Xie Zheng still had a smile on her face, she calmed down again for a moment, and said calmly: "General Shen is reasonable. In that case, Yuzhi, you don't have to go back, come with me to the outside of the city. ”

Yuzhi glanced at Shen You vigilantly, and then answered Xie Zheng, and then helped her to board the ox cart, Xie Zheng got into the car, and then took Yuzhi up with his hand.

Shen Youzhi saw Xie Zheng board the ox cart with his own eyes, so he was relieved, so he also walked under his own ox cart, the coachman saw him coming, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, acting as a human flesh horse, when Shen Youzhi was about to board the car, he did not forget to tell the accompanying troops: "Let their car go first, the old man will follow." ”

After that, he glanced at the trilogy meaningfully, and the implication was that he ordered the trilogy to keep an eye on Xie Zheng and Yuzhi's movements along the way, and the trilogy naturally understood, so he nodded at Shen Youzhi.

Only then did Shen Yuzhi step on the coachman's back and sit in the ox cart.

The two ox carts had already set off, one after the other, out of the imperial city, and set off along the royal street towards the south fence gate.

Yuzhi sat in the ox cart, opened the curtains from time to time, looked outside, and asked Xie Zheng worriedly: "Lady, what should I do?" ”

Even Yuzhi knew that this act was auspicious.

Xie Zheng closed his eyes, took a long breath, and then opened his eyes again, his expression was quite indifferent, and he replied after a long time: "Steady, don't mess with yourself." ”

"But......" Yuzhi opened his mouth, thinking about it, he swallowed the words back, Xie Zheng said indifferently: "Wait and see." ”

Not long after, the group had rushed to the ancestral tomb of the Xie family in Chen County, the ox cart stopped at the gate of the cemetery, Shen Yuzhi jumped out of the ox cart first, but Xie Zheng and Yuzhi sat in the car and did not move.

Shen Yuzhi stood under his ox cart and shouted a few feet away: "When you arrive, the county lord of Shanyin still doesn't get out of the car?" ”

Yuzhi looked sideways at Xie Zheng, waiting for the order, Xie Zheng sighed softly: "Get off." ”

"Yes," Yuzhi bowed her head, and then lowered her head and got out of the car, but saw that under the row of walls at the entrance of the cemetery, dozens of tribes were guarded, she couldn't help but panic in her heart, but she still calmly called Xie Zheng out, Xie Zheng opened the door curtain, and saw the tribes surrounding the cemetery gate at first sight, Yuzhi lowered her voice, and called very worriedly: "Lady......"

Xie Zheng walked down calmly, gave Yuzhi a reassuring look, grabbed her hand and patted it lightly twice, and said, "It's okay." ”

Seeing that Xie Zheng had approached, Shen Yuzhi raised his hand to the door of the cemetery and said with a cruel smile: "County Lord, please." ”

Xie Zheng glanced at the troops gathered in front, pointed to that side, and asked Shen Yuzhi with a smile: "Why does General Shen have a posture of rebellion?" ”

Shen Yuzhi replied contemptuously: "There are only a hundred people inside and outside here, even if the old man wants to rebel, this formation is far from enough." ”

Xie Zheng knew that there must be someone guarding the cemetery, and Shicai was not only mocking Shen Yuzhi, but also to get out of his mouth and find out how many people he had brought today.

Now that the words really came out of his mouth, she used the word "rebellion" to tease Shen You, and said: "The implication is that General Shen is really rebellious? ”

When Shen Youzhi heard this, he reacted to Xie Zheng's pun, and in an instant, his old face turned green with anger, and he said with a cold face: "The county lord of Shanyin is cautious!" The old man arranged for his troops to guard here because there were mobs in this cemetery, and the old man was also afraid that the mob would hurt the county lord! ”

Xie Zheng pretended to be considerate and said with a smirk: "It seems that General Shen is here prepared, in order to design me, you really took great pains." ”

Shen Yuzhi knew that Xie Zheng had seen through his thoughts, but she didn't say it, so he treated him politely, and now that she opened her mouth bluntly, he naturally stopped hiding it, and he said in a low voice: "If you want to deal with Xie Da Sima, you naturally have to prepare early." ”

Xie Zheng laughed, "Then it depends on who is better." ”

"Please."

"Please."

The two of them pushed me and let them, and walked into the cemetery side by side, the dirt road in the cemetery was paved with gravel, although it rained heavily last night, but the road in the garden was not muddy to walk.

Xie Yu's grave, enter the first row of the cemetery, turn left, and walk to the corner at the end.

The group approached Xie Yu's tomb, and saw from a distance that there were more than a dozen people around the tomb, and there were indeed two scholars wearing square scarves standing at the front, like the leader.

As soon as the two scholars saw Xie Zheng coming, they were about to rush up, but they were stopped by the guards, and they raised their arms and shouted in unison, scolding at Xie Zheng: "Anti-thief! Anti-thief! ”

Xie Zheng just glanced at them lightly, without the slightest annoyance, but Yuzhi followed behind Xie Zheng, but was about to rush over to make a move on them, Xie Zheng hurriedly stretched out his arm to stop her.

Yuzhi was angry for a while, pointed to the two so-called Shu scholars, and said to Xie Zheng: "Lady, they humiliate you!" ”

When the two scholars saw that Yuzhi was about to rush over, they were so frightened that they took two steps back, but now when they saw that Yuzhi was stopped, they had confidence again, so they immediately took a few steps forward and continued to scold: "Kill the thief!" Execute the thief! ”

Xie Zheng smiled faintly and said: "Take people's money and do things for others, this is what it should be, Xie doesn't blame you, but you act too hard in this play, right, can you add a few more dollars and silver if you act harder?" ”

The two scholars didn't seem to expect to be recognized by Xie Zheng, and when they heard Xie Zheng's words, they looked at each other awkwardly, and then silently put down their raised arms.

Seeing the situation, Shen Yuzhi didn't panic, nor did he refute anything, he just sneered, and now he looked at Xie Zheng again, as if he was looking at a dying person, with both disdain in his eyes, and a bit of banter and hypocritical sympathy.

On each side of the tomb stood two parts, not holding a knife in their hands, but holding a shovel, and another part holding an oil-paper umbrella on the other side of the tombstone.

Several people were ready to go, just waiting for Shen You's order.

Xie Zheng expected to think well, Shen Youzhi, an old immortal, had really arranged everything a long time ago, and he entered the palace to report to Xiao Daocheng that the folk rumors were spreading, how could it be that he asked for an order to dig up the grave, and it was clear that he was just informing Xiao Daocheng.

"If the county lord of Shanyin has no opinion, the old minister will order the grave to be dug up," Shen Yuzhi asked Xie Zheng for his opinion in a fake way, Xie Zheng sneered and said: "General Shen's words are really ridiculous, what you want to move is not my ancestral grave, why do you want to ask my opinion." ”

When Shen Yuzhi heard this, he no longer cared about her, and immediately shouted at the few parts standing by the tomb with a shovel in his hand: "Break ground!" ”

When the words fell, several parts raised their shovels and were about to break ground, but Xie Zheng suddenly noticed that Xie Yu's tomb was a little different from the rest of the tombs nearby, and she hurriedly shouted: "Slow!" ”

Several subordinates collected the shovels in time, and everyone looked at Xie Zheng according to the sound, Xie Zheng took two steps closer to the tomb and asked, "Why is there not a trace of weeds on this tomb?" ”

All the tombs in the cemetery, every six months someone will come to take care of it, now it is the day of summer, the grass in April, it is the grass and the trees are luxuriant, even if someone has taken care of it, but the nearby tomb, is also sparse and sparse There are a few weeds standing on it, why is the tomb in front of you, but it is so clean?

Yuzhi immediately guessed the meaning of Xie Zheng's words, so he turned his head and asked Shen Yuzhi: "General Shen, this tomb, I'm afraid it hasn't been touched, right?" ”

As soon as the onlookers heard this, they pointed and sighed.

Shen Yuzhi seemed to be told a secret, and a trace of panic immediately flashed in his eyes, and then he pretended to be calm, and ordered the accompanying subordinates to the side: "Go and pass on the tomb keeper!" ”

Xie Zheng naturally saw the clue, she expected that Shen Yuzhi must have sent someone to move this tomb, but seeing that he innocently sent someone to pass the tomb keeper to question, wouldn't he be a cousin and set up an archway? This old thing is really disgusting!

The grave keeper was brought over by the tribe, and Shen Yuzhi immediately asked, "Are you here to take care of this cemetery?" ”

"Yes," the grave keeper is an old man with a sixtieth birthday, but his appearance is much kinder than Shen Yuzhi.

Shen Yuzhi pointed to Xie Yu's tomb and asked, "The old man asked you, this tomb, but someone has touched it?" ”

Seeing Shen Yuzhi's coy posture, Xie Zheng secretly gritted his teeth and glanced at him.

The tomb keeper replied: "The old man only guards the tomb during the day, and I haven't seen anyone come here to break ground before." ”

The tomb keeper seemed to know something, and when he said this, he really satirized Shen Youzhi's actions today.

Shen You was very annoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to say much, so Xie Zheng stepped forward and said bluntly: "Old man, how can the soil on this tomb look like it has been renovated?" ”

The grave keeper explained: "About five or six days ago, the noble concubine Niangniang sent someone to weed here. ”

Xie Guifei? Would she be so kind? In the past few years, she has never been to this cemetery, not to mention caring about Xie Yu's juniors, even if it is an elder, Xie Guifei has never come to worship here, why is it that she is kind enough to send someone to weed now?

"I see," Xie Zheng and Yuzhi glanced at each other, Shen Yuzhi saw the situation, and hurriedly gestured to those few parts, and ordered: "Go on!" ”

A few of them then raised their shovels and hurriedly dug up the wet soil, and soon saw the coffin.

Shen Yuzhi turned his head and gave the original two scholars a look, and the two scholars understood, so he raised his arms and shouted: "Open the coffin for autopsy!" Open the coffin for autopsy! ”

Seeing that the coffin had been revealed, Xie Zheng became more and more worried in her heart, she always felt that Shen Yuzhi must have sent someone to move this tomb before, otherwise, how could this old Wang Ba dare to mention the matter of opening the coffin for autopsy!

Shen Yuzhi saw that the people were urging to open the coffin, so he pretended to be helpless, gestured to a few parts, and said, "Let's open it." ”

Several parts then used shovels to pry open the coffin lid, and the onlookers covered their mouths and noses one after another, but in fact, the coffin lid was lifted, but there was no smell of corpses floating inside, Xie Zheng became more and more convinced that the coffin was empty.

The part holding the umbrella covered the coffin with an umbrella in a similar way, poked his head and glanced inside, and then pretended to be surprised, looked at Shen Yuzhi, and said, "General! It's empty! ”

Shen Yuzhi also pretended to be surprised, so he walked towards the tomb in three steps and two steps, and the accompanying part behind him also walked over, but he put one hand behind his back and secretly gestured to the back.

Seeing his gesture, the two men looked at each other, and then put away their spears together and gave the two scholars who were stopped.

The two scholars immediately rushed to the coffin together, stretched their necks to look at it, and then shouted to the onlookers: "This place is indeed empty!" ”

After that, the two pointed at Xie Zheng again and scolded: "This county lord of Shanyin is really the anti-thief Xie Yu back then!" You guys...... What are you doing in a daze? Don't kill her yet! ”

The onlookers stood behind and shouted, "Kill her!" Kill her! Kill her! ”

"You ...... You blind people, you who have taken money, do not even want your own conscience! My lady accumulates virtue and does good deeds on weekdays, but she is humiliated by you like this! Yuzhi's face turned pale with annoyance, and he pointed at the onlookers and scolded, Xie Zheng glanced at her disapprovingly, and said casually: "Yuzhi, some people are poor and short-minded, this is the lowliness in their bones, you care about them, but you lose your dignity." ”

The two scholars had instigated a group of generals to finish what they should have said and what they shouldn't say, and Shen Youzhi said slowly to the song: "Pull the two of them down!" ”

The two scholars acted quite into the play, and even though they were dragged away by the ministry, the two still didn't forget to point at Xie Zheng and shout: "Kill her!" Kill her! ”

Shen Youzhi turned to Xie Zheng and asked with a smile: "Lord of Shanyin County, this coffin ...... Could you please explain? ”

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