All the meat left that day was thrown into the swill.

The livestock that ate the swill died.

And what about them......

The faces of the helpers turned pale, and their stomachs churned when they thought of the meat that their family had eaten after they returned.

Crepe Longan looked up at the person who spoke: "When did this happen, why don't I know?" ”

The yacha spoke: "The day after those people made trouble, weren't you injured at that time, my lord, and the doctor said that you should recuperate..."

"This matter is not a big deal, two livestock died, and during this time, the brothers were busy going out of the city to find people, so they delayed this matter, and forgot to tell the yamen for a while."

The most important thing is that the manure remover has a particularly bad temper, obviously doing the dirtiest work, but he thinks of himself as better than anyone else, not only always has a straight face, but also has a tricky personality, and his mouth is mean and vicious, and he can't get along with anyone.

When he came to report the crime that day, he used a lot of foul language.

When he and his two brothers went to look at it, they saw that the animal had been poisoned, and before they could investigate, the manure collector pointed to a widower who lived not far from him, saying that the pig had been poisoned on purpose, and that the widower and the daughter-in-law of the other family were not clear.

The little daughter-in-law was a newly married, thin-skinned, and she was ashamed to die of shame when he scolded her.

The little daughter-in-law's mother-in-law is a powerful one, listening to this person forcing his son to buckle the green / hat / son / son and insult her daughter-in-law, she immediately rushed out with a kitchen knife, and almost didn't kill the nonsense dung remover.

At that time, it was called chaos.

The dung remover was biased and said that their brothers had received benefits from others, and they didn't bother to care about his things at that time, so they casually said that they would wait for the affairs of the government to be resolved, and then go to check the affairs over there, but they were busy and forgot about it.

If he hadn't suddenly remembered it just now, he wouldn't have remembered it.

Xuan Longan was frightened at that time, and he was afraid of taking responsibility afterwards, so he pretended to be sick, and at this time, he was stabbed out by a word, and he couldn't help but glare at the man fiercely.

After listening to the words of the yacha, Qi Wenfu pursed his lips and said, "That dung remover is the one who collects the swill around here?" ”

"Yes."

Na Ya almost nodded, "There are a lot of people doing this work in this city, but almost all of them are fixed in one area, and the one who has an accident at home happens to be near here, and he has a bad temper and always quarrels with people, so we all know it." ”

Qi Wenfu glanced at Su Ruan when he heard this.

Su Ruan rubbed his fingers and said, "In this case, the cause of what happened that day should be that someone poisoned the food in the mansion of the academy, and then induced those people to be the government to attack them, and then instigated them to come to the mansion to make trouble." ”

But......

Su Ruan squinted slightly, there was still the most critical link missing.

Why would those people believe that the people of the government had harmed them, could they just fight them on the basis of some poisoned food?

The imperial court rewarded them very heavily, and there were also people accompanying them to protect them on the way back to Jingnan, and they had been taking care of them when they arrived at the Jingnan official mansion.

Even if someone is harmed in the back, they are trying their best to protect the remaining people.

Sister-in-law Xue, although they are just ordinary people, it doesn't mean that they are fools without any mind.

If they just found out that the food had been poisoned, shouldn't they have suspected that the person who wanted to assassinate them before had infiltrated the house and immediately notified the people from the government, but why did they directly identify that the person who poisoned them was from the government?

Qi Wenfu obviously thought of this as well, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "From the accident to the present, what strange rumors have been there everywhere in Jingzhou City?" ”

Crepe Longan frowned: "No, there have always been those ......people outside who say that the court is vicious, His Majesty has rebelled, and wants to kill people to vent his anger and so on."

Qi Wenfu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then turned his head to look at those yachas: "You fought with those people that day, do you still remember if there were any eye-catching people among them at that time?" ”

The officials looked at each other for a moment, and they all shook their heads.

"Nope."

"I didn't see it either, it seems to be the ones before."

"I didn't pay attention to it, I was just protecting the adults at the time."

The yacha who spoke first also said, "Lord Qi, there were a lot of them that day, and more than a hundred or so rushed in, looking at the mess, we really didn't pay attention to any eye-catching people." ”

"Our brothers were either grabbed by a few women, or blocked, and even I was entangled by a few children, you said that they were old and young, either women or missing arms and legs, if it wasn't for the blood later, how could we really do it with them?"

"You see, I was bitten by a child, and the bite on my hand is still not healed."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and saw that there was a row of extremely deep tooth marks on the back of his hand against his little finger, which was still dark red after so many days, and you can imagine how hard he bit at that time.

Su Ruan listened to their words, turned his head to Qi Wenfu and said, "It seems that it is not easy to find other clues at the moment, and it is still necessary to find the princess who ran away." and that Tao Xiucai has worked hard. ”

Qi Wenfu hummed, and after letting those yacha and a few helpers withdraw, he said to Xuan Long'an: "Lord Crepe, after Ye Ping and the others come back, no matter whether there are clues over there, the matter of finding someone cannot be broken." ”

"Do you have anyone here who is good at painting? After a few of them dictated the appearance of Mrs. Wang and Tao Xiucai, they asked someone to draw it first, and then took the portrait to find it in the city and some towns near Jingzhou, as long as they were not killed, they would definitely be able to find clues. ”

"Also, the people who ran away before must be found as soon as possible, and this matter should not be reported back to Beijing for the time being."

Yan Longan naturally has no opinion on finding people, he also wants to find people back as soon as possible, it is best to investigate the matter clearly, and he can be peaceful, but he will not return to Beijing......

Qi Wenfu seemed to see the hesitation of Xuan Longan, and said lightly: "Actually, I don't want to hide it from Lord Crepe, I asked you to intercept the letters you asked to send to the capital earlier. ”

Crepe Longan was taken aback: "You ......"

Qi Wenfu said: "Lord Crepe will listen to me first. ”

"I didn't let you send a message to Beijing, of course, I didn't want to alarm Your Majesty and make him disgusted with those soldiers and relatives who were provoked, but it was also for the sake of Lord Crepe."

"For me?" Crepe pursed her lips.

"Yes, for you."

Qi Wenfu said, "Lord Crepe thinks about it, His Majesty retried the old case of Jingnan just a few years ago, rehabilitated those soldiers and Lord Su, not only punished the second prince and the Bo family, but also compensated the relatives of these soldiers, and even promised the court that the court would never treat these loyal ministers and their bereaved families. ”

"Everyone in the world knows that Your Majesty is self-examining and taking care of the past, although there are grievances in Jingnan, it is not Your Majesty's doing, and Your Majesty is also deceived by villains."

"Your Majesty, for the sake of these people in Jingnan, and for the sake of giving an explanation to the people of the world, not only copied the Bo family, imprisoned the second prince, but also led many ministers involved in the case in the court to be demoted and killed one after another."

"But at this time, if there is news that he is ruthless and does not hesitate to punish his close relatives to appease the people who are not grateful, but instead murder the court officials and abscond in fear of crime, what do you want Your Majesty to do?"

Qi Wenfu looked at the crepe Longan and said,

"If Your Majesty punishes him severely, there will definitely be people who speculate that he is narrow-minded, suspecting that the so-called rehabilitation of Zhaoxue before is just a temporary appeasement, and there will even be people who speculate that Your Majesty has a grudge against the previous palace gate and confirms the rumors outside."

"But if Your Majesty does not punish him severely, murders the officials of the imperial court, and trespasses on the Zhizhou Yamen, if this crime can be avoided, where is the law and majesty of the imperial court?"

The expression on Xuan Longan's face changed constantly, and it was obvious that he had listened to Qi Wenfu's words.

Although he had never been an official in Beijing, the closest time he even got close to Emperor Ming Xuan was when he was admitted to the Jinshi to run for the palace examination, he only glanced at Emperor Ming Xuan from a distance at that time, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Later, in the past few years, he occasionally went to Beijing to report on his work, and he also went directly to the ministry, and he never had the opportunity to be summoned.

On understanding Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty, the young man in front of him who was in the emperor's heart at a young age and was in a high position obviously knew much better than him.

Xuan Longan hesitated: "What does Lord Qi mean......"

"There are some things that don't have to be done in the end, as long as the result is good."

Qi Wenfu said lightly,

"The matter of Jingnan must not hurt the reputation of the royal family, cannot damage the prestige of the emperor, and cannot make people question His Majesty's kindness to loyal ministers and martyrs."

"If you can find people back safely, find out the reason, and deal with it properly, it will naturally be a great achievement."

"But if it gets more and more intense, and even the whole world knows about it, so that Your Majesty will be difficult to ride the tiger, who will be the first to bear the brunt of the blame?"

Crepe Longan's face turned blue.

Who else could it be.

Of course, it's him, the governor of Jingnan!

The royal people have always been unreasonable, in order to protect their feathers and stabilize the court, Su Xuanmin took the 800 soldiers to die in Jingzhou, and he could become a traitor afterwards.

If it weren't for Su Ruan risking his life to redress their grievances, they would probably still be scolded and disgusted by others at this time.

What's more, it's him?

If it really gets to the point that Qi Wenfu said, he, the Jingnan Zhizhou who was driven out of the duck and was forcibly pushed up, will definitely be the first to be pulled out and carry the black pot.

Xuan Longan hurriedly said: "It's still Lord Qi's thoughtfulness, don't worry, before you open your mouth, I will never send a message to Beijing, everything here is based on you, but if you need it, you just open your mouth." ”

"It's just that even if I don't say it, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for long, and the person who made trouble will never give up."

Qi Wenfu said: "So we have to get people back as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Xuan Longan instantly made a bitter face: "I also know that I have to find someone, but where is it so easy, the outside of Jingzhou City has been turned upside down, but I can't find anyone, these people are like disappearing out of thin air." ”

Su Ruan suddenly said, "What about the city? ”

"Huh?"

Crepe Longan was stunned for a moment before he spoke, "But they all ran out of the city......

"Who said they were out of town?" Su Ruan looked at Crepe Longan.

Thinking about it, it seems that no one has said it.

After the accident that day, those people ran away directly, and when the people from the government went to chase them, those people disappeared cleanly, and there was no trace of them everywhere in the city.

At that time, everyone thought that those people would not dare to stay in the city for fear of losing their lives, and according to common sense, they should flee directly from the city for fear of being caught, so during this time, the city was only briefly searched twice, and they have been searching outside the city.

Crepe Longan slapped his head and said angrily: "It's dark under the lamp." ”

Qi Wenfu shook his head, not knowing what to say, he said to Xuan Longan:

"You first ask people to find painters, ask them to draw the portraits of Wang Pozi and Tao Xiucai, and then let people spread the news, saying that the previous general judge was seriously injured and has not yet died, and the imperial court has also come to Jingzhou."

"If anyone asks, let me know who I am and let them know that I am here."

Xuan Longan knew that Qi Wenfu did this to appease the hearts of those people, and it was Qi Wenfu who brought those people to the capital in the first place, so they should have more trust in Qi Wenfu.

Crepe Longan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let people do it." ”

Su Ruan watched Crepe Longan leave in a hurry, and couldn't help but say, "Fourth brother, it's better to let them know that I'm here too." ”

She once knelt at the palace gate with those people, sued the emperor, and later took them to ask for rewards, and settled them back to Jingnan, which can be regarded as the same tribulation.

If Sister-in-law Xue and the others knew that she was coming, they might be willing to show up.

Qi Wenfu shook his head: "No." ”

He always felt that Jing Nan was strange, and those people turned against the government too suddenly, which made him feel a little uneasy.

Unsure of the reason, he didn't want to risk Su Ruan.

"Fourth Brother ......"

"I don't say no, I don't need to."

Qi Wenfu didn't let Su Ruan finish his words, so he said in a low voice,

"If they are willing to show up, and believe in the previous events in Jingzhong, and think that we will protect them, then I come, or you come, they will come to see them."

"But if they don't want to see me, it means that they no longer see us as allies, they no longer trust us, and they even have doubts about the experience of suffering together."

"In this case, it's me or you who come to Jingzhou, and the result is the same."

Su Ruan didn't say anything when she heard this, she knew that what Qi Wenfu said was true.

In fact, it is easy to understand the matter here, and the only thing that is missing at the moment is the one that provoked Sister-in-law Xue and others, distrusting the government, and even suspecting the reason why the court plotted to kill them.

It's okay if it's for someone else.

But if it was on her and Qi Wenfu......

Su Ruan sighed lightly.

Qi Wenfu looked at her slightly lowered eyes and looked sad, and reached out to stroke the hair tassels on her shoulders, "Don't worry, the eldest brother of the Mo family will be able to return to the city in the afternoon, and Xiao Mian will be able to arrive later." ”

"When the time comes, the government and the people of the Salt Gang will look for them together, and as long as they are still there, they can always be found."

Su Ruan hummed in a low voice: "I hope." ”