Chapter 10: The Beginning of the Storm (4)
"Officials, you ...... How did you come back? Zhong Bo was stunned for a moment and asked puzzledly.
The leader of Jin Yilang replied: "There is an order from above, re-check." ”
Lord Longpanlong's tracking skills are superb, even if the other party can do it for thousands of miles, he can find clues in a unique way. According to Lord Long's judgment, the suspect should be in this area. They have searched it once, and since they haven't found it, there must be something missing, and now they can only focus on the few suspected people.
Seeing that the house that had just been tidied up was turned over again, Uncle Zhong couldn't help but say: "Ladies and gentlemen, you can toss lightly this time......
The old man is past the age of sixties, and he is old, and he speaks with a strong northern accent in his official language, and he is obviously not a local.
"Old man, we are tracking down the criminals of the imperial court, if there is anything inconsiderate, I hope to forgive us." The leader of the brocade lang held the knife, although he was appeased, his tone was arrogant, "We are also traveling in the rain, who doesn't want to call it a day early and go back to rest, don't you say?" ”
The old man hurriedly said: "Adults are also hard. ”
This time, they searched more carefully, wells, latrines, and firewood houses, and did not let go of any corner.
Seeing that the two brocade clothes stopped in front of Song Ran's room, Uncle Zhong hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord, this is my young lady's boudoir, young lady, she has already slept...... Please also be accommodating. ”
"Get out of the way." One of them.
Seeing that the old man was still standing there, he pulled out his saber, and the cold glow of the quenched tip of the knife made the old man shrink in fright, but he still blocked the door from the door with a look of embarrassment: "It's about the name of the girl's family, and the lord raises his noble hand." ”
Seeing this, the leader of the brocade clothes came over, he had seen the master and servant in the tailor's shop today, and still remembered the appearance of the girl like a flower, he waved away the two people in front of the door, raised his hand and knocked on the door. But even after a few knocks, there was no response inside.
He glanced at the old servant.
The other party hurriedly explained: "Miss, she occasionally felt a cold, and the doctor prescribed a prescription to calm her nerves, and I am afraid that she will sleep heavily this night." ”
When the man heard this, he showed a helpless expression, and said, "We are on official business, and we are in a hurry to go back on an errand, so we have to be abrupt." ”
The old man's face immediately changed: "Slow down, adult." As he spoke, he pulled him aside, sneakily took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve, and whispered, "Knowing that adults are not easy, small meanings, not respectful, please invite a few adults to drink a cup of hot tea......"
He looked at the silver, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Pushed away the old man in front of him, kicked open the door, and walked straight towards the boudoir.
The rest waited where they were, waiting for any movement in the house, and then immediately drew their knives and rushed in.
After a while, he withdrew and said to Zhong Bo: "Why should the old man do this, not to mention the expense, and it is still suspicious." He said to everyone again, "Let's go, the criminals are not here, there are still several in this area to investigate, and it is not good to deal with them when it is late!" ”
When the officials in brocade clothes were leaving the Song Mansion, the old man put away the cowering appearance of a small person and walked to the front of the room, as if nothing had happened: "Young master, the mutton soup is cooked." He added, "If the guests in the pavilion are not busy, please stay for a light meal." ”
And the brocade lang who was in charge of the search threw a few ingots of silver to everyone after exiting the Song house: "Give it to the brothers." ”
Everyone got their share, all of them smiled, and some people envied: "My lord is really blessed today, the girl's appearance during the day, everyone can see it, it's better to go to propose marriage in a few days, it's a matter of honor, and she doesn't dare to shirk it!" ”
Others also echoed: "It's not easy to marry a wife for this errand we do, and there is such a good opportunity, adults should seize it." ”
The man raised an eyebrow and did not answer.
Everyone laughed and walked out of the alley. He tossed the object that slipped out of his sleeve. Heavy one, at least two taels of gold.
When the man who was being pursued by the Imperial Health Division sat down at the dining table, he was still a little stunned.
The brocade man was just walking around the outer room and did not enter the inner room, so how did the old man buy him? Also, how did he judge that this room could not be searched by Jin Yilang......
The answer is simple.
When Uncle Zhong fetched water, he found a few drops of blood stains next to the well, and saw that Song Ran had not come out of the room for a long time, so he knew that he was an uninvited guest. He calmly disposed of the blood stains, and went to prepare two taels of gold - money can make ghosts grind, this sentence has always been good, if it is not good, it is not enough money.
The aroma of food filled his nose, and the man came back to his senses.
The girl opposite was holding the mutton soup and drinking it with a satisfied face. The girl looked like she was seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a short blouse with a gold vertical collar with cloud-shouldered sleeves and a lilac folded magnolia skirt on the lower body, and her hair was pulled casually, with only a hosta of ordinary color inserted obliquely.
said that she was like a young lady from a big family, this dress was a little too simple, saying that she was from a common family, but she was too calm in her gestures, as if she was used to seeing all kinds of scenes.
and this old servant whom she called Uncle Zhong. When Shicai talked to the officers and soldiers, he still spoke with a northern accent, but at this time he was already speaking an authentic Ling'an official dialect.
The wound on his body ached faintly, and his consciousness seemed to be far away for a while, and he shook his head, trying to keep himself awake.
"You ......"
"It's better not to talk." The girl seemed to notice his condition, and said lightly to the old man, "Uncle Zhong, lend him a clean dress." He handed over the empty bowl again, "Another bowl." ”
The old man got up to add food for her: "The young master eats slowly, at least one bowl is reserved for the guests." ”
But she raised her eyes: "But I don't think he can be blessed." A slight "ah" followed.
In her astonishment, he slammed his head forward, and before he lost consciousness, he heard her smug voice: "Look. ”
People were lost in the Imperial Guard, some people were unhappy, but some people were very happy, because they finally found one thing to squeeze Shen Hanxi. Several ministers who had long had a grudge against him summed up and made a compromise overnight and secretly sent it to the saint, so that the saint could cure him of his dereliction of duty. Prior to this, Shen Hanxi had not been to the court for a month, and he had not gone to the Yamen of the Imperial Guard, which gave them sufficient reasons to conclude that Shen Hanxi had an unshirkable responsibility for the loss of people.
However, it has been three days since this fold was handed over, but there has been no movement at all in the saint, as the general planner of this operation, Lord Xu Bingquan of Dali Temple couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and couldn't help but send someone to hand over a message to his sister who had just taken the position of Zhaoyi, wanting her to probe His Majesty's tone.
Unexpectedly, he didn't wait for his sister's reply, but waited for someone he didn't want to see very much.
The other party unloaded the cloak to the servant, sat down with a cold expression, and looked up at him. Lord Xu swallowed his saliva, looking quite uncomfortable. As the saying goes: If you lose, you don't lose, he straightens his chest and tries his best to appear calm. But his composure, in front of the brocade clothes who stood in two lines beside Shen Hanxi, only lasted for a moment before he collapsed.
He could see that Shen Hanxi was deliberately here to scare him today.
"I don't know if Lord Shen is coming to the cold house......"
Before he finished speaking, the other party had already dropped a fold on the tea table and gestured to him with his chin. Lord Xu stepped forward tremblingly, turned the fold open, and his hand couldn't help shaking.
He suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart and closed the fold: "Lord Shen, what does this mean?" ”
Shen Hanxi casually wrinkled in the sleeves of his shirt: "I don't mean anything, I just want to tell Lord Xu what you have to say about me, you don't have to secretly hand over the fold to Your Majesty, if you have anything to scold, you can generously scold by name in the court." Even if you want to hand over the fold secretly, find a stable and reliable person, otherwise it will not be handed to the saint, but to me, and everyone will be embarrassed. ”
Lord Xu's face turned blue, knowing that Shen Hanxi had many ears and eyes, but he didn't expect that even in the palace, he was pervasive. coughed and decided to pretend to be stupid: "What Lord Shen is talking about, this official doesn't know." This official is going to the court, Lord Shen, please. ”
"Lord Xu is in a hurry. I was sick a few days ago, and His Majesty specially allowed me to recuperate at home. Okay, today I will accompany Lord Xu to hand over this fold and let the Holy God punish the crime. ”
Only then did Lord Xu notice that he was wearing an official uniform, and the official uniform forged with green and gold makeup, although it was of the same grade as the court uniform on his body, could be worn on him, and the cold official authority pressed on him, which made people feel worried.
Lord Xu adjusted his mentality, and said secretly, even if he was broken, what was there to be afraid of, this matter was taken care of by himself, and the saint was not so stupid that he still listened to him in front of the public.
Thinking of this, he broke the jar and said: "Okay, since Lord Shen is so frank, he will confront this official in front of the saint, and all rights and wrongs will be handed over to the holy judge." ”
Shen Hanxi got up generously, took out a fold from his sleeve, and said, "It just so happens that I also have a copy here to refer to Lord Xu." ”
Lord Xu's face sank.
Shen Hanxi was not much taller than him, but for some reason, when he looked at him, he gave him a sense of condescension. His tone was light: "If Lord Xu is curious, just ask." ”
Although Lord Xu tried his best to show that I didn't want to ask, he ended up in failure. He understands Shen Hanxi's methods too well, how many people died in his hands......
He asked in a stiff tone: "Dare to ask Lord Shen if he wants to participate in this official...... What is the crime? ”
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that someone told me that Lord Xu and the concubine had a private contact, and this matter had nothing to do with me, but since it was finally the last time, if I didn't participate in anyone's book, wouldn't I run in vain." His tone became colder and colder, "Lord Xu can understand that the concubine interferes in politics and relatives take power, but they are the two taboos of the saints." ”
Lord Xu's legs were weak, and the fold in his hand was not held steady, and he fell to the ground with a click. It doesn't matter what his own career is, but his sister-in-law's situation in the harem has just improved, and if he touches the saint's brow because of this matter, he is afraid that there will be no future in the future. Before Shen Hanxi stepped out of the threshold, he came back to his senses and shouted: "Lord Shen stays, everything is easy to discuss!" Come on, don't show tea to Lord Shen! ”