In the dark night, an inauspicious birdsong sounded, the clouds opened and the moon rose, and the occasional black shadow swept out of the treetops.

"Go up the mountain. Fan Xian and Gundam returned to the carriage, and Fan Xian said to Deng Ziyue, "Be quiet." ”

Deng Ziyue nodded, waved the reins lightly, and pulled the cart with the horse biting the piece, and then bypassed the dead courtyard and walked to the back of the city. Behind this courtyard was a hill, hidden in the darkness and shaded by spring trees, and no one should be able to spot them below.

In the carriage, Fan Xian silently took off the gloves on his hands, which were as thin as a layer of skin. He carefully wiped the blood on the soft sword with his gloves to make sure that there was no longer a trace of blood on the sword, and then retracted the soft sword back on his waist and abdomen, and then flicked his index finger steadily, and some powder bounced on the glove, and it burned with a bang.

Gundam glanced at him, took out an iron bucket from under his chair, and placed it in front of him. Fan Xian threw the burning gloves into the iron bucket, squinted at the fading flames, and the flames in his pupils gradually extinguished.

It didn't take long for the carriage to be up the hill.

The courtyard below was still quiet, and the people inside were either dead or fainting, and naturally they couldn't make any sound. No one knew that there was a murder inside, and certainly no one would come to see it.

I don't know what Fan Xian is going to see when he stays on the mountain behind him at this time.

Deng Ziyue gently patted the back of the horse's neck and got into the carriage. He sat down in silence.

Fan Xian lifted a corner of the curtain and looked down, I don't know how long he looked at it, but there was still no change.

"When the other party finds out about what is going on here, I'm afraid it will take a long time. Deng Ziyue looked at the sky, it should be the middle of the night, and persuaded Fan Xian: "It won't come so early." ”

Fan Xian smiled, knowing that he was indeed a little anxious, and whispered something to Gundam, then leaned back in his chair to recuperate.

Gundam held out a blanket and placed it over him. Gradually. Some of the cold bodies warmed up, and Fan Xian felt sleepy in the warmth, so he fell asleep like this.

......

......

I don't know how long I slept, Fan Xian opened his eyes and hummed.

Deng Ziyue lifted the curtain, glanced down, and said in a low voice, "People are coming." ”

Fan Xian lifted the blanket and put his head to the window. Squinting and looking down. I saw that outside the mansion where Yuan Meng had been living in seclusion, a person suddenly came. The man knocked on the door softly familiarly, and the rhythm of the knock obviously concealed some kind of code, it seemed that the Jiangnan forces were responsible for contacting Yuan Meng.

The man, dressed in a single cotton coat and with an ordinary face, knocked on the door of the house for a long time and found that no one answered him. Seemingly a little surprised and nervous, he immediately retreated into the darkness.

Fan Xian, who was watching down the mountain, was not in a hurry, knowing that this person would definitely come back.

Sure enough, the man didn't go far, and after only a moment, a ghost leaned out of the courtyard wall in the northwest corner. It was the man who was watching what was going on inside the courtyard.

The man jumped into the courtyard with courage. The three people on the mountain could no longer see what the man saw in the courtyard, and only listened to a very low whisper that the man should have finally discovered the tragic scene of a large number of corpses and pools of blood in the courtyard.

The gate was pushed open, and the man bowed his head and rushed into the darkness, presumably to report to his masters.

......

......

Fan Xian stretched out on the carriage. I yawned, and only then did I notice that the sky was gradually whitening. couldn't help laughing: "It's almost dawn, if the other party wants to cover up this matter, you have to hurry." ”

Deng Ziyue nodded: "All the prefectures have sent people to keep an eye on it, who will receive this news tonight, and there will be an intelligence summary tomorrow." ”

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Guess, I'm here to deal with the aftermath for everyone Yuan today...... Who are they?"

Deng Ziyue smiled bitterly: "Suzhou Mansion ...... Someone must have been sent. My lord, it's good that I'm keeping an eye here, so you might as well go back to your house and rest first. ”

Fan Xian smiled and didn't say anything more. As soon as Yuan Meng died, she was naturally shocked by the Jiangnan officials who secretly sheltered her, killing people at night and peeping in the morning, but anyone who could know about Yuan Meng's death in such a short period of time and hurriedly came to deal with the aftermath of the local officials...... Of course, it is the official who played a dishonorable role in this matter.

To be precise, who are the cronies of the eldest princess on Jiangnan Road, you should be able to find out a little this morning.

Fan Xian also had no choice, the Supervision Yuan was understaffed in Jiangnan, and it was impossible to plant deadly nails in every house, so he had to use the method of separate surveillance to kill Yuan in a dream, and to investigate.

The magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture, these days, he has been busy listening to Song Shiren and Chen Bochang's debate in the public court every day, not to mention the government affairs, and his mind is also a little too depleted, and he falls asleep every night, and even the most beloved third aunt rarely makes love, so when he was called out of the bed early in the morning, he was very angry.

And when he heard the news, it was like a basin of cold water poured from his head to the soles of his feet, all his anger disappeared in an instant, and his mind swelled with incomparable shock and deep worry.

Yuan Meng died? This happened too suddenly, how could he still ...... to the Second Highness and the Prince? The eldest princess confesses?

While he was in a hurry to get dressed, he ordered someone to go to the master of the mansion to come over. When the master came over, Lord Zhizhou's clothes were already dressed, and he said with a hint of complaint: "Why is it slow to come over?" Yuan Meng is dead!"

But all the masters are the confidants of these officials and masters, and nothing will be hidden from each other, of course, this master also knows about Yuan Mengdi, and said with a wry smile: "Death is death, since Lord Qincha has come to Suzhou, that Yuan family still refuses to leave." In the end, it's not a dead end. ”

Lord Zhizhou frowned and said, "Her Jizang is so secret...... You mean, it's the hands of the Inspectorate?"

"Apart from the Supervision Yuan, what other forces in Jiangnan can kill Yuan Meng quietly?" The master analyzed: "Your Excellency must not panic at this time, anyway, Yuan Meng is dead, and it is impossible for the Supervision Yuan to catch the relationship between us and her...... If you don't react at this time, it will make the Inspectorate find out about your adult's involvement in the matter. ”

Master's consideration is really cautious enough.

After thinking about it, Zhizhou frowned and said: But I always feel it

It's a little weird, if it was Lord Qincha's hand, why didn't he catch Yuan Meng, but killed him directly? If Lord Qincha wanted to borrow the matter of the Criminal Department's sea capture documents. If you move your own officials, you shouldn't deal with it like that. ”

The master also didn't understand this, and guessed and said: "Yuan Mengnai is a close friend of His Royal Highness and the prince, although the criminal department issued a document on sea capture, but no one in the world dares to risk offending the nobles in Beijing to arrest her, adults don't have to worry too much, everyone is like this...... As for why the Supervisory Yuan didn't capture ...... alive I think maybe everyone Yuan knew that they couldn't survive the punishment of the Supervision Yuan, so they committed suicide. ”

"I'm going to have to check it out. Zhizhou made up his mind. "At least some details to know. ”

The master categorically dissuaded: "Adults can't go. ”

"Huh?" Zhizhou frowned and said, "Why? Naturally, this official will not show the honor guard, and it will be dawn soon." If you don't pack it up quickly, spread the word...... There must be something to say from the Kyoto Criminal Department, and the Supervision Yuan will also take advantage of the topic, how can my little Suzhou Mansion answer His Majesty's question?"

"If the Supervision Yuan wanted to use the topic to play, it would not make this question a dead question today. The master reminded: "Who knows how many pairs of eyes are watching over there at this time? I'll just dress up and bring some henchmen with me. ”

Zhizhou thought that it was indeed much safer to do so, so he agreed to this proposal. This official and the first master thought that he had reacted cautiously, but he didn't expect that when the master slipped out of the house dressed as a morning pick-up. A secret agent hidden in the alley outside the Zhizhou Yamen had already seen this scene clearly.

When the master of Suzhou Mansion sat in a small sedan chair with a blue curtain and came to the periphery of the house where Yuan Meng lived, he found that there were already some strange people on several streets here. His heart tightened, and he opened the sedan curtain to see before he was relieved. He frowned at the man in the cloth shirt who came to the side of the sedan chair and said, "What the hell is going on? Why did the man die like this?"

The man in the cloth shirt is the president of Suzhou Qian, and he is also one of the officials who was shocked from the bed by the news of Yuan Meng's death today. He was supposed to be stationed outside the city, but the house was in the city, so he was the first person to rush here, listening to the master's question, this Master Qian said angrily: "You ask me, who do I ask?"

The master was stunned and got off the sedan chair, and when the two looked at each other's clothes, they couldn't help but sigh and smile bitterly.

"Is the street clean?" asked the master cautiously with a slightly sideways face, covering his face.

Mr. Qian said: "Don't worry, my children have been cleaned up, and no one should be watching around." ”

The master nodded, and walked side by side with Mr. Qian to the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the hospital, looking at the corpses and the miserable scene all over the ground, the master couldn't help but feel nauseous, covered his mouth and nose and said, "What about Yuan Mengdi's corpse?"

"In the room?"

The master suppressed his nausea and fear, walked into the room and took a look, and saw Yuan Mengyuan and Yuan Yuan's death, and stepped forward to confirm that the other party was dead, and the master was relieved a little, and sighed: "I really don't know how to explain to Jingli." ”

"Let's clean it up first. Mr. Qian said hatefully: "It's dawn soon, if people see here, I'm afraid that it will spread all over Suzhou City soon, what will happen then?"

"No one from the Ming family came?"

"Those profiteers...... I was afraid that Lord Qincha would be watching in secret, and he refused to come forward. ”

......

......

The two walked out of the courtyard gate, and met a few people who came later, several people gathered together and said with heavy faces, always feeling that this matter should be done by the Supervision Yuan, but it should not be done by the Supervision Yuan.

"The wounds on the ground were all slain. Although it was obvious that it was a sword, it was already difficult to find the style of the sword. I only know that there is only one person who makes a shot, and of course he is a master. A person who looked like he was good at punishment said in a deep voice: "If it is a murder in the Supervision Yuan, why bother to cover it up?"

In the end, the master who represented the governor of Suzhou took the idea and said coldly: "It's better if this case is not solved." All of us have to retreat, let our men clean up this place, and if the Supervision Yuan doesn't care, we will bury this matter, and if the Supervision Yuan really puts nails on the ...... Anyway, don't drag us along, ask when the time comes. Let's just say that we have received a report, so come and take a look at the case. ”

Mr. Qian snorted and scolded: "Lao Tzu is a military general, how can he come to see the case?"

The master gave him a blank look and said, "Who told you to rush over in a hurry?"

There was nothing to fight about, so several people began to work separately, responsible for cleaning up the land, and responsible for burying people and burying people. Responsible for going back to the house to do paperwork and paperwork, as for whether this matter should be reported in the end. It still depends on what the wind from Chincha-sama's side looks like.

While these people were busy, they didn't notice that on the hill in the distance, an all-black carriage was slowly moving away like a ghost.

The person was killed by Fan Xian, but he asked these Jiangnan Road officials to bury him, but he definitely didn't have any idea of taking advantage. As for the corpses in the courtyard, the sword wounds on the ground were all treated by him for the second time, because he didn't want the wounds of the Sigu Sword to spread. Since it was impossible to frame Dongyi City, there was no need to take this risk, so he didn't even let Gundam see his own shot.

The key is not to let His Majesty the Emperor in the palace know that he will look around the sword.

Otherwise, the emperor would definitely think of the assassin on the Hanging Temple, the younger brother of the Sigu Sword, and the Supervisory Yuan...... That would have terrible results.

The carriage moved slowly, and Fan Xian sneered in the carriage and said, "A Yuan Meng died." The officials of Jiangnan Road were shocked like this...... Could it be that these officials are all raised dogs by the eldest princess?"

Deng Ziyue glanced at Gundam, guessed that Lord Tisi wanted to borrow Gundam's ears to complain to the emperor in the palace, and responded with a smile: "The eldest princess has been in Jiangnan for a long time, and there will always be some henchmen. ”

"Have you seen all these people who came here today?"

"Some people have a strange face. But since these people are all coming out of the house, I think the spies below should see it clearly. Stay for a while and you'll have solid news. Deng Ziyue sighed and said: "It's just that the Ming family is also single, and they know that this matter can't be touched, so they can't kill anyone." ”

Fan Xian was also a little pity, he originally thought that even if he couldn't dig up a large piece of meat of the Ming family by taking advantage of Yuan Meng's matter, he would at least make the other party more uncomfortable.

The carriage quietly traveled to Huayuan, Fan Xian felt a little sleepy, waved his hand to let the two of them also rest, and went back to the back house by himself.

Sisi had been lying on the table waiting for him to come back, and when she saw him enter the house, she quickly poured hot water to burn his feet.

She knew that the young master didn't want too many people to know about what happened tonight, so it was inconvenient to instruct her subordinates to get hot food, so she personally went to bring the bird's nest warmed with water and waited for him to eat.

Fan Xian drank the paste in the bowl with some satisfaction, scalded his feet, and fell asleep on the bed.

He didn't wake up until the afternoon, and he didn't know what kind of changes would occur in Suzhou City because of Yuan Mengdi's death during this day, and he didn't care too much.

Knowing that he was awake, after thinking about it, Deng Ziyue walked in a little haggard and handed him the case file in his hand.

Fan Xian took it over and took a brief look, all the things he remembered were the yamen that had moved in Suzhou City early this morning, his eyes couldn't help narrowing, and he sighed: "Go to ***, this city is full of officials...... They are all enemies, and they don't let people live? As soon as Yuan Meng died, they were calm. ”

Deng Ziyue smiled bitterly: "The officials are caught in the middle, and life is not easy. ”

Fan Xian shook his head and sneered: "Now that the list is already there, their lives will be even more difficult in the future." Send the list back to Kyoto, let the two places start to study the old scriptures, and the person we want to move, we have to dig out his old bottom, even if it is ...... More than ten years ago, he was greedy for a dozen taels of silver, and he wanted to dig it out. ”

Deng Ziyue knew that Fan Xian had made up his mind that in the process of moving the Ming family, he would also move these officials along the way, and he didn't dare to come out, so he responded in a low voice.

Fan Xian saw the end. Even more anger grew in his eyes, and he threw the case file on the table hatefully, and scolded in a low voice: "Sure enough...... Sure enough, Xue Qing also knew about this, this lord, shaking the ground on the wall was really jubilant!"

Killing Yuan Jingmeng today, for Fan Xian, any information revealed by Jiangnan officialdom because of this will not shock him. The eldest princess and the Ming family have been operating in Jiangnan for a long time, and of course all the manpower in this officialdom is the other party.

With the power and position in Fan Xian's hands, he is not very worried about this resistance. What he wants to see clearly is Xue Qing, the governor of Jiangnan. How are you going to stand in this matter!

Xue Qing is a feudal official, even if Fan Xian has the identity of Qincha, there is no way to take the other party, and the governor is also in charge of civil and military affairs, and the power that his subordinates can control is too strong, if even he stands on the opposite side of Fan Xian, Fan Xian's resistance to collecting the Ming family will become extremely strong.

Deng Ziyue looked at him with a slightly angry look, and comforted him with care: "The Governor's Mansion has received the news. However, the Governor's Palace did not say anything, nor did it react at all...... My lord. After all, the other party is the governor of the road, if the officials below have a relationship with Jingzhong, and Yuan Meng is hiding in Jiangnan, this matter will definitely not be hidden from him. It's just that he doesn't want to offend the adults, and he definitely doesn't want to offend the prince of Jingzhongdi, and this matter doesn't mean anything. Governor Xue should still be in the middle. ”

Fan Xian groaned slightly, and found that his reaction seemed to be a little excessive, perhaps it was the tension hidden under the casualness in the past few days, which made him a little oversensitive, and he couldn't help laughing at himself and said: "Accept your auspicious words, but ...... You'd better go ahead and arrange it. The day after tomorrow, I ...... Visited Xue Qing again. ”

Deng Ziyue was stunned, as if he had something to say.

Fan Xian glanced at him and said with a smile: "If you have any ideas, what are you doing like a girl in front of me?"

Deng Ziyue smiled. said: "I don't think adults should be in a hurry to visit Lord Xue recently. ”

"Oh, why?" Fan Xian asked curiously.

Deng Ziyue analyzed: "After all, the Governor is still neutral now, if your Excellency goes to the mansion to visit. With your temperament, I am afraid that you will immediately force the Governor to take a stand...... According to the officials, it is best to let Governor Xue maintain the posture of watching the play, and continue to do what we should do, and the Ming family will continue to force - If the Governor does not make up his mind for a day, no one will be able to compete with the Lord for a day, so we will have more time to do things. ”

He continued, "Your Excellency wants the Governor to make up his mind, but in fact, the slower the Governor's determination comes, the better it will be for us. ”

Fan Xian frowned and said: "Now it's just a small knock on the Ming family, Xue Qing can still watch the play, if I really kill the killer in the future, Xue Qing can't continue to watch the play, and he will come to stand in line at that time...... I'm feeling a little uneasy. ”

Deng Ziyue thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "I think, at least I have to wait until you go to Wuzhou." ”

Fan Xian immediately understood what he meant, and Xue Qing, the governor of Jiangnan Road, ...... It was the former prime minister Lin Ruofu's proud protégé back then, and Lin Ruofu - Dabao and Wan'er's father, and his father-in-law—— even if Xue Qing didn't have to give his father-in-law face now, but the father-in-law must know Xue Qing's bottom line.

"Reasonable. Fan Xian suddenly felt a big relief in his heart, and said with a laugh: "Standing in line and adding the code, although my old man is about to rust, the weight is not light." ”

Deng Ziyue laughed twice.

Fan Xian looked at Deng Ziyue's tired expression, and said curiously, "You didn't sleep in the morning?"

Deng Ziyue replied respectfully: "It took some time to confirm this information. ”

Fan Xian wanted to persuade him to relax, but when he thought that his previous performance didn't seem to have any position to persuade the other party, he couldn't help but smile, and suddenly thought of another thing, and asked seriously: "Ziyue, before you enter the Qi Nian group...... It's two, right?"

Deng Ziyue glanced at him in surprise and nodded, not knowing why Lord Tisi suddenly asked this question.

"Wang Qi will return to China at the end of the summer. Fan Xian looked at him and said with a smile: "The courtyard is ready to let him take over a place, so that when Northern Qi goes to Beijing, he needs a character who can calm the scene, you have followed me for almost two years, and you have also seen some scenes...... Do you have the courage to take a trip to the north?"