Chapter 4 The Righteous Servant Secretly Spreads the Voyeuristic Intention and Falsely Transmits the Lord's Order to Save the Scholar
It turned out that Li Yi took five soldiers to Longmen Town that day to run errands, and when he was eating in the town, Li Yi found that the shopkeeper of the restaurant was very familiar, and after careful identification, he found that the shopkeeper was actually a servant of Jiang Wenjie's family four years ago, and at the same time, this servant also recognized Li Yi.
This servant's name is Wei San, and Li Yi remembers that this Wei San also disappeared after Ye Feng's death four years ago. After Wei San recognized Li Yi, he took Li Yi to the bedroom at the back of the hotel.
Wei San knelt down and kowtowed to Li Yi and said, "The villain Wei San visited the second master, but I didn't expect to see the second master here." ”
"Wei San, hurry up and speak," Li Yi helped Wei San up and asked him to sit down on the stool, "Wei San, how did you get to the town here?" What really happened four years ago? ”
Wei San didn't directly return to Li Yi's questioning, but asked first, "Second Master, I see that you are wearing a soldier in this outfit now, have you become a big official?" ”
"Ah, I am now appointed by the imperial court as the 'town general' of this border"
When Wei Sanyi heard this, he quickly knelt down for Li Yi and said, "I have long heard that the general of the town here is named Li Yi, but I didn't expect it to be the second master. Now that the second master is in power, the villain can tell you what he has been holding in his stomach for four years. ”
It turned out that on that night four years ago, Wei San was sent by Jiang Wenjie to invite Ye Feng to come to the prefect's yamen for a drink, which was a common thing. That day, Jiang Wenjie specially explained that Wei San wanted to invite Ye Feng secretly and not let others see it, Wei San just felt strange and didn't think much about it. After Ye Feng came to the mansion, Jiang Wenjie ordered Wei San to be left alone to serve downstairs, and only Jiang Wenjie and Ye Feng were drinking and talking upstairs. Drinking late at night, Wei San heard a quarrel upstairs, and the noise was very intense. After a while, Jiang Wenjie walked downstairs and told Wei San to go to the kitchen to fill in some more wine and food, and go to see his father to talk about something, leaving Ye Feng alone upstairs.
When Wei San passed by the prefect's study with wine and food, he saw Jiang Wenjie sneakily closing the window. Out of curiosity, Wei San tiptoed under the windowsill and heard Ye Feng say: "Father, this poem by Ye Feng is indeed like a stroke of genius, it is a masterpiece that has never been seen before or since, as long as it is published, after all, it will attract the attention of the current emperor." ”
The prefect said: "The current emperor's love for poetry has reached the point of fascination, as long as this poem can be published in your name, you can be favored by the emperor after all, and then glory and wealth will not be at your fingertips." ”
Jiang Wenjie said with a face full of embarrassment: "I discussed with him for a long time, but he just didn't agree to give me the right to sign the poem." ”
"Hmph, since this hillbilly doesn't know how to lift, let him disappear." The prefect said.
"Father, I mean ......," Jiang Wenjie said, gesturing on his neck.
The prefect took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and handed it to his son and said: "Don't see blood, it's easy to attract the attention of others, this is Heding Hong, you let Wei San put it in the wine, and then kill Wei San after the matter is dealt with." The father and son looked at each other and smiled.
Wei San, who was outside the window, was frightened by cold sweat when he heard this, and he tiptoed away from the windowsill and came into the corridor. "What can I do about this, it turns out that this pair of adulterous father and son want to kill Ye Feng, and they want to kill themselves. Should I put this poison or not? Hey, if I don't put poison, my father and son will probably kill me and Chen Gongzi by other means. Just when he was in a dilemma, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly ran to the back kitchen. It turned out that he remembered that Lao Zhao, who killed the cow, had a drug in his hand, which could make the cow unconscious, and the symptoms would be the same as if he died, and he would come back to life a day later.
When Jiang Wenjie handed over the poison to Wei San, Wei San took advantage of Jiang Wenjie's inattention to secretly change the medicine bag and put it in the wine. Then followed Jiang Wenjie back upstairs, Jiang Wenjie said to Ye Feng with a smile on his face: "Third brother, I was too selfish for my brother just now, I shouldn't covet the third brother's poem manuscript and make amends to you for my brother." ", said Wei San to refill the wine. Ye Feng's face was full of anger, but he thought about the feelings of worship, and secretly thought that the eldest brother might be confused for a while, so he made this unreasonable request, so he had to introduce this cup with Jiang Wenjie. Poor Ye Feng never dreamed that Jiang Wenjie would be so vicious and want to poison himself.
After Ye Feng finished drinking, he felt the world spinning, and he fell to the ground with a thud. Wei San's mind was fast, and he rushed over and called out with a surprised face: "Ye Gongzi, Ye Gongzi." ”
Jiang Wenjie said: "Wei San, you don't need to ask, he is dead, you hurry up and transport his body to the back garden to be incinerated, don't be discovered by outsiders, I will have a heavy reward when the matter is done." ”
Wei San packed Ye Feng in a sack, picked it up and left. When he walked to the gate of the back garden, Wei San looked back and saw that no one was following, and hurriedly turned around and walked towards the gate of the yamen. came to the gate and said to the gatekeeper, "Young Master asked me to send some things to Li Yi and Li Gongzi." The janitor looked at Wei San: "What has to be delivered at night, yo, a sack, it's really a lot." Wei San said, "You don't have to worry about the young master," after going out, he turned back and said, "I'm going to Yihong Courtyard to be happy and happy after finishing my errands, and I won't come back tonight." After saying that, he carried the sack on his back and left.
In this way, Wei San carried Ye Feng to a forest in the wild, and when the sky was just dawn, Ye Feng woke up leisurely. When I opened my eyes, didn't I drink in the prefect's yamen, why did I run away into the wilderness, and when I looked up, I saw Wei San, "Third Brother Wei, why am I here?" Wei San said, "Oh, my Ye Gongzi, do you still have anything to touch your head?" He recounted the events of last night to Ye Feng.
Ye Fengqi's whole body trembled, stood up and said, "So vicious Jiang Wenjie, I want to go to the yamen to sue him." Wei San hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Ye Gongzi, his father is the prefect, can you win if you go to his father to sue your son." Maybe their father and son found out that I didn't incinerate your body but turned their backs on the gate, and now they're sending someone to hunt us down. "Is that all there is to it?" "In my opinion, it's important to run for your life at the moment, and then come back to take revenge when you get admitted to the champion and grasp the power in the future." "Well, that's all there is to it now."
So, Ye Feng and Wei San broke up in the woods and fled separately.
Wei San told Li Yi everything that happened four years ago in this hotel, and finally said: "After I broke up with Ye Fenggongzi, I fled to this border town to avoid the pursuit of Jiang Wenjie and his son. ”
Li Yi was trembling all over his body when he heard this, and thought: "I didn't expect Jiang Wenjie's father and son to be so ruthless and vicious, I'm afraid that he and we have long had this purpose as brothers." He looked at Wei San and said, "According to you, Ye Feng is also alive?" ”
Wei San replied: "On the way to escape, I heard that Ye Gongzi was discovered by the people sent by the dog official, and was chased to the top of the cliff of Mangshan Mountain, and finally jumped off the cliff and died. The hope that had just been ignited in Li Yi's heart was extinguished again, and his face was pale and bloodless. Seeing this, Wei San hurriedly said, "Of course, this is what I heard, and I haven't seen it with my own eyes. ”
Li Yi sighed: "Alas, I hope the rumors are false, I hope that my Ye Xian brother is still alive." ”
Li Yi returned to the barracks after finishing the work, and made an appointment with Wei San to ask Wei San to come out to testify when he was going to prosecute Jiang Wenjie.