"He was hoisted to the beam," Master Xing said after being silent for a long time, "but it was not forced, because he did not struggle at all, and although he had red eyes before he died, he did not say anything, and was strangled voluntarily." ”

Master Xing's statement is consistent with the results of Steward Mao's autopsy.

Lin Fei nodded and asked Master Xing, "Did you see clearly the person who went to look for him that night?" ”

Master Xing shook his head: "Mask-covered!" ”

Lin Fei's brows furrowed slightly.

Master Xing said again: "But although he is masked, he can see that the person is equipped with a knife, and there is no difference between it and the people in the yamen, it seems to be a standard saber distributed by the imperial court." ”

This sentence has some meaning, and the implication is that the person who killed Mao's steward seems to be a person from the government.

Although the words are somewhat interesting, it is not surprising to think of the things involved in Steward Mao.

Lin Fei didn't mention the matter of Steward Mao again. Whether it is Feng Tong or Steward Mao, they are just chess pieces that will be discarded at any time in the whole game.

He looked at Master Xing, changed the topic, and asked about it again: "A few years ago, when the two temples of my Dali Temple went to Xianyang to track down the gangster who may have been involved in the case of Mrs. Lu's parents back then, did you send someone to follow you to Xianyang?" ”

Even though he had already stalked at Master Xing that day and sent someone to stop him in advance, Master Xing's intention to harm and kill was true.

Master Xing knew about the death of a coachman in Dali Temple in the Xianyang incident, and when he heard Lin Fei mention it, his lips moved, his face turned a little pale, and after being silent for a long time, he still nodded and answered, but he subconsciously defended: "Yes, but those people didn't respond after that, I inquired again, the Xianyang County Ya set fire to the coachman, shouldn't it be the person I was looking for......"

Although it was a defense, it was also a fact, Lin Fei did not interrupt his defense, but Master Xing said more and more in his voice, and in the end he couldn't say it anymore, and he didn't have enough confidence in his heart, so he had nothing to say.

"The person you are looking for was stopped by my people," in this regard, Lin Fei glanced at Master Xing and said, "If I don't stop them, the purpose of those people is also to go to Xianyang to kill people, and the purpose of the murderer is the same." ”

Master Xing had a white face and did not speak.

Lin Fei looked at Master Xing in front of him: Mrs. Lu's life was full of troubles, which also indirectly contributed to Master Xing's obsession with revenge.

It is a fact that he intended to kill innocents in vain in the matter of Xianyang, and it was not because of his lack of strength and his obstruction, not that he did not want to.

The crime of attempted murder, Master Xing can't escape. Lin Fei lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time, then asked Master Xing again: "Where did Master Xing find the outlaw?" If it is just an ordinary killing, taking people's money and property, and eliminating disasters with others, it is not necessary to commit suicide immediately once captured. ”

Therefore, the outlaws that Master Xing found should not be ordinary murderers for the purpose of seeking wealth and business, but more like such dead soldiers with missions.

When Master Xing heard this, he raised his eyes and glanced at him, his eyes were subtle.

This strange look was not missed by Lin Fei, who was paying attention to the expression on his face at this time, seeing Master Xing's eyes, his heart moved slightly, and before Lin Fei could speak, Master Xing spoke up.

"Lin Shaoqing doesn't know?" Master Xing asked him

Lin Fei sank his eyebrows: Should he know?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Master Xing thought for a while and said, "Grandpa Guo is with Lord Chang and them, and he is also the owner of the dry shares behind the Star Picking Tower." ”

These words landed in Lin Fei's ears and exploded like thunder, and many thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment, and before he could find the thread in the chaotic twine, Master Xing's voice sounded again in his ears.

"Lin Shaoqing must have already checked my entry into the mansion," Master Xing said, "I originally wanted to enter the Ganzhiwei Chef as a master, and my original intention was just to find a place to stay, but I suddenly changed my mind halfway through the road and came to the Hou Mansion." ”

Lin Fei naturally knew this earlier, because Master Xing's sudden change of mind was a bit strange, because Lin Fei had been eyeing Master Xing since Master Xing entered the mansion.

After Mrs. Lu came to Beijing, she watched Master Xing and Mrs. Lu and her party "recognize each other", which seemed to explain the reason why Master Xing insisted on coming to the Hou Mansion, but ...... It's still a bit far-fetched.

If Master Xing wants to recognize Mrs. Lu, why does he have to choose the Hou Mansion? What's more, there is still a Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the Hou Mansion, and for people like Master Xing who want to do something, they should avoid Lin Fei.

"I met Master Chang halfway through," Master Xing said, "Master Chang pointed out the way for me, entered the Hou Mansion, and Mrs. Daohou liked that bite of the food, and she had an old relationship with my mother back then. ”

Lin Fei's calm eyebrows and eyes became more and more intense, and when he heard this, he spoke in a deep voice: "He already knew that you had the same identity as Mrs. Lu and the others?" ”

Master Xing nodded, then pulled the corners of his mouth, and laughed at himself: "I resent those people back then, but what I hate is that I can't find the truth of that year by myself." In the end, it will depend on the strength of those people back then to take revenge. ”

"Master Chang said that the second elder suffered an unjustified disaster back then, and his husband was not guilty, and he was guilty." Master Xing said lightly, with a slight mockery in his tone, "He said that the second elder had an accident and was killed by the gangsters and butchers, and they lost news not long after the gangsters took away Yinliang, and they have been looking for Yinliang's whereabouts." ”

Lin Fei nodded, and then looked at Master Xing again: "What else did he say?" How could you let you stay in the Hou Mansion willingly, believing that he would not do anything to you? ”

As far as Master Xing is concerned, because of the matter of Lu's father and mother, he must not trust anyone above any officialdom, whether it is Chang Da or their Lin family.

The normal style can make Master Xing willing to stay, and he must have said something.

Master Xing glanced at Lin Fei and said, "I must be incomprehensible about what he said about the Son of Heaven of the Family and the Country, this is not bad, I haven't even avenged the family feud, where do I have the strength to take care of the affairs of the Son of Heaven of the Family and the Country?" Master Xing lowered his eyelids when he said this, "He said that the second elder was killed by the gangsters and the butcher, the butcher is dead, and the gangsters were also killed forty years ago, so my enemies are the only ones left behind the people who ordered the butcher and the gangsters to rob and kill the second elder." ”

These words pierced Master Xing's heart, and at that time he asked the behind-the-scenes instructions of Chang Shi's affairs back then.

When Lin Fei heard this, he opened his mouth and asked Master Xing, "Can Master Chang answer you?" ”

Master Xing shook his head: "He said that the forces behind such things are complicated, and it is not something that small people like me can provoke, let me live in peace for the time being, don't add to the chaos, when the time is ripe, it's not that I can't take revenge." ”

When Lin Fei heard this, he took a deep breath and asked Master Xing, "And then?" ”

Master Xing said: "I was unwilling to get this answer, so I thought about it and asked another question in the usual style, I asked who was the one who robbed and killed the gangsters back then?" ”

Lin Fei followed Master Xing's words and asked, "What did Master Chang say?" ”

Master Xing said: "Chang Shi probably understands that I don't want to live in peace if I don't let me know some inside information, so he vaguely said that now those few robbers and gangsters are in Chang'an City, so I don't want to act rashly." This answer is completely consistent with what Feng Tong said to me when he was drunk a few days ago, and it also made me completely sure that Liu Sanqing and his party were the people who robbed and killed gangsters back then. After that, I set my eyes on these people, and because Liu Sanqing and his party were not in the city, I went to watch Steward Mao. After that, you know Lin Shaoqing. Speaking of this, Master Xing paused, and said, "That day, I heard that the two monks of Dali Temple went to Xianyang to investigate the old things, so I went to find the person who was left by Chang Shi to connect with me and told me about it, and the person who connected ......."

"What did the connector say?" Lin Fei asked Master Xing.

Master Xing lowered his head, did not look at Lin Fei, but looked down at his toes, and his voice was a little muffled: "That's what they do...... There is no choice but to deal with those people. ”

Therefore, even if those outlaws were not Master Xing's people, he also informed them, and knew that they were going to rob and kill Liu Yuan, Bai Zhu and his party, but he did not stop them.

In his heart, he also wanted to kill Liu Yuan, Bai Zhu and his party with the intention of exposing the old things in Xianyang.

Lin Fei lowered his eyelids and covered the coldness in his eyes: he was once a victim, but now, he has become a perpetrator.

Master Xing didn't dare to look up at Lin Fei's eyes, he still had some conscience left, and he felt guilty for this matter, but it didn't stop him from doing these things.

"The second elder was also innocent back then, the thirty boxes of silver taels were very hot, they didn't move a penny, they didn't do anything wrong but they suffered miserably." Master Xing lowered his head and muttered, as if trying to convince himself, "There are some things in this world that must be done at the expense of some innocent people. The second elder was the innocent person back then, and those people in Dali Temple will inevitably become innocent people. I owe that coachman, and I will repay it again in the next life......"

Lin Fei looked at Master Xing who was muttering a defense, and swallowed back the words he originally wanted to say: Master Xing doesn't feel that it is wrong to kill innocent people in vain. As for the so-called retribution in the afterlife, it is just an excuse for many hypocritical and cowardly people! It's hard to say whether there is such an ethereal afterlife. Some people just feel that they don't, so they will say "retribution in the next life", after all, for them, it is just a casual promise that may not need to be kept; If people in the world really see the real afterlife, and dare to shout "retribution in the next life", I am afraid that it will be seven or eight years less.

It's like a wicked person who shouts and swears to the gods when he does evil, but he feels that there is no god in his heart, so he dares to keep swearing, if he really sees the gods and knows that there is retribution, how many people are left who dare to shout and swear?

Without any more words of persuasion, Lin Fei looked at Master Xing and continued to ask: "In the matter of the butcher's murder back then, Lu's father and Lu's mother were the victims, and Emperor Jing, who was implicated, also passed away a long time ago, it is not strange that those forces are afraid that this matter will be exposed, you and Mrs. Lu have nothing to do with these forces, why are you so afraid that this matter will be exposed?" ”

(End of chapter)