Chapter 46: The Clothed Grave
The Zhou Mansion was framed, and the murderer must be trying to hide something.
Now that I think about it, why did Liang Hai go to Tianyao Mountain that day? And why don't you let your retinue go with you? What did he do when he went up the mountain alone and stayed late at night? And how did the murderer find him in advance?
All kinds of doubts are waiting to be clarified.
The four of them went to Liang Hai's bedroom together, the items in the room were neat and tidy, and the placement was regular, but it looked unreasonably depressing.
Gu Liwu observed the bedroom and asked Liang Caicai and Liang Yi.
"Do you know why Lord Liang went to Tianyao Mountain?"
Liang Caicai didn't dare to approach her father's room, looking at the items on display inside, tears rolling in her eyes.
"The adults only said that they were going to visit an old friend, and nothing else." Liang Yi was as calm as usual with a clear distinction between public and private, and when he entered the house, he carefully searched for useful clues.
At that time, Lord Liang was killed, and according to the rules, he should search the Liang Mansion to find evidence, but during that time, Liang Caicai's spirit was too poor, and his mood was extremely unstable, so he did not search the Liang Mansion for the time being, and devoted himself to the Zhou Mansion.
"Old friends?" Ye Sili frowned, why do old friends need to visit late at night?
As far as she knows, there is only one temple on Tianyao Mountain, because Ye Zhongyao goes to live all the year round, she also knows the monks in the temple, and Tianyao Temple closed the temple door when it was closed, and it was not allowed to enter or exit.
This is also the reason why Ye Sili is often reluctant to live with Ye Zhongyao, her temperament is too noisy, she is accompanied by Buddha statues all day long, and she closed the temple door early, it is not easy to slip out, it is too boring.
If you don't go to Tianyao Temple, where is Liang Hai going to visit his friends?
Several people turned all the things related to Liang Hai in the mansion to the bottom, and Gu Liwu and Ye Sili only flipped through the account books at random without careful checking, and handed them over to Liang Yi.
In the final analysis, this is the business of their Liang Mansion, or rather, this is the business of the Criminal Department.
Gu Liwei and Ye Sili assisted in the investigation, first, they didn't want to see the courtiers have a suspicion because of this matter, so the saint intended to involve them in this matter; The second is that they don't want to watch the two courtiers suffer grievances in vain, this matter is not a trivial matter, once the charges are confirmed, I am afraid there is no place to turn over.
Ye Sili walked to the window of Liang Hai's study and stretched out his hand to open the window.
Sure enough, it can't be opened like a bedroom.
"What's going on with this window?" Ye Sili turned around and asked Liang Yi and Liang Caicai.
Hearing the sound, the three of them all came over, and Gu Liwu checked it and confirmed that the window was deliberately sealed.
Liang Caicai said: "My father said that the wind was cold at night, and he didn't like to blow cold wind, so he asked someone to nail the window shut. ”
"Don't like the cold wind?" Ye Sili obviously didn't believe this reason, but looking at Liang Caicai's expression, it didn't seem to be lying.
Liang Yi seemed to think of something, and immediately added:
"Adults really don't go out much on weekdays and nights, even if they have official needs, adults only ask me to go."
Ye Sili and Gu Liwei glanced at each other, and Liang Yi naturally understood that something was wrong.
Liang Hai is a perennial martial arts practitioner, and his body is much better than that of ordinary people, if it is said that his body can't blow cold wind, this is too far-fetched.
If it is said that he himself does not like to go out at night, but Liang Yi's great achievements are all due to the hard work of day and day back then, and he finally sat in the position of the secretary of the criminal department, and there are naturally many rumors about him in the market.
Unless......
Xiao Ling sat at the table, and finally waited for Ye Sili and Gu Liwu to come back, and it was almost noon, and several people went to the table to eat.
In the past few days, Ye Zhongyao began to go to his young comrades-in-arms and confidants to drink again, and there were only a few of them left in the Yugong Mansion.
Gu Liwu described the affairs of the Liang Mansion in detail.
"We haven't found any clues other than the sealed windows for the time being." Ye Sili said sadly.
Gu Li's expression didn't look very good, and his voice was low, with Ye Sili's little indifference.
"Not really, I found a clue."
“???” Ye Sili looked at him suspiciously, why didn't he hear him talk about it in the Liang Mansion just now.
"After the Gu Mansion in Kyoto was destroyed, most of the property in the mansion went into the hands of Liang Hai."
Xiao Ling was shocked, "What? Liang Hai's old man is full of private pockets? ”
"Kyoto Gu Mansion?" Ye Sili observed Gu Liwu's reaction and asked, "But Xining was exterminated in the fourth year of treason, and the Gu Mansion of the Great General of the Nine Clans was exterminated?" ”
Gu Liwu's face did not change, and he only let out a faint "um".
Ye Sili suddenly thought of it and said in surprise: "I may know the purpose of Liang Hai's trip to Tianyao Mountain." ”
Gu Li lowered his eyes worriedly, as if he had guessed what Ye Sili said.
Only Xiao Ling stared at Ye Sili very excitedly, waiting for her to say the following.
"In addition to Tianyao Temple, there are also the clothed mounds of General Gu and Mrs. Gu in Tianyao Mountain."
“!!!” As soon as these words came out, Mo said that it was Xiao Ling, and even the people who were waiting on the sidelines, such as Du Chun, Lian Xia, Bai Yi and Yun An, were also shocked.
Only Gu Liwu always lowered his head and stopped making a sound.
"Are you saying that Liang Haishen went to Tianyao Mountain in the middle of the night to pay homage to General Gu and his wife?" Xiao Ling almost got goosebumps all over his body.
Ye Sili didn't answer yes or no, but wondered: "Why did he sneak in the middle of the night?" ”
If he and General Gu were friends back then, even if General Gu was saddled with the name of treason, it would naturally be okay for Liang Hai to visit one or two as a friend.
Xiao Ling guessed in a low voice: "Could it be that Liang Hai embezzled Gu Mansion's money back then, and now he feels guilty, so he went to ask for guilt?" ”
This also ...... Not impossible, it's just ...... Ye Sili always felt a little far-fetched.
Back then, Ye Sili and the people here were still young, and they didn't know much, but those who knew ...... Liang Hai has been killed, Zhou De can't afford to fall ill because of Zhou Jiu'er, Ye Zhongyao went to drink with others again, and the others ...... The matter back then involved a wide range of people, and Ye Sili and the others did not dare to investigate rashly.
After lunch, Ye Sili took a nap, and in the afternoon stayed in the Yugong Mansion to wait for Liang Yi's news.
"Si Li, Lord Liang's matter is too complicated, have you ever thought about what the worst outcome will be?"
Xiao Ling and Ye Sili sat on the swing, and the two of them swayed slowly with the swing.
"Worst outcome ......" Ye Sili was a little unsettled, and his eyes drifted in the direction of Yulan Courtyard from time to time.
If this matter is really related to the Gu Mansion, now it seems that the worst outcome is that the remnants of the Gu Mansion have not been eliminated......
If Lord Liang was killed this time, if it is related to them, then this matter will be really tricky.
Before I knew it, it was almost dusk, and the crimson of the setting sun spread across half of the sky, but in the middle of the day, the sky was as dark blue as before.
"County Lord, Liang Shilang sent someone to send a letter." Qingluo hurriedly ran over.
Ye Sili had just taken the envelope, but he caught a glimpse of Gu Liwu's figure appearing at the gate of Yusheng Courtyard.
"Ahh Ye Sili immediately got up and walked towards him with a smile on his eyebrows.
"This is a letter sent by Liang Shilang, maybe I have found out the news."
Ye Sili handed the envelope to Gu Liwei.
Gu Liwu looked at Ye Sili with gentle eyes, took the envelope in her hand, and lowered it so that she could easily see it.
Ye Sili smiled unconsciously, this is what she met Ah Yu, even though she could feel that he was in an abnormal mood today, but as long as she was there, he was always gentle.
After reading the letter quickly, the faces of the two were incredible.
"What did Liang Yi say?" Xiao Ling looked at the reaction of the two, and his heart was a little up, and he hurriedly took the letter handed by Gu Liwu and hurriedly read it, his face was shocked.
"Lord Liang committed suicide?"
“……”
Ye Sili also didn't relax a little.
Liang Hai committed suicide?
How does this make sense?
There was no sign at all, why did he run to Tianyao Mountain to commit suicide?
Qingluo took out another stack of account books and handed it to Gu Liwu.
"The messenger said that the county lord and the prince would understand when they read these account books."
The messenger also said...... Liang Shilang found ...... in the old box in Lord Liang's study," Qingluo looked up at Ye Sili and Gu Liwei, "and found the tablet of General Gu and his wife. ”
"According to Liang Shilang, the tablet is broken."
It was really General Gu and his wife......
Ye Sili and Gu Liwu glanced at each other, and hurriedly found a seat, opened the account book in their hands, and looked at it carefully.
Chuan Xia also returned to the house and came to say:
"County Lord, Son, the prince said that Lord Liang and General Gu are indeed old acquaintances."
After the two finished checking the account books, Liang Hai did embezzle all the money of the Gu Mansion.
There was also a notebook attached to the account book, although it didn't write a few pages, but every word shocked Ye Sili.
After Liang Hai embezzled his friend's money, he was uneasy all day long, often feeling that the ghosts of General Gu and his wife wanted to ask him for his life, and he was even more afraid to go out at night and dare not open the window.
He even carved the tablet for General Gu and his wife with his own hands, and the fear in his heart was indeed even worse, so he had to break the tablet and hide it in the corner.
Then he copied the scriptures in the house every night, writing words and scriptures, but it was difficult to wash away the blood on his hands.
The court is full of thoughts, and he has to fall on a silent paper in the middle of the night, as if telling it like this can alleviate his sins.
The fifteenth day of the lunar month is the death day of more than 100 people in the Gu Mansion.
That night was stormy, and he wanted to go to the clothed mound in Tianyao Mountain to see, and this time, he stayed there forever.
For a long time, Ye Sili didn't say anything, trying to recall everything he knew about the Gu Mansion back then, but to no avail.
When she was young, she often heard her mother mention Mrs. Gu, but when her mother left, no matter how she asked, her grandfather avoided it.
The one who listened to it the most was the Gu Mansion in the mouth of the storyteller in the teahouse.
General Gu is brave and unique, talented and beautiful, and he is really a rare talent for governing the army, but he is ungrateful, treasonous and traitorous, and has harmed the Gu Mansion in vain.
But he never thought that such a traitor would have such a relationship with Lord Liang.
After the matter was implemented, Liang Yi entered the palace on his own with the evidence of the crime and pleaded guilty.
"Why did Liang Yi hand over the evidence of corruption in his house? Isn't that a crime? Xiao Ling asked puzzled.
Ye Sili looked at the boxy courtyard wall, his eyes full of regret.