Jing Tai Suo Chapter 21 The Hungry

Cao Qin sat alone in the lobby, his brows twisted into the word "Sichuan", silently thinking about what had happened in the past three days, flashing back scene by scene, he still can't get out of the shadow that Cao Jixiang is dead.

At this time, the 10,000 households in charge of the Dongchang and the 100 households in the discipline, all walked in lightly, not daring to disturb Cao Qin.

At this time, Liu Xi, who was in charge of the punishment of a thousand households, said tentatively: "Dugong! Tonight, I will let a few skilled servants sneak into Cao's Mansion to assassinate Cao He and avenge the old governor! ”

Shang Ming stopped: "No! Now the clues have not been clarified, and the emperor has been ordered not to fight. The two factories and guards are not reproducible, and the most important thing now is to find out the murderer! ”

Liu Xi, who was in charge of the punishment of a thousand households, had already suppressed Shang Ming's punishment of a hundred households, and asked, "Then the old governor died in vain?" This matter has something to do with Jinyi Weiding! But you excuse them, what is your purpose? ”

At this time, the two unknowingly quarreled with Cao Qin, and Cao Qin didn't say a word and started shooting. He slowly walked up to Liu Xi and sneered: "You old thing is tired of life, aren't you?" The emperor personally issued an edict not to allow infighting, I'm afraid you don't want this head! ”

Cao Qin patted Liu Xi's face, and Liu Xi hurriedly knelt down, trembling and speechless.

Shang Ming on the other side was also trembling, and he hurriedly knelt down when he saw Cao Qin coming.

"Get out of here, Hugh has to be noisy here!" Cao Qin roared.

After hearing this, the heads of the blocks hurriedly ran out, for fear that Cao Qin would be angry and kill people.

When everyone dispersed, Cao Qin carefully looked at the hairpin and pondered for a long time, is the palace murder related to Cao Jixiang's death? This question germinated in his mind.

If Cao Jixiang was really killed by Jinyi Mansion, then the body would definitely not remain in Jinyi Mansion. From this, it seems that the murderer is someone else, and he is planting a blame to provoke a dispute between the factory and the guard, so that he can get away with it.

Cao Qin finally figured it out, and quickly issued an order: "Assemble the team and return to Cao's mansion!" ”

Running all the way, he went straight to Cao Jixiang's mansion without stopping. At this time, the Cao Mansion did not know that Cao Jixiang was dead, and he was as calm as ever.

At this time, the housekeeper saw Cao Qin's arrival and hurriedly greeted him: "The Duke is here!" The old governor hasn't gotten up yet! ”

Cao Qin hurriedly entered the mansion: "Uncle Wang! Take me to the old governor's room! Cao Qin asked this because Cao Jixiang's residence was uncertain, there were dozens of houses in the house, and only the housekeeper knew about his daily life, and he lived like a soil emperor.

Uncle Wang hesitated for a while and led the way.

I walked through many corridors, paths, and gardens. The scene in this house is like the inner garden of the imperial palace, so it is not extravagant.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I finally found a rich and beautiful house. The path leading to the house was bright, and Shang Ming behind him took a closer look, this path was paved with gold!

When I entered the house, I saw a genuine handiwork of Yan Zhenqing, framed in a silver frame. As soon as the door opened, the silver frame was lit up and attracted attention to the frame, which seemed prosaic and unremarkable.

Looking down again, the floor is paved with pearl agate, and the flowers and green land are dazzling. Shang Ming was dazzled, and leaned in lightly for fear of stepping on the floor.

Looking inward again, there is a small leaf red sandalwood table, on which there is a tea set made of ice cracked porcelain from the brother kiln, and an incense burner, and I can't smell the slightest fragrance after coming in for a long time. The inner hall is a spacious Taishi chair and an agarwood couch. And on the couch is a silk quilt of Shu brocade, a jade pillow with gold and silver edges, and a burst of fragrance on the jade pillow, which is good for life and wealth.

The road is the place of Biluo Immortal, but it is the people's livelihood hall in the world. There are dozens of such courtyards scattered in this mansion, and Cao Jixiang is not the soil emperor who is better than the real emperor.

Cao Qin asked Uncle Wang and the others to wait outside, leaving him alone in the house to look for clues. I turned the house inside inside and turned it upside down, and found nothing. When Cao Qin was resting, he saw a hairpin next to the Taishi's chair.

Cao Qin couldn't help but be surprised after picking it up and looking at it, this hairpin was exactly the same as the one found next to Duofu, he seemed to know something, grabbed the hairpin and left.

He stood up, turned around, and suddenly the hairpin in his hand fell to the ground, and his eyes were stunned. I saw the mysterious Momei pattern on the inner door panel of the house.

Cao Qin unconsciously took a few steps back, and said in a lost voice: "He, he's back!" Duofu, godfather...... They're all of them, so the next target will be ......"

On this day, Murong was obsessed with investigating the case, and now only this clue has been caught, maybe this is deliberately left by the murderer. Other than that, he found nothing.

Only then did he decide to go to the Wenhua Hall to ask Zhu Jianshen.

As soon as he walked to the door, Murong slowed down and found that the door of the Wenhua Hall was wide open.

Murong was suspicious in his heart, remembering that day Duofu died in the Wenhua Palace. The murderer entered and exited the palace hall so easily, and at this time, he couldn't help but be frightened, and suddenly remembered an unimaginable scene in his heart.

Murong hurriedly rushed in, let go of this step, and hurriedly shouted after entering the main hall: "Your Majesty!" ”

At this time, there was only one palace lady in the Wenhua Hall who was tidying up and sprinkling, and when she heard Murong's hurried shout, she couldn't help but be frightened, and the books she was holding in her arms were thrown on the ground.

Murong saw that the palace maid had a bit of a posture, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a small cherry mouth and shallow red lips, and there was still a bit of elegance in the mess, like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal dust.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and then the palace maid lowered her head slightly, her cheeks flushed, and she hurriedly packed up the scattered books.

Murong Zi is extremely determined, no matter what, his appearance is just a skin in the eyes of Jin Yiwei.

"The slave didn't know that the adults were here...... My lord! The palace maid hurriedly said.

Murong's face was still as calm as water, and he squatted down to help clean up without saying a word.

"Adults should not ......"

Murong didn't pay attention to it, his eyes were attracted by the books scattered in the corner. The book was opened, and the content on it was a pattern - Momei!

Murong had a flash of inspiration and threw all the books he had just packed up on the ground. The palace maid couldn't help but be angry and laugh.

I saw Murong pick up the book, look at the pattern carefully, and then see that the editor was a person named Li Xian.

Murong asked with a serious face, "Is this Li Xian the elder of the Huagai Palace?" Murong saw the clue and hurriedly asked a palace maid.

The palace maid was taken aback by his reaction, and said hesitantly: "Slave, slave doesn't know!" ”

Only then did Murong realize that he was a little excessive: "These books are from the emperor?" ”

The palace maid nodded, and Murong took the book into her arms without saying a word and was about to go out.

The palace maid said "hey" and wanted to stop it, but as soon as Murong turned around, she immediately changed her words: "My lord...... Walking! ”

Murong rushed out without looking back, and went straight to Jinyi Mansion. The palace maid looked at his figure in the distance and smiled shyly, smiling very brightly.

said that Murong was in the mood to care about the palace maid, and returned to Jinyi Mansion and hurriedly packed the package.

Wang Hao asked curiously, "Where are you going?" ”

Murong said intermittently while cleaning up: "Clues! I'm going to Henan Mansion! ”

Wang Liang didn't ask much, this is the unwritten rule of Jinyiwei: never ask more when going out on a mission.

"You take a closer look here, I think something should happen! It's a serial murder! Murong told him to gallop out of the city.

Murong is a brocade guard, and he can't find out who wants to find out. He had already checked Li Xian's hometown of Dengzhou, and he was about to rush to inquire about the meaning of Momei in this book.

On this day, Murong had just left the capital, which was three days away from Dengzhou, and when he was about to let go of the horse's hooves and run wildly, he saw a skinny child lying on the side of the road.

Seeing this, Murong was about to get off the horse and help. At this time, a thin old man came over slowly and helped the child up.

"Grandpa! I'm hungry! The boy was lifted up and thrown into the old man's arms, and cried.

The old man heard his grandson crying and hurriedly coaxed: "Good boy! Grandpa is going to dig some wild vegetables in the mountains! ”

Murong couldn't see the people's livelihood and suffering, this grandson was in such a miserable situation, Murong took out a handful of broken silver and said: "Old man!" These are for you! ”

The old man was shocked, and hurriedly pulled his grandson to kowtow to Murong together: "Thank you, my lord!" Thank you, sir! "The old man has never seen Murong dressed like this, so naturally he doesn't know that he is a brocade guard.

Murong pulled the child and asked, "Where is your father?" ”

The child pulled the tattered clothes on his body, and cried: "Daddy, Daddy and Daddy have been eaten!" ”

Murong was horrified in his heart: "Eat!" ”

The old man explained: "In the suburbs of Beijing, there are many hungry people, and cannibalism has long become a trend. The child's father and mother starved to death because they gave us food! As soon as it was buried in the earth, it was dug up by the hungry people and eaten! ”

When Murong heard this, his heart suddenly collapsed: "How can this be? You, why is your food scarce? Why are there so many hungry people in the suburbs of Beijing! ”

The old man sighed: "Food? There is no land, where can there be food! The land near the suburbs of Beijing has been occupied by the official family, so what kind of imperial village is it used for? ”

Murong gritted his teeth when he heard the word Huangzhuang. Huangzhuang harmed people a lot, resulting in the people having no land to plant, and the number of hungry people increasing day by day, even to the point of cannibalism.

"Not only the suburbs of Beijing, but the entire Beizhili is already full of hungry people! Now the hungry people are already hungry and red-eyed, not only are they not dead, but they come forward to share the food when they see those who have fallen to the ground, which is cruel! The old man said, Murong remembered that he saw more and more beggars on the side of the road along the way, and there were even more people lying on the ground, not knowing if they had been eaten by the hungry people at this time.

Murong couldn't bear it even more when he thought about it, the incident in Huangzhuang caused a sharp increase in hunger, and the imperial court turned a blind eye. He couldn't help but think that Cao Jixiang still wanted to occupy the farmland in Baoding Mansion, and even scolded Cao Jixiang for his death.

At this time, he also felt that this murderer was eliminating harm for the people, I don't know if it was intentional or coincidental, no matter what, Cao Jixiang is no longer there, and he also hopes that the emperor can return the people's farmland as soon as possible.

Murong took out some broken silver and stuffed it into the children's hands, telling them to exchange the silver for some food, and they broke up.

Although Murong couldn't bear it, he still cared about the case and rushed to Dengzhou Pegasus.

"Stop! Don't run! Murong Yao heard someone roaring behind him. When I looked back, I saw three or five people chasing a woman.

Seeing that she was about to be overtaken, the woman fell to the ground in a hurry.

Murong was willing to stand by and watch, dismounted and ran to pick up the girl who had fallen to the ground.

"It's you!" Murong was taken aback when he saw the girl.

Exactly: Huangzhuang attracts hungry people, and the road eats living people, all the reasons are from this.