Chapter 21: Self-defeating
The heavy rain was pouring, and Ren Xuan and Fan Mingyou had a banquet in the small courtyard, which was also comfortable.
The two of them had just received the news that the envoy who had gone to the Xiongnu Longting to negotiate in Monan sent someone to send a message back, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu had accepted the apology made by the envoy on behalf of the great Sima Huo Yu, and ordered the Right Xian King to withdraw his troops. Of course, the Xiongnu only emphasized that the grain promised by the imperial court could not be given less.
Fan Mingyou knew that Huo Yu would not care about this bit of food, and this border war was eliminated.
Although Fan Mingyou was born in the army, he was used to the extravagant life in the capital, and felt that it was too shabby here. "Perfect." The two looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses and drank them all.
Ren Xuan was overwhelmed by this sudden war, and Fan Minh You and the messenger of Huo Fu commanded him, which made him even more resentful, and now it was finally over. Tomorrow, Fan Mingyou will take Chun Yu away, and the annoying Huofu messenger will not see him again, and everything will be calm, how good.
He was so excited that he didn't care about drinking, and he kept pouring it himself, and he got drunk after a while.
Early the next morning, Ren Xuan and Fan Minh Woo rushed to the county prison with people in a hurry.
Ren Xuan's head was still a little dizzy, and when he arrived at the gate of the county prison, he found that there was no one on duty, and he didn't care, and walked straight in.
Fan Mingyou followed closely behind Ren Xuan, walking and walking, feeling that something was wrong, why was there no sound here, and the prison door was also open. Panicked in his heart, he rushed into the cell and froze. The cell was empty, and there was no one, not even a ghost.
"Where is Chun Yuji, where has Chun Yu gone?" Pham Minh Woo shouted in panic, but no one answered. He turned to face Ren Xuan, and Ren Xuan also looked at him blankly.
Fan Mingyou was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "Go to the government office and ask for an understanding." A group of people rushed towards the mansion in a hurry.
When he arrived at the mansion, Fan Minh You was inconvenient to show up, so he waited for news in the corner. Ren Xuan hurriedly ran in, found Jun Cheng, and asked urgently, "Where did those prisoners go?" β
Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Jun Cheng was also inexplicable, and replied, "It's all sent to the Chang'an Tingwei Mansion." β
"When did you leave?"
"Yesterday."
"How much, how much?" Ren Xuan asked.
"How many?" Jun Cheng thought for a while: "Oh, that border military medical officer, he was also sent to the Chang'an Tingwei Mansion." β
"What? How did you send him too, how did you send him too. Ren Xuan thumped his chest and shouted.
Jun Cheng was also a little panicked, stood up while coughing, walked to the bookshelf against the wall and searched for a while, took out a roll of bamboo slips, opened it and looked at it, breathed a sigh of relief, held it in front of Ren Xuan, and said: "This is a case file that has been kept on file by Chun Yu, and there is a comment from Taishou, 'Serious crimes and suspected cases, and the court will be decided'." β
Ren Xuanduo came over and saw that it was the annotation he had written. At the beginning, it was a trick to let Fan Mingyou take Chun Yuji away smoothly and prevent others from letting him go, but he never thought that this would be the result.
His eyes were dark, he collapsed on the seat, and in a trance he heard someone shouting: "Pinch the middle of the man." Then there was a sharp pain in his lips.
Fan Mingyou waited outside the mansion, his heart was always panicked, and after listening to the words from his entourage, his head buzzed, and he staggered to the ground.
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Chun Yuji was still in Shuofang at this time.
Yesterday, Pang Meng released them all and went to Chang'an by themselves. Chun Yuji came from Chang'an and knew how to go. He calculated, if he was riding a horse, the time limit was still very generous, so he went back to the nunnery first.
His dwelling was empty, and all his belongings were stolen. He thought that it must be the painting that those people were looking for, because his aunt had only left him this seemingly mysterious object. However, the painting was already deeply ingrained in his mind, so it didn't matter to him whether it was or not. What he cared about was the rare green sword in the world, the only relic his father had left him.
Hua Yanshou heard that Chun Yuji was back, rushed over to visit, and learned that he still had to go to Chang'an to await trial, so he took Chun Yuji's hand, and said with tears in his eyes that he was sorry for his sister's entrustment.
Chun Yuji comforted the old doctor, saying that he was wronged, and he would inevitably judge right and wrong when he arrived at the Tingwei Mansion.
When Hua Yanshou heard him say this, he hurriedly cut a few pieces of silk cloth, wrote them on letterhead and handed them to Chun Yuji, saying that these people were all famous gentry in Chang'an City, and when they arrived in Chang'an, they could ask for help, and took out a piece of horseshoe gold and stuffed it into his hand.
This horseshoe gold is a royal gift and is worth 10,000 dollars. In that year, Hua Yanshou went to the Western Regions with Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, and treated his wounds and diseases, so Li Guangli transferred the horseshoe gold rewarded by Emperor Xiaowu to him. Chun Yu excused himself several times, but Hua Yanshou was willing to give it to him, and insisted on stuffing it to him.
Chun Yuji held back his tears and said goodbye to him, walked far away and looked back, the white-haired Chief Hua was still standing at the gate of the barracks and watching.
Chun Yuji really wanted to get the Qingyu sword back, and it would be even better if he got that painting back as well. He listened to Qiu Qian's description, and felt that the three border soldiers who carried his personal characters were known to him, especially the bearded man and the knife wound in his ear may have been cured by him. He remembered that the beard had a small family and lived in the east of the city, and he had gone to his house to change his dressing.
Chun Yuji decided to go to the bearded man and ask where his things were sent.
The envoys sent by Shuo Fang to negotiate in Monan have not yet returned, and the news that the Xiongnu will withdraw is only known to Ren Xuan and Fan Mingyou, so a curfew is still implemented in the city, and the soldiers are patrolling the streets as always.
Chun Yu didn't dare to walk on the street, picked up the secluded alleys and went to the east of the city, and found the old house with vague memory. Seeing a wooden sign hanging at the door, with the words "Hu Zhai" written on it, he thought that this was the place, so he lowered his voice and shouted while knocking on the door: "Brother Hu, Brother Hu." β
The wooden door creaked open, and it was the bearded soldier who came out, seeing that Chun Yu was taken aback, he took two steps back, pointed at him and said, "Chun Yu Medical Officer, weren't you arrested and put in the county prison?" How? I guess I escaped. As he spoke, he wanted to close the door.
Chun Yuji hurriedly arrived at the door and said continuously: "Brother Hu, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I didn't escape, I was released." Only then did the bearded man relax and ask, "Are you alright?" Chun Yu said vaguely: "It's okay." β
"You're hereβ"
"That's right, I just went back to the barracks and nunnery, and they said that you put away all the things in my house." Chun Yu Yu.
The bearded man hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, no, no, I didn't take it, you are my savior, how can I take your things." That's a command from Taishou to pack up and send us over. β
"Where?"
"They were all sent to the backyard of the Taishou Mansion."
Chun Yu thanked the beard a few times, and circled at the entrance of the alley for a long time, thinking that the Taishou Mansion was not something that could be entered and exited casually. But after all, he was reluctant to give up on the Qingyu Sword, hesitated again and again, felt that he had practiced martial arts, and his hands and feet were still flexible, and when he arrived at the Taishou Mansion to see the opportunity to act, he might be able to get back his Qingyu Sword, maybe he would be able to find it as a silk painting, so he decided to go to the Taishou Mansion.
What he didn't expect was that this time, he would actually kill someone.