In the attic, the officials of Changzhou Mansion gathered together.

The prefect Ding Meixia, the same governor Wang Shijie, the official Zhang Yulin, as well as the general judgment, experience, governor, zhaomo, school inspection, and prison of Ding Meixia's family. In short, those who have heads and faces are basically present.

Originally, the dust-washing banquet that was ostensibly pushing cups and changing lamps and smiling and smiling was ignited by the fire on the canal not far away, and the banquet officials instantly became suspicious.

Someone went to peek at Ding Meixia's face, but when they saw that Ding Governor's expression was calm and as if nothing happened, they were relieved.

"Maybe it's because the water is gone, just arrange for the officials to put out the fire, so that Lord Song can laugh."

Ding Meixia raised her wine glass tremblingly, but she didn't spill any of the wine.

However, as Song Li sat still, the scene instantly cooled down.

"Xiaguan poured wine for Lord Song."

The general judge of Changzhou Mansion laughed with him, lifted the wine jug and wanted to fill it for Song Li before sitting back.

Song Li raised his eyes slightly and looked over, the Changzhou general judge was glanced at by him, his hand trembled, and he spilled a small amount of wine, which was in stark contrast to Ding Meixia, who was calm and relaxed.

"You still have the heart to drink, this official, you don't have the heart."

Song Li looked at the wine glass in front of him, folded his hands on his knees, and said with a serious face.

Ding Meixia put the wine glass to her mouth, drank it to herself, and persuaded: "Today is a dust washing banquet for adults, so adults should have a drink." ”

This move is undoubtedly extremely inappropriate, and it makes the officials present a little discolored.

At this moment, fireworks rose into the air in the distance.

The brilliant fireworks that exploded made many people at a loss for a while, but Song Li's eyes changed.

"Oh."

Song Li raised the full wine glass, and everyone's hearts were relieved.

However, the next moment.

"Bang!"

Song Li slammed the wine glass on the ground, making a screeching sound.

At this moment, there was silence in the attic.

Song Li looked around and asked in a deep voice: "Governor Ding, as a parent official, you know the law and break the law, so that hundreds of thousands of Li Shu in Changzhou Mansion are starving and cold, and you still have the heart to sit and drink here?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials present changed color, and a sense of panic arose, and even many people showed shocked looks, what's going on?

Sluggish, I thought that Lord Qincha was not satisfied with the disaster relief in Changzhou Prefecture, and indeed in order to welcome the governor's team, he was afraid that the victims would hinder the view, so he resettled some of the victims in other places, and I heard that they were drowned by mudslides caused by flash floods.

However, the officials who were deeply involved in the case of stealing and selling military rations began to fidget, and the displacement of the victims alone was obviously not up to the level of "hundreds of thousands of Li Shu", coupled with the so-called "knowing the law and breaking the law", it is not difficult to think that perhaps Song Shilang caught some evidence.

But in their opinion, a squire from Beijing, who had just been here for a day, was afraid that he didn't understand which way the gate of Changzhou City was opening, how could he catch any reliable evidence? The officials of Changzhou Mansion are not stupid, they do everything very secretively, and the upper and lower levels have long been integrated, forming a huge network of interests, which will not be exposed easily.

Ding Meixia's eyebrows twitched, and she stood up slowly: "Xiaguan can't understand what Lord Song is saying. ”

Song Li's eyes were gloomy: "When the national teacher arrives later, you will understand." ”

Ding Meixia still smiled.

There are fast catchers outside the warehouse area, and there are dozens of good players of the White Lotus Sect inside, no matter what, the national teacher will not be able to escape, even if he sends reinforcements now, it will be too late.

All they could get was corpses.

In this world, the ruthless person lives, as indecisive as the national teacher, and he can't knife the living, even if he doesn't die here, sooner or later he will lose his life inexplicably in the mudflats of the Jiangnan Mansions.

The muddy waters are too deep for anyone to touch.

This national teacher, in Ding Meixia's heart, is still too tender.

"Someone!"

As soon as Song Li's words fell, the soldiers in the governor's team rushed up from the stairs, and the sound of heavy footsteps almost broke the last psychological defense line of some officials.

However, seeing that Ding Meixia's expression remained unchanged, they struggled to maintain their dignity.

Song Li looked at Ding Meixia with his eyes, but asked the leading lieutenant.

"Has the team sent to the Canal Rations Depot area?"

The lieutenant arched his hand and said, "Lord Hui, three general flags (150 people) have been sent a moment ago. ”

Song Li stared at Ding Meixia's expression, but found that this old thief was obviously calm, but after hearing the news, there was a flash of panic in his eyes that was difficult to hide.

Seeing this, Song Li instead picked up a wine glass, poured himself full of wine, and drank it all with his head up.

"No one is allowed to move without the order of the officer."

Except for a few officials such as Wang Shijie and Zhang Yulin who were excluded by Ding Meixia, the rest of the officials of Changzhou Mansion were more or less involved in this matter.

The noise outside became louder and louder, and the movement of the army into the city could not be hidden, which shook the hearts of the people.

I don't know how long it took, after Song Shilang drank the warm rice wine in the jug cup after cup, there was movement under the attic.

Someone came upstairs.

Everyone's hearts suddenly rose to their throats, and they all held their breath and looked at the attic door.

I saw a person, slowly ascending the stairs, this person's clothes were torn, his left arm was still wrapped in strips of cloth, but conspicuously, he was holding a knife with blood dripping from the scabbard.

"Which one is Ding Meixia?"

The breezy voice came, as if asking you what to eat.

The officials of Changzhou government hesitated for a while, not knowing where to answer, but whether they answered or not, they were not slow to act, and in this case, the cowering and self-preservation in people's hearts always prevailed. All the officials actually retreated one after another, and Ding Meixia, who was in the host position on the right side of the head, was hung out.

Ding Meixia stared at the comer.

"Meet the National Teacher!"

With Song Li's voice, all the officials fell to the ground as if they had just woken up from a dream.

Only then did the officials understand that the person who was stabbed before the eyes turned out to be Jiang Xinghuo, the national teacher who was often evaluated as "the benevolence of women" by the Ding Governor's Mansion!

Some time ago, when Governor Ding heard about the situation in Beijing, he often put himself in his shoes and said that if he was in such a scene, how to send troops to suppress the rioting Guozi prisoners on Taiping Street, and would never tell them any big truths.

A group of scholars, the butcher's knife can be shut, if it is useful, what is the knife handle?

Therefore, Ding Meixia commented that although this national teacher was lucky, he was too soft-hearted and couldn't do anything big.

But the officials looked at the murderous appearance in front of them, where is the soft-hearted good man?

It's just a demon who kills people without blinking!

Ding Meixia secretly screamed that it was not good.

He couldn't figure out how the national teacher, who was in a chess game and used himself as a chess piece, could be anti-guest-oriented?

What Ding Meixia didn't know was that in the small Qingliang Temple, when Jiang Xinghuo saw Zhao Haichuan who was fished up from the river, and Wang Bin asked him if he could leave, Jiang Xinghuo had already made a decision and arranged it according to the worst plan.

Regardless of whether there is a fire in the military grain storage area tonight, the hundreds of soldiers accompanying the governor's team will control this area, and Zhu Gaoxu's 5,000-strong tax guards will also enter Changzhou City.

Ding Meixia's action of jumping over the wall in a hurry is just pushing the situation to the other extreme.

For Ding Meixia, he couldn't figure it out, but what made him even more desperate was that all the officials fell to their knees, and no one dared to compete with the national teacher, and at this moment the national teacher was standing in front of him, a pair of sharp eyes were staring at him tightly.

Ding Meixia's heart was in chaos, and she didn't dare to look at Jiang Xinghuo, so she hurriedly lowered her head and respectfully bowed her hand: "Your Majesty Ding Meixia will meet the national teacher." ”

Jiang Xinghuo's face showed a light smile: "Governor Ding, thank you for not killing." ”

His tone was calm and elegant, like a mountain spring flowing through a bluestone pavement.

It's just that everyone can hear that there is a strong hatred hidden in the words of the national teacher.

"Country, National Teacher......"

Fine beads of sweat appeared on the corners of Ding Meixia's forehead, and she opened her mouth with difficulty.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't intend to leave Ding Meixia a chance to speak, so he commanded: "Call Cao Song, Shopkeeper Chen, and Zhao Haichuan in turn." ”

Soon, an attendant sent a chair, but Jiang Xinghuo did not sit down, but stood there.

After saying this, he glanced at the Changzhou government officials kneeling on the ground, and his indifferent voice seemed to be the ice edge of the cold winter moon.

"What happened in Changzhou Mansion, I think you all know it, but now it's just a fluke, and I feel that I can't find evidence. I will give you the evidence now, and be a clear ghost so that you can go on the road, so as not to say that your national teacher is not guilty of murder. ”

The first to be brought up was Cao Song.

Jiang Xinghuo asked loudly with a knife.

"Cao Song, a hundred households in Jinyiwei, was instructed by Ding Meixia, the governor of Changzhou Prefecture, to secretly go to the military grain storage area near the canal to set fire to cover up the fact that the military grain was stolen and sold, but is there such a thing?"

Cao Song was also frank, the national teacher had already allowed him to be exiled for 3,000 miles to the border for meritorious service, and he was able to pick up a life, so he naturally confessed.

"That's true."

Ding Meixia's face became extremely embarrassed, her white eyebrows trembled, and she opened her mouth to say, "What nonsense!" The official doesn't know this person at all, how can there be any brocade guards in Changzhou Mansion? ”

Jiang Xinghuo sneered: "Oh? Hasn't Governor Ding really seen Cao Song? ”

"Nope!"

"And what about the fire in the canal ration storage area? Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time, that is, half of the military rations were burned, and the remaining half of the warehouse, which should have been full of military rations, disappeared? ”

“.”

Ding Meixia's forehead was sweating, and her eyes flickered.

"The national division has always persuaded people with reason."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the Changzhou government officials who were kneeling down in front of him, and said, "It's really not enough to have a witness, pass on one." ”

Shopkeeper Chen cried with a sad face, was brought up, just to witness the long fight on the edge of life and death, Shopkeeper Chen has already been frightened, and then saw the thunderous means of the national teacher after the army entered the city, and made a promise to leave a life, he was willing to say anything.

"The military food was stolen and sold by the Ding Governor's Mansion, in addition to our rice shop, several other large rice shops in Changzhou Mansion have the shadow of the Ding Governor's Mansion behind them, and the price of rice is also controlled in this way, the military food in the military grain storage area, in the past five years, nearly one million stone of grain has been stolen and sold, and now it is already empty, this is the dark account of our rice store, for fear that one day the East Window incident will be relied on on our heads."

When she heard this, a look of panic flashed on Ding Meixia's face, but she quickly calmed down and shouted, "What are you talking nonsense?!" ”

After that, he looked around, as if he was looking for someone to testify for him.

It's a pity that no one dares to pick up the stubble.

Shopkeeper Chen shrunk his neck, his body shook into chaff, and he didn't dare to say another word.

At this time, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly pulled out the knife from the scabbard that was pestle on the ground.

"Qiang~"

The sound of drawing the sword was like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring.

Jiang Xinghuo wiped the blood stains on the long knife and said softly.

"The national division didn't make you noisy."

Ding Meixia wanted to say something, but in the end she kept her mouth shut.

The officials of Changzhou Mansion were silent, and they didn't dare to pant loudly.

A third witness was called.

(End of chapter)