At the mouth of the boiling vegetable market, the crowd is like water, and the noise is not in shape, screaming and shouting endlessly. Zhang Wen sat on the sedan chair, at first frightened, but after a long time, the sedan chair was still safe and sound, and Zhang Wen gradually calmed down. Xuan Yue and his subordinates have carefully selected Xuanyi Guards' martial arts skills are still good, and there are other strong guards guarding chariots, and it is difficult for ordinary grass people to break through the formation.

Zhang Wen took a breath, and then began to guess what was the purpose of the assassins who raided him outside? Just now I heard someone in the crowd shouting, "I have seen a good show of robbing the law field", Zhang asked and thought about it carefully, isn't it a sound to attack the west, the purpose is to rob the law field?

But soon Zhang Wen ruled out this possibility, not to mention that there were soldiers on guard in the law field, just to say that the imperial history room Kezhuang would be willing to be rescued?

Fang Kezhuang has studied sage books for half his life, and has been trying to pursue a career for half his life, which is the only career in his life, and his fame is better than his life. Now the court wants to kill him, but if he dies, he can win a name for eternity. At this time, if he wants to run for his life, give up his lifelong pursuit and the reputation of absconding with fear of crime, I am afraid that even if he kneels down and begs him, he will not agree.

So Zhang Wen was puzzled, if these assassins were not robbing the law field, were they specifically trying to kill him? What's the use of assassinating him, officials within the court who have the ability to plan assassination operations will not easily use this method to deal with their colleagues, and ordinary enemies are not that capable. So Zhang Wen was a little puzzled.

There was chaos on the street for a long time, and the soap soldiers of the Terracotta Division finally controlled the scene. Zhang Wen heard Xuan Yue outside the sedan chair say: "My lord, five assassins were killed, three were captured, and a few escaped by taking advantage of the chaos. ”

Zhang Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and thought that Yin Ni Wenhuan of Shuntian Mansion was from his side, so he sat in the sedan chair and said in a calm tone: "Send the live mouth to Shuntian Mansion for interrogation, and continue to go out of the city." ”

At this time, another voice was heard: "The lower official brought people here to arrest the thieves, and handed them over to the lower officials." ”

Zhang Wen heard that someone claimed to be a lower official, obviously a colleague, and it was inconvenient to hold it up, so he walked out of the sedan chair and saw a big-bellied official standing on the street with a team of soap li, and was making gestures to himself, "The lower official patrols the city and the imperial history of the king, and it is the duty of the lower official to arrest the murderer, just hand over the person to the lower official." ”

There are countless officials in Beijing, who Wang Yuan is, Zhang Wen doesn't know.

At this moment, I heard another voice say coldly: "Seeing no king's law, assassinating the court officials, and conspiring against him, this matter must be strictly investigated, and the murderer should be handed over to the criminal department for interrogation." ”

Zhang Wen turned his head when he heard the sound and saw that it was an official with a national face, and the official also said to Zhang Wen: "The next official is Qin Yong, a member of the Criminal Department who specializes in arrest, and he has seen Master Zhang. Lord Yin Ni of Tianfu learned that someone had committed a crime at the entrance of the vegetable market, and while arranging for the arrest, he informed the yamen of the Criminal Department, and the lower officials were ordered by the Shangshu of the Criminal Department to arrest the murderer. ”

Not long after the assassination incident occurred, where did Ying Tianfu Yin have time to inform the Criminal Department after learning about it? This is obviously unreasonable, and Zhang Wen quickly tasted the taste. This member of the criminal department, Wai Lang, was afraid that Zhang Wen would not know him, so he told Ying Tianfu Yin Ni Wenhuan that he would inform him, indicating that he was his own person.

Zhang asked what the truth of the attack was, there is a lot to be done. Obviously, both the Imperial Governor of the City and the Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, immediately realized this, so they immediately fought for the live in order to make their own side more advantageous.

And Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, had already indicated that he was from the Eunuch Party's side, Zhang Wen immediately made a judgment and said: "It is the business of the Criminal Department for the Jingshi to interrogate the murderer, Lord Qin, you will bring people to the Yamen for interrogation." ”

But when the imperial history of the city patrol heard it, he didn't agree, and arched his hand and said: "My lord, this matter is no longer an ordinary murder case, it involves court officials, for the sake of prudence, it should be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for custody, and the three divisions should cooperate in the interrogation." ”

Qin Yong, a member of the criminal department, looked angry, and pointed to an ugly-faced man who was tied up on the street and said, "Who instigated these assassins?" Lord Zhang and Donglin have different political opinions, everyone knows that you Donglin can get out of the relationship? There are suspects who should be avoided, doesn't Lord Wang know about this kind of thing? ”

The ugly-faced captive saw that an official was pointing at him, and suddenly spat at Zhang Wen and scolded: "Phew, eunuch! It was the eunuchs who killed my master, who instructed Lao Tzu? Ten thousand people can be killed! ”

Zhang asked after listening to the heart, Fang Kezhuang and Lao Tzu had no relationship at all, and complained that there was a debt and a master, what does it matter to me that Fang Kezhuang committed a capital crime, who involved me?

Qin Yong, a member of the criminal department, blushed, obviously he was also a member of the eunuch party, Qin Yong glanced at Zhang Wen, turned his head to Soap Li and said, "Give me a beating!" ”

The Imperial History of the City Patrol sneered: "Lord Qin wants to kill people and kill people? Then he asked the ugly-faced man: "Your master is a big man?" ”

"Exactly." The ugly-faced man said.

After hearing this, Wang Yuan said to Qin Yong: "Do you understand? These assassins were the house slaves of Lord Fang, but because of personal enmity and hatred of the eunuchs, they killed and retaliated. Lord Qin, don't say who instigated it at every turn, and plant it indiscriminately! ”

The ugly-faced man shouted loudly to the people watching from afar: "Eunuch villain, scourge Zhongliang!" Kill the eunuchs, kill the eunuchs......"

The people took the opportunity to coax, but fortunately, a large number of soaps were armed to block it, and the scene was quite stable.

Seeing this, Zhang Wen said: "Escort the murderer to the Yamen of Yousi and interrogate him strictly. ”

The two officials made a farewell, Zhang Wen got back into the sedan chair, walked to the side of the sedan chair, saw the arrow stuck in the wood, stretched out his hand and pulled it out, and then walked into the sedan chair. Cao An shouted: "Get up the sedan chair." ”

The sedan chair walked along the street, and after walking for a while, Zhang Wen heard the crowd shouting on the side of the road: "The eunuchs who are loyal and good will not die well." ”

The guard's angry voice said, "Whoever shouted, have the courage to stand up and shout!" ”

Xuan Yue said in a deep voice: "Don't pay attention to it, go." ”

The carriage and horse sedan chair continued to hurry, came out of the city, withdrew the card battle, and everyone rode their own chariots and horses along the official road to the south. From Beijing to the provinces, there are post roads for driving and horses, and there are post stations along the way. The first stop of the post road leading from Beijing to Zhejiang is the Beijing Normal Hall. Zhang Wen and the others did not stop at the first post station, continued to go south, and when they arrived at the Gujie Post in Liliang Township County, the sun was about to set, so Zhang Wen ordered the team to rest at the post station to replenish grain and grass.

Cao An is responsible for handling the official documents of the letters and letters, and Zhang Wen doesn't have to worry about it, he just needs to take people to live in the post station.

I just went out today, and what happened in the capital city made everyone depressed, and it was really not a pleasant thing to be called a eunuch and a scourge on the street.

The people at the post station brought the food, Zhang Wen and Huang Renzhi, Shen Jing, Zhang Zhao and others sat at a table to eat, Zhang Wen picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "The journey is tiring, everyone drinks two glasses of wine to relax the shins." ”

After Zhang Wen took a sip of the wine in the cup, Zhang Zhao raised his head sullenly and poured the wine into his mouth, and couldn't help but complain: "The adults are fighting bloody in Liaodong, and they are dedicated to serving the country in the imperial court, but the people insult the adults like this, they are all fools. ”

Zhang Wen said with a smile: "Don't care, public opinion must be guided, and the people who have to know the truth are no wonder." If we fight with Donglin, I'm afraid we will be so angry that we can't eat and can't do anything all day long, isn't it in their hands? ”

Zhang Zhao sighed.

Zhang Wen understood. Everyone comes out to do things, and what ideals are only available to a few people, and only talking about fame and fortune must be realistic, and it is naturally not a pleasant thing to make a mess of fame.

So Zhang Wen said: "Let's just do a good job first, as for reputation and public opinion, it is not immutable, and it can always be recovered." In a few days, I will choose a suitable person, set up a college, and compete with Donglin for public opinion. These people here have more important things to do, so they don't have to worry about everything. ”

"Your Excellency has a point."

After dinner, everyone went about their own thing. The grooms and others had to take care of the horses, the guards had to change shifts, and most of the others were ready to rest so that they could have the strength to travel tomorrow.

Zhang Wen walked to his room, and the calmness and smile on his face suddenly disappeared, revealing a tired and melancholy look. He sighed and looked out the window in a daze.

At this moment, I heard Xuanyue's voice outside the door: "What's the matter with you?" ”

An old man's voice: "I have heard the prestige of the adults for a long time, and I am afraid that the adults will be tired, and the small inn will not be well entertained, so I have prepared a small gift to eliminate the labor of the adult's journey." ”

Xuan Yue's voice said, "Woman? Send any goods to adults and take them away! ”