Chapter 83: Finding out the news
The next day, the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After receiving Zhao Gao's news last night, Li Si sent someone to follow Meng Yi to see what he was going to do in the next few days.
At the same time, Li Si couldn't help but be a little curious, was this Zhao Gao showing favor to himself?
Last time, because of Zhao Gao's imprisonment, his relationship with Zhao Gao was a little stiff.
After hearing that, Zhao Gao went to get in touch with the right minister Feng Quji.
Although this matter was hidden from Yingzheng, it was not hidden from his eyes.
No one in the court knows that he and Feng Quji have always been on the tip of the needle, and Zhao Gao actually chose Feng Qujian and came to deliver news to himself, which is really interesting.
While Li Si was thinking, a small guy ran in from outside, and when he saw Li Si, he knelt on the ground.
"See Prime Minister."
Li Si recognized him as the person he had sent to follow Meng Yi, and now that he was back, he must have made some discovery.
Early in the morning, Meng Yi made a move?
"How?"
The little servant lowered his head and immediately replied: "Yesterday when I went back from the palace, Meng Zhonglang asked people to investigate the owner of a wine shop, and that person was named Zhang Zifang. ”
"I heard that Zhang Zifang went to Xianyang Prison yesterday and met Ran Fang in person, and no one knows what he said to Ran Fang."
"Early this morning, Meng Zhonglang took the people and horses directly to the wine store, but unfortunately the people in the wine store ran away, and no one was caught."
"Now Meng Zhonglang is leading the lieutenant army to search around Xianyang City, and his face is very ugly."
After listening, Li Si lowered his head and pondered.
"Zhang Zifang?"
Li Si muttered a few words in his mouth, Meng Yi caught someone in such a hurry, then it must have been at the behest of His Majesty, but this person has something to do with Ran Fang, so it is not easy to guess.
"Go and investigate this Zhang Zifang, as well as the relationship with Ran Fang, you must find out clearly!"
"Whoa."
After saying that, the little guy saluted, lowered his head and ran out.
Li Si thought for a while, no matter what, the most critical person in this matter is still Ran Fang, and judging from the importance of His Majesty, this matter is definitely not a trivial matter.
In this way, he had to go to Xianyang Prison in person and get some words out of Ran Fang's mouth.
"Someone!"
"Prepare some food and drink!"
……
When Li Si came to Xianyang Prison with his things, he didn't expect to see Meng Yi in the cell.
Especially Meng Yi had a bitter and hateful expression on his face, sitting there looking at Ran Fang.
At this time, there was silence in the cell, no one spoke, and Meng Yi's resentful eyes stared at Ran Fang, as if he was going to eat Ran Fang.
This scene made Li Si a little confused, what happened?
Full of doubts, Li Si walked into the cell and greeted Ran Fang warmly: "Sir, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"I made some new food at home today, and I specially brought it to you."
As he spoke, he put the basket he was holding on the table, and without looking at Meng Yi, he sat directly on the couch opposite Ran Fang.
He put the contents on the table in the same way, and at the same time beckoned Fusu, "Mr. Su will come and taste it too, this is fresh venison and wine." ”
Fusu, who was named, looked stunned, since he entered this Xianyang Prison, he found that the people he saw before seemed to be a lot more pleasant.
Now even Prime Minister Li Si is a lot more polite to himself, which makes him quite flattered.
It's Meng Yi, who usually gets along well with him, and I don't know what crazy I am today.
Thinking about it, he bowed slightly at Li Si and said, "Thank you." ”
But there was no movement in his hand, and he gestured to Meng Yi with his eyes, wanting Li Si to help relieve the embarrassment.
Li Si pretended not to see Fusu's eyes, he pushed the venison to Ran Fang, and praised: "This is a hunt I specially let people go hunting, this venison is very delicious, I haven't tasted it myself." ”
"Sir, try it, it tastes very good."
Ran Fang glanced at the venison, picked up a slice and put it in his mouth, chewed a few bites, and nodded with a bright look in his eyes.
"It's really good, it's salted, right?"
"Sir guessed right," Li Si smiled and nodded, with some rather proud look on his face.
"I heard that this refined salt was made by my husband, so I borrowed wine to offer it to the Buddha."
"Now this refined salt is in Xianyang City, it is a straining thing, I can buy these because of Mr.'s face."
This compliment obviously made Ran Fang's expression look a lot better.
Li Si, who had been paying attention to Ran Fan, also saw it, and he turned his head to look at Meng Yi, as if he had just seen him, showing a surprised expression.
looked at Meng Yi, and then looked back at Ran Fang, "Who is this?" ”
Meng Yi was also expected to know Li Si's ignorance, but he saw himself at this time, and he was more or less deliberate.
He was already a little depressed, but now when he saw Li Si like this, the expression on his face was even more ugly.
But because of Li Si's identity, he didn't dare to say anything excessive.
Arching his hand towards Li Si, he really didn't have much politeness in his tone: "I am a junior official of the Tingwei Mansion, and I have been tracking down an assassin in Xianyang City with my family, but after the assassin came to Xianyang Prison yesterday, there was no news. ”
"I have been ordered by my lord to ask my husband what the thief said to him."
"But he said, I don't know!"
"The jailer in this cell can attest to the fact that he has been talking to that ovary for a long time, but now he is not telling the truth!"
In these few words, Li Si guessed the truth, it must have been Zhang Zifang who came to find Ran Fang yesterday, and was recognized by Ran Fang, and then ran away overnight.
This matter reached His Majesty's ears, and he immediately asked Meng Yi to arrest people, but Zhang Zifang had already fled.
Now that he wants to catch Zhang Zifang again, he naturally has to look for clues from Ran Fang.
It's just that, according to his understanding of Ran Fang, since he discovered Zhang Zifang's identity yesterday, Ran Fang didn't say it, let alone say it today.
"I see."
"How can you be sure that Sir must know his identity as an assassin?"
"Now that Mr. is famous in Xianyang, what if he comes here just to see him?"
Hearing this, Ran Fang couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Li Si, this is what he said to Meng Yi just now, and now that Li Si mentioned it again, he was a little skeptical that Li Si was listening at the door just now.
Li Si didn't know what had just happened, he was still speaking for Ran Fang: "Just based on your suspicions, ask Mr. here, where did you get the confidence?" ”
"Sir made refined salt for the benefit of the people, that is the credit that should be released from Xianyang Prison, how can you be so insulted?"
"You are questioning Mr.'s character, if you really know that Zhang Zifang, how can Mr. not say it? Isn't this collaborator? ”
"That's the sin of killing the head, how could a gentleman do such a thing?!"
Although these words were thinking about Ran Fang, they also set up Ran Fang.
If he really knew about it and didn't report it, it would really be a prison cell in Xianyang Prison.
A strange look flashed on Ran Fang's face, and then it returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
While eating venison and drinking wine, he glanced at Meng Yi and said lightly: "I saw that ovary for the first time yesterday, if he is an assassin, I really don't know." ”
"As for his hiding place, I don't know even more, you asked the wrong person."
"Slow down and don't send it."
Being so embarrassed by Ran Fang, Meng Yi couldn't sit still now, he glanced at Fusu and Li Si, and saw that Lian personally nodded, he knew that he couldn't ask anything today, so he was so angry that he just threw his sleeves and left.
When he walked to the door, he glared at Ran Fang and said disdainfully: "I thought you were a righteous person, but I didn't expect you to be a person who sells fame and reputation!" ”
"You don't deserve such praise from my family!"