Chapter 35: Opening the Coffin
Tang Jianqiu blamed himself very much, he could have saved it just now, but for some reason his body froze, as if he had been fixed, which was a bit weird;
Tang Jianqiu was full of regret, and he was still thinking about this Ji Gang ghost until late at night.
He was doubting himself, he was wondering if this matter was a case of Xuan Ming, and suddenly he remembered something.
Even if the other party is a ghost god, he has encountered large and small cases since he took the position of pacification envoy, but it is not so real, and it is much the same.
Even if he was deeply wronged in his previous life, he was hunted down and killed, and he fought dozens of big and small battles, even if he was seriously injured, he never gave in.
It is not in his style to be afraid of this dark thing now.
In addition, there is a very strange thing, "Ji Gang" can obviously kill everyone while they are shocked, why did he pass them and kill the local people directly?
Could it really be that as the local people said, "Ji Gang" is coming back for revenge?
His goal was to kill all the dawn people who approached this Yongle Temple!
The more Tang Jianqiu thought about it, the more strange he felt, and he also felt deeply guilty about what happened tonight.
You must know that during the day he swore frankly to the brothers, and also said that he would personally meet the ghosts and gods for a while, and now I think about it is really a little ashamed;
When facing "Ji Gang", he didn't even have the courage to draw a knife, but watched him cut off the heads of the innocent people!
He thought that he was ashamed of his duties as a pacifier, and even more sorry for the innocent people who died in vain.
Qiao Yunsheng didn't blame Tang Jianqiu much when he saw Tang Jianqiu falling into the swamp of self-blame, but understood it very well, because he was also frightened by this scene.
Even he, a military attache from the fourth grade, was scared like this, so let alone ordinary people.
He knew the guilt in Tang Jianqiu's heart, and before he came to serve as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he had also seen many officers and soldiers lose their sharpness due to a short-term failure.
After thinking about it, Qiao Yunsheng tried to open Tang Jianqiu's heart knot with some words like this:
"Do you remember why you took the position of Jinyiwei? It takes a lot of courage to know the danger of this officialdom but is willing to take the risk to come to Beizhen Fusi, is it just that he was recommended by your teacher?
How do I remember the courage of a man when I first met you, and how courageous you were at that time? Now facing a powerful ghost but retreating, it is really not like Tang Jianqiu I met for the first time. ”
Tang Jianqiu was silent, and Qiao Yunsheng was worried.
At first, he came to this Dongcheng to serve as a Jinyi Guard, but he was only a junior officer, and he was able to come to this point not only with the support of his master Lu Kui, but also by relying on his own sword and gun to earn honor.
You remember that no matter how bad the environment was, how difficult the mission was, and how cunning the opponent was, he had never been afraid, but this time, he somehow would be so abnormal!
Qiao Yunsheng was at a loss, but he sighed, and then said his opinion: "Since Lord Tang lives a life of licking blood on the tip of the knife every day, why is he afraid of the netherworld?
How could I not? Even if the Ming Dynasty is now peaceful and there is no conquest to speak of, but this officialdom is like a tiger fight, and we have received the order to be worthy of the local people, but also worthy of the emperor who is the honor of the Ninety-Five!
Since you and I claim not to believe in ghosts and gods, it is because you and I have never believed that there are ghosts in this world!
Even if this matter is not the fault of this secretary, the local people will not let me go, and my conscience will not let me go. In vain! ”
Tang Jianqiu's pupils shrank suddenly, Qiao Yunsheng's words really spoke to his heart, so that he didn't know how to say it.
He looked at Qiao Yunsheng, and the righteousness exuded by his body was only that of a fair and co-named Qing official, and it was not mixed with the slightest lie;
Perhaps, as he said, it is precisely because they have not seen it with their own eyes, and if this matter is not resolved, it will not be possible to deal with His Majesty.
Just when Tang Jianqiu and Qiao Yunsheng fell into deep guilt and self-blame, Qiao Yunsheng suddenly remembered something, and he realized that maybe they were thinking too much about something.
"Wait! Tang Jianqiu, if you think about it carefully, will we think too much about some things?
Instead of saying that there is nothing we can do, rather than saying that we can't explain to the people and Your Majesty, this is just a mediocre self-disturbance, and we have never thought about the innocent villagers who have been hurt by the ghosts!
The reason why we lose our courage in front of the devil is because our officials are getting bigger and bigger? Is it because we think too much about ourselves? ”
He knows very well that human desires are endless, and when you get something like this, you will try to get another thing, and this kind of thing is human greed, everyone has it!
Hearing this, Tang Jianqiu woke up like a dream, and Qiao Yunsheng's wave of soul torture not only opened his mind, but also woke him up.
At that moment, Tang Jianqiu's gray eyes had a little light, and his eyes finally returned to their original fierceness and killing the enemy.
He was enlightened, as if he regarded his teacher, he was very grateful and stepped forward to bow to Qiao Yunsheng, Qiao Yunsheng saw this and immediately stepped forward to hold up Tang Jianqiu's arm, his eyebrows were full of excitement.
"Lord Tang doesn't need to be polite, you and I will solve that terrible ghost together, whether that person is Ji Gang's unjust ghost or someone is pretending to be a ghost, we must be worthy of the local people!"
He had made up his mind that no matter what the outcome was, he must get rid of this powerful ghost who had incarnated as Ji Gang for the people of Linyi County and all the officials!
After reaching an agreement with Tang Jianqiu, the mood of the two was obviously much better, and Qiao Yunsheng added another sentence after that:
"Tang Jianqiu, you and I should both find the courage of the past."
Tang Jianqiu agreed after hearing this, until this moment he could understand why Qiao Yunsheng was able to rank as a squire in the Criminal Department.
"Adults are really talented! After you said this, my mood has improved a lot, you are Zhuge Kongming alive! ”
Being praised by Tang Jianqiu like this, Qiao Yunsheng didn't show too much expansion, he just smiled, and then said very modestly:
"Lord Tang laughed, this Si Kou is just saying what is in his heart, why bother?"
"Maybe it's just a trivial matter for Lord Shangshu of the Criminal Department, but for Tang, it's better than a famous saying through the ages!"
If it weren't for what Qiao Yunsheng said, he might not have the courage to face his timid self on the spot, but now it's different.
Since he, like himself, didn't want to have sex with Wei Zhongxian, then he wanted to hear Qiao Yunsheng's opinion.
Therefore, he doesn't mind taking a risk;
Tang Jianqiu said: "The world is undecided, six in all four seas, one virtuous minister is better than a hundred brave generals!" Hundreds of officials work together to build a dynasty, the country will prosper, there will be auspiciousness, the country will decline, there will be demons! ”
Qiao Yunsheng raised his eyebrows after hearing this, he was a civil official, and he had solved countless cases, so he naturally knew what Tang Jianqiu meant.
He stroked his beard three times, understood that Tang Jianqiu was talking in secret, the corners of his eyes opened with a happy smile, and said very directly:
"Lord Tang, but what do you say? How could I hear that the pacification envoy was implying that this demon was Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory? ”
If it weren't for the fact that he was still familiar with Tang Jianqiu, he would even wonder if this was from Tang Jianqiu's mouth, because it was rumored that he was just a reckless man who killed people in the first order without blinking, and now it seems that this is not the case;
"Now that the Ming Dynasty is in charge, we have to guard against it."
Tang Jianqiu's intention was already obvious, he was not afraid that Qiao Yunsheng would not understand, he also believed that Qiao Yunsheng and Wei Zhongxian were not the same dog.
What's more, Qiao Yunsheng also joined the Donglin Party later.
However, Qiao Yunsheng did not rush to pick up the conversation, but said something that made Tang Jianqiu puzzled:
"As the so-called people who achieve great things are not informal, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no disciples, Lord Tang, the water of this officialdom is deep."
Qiao Yunsheng said this undoubtedly to remind Tang Jianqiu, after all, in his opinion, Tang Jianqiu's qualifications were still too young, he was only in his early twenties, and he had not yet experienced the real sinister.
However, he didn't know that Tang Jianqiu actually knew the way of officialdom better than anyone else, and since he was alive again, it would stir up waves!
Qiao Yunsheng just wanted to tell him to be on guard on weekdays, don't look at some people who are respectful to you, in fact, they are just a group of well-dressed beasts, they are more ambitious than honest and honest people like you.
"Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your kindness, I remember it below."
After all, Tang Jianqiu can be regarded as a person who has died once, so how can he not understand the truth of this? I only hated that I was blinded by lard in my previous life, I mistrusted others, and before I died, I ended up with an intention to rebel!
"I don't know what Lord Tang's words are, since it is pure providence to be able to recognize adults, it is all about making a friend."
He hasn't been so happy for a long time, Boya is good at guqin, Zhong Ziqi is good at listening, and today he met a bosom friend, how could he let go of this great opportunity?
"This is Tang's honor, boy Tang Jianqiu, the word chasing twilight, a native of Wanping County, Beiping, I have seen an adult here!" Saying that, Tang Jianqiu bowed to Qiao Yunsheng.
Seeing this, Qiao Yunsheng hurriedly said: "No need to be polite, I, Qiao Yunsheng, the word Jifu, the number Hegao, and the Mengjin people, can be regarded as a forgetful friend at my age." ”
He had to sigh that the years were unforgiving.
"Adults are highly qualified, upright, honest and honest, and they are for the benefit of the people, Tang should learn from adults."
"Hahaha, since you and I have made friends, why don't you call the officers and soldiers to open the coffin for an autopsy tomorrow?" He wanted to see if Ji Gang was a human or a ghost!
"It's up to the adults to decide."
Qiao Yunsheng's rights in this matter are still greater than his own, Tang Jianqiu agreed, and it is also a happy thing to be friends with a Qing official like Qiao Yunsheng.
Let's wait for the opening of the museum tomorrow!
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The next day, before the hour came, the rooster crow sounded a third time, and the brocade guards and all the officers and soldiers got up very early.
They were ordered to go to the place where Ji Gang was buried today.
Although Ji Gang was executed for the crime of plotting great rebellion at that time, this does not mean that he is not qualified to enter the earth.
Of course, Tang Jianqiu was more active than them in this matter, and he woke up earlier.
It's not so much that he woke up early and fell down, but that he thought about it all night, and was distressed by the case of Ji Gang turning into a ghost after his death.
After thinking about it for a long time, they had an answer, and everyone came to the place where Ji Gang was buried, and they also had an indescribable mood.
Some of them brought shovels, while others brought hoes and prepared to work.
Tang Jianqiu's eyes were cold, as fierce as a vicious enemy, staring at Ji Gang's spiritual position, and then ordered:
"Dig up the soil and open the coffin!"