Chapter 336: You Must Help With This Favor (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Chapter 337: You Must Help With This Favor (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"No, why don't you tell me first, who are you looking for? Who gave you this dart? β
Fu Zhen didn't want to listen to him sell his son, so he straightforwardly explored the answer he wanted.
Li Yi had an unhappy interruption on his face, he paused, stared at her and said, "I don't know the person who gave me this dart, but I know who he is." β
"Who is it?"
"The eunuchs in the palace!"
Although Fu Zhen was surprised, he didn't pause for long: "Which palace is it the eunuch?" What is it called? β
"I don't know." Li Yi shook her head, "I said I don't know him." But I have dealt with the people in the palace more or less with the old man, and I still know whether he is a eunuch or not. β
Fu Zhen said: "What does he look like?" Who did he ask you to find? When did you find you? β
Li Yi sighed: "I can't come back with so many questions from you in one breath, so it's better for me to tell you the cause and effect, and you can figure it out yourself." β
Speaking of this, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then opened his mouth: "It was about six or seven years ago in the winter, one night when the martial arts hall was about to close, two people suddenly came, they were all wearing ordinary robes, wearing black coats, and their snow hats were low, and they indicated that they wanted to find me to pick up the dart.
"When they got to the backyard, I took off my hat and felt that something was wrong, and the man who was the first man was in his forties, with a white face and no beard, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was very thin, and I immediately thought of the people in the palace.
Then he showed me the entry and exit tokens in the palace, and that was unmistakable.
"Just as I was about to salute, he stopped me, saying that he had been ordered to come out without anyone knowing.
Then he told me the purpose of his trip, and he asked me to find him a man in his early thirties, whose size and countenance were unknown.
Then he gave me a very sketchy map with a route connecting the names of several places, and he told me to look for them according to the last names.
"The deposit for my remuneration is a silver ticket of three thousand taels, and after the statement is found, there will be a heavy thanks."
Fu Zhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "This price is different from the price you told me at the beginning!" β
Li Yi waved her hand awkwardly: "At this time and that time, such an important matter, how can I talk to you at will, old man?" β
Fu Zhen glanced at him: "Then why are you willing to say it now?" β
"If you don't say it now, you can't do it!" Li Yi slapped her thighs, "People are lost!" β
"Huh?!" Fu Zhen only reacted after hearing this, "You mean that you have followed him?" β
Listening to this way, from the appearance of the eunuchs in the palace to the road map for Li Yi to find a man in his early thirties, Fu Zhen didn't feel too surprised.
The two keys of "eunuch" and "thirty-year-old man" are enough to prove that they are related to the search for the emperor's eldest son in the palace.
Several people in the palace came out to look for it, and it was not uncommon for one more Li Yi to participate.
But so many passers-by have no exact clues to find the emperor's eldest son, Li Yi said not "not found", but "lost", how can this not be surprising?
"Yes, I did." Li Yi sighed at this time, "It's a long story.
"This dart oil and water is so rich, and besides, it was sent by the palace, how could I not accept it?
So over the years, I sent my disciples out to look for them. I have to say that with the birthmark they provided, even if the face is unclear and the size is unknown, we still tracked it down in the end-"
"Wait! Birthmarks, you say? β
"That's right, behind his right ear, near the neck socket, there is a birthmark in the shape of a crested head."
Hearing this, Fu Zhen's hanging heart suddenly became steady.
Crested birthmark, the fan that the queen left to the emperor's eldest son, there is also a phoenix!
Li Yi and the others borrowed this dart, what they are looking for is the emperor's eldest son Yang Yi, and it has been confirmed!
According to the facts of the bloody case that have been disclosed so far, Yang Yi has already been killed on that occasion. That was nearly seven years ago, and when the eunuchs in the palace found Li Yi, it was also six or seven years ago.
If the one Li Yi is looking for is Yang Yi, doesn't it just show that the one who died in the alley was not Yang Yi?!
She hurriedly said, "You go on!" What does he look like and what other characteristics does he have? When did you lose him? β
Li Yi nodded: "We tracked him down in Tanzhou, it was about five years ago, he was in the inn in Tanzhou City, and his disciples said that they had found him, I hurried over and clearly saw the birthmark on his body."
"He's in his early thirties, and that's the right age. He is very tall, with a cold face and few words.
"Although he didn't see a weapon with him, he was a martial artist and was very alert, and he left immediately after noticing us.
"Later, we spent a lot of effort to find him in Cangzhou along the scope of his activities.
"That is, last winter!"
Speaking of this, Li Yi drank tea to moisten her throat, and finally took a deep breath and said: "We don't dare to act rashly this time, I have a shop in Cangzhou, because I heard that he was temporarily living there at the time, so I planned to use the shop to slowly figure it out."
"Unexpectedly, before I could spread it, my shop was targeted! Later, it was my turn to get anxious.
"You also know what happened later, my shop was destroyed, I was in a hurry to deal with it, and I waited until I reacted to pay attention to this person, but he didn't know when he had left!"
Fu Zhen had already sunk into his thoughts, and he didn't take care of the answer.
Li Yi's words are proving every step of the way, and the person he is looking for is indeed Yang Yi!
Although I don't know why the person who died in Baiyu Hutong seven years ago has something that belongs to him, it is indeed not him!
Only the person Li Yi said who is tall, knows martial arts, and has a phoenix-shaped birthmark is in line with the image of Yang Yi, the eldest son of the emperor who disappeared that year!
But why did he appear in Tanzhou five years ago?
Why did you go to Cangzhou again?
Why does he always appear in different places?
Seven years ago, he was supposed to enter Beijing, but he didn't show up, was it because he discovered the prince's conspiracy in advance?
Then why did he suddenly want to enter Beijing seven years ago?
Since Old Man Ning explained in his letter to Mrs. Ning that this person could bring Fu Jia a splendid future, then he should have recognized the emperor and queen when he entered Beijing, what made him change his mind?
Even if he found out about the prince's conspiracy at that time - no, he actually found out about the prince's conspiracy at that time, then he should go to the palace to expose it, why didn't he do it?
"Girl, no, Mrs. General," Li Yi suddenly changed her title, "The old man is really in trouble, you must help me with this favor!" β
There was panic in his vicissitudes of life, and this emotion should not have appeared in the eyes of an old man who could eat both black and white.
Fu Zhen said: "If you lose it, you can find it again." The fact that you have been able to meet him twice shows that you have already figured out some way. Why not give it a try?
"Even if you can't find it, I'm sure the palace won't embarrass you. At most, you can return the three thousand taels of silver. β
"How can it be so simple?" Li Yi's face became more solemn, "We found something in this person's residence, and now I don't know if he was taken away or there is some other danger, no matter what, something happened under my nose, and I can't afford this crime old man!" β
"What did you find?"
"There are signs of a fight in his quarters, there is still a lot of blood on his bed, we searched his house, and we also found some Otsuki coins!"
"Otsuki's coins?"
Fu Zhen was stunned, it was already surprising that Yang Yi had been to the northwest in the years he had been missing, and he even had Dayue's coins with him, didn't that prove that he had been to Dayue, and it was even possible that he had lived in Dayue?
"There are more than a few of those coins, large and small, and a few costumes of the Great Moon People.
"I don't know what this person has to do with the palace? But in the case of his house, I must be responsible. β
Of course!
It was the eldest son of the emperor who had an accident!
If the emperor knew that the emperor's eldest son did not die at the hands of the crown prince, but was ordered to pursue what happened under the nose of Li Yi, who could make a good deal of it?
Fu Zhen was silent for a moment and asked him, "Who are those people who stumbled on you, do you know now?" β
"I don't know!"
"And when was the last time they were seen?"
"Just a few months ago! It hasn't been seen since. β
Fu Zhen's curled fingers rubbed his temples.
This group of attackers, no matter what, can rule out the abolished prince, he has already decided that he killed Yang Yi six years ago, and with the evidence on the deceased, he has no doubts about it at all.
The rest of the people should only be the emperor's people and the queen's people, but no matter which side they are, it is impossible to attack Yang Yi.
Besides, since they had already found Yang Yi, there was naturally no need to send another person to pursue it.
So nine times out of ten, the people who started it were another wave......
"And how do you want me to help you?" She asked.
Li Yi took a deep breath: "I think about it, this is because I can run the monk can't run the temple, rather than dragging it and hiding it, it is better to take the initiative to tell the truth."
"But I don't know who this person is who asked me to catch the dart, you are now the general's wife, and you have the ability to hear from heaven, I don't want your help to do anything else, you just need to help me find this person."
Fu Zhen was puzzled: "Have you never contacted him all these years?" β
"They all came to me every three or five months, and never left me a way to find him.
"But the last time they came to look for me was more than half a year ago, which means that after the accident in Cangzhou, they haven't appeared again.
"I don't dare to leak this matter to the outside world now, and I don't dare to delay it any longer, so I have to look for you."
When Li Yi said this, she actually got up and made a gesture to her.
Fu Zhen hurriedly stood up: "Old man, you have helped me a lot, why are you so outside?"
"You tell me the details of that person's appearance first, and I'll figure it out for you."
"Very good, very good!" Li Yi hurriedly raised her voice, "Get me pen and ink!" β¦β¦β
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When Pei Zhan returned to the house, he passed by the main house where Fu Zhen lived, and glanced into the house frequently, but did not see Fu Zhen's shadow.
But Zi Yan saw it, put down the clothes she was folding and walked out:
"The general is back? Are you looking for a young lady? β
Pei Zhan's face was unnatural: "It's nothing." β
Zi Yan secretly looked at him and said with a smile: "Old Man Li from the Taishan Pavilion is back, the young lady has just been invited, and it is not too early, so it is estimated that she should come back."
"When the young lady left, she said that she would rush back to have dinner with the general."
"Yes." Pei Zhan was even more uncomfortable, "Why are you in such a hurry, it's not a big deal to have a dinner." β
Zi Yan looked at him and said with a smile: "The slave said the same thing, but the young lady said that she went back to Ning's house a while ago to learn how to cook with her mother, and she wanted to cook for the general herself." β
Pei Zhan suddenly felt that there were countless ants crawling on his face, he coughed twice, then glanced at Zi Yan, and rushed towards his house without looking back.
This girl is such nonsense!
Fu Zhen will cook for him himself?
She is afraid that she has never even stepped on the kitchen door since she was a child, and she has lived a life of clothes to reach out for food and open her mouth in two lives, will she cook?
I don't know how to find a better reason to lie!
He'd better get some sleep and wait for the big kitchen to deliver the food.
He tore off his robe, wiped his hands and face with a handkerchief, glanced out the window, and lay down on the bed.
Today's bed was not very comfortable to sleep in, and he didn't sleep well even after changing a few positions.
Hearing movement in the courtyard for a moment, he turned over and sat up again, walked to the window and looked outsideβit was her returning.
As soon as he entered the door, he talked to Zi Yan who greeted him, and then entered the house.
Pei Zhan lowered the open curtains.
He knew that Zi Yan's girl was talking nonsense!
He went back to the bed and lay down, his hands resting behind his head, and stared at the top of the tent in a daze.
Fu Zhen went back to the room and changed her clothes and walked towards the kitchen, her ten fingers did not touch the spring water, but after staying by Mrs. Ning's side for a long time, she still learned one or two simple dishes, but she didn't have many opportunities to show them.
I noticed that Pei Zhan likes to eat steamed mandarin fish, which happens to be simple, so she greeted the kitchen early and asked them to kill the fish.
took it back to the courtyard, and went straight to Pei Zhan's room, where the headlamp had been lit, and Pei Zhan was sitting behind the table, holding his toothbrush, and stirring the dishes on the plate for a while.
Seeing Fu Zhen come in, his raised eyes were immediately dyed with the light of the glass lamp.
Fu Zhen brought the fish to the table and stretched out his hand to signal him: "You taste it." β
Pei Zhan looked at her, and then at the fish on the plate, and didn't move for a long time.
Fu Zhen took a pair of chopsticks by himself, put a piece of fish meat in his mouth, and then stared at him: "Are you still afraid that I will not be poisoned?" β
Pei Zhan pursed his lips and looked at her for a long time, then he put his toothbrush into the fish plate, picked up a piece of fish meat and looked at it in the air for a while, looked over and said, "This is really, really did you do it?" β