Chapter 32: The Consequences of Secrecy
It is impossible to tell more people about this kind of confidential matter in advance, because the other armies have not been notified, they have sent people to contact one after another, and there is no cooperative action and target of arrest, even if someone sees Yang Zhi, they think that the official will not intercept him if he goes to a certain place to report the news, so Yang Zhi calmly disappeared from the public's sight. A group of people were in a hurry, and Cai Jing's chief galloped to Huang Yunqin and the Privy Councillor Yu Hou Wang Xiong Pegasus to supervise the case on behalf of the imperial court.
Wang Xiong is Tong Guan's subordinate, and he is arrogant on weekdays, but he is even more arrogant at the moment: "Dou catches the head, the fireworks in the criminal department are very beautiful, but the suspect has been caught?"
Li Congji's official rank was several levels higher than Wang Xiong's, and he couldn't get used to Wang Xiong's style, so he said coldly: "The suspect Yang Zhi killed twenty officials and escaped, and is currently being pursued. ”
When Huang Yunqin heard this, he dismounted and said, "Twenty people died, that's a big deal, I don't know where the corpses are?
Although Huang Yunqin is Cai Jing's long-term follower, he has served two terms as a county magistrate, and now he has a false position of seven grades, and has always been responsible for dealing with things that are inconvenient for Cai Jing to speak; in the face of such a person, Dou Jian did not dare to lie, and told his own arrangements again. Huang Yunqin bowed his head and said: "I understand what Dou Zhutou means, these twenty people should not appear on this road, unless they are following Yang Zhi; ”
This is a common occurrence in handling cases, for some reason, the local arrest is resistant to such a famous arrest as Dou Jian, and acts without authorization; in front of everyone's eyes, Huang Yunqin is excusing himself in his words, and Dou Jian can't say anything, he can only smile awkwardly. Twenty corpses could not be replaced at all, and it was impossible to cover them in front of Huang Yunqin, but they were found out by the servants who rushed to the scene, and all the dead were not government officials, but soldiers of the forbidden army.
Unauthorized use of the forbidden army, this is a big thing, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin Chen Qiao mutiny seized the throne, the royal family is most worried about the forbidden army problems, otherwise according to the seniority of the army of a thousand people, it will not be Gao Yu's turn to take charge of the forbidden army. Li Congji, who was a party, was directly arrested and put in prison, and after a few days of trial, Li Congji confessed to all the charges, and insisted that Yang Zhi was an accomplice of the greenhouse jewelry store, and he arranged for the forbidden army to impersonate, but he was worried that the official would not be able to deal with it.
What was even more unexpected was that on the night of Li Congji's confession, he committed suicide in prison in fear of his guilt; the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and the case of the Ironium Dragon Knife and Zhang Huaisu was already miraculous enough, but I did not expect that the bottom line of Kaifeng Mansion had dropped again. From the time someone flew a knife to leave a Cambodian report to Dou Jian and Yang Zhi leaving the city, there was no delay at all, and Li Congji was already fast when he heard the notice; even if Li Congji had this heart, how could a small commander operate to this point.
Song Huizong was furious, even if it was no longer related to the government and politics, he also understood that there must be something strange in it; Kaifeng Mansion copied Li Congji's house, and produced five hundred taels of gold and a large number of books from the Shenxiao faction, and the official seal of the Inner Mansion was still on gold, presumably Li Congji had no time to deal with it. It was determined that Li Congji was a believer in Lin Lingsu, and the spearhead was directly pointed at the Shenxiao faction, although Lin Lingsu denied it, he was still sent back to Wenzhou, and Dou Jian was dismissed by Kaifeng Prefecture on charges of dereliction of duty.
Regarding Yang Zhi being an accomplice of the greenhouse jewelry store, Fan Zhixu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhao Huan, the crown prince, did not believe that since Yang Zhi was transferred to investigate the case by the gold medal, there was no reason to expose himself before the people of the Wen family were found. But the fact that Yang Zhi killed the official and escaped made Fan Zhixu and others unable to speak, and the Kaifeng Mansion issued a sea capture official document to pursue it in various places, offering a reward of 3,000 yuan for the capture of the murderer Yang Zhi, the problem is that Yang Zhi is missing.
Ma Xing was not implicated, the registered boss at that time was Xie Shi instead of Yang Zhi, and Yang Jian specially said hello, Ma Xing did not even pay the fine; Under Cao Qianli's arrangement, Xie Shi and Yang Jian met at the Nine Star Chess Club, and Yang Jian said tentatively: "Can Boss Xie go to Yan'an Sixth Road in person, in your eyes, it should be above Yang Zhi." ”
Yang Jian's vision of Xie Shi is well known, Xie Shi once tested the character of Cai Jing, the minister of power, and even measured that Cai Jing changed his name when he was young, which is a privacy that even Cai Jing's son does not know; after Zhao Ji of Song Huizong heard about it, he wrote a word "chao" for people to show to Xie Shi, and Xie Shi directly said that the person who wrote was not a minister but an emperor. As for what Xie Shi said, the word "Chao" on October 10 represents the Tianning Festival, in Yang Jian's eyes, it is nonsense, and it must be that the person who went there must have shown his feet in his speech and demeanor, but Xie Shi's observation is absolutely top-notch.
The old eunuch's tone was soft, Xie Shi knew that it was an illusion, Yang Jian was actually a ruthless and murderous guy, but he couldn't offend people, Xie Shi smiled and shook his head and said: "To do this kind of thing, the most important thing is bravery, although I am a little stronger than Yang Zhi in terms of insight and subtlety, but doing this kind of thing, I am 108,000 miles away from Yang Zhi." I'm going to do the horse dealership business for another month or two, and if it doesn't work, I have to shut down the horse dealership. ”
Cao Qianli faced the gloomy gaze cast by Yang Jian, and said with a helpless smile: "Boss Xie, you and Yang Zhi took a hundred taels of gold from me at the beginning. ”
Xie Shi took out the gold from the money bag in his arms and said, "Boss Cao, the thing is returned to the original owner." ”
As soon as Yang Zhi had an accident, Xie Shi sold all the horses at a discount, exchanged them for gold in advance, and waited for Cao Qianli to ask for it; Cao Qianli took the gold with some embarrassment, knowing that the spread of this matter would have a great impact on his reputation. Seeing that Xie Shi's retreat had been decided, Yang Jian suddenly asked a key question: "You say, where is Yang Zhi now, if it was a manslaughter, why didn't Yang Zhi return to Bianliang?"
Cao Qianli and Xie Shi both slandered in their hearts, do you think Yang Zhi is stupid, even if it is a manslaughter, Yang Zhi is best exiled for 3,000 miles, not to mention that it is an ordinary person who can arrange this kind of bureau; if Yang Zhi comes back and surrenders, he will either die in prison or die on the way to exile. Xie Shi shook his head and said: "No one should know, Yang Zhi goes south and north, as long as he can let go, the world is so big, where can he not be accommodated." ”
Yang Jian said with a wry smile: "Yang Zhi went home that day, and when Kaifeng Mansion searched Yang Mansion, he found that the mezzanine that Lu Qian had visited was empty, and there were traces of turning over on the ground in the backyard, so it should be Yang Zhi who took something." It's a pity that the waste in Kaifeng Mansion didn't find Yang Zhi's hiding place, and I don't know if Yang Zhi is in Bianliang now, or if he has fled far away, hiding somewhere. ”