Volume 1 The Smoke of the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 30 Inextricably linked, a stone and a thousand waves
As soon as Daniel Zhang heard that the deceased was a eunuch, his brain buzzed. He knew that any case involving the palace would be taken over by Qianniuwei. Once you deal with that group of evil, you don't want to get out of the way.
Tang Qizuo paused and said: "According to the people in the village, Guo Youcai came to this village more than ten years ago. People are quite honest, and I haven't seen any enmity with anyone. Looking at the beard on his face, it is actually glued on. It should have escaped from the palace, and he was afraid of being discovered, so he put on makeup and stuck his beard. If that's the case, I'm afraid it won't do us any good to look into it again. ”
Daniel Zhang looked back at Old Man Li, thought for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you are a eunuch?"
"Absolutely. The age before entering the palace is estimated to be about seven or eight years old, and the castration incision is straight. My master turned out to be a knife hand, and I had seen this kind of palace punishment before, and it was definitely not bad. Tang Cheng said.
"Well, that's it. You go and dispose of the corpse first, and dispose of the dagger with the murderer. Anyway, there was no one in his family. Go first, and let the brethren keep their mouths shut. I'll be right here. Daniel Zhang thought for a while.
Tang Qizuo turned around and went out.
Daniel Zhang looked at Old Man Li and said, "Listen, you guys sealed my mouth for me." If someone asks, they are not allowed to say that Guo Youcai was killed, just say that the person was hanged. And you, Yang Xing, the people who participated last night told them to shut up, if anyone mentions this matter again, let me know, and I am sure that I will be arrested and go to prison for the rest of my life. Did you hear that?"
Yang Xing nodded frequently, and the old man Li and his wife nodded even more like pounding garlic.
Daniel Zhang looked at Old Man Li and said, "Don't go out recently, clean up the yard, and don't tell others about the people who came last night, otherwise, I can't guarantee if you can leave a whole corpse at that time." ”
Old man Li was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he nodded vigorously.
Daniel Zhang walked out with Yang Xing, the ground guard.
Old man Li collapsed to the ground and muttered, "What's going on?"
Mrs. Li glanced at Old Man Li and whispered, "Go and pack up first, you don't want anything, let's leave here at night when no one is around, this is something big going to happen." ”
Old man Li looked confused and said, "Are you going to run away? How can we have money?"
Mrs. Li said unhurriedly: "You don't have to worry about the money, I have it." Let's get out of here first, and we'll go look for our son when the news passes. With our son, our family is looking for a place where no one can find it, and we will live incognito? ”
Old man Li looked at the old woman in disbelief.
Just when everyone was running around for this case, Ma Yangchen was watching the lively crowd. His eyes were constantly fixed on a man, the brim of his hat pressed low, and he was looking around in the crowd.
Just as the crowd was dispersed, the hat man quickly evacuated.
Ma Yangchen looked around, and then followed.
After turning around, the hat man suddenly stopped, turned to look at Ma Yangchen, and said, "Who are you, why are you following me?"
Ma Yangchen smiled and said, "If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do." Your Excellency has gone and returned, do you want to make sure that people are dead or not?"
The hat man was stunned for a moment and said, "I think you are impatient." After speaking, he pulled out a dagger from behind him and walked towards Ma Yangchen.
Ma Yangchen suddenly said: "Be careful behind your back!"
The hat man said hatefully: "Don't make a fool of yourself here, no one can save you this time." ”
Before he finished speaking, he was hit in the back of the neck with a palm, and the person immediately collapsed.
Ma Yangchen smiled: "Alas, I reminded you, but you didn't listen." Then he gave Dugu Xun a thumbs up.
Dugu Xun said angrily: "I was almost killed by you." ”
Ma Yangchen said with a smile: "With Sister Xun's strength, let alone one, ten more will only take one palm." ”
"Less poor mouth. Carry him and get out of here first. ”
Not far from the mountain temple.
The man wakes up and finds himself tied to a pillar by the five flowers.
Ma Yangchen looked at him, playing with his dagger in his hand, and said with a smile: "Wake up." Tell me, who are you, and why did you kill Guo Youcai?"
The hat man struggled a few times and said, "Be less nosy." Hurry up and let me go, or I'll look good with you. ”
Ma Yangchen said: "You'd better see the current situation clearly. I'm a good talker, but she's hot-tempered. ”
Dugu Xun looked unhappy and said, "Don't keep letting me be a bad person, but... I like it. After speaking, he walked up to the hat man and slapped him, and the hat man was full of gold stars.
Ma Yangchen smiled: "Don't fight yet." I haven't even said how to start. ”
Dugu Xun slapped his backhand and said, "Why do you always listen to you, I can fight whenever I want." ”
Blood spilled from the corners of the man's mouth. He hurriedly said, "Stop fighting." I say. ”
Ma Yangchen said: "I would have said no earlier, and I was slapped twice in vain." ”
The hat man looked at Dugu Xun and said, "My name is Dou San, and I killed someone to avenge my young lady." ”
"Who is your young lady?" Dugu Xun asked.
"My young lady is the princess of the dynasty. ”
"Which Xiangwang?" Ma Yangchen was taken aback and said, "Could it be the younger brother of Prince Zhaoxiao?"
"That's right. There is only one king today. ”
"Revenge?"
"Eleven years ago, Hong Tao was still on an errand in the palace, which is now Guo Youcai, he was instructed to frame my young lady for using the technique of Gu poison to confuse the king, and my young lady was just about to give birth to the little prince Li Sanlang. Poor my young lady was hard to argue, was imprisoned in the cold palace, and died of depression a few years later. The Dou family has always wanted to avenge the young lady, but Hong Tao escaped from the palace after that incident and disappeared. Who would have thought that Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky. Unexpectedly, when he once delivered meat to a large household in Yangzhou, he was recognized by the eunuchs in the palace when he was ordered to run an errand. Speaking of this, Dou San paused, as if he had thought of something.
Ma Yangchen said: "Go on." What eunuch has such a good memory, and can still remember him after more than ten years?"
Dou San said: "So, when people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink cold water." He deserves his life. The eunuch he met was the one who had whipped others in the palace back then. The eunuch hated him to death, even if he put on makeup and a fake beard, he was recognized at once. The eunuch hurriedly informed the Dou family, but there was almost no one in the Dou family now, the old lady and his wife had already passed away, and the eldest son of the Dou family was sick all the year round, so he could only send me out to avenge the young lady. Last night, I saw Guo Youcai packing up his things, and I guess he was going to run, so I went in a hurry..."
Ma Yangchen suddenly intercepted: "Wait a while, you haven't told me yet, where did the dagger come from?"
Dou San was stunned for a moment, and said: "It was given to me by the eunuch, and the address was also drawn by him, otherwise I would not have been able to find Guo Youcai in such a short time." ”
"This eunuch's surname is Feng?" asked Ma Yangchen.
"The surname is not Feng, the eunuch's surname is Gao. Dou San wondered Ma Yangchen's question, but continued: "I stabbed it suddenly." I was worried that I was not the opponent of this butcher, so I only asked, are you Guo Youcai, and then he said yes and asked me what was the matter. I stabbed me suddenly, heard someone shouting at the door, and ran away from the window before I had time to take a closer look at whether Guo Youcai was dead or not. I was very scared, and I was worried that Guo Youcai was not dead. So I spent the night in the haystack, and I was going to see if anyone was dead in the morning, and then I ran into you. That's it. After Dou San finished speaking, he was relieved.
Ma Yangchen glanced at Dugu Xun, and then said, "Why didn't that eunuch surnamed Gao do it himself, but let you kill Guo Youcai?"
Dou San said: "I don't know about this. He said that after the person was killed, let me go to the Fulai Inn in Yangzhou City in three days to find him, and he would lead me to meet someone. ”
Ma Yangchen asked, "Who are you going to see?"
Dou San said ruthlessly: "Little prince Li Sanlang." ”
"You're lying. ”
"I didn't. I'm telling the truth. Dou San shouted.
"You said that after you killed Guo Youcai, and then you heard someone shouting at the door, you immediately jumped out of the window and ran away, right?" Ma Yangchen asked again.
"Yes, that's right. ”
"Then why was it that when I arrived at the scene, the room was turned over as if I was looking for something. ”
"You mean, after I killed someone, someone went to the house to look for something. ”
"That's right. After you killed, before Old Man Li arrived, someone must have entered that room and took something very important with him. And this kind of thing is the real purpose of the eunuch surnamed Gao to let you kill people. ”
Dou San's back was agitated, and he felt that he was suddenly swept into a huge whirlpool.
As soon as the knife in Ma Yangchen's hand flipped over, the rope was broken, he looked at the depressed Dou San, and said, "You go." May you do it yourself!"
Dou San thought for a while and said, "What should I do next?"
Ma Yangchen sighed and said, "If you are not afraid of being killed, go to the Fulai Inn to meet the eunuch surnamed Gao, maybe he can really take you to meet your little prince Li Sanlang." ”
Dou San moved his limbs and said, "I have no relatives now, even if I go back to Dou's house, I will go back to suffer from the nest." It's better to fight, if you can really take me to see the little prince, it can be regarded as a future to rely on. ”
Ma Yangchen said: "I'm afraid that your little prince will not be able to protect himself now." ”
"How do you know?" The little prince is the grandson of the emperor today, who dares to bully him?" Dou San blushed and said hurriedly.
Ma Yangchen said: "It was his own grandmother who bullied him, he has now been demoted from the king of Chu to the king of Linzi, and even his father, King Xiang, has been imprisoned. ”
Dou San's face was sweating, and he said, "Then what should I do? You know so much, it looks like it must be a big man." How about you protect me to go to the Fulai Inn? If the little prince is willing to take me in, I will repay you tenfold. ”
Ma Yangchen thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible. But you have to put on makeup so that they don't recognize you first. If I can really find your little prince Li Sanlang, I can fulfill your idea. ”