Hongmang was born poor, was sold to Chunyuan Building before waiting to pick up customers, was Xiu Zhaoming to leave, has been raised in this courtyard, life is taken care of by an old mother and two maids, and has never stepped out of the courtyard on weekdays. When a group of officers and soldiers rushed in and smashed and turned around, she had fainted to death, and when she woke up, she was already in prison. The old mother and the two maids had already explained the relationship between Hongmang and Xiu Zhaoming like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

The case of Xiu Zhaoming was handed over to Tan Yifan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Feng Weiming, the deputy commander of Shi Liangmen, and Wu Jie, the imperial history of Zuodu, to jointly preside over the trial, and Jiang Xinting, the commander of the Dragoon Army, was judiced. Although Xiu Zhaoming admitted to calling prostitutes and concubines, and admitting that the large amount of gold and silver found in the outer courtyard was the proceeds of bribery, he flatly denied that he had stolen paintings. The interrogation of Hongmang and the old mother and maid are all in the same mouth: Xiu Zhaoming will send a box of gold and silver to hide in the other courtyard from time to time, but it is all sealed, and no one dares to open it to view. Early in the morning of the second day of the theft of the imperial study, another box was delivered. The person who delivered the box was not the Liufu of the past, he was a person he had never seen, and he only said that the master ordered the box to be put away.

Tan Yifan wanted to torture Xiu Zhaoming, but was stopped by Feng Weiming and Jiang Xinting. Feng Weiming said: "If you can steal paintings in the imperial study without being discovered, if it is not done by the thief, then you must be a master with extremely high light skills." Although Master Xiu likes wine on weekdays, he is not interested in calligraphy and painting, and Master Xiu is a civil official, and he does not see anyone who practices martial arts on weekdays, let alone a martial arts master. I'm afraid there is something else to be said about this. After speaking, he looked at Jiang Xinting.

Although Jiang Xinting knew that the "internal thieves" he mentioned might also include the dragoons, he also had to admit: "What Lord Feng said is extremely true. ”

Feng Weiming said: "I heard that this place of hidden paintings was seized by Commander Jiang, I don't know how I found out?"

Jiang Xinting was afraid that he would mean something else, so he hurriedly said: "I have the help of a young man from the rivers and lakes." ”

"I don't know which young man it is, can you please come and see it?"

"It is the sworn brother of the king of Bac Ninh, Yue Xian Yue Shaoxia of Yue Jian Villa. Jiang Xinting deliberately emphasized "the sworn brother of the king of Bac Ninh". When Feng Weiming heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, because of the theft of the imperial study in the past few days, he had forgotten about Yue Xian, but Jiang Xinting's words just now suddenly aroused all his previous curiosity about Yue Xian.

Tan Yifan said: "Commander Lao Jiang invites that Yue Shaoxia to come here!"

Feng Weiming echoed: "It should be so. ”

The four of them looked at Yue Xian, and the questions in their hearts were one after another. This young man has an aura that makes a lasting impression at first sight. A black hair was tied with a white ribbon, a silk dress was also white, with only a few scattered embroideries, a cyan belt tied around the waist, and a cyan gown on the outside. The face is like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the color is like the flower of spring dawn, the sideburns are like a knife, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, the nose is like a hanging gall, and the eyes are like autumn waves. Although he is from the rivers and lakes, he gestures, and there is no trace of the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes between the questions and answers, and there is a bit of the son-in-law atmosphere of the princes and nobles.

Everyone asked Yue Xian how to find out the whereabouts of "Five Wolves Playing with Cows".

Yue Xian said: "A few days ago, after I heard that Commander Jiang talked about this matter, a few friends from the rivers and lakes in Xiaomin Tuojing inquired on his behalf. Coincidentally, there is a friend named Ma Chengwu, who he recognized when he came to Lingzhou to buy ginseng the year before last, and this person has a special habit......" Yue Xian said this, looking at everyone with a sad face.

Wu Jie, the imperial history of Zuodu, was the most anxious, and urged: "Say it quickly!"

Yue Xian continued: "This Ma Chengwu loves to eavesdrop on other people's beds. ”

Wu Jie couldn't help but feel angry, and slapped the table: "Nonsense!"

Tan Yifan coughed, glared at Wu Jie, and looked at Yue Xian: "Yue Shaoxia, please continue!"

Yue Xian said: "That day, Ma Chengwu came to Xiaomin and told a strange thing. Next door to him was a widowed woman of about twenty-five or sixteen, who often had men staying overnight at home, and was often eavesdropping on him. That night a man came to a person who has been going there recently, listening to the man boasting, he knew where the paintings were looking all over the city, the woman insisted on him to say it, the man couldn't help it, and finally said that he was entrusted by someone to send it to the eighth gate of the east number of Qilang Lane in the north city, and the two of them also discussed, when the wind passed, they would steal the painting and sell it. ”

When the four of them heard this, they looked at each other, how could there be such a ridiculous thing? And there are many strange things that sound like this. But at this time, how could they think about it, Tan Yifan immediately ordered someone to summon relevant people and others to interrogate the reason. Ma Chengwu confirmed that what Yue Xian said was true, where did the woman go to court, and immediately confessed that the adulterer's name was Chouliang, who was a thug who often mixed in the Nancheng area, and was soon found in the gambling house.

Chouliang was just a in the market, and he couldn't eat a few plates, so he explained everything that happened that day.

When everyone heard this, they were very curious, and they all thought secretly: How can there be such a thing, two thousand taels of silver, as long as he sends a box? This ugliness must have an inside story that has not been explained. If he doesn't move the punishment, I'm afraid he won't say it.

Tan Yifan asked, "Who is the surname of the person you are talking about, where does he live, and what is his appearance?"

Chouliang replied while thinking about it: "It's called Tang ...... Tang Dynasty...... Tang Fengshun. Long...... The figure is about the same as the villain, in his twenties, white and clean, wearing a silk robe, and he looks like a rich son. I really don't know where I live, he only said that he came to buy tea. ”

Hearing this, Feng Weiming, who was sitting next to Tan Yifan, snorted coldly and whispered a few words to Tan Yifan. Tan Yifan's face changed, and he was shocked: "Dare slave, come on, give me twenty boards first and then ask questions." ”

The ugliness of these 20 boards shouted injustices again and again, and everyone in the hall was puzzled.

Tan Yifan asked: "Chouliang, the official asked you, do you know the name of the official?"

The beaten Chou Liang was afraid that he would be beaten again if he said something wrong, so he hurriedly replied: "The little one knows, the little one knows." ”

"Tell me!"

"Your Excellency, Tan ...... Tan Yifan. ”

Tan Yifan was shocked again: "What a Diao Min! You know that the official's name is Tan Yifan, so he came up with the name of Tang Fengshun, do you know that the word 'Shun' is in the name of Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, how dare you not avoid Taizu in the name of the person of our dynasty? If you say that that person is not from our dynasty, whether it is Da Xiao or Nanqiao, they are all born with a dark complexion, how can they be white and pure? The people of Beishu and Xilian are very different from our dynasty in appearance. Moreover, the purchase of tea is also to Weizhou or Kezhou, where to go to the capital to purchase tea. If you don't recruit from the real anymore, it's not just the 20th board!"

When the scandal heard this, he couldn't say a word in shock, and was about to be executed, when Feng Weiming sent Tu Hai, who was investigating the ugly good, to report back.

On the second day, Emperor Xiang issued an order to hand over Xiu Zhaoming and Liu Zhimiao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Shi Liangmen for trial, and the second prince Jiang Xinxing and King Nanping presided over the trial.

(End of Chapter 8)