Chapter 161: The Sin Deal

"Brother Tang, what did you think of just now......" Looking at Tang Zhan's suddenly changing expression, Zhao Zichuan couldn't help asking, "Look at your dazed look just now, are you ...... Really figured it out?"

"Don't worry, I've thought about ......it now," Tang Zhan said confidently, "Since I vowed to go north, why should I hesitate too much? Brother Zichuan, today you and I have solved the knot, so why bother thinking about other things? We can pack all our bags and go north like the Nangong Murong brothers." ”

Zhao Zichuan saw that Tang Zhan had already connected everything, and nodded with a smile, and then bowed to his master, Master Xuankong, and said, "Thank you, Master, for being a little bit more enlightened today, Brother Tang and I have also thanked ......" As he spoke, Tang Zhan on the side also saluted.

However, Master Xuankong didn't have much smile on his face, he just said slowly: "Since Zichuan is like you and Jun Hefei, let's go firmly......"

"Maybe today is the first time Zuihou met with the master before going north......" Zhao Zichuan then replied with some sighs, "Thank you Master for teaching the apprentices in Bianliang for a few days, and the apprentices love once in school, thank you......"

As he spoke, Zhao Zichuan made another longest bow, and Master Xuankong saw it in his eyes and didn't say anything more......

Tang Zhan and Zhao Zichuan thanked Master Xuankong, and then left the Bianliang Temple with Lu Jing and Li Yuru. Master Xuankong was still kneeling and sitting on the futon in the main hall, and after a long time, he said silently: "After a long time, he has a bad fate...... Junfei is gone. Zichuan is away again, and there is still a fragrance, which can be used to ......"

Master Xuankong said. Standing up slowly, he took out a delicate incense stick from the cabinet - it was similar to the incense burning incense on behalf of Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, it seems that Master Xuankong is a kind of incense from Zuihou, and Master Xuankong wants to pin it on one of his Zuihou disciples, Zhao Zichuan.

Master Xuankong slowly walked to the incense burner, and said slowly: "The incense is inexhaustible, and the life of the child is endless, Zichuan." There is only so much that a teacher can do......" After speaking, Master Xuankong very solemnly lit the pillar of incense. Then it was placed in the middle of the incense that represented Nangong Jun and Murong Fei......

Incense was lit, and wisps of light smoke rose, drifting across the eaves and spreading to the sky. The deceased thought of a message. The fragrance of the wisp has been around for more than a few years......

Left the Bianliang Temple. Everyone went back in the direction of Lufu.

Lu Jing watched Zhao Zichuan follow him all the way, so she asked, "You want to go back to Lu Mansion with us?"

Zhao Zichuan responded: "Because I heard what your brother and brother Xiao Zhao and Xiao Meng said, they also have the same desire as me and Brother Tang, and go north to the frontier." So I went to Lu Mansion to have a look, maybe they also thought about it like Brother Tang. ”

When Lu Jing heard this, she seemed to have thought of something, so she said lightly: "Well, I also remembered." My dad used to mention it, and it's said that my brother and my brother had the same idea......"

"Your father agreed?" Tang Zhan heard that Lu Jing's own brothers, Lu Zhao and Lu Meng, also had the same wishes. Asked with some excitement.

"Of course...... No-" Lu Jing said with a drooping face, "My father said that although the idea of this center is for the people of the world is very good, but the family wants to pass on the incense, how can all the sons go to the battlefield......"

"That's right," Zhao Zichuan said ...... the side, "Like our family, my second brother took a different path from me and my eldest brother, and he is now a disciple of the Huashan faction, so naturally he didn't go to war like my eldest brother." And now, I'm going north, just like my eldest brother......"

Lu Jing looked at Tang Zhan's firm determination, so she said, "Fool, since you are already so determined, then my brother and Xiao Meng will definitely yearn for it...... If that's the case, my mom and dad and we will definitely have to talk again. My father and mother were originally swordsmen who had retired from the rivers and lakes, and naturally understood the hot and cold world better than us. Besides, if you go north to fight, my father will definitely say more. ”

"Say more, say more......" Tang Zhan said with a smile, "Since Jing'er, your father and mother used to be retired swordsmen, I think the two of their seniors will also understand the willingness of the heart to parasitize the people......"

"So, let's go together, maybe we will help you......," Zhao Zichuan continued, "I am a descendant of the Song royal family, and Yuru's ancestor is Li Tingzhi, a famous anti-Yuan general, if we go to persuade your father, will the chances of success be greater?"

"You?" Lu Jing glanced at Zhao Zichuan, thinking that it would be good for him not to make trouble in front of his father and mother at that time.

However, while everyone was talking, a familiar figure suddenly walked from the left side of the four people.

The astute Lu Jing was the first to notice, and then shouted loudly: "Hey, isn't that Brother Huang Jihuang?"

It turned out that the person who came over from the side turned out to be their friend, "Bianliang Doctor" Huang Ji. As soon as Lu Jing shouted, the other three also turned their heads sideways.

When Zhao Zichuan saw it, he was also surprised: "It's really Huang Ji, why is he here at this time?"

Huang Ji naturally heard Lu Jing's voice, and saw that the four people were standing at the door of the Bianliang Temple, and he went to greet them first.

"You're all here......" Huang Ji beckoned first.

"I usually can't find you if I want to look for you, but today you showed up by yourself," Lu Jing teased, "Didn't you sell your calligraphy and paintings in the east of the city, why did you come to the south ......of the city?"

Huang Ji thought for a while, and said with a serious expression: "I'm here...... The ...... of the report"

"Report to the official?" everyone looked at Huang Ji with surprised eyes.

Zhao Zichuan asked in surprise: "What happened, wasn't it okay at the wedding last night, and today is ...... Is something wrong?"

Lu Jing, who has always been alert, thought about it, and then said: "I remember that Brother Huang Ji said that after the wedding banquet last night, he was going to another family for treatment, did he say...... Did something happen to that family?"

Huang Ji thought of it, and a sad expression immediately appeared on his face, and then nodded lightly.

Seeing Huang Ji's sad look, Tang Zhan also cared on the side: "Brother Huang Ji." What the hell is going on?"

Huang Ji was stunned for a long time before Zuihou decided to tell them. "Here's the thing, last night ......" Huang Ji began to slowly recount the bits and pieces that happened after the wedding banquet last night. When the other four heard this, their eyes widened in surprise......

Nangong Mansion......

"What's going on?" In the hall on one side, Nangong Pingzheng, the second-in-command of the Nangong family, and Nangong Ping, the third-in-command of the Nangong family, were talking, and Nangong Ping was the first to say, "I heard today that someone went to the county government to report to the official, saying that the third brother, you forcibly occupied the public land in the Bianliang departure area. He also destroyed the Hirado family and raped the people's daughters......"

"Second brother, listen to me, it's all those Diao people who are too stubborn," Nangong kept quibbling on ......the side.

"No matter what. Forcibly occupying the commons is a capital crime, you really dare to do it......" Nangong Ping said solemnly, "If the other things reported to the official today are also true, the third brother, it will not be enough for you to die a few timesβ€”β€”"

Nangong thought about it. Then he said, "Anyway, it's not the first time." I have done so many things before, and those prefects don't dare to do anything to our Nangong family for the sake of our Nangong family. ”

"But this time it's different, this time the third brother, you forcibly occupied the commons...... Nangong Ping continued, "The public land in the Liyou District is the place of the imperial court, if you forcibly occupy it, the imperial court will take care of it." You must know that the Nangong family can have today's prosperity. That's a favor from the imperial court, if this matter is publicized. If the court is in charge, then you have to lose your head, no matter how powerful the Nangong family is, it is useless. ”

"Don't worry, that piece of land, the imperial court has never been in charge, and now it's not the same, it's going to be fine......" Nangong Yong was still comforting himself.

"Not necessarily...... Nangong Ping said, "When the political situation is chaotic today, wars are going on in various places. Now that the Mengyuan Imperial Court is fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang's direct army, the Mengyuan Imperial Court is worried about every inch of land, and the Mengyuan Imperial Court will also pay special attention to the matter of land in recent days. Now that the third brother, you have forcibly used the commons of the imperial court, I am afraid that you will ...... When the matter gets out, the court won't ignore it......"

"That'...... What should I do then?" Nangong Yong finally began to worry a little about.

Nangong Ping thought for a while, and then said, "Forgive us for being brothers, I will definitely help you with this...... As for the eldest brother, he is well-known in the rivers and lakes, and he has always been righteous and awe-inspiring, so I'm afraid he won't help with a dead brain. Not many people in Nangong Mansion know about this news at present, we can take advantage of the fact that the eldest brother doesn't know it, and buy the prefect, and wait until he opens the court one day, and turn the dark and white upside down, isn't it different?"

"This is a good way......" Nangong smiled slyly after listening to Nangong Ping's method, "That prefect is originally a person with a lot of money and power, and it is easy to buy him." If the matter is successful, the rest will be very easy, as long as the eldest brother does not know about it......"

"Second master, third master, the prefect asks to see-" Nangong Ping and Nangong were talking, and the servants at the door reported.

"Before we went to him, he took the initiative to find us, maybe he was really a money-obsessed villain, but...... We need such a person, haha......" Nangong Ping laughed and said, "Let's go, third brother, let's go meet him first." ”

So, Nangong Ping and Nangong Yong went out of the room first. I saw that the prefect and the master were now waiting respectfully outside. Nangong Ping saw the prefect, so he greeted him in a contemptuous tone: "Oh, Lord Prefect, come to our Nangong Mansion uninvited today, what is the so-called matter?"

The prefect rolled up his sleeves, and then said in a low voice: "See the second and third masters of Nangong, today at the villain county office, someone reported to the official and said......"

Before the prefect could finish speaking, Nangong Ping waved his sleeves and stopped: "I know everything, someone reported the matter of my third brother, right......?"

"I didn't expect the second master of Nangong to already know, and the villain admires ......" the prefect still bowed down and flattered, "The villain...... The villain originally wanted to inform the second and third masters of this matter in advance, but he didn't expect ......" The prefect was a little trembling when he spoke in front of Nangong Ping, who had a strong aura.

"Violating the king's law will be a crime, it is justified, why did the prefect come to inform us two brothers in advance?" Nangong Ping asked with a chuckle.

Listening to Nangong Ping's rhetorical tone, the prefect said even more timidly: "Because...... Because the villain has always admired the Nangong family...... would never believe that the Nangong family would make a ...... That kind of thing, so the villain wondered, will it be ...... It's someone who wants to frame Nangong Sanye, so ...... So ...... "In fact, in the prefect's heart, he just wants to reap the benefits of the Nangong family, so the tone of his voice is also very flattering."

"It seems that you are really obedient......" Nangong Ping smiled contemptuously and touched the prefect's head. Then he continued, "Then do you know that the person who framed my third brother is 'Bianliang Doctor' Huang Ji, right?" Nangong Ping knew from Nangong Yong's mouth that the person who stopped his third brother from acting that night was Huang Ji. So he asked the prefect rhetorically.

"It's Huang Ji!" the prefect said with great certainty in order to cater to Nangong Ping's thoughts.

"Then you should know how to do it...... Nangong Ping smiled, and then quietly handed the prefect a few gold bars from his sleeve.

The prefect received it with trembling hands, and then his eyes bloomed with a smile, and then he nodded in response to the words: "Yes, yes, the villain understands......"

Nangong Ping looked at the prefect's expression of being willing to be a dog, so he smiled and said, "Lord Prefect, please rest assured." Tomorrow night we will also give the adults two boxes of gold ......"

"Huang ...... Gold?" said the prefect trembling again.

"That's right......" Nangong Ping said with a smile again, "As long as you know what you should do in the public court tomorrow......"

"Yes, yes, the villain understands...... "The prefect's state at this time has completely degenerated into a dog doing things for others. He replied in a reluctant voice......

After the incident, the prefect and the master received Nangong Ping's gold bars, and then quickly left Nangong Mansion.

Outside the gate of Nangong Mansion, the prefect was holding the gold bar given by Nangong Ping in his hand. He said, "I really didn't expect it." There is also a way to make money in this way, the people of the Nangong family are really good, this deposit is much more generous than the one given by the imperial court......"

The master thought about it, and also smiled and flattered on the side: "Then according to your lordship, we are helping the people of the Nangong family to do things like this?"

The prefect's eyes rolled, as if he had thought of some crooked idea, and then said, "Don't worry, the money is coming." Naturally, the wealth is rolling in, and we can't just make such a ......"

"What do you mean...... sir," the master asked again.

The prefect Yin smiled and said, "You want me to be a dog for the people of the Nangong family?" In my opinion, we can deliberately find a way to delay this case, helping the Nangong family to reverse the case while helping Huang Ji settle the case, and the two parties are entangled, and the case naturally cannot be solved immediately. Once the case is not closed, the people of the Nangong family will definitely be in a hurry, and they will definitely pay more money for the official to file the case, right?"

"Your Excellency is really wise...... "Master continued to flatter on the side.

"Hmph, anyway, the case is in our hands, and the government doesn't care much, we can judge how we want, the longer it drags on, the better it will be for us?"

However, they didn't notice that their soft words and deeds were heard by Nangong Zhun, the third son of Nangong, who happened to come back......

"Second brother, is this really okay?" Nangong Yong said worriedly on the side, "Even if we let the prefect help us overturn the case, we can't hide the matter after all, and the rumors will still reach the ears of the eldest brother at that time......"

Nangong Ping thought for a while, and then said: "Why don't I ask someone to send a message to the prefect tonight and tell him that when the case is judged tomorrow, it will be said that someone else did what happened last night, not for you Nangong, so that even if the eldest brother knows, he will not suspect the third brother on your head, wouldn't it?"

"This is a good way, why didn't I think of ......" Nangong replied with a laugh first, and then thought of something, so he was a little worried, "But that prefect is a snob at first glance, we can really ...... Did you believe him?"

"Third brother, you said that he is a snob, do you say you can trust it?" Nangong Ping smiled, feeling that since the prefect was a snob, he would definitely help him.

However, just as Nangong Ping said with a smile, Nangong Zhun's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Of course I can't believe it-"

"Third nephew?" Nangong Yong couldn't help but say when he saw Nangong Zhun who came in suddenly.

"Second uncle, third uncle, the prefect can't believe it!" Nangong Zhun said solemnly, and then told his second and third uncles all the words he heard outside the prefect just now.

"What?" Nangong said a little angrily after listening to it, "This prefect is really daring to take advantage of the confrontation between our Nangong Mansion and Huang Ji for money. If I get out of the case, I'm going to kill this breed!"

"It seems that the prefect is indeed a villain who is obsessed with money......" Nangong Ping first responded, and then said to Nangong Yong, "But who told the third brother that you have to do something, now it's up to you to clean up this mess......"

At this moment, Nangong Yong began to worry again: "If that's the case, what should I do?"

Nangong Zhun thought about it on the side, and then said with a sneer: "My nephew has a plan, third uncle, don't you want to kill that prefect, why wait until you get out?"

"What do you mean, third nephew?" Nangong Yong knew that Nangong Zhun was the center of Nangong Seven Sons who thought the most, so he asked.

Nangong Zhun sneered, and then continued: "Let's follow him first, no matter how he affects the case, since he helped Huang Ji and them open a court today, he will naturally help us tomorrow." When the case is heard and two boxes of gold are delivered tomorrow night, we can arrange for the assassin to go and ......" As he spoke, Nangong Zhun made a gesture with his hand around his neck.

"Third nephew, what do you mean......" Nangong Yong seemed to understand.

Nangong Zhun continued to smile and said: "Anyway, help us tomorrow, even if he helps us understand before he dies." As soon as the prefect dies, the imperial court will send a new prefect to investigate the matter, and what will be left in the hands of the new prefect at that time will only help us turn over the case, and it will also confuse the prefect. When he starts the case again, naturally the suspicion will not fall on the third uncle......"

Listening to Nangong Zhun's method, Nangong couldn't help but smile again: "Miao, Miao, third nephew, you really deserve to be the smartest ...... among the seven nephews."

After a period of conspiracy and strategy, all three of them smiled grimly...... (To be continued......)