Chapter 4: In Prison
"But how can you prove that you have been wronged?" asked the Grand Master.
Wang Zhi turned his face sideways to look at the officials listed outside the prison door, then indifferently pulled back his gaze, and said with a sneer at the Taishi:
"Eun Xiang is here today to lead these flies and dogs to see how embarrassed I am at this time?"
This was a momentary negligence on the part of the Grand Master, so he hurriedly said to a group of officials standing outside the prison door:
"Everyone, please wait outside for a moment. ”
After everyone had withdrawn, the Master asked:
"Governor Wang, now if you have something to say, just say it!"
"There's nothing to say!" Wang Zhi sighed and said, "Thank you for your wrong love, which has inspired me all these years, but this matter in front of you has also caused you to suffer a lot!"
"What can these be?" said Xu Taishi, "How to clarify the merits is the top priority! Today, I don't hide it, there have always been a few doubts, I always want to ask you face to face?"
"Eun-sang, excuse me!"
"How did you really get the 500,000 taels of gold and silver in your house?"
Wang Zhi sighed deeply again and said:
At that time, we were in Luoyan City to track down the fact that the Crow Gang ransacked a local giant businessman, Wu Dahai's Songshan Manor, 20 years ago, resulting in the murder of Wu Dahai and his wife and a total of 370 people in Zhuangshang. In we, we should cooperate with Wu Dahai's son Wu Shuang, who has fled to the rivers and lakes for many years, to expose the identity of Huyan Wujiang, who is lurking in Taiyuan City and serving as the city lord, that is, the original crow gang leader Yanhu, and arrest him. Unexpectedly, on the way to escort this earth-shattering predator back to Luoyang, he encountered such a natural and man-made disaster. And now, how can we tell us clearly the origin of these 500,000 taels of gold and silver!"
"Wu Shuang, Wu Dahai's son!" Taishi asked in astonishment when he heard this, "Is it Li Chunsheng, the Li Shilang, who accused Wu Shuang of stealing the treasury silver?"
"We have been locked up in this dark place all day long, and we don't know where there is a Wu Shuang who steals the treasury silver!" Wang Zhi said, "I only know Wu Shuang, the young owner of Songshan Manor in Luoyan City, and I know that he is a bright and upright person, a righteous and awe-inspiring hero. ”
"Is he a tall and handsome young man with a black sheath and a long sword?"
Wang Zhi looked at Master Xu in surprise and asked in astonishment:
"It turns out that Eun Sang has also seen him!"
"I've seen it, I've seen it!" said Xu Taishi, "My family has been disturbed by him!"
"What's going on?"
So, Taishi Xu saved the lives of his family by Wu Shuang and She Gang of the Black Wind Forest, and then suddenly appeared in his study to fight with the assassins, as well as the story of his daughter Xu Zixuan going to him and was almost killed, and he forced Li Shilang to go to his house to propose marriage, until yesterday, the escape from the court was told to Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi asked excitedly after hearing this:
"Enxiang, are you sure that when Wu Shuang and the assassin were fighting in the study, Wu Shuang pointed out that the assassin was Yanhu?"
"Yes!" said the Grand Master with a look of searching for his memory, "I remember very well, he pointed his sword at the masked assassin and said, Yanhu, you should die today!"
"This Yanhu is the notorious crow gang leader Yanhu on the rivers and lakes twenty years ago," Wang Zhi said leisurely, "That is, in recent years, the world's well-known Taiyuan City Lord Huyan Wujiang." ”
At that time, the assassin was desperate on the ground, tearing off the black cover covering his face, and some people did say that this assassin was a bit like the lord of Taiyuan City, Huyan Wujiang. However, I recently heard the news that the lord of Taiyuan City, Huyan Wujiang, died of a violent illness at home. ”
"How is this possible!" Wang Zhi said, "He didn't get sick sooner or later, but when we killed the assassins, such a coincidence happened?"
Taishi stroked his beard, nodded with a thoughtful expression, and said:
"Who would have told him to assassinate me?"
"I think it's a no-brainer!"
"Oh!" asked the Grand Master, "what does Governor Wang think?"
"You think, Enxiang!" Wang Zhi said, "If I used to be a heinous Jiangyang thief, but later you let me be reborn and became the lord of Taiyuan City, this kind of kindness is like reconstruction, and I am willing to go to the soup for you!"
"In other words, the person who sent him to assassinate me is the one who promoted him to be the city lord of Taiyuan City?"
"Other than that, I can't think of anyone else who would instruct him to assassinate you!"
Master Xu nodded and said:
"Later, I'll go back and check who recommended Huyan Wujiang to serve as the city lord of Taiyuan City, isn't it very clear!"
"I'm afraid that the mastermind behind the scenes has already taken precautions and has already done tricks," Wang Zhi said, "Even if Enxiang wants to investigate, he may not be able to find out clearly!"
"There is one more thing, please tell the truth to Governor Wang!"
"It's okay to say it!"
Li Shilang and Li Chunsheng, who were in charge of the treasury and silver, said again and again that on the evening of August 10, it was Wu Shuang and a man named She Gang who forced him to open the treasury gate and robbed him of 500,000 taels of gold and silver from the treasury in a horse-drawn carriage. And now, the 500,000 taels of gold and silver found in your house are also the gold and silver stolen from the treasury!"
"Wu Shuang and She Gang went to steal the treasury silver?" Wang Zhi laughed when he heard this, "Even if he has a brain disease, he will not do such a thing!"
"Oh, why did Governor Wang say that?" asked him in surprise.
"Because, he still doesn't care to do such a boring thing!" At this time, Wang Biao suddenly turned over and sat up, and waved his hand at Taishi Xu and said, "Master Taishi, you are polite!"
"Why did the virtuous nephew say that?" asked Mrs. Xu again.
Wang Biao didn't answer but asked rhetorically:
"Master Taishi, have you ever heard of the saying that Songshan Manor is rich and rivals the country?"
"This is something that women and children all over the world know, how could the old man not have heard of it!"
"As the owner of Songshan Manor, is it necessary for Wu Shuang to be a Jiangyang thief, just steal 500,000 taels of gold and silver from the treasury?"
Hearing this, the Taishi suddenly realized, and he still asked in astonishment:
"However, why did Li Shilang, Li Chunsheng and the sergeants guarding the door all think that it was Wu Shuang and She Gang who did it?"
"Then there must be something wrong with this Li Chunsheng!"
"It is very likely that he and the person who masterminded Yanhu to assassinate Eun Xiang are plotting against each other!" Wang Zhi took over the conversation.
"However, the most important thing at the moment is to find out as soon as possible, the ins and outs of the 500,000 taels of gold and silver that were searched from your mansion!"
"Who did Entai receive from time to time, saying that I have these 500,000 taels of gold and silver in my house?" asked Wang Zhi.
"It's the coachman of your house, Alai!"
"Alai!" Wang Zhi said with a wry smile, "It turned out to be him, this person has always been ambitious and greedy, but I didn't expect that he would be so vicious, take revenge, and speak with a clear conscience!"
"At that time, the Taishi sent the government to protect Shen Kuo, did he go to my house to check it?" asked Wang Biao.
Master Xu nodded and said:
"Yes!"
"This man, in the eyes of his humble position, is also an unauthentic person!" Wang Biao said, "that day, he intercepted me and my father in the middle of the road, and we said that we wanted to meet the Taishi in person, and we had something to say in person, but he was not accommodating, which is enough to see that he was deliberately preventing us from seeing the Taishi!" )