After comforting Xiong Qi's wife and children, Cheng Yu went to listen to Ting Wei and Han Fei's analysis of the situation.
Both of them are not idiots. They both have great experience in investigating cases and basically guessed the circumstances before and after Xiong Qi's death.
He also found out through questioning the people in the mansion that the murderer was Tian Guang, the leader of the peasant family.
As for the motive, the two of them had some guesses, but were not sure.
According to people in the mansion, Xiong Qi and Tian Guang met by chance.
Because Xiong Qi wanted to bring the farmer to Qin through Tian Guang, Xiong Qi had been deliberately keeping in contact with Tian Guang, and the friendship deepened step by step.
Judging from the current situation, Tian Guang is probably taking advantage of Xiong Qi's mentality to win over him. When the time comes, he will immediately murder!
Others may believe this statement, but Cheng Yu sneered inwardly.
However, Xiong Qi is already dead, so he is too lazy to throw dirty water on Xiong Qi. It is meaningless and will make things more complicated.
It's just that Tian Guang's motive for the murder is still speculation. The specific motive for the murder needs to be caught and interrogated to know.
However, the motive is not important at all. No matter what the motive is, the murderer is the murderer and must be caught.
Therefore, Cheng Xi directly issued a wanted order and sent a large number of manpower to search for Tian Guang.
After the matter was settled, it was already late at night. Cheng Xi left the aftermath to his subordinates and went back home to sleep with Zi Nu in his arms.
It's just that I couldn't sleep until I woke up naturally the next day, and had to go to court to tell the story.
It was not to report to Ying Zheng, who knew it as soon as he woke up the next day, but to report the situation to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
After a night of fermentation, although the incident of Xiong Qi's assassination has not yet made a fuss, there are already many people who know about it.
While waiting for the morning court, in addition to the elders and the angry Chu family officials, many courtiers were whispering and discussing this big deal enthusiastically.
When Lu Buwei arrived, he saw that the square looked like a vegetable market. He was dissatisfied and scolded, and the square became quiet.
The hind-legged dragonfly also arrived, the last one to arrive.
Normally Lu Buwei, as the prime minister who is under one person and outnumbers ten thousand people, is the last one to arrive.
It's not that Cheng Xiu and Lu Buwei are showing signs of breaking up, but it's just a matter of habit, so they wait until they don't have to wait too long.
As Cheng Yu walked forward, all the middle and low-level officials saluted respectfully, and the senior officials at the Qing level and the senior officials at the Qing level all greeted him warmly.
Although Cheng Xi rarely attends court meetings and seems to have a weak sense of presence, no one dares to ignore Cheng Xi's energy.
For middle and low-level officials, Cheng Xiu would respond by nodding, and only for high-ranking officials at the Qing level would he return the favor.
However, even the return gift is very casual. Only when facing super bosses like Lu Buwei, Meng Ao, and Wang Jian, Cheng Yu will formally return the gift.
After greeting each other and chatting for a few words, it was time for morning court.
After the officials met with Ying Zheng to discuss matters, the first thing they discussed was the matter of Xiong Qi.
Cheng Xi stepped forward from the first position on the left and explained the results of the investigation in a leisurely manner.
When they learned that it was Tian Guang, the peasant hero, who had done this, the officials of the Chu family were extremely angry. Not only did they yell at Tian Guang to kill him, but they also wanted to drive out the peasant family and kill them all!
Other officials were also very angry, because assassination was too taboo for the powerful and powerful.
Who is a superior person who is not afraid of assassination, which is not a very expensive way to defeat someone?
As long as the timing is right, one dead soldier is enough.
It's just that these officials were not as radical as the officials from the Chu family. They did not want to exterminate the farmers, but wanted to severely damage them.
Although the punishments vary in severity, the malice towards the farmers is the same.
Later, Ying Zheng asked Cheng Xi for his opinion on how to deal with it. It was naturally impossible for Cheng Xi to say that he would not punish the farmers, which was totally against the general public.
Cheng Xi first expressed his intention to punish the farmers, which was in line with the general trend of the people.
Then he changed the subject and said that this matter should not be too widely implicated, otherwise even if they have an honest reason, they may endanger themselves.
Cheng Xi thought that he only needed to deal with Tian Guang and Tian Guang's cronies.
Didn’t the Six Kingdoms of Shandong say that their Qin Kingdom was too cruel and harsh?
He only dealt with Tian Guang and his cronies, so benevolent and generous, who could say anything wrong?
In addition, after Tian Guang and his cronies are eliminated, this can be used as an excuse to force and threaten the farmers to defect to Qin.
If the peasants do not surrender to the Qin State, it will not be too late to carry out further merciless attacks.
Are you kidding? How could Cheng Yu allow a full-scale attack on farmers?
As long as Tian Guang and the die-hard anti-Qin elements in the peasantry are eliminated, then we can support our own people to rise to power and gradually take the peasantry into our hands.
If you send people to forcibly wipe out the farmers, the losses will definitely be huge, but taking the farmers into your hands can increase your power.
One decrease and one increase, the difference is huge!
Ying Zheng also knew something about what Cheng Xi was doing.
It is undoubtedly a great thing to have a farmer's family in your pocket. After all, the farmer's family has the largest number of people among all the families.
Although its influence is not as strong as Mohism, Confucianism, and Taoism, it has great influence in Qi, Wei, and Chu.
Now that the Mohist family has secretly moved closer to Qin, the Yinyang family has long given full support to Qin.
The Taoist Tian sect does not care about worldly affairs, while the Taoist sect is quite honest and does not cause trouble. Taoism as a whole is under the control of the Qin State.
In this way, among the hundreds of schools of thought in terms of strength and influence, only Confucianism has not completely fallen to Qin.
But it doesn’t matter, wait until the general trend crushes it in the future, and then give some benefits, don’t worry about Confucianism not completely surrendering!
If you don't surrender, then Confucianism will be destroyed. Anyway, there are many schools of thought that have replaced Confucianism.
I believe that Taoism, Mohism, Nongjia and other schools of thought are happy to accept the power vacuum left by Confucianism.
Therefore, Ying Zheng supported Cheng Xun's opinion, but Ying Zheng did not agree directly and asked important ministers for their opinions.
Although Cheng Xi's consideration is not perfect, it still makes sense.
Since there is a certain truth, officials who are not relatives of the Chu family would not offend Chenglong for a dead person.
It's useless for the Chu family's relatives and ministers to rebel for revenge. Lu Buwei's weight is enough to crush them to death.
Therefore, Cheng's proposal was approved.
Later, Lu Buwei took advantage of the situation and proposed that the derelict personnel in Xiong Qi's residence should be exempted from the death penalty and given a lighter sentence.
Since the Qin State's benevolent and generous side has been shown to the six countries, it would be better to show it more thoroughly.
This was what Cheng Xi asked Lu Buwei to propose.
Lu Buwei was also happy to send favors to Cheng Xi to pave the way for his own family in the future.
Lu Buwei, who has deep roots and huge power in the Qin State and has not lost the trust of Ying Zheng, is not afraid of the Queen Mother Huayang.
The Queen Mother cannot do whatever she wants, not to mention there is more than one Queen Mother in the palace.
The Queen Mother of Huayang was really willful, and Lu Buwei had no way to deal with the Queen Mother of Huayang, but as the prime minister, he could easily control the relatives of the Chu family.
Being targeted by the Prime Minister who is inferior to one person but superior to ten thousand people, unless Ying Zheng protects him, there will be no good results.
Of course, Cheng Yu was not afraid of Queen Mother Huayang, she just didn't want to cause too much trouble.
Lu Buwei's proposal was naturally opposed by Chu family officials.
Naturally, there was no need for Lu Buwei to come forward to argue the matter. There were many disciples of Lu Buwei in the court, and the influence of the relatives of the Chu family could not compare with them.
You can't win a war of words.
I said before that Ying Zheng was indifferent to this matter. Seeing that Lu Buwei had the upper hand, he agreed.
When the king and the prime minister reach an agreement, the overall situation is decided. No one can reverse the situation, not even the queen mother.
It is foreseeable that Queen Mother Huayang will be unhappy.
But Cheng Xiu didn't care, since he wouldn't allow anyone to die because of Xiong Qi's involvement.
If his own grandmother, the Queen Mother Xia, spoke, Cheng Xi would still open or close one of his eyes.
After Xiong Qi's matter was discussed, Cheng Xi was too lazy to interrupt, and began to close his eyes and fish openly.
After going to court, Cheng Xi wanted to escape home, but was caught by Ying Zheng.
In fact, Ying Zheng didn't have anything else to do. He just wanted to ask Cheng Xi if he was sure he could catch Tian Guang within three days...
If not, the time can be extended.
Cheng Xi pretended to think about it and said it was not a big problem.
Seeing this, Ying Zheng didn't say much. It was just a symbolic punishment, so it was no big deal.
Time passed day by day, and on the third day, Zhi Ri secretly came to the house where Tian Guang was housed, preparing to kill Tian Guang and hand over the corpse.
Naturally, it is impossible to hold Tian Guang alive for cross-examination. If the control is unstable, it will be terrible if things are exposed. He must die without any evidence.
Pushing open the door and walking into the house, Tian Guang sat on his knees on the ground, unshaven and pale, and suddenly raised his head, his eyes were blood red, staring at the sun with hatred and resentment.
Zhan Ri was a little surprised, but he would not be frightened. Instead, he looked at Tian Guang with interest and his voice was playful.
"As expected of a master, although I expected that you might break free from control, I didn't expect it to be so fast..."
"But it doesn't matter, you're dead anyway."
Tian Guang broke free from the control last night. Thinking back to what he had done, he has been experiencing great suffering in his heart. It can be said that he is in pain!
Because Xiong Qi was not only the supporter behind the Nong family, Tian Guang had sworn allegiance to him, but also regarded Xiong Qi as the hope of the Nong family's rise and preventing Qin from unifying the world.
Now that he has killed his benefactor and cut off hope, how can he not be in great pain?
However, no matter how painful or regretful it is, it is of no use. A big mistake has been made.
For Tian Guang today, death is not scary at all, but a kind of relief.
Although it is not your own subjective will, it is controlled, but if you do something wrong, you do something wrong.
Tian Guang also wanted to go down and find Xiong Qi to apologize.
The only thing that Tian Guang still can't let go of is why Luo Wang is so sure that his benefactor has great ambitions, and he uses such means to get rid of his benefactor regardless of the impact...
"Can you tell me, this dying man, why you are so deliberately trying to get rid of your benefactor?"
Tian Guang closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them, his expression had calmed down and his voice was low and hoarse.
I also know the way of covering up the sun.
Just because he was in contact with the farmer Xiakui, he wouldn't be able to kill him, but the Marquis seemed to hate Xiong Qi, and he never stopped targeting him from the beginning to the end.
He didn't know what the reason was, he was just following the order.
Of course, Hidden Sun will not express his true inner thoughts.
Zhanri sneered and said, "Want to know?"
"Go down and ask the King of Hell!"
Before he finished speaking, the shadow-covering figure flashed past Tian Guang. A crimson sword light appeared like a sudden flash of light. The next moment, the shadow-covering figure appeared behind Tian Guang and slowly sheathed his sword.
Behind him, a scarlet blood mark appeared on Tian Guang's neck, and a cloud of blood mist spurted out.
Tian Guang covered his neck with his hands, his eyes widened, and with a loud thud, he fell heavily on the table, scarlet blood gurgling on the table...
Tian Guang's cultivation has been ruined and he has no internal strength left in him. Not to mention dodging the attack from the sun, he can't even react.
"Someone, take it away."
Zhenri gave the order, Zhen just walked in, carried Tian Guang's body and went out.
Tian Guang's body was transported to the Luowang Guard headquarters by carriage, and then the people from Tingwei Mansion and Shadow Secret Guard were notified.
The person who came to Tingwei Mansion was Han Fei. Firstly, he was on official business, and secondly, he wanted to take a look at the Luowang headquarters.
The man from the Shadow Guard is naturally Zhang Han.
When they found out who was behind them, Han Fei and Zhang Han were filled with emotion.
The Tingwei Mansion and the Shadow Secret Guards had no clue about Tian Guang's whereabouts, but the Luowang Guards had already killed him.
There is a huge gap between intelligence capabilities and military force.
Even if they find a trace of a swordsman master, it is not an easy task to capture or kill him. It requires careful and rigorous arrangements.
As for how to capture and kill Tian Guang, I'm sorry, that's a secret in the network, so I won't tell you.
Without Ying Zheng's edict, Luo Wang, who was backed by Cheng Xi, naturally did not need to tell the Tingwei Mansion and the Shadow Secret Guard.
The results are here, the process is not important.
Afterwards, Tian Guang's body was brought to Tingwei's Mansion, and Shadow Secret Guards and Luo Wangwei took away the secret nature and announced to the world that such things must be done by Tingwei's Mansion.
After Ying Zheng learned the news, he was very satisfied with the efficiency of the investigation, and rewarded the Tingwei Mansion, Shadow Guards, and Luowang Guards for their merits.
Naturally, Datou was benefited from the Luowang Guards, and on the Luowang Guards side, Zhao Gao, Zhanri, and Six Sword Slaves all received generous rewards, and their titles were all raised one level.
Normal items would not enhance the title, but the nature of this item was too bad.
Due to its extremely bad nature, Tian Guang could not live in peace even if he died. Officials from the Chu family suggested hanging the corpse in the sun for half a month as a warning to others!
This time Ying Zheng agreed.
Of course, the reward is Cheng Xi's share, but although this contribution is not small, it is nothing to Cheng Xi's title.
Of course, having a stronger family background is also a good thing.
…
Four or five days passed, and the story of Tian Guang's assassination of Xiong Qi gradually spread to the six countries of Shandong.
The relationship between Tian Guang and Xiong Qi is very secretive, and very few people know about it.
Therefore, there was applause and praise everywhere for Tian Guang, a peasant hero who assassinated a high-ranking official at the rank of Shangqing and a relative of the Qin royal family.
There was no way, the Qin State bullied the six Shandong countries miserably.
Even Qi State, which has a good relationship with Qin State, and Yan State, which is allied with Qin State, are very happy to see Qin State suffer defeat.
Although Tian Guang's behavior was not as good as Jing Ke's assassination of Ying Zheng, due to the success of the assassination and his own fame, the influence was almost the same.
Tian Guang's fame before was not well-known to the whole world, but now it is considered to be world-famous.
Of course, the world-famous reputation here does not include the common people in Guizhou. They are busy making a living, and it will take a long time for them to know about this.
When the news reached the Dazeshan area, the entire farm family was stunned.
Aren't their heroes in retreat?
When did we go to Xianyang of Qin State to sit down for such a big event?
Tian Mi and others also don't know about Tian Guang's affairs. They have limited authority and are not qualified to know.
The heads of the Sixth Hall of the Farmer's Family got together in a daze, and after some discussion they decided to go to Tian Guang's retreat place to find out.
After several visits with no response, the leader of the Sixth Hall boldly entered Tian Guang's retreat.
Naturally, the six people did not see Tian Guang's figure, and only then did everyone become convinced of the authenticity of the matter.
As the six of them looked at each other, Tian Hu suddenly put his hands on his hips and laughed wildly.
"Hahaha...Xia Kui is really a role model for our generation, and he did such a big thing without saying a word!"
"I finally got my revenge. Now the Qin State should know that our farmers are not easy to mess with, right?"
Chen Sheng, who was carrying a heavy weight on his back, folded his arms when he heard the words, and his rough and tough face was filled with a smile. It was rare for him to deeply agree with Tian Hu's words, which were not easy to deal with.
Situ Wanli and Zhu Zhong were not happy, after all, they were already on the same boat as Qin.
However, both of them were cunning and cunning people, well versed in hiding. Their faces were also full of smiles and they nodded in agreement.
Tian Meng and the Zhu family were also very happy, but they soon thought of something. The smile on Tian Meng's face dropped, and the masks on the Zhu family's faces also changed.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Tian Hu saw Tian Meng's face and asked doubtfully.
"Xia Kui did something to boost his morale, but the Qin State probably hates our farmers to death."
"As expected, revenge will come soon."
Tian Meng's arms droop naturally, his body is tall and straight, his eyebrows are thick, and his face with a deep outline has a serious expression.
"Hey, what should I worry about?"
"At worst, what happened before will happen again."
"Soldiers will block it, water will cover it, and soil will cover it. This time Xiakui has done such a big thing, the appeal of our farmers will definitely be greatly increased."
"There are many forces helping me, so what are you afraid of?"
"This is not Qin!"
"kindness?"
"Zhu Jia, what's your look like? Isn't what I said wrong?"
By the end of the sentence, Tian Hu's tone and eyes were already quite unkind.
Tian Hu, like Tian Meng, has never been used to the Zhu family, mainly due to the conflict of interests between the Tian family and people with other surnames.
Zhu Jia put his hands behind his back, shook his masked head, and said in a deep voice: "No, what you said makes sense."
"Haha, Zhu family, it's the first time I've seen you like this."
Tian Hu put his hands on his hips and laughed bluntly.
Zhu Jia: “…”
Forget it, why bother with this product?
"No matter what, the matter is a foregone conclusion, and there is no use in thinking about it."
"What we can do is to be more vigilant and prepare for a rainy day."
Tian Meng nodded and said, "That's true."
"Xia Kui is definitely being hunted now. I think we need to send someone to respond."
"In addition, we need to discuss how to prepare. We cannot wait for Xiakui to come back before making arrangements. It may be too late."
"What do you think?"
Naturally, the other five hall masters would not object and all agreed.
Facing strong external pressure, the news of Tian Guang's death has not yet come, and there are people from above who are suppressing him.
The conflicts within the farm family have been covered up, and they are still quite united.
After reaching an agreement, the six people went to Lieshan Hall to discuss.
