On the third day after Jarvis led the troops to Zhangzhou, the soldiers took turns to have a holiday. They walked around the market, watched the excitement, helped the people in the market, and chatted with the literati. When you encounter people who want to know how Taiwan is, just tell them.
: There are too many wastelands, but there is only a shortage of people. If some people say that they don't know how to farm, the soldiers will tell them that there are still many workshops that are short of people to work. Besides, if you don't know how to farm, you can learn how to do it. Someone can teach you.
Although Tan Mo knew that they sincerely wanted to lure the people under his control to cross the sea, on the one hand, there was nothing they could do, and on the other hand, they also wanted to flatter them, so he ignored them.
That night, Tan Mo had a drink with some of his staff, and he got into high spirits. He sang a little song to the starry sky, and everyone cheered. After a while, he felt anxious and called a singer to help him go.
Going to the toilet. Someone in the house heard the singer shouting, and then heard a splash, but then there was no other sound. They thought she had made Tan Mo unhappy and asked the master to kick her. It was common for Tan Mo to kick the singer and dancer, but she was knocked unconscious and beaten.
Death is not surprising, so no one cares.
After a long time, the cook from the kitchen came over with a food box. He saw a figure on the ground and said, "But which gentleman is drunk?"
He shouted, "Someone is coming - the master has been assassinated -" and everyone in the room was shocked and rushed out.
The first one to run over was Mr. Li, who took the lantern, took a look at it, and said, "The master has returned to the west." All the singers and guests immediately burst into tears, not knowing whether it was true or not. Mr. Li simply took out the candle from the lantern.
After looking at him carefully for a while, he said, "One move seals the throat, it's very neat. She's a practicing master." Then he asked about the singer just now.
Only then did everyone remember her, and they looked around and found her. Several people stepped forward to carry the singer into the house and shook her awake. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. They asked her again. It turned out that she was holding Tan
After Mo Mo left the house, he took a detour and suddenly saw something like a black shadow on the tree. He raised his head and took a look. The black shadow suddenly jumped down and kicked her away. She fainted after just shouting.
I don't know what happened next.
A Qing guest shouted: "Hurry up and search the whole house!"
Mr. Li waved his hand and said: "It took so long, and the assassin must have left long ago.
." He ordered him to quickly go and ask Dong Ming, the old official of the execution chamber, to come.
At that moment, Dong Ming was invited, and he held a candle and checked at night. He immediately found a piece of paper under Tan Mo's sleeve, with a strange figure drawn on it. He didn't see what it was, so he pulled up his sleeve. He looked around again and said:
: "The assassin used a sword, and the sword was extremely sharp, so it must be a precious sword. There was a strand of black silk hooked on the tree branch, and he was probably wearing night clothes. The silk was silk, which showed that the assassin was wealthy." He walked around for a while.
He pointed to the first footprint under the tree three or four trees away and said, "The assassin is at least eight feet tall." Then he ordered someone to get a ladder, and he wanted to go up to the roof to take a look.
There were several sets of footprints on the roof, which were left by the same pair of shoes. Dong Ming got off the roof and said to everyone: "At least the assassin has stepped on the spot three times." He also ordered his dog to be fetched. The dog walked along the
The footprints under the tree ran all the way to the base of the west wall of Tan Mansion. Dong Ming said: "The assassin took the fastest way and never made any detours. It seems that he knew where the master held a banquet today."
Then he led the dog out of the wall to look for it again. After a while, the dog found the smell and ran away. After running for a long time, it finally barked at a courtyard. The faces of several servants of the Tan family who followed him changed.
Two of them fell to the ground with a plop, muttering: "Could they be ghosts?"
There is no one left in this family. The old woman in their family is a good tailor. Last year, she made clothes for one of Tan Mo's aunts. Because the old man was ill, he asked his daughter to come to Tan's house to deliver goods. By chance, he bumped into Tan Mo. That girl
The son was only fourteen years old, and the child was not a good one. Somehow, Tan Mo fell in love with her, so he kept his daughter and refused to leave. The girl from a small family was so pampered that she couldn't resist Tan Mo's tiger-like behavior.
He fell ill after only half a month. When the old couple heard that their daughter asked him to keep her, they forced her to become his aunt. They refused to agree and made trouble in the house every day. Tan Mo was just a temporary novelty, how could he treat the girl?
Do you take it seriously? But one time when I heard the old couple crying, they were upset, so they ordered the girl to be strangled to death and the body returned to them. After the old couple buried their daughter, they both hanged themselves from the beam, and the neighbors helped bury them.
Dong Ming also knew about this family, and as a low-ranking official, he had nothing to do. He ordered someone to open the door. The door was unlocked and opened with a push - everyone was shocked! There was candlelight in the house. After the old couple died, the street
Someone passed a message on the street, saying that he passed by this house in the middle of the night and saw an old woman opening the door and coming out. The place became a haunted house, and several neighbors moved. Some people who followed were so frightened that they wanted to run away. Dong Ming is not afraid of ghosts and gods.
Walking ahead with the dog, he saw that the hall was clean, and it was obvious that someone had cleaned it. There was a pair of white candles standing on the desk, and there was a lot of ashes piled in the ash basin on the ground, which was still warm. Dong Ming took one of the candles casually.
Candle, after carefully examining the ash basin for a long time, said: "Some are paper money, and some are silk ashes. They are all burned very clean. It is rare to burn paper and clothes so cleanly." He poked his nose again and took a breath, "It turns out.
I poured sesame oil." I walked around the yard with the dog for half a day, but the dog could no longer smell any traces of the assassin.
Mr. Li then stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Dong, do you have any clues?"
Dong Mingdao: "The assassin is a tall man. He is used to flying over eaves and walls. He is good at using swords and behaves cautiously. He has been a snitch."
Mr. Li asked: "How can you see it?"
Dong Mingdao: "Expert."
Mr. Li nodded: "I'm afraid it's relatives and friends of this family who avenged them."
Dong Mingdao: "If we are relatives, we must be relatives from other places. If we are friends, we must have left Zhangzhou for a long time. I only found out about this recently. Their family is poor. Since the assassin can afford to wear silk, he is probably not a relative."
Mr. Li said: "Since I am a tailor, I would like to leave some money from noble people's clothing materials to piece together clothes for important relatives."
Dong Ming said: "How many nobles' clothing materials are black? Even if you can put together a piece of clothing, you can't make a black night clothes."
Mr. Li felt that it made sense. He walked around the house for a long time and said, "I can't see any traces of the late birth. I will check more carefully tomorrow at dawn." Everyone then dispersed.
Early the next morning, Jarvis led the soldiers out for exercise and had breakfast. He returned to the Chinese army tent and told his brothers in detail what happened last night. Everyone clapped and applauded, and then asked him why he wanted to
The night clothes were burned. He said: "We are accustomed to using dogs at home, how can we not be careful? The night clothes were dipped in spices that can confuse the dogs' noses. I heard that the Zhangzhou torture chamber also used dogs, so I'm afraid they noticed it.
.”
A brother said: "So what if we notice it? We are still afraid of him."
Jarvis said: "We have to leave in a few days. If people know that we killed Tam Mo, after we leave, the other officials and successors will have nothing to fear."
.They are always a little afraid if there is an enemy seeking revenge."
Lin Daiyu nodded: "It's true. Ghosts and gods are invisible, but they can restrain the unfaithful."
Jarvis added: "I had guessed that someone would be watching this place in Fujian. At first I thought it would be the King of Wu, but I didn't expect it to be the King of Jin." He then said, "I saw Li Qizhi at Tan Mo's banquet."
Lin Daiyu thought for a while: "This person seems to be the nephew of King Jin."
"That's right." Jarvis said, "I had a good relationship with him in Beijing in the early years. Later, their family tried to beautify my brother, and we broke off all contact. This person is considered to be a top-notch person among the younger generations of the Queen Mother of Jin's family.
Yes, I always thought it must be in the Jin Kingdom, but unexpectedly I sent him to Fujian and served as an aide under Tan Mo. Isn’t it the same as when Bai Lingyi ordered Ding Chu to go to the Lu Kingdom?"
Lin Daiyu thought to herself: "Why not send Huang Wengang under him? Huang Wengang is the governor."
Jarvis chuckled and said: "Although Huang Wengang is not incorruptible, he is still somewhat popular. How can he compare to Tan Mo's unscrupulousness?"
Daiyu said: "I'm afraid there are other reasons, so I have to try to find out."
Just as he was talking, a soldier outside shouted: "Report!" It turned out that someone from Tan Mansion came to report the funeral. Everyone pretended to be shocked, and Jarvis immediately put on plain clothes and went to express his condolences.
Li Qizhi naturally refused to let him see him and found an excuse to avoid it. Tan Mo's eldest son presided over the funeral inside, and there were many related and irrelevant cries. Jarvis talked to the Tan family uncle.
Just as he was about to leave with polite words, a man appeared next to him and bowed to him: "General Jia, do you still remember me?"
Jarvis took a closer look and saw that it was the clear-headed executioner whom he had seen a few days ago. He quickly returned the salute: "Master Dong."
Dong Ming said: "I have long admired the names of the three noblemen of Rongguo Mansion. I heard that General Jia has extensive knowledge and records. Now there is something left by the assassin. Can you please help General Jia to take a look and identify it?"
Jarvis hurriedly said: "Please take it and take a look."
Dong Ming then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, which contained a small piece of paper. The piece of paper was square, about the size of a walnut cake, and had a strange picture on it. Jarvis blurted out: "S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
Dong Ming hurriedly asked: "What is SHIELD?"
Jarvis said: "It is an organization in the green forest. It makes a living by buying and selling information. I heard that their information is extremely accurate, and all the princes have done business with them."
Dong Ming asked: "Did Rongguo Mansion also do it?"
"I've done it." Jarvis said, "It's extremely expensive. In the early years, I only did news business, and later I also worked as a bodyguard and rescued people. In the past few years, I heard that I occasionally did murder, but I don't know whether it's true or not. I think it's mostly false.
"
Dong Ming asked: "Why is it fake?"
Jarvis said: "Killing people is different from saving people. It will offend people. Since they only want to sell information, why do they need to kill people?"
"What if the customer pays more?"
"Mr. Dong doesn't know... they already have enough money from selling information."
Dong Ming nodded and said: "This paper is not our Zhangzhou paper."
Jarvis said: "I can't tell from the paper. This picture doesn't look like a painting, but rather like it was printed with a mold."
"It is believed that the pattern was carved into a seal and covered with rouge commonly used by women."
Jarvis asked: "Could it be that the assassin is a woman?"
Dong Ming said: "The assassin must be a man, similar in stature to General Jia."
Jarvis said: "Then he must have married a wife.
.”
Dong Ming said with a smile: "Not necessarily. He probably used the makeup box of the Hualou girl." Jarvis looked at him and said, "The scent of this rouge is too strong. Ordinary women's rouge is rarely so strong.
.”
Jarvis asked: "Or is it her sweetheart?" Anyway, the pile of SHIELD papers were prepared by Zhou Camellia.
Dong Ming said: "We can't guarantee everything." Then he changed the topic and said, "Excuse me for being presumptuous, but I would like to ask if anyone under the general's command sleeps in the flower house at night?" Jarvis frowned. Dong Ming hurriedly bowed and said, "Your army has just arrived.
Within a few days in Zhangzhou, Mr. Tan was assassinated. The clerk had found out that the assassin was probably related to Mr. Tan's enemy. However, the enemy's family had no one in the past year, unless it was his recent relatives and friends. The family was quite poor.
Most of his relatives and friends are also poor. In recent years, many people have crossed the sea from Fujian to Taiwan to open up wasteland, and it is difficult to survive..."
Jarvis said: "It is strictly forbidden for anyone in our army to go to Hualou. If Mr. Dong doesn't believe it, he can go to all the Hualou in Zhangzhou to look for it."
"What if it's found out?"
Jarvis said: "If he is found out, he will be expelled from the military. But he cannot be given to Master Dong. He must be brought back to the Taiwan government alive."
Dong Ming was startled: "General Jia, kill someone to pay for your life."
Jarvis chuckled and said, "You and I know very well what it means for Mr. Tan to be an official. Presumably the enemy who has lost his soul must have died an unusual death."
Dong Ming nodded: "It is true that the whole family died because of Master Tan."
Jarvis said: "Therefore, the assassin's killing of Mr. Tan was considered revenge. If it was really done by the soldiers of General Mo, General Mo fired him because he violated military regulations and stayed in the flower house at night, not because of revenge."
Dong Ming frowned: "General Jia, Mr. Tan is the prefect of a state after all, how can he die in an unknown manner?"
Jarvis said: "It has nothing to do with the general. As the general of an army, if the general does not protect his soldiers, how can I expect them to work hard to kill the enemy for me? Mr. Dong, we are soldiers."
Dong Minglue was stunned and said helplessly: "It's good to know the result."
He then left the Tan Mansion and went to consult with Li Qizhi. It wasn't that the two of them were on good terms, but there was really no one to discuss with but him.
After hearing this, Li Qizhi hurriedly asked for the piece of paper to look at, and said: "It really looks like SHIELD's picture. Why didn't you show it to me last night?"
"Forgot."
Li Qizhi thought for a while and said: "If the assassin is in Jarvis's army... a green-forest thief like S.H.I.E.L.D. who specializes in snooping for information sneaks into the military camp and walks through the flower building, even ordinary soldiers will not notice it.
"
Dong Ming said: "I will go to various flower houses to check."
Li Qizhi said with a smile: "That's not necessary. No matter who he is, even the spies who sneaked into SHIELD would feel uneasy when they heard that their subordinates were not protected. Now that Jarvis knows about it, he will definitely investigate it himself. He manipulated
Even if you can’t find it out, that calculating military advisor Lin can always find it out.”
Dong Ming waved his hands and said: "I can't trust them." He took the piece of paper and went to various flower houses, paper mills, and rouge shops to check.
They made a big fuss last night, and the neighbors of the dead tailor's family had already been alarmed. All kinds of rumors spread all over the streets, saying that they were revengeful enemies.
Seeing Tan Mo's head, Jarvis came to pay homage again. After paying homage, he left and went out. Just as he was about to mount his horse in front of Tan's house, Dong Minglai passed by and bowed to him: "General Jia."
Jarvis hurriedly replied: "Mr. Dong."
Dong Ming stared at him and said, "I dare to ask, what is the enmity between General Jia and Mr. Dong?"
Jarvis was stunned.
Chapter completed!