In addition to several thousand Liu family troops on Jifeng Mountain, there are also two thousand family members who are not bound by military regulations and are scattered on various hills.
By the time the investigation was completed, another five days had passed.
Yu Cheng went down the mountain to report that he was safe and brought back a handwritten letter from Lu Fang.
Lu Fang wrote in the letter that Qian Heizi, the bandit leader from Tongchishan Mountain, had been found in the jail in Guoan County near Mengqiaoyi.
Qian Heizi confessed that after committing the crime, he had no choice but to commit the crime and hide in the Guoan County jail to save his life.
On the night of the first day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Zhengde, someone went to Tongchi Mountain and paid a heavy sum of money, asking them to arrive at Mengqiao Station on the third day of the first lunar month to intercept and kill the censor Antai.
Then, they gathered all the brothers in the mountain, a total of seventy-five people, and followed the man through Jifeng Mountain to ambush near Mengqiao Post.
After arriving, they found that there were only two people on the other side, so they only sent thirty brothers to commit the crime.
Later, it was discovered that one of them had great kung fu, so he sent thirty more and sprinkled a handful of poison to capture him.
However, just when they were about to succeed, another group of people came with extraordinary martial arts. Killing them was like chopping melons and vegetables.
In order to save their lives, Qian Heizi and several of his men had no choice but to escape.
Because Tongchishan has always had a rule not to ask about the identity and origin of the donor, Qian Heizi didn't know the identity of the person who paid.
I only knew that the man was familiar with Luo Yang, the fifth son-in-law of Liu Ang, the old general on Jifeng Mountain. He was wearing a pair of official boots and had a mole on his left forehead.
The couple then told Liu Ang the new clues given by Lu Fang.
Liu Jiajun gathered people who were familiar with Luo Yang for questioning, and asked a middle-aged man named Peng Chang that the man with the mole on his forehead was called Tan Gong.
Tan Gong was in his early thirties and was the captain of Gui County. His father, Tan Bang, was under the command of King Gui and was currently a member of the Ministry of War.
All the clues pointed to King Gui, why did he still cry out for injustice in front of the emperor and clamor for the verdict to be overturned?
Who is the "other group of people" mentioned in Lu Fang's letter?
Shangguan Yuan said that when he woke up, he found corpses around him, and each corpse had fatal wounds in the throat or chest caused by his gun.
And the gun was in his hand.
He was also surprised at the time that he had killed so many gangsters despite being drugged.
In the letter, Lu Fang was vague about whether An Tai was still alive.
Shangguan Yuan was confused.
If An Tai is not dead, how can we explain the string of bells?
If An Tai was still alive, why didn't he return to Beijing and resume his life?
This is not in line with his usual character.
"But many inferences suggest that the beggar who gave Liu Songzhu the dagger might be my father. Maybe he had some last resort?"
"The dagger may have been thrown away in self-defense, but the bell was a personal collection. How to explain this?"
Qianru could not refute Shangguan Yuan, so she had to compile the newly obtained clues into a document and give it to Yu Cheng to bring to Lu Fang.
In a blink of an eye, they had been delayed on the mountain for half a month.
Liu Jiajun couldn't find any more clues here, but the calls for fulfilling the recruitment promise were getting louder and louder.
Therefore, Liu Ang went to find them and asked Shangguan Yuan to return to the capital to prepare for the recruitment. He left Qianru behind in Jifeng Mountain to continue investigating the case, which was actually to serve as a hostage.
Qianru was afraid that Shangguan Yuan's hesitation would be self-defeating, so she happily agreed.
But after sending him away, I regretted it.
The days on the mountain are deserted and lonely, and it is really hard to endure without anyone to quarrel and quarrel with.
Fortunately, Liu Jiajun has maintained strict military discipline in the mountains for nearly twenty years, and his life is relatively safe.
In order not to waste her time, she wandered around Liu Songju's and Liu Songhe's houses every day, searching every corner carefully, hoping to find more clues.
Unexpectedly, Tian Sui Ren unexpectedly found clues.
Liu Songju lived in a wooden house on stilts. The thing was wrapped in sheepskin and hung under the wooden planks at the foot of the main room wall.
What a wit!
It was the first time Qianru discovered that someone was hiding something like this.
Wrapped in the sheepskin were several letters, all of which were replies from Chang Sunji to Liu Songju. In addition to the negotiations on recruitment, the contents also asked Liu Songju to get rid of Shangguan Yuan and An Qianru.
The latest letter was written on the day they left the capital.
Finally got hold of Chang Sunji.
She was so happy that she hurriedly hid the letter in her sleeve while no one was around, and then continued searching as usual.
Liu Songju seems to like using this hanging method to hide things.
The next day, Qianru found a lot of jewelry under her bed.
Pearl chains, hairpins, bracelets, earrings, etc. are all available.
If a woman has these things, why should she hide them under the bed board?
Thinking that her family knew her family better, she called Liu Tang over to have a look.
The boy was also shocked, but just out of joy at seeing the belongings, he quickly tore down the bed boards and collected them all into his arms.
"Did these jewelry come from a shady source, so she hid them underneath?"
"Why do you care so much? You discovered the thing, and it counts as your share." After saying that, he took out an inconspicuous hairpin from his arms and gave it to her.
"That's it?"
"That's enough. We've collected too many shady things. Aren't you afraid that Shangguan Yuan will come back and doubt you?"
I probably tasted the sweetness the day before yesterday.
The next day, Liu Tang also came to search with her.
From the seams on the floor to the beams, the roof, and every corner, I searched carefully several times.
After searching Liu Songju's place, I went to search another wooden house. There was a lot of dust inside and it was covered with spider silk.
"Whose house is this? Why don't we come in?"
"Idiot." Liu Tang mocked her and told her that this was Luo Yang's residence.
"Why doesn't he live with Liu Songhe? Could it be that their relationship as husband and wife is not good?"
"If your husband is addicted to gambling all day long, can your relationship still get better?"
Having said that, Liu Tang lost interest in searching this place, and after rummaging around for a while, he left.
Qianru quickly stopped him and asked him to search for the beams and roof before leaving.
Unexpectedly, the thing was actually on top, but it was not on the beams, but in the gaps between the wooden boards on the roof.
It is a letter written to Luo Yang discussing his merits.
The letter said that as long as Luo Yang helped recruit Liu Jiajun, he would give him 10,000 taels as a reward.
There are also detailed plans.
Including plotting to win over Liu Songju and her son, killing the stubborn Liu Ang, Liu Yi, Liu Songzhu, and the useless Liu Songlan, etc.
Qianru, an outsider, was extremely angry when she saw it, but Liu Tang didn't take it seriously and didn't have any mood swings at all.
"Don't you want to scold him?"
"I don't find it strange at all that a person who lost money and even stole his own children and sold them would do this kind of thing with others."
After listening to Liu Tang's words, Qianru suddenly understood why Liu Songzhu wanted to burn the skeleton.
The story behind it is really sad!
However, this discovery made Liu Tang suddenly enlightened. He pulled out his dagger and searched for all the cracks in the boards that could be pried open. Unexpectedly, he discovered dozens of silver notes one after another, totaling as many as 5,000 taels.
Liu Tang had never seen a bank note, so he thought it was an IOU and dismissed it.
When I found out that these pieces of paper could be exchanged for five thousand taels of snowflake silver, my eyes were so shocked that they almost fell out of their sockets.
Just when he was doubtful, a masked man with gray hair suddenly broke in and stole all the banknotes.