Chapter 472 I will transform into light and repel the darkness
After the luncheon in which the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, Xiong Qitai accompanied Shen Liben to the arranged imperial envoy's departure. Knowing that the two of them still had personal things to talk about, the other officials dispersed.
Zeng Tai, the governor of Jiangxi Province, returned to his yamen. Under the service of his long attendant, he took off his official uniform and put on his Taoist robe at home. He walked on light silk shoes and drank tea alone in the study room of his back house, drinking tea and meditating.
At today's banquet in Prince Teng's Pavilion, he also greeted Shen Liben with smiles and courtesies, but he felt very depressed. The source of his depression came from a letter he received the day before yesterday.
The letter was written to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it only said one important thing - His Royal Highness the King of Chu would go to Nanchang incognito, and ordered him to follow the instructions and make no mistakes.
The prince was both his benefactor and his monarch, so Zeng Tai naturally had to obey his orders. But looking at the collusive scene of snakes and rats at today's banquet, he was frightened. What if His Highness the King of Chu didn't show up? Second, if you don’t take responsibility, even if you are covered in iron, how many nails can you drive and still not be eaten alive by those people?
While he was feeling worried, the chief attendant reported outside: "Master, an old friend is visiting."
"What old friend?" Zeng Tai's expression changed.
"They say it comes from some kind of 'Love Mother Seven or Eight Nebula'. The villain said what kind of ghost place this is. The man said that the master will know it as soon as he hears it." Chang Sui said speechlessly. If it weren't for the master's instructions, no guests are allowed to stop them these days. , those two lunatics were driven away long ago.
"Is it the 'Love Mother Seven or Eight Nebula'?" Zeng Tai stood up suddenly. This was exactly the secret code for the meeting agreed in the prince's letter. Unexpectedly, he arrived on the same day as the imperial envoy.
"It's the 'Love Mother Seven or Eight Nebula'." Changsui couldn't help but secretly marveled. He didn't expect that the master actually knew that place.
"Hurry up and invite me. He's a fellow countryman of mine." Zeng Tai originally planned to go out to greet him in person, but he was afraid of making too much noise and attracting attention, so he invited the person in anyway.
After a while, two middle-aged men led a huge young man in. The three of them had one very striking thing in common, that is, they all had a pair of thick and thick eyebrows.
"You go down first." Zeng Taiping retreated and asked the young man tentatively: "Are you Diga?"
"Yes, I am Tiga. Believe me, you can also become light." The huge young man also answered seriously, and then asked: "Are you Uub?"
"Yes, I am Orb. I will transform into light and repel the darkness." Zeng Tai quickly replied seriously. Although this slogan is quite righteous, there is always an inexplicable sense of shame that comes from nowhere.
However, he didn't care about that much anymore. After receiving the secret signal, Natou bowed and said: "Weak minister Zeng Tai, pay homage to His Royal Highness King Jiahai of Chu!"
"Get flat." That huge boy was undoubtedly Lao Liu, and only he could come up with such an outrageous secret code for a connection.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Zeng Tai quickly thanked En and stood up, then asked softly: "When did Your Highness arrive in Nanchang?"
"I arrived yesterday and rested for a while at the inn. I wanted to come and visit Zeng Lian this morning, but unfortunately you have already made arrangements." King Chu sat down on the chair, crossed his legs and said, "I have to wait for you. Go back home and bother me again."
"Today is to greet the imperial envoy, and I dare not refuse." Zeng Tai explained: "Since I received the letter from the Crown Prince, I have been waiting for His Highness to arrive."
"You should be as busy as you should be, and don't make people think you are abnormal." His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hands and said with a smile: "This time I came to Nanchang for a private visit incognito. Do you understand?"
"Understood. It is necessary to keep it confidential and not let the person under investigation know." Zeng Tai nodded hurriedly.
"That's right." King Chu nodded and said seriously: "Liu Shenzheng is my senior brother. He also shoulders the important task of piloting the yellow book for my father. Was his death an accident or a murder? If it was a murder, who was it?
Is the mastermind behind this targeting Huang Ce? This is something I must find out during this trip."
"Wei Chen understands." Zeng Tai nodded heavily and said, "Wei Chen must fully cooperate with His Highness to clarify these matters."
"First tell me what you know about the situation." King Chu said: "I heard that it was you who made the conclusion that you drowned under the influence of alcohol?"
"Yes. The day when Liu Shenzheng's accident happened was the first day of the first lunar month. There was a holiday in the Yamen. As the inspector, the minister held a banquet to entertain all the officials. The same was true at the Yamen of the feudal lord." Zeng Tai recalled:
"It was almost evening and we were preparing to leave the banquet. Someone from the vassal office came over and said something happened. Liu Shenzheng fell into the well and drowned."
"The official was startled, and quickly called the officer on duty, and rushed to the Chief Envoy's Yamen together with the experienced Deputy Feng." Zeng Tai added: "When we arrived, Liu Shenzheng had been fished out there.
When we arrived, the scene was completely destroyed by so many people, and there were no clues."
"Deputy Ambassador Feng personally took the corpse to Liu Shenzheng for an autopsy. Oh yes, two guards from His Highness's residence were also there at the time. They supervised the entire autopsy process," Zeng Tai quickly took out a copy of the autopsy from his sleeve.
He presented the folded leaf from the Yamen to His Highness and said, "This is the corpse."
Hu Quan took it and presented it to His Highness after seeing that there was no problem. Zhu Zhen glanced at it and found that the situation was very different from what he had grasped. The death condition of the deceased was completely consistent with the characteristics of drowning, and there were no fatal injuries on the body. There were only a few scratches.
The injuries were all determined to be caused by collision with the well wall when being fished out after drowning, and were not caused during his lifetime.
Moreover, it was recorded on the corpse that the deceased had a strong smell of alcohol all over his body, so it was inferred that he died of drunkenness and drowning.
Zhu Zhen put down the corpse, tapped the paper with his fingers and asked: "Do you also agree with this conclusion?"
"Weichen was just a teacher half a year ago. He was promoted to the position of a provincial leader. He is really powerless..." Zeng Tai answered honestly: "To be honest, Weichen couldn't stop gagging when he saw the dead. How could he?"
What do you think?"
"Fuck..." Lao Liu rolled his eyes. The Ming Dynasty had stopped the imperial examinations. There was already a shortage of officials, and the situation was even worse after the empty seal case. That's why there is such a situation of people being promoted by rocket. It is normal for them to be incompetent for a while.
"So, this is the result of Deputy Ambassador Feng's leadership?" he asked.
"Yes, His Highness's two guards have no objections, right?" Zeng Tai nodded.
"I haven't seen them yet!" Lao Liu said angrily: "Have you found any other suspicions?"
"There is one thing." Zeng Taixin said that the biggest doubt was your two guards, but how could he dare to mention it? He hurriedly said: "The location of the well is not on the road between the toilet and the hall, but on the road between the toilet and the hall.
It was in a corner of the backyard of Cao Shenzheng's house, a rather remote place. The official asked at that time, why did Liu Shenzheng come here?"
"Deputy Ambassador Feng replied that it is not strange for drunk people to go anywhere. He has also encountered drunk people who went to sleep on the roof." Zeng Tai said sarcastically: "Wei Chen felt that there was something wrong with him.
It makes sense, so I don’t bother with it anymore. Other than that, I don’t see any doubts anymore.”
"I heard that someone asked Liu Shenzheng's nephew through the wall at that time, who was that person?" Lao Liu asked again.
