Covered with a cloth, his eyelids could not help but tremble and his eyes rolled around. Fear was weighing on his heart, and he could not control himself.
His thoughts were so chaotic that he was unable to make a good judgment and could only keep saying "I".
Outside, Xu Jian couldn't see Su Chang's figure, and he didn't need to look. He knew how Su Chang would react now.
Unseen, intimidated, and with his life completely in the hands of others, the fear of death is not something someone like Su Chang can bear.
This is also the reason why Xu Jian chose Suchang.
Dao Heng couldn't dig out the news, so he had to find another way.
Xu Jian was not in a hurry: "After you finish answering, someone will take you back to the shop. As long as you can hold your own, no one will know that you have been questioned. You just ate too much wine at the dinner last night and went back after sobering up in the morning." If you can't stabilize, then I can't help you, although to me, you are more useful alive than dead.
I keep my word. After all, you are a vine to me, a vine that can touch melons. What is your status with your master and Dao Heng's master?"
Heavy pressure rolled in layer by layer.
Su Chang couldn't stand it anymore, and all he could think about was "living is more useful than dying".
He wants to live, but he doesn’t live enough.
Stuttering, Su Chang said: "Wang, Wang Qi, the man who killed Dao Heng is called Wang Qi."
It's like breaking a dike. If you say the first sentence, the rest won't be difficult.
"I'm following Su Yi, but I'm just a lackey. There's no way he can tell me what Su Yi is planning."
"I only know that he is not very satisfied with the results this time. He feels that the benefits are not enough."
"I just run errands and pass on a few words, that's all."
"I have met Dao Heng before, so I know him. As for Wang Qi, I only met him for the first time on the day he took Dao Heng away."
"He came very early, as soon as my shop opened. He came straight to the point and said that he had been ordered by his master to take Dao Heng away because Dao Heng had not done anything well."
"I didn't dare to interfere with their affairs, so I just stayed in the backyard. Then Dao Heng came, and the two of them fought, and Dao Heng lost to Wang Qi."
"Wang Qi moved Dao Heng into the sedan from the back door. I knew that Dao Heng was in danger, but I didn't know what to do specifically."
"In Chenmi Hutong, I met Eunuch Tong. Su Yi asked me to give Eunuch Tong a message, saying that he was dissatisfied with what he had discussed with Honglu Temple and wanted to ask if there were any good ideas over there."
"Who is over there...I don't know, I'm just a minion and I only saw a minion."
"That's it, that's it!"
After saying this, Su Chang breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought he answered pretty well. He answered all three questions asked by the other party.
Regardless of whether the answer is accurate or not, at least it has been said.
Unexpectedly, he was answered with a low smile full of mockery.
Even though Su Chang didn't know the other party's identity or what he looked like, he could still picture a pair of sarcastic eyes in his mind.
He couldn't help but trembled all over again.
"Su Chang," the man's voice came in, every word was clear, "I am sincere, but it's a pity that you are not."
Su Chang instinctively wanted to refute.
Xu Jian tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest: "This is the first time you meet Wang Qi? Do you believe what he says?
I didn’t question it, and I didn’t give Dao Heng a warning. It sounds like you are familiar with Dao Heng.
Compared to Wang Qi, whom you don't know, Dao Heng is undoubtedly the subordinate of the person Su Yi formed an alliance with, so you don't have any bias in your heart.
Are you so easy to deceive? Su Yi knows you are such a fool, how can he make you do things?
Is there no one in you Gu Yue?"
Su Chang's throat tightened, as if someone was strangling him tightly.
At this moment, he realized once again that the person who captured him was difficult to deal with.
The first sentence he pointed out to Wang Qi was a frightened truth. When he continued to speak, he calmed down a little and did not reveal everything.
If we can get him out, we won't ruin Su Yi's affairs.
But those few words he made up in a hurry were obviously full of loopholes in the other party's ears.
The other party only pointed out the first question now and did not mention the last two. It seems that it is not because he did not hear the problem, but that the order of settling accounts must be paid attention to.
Sincerity...
Can he really make that person be sincere three times?
Su Chang didn't dare to gamble anymore.
"It is indeed not the first time I have met Wang Qi," Su Chang gave up the fabrication. "The first time I met him was in Su Yi's tent. It seems that it was the year before last. He came to see Su Yi once, but what exactly did he talk about?
,I really don’t know.
I only met him face to face, and Su Yi introduced him and said Wang Qi’s name.
So Wang Qi came to visit me that day and wanted to use my shop to lure Dao Heng, so I didn't care.
I told him, if you want to kill someone, don't do it in my shop. I still want to do business openly.
Wang Qi probably also looked out for Su Yi and just knocked the person unconscious and beat him away.
I don’t know much about Wang Qi. I have only seen him twice in total. I know that he is very good at martial arts. He is always a knife in their place. When they want to kill people, Wang Qi is usually the one who takes action."
After saying these words, Su Chang did not dare to waste his sincerity and continued speaking honestly.
"It's true that Mr. Tong is there in Chenmi Hutong. I'm not lying. Su Yi and the court were not satisfied with the discussion and urged the other party to come up with more ideas. The other party kept passing the buck, which made Su Yi very unhappy."
"I finally met Eunuch Tong, and he also practiced Tai Chi with me. I couldn't even deal with Su Yi."
"If you know so many things, you must also know that the conditions Gu Yue negotiated with you in the end are actually just like that."
"However, Eunuch Tong mentioned it and said that Su Yi came late. If he had come to Beijing for talks last year, he could have given some pressure by getting married. He would have asked the princess who was dear to the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager did not agree.
, Your Majesty will have to give in to us more or less, but it’s a pity that it’s too late, the princess is engaged to be engaged.”
Su Chang was talking to himself. He couldn't see or feel it. The person standing behind him, blindfolding him and holding the cloth, turned his head once when he heard this.
Shen Chen hurriedly looked outside, then looked back.
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He couldn't see Xu Jian.
But he thought that their master might not be in a good mood.
Even if Gu Yue doesn't really have any intention of getting married, if you talk about it with the princess, their master will definitely be in the mood.
This is normal.
Su Chang added: "As for the people doing business with Su Yi, it's not that I'm hiding it, it's that I really don't know.
Su Yijuan couldn't possibly tell me such an important matter, and I didn't dare to ask.
But the other party can command the chamberlain, which shows that his status is extraordinary.
If you really want to know, then just do what you just said, put me back, let me be the vine, stay in the shop, and see if you can touch the melon along the way.
These are all the truth, really the truth."
This time, Xu Jian did not question Su Chang's lack of sincerity.
He leaned back in his chair, frowning slightly.
He knows about "marriage".
The little princess mentioned that there must be something behind the illness of the empress dowager in the late winter and early spring of the twelfth year of Yongjia. After pushing and pushing, it should be the marriage.
Gu Yue used her as an excuse, but the Empress Dowager was reluctant and angry. After the matter was over, she decided to get married to her.
No matter how bad Xu Jian is in walking and wheelchair-bound, it is better than being plotted against.
However, I guessed it, it was indeed very unpleasant to hear it from Gu Yue, such as Su Chang.
However, no matter how unhappy he is, he will not reveal his clues in front of Su Chang.
Su Chang is in panic now. After he escapes and calms down, if he is allowed to taste something from this conversation...
It is true that the person behind the scenes "saw" him.
After so many confrontations, the opponent was forced to abandon Dao Heng. If the opponent was unaware, how could he and Lin Yunyan be driven to a dead end in the past?
The person behind the scenes has his abilities and capabilities, and is by no means easy to deal with or fool.
Xu Jian knows this very well.
Abandoning Dao Heng will not make the opponent happy to be able to get rid of some constraints, but will make him angry and test him more.
"Seeing" him does not mean that you understand his thoughts, and the subsequent confrontation will be more intense.
Therefore, every step must be more cautious.
If the clues dug out are less than the sacrifices given, then it is a profitable business.
Xu Jian's goal is to earn more than the opponent every time and let the opponent lose a little.
"That father-in-law Tong," Xu Jian asked, "how much do you know? To be honest, I didn't think of anyone with an unusual status who had a father-in-law named Tong next to him."<
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"I didn't tell lies," Su Chang said hurriedly, "He claimed that his surname was Tong. If he made a mistake, he lied to me.
He, he looks to be in his forties, he is quite thin, and his eyes are slender.
I don’t know how to describe him. He is different from Wang Qi. Wang Qi still has a scar that can be recognized, but Eunuch Tong really has no characteristics.
He speaks in a high-pitched voice, and he behaves like a eunuch."
Su Chang racked his brains and tried his best to recall: "By the way, he doesn't drink wine. When we were talking about things in the house that day, I drank two glasses and poured him wine, but he didn't drink a sip.
I don’t think he knows how to drink, it seems he just doesn’t want to drink with me.
He must look down on a little guy like me."
After Xu Jian listened, he asked again: "How long has Su Yihe been doing business here?"
"I..." Su Chang subconsciously said "I don't know". There was a moment of hesitation when the words came to his mouth, and it was no longer possible to cover it up.
He has already said so much, there is no need for him to hide any more.
If you get another stamp of "disloyalty" because of this, all that you just said will be in vain.
After breaking the jar, Su Chang said: "Su Yi has been an official for almost twenty years. In the first few years, he was a newcomer with no qualifications and background.
Fifteen or sixteen years ago, Gu Yue also had a group of envoys come to your capital. When the Soviet Union held a conference on Chinese language, he was selected as an envoy.
After this trip, he gradually got better. He has been able to cope with the ups and downs in recent years.
I'm not sure of the specific situation, but I guess it was probably him who visited at that time and got in touch with powerful people."
Su Chang couldn't remember the specific time, but Xu Jian was able to recall it.
He sat in the Ministry of Rites for so many days and accompanied His Royal Highness to read so many boring old documents, including information on the reception of envoys over the years.
In the autumn of the twenty-fifth year of Taixing, envoys from Gu Yue visited the capital.
It seemed calm that year, but perhaps, the underwater tide had already appeared.
The two may not necessarily be in cahoots at that time, but it should be a beginning and eventually lead to today.
There are still few clues, but it still gave Xu Jian some inspiration.
Compared with the wise king who was sizing him up in the Jinluan Palace today, and the Jin Wang who was having a good conversation all the way, Prince Ping Li Ren was much less suspicious.
Prince Ping is the emperor's uncle and the brother of the late emperor.
In the twenty-fifth year of Taixing, as a brother whom Emperor Taixing valued at that time, even if he had other ideas, he still looked down upon the fledgling Su Yi.
When it comes to doing business, Prince Ping will have a good choice instead of waiting for Su Yi to show his prominence after so many years.
Furthermore, Su Yi now dares to express his "dissatisfaction" directly and urges the company to come up with more ideas, which shows that this business was relatively "equal" back then.
One is a Gu Yue official who wants to stand out, and the other is an ordinary prince who is planning to seize the throne and is suppressed by the emperor's eldest son Li Cang, so this business can be done.
Seeing that Su Chang couldn't ask any more questions, Xu Jian tapped her knuckles on the armrest three times.
Shen Chen inside heard this and stuffed the strip of cloth back into Su Chang's mouth, but did not take off the blindfold.
Su Chang began to tremble again, until he was struck by a knife and completely passed out.
Shenchen exited the ear room.
Xu Jian whispered: "Send him back quietly, I'll go to the Yamen."
Shen Chen is in a bit of a dilemma.
Xuan Su is not here, and he doesn’t follow him either, which is outrageous.
Xu Jian saw his look in her eyes and chuckled: "It doesn't matter, it's just a few steps away."
After getting on the sedan chair, Xu Jian went to Shuntian Mansion.
He took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and it was Wang Qi's portrait on it.
Xu Jianding stared for a while, it was time to avenge Shen Chen.
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In the back office, Shan Shen was still worried, and the progress in Sidao Hutong was not optimistic.
Xu Jian entered the room and closed the door.
The light in the room dimmed, and Master Shan said without raising his head: "The light is blocked."
The door did not open, only a piece of paper was pressed in front of him.
Shan Shen glanced at the portrait, frowned and raised his head: "Who is this person?"
Xu Jian said directly: "The murderer who killed Dao Heng."
"Master Guo, are you sure?" Shan Shen was extremely surprised, "How do you know? Who witnessed it? What is his name? Where is he?"
"You can't catch it," Xu Jian said very straightforwardly, "Didn't Master Shan just say that yesterday? Once the fruit is harvested, let the Yamen collect it when it's good. It's useless to dig it up any more."
Shan Shen's face turned pale.
He did say that.
He also knew that Dao Heng was thrown out to tease him.
"The purpose of killing Dao Heng is to block the Yamen. The exposed chess pieces are useless," Xu Jian clicked on the portrait with her fingertips. "If this one is also exposed, do you think it will be abolished?"
As shrewd as Shan Shen, how could he not understand what Xu Jian meant?
You can't catch them, but you can force them to be useless.
Even if the other party doesn't throw people out to deal with the Yamen this time, at least it will be enough to disgust the other party.
It makes no sense, only their Shuntian Mansion is disgusted.
He can't solve the case, but he can make the people behind it angry.
Shan Shen, who had been in the Yamen for so many days, was tired and angry, so he had to retaliate.
Thinking about this, Shan Shen glanced at Xu Jian again.
He and Xu Jian have worked together several times, and he believes that the young Duke will not use public affairs for personal gain in these cases, make up a murderer at random, and involve irrelevant people.
Duke Fuguo said that this person is the murderer, so he must be.
As for how to determine...
It’s not that Shan Shen is not curious, but he can endure this curiosity.
Everyone has their own way.
Duke Fu was able to lead them directly to Wang Liu's residence in the sixth year, but now he can also expose the murderer directly in front of him.
As a Bodhisattva, just spirit will do.
He just worships the Bodhisattva and offers incense, but he still cares how the Bodhisattva appears?
"Since you said so," Shan Shen smiled, "I'll have someone release the reward."
In the afternoon, Su Chang sat in the backyard of the spice shop on West Street in a daze.
He didn't know how he came back, but he knew that he should have escaped.
The person who kidnapped him kept his promise and sent him back in the morning.
The shopkeeper just asked him why he hadn't seen anyone before, so Su Chang followed the prepared excuse and pushed it to last night's banquet.
I ate too much and got drunk, so I didn’t come back all night.
The smell of alcohol on his body did not reveal anything.
He thought that as long as he deceived both sides, he would be safe.
But for some reason, Xu Shizhen was frightened to death, and he was always in a state of anxiety.
Until there were hurried footsteps ahead, the door was pushed open, and the shopkeeper looked at him: "My boss!"
Su Chang was shocked: "What's wrong?"
"A notice has been posted in the city offering a reward," the shopkeeper said. "To catch the murderer, the man in the portrait is the one who came to the shop that day. Him, how did he reveal his secret? How did he get targeted by the Yamen? The Yamen will not find out about our shop.
Come on?"
Su Chang's face turned pale, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
After a long while, he said: "Don't scare yourself, wait until the Yamen comes."
No one from the yamen came until it got dark and the shop closed.
In the dead of night, in a house, Cheng Xi was kneeling on the ground, shrinking his neck and not daring to make a sound.
In front of Cheng Xi, the master looked extremely ugly, and there was a broken tea bowl on the ground not far away.
"Wang Qi will also miss?" the master asked.
Cheng Xi didn’t dare to talk to her at all.
Dao Heng was killed by Wang Qi, but the thing was not done well enough. The Shuntian Mansion actually found out the clues, and his facial features were directly painted on the reward.
This is a mistake.
"Where are the others?" the master asked again.
Cheng Xi could only say: "In his room."
"Go and see him," the master said coldly, "let him think carefully about how he failed? I have raised him for so many years, not to raise a waste!"
Cheng Xi responded and crawled out using his hands and feet.
When I climbed to the door, I was stopped by Jin Guiren again.
"You know what to do after asking, right?"
Cheng Xi's teeth were chattering and her voice was shaking: "I know, little one."
"That's good," Jin Guiren said, "don't miss it again, one after another, what are you saying?"
Cheng Xi was scared to death, but she couldn't help but ask: "Should we still send him away?"
"Send it?" Jin Guiren sneered, "Can you send it without anyone noticing? Just dispose of it here, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys."
Happy success.
When he got out the door, he breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter how he handles it here, at least he doesn't have to worry about "missing it".
Just as I was thinking about it, there was another crisp sound inside.
He heard it, and the master smashed another teacup.
