The officials who were originally talking to each other in twos and threes suddenly fell silent.
After a while, Yu Chengan's voice was the only voice in the entire court.
Everyone was stunned, obviously it was difficult to turn around for a while.
It's like the busyness of the past few days has turned my head into a ball of mush, and I can't even understand a few words.
Suddenly, there was a "click" sound.
One of the bookkeepers failed to hold the pen steady and dropped it to the ground, breaking the silence.
Then, the boulder, like a pool of water, immediately exploded.
"Father, father-in-law?"
"Zeng Cong is the father-in-law? No way? It doesn't look like it!"
"Wanted? Li Du's group? Who is he in the portrait?"
"Where are the portraits? Where are the stacks of portraits? Hurry up and pair them together!"
"What's right? Whether it's father-in-law or not, you'll know as soon as you take off your pants."
Zeng Cong's face turned the color of pig liver: "Young general, don't be joking, everyone's walking posture is different, how can you say that to me?"
Yu Chengan laughed: "My father-in-law is not right.
I can even see the slightest difference between crickets. For such a big person, I can tell when your legs are crooked.
Do you really think that if you were stabbed like that when you were a child, you will be exactly the same as a healthy person when you grow up?"
Zeng Cong:……
He turned around and stared at Yu Chengan, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of Magistrate Tian beside him.
Magistrate Tian touched his chin, looking curiously at his lower body, which made Zeng Cong even more angry.
The magistrate of Xiangtian County doesn't care whether Zeng Cong is angry or not.
He was just wondering what was "different" about it.
General Yu said that walking a few steps can make a difference. Why couldn't Zeng Cong see it at all when he had been in the yamen for so long?
Maybe he hasn't met any father-in-law before?
Ji Guang stepped forward and said to Yu Chengan in a low voice: "Are you sure you didn't admit your mistake? Take off your pants. If he is not short of weight, you will not be able to explain."
Yu Chengan was full of confidence: "It's okay if they don't believe it. You haven't heard of my ability to teach crickets in Beijing?"
Ji Guang couldn't laugh or cry.
I did hear a lot.
A clerk came in carrying a stack of portraits.
Magistrate Tian took it and stood next to Zeng Cong, showing them one by one for comparison.
"It's not this one, it doesn't look like this one either. What about this one? It doesn't seem right either."
Yu Fu said hurriedly: "Sir, the young general said that he has changed his appearance. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it right. I need to wash his face first."
The clerk next to him was very active and immediately went to fetch water again.
Yu Chengan told them: "His name is Cheng Xi, Li Du's right-hand man, and he is very famous."
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Tian quickly flipped through the pages again, put out Cheng Xi's portrait, and took a closer look.
It has to be said that there is almost no similarity in facial features between Zeng Cong and Cheng Xi in front of me. Even if Zeng Cong himself stood outside the yamen with a portrait, the yamen officials would not rush to arrest him.
Magistrate Tian became more and more curious. It seemed reasonable to say that father-in-laws walked in different postures, but there were many wanted father-in-laws. How could General Yu determine their identity?
Yu Cheng'an saw Magistrate Tian's doubts and explained: "As I said, you should not only look at the facial features of a person, but also the bones. If Mr. Tian has been studying crickets for many years like me, he can also look at the skin and bones."
Magistrate Tian complimented him but shook his head in his heart.
Not to mention whether crickets have bones or not, if he had spent many years thinking about crickets, he would not be a county magistrate now.
When the basin was brought up, Ji Guang took matters into his own hands and used his strong hands to round and flatten Zeng Cong's face.
Thinking of his family being plotted against by Li Du, Ji Guang acted harshly, and Zeng Cong's face became red.
He didn't know what he was using to modify his appearance. It was difficult to wipe it clean with water, and Ji Guang's face was stained with spots after a lot of effort.
He was so angry that he didn't want to do the hard work anymore, so he bent down and took off Zeng Cong's pants.
"Ouch!"
"It's really empty!"
"What a father-in-law!"
There was no wind at the court table, but Zeng Cong felt a piece of ice between his buttocks, as if a cold wind was blowing through him.
"I, I am an eunuch!" he cried, "but who said that eunuchs are from Li Du's group?
When I was a child, my family was poor, and my father wanted me to be a chamberlain, but he didn't know how to do it, so he took it upon himself to stab me.
I managed to survive with great difficulty, and since my family has improved, I no longer want to sell my property..."
"Stop making up stories," Yu Cheng'an clicked his tongue and shook his head, "Any tea doctor in the capital can tell more interesting stories than you. You, a eunuch, were captured in Chengyuan. Whether you admit it or not, you will be escorted back to the capital, but you are here
What I wanted to do failed!
You are Li Du's confidant, you know in your mind whether the things he entrusts you are important or not.
Now it has failed, whether you admit it or not, you have failed."
Zeng Cong clenched his teeth tightly, and no longer concealed the hatred in his eyes, he stared at Yu Chengan.
His eyes changed. He was no longer Zeng Cong, who behaved according to the rules and never complained about suffering or tiredness, but Cheng Xi, the father-in-law who gave orders to Li Du next to him.
Magistrate Tian asked: "Little general, are we sending this person to Beijing, or..."
Yu Chengan discussed with Ji Guang and said, "Let's take him away."
Yu Fu asked people to bring torture instruments and asked Yu Chengan and Ji Guang to take Cheng Xi into custody.
"My right arm," Yu Fu murmured, worried, "This right arm is in our Chengyuan County. Where is the rebel Li Du now? Is he hiding here too?"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
How old is Chengyuan?
If Li Du makes trouble in their Chengyuan, wouldn't they all be doomed?
Magistrate Tian hurriedly stopped the discussion: "Starting tomorrow, we will search every house, including every village and town below. Send a letter to Jing'an City immediately to inform the prefect!"
Yu Chengan and Ji Guang exchanged a look.
They had heard Xu Jian's inference that if Li Du wanted to seize the throne, he would most likely stay in the Gyeonggi area.
Cheng Xi, as Li Du's confidant, was indeed very suspicious when Cheng Yuan appeared thousands of miles away. He was even bold enough to sneak into the Yamen.
If you want to collect grain transportation information and clarify the location of the granary, there are other ways to do this, or someone else can do it, and Chengxi doesn't need to come forward.
Is it possible that there will still be no able-bodied people around Li Du?
A father-in-law was involved in danger. Once he was captured and his pants were taken off, all his words would be useless.
It's impossible for Li Du not to understand this, but Cheng Xi still came, unless there was another agenda.
Yu Cheng'an and the other two couldn't figure out the whole story, so naturally they couldn't let Chengyuan Yamen go out of their way to search Li Du. If they gave wrong opinions, no one would bear the consequences.
only……
"Just don't let the search take up all your energy," Yu Fu suggested to Magistrate Tian. "Ensuring supply transportation is always the most important thing."
The two have been colleagues for several years and have a tacit understanding.
"That's right, that's right!" Magistrate Tian glared at Cheng Xi and said to Yu Fu, "What if they make false claims and we are fooled, then..."
Cheng Xi was caught red-handed, and the manpower sent from Jing'an City with him was also very tight.
"I'm really a local from Jing'an. I live here..."
"I'm not familiar with Zeng Cong, no, I'm not familiar with this father-in-law. Oh yes, I'm healthy and I can take off my pants by myself."
"He and I are definitely not on the same side, otherwise my whole family would be struck by lightning!"
My eyes passed over those people and I only looked at their expressions and attitudes. There was no one who seemed strange.
Yu Cheng'an didn't say much, left the follow-up matters to Chengyuan Yamen, and took Cheng Xi away with Ji Guang.
Yu Fu sent it all the way out.
While Ji Guang threw the tightly tied Cheng Xi onto his horse, Yu Chengan asked Yu Fu in a low voice: "Where is Mr. Yu's home in Qiping Hutong in the capital, right?"
Yu Fu looked at him doubtfully: "Young general, does he know?"
"I know," Yu Cheng'an said, "I have a good relationship with Duke Fu. His wife, Princess Ning'an, is a good friend of Master Yu's niece. We have met in Duke's Mansion before."
"So it's like this," Yu Fu sighed, "I am an official here, and the capital is handed over to my two younger brothers. The family is actually doing well. It's just the matter of my niece and sister that is always stuck in my heart. Alas, if I don't talk about this,
Don’t talk about this! Don’t worry, young general, Chengyuan will do his best to do what Jingzhong and Yumen have told him to do.”
Yu Chengan said thank you for your hard work.
The two fast horses left the county town and arrived at the garrison.
When Ji Xin heard that Cheng Xi had been captured, he rushed over in three steps and asked fiercely: "Where is your master?"
Cheng Xi kept silent and didn't answer.
Ji Xin was so angry that he wanted to just draw the knife and chop the person, but fortunately his son stopped him.
Seeing this, Yu Cheng'an knew that it would be better to let Ji Xin "out of sight but out of mind", so he said: "I will escort him back to Yumen first and hand him over to the marshal and Duke Fu for questioning."
Ji Xin did not refuse and only asked him to call in more people.
"I'm not worried about this dead eunuch, I'm just worried that he will have reinforcements coming to save him, and you will suffer a loss on your own."
Yu Cheng'an agreed and agreed to go quickly and come back quickly to catch up with Ji Xin as soon as possible.
On the starry night, the horses gallop.
In order to take Cheng Xi with him, Yu Chengan also took off the saddle.
Cheng Xi's stomach was pressed against the horse's back as he jolted all the way to Yumen. He was so dizzy that he couldn't even spit out sour water.
When he was thrown by his collar in front of Xu Jian and Dingbei Hou, he seemed to have half his life left.
"What is this?" Dingbeihou came up to observe.
"Chengxi, the great chamberlain beside Li Du." Yu Chengan told the story of how he discovered him.
"Lurking in the Chengyuan County Government Office?" Dingyuan Hou felt a chill on his neck and couldn't help but look at Xu Jian.
What Xu Jian said was absolutely correct.
Li Du just wanted to get food and grass, so he arranged for Cheng Xi to come to Chengyuan.
If Yu Chengan hadn't seen through it at a glance, the consequences would have been disastrous!
The Marquis of Dingbei was too busy to ask questions. Cheng Xi collapsed on the ground, as motionless as mud, and did not answer any questions.
Xu Jian sat down and said slowly: "Xiaoci Hutong, where I caught Eunuch Tong."
Cheng Xi didn't respond.
Xu Jian said to himself: "I felt strange at that time. Although Eunuch Tong has lived in the house for a long time and no one has seen him outside, and he seems to be very safe, once he is found on the head and takes off his pants, he cannot make excuses.
.
This is a dead end. Li Du seems to value Eunuch Tong very much, why should he let him fend for himself?
Later I figured it out: Eunuch Tong was not an abandoned son, he was bait.
The fact that he can stay in Xiaoci Hutong means that Su Chang didn't betray Su Yi, and Su Yi didn't betray Li Du, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jian saw Cheng Xi's eyes moving violently.
Cheng Xi tried his best to control it, but failed, so that his whole face looked tense.
"Unfortunately, there are very few people who know Eunuch Tong, but there are a few who know Little Mouse. He was not unjustly arrested." Xu Jian laughed, "What about you, Cheng Xi? You go to Chengyuan to do it.
What? You are also disabled, Li Du would not make such a mistake."
At this time, Cheng Xi's breathing was tight.
Then, he heard Xu Jian's last words: "Unless you are here to die."
Dingbei Hou was stunned for a moment and looked at Cheng Xi in astonishment.
Yu Chengan also took a breath, his thoughts moving rapidly.
Xu Jian continued: "You have decided to die, but there is a saying that 'even if you die, you have to find someone to support you.' If a right-hand man like you died without value, wouldn't he die in vain?
Therefore, Li Du will definitely let you die a worthy death.
Let me think about it, two gold bricks can't bring down the Dingbeihou Mansion. His Majesty knows it well and will not change his generals just because of that little frame-up.
And Li Du would like to prove this slander, setting fire to the granary and so on. The excitement is lively, serious and serious, but there are many people and mixed eyes. Dingbei Marquis is just very difficult to explain, not completely unable to explain.
Unless, pairs of eyes saw the private interactions between the Ji family and Li Du.
Is this right? You are lurking in Chengyuan. Will you be ordered to come to Yumen to deliver a message in a few days, or will you go to meet Ji Guang and his son who are heading to Jing'an?
You paid your respects, started a fuss, attracted a group of people to surround you, and your identity was discovered again.
How can an able-bodied person be convicted?
You must be the chamberlain, and you must be Chengxi. The final word is final."
Cheng Xi bit her lip and bled.
At this moment, in addition to hatred, he also felt annoyed.
Their plan was completely seen through by Xu Jian.
He remembered what his master had said before.
"Xu Jian, he does have ideas. I underestimated him before!"
This sentence echoed over and over again in his mind.
The master asked him to come to Jingzhou and arranged a suitable identity for him. He was successfully sent to Chengyuan by Jing'an Yamen and settled in Chengyuan.
After that, he only needs to hand over all the information he has, burn it when it is necessary, and then let people see him having a "secret conversation" with Ji Xin, and everything that follows will fall into place.
Yumen will definitely change his commander, and the morale of the army will be shaken because Dingbeihou joins forces with Li Du.
The border situation is not smooth, and it is closely related to the situation in the capital city, affecting the whole body.
As long as there is enough chaos, things will be easier for the master later on.
It's a pity that Cheng Xi had calculated everything, but he didn't expect to kill Yu Cheng'an.
Of course he knew that Yu Chengan came to Yumen, but he changed his appearance.
Unless he is an extremely familiar person, he would not be able to recognize him at all. He and Yu Chengan only met once two years ago. Let alone being familiar with each other, it is hard to say whether they still remember him.
But reality gave Cheng Xi a slap in the face.
Yu Chengan not only came to Chengyuan, but also remembered him, and even saw through him through his disguise!
What a joke!
When he first met Yu Chengan, it was just for a cricket.
If it wasn't to please the little master, why would he buy crickets?
As a result, that cricket interrupted their current layout!
