The official from the Ministry of Justice did not expect that Shen Tang would suddenly attack. He was hit from the front without warning. His chest felt as if he had been stepped on by a wild beast, and he immediately vomited a mouthful of blood.
Shen Tang's apricot eyes were cold and stern: "Capture him alive!"
Two personal guards lifted up the official from the Ministry of Justice, who had almost collapsed into a puddle of flesh. Shen Tang raised his hand and transformed into a long, narrow sword with a simple aura. The blade of the sword was pressed against the neck of the official from the Ministry of Justice, and he was struck with the blade. He raised his chin, and the anger in his chest was rampant: "You are very brave, you actually dare to take the risk and come back!"
Brokers are the eyes and ears specially arranged by the other party.
This action not only controls Shen Tang's movements, but also deliberately misleads her to the so-called clues, making her suspect that the mastermind of the official debt is Jinli County Sheriff. Once this judgment is made, out of caution, Shen Tang will naturally not directly Contact Jinli Official Office.
It would then logically lead to the so-called flower boat clue.
As for informing Captain Zhechong of Shen Tang's identity in advance, it was also to mislead Shen Tang. There was a problem with Captain Zhechong's identity, which attracted her attention to the latter and muddied the waters.
In this way, the delay was successfully delayed for three days.
Kang Shi came back and saw this scene.
The official of the Ministry of Punishment was captured. His face turned pale, half of his face was blurred by the blood he spat out, and his breath was unstable. He had obviously suffered serious internal injuries. He had some impression of this person. He was the commander of the Ministry of Punishment, Shi Shi, and remembered his character. Shen Yi is taciturn, gentle and gentle.
In the blink of an eye, countless guesses flashed through Kang Shi's mind.
The one with the strongest presence among them——
There is a traitor in the Ministry of Justice and has been infiltrated by the enemy!
The second guess is that someone stole the identity of the minister and sneaked into the Ministry of Justice with evil intentions. No matter which way it is, Kang Shi, as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, is responsible for the lack of supervision.
He waved his hands to surround the area.
It only took four or five breaths from Shen Tang's kick at the door to Kang Shi's attack. Shi, the commander of the Bibu Department, also recovered his breath. He looked up at Shen Tang with a blood-stained face and said mockingly: "Master, I don't care. Is this a benevolent ruler who kills subordinate officials indiscriminately?"
The teeth were stained red with blood mixed with saliva.
His eyes were astonishingly bright.
"They are all thousand-year-old foxes, what kind of gossip are you playing with me?" The sword in Shen Tang's hand was surprisingly stable, and he was not at all bewitched by the Commander of the Bibu Command, "You don't want to admit your identity? That's fine, Ji Shou, you will use this Drag the corpse out and break it into bone powder! Then put it in a pot and make soup for her to drink and see if she recognizes it!"
The "corpse" Shen Tang mentioned was the one dug up from the mass grave. Although Kang Shi thought this move was horrifying and cruel, he did not refute, but solemnly ordered people to take the body away. Commander Bibu When Shi saw this, his ridicule turned into overwhelming anger!
"you dare?"
"Do you think I dare? Do you think I'm some good man and woman who can still be good-tempered and not care about being provoked at the door? Isn't that right, an oiran lady?" Shen Tang sneered and revealed the true identity of Commander Shi of the Bibu Division, "Or Say, Liu Changshi?"
This information shocked Kang Shi and turned his head to look at Ling Shi.
The latter had no fear when his identity was revealed.
The edge of the Mother Sword made a small gash in her neck, and a small bright red snake snaked out and sank into her collar.
Shen Tang's seemingly calm tone revealed the volcano that had been suppressed for a long time: "You probably didn't expect that the body buried in the mass grave would be your sister, and not the censor Zheng Yu who was brutally killed by you... You are I’m not really looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to digging up the grave according to the clue of the broker, and what I dig up is not a clue, but Zheng Yu who has been missing for a long time. What kind of expression will it look like on my face?”
Ling Shi looked at Shen Tang blankly and suddenly grinned.
He showed a crazy and somewhat regretful smile.
"Yeah, it's a pity that I didn't see it. You know, I saw Zheng Yu's body buried with my own eyes, but I didn't expect that a traitor would appear..." When he mentioned "traitor", the man's face showed an undisguised expression. Dislike, "Not enough to get things done——"
Shen Tang went straight to the point: "Where is the food, grass and money?"
Ling Shi chuckled like bubbles escaped from his throat, looked at Shen Tang with mocking eyes, and said in a sinister manner: "I thought the king was talented and could find out if I thought about it. Now that I have been spared, is there no clue? Hahaha. , will I say it?”
Shen Tang moved the sword in his hand forward a little: "You don't have to tell me, I can only guarantee that you will enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment alive."
The blood was dripping, making Shi Ming not afraid.
She laughed and coughed up a mouthful of blood: "I can survive even hell on earth, let alone a mere prison of the Kangguo Criminal Department!"
Seeing that she was not getting enough, Shen Tang added coldly.
"Gao Guo."
Shi's smile suddenly froze.
Shen Tang lowered his eyes slightly: "You should be from the Northern Desert. Although the two places trade with each other, the leader of the border army is Gong Shuwu. He has no father or mother, no wife, no children, no daughters. The trick you used in Jinli County We failed to buy it off. It was not feasible to transport things out via this route, so the neighboring Gao Kingdom became the best target. The relationship between Kang State and Gao State has been good in recent years."
The two countries exchange supplies, and trade management is not strict. It is the best choice for materials to be diverted to the Northern Desert through this road. Shen Tang is more than half sure that the things embezzled in the name of official debts are in Gao Guo. Half sure, Shen Tang spoke with great confidence.
The tip of her eyebrows raised an arc: "With the friendship between Kang and Gao, do you think I can recover the loss?"
Although the deep love between Shen Tang and Wu Xian is plastic, the relationship between countries only depends on interests. Shen Tang has developed rapidly and strongly in recent years, and Wu Xian has also benefited a lot from it. In addition, he is He comes from an orthodox family and sincerely looks down on Bei Mo and his ilk. It is impossible for him to secretly form an alliance with Bei Mo and harm Shen Tang's interests. Just a letter may be enough to restore the loss.
It's just that time is tight, so I hope it will be half and half.
As soon as these words came out, Ling Shi ignored the sword edge that was still pressed against her chin, lowered her head and laughed, the rise and fall of her chest gradually increasing.
Her smile changed from deep to flamboyant to sarcastic. She didn't care about the sword wound on her neck at all. She let the blood spurt out and wet her collar. Zhang Yang laughed: "Haha... then you try. Why don't you try? It's because you also You’re not completely sure, right?”
Shen Tang's expression suddenly became serious.
Ling Shi laughed so hard that tears came to his eyes.
Shen Tang took back the Mother Sword, and blood dripped from the tip of the sword: "Push the person down, no matter the cost, as long as you can get words out of her mouth, Wangchao will take care of it."
The personal guards escorted Ling Shi down.
Ling Shi was seriously injured and it was difficult to even walk at this moment.
She was dragged past Shen Tang, and Ling Shi finally stopped laughing: "Do you know how my sister died?"
The guard caught Shen Tang's look and stopped.
Although Ling Shi looks like a man at this moment, his voice is exactly the same as that of the court lady yesterday: "...My sister and I are twin sisters. She was sold into the flower boat, and within two years she became the mainstay of the flower boat. Anyway, , but she survived after all, and His Highness the King of the Kingdom ordered that the flower boat be banned and that the flower girl be released to a good place and regain her freedom, why did she die miserably instead?"
Ling Shi's face turned ferocious as the last sentence ended.
She smiled sinisterly and turned to look at Shen Tang.
"Did you see the injuries on her body?"
Shen Tang glanced at Ling Shi: "Take him down for interrogation!"
Ling Shi alone can't handle such a big game. Shen Tang wants to know her status and identity in Beimo, and wants to know what happened inside the Gao Kingdom - Haha, I hope Wu Zhaode won't let her down, otherwise he will be destroyed. He is next in Beimo!
Not long after, Yu Zi led someone to bring a corpse.
"Kang Shangshu, a body was found in the well."
This corpse is the real history of the Ministry of Justice.
Kang Shi knelt down and looked at the criminal official Shi who had his throat cut with a knife, and said solemnly: "The person who was arrested should have a scribe similar to Yuan Liang. With such a perfect disguise, he didn't even recognize her when we met him. 'is fake……"
He stood up and told Yu Zi: "You must pay special attention when interrogating this person, and you must not let her golden cicada escape from her shell."
Yu Zi cupped her hands and said, "Yes!"
Kang Shi looked at Shen Tang, who was standing next to the white skeleton: "How did the Lord know that this person would come at this moment?"
Why don't you rush to run after such a big thing?
It will actually turn back.
Shen Tang: "Because I found out about the owner of the bones, the intelligence said that she was the star of the flower boat. She was released to a good place a few years ago and married Niu Er. For the money in her hands, Niu Er was kind to her at first, but soon She almost exposed her true nature and squandered all her money, and her life quickly returned to the original embarrassment. She couldn't get the money out, so Niu Er used her as a punching bag."
Niu Er likes to use violence when he is drunk.
One time he hit Hua Niang on the head.
She is crazy, sometimes sober and sometimes chaotic.
When Niu Er's family couldn't watch her, she ran wildly on the street. A crazy woman was very dangerous outside. Niu Er soon discovered that her belly was getting bigger day by day.
She gave birth in the cold winter last year.
On the day when the amniotic water broke, I was lucky enough to be saved by a female doctor who was passing by. I gave birth to the baby without any risk, and my mind became much clearer.
And her death...
It was true as the broker said that she suddenly went crazy and went to the street to scold Shen Tang for not having a son, and was tortured and silenced.
"... Her body was thrown into a mass grave by Niu Er's family. Someone buried her body and buried her in the ground. The sister of the twins, the one just now, probably also found out the whereabouts of her sister, and will The corpse in the tomb was replaced by Zheng Yu."
This move is not without provocation.
It can be considered as a face-to-face opening.
However, Zheng Yu's bones were replaced midway.
Kang Shi frowned: "Who changed it?"
This question was soon answered. The person who secretly exchanged the bodies, Shen Tang, had a relationship with her. She was the female soldier who led the search on the flower boat despite Captain Zhechong's orders.
Why did Shen Tang know?
Because the female soldiers recruited themselves.
To be precise, it was her suicide note.
There were many people in Zhechong Mansion who fell into the official debt scam. When the scam was exposed, everyone was in chaos, and no one found out about the female soldier. When she was discovered, she had already died in her house. The body was cold for a long time, and the body was pressed down. Writing a suicide note.
Before the female soldier joined the army, she was a rough sweeper in the kitchen behind the flower boat.
When the oiran was released to a good family, he also spent money to buy her deed of prostitution, allowing her to be free. She had a lot of strength, and unexpectedly got a recruitment quota. In addition, the women's camp paid well, so she thought of going to the military camp to try her luck. Thoughts about the future.
In this world, a woman has no one to rely on and her life is difficult, so the oiran prepares generous expenses for her.
Female soldiers leave for two or three years.
The oiran's experience also caused the two to lose contact.
When the two met again, it was already the cold winter of last year. The Oiran had been tortured so much that he was in disfigured shape, and could no longer see the appearance of the original magnificent pillar. In order to repay her kindness and help the Oiran, the female soldier planned to separate the Oiran and Niu Er. But Niu Er refused.
The lion opened his mouth and asked for a sum of money, his triangular eyes full of calculations: [I only need this amount to get a job, as long as you can afford it, you can take this woman away!]
The savings of female soldiers are far from enough.
But she still agreed.
She quickly found the way to get the money.
The profits from official debt are astonishingly high and can be collected quickly.
The female soldier told the oiran the good news, but the oiran sensed something was wrong: [...In the past, there were also businessmen who were benefactors. They told me about the profits of doing business. If so many official debts were released at once, it would be Even if these merchants are stripped of their skin and cramped, they still can't pay for it. What kind of business can get 50% profit in such a short time? No, you can help me find out.]
The female soldier was puzzled: [What are you asking about?]
[Of course I want to ask how much government debt has been lent! You have worked hard for these savings, so you can't just hand them over casually. What if the merchant runs away with the money? 】
The female soldier said with a smile: [There are many big shots above who lend official debts, and the money they lend out is the most abundant. If I throw three melons and two dates on the ground, people won’t even bother to pick them up...]
However, I still did as the oiran said.
The female soldier can't come into contact with people from high places, but she can't stand up to the many people around her. The soldiers of Zhechong Mansion do not only plow the fields but also practice every day. They spend a lot of time together, so it's easy to talk to each other.
She told the oiran what she had learned.
The oiran made a calculation in his mind.
Her pretty face turned paler: [I’m afraid something big is going to happen.]
The female soldier didn’t understand: [What’s the big deal?]
The oiran tried hard to explain, but the female soldier felt that her worries were unfounded: "We all want to get it, but the big shots above can't think of it? Since they are relieved, there must be no problem."
If the sky falls, there will still be tall people holding it up.
After this, several days passed.
Because she received treatment from a female doctor during the birth, the Oiran's spirits were getting better and better. However, Niu Er's mother and son were not good to her. Even though there were female soldiers to help her, they often deprived her of food, leaving her hungry and full, so she had no choice but to do some embroidery.
Handkerchiefs go to the streets to sell.
The oiran met the female doctor who delivered her baby that day.
The female doctor also recognized the oiran.
He smiled and asked her how her recovery was going.
The oiran naturally announced the good news but not the bad news, and hesitantly asked her how the daughter she had given birth to was doing. Because Niu Er also expected her to carry on the family lineage of the old Niu family, and forced abortion would damage her body, Niu Er allowed her to give birth to the child, but did not want to
Children live.
The female doctor who delivered the baby learned about this and was willing to adopt the child.
The female doctor’s eyebrows were full of compassion: [In the past few years, I have been practicing medicine with my teacher and found that many families do not like female babies. Many of them drowned in toilet buckets or abandoned them in the wilderness after birth. These children are pitiful. They have been born for a day.
They died without even surviving. It happened that the family had some assets, so they took the initiative to build a charity hall to house these abandoned baby girls.】
After every delivery, she would ask the family if they wanted a child. If not, she would be willing to waive the medical fees for delivering the baby in exchange for the child. The child would grow up in the charity hall. If she regretted it, she could
She took the children back. However, after her charity was established for more than four years, the number of children only increased, and no parents ever regretted taking them away.
The oiran knows his situation.
And because the child's biological father was the seed left by some local ruffian when she was crazy, she thought about it and entrusted the child to him. But after all, it was the child she had conceived in ten months. The oiran had a gentle and kind personality, and she still missed the child in her heart.
.
I met a female doctor by chance and couldn't help but ask about the child's condition.
The female doctor wrote her an address: "Everything is well with the child. If you have a chance in the future, you can come to the charity hall outside Fengluo City. She now takes my surname and is called Qi Jiujiu. Jiujiu is the little girl."
I’ll give her a name when she’s older and enlightened.]
The oiran was confused when he heard this: [Enlightenment?]
A little worry arose in her heart.
The oiran was sold into a flower boat and "enlightened" for a long time.
In order to sell at a high price, you have to learn something about everything.
[If you have talent, then send it to a serious school to study.]
What the female doctor said makes sense.
The oiran was silent for a while.
[In front of the ninety-nine, there are ninety-eight children...]
How much does it cost to go to school?
The female doctor said: [There will be nineteen more after her.]
Kunzhou is the most economically disadvantaged area in Kang State. The place is poor and the common people have no money left in their families. They are also particularly mean and stingy towards baby girls. They are even more reluctant to raise them and feel that they are a waste of food. The female doctor has not yet completed a free clinic here, and the child is adopted.
A bunch of them.
The oiran looked at the female doctor with reverence in her eyes.
At this time, someone came over.
The young man was wearing a maroon robe and his appearance was not outstanding.
【This is Zheng Yu.】
The oiran saw many benefactors in the flower boat, and he could tell at a glance that the young man was not good-looking, but had an extraordinary temperament and was an unusual person.
She thought they were husband and wife.
When Zheng Yu heard this, he hurriedly waved his hands and explained.
It turned out that the female doctor had helped the young mother cure a woman's disease that had been unmentionable for many years. The two happened to meet here and became familiar with each other. The young man asked the female doctor for help when he had something to do. The female doctor went to the back houses of the rich and powerful to inquire about things.
The oiran wanted to repay her kindness, so she started to make some insinuations about what was going on. She had met many people before, so she might be able to know something.
Zheng Yu hesitated for a while and looked at the female doctor.
After the female doctor nodded imperceptibly to indicate that there was nothing wrong with her identity as an oiran, Zheng Yu asked the merchant in a cryptic manner about his business.
The oiran was thoughtful and quickly noticed something.
She talked about the official debt in a cryptic manner.
Zheng Yu was overjoyed when he heard this. This was exactly what he wanted to know.
However, the evidence is difficult to obtain.
If he rashly remonstrates and alerts the corrupt officials here, he is afraid that no evidence will be left. Zheng Yu then asked the oiran where he got the news. The oiran didn't think much about it and just vaguely said that a friend was in Zhechong Mansion.
The oiran subconsciously became nervous, worried that she would say the wrong thing, and even more afraid of causing trouble to the female soldier: [She also heard about it.]
Fortunately, Zheng Yu did not continue to ask.
The female doctor did not stay in Jinli County for a few days and went to other places for treatment. Zheng Yu stayed and had several contacts with the oiran. Although Zheng Yu did not reveal his specific identity, the oiran also guessed that he was working for the royal court.
Subconsciously, there is a certain closeness.
She knew that without the royal court, she would still be a flower girl who relied on her skin to make a living, and she might have contracted the disease and died on the ship.
Do your best to help Zheng Yu.
One day, Zheng Yu suddenly appeared and told her that no matter who came to ask her, she would kill him and say that he had never seen him.
【Master Zheng, why is this? 】
Zheng Yu: [It seems that someone noticed it. 】
He wants to suspend the investigation and leave here first.
Coincidentally, at this time, there were many searches outside.
Zheng Yu didn't expect people to arrive so quickly.
At this time, the oiran caught him.
【You hide here first, I will deal with it.】
She pretended to have a relapse of madness and went out like crazy, but she saw that these people outside were from the government, and the leader was Liu Changshi. If it was just like this, it would be nothing, but she saw the twin sister token in Liu Changshi, and her heart A big shock!
How could my sister’s token be on a man’s body?
Liu Changshi keenly noticed the changes in her eyes.
Seeing that the people were about to come over, the oiran gritted his teeth and ruthlessly tore off his clothes, ran around with bare feet, and cursed the king for being a promiscuous person in the court, so he couldn't have a son. The king couldn't give birth to a son, so what's weird about him not being able to give birth to a son? He cried again. Laughing, jumping and jumping.
Shen Tang's control over public opinion is not very loose, but at most he will receive a few slaps for this level of scolding to serve as a warning to others.
The oiran successfully lured these people away and Zheng Yu escaped.
That night, the oiran was killed.
The next day, the body was hung at the city gate.
In Jinli County, most of the people were extremely dissatisfied with the royal court and Shen Tang because of their poor reputation. The death of the oiran undoubtedly made Shen Tang's reputation even more infamous. Niu Er threw the body into a mass grave, and the female soldier Xiumu didn't know about the tragedy until she came back.
She buried the oiran's body in the ground.
Not long after, a person with exactly the same appearance as the oiran appeared. She claimed that she and the oiran were twin sisters. She searched for clues for a long time before she was found, and wanted to know the whereabouts of her elder sister.
The female soldier hid part of the story and only told her about the death of the courtesan.
【I am sorry for your loss.】
The oiran's sister is also an oiran.
However, she is an official debt broker, specializing in helping big shots with official debts and attracting merchants who come to them to borrow debts.
The female soldier frowned: [Official debt is not a good thing.]
Let's get out as soon as possible while we can.
The "Oiran" tried quietly.
【Why is it not a good thing?】
The female soldier sighed and explained the oiran's previous judgment.
[You are her sister. Your sister said it is not a good thing, so don’t touch it. Big people eat people without spitting out their bones. You are still young, save some money for yourself, and redeem yourself as soon as possible. Today’s Jinli County also does not allow flower girls to sell their bodies. I will pretend that I did not hear what you said today. If you are caught next time, you will go to the Zhechong Mansion Prison for a few days.]
The "Oiran" only agreed verbally.
The female soldier actually caught her several times during the anti-pornography campaign.
I hate that iron cannot become steel.
The elder sister desperately wants to regain her freedom, but the younger sister is greedy for the wealth provided by the flower boat, and is addicted to it, which is very annoying!
Because of the Oiran's warning, the more the female soldier thought about it, the more she felt that the official debt was not good, and she was ready to stop - the Oiran was gone, and she had no goal of saving money. A month ago, she accidentally discovered that the "Oiran" had killed someone, and there was something in the room. The body of a young man.
[He wanted to insult me, but I accidentally killed him.]
The female soldier looked silently at the wounds on the young man's body.
With so many fatal injuries, do you call this a miss?
However, the "Oiran" cried and begged her for help and not to report the crime. The female soldier, out of gratitude to the "Oiran"'s sister, agreed to help hide it. When the man was being buried, a token fell from the man's arms.
All the female soldiers know the characters above.
[Procuratorate, Supervisory Censor, Zheng Yu]
For a moment, the female soldier was heartbroken.
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I still need to add some words, so I’ll refresh it later.
PS: Finished, let’s continue the three-in-one tomorrow, please vote for me
PPS: Yuan Liang likes to raise cats, and Wei Qi likes to raise babies. Both father and daughter have a bright future that will lead to bankruptcy_(:з ∠)_
PPPS: Chicken Sichen is actually a biological mutation. If there are no roosters among a group of hens for a long time, some hens will turn into roosters. In ancient times, it was used to scold women for stealing power and disrupting government, but we must