Chapter 144 Seeing words is like meeting each other
"Lang Jun, something happened!"
Jiang Cheng hurriedly ran from the shop through the backyard and went straight to the back hall.
"Outside, there's a fight outside. Wulang is fighting with the eighth-rank Cangcao of Jingzhao Mansion..."
The two people were sitting together in the hall talking about publishing books. Xue Bai heard this and asked, "Now that the fight has started, will Wu Lang suffer any loss?"
"this……"
Jiang Cheng didn't know how to answer. Fighting with officials was a serious crime, not a question of whether he suffered a loss or not.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Xue Bai stood up and said, "I'll go over and have a look."
Then I walked to the back door of the shop, turned around the screen wall, and saw Du Wulang standing on the counter, jumping and screaming.
"Everyone saw it. Yuan Ming was the one who struck first. He testified to me when we arrived at Jingzhao Mansion... Fight back and beat him!"
"Don't worry, beat him. If anything happens, I'll take care of it. I've been to Jingzhao Mansion Prison twice..."
Da Xi Yingying came over to discuss matters today. As soon as she arrived outside the gate, she directly ordered her entourage to help Du Wulang.
In this case, Xue Baisui did not intend to come forward, so as not to cause trouble and make the teacher unhappy again.
"It doesn't matter, just keep doing your work. Should Mr. Jiang apply some medicine on his face?"
"It doesn't matter, little old man, but this... Yuan Zhen is the son-in-law of the Youxiang Mansion."
"Know."
Du Wei heard it funny and glanced at Xue Bai, thinking that the Youxiang Mansion also wanted him to be their son-in-law, but he didn't want to be.
She is still busy. Since leaving through the back door, she has gone to buy a workshop elsewhere.
Although Jiang Cheng knew that Xue Bai was not an ordinary person, he had no specific understanding of the master's background. At this time, he was inevitably uneasy and asked: "Lang Jun, have you stopped asking?"
"Not urgent."
After a while, the guards at the hospital had knocked Yuan Zhen and the others to the ground, and further away, people from the East City Department were coming.
Xue Bai suddenly thought of another thing, changed his mind, and strode forward.
Jiang Cheng hurriedly followed, thinking that Lang Jun had finally intervened to calm the situation.
Yuan Miao was not injured when he fell to the ground. The servants were very measured and just held him down. When he raised his head again, he was surprised.
"Xue Bai?"
Yuan Zhen knew Xue Bai, and he met him as his brother-in-law at Shangyuan Festival in Youxiang Mansion.
So, the little fat guy just now is Du Wulang, who is slightly famous in Chang'an.
"Ha, Xue Bai, if I had told you that this place was your property, I wouldn't have touched it." Yuan Zhen shouted, "That's the end of the matter."
Jiang Cheng finally felt relieved when he saw that his master's status was indeed extraordinary.
The next moment, his eyes widened.
Xue Bai walked up to Yuan Ming, raised his foot and kicked him.
"Ah You……"
Xue Bai kicked him hard, several times, and Yuan Ming screamed in pain.
"Stop! What are you doing? Dare you beat the imperial officials? Capture them all and take them away!"
Officials from the Dongshi Department came and shouted to stop.
Jiang Cheng's heart was lifted again after he had just put it down, and he was escorted to the East City Department in panic.
He was the first to be interrogated.
…
"Sold yourself as a servant? Old Jiangtou, you have been in Dongshi longer than my grandfather. Tell me honestly, what kind of god did you sell yourself to, so that you dare to fight even the son-in-law of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Jiang Cheng clasped his hands in his sleeves again, buried his head very low, and said: "Sir, when I made the contract because I was too humble, the name of the master was not Xue Langjun. I actually don't know who it is."
"I don't know? You're old and confused, aren't you? You think you've lived too long, don't you?!"
Jiang Cheng didn't dare to answer, so he looked up and saw a small official walking around Dong Shi Cheng.
"Sir Cheng, we have found out clearly that Lao Jiangtou sold it to Mrs. Guo's house, and the bookstore is now Mrs. Guo's property."
"Ah this!"
Jiang Cheng saw Dongshi Cheng stand up suddenly and shrunk in fright. The next moment, his hands were pulled over by him enthusiastically.
"Mr. Jiang, my family has been friends with you for more than thirty years, how can you throw such a problem to me? Why don't we have a drink together? Tell me how I should deal with this matter..."
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Du Wulang looked at the squad room where he was, it was just a place where they were temporarily guarded.
He glanced behind him and asked in surprise: "Is there a prison inside?"
"Dongshi Prison is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture."
Du Wulang was quite knowledgeable in this aspect and said: "I didn't know this place before. I thought there were only four prisons in Chang'an."
"Who said that? There are twenty-six prisons in Chang'an City, large and small."
"Twenty-six institutes? There are so many?"
It was the first time for Da Xi Yingying to come to the class room, and she looked around curiously. After the Yamen servant and Du Wulang finished chatting and walked out, she couldn't help but ask Xue Bai: "I wonder why Mr. Lang insisted on kicking the son-in-law of You Xiangfu?"
Her question raised a question that Xue Bai didn't want to answer, so he closed his eyes to rest and ignored it.
Da Xi Yingying had no choice but to look at Du Wulang.
Du Wulang knew it, but he couldn't say it. He blushed and was at a loss.
He thought to himself, what other reason could there be for Xue Bai? It was just that he wanted to commit more small things so that he would not look like someone who committed big things.
The person sitting in the squad room of the East City Department and the person imprisoned in the Beiya Prison don't look like the same kind of people.
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Beiya prison.
A young man wearing a green official robe handed over his document and said: "Lu Qi, the legal director of Jingzhao Prefecture, was ordered to investigate the murder case at the Chang'an Suburban Post House and would like to ask a few words about the imprisoned Jifang child."
"Retreat! This is Beiya Prison, an unusual official office."
Lu Qi smiled, quietly handed over a small silver collar, and said: "General, please look, I have a document from Taiwan Province. It is indeed urgent official business."
"The witness here is involved in the Daozhengfang murder case. What does it have to do with the suburban posthouse murder case?"
"I found out that the two cases are related and want to confirm it." Lu Qi said: "By the way, my ancestor was the prime minister in the early Kaiyuan Dynasty and the uncle of Yuyang County. My father was a doctor in the Ministry of War, and his last name is Yi.
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"Okay, Lu Facao please."
Lu Qi crossed his hands and saluted again, and Fang Zhi walked into the Beiya Prison until he reached the cell where Jifang's children were imprisoned.
Four of the six Jifang children died that night, and only two were imprisoned here, and they looked half-dead.
Lu Qi waved them to the fence and said: "I am in charge of this case and can save your lives, as long as you tell me the truth. Are you being bribed?"
"buy?"
Seeing their confused faces, Lu Qi said: "Your companion who stabbed the foreigner from the Western Regions to death is called Liu Yun, right? I have found out that he got a large sum of money that night and hid it in Jifang. Why don't you say anything about him?"
abnormal?"
"right!"
"Yes, it's Liu Yun. I remembered that at that time we had already returned the fighting cock to the chicken house, and Liu Yun insisted on going to Qingmen to drink..."
Lu Qi asked: "Can you think of who bribed Liu Yun? You can only live if you think of it."
"On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, before the cockfight, he was always with us. He was only called away once before nightfall. He seemed to have a gambling debt, right? It was the chicken prodigy who called him away? Yes, it was the chicken prodigy."
"Are you sure it's Jia Chang? Have you seen it?"
"What I shouted at that time was 'Liu Yun, the Magic Chicken Boy lets you pass'."
A faint light flashed in Lu Qi's eyes, and he asked: "Aunt Zhang, the eldest daughter of Zhang in Shangzhu Kingdom, do you know each other?"
"Mrs. Zhang, she often gambles with the chicken prodigy."
"Did you see her at the chicken shop that night?"
"this……"
The cockfighting boys hesitated, nodded tentatively, and then said firmly: "Yes, I saw her!"
Only then did Lu Qi feel satisfied. It was not difficult for him to speculate on this matter, and today's visit could be regarded as "confirming" this speculation.
After leaving Beiya Prison, he drove his horse back to Jingzhao Mansion. When the officials in the government office saw him, they all saluted.
"Lu Facao."
"Is Motodo Cao here?"
"Hu Cao left in the morning and seemed to be taking people to the East Market to collect taxes."
Lu Qi actually wanted to ask Yuan Zhen about something related to the case. The two of them had served in Jingzhao Liucao at a young age and had always had a good relationship.
Walking through the corridor, I met Pei Chen, the Cao Cao of Jingzhao Prefecture, who was the son of Pei Kuan.
"Ziliang." Pei Chen nodded.
"Brother Shiming." Lu Qi stopped and suddenly asked: "Brother Shiming, do you know Zhang Liangdi's eldest sister?"
Pei Chen was slightly startled and shook his head.
Lu Qi was surprised and laughed at himself: "I misunderstood. By the way, everyone in Chang'an now sings "Shui Diao Ge Tou". Brother Shi Ming always knows the poet Xue, right?"
"It is true that we have been together. Mr. Xue is talented and I also admire him."
With a smile on his face, Lu Qi took Pei Chen to the public room to talk in detail. They talked about Xue Bai's actions in Chang'an. Gradually, they talked about the giant stone cannon.
"There is such a versatile person in the world who can also build weapons. I wonder if General Wang has captured Shibao City now?"
"Yes, I hope that the Tang Dynasty can win another victory." Pei Chen's expression did not change at all.
Lu Qi said a few more words, but seeing that nothing came out of the test, he said goodbye to Pei Chen and went to look for Yin Xiao Jiong in Beijing.
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"If Xue Bai drove the old soldiers under Wang Zhongsi to kill Pei Mian and the Huihe people, and Zhang Liangdi had others frame Anlu Mountain, then all the pros and cons would make sense."
"But it's just that the relationship between pros and cons has been clarified. There is no evidence."
Xiao Jiong thought to himself that Jiwen, the previous judicial officer, did the same thing. He sketched out the context of the matter in his mind and directly tortured people, but this case was different.
"Ziliang, you are talented and smart, but you can't imitate Ji Wen in handling cases." Xiao Jiong said: "Without evidence, no one will believe that a young man can do such a big thing, let alone he is the sworn brother of a noble concubine."
"Yes." Lu Qi said: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard for me to believe that someone could be so cunning at a young age. But he is just too cunning, so he couldn't escape. We can guess it's him based on the pros and cons, even a saint.
As you can guess, as long as the saint can be convinced, the right minister's instructions will be fulfilled."
"How to prove it?"
"I have a way." Lu Qi said: "But we need to know more about Xue Bai."
"The Prime Minister's Office has ordered people to investigate what Xue Bai has been doing recently..."
Speaking of this, there was movement in the courtyard.
"Jingyin, something happened!"
"Why are you panicking?"
"Yuanhu Cao got into a fight with others in Dongshi, and he didn't dare to do whatever he wanted..."
The next moment, someone hurried over and said, "Jing Yin and Xue Bai beat Yuanhu Cao at Chengxin Bookstore in Dongshi. Now both parties are in Dongshi."
"What?" Xiao Jiong looked surprised.
"ha?"
Lu Qi couldn't help but smile.
He had been investigating a major murder case recently, and had already sketched out an image of Xue Bai, a man with a deep city, in his mind, but he didn't realize that this image suddenly became empty at this time.
"Ziliang, can you go with me to the Dongshi Office to meet Xue Bai?"
"No." Lu Qi crossed his hands and saluted, saying: "This wolf god is cunning and cunning. It is not appropriate for him to find out that I have found him."
"But you want to know him?"
"The official will figure out a solution for himself."
Although Lu Qi did not go to the Dongshi Office to see Xue Bai, he changed into plain clothes and went to Dongshi Chengxin Bookstore.
He pretended to be a disciple preparing to take the Chunwei examination and wanted to buy scriptures. In fact, he entered the officialdom before he was twenty years old, and within five years he took the position of Jiwen.
"By the way, I heard that there was a famous Xue Lang in Chang'an. Is there a collection of his poems here?"
"Xue Lang's poetry collection?"
"Yes, I want to buy a copy."
"Then... the guest can leave an address. If the store publishes it in the future, it can be sent to the guest's residence."
"Okay, your bookstore plans to publish books?"
After asking these questions casually, Lu Qi observed the bookstore and found nothing special for the time being, so he turned around and left.
The next day, he went to the clan's home.
Lu Qi was born in the fourth room of the northern ancestor of the Lu family in Fanyang. His grandfather was Lu Huaishen, the famous prime minister in the early Kaiyuan years. And he was visiting the first room of the northern ancestor of the Lu family. After Lu Chengqing, the prime minister of the Gaozong Dynasty... he was not very familiar with it, but he heard
It is said that the Lu family once wanted to recruit Xue Bai as their son-in-law.
It's a pity that I didn't find out much useful things during this trip.
However, Lu Qi felt very strange. Why did Xue Bai firmly reject the Lu family and the Cui family? Who else would he want to marry if he didn't marry any girl with the fifth surname?
Thinking about this, Lu Qi went to the Imperial College again and finally gained something.
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Prince's Villa.
Zhang Ting was playing with the dominoes alone in the house, studying his skills in order to prepare the saint tiles to match his opponent at the next royal banquet.
But when she looked at the desk, what she was thinking about was the situation in the East Palace.
Recently, Li Bi had made her a little angry again. He actually suggested to the prince that it was inappropriate to frame An Lushan. On the grounds that the situation in Hebei was serious, he actually advised the prince to appease that bastard.
"An Lushan blatantly ignored His Highness at the royal banquet. If Your Highness can take the initiative to make peace with him, give in and admit his mistake to resolve the dispute, the saint will save his worries and will only think that His Highness is sensible and will not be suspicious..."
It was probably these words, and the same principle of "the best is like water" and "stillness is worse than movement", that Li Heng and Zhang Ting complained about, saying that Li Bi was very talented, but he was never the only one he considered.
The couple's intentions cannot be shouldered by the East Palace at the moment. It is time to take advantage of Wang Zhi and Yang Zhao to help, and convict An Lushan of the crime in one go, so that the saint can see clearly the face of that miscellaneous man.
Vaguely, Zhang Ting had another thought - in case the military governors of Fanyang and Pinglu towns were replaced, the military power in the hands of Wang Zhongsi, the prince's sworn brother and the military commander of the fourth town, might be enough to ensure that the prince ascended the throne.
She knew her thoughts were dangerous, felt guilty and a little uneasy.
But she did not dare to tell Li Heng about this matter, fearing that Li Heng would in turn be suspicious of her. She was too young and lacked a capable confidant.
It was a shame that she was imprisoned in this prince's villa, which made her subject to others from the beginning.
"Second mother."
Suddenly, he heard a soft call from outside the door, and Zhang Ting knew it was his confidant maid just by hearing the title.
"Come in and tell me what's going on?"
"The eldest mother gave a gift to the second mother..."
It was a small porcelain bottle, perhaps containing elixirs, but it seemed to be empty inside. It made no sound when shaken. The mouth of the bottle was very thin, and nothing could be seen when looking inside.
Zhang Ting asked his confidant maid to close the door, wrap the porcelain vase in fine cloth, and smash it.
Sure enough, there was a secret letter inside. When he opened it, he saw that it was Xue Bai's handwriting.
Xue Bai was a disciple of Yan Zhenqing and learned beautiful eight-point regular script. Previously, Du Hongjian investigated the fraud case in the Imperial College and specifically mentioned this matter to the East Palace.
When Zhang Ting entered the palace to play cards, he saw Xue Bai's story scroll many times and knew it immediately.
"In the corner of tomorrow, welcome the auspicious view."
With only these seven words, Zhang Ting felt chills running down his spine.
She suddenly realized that the Mid-Autumn Festival was not something she had tricked Xue Bai into saying.
He said that deliberately to lead her to deal with Zahu. Later, Wang Zhi and Yang Zhao successively criticized Zahu, which was also his work... The young man was far more terrifying than expected.
When we meet tomorrow, does he want to get rid of Zahu in one fell swoop?
Zhang Ting couldn't help but hesitate, thinking about whether he should tell Li Heng about this...
Sorry, it’s too late today, and there’s not enough time every day~~ However, I still wrote more than 8,500 words, which is still an extraordinary performance~~ I worked too hard, please give me a monthly vote, please give me a monthly vote~~
