The gatekeeper of the prefecture's Yamen came out to thank Zhen Mingdao for saving his life. Jia Cong and his wife looked at each other, looked at him and said, "Uncle! Is it you they want to kill?"
Menzi lowered his head and glanced at the man in green shirt, smiled bitterly and said: "Yes. This article was originally published by..." Then he bent down and bowed deeply to Jia Cong, "Please Mr. Jia spare his life."
"Why."
Menzi sighed: "At least he is my apprentice." Jia Cong frowned slightly: Is it another bloody story? Then he ordered someone to arrest the man in green shirt and went in. He made an "invite" gesture to Menzi. Menzi went into the crowd.
He looked around, pointed at a thin man wearing a bamboo hat and said, "That's his accomplice."
Just as Menzi pointed his hand at the man, he immediately turned around and ran away. After running for more than ten steps, he suddenly fell down. He got up and ran again, but fell down again. This happened three times. Before he fell down for the fourth time, two guards with guns came up.
He twisted his arm and pushed him back. Menzi looked at him and sneered, "I'm sorry, I have a good memory." The man's face was ashen.
Menzi straightened up and nodded slightly towards Jia Cong. Jia Cong couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth - how could he look like a soldier in this manner? It seemed that Uncle Menzi was a man with a story. So he nodded slightly. Menzi took the lead and walked into the gate of the government office.
Even though he is wearing an old cloth shirt, his back looks very impressive.
Su Tao asked questions in the hall, and Jia Cong directly invited the disciples to go to the back office. The two sat down in Su Tao's study. Chen Ruijin ordered his servants to bring tea, and he sat next to Jia Cong and ate most of the cup.
Tea, Menzi looked up at Jia Cong and said, "Have you ever heard of the name Yang Guotai?"
"I've heard of it." Jia Cong said with emotion, "He's a true hero!"
Menzi was stunned and looked at him: "Do you know what crime he committed?"
Jia Cong asked: "What crime did he commit? Crime of justice? Crime of loyalty? Crime of justice? Tell me what crime he committed."
Menzi was stunned for a long time before saying: "He committed the crime of regicide and should be punished by the nine tribes."
"Then the regicide was not successful." Jia Cong said casually, "At most it was an attempted regicide. Since the attempt was unsuccessful, it is not considered a crime. Besides, the others have been dead for so many years." Nai Zhengse said, "I checked all the records of that year.
I have searched through the files and the legends of the past, and it turns out that the only person who can be considered a brave man is General Yang, and not even my grandfather. Uncle, if you are a close friend of General Yang Guotai, there is no need to worry that we will do anything bad to you and your family."
He stood up and said, "Please accept the junior bow for General Yang."
Jia Cong bowed down solemnly, and Menzi accepted it without moving. Jia Cong couldn't help but take a deep breath: It seems that this person is really a relative and friend of General Yang. Just as he was about to speak, Menzi nodded slowly and suddenly laughed. Laughter
It was so huge that it exuded a desolate air and a chilling wind shook the tables and chairs. After a long time, he finished laughing and sat thinking again. Jia Cong's heart was pounding with fright at this moment and he didn't dare to sit down. He held his breath and concentrated.
Standing in front of him respectfully, he suddenly heard the disciple say: "I am Yang Guotai."
Jia Cong was stunned for a long time. "Ah?"
Menzi was sitting upright, with his back straight and his eyes bright: "I am Yang Guotai."
Jia Cong blinked and looked at him for a long time: "Are you kidding me? I respect General Yang very much. If you make fun of him, I will fall out." Menzi snorted.
Chen Ruijin stood up and pushed Jia Cong: "Really." He bowed and said, "Meet General Yang."
Jia Cong stirred up his spirit, shook his head and hurriedly bowed again: "Greetings to General Yang!"
Menzi let out a long breath and looked at the two of them, hesitating to speak, and finally sighed: "It's really unusual for Jia She to have a son like you." Jia Cong was still excited and didn't know how to react. Menzi, that is, Yang
General Cathay pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down." Chen Ruijin said another blessing and pushed Jia Cong. Jia Cong saluted again and then sat down.
Without waiting for Jia Cong to ask, Yang Guotai said: "I know why they are anxious to kill me."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Why?"
Yang Guotai chuckled and said: "You are so temperamental! If they don't kill me before you come to Nanchang Mansion, will it be too late for you to come?"
Jia Cong was at a loss: "Who are they? Are you still alive? Why did you become a disciple of this government office?" After a while, he added, "Your surname is also Yang, are you related to my second uncle Yang?"
Yang Guotai laughed again. This time his laughter was much more relaxed, not as cold and solemn as before. After laughing, he was stunned for a long time and sighed: "I don't know where to start."
Yang Guotai was originally a confidant of Shi Xiangyun's father, General Shi. He was loyal and highly skilled in martial arts. After General Shi's death, Jia Daishan and others worked hard to help him clear his reputation and clear up his grievances. Yang Guotai disappeared. Two years later,
Yang Guotai assassinated the late emperor in a hunting ground, and fell off a cliff with several arrows in his body. No one knew how he got in, and no one knew what he did. Anyway, the late emperor's body was not in good health from that time on. He would never get over it again.
Two years later, the late emperor deposed the prince and demoted him to Prince Yi Zhong, passed on the throne to the third prince, and became the supreme emperor himself. Yang Guotai had not yet married at that time, and he was picked up from the battlefield by General Shi. His name was given by the general and has no origin.
Even if the late emperor wanted to destroy his nine tribes, he was alone and had no tribe to destroy. I think the late emperor was probably very angry. When Jia Cong learned about this man's deeds, he worshiped him so much. If it weren't for the science student who didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he would have wanted to give him to him.
This righteous man built a temple.
After a long time, Yang Guotai said: "I have been in Green Forest these years."
"Oh. When the imperial court is completely dark, Green Forest will become the conscience of society."
Yang Guotai glanced at him: "When did Lu Lin have a conscience?"
Jia Cong blinked: "I just said that casually."
Yang Guotai hummed: "Have you read too much of the Green Forest Commentary? Do you know what Green Forest is? It eliminates violence and brings peace to good people? Robs the rich and gives to the poor? Acts on behalf of heaven?"
Jia Cong touched the back of his head: "It must be a little bit."
Yang Guotai shook his head: "No. What is done on Green Forest Road is murder, kidnapping, robbery, theft, flower picking, child abduction, etc."
Jia Cong frowned slightly: "Picking flowers...is it also a business?"
Yang Guotai said: "There is nothing that cannot be traded. The two families are competing for marriage, and the business of asking green forest people to pick flowers is small, but it is not impossible."
Jia Cong pursed his lips and said, "I always thought that the green forest was cleaner than the imperial court."
Yang Guotai chuckled and said: "The world is as black as crows, where can I find something clean? To be honest, the imperial court is cleaner."
"Ah? No way!"
Yang Guotai sighed softly: "When I meet Mingjun, I will be much cleaner."
"Mingjun is a rare species, only a few of them can be found in five thousand years?"
"There are not many unlucky kings, and most of them are mediocre. But good officials are not hard to come by." Yang Guotai said, "For example, Magistrate Su. When he took office in Jingzhou, Jingzhou became clean."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "That's right." Then he asked, "General Yang, who wants to kill you?"
Yang Guotai thought for a moment and asked, "Have you ever heard of the name Gu Erdai?" Jia Cong looked at Chen Ruijin, who shook his head. Yang Guotai said, "Obviously it's not his real name. But this is the name I know."
"Who is he to you?"
Yang Guotai said calmly: "My boss." Jia Cong was shocked. Yang Guotai clearly only had one pair of eyes, but he could stare at Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin at the same time. He said, "The assassination of the late emperor was arranged by him from beginning to end.
"
Jia Cong, Chen Ruijin took a deep breath and looked at each other for a moment - have you never heard of such an awesome character? Jia Cong asked: "Is he a figure similar to the Godfather of the Underworld?" Yang Guotai didn't understand. Jia Cong asked.
Cong explained, "Like the King of the Green Forest. Hmm...Song Jiang? No, Song Jiang is not suitable. Have you read the commentary called "Meteor Butterfly Sword"? A character like Sun Yubo."
Yang Guotai thought: "No. This person is not the leader of a group of green forest thieves under his command. He compares the water in Liangshan to Wu Yong. It's just that he doesn't have the likes of Song Jiang, Chao Gai, etc. above him. Many things are like this.
He stirred things up secretly, not in charge."
Jia Cong thought for a long time: "A turbulent... profiteer?"
Yang Guotai's eyes lit up: "Like!"
Jia Cong thought for a long time: "Why did he kill you?"
Yang Guotai looked at him and said, "Why should I work under him?"
Jia Cong was at a loss: "...how did I know..."
Chen Ruijin said: "No matter which prince catches an imperial criminal like General Yang, he will not let him go. He has committed the biggest taboo of the Tian family."
As if a window had opened in Jia Cong's mind, a large number of thoughts suddenly poured in and he was stunned. Yang Guotai opened his mouth to speak, but Chen Ruijin hurriedly said: "General Yang, don't disturb him first. He has not been like this for several years."
Already."
Yang Guotai raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Chen Ruijin stood up to add tea to Yang Guotai and said, "He has had more helpers around him these years, and he has less to think about on his own."
The two of them sat and waited for a long time. Jia Cong's eyes gradually became clearer and he took a deep breath. Then he grabbed Chen Ruijin's hand and said, "I'm covered in cold sweat!"
Chen Ruijin said softly: "Don't be anxious. Since they didn't succeed, we won."
Jia Cong nodded and shook his head. He closed his eyes and shook his head vigorously a few times. His hands were still shaking slightly. He held his breath and said to Yang Guotai: "General Yang, think about it, if you leave that Gu Erdai, what will happen to you?"
What's the harm to him?"
Yang Guotai said: "I have been with him for more than 20 years, and I have done many things for him. I know all his details."
"Are you helping build a bridge between officials and bandits? Do you have a lot of dirty information about officials and other people?"
"Not just." Yang Guotai said, "Not only officials and bandits, but also officials and bandits."
Jia Cong took a few deep breaths, stood up and bowed to Yang Guotai: "Old General, I said I guessed it, please listen. If there is anything wrong, please help me point it out." Yang Guotai nodded.
"There is a person who goes by the pseudonym Gu Erdai, who builds a bridge between the green forest and the government to pimp, helping people to do secret illegal things - I am afraid that many of them are extremely unscrupulous. This person was born more than 20 years ago
He planned General Yang Guotai to avenge General Shi, sneaked into the royal hunting ground to assassinate the late emperor, and faked his death to escape."
Yang Guotai said: "That's not right. He didn't arrange for me to fake my death to escape. I wanted to die on the spot, but I was only alive because of luck."
Jia Cong didn't have the intention to ask in detail at this moment, and continued: "Although you are lucky to be alive, because the assassination of the emperor is not allowed by the court, I can only commit myself to Green Forest. So I joined Gu Erdai again."
Yang Guotai said: "I was hurt too much at that time, and there was no one else I could help except him."
"Yeah. Anyway, you have been following him since then. For more than twenty years, you have learned a lot about him. However, apart from your status as an imperial prisoner, he can't find any shortcomings in you, right?"
Yang Guotai sneered: "A person who even dares to kill the emperor can have any shortcomings."
"Have you seen him in person? Do you know what he looks like?"
"I've never seen my true face." Yang Guotai thought, "I've only seen his masked appearance."
"How is your magnanimity? More literary than martial?"
Yang Guotai thought seriously for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don't understand. I'm not a martial artist."
Jia Cong pondered for a moment and said: "That day, Old Man Lu and Shorty from Changfeng Tower came to fight at the gate of the magistrate's office, hoping to take advantage of your unpreparedness to attack them. But before my senior brother could interrogate those two people, Old Hutou killed them. General Yang
Have you ever thought about why? This was done too quickly, too hastily, and completely unnecessary."
Yang Guotai frowned and said: "Is it possible that you have alerted me? If I become suspicious, it will be difficult for them to succeed next time. My old man is not easy to kill."
Jia Cong said: "Why not trick you into going to Changfeng Tower to kill you? Since you are his subordinate, I can find any excuse to coax you out and silence you however you want. No matter how capable you are, even a tiger is afraid of a pack of wolves."
Yang Guotai shook his head: "I don't know."
Jia Cong took a breath, thought for a long time, and said: "Let me talk about the important point. I do not naturally think that the emperor is superior to others. I respect General Shi and never disrespect the late emperor. Su Tao, the governor of Jiangxi, is my senior brother. I must return to Taiwan from Shu.
Passing through Nanchang. Since Xie Jing left an unspeakable mess here, I can't just stay for three to five days and then leave. I must stay and help. As time goes by, whether you keep discovering my temper or I find you always
The probability of each person’s ability and identity is very high. And I have territory in my hands, which is enough to shield the kings from all over the country and protect those who attempt regicide. Everyone has a sunny nature, especially those who have been in darkness for many years. So I took the opportunity to take this trip.
The possibility of you being kidnapped is very high." He looked at Yang Guotai with a smile, "right."
Yang Guotai snorted.
"Your boss was afraid that I had kidnapped you and exposed many of his secrets, so he hurriedly sent people to assassinate you. The most terrifying thing here is-" Jia Cong said solemnly, "They know my temper well.
, and we know the time we arrived. If we are half a day late, maybe they will succeed."
Chen Ruijin said: "Their generals only know or want to understand these things. Otherwise, why would they rush to take action when the matter comes? It is much cheaper to take action earlier. When did General Yang realize that they wanted to kill you?"
Yang Guotai said: "The eldest lady reminded me." Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin looked at each other. Yang Guotai continued, "The eldest lady mentioned to me when chatting with me a few days ago that you suspected that someone was deliberately involved in the fight that day. For
Take advantage of the chaos and kill someone from the yamen. When I think about it, am I not the yamen?"
"That little girl's movie!" Jia Cong's mouth twitched, "She obviously guessed it and told it to you on purpose! She figured it out and didn't tell her elders."
Chen Ruijin asked: "General Yang, are you and Cheng'er a close friend?"
Yang Guotai relaxed his eyebrows and said, "Forget it. The eldest lady is a good child and I like her very much."
Chen Ruijin said: "Although Cheng'er is young, he has always been transparent, very accurate in judging people and attaches great importance to affection. In this case, I know why they are fighting in groups."
Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Why?"
"Only if General Yang died accidentally, Cheng'er would not bother us to investigate."