Situ Wei and Mr. Yan, the magistrate of Taiyuan, came to the stage. Mr. Yan whispered: "Your Highness, please lead people to search first."
Situ Wei shook his head: "Wait a minute. The play will be over soon."
The steward of the Second Highness said anxiously: "Your Highness, if you wait any longer, the murderer will escape!"
Just as he was talking, Jia Meng came over. Situ Wei rushed to say: "Hunter, your role seems to be over?"
Jia Meng said: "It's over. We have to take a final call later, so we can't take off our makeup and change clothes yet. Mr. Situ, I hope you'll bear with me for being a little rude."
"No problem." Situ Wei said, "An assassin broke into your horse shop."
Jia Meng said: "I heard about it and searched for it." He looked back at the stage, "It happened that Miaomiao was going to perform in a play. All the people who had the final say were here, and the entire horse shop was not busy.
They were all acting as spectators here. Therefore, I tend to think that the man saw that there was no one in the horse stall, so he walked through the house and climbed over the wall elsewhere. Our gatekeepers everywhere did not see outsiders going out. Otherwise, let the shopkeeper and a few people go out.
A guy will take your people to investigate. You have to watch the play here. You said you wanted to watch it, and we, Miaomiao, will reenact this scene."
Situ Wei nodded and cupped his hands: "Thank you for your convenience." Then he ordered Mr. Yan, the three members of the housekeeper's staff, and the shopkeeper to quietly search the courtyard, while he sat down and watched the play seriously.
The yard was not big, and the furniture was simple. The poisonous apple had just fallen out of the princess's mouth, and the yard had been checked. The housekeeper carefully looked at the actors on the stage and the servants and servants sitting below, and there was indeed no Zhou Zhuzhu.
Then he led the people out of the courtyard. On the stage, the prince and princess were getting married, and the gramophone played the wedding march. The atmosphere was perfect. However, the prince was a bit short, and he had to be held by a white horse to lift the princess's veil. With the applause and applause of the audience,
Amidst the cheers, the play ended and all the actors took their bows.
Jia Cong took off his horse's head and coaxed his daughter for a few words, then asked Jia Meng to take her. He and Feng Ziying walked down the stage. Then he met Situ Wei and cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Situ, I'm rude."
Situ Wei said with envy: "Mr. Jia really loves his daughter."
Jia Cong said: "Our family is centered around children, and we have really searched and found no outsiders, so we didn't bother with that matter."
Before he finished speaking, Jia Meng shouted from the other end: "It's time to take a group photo~~White Horse, big dwarf!"
Jia Cong hurriedly said "Wait a minute!" and ran back to the stage with Feng Ziying to take pictures. The photographer banged four or five times before he was done. Then the actors took off their makeup and changed clothes for a while, and the first one to come out was
Lin Boru.
The young man walked straight to Situ Wei and said with a smile: "It's more troublesome for them to remove their makeup. I'll come out first. Hello, Your Highness."
Situ Wei said: "Prince Jia, it's easy here. Mr. Lin, please don't call me your highness."
"Okay, Mr. Situ." Lin Boru agreed immediately, casually sat down next to Situ Wei, and asked, "I'm curious and want to find out what's going on. His Highness's residence is quite far away from this horse trip, so why did the assassin come here?
run?"
Situ Wei smiled bitterly and said, "It's my second brother's fault." Then he told the assassin that his fiancée was taken away by His Highness. "That servant probably heard that Jia Meng had helped people who had similar experiences to him, so he
Came running."
Lin Boru frowned: "Then you should come in and ask for a meeting. Why is no one replying?"
Situ Wei weighed the slow pace of the play just now. It should have started when Zhou Zhuzhu came over. He thought that the servants did not dare to disturb the masters and their daughters for the sake of an outsider who broke in for no reason. What Jia Meng said
That makes sense. He thought to himself, "Who is guarding your back door?"
Lin Boru was stunned: "This is my first time coming back to play."
Situ Wei hurriedly said "Sorry" twice, stood up and said, "I won't wait until Mr. Jia and the others take off their makeup. I'll go to the back door and ask."
"Please."
Situ Wei quickly left the yard and led the entourage waiting outside to the back door of the horse shop.
When I got there, I saw seven or eight waiters and maids sitting behind the door holding long sticks, brooms and golden knives. The door was open, and I could see a dozen police officers gathered outside. Situ Wei then stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "
Dear friends, please invite me. Who is the gatekeeper here? I would like to ask him two questions."
The guys looked at each other for a few times, and one of them said, "Where's the tiger head?"
Another said: "Yes, where is the tiger head?"
The two of them stood up and said, "Let's go look for it." Then they stood up and shouted "Tiger Head" and started looking around.
Situ Wei asked others: "What kind of person is this tiger head?"
An older waiter said: "I'm honest! I'm not afraid of suffering a loss. If I ask him to help me with something, I'll do it right away. I like young people like this."
Another said: "He just came here a few days ago. I heard that Uncle Xiaomeng is kind to him."
There was a "boom" in Situ Wei's mind: "Jia Meng is kind to him? What kind of kindness?"
"She said she helped him get his wife back. His wife was almost robbed by others."
Situ Wei immediately understood what was going on and ordered his men: "Quick! Find Master Yan and the others quickly, first look for the tiger head, and then look for the assassin."
Several subordinates went separately to find Mr. Yan and others and asked him to search for Hu Tou, the newly arrived back door of Ma Xing. Not long after, a woman looking at the North Point Gate said: "Hu Tou has gone out. He said he has a home at Sanguan Temple.
The seller of pea cakes is very good, so I hired a waiter who loves this to recognize him."
The policeman quickly asked: "What does that guy look like?"
The mother-in-law said: "I didn't pay attention. He is slightly taller than Hutou. He seems to be about 23 or 24 years old. He is swarthy."
After hearing the news, Magistrate Yan and others immediately led the people out of the horse carriage and rushed towards Sanguan Temple. When they were at the gate of the temple, they remembered that they must not be here. It was very close to the east gate of the city, so they hurried to the east gate. When asked about the guards at the gate,
Sure enough, a man who looked like a tiger head and Zhou Zhuzhu went out of the city and hired a carriage outside the city gate. He said he had to go to Handan on urgent matters and paid three times more than others.
Situ Wei then ordered Magistrate Yan to stay in Taiyuan to search for their families and find out why they were going to Handan. If there was anyone they could take refuge with, the staff and stewards of His Highness the Second Highness led the fast horsemen to pursue them along the way. Three
No one had any objections, and everyone accepted the order and left.
After investigation, Zhou Zhuzhu's father died of old age and his mother disappeared last night. Hutou's parents and his fiancée's family moved away four or five days ago, saying that they went to Zhao to join Hutou's uncle;
Since I had just arrived at Jia's Horse Racing Company to work, I couldn't resign immediately, so I stayed in Taiyuan alone for another half a year, waiting for the end of the year.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Yan said: "These two people must have contacted each other beforehand and colluded." Since Situ Wei was still in Mahang, he turned back.
Jia Cong and Feng Ziying had already taken off their makeup and were sitting in the front hall with Situ Wei to talk. The three of them were shocked. Situ Wei said: "Zhao is a member of the Federation. I'm afraid I have to trouble Zhao for help in this matter."
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "Since that tiger head is an employee of the horse bank, we are also responsible. But I wonder if they really went to Handan. If they were going to commit an assassination, why did they tell the neighbors where to escape in such a big way?
Are they going to attack the east? Does their family really have an uncle in Handan? "
Mr. Yan said "Oh!" "It's because the lower official didn't think well." He ordered someone to check it out.
Jia Cong said: "Ask them if there are any other relatives besides their uncle who they can seek refuge with."
The police rushed to Hutou's house to find out if any of their relatives were still in Taiyuan, and found an uncle of Hutou's father. The old man said that Hutou's natal family was in Jiaoyi, not far from Taiyuan. I wonder if he had an uncle.
Went to the State of Zhao. The police rushed to Jiaoyi County. When they found Hutou Niang’s natal family, they found out that both of his uncles were gone long ago, and now there are only a few cousins left. Obviously, "going to Handan to seek refuge with my uncle" is nonsense.
When I came back, I asked other relatives and friends. Hutou's fiancée had an aunt who married to Chang'an. I heard that her uncle had made a fortune in recent years. Hutou's mother-in-law had mentioned to the neighbors that if life was not going well, she would seek refuge with her sister.
Magistrate Yan thought for a while and ordered people to ride fast horses on the road to Chang'an to search for Hu Tou and Zhou Zhuzi. They also drew pictures and sent them to various countries to find Hu Tou and Zhou Zhu Zhu. As soon as Zhou Zhu Zhu's portrait was hung up, Hu Tou's neighbors recognized him.
People came to see Hutou twice, and then Hutou and his fiancee's family moved away.
It can be seen that this matter was planned by these two young people. Zhou Zhuzhu rushed to Jia's horse shop and went straight to the back door. Hutou had been waiting for a long time, stopped his pursuers, and also prepared the clothes of the horse shop clerk for him to change into.
, and then made a lot of noise to alert others to come over and help him guard the door. Then, when no one was prepared, the two of them slipped out of the North Point Gate and escaped.
On the other side, the doctors were busy until the next day, and the Second Highness was about to save his life. However, Zhou Zhuzhu's head was stabbed in the root of his descendant, and the Second Highness had become an eunuch. Jia Cong was a little embarrassed, so he came to deliver the meal in person.
The generous gift. The second princess was very polite and did not express her anger with him. She just cried uncontrollably across the screen, making Jia Cong increasingly restless. The King of Jin was furious and set a ten-day deadline to capture the murderer, and ordered Gan Kexi to help trace the cause and effect.
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Gan Kexi accepted the order and went to Situ Wei's house first. Situ Wei detailed what happened that day and shook his head: "Second brother, it's his own fault."
Gan Kexi did not comment, turned around and walked back to Lin Mansion. When he saw Lin Boru, he also agreed with Situ Wei. He said that they were all performing a play with Jia Dingbang that day. When the shopkeeper came in to reply, he was not acting and was sitting in Jia Cong's room.
Next to him, Gan Kexi asked who else was there that day, and he said: "The one who plays Snow White is my sister, and the stepmother is Xiaolu Ya—well, the stepmother is Han Lu."
In the end, Gan Kexi had no choice but to come to the horse shop to ask Jia Cong. After entering the front hall, Jia Cong pointed to a fan on the desk and told him: "Here, this is what your fifth highness sent to my cute son just now. He said he got it by chance.
I remembered that Meng'er said that his grandfather liked this. Confucius said, the beauty of a gentleman is the beauty of adulthood. Since Duke Rong liked it, he gave it to him to play with. Because I really like ancient fans, and His Highness the Fifth Prince sent them sincerely, I will make the decision.
Accepted."
Gan Kexi understood. If it were not for Jia Meng to help Hutou snatch his wife, Zhou Zhuzhu would probably not dare to stab his master. Since the second child is useless, it is like losing an arm of the prince, so the third and fifth sons are naturally happy. They said calmly: "That's the case.
What Your Highness the Fifth Prince gave to the Duke of the Kingdom, he took it as soon as he took it."
Jia Cong pointed to a post on the desk again: "Take a look." Gan Kexi picked it up and looked at it. The prince was going to visit Prince Jia, and he would come in a while. Jia Cong frowned. Jia Cong said seriously, "I'll come.
The purpose of Taiyuan is to build a railway, and we have no intention of getting involved in the internal strife in your country. I also hope Lord Gan will inform the King of Jin of his thousand years."
Gan Kexi said: "The prince is already involved."
Jia Cong said: "You got involved just because you said you got involved? I'm not helping anyone. As the saying goes, if you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts. If you, Your Highness, snatch too many women, you will always encounter one or two free men.
The men who went out were not just women, but others as well. In the anger of the common people, two people were lying on the ground, bleeding for five steps, and the world was plain. Don't do anything too cruel to your ministers and common people. This is my warning to your prince."
Gan Kexi was stunned: "Why did the prince say this?"
Jia Cong took a sip of tea and said: "The world needs railways, and railways need Jin State. We need a stable Jin State, not a Jin State that is torn apart and fighting civil war. I watched the sky at night and saw that the fate of the King of Jin and the State of Jin had changed. The Second Highness of the Second Highness
This is a warning from God."
Gan Kexi was shocked: "Your Majesty, please speak clearly."
Jia Cong shook his head: "I am a mortal now, so I can't find out so clearly. If nothing happens, change the prince, stability is the most important thing." Gan Kexi immediately stared at Jia Cong. Jia Cong shrugged, "Your prince is not here yet. I
I have never met him and have no friendship with him. If I intend to interfere with your Jin affairs, I will definitely support Xiaowei, your fourth child. This child studied at Dajiala University and can best understand my thoughts.
But as I just said, stability is what the railway needs most. Changing the prince will definitely cause turmoil in the court. It would be best if the King of Jin could persuade his other sons Ansheng to help the prince; if not, let Situ Wei
It would be great to come and help the prince."
Gan Kexi thought to himself: "What the prince means is that the fate of our country and our king has changed, and there is a fear of civil strife?"
Jia Cong said: "It all depends on human beings. Fate is just a sign." Gan Kexi wanted to ask again, but Jia Cong said, "I have already said everything that a poor Taoist can say." Gan Kexi did not dare to delay any longer, bowed deeply and resigned in a hurry.
So he hurried into the palace to see King Jin and said so. King Jin looked as usual. After half a day, he said: "Jia Cong got Lao Wu's fan, but he persuaded the lonely king not to change the heir apparent?"
"yes."
"When did the lonely king say that he wanted to change his son?"
"Your Majesty... never said that."
"Then what nonsense is he talking about?" King Jin waved his hand and sent Gan Kexi away.
Piangan Kexi had just left, and the King of Jin suddenly turned pale. He ordered more protection for the Jin Palace, and ordered to pay special attention to assassins. The front door of the Jin Palace was searched intensively.
Since His Highness the Second Highness is not dead, there will be no state mourning in Jin. Without state mourning, everything in the homes of officials and people will be as normal.
Lin Dongyang, the general of the auxiliary state, wanted to continue his marriage, and he wanted to marry a female crown from the Xuanwu Temple in Tianlong Mountain. This woman's surname was Zeng, and she was also the daughter of an official family. Her Taoist name was Xinzhen. In her early years, she practiced in several famous Taoist mountains.
She also traveled around in coir raincoats and mango shoes, and settled in Tianlong Mountain a few years ago. She is talented, knowledgeable, and knowledgeable about things in the backyard. She even knows the rules of the palace. When Lin Dongyang married her, it was obvious that he expected her to teach his daughter.
meaning.
The wife of his predecessor, the Li family, was immediately worried and took the Lin family brother and sister over in the name of celebrating her aunt's birthday. Unexpectedly, the two of them agreed in unison that they were willing to marry Lin Dongyang and marry this trustworthy woman.
After the banquet, Old Mrs. Li wanted to stay with Miss Lin for a few days. The girl said, "No, I'm going to Sister Han's house tomorrow to listen to stories!" But she still left. Old Mrs. Li's fingers hurt from the pinch.