Mou Bin's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't draw any conclusions about this matter for the time being, we have to find out the clues. This matter is extremely bad, and anyone who dares to attack the Marquis is a fool of himself. But
We must also understand the specific situation and avoid making rash guesses.”
Zhang Yanling said: "I am not making any wild guesses. What I am sure of is that this group of people came here just for me. There is no doubt about this."
Mou Bin frowned and pondered for a moment and said: "Master Hou, how do you plan to deal with this matter? This matter is too big for our Jinyiwei Yamen to handle. I am afraid that this matter will have to be reported to the emperor, and he will make a decision. So many people have died.
, the three judges in the outer court may also intervene."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Of course this matter must be reported to the emperor. I am the victim of this matter, so I will not get involved in how to investigate the case. I am an official of the Jinyiwei Yamen. If something like this happens, I should report it to Commander Mou first.
.As for how Commander Mou makes his decision, I won’t say much. I just hope that whoever investigates this case will find out the facts, catch the culprits, and bring them to justice.”
Mou Bin nodded and said: "What the Marquis said is true. Don't worry, I will make the decision for the Marquis. I will find the culprit and get to the bottom of it. If you dare to touch the Marquis, you will be in trouble with my Jinyiwei Yamen. How can I bear it?"
Intolerable? Lord Hou, that’s what I think. I’m going to
I would like to ask the emperor to engrave this case to give full authority to the Jinyiwei Yamen to investigate and handle the case, and not to allow others to interfere, so as to avoid cover-up and concealment. To be honest, I only trust people within our Yamen to investigate the case. I can't trust the Three Laws Division. I don't know.
What do you think?"
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly and said: "You can do whatever you want, Mr. Mou. I have no objection. Everyone in my family, including my wife and concubines, are frightened, especially my wife, Princess Ruyi, who is very frightened. To be honest, I just want to think about it now."
Take them home to settle down, and ask the doctor to come and calm the princess down. I don’t know if my father-in-law, Duke Dingguo, can spare me this matter. I can’t care about other things."
Mou Bin nodded and said: "Okay, okay, then you can take your family back to settle down and rest, and you can handle other things yourself. By the way, I'm afraid someone will need to verify the records with the Marquis later on about some of the details of what happened. These are all
The Marquis still needs to cooperate with the procedures that need to be carried out."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir. I will cooperate fully with those who are required to cooperate, and will not neglect the brothers who are handling the case. However, I have to stay with my family in the house these days, so I have to take a few days off."
Mou Bin said hurriedly: "Of course, let's talk about a few days, it is appropriate to rest for ten days and a half. After settling the family, the Marquis will go to the Yamen again to say hello to Madam for me."
Zhang Yanling cupped his hands and thanked him.
The corpses in the car and the weapons and other belongings of the deceased were immediately handed over. The corpses of two servants of the Zhang family were also handed over because they needed to go through relevant procedures such as verifying the cause of death. However, Mou Bin promised to return the corpses of the servants as soon as possible and let Zhang Yanling bury them.
, to comfort the family of the deceased servant.
When handing over the corpses, Mou Bin was very surprised when he saw the death conditions of several deceased people. Because those people died so horribly, their faces and bodies were beaten like sieves, and some of the chest bones and flesh were blasted out.
The big hole is really tragic.
Zhang Yanling told him that fortunately he had brought a few firecrackers with him. He was originally going to hunt birds and rabbits in the mountains, but unexpectedly they came in handy. He also revealed that the firecrackers were borrowed from some young men.
Of course Mou Bin didn't believe it. The injury was indeed caused by a firearm. However, to achieve such a bombardment effect with a gun in the army, I'm afraid it would have to be done by hitting the face and chest face to face. No matter how bad it is, it can't take ten steps.
outside.
According to the known situation, there were dozens of strong men besieging the dozen or so servants of the Zhang family. How could Zhang Yanling be given the opportunity to face-to-face killing? Even if a few people could be killed, the rest would swarm in and cut Zhang Yanling to pieces.
, how could he escape? There is definitely something fishy here.
…
The news of Zhang Yanling's attack on the official road in Xishan spread quickly in the capital. This kind of thing always spreads very quickly. What the capital needs most is this kind of explosive news to stimulate the eyeballs. In addition,
A person with Zhang Yanling's status naturally has more communication value.
Soon, people used their ingenuity and all kinds of weird versions of jokes began to circulate.
It is said that the bandits in the Western Mountains came out to rob Caoshang. They happened to meet Zhang Houye's family out for fun, so they took action. Instead, they were defeated by Zhang Houye's guarding entourage and fled.
Some said that it was not the bandits who robbed Mr. Zhang, but Mr. Zhang and his men who took the initiative. They said that the bandits originally just came out of Xishan to take a breather, but they did not expect to be caught by Mr. Zhang.
Others said that they were not bandits at all, but Zhang Houye’s enemies who wanted to ambush Zhang Houye. They said that Zhang Houye had offended someone in the court last year, and someone wanted to take advantage of it.
Attack him.
There are all kinds of nonsense, all kinds of weird speculations. In short, it’s easy to spread rumors and it’s easy to refute them. You should never underestimate the power of rumor spreading, and never overestimate the discernment of ordinary people. The more absurd it is, the more absurd it is.
The more rumors there are, the more likely they are to happen. The more obviously impossible something is, the more it will be spread as if it were witnessed.
The listeners were attentive, while the speaker was shouting, dancing, pointing to the sky, and swearing, creating a chaotic atmosphere.
Zhang Yanling welcomed the first group of people from Dingguo Duke's Mansion to inquire in the late afternoon. Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo and Young Master Xu Yande came to visit in person. On the one hand, Zhang Yanling sent people to report the attack on Xishan.
I learned about Xu Wanyi's injury. On the other hand, I also heard those weird remarks on the street. I didn't know what happened, so I came to seek confirmation.
When Zhang Yanling was accompanying Tan Ruqing in the main room of the back house to change dressings and treat Xu Wanyi's injury, Ding Guogong and his son entered the back house directly and arrived outside the main room of the back house before the servants informed them.
"What's going on? Sister, sister, are you seriously injured?" Xu Yande rushed into the yard, followed by Xu Guangzuo, who was panting and looking solemn.
Before Zhang Yanling could greet him, Ding Guogong and his son had already entered the house. Half of the ointment on Xu Wanyi's face was smeared. Half of her face was fine, but half of her face was covered with blue and black ointment. It looked really scary. There was no time to cover it up at this moment.
When Xu Yande caught a glimpse of it, he immediately went crazy.
"Oh my, sister, how did you become like this? How did you become such an ugly monster? Zhang Yanling, what do you do for food? The whole family is fine, why did you only hurt my sister? Oh, how can this be good? This
How will I see anyone in the future? My poor sister."
Xu Wanyi was originally worried that her appearance would be disfigured. After hearing Tan Ruqing's words that her appearance would not be disfigured, she couldn't believe it. When Xu Yande said this, her whole body became cold.
"Brother, have I become an ugly monster?" Xu Wanyi asked.
"What do you need to say? It's like a yaksha. It's over, it's over, it's over now. Sister, please don't look in the mirror. Don't worry, my brother has invited famous doctors all over the world to cure you," Xu Yande said.
Xu Wanyi almost fainted.
Xu Guangzuo scolded: "Yande, don't talk nonsense. It's not just a piece of skin burned. What's serious about it? How can you become such an ugly monster? Don't listen to your brother making a fuss."