In the following days, relevant personnel of Jinyiwei General Office and Fu Xiaolang of Beizhen Fusi Town came to visit Zhang Yanling. On the one hand, they greeted Zhang Yanling. More importantly, they asked Zhang Yanling about the incident and details over and over again, and asked Zhang Yanling about what happened that night.
Family related personnel.
Naturally, Zhang Yanling also made some arrangements. What should be said can be said, but what cannot be said must not be disclosed. For example, one of the purposes of going to Xishan Manor is to select a site for the construction of a smelting workshop. Another example is the firearm used to kill that night. In fact,
Not many people knew the inside story. Zhang Yanling only needed to remind the key people not to spill the beans, insist that they were just going for fun, and that the weapons used to kill people were just ordinary firecrackers.
It seemed that Mou Bin, Xiao Lang and others were doing their best to investigate the case, but Zhang Yanling knew in her heart that these might all be just for show. Zhang Yanling was not in a hurry, he wanted to see what Mou Bin would come up with.
conclusion. After all, Mou Bin boasted in front of the Emperor and Queen Zhang that Haikou would definitely find out who the real murderer was within five days. If he hadn't been so sure, he probably wouldn't have been able to convince the Emperor to hand over the case to the Jinyiwei Yamen.
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In the Fusi Yamen of Nanzhen, although Zhang Yanling did not go to the Yamen, judging from the information Chen Shi received, there was nothing unusual in the Yamen. Shen Liang has been on leave to recuperate since he was beaten last time, and has not had any symptoms so far.
Returned to the Yamen for duty. Although the other people in the Yamen were a little surprised when they learned about the attack on Master Zhenfu, there was nothing unusual about it overall.
According to Chen Shiyi's investigation, on the day of the incident, no one from Nanzhen Fusi Yamen left the city. No one was suspected of participating in the incident. This is actually not surprising. Whether they escaped or were shot
Among the people killed, there were no familiar faces.
Of course, this does not mean that this matter has nothing to do with some people in the yamen.
Two days later, Xu Yande unexpectedly sent news. Although it was not possible to carry out interrogations in the military with great fanfare, it was still possible to do some basic inquiries in secret. According to the information Xu Yande knew, after the incident, the Commander-in-Chief of the 12th Regiment Battalion
There are no reports of missing persons among the soldiers and horses of the capital camp affiliated to the government.
Xu Yande meant that this result may prove that the attackers could be ruled out as soldiers from the Beijing camp. However, Zhang Yanling did not think so. Such an investigation is meaningless. The Beijing camp has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, which is huge and complex. To think about it,
Drawing an accurate conclusion probably requires careful research and planning. It took only two days to reach such a conclusion, so it can only be used as a reference.
There must be a lot of vacancies in the huge Beijing camp, as well as a large number of ancillary personnel. Even the leading commander himself may not know the exact number of soldiers and horses under his command. Xu Yande must have conducted a rough investigation through others, and found that
The results are obviously unreliable.
This is not to say that Xu Yande is deliberately perfunctory, but that this is all he can do. From this point of view, it is not that Xu Yande does not take the matter to heart at all. It is just that this kind of result is often misleading.
Of course Zhang Yanling would not be misled. In the past, there were so many cases of empty pay and false reporting of personnel in the small yamen of Nanzhen Fusi. Zhang Yanling naturally understood what the situation was like in the Beijing camp with a larger staff.
If you really want to find out whether there are a few missing men in an army of more than 100,000 troops, I am afraid that the first thing you need to find out is how many military personnel are eating empty pay and working as moths. This kind of thing is actually worse than yourself.
The attack was even bigger, because it was probably a major earthquake. This was probably one of the reasons why Xu Guangzuo refused to contribute.
The fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival.
This was originally a lively festival. But this year, the Zhang family has no intention of celebrating the festival. Several days have passed since the attack, but they still don’t seem to have recovered. Moreover, two more servants died in the mansion and several people were injured. It is true that
Not very suitable for celebrating the holidays.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Axiu gathered everyone and distributed some rice dumplings, gave some red envelopes for the festival, and gave all the servants a half-day holiday so that they could go home to celebrate the festival. The house only put some fruits and snacks in the back garden.
Yes, you should respond to the situation.
In previous years, the Zhang brothers had to enter the palace during the Dragon Boat Festival, but this year Empress Zhang did not send anyone to invite Zhang Yanling to the palace. She only sent a chamberlain in the morning to reward some rice dumplings, sachets, five-color silk threads and other items.
Fortunately, Tan Ruqing was invited to celebrate the festival together, and the injury on Xu Wanyi's face also improved rapidly in the past few days. When Axiu invited her, she did not refuse and came to the back garden to sit down. Instead, it became a complete celebration.
Family dinner.
The three women sat at the same table, which was a little awkward at first, but after drinking a few glasses of realgar wine, the atmosphere seemed to become more lively. And when Xu Wanyi actually offered to play a piece for everyone, everyone was excited.
I couldn't believe my ears.
But Xu Wanyi still ordered someone to bring the cave flute and stood in the mottled sunlight and shadows and started playing.
The cave flute is melodious and soothing, with euphemistic and lingering tunes. The breeze is blowing, the sun is bright, and the surrounding leaves are rustling. The sound of the flute is accompanied by the sound of the wind and the leaves, making people really mesmerized and relaxed.
Zhang Yanling listened to the whistle and thought about what he had experienced, and felt a mixture of emotions in his heart. He drank one cup after another of realgar wine. When the whistle stopped, he was already drunk and fell into A Xiu's arms.
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When the banquet in the backyard of the Zhang family started, a family banquet was also going on in the back hall of Mou Bin's mansion. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so Mou Bin and his wife and concubines will naturally have a reunion dinner and celebrate. And at this banquet,
, in addition to Mou Bin's wives and concubines, there is also Shen Liang, the 1,000th household in Fusi, Nanzhen.
Shen Liang's expression was very respectful. He couldn't let go of sitting at such a banquet. Mou Bin's wives and concubines were all radiant and jeweled. Except for his sister, all of them were
They were members of Mou Bin's family. These women were chattering and talking coquettishly towards Mou Bin. In fact, he was not suitable for sitting at such a banquet on this occasion, so he seemed restless.
After three rounds of wine, five dishes were served. Mou Bin had already drank several glasses of wine, and his face turned red.
"Shen Liang, you haven't come to see me in my house for half a month, right? If I don't invite you, you don't seem to be planning to set foot in my house again, right?" Mou Bin pushed away a concubine who was toasting.
He took the wine glass and asked Shen Liang with the smell of wine.
Shen Liang said hurriedly: "How dare you do this? I was injured last time and took leave to recuperate at home, so I didn't go out."
"Yes, my brother is recuperating at home. Master, please don't blame me. It's not that I don't want to come. Isn't this the last time that the man named Zhang in his yamen gave him a slap in the face for no reason?" Shen Liang's sister said beside him.
Mou Bin said in a deep voice: "Talk a lot, have I asked you?"
"It's just that there are no rules. The master is talking to Mr. Shen. Why do you interrupt?"
"You really think you are the boss. What you say has weight, right?"
All the women murmured and looked at Shen Liang's sister with schadenfreude. This vixen had given birth to a son for the master. She was usually very arrogant, but now she was scolded by the master. It was really satisfying.
"Everyone, get out of here! Get out of here!" Mou Bin shouted sternly.
"..." The women were stunned, all of them rolled their eyes, threw cups and bowls, and left angrily.