Shen Liang behaved very decadently during this period. Nine out of ten times when people in the Yamen saw him, he always looked drunk. When he came to the Yamen, he would sleep in the public room and go home at midnight. A confused look.
Since Shen Liang was demoted, some people around him began to verbally provoke and test him. Shen Liang's performance was slow, and he even tolerated and avoided. This was unimaginable before. As a result, more and more people provoked him. The more he went on, the more provocative he was. Finally, someone pointed at his nose and insulted him in front of him. But Shen Liang still showed no signs of fighting back.
Everyone was finally relieved. Shen Liang was dead. This guy who used to be so arrogant was now like a mangy dog with his backbone shaved off. He had lost all his fangs and sharp teeth and didn't even dare to roar. Now Shen Liang is like a half-dead walking zombie paralyzed on the ground. He is already a useless person.
If it weren't for the fact that Commander Mou's relationship still had some protective effect, Shen Liang would soon encounter greater provocations and even be kicked out. But even with Mou Bin's relationship, it can be seen that Commander Mou has given up. If you fail him, this person has completely failed.
However, what everyone doesn't know is that Shen Liang is not as decadent as he appears. All his performances are illusions, and he has to endure himself because he knows that he has no capital to boss around anymore.
As soon as Mou Bin's demotion document was announced, his situation should be like this. Others are not fools. They can all see that they are no longer trusted by Mou Bin and have been given up by Mou Bin. They can also all see that they are no longer that person. Shen Liang was no longer the boss of Nanzhen Fusi Yamen. In the battle with Zhang Yanling, he was completely defeated. Even Mu Bin gave up. He did.
The provocations from those around him were nothing. Shen Liang knew that these people were just mean people who acted according to the prevailing circumstances. As long as he could stand up, they would act like dogs in front of him, and he could easily handle them as well. It was like a fart. However, the most fatal thing was that Mou Bin had completely lost trust in himself and his future was completely ruined. This was the reason why Shen Liang was itching with hatred and couldn't sleep all night long.
But he did not blame all this on his own incompetence, nor did he deeply reflect on what stupid things he had done that he should not have done. Instead, he was annoyed that he failed to plan all of this properly. In his opinion, the ambush Zhang Yanling's plan was flawless, but he chose the wrong person to execute it. He should have asked Zhang Yin to do such an important thing. With Zhang Yin's martial arts, he would be able to complete it easily. Or he could do it himself, Nor will he be as incompetent as those idiots from Dongchang.
Shen Liang didn't even reflect on his fault. He believed that the fundamental reason why he was forced to the current situation was not himself, but entirely because of Zhang Yanling. If Zhang Yanling hadn't landed in Nanzhen Fusi Yamen out of nowhere and blocked him How could I come into conflict with him when I had the position of governor at my fingertips? That was the fundamental reason. Everything I did after that, whether it was out of line or not, was a forced and helpless act.
For this reason, if I want to regain Mou Bin's trust and make a comeback, I'm afraid I can only do one thing. That is also my only chance to overthrow Zhang Yanling and regain Mou Bin's appreciation and recognition. .
This matter is: to find out the case in the palace. The case that the emperor secretly asked Mou Bin to investigate, and Mou Bin asked himself to investigate. Although Mou Bin has made it clear that this case cannot be investigated anymore. But for him, that was the only life-saving straw. He needed an earth-shaking comeback to completely reverse the current predicament. This case was the only chance to turn around.
You have nothing to lose, so why worry too much?
Although it seems that he is already a joke in the entire yamen and has no capital. But only Shen Liang himself knows that he still has capital. First, he has insider Yuan Bin beside Zhang Yanling, and he can continue to obtain inside information. Information, Yuan Bin has not yet been exposed. Secondly, in terms of personnel strength, although he has lost his position as a thousand households and many people have betrayed him, he still has some buddies, but the number is very small. Most of them are They couldn't get rid of the grasshopper on the rope that they had grasped the details of the crime.
Moreover, he still has an important bargaining chip that he has not used, and that is Zhang Yin from the second thousand households in the thousand households. He holds the evidence that he killed Wang Dan and wiped out the whole family, so Zhang Yin dare not disobey him. Once the situation calls for it, Zhang Yin It's your own trump card.
The only thing he had to do now was to wait for the opportunity and patiently wait for the turning point to come. He found Yuan Bin and asked him to investigate the case as soon as possible and report any clues to him.
Even Shen Liang didn't expect that this opportunity would come so quickly.
On a sultry night in late May, when Shen Liang was lying on the patio of his back house staring at the stars in the sky in a daze, Yuan Bin, the commander-in-chief of the Nanzhen Fusi Jinyi Guards, came to Shen Liang's home and reported a piece of news about his latest investigation.
"Shen Qianhu, a low-level detective heard a piece of news. I don't know if it is of any use. Chen Shiyi and Zhao Yuancheng were talking in the woods under the east wall of the Yamen today, and I overheard them. What they said... The Governor gave orders, Ming Tonight...I will take some brothers to Dongshan to dig graves."
"Dig a grave? Dig what kind of grave?" Shen Liang became alarmed and alert.
Shen Liang didn't pay much attention at first. After all, Yuan Bin reported too much news these days, but they were all trivial things, and he didn't care. But digging graves was obviously not a normal thing.
"It was said that a woman's body was to be replaced. Then Chen Shiyi said, Master Zhenfu said... there are some clues hidden on the woman's body. He said that someone was forcing the Zhou family to reveal the place where the woman was buried, and what if they were buried. Someone else found the woman's body, and I was afraid that something would be exposed. Beizi didn't dare to get too close. He only squatted outside the wall and couldn't hear clearly, so he couldn't understand clearly. But Beizhi felt that this matter was very serious. It's important, so I came to report it to Shen Qianhu. What if it's useful?"
Shen Liang's whole body began to feel hot and his mind became excited. Because he heard the most critical message, which was the three words 'Zhou family'. That was the Zhou family related to that case. And Yuan Bin reported This incident is obviously related to this case.