For a moment, the courtyard was filled with excitement. Wang Xian covered his nose slightly and stopped talking. He was patiently waiting for someone to collapse!
Sure enough, after a while, a craftsman in his forties suddenly stood up, pointed at a man in his thirties in front of him and said: "He is the White Lotus Sect! Sir, what they do has nothing to do with us!"
The face of the man in his thirties changed, and he was about to get up and run away, but was held down by the craftsmen around him! Although we usually have a good relationship, at this time, no one would hesitate...
"He is also from the White Lotus Sect!"
"He is also the incense master of the White Lotus Sect!"
Someone started, and the others followed suit, pointing out twenty or thirty White Lotus cultists one after another, and captured them with their own hands!
Those believers were struggling and yelling angrily: "Assholes! We are here for you! For the poor people!"
"Shut up!" The craftsmen were furious. While beating the White Lotus cultists, they yelled: "It's enough to kill us!" After saying that, they turned around and said to Jin Yiwei with a humble face: "My lord, it was all them.
Yes, it has nothing to do with us..."
When I went to see Wang Xian again, he had already left here long ago...
The main hall of Fusi in Beizhen was still brightly lit late at night. Wang Xian paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. His subordinates came in from time to time to report the progress of the case to him. The homes of the White Lotus cultists had been ransacked, and indeed, they found the
The interrogation of the White Lotus Cult's shrines, scriptures, etc. is also going on at the same time. The White Lotus Cult's mouth has always been difficult to pry open, so be patient.
At midnight, Erhei dragged his tired figure in. Wang Xian poured him a cup of tea. Erhei drank it in one gulp, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said, "I finally spoke..."
"Oh?" Wang Xian raised his eyebrows slightly and listened to what he said.
"They do have a plan," Second *** said, "Although the planners and participants have run away, these peripheral believers have also provided them with some cover. It probably started from the winter of the year before last...
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"The winter before last year..." Wang Xian suddenly had an idea pop up in his mind. Brother Lin died in the autumn of the year before last...
"Sir," Erhei called back Wang Xian's soul and said: They also made a confession - someone knows the whereabouts of several of the bricklayers!"
"Oh?" Wang Xian's expression perked up as expected.
"Most of the bricklayers went to Shandong. Some of them thought Shandong was too bitter and did not go there." 2****.
"Then where are they?"
"I went to Yangzhou." Er****: "I went to build houses for those big salt merchants!"
"Immediately send the shadow graphics to Nanjing and ask Yang Rong to take the person!" Wang Xian said immediately: "You also take the person there, and you must capture the criminal and bring him to justice!"
"Yes!" Erhei responded in a deep voice, and then asked: "The people in Dongchang have been asking, how should I reply to them?"
"Well," Wang Xian thought about it and said with a smile, "mostly tell the truth."
"Then, what is the small part?" Erhei asked with a playful smile.
"Just say that the White Lotus followers fled to Hetao," Wang Xian sighed softly: "Don't worry, they will definitely believe it."
"Yes." Seeing that the adults were feeling sad about separation, Erhei stopped talking glibly and resigned...
The Dongchang Yamen is also brightly lit.
Zhao Ying's eyes were red with blood as he studied the confessions that had been concocted over the past few days. The confessions described in detail how the civil servants were resentful, how they plotted to burn down the three main halls, and how they implemented it. It was only limited to the weird imagination of the eunuchs.
Powerful, the plot in the confession will inevitably make people hate... For example, a certain official found twelve pairs of boys and girls, asked the demon to do it, and the demon-subduing thunder struck the three main halls! Another example, a certain official secretly
Stick a fire talisman in the secret place of the three main halls. Once you do it, it will attract a will-o'-the-wisp and burn down the three main halls!
Confessions like these made Zhao Ying want to vomit blood, but he could only hold back his nausea and reluctantly picked out one that was not so ridiculous, preparing to submit it to the emperor the next day. At this moment, he was ordered to contact Jin Yiwei.
His subordinates came in and whispered a report in his ear. After Zhao Ying heard this, his expression changed for a while, and finally he gritted his teeth and tore the pile of confessions into pieces!
"Oh!" Ma De and others were heartbroken when they saw this. They hurriedly picked up the scraps of paper on the ground and complained: "What are you doing, ancestor? This is the confession we worked so hard to get!"
"What's fake is fake!" Zhao Ying spat fiercely: "Compare it with the real thing and you'll see what it is!" He glanced at the stall that reported the news and said, "Are you sure the criminal escaped to the Loop?"
"Confirmed. It is said that the Mongolian princess will return to the Hetao early tomorrow morning," the subordinate said decisively: "Why is she going back at this time? Not to help her man arrest people!"
"Well!" Zhao Ying thought for a moment and then ordered in a deep voice: "Send a fast horse and tiqi to the Hetao. You must catch the Mongolian princess before she goes back!"
"Yes!" His subordinates accepted the order in a deep voice...
Early the next morning, Wang Xian went out of the city to see Baoyin and Aheng back to Hetao.
Wang Xian held his daughter in his arms and looked at Baoyin with an apologetic expression on his face: "I wanted to keep you in the capital so that our family could have a good New Year, but something like this happened and the New Year was not celebrated, and you are still worried about it.
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"It's done!" Baoyin looked more free and easy than Wang Xian. She smiled and waved her hands and said: "With this kind of heart, we two will be content." After saying that, he looked at Gu Xiaolian beside him and said, "Yes, Xiaolian."
My sister will take care of you, so I don’t have to worry anymore. Go back quickly, there are a lot of things waiting for you..."
If Baoyin hadn't been crying in his arms after returning home last night, Wang Xian would have doubted whether this Mongolian girl had him in her heart. The answer is of course, but everyone has matured and learned to
Hide your emotions in front of others...
"Abba," Ah Heng cried until his eyes were red and wiped away his tears, "will you come and see us?"
"Yes, I will definitely do it!" Wang Xian nodded and hooked up with Ah Heng again. The little girl felt relieved and followed her mother into the car.
The carriage drove out slowly, and Wang Xian took it one step after another until it was completely out of sight before returning.
On the way back to Beijing, he was in a low mood, and Gu Xiaolian and Lingxiao accompanied him silently. When he arrived at the gate of Beijing, Wang Xiancai cheered up and grinned at the two girls: "I bet that we are also in Beijing.
I won’t be here for long.”
Gu Xiaolian smiled and said nothing, but Lingxiao asked sharply: "How do you know?"
"I just know." Wang Xian said with a smile.
"It's disgusting, you're trying to sell things off again!" Lingxiao started to get angry, and while he was laughing and making noise, a guard in royal robes came to report, saying that the emperor had ordered him to enter the palace immediately to see the emperor!
Wang Xian knew that he must have wasted a lot of time, so he rushed to the Forbidden City without even having time to change into court clothes.
When Wang Xian arrived at the palace gate, he saw Zhao Ying waiting there.
"Uncle Zhongyong, our family has been waiting for you for a long time." Zhao Ying smiled and took Wang Xian's horse rein, his attitude was unprecedentedly kind.
"Well." Wang Xian knew that he would be waiting here, but he still looked surprised: "Didn't the emperor summon me?"
"Of course it was summoned by the emperor. Who dares to pretend to pass the imperial edict?" Zhao Ying smiled and made a gesture of invitation: "I have something to do. I want to talk to you first. Let's talk before we leave."
"Please." Wang Xian nodded, and the two secret agents entered the Meridian Gate. After passing through the Fengtian Gate, the shocking ruins of the three main halls appeared in front of them, and they couldn't avoid it!
"These damn White Lotus demons!" Zhao Ying gritted his teeth and said, "Our family must request an order to kill them all! To vent the hatred in the Emperor's heart!"
"Ah, father-in-law!" Wang Xian pretended to be surprised and said, "What you mean is that the information on the case has been submitted? I still want to wait until the real culprit is caught before reporting it."
"Haha," Zhao Ying said with a blush on his face: "This is why Uncle Zhongyong cannot understand the emperor's mood. The emperor is very worried, so of course he must report it in time. However, what I am talking about is that our factory guards will jointly detect the case..." He said
He glanced at Wang Xian and said, "Uncle Zhongyong won't blame me for taking credit."
"Of course not." Wang Xian smiled. He deliberately left Beijing today to create this opportunity for Zhao Ying to "steal credit." Now it seems that the old eunuch is indeed as expected!
The emperor said before that whoever solves the case first among the Dongchang Jinyiwei will be the leader! Wang Xian is not serious about this. For five thousand years in China, whoever is closer to the core has always had greater power! From this point of view,
Dongchang has an innate advantage that Jinyiwei cannot surpass! Unless he, the governor, is willing to sacrifice himself, castrate himself, and enter the palace to serve the emperor, Jinyiwei will always be one level above Dongchang! Therefore, he will never be able to override Dongchang.
!
Wang Xian could think clearly, but Zhao Ying would definitely be confused by the authorities! Wang Xian knew Zhao Ying too well, and knew that the arrogant old eunuch would never allow Jin Yiwei to override Dongchang, so he knew that the emperor would probably not be able to do what he said.
Zhao Ying would never take this risk!
So early this morning, Zhao Ying rushed to report to the emperor, saying that Dongchang and Jinyiwei had jointly solved the arson case in the three main halls! As soon as Zhu Di heard that the three main halls were indeed set on fire by humans and not from heaven, naturally Long Yan was very happy and asked for the details.
!But this case was handled by Jin Yiwei from beginning to end. Zhao Ying had neither witnesses nor physical evidence in his hands, so he naturally didn’t know anything about it. He could only deduce that Wang Xian was in control of the details and asked the emperor to summon him to ask questions.
Inquire.
If Wang Xian accused Dongchang of grabbing credit in front of the emperor, Zhao Ying would not be able to bear the burden and walk away, so he waited here specially for Wang Xian, hoping that he would be noble and let him go. However, Eunuch Zhao has also become a spirit.
, knowing that he couldn't do it without some blood. He gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle is very loyal, and our family can't let you look down on it. Tell me, as long as our family can do it, uncle can do it!"
"Haha," Wang Xian laughed, "my father-in-law is really open-minded enough, so I will tell you directly. I will see if those officials who petitioned can be released..."
"Well..." Zhao Ying's old face suddenly wrinkled up: "Everything else is easy to discuss, but this is the only one our family can't decide. It depends on the emperor's wishes!"
"Okay, then just pretend I didn't say anything." Wang Xian ignored him and walked straight forward. After walking a few steps, Zhao Ying caught up and said with a grimace: "Okay, I'll take care of it!"
"Deal." Wang Xian smiled, and as he spoke, he happened to arrive at Qianqing Gate.