Chen Ruyi and others left first. Shen Bochi, the head of the Criminal Department, was also worried about digging up a big thunder that the entire Criminal Department could not afford. He said that he would return to the Criminal Department to issue arrest documents at sea and ask the counties to assist in the search for suspicious persons, so he left in a hurry.
After sending Chen Ruyi off respectfully, Shen Bochi and others left one after another. It was getting dark. Wei Zhen walked back to the bedside. Seeing Shang Wensheng's pale face due to excessive blood loss, she didn't know what to say.
The ministers in the court recommended Shang Wensheng to replace Shen Yang as the prefect of Guangde. He was the governor of Hezhou. It seemed like a good job, but he witnessed the rise of the Chishan Army and brought hundreds of thousands of women and children to Guangde, Langxi and Anji. After settling down in the county, Wei Zhen witnessed Shangjia Fort being crushed and captured by the Chishan Army, but she knew very well that someone wanted to use Shang Wensheng's help to cause some trouble in Guangde Mansion.
If the Marquis of Qianyang was hiding something in Guangde Mansion, or if he was worried that Shang Wensheng was harboring old grudges, knowing that Guangde Mansion might suppress the women and children housed in Guangde, he would have every motive to send someone to secretly assassinate Shang Wensheng.
What's more, the identity of the assassin can be said to be clearly revealed at this time.
Speaking of Han Donghu, Wei Zhen also had an impression. He was extremely brave in combat. He was once promoted to the Cavalry Military Attaché by the Marquis of Guizhou Yang, and was also given the "Han surname" by the Marquis of Guizhou Yang. This is a treatment that can only be enjoyed by direct descendants in the direct line. It can be said that A retainer of the Marquis of Qianyang.
Although Chen Ruyi said that the physical appearance is similar, it is not enough, but if it is really an assassin sent by Xuzhou, how will this matter evolve?
Will His Majesty pinch his nose and pretend this never happened?
Thinking of this, Wei Zhen's heart tightened slightly. She glanced at Shang Wensheng and said, "Master Shang, take good care of your injuries. I think your Majesty will give the Shang family justice."
It was already dark, so Wei Zhen did not stay overnight, and soon returned to Lishui City with a dozen government officials in the dark.
After Wei Zhen and the county officials left, Shang Wensheng lay on the bed, staring at the tent ceiling. After a long time, he seemed to have gathered some strength, and motioned to Chen Xiang, who was still injured and guarding the bed, to come over. Asked hoarsely:
"When the assassins broke into the fort, in addition to me, my wife, Zhongjie, and one person who rushed to Lishui City to report the news, there should have been thirty soldiers. Why did the assassins break in and only ten people were killed or injured in the end? Where were the others?"
Under Shang Wensheng's sinister gaze, Chen Xiang hesitated for a while before telling the truth: "It's nothing for the second master to execute the refugees out of desperation, but the lady's words seemed to make some people think. When the second young master was assassinated, there was quite a commotion in the outer house. I also heard the noise in the West Cross Courtyard at that time, but except for He Chong and Chen Jingmin who were guarding the second young master, as well as He Jin and Shang Laohan who were guarding the lord and his wife at that time. , in the end, only nine people and the humble ones came from the West Cross Courtyard with weapons to fight the assassin. After the assassin climbed over the wall and escaped, others chased him out with weapons one after another, but the assassin had disappeared into the forest; The road and the dense forest at the back of the mountain are more familiar to us than any of us, otherwise we wouldn’t have chased him..."
"Where's Su Lie!" Shang Wensheng asked.
Although Shang Wensheng was only a doctor in the six tribes of the Chu Dynasty, it was because Emperor Tianyou had no intention of re-employing the clan clans in Jinling counties. The power of the Shang family was so great that most of the newly aristocratic families in the Chu Dynasty could not match it.
Su Lie was the head of the Shang family in his early years. He served as an official in Huzhou on behalf of the Shang family and took in a young swordsman.
When Su Lie was taken in, Su Lie was only twelve years old and dependent on his widowed mother. However, her widowed mother died of illness and there was no money to bury her, so Su Lie sold himself on the street to bury her mother.
He paid for his mother's burial and took Su Lie by his side.
Su Lie has extraordinary swordsmanship and strong arm strength, and is the number one soldier among the hundreds of soldiers in the Shang family.
Shang Wensheng has kept Su Lie by his side as a personal guard all these years. When An Ning Palace fled north across the Yangtze River, Su Lie first took action to restrain one of the camp generals who was supervising them, and then forced this person to lead his men and fled back to the south bank with them to join Yan.
You Emperor.
It was also because he knew that his second son Zhongjie had the idea of revitalizing Shangjiapu that Shang Wensheng transferred Su Lie to him. Zhongjie massacred the refugees who had been captured in Shangjiapu. Seeing that Su Lie could not stop him, he rushed to Langxi overnight.
Report it to him.
Shang Wensheng thought that the assassin was very brave, but as long as Su Lie was not attacked immediately, he should not be killed so easily given his skill.
Chen Xiang said: "Some people said that the second young master was assassinated. Su Lie rushed over as soon as he heard the news. He even fought with the assassin several times, but he was no match for the assassin. He was defeated quickly, but he did not suffer any injuries.
——In addition, I humbly listened to the private discussion of these people. Shang Hu came to assassinate the second young master, probably to avenge the young madam. Some people said before that the second young master was motivated because of the young madam’s involvement with this domestic slave named Shang Hu...
…”
"Nonsense! These bastards who have been stabbed a thousand times are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they still want to insult my family tradition?" Shang Wensheng yelled in a hoarse voice.
Chen Xiang stood aside, not daring to say a word.
Shang Wensheng thought for a long time with a gloomy face, thinking that Su Lie was defeated without any injuries. In the final analysis, he was unwilling to work for his Shang family anymore. His chest was filled with overwhelming hatred, and he was gnashing his teeth.
Said: "Since these bastards don't remember the kindness I showed them in the past and have different aspirations, there is no need for me to keep them anymore."
"Sir, what do you want?" Chen Xiang looked over in shock, not daring to ask the full question at this moment.
Shang Wensheng was lying on the hospital bed, thinking that only thirteen of his soldiers were willing to sacrifice their lives for his Shang family in the end. After deducting the seven killed by assassins, three of the remaining six were seriously injured.
It is not enough to detain those soldiers who have strange thoughts, not to mention that there is Su Lie among the people who have strange thoughts.
He breathed heavily and ordered Chen Xiang: "Find a reliable person to go to Liyang to report to the eldest son. He said that among the remaining seventeen people, it is very likely that someone is secretly colluding with the assassin. Ask him to bring people back to kill these people."
People will deal with it - this way you can also deal with all the previous things, but these things will rot in your stomachs. Even if you see the eldest son, don't mention them, just pretend that these things have never happened.
, Young Madam’s matters are not allowed to be mentioned—you understand, right?”
Chen Xiang was puzzled for a while before he figured out what the master meant, nodded and said: "I know - it would be safer for me to go to Liyang in person to see the eldest son."
"That's fine, don't let the news leak - Zhongjie is also dead. I only have one son left in my lap, and there is no one around me who I want to support with all my heart. When you come back, you can be my adopted son!" Naofumi!
Sheng said.
"Chen Xiang will never forget your kindness." Chen Xiang kowtowed in front of the bed and walked outside.
After Chen Xiang left, Shang Wensheng endured the pain of the wound and fell asleep again. He didn't know how long it had passed before he heard noise coming from outside. He opened his eyes and saw that the candle in the room had been extinguished.
It was pitch dark, and he hoarsely asked outside the door: "Is Da Lang back?"
Then there was a loud "click" as the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, hit the wall and bounced back.
Many people rushed in holding torches. Looking at the faces illuminated by the torches, they were ferocious and twisted. If not they were all the soldiers around Zhongjie, who were they?
The leader was none other than Su Lie, who had the ability to lead his troops to intercept the assassin but retreated halfway.
Shang Wensheng was suddenly startled. Regardless of the severe pain of the wound, he struggled to sit up and asked sternly: "What do you want to do?"
"Since your lord doesn't want us alive and wants to kill us to silence us, firstly we don't want to die. Secondly, we still have our wives, children and children in Lishui City. Now we have no way to escape even if we want to. We really don't know what to do, so we can only come here to ask for help, lord."
What an idea!" Su Lie, a young man in his mid-twenties with a short mustache, said as he stared at Shang Wensheng on the hospital bed.
"Who said I want to kill you and silence you? What should I do if I kill you and silence you?" Shang Wensheng couldn't help the severe pain in his armpit and denied it.
Su Lie's eyes suddenly became fierce, and he reached out to grab someone from the door, and suddenly pushed him down in front of the hospital bed. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiang fell into the hands of Su Lie and these rebellious family soldiers, and he was tied up and dragged in.
Su Lie took a torch from behind, ignored Shang Wensheng who looked like a dead dog, but stared at Chen Xiang and said: "Master Chen, I also respect you as a man, but we have worked hard for the Shang family these years.
In the eyes of the master and the wife, he is still a pariah, not even comparable to a dog, and even if he dies, he would like to be stamped on a few more times - Mr. Chen, would you really be willing to sacrifice your life for them? "
At this time, five more tied-up people came one after another outside the door. Shang Wensheng saw clearly that they all rushed over to intercept the assassin immediately. Those who were still loyal to his Shang family did not expect that they were all killed.
Su Lie took other rebel family soldiers and detained him.
Shang Wensheng almost fainted, only to realize in his heart that Zhongjie brutally stabbed more than fifty refugees to death, even women and children, and that his wife had confidently persuaded him to conceal the matter, especially when she vented her hatred.
If he wanted to do so, people like Su Lie would have different ideas and rebel against him.
However, Shang Wensheng felt even more angry and resentful when he thought that he had always treated these cheap slaves well, and that these cheap slaves did not care about kindness and actually harbored dissatisfaction with those unrelated refugees.
"Su Lie, I have treated you very kindly. If you did not try your best to save the second young master, it was because you were too late. But please don't make the mistake again..." Although Chen Xiang was tied up, he still struggled to persuade Su Lie, who had murderous intent in his eyes.
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"What a great kindness. Your Excellency paid for the burial of my mother. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. I have been serving him and his son all these years. Even if we usually have the slightest mistake, we are either whipped or scolded.
This is nothing. However, we just thought that over the years in the Shang family, we have feelings for the Shang family, and the Shang family must also have some feelings for us, right? Today we have fully understood that we are a bitch for a day and a lifetime.
They are all bastards, and their descendants are all bastards. There is no difference at all from the fifty-six bastards who were brutally stabbed to death by the Second Young Master with one sword after another!" Su Lie's rather handsome face, at this moment
He was ferocious and twisted, "Not only did the Second Young Master brutally kill the young lady, he also brutally killed so many defenseless people. Mr. Chen, tell me, why should we try our best to save him from the assassins? My lord, he only thinks about himself."
Official hat, hating our savior’s incompetence, trying to cover up the truth that the second young master killed the young lady and was assassinated, and also thinking about covering up the truth that the second young master killed fifty-six women and children, so he wants to kill us to silence us, Mr. Chen, do we want to
Can you tie yourself up and let me pick up the sword with you and pierce our chests one by one so that we are not confused?"
"That day you went to Caiyuanzi Restaurant and came back and said you met an old friend. It turned out that that person was Shang Hu. It was you who informed Shang Hu about the death of the young lady. So although the assassin's face was covered, you fought with him a few times.
You recognized him?!" Chen Xiang suddenly understood when he saw that Su Lie was so sure.
"..." Su Lie ignored Chen Xiang and turned to Shang Wensheng, "We have no choice but to kill you, sir, but we will leave on our own after we pick up our children from Lishui City tomorrow.
I have nothing to do with you. The sea and the sky are vast, and we all have our destiny. I hope that you will not miss us again in the future. I also pray that the eldest son does not know that there are changes in Donglu Mountain at this time, and does not rush back to Donglu Mountain to force us to do what we don’t want to do. No.