Mou Rongtian returned to the capital and went to the Jinyi and Health Administration to find Luo Yangxing. After asking, he found out that Ding Wuwei's body was found by a woodcutter in a dense forest on the outskirts of the capital.
Mou Rongtian asked: "Where is Ding Wenfa's body?"
Luo Yangxing said: "Buried."
Mou Rongtian asked: "Why were you buried?" There was a hint of dissatisfaction and blame in his tone.
Luo Yangxing said: "The case is closed, what is it left for?"
Mou Rongtian said: "This matter is not that simple." Then he told the story about the mysterious man who hired Ding to be unable to pay a lot of money to buy his life.
Luo Yangxing said: "It seems that it was buried too early, but it doesn't matter. You can dig it out again."
So Luo Yangxing sent someone to dig out Ding Wuwei's body from the random graveyard and send it to the Fusi morgue in Beizhen.
Mou Rongtian inspected the body and found that Ding Fengwei died after his throat was sealed with a sword. He thought: "Ding Fengfa is also a person. If he can seal his throat with a sword, you can imagine the martial arts of this mysterious man."
He judged from the body spots that Ding Bubu had been dead for at least a month, and thought: "It seems that Ding Bubu was silenced by a mysterious person shortly after he killed Li Jianyuan."
Luo Yangxing said: "I thought this boy was killed by his enemies. Now it seems that it must be the mysterious person who killed him and silenced him."
Mou Rongtian said: "I thought wrong before. I mistakenly thought that Ding Fengwei was seeking wealth and murder."
Luo Rongtian said: "It's no wonder that Ding Wenwei took away the sword, everyone would think so. The mysterious man's martial arts skills are higher than Ding Wenwei's, so why would he hire Ding Wenwei to pay a lot of money for his life, and then kill people to silence him?"
Luo Yangxing said: "Could it be that you have already guessed it?"
Mou Rongtian nodded slightly and said: "He is..."
Luo Yangxing hurriedly interrupted: "Don't say it, let me think about it again." He pondered for a moment and then said: "When the mysterious man left, he reminded Ding Wenfa to be careful about Li Jianyuan's sword. With Li Jianyuan's martial arts, no matter what magic weapon he uses, He won't be Ding Wenfa's opponent. Ding Wenfa doesn't need to care about Li Jianyuan's sword at all.
"Why did the mysterious man bother to remind Ding Wen?"
Luo Yangxing pondered again for a moment and said with a smile: "I thought about it. The mysterious man is really cunning. Previously, I thought it was Ding Feng who was coveting Li Jianyuan's sword, hunting rabbits and taking the sword away. This made us think wrong. We mistakenly I thought he was trying to make money and kill himself.
"The mysterious man expected that Ding Ding would not know that Li Jianyuan had the sword in his hand, so he would definitely take it away. He was setting a trap for us, intentionally leading our investigation to seek wealth and death.
"This trap is very deep. If you don't think about it carefully, it's hard to detect."
Mou Rongtian smiled and said: "If he directly gave an order to prevent Ding from taking away the sword after killing Li Jianyuan, once the matter is exposed, we will know that he deliberately led our investigation astray."
Luo Yangxing smiled and said: "No matter how cunning a fox is, he can't defeat a good hunter. How can his little tricks escape Master Luo's eyes?"
"Now it's all clear. He hired Ding Wenfa to pay a lot of money for his life and kill people to silence him. He just wanted us to close the case with Ding Wenfa being greedy for the sword, seeking wealth and murder, so as to cover up his true intention of getting rid of Li Jianyuan."
Mou Rongtian said: "Then what is his real intention in getting rid of Li Jianyuan?"
Luo Yangxing said: "You didn't guess again, did you?"
Mou Rongtian shook his head and said: "I still can't figure out what his real intention is? But the Dragon Scale Purple Gold Knife is an important clue. Do you know how Li Jianyuan obtained this knife?"
Luo Yangxing said: "How did you get it?"
Mou Rongtian said: "Tian Ergeng gave it to him."
Luo Yangxing said: "It seems that this matter is getting more and more interesting. Then why did Tian Ergeng give Li Jianyuan the sword?"
Mou Rongtian said: "Tian Ergeng said he had insomnia and asked Li Jianyuan to see a doctor. Li Jianyuan prescribed a few medicines for him and his illness was cured. As a token of gratitude, he gave Li Jianyuan the Dragon Scale Purple Gold Knife."
Luo Yangxing said: "It is very likely that Tian Ergeng deliberately gave the dragon scale knife to Li Jianyuan under the pretext of insomnia, and then transformed into a mysterious man and hired Ding Bu to pay a lot of money to kill and silence us, and then misled us."
Mou Rongtian said: "I think so too. Tian Ergeng is so deliberate here. It seems there must be a huge conspiracy behind it."
Luo Yangxing said: "The old man must know about this matter, we must be more cautious."
Their guess was correct. The mysterious man was Tian Ergen. After hiring Ding Wenwei, he had been secretly following Ding Wenwei. After Ding Wenwei killed Li Jianyuan and took away the Dragon Scale Purple Gold Knife, he showed up and silenced Ding Wenwei.
Tian Ergeng originally wanted to take the initiative to ask Ying to investigate the assassination of Li Jianyuan, and then closed the case because Ding Wengwei was greedy for the treasured sword, seeking wealth and murder. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wanli refused and insisted on letting Mou Rongtian, the Fusi of Beizhen, solve the case within a thirty-day deadline.
Tian Ergeng and Mou Rongtian were enemies. He waited until the thirty-day period had passed before throwing out Ding Wuwei's body, allowing the assassination of Li Jianyuan to be concluded in order to launch a larger conspiracy.
When it was time to hold the lantern, Mou Rongtian invited Li Tianmu to dinner. The two of them came to Bei Mo Ting's box. Li Tianmu walked in and saw Yu Bozhong sitting inside, and asked Mou Rongtian, "Rongtian, why is he here?"
Mou Rongtian said: "I invited him here. Sit down first so that we can talk."
The two of them sat down and Mou Rongtian said: "This time when I went to Kaifeng Mansion to handle a case, Datou helped me a lot. I'm very grateful to him, so I asked him to come over and get together."
Tian Xiaofeng brought a jar of fine wine, smiled at Li Tianmu and said, "Long time no see, Hero Li. Have you done anything heroic recently?"
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "I have been quite free recently, so I killed a few fake monks."
Tian Xiaofeng put down the wine jar, opened it, poured wine for them, and said with a smile: "Can you tell me which fake monks you are?"
Li Tianmu smiled and said: "Why not? Since the landlady wants to know, I will tell you that the first one is the scumbag monk Pu Feng, and the Sanjue monk. These four fake monks were sent to see the Buddha in the West.
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Tian Xiaofeng said: "These guys are not ordinary people. It's really amazing that Hero Li can kill them." She also poured herself a glass and sat next to Mou Rongtian, with no intention of leaving.
Mou Rongtian said: "Sister, I want to talk to Tianmu about something, can you avoid it?"
Tian Xiaofeng said unhappily: "What's the matter? Sister, you can't listen yet. I won't leave. If you want to leave, you can leave."
Li Tianmu smoothed things over and said, "Rongtian, the boss's wife is not an outsider. Why do you need to get rid of her? Just say what you have to say."
Mou Rongtian said: "Actually, it's nothing. If sister is not busy, it doesn't hurt to listen. It's like this, Tianmu, I heard that Datou wanted to become your disciple, but you thought he had a bad background, so he confiscated it.
"I didn't know much about Datou before, but after my trip to Kaifeng, I thought he was a good person. In order to help me solve the case, he staged a cruel trick. He was beaten all over by the King of Hell, and suffered a lot of crimes. It was not easy.
"I know that when you recruit a disciple, you pay attention to character. I think Datou's character is good. Otherwise, just accept him."
Mou Rongtian thought that based on his friendship with Li Tianmu, this would not be a problem. As long as he spoke, Li Tianmu would not refute his face.
Little did he know that he was wrong, Li Tianmu said: "Let's talk about it later." These are three words that people usually use to euphemistically refuse. Generally, "Let's talk about it" will not be followed.
Mou Rongtian was surprised, and his face suddenly became a little uneasy, and he said awkwardly: "Stop talking, please give me a happy word if it makes sense."
Li Tianmu said: "If Yu Bozhong was a commoner, and Rongtian asked, I would accept him no matter what. But he comes from an official family, so I can't accept him no matter what."
Mou Rongtian said: "What's wrong with being from an official family? I am also from an official family. You can be friends with me. Why can't you accept Da Tou as your disciple?"
Li Tianmu said a little excitedly: "Can that be the same? Uncle Mou is an upright man, upright and honest. Who is his father? He is a corrupt official, a leech that sucks the blood of the people. You know Rongtian, I hate corrupt officials most.
Official, if I accept him as my disciple, there will be no disciples."
When Li Tianmu pointed at his nose and said that his father was a corrupt official, Yu Bozhong couldn't stand it anymore. His face turned red and white, and he stood up and said, "Brother Mou, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." After that, he hurriedly left.
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Mou Rongtian shouted "Big Head" to call Yu Bozhong back, but when he saw that he was far away, he stood up and looked at Li Tianmu unhappily, and chased after Yu Bozhong.
With tears in his aggrieved eyes, Yu Bozhong walked out of the tavern alone, and suddenly heard a shout from behind: "Datou, wait!" He ignored it and walked forward.
Mou Rongtian caught up with Yu Bozhong and said, "Don't leave in a hurry, I still have something to say."
Tears slid down the corners of Yu Bozhong's eyes. He lowered his head and did not want Mou Rongtian to see him crying.
Mou Rong added: "Why are you still crying? What's the matter? Tianmu's words are a bit excessive, but don't worry, he means what he says but doesn't mean it."
Yu Bozhong said: "He is right. My father is a corrupt official. This is an indisputable fact."
Mou Rongtian sighed and said: "Looking at the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty, there are still a few people who are not greedy. Your father can only represent himself, not you. It is indeed inappropriate to hate the house and the bird in the sky. But it is no wonder, if you know
From his childhood experiences, you may understand him."
Yu Bozhong said: "If possible, I would like to know."
Mou Rongtian said: "I'll take you home, let's talk as we walk." He didn't want to take Yu Bozhong back to his home in Kaifeng. It was too far to walk. He wanted to take Yu Bozhong back to his home in the capital.
Yu Bozhong's father, Yu Jing, served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and lived in the capital all year round. They had their own residence in the capital, and there were more than one.
On the way, Mou Rongtian talked about Li Tianmu's childhood past. Only then did Yu Bozhong know that Li Tianmu had a father who died unjustly. He finally understood why Li Tianmu hated corrupt and cowardly officials so much.
Yu Bozhong asked: "What is the name of Zheng County Magistrate? Tell me. I will try to deal with him through my relationship with our old man, so that I can vent this bad breath on Master Li."
Mou Rongtian smiled and said: "You can't touch him, not only you, but also Yu Shilang. Do you know who he is?"
Yu Bozhong said: "Who?"
Mou Rongtian said word by word: "Zheng——Lu——Jia!"
Yu Bozhong was shocked: "It's him!"
Today's Zheng Lujia is no longer the small county magistrate he was back then. He is the uncle of the state, and has the support of his sister Zheng Guifei. His promotion path is fast and smooth, and he is jokingly called an official who is promoted by sitting on an arrow that shoots through the clouds. He is currently the Minister of Punishment
, a second-rank official, in charge of the judiciary and prisons throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Yu Bozhong added: "If such a person is in charge of the Ministry of Justice, unjust, false and wrongful convictions will inevitably occur."
Mou Rongtian said: "He has the support of Concubine Zheng. No one can touch him now. After the prince ascends the throne, I will have to settle the accounts with him."
They were walking and talking, and unknowingly they had arrived in front of Yu Mansion. Yu Bozhong said: "Brother Mou, come home and have a cup of tea before leaving."
Mou Rongtian said: "Next time." As he said that, he walked in the direction of Beizhen Fusi.
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