As soon as Wang Wangzhou entered the main room, Chai Yan spoke: "Brother Wang, do you still have candles at home? It will get dark soon, and it will be so inconvenient to eat in the dark..."
Wang Wangzhou didn't reply, he just stood there and looked at Chai Yan with a deep face.
Chai Yan was not in a hurry, opened the food box and placed the dishes on the table one by one.
Wang Wangzhou suddenly walked towards the back room, and after a while he took out a few candles and put them on the table unhappily.
Chai Yan smiled, reached out and picked up a candle, looked at it, then took out a fire stick and blew it, while lighting the candle he said with a smile: "Brother Wang, don't be so sullen. I told you I don't have any."
Malicious."
How could Wang Wangzhou be so happy? Seeing Chai Yan delaying getting to the point, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Chai Yan lit the candles in a leisurely manner and placed them one by one in various places in the main room. Suddenly the main room became bright.
Chai Yan looked around the main room, nodded with satisfaction, smiled and said: "Brother Wang, please sit down..."
Wang Wangzhou silently walked to the table and sat down, followed closely by Chai Yan, who also sat down opposite him.
After being quiet for a while, Chai Yan said easily: "Brother Wang, if you have any questions, just ask..."
"Who are you?" Wang Wangzhou asked, staring at Chai Yan.
Chai Yan nodded slowly, cleared his throat slightly, and said: "I would like to solemnly introduce myself. My surname is not Mu, but Chai, with the single character Yan!"
"Chai Yan?" Wang Wangzhou frowned and thought for a moment. He was still unfamiliar with this name.
Chai Yan saw that Wang Wangzhou had not heard his name, so he took out a waist badge from his sleeve, put it on the table with a smile, pressed the waist badge with two fingers and pushed it forward a few inches, retracted his hand and said: "
Brother Wang, you should be familiar with this thing..."
Wang Wangzhou glanced sideways and recognized the waist card on the table. He immediately looked surprised and said, "Are you from Wude Division?"
With that said, Wang Wangzhou took the waist card from the table and looked at it carefully to identify it.
Chai Yan said with a smile: "Brother Wang, you are the sexton, and I am also the sexton. We are our own people!"
Wang Wangzhou carefully checked the badge and after making sure it was not fake, he put it back on the table and sneered: "Who is your friend?"
Chai Yan put away his badge and looked at Wang Wangzhou. He suddenly picked up the wine glass and asked, "Sir Wang, I have offended you many times before. I will punish myself with three drinks first!"
With that said, Chai Yan poured himself three cups in a row, and after finishing the drink, he flashed the empty cup.
Wang Wangzhou still had a sullen face and said: "Sir Chai, if you are a wise man, don't tell secret words! Tell me, what is your purpose?"
Chai Yan said: "Okay, since Secretary Wang is a straightforward person, I won't make any detours..."
After a pause, Chai Yan suddenly became serious: "Sir Wang, can you explain the fifty taels of gold and the secret letter?"
"What gold and secret message? I have no idea what you are talking about?" Wang Wangzhou said.
Chai Yan raised his hand and showed the secret envelope and said: "Sir Wang, the stuff is really with me, so don't pretend to be stupid..."
Wang Wangzhou frowned, thinking that he had really been stolen by you!
"I'm just following orders, there's no need to explain anything to you!" Wang Wangzhou said.
"Whose order?" Chai Yan shook the envelope in his hand and said, "The letter was not signed or paid, but you said it was under orders? Who do you think would believe it?"
Wang Wangzhou was suddenly speechless, his face uncertain.
Originally, he hid the secret letter and gold to protect himself in case of emergency, but now they fell into Chai Yan's hands and became a fatal lever!
Chai Yan put away the secret letter, looked at Wang Wangzhou with a smile, and said: "Secretary Wang, you have hidden these fifty taels of gold for so long, and you want to use it but don't dare to use it. It must be very uncomfortable, right?"
"What do you mean?" Wang Wangzhou was shocked.
"Sir Wang, it's not like you have no money. Why did you only take that little silver to the gambling house last night?"
After Chai Yan finished speaking, he added, "Is it possible that you simply don't dare to touch this gold?"
When Wang Wangzhou was told what was on his mind by Chai Yan, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural, and he unconsciously averted his gaze.
Chai Yan nodded and said: "It seems that Secretary Wang is very aware that the attack on Commander Gu is not simple!"
Mentioning the attack on Commander Gu, Wang Wangzhou became nervous. He couldn't help but pick up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Chai Yan didn't press too hard, but quietly picked up the wine jar and filled Wang Wangzhou's glass with wine.
Putting down the wine jar, Chai Yan picked up the chopsticks again and said, "Sir Wang, the dishes are cold. Let's eat and chat. Come, come, come..."
Next, Chai Yan took several chopsticks and put them in his mouth. Wang Wangzhou slowly picked up the chopsticks, picked the dish closest to him and started eating.
Wang Wangzhou asked: "Secretary Chai, are you here to see Commander Gu?"
"That's right!" Chai Yan affirmed: "I am also following orders!"
"Whose order?" Wang Wangzhou asked the same question.
Chai Yan didn't hesitate and blurted out: "By order of His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Wang Wangzhou was startled and suddenly remembered the name Chai Yan: "Are you the Baron of Anping County who saved His Highness the Crown Prince, Chai Yan?"
Chai Yan nodded: "Exactly! It turns out that Secretary Wang also knows about this."
Wang Wangzhou immediately bowed his hands politely, sighed slightly and shook his head: "Sir Chai, since you are here on the order of His Highness the Crown Prince, I can't hide it from you! I really don't know the whereabouts of Commander Gu, I only know that Commander Gu commanded them
I encountered an ambush on the way back to Beijing. As for where and when I encountered the ambush, I have no way of knowing..."
Chai Yan was thoughtful.
Wang Wangzhou continued: "A few days after the incident, a messenger claiming to be from the capital found me secretly. He gave me the secret letter and fifty taels of gold, and ordered me to seal the seal tightly. Commander Gu and his party were attacked on their way back to the capital.
news, otherwise......"
"Otherwise what?" Chai Yan asked hurriedly.
Wang Wangzhou changed the subject and asked: "Sir Chai, have you noticed the blood stains on the blue bundle?"
"I noticed it! I was just about to ask you, whose blood is on it?"
When he discovered the hole in the wall, Chai Yan had this question: Why did Wang Wangzhou use a piece of bloody cloth to contain gold and a secret message?
Wang Wangzhou's expression suddenly dimmed and he said in a low voice, "That piece of cloth is actually Li Yuantang's clothing!"
"Who is Li Yuantang?" Chai Yan was unfamiliar with this name.
Wang Wangzhou said: "Li Yuantang, like me, is also a sexton of Yaozhou Police Yamen. It was he who told me about the attack on Commander Gu..."
From Wang Wangzhou's words, Chai Yan learned that the mysterious messenger was first found by Li Yuantang, but Li Yuantang did not agree to block the news of the attack on Commander Gu, so he was secretly killed.
The bloody blue cloth was cut from the clothes of the dead Li Yuantang.
I used this piece of cloth to wrap gold and a secret message and send it to Wang Wangzhou. I also wanted to tell him that if he didn't do it, he would end up exactly like Li Yuantang!