Dugu Mingren did support the investigation by the internal guards. He arranged for his brothers Dugu Mingyi and Dugu Mingli, who were keeping filial piety for their father at home, to cooperate with the investigation by the internal guards.
Dugu Mingli received Deng Wenyuan and his party of five people in the guest hall of the mansion. Dugu Mingli is currently serving as Yangzhou's shipping envoy. He resigned and returned to his hometown to observe filial piety due to the death of his father, but Guo Song still retained his position and only gave him one year.
The second son, Dugu Mingyi, who was appointed as the governor of Qing Dynasty, also had the same period of observing filial piety. Guo Song also only gave him a period of observing filial piety for one year. After the period of observing filial piety, he would be appointed again.
The two parties exchanged a few words and then went directly to the topic. Dugu Mingli took out a thick file, put it on the table and pushed it to Deng Wenyuan, "This is the background record of the eighteen personal guards around my father. Each guard's
We will conduct detailed investigations into their origins to ensure their innocence."
Speaking of this, Dugu Mingli said with a little shame: "Now we find that this kind of investigation is still just a formality. We just learned not long ago that the assassin Wu Faping was once a thief wanted by the Jizhou government. His real name was Wu Deng. We didn't know anything about it."
Known.”
Deng Wenyuan flipped through the document and asked: "How are the other seventeen guards doing now? Are they all still in your mansion?"
"Most of them are here, but three people still resigned and left."
Dugu Mingli leaned over and picked out three documents from the seventeen documents and put them aside, "Three of them have resigned and their current whereabouts are unknown!"
Deng Wenyuan looked at the files of the three people carefully and asked: "Are there any people among the three people related to Wu Faping?"
"have!"
Dugu Mingli took out one of the files separately and tapped it with his finger, "That's him. His name is Zou Yong. He is the deputy commander of the guards of Dugu Mansion. He has very senior qualifications. Wu Faping was recommended by him. After the incident,
He has apologized and resigned, and also gave up the ten-year reward of 300 yuan. Of course, the Dugu Mansion will still give him the money that should be his."
"Where is this person now?" Deng Wenyuan asked quietly.
Dugu Mingli shook his head, "I haven't asked, but I can take the time to inquire."
"Third Young Master, can you inquire now?"
"Now?"
Dugu Mingli was startled and asked in confusion: "Is there really something wrong with him?"
Deng Wenyuan said: "The real culprit in this case is deeply hidden. We are still pursuing it and have not closed the case. We have reorganized the case and found that if Wu Faping relied on himself alone, he would not be able to successfully assassinate him. Someone must cooperate with him."
The most obvious point is his position among the many guards. It is impossible for him to stand wherever he wants. Who placed him in the last seat? Or who changed seats with him? There is also the assassination
The hiding and transfer of poisonous crossbows all require the cooperation of people, and Wu Faping alone can easily reveal his flaws."
"I understand, I'm going to find Xu Wei right now!"
Xu Wei was the chief guard of Dugu Solitary Qiu. He was still in Dugu Mansion. Not long after, Xu Wei hurriedly followed Dugu Mingli to the guest hall.
After everyone saw the ceremony, Deng Wenyuan asked him to sit down and said: "I think Commander Xu already knows our intention. This time we are going to check some details. We think Wu Faping may have accomplices. Judging from the current situation, Deputy Commander Zou Yong's
The biggest suspect is, I heard he has resigned, but we need to find him."
Xu Wei nodded, "The Third Young Master has just told me that Xu Wei resigned one month after the master's accident. The Dugu family has a rule that if a guard has served in the mansion for ten years, he will receive an additional reward of three hundred coins.
It will be used to start a family and start a business, and he will get it by the end of the year. Although he said he resigned out of guilt, he did not want to give up the money, so he gave me his contact information."
Deng Wenyuan perked up, "Does that mean you can still find him now?"
"I don't know if I can find him. The contact information he left is his cousin's address. Please ask me to send the money to his cousin's home."
Deng Wenyuan thought for a moment and then asked: "Do you think he will give this money to his brother?"
Xu Wei shook his head, "I think it's impossible. Zou Yong has always valued money. If he lends money to others, he will charge interest for a long time. Otherwise, he will never forget the three hundred dollars. This is
Three hundred coins! Why would he give it to his cousin?"
Deng Wenyuan asked Dugu Mingli again: "When is this money usually distributed?"
"Normally it would be next month, but I understand what General Deng means. If necessary, we can send this money at any time."
Deng Wenyuan was overjoyed, "Then I'll leave it to Dugu Mansion!"
...........
After coming out of Dugu Mansion, a subordinate asked: "General, we are only going to investigate this Zou Yong, and not the others?"
Deng Wenyuan shook his head, "Others will also investigate, but step by step, this Zou Yong is very abnormal, haven't you noticed? He is a man who loves money as much as his life, but because of his early resignation, his reward was reduced by one hundred
After all, the Dugu family has strong financial resources. If it were any other family, he would never get a penny. Even if he wanted to resign, he should wait until he got the money before resigning. But he actually resigned half a year in advance. This is unreasonable, so things
If anything goes wrong, there must be a monster, and there must be something wrong with him."
"Then why don't we go directly to his brother's door and wait for him to surrender?"
"We don't know if his brother is under surveillance. We can't alert him. We have to be patient and keep an eye on his brother in secret. If he really doesn't come, it won't be too late for us to go directly to the door to inquire."
Deng Wenyuan hurried away with everyone.
...........
Something happened to the internal guard. Tang Yu, the general who was originally responsible for investigating the Guanlong family, received an urgent mission. Someone in Taiyuan was found to be making fake banknotes, so Zhou Min asked Tang Yu to lead his team to Taiyuan to investigate.
Zhou Min personally took charge of the investigation of the Guanlong family. The investigation of the Guanlong family was also based on the judgment of King Guo Song of Jin Dynasty. Among the more than 20 members of the Wei Tang Society must be related to the Long family.
Zhou Min first found Dugu Changqiu, which was also recommended to him by Guo Song. It was much easier to deal with Dugu Changqiu than Dugu Dashi. His understanding of the Guanlong family was no less than that of Dugu Dashi, and Dugu Changqiu was a bystander.
, he will look at the problem more objectively.
In the morning, Zhou Min met Dugu Changqiu at the entrance of the West Market Sugar Shop.
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"I happen to be going to Xianyang Sugar Shop. If General Zhou has time, let's talk while walking!"
Zhou Min happily got on the carriage, started the carriage, and drove towards Xianyang...
Dugu Changqiu enjoyed it very much. The carriage was covered with thick and soft carpets, and the walls were decorated with splendor and splendor, inlaid with dots of gems. Although it looked a bit tacky, it was actually worth a lot of money.
There is a small table placed by the window. On the table is a set of official kiln white porcelain. In front of it is a little tea boy who is responsible for boiling water and making tea.
The tea boy served them tea, and Zhou Min frankly explained the reason for his visit to Dugu Changqiu.
Dugu Changqiu pondered for a while and smiled: "The Guanlong family is not as interested in power as before. Everyone is busy with their own business. The Changsun family is engaged in papermaking, the Hou Mochen family is engaged in cotton processing, the Dou family is engaged in textiles and shipbuilding, and Dugu family is engaged in textile and shipbuilding.
Weaving, making sugar, etc., after the third child succeeded his elder brother as the head of the Guanlong Guild, each family only got together once, and everyone felt that the Guanlong Guild existed in name only."
"Guanlong meeting?"
Zhou Min smiled and said, "This is the first time I've heard of it!"
"This is something my brother created. He was forced by the eunuchs in Chengdu and had to join forces to fight against the eunuchs. His Highness the King of Jin also knows about it. My eldest brother told him."
Zhou Min is still a little interested in this Guanlong Society. If Yuan Wei wants to control the Guanlong family, this Guanlong Society will be a good noose to tie everyone together.
"What else do you think about the Yuan family now?" Zhou Min asked again.
"The Yuan family is already very far away. After the destruction of the third concubine, the remaining concubines have no sense of presence in the Guanlong family. In fact, they have never interacted with us."
Zhou Min quickly glanced at the tea boy, and Dugu Changqiu smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, he can't hear or speak, he is a little mute!"
Zhou Min was secretly surprised, and then he realized that Dugu Changqiu was not as heartless as he appeared.
Of course, Zhou Min would not doubt that Dugu Changqiu would betray his brother. The power struggle within the Dugu family was also fierce. He had his own way of survival.
Zhou Min pondered for a moment and said, "Has the proprietor heard of Yuan Wei?"
Dugu Changqiu was stunned for a long time and said: "I know him, is he not dead yet?"
"He is not dead. He is still hiding somewhere. We have received accurate information that he is the mastermind behind the assassination of Prime Minister Dugu. His Highness the King of Jin believes that he wants to replace Prime Minister Dugu and control Guanlonghui!"
Dugu Changqiu was completely stunned, and asked after a while: "Does Dashi know about this?"
Zhou Min shook his head, "This is top-secret information. Even Pan Xiangguo and Du Xiangguo don't know about it. Only His Highness the King of Jin and the core members of the internal guards know about it. I hope the proprietor will keep it secret for us."
Dugu Changqiu nodded silently. This news shocked him. The Yuan family has always been the enemy of the Dugu family. He did not expect that his eldest brother would eventually die in the hands of the Yuan family.
"I want to know who among the Guanlong family has the closest relationship with the Yuan family. I mean, if Yuan Wei wins over the Guanlong family, who is the most likely person?"