Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 58 Loyal ministers were killed

When Shang Anbei heard that it had been two or three days, he couldn't help shouting: "No, I'm afraid Cao Fengying has already taken action."

Yang Shucheng couldn't help but blush again.

Shang Anbei said: "In this case, I will be on duty tonight, and you can rest in the room."

Shang Anbei finished the arrangements and walked out of the room, while the other three slept casually in the house.

The rooster is already crowing, and the lights in the main room are already on before it gets dark. Meng Zhengxiang was getting ready to get dressed.

Shang Anbei brought the three of them to the main room. I met Meng Zhengxiang. Shang Anbei told everyone what happened.

Meng Zhengxiang was in his fifties, but his body was still strong, and his righteousness made him look inviolable. After listening to Shang Anbei's words quietly, he said:

"I had already expected that he would collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. I didn't expect him to gain the emperor's favor and do such a shameless thing. But there is no evidence, so I can't bring him down for the time being."

Shang Anbei said: "Tonight, we will go to Song's house to look for evidence."

"That's for sure." Meng Zhengxiang paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back and his head lowered. After walking a few times, he had an idea. He raised his head and said to Yang Shucheng:

"Yang Shaoxia, I heard from you that Cao Fengying deliberately arranged for Huang Zhonglin to go outside the pass, just to make him lose the battle and benefit the Jin Kingdom. Here, Senior Yan and Brother Shang have too many faces outside the pass and it is difficult to move. I think Are you willing to ask Yang Shaoxia to go outside the customs to supervise Huang Zhonglin and collect evidence on the way?"

"I am willing. It is my duty to serve the country." Yang Shucheng said firmly.

Meng Zhengxiang is going to court. Shang Anbei was afraid that he would be in danger along the way. He was one-armed and his goal was too obvious, so he decided to let the newcomer Yang Shucheng protect Master Meng along the way.

After breakfast, Shang Anbei and the others stayed in the mansion. Yang Shucheng pretended to be a follower and followed Meng Zhengxiang's sedan to the imperial city. Everything was uneventful along the way.

Return home in the evening. Meng Zhengxiang said to everyone: "I was discussing matters in the DPRK, and the Ministry of War happened to mention that there was a shortage of personnel outside the customs, and we have agreed to send one person there. This person happens to be one of ours."

Then he said to Yang Shucheng: "I asked Yang Shaoxia to follow him and be his subordinate, and we will go outside the pass together. Yang Shaoxia, after you go outside the pass, you must collect evidence of these treacherous ministers collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country."

The matter was settled in this way. That night, Yang Shucheng and Dachun protected Meng Zhengxiang's safety. Shang Anbei and Yan Min continued to go to Song Chao's home to look for evidence of the crime.

It wasn't until midnight that Shang Anbei and the two came back, but still found nothing. At that time, in the Taihang Mountains, I asked Song Chao carefully, but he was too young. I guess Song's father didn't tell him where he was hiding?

Yang Shucheng and the two took a rest, and Yan Min continued to be on duty, responsible for Meng Zhengxiang's safety.

On the morning of the next day, the Ministry of War broke the news and sent someone outside the customs. This man's name is Qiu Lin, a native of Jiangnan.

Meng Zhengxiang immediately took Yang Shucheng to Qiu Lin's mansion and handed Yang Shucheng to him, saying that he was from his hometown and went to kill the enemy outside the customs to make meritorious service. Qiu Linnian agreed because he was an official in the same court. Decided to leave Beijing in five days.

Tonight, Yan Min is still responsible for Meng Zhengxiang's safety.

Until the rooster crows, everything is peaceful.

Suddenly there was a scream, and the three people in the room woke up. Yan Min had already run to the front.

The sound came from the main room.

It was Mrs. Meng who shouted out.

Yang Shucheng and four others hurriedly ran in.

There were blood stains on the bed.

Something happened to Meng Zhengxiang.

When he came to the bed, Meng Zhengxiang's head had already been cut off.

Everyone looked at Yan Min who was on duty at night. Yan Min regretted: "I kept staring at the main room, but I didn't see anyone."

The blood on the bed was still wet, and the murderer could not move away. The four people immediately dispersed in four directions to chase.

Yang Shucheng used Taiqing Qigong and chased eastward. This is the darkness before dawn, and there is so much black fog everywhere that you can't see clearly. Yang Shucheng just ran eastward, like a wisp of smoke, chasing him for three or four miles, and then almost ran out of the city without even a suspicious figure.

Yang Shucheng had no choice but to come back. Arrive at Meng Mansion. The remaining three people also returned without success.

Shang Anbei said: "This is strange. There is no doubt about Brother Yan's vision. Who can slip in and out under his nose? I can't find this person in this world."

Everyone is suspicious. A servant walked into the main room and reported: "Meng An is missing."

"Go and have a look."

Everyone rushed out to look for Meng An. They searched all over the front and back yards, but there was no sign of Meng An.

The group of people came to Meng An's house. The door was ajar. They entered the house and the room was tidied up. When they came to the bed, there was a small note left on the bed.

When I picked it up and read it, there was only one line of words that read: "Kill the treacherous ministers and eliminate the harm."

It is strange that those who work day and night for the country are traitorous ministers, while Cao Fengying, who is well connected with foreign countries, is a loyal minister!

Everyone was very sad and angry, and wanted to find Meng An and kill him with a thousand knives.

But he had already escaped by taking advantage of the chaos.

No matter how many times I calculated, I failed to realize that the enemy was not attacking from the outside, but rather insiders were attacking from the inside.

Except for his wife and his youngest son who is studying in Beijing, the rest of Meng Zhengxiang's family is in his hometown. The lady decided to carry the coffin back to her hometown for burial.

The loyal minister was killed, and the capital was in an uproar. The murder of a high-ranking member of the court alarmed the emperor, who ordered a strict investigation. However, Meng An was on the run and there was no solid evidence.

The Meng family is returning home. Shang Anbei was worried that Cao Fengying would be robbed and killed on the road, so he decided to take Dachun and Yan Min to protect him secretly along the way.

In accordance with Meng Zhengxiang's last wish, Yang Shucheng followed Qiu Lin outside the customs to find evidence that Cao Fengying and his group had collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country.

It's early autumn. Along the way, the sky is filled with yellow sand and poplar trees are blooming, creating a miserable scene.

A group of teams walked towards the outside of the pass. In the evening of this day, I came to Fuping County and rested in the county town.

Although Fuping County is a small county in the north, it is on the main road to the outside of the customs. Therefore, although it is a small town, the hotels and shops in the city are one after another, making it very lively.

Qiu Lin found a small hotel to stay in. There was a restaurant in front of the hotel. After settling in, the group ate in the restaurant.

Before the meal was finished, I saw a group of people carrying a sedan chair outside the restaurant and stopped outside the restaurant.

A lieutenant general walked into the restaurant and found the shopkeeper. The two of them went to the back of the shop.

The officer didn't say anything. He took out a bag of silver from his waist and wanted to give it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was stunned and asked: "Master Jun, do you want to stay in the hotel?"

The officer smiled and said: "No. Shopkeeper, you are in for a happy event."

"what?"

The lieutenant officer said: "My young prince has taken a liking to your daughter. You said it's not a happy event."

The shopkeeper said anxiously: "My daughter has been married to someone else."

The lieutenant officer said: "What's the matter? My young prince only needs her to accompany her for one night. Here are twenty taels, you should keep them. If your daughter is sensible, the young prince will also give you a reward."

"This is impossible. If her husband's family knew about this, my daughter would not be able to get married."

No matter what the lieutenant officer said or tried, the stubborn old man refused to agree. The lieutenant officer was also the one who led the troops in the war. He was straight-forward in what he said and did. He was a good-tempered man today, but the stubborn old man just refused to listen.

The lieutenant general was furious and stopped being polite to the stubborn old man. He strode out of the store and called a few sergeants over. After giving a few instructions, the sergeants rushed into the store and swarmed into the back room to search the girl. When she came out, she was a very delicate girl who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old.

This group of sergeants was very savage and ran rampant. They didn't know how to speak politely. They grabbed the girl and pushed her out. They were going to push her into a sedan chair outside the store and take her away.

A group of sergeants were making trouble in the hotel. All the guests stood up and saw that it was the sergeants who were making trouble. Who dared to say something fair?

I saw the girl crying, the shopkeeper shouting, and the family was separated for life and death.

After Yang Shucheng understood the whole story, he started to protest and shouted: "It's okay, in the bright world, you dare to rob a common girl, do you still have the law?"

Qiu Lin held Yang Shucheng down and shouted, "My young master, do you know who they are? How dare you come forward to meddle in other people's business!"