Golden Stage
Chapter 28 Interrogation┃God's Will
Deep fear appeared in Mu Boxiu's eyes: "You, you..."
Fu Shen smiled faintly: "Aren't you still alive and well? If you don't believe me, twist your thigh yourself to see if it hurts."
The more hypocritical he was, and the more hesitantly avoiding getting to the point, the more guilty Mu Boxiu was. For a moment, he wished that he would simply die, rather than fall into Fu Shen's hands and be tortured by him.
"Why do I feel that General Mu seems to be afraid of me?" Fu Shen asked with great interest, "I'm more afraid than death, huh?"
Indeed, Fu Shen is not the feared Feilongwei, he is still a handsome young man. Ordinary people should not tremble into such a virtue when they see him.
Mu Boxiu gritted his teeth fiercely, and sternly said in a stern voice: "A dignified Marquis of Jing Ning, who imprisoned the court officials privately, isn't he afraid that the Feilongwei will track down your General Fu?!"
Yu Qiaoting and Xiao Xun: "..."
Fu Shen laughed and clapped his hands twice: "Let me remind you, General Mu, don't forget that you are a 'dead man' now, and the corpse is parked in Shuntian Mansion. Or do you think you are still alive?" Can you get out of here alive?"
"As for Feilongwei, their imperial envoys are already my people, so they can be found on me? This Marquis is really looking forward to it."
Yu Qiaoting coughed, reminding him to be careful, get down to business quickly, and stop showing off.
Mu Boxiu finally realized that Fu Shen was actually playing with him, like a cat catching a mouse, not in a hurry to eat it, and playing until he was half dead, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "What the hell do you want?"
Fu Shen: "You're a smart man, even Ben Hou appeared in front of you in a wheelchair, can't you guess what I want to do?"
Mu Boxiu bit to death: "I don't know."
Fu Shen's smile suddenly turned cold, and he said softly, "Don't give up. I'll only ask you once, do you want to tell me?"
Mu Boxiu still said the same thing: "I don't know."
The ending sound of the word "Tao" hadn't dissipated yet, Fu Shen made a sudden attack, there was a sound of breaking wind, a cold light suddenly appeared, and a crossbow arrow "swish" into Mu Boxiu's left shoulder.
Severe pain exploded from Huo Ran's pierced wound, and Mu Boxiu was completely defenseless and let out a muffled groan.
Fu Shen held an exquisite arm crossbow in his hand, and the second arrow pointed at his right shoulder: "Don't you want to say it?"
Mu Boxiu broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and leaned weakly against the corner of the wall, refusing to answer.
Fu Shen was merciless and didn't say hello, raising his hand was another arrow.
This arrow was more powerful, and the arrow pierced directly through the shoulder, nailing Mu Boxiu firmly to the wall.
Fu Shen slowly put on a new arrow, and said gently: "It's okay if you don't want to talk now, before you are beaten into a sieve, you have a long time to think slowly here. It's fine if a dead person can't talk, it's a big job Man, am I still afraid that you won't be able to speak?"
This time he aimed at Mu Boxiu's right leg: "Don't worry, I'm pretty good at archery. If I say I want to hit your right leg, I won't accidentally hurt your left leg."
"three."
The third arrow flew out, and Mu Boxiu let out a scream that was not human.
The blood flowing out of his body had already soaked the ground, but unfortunately the three in front of him were all iron-blooded generals who killed without blinking an eye. Facing this torture, no one called to stop. The condescending gaze seemed to be watching ants, which made Mu Boxiu suddenly A chill worse than death rose.
Fu Shen opened his lips slightly, and when the word "four" was about to blurt out, the prisoner in the iron prison finally gave up resistance, and moaned weakly: "...I say."
Fu Shen said politely: "Please."
"You guessed it right," Mu Boxiu said, "I was ordered to ambush the Qingsha pass. The arrow that failed to hit you was also shot by myself."
Fu Shen stretched out his hand aside, and Xiao Xun handed him a cracked wooden box.Fu Shen opened the box, showed the inside to Mu Boxiu, and asked, "Is it this arrow?"
Mu Boxiu struggled to look up and said, "Not bad."
The crossbow's arrows are pitch black, about six inches long, with flat triangular steel arrowheads, with deep grooves engraved on both sides.On the tail of the arrow, there is the word "Jun" in the monogram of Military Weapons Supervision, and the part where the arrow is connected to the arrow shaft has the word "Leopard" in one stroke in the shape of a wild beast.
Yan Xiaohan once told Fu Shen that the word "leopard" stands for Bao Taowei.
The Baotao Guard is one of the royal imperial guards, belonging to the ten guards of Nanya, and is a very low-key guard. The original meaning of "Bao Tao" refers to the quiver made of leopard skin. Because Bao Tao guards often guard high places in the imperial city and are good at using bows and arrows, they got this name.
And the arrow in Fu Shen's hand came from the Imperial Military Weapons Supervision Department.He once ordered someone to investigate. A few years ago, the Nufang Department had produced a batch of armor-piercing arrows suitable for arm crossbows and distributed them to the Imperial Army and the imperial army. Being able to shoot an arrow is very tasteless, so it has not been promoted in the army on a large scale. Those crossbow arrows that are not useful are thrown in some warehouse to collect ashes.
This arrow was only a flash in the pan in the Forbidden Army, Fu Shen had never seen it before, and the weapons of the Forbidden Army were updated very quickly, and no one remembered that they had used such a crossbow arrow.
If it wasn't for the reminder from the piece of paper that was in the box at that time, and Yan Xiaohan's verification, I am afraid that Fu Shen's people would not be able to figure it out now.
"I didn't expect you to find it like this... I thought it was buried in Qingsha Pass." Mu Boxiu lay on the ground slumped on the ground, his eyes were empty, and he murmured blankly: "It's God's will..."
Although the arm crossbow developed by the Military Weapons Supervisor is not suitable for warfare, it is superior in lightness and dexterity, and has great lethality in short and medium distances. It is a very handy weapon for assassination.
However, this crossbow became a fatal mistake made by Mu Boxiu.He has been serving in the Forbidden Army, first in Baotao Guard, and later transferred to Jinwu Guard. All the weapons used by the Forbidden Army come from the Military Weapons Supervisor. This caused Mu Boxiu to habitually ignore a common sense: ordinary crossbows used by armies in other places On the arrow, there is no monogram of the word "Army" of the Military Weapons Supervisor.
Fu Shen wasn't in the mood to listen to his remorse, and asked straightforwardly, "Who is behind the Qingsha Pass ambush?"
Mu Boxiu seemed to have heard the big joke, and laughed hoarsely: "General Fu, I'm already here, don't you know who wants you to die?"
Fu Shen said without changing his face, "I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't have come to ask you."
Does he really not know?
The Qingsha pass encounters an ambush, the problem lies in the route that only the Northern Yan army knows.Fu Shen's biggest suspicion at the time was that someone was collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the second was his vague suspicion that he and King Su's petty actions in private had annoyed Emperor Yuantai.Regardless of the possibility, there was a nail in the Beiyan army. He took advantage of the injury to step back from the position of coach, trying to find the nail, but before Fu Shen could make a move, this team was the key. The crossbow arrows of the evidence were sent to him.
He has long been a thorn in the emperor's eyes and a thorn in his flesh. Even if Fu Shen handed over the military power of Ganning and Ningxia like a gecko with its tail cut off, broke away from Yingguo's government, kept his words and deeds cautious, and hid in a corner of northern Xinjiang, he still couldn't escape. Out of the deep suspicion of the emperor.
Ignorant, naive and stupid, if you don't kill him, who will you kill?
Mu Boxiu laughed maniacally, raised his injured arm and pointed upwards, roaring: "God's will! Don't you understand? God wants you to die!"
Yu Qiaoting clenched his palms into fists, and Xiao Xun breathed heavily. Even though they had known it for a long time, their guesses were different from the feeling of being stabbed alive after hearing the assailant's identification with their own ears.
Fu Shen was calmer than them all.He is a person who has experienced the double blow of the outbreak of the truth and the gift of marriage, and the most unforgettable pain has passed.Fortunately, Yan Xiaohan was by his side during that time, although Fu Shen didn't reveal too much, but with Yan Xiaohan's keenness, he had already guessed the truth to some extent, otherwise there would not be the meticulous care and nearly hundred years of care. Yi Baishun's thoughtfulness.
It has to be said that Yan Xiaohan is quite skilled. Now that Fu Shen thinks back on the past, the feeling of hatred and pain is very light, and what he can remember are actually trivial daily things between the two of them.
"Unfortunately, I didn't die. I'm really sorry," Fu Shen said blankly, "Listen clearly, what I'm asking is who gave you the order, and who got the gunpowder from what channel. Come on, who planned this ambush?"
This person who can make the emperor bypass Feilongwei and entrust him with such an important and confidential matter as the assassination is the key.
Mu Boxiu, who was still insane just now, suddenly shut up and became silent.
Fu Shen: "Why, you don't want to talk about it?"
The three arrows nailed into his body were still bleeding. Mu Boxiu couldn't forget Fu Shen's ruthless murderousness under Fu Shen's calm tone. These words made him shiver involuntarily. .
But Fu Shen didn't do anything this time, but asked thoughtfully with his head propped up: "Speaking of which, I remember that you were originally in Baotao Guard, and you were promoted to Zhonglang General with your good archery skills. Why did you transfer to Jinwu later?" Guarded?"
He caught Mu Boxiu, so he naturally knew about his family background.Not counting the Flying Dragon Guards, there are a total of sixteen guards in the North and South Imperial Guards, and the Jinwu Guards are the most difficult to enter.The Jinwu Guard ranks first among the ten guards of the Nan Yamen. They serve the imperial court and are very noble. Almost all the candidates are the children of noble and meritorious officials.Mu Boxiu's background is not high, although his ability is outstanding, he would be considered a top-ranked general of the Baotao Guard. How did he get into the Jinwu Guard?
Mu Boxiu continued to remain silent, while Fu Shen continued to speculate: "Is it because someone promoted you? You are willing to keep your mouth shut for him in order to repay your kindness?"
Mu Boxiu seemed determined to be a clam shell.This reaction further proves that Fu Shen's guess is reliable.He sneered coldly: "Love is deep and righteous?"
"There is one thing that General Mu probably doesn't know yet," Fu Shen said boldly, "I always pay attention to etiquette first and then soldiers, and I never kill innocent people indiscriminately. Although my people have been investigating you a while ago, I am sure that I have never alarmed you. .
"So, on the third day of the first lunar month, why did you suddenly abandon your wife and family and run away in a hurry? Later, you even did not hesitate to replace yourself with someone else's corpse, and disappeared from this world since then?"
Mu Boxiu was startled suddenly.
He asked suspiciously, "Isn't it you?"
Fu Shen: "What are you hiding?"
Mu Boxiu was obviously shaken, but he still couldn't believe Fu Shen.Fu Shen thought for a while, and said: "You don't hesitate to get away with death, which means that person wants your life. And I have something to ask you, so before I see you with my own eyes, it is absolutely impossible for my people to do anything to you. "
He stared at Mu Boxiu, and the sense of oppression honed by his years of experience in the battlefield was overwhelming, making Mu Boxiu unable to lift his head: "Who is that person?"
Mu Boxiu wasn't the kind of fool who was bought and counted the money. Fu Shen didn't lie to him, and he could figure out the key to it after a little thought.
"I advise you to think about it," Fu Shen said, "If you fall into my hands, you will die anyway, and you will be dragged back if you die."
Even if Mu Boxiu didn't say anything, as long as there was time, these clues would be enough for Fu Shen to find out who was behind him.
He is still willing to waste time with Mu Boxiu here, which shows that Mu Boxiu is still valuable. If he speaks well, he may live for two more days.
Mu Boxiu fell silent again, this time Fu Shen didn't urge him.After a while, he finally gave up his resistance and opened his mouth with difficulty.
"I entered the Baotao Guard at the age of 17, and was promoted to Zhonglang General at the age of 22. However, because I accidentally offended the Shangguan, I was repeatedly suppressed. Until I was [-] years old, I did not make any progress. It was that person who accidentally discovered that I was excellent in archery and broke the rules. I was transferred to the Jinwu Guard and regarded as a confidant.
"The northern and southern yamen have always been at odds, especially after Yan Xiaohan came to power, the Feilongwei took the lead, and the northern yamen's imperial army overwhelmed the southern yamen. That person was unwilling to be buried here, so he tried every means to recruit capable people and strangers to enrich the Jinwu guard and deal with it for the emperor. Many 'disobedient' ministers."
The hearts of the three who held their breaths and listened were chilled at the same time.
The most precious imperial guards among the sixteen guards, the Jin Wu Guards who have always been regarded as "not thinking about making progress, just waiting to die", unexpectedly quietly transformed into an assassination army for the queen without knowing it.
Mu Boxiu said: "In the past two years, the emperor has become more and more trusting of the Jinwu Guard. After the battle of Xiqiu Pass last year, he selected a few people from the Jinwu Guard and made a plan for the ambush at Qingsha Pass."
"Qingsha Pass is at the northern junction of Tongzhou and Yuanzhou. You need to pass through here to escort the Eastern Tartar mission to Beijing, so the Northern Yan Army in Yuanzhou sent people to check Qingsha Pass before you arrived. The generals of the Yuanzhou garrison are the emperor's men, we mixed with this team and set up gunpowder around Qingsha pass."
Fu Shen interrupted suddenly: "Wait, where did your gunpowder come from?"
Gunpowder is for military use, private sales are not allowed among the people, and every entry and exit of gunpowder in the army must be recorded in the book.Yuanzhou is the station of Beiyan's iron cavalry, even if someone in the army cooperates with others, they can't misappropriate gunpowder without anyone noticing.And afterwards, Fu Shen had people check the flow of gunpowder in the states near Qingsha Pass, and found nothing unusual.
"It came up from the 'grass road'." Mu Boxiu said, "There is a 'grass road' between the Tongzhou defenders and the border horse bandits. The Tongzhou army secretly sold gunpowder to the horse bandits. Their gunpowder The brochures are all fake. We pretended to be Eastern Tatars and bought gunpowder from horse bandits."
Yuanzhou is Fu Shen's direct descendant, and Tongzhou is Fu Shen's old department. Commander Beiyan didn't die on the battlefield, but unexpectedly capsized in the gutter and fell into the hands of his own people.Fu Shen was so angry that his lungs almost exploded, he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "This group of bastards who eat inside and out!"
Yu Qiaoting quickly persuaded, "General, calm down."
Fu Shen ignored him, calmed down, and said calmly, "Continue."
Mu Boxiu: "According to the plan, two people will be responsible for lighting the fuse. I will guard the high place. If you are not stopped by the rocks, I will make up an arrow. No matter what, you must not be allowed to leave Qingsha Pass alive."
"Who knew that your life is harder than a rock, and you are still alive after this. Not only did you not die, but you came back alive."
"I was afraid of being found out by you, and I was worried every day. Finally, late at night on the second day of the first lunar month, someone broke into my house and wanted to kill me. It happened that my wife took the children back to my mother's house that day, and I was the only one at home. I called After hurting that person, I thought that the matter might have been exposed, so I packed up my things overnight and fled the capital."
"When I fled to Dongwang Village, I realized that someone had been following me, so I stole a corpse from Yizhuang, put my clothes on him, deliberately left a jade wrench that never left my body, and chopped off his body. Then I threw the headless body into the dry well. I buried that head in the woods behind Dongwang Village. Now I am afraid that only the bones are rotten. In this way, if someone finds the body, those who chase me People will know that I am dead."
After Mu Boxiu cheated to death, he wanted to continue fleeing south, but before he left the county, he was arrested by the Beiyan army who had followed him for several days.
The cause and effect are connected, and indeed correspond to the facts he knows one by one, but there is still one thing that Fu Shen can't figure out: If it's for the purpose of silence, why didn't that person do it earlier and have to wait until now?In other words, he didn't intend to silence him originally. What made him feel dangerous, so that he had to abandon the car to protect his handsome man?
Or, it wasn't just Fu Shen and Jin Wuwei, but someone else wanted to kill Mu Boxiu?Apart from them who knew the truth, there was also the person who gave the poison to Fu Shen.
How many forces have been involved in this pool of muddy water?
Due to excessive blood loss, Mu Boxiu's voice became weaker and weaker.He had probably foreseen the inevitable end, but now he calmed down and said to Fu Shen, "General Fu should be very familiar with the person I'm talking about—"
"General of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, Yi Siming."
Fu Shen said, "Needless to say, I guessed it."
His good friend when he was young, and the loyal brother who was willing to take risks to arrange for the descendants of the Jin family for him, finally became the man behind the scenes bent on putting him to death.
In the past, the aristocrat who was full of contempt for the eagles and dogs of the imperial court and had eyes on the top of his head, in order to overwhelm the Beiya Imperial Army, even turned the Jinwu Guard into an assassination organization that had no bottom line than the Feilong Guard.
Fu Shen didn't know how to evaluate Yi Siming, his emotions were not as intense as when he heard that the Tongzhou Army made fake accounts, and he couldn't even remember the intersection with Yi Siming in these years.
The youthful friendship is as short as the morning dew, and it will dissipate when the sun rises, as if people will eventually become different from before.
It's just that some people have the same features, while others have changed beyond recognition.
The world is impermanent and God's will is unpredictable.
Fu Shen signaled Xiao Xun to push him out. Extorting a confession is also a labor-intensive task, and he needs time to slowly digest the truth.When Mu Boxiu heard him leave, he didn't beg for mercy from the beginning to the end, and closed his eyes exhausted in the dungeon.
The bright sky and fresh air poured in together, making it clear to the eyes and ears. Yu Qiaoting closed the stone door behind, and Fu Shen suddenly said, "Ask Du Leng to look at his wounds, and don't let him die."
"Yes," Yu Qiaoting agreed, "It's already past noon, let's go eat first."
"I don't eat," Fu Shen waved his hand, "Is the bedroom cleaned up? I want to sleep, so don't bother me if I have nothing to do."
It could be seen that he was in a bad mood, and no one dared to persuade or disobey him at this moment.Xiao Xun pushed Fu Shen into the bedroom, and Yu Qiaoting stood under the tree in the courtyard, sighing, "It's really... What kind of world is this?"
Xiao Xun patted him on the shoulder silently.
People who are often on the verge of life and death have an almost intuitive sense of danger.Yu Qiaoting and Xiao Xun looked at the cloud-covered sky at the same time. Winter is coming to spring, everything is recovering, thunder is faint, but the future seems to be covered with a layer of gloom. This year may not be as some people expected. calm.
Fu Shen originally thought that Yan Xiaohan would be busy for at least a while, but he didn't expect that he would appear at the breakfast table in the villa on the third day.Fu Shen was surprised once in a while, and asked in amazement, "Are you done with your work?"
"I'm not done yet," Yan Xiaohan sat down across the table with confidence, "Don't worry about it."
Fu Shen: "Huh?"
Yan Xiaohan said solemnly: "The nine-day wedding leave is not for busying yourself with these crap things."
"That's not something Master Yan would say," Fu Shen said, "You Feilongwei are the best at making trouble out of nothing, why don't you pounce on the ready-made eggs with seams?"
Yan Xiaohan didn't turn his face when he mocked him, and said calmly, "Isn't this here to hug you?"
Fu Shen was eating when he heard that he dropped his chopsticks on the spot.Yan Xiaohan suppressed a smile, and coaxed the chopsticks back into his hands: "It's alright, alright, I won't talk anymore, eat well."
Fu Shen nodded at him: "If this were in Yanzhou, you would have been dragged out to be beaten with army sticks by now."
"Who started the conversation first?" Yan Xiaohan knew that he was just bluffing, so he pushed his nose and face even more, "It's so unreasonable."
In fact, Fu Shen really had nothing to do with him, so he had no choice but to viciously stuff a steamed stuffed bun into his mouth.
After the meal was finished, Yan Xiaohan pushed him outside for a walk to digest food, and the two of them resumed the topic of the dinner table: "How is the progress of that case? You should have found a lot of things in the past two days, I really don't know." Continue to check?"
Yan Xiaohan: "What I said 'don't care about' means 'don't care' in the literal sense. The emperor has ordered the Shuntian Mansion to investigate the case together with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple. The affairs of the Jinwu Guard are not under the control of our Feilong Guard."
Fu Shen laughed and said, "Yo, after a long time of trouble, it turned out that someone kicked you out. You still pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me, huh?"
Yan Xiaohan was both helpless and funny, he lowered his head, meeting Fu Shen's gaze.
He stood condescendingly, with a indulgent smile in his beautiful and deep eyes, and his expression was relaxed and natural.According to Fu Shen's observation, Yan Xiaohan's state in front of people is always tense. It's not that he is nervous, but that his words and deeds are too precise. Even his ease and carelessness seem to be designed, like an iron can that does not leak. , the most authentic and natural reactions are all hidden under the thick iron sheet.
But today, for some reason, he suddenly abandoned his disguise and defenses, and his whole body transformed into a serene and gentle person on the spot.After being stared at by him for a long time, Fu Shen actually felt a little hot.
He admitted that he had already been tempted, but it was because of the relationship between the two of them for many years. Fu Shen thought he was not a superficial man, but now he would be dazzled by beauty.
Yan Xiaohan stared at his ears that were slowly turning red, smiled, and stretched out his hand to pinch his earlobe: "I thought you would get tired of watching people, but I never thought that Lord Hou... still likes me a lot? "
Nonsense, I can't see straight, how else do I want to like you?
Fu Shen pinched his waist, and said solemnly: "Take your hands back, what are you groping for? Talk about business."
Yan Xiaohan said "hmm" in a good manner, but got carried away for a moment and failed to suppress the upturned ending, and was immediately picked on by Fu Shen: "Don't be so sarcastic about 'hmm', and 'hm' again."
Yan Xiaohan: "..."
Jokes aside, the two returned to the topic of running eight thousand miles, Fu Shen said: "Even if the emperor doesn't let you intervene, you must have checked it in private. What did you find?"
Yan Xiaohan didn't comment, but instead asked, "Why are you so concerned about this case?"
Fu Shen: "Curiosity."
Yan Xiaohan: "You're not someone who can meddle in other people's business, what does Mu Boxiu have to do with you?"
Fu Shen narrowed his eyes: "Since you want to ask this question, then I also want to ask, does your coming to me today have nothing to do with the Mu Boxiu case?"
Yan Xiaohan watched him quietly, and the two faced each other in silence.
"Okay," Yan Xiaohan retreated first, "I don't doubt you, I just have some doubts. When I asked someone to check Mu Boxiu's background, I heard that someone came to check him a month ago. [-]. The headless male body found in Dongwang Village has been decomposed, and it can only be guessed from the clothes and belongings that he is Mu Boxiu. But the purpose of beheading is to make people unable to recognize who the body is. Then why did the murderer leave behind a white jade finger that can prove his identity? It's unreasonable, this is the second."
"Mu Boxiu originally worked for the Leopard Guard, and later transferred to the Jinwu Guard. I remember one day last year, you mentioned the Leopard Guard to me."
Fu Shen said coolly: "Master Yan, you have concocted too many unjust prisons, have you forgotten how to investigate cases normally?"
"You are also unreasonable," Yan Xiaohan continued, "Yu Qingheng is your confidant, and at the moment when the Northern Yan Army lost its backbone, you brought him back to the capital and insisted on living in the villa. Let me ask." In a word, on the night we got married, did all the Northern Yan troops you brought back stay in the Hou Mansion?"
Fu Shen didn't answer, he couldn't tell if he was going to plead guilty, or he was going to kill someone to silence him, and he waited expressionlessly for his next words.
"The last point, the emperor's attitude towards this case is also very strange." Yan Xiaohan paused before saying, "Feilongwei is the eyes and ears of the emperor, and his investigation efficiency is far higher than that of the Sanju. , there is no reason to leave the Feilongwei behind and ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to find out the truth."
"The last time a similar situation happened was in the case of the Eastern Tartar Mission. Do you understand what I mean?"
"——If there is one thing, His Majesty already knows the truth of it, and he will not use the Flying Dragon Guard again."
The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.
"Hey, at least I'm not stupid enough to breathe."
The stiff and stagnant atmosphere suddenly melted away like flowing water.Fu Shen leaned back, leaned back on the wheelchair with a relaxed back, and smiled broadly: "I've already reminded you once, the emperor doesn't trust you as much as you imagined. If you're not careful, Feilongwei will sooner or later fall apart."
Yan Xiaohan frowned: "What do you mean?"
"You guessed nine to ten," Fu Shen said. "The corpse in Dongwang Village was a cover-up created by Mu Boxiu himself, in order to avoid being chased by another group of people. As for my relationship with him, it belongs to the North. It is inconvenient to tell you about Yan Jun’s internal secrets, and it has nothing to do with you.”
"It's a waste of time to investigate this case. The only news that is not important but useful to you, I can tell you directly: Be careful of the Jinwu Guard, the emperor does not only have a knife like Feilongwei."
Feilongwei and Jinwuwei, although neither is a good thing, but whether it is out of selfishness or justice, Fu Shen is still willing to give Yan Xiaohan a hand.At least he knows Yan Xiaohan well, and Yi Siming's character is really unreliable.
Yan Xiaohan stood on the spot in a daze, many thoughts flitted through his mind, and he sorted them out one by one.As it was related to the survival of Feilongwei, the news revealed in Fu Shen's words was indeed a big problem for him.
After pondering for a while, he said solemnly to Fu Shen, "Thank you."
Yan Xiaohan really didn't expect that Fu Shen would remind him about Feilongwei.In the Jin Yunfeng case back then, even if he waived the net in the end, it still couldn't cover up the fact that he backhanded Fu Shen in order to climb up.All these years, Beiyan's iron cavalry had been strictly guarding Feilongwei. He always thought that Fu Shen hated Feilongwei.
However, just now, in front of him, Fu Shen made an exception.
He would not be unaware of the weight of his reminder, which was almost equivalent to killing Feilongwei's biggest enemy with his own hands.
His thoughts were complicated, but Fu Shen didn't seem to take it seriously, and said indifferently: "You're welcome, it's a little effort."
That night Yan Xiaohan stayed at the villa, Fu Shen asked Xiao Xun to find him a guest room, and went to find Du Leng to change his dressing.Unexpectedly, when he returned to the room, he found that there was a big living person in the room.
Fu Shen: "What are you doing here?"
Yan Xiaohan: "The guest room has not been tidied up, so no one can live in it."
Fu Shen: "Nonsense, I just asked someone to clean it up yesterday."
Yan Xiaohan: "I don't live in the guest room. You and I are married, why can't we share the same bed?"
Fu Shen ruthlessly said: "You take it for granted? Whoever bestows the marriage you go to."
However, Yan Xiaohan seemed to have figured out Fu Shen's bottom line, knowing how far he would tolerate nonsense, so he sang and sighed three times: "Since ancient times, beauty is so unlucky. Just now, she stared at me intently, but in a blink of an eye, her love fades." relaxed..."
Fu Shen was one head and two elders: "...Stop beeping like a vixen, come and make the bed!"
It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.Fu Shen had been unwilling to face up to the fact that he was spoiled by Yan Xiaohan, but when this person came today, all the awkwardness and incompatibility he felt after living in the villa seemed to heal immediately.
Xiao Xun and Yu Qiaoting were not so careful in taking care of people. After Fu Shen interrogated Mu Boxiu that afternoon, he sat in his room until late at night. When he felt hungry, he wanted to find something to cushion his stomach. The tea and rice in the corridor were already cold.
And during the time he was recuperating in the Yan Mansion, he didn't seem to have thought of the word "hungry".
A piece of warm, soft and slippery thing stuck to his lips, and the aroma filled his nose, and then Yan Xiaohan's voice sounded above his head: "Open your mouth."
Fu Shen took a bite out of his hand. The freshly made dim sum was sweet and soft, and it melted in the mouth. He said casually, "It's a bit sweet."
"I think so too," Yan Xiaohan put the plate on the table and brought him a cup of tea, "The cook is heavy handed, tell her to put less sugar next time."
Fu Shen: "You just asked the kitchen to make it fresh? Didn't you have enough to eat last night?"
Yan Xiaohan went to the closet to find him a coat in a familiar way, and replied without raising his head when he heard the words: "You eat too vegetarian at night, eat something before going to bed, so as not to wake up hungry in the middle of the night."
Fu Shen numbly touched his nose.
"Speaking of which, your doctor Du Jun doesn't seem to be from the Central Plains?"
"Yes," Fu Shen said, "He's from the southwest, what's the matter?"
Yan Xiaohan: "I just went to see the prescription he prescribed for you, and the medicine is not the same as that of the doctors in the Central Plains. I think he only specializes in bone healing and sutra healing, and doesn't focus on recuperation. I'll let Shen Yuce take care of it for you later. Take a pulse, and prescribe several nourishing medicines, and medicinal diet is also fine... taking medicine often hurts your appetite, so you should eat well at ordinary times."
Ever since the two had a quarrel over Fu Shen's refusal to drink the decoction, the problem of Fu Shen taking the medicine basically turned into Yan Xiaohan's problem.In this regard, Yan Xiaohan has the absolute right to speak, and basically says what he says.It is no exaggeration to say that if Yan Xiaohan wanted to poison Fu Shen to death one day, Fu Shen might not even be able to notice it.
He thought of some order, and Fu Shen answered it vaguely, and suddenly felt that it would be good to just keep being gentle like this. The room was originally a little big, and it was just right if there was an extra Yan Xiaohan.
A ball of soft clothes fell on his lap, Yan Xiaohan bowed and picked him up from the wheelchair: "Pick up the clothes and go take a shower."
Bathtubs are still used in the villa, and there are no screens, only a curtain in the middle to separate them.Fu Shen curled his legs and sat in the bathtub, when he suddenly heard Yan Xiaohan asking from the other side: "Who helped you take a bath the last two days?"
Fu Shen opened his mouth and answered, "Xiao Chongshan."
When Yan Xiaohan thought about how he usually took care of this master's bath, he became sour after realizing it: "Why can't I think about it, I have to live in this wilderness, and I can't even take a bath."
Fu Shen is actually very innocent, he usually asks Xiao Xun to push the wheelchair to the bathroom, and sits in by himself leaning against the wall.In other words, if Yan Xiaohan could hug him, even Yu Qiaoting had to avoid suspicion.He didn't hear that Yan Xiaohan was bitter and jealous, so he didn't know, so he said: "Which family are you the eldest lady? You're still picky."
Yan Xiaohan: "..."
He gave up treating a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, and after a while, resignedly fished Fu Shen out of the water and put him back on the bedroom bed: "I'll get the medicine, you wring your hair dry first... huh? "
Fu Shen suddenly grabbed his collar, pulled Yan Xiaohan in front of him forcefully, stretched out a finger, and lifted the corner of his lips.
"From now on, I will only hug you alone. I won't take a bath if you're not here. Don't be jealous, okay?"
Yan Xiaohan was startled for a moment, then subconsciously grabbed his hand into his own.
He stared deeply at Fu Shen for a moment, as if confirming something, finally lowered his head, and lightly pressed his dry lips against his cheek: "Okay...that's what you said."
Fu Shen's heart stopped beating for an instant, and then like a galloping horse, with a bang, the sky exploded with fireworks.
When Yan Xiaohan was about to get up to leave, he quickly stretched out his hand to press the back of his neck, and hugged him back.
The two hugged each other neck to neck, and the unprecedented closeness brought extreme warmth and exuberance. He originally thought that there was only a little bit of heartbeat, but he had accumulated so much without knowing it.
The uncontrollable feeling was only a momentary thing. While Yan Xiaohan was kissing, countless possible reactions of Fu Shen flashed through his mind, but he did not expect the current situation alone.
He heard Fu Shen's smiling voice sounding close to his temples, it seemed to be humming in a nasal voice, it was low and hoarse, but also kind of indescribably soft and sweet.
"It's a good kiss. How about another kiss?"
Fu Shen smiled faintly: "Aren't you still alive and well? If you don't believe me, twist your thigh yourself to see if it hurts."
The more hypocritical he was, and the more hesitantly avoiding getting to the point, the more guilty Mu Boxiu was. For a moment, he wished that he would simply die, rather than fall into Fu Shen's hands and be tortured by him.
"Why do I feel that General Mu seems to be afraid of me?" Fu Shen asked with great interest, "I'm more afraid than death, huh?"
Indeed, Fu Shen is not the feared Feilongwei, he is still a handsome young man. Ordinary people should not tremble into such a virtue when they see him.
Mu Boxiu gritted his teeth fiercely, and sternly said in a stern voice: "A dignified Marquis of Jing Ning, who imprisoned the court officials privately, isn't he afraid that the Feilongwei will track down your General Fu?!"
Yu Qiaoting and Xiao Xun: "..."
Fu Shen laughed and clapped his hands twice: "Let me remind you, General Mu, don't forget that you are a 'dead man' now, and the corpse is parked in Shuntian Mansion. Or do you think you are still alive?" Can you get out of here alive?"
"As for Feilongwei, their imperial envoys are already my people, so they can be found on me? This Marquis is really looking forward to it."
Yu Qiaoting coughed, reminding him to be careful, get down to business quickly, and stop showing off.
Mu Boxiu finally realized that Fu Shen was actually playing with him, like a cat catching a mouse, not in a hurry to eat it, and playing until he was half dead, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "What the hell do you want?"
Fu Shen: "You're a smart man, even Ben Hou appeared in front of you in a wheelchair, can't you guess what I want to do?"
Mu Boxiu bit to death: "I don't know."
Fu Shen's smile suddenly turned cold, and he said softly, "Don't give up. I'll only ask you once, do you want to tell me?"
Mu Boxiu still said the same thing: "I don't know."
The ending sound of the word "Tao" hadn't dissipated yet, Fu Shen made a sudden attack, there was a sound of breaking wind, a cold light suddenly appeared, and a crossbow arrow "swish" into Mu Boxiu's left shoulder.
Severe pain exploded from Huo Ran's pierced wound, and Mu Boxiu was completely defenseless and let out a muffled groan.
Fu Shen held an exquisite arm crossbow in his hand, and the second arrow pointed at his right shoulder: "Don't you want to say it?"
Mu Boxiu broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and leaned weakly against the corner of the wall, refusing to answer.
Fu Shen was merciless and didn't say hello, raising his hand was another arrow.
This arrow was more powerful, and the arrow pierced directly through the shoulder, nailing Mu Boxiu firmly to the wall.
Fu Shen slowly put on a new arrow, and said gently: "It's okay if you don't want to talk now, before you are beaten into a sieve, you have a long time to think slowly here. It's fine if a dead person can't talk, it's a big job Man, am I still afraid that you won't be able to speak?"
This time he aimed at Mu Boxiu's right leg: "Don't worry, I'm pretty good at archery. If I say I want to hit your right leg, I won't accidentally hurt your left leg."
"three."
The third arrow flew out, and Mu Boxiu let out a scream that was not human.
The blood flowing out of his body had already soaked the ground, but unfortunately the three in front of him were all iron-blooded generals who killed without blinking an eye. Facing this torture, no one called to stop. The condescending gaze seemed to be watching ants, which made Mu Boxiu suddenly A chill worse than death rose.
Fu Shen opened his lips slightly, and when the word "four" was about to blurt out, the prisoner in the iron prison finally gave up resistance, and moaned weakly: "...I say."
Fu Shen said politely: "Please."
"You guessed it right," Mu Boxiu said, "I was ordered to ambush the Qingsha pass. The arrow that failed to hit you was also shot by myself."
Fu Shen stretched out his hand aside, and Xiao Xun handed him a cracked wooden box.Fu Shen opened the box, showed the inside to Mu Boxiu, and asked, "Is it this arrow?"
Mu Boxiu struggled to look up and said, "Not bad."
The crossbow's arrows are pitch black, about six inches long, with flat triangular steel arrowheads, with deep grooves engraved on both sides.On the tail of the arrow, there is the word "Jun" in the monogram of Military Weapons Supervision, and the part where the arrow is connected to the arrow shaft has the word "Leopard" in one stroke in the shape of a wild beast.
Yan Xiaohan once told Fu Shen that the word "leopard" stands for Bao Taowei.
The Baotao Guard is one of the royal imperial guards, belonging to the ten guards of Nanya, and is a very low-key guard. The original meaning of "Bao Tao" refers to the quiver made of leopard skin. Because Bao Tao guards often guard high places in the imperial city and are good at using bows and arrows, they got this name.
And the arrow in Fu Shen's hand came from the Imperial Military Weapons Supervision Department.He once ordered someone to investigate. A few years ago, the Nufang Department had produced a batch of armor-piercing arrows suitable for arm crossbows and distributed them to the Imperial Army and the imperial army. Being able to shoot an arrow is very tasteless, so it has not been promoted in the army on a large scale. Those crossbow arrows that are not useful are thrown in some warehouse to collect ashes.
This arrow was only a flash in the pan in the Forbidden Army, Fu Shen had never seen it before, and the weapons of the Forbidden Army were updated very quickly, and no one remembered that they had used such a crossbow arrow.
If it wasn't for the reminder from the piece of paper that was in the box at that time, and Yan Xiaohan's verification, I am afraid that Fu Shen's people would not be able to figure it out now.
"I didn't expect you to find it like this... I thought it was buried in Qingsha Pass." Mu Boxiu lay on the ground slumped on the ground, his eyes were empty, and he murmured blankly: "It's God's will..."
Although the arm crossbow developed by the Military Weapons Supervisor is not suitable for warfare, it is superior in lightness and dexterity, and has great lethality in short and medium distances. It is a very handy weapon for assassination.
However, this crossbow became a fatal mistake made by Mu Boxiu.He has been serving in the Forbidden Army, first in Baotao Guard, and later transferred to Jinwu Guard. All the weapons used by the Forbidden Army come from the Military Weapons Supervisor. This caused Mu Boxiu to habitually ignore a common sense: ordinary crossbows used by armies in other places On the arrow, there is no monogram of the word "Army" of the Military Weapons Supervisor.
Fu Shen wasn't in the mood to listen to his remorse, and asked straightforwardly, "Who is behind the Qingsha Pass ambush?"
Mu Boxiu seemed to have heard the big joke, and laughed hoarsely: "General Fu, I'm already here, don't you know who wants you to die?"
Fu Shen said without changing his face, "I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't have come to ask you."
Does he really not know?
The Qingsha pass encounters an ambush, the problem lies in the route that only the Northern Yan army knows.Fu Shen's biggest suspicion at the time was that someone was collaborating with the enemy and treason, and the second was his vague suspicion that he and King Su's petty actions in private had annoyed Emperor Yuantai.Regardless of the possibility, there was a nail in the Beiyan army. He took advantage of the injury to step back from the position of coach, trying to find the nail, but before Fu Shen could make a move, this team was the key. The crossbow arrows of the evidence were sent to him.
He has long been a thorn in the emperor's eyes and a thorn in his flesh. Even if Fu Shen handed over the military power of Ganning and Ningxia like a gecko with its tail cut off, broke away from Yingguo's government, kept his words and deeds cautious, and hid in a corner of northern Xinjiang, he still couldn't escape. Out of the deep suspicion of the emperor.
Ignorant, naive and stupid, if you don't kill him, who will you kill?
Mu Boxiu laughed maniacally, raised his injured arm and pointed upwards, roaring: "God's will! Don't you understand? God wants you to die!"
Yu Qiaoting clenched his palms into fists, and Xiao Xun breathed heavily. Even though they had known it for a long time, their guesses were different from the feeling of being stabbed alive after hearing the assailant's identification with their own ears.
Fu Shen was calmer than them all.He is a person who has experienced the double blow of the outbreak of the truth and the gift of marriage, and the most unforgettable pain has passed.Fortunately, Yan Xiaohan was by his side during that time, although Fu Shen didn't reveal too much, but with Yan Xiaohan's keenness, he had already guessed the truth to some extent, otherwise there would not be the meticulous care and nearly hundred years of care. Yi Baishun's thoughtfulness.
It has to be said that Yan Xiaohan is quite skilled. Now that Fu Shen thinks back on the past, the feeling of hatred and pain is very light, and what he can remember are actually trivial daily things between the two of them.
"Unfortunately, I didn't die. I'm really sorry," Fu Shen said blankly, "Listen clearly, what I'm asking is who gave you the order, and who got the gunpowder from what channel. Come on, who planned this ambush?"
This person who can make the emperor bypass Feilongwei and entrust him with such an important and confidential matter as the assassination is the key.
Mu Boxiu, who was still insane just now, suddenly shut up and became silent.
Fu Shen: "Why, you don't want to talk about it?"
The three arrows nailed into his body were still bleeding. Mu Boxiu couldn't forget Fu Shen's ruthless murderousness under Fu Shen's calm tone. These words made him shiver involuntarily. .
But Fu Shen didn't do anything this time, but asked thoughtfully with his head propped up: "Speaking of which, I remember that you were originally in Baotao Guard, and you were promoted to Zhonglang General with your good archery skills. Why did you transfer to Jinwu later?" Guarded?"
He caught Mu Boxiu, so he naturally knew about his family background.Not counting the Flying Dragon Guards, there are a total of sixteen guards in the North and South Imperial Guards, and the Jinwu Guards are the most difficult to enter.The Jinwu Guard ranks first among the ten guards of the Nan Yamen. They serve the imperial court and are very noble. Almost all the candidates are the children of noble and meritorious officials.Mu Boxiu's background is not high, although his ability is outstanding, he would be considered a top-ranked general of the Baotao Guard. How did he get into the Jinwu Guard?
Mu Boxiu continued to remain silent, while Fu Shen continued to speculate: "Is it because someone promoted you? You are willing to keep your mouth shut for him in order to repay your kindness?"
Mu Boxiu seemed determined to be a clam shell.This reaction further proves that Fu Shen's guess is reliable.He sneered coldly: "Love is deep and righteous?"
"There is one thing that General Mu probably doesn't know yet," Fu Shen said boldly, "I always pay attention to etiquette first and then soldiers, and I never kill innocent people indiscriminately. Although my people have been investigating you a while ago, I am sure that I have never alarmed you. .
"So, on the third day of the first lunar month, why did you suddenly abandon your wife and family and run away in a hurry? Later, you even did not hesitate to replace yourself with someone else's corpse, and disappeared from this world since then?"
Mu Boxiu was startled suddenly.
He asked suspiciously, "Isn't it you?"
Fu Shen: "What are you hiding?"
Mu Boxiu was obviously shaken, but he still couldn't believe Fu Shen.Fu Shen thought for a while, and said: "You don't hesitate to get away with death, which means that person wants your life. And I have something to ask you, so before I see you with my own eyes, it is absolutely impossible for my people to do anything to you. "
He stared at Mu Boxiu, and the sense of oppression honed by his years of experience in the battlefield was overwhelming, making Mu Boxiu unable to lift his head: "Who is that person?"
Mu Boxiu wasn't the kind of fool who was bought and counted the money. Fu Shen didn't lie to him, and he could figure out the key to it after a little thought.
"I advise you to think about it," Fu Shen said, "If you fall into my hands, you will die anyway, and you will be dragged back if you die."
Even if Mu Boxiu didn't say anything, as long as there was time, these clues would be enough for Fu Shen to find out who was behind him.
He is still willing to waste time with Mu Boxiu here, which shows that Mu Boxiu is still valuable. If he speaks well, he may live for two more days.
Mu Boxiu fell silent again, this time Fu Shen didn't urge him.After a while, he finally gave up his resistance and opened his mouth with difficulty.
"I entered the Baotao Guard at the age of 17, and was promoted to Zhonglang General at the age of 22. However, because I accidentally offended the Shangguan, I was repeatedly suppressed. Until I was [-] years old, I did not make any progress. It was that person who accidentally discovered that I was excellent in archery and broke the rules. I was transferred to the Jinwu Guard and regarded as a confidant.
"The northern and southern yamen have always been at odds, especially after Yan Xiaohan came to power, the Feilongwei took the lead, and the northern yamen's imperial army overwhelmed the southern yamen. That person was unwilling to be buried here, so he tried every means to recruit capable people and strangers to enrich the Jinwu guard and deal with it for the emperor. Many 'disobedient' ministers."
The hearts of the three who held their breaths and listened were chilled at the same time.
The most precious imperial guards among the sixteen guards, the Jin Wu Guards who have always been regarded as "not thinking about making progress, just waiting to die", unexpectedly quietly transformed into an assassination army for the queen without knowing it.
Mu Boxiu said: "In the past two years, the emperor has become more and more trusting of the Jinwu Guard. After the battle of Xiqiu Pass last year, he selected a few people from the Jinwu Guard and made a plan for the ambush at Qingsha Pass."
"Qingsha Pass is at the northern junction of Tongzhou and Yuanzhou. You need to pass through here to escort the Eastern Tartar mission to Beijing, so the Northern Yan Army in Yuanzhou sent people to check Qingsha Pass before you arrived. The generals of the Yuanzhou garrison are the emperor's men, we mixed with this team and set up gunpowder around Qingsha pass."
Fu Shen interrupted suddenly: "Wait, where did your gunpowder come from?"
Gunpowder is for military use, private sales are not allowed among the people, and every entry and exit of gunpowder in the army must be recorded in the book.Yuanzhou is the station of Beiyan's iron cavalry, even if someone in the army cooperates with others, they can't misappropriate gunpowder without anyone noticing.And afterwards, Fu Shen had people check the flow of gunpowder in the states near Qingsha Pass, and found nothing unusual.
"It came up from the 'grass road'." Mu Boxiu said, "There is a 'grass road' between the Tongzhou defenders and the border horse bandits. The Tongzhou army secretly sold gunpowder to the horse bandits. Their gunpowder The brochures are all fake. We pretended to be Eastern Tatars and bought gunpowder from horse bandits."
Yuanzhou is Fu Shen's direct descendant, and Tongzhou is Fu Shen's old department. Commander Beiyan didn't die on the battlefield, but unexpectedly capsized in the gutter and fell into the hands of his own people.Fu Shen was so angry that his lungs almost exploded, he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "This group of bastards who eat inside and out!"
Yu Qiaoting quickly persuaded, "General, calm down."
Fu Shen ignored him, calmed down, and said calmly, "Continue."
Mu Boxiu: "According to the plan, two people will be responsible for lighting the fuse. I will guard the high place. If you are not stopped by the rocks, I will make up an arrow. No matter what, you must not be allowed to leave Qingsha Pass alive."
"Who knew that your life is harder than a rock, and you are still alive after this. Not only did you not die, but you came back alive."
"I was afraid of being found out by you, and I was worried every day. Finally, late at night on the second day of the first lunar month, someone broke into my house and wanted to kill me. It happened that my wife took the children back to my mother's house that day, and I was the only one at home. I called After hurting that person, I thought that the matter might have been exposed, so I packed up my things overnight and fled the capital."
"When I fled to Dongwang Village, I realized that someone had been following me, so I stole a corpse from Yizhuang, put my clothes on him, deliberately left a jade wrench that never left my body, and chopped off his body. Then I threw the headless body into the dry well. I buried that head in the woods behind Dongwang Village. Now I am afraid that only the bones are rotten. In this way, if someone finds the body, those who chase me People will know that I am dead."
After Mu Boxiu cheated to death, he wanted to continue fleeing south, but before he left the county, he was arrested by the Beiyan army who had followed him for several days.
The cause and effect are connected, and indeed correspond to the facts he knows one by one, but there is still one thing that Fu Shen can't figure out: If it's for the purpose of silence, why didn't that person do it earlier and have to wait until now?In other words, he didn't intend to silence him originally. What made him feel dangerous, so that he had to abandon the car to protect his handsome man?
Or, it wasn't just Fu Shen and Jin Wuwei, but someone else wanted to kill Mu Boxiu?Apart from them who knew the truth, there was also the person who gave the poison to Fu Shen.
How many forces have been involved in this pool of muddy water?
Due to excessive blood loss, Mu Boxiu's voice became weaker and weaker.He had probably foreseen the inevitable end, but now he calmed down and said to Fu Shen, "General Fu should be very familiar with the person I'm talking about—"
"General of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, Yi Siming."
Fu Shen said, "Needless to say, I guessed it."
His good friend when he was young, and the loyal brother who was willing to take risks to arrange for the descendants of the Jin family for him, finally became the man behind the scenes bent on putting him to death.
In the past, the aristocrat who was full of contempt for the eagles and dogs of the imperial court and had eyes on the top of his head, in order to overwhelm the Beiya Imperial Army, even turned the Jinwu Guard into an assassination organization that had no bottom line than the Feilong Guard.
Fu Shen didn't know how to evaluate Yi Siming, his emotions were not as intense as when he heard that the Tongzhou Army made fake accounts, and he couldn't even remember the intersection with Yi Siming in these years.
The youthful friendship is as short as the morning dew, and it will dissipate when the sun rises, as if people will eventually become different from before.
It's just that some people have the same features, while others have changed beyond recognition.
The world is impermanent and God's will is unpredictable.
Fu Shen signaled Xiao Xun to push him out. Extorting a confession is also a labor-intensive task, and he needs time to slowly digest the truth.When Mu Boxiu heard him leave, he didn't beg for mercy from the beginning to the end, and closed his eyes exhausted in the dungeon.
The bright sky and fresh air poured in together, making it clear to the eyes and ears. Yu Qiaoting closed the stone door behind, and Fu Shen suddenly said, "Ask Du Leng to look at his wounds, and don't let him die."
"Yes," Yu Qiaoting agreed, "It's already past noon, let's go eat first."
"I don't eat," Fu Shen waved his hand, "Is the bedroom cleaned up? I want to sleep, so don't bother me if I have nothing to do."
It could be seen that he was in a bad mood, and no one dared to persuade or disobey him at this moment.Xiao Xun pushed Fu Shen into the bedroom, and Yu Qiaoting stood under the tree in the courtyard, sighing, "It's really... What kind of world is this?"
Xiao Xun patted him on the shoulder silently.
People who are often on the verge of life and death have an almost intuitive sense of danger.Yu Qiaoting and Xiao Xun looked at the cloud-covered sky at the same time. Winter is coming to spring, everything is recovering, thunder is faint, but the future seems to be covered with a layer of gloom. This year may not be as some people expected. calm.
Fu Shen originally thought that Yan Xiaohan would be busy for at least a while, but he didn't expect that he would appear at the breakfast table in the villa on the third day.Fu Shen was surprised once in a while, and asked in amazement, "Are you done with your work?"
"I'm not done yet," Yan Xiaohan sat down across the table with confidence, "Don't worry about it."
Fu Shen: "Huh?"
Yan Xiaohan said solemnly: "The nine-day wedding leave is not for busying yourself with these crap things."
"That's not something Master Yan would say," Fu Shen said, "You Feilongwei are the best at making trouble out of nothing, why don't you pounce on the ready-made eggs with seams?"
Yan Xiaohan didn't turn his face when he mocked him, and said calmly, "Isn't this here to hug you?"
Fu Shen was eating when he heard that he dropped his chopsticks on the spot.Yan Xiaohan suppressed a smile, and coaxed the chopsticks back into his hands: "It's alright, alright, I won't talk anymore, eat well."
Fu Shen nodded at him: "If this were in Yanzhou, you would have been dragged out to be beaten with army sticks by now."
"Who started the conversation first?" Yan Xiaohan knew that he was just bluffing, so he pushed his nose and face even more, "It's so unreasonable."
In fact, Fu Shen really had nothing to do with him, so he had no choice but to viciously stuff a steamed stuffed bun into his mouth.
After the meal was finished, Yan Xiaohan pushed him outside for a walk to digest food, and the two of them resumed the topic of the dinner table: "How is the progress of that case? You should have found a lot of things in the past two days, I really don't know." Continue to check?"
Yan Xiaohan: "What I said 'don't care about' means 'don't care' in the literal sense. The emperor has ordered the Shuntian Mansion to investigate the case together with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple. The affairs of the Jinwu Guard are not under the control of our Feilong Guard."
Fu Shen laughed and said, "Yo, after a long time of trouble, it turned out that someone kicked you out. You still pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me, huh?"
Yan Xiaohan was both helpless and funny, he lowered his head, meeting Fu Shen's gaze.
He stood condescendingly, with a indulgent smile in his beautiful and deep eyes, and his expression was relaxed and natural.According to Fu Shen's observation, Yan Xiaohan's state in front of people is always tense. It's not that he is nervous, but that his words and deeds are too precise. Even his ease and carelessness seem to be designed, like an iron can that does not leak. , the most authentic and natural reactions are all hidden under the thick iron sheet.
But today, for some reason, he suddenly abandoned his disguise and defenses, and his whole body transformed into a serene and gentle person on the spot.After being stared at by him for a long time, Fu Shen actually felt a little hot.
He admitted that he had already been tempted, but it was because of the relationship between the two of them for many years. Fu Shen thought he was not a superficial man, but now he would be dazzled by beauty.
Yan Xiaohan stared at his ears that were slowly turning red, smiled, and stretched out his hand to pinch his earlobe: "I thought you would get tired of watching people, but I never thought that Lord Hou... still likes me a lot? "
Nonsense, I can't see straight, how else do I want to like you?
Fu Shen pinched his waist, and said solemnly: "Take your hands back, what are you groping for? Talk about business."
Yan Xiaohan said "hmm" in a good manner, but got carried away for a moment and failed to suppress the upturned ending, and was immediately picked on by Fu Shen: "Don't be so sarcastic about 'hmm', and 'hm' again."
Yan Xiaohan: "..."
Jokes aside, the two returned to the topic of running eight thousand miles, Fu Shen said: "Even if the emperor doesn't let you intervene, you must have checked it in private. What did you find?"
Yan Xiaohan didn't comment, but instead asked, "Why are you so concerned about this case?"
Fu Shen: "Curiosity."
Yan Xiaohan: "You're not someone who can meddle in other people's business, what does Mu Boxiu have to do with you?"
Fu Shen narrowed his eyes: "Since you want to ask this question, then I also want to ask, does your coming to me today have nothing to do with the Mu Boxiu case?"
Yan Xiaohan watched him quietly, and the two faced each other in silence.
"Okay," Yan Xiaohan retreated first, "I don't doubt you, I just have some doubts. When I asked someone to check Mu Boxiu's background, I heard that someone came to check him a month ago. [-]. The headless male body found in Dongwang Village has been decomposed, and it can only be guessed from the clothes and belongings that he is Mu Boxiu. But the purpose of beheading is to make people unable to recognize who the body is. Then why did the murderer leave behind a white jade finger that can prove his identity? It's unreasonable, this is the second."
"Mu Boxiu originally worked for the Leopard Guard, and later transferred to the Jinwu Guard. I remember one day last year, you mentioned the Leopard Guard to me."
Fu Shen said coolly: "Master Yan, you have concocted too many unjust prisons, have you forgotten how to investigate cases normally?"
"You are also unreasonable," Yan Xiaohan continued, "Yu Qingheng is your confidant, and at the moment when the Northern Yan Army lost its backbone, you brought him back to the capital and insisted on living in the villa. Let me ask." In a word, on the night we got married, did all the Northern Yan troops you brought back stay in the Hou Mansion?"
Fu Shen didn't answer, he couldn't tell if he was going to plead guilty, or he was going to kill someone to silence him, and he waited expressionlessly for his next words.
"The last point, the emperor's attitude towards this case is also very strange." Yan Xiaohan paused before saying, "Feilongwei is the eyes and ears of the emperor, and his investigation efficiency is far higher than that of the Sanju. , there is no reason to leave the Feilongwei behind and ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to find out the truth."
"The last time a similar situation happened was in the case of the Eastern Tartar Mission. Do you understand what I mean?"
"——If there is one thing, His Majesty already knows the truth of it, and he will not use the Flying Dragon Guard again."
The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.
"Hey, at least I'm not stupid enough to breathe."
The stiff and stagnant atmosphere suddenly melted away like flowing water.Fu Shen leaned back, leaned back on the wheelchair with a relaxed back, and smiled broadly: "I've already reminded you once, the emperor doesn't trust you as much as you imagined. If you're not careful, Feilongwei will sooner or later fall apart."
Yan Xiaohan frowned: "What do you mean?"
"You guessed nine to ten," Fu Shen said. "The corpse in Dongwang Village was a cover-up created by Mu Boxiu himself, in order to avoid being chased by another group of people. As for my relationship with him, it belongs to the North. It is inconvenient to tell you about Yan Jun’s internal secrets, and it has nothing to do with you.”
"It's a waste of time to investigate this case. The only news that is not important but useful to you, I can tell you directly: Be careful of the Jinwu Guard, the emperor does not only have a knife like Feilongwei."
Feilongwei and Jinwuwei, although neither is a good thing, but whether it is out of selfishness or justice, Fu Shen is still willing to give Yan Xiaohan a hand.At least he knows Yan Xiaohan well, and Yi Siming's character is really unreliable.
Yan Xiaohan stood on the spot in a daze, many thoughts flitted through his mind, and he sorted them out one by one.As it was related to the survival of Feilongwei, the news revealed in Fu Shen's words was indeed a big problem for him.
After pondering for a while, he said solemnly to Fu Shen, "Thank you."
Yan Xiaohan really didn't expect that Fu Shen would remind him about Feilongwei.In the Jin Yunfeng case back then, even if he waived the net in the end, it still couldn't cover up the fact that he backhanded Fu Shen in order to climb up.All these years, Beiyan's iron cavalry had been strictly guarding Feilongwei. He always thought that Fu Shen hated Feilongwei.
However, just now, in front of him, Fu Shen made an exception.
He would not be unaware of the weight of his reminder, which was almost equivalent to killing Feilongwei's biggest enemy with his own hands.
His thoughts were complicated, but Fu Shen didn't seem to take it seriously, and said indifferently: "You're welcome, it's a little effort."
That night Yan Xiaohan stayed at the villa, Fu Shen asked Xiao Xun to find him a guest room, and went to find Du Leng to change his dressing.Unexpectedly, when he returned to the room, he found that there was a big living person in the room.
Fu Shen: "What are you doing here?"
Yan Xiaohan: "The guest room has not been tidied up, so no one can live in it."
Fu Shen: "Nonsense, I just asked someone to clean it up yesterday."
Yan Xiaohan: "I don't live in the guest room. You and I are married, why can't we share the same bed?"
Fu Shen ruthlessly said: "You take it for granted? Whoever bestows the marriage you go to."
However, Yan Xiaohan seemed to have figured out Fu Shen's bottom line, knowing how far he would tolerate nonsense, so he sang and sighed three times: "Since ancient times, beauty is so unlucky. Just now, she stared at me intently, but in a blink of an eye, her love fades." relaxed..."
Fu Shen was one head and two elders: "...Stop beeping like a vixen, come and make the bed!"
It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.Fu Shen had been unwilling to face up to the fact that he was spoiled by Yan Xiaohan, but when this person came today, all the awkwardness and incompatibility he felt after living in the villa seemed to heal immediately.
Xiao Xun and Yu Qiaoting were not so careful in taking care of people. After Fu Shen interrogated Mu Boxiu that afternoon, he sat in his room until late at night. When he felt hungry, he wanted to find something to cushion his stomach. The tea and rice in the corridor were already cold.
And during the time he was recuperating in the Yan Mansion, he didn't seem to have thought of the word "hungry".
A piece of warm, soft and slippery thing stuck to his lips, and the aroma filled his nose, and then Yan Xiaohan's voice sounded above his head: "Open your mouth."
Fu Shen took a bite out of his hand. The freshly made dim sum was sweet and soft, and it melted in the mouth. He said casually, "It's a bit sweet."
"I think so too," Yan Xiaohan put the plate on the table and brought him a cup of tea, "The cook is heavy handed, tell her to put less sugar next time."
Fu Shen: "You just asked the kitchen to make it fresh? Didn't you have enough to eat last night?"
Yan Xiaohan went to the closet to find him a coat in a familiar way, and replied without raising his head when he heard the words: "You eat too vegetarian at night, eat something before going to bed, so as not to wake up hungry in the middle of the night."
Fu Shen numbly touched his nose.
"Speaking of which, your doctor Du Jun doesn't seem to be from the Central Plains?"
"Yes," Fu Shen said, "He's from the southwest, what's the matter?"
Yan Xiaohan: "I just went to see the prescription he prescribed for you, and the medicine is not the same as that of the doctors in the Central Plains. I think he only specializes in bone healing and sutra healing, and doesn't focus on recuperation. I'll let Shen Yuce take care of it for you later. Take a pulse, and prescribe several nourishing medicines, and medicinal diet is also fine... taking medicine often hurts your appetite, so you should eat well at ordinary times."
Ever since the two had a quarrel over Fu Shen's refusal to drink the decoction, the problem of Fu Shen taking the medicine basically turned into Yan Xiaohan's problem.In this regard, Yan Xiaohan has the absolute right to speak, and basically says what he says.It is no exaggeration to say that if Yan Xiaohan wanted to poison Fu Shen to death one day, Fu Shen might not even be able to notice it.
He thought of some order, and Fu Shen answered it vaguely, and suddenly felt that it would be good to just keep being gentle like this. The room was originally a little big, and it was just right if there was an extra Yan Xiaohan.
A ball of soft clothes fell on his lap, Yan Xiaohan bowed and picked him up from the wheelchair: "Pick up the clothes and go take a shower."
Bathtubs are still used in the villa, and there are no screens, only a curtain in the middle to separate them.Fu Shen curled his legs and sat in the bathtub, when he suddenly heard Yan Xiaohan asking from the other side: "Who helped you take a bath the last two days?"
Fu Shen opened his mouth and answered, "Xiao Chongshan."
When Yan Xiaohan thought about how he usually took care of this master's bath, he became sour after realizing it: "Why can't I think about it, I have to live in this wilderness, and I can't even take a bath."
Fu Shen is actually very innocent, he usually asks Xiao Xun to push the wheelchair to the bathroom, and sits in by himself leaning against the wall.In other words, if Yan Xiaohan could hug him, even Yu Qiaoting had to avoid suspicion.He didn't hear that Yan Xiaohan was bitter and jealous, so he didn't know, so he said: "Which family are you the eldest lady? You're still picky."
Yan Xiaohan: "..."
He gave up treating a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, and after a while, resignedly fished Fu Shen out of the water and put him back on the bedroom bed: "I'll get the medicine, you wring your hair dry first... huh? "
Fu Shen suddenly grabbed his collar, pulled Yan Xiaohan in front of him forcefully, stretched out a finger, and lifted the corner of his lips.
"From now on, I will only hug you alone. I won't take a bath if you're not here. Don't be jealous, okay?"
Yan Xiaohan was startled for a moment, then subconsciously grabbed his hand into his own.
He stared deeply at Fu Shen for a moment, as if confirming something, finally lowered his head, and lightly pressed his dry lips against his cheek: "Okay...that's what you said."
Fu Shen's heart stopped beating for an instant, and then like a galloping horse, with a bang, the sky exploded with fireworks.
When Yan Xiaohan was about to get up to leave, he quickly stretched out his hand to press the back of his neck, and hugged him back.
The two hugged each other neck to neck, and the unprecedented closeness brought extreme warmth and exuberance. He originally thought that there was only a little bit of heartbeat, but he had accumulated so much without knowing it.
The uncontrollable feeling was only a momentary thing. While Yan Xiaohan was kissing, countless possible reactions of Fu Shen flashed through his mind, but he did not expect the current situation alone.
He heard Fu Shen's smiling voice sounding close to his temples, it seemed to be humming in a nasal voice, it was low and hoarse, but also kind of indescribably soft and sweet.
"It's a good kiss. How about another kiss?"
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