Warm fragrance cloud around

Cheng Jiangyun immediately sent someone to Baiji's study to get him.

Xu Shi already had a premonition after knowing that the group of people in the small courtyard were arrested yesterday. Bai Mu'an, the shopkeeper of Baiji Study, didn't panic when he saw the people coming from Dali Temple. He was not arrested, but went to Dali Temple to visit and play.

It wasn't until he saw that all the weapons hidden in the middle of the box had been found, his eyelids twitched slightly, and his expression loosened for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure.This person must be difficult to deal with, Lin Junnuan silently classifies him as the kind of person with deep scheming.

Sure enough, when Cheng Jiangyun questioned, Bai Mu'an completely denied that he had anything to do with those people and the weapons, "I just came to accept the investigation with the servants who said that someone accused the small store of illegally gathering crowds to make trouble. I don't know the origin of the weapons."

"Do you know these two people?" Cheng Jiangyun asked, pointing to the couple guarding the courtyard.

"I know, we are from the same village. I have seen them have a hard time and have helped them a few times." This is also denying the fact that they were instructed to recruit people.

Lin Junnuan picked up a book that was originally put in the box, "These books all have the seal of Baiji's study, don't they have nothing to do with Shopkeeper Bai?"

Bai Mu settled down for a while, then lowered his head and said, "All the books stored in the store are taken care of by staff, I don't know..."

"Enough, does shopkeeper Bai know this thing?" Cheng Jiangyun interrupted him with a raised voice, and at the same time threw the jade pendant he got from the woman in the mountain who called herself "Liniang" before him, "smuggling weapons into Beijing , Secretly recruiting people, spreading rumors to frame Jian Yuanhou, what is your purpose, and what is your relationship with Chi Yan?"

After seeing the jade pendant, Bai Muan's face showed obvious anxiety, "Where is Liniang, she was also caught by you? What did you do to her! Let me see her!" He completely lost his previous composure , it seems that Liniang is his lifeblood.

"Whether you can see Liniang depends on how much you confess." Cheng Jiangyun said lightly.

Bai Mu'an looked at him angrily, all the elegance and decency that belonged to the bookstore owner was gone, and finally even spat at him rudely, "Sure enough, father and son are the same breed, both despicable and shameless!"

Speaking of Jian Yuanhou, Bai Mu'an couldn't help gnashing his teeth, his face was bruised, as if he had a blood feud with him.

"Old thief Cheng murdered dozens of our brothers, even if I risk my life, I will cut him into pieces!"

"Spreading rumors? Hmph, he dares to do it, but is he afraid of people talking about it! Also, in the eyes of you dog officials, what is human life worth? If you killed so many of our brothers back then, no one cares!"

"Chiyan? Where is there any Chiyan now? It has long been destroyed by old thief Cheng!"

These words contained a lot of information, which made Lin Junnuan's eyelids twitch, and subconsciously took a peek at Cheng Jiangyun. His face looked darker than the ink on the table, but he still endured listening to Bai Muan's words.

He didn't know whether he confessed because he was worried about Liniang, or because he realized that they had been exposed and their hatred could not be avenged. Bai Mu'an seemed to be willing to go all out, and angrily told the past that had been buried in the dark for many years.

The name Chi Yan is just a title given to them by outsiders. The real name of that organization is actually very vulgar. It is called the Gang of Heroes. It's just to punish rape and eliminate evil, and to seek justice for the helpless civilians-at least at the beginning.

However, the fruits of the same tree will be mixed. As an organization develops for a long time, the more and more members there are, the more complicated it will be. It is inevitable that there will be one or two people with not so pure minds.Some people in the gang became selfish and secretly colluded with the high-ranking official Fu Jia, using the gang as a tool for them to eradicate dissidents and accumulate merit, and seek personal gain from it.What is even more disappointing is that after this person's behavior was exposed, there are still many people in the gang who support him.

Heroes also have to dress, eat, and support their families. Although the ideal of being a chivalrous hero is noble, one still has to live in reality after all.At the beginning of the gang's establishment, although the first generation of gang leaders accumulated a fortune, it was not an option to sit and eat for so many years. Therefore, some people suggested that, on the premise of not violating the principle of punishing evil and promoting good, they could also consider cooperating with the government.Of course, there are many people who uphold the original ideal.

In this way, the whole gang split into two factions. One faction got the support of a high-ranking court official and decided to cling to him secretly. In the end, there is no doubt that the faction with someone behind won the victory, and the other faction was forced to leave the gang after half of the casualties, and was even hunted down frequently after that. There are very few left, and Bai Muan is one of them.

It took several years for the remaining people to find out that the high-ranking official who secretly supported and instigated the gang's infighting was Jian Yuanhou.According to Bai Mu'an, Jian Yuanhou is still using the rest of the hero gang to do things for him these years, and it is common to throw them away after using them.

He looked at Cheng Jiangyun and snorted coldly with disdain, "Assassination? That boy Amin has the guts to assassinate him. It's because old thief Cheng was afraid that Amin's parents would leave some evidence that would reveal his true colors, so he wiped out the roots! "

"Do you know Amin's parents?"

Bai Mu'an was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "They are also members of the gang, but unfortunately they followed the wrong master, and instead ended up with a tragic end of family ruin."

Lin Junnuan asked first, "What do you mean, it wasn't your subordinate who killed Ah Min?"

"Of course not," Bai Mu'an turned to look at her, "That kind of killing method is obviously the hand of the little boy."

"The third dwarf? Who is he?" Lin Junnuan felt his throat tighten.

The hatred in Bai Mu'an's eyes was even stronger, "The culprit, the one who took the lead to seek refuge with Mr. Cheng was the third son of the dwarf. These years, he has completely become Mr. Cheng's minions."

"Do you know where the others are?"

"If I knew, I would never have kept him until now." Bai Mu'an gritted his teeth, and glanced at Cheng Jiangyun again, "You can ask your father, he must know."

"Weapons and people are all prepared for your father. Who knows that we have not acted yet, and old thief Cheng has caused trouble himself. It is not justified if he can't make good use of it."

"Aren't you the ones who spread messages to frame Jian Yuanhou in the first place?"

Bai Muan shrugged, "No, old thief Cheng is insidious, cunning and shameless, and it's not just our family who offended, there are many people who secretly targeted him."

The repulsion and resentment on his face were so obvious, he directly admitted that the purpose of preparing weapons was to find an opportunity to assassinate Jian Yuanhou, the reason why he didn't hire professional killers, but randomly found a group of ordinary people, was also to pretend to be refugees to riot afterwards, but Bai Muan He always insisted that he did not send someone to pretend to be a murderer to frame Jian Yuanhou. The rumors spread in the capital just added fuel to the flames, and they were not the ones who started the rumors and framed him.

If he didn't lie, then there is only one possibility, there are two groups of people who want to deal with Jian Yuanhou.

***

After interrogating Bai Mu'an, Cheng Jiangyun left Lin Junnuan to discuss.

"These days we only talk about business and nothing else, so don't hide from me anymore, okay?"

After he said that, Lin Junnuan had no choice but to agree, and only talked about business. "What do you think of Bai Muan's words? Do you think Lord Hou... is the kind of person he said?"

Cheng Jiangyun didn't answer immediately. His opinion of his father has undergone several major changes in the past few days. After hearing what the emperor said, he finally had a positive impression. Today, he heard someone scolding her so blatantly. Thinking about it, he still whispered: "Although my father is not perfect, he is by no means so unbearable. There must be something inside."

Lin Junnuan nodded lightly, "I also feel the same way. According to him, Amin's parents had already taken refuge in Lord Hou, so the disaster relief incident seven years ago happened inexplicably. Both Ahua's parents died. Grandpa was also demoted, it's a lose-lose, will there be other beneficiaries behind it?"

"It's the same this time. Besides Bai Mu'an, there is obviously another group of people who are targeting Lord Hou. What are their identities and what is their purpose?"

In fact, she still has a question that she didn't say. She can't smell the smell of smoke. The murderer who killed Ah Min is the same murderer who killed Ah Hua's parents eight years ago. If it is true, as Bai Muan said, this person It's the dwarf Ah San, why did he suddenly attack people from the Chengyi House eight years ago?At this point in time eight years ago, there might be some truth that she didn't know.

I thought that catching Bai Muan would clear up all doubts, but his testimony made them even more confused. The Jian Yuanhou Bai Muan was talking about was almost an insidious scum that no one would dare to kill, but Lin Junnuan always felt that Unbelievable, she couldn't help but secretly glanced at Cheng Jiangyun in front of her.

Although she doesn't really support the genetic determinism of "dragons beget dragons and phoenixes", she has to believe that it is really hard for a person's temperament not to be affected by the original family. With a son like Cheng Jiangyun, Lord Hou should be bad. Not going anywhere.

Just wondering, a subordinate came in and whispered something in Cheng Jiangyun's ear, Cheng Jiangyun stood up suddenly, "Is what you said true?"

"The subordinates saw it with their own eyes."

Cheng Jiangyun asked a few more questions in detail before waving his hand to let his subordinates go out.

"What happened?" Lin Junnuan asked.

"Do you still remember Chen San and Liniang from Guiling?" Cheng Jiangyun said with a serious expression, "The person I sent to watch them just now has news that after Chen San injured Liniang, he finally went down the mountain and went to Shen Shangshu's residence."

"Shangshu Shen? Who is Shangshu Shen?" Lin Junnuan thought for a moment before remembering, "Shangshu Shen Qingyun?" (Chapter 30 and 31 mentioned indirectly)

Cheng Jiangyun tapped the table with his fingers, "That's right, it's Shen Qingyun, Shangshu of the Household Department, and the people in the Shangshu's Mansion directly opened the side door for him."