Warm fragrance cloud around

Jian Yuanhou flipped through the letters one by one, and his expression became more and more puzzled, "This is my handwriting... no, I have never written such a letter before." Suddenly, he glared at Cheng Jiangyun, "You let someone forge me. handwriting?!"

These words were so speechless that Cheng Jiangyun couldn't help being silent for a moment, "It was forged by Min Chongshan."

"Nonsense, what's the benefit of him slandering me!" Jian Yuanhou retorted without thinking, but unconsciously clenched the hand holding the letter.

Is it good for me to slander you?If the word "filial piety" hadn't been remembered in his heart, Cheng Jiangyun really wanted to roll his eyes at him, and after a pause, he looked at Jian Yuanhou with a straight expression, "Don't you understand, Min Chongshan tried to pour all the sewage on your head, what happened?" Until now, father still wants to hide it for him?"

Jian Yuanhou frowned tightly, glanced suspiciously at Cheng Jiangyun, then glanced at the letter in his hand, and said dejectedly after a while, "I owe them."

"What does father mean?"

"It's not because of you kid." Jian Yuanhou glared at him, "Although I married the Min family as promised, I can't let Jiang Ming inherit the Marquis. They are afraid they will have resentment against me."

"As promised? Who do you have an appointment with?"

"Their father, my savior."

It has already begun, and Jian Yuanhou no longer conceals it, and simply explained the reasons of the year. It turned out that Min's father had sacrificed his life to save his life, and entrusted a pair of children to him before he died. In the absence of a mistress, the daughter raised by the benefactor himself is not bad, so she welcomes this stepmother.

After all, it happened more than ten years ago. Jian Yuanhou only remembered that he seemed to have encountered bandits at that time, but he couldn't remember the specific situation clearly.Thinking of what the Min brothers and sisters did, Cheng Jiangyun seemed to smell a hint of conspiracy.

"What is the name of Min's father, where is he from, and where is his ancestral home?" He subconsciously asked.

But Jian Yuanhou sternly said, "Why, it's great to be able to investigate cases, and you still want to investigate the eighteen generations of his ancestors?"

"Father, it's about the entire Marquis Mansion!" Cheng Jiangyun's face turned cold, "I won't wrong good people, but I will never let anyone with evil intentions go."

***

Lin Junnuan found A Hua outside a teahouse, "Send someone to watch Shen Shangshu's mansion these few days."

"It's related to the murderer?" A Hua asked subconsciously, but Lin Junnuan quickly shook her head and denied it. She didn't want A Hua to act impulsively after learning the truth.

"It's another case. You should keep an eye on a man who is about the same size as me. His little finger on his right hand is broken off here." She thought for a while and added, "He is good at martial arts, and his methods are also very cruel. You should keep an eye on him from afar." , don’t approach recklessly, just pay attention to where he has been and who he has met.”

Ah Hua lowered his eyelids and nodded slightly, with a dangerous gleam in his eyes.

Early the next morning, when Lin Junnuan arrived at Dali Temple, he saw Ahua surrendering himself in front of the gate of Dali Temple carrying a bloody sack.The person in the sack was tightly tied up, his tendons were severed, and he had more than a dozen large and small wounds on his body. He had obviously lost a lot of blood, and his face was as white as paper, but he still had his last breath. .Judging from his appearance, he seems to be the dwarf Ah San.

"What's going on?" Lin Junnuan was completely at a loss. It's only been one night, what did Ah Hua do?

However, Ahua knelt down and kowtowed to her firmly, "Thank you for your care these few years, son, now the revenge of my parents has finally been avenged, and Ahua is at her disposal."

Bai Muan, who was brought here by the jailer to confirm if the shorty San was himself, was slightly taken aback when he heard these words, "Your parents died at the hands of the shorty San? They are..."

"Father Xiao Minda, known as Boss Xiao."

"Are you the son of Boss Xiao?" Bai Muan's breathing suddenly deepened, "You were not killed by them?"

Ah Hua made a junior salute to him, "Yes, Uncle Bai, I'm sorry I just met you today."

Lin Junnuan next to him was completely dumbfounded.

After being confirmed by Bai Muan, the person in the sack is undoubtedly the dwarf Ah San, Ah Hua kicked the sack and said to Cheng Jiangyun: "He is still angry, so please ask what you want." Then he turned to Lin Junnuan, bowed his head apologetically, "Young master, if you have any questions, you can ask grandma, she will explain to you frankly." After saying that, without waiting for others to respond, he took the initiative to walk into the cell of Dali Temple.

Cheng Jiangyun took a look at Lin Junnuan and began to interrogate the dwarf Ah San.The dwarf Ah San seemed to have suffered a lot under Ah Hua's hands last night, and his spirit fell into extreme tension. He answered all questions and answered them very simply.The truth of a series of events began to be connected in series with his testimony.

It all started eight years ago.At that time, the hero gang known as "Red Flame" had not yet split up, and most of the gang members gathered in Yangzhou Mansion, and Shen Shangshu, Shen Qingyun, happened to be the magistrate of Yangzhou at that time.Shen Qingyun accidentally learned of the existence of the Gang of Heroes, and found its great value in use. He found the dwarf Ah San through others, and tried to make the Gang of Heroes his pawn.Shorty Ah San was originally dissatisfied with the gang's self-sacrificing behavior, so he simply accepted his solicitation, and persuaded a group of other "like-minded" people.

The split of the gang was unexpected and reasonable. With Shen Qingyun's behind-the-scenes support, Shorty Ah San successfully eliminated the most vehement opponents in the gang, and chased and killed other escapees.Ah Hua's father, Boss Xiao, has a great voice in the hero gang, so he naturally became the target he wanted to get rid of.Although Boss Xiao and his family escaped from Yangzhou smoothly, they were constantly intercepted and killed on the way. In the end, the couple still died at the hands of the dwarf Ah San. However, his son Hua and mother Xiao Xiao escaped smoothly under the protection of the Chengyi Mansion, and finally lived in The capital settled down.Bai Muan's experience was similar to theirs.

Afterwards, the dwarf Ah San and the rest of the hero gang became Shen Qingyun's minions.Although Yangzhou Mansion is rich, it can't satisfy the ambitious Shen Qingyun. He plans to return to the prosperous and glorious capital every day. Unbearable—Although they are selfish, most of them have a kind of good heart in nature.

Under the suggestion of Shen Qingyun, the short San once again carried out a major cleansing of the gang, and most of the "disobedient people" were eliminated. He even soaked a batch of tokens with the blood of the dead in a wicked way, as " Companion" tokens are issued to the living.In order to appease them, Shen Qingyun also made a promise that with this token, he could agree to any condition.

The singing man who died in Huixian Tower before was originally a member of the Gang of Heroes, with a lot of crooked thoughts, and he was the first group to follow Shen Qingyun; and Amin's parents, including the grain store they opened, were always members of the Gang of Heroes in the capital. They had no choice but to accept the token and agreed to work for Shen Qingyun.

Seven years ago, Shen Qingyun finally found the opportunity to return to Beijing.Using the hands of Amin's parents to adulterate the relief food, and specially arranged for the refugees to leak the matter, in order to eradicate the roots and confuse the wave of people who escaped from the hero gang before, they directly got rid of Amin's parents afterwards, and dumped all blame On Jian Yuanhou.

Jianyuan Hou and a large number of people in the household department were demoted and punished. With his outstanding achievements, he managed a lot of things, and finally was successfully recalled to Beijing to serve as the servant of the household department, and was promoted to minister soon after; To blame, Bai Mu'an and others always thought that Jian Yuanhou was the one who manipulated behind the scenes and caused the breakup of the Hero Gang.

After he was successfully promoted to the Minister of the Household Department, the power of the Hero Gang was dispensable to him. If he couldn't help him, he would even become a witness to the mistakes he had made. How could Shen Shangshu let them live, so, completely The dwarf Ah San who was attached to him began to eliminate all the people holding tokens one by one.

It was Shen Qingyun who commanded the dwarf Ah San to send a suicide dagger to Ming Yu who was trapped in the Duke's Mansion of Lu (Ming Yu's father was also a member of the Gang of Heroes), and to send a gun to the singing girl A Yao. Using her hand to get rid of the man who sells singing, Shen Qingyun even secretly instructed Min Chongshan to induce Jian Yuanhou to meet A Min, and at the same time sent the dwarf Ah San to kill A Min, and blamed Jian Yuanhou again.The rumors about Jian Yuanhou and Cheng Jiangyun in the capital were first spread by their arrangements, and then they were widely publicized by Bai Mu'an's people.

In fact, Shen Qingyun had already known about the existence of Bai Muan and his group, but the target of Bai Muan's revenge was always Jian Yuanhou instead of him, so he did not take any action against them.A few days ago, Chen San, Shen Qingyun's subordinate, followed Bai Mu'an's daughter, Liniang, and learned that they were planning to assassinate Jian Yuanhou. Chen San and Liniang stalemate on the mountain for a few days before returning to report, but Bai Mu'an had already been arrested and imprisoned.

***

After sorting out the cause and effect from the intermittent testimony of the dwarf Ah San, Lin Junnuan felt that his mind was about to become a mess.

The dwarf Ah San gave a straightforward confession, and the logic of the incident was also consistent, but his testimony alone was not enough to shake the big tree of Hubu Shangshu, they needed evidence.

In addition, the truth about the robbery eight years ago also made her feel very complicated.

Leaving Dali Temple, Lin Junnuan gently knocked on the door of Xiao's small courtyard, and the door opened from the inside, revealing Aunt Xiao's haggard face.Seeing her coming, Mrs. Xiao showed eagerness and excitement on her face, as well as deep guilt.

Aunt Xiao stood next to Lin Junnuan with tea in her hands, "Your Excellency, you already know."

Lin Junnuan didn't pick up the tea, and looked straight at Aunt Xiao, "What should I know? I should know that the killer's target is not the uncle's house, but your family. I should know that Ahua's mother didn't want to protect me. , but want to use me as a cover, and exchange my life for A Hua's?"

At that time, the light in the woods was dim, and the dwarf Asan who was ordered to get rid of A Hua's family would have regarded A Hua's mother in his arms as A Hua herself. If the guards from the uncle's house hadn't come quickly, she might have been wiped out by the grass. .

The "death to help" she has been grateful for all these years is actually just the selfishness of a mother and child.But what can she say now?If Ah Hua's mother hadn't blocked that attack, she would have died, true or false, just let it go.

Aunt Xiao couldn't help crying with shame, put the tea on the table, and knelt down to apologize to Lin Junnuan, "The young master has always regarded us as benefactors these years, the old lady is really ashamed, but she is worried that the young master will be angered after telling the truth, so I can't help it." Continue to stay in the capital... Now that the great revenge has been avenged, we, the grandparent and grandson, are at the disposal of the young master."

Lin Junnuan didn't help her, but just looked at her coldly, "In your eyes, am I such a person who has no regard for feelings?"

"No, absolutely not!" Aunt Xiao wiped more and more tears, "Young master is kind, but old woman is really... ashamed."

After sitting quietly for a while, Lin Junnuan sighed, and got up to support Aunt Xiao, "Forget it, there is no need to mention the past."