Shanglin Night Snow

"Peng Xuliang?" Hearing these three words, Shao Jingheng was really surprised: "What is his purpose of setting fire? To stab him? What is the reason?"

Zhao Yude confirmed the facts: "According to his confession, his goal is only one person from the beginning to the end—" His eyes slightly raised: "It is Shao Dianshuai, you!"

"Me??" Shao Jingheng was startled, his eyes changed color: "Why me?" He frowned: "And since he is interested in Shao, why did he burn the Yaobi Pavilion to harm the officials?"

"Is it to blame?" The person who hadn't spoken for a long time spoke at this moment.

Zhao Yude nodded: "As His Majesty guessed, Peng Xuliang set the fire with the purpose of blaming the Commander-in-Chief."

"Fire me up?" Shao Jingheng was startled again, puzzled: "Why?"

Zhao Yude frowned: "It's a long story." After speaking, he pondered, as if wondering where to start.

Mu Yunqi was impatient: "You will first tell me how the Yaobi Pavilion caught fire that day."

Zhao Yude ordered himself.

It was originally said that Peng Xuliang saw Shao Jingheng going to Yaohua Palace to mourn for Concubine Jing that day, so he wanted to harm her. However, there are people coming and going in the mourning hall, and it is difficult to find an opportunity. Besides, Shao Jingheng is the leader of the army, and the usual method of assassination may be rare. It is also easy to trace back, so after thinking about it, arson is the most appropriate method, and when the mind is set, it starts to plan.

First go to Yaobi Pavilion to lay out the layout: nail the windows (leave only one for opening in case of arson), sprinkle the crushed rosin on the folds of the curtains and the inconspicuous places on the ground, so as to be safe, and put them on the unused table. Apply grease to chairs, screens, etc.Everything is ready, just waiting for you to enter the urn.

Who would have guessed that man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, the emperor came unexpectedly, and he was about to make all his painstaking efforts go to waste, but unexpectedly, Mu Yunqi spent incense in the mourning hall and took Shao Jingheng to Yaobi Pavilion for a rest.The matter has come to this point, good opportunities are hard to find again, Peng Xuliang didn't care too much, decided to put all his eggs in one basket, planning to enter the house with his relatives as an excuse to rescue him when the fire started, kill Shao Jingheng to silence him, and then let the fire destroy his body and wipe out his traces!

And arson wanted to take advantage of the people in the room to be confused, but it was too risky to add medicine to the tea, so he chose the slightly weaker incense, but he didn't expect that soon after entering the pavilion, Mu Yunqi died because the fragrance was too strong and made people feel uncomfortable. Break it off.

Hearing this, Shao Jingheng came to a sudden: "It turned out to be the fragrance! No wonder I felt a little groggy at that time, but I thought it was caused by too much smoke and fire after staying in the mourning hall all day." After thinking about it, he gradually became enlightened: "I After leaving the pavilion, Peng Xuliang was unwilling to be frustrated, so he set fire to create the illusion of assassination, so that he could accuse me of the crime?"

"Exactly!" Zhao Yude nodded.

After Shao Jingheng left, Peng Xuliang ordered his cronies to climb up to the window on the second floor along the old tree behind Yaobi Pavilion, open the only window that had not been locked, and throw the lit torch in through it, and then climbed out of the old tree. Down, slipped away without anyone noticing.Peng Xuliang saw the right time and came to fight the fire with the palace people.If this plan is successful, the enemy can be eliminated by the hand of the emperor, which is the best strategy!Thinking of this, Shao Jingheng's back felt a chill.

"Since the whole story of the arson is clear," Mu Yunqi got up and took two steps, "Then let's talk about the reason. Why did Peng Xuliang harm Jing Heng?"

Zhao Yude said two words lightly: "Personal grievances."

"Personal grievances?" Shao Jingheng wondered, "Although Peng Xuliang served in the Palace of Kunning early in the morning, he is the chief attendant beside Concubine Jing, but he really has no friendship with me. How could he have any personal grievances?"

Those who heard him replied: "He is standing up for others."

Regarding the fire in the Yaobi Pavilion, Zhao Yude was the first to place his suspicion on Shao Jingheng, but after careful investigation by the Imperial City Secretary, he could not find any clues to prove him. , really found many doubts:

First, no one in Yaohua Palace knew about it in advance, and the Yaobi Pavilion was only opened in the afternoon of that day. Even if Shao Jingheng didn't know the foresight, it was impossible to arrange it in advance, because there were always people in Yaobi Pavilion.

Second, since Shao Jingheng knew that Mu Yunqi was still awake when he left the Yaobi Pavilion, and the incense had been snuffed out, why did he dare to take the risk of arson?Isn't it stupid?

Thirdly, when Shao Jingheng found Mu Yunqi, everyone else was still busy fighting the fire, and the latter was also in a coma. If he was the culprit, then whether it was for self-protection or the original intention of getting things done, Mu Yunqi had to be put to death (then It is easy to disguise this as an accident), but the reality is not the case, which shows that his heart is really magnanimous.

From this point of view, there is really no possibility that Shao Jingheng is the culprit, and the real mastermind must be in the Yaohua Palace and have certain powers (otherwise, how could he easily deploy in the Yaobi Pavilion?).Thinking about it this way, Zhao Yude thinks that there is one person who is quite suspicious, that is, Peng Xuliang, the promotion of Yaohua Palace and the close attendant of Concubine Jing!

After careful investigation, it was found that after the Yaobi Pavilion was opened, Peng Xuliang stayed there alone for more than two quarters of an hour, which was enough time for him to nail down the windows and set up the fire scene; secondly, when the Yaobi Pavilion was on fire, no one in the palace had seen him The person in charge is obviously out of the ordinary.When the facts of the case first emerged, Zhao Yude wanted to pursue him closely, so he asked people to monitor Peng Xuliang's movements, and at the same time spread the rumor that "Shao Jingheng is the culprit" to dissuade him from vigilance.This move really worked.

Peng Xuliang was completely unaware that he had fallen into the control of the Imperial City Secretary. After two days of observation, he thought it was all right, so he let go of his guard and asked someone to send an unsigned letter to a small foot shop in the suburbs, and he was asked to pick it up on the same day.In the afternoon of the second day, Peng Xuliang went out of the city in disguise, and went to a remote village in the southern suburbs to meet with his whole life.

Having said this, Zhao Yude looked at Shao Jingheng: "Does Shao Dianshuai remember this man, Yuhou Shiqian, the capital of Huben Army?"