Lei Yue Longmen

In the imperial study room, Li Pinghong paced back and forth holding a memorial.The yellow leather memorial was tossed and turned by him like a fan.After Cai Ya asked Ji Wenkui for instructions, the Bachelor of Ji University had arrived, and his eyes moved, and he walked back to the throne, "Xuan!"

Ji Wenkui was summoned urgently from the Hanlin Academy, and it was expected that something serious had happened.After Li Pinghong handed them a copy of the memorial, after reading it, he immediately had a clear idea in his mind.

"What is the intention of Donggong's move?"

Ji Wenkui, who has always been calm, said: "In Yichen's opinion, this may not be what the East Palace meant."

"how do I say this?"

"I heard that the night before yesterday, Donggong and Tu Yuanshan had a big fight over the position of chief guard of the Eastern Palace! In the end, Donggong lost to Tu Yuanshan, and the important position of chief guard fell into the hands of the Yoshiko of the Tu family. Presumably The Empress Dowager also has some unwillingness in her heart."

"Oh?"

"The contradiction between the two has arisen, and a rift has already arisen. The emperor can take advantage of it."

Tufu study.Tu Yuanshan was sitting in front of the desk with his chest upright, his pen was like a snake, and his strength was piercing the back of the paper. He didn't look like an old man who was nearly sixty years old at all.

In front of them stood a thin young man with mustaches like catfish whiskers hanging obediently on both sides.Tu Yuanshan didn't stop writing, so he just waited quietly.

Finally, Tu Yuanshan picked up the pen and completed it in one go. He looked at his handwriting with satisfaction, feeling like he was back in his youth.Putting down the pen without looking up, an elegant voice came through the pen and ink, "How long? How long have you been here?"

"It's the last hour."

"Well, you will officially join the East Palace tomorrow. Are you all ready?"

"Already ready?"

"Okay, I don't have anything to ask you. I will do my best to protect the East Palace and the little grandson. You've completed the task."

"Yes!"

Fei Congyi didn't go down immediately.

"Any thing else?"

"My son just went to visit his adoptive mother." Fei Congyi's tone was tentative.

"Well, still crazy?"

"Yes. Father, don't you think? Is this too coincidental?" He said with something in his words.

"What do you want to say?"

"From the tragic death of his stepbrother to the madness of his stepmother, everything in between is a bit weird." Fei Congyi naturally had an ambiguous and light attitude when he spoke, which made it hard to believe, but he had to be vigilant.

"Haier personally examined the dead brother's body, and found that - although there were traces of fists, feet and riding whips on his body, the most fatal wound on his chest was in the shape of a "ten". As far as Haier knows, among the Langshan bandits? ?No one uses four tough weapons!"

He observed Tu Yuanshan's face while talking, and found nothing unusual, so he continued talking,

"The most suspicious thing is that there are many rumors in the military, and one of them is really disturbing."

"Which one?"

"Emperor Dowager digs up the grave for her adoptive brother with her bare hands! Do you believe it? My son also heard that there were several internal strife during the bandits' escape, and his adoptive brother was robbed by a small group of bandits. He was still alive at that time. Why? Then he died for no reason? I went to Langshan personally, and I also personally asked the officers and soldiers who suppressed the thieves. I was sure that my righteous brother was still alive at that time, and there was a grievance. The foster father..."

"Then? Who do you think made these grievances?" Tu Yuanshan pushed him back directly.

"The child dare not say."

"Then? You? Don't talk about it!" Tu Yuanshan suddenly shouted sharply, Fei Congyi was startled, and quickly knelt down, "Father, calm down!"

"I just want to ask you? Is it true that Tu Yunkai broke into the camp of captured thieves greedily?"

"Yes!"

"Then? He? He deserves to die! My Tu family will never allow anyone who is captured to come out of the enemy camp alive. It's a shame to our ancestors!"

Their violent drinking was like thunder and bells, hitting everyone's head buzzing.

Fei Congyi lowered his head and gritted his teeth, his mustache trembled slightly.

"I know that you have been close to Yunkai since you were a child! Then you should keep up with your current responsibilities! The Tu family and the East Palace will always be one. There is no evidence that anyone who dares to separate the East Palace and the East Palace "The rumors about the Tu family, you? I crushed them all and swallowed them in your stomach! Do you understand?"

"Understood, foster father!"

"Get up! Did you handle Qin Liang's case?" Tu Yuanshan asked suddenly.

"Yes! He dared to bully the Tu family, my boy just taught him a little lesson."

"Although this matter is done recklessly, it can clearly show that my Tu family can't be bullied. However, Ben Hou doesn't want to see you again? Make up your own mind, and you must report everything to me first, otherwise no one will be able to protect you?!"

"Yes!"

"Go down! Come back!"

Fei Congyi was called back again, and Tu Yuanshan said slowly:

"Yunxiao has decided to marry Donggong. After Yun's funeral, Nacai's name will still need you to do it. You have a plan in mind."

"Father?"

Tu Yuanshan pushed his hand, "There is no need to discuss this matter again." Fei Congyi angrily withdrew with his beard trembling.After they left, the second son Tu Yunlei who was hiding in the inner room came out, "Father, my boy thinks Cong Yi's words are reasonable. There are indeed many unreasonable things about Yun Kai's death."

"You? Think dad is old and foolish?" Tu Yuanshan's eyes slanted to him, "Two evils are lesser, two benefits are more important. The Tu family still has to rely on the East Palace for the time being. Which is more important, it's clear at a glance! Is it inconvenient for Dad? He? Fei Congyiming said, because he is not the Tu family after all, it is easy to ask him to do things for the Tu family, but it is difficult to ask him to die for the Tu family!"

"Father is wise."

"The old department in Jingli? You? How is the contact?"

"Nine out of ten have been contacted, and they are all willing to listen to the East Palace's call."

"Very good? Remember, all our activities in Beijing will be carried out in the name of the Eastern Palace."

"Yes!"

Tu Yuanshan stroked his beard in satisfaction, picked up the four characters "one person will rule the country" written by himself, and slowly tore it from the middle, a pair of shrewd eyes slowly dormant in the night.

This winter is very cold, and there are many unfavorable times everywhere. It seems that Cen Zhu has not gotten along with him for two months? How is Li Jingming? Good?The thoughts in her heart grew wildly like bamboo shoots, almost drowning her.

But because of her senior brother's case, she has no time to be distracted and deal with him.Today, the case has made new progress. Under the heavy reward offered by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, some husbands have come forward to testify.A boatman on Yanhu Lake said that he did see a man and a woman standing on the west bank of Yanhu Lake when he took the boat back home. The man was about the same size as Qin Liang. The woman confiscated a package of things from the woman and returned it to the man.It happened that when the officers and soldiers caught Qin Liang, they found a bag of gold and silver on him. At first he didn't say the origin of the gold and silver. Later, after Second Miss Pei got involved, he said that he heard that Second Miss Pei was going to leave, so he told him The travel expenses she had prepared were confiscated by Second Miss Pei, so it matched this link.

There is also a waiter in a wine shop who confessed that his personal servant went to the shop to buy wine in the afternoon of the day Mr. Xiong was killed.Because Mrs. Xiong is strict and forbids Mr. Xiong to drink, every time the servants come secretly to buy a small pot for Mr. Xiong to satisfy his hunger, Xiaoer will inevitably tease him every time.And that afternoon, when the servant came again and suddenly wanted to buy a whole jug of wine, the little girl joked, "Big Xiong, you are getting bolder now. If you dare to buy a whole jug of wine, you won't be afraid of getting caught by Madam Xiong's rolling pin." Waiting!"

The servant broke his mouth and smiled back: "Big? What's big? It's because I'm not big that I have to drink to strengthen my courage! My master made an appointment with someone to fight in the grove tonight. Can you do it without drinking some wine?"

At that time, there were other guests in the restaurant. Hearing the words, he felt that it was quite fresh, and asked him: "Who is your master going to fight with? It's just you, master? Are you catching a young man? Do you just bully me hard?"

The servant was in a hurry, so he reported the other party's name.Among the guest officers? Someone seemed to know Qin Liang, so he taunted him, "I want to fight with Qin Liang, you? Or give it to you? Master hurry up and make a coffin and wait for the body to be collected!"

Unexpectedly, it became a truth.

The confession of Xiao Er in the restaurant overturned the previous servant's statement that Mr. Xiong went to the grove and only Qin Liang knew about it.There were other guests in the restaurant at that time, so it is not ruled out that someone had heard the news and lay in ambush there early, waiting for an opportunity to kill and set the blame.

Fu Minzheng asked the waiter in the store to describe the faces of the customers in the restaurant at that time. The waiter confessed that most of the customers in the store were regular customers at that time, and they could call out the names of those who often came there for drinks.There are also a few raw faces, one is a big fat man, who can put a wine bowl in his stomach when he sits down, the other is skinny with a little tuft on his back, and the other has a long mustache, like a big catfish.The rest of the features were ordinary.

Fu Minzheng didn't know about others, but when he heard the name "Catfish", a person's name immediately came to mind.Fei Congyi, the new chief guard of the Eastern Palace, has been frantically discussing in Beijing and China recently.If this case is really a blame, then the Tu family is most likely to blame Qin Liang.Donggong and the Tu family have been in-laws for a long time, and the possibility of the Tu family using Donggong's hands to get rid of dissidents cannot be ruled out.

After Fu Minzheng got the clue, he quickly took people to the East Palace, and passed Fei Congyi to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs for questioning.At that time, Li Jingchen was discussing with the officials of the Ministry of Households the plan to reduce military expenditures year by year. He did not lift his head when he heard the report from below, knowing: "The Ministry of Punishment has sent a message, just go, and the clearer will be cleared. Here we will leave it to you for the time being." Yuezhong?"

She didn't come out to defend, and the Ministry of Justice quickly seized Fei Congyi.I checked with the waiter in the shop, and I was sure that they were the ones drinking in the shop.After some questioning, he only insisted that he had been in Dingguohou's mansion that night.Fu sent someone to ask Marquis Dingguo again, but Marquis Dingguo was not at home, and it was the steward of Dingguo Mansion who explained it.He confessed that Fei Congyi was indeed in the mansion all night and never went out.Even though he knew that the other party was suspected of colluding a confession, there was nothing he could do? There was nothing he could do.

"General Fei, I heard that you defeated Dong Gonglan's bodyguard in just twenty moves, and became the head of the bodyguard. Does that mean you have extraordinary skills?"

"Don't dare, it's Guard Lan who has accepted!" Fei Congyi said with a smile.

"So, your kung fu is not as good as Guard Lan's?"

"Then? Not really, it's barely better than one or two tricks."

"I heard that Guard Lan can pierce a spear through a person's chest, but he can't insert the spearhead into a tree to penetrate more than ten inches into the trunk. I wonder if General Fei can do it?"

Fei Congyi heard that Fu Minzheng had captured several people and asked him to stab the elm with spears, and wanted to compare the height, angle, and strength of the murderer's shots.

Fei Congyi thought it was funny. The height, angle, and strength of each shot were different from person to person, and it was enough to achieve the goal. Is there a fixed number?Sure enough, the literati are naive and know nothing about these things.

Immediately said: "Piercing the spear completely into the tree? This kind of strength is absolutely difficult for non-top experts. If I ask myself, I will not be able to reach this level."

"Really? Then? Fei Da? You might as well try it!"

There happened to be several elm trees in the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, and one of them was full of large, large, and small spears like hedgehogs.Fei Congyi looked at a spear that pierced through the tree trunk as a whole, and couldn't help but click his tongue, "This expert's martial arts are really amazing!"

"This was assassinated by Qin Liang!" Fu Minzheng introduced, "Master Fei, please!"

Fei Congyi took the spear, and found a gap between the spiky gun barrels. With luck in his hand, he seemed to muster all his strength, and stabbed at the tree trunk. The spear head barely penetrated more than four inches, and the gun barrel trembled. attached to the tree trunk.

"Master Fei, have you tried your best?"

"nature."

"Then? Okay? Please go to the house to rest for a while." Fei Congyi didn't know what he was up to, and when he was walking back, he saw a person walking towards the yamen, but it was Lan Xi.As soon as he thought about it, Lan Xi was invited to the position where they were standing just now, raised his spear, and stabbed hard, the clank and trill of the gun barrel could be heard from such a long distance.Then? The spearhead actually sank into the tree trunk? The depth reached more than seven inches.

Fu Minzheng looked at Lan Xi, who was still panting, with admiration, "It's amazing! Guard Lan's piercing is deeper than Chief Guard Fei's? Come on! Go and invite General Fei over!"

When Fei Congyi was invited over, he heard Lanxi humble himself to Fu Minzheng, "How dare you, how dare you, I have used all my strength. General Fei's martial arts are superior to mine, so I must have put my strength in. Otherwise, how can I survive?" You are better than General Fei!" Apparently they didn't understand the current situation, and thought it was an ordinary compliment to them.

Fu Minzheng rushed over meaningfully: "Master Fei, it seems that you haven't shown your true skills yet! Please stab me again!"

Fei Congyi was still grinning, "I've tried my best just now, so what's the real skill? Guard Lan is good at strength, and I use skill to win, strength is nothing compared to it."

What he said made sense, Fei Congyi was thin, while Lanxi was strong.The difference in strength between the two doesn't mean he can't beat Lanxi with skill.

But how shrewd is Fu Minzheng, to see that he is deliberately hiding his strength, if there is no ghost in his heart, why should he cover it up?

At this time, Donggong came to ask for someone.There is no real evidence, and the Ministry of Punishment can't do anything about Fei Congyi, so he has to release him.However, Fu Minzheng kept an eye out in private and sent people to pay close attention to the catfish's whereabouts.

After following for three days, they found nothing. However, on the fourth day, another major case that shocked the government and the public occurred in the capital, which took all the attention of the Ministry of Justice.

This matter is too important, someone killed Tu Yunxiao, the fifth son of the Tu family, in the same place in the capital using the same method!

The incident happened after Cen Zhu found evidence to prove that the osmanthus leaves on the soles of Qin Liang's shoes were not the osmanthus leaves in the grove.

Because Qin Liang was locked in the dungeon when the incident happened? There was no suspicion at all, which further helped Qin Liang's exoneration process.

As for the murderer who killed Tu Yunxiao, it is said that the murder method used was exactly the same as that in the Qin Liang case.They all stabbed the spear hard into the back of the victim's heart? The spearhead penetrated more than ten inches into the tree trunk.

The fifth son of the Tu family, Tu Yunxiao, had a handicapped foot, was withdrawn since he was a child, and didn't like to socialize with others, so he has been staying at home since he came to Beijing.But this day he was ordered by his father to visit Donggong, and had to be carried out of his house, and something happened on the way back.

It was already dark at that time, and the servants urged the 17-year-old young master to go shopping in the night market.Although Tu Yunxiao doesn't want to meet people, but after all, there are young people who like to join in the fun, and when he hears this, his heart is ready to move.They just took a look at the side of the night market, but didn't go in directly.

I just remember that at that time, a stream of people suddenly flooded into the street, and the crowd dispersed all at once.

Almost everyone from the Tu family and the East Palace mobilized their hands to search for it, and finally found Tu Yunxiao's body under the same elm tree in the same grove where Mr. Xiong was assassinated.The same with a spear stuck in the back, the same nailed to a tree, the same naked lower body/body, and the same death with grievances!

The killer creates the same death scene, either out of eccentricity or revenge.No matter how you look at it, the suspicion of revenge is the biggest?

But no one in the room dared to say the word "revenge". After all, the premise of revenge is that you did the same thing to the other party.Did the Tu family do the same thing to others?No one dared to say.

Seeing the tragic death of his youngest son, Tu Yuanshan clenched his fists and pulled out the spear.Raising his hand and stabbing hard, the trunk of this tree, which was thicker than the elm tree in the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, was pierced by a spear.The whole branch of the tree collectively shook, carrying out the thunderous wrath of Marquis Dingguo!