Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

After Bai Yutang heard the news, he hurried back, and after meeting Zhao Hanyan, he asked what had happened.

"I don't know either. I heard that a confession was made, and I am confessing to Mr. Bao in the hall right now. But because the matter is confidential, people below the fourth rank are not allowed to participate." Zhao Hanyan explained, telling Bai Yutang that he could go in.He is the fourth-rank bodyguard with a knife in Yufeng, and he can just enter.

"It doesn't matter if I have one more or one less. If I go, I'll just listen on the sidelines. It's better to stay here with you." Bai Yutang said in a low voice.

For the past two days, Bai Yutang has been busy monitoring Qu Changle. Originally, two days was not a long time, but because he couldn't see Zhao Hanyan, he felt that it was longer than two years.

"Go and listen to it, and then tell me, I'm curious." Zhao Hanyan's black and white eyes moved, revealing a charming wit, which is easy to be fooled.

Bai Yutang stared at it for a while, then took a deep breath, "Okay."

Before Bai Yutang left, he asked Zhao Hanyan to go back to his room to rest and not to wander around.

Zhao Hanyan nodded not quite understanding, and after watching Bai Yutang leave, she heard Xiuzhu sniggering beside her.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhao Hanyan tapped Xiuzhu's forehead.

"Don't wander around."

Xiuzhu imitated Bai Yutang's tone just now exaggeratedly.

Xiuzhu was then knocked on the head by Zhao Hanyan.Xiuzhu covered her head and still refused to let go, she followed Zhao Hanyan back to the room and muttered in a low voice: "Young master, do you know the meaning of Bai Shaoxia's order?"

"Profound meaning? What's the deep meaning?" Zhao Hanyan asked curiously.

Xiuzhu: "'Let the son go back to the room to rest and don't wander around' means 'you wait for me, I went to the courtroom for you to listen, and I want to see you immediately after I come out'."

Zhao Hanyan blushed, and pushed Xiuzhu away, telling her not to talk nonsense.

"It's not nonsense, I can understand it from the sidelines, Bai Shaoxia is staring at the young master's eyes." Xiuzhu rounded her eyes cooperatively, and showed Zhao Hanyan, "Lovely, with obsession, entanglement , wrapped around..."

Zhao Hanyan pulled out the fan pinned to her waist, Xiuzhu ran away when she saw this, Zhao Hanyan told her not to run.

When Zhang Ling came to look for Zhao Hanyan, he saw their master and servant chasing and beating each other.

"What are you two doing?" Zhang Ling sighed funnyly, "How grown-up are you?"

"Young master bullied me." Xiuzhu straightened her chaotic sideburns, and turned to make tea for Zhang Ling.

Zhao Hanyan asked Zhang Ling to speak up when he had something to say.She just met Zhang Ling, and now she is looking for her again, so there must be something wrong.

"That Mrs. Sun is here to make trouble again." Zhang Ling looked puzzled, "It's really pitiful that her son is lost, and I sympathize with her, but people... are a little unreasonable. It seems that our people in Kaifeng Mansion can't The whole staff is mobilized, and everyone can’t help her find her son wholeheartedly without eating or drinking, it’s just not doing their duty! Crying and making noise, adults who can make decisions are all in the courtroom, I really don’t know how to deal with it at the moment.”

"Ignore it." Zhao Hanyan said, "But if she interferes with the work or makes a move, deal with it according to the law. If this woman doesn't scare her, she won't know how to restrain herself."

Zhang Ling agreed, and thanked Zhao Hanyan for his idea.

As soon as Xiuzhu brought the brewed tea, she saw that Zhang Ling was about to leave, so she wanted to keep him for tea.

"Come when I get rid of the one with the headache." Zhang Ling thanked him with a smile, and then left.

Zhao Hanyan drank the hot tea brought by Xiuzhu, waiting for Bai Yutang in a good mood.

After a while, a yamen servant hurried over to invite Zhao Hanyan to come.

Knowing that something happened to Zhang Ling, Zhao Hanyan hurried to his side.

The Yacha hurriedly said, "At the gate of the mansion."

"what!"

Zhao Hanyan frowned and went straight to the gate of Kaifeng Mansion.Before the people arrived, they heard noises. The main entrance of Kaifeng Mansion, which was originally quiet in front of the towering gate, was surrounded by many people watching the excitement because of the noise.

Zhao Hanyan came out from the side door, and heard Zhang Ling repeatedly yelling "Don't be impulsive". Because the people standing near the Kaifeng mansion were all government servants, Zhao Hanyan couldn't see the situation clearly.Zhao Hanyan passed through the yamen servants, and saw Aunt Sun standing in the middle of the crowd holding a dagger to her neck.

Aunt Sun backed away and threatened Zhang Ling: "Stay away from me, or I will die in front of you."

"Don't be impulsive, put down the knife quickly." Zhang Ling led a few yamen servants to deal with Aunt Sun very carefully.

Aunt Sun wept and shouted: "Help me find my son, send someone to help me find my son now!"

Zhang Ling said helplessly: "The Kaifeng government has been sending people to look for it, and there are only so many people, you—"

Looking at the number of people onlookers by Zhao Hanyan, there are no less than 70 to [-] people, and the people who are watching are about a foot away from Aunt Sun.But there are more and more people watching the excitement, some pointing fingers, and some trying to squeeze in to see what's going on inside.Zhao Hanyan stretched out his hand to signal Zhang Ling not to speak any more, and ordered him to take the yamen to stop these people and make them retreat.

When Aunt Sun saw that the yamen servants moved, she stepped back vigilantly, "Don't force me, I'll be thought that I don't know what you're planning, and you want to attack me from behind, don't you? Stay away from me."

Zhao Hanyan said to Aunt Sun: "We agree to your request, put down the knife, and take us to places where your children may go. We will re-check and search every corner of the city until you are satisfied. .”

Zhao Hanyan's words hit Aunt Sun's mind, and Aunt Sun moved her knife hand a little away from her neck.

"Are you serious, didn't you lie to me?" Aunt Sun asked.

"In front of so many people, in front of the main gate of the Kaifeng Mansion, I dare to lie, but our Master Bao is not allowed. Now put down the knife as soon as possible, and we can find your son as soon as possible. Didn't you keep saying that we were not dedicated enough? So, you can hurry up now, and you still have to delay yourself?" Zhao Hanyan asked Aunt Sun.

Aunt Sun lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then she agreed to Zhao Hanyan, "Okay, I promise you, but you—"

Crack!Snapped!Crack!Snapped……

Suddenly there was piercing sound of firecrackers in the crowd, and the lit firecrackers were ignited and smoked, and the crowd who were watching were frightened and fled in all directions.

Zhao Hanyan had a bad feeling, and hurriedly shouted to protect Aunt Sun, "Don't let anyone hit her!"

But it was too late, because things moved so fast.Aunt Sun used a dagger as a threat to prevent the Yamen servants from going behind her, and the frightened people rushed over, ignoring the surrounding situation in a hurry.Seeing the chaotic fleeing crowd, someone hit Aunt Sun hard, because Aunt Sun was holding a dagger to his neck, the impact spattered three feet of blood, and the person fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the people were even more frightened, and fled in a hurry.Although Zhao Hanyan ordered Zhang Ling to stop these people, but because there were too many people, he couldn't take care of them at all. In the end, only a small number, about 20 people, were caught.

When Zhang Ling saw the situation turn out like this, his face turned pale with fright, especially when he saw Aunt Sun lying in a pool of blood with her eyes closed and lifeless, her legs were limp.A moment ago, Aunt Sun was still alive and talking to him, but now he is dead.

Zhang Ling collected himself, looked at Zhao Hanyan who was still ordering the Yamen to arrest him, and thinking about the consequences of this incident, there must be no good results.Zhang Ling's nose was sore, he was so angry that he wanted to cry, and he was even more annoyed that his uselessness was useless, what should he do if things turned out like this!

Zhao Hanyan counted the number of people, and only 30 people were finally arrested.Zhao Hanyan ordered the Yacha to take these people into prison for interrogation.Even if the person who set off the firecrackers was not among these people, there must be someone who can provide a couple of useful testimony.

After clearing out the idlers at the gate, Zhao Hanyan took a look at the corpse, and ordered someone to collect the corpse and transport it to the mortuary in the yamen.

Zhang Ling approached Zhao Hanyan timidly: "It's over now, if someone died at the gate of Kaifeng mansion, the whole city will know about it. If I can't report my work, I will also implicate Mr. Bao."

"Send someone to ask Mrs. Sun's husband, children and neighbors. I want to know what's unusual about Mrs. Sun these days, and whether she's seen anyone else." Zhao Hanyan turned her eyes and looked at Zhang Ling, "It's useless to be afraid." , Hurry up, find out the reason, and make up for it.”

Zhang Ling agreed, and immediately followed Zhao Hanyan's request.

After hearing the news, Gongsun Ce came, and after hearing about the passing, he went to check on Aunt Sun's body.Then he sighed again and again, feeling sorry.

"Compared to usual, Aunt Sun is a little abnormal. Maybe she lost her mind because of the loss of her child, or maybe she was instigated by others. I wasn't sure which one it was before, but after seeing the scene just now, I was more inclined to think it was the latter. " Zhao Hanyan said to Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce's face was very heavy, he was still engrossed in anticipating the troubles this case would bring, when he heard Zhao Hanyan's words, his face changed slightly.

"Your suspicion is not unreasonable. It's very good. Suddenly someone in the crowd set off firecrackers secretly. It seems that someone deliberately planned this matter."

Zhao Hanyan: "Not only are firecrackers secretly set off, but also the number of onlookers is strange. I asked Zhang Ling that when Aunt Sun threatened with a dagger outside the gate of the mansion, many people immediately surrounded her. In front of the mansion, there are not so many people passing by. Aunt Sun's abnormality, the number of people, and firecrackers. These three points are enough to show that someone is behind this incident."

Gongsun Ce agreed and asked Zhao Hanyan to investigate the case.

"Qu Rongfa is at the moment of the most critical confession. It cannot be interrupted or delayed. This involves a certain deeply rooted official in the court. I guess the twists and turns outside are probably related to the internal affairs. Aunt Sun It is also very likely that the rebellious officials and thieves who jumped over the wall in a hurry to avoid being implicated, made troubles and put pressure on Mr. Bao and Kaifeng Mansion." Gongsun Ce deliberated.

Zhao Hanyan's analysis: "My thoughts are similar. The matter of Mrs. Sun must be caused by someone deliberately making troubles and causing trouble for the Kaifeng Mansion. Now it only takes half a day, and everyone in the capital will know that the death in front of the Kaifeng Mansion Aunt Sun threatened to commit suicide because her child was lost and denounced that the Kaifeng government could not help find someone for her. I am afraid that this point will be exaggerated. People will pay attention to this 'little thing', and they love to discuss the story of Aunt Sun threatening suicide to save her son."

Gongsun Ce nodded and sighed, "It's such a big conspiracy, and it's extremely cruel. It's a trifle with human life."

Gongsun Ce asked Zhao Hanyan to investigate the case as soon as possible and minimize the impact of the case on Mr. Bao.

Zhao Hanyan agreed, and then asked Gongsun Ce if he could reveal who the powerful minister Qu Rongfa confessed to.

"The person that everyone doesn't like very much." Gongsun Ce hinted, asking Zhao Hanyan not to publicize it to the outside world.It is precisely because of what happened to Mrs. Sun that everything related to this must be kept secret and handled with care.

Zhao Hanyan promised that not long after sending Gongsun Ce away, Zhang Ling hurried back to send a letter, telling Zhao Hanyan that they had learned from Aunt Sun's husband that after Wu'er disappeared in the past two days, Aunt Zhang had a relationship with a Taoist priest.But I don't know what the name of this Taoist priest is. I only know that he is very young, handsome, and loves to laugh when talking with people, which makes people unconsciously let go of their guards.

After Aunt Sun's son Wu'er disappeared, she was very anxious and met this Taoist priest outside when she was looking for someone.But what the Taoist said to her and what he asked her to do is unknown.But according to her husband's confession, Aunt Sun became more and more dissatisfied with the government after she met the Taoist priest.He often looks aggrieved and keeps complaining, as if he has already figured out the darkness in the government office to be so dissatisfied.

Young Taoist.

Zhao Hanyan wrote down these four words, and immediately went to ask the thirty people who were temporarily arrested.None of them had seen any Taoist priests.But this doesn't explain the problem. Since the murderer wants to commit a crime, he usually chooses to pretend.Zhao Hanyan also learned from these people that the reason why they were all near Kaifeng Mansion just now was because they heard that Kaifeng Mansion would publicly hear Qu Rongfa, Minister of Rites, today.People like to watch high-ranking officials being tried. Seeing a person go from the glory of the past to the downfall of the present. At this time, thinking about the small life they have lived, they will feel a sense of satisfaction.

Of course, most of them also want to see what the dignified former Minister of Rites looks like and what he did because of curiosity.

"Someone spread false news and deceived these people, further confirming that Mrs. Sun's death was secretly manipulated." Zhao Hanyan said to Zhang Ling.

Zhang Ling felt a little relieved, not as scared as before, but still very scared, and then angrily took people to find the Taoist priest, vowing to bring him to justice.

When Zhao Hanyan returned to her room, she saw Bai Yutang was holding a knife, obediently leaning against the door of her room, half-closed her eyes, she didn't know if she was sleeping or thinking about something quietly.

Zhao Hanyan walked quickly to Bai Yutang, and asked with a smile how long he had been waiting.

"Is something wrong?" Bai Yutang rushed over and found that Zhao Hanyan was not in the room, and saw that the servants in the mansion were hurriedly called away, so he had this premonition.

Zhao Hanyan briefly explained the story to Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang was surprised, "Aunt Sun who fried peanuts in Zhouqiao?"

"Correct."

Just as Zhao Hanyan finished speaking, another yamen servant reported back and forth, informing that the child named 'Wu'er' had been found, and now he has gone home.

"Found it?" Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, and immediately rode to Aunt Sun's house. After meeting Zhang Ling, they went to see Wu'er.

Wu'er was huddling in his father's arms. He didn't expect so many yamen servants to come to the house, and his expression was a little scared.

"The man was tied up in a small room outside the city, and someone brought him water and food at regular intervals. Just now, after he woke up, the ropes on his hands and feet were untied, and he took off the blindfold to see the environment clearly. After that, he quickly fled back.

Zhao Hanyan looked at Wu'er and asked him how he was arrested when he went out at noon.

Wu'er cowered in his father's arms and shook his head with tears in his eyes. The red marks around his mouth and the bruises caused by the rope on his wrists were obvious.

"After going out, I walked down the alley as usual, and wanted to go to Lu Qi's house to play, but after walking a few steps, someone suddenly covered my head with a bag, and I couldn't see anything. Later, when I wanted to shout, I just I was gagged, that’s right, someone carried me away, and said that if I resisted and shouted, I would be stabbed to death so that my stomach would flow out, I, I, I... I was so scared, I didn’t dare to say a word.”

Wu'er cried and said that in the end he didn't know where he was carried, but he was knocked out and covered his eyes, and his hands and feet were tied.There will be someone who will feed him food and water when the time comes.As for the rest, he doesn't know.He fell asleep after drinking some water today, and when he woke up, he found that he was untied, and then realized where he was, and ran out like crazy to go home.

After Wu'er finished speaking, he looked around, then raised his head and asked his father: "Mother, why haven't you come back for so long?"

……

A group of people came out of Mrs. Sun's house with heavy faces.

Zhang Ling's face was the darkest, and he hated himself for being worthless, "If I had been smarter then, the child would not have lost its mother."

Zhang Ling beat his chest angrily.

"Stop blaming yourself." Bai Yutang didn't say any more comforting words, and just patted Zhang Ling on the shoulder.

Zhang Ling was startled, this is more effective than a hundred words of comfort from others.In Zhang Ling's view, Bai Yutang was an unattainable and arrogant person, and it was a great honor for him to be able to look at him directly.Now people still pat him on the shoulder, ten times more honored!He only hated that he couldn't get excited on such an occasion.If it was normal, he would definitely jump up happily.

In the afternoon, Ba Xian Wang, who had just returned to Beijing, came to Kaifeng Mansion together with Song Tingkong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and Yan Shu, Minister of the Ministry of Justice. The three were ordered by the Holy Order to assist Bao Zheng in handling the case of Qu Rongfa.

Yan Shu also brought a box of silver, and all the silver in the box had the official silver mark of the previous state treasury printed on the back.

This box of silver was found by Yan Shu from a deep corner of the warehouse in Qu Rongfa's house when he searched Qu Rongfa's mansion.

After Qu Rong discovered the silver, he confessed that everything was instigated by Grand Master Pang.

When asked about the details, Qu Rongfa did not want to explain too much: "I am just following orders, and I will keep what people give me. If you have the guts, go and interrogate Grand Master Pang, don't interrogate me!"

In the evening, when the prison was eating, Zhao Hanyan stood near the cell where Qu Rongfa was, watching him eat.

After a while, Zhao Hanyan came out of the prison and went back to the room without saying a word.

Bai Yutang had been waiting in the room for a long time, when he saw Zhao Hanyan came back, he asked her how she got.

"How has Qu Changle been these two days?" Zhao Hanyan asked after remembering.

"Quiet and quiet, people are at home and stay at home." Bai Yutang said to Zhao Hanyan, "Reading and practicing calligraphy every day is very peaceful."

Zhao Hanyan moved his eyeballs, got up and went to the cell to find shopkeeper Xue.

Shopkeeper Xue was surprised that Zhao Hanyan came to her suddenly, and asked with a wry smile why she came to him this time.

"Can you eat without bringing it?" Shopkeeper Xue looked at Zhao Hanyan's hands deliberately.

"Do you want to eat?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

Shopkeeper Xue shook his head with a smile, "I just feel that you seem to be inseparable from food, and you have to send some around wherever you go to be at ease. Not today, but it's a bit fresh."

"Why did you name your second restaurant Wangyou Pavilion?" This question has never been answered, and Zhao Hanyan must figure it out today.

Shopkeeper Xue's smile faded a lot, and he looked back at Zhao Hanyan defensively: "I didn't say it at the beginning, why do you think I can say it now?"

"Days are changing, and so are moods. I naturally hope that you will speak now." Zhao Hanyan said.

Shopkeeper Xue shook his head with a smile, saying that he still would not reveal it.

"But if you can make a dish that makes me cry, I will tell you." For shopkeeper Xue, who has already given up his heart, it is more difficult to make him cry.

"I believe you keep what you say." Zhao Hanyan left immediately and went to the kitchen.She looked at the ingredients in the kitchen in various ways, thinking about how to make a dish that made shopkeeper Xue cry.

If you choose something spicy, you are more likely to cry.But Zhao Hanyan thought about it again, it would never be that simple, shopkeeper Xue opened a restaurant by himself, and he has tasted almost all kinds of food, a little spicy is nothing to him.

"I think he seems to be playing tricks on you." Bai Yutang sighed.

"You'll know if you try it." Zhao Hanyan sighed, "However, it's really hard to think about dishes that can make people cry."

Zhao Hanyan flipped through the case file on the table while talking.

Bai Yutang glanced at it, and asked Zhao Hanyan half-jokingly, "Is there a recipe here?"

"Maybe there is."

Zhao Hanyan called Laichun to ask him to help him make a trip to Deping County.

"Deping County?" Chun Qu asked.

"There is a special kind of pepper in Deping County. It tastes numb when you eat it fresh. Now that it's late autumn, there may not be many fresh ones. Go and buy me three catties." Zhao Hanyan confessed.

Chun Qu agreed and went immediately.

The next day, in Asahi, all officials gathered.

The current major event that has attracted the attention of all ministers is the case of Qu Rongfa.When everyone asked and Zhao Zhen asked, Bao Zheng naturally wanted to explain the current situation. Qu Rongfa had already pleaded guilty, but the mastermind who confessed everything was Grand Master Pang. He just obeyed orders, so many places did not know about it.

"The case committed by Pang Taishi and Qu Rongfa is very cruel, and it has caused panic among the people." After many ministers sighed with emotion, the Baxian King took the lead to implore the emperor to arrest Pang Taishi, who was suspected of serious crimes and was in collusion with Qu Rongfa.

Immediately, two senior officials seconded the proposal, followed by several officials in unison.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Zhenjing saw that no one raised any objections, so he pursed his lips, "Sure."

"I ask the sage to behead Qu Rongfa immediately, as a warning to others!"

"Sure." Zhao Zhen continued.