Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

"Twins?" Yan Shu was puzzled, and was about to ask Zhao Hanyan what he meant, but his voice was already overwhelmed by the questioning voices of other ministers.

At this moment, several high-ranking officials could not hear anything about the twins at all, and their minds were full of the great matter that Grand Master Pang did not die.All the officials were not low in status. They were originally carrying them with a calm demeanor, but after hearing the news, they couldn't hold back anymore. They asked Bao Zheng and Zhao Hanyan to quickly explain what was going on.

The scene was chaotic, and only Yan Shu and Song Tingkong remained silent.Of course, the one who was the most silent was Zhao Zhen, who was sitting in the first place. He kept his head down and made noise, but he looked at him with a cold face and said nothing. In the end, it was the eunuch next to Zhao Zhen who scolded him, and the scene became quiet.

But it was not too quiet, several ministers lined up to speak one after another, filled with righteous indignation, begging the emperor to order Bao Zheng to explain clearly immediately.

"Could it be that Grand Master Pang was deliberately tricked into playing tricks on us? It's extremely shameful for a dignified court official to do such a trifling thing!" The Minister of the Ministry of War blushed and was furious. To be fair.

Fu Taifu raised his gray beard, nodded repeatedly, and totally disapproved of Bao Zheng's breach of trust, thinking that what he did was to discredit the court.

"Use extraordinary methods in extraordinary times. When the old master Fu was a military advisor in the Northwest and fought against the enemy wisely, he exhausted 36 tricks. Which trick is not a trick? Whether it is fighting on the battlefield or intrigues in court, in any battle, there is a This is true. Soldiers are not tired of deceit, so they can win by surprise." After Bao Zheng retorted, he did not forget to say, "Furthermore, when the criminal beheaded, Bao never said that he was Grand Master Pang. It was just that the crowd thought it was him and said In the end, what your lords have heard is nothing but rumors and speculation."

Grand Tutor Fu was rendered speechless, and stared at Bao Zheng.The Minister of the Ministry of War blushed because he was holding back his anger, and immediately asked the emperor to call the shots. He felt that Bao Zheng was arguing.Even if Grand Master Pang is not dead, but his "non-denial" trick deceived everyone and the emperor, which is considered a crime of deceiving the emperor.

"I know." Zhao Zhen said lightly.

In a word, the ministers were so choked that they didn't know what to say, they were all silent, and the courtroom fell into silence again.

"Where is Grand Master Pang now?" Song Tingkong continued to ask, "Could it be that Mr. Bao has already realized that Grand Master Pang is innocent, so he planned this trick. If it was just to catch Wangyou Pavilion, why did he hide it from us?"

"My lords, wait a moment, Bao will send someone to pick him up." Bao Zheng ordered Zhan Zhao to take someone to pick up Grand Master Pang. As for Wangyou Pavilion, Bao Zheng handed it over to Zhao Hanyan.

"Master Bao is here, but he wants all the adults in the first and second ranks to listen to the nonsense of a no-rank police officer in your Kaifeng mansion?" Liu Rucai thought it was ridiculous, and asked Bao Zheng not to delay.

"He is a newly recruited cook in our Kaifeng mansion, and he is also a fast catcher. He can read his face and heart, and his ability is different from ordinary people."

"Heh, it's even more ridiculous, he's still a cook hahaha..."

Zhao Zhen was very upset when he heard Liu Rucai making fun of his cousin, his expression darkened immediately, and he gave Liu Rucai a special glaring look.

Liu Rucai was still attacking Bao Zheng wholeheartedly, and didn't notice the change in the emperor's face.Taifu Fu had been in the officialdom for a long time, and he was the best at observing words and expressions. He coughed lightly to remind his poor nephew to pay attention.Only then did Liu Rucai realize something, and hurriedly restrained his actions and stood up cautiously.

"Forget it, anyone's explanation is the same, you can tell." Liu Rucai immediately changed his attitude and said to Zhao Hanyan.

"In recent years, Wangyou Pavilion's sudden rise to fame has left many legends in the world, and now it has almost reached the point where the color of the talk has changed.

The affairs of the rivers and lakes are best hidden from the people of the rivers and lakes.This is Chinchilla Chinchilla Bai Yutang, a very well-known young hero in the Jianghu. He has a lot of friends in the Jianghu. His four righteous brothers are also well-known in the Jianghu and have many friends. The people in the book have never actually seen Wangyou Pavilion or the killer of Wangyou Pavilion, and what they have heard are all legends.

So I suspect that there is no Wangyou Pavilion at all. Even if there is, it is a little-known organization, and it is not worth mentioning in the world. "

"If, as you said, Wangyou Pavilion doesn't exist, where did the rumors outside come from?"

"The reason why geese pass by leaving traces, I think all adults know. Not to mention the Wangyou Pavilion with thousands of killers, it is an escort agency with dozens of people. Every day, food, clothing, housing and transportation will leave traces. There are Jianghu people who are doing business, and they need it everywhere." Contacts and news. As long as there are people in the Jianghu, they will not hide it from those well-informed old Jianghu people.

Why is Wangyou Pavilion so powerful?Thousands of killers, but no one knows their real existence?

This is about a certain behind-the-scenes master who, in order to make the legend sound more real, fabricated stories and fooled the world.Bai Shaoxia and I have also investigated this aspect, whether it is in the world or among the common people, all the people who heard about Wangyou Pavilion finally traced back to the storyteller.There are many people who tell the story, and it takes a long time to tell it, and everyone will naturally believe it. "

Zhao Hanyan immediately explained to everyone that this legend actually started in Tokyo City at the beginning. It was told by a storyteller named Xiaoerlu. Because he spoke wonderfully, other storytellers followed suit.Things that are popular in Tokyo City have always been sought after by various places, and gradually spread to the whole world.

"Of course, there may be some people's secret planning in this, so the matter was only discovered recently, so this aspect has not been investigated too clearly. But I believe that as long as we spend a little time investigating and interrogating a few more storytellers, we will be able to solve the problem. A young man named Xiaoerlu must not be able to escape the relationship."

"Wangyou Pavilion is fake?" Liu Rucai was very surprised. He calmed down. At this moment, he had long forgotten his previous attitude towards Zhao Hanyan, and only asked curiously, "If Wangyou Pavilion is fake, what about Chenzhou's?" How do soldiers and horses explain it?"

"Naturally, it is the so-called mastermind behind the scenes just mentioned. The soldiers and horses raised privately by Chen Zhou were originally used by the mastermind behind the scenes to design and frame Grand Master Pang."

Zhao Zhen saw that everyone still wanted to continue arguing, so he said first: "It seems that this matter will not be clear for a while, so I will get up and answer first, and I will deal with you as appropriate after the discussion is over."

Bao Zheng and others quickly thanked En and got up.

"There seems to be something wrong. If, as you said, it was to frame Grand Master Pang, then in the name of Grand Master Pang, why did the leader of the anti-army later say that he had misunderstood and confessed to Wangyou Pavilion?" Yan Shu couldn't help being curious, ask.

Zhao Hanyan looked at Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng said to Yan Shu, "It's exactly what you want to do with two birds with one stone."

"Master Bao means that the man behind the scenes not only wants to kill Taishi Pang, but also wants to kill Master Bao for the crime of wrongful killing?" Yan Shu's face changed drastically, his brows were furrowed, and after a moment of contemplation, he raised his eyes and asked Song Tingkong and others. Do people believe this statement.

Song Tingkong was not sure, so he turned to Taifu Fu.

Fu Taifu shook his head, "How elaborate is the mastermind behind this scene, who can calculate such a clever coincidence that it is difficult to find the flaws? I don't think there is such a powerful person. It is you Bao Zheng who broke the big picture. The case is too conspiratorial."

Bao Zheng looked back at Grand Tutor Fu, "Master Bao has been an official for so many years, and how he behaves, Mr. Tai Tu should have seen it. Why did he ever do anything excessive in order to seek merit?"

"It's hard to tell people's hearts. It's still ten years of hard work and bravery. Who knows if you were dormant in the past or not for today."

"The person the Taifu said is probably the man behind the scenes." Bao Zheng turned around and asked Zhao Hanyan what the so-called twins meant just now. He didn't know about this matter, and Zhao Hanyan must have just discovered it.

"Yes, I told you about Judge Shi, and Lord Taifu will believe that the person who is trying to make ends meet is not Lord Bao." Zhao Hanyan turned to look at Judge Shi, who was standing next to Liu Rucai with his neck hunched.

Liu Rucai turned his eyes to look at Judge Shi, roughly guessed what Zhao Hanyan was thinking, then looked at Zhao Hanyan, wanting to hear what she had to say.

Zhao Hanyan walked up to Judge Shi and asked him directly if he had a twin brother.

Judge Shi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and said no, with a bewildered expression on his face.

"I have long suspected that you are a spy of the Kaifeng Mansion. In recent days, I have been asking the guards to monitor you. The report I got is that you have acted according to the rules and have never had any abnormalities." Zhao Hanyan said.

"The lower official is innocent, so naturally he won't do anything unusual." Judge Shi followed Zhao Hanyan's words.

Zhao Hanyan: "Judge Shi may not understand what I mean. The guards are monitoring your every move. Even if you go to the latrine, they will record it. Yesterday you took a rest, although you did not appear in front of everyone, but what I got The report is that you have been at home and have never gone out. The guards even leaned on the roof to confirm that you are indeed there. But just now I heard what Lord Yan said. He went to Liu Shilang’s mansion yesterday to listen to you personally After finding out that Mr. Bao intentionally killed Grand Master Pang under the guise of public aid, he went to the palace to write a letter to Mr. Bao in a fit of anger."

"That's right." Yan Shu hurriedly said, and then he looked at Judge Shi with disbelief, "Could it be that you weren't the one who spoke to us yesterday?"

"Is it true, the two adults will know once they try it."

"It must be that the person watching me fell asleep." Judge Shi glanced at Zhao Hanyan, and immediately turned his gaze away, wanting to repeat their conversation yesterday.

"There is no need to repeat the conversation, just say what kind of clothes the two adults were wearing when you met yesterday."

The specific content of the conversation can definitely be conveyed in private.But the clothes of the two adults at the time of the conversation, presumably no one would be careful enough to explain it.

Judge Shi was stunned, choked up for a while, and then he was a little bit stuttering: "I, I was too nervous at the time, I lowered my head when I was answering, and didn't pay attention to the clothes of the two adults."

"Then do you remember what kind of tea you drank in the mansion?" Yan Shu asked quickly, "You drank three sips of tea at that time, don't tell me that you were too nervous, so you didn't know what tea tasted like."

"Yes, it was indeed because I was too flustered, I only drank a few sips, and I don't remember what kind of tea it is." Judge Shi apologized again and again, swearing that he was really too nervous.

Yan Shu sneered, "You didn't drink tea at all at that time."

Judge Shi's mind instantly "boomed", and his whole body froze in place. In the end, he didn't know how he slowed down.After he came back to his senses, he regretted that he might as well have been stupid all the time, and he wouldn't be trembling and frightened like he is now.

Snapped!

Zhao Zhen slapped the gavel loudly. Judge Shi was frightened and knelt on the ground, but he did not plead guilty.

"Judge Shi, this matter is definitely confirmed. You don't have to argue that the guards are wrong. The guards watching you are serious royal guards. They were sent by the Holy One to assist in the investigation. You will die if you don't confess, but you His wife still has a life in her stomach." Knowing what Judge Shi was hesitating about, Zhao Hanyan immediately shattered his hope and gave him a reason to confess truthfully.

"Xiaguan has a younger brother who has twins. Due to the rules of the clan, people who have the same face are taboo. If they meet, only one life will be spared. The younger brother was sent by his mother to a distant relative to be raised. Later, when he was eight years old and sensible, He was taken back by his mother. Since then, my mother has been raising him secretly in the Shijia’s other garden on the grounds of worshiping Buddha. Later, I found out about this, and often went to see him and taught him to read. He is smarter than me. He is good at learning, and he loves to learn from me.

After I became an official, when I was too busy to go away, and I wanted to deliver important news, I would ask him to help me.Yesterday was also because my wife was about to give birth, and I couldn't bear it, so I sent someone to deliver a letter to him to explain the content clearly, and asked him to explain it for me.Unexpectedly, I will be here on a business trip. "

Judge Shi was so remorseful that he wept bitterly and beat the ground.

"Since you are asked to show up to deliver important news, you must have met the person who sent you?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Judge Shi nodded, and then explained the process carefully.

"I have never seen his appearance. He is always behind the screen, guarded by two men wearing black veils. He is very imposing, and he is by no means an ordinary person. He seems to be unable to speak, and writes his words on paper every time. At first I met him six years ago, he said he helped me get promoted, I didn’t believe it, but the next day I was really promoted from a small clerk to the master. I was happy to thank him , he asked me if I would follow him, as long as I follow him, I will not worry about being promoted and getting rich in the future, but I have to pass his test, and I must be faithful.

He asked me to do a lot of things, such as offering incense to the East every morning, planting flowers, yelling at the sky, and even stealing something worthless. He knew every time I couldn’t do it, and told me to do it all over again. Finally, I got through. Then he was really promoted again.I have become more and more respectable, and the life of my family is getting better. As an official, he has taught me a lot and helped me a lot. He is really like my benefactor.This time, he said that if I did it, it would be the same as before. If I get promoted again, I'm sure I'll still have the position of Governor of Kaifeng.I just... believe it and do it. "

"Testing your loyalty? I think it's like training a loyal dog. Fortunately, you have your own ideas. For the sake of greed in your heart, you seem to listen to him, but you are not that loyal." Zhao Hanyan sighed and turned She glanced at Yan Shu and Song Tingkong, "Whether the man behind the scenes will be disappointed to see you like this."

"Mute?" Gongsun Ce noticed this just now, "Could it be because of the disabled girls in Zhang's mansion that he himself is not healthy?"

"I'm not dumb. The reason why I don't speak is because the handwriting can be forged, but the voice is not easy to forge. Even ventriloquist, it is easy to reveal the original voice when you are a little careless." When Zhao Hanyan said this, Bai Yutang looked at it specially. After a glance, Bai Yutang nodded in agreement.

"I said earlier that the man behind the scenes was very cautious, so he didn't keep the possibility of exposing himself at all, so he didn't make a sound. He must not be dumb, because he must be able to speak in the court. How can a person of weight be dumb."

"Now it is confirmed that Judge Shi is cheating, Grand Master Pang is not dead, and someone is secretly planning to frame Lord Bao and Grand Master Pang." Bai Yutang concluded coldly, "This black hand behind the scenes is confirmed to be real. Your lords are sorry for this. Any objections?"

Taifu Fu and the others shook their heads.Taifu Fu twirled his beard in embarrassment, sighing that he was getting old, never expecting such a thing to happen.

Taifu Fu immediately bowed his hand and apologized to Zhao Hanyan for his previous self-willed words.

Zhao Hanyan admires Tai Tuo's courage to admit his mistakes at such an early age.

Then Bao Zheng talked about the bloody coir raincoat Ou Dachun case, Ou Erchun case and Ou Sanchun case, the Ziyanguan case involving millions of taels of official silver, and the case involving the disabled girl Zhang Fu, etc. Doubts left by these cases.

"Except for the case of stealing silver from Ziyanguan, all these cases are provocative with the Kaifeng government. In the previous Sanchun case, either the deceased was sent something or a note was sent to the Kaifeng government. In all cases, except for the murderer who was arrested, there were An unknown and invisible black hand seems to be planning the case."

Zhao Hanyan continued: "In the previous case of Ziyan Temple, Taoist Master Ziyan has already admitted that he planned it and was guided by Guanglin Demon. But the case of Zhang's house is a bit special. It is a relatively hidden place on the side of the road. Doing so will avoid risks, and it will not be easy for people to find out the specific hiding place of the murderer. But later, the dead were all flamboyantly thrown near the city of Tokyo, and both times they were thrown in the same place. The location, on the bank of the Cai River, is completely deliberately attracting the government to investigate."

"Then why is that so?" Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Hanyan intently.

Zhao Hanyan: "I suspect it was the murderer's 'striking from the east to the west'. It was also a coincidence at the time. Mr. Bao was escorting Pang Yu back to Beijing. Unfortunately, he encountered a little trouble in Deping County. The group was misunderstood by Lei Buzhi, the county magistrate of Deping County. They were detained because of kidnappers. From this we paid attention to the kidnapping case in Deping County, six boys disappeared in Deping County six years ago, the youngest was eight years old and the oldest was 12 years old.”

Zhao Zhen shuddered, "You mean that the mastermind behind the scenes is afraid that you will investigate further, so they created the case of the Zhang family to attract your attention?"

"Yes, he is afraid that something will be found out that will destroy his original plan, which has been planned for many years. The Sanchun case is just a test. On the one hand, he will try to see how strong Kaifeng Mansion is, and see if it can be damaged by the way. The prestige of Master Bao; on the one hand, it is also a test for his subordinates. It is always necessary to 'practice makes perfect', so as to avoid the end of 'talking on paper' at the most important time in the future. The ultimate goal of Guanglin Demon is obvious, he is to Double kill Grand Master Pang and Master Bao. But in his opinion, Grand Master Pang should be easy to deal with, probably because he has many inhumane aspects of being an official, or... there are many enemies who hate him."

Zhao Hanyan wanted to say that it was the person Guanglin Mo relied on, that is, Zhao Zhen, who didn't like Grand Master Pang and planned to deal with him.But she couldn't say this in front of all the ministers, so she changed it to 'enemies'.

Looking at Zhao Zhen's expression, it was obvious that he had understood what she meant, and was afraid that she would not realize it, so he gave her a hard stare.

"But Mr. Bao is different. Mr. Bao is an upright official. He is an upright official. He is upright. He is loved by the people and highly valued by the saints. Therefore, it will be more difficult to destroy him, so he has worked hard on Mr. Bao." Zhao Hanyan continued. added.

"Since the Guanglin Demon behind the scenes does exist, who is it? You just said that the people you suspect are me and Mr. Song? Why? Do you have evidence?" Yan Shu finally waited for the right time, and hurriedly interjected, asking After finishing, he and Song Tingkong glanced at each other, and both looked at Zhao Zhen at the same time, hoping that the emperor could speak for the two of them at this time.

Unfortunately, their sage was resting his chin on his right hand, looking intently at Detective Zhao who was explaining the case, his eyes were full of admiration, and he didn't care about the eyes of the two lovers at all.

"Ziyan watched the case. Taoist Master Ziyan received the news of the retreat in advance and knew that the court had begun to investigate his news. Mr. Yan said that besides you, there are only a few of your cronies in the know. Then Mr. Yan is naturally suspicious. We If you want to keep this matter a secret, you can’t hide it from your superior Minister of Criminal Affairs, so Mr. Song is also suspected. Then there are two people who can enter and leave Kaifeng Mansion at will and participate in the interrogation of Grand Master Pang, and you two are even more suspicious .

I suspect that Qu Rongfa's confession and false statement are related to the two of you.Qu Rongfa was sentenced to death. If he changed his confession and identified Pang Taishi as a rebel, he would be spared his death, and he would naturally agree.But how can a dignified minister of the Ministry of Rites be persuaded by just anyone.This person must be favored by the Holy One and be able to judge a few words of weight on the case.In addition, according to my analysis, Guanglin Mo is a very smart, cautious and talented person, and the two adults are in line with each other. "

Zhao Hanyan's explanation was well-founded, leaving Yan Shu and Song Tingkong speechless for a while, and they both looked at each other suspiciously.

At this time, Zhao Zhen's eyes naturally followed. His eyes jumped back and forth on the two former ministers he had once again, and he felt a headache.

He felt that both of them were alike, but he also felt that they were not like each other.Otherwise, both of them will die?After thinking about it, I can't bear it.Zhao Zhen originally thought that Zhao Hanyan narrowed the scope to two people, and it was easy for him to judge, but now it seems that it is difficult for him to make a choice, and he needs opinions.

Taifu Fu and the others were already stunned by what they heard, and they were so surprised that they had no intention of speaking at all.In fact, they can talk, but with the current state of their heads, they can't give any useful opinions.

Zhao Zhen asked Bao Zheng's opinion.

Bao Zheng shook his head slightly, "I thought that this time, the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes would be revealed, but now it seems that Mr. Yan's suspicion seems to be more serious, but Mr. Yan suspects me because of Judge Shi. However, it is not ruled out. , Judge Shi's move was deliberately planned by Lord Yan himself. Therefore, I still dare not jump to conclusions without solid evidence."

"The villain can make a guess." Zhao Hanyan spoke again, pointing his finger at Yan Shu.

Yan Shu slowly raised his eyebrows in surprise, shook his head and smiled bitterly, indicating that it was really not him.

Song Tingkong also shook his head, "I don't think it's Master Yan, nor me. This arrester Zhao, there are many loopholes in your scrutiny. Just like what Master Bao said, there is no evidence."

Zhao Hanyan heard Song Tingkong's words, turned to look at him, and hurriedly shifted his fingers to point at him.

"I made a mistake just now, sorry," Zhao Hanyan said, looking into Zhao Zhen's eyes, "it's Mr. Song, I have evidence. If I have more time, there will be more ironclad evidence. I implore the Holy Admiral, Mr. Song, to arrest him temporarily and control the whole world." Song Mansion, don't let him have any chance to spread the news, he is very dangerous."

"Hurry up, Zhao, I still think you are very 'dangerous'. When did someone as powerful as you come out of Kaifeng Mansion, and you actually made a well-founded statement in front of the Holy One, and without changing your face, you are referring to the official of the court. There is no fear at all. Ordinary white clothes, no matter how talented and well-informed, it is absolutely impossible to reach your level. Who are you? I think you are very similar to the so-called Guanglin Demon behind the scenes. "

Song Tingkong's tone remained calm as usual, but it can be seen from the rebuttal that he was already annoyed by Zhao Hanyan's words.