Chapter 63 I'm too lazy to think of a title, I'll talk about it later
Chapter 63 I'm too lazy to think of a title, I'll talk about it later
"So fast?" Chu Feng was surprised, "Who did it?"
"The four guys who set the fire that day were the Zhang family's pawn shop in the east of the city. Although the masterminds have not surfaced yet, as long as they are caught, frightened and tortured, the mastermind behind the scenes will still be caught?" I said excitedly, "Wang Gui is going to report to the Zhang family, we have to act first, don't let them run away."
"Yeah." Chu Feng nodded, and took the soldiers to arrest him without asking any further questions.
Due to time constraints, I didn't follow along to join in the excitement. I dressed slowly and ate a snack happily. It didn't take long before I saw Chu Feng come back with a dark face.
"What's the matter, did someone catch it?" I still had the spoon in my mouth and asked vaguely.
"No." Chu Feng frowned, and said with a serious expression, "What did you hear them say? Try to tell me the exact words again."
When I saw his expression, I felt something was wrong, so I tried my best to restore the dialogue between Wang Yi and Wang Gui from my memory.
After hearing this, Chu Feng frowned and fell into deep thought. I couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"
"We were tricked by him." Chu Feng said angrily.
At that time, the soldiers were very expensive, and Chu Feng didn't have time to ask me for details. In addition, he had been used to trusting my cheats these days, but he rushed to the Zhang family's pawnshop in the east of the city aggressively, only to find out that the small shop had a total of It seemed that there were not four clerks. Excluding the old and frail shopkeeper, there were only three people working in the shop. Faced with his questioning, the clerks all looked blank, and there was no panic of being caught.
Chu Feng felt that something was wrong at the time, and when he was questioned on the spot, it turned out that the three men had perfect alibi, and they didn't have the time and conditions to commit the crime at all.
And what's even more deceitful is that although this small pawnshop is called "Zhang's pawnshop", it has nothing to do with the Zhang's half-money of the five major families.
I vaguely understood something: "No wonder Wang Gui looked confused when Wang Yi asked Wang Gui to report the news. I'm such an idiot that I didn't notice such an obvious abnormality!"
"I can't blame you." Chu Feng patted me reassuringly, "This person is too insidious. His words were not meant for Wang Gui, but for you. We There must have been a flaw somewhere, making him guess that you can't actually know the truth of the matter, but you can just eavesdrop on other people's conversations. So he told you the fake news of the four guys at the time to test you, and I ended up going Arresting people just confirmed his guess."
I tugged at my half-length hair annoyed: "Although I'm not as smart as you, I'm usually still cautious. Where did I show my flaws?"
"Let me think about it... bring a pen and paper." Chu Feng said.
I didn't dare to interrupt his train of thought, so I hurried to the study next door to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. By the way, ancient paper and pens are really troublesome. I lamented while grinding the ink hard.
"All our judgments on this arson case now come from the conversations you overheard. And you have only heard useful conversations twice before, that is to say, during the two meetings between Wang Gui and the county magistrate. In the dialogue, there was a problem in some link, which made Wang Yi catch our flaw in one fell swoop."
As he spoke, Chu Feng picked up the pen and wrote down a few clues on the paper.
In the first line, Wang Gui said that the Zhang family did the arson.
In the second line, Yi Cheng is innocent.
In the third row, after Wang Gui was arrested, he firmly believed that the county magistrate had betrayed him.
In the fourth line, the county magistrate suspects the Liu family.
He thought about it and crossed out the fourth line.
I looked at the remaining three clues without a clue, and couldn't figure out what was wrong, but Chu Feng thought about the paper for a while, and then circled the first one: "It should be this, I guess In fact, someone else actually set the fire, and it was probably the Wang family. Wang Gui did not tell the truth to the county magistrate at the beginning, but played a trick of shouting "stop thief" and poured dirty water on the Zhang family. But we used He believed what he said to deceive the county magistrate, and traced it in the direction of the "Zhang family". That's why Wang Gui firmly believed that the county magistrate betrayed him after he was arrested, because apart from what he said to the county magistrate, we don't know It is possible to track down this non-existent thing from other places."
I thought back to my meeting with Wang Yi. Most of the time it was Jiao Dian who was talking to him. I should have said nothing wrong: "That is to say, after Wang Yi left the county government, Wang Gui told him After explaining the ins and outs, combined with seeing me disappear in public that day, not only guessed my cheating and limitations, but also immediately thought of a way to test us... This person is really too dangerous, what should I do?"
"It's hard to handle. With today's lesson, your magic weapon will not be of much use to him. He will definitely be cautious in his words and deeds in the future. Even in private occasions, he will have mixed truths or puns. Seeing my slumped face, Chu Feng comforted me and said, "Don't worry, let me think of a way."
When we were worrying, we heard the housekeeper Jiao Dian knock on the door: "My lord, General, Eunuch Laifu is back."
I had no choice but to put this worrying question aside and go to the living room to meet Lai Fu, who had been missing since yesterday.
"Eunuch, what about the imperial envoy you are talking about? Why hasn't he come to see me?" I asked.
Laifu made a bow to me: "I would like to report to Master Immortal Master, the imperial envoy is secretly visiting under the order of the emperor, and it is not convenient to come to meet Master Immortal Master, so I can only entrust Miscellaneous Family to greet him on his behalf. Please forgive me, Master Immortal Master. "
"Secret investigation?" The word aroused my interest, "What is he investigating?"
"It's not convenient for the miscellaneous family to ask about this matter, but this time someone set fire to Master Xianshi, and the imperial envoy just gave the miscellaneous family a very important news."
"Hurry up!" I thought to myself that when I was so clueless, there might be some surprises waiting for me, but I saw Laifu took out a roll of yellow silk from his sleeve, and respectfully held it like he was holding some peerless treasure. Respectfully handed it to me: "My lord imperial envoy brought the emperor's letter. The emperor said that the county magistrate of Changshui should be escorted to Beijing immediately. The matter ends here, and no further investigation can be continued. In addition, the emperor ordered the lord Xianshi to be sent to Beijing as soon as possible." Let's continue our journey, don't be disturbed by these dirty things."
I unfolded the volume of the oracle and read it quickly, and couldn't help but throw it on the table: "What do you mean, hello!"
"Hey, don't dare to be so disrespectful!" Laifu seemed to be afraid that I would break the roll of silk, so he hurriedly picked it up and folded it.
Chu Feng grabbed my hand, and shook his head lightly at the furious me, so I had no choice but to restrain my emotions for the time being, only to see him say to Lai Fu and Jiao Dian: "Both of you are here today, let's talk about it. Open it, lest Master Xianshi will have doubts in his heart, and he will not be able to play with peace of mind, nor can he properly complete the mission assigned by the emperor."
"What does the general want to say?" Jiao Dian asked a little pretending to be stupid.
"We have only been away from the capital for two days, and some villains intend to harm Master Immortal Master. The next journey is still very long. Even if we are willing not to pursue the matter, the other party may not be willing to stop. If everyone still Fighting against each other, unwilling to communicate with each other, I am afraid that the murder of those people will be even more difficult to prevent in the future."
"What General Chu said is very true." Both Lai Fu and Jiao Dian nodded in agreement.
Is this the rhythm of Chu Feng going straight to the point and telling the truth?But why do those two look so perfunctory?I can only express strong onlookers.
Chu Feng started first: "Let's talk about the news we know first. The one who set fire to murder Master Immortal this time was the Wang family among the five great families, isn't it?"
Laifu looked at Chu Feng in surprise: "How did the general find out?"
"My lord Xianshi told me." Chu Feng looked at me and said, "My lord Xianshi does have some abilities that ordinary people don't know about, and both of you have seen this before. I can’t say much, both of you, forgive me.”
Lai Fu and Jiao Dian expressed their understanding, and Chu Feng said: "Then, this time the emperor told us not to pursue the matter, but it is just that the time for the investigation has not yet come, and it is not because he wants to keep silent and ignore the offense and murder of the Wang family. Ask, yes or no?"
Lai Fu said hesitantly: "Miscellaneous families dare not discuss government affairs in vain, but judging from the emperor's temperament, it should be so."
"Since my father-in-law said so, Master Xianshi should be able to leave with peace of mind, right?" Chu Feng looked at me inquiringly.
"...Okay." I kind of figured it out.
After Jiao Dian and Lai Fu had left, I complained to Chu Feng and said, "You've talked about this, and they still don't want to be honest with us. This hesitating attitude is really annoying. "
"It's not surprising. They're so old, they've already become adults, and they are said to be careful when sailing for ten thousand years." Chu Feng said.
I propped my chin and said, "From your tone of voice just now, the emperor is playing a big game of chess. Although the situation is peaceful now, sooner or later he will get rid of the grandchildren of the five big families, right?"
Chu Feng nodded: "That's right. After all, after more than a hundred years of management, the five major families have already become a deformed tree. The roots have penetrated into every corner of the Central Plains. If you rashly uproot it I'm afraid that the whole Dachen will be messed up. Under the current situation of internal and external troubles, the emperor will definitely not rashly touch the five major families, which is why they dare to be so arrogant. Let alone murder you, Even if he himself is the one the five families want to murder, the emperor will continue to bear it. Do you still remember what happened to Liuli? There is obviously a behind-the-scenes driving force behind Liuli with very strong financial resources and connections, but even with the intention of killing the king For such a big matter, the emperor only executed one Liuli. If King Ning is not allowed to continue the investigation, why does he even defend those who murdered him? There is only one explanation, the force behind Liuli, he can’t move now. rise."
I said, it's no wonder that I felt that "stop here, no further investigation" has such a feeling of deja vu from just now.
"That is to say, the matter of Liuli was also done by the five major families?" I said with emotion, "I have to endure it after all this, so the emperor can be so aggrieved."
The author has something to say: This chapter is really written so that the brain cells are dead~~~ What's more hurtful is that it has to be updated every day~~~~tat
In order to make the clues closer, I secretly changed the conversation between Wang Gui and the county magistrate in the cell in Chapter 60, you know...
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