However, when she asked the question, Zhou Yinzhi frowned, hesitated for a while, and said, "I didn't get it."
Jiang Xuening was stunned: "No?"
Zhou Yinzhi said: "The letter didn't belong to that person, there seems to be someone in the Heavenly Sect who is there to respond. According to his own words, the one I caught today was just going out to investigate the situation, and he would not dare to hand over the letter until the right time. Because the incident happened in a hurry, I think this matter must be extremely important to the second girl, so I haven't cross-examined it carefully, so I will report it first, I don't know what to do next?"
Jiang Xuening's eyes fell on Zhou Yinzhi. He seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he said, "This person is still in your house? Take me to see it."
It was a big night.
Zhou Yinzhi didn't expect Jiang Xuening to be so decisive, but after thinking about it, he realized that he was a Jin Yiwei person after all. I was afraid that Jiang Xuening would not be able to trust it absolutely. It would be more appropriate to take a look at such a big thing in person.
So there is no obstruction.
On the contrary, the concierge guarding outside Jiang Mansion was startled when he saw that his second girl had to go out at night. Jiang Xuening only instructed the family to ask if she would go out with Zhou Yinzhi to do errands, please don't worry at home, and then go out.
Zhou Yinzhi really did not lie at all.
The man was indeed tied up in his house.
It's just that Jiang Xuening suddenly realized that it had only been half a month, and Zhou Yinzhi had already changed his mansion. He was in Liushu Hutong. Although it was still not luxurious, the bricks and black tiles looked more shabby than the original one. The hospital is much better.
There was also a guard in brocade in black at the door.
It appears to be Zhou Yinzhi's subordinate.
It's no surprise to change the mansion. If Zhou Yinzhi can't make money, then it's not Zhou Yinzhi that Jiang Xuening knows, but he has developed into a trusted subordinate in such a short time after entering Jinyiwei. This fact is not small.
When entering through the door, Jiang Xuening couldn't help but glance at the gatekeeper Jin Yiwei.
Zhou Yinzhi said: "It's called Wei Xi, and his martial arts are very good."
Jiang Xuening nodded.
That Weixi youth looked like a young man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was very cautious, but when Zhou Yinzhi introduced him, he couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xuening quietly, and he was obviously curious about who could receive such courtesy from his boss.
What I didn't expect to see was a very beautiful girl.
In a moment of surprise, he almost looked straight.
When he came back to his senses, he found that the girl in front of him was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, but his eyes were not sharp, but Mo called him blushing and immediately buried his head.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yinzhi frowned imperceptibly, and only asked, "Are people still there?"
Wei Xi immediately calmed down and replied, "I haven't left half a step, it's still inside."
Zhou Yinzhi then brought people in.
Jiang Xuening raised his brows and deliberately took another look at the young man named Wei Xi before stepping forward and followed Zhou Yin in, while Wei Xi fell behind Jiang Xuening in his heart.
The people were kept in the woodshed in the southwest corner of the mansion.
After the door was opened, it was clean inside.
A thick hemp rope and a chain made of fine iron were used to bind the person behind the pillar. When you entered the door, you could see that the person was wearing the robes worn by the officers of the Ministry of Punishment.
Jiang Xuening stopped at the door and did not continue to walk in.
Zhou Yinzhi kept walking in front of that person.
Before he could speak, the man struggled hard when he saw him, as if he had suffered some hardships before, and was very frightened: "I really don't know anything, and the letter is not on me, you don't mean that I said it. Just leave me alone!"
Zhou Yinzhi looked down at him and said, "Who is the person who is with you?"
The man shivered: "We all act in secret in our teaching. I and others are secretly under the orders of Mr. Jinling Gongyi. Every day, I put the letter in Baiguo Temple, and someone will take it away, and I will go back the next day. There are letters to reply. But I have never seen those people before, and there are at least three people in the letters of the reply. Lord Zhou, it is useless for you to arrest me! The letter is really not on me! "
Zhou Yinzhi looked at Jiang Xuening.
Jiang Xuening stood near the door, frowned, and said coldly, "You are an official of the Ministry of Punishment, and you can get close to the prison, but those few people have to rely on you to snoop on the news, presumably they also need to rely on you. Come and deliver this letter to the court? In other words, as long as you tell them the time is ripe, they will give you the letter!"
Goosebumps all over his body when he heard the voice.
It was only at this time that the unlucky ghost realized that there was someone else who came back with Zhou Yinzhi this time, and it was a girl. Hearing this, it meant that he was the person behind Zhou Yinzhi, and he was a little scared for a while.
He subconsciously looked back to see who it was.
However, as soon as he moved, Zhou Yinzhi had already kicked him hard: "Is that the person you should look at?"
The man cried out in pain.
Zhou Yinzhi only said sharply: "The girl asked you, is it true or not?"
The man cried, "Yes, yes!"
Jiang Xuening said: "The matter is simple, you contact these people as you used to, and tell them that the time for the tribunal is ripe, and it's time to hand over the letter. You write the letter and send it over at midnight, don't let it go. What a trick."
The man was terrified: "No, no, if you were taught to know..."
Jiang Xuening frowned suddenly.
Zhou Yinzhi glanced at her and said, "Would you like to avoid it?"
After speaking, he pulled a rag and stuffed the man's mouth.
Jiang Xuening retreated after seeing it.
Standing under the eaves outside, for a while, I heard the screams of being blocked, and the sound of violent collisions on the pillars of the sharp and piercing iron chains, and it stopped after a while.
It was probably when the rag with the gag was taken down, and the painful sound of the man gasping for breath came out.
However, it seems to be much weaker than before.
Zhou Yinzhi asked lightly, "Write or not?"
The man no longer dared to resist and hurriedly said, "Write, write, I will write."
Jiang Xuening knew that Zhou Yinzhi must have used some ruthless means used by Jinyiwei to force this person into submission.
Wei Xi immediately went to get a pen and paper.
The man shivered and wrote the letter down.
After writing it, Zhou Yinzhi read it once, and then took it out to Jiang Xuening for a look. Jiang Xuening read it several times, but did not see anything wrong, so he handed it back to Zhou Yinzhi and asked him to take this person to Baiguo Temple overnight to release the letter and wait for Tianjiao. Those people took the bait.
Zhou Yinzhi called people to ambush nearby.
Jiang Xuening went back that night.
However, it never occurred to me that Zhou Yinzhi did catch someone the next evening, but the person he caught had only half a letter on him!
Moreover, it seemed that he had expected such a bureau to be waiting for him. The man was not at all flustered, just smiled and said to Zhou Yinzhi: "Yesterday, Zhou Qianhu took the person away, and we were aware of it. After I got a letter back, I guessed it was a game. But I thought that the idiot told you everything, so I won't go around the corner. We are the secret development of the Tianjiao, and I don't communicate with others except Mr. Gongyi. However, There is no news of Mr. now, I am afraid that it has been unexpected or fell into the hands of the imperial court. According to Mr. Gongyi's instructions, this letter was sent to the Ministry of Punishment no matter what, but now this situation has been discovered by you. It won't work. I was just born in the wild, and I don't necessarily have to sacrifice my life to accomplish this. In this world, what people seek is nothing but fame and fortune. This half letter, Lord Zhou, can take it back and read it. As for the remaining half letter , just see how much 'sincerity' the person behind you, Lord Zhou, has."
Zhou Yinzhi did not expect to be turned against the army.
And this letter...
He asked, "What do you want?"
The other party said coldly: "50,000 taels of silver, to buy the lives of the Yan clan, and after receiving the money, I will leave the capital and will not take another step! But if not, the remaining half of the letter will be kept in Xiao Yuan, Duke Dingguo. on the desk!"
Xie Wei is going to enter the palace today.
The hall was already cleaned up, and no trace of blood could be seen again.
Gongyicheng's body was also gone.
But Xie Wei's mood didn't seem to be better than half a point, even worse than a few days ago. When he changed into that azure robe, his brows were deeply locked, and he only asked: "Not yet. Did you find it?"
Daoqin stood behind and shook his head.
Jian Shu's brows were also a little solemn, and he became very careful even in the act of tidying up his clothes, and said in a low voice: "There are indeed some people at the Jinling main altar who are working as hidden piles in Beijing, but these people only listen to Gongyi Cheng. Order. Now that we have controlled the Xiangtang on this side of the capital, and interrogated the people who were with Gongyicheng some time ago, we only know that there was an order to explain it, but no one knows what it is."
As he spoke, his voice dropped.
The hostility in Xie Wei's eyes slowly surfaced, as if he was enduring something, and asked, "Where is Dingfei?"
Jian Shu didn't dare to look at him more and he lowered his head and said: "After Mr. ordered him to go down that day, he looked around in Beijing, but Mr. Dingfei has never returned to Xiangtang once. Some people said he was in Zuilefang, we will look for him. The girl from Houhualou conveyed his message that he went to drink in 'Ten Years Brewing', but after we went there, there was no one..."
In other words, this person is gone.
Xie Wei laughed softly: "Yes, very good."
Jianshu and Daoqin both heard the sinister meaning hidden in these words, and did not dare to answer at all.
Xie Wei dressed in his robes, said indifferently, "Continue to search and search", and said nothing, went straight out of the mansion gate, and took a carriage to the palace.
There is a discussion going on in the south study.
Shen Lang was in a better mood than ever before. Apart from Wen Zhaoyi's pregnancy in the harem, there was an exciting event in the courtroom.
As soon as Xie Weicai came in, he burst out laughing: "Mr. Xie is here. The governor of Shuntian has already reported the news. This time, an important figure in the Tianjiao was killed, and Mr. Xie made a great contribution!"
Everyone's eyes fell on Xie Wei, and there was some admiration in their eyes.
Of course some people are simpler.
Xie Wei didn't seem to see it, he smiled without any flaws, and said: "It's just that the people under his command happened to break through their group and wait for the Xiangtang assembly, and they were a little wary, and then contacted the Shuntian Prefecture Yin to send people to encircle and suppress them. , shoot that Gongyicheng random arrows to death. Wei Chen knows that the news is not fast enough, and dare not take credit."
If Lu Xian heard it here, he would be greatly shocked—
Didn't Gongyicheng Xie Wei kill himself
How did it come to this moment that he was surrounded and killed by the Yin of Shuntian? !
But no one in the South study room knew the truth, all of them thought that this young master Xie was deeply trusted by Shen Lang, and after this incident, he was afraid that he would go up one level, which was really enviable.
Shen Lang was indescribably happy.
He walked down with his hands folded, and even looked a little high-spirited, and said, "This day, the sect tried to subvert the thief's heart of my dynasty, and took advantage of the matter of Yongyi Hou's mansion to spread rumors and make chaos, and this time he was brought to Beijing in one fell swoop. The stronghold, he also killed the big thief who gave advice to its leader! It is expected that the sky will destroy this religion, and if this continues, the rebels and thieves will be eradicated soon!"
Everyone agreed, saying "the saint is wise".
However, Gu Chunfang, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had a cold face, but his brows were wrinkled, and he did not look very happy, only said: "Unfortunately, when Shuntian Prefecture was besieged and suppressed, he did not know the identity of this person, and he was shot to death by random arrows. Since this person has been by the bandit leader's side for 20 or 30 years and has made suggestions, he must know that there are many details in the celestial sect, and he is the most important person in this sect. If he can be captured alive and tortured, I don't know how many useful things he will shake out. Message…”
The crowd suddenly became embarrassed.
Xie Wei's eyes flashed slightly when he heard the words, but he seemed to think of something and said, "It would be best if he could be captured alive, but now that this person is dead, it may not be useful."
Gu Chunfang's eyebrows were already white.
Hearing Xie Wei's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Wei: "Master Xie has any ideas?"
"Don't dare." Xie Wei was very polite, and he gave Gu Chunfang a bow while speaking, and then said, "Just now, Master Gu didn't say it, and Xie didn't think about it; but when Master Gu said it, Xie was upset. Come up with an idea, but maybe a little risky."
Shen Lang was suddenly curious: "What's the idea?"
The corners of Xie Wei's lips curved slightly, and said, "The imperial court wiped out the rebels of the Heavenly Sect and killed many of them. Of course, such an important person as Gongyicheng is among them, but this news is only known by the government and the imperial court. Said that the Heavenly Sect did not know that Gongyicheng was dead. If we released the news and pretended that Gongyicheng was not dead, but was arrested by the court and was being severely interrogated. According to what Lord Gu just said, this person must know There are many secrets of the Heavenly Religion, and the Heavenly Religion is afraid that the secrets will be leaked, so they will definitely send someone to rescue them. At that time, it is only necessary to send someone to ambush, or to be more dangerous…”
When he said this, he paused.
The crowd nodded.
Even Gu Chunfang couldn't help but think about it, and then asked, "What if it's more dangerous?"
Xie Wei lowered his eyes slightly, and actually said: "These days, we have also arrested a lot of chaotic parties, and under repeated interrogations, we said that Gongyicheng, most of these people have seen it before and know what it looks like. However, According to the rumors, there was another person who gave advice to the bandit leader of the cult that day. He was called 'Dujun Mountain Man'. On the other hand, only a very small number of people at the Jinling General Altar knew his details. If Gongyicheng was used as bait to lure the enemy to rescue, but another person was sent to sneak into the prison to join the people of the Heavenly Sect, fake Called this 'Dujun Mountain Man', he returned with the many sect members who came to rescue him all the way, and he would be able to find out many secrets in the sect. After getting the situation of the rest of the sect's stronghold, wait for the opportunity to retreat, and you will gain a lot! "
Hearing this, the rest of the people could hardly hold back the hair on their backs, and at the same time they couldn't help but secretly screamed.
This is a bold plan!
But the opportunities and harvests hidden in the middle are really exciting.
Shen Lang said, "Who should I send?"
yes.
Who to send
The former is good to use Gongyicheng as bait; but the latter, if one accidentally reveals his identity, he may die in the chaos of the party, which is too dangerous.
Everyone frowned in thought.
Xie Wei glanced at it, and after waiting for a while, no one spoke, then leaned slightly, ready to speak.
However, at this moment, Gu Chunfang, who was standing not far away, actually opened his mouth and said, "If you are talking about wisdom, you have heard of Master Xie's reputation, and you should be the first to push Master Young Master to deal with such a situation. But Master Xie's name is too loud. If you pretend to be a 'Dujun Mountain Man' of the Heavenly Sect, you will only need to spend a lot of time and trouble, which will lead to suspicion. The old minister has a personal choice here, and he has also carefully studied the dossier of the Heavenly Sect. If you understand it, it may be useful."
Xie Wei's pupils shrank slightly and looked at Gu Chunfang.
Shen Lang asked, "Who can use it?"
Gu Chunfang looked behind her, and then said, "It's the old vassal of the old minister and one of the chiefs of the thirteen officials of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Zhe."
Zhang Zhe stood at the end, and everyone's eyes instantly converged on him.
He lowered his eyes and didn't react much.
Xie Wei looked at this person quietly, but his fingers tucked in his sleeves were quietly tightened: Gu Chunfang said this, but he can't bring it up again and let him go...