The next morning, someone reported to the police that a body had been found on the outskirts of Beijing. The Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture hurriedly sent someone to rush over, and after several inspections based on his physical characteristics, it was finally confirmed that it was Song Heng, the current champion. Immediately afterwards, a man came out to confess his guilt and surrendered, claiming that he was jealous after he fell off the list. The other testers came to identify, saying that it was this person who sent the mansion to Song Heng. He originally thought he was a man of righteousness, but he had such a vicious heart.
With all the evidence of the cause and crime, he was sentenced to be detained in prison and asked to be executed in the autumn, and the case was successfully concluded. As a result, it was reported to the imperial court that, although Dangtang Zhuangyuan was murdered, it was nothing more than a personal hatred with the villagers, and had nothing to do with the family, the country, the society, and the emperor. Like a fine stone falling into the lake, there is only a slight wave.
The world has turned sharply, and even the gossip in the teahouse is changed every few days. Song Heng is a Confucian scholar with few connections. He didn't have time to take office, let alone his political achievements.
I'm afraid it's only those two people who care.
When Jindian listened to the performance, Su Shiyu and Chu Mingyun looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, but they didn't mention the dungeon that night. They naturally understood that Song Heng, who invited all the ministers at the dinner party, was obviously replaced by the person who put his face on it, and then the other party hurriedly threw the case to cover it up when he saw it was not good. Anyway, there was no evidence.
When going down to court, Chu Mingyun stopped Su Shiyu and asked, "Why didn't Master Su report the dungeon to His Majesty?"
"His Majesty is still young and his temperament is not stable, why bother him with speculation now." Su Shiyu said lightly, and glanced at Chu Mingyun, "Master Chu didn't mention it, so what did you read from this matter?"
Chu Mingyun evoked a smile and looked directly into Su Shiyu's eyes, "Could it be that Mr. Su is different from what I think?"
Su Shiyu chuckled and looked away at Biwa Feizhu in the distance, "...a leaf falls and you know the autumn in the world."
See micro-knowledge. This is the first piece of the chess game that the ambitious person drops.
The western suburbs, dozens of miles outside of Chang'an City, are mountainous, with towering green hills, winding mountains and mountains, birds and beasts shuttle among the ancient trees and qiu branches, and the chirping is corresponding. It is a place with few people.
On a cliff, two men stopped their horses and looked in front of them. The leading man's black blue robe sleeves were puffed up by the wind, and the layered lotus patterns on the front and cuffs were looming, dark red like blood, he turned and asked the person behind him, "Are you sure this is here?"
Qin Zhao said: "Yes, but the exact location cannot be determined."
Chu Mingyun turned his head, raised his hand and pressed his long crow-colored hair that had been blown a bit messy, with undisguised disgust in his tone, "From the wilderness."
In the dungeon that day, Chu Mingyun noticed that such a complex structure can never be achieved overnight, and the smell of blood floating in the air clearly means that there were people here not long ago, obviously the owner is to catch him and Su Shiyu Just emptied the cage. But when they went inside, they saw the guards. Judging from the situation where they were wandering around in the prison before, the guards were only active there, so Chu Mingyun guessed that someone was still detained inside and did not have time to transfer them out. .
When he left that night, he didn't look at all, but secretly ordered the shadow guard to watch, and sure enough, several carriages like carriages quietly left the house before dawn. Although the Shadow Guard followed silently, the other party was very alert. Once he entered the western suburbs, his whereabouts became more and more treacherous. The terrain here is complicated, and in the dark night, the tree canopy covered the sky without a trace of light. In the end, the Shadow Guard also Just determined their approximate location in the mountains.
Qin Zhao said: "It's difficult to investigate this kind of place. If you don't let the other party notice, I'm afraid you have to be more careful."
"Meaning, I have to send more people, and I have to wait for ten days and a half months?" Chu Mingyun said.
"Yes."
"It's too troublesome." Chu Mingyun shook his head, looking at the green forest on the opposite mountain, "It was a waste of energy, and the shadow guard couldn't be freely dispatched."
"Senior brother, do you want to leave it alone?" Qin Zhao asked.
Chu Mingyun chuckled lightly, "I'm so unhappy that they are so cheap."
"How about that?"
"Qin Zhao," Chu Mingyun squinted his eyes slightly and raised his head, the sunlight was thin, and the heavy clouds on the sky were pale, "It's been like this for days, I'm afraid there will be a heavy rain soon."
"What?" Qin Zhao couldn't react in time.
"Mountain torrent." Chu Mingyun said lightly, "Since I can't find it, it's better to blow up the top of the mountain. It just so happens that there is a beauty in the sky. When the rain is wrapped in the sand and boulders, no one can escape. They love to hide here. , then simply bury them."
"But..." Qin Zhao hesitated, "the people they detained should also be here."
"What does it have to do with me?" He asked back, looking back at Qin Zhao, "Who knows who is being detained? Besides, according to Song Heng's incident, even if their den hostages are found, they will be killed first. It still can't be saved."
Qin Zhao was silent.
Chu Mingyun turned his eyes away and continued: "Although the Ministry of Military Affairs listens to me, too much gunpowder will always cause suspicion. I remember that Tan Jing used his position as Minister of Industry to do some smuggling of official ships. He talks about a business."
"Yes." Qin Zhao said.
Chu Mingyun glanced at him and smiled, "Ice face, do you have any opinion on me?"
"No." Qin Zhao shook his head.
The smile on Chu Mingyun's lips faded. He naturally knew his junior brother's temperament, so he turned his horse's head and walked back, changing the subject, "By the way, how is the investigation of Su Shiyu that I explained?"
Qin Zhao hurriedly followed suit, and Zuo Mingyun replied, "I can't find it."
"Huh?" Chu Mingyun frowned slightly.
Qin Zhao organized his speech and made it clear, "The Ministry of War does not have Su Shiyu's name in the register. I asked the relevant people, and no one has heard of him being on the battlefield."
"Have you checked carefully?" Chu Mingyun said, "Su Shiyu is the same age as me. When he was fifteen years old, it should have been when the Xiongnu attacked Daxia twelve years ago, and he followed Su Jue and did not have a naturalization book. Makes sense too."
"I checked, and the general at that time was indeed Su Jue, but there was no trace of Su Shiyu in the big and small battles. The only son of the general can't be a pawn."
Chu Mingyun pondered: "According to Su Shiyu's tone, what happened at that time. With Su Jue's power, it is not impossible to tamper with the book and delete Su Shiyu."
"Even so, there should be records of the team that followed Su Shiyu at that time, but none of these are at all."
"There is no register, outsiders don't know, so you didn't ask Du Yue?"
"I asked. But Du Yue was only eight years old at the time, and Jinling was so far away from Chang'an, how could he know what happened back then. Judging from his appearance, his family never mentioned it." Qin Zhao said, "Senior brother. , what Su Shiyu said may be false."
Chu Mingyun was silent, and he still clearly remembered Su Shiyu's expression at that time, as if a thousand thoughts fell into the water without a sound, which merged into a faint smile. He shook his head slowly, his tone unprovoked: "That's not a lie."
"How do you know?" Qin Zhao asked.
Chu Mingyun thought for a while and said slowly: "If it's false, Su Shiyu's lie is too easy to be exposed. It's better to say that he knew we would get nothing, so he answered my question without caring."
A few words concealed all the convoluted thoughts and calculations, and it would take a long time to figure it out when it was put on someone else's body. Qin Zhao didn't know how to evaluate the two for a while, so he could only say plainly: "Oh."
"I don't know what's going on in this situation, but—"
The high walls of Chang'an City are already faintly visible in the distance, the flags are rustling, and the walls of the yellow buildings can't cover the bustling and bustling city. Here is the deep dream of the scholar, the capital of gold and jade for profit-seeking people, and the battlefield where those in power fight silently.
The corners of Chu Mingyun's lips twitched, and there was a hint of anticipation in the rising end, "He and I will have a long time in Japan."