Jinsefang.
During the day, Jinsefang is quiet and peaceful, even a bit lonely.
Before the hour came, there were no singing girls or players around, only dozens of guards walking up and down the street.
Yan Shu didn't want to get entangled with them, he tapped his toes, jumped up to the eaves like a nimble bird, and went straight to Qinglu Pavilion.
He found an unclosed window on the attic of Qinglu Pavilion, held his breath and hid it, and when the guards were not paying attention, he moved in lightly and silently.
Fortunately, there was no one in that wing, so there was less entanglement, Yan Shu walked out of the wing, and walked to the wing where Shi Huanian had met before.
Walking quickly to the door of the wing room, Yan Shu raised his hand and knocked, his tone anxious: "Master, are you here? You're disturbed."
Seeing that there was no response after knocking on the door several times in a row, Yan Shu frowned, said something offending, then pushed open the door of the wing room and walked straight in.
In the wing room, the windows are closed tightly, and no one is seen.
Yan Shu looked around and saw that the room was clean and tidy, with no signs of fighting or struggling. He knew he was being abrupt, and turned around to leave the room.
However, the moment Yan Shu walked out of the wing and was about to close the door, his gaze was fixed on one spot.
Next to the sapphire coffee table, there is a carved wooden desk. On the desk is something, which is covered with black cloth and covered with red silk. If you look carefully, you will find that the red silk is stained with black stains.
And the shape and size of that thing is like a skull
Yan Shu frowned and looked at it for a while, got up and approached, reached out and grabbed a corner of the black cloth, and when he was about to lift it off, he suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps.
Yan Shu turned around very vigilantly, and saw Shi Huanian standing at the door of the wing room, with his hands folded in front of him, with a dignified posture.
Shi Huanian showed astonishment, but she quickly regained her composure, and said with a sarcasm: "Master Yan, do people in the imperial court like to break into the mansion?"
Yan Shu withdrew his hand holding the black cloth, and said, "I'm so offended, please forgive me. I came here in a hurry this time because I got the news that someone wants to harm the owner."
"Hit me?" Shi Huanian frowned, "Who?"
"I wonder if Fangzhu has ever heard of 'Jackdaw'?" Yan Shu asked.
Shi Huanian's complexion changed, he bit his lips tightly, and remained silent.
Seeing her reaction, Yan Shu guessed that she knew a thing or two about the power of the court, so he persuaded: "Jinsefang is no longer safe for the owner of the workshop. If the owner of the workshop believes in me, please leave here with me."
"But I don't believe you." Shi Huanian sneered, "How many people in your imperial court are wearing human skins, staring at the power of gold and silver, and doing beastly things. My Jinsefang is the first in Baidi City. A song and dance studio, is it possible to let others break in?"
Shi Huanian was aggressive, Yan Shu was not annoyed, and said calmly, "But I broke in easily."
Shi Huanian frowned, and slightly pursed the corners of his mouth, unable to argue.
"Since I can break in, so can the jackdaws. The guards in Jinsefang may be able to scare troublemakers, but for well-trained jackdaw killers, the door is wide open. land." Yan Shu persuaded patiently, "Please, Master, leave with me to keep safe."
"I won't leave with you." Shi Huanian flicked his sleeves, angrily ordered to evict the guest, "You go."
"In that case, can the master please tell me?" Yan Shu pointed to the thing covered with a black cloth on the desk, his eyes were sharp and his tone was serious, "What is this?"
Shi Huanian's face turned pale, but he still thought of the excuse very quickly: "There are things in the girl's house that are unspeakable, why? Is it possible that the adults are very interested? Why don't I find a girl and have a good time with the adults?" How about discussing the matter in this room?"
"Master, please explain." Yan Shu refused to budge.
"You!" Shi Huanian scolded angrily, "Shameless!"
"If Fangzhu doesn't want to explain, then I have no choice but to offend." Yan Shu stretched out his hand, intending to lift the black cloth.
"Stop!" Shi Nianhua yelled, and waved his hand violently, several silver needles flew out of his palm, heading straight for Yan Shu's forehead.
Yan Shu turned sideways and dodged easily, and the silver needle was immediately nailed to the wall.
Without hesitation, he lifted the black cloth first, and then was startled.
Under the black cloth, there is a human skull! ! !
Shi Nianhua's face was pale and trembling.
Yan Shu covered the black cloth again, and said mercilessly, "Please explain to the master."
"There's nothing to explain." Shi Nianhua said coldly.
"Then I can only invite Fangzhu and I to return to Dali Temple in Kyoto." Yan Shu said coldly, then turned and walked towards Shi Nianhua step by step.
At this moment, a dagger glowing with silver light silently pressed against Yan Shu's waist.
Yan Shu paused and stopped.
"do not move."
A hoarse voice came from behind Yan Shu.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Yan Shu grabbed the scabbard around his waist with one hand, rubbed his waist and stabbed back abruptly.
The people behind quickly retreated, dodging a blow.
Yan Shu pulled out a long and thin sword and slashed at it. The man quickly protected it with a dagger, and the sword and dagger collided, making a clang.
The man was dressed in a gray robe and had a handsome figure. Because he had a beard, he didn't look young, he looked about thirty years old.
The two of them looked at each other through the opposing sword and dagger, and the man shouted: "Master Yan, please put away the sword!"
Yan Shu exerted strength with his wrist, and swung the dagger in the man's hand. Then the tip of the sword fell to the ground. He looked at the man and said what he guessed in his heart: "Minister of the Ministry of War, Xu Yixian, Master Xu?"
Xu Yixian sighed: "It's me."
"I have been searching for your lord for half a year because of the disappearance of the relief money." Yan Shu put away the sword and said calmly.
"As expected of Yan Shu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, I have heard about it for a long time." Xu Yixian cupped his fists.
Shi Huanian walked over quickly, grabbed Xu Yixian's arm, his eyes were red, and he was almost crying: "You hid well, why did you come out?"
"Ma'am, I put you in jail, so there's no reason to hide anymore?" Xu Yixian patted Shi Huanian's hand lightly, and comforted him, "Ma'am, don't be afraid, I believe Master Yan will give me back my innocence." .”
Shi Huanian bowed her head, unwilling to speak more.
"If Mr. Xu has a clear conscience, I will definitely restore your innocence. Now please go back to Dali Temple in Kyoto with me. I will tie you up with a rope. I hope you will forgive me." Yan Shu cupped his fists and stepped forward a few steps.
"Wait a minute." Xu Yixian said.
Yan Shu frowned, and put his hand on the scabbard.
Xu Yixian lifted the black cloth covering the skull, and asked Yan Shu: "Don't you want Master Yan to know where did the one hundred thousand taels of disaster relief money and the thirty-three guards go?"
Yan Shu paused, pondered for a moment, looked at Xu Yixian, and said, "Master, please explain."
Xu Yixian suddenly smiled miserably, his eyes were sad, his tone was filled with grief and despair: "If I tell Master Yan..."
"Then the one hundred thousand taels of disaster relief money never came out of Kyoto?"
"And the thirty-three living lives, in the eyes of others, are just bargaining chips for scheming, and they are just rubbish that can be despised at any time?"
Master Xu let out a breath of foul air slowly, and slowly told what he had experienced in the past half a year.
The severe drought in Huaibei, starvation everywhere, affects the hearts of everyone who cares about the country and the people, and Xu Yixian is one of these people.
So he volunteered to send one hundred thousand taels of disaster relief silver to Huaibei to relieve the urgent needs of the disaster-stricken areas in the north.
But what Xu Yixian never expected was that this mission turned out to be a nightmare of his life.
At the beginning, the thirty-three Jinyiwei were full of energy, and they all walked quickly, hoping to arrive at Huaibei as soon as possible to save the people of Huaibei from the fire and water.
It can be done within ten days, and some people in this group start to get sick, and not one, but a dozen people are all getting sick.
Xu Yixian suspected the food problem at first, so he invited a doctor when he settled in the town.
The doctor couldn't tell a thing or two, and prescribed some health-care medicine for them to take with them.
In order not to delay the delivery of the relief money, the sick Jinyi guards gritted their teeth and held on, without a single complaint.
As Xu Yixian spoke, his eyes were full of pain: "They dragged their tired bodies for the sake of the people and the disaster relief. They just wanted to send the relief money to Huaibei as soon as possible, but what is waiting for them in the end?"
"It's a sudden death ten days later! It's a tragedy that turned into bones a few days after death!!" Xu Yixian couldn't help but roared.
Shi Huanian reached out and gently stroked Xu Yixian's back, letting him breathe slowly.
"Master Yan, when I settled down at the inn, I submitted three letters to the imperial court, but each of them fell to nothing, and there was no response." Xu Yixian said, "Because of this, I realized that something was wrong. One day, I fell down again. After three people, I removed the seal on the silver transport car and lifted the car cover."
"And in the car, there is no silver at all, only stones."
"Pieces of stone coated with poison."
"Therefore, this journey of carrying money with loyalty, fearlessness, and the heart of the people was nothing more than a joke at the beginning, and it was nothing more than a trick to treat thirty-four lives as contemptible things."
Xu Yixian's sentences were like thunder, deafening and deafening, weeping blood and tears.
Even Yan Shu couldn't help but feel shivering.
Chizi was loyal, so he was randomly placed on the ground, trampled on by others, as humble as an ant.
"But..." Yan Shu suddenly thought of a suspicious point, he raised his head and looked at Xu Yixian, "Why is it that Mr. Xu is also transporting silver taels, but it is safe and sound."
"Because he has the Beidi ice silkworm I gave him as a gift. The person who carries it with him can resist all kinds of poisons." Shi Huanian beside Xu Yixian said.
Shi Huanian was originally the princess of Beidi. Although her clan was wiped out and she fled to the Central Plains in desperation, she also brought many rare treasures of Beidi with her.
Among them is Beidi ice silkworm.
"I see." Yan Shu nodded.
"After I found out that the silver car was loaded with poisonous stones, it was already too late. The rest of the Jin Yiwei died suddenly one after another, and I was the only one alive." Xu Yixian sighed again, his tone full of unbearable, " But the person who planned this matter must never have thought that I would be alive."
Master Xu looked at the skull on the desk, "I have been investigating these days, which faction in the imperial court treats human life like nothing, and does such evil things, who knows that before I find out, I will be punished." I didn’t know it was the Jackdaw until Mr. Yan told me that all the clues were connected! Dare I ask Mr. Yan, is there anyone in the court who is closely related to Beidi now?”
Yan Shu also reacted immediately.
It's Han Ya!
Fourteen years ago, a princess went to Beidi to get married, and this princess was Han Ya's daughter!
Words such as Qin Jueming, Shuofang, Beidi, Baidi City, Tianxia Granary, Huaibei, starvation everywhere, natural disasters and turmoil flashed through Yan Shu's mind.
A thought rose in Yan Shu's mind, which made him shudder.
Could it be...
At this moment, Yan Shu heard slight footsteps on the roof, his eyes narrowed, and he listened carefully.
Xu Yixian obviously heard it too, they looked at each other, Yan Shu pulled out his long sword suddenly, Xu Yixian grabbed Shi Huanian and protected her behind him.
At the same time, seven men in black broke in through the window and surrounded the three of them!