The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

Chapter 24: Thief Fu

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Interrogating the prisoner only needs to pry open a hole, and the rest of the words will be logical. Liang Bin confessed that on November 16, his daytime schedule was the same as before, but his mood was not as calm as he stated.

Liang Bin went to a friend's house, and while chatting with a friend, the friend said something about a military attache. Their family is similar to the Liang family. The original wife died early, and Xu Xian was favored. The father and the younger son lived very well when the father died. After the son of the first wife inherited the family business, the treatment of Xu Xian and his children continued to decline. Later, the eldest son Xun Yutou split up the family, the younger son was kicked out of the original house, and only a small part of his private property was allocated. He was also overwhelmed by the elder brother in his official career, and he could never find a good job. They have no money and no power, and they are getting more and more difficult as time goes by. After only five years, they are far away from the long house.

After the friend finished speaking, he also reminded Liang Bin to hurry up the event. There are rumors that Liang Wenshi wants to unite with the clan elders and pass on the position of the thousand households to Liang Bin, and a friend borrowed the matter of another family, reminding Liang Bin to speed up the action, and take advantage of Liang Wei's Yu Wei to hurry up and take the facts. Jinyiwei Qianhu is not a high-ranking official, but in Baoding Mansion, it is enough to walk sideways. With real power in his hands, money, women, and status will continue to flow. Moreover, there is another difference in the family of military officials. The family of civil officials is regarded as an official to the first assistant. If the children do not live after retirement, they will be defeated if they say they are defeated. In the future, they can only go back to their hometown to be squires. However, as long as there are men in the family, they can inherit from generation to generation Position, don't worry about children and grandchildren not leaving.

This is not the wealth of one generation, but the wealth of generations. The friend was kind, but after speaking, Liang Bin's mood fell to the bottom.

Liang Wenshi's thoughts about the right to inherit have not been a day or two. When Liang Wei was still alive, she kept persuading her, but Liang Wei did not leave the exact words in the end. After Liang Wei's death, Liang Wen's family kept running, trying to win over the clan elders, and in the name of Liang Bin's ability to be more outstanding, he placed the position of a thousand households on Liang Bin. She even took the legendary figure Lu Er in the capital as an example.

But Lu Heng was an exception. Lu Song passed the command to Lu Heng, not only because of Lu Heng's outstanding talents, but also because of the advice from above. Lu Heng and the emperor grew up together. The emperor liked Lu Heng to stay, and Lu Song did so, but it was just a matter of pushing the boat with the current. Where did Liang Bin have the confidence to compare with Lu Heng

His friends don't know what's inside, but Liang Bin himself knows that the possibility of him inheriting by exception is slim. People in the military pay attention to order. Unless there is a situation where they cannot be inherited in sequence, the guards tend to maintain the tradition. Liang Bin had this in his heart, and when he got home, he didn't even have an appetite to eat, so he casually pulled two chopsticks and put them down. At night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Seeing that the window opposite was still lit, he simply put on his clothes and went to Liang Rong.

Liang Bin didn't know what he was going to do with Liang Rong, but at this time, if he didn't do anything, he would just suffocate himself to death. It was already dark at that time, the front yard was quiet and no one was there, all the servants were cooking fires in their own rooms, and no one was willing to wait outside. Liang Bin didn't meet anyone along the way. He didn't bother to knock on the door, so he pushed in and found Liang Rong asleep unexpectedly.

Liang Rong was leaning on the couch, half of his legs resting on the couch and the other half on the ground, already asleep. There was a cup of tea on the small table in the middle of the couch, and a book was scattered beside it. It could be seen that Liang Rong was reading a book here just now, and unknowingly fell asleep.

Liang Bin stood at the door, not knowing what crossed his mind, he turned the door bolt. He approached and called Liang Rong's name softly, but Liang Rong didn't answer.

Liang Bin finally knew what his vague thoughts were just now. No one knew that he had been here. He could take the opportunity to kill Liang Rong, so that he could inherit thousands of households justifiably.

He took the pillow on the couch, slowly approached Liang Rong, and suddenly pressed him down when he saw Liang Rong's face clearly. Liang Rong quickly woke up from the dream and struggled hard, but Liang Bin had the upper hand and pressed Liang Rong with his weight, never letting Liang Rong move at all.

Liang Rong couldn't break free, his fingers buckled to the edge of the wooden couch, blue veins burst out, and he scratched the wood with only his fingernails. During his struggle, he kicked his legs against the table, knocking over the tea cup on it, and the water wet the pages and ran down the legs of the table.

The whole process seemed to happen in the blink of an eye, and it seemed like a long time passed. Liang Rong's eyes widened, blood burst from his eyeballs, and he leaned on the couch and stared at his brother. Liang Bin didn't dare to look at Liang Rong and stared at the pillow hard. For a long time, his body was light and light, and his mind was blank, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Liang Rong's struggle gradually weakened, and Liang Bin's hands relaxed unconsciously because he was absent. At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house, and then Liang Fu's voice sounded: "Brother, are you asleep?"

Liang Rong and Liang Bin were both startled. Liang Rong didn't know where the strength came from and struggled desperately. It became difficult for Liang Bin to even hold him. Liang Fu was still knocking on the door outside. She waited for a long time to no avail, and said, "Then I'm in?"

Liang Rong's eyes burst into light, Liang Bin's stomach spasmed reflexively, and he could hardly hold the pillow under him any longer. At this moment, there was a soft click from the door, which was stopped by the bolt. Liang Bin remembered that he locked the door before entering, and his heart was calm, but Liang Rong's eyes became tense.

His nose and mouth were covered, and he could only make a whimpering sound. He wanted to remind Liang Fu that there was an abnormality inside, so he quickly slammed the door hard, or went out and called someone. But Liang Fu didn't hear Liang Rong's inner voice, she just probed gently, wondering why the door couldn't be opened.

Liang Bin is a person with little intelligence but no great wisdom. He can't persevere in reading, but at this juncture, his brain reacts very quickly.

Liang Bin lowered his voice and said to the people outside the door, "I'm going to bed, come back tomorrow."

Liang Rong's eyes widened and she silently begged Liang Fu not to leave, but Liang Fu didn't insist any longer. Although she thought her brother was strange, she obediently obeyed his words: "Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and Liang Fu actually left. Liang Rong was completely desperate, and the strength of his struggle suddenly weakened. Liang Bin breathed a sigh of relief and pressed the pillow with all his strength. Before long, the people below him stopped moving.

Liang Bin's arms were not as sore as his own. He collapsed and fell to the ground. It took a long time before he realized what he had done. Relying on a momentary impulse when he murdered, he became frightened after sobering up. He ran out in a panic, and hurried to his mother for help.

Liang Wenshi had lost her hair and was about to go to sleep. She sent her personal maid to boil water. Liang Bin was also lucky, and ran in all the way without hitting anyone. When Liang Wenshi heard Liang Bin's words, she was so frightened that she asked Liang Bin to hurry back to guard the scene, so that no one would find out. The aftermath in Liang Rong's house.

Liang Wenshi and Liang Bin have lived by Liang Wei's side these years, and they have seen a lot of Jin Yiwei's methods of handling cases, and they are much more mature than ordinary people to deal with corpses. Liang Rong was not injured, as long as he pretended to die accidentally, the bad thing was that he was bumped into by Liang Fu tonight. Liang Wenshi didn't know if Liang Fu was suspicious, so he discussed with Liang Bin and let him wear Liang Rong's clothes tomorrow. Clothes went out and pretended that Liang Rong was still alive to dispel Liang Fu's suspicions. When someone asks in the future, Liang Bin can also use this fake timeline to clear himself.

Therefore, the top priority is to erase the traces of Liang Rong's murder. Liang Wenshi and Liang Bin wiped the tea on the table and hurriedly restored the book. After that, the two of them worked together to lift Liang Rong's body onto the carriage. If it was freezing cold today, it was unrealistic to fall into the water and die.

As a pampered wife of thousands of households, Liang Wenshi rarely does such heavy physical work, and the pearl shoes made for women's family members are not used to carry things. The bead on the toe fell off when Liang Wenshi was moving the body. It was dark at that time, and Liang Wenshi was nervous, so he didn't notice this little detail at all.

After they did all this, no one found out at all. Liang Wenshi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that everything was fine, but unexpectedly, Liang Fu, a troublemaker, appeared again.

She picked up the pearls on Liang Wen's shoes and bumped into Liang Bin who came back from outside. When Liang Fu asked Liang Bin with the beads, God knew how panicked Liang Bin was. As soon as Liang Fu left, Liang Bin hurriedly told Liang Wenshi about the incident. The mother and son decided that Liang Fu could not stay.

They went to dispose of the body first, and deliberately found a remote hillside with few people in Mancheng, and pushed Liang Rong down. After returning, Liang Wenshi felt guilty, and quietly cleaned the study room and burned the pillows and shoes used for the crime. Everything went smoothly, except for Liang Fu.

Liang Wenshi found many ways, but Liang Fu didn't go out, and she was surrounded by maids all the time. Liang Wenshi couldn't find a chance to start. When Liang Wenshi was patrolling the garden, he accidentally saw the tree in front of Liang Fu's window, and he had a plan.

Feng Liu has a very bad reputation in Baoding Mansion, and Jin Yiwei has long disliked him. No one would doubt that he was frivolous against the young lady of the good family, and no one would believe him even if he complained. Liang Wenshi asked Liang Bin to steal Feng Liu's most conspicuous clothes, and she took the opportunity to transfer the people around Liang Fu and let Liang Bin pretend to be Feng Liu to appear in the Xiulou, and she would appear at the right time. It is customary for Liang Fu to take a nap, and everyone in the backyard knows when Liang Fu goes to bed and when to wake up.

Everything was a great success, no one found anything unusual, they just had to wait for the government's decision. Liang Wenshi worked hard for a long time, but did not expect that a bizarre attack occurred in the western suburbs of the capital in early December. Commander Lu Heng saw it.

The lies they carefully piled up collapsed.

After Liang Bin confessed, Jin Yiwei was accustomed to the latter and no longer needed Wang Yanqing's participation. Lu Heng handed the finishing touches to the people below, and sent Wang Yanqing back to the room by himself.

Wang Yanqing stayed in the cell for a long time, even if he took all measures to keep warm, the cold air would inevitably seep into her. After coming out, her stomach started to hurt again. Wang Yanqing endured the whole way, but Lu Heng noticed that she was extremely silent, and when he saw her face, he understood: "It starts to hurt again?"

Wang Yanqing was embarrassed, even if this kind of thing was private between mother and daughter sisters, how could Lu Heng bring it up in such a natural and familiar tone? She lowered her eyes, shook her head and said, "It's okay."

How could Lu Heng believe it? After returning to the room, Lu Heng took off the cloak for Wang Yanqing and immediately asked her to lie on the couch. He took Wang Yanqing's heater and put in a new piece of charcoal. Wang Yanqing saw Lu Heng's movements and struggled to sit up: "Second brother, let me come, how can I let you do such a thing?"

Lu Heng pressed Wang Yanqing's shoulders and sat back on the soft couch. He sat on the side of the couch, put the heated stove on Wang Yanqing's abdomen, and slowly kneaded Wang Yanqing's waist with his palm. Lu Heng's hand was warm and strong, and it was very comfortable to press on the acupoint. Wang Yanqing moved a bit but did not break free, so he also gave up.

She lay on her side on the soft slump, her legs curled up like a baby, her hands on the stove, and she leaned weakly against the pillow. Lu Heng pressed it for a while, and said, "Be patient, don't go to sleep yet, I'll ask someone to decoct you. Wait a while after drinking the medicine before going to sleep."

When Wang Yanqing heard these words, she was both moved and embarrassed: "Second brother, you don't need to be so troublesome. I do this every month, just get used to it."

"Only those who are used to good things, how can they be used to pain?" Lu Heng glanced at Wang Yanqing, his palms covered Wang Yanqing's lower abdomen, and the palms were like a stove to continuously provide heat, "Although this problem of yours is not a serious one, it should not be sloppy. Don't abuse your body any more, and be careful when the next few days are approaching, don't run and jump, and don't touch anything cold."

Wang Yanqing was slumped in the pillow, weak on the head, thinking about whether she was a woman or her second brother was a woman, but he taught her a lesson about this kind of thing. Because he had to wait for the medicine, Lu Heng didn't let Wang Yanqing sleep, so he talked to her: "Qingqing, how did you do it just now?"

Wang Yanqing let out a weak voice, not surprised at all from his expression: "Have you seen it all?"

Lu Heng did not shy away, smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Wang Yanqing knew that they had their own intelligence system inside Jinyiwei, and there were many methods. She didn't ask how Lu Heng saw it, and said lightly, "It's actually very simple. I could see that Liang Bin was very dependent on his mother in Liang's house. After he murdered, his first reaction was to go to his mother. Liang Wenshi instructed him to do it, which shows the status of his mother in his heart. At this time, his mother suddenly committed suicide, and he must be frightened and guilty. The more this juncture is, the less likely he will be punished. Once sentenced, his guilt will be suppressed. The only way to get the truth is to break his defenses when he feels the strongest sense of guilt, make him lose his mind, and say everything impulsively.”

Lu Heng nodded slowly: "It makes sense. Fortunately, Qingqing is there, otherwise it would be a bad thing to let them be punished."

Wang Yanqing said: "Second brother has lifted me up. Even without me today, you can still get testimony."

"But it won't be so easy, so quick." Lu Heng straightened the broken hair in Wang Yanqing's ear and asked, "What else?"

Wang Yanqing is not usually a person who interrupts others' speech, but when she entered the cell for interrogation, her behavior was very different from usual. Wang Yanqing's body gradually warmed up, and her lower abdomen was not as painful as before. She turned around gently and said, "When he first saw me, he was most vigilant in his heart. I didn't talk about the topic, but chatted with him. I started with his childhood, asked him a question about time, and found that his eyes floated up to the right when he recalled the real time, and then I asked him about the first article he learned , remember the state of his eyes when he recalled the text. These things have nothing to do with the case, there is no need to lie, the small movements he showed at this time are real. Only by knowing his normal state can we judge whether there is a lie later. I When I mentioned his father, I noticed that his eyes were evasive, the corners of his mouth were down, and his arms were hugging himself. This was a clearly contracted gesture, which showed that he was ashamed. After I realized this, I used guilt to defeat his reason. thoughts."

Lu Heng's eyes were thoughtful, and after Wang Yanqing turned from lying on his side to lying on his back, Lu Heng's hands were released better. He pressed her abdominal acupuncture points for a while and asked, "What about after?"

"I got Liang Bin's baseline for recalling real events, and then I could ask about the case. I asked him to repeat the timeline of the day of the murder, and interrupted him frequently, causing him to become restless and had to recall his testimony over and over again to check himself. Is there a mistake? He deliberately suppressed the expression on his face in order not to show his flaws. I asked him when Liang Rong died and the books he read before he died. There was no movement in his eyes, and when he recalled his childhood and his words, there was no movement in his eyes. It was completely different, obviously lying. He probably also realized that I saw it, and the string in his heart became tighter and tighter. The more nervous it was, the easier it was to make mistakes. The time I was waiting for finally came. I forced him to recall the time when Liang Rong was killed. If he secretly grafts his emotions onto Liang Wenshi, he will give birth to the illusion that the person he killed that day was Liang Wenshi. He is ashamed in his heart. I continue to strengthen this point, and finally use his most beloved father pressure, once he is defeated by his own emotions, he will ask and say anything.”

Lu Heng nodded secretly, agreeing in his heart. When a person is emotionally overwhelmed, he will do many things that he cannot understand when he is awake. However, he does not turn back and arrows. The testimony has been recorded. Even if Liang Bin calms down and regrets it later, there is nothing he can do.

Lu Heng didn't know what to think, so he sighed slowly: "Qingqing has insight into Qiuhao, he has no last resort, he is really a master of calculating people's hearts."

Wang Yanqing was lying on the pillow, holding the heater in his hand, raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Heng quietly: "I'm just a small part that flows down the river, it makes no difference if I have more or less, the second brother is the one who counts people's hearts. Be a master."

To be favored by the emperor's side, and be trusted by the emperor at the same time, can this be achieved by ordinary people? Lu Heng's smile deepened, and he said with a slight grievance: "Qingqing has wronged me, and I have to do it with those old people. In front of Qingqing, I have always been sincere."

Wang Yanqing looked at Lu Heng's sparkling eyes and twitched his lips, and asked, "Really?"

"Really." Lu Heng took away Wang Yanqing's stove, put his hand around her, and said, "You just woke up before, and I was afraid of burdening you, so I never told you about the capital. Now you have recovered. It's almost time to tell you about the Lu family's grievances."

Wang Yanqing became serious when she heard this, she wanted to sit up, but was stopped by Lu Heng. Holding her palm, Lu Heng sat opposite Wang Yanqing, and said unhurriedly, "The Lu family's interpersonal relationship in the capital is very simple. They don't have any friends, but they are basically enemies. One of them is the most difficult to deal with."

Wang Yanqing stared at Lu Heng seriously, the light shining in her pupils, it was clear to the bottom, shining like a star: "Who is it?"

"Zhenyuan Hou's Mansion, Fu Tingzhou." Lu Heng's eyes were originally pale, but now he looks down at her, more and more like a lake, with thousands of waves hidden under the calm surface, "That's the one who caused you to lose your memory. You don't like him very much. , In private, you called him Fu Thief."

The author says:

Fu Tingzhou: You don't do anything about people.