After Chang Zhen left, General Qu took out a long and narrow sandalwood box from the cabinet in the room, opened it gently, and there was a snake-shaped hairpin lying quietly in the brocade in the box, shining in the sunlight. Years have passed, things are still intact, but the soul of the loved one is gone, and the blue sky and the yellow spring are finally nowhere to be found. General Qu touched the hairpin and sighed for a long time.
On the other side of the capital, in the Palace of Seven Princes, Fenghuang received a secret letter from Master Li, saying that Meng Hong's father had found a dead man, and wanted to bribe the jailer to change the day, rescue Meng Hong from the prison, and send him out of the capital. Once the wind had passed, he sneaked back to the capital.
Fenghuang sneered, Meng Hong's family did a good job of exchanging the civet cat for the prince, but it's a pity that there is no impenetrable wall in the world, since I let myself know, I should make good use of it. So Fenghuang summoned Yinhuan and told her to listen to this matter carefully.
Yinhuan was always alert in his work, so he remembered what Fenghuang said one by one, and said: "Your servants know about it, so I will go to Meng's house to deliver the news in the evening, what other instructions does the princess have?"
Fenghuang thought for a while, and then told her: "This matter must be done in secret, just tell Meng Li's family the news, don't reveal your identity and get involved in the palace."
Yinhuan agreed to go, and in the evening disguised himself and went to a place near Meng Li's house, and found a little beggar to help deliver a letter to the Meng Mansion, telling him to tell the servants of the Meng Mansion that this matter was related to the young master's case. Master Meng was asked to dismantle it himself, and the little beggar happily went to the door of Meng's house when he got the silver. The gatekeeper was a little suspicious when he saw that it was an anonymous letter, but because the little beggar emphasized that it was related to the young master, he accepted it and presented it to his master.
Yinhuan watched the whole process in the dark, and when the little beggar walked over after delivering the letter, he gave him the remaining half of the broken silver, then turned and left, and quickly disappeared at the corner of the street.
When Master Meng received the letter, he was still a little puzzled. When he opened the letter and read it, he couldn't help being furious. This Meng Hong's family is deceiving people too much! Their son is a treasure, so my son is going to die in vain! The murderer pays with his life, and he also wants to make the other party feel the pain of a white-haired man giving a black-haired man!
So Master Meng summoned a few stronger servants, told them what happened, and arranged for them to go to the cell to intercept Meng Hong at night. The servants felt angry when they heard this, complained for their master, and expressed that they would try their best to catch Meng Hong , never let him get away.
On the side of Meng Li's house, he had prepared a carriage and waited outside early, and put some daily necessities in it. He only waited for Meng Hong to come out secretly at night on the grounds of visiting relatives, and then sent him out of the capital to meet the Emperor Tiangao. Staying far away, because Meng Hong's mother loves her son, she also prepared a lot of surviving pastries and cakes inside.
The dead man had also finished his disguise, put on a well-made human skin mask, and was ready to die. He doesn't care about the dead, because the family has been settled by Master Meng, and the large sum of money is enough for them to spend the rest of their lives without worry.
At the beginning of Haishi, Meng Taisui and his wife took a few servants to visit Meng Hong in prison, among them was the dead man. The jailers took the money and walked away knowingly, leaving the Meng family and his son to spend alone time together, only as if they were eager to love their children and did not suspect him.
Meng Hong's mother hugged her son in tears and told him to take good care of himself in the future.
Meng Hong has always been an ignorant dude, and at this time he still doesn't know the arrangements made by his parents. A few days ago, after beating someone to death, he thought he would be questioned and beheaded. He was so scared that he had no idea. I couldn't help crying: "I don't want to die yet, I beg my parents to save me..."
Meng Taisui was quite calm among the group of people, so he ordered them to stop crying, and said to his son in a low voice: "Don't cry, change your clothes quickly, there will be a carriage to meet you outside in a while, just leave, don't delay along the way. "As he spoke, he gave the dead man a wink.
The dead man understood, took off his own clothes, and wanted to change into prison uniforms with Meng Hong. Meng Hong was taken aback for a moment, then realized what his father meant, and quickly wiped away his tears and began to change his clothes.
But not far away came the sound of several people's footsteps, Meng Taisui thought it was the jailer coming back, so he said loudly: "Please sir, please be accommodating for a moment, allow us to have a chat with the child, and there will be money for drinks later."
The footsteps of those people stopped suddenly, and one of them shouted sharply: "You guys did a good job!"
Meng Taisui was startled, the voice was none other than his elder brother, the father of the deceased, and immediately froze in place. Meng Hong and the dead man couldn't help stopping their hands, they were stunned on the spot, not knowing how to deal with it.
Meng Li's father strode into this prison cell, turned his eyes on Meng Hong and the dead man, and said with a sneer, "Why don't you leave? Wouldn't you be free if you leave this prison cell?" Frightened and embarrassed, the air in the cell froze.
Meng Li's father turned back to look at Meng Taisui, pointed at him and cursed: "Your son's life is precious, should my Li'er deserve to die? You're so old, you're going to live like a dog, you should go away ah!"
Meng Taisui was so scolded that he didn't dare to say a word, although he was so angry that he couldn't refute, he only blamed his son for not living up to expectations.
At this time, the jailer outside came back and heard that the two families were arguing. The leader felt that the matter was serious, so he hurriedly reported it to his superiors. The officials did not dare to delay, so they directly reported it to the emperor.
After hearing the report, the emperor found out about this case, and couldn't help being furious, so he asked the eunuch to send an order to the chief official of Dali Temple, ordering that the matter must be dealt with strictly and not tolerated.
This case was originally tried by the Jingzhao Mansion, because although the two families belonged to the royal family and involved human life, it was still a civil dispute after all, so the trial of the case was not so fast, and it has not yet been tried in court. But now, the Minister of Dali Temple got the edict and knew that the emperor attached great importance to this matter, so he didn't dare to neglect. He ordered Sicheng to take a few small officials to Huixian Tower to investigate and collect evidence, and ordered two other groups of people to check on Meng Li. The fiction and reality of the Meng Hong family.
At Huixianlou, because after the deceased and the murderer were taken away that day, the officials hurriedly inspected the scene and then left. In order not to delay the business, the shopkeeper cleaned all the blood on the ground, so physical evidence could not be obtained. But the regular customers of Huixian Tower and the waiter of the shop can be used as witnesses, and the details can be found out just by asking.
Because of this homicide case, the number of diners in the restaurant today has decreased by more than half. The shopkeeper and the waiter are all sighing in the restaurant, secretly hating the Meng family for causing trouble. When they heard that the Dali Temple Chancellor brought people to collect evidence, they quickly offered tea. He took the seat, and then told him what he saw and heard that day.