Wei Lan was surprised for a moment, and then she came to her senses and walked in the direction of the people on board.
Xie Zichen helped her into the boat, and said to Ran Mo and the others, "You guys keep it."
The woman who punted the boat untied the rope and paddled the oars into the water. The boat swayed and slowly went down with the flowing water. Xie Zichen sat on the bow of the boat. There was a chess table and a small stove on the bow When the wine is warmed, the aroma of the wine diffuses with the wind, and people will know that this is a rare wine when they smell it.
"Sit." Xie Zichen raised his finger and pointed to the opposite side of the chess table. Wei Lan sat down calmly, with her fan open in her hand, looked at the unruly people on the opposite side, and said with a smile: "Zichen seems to be very different today."
"When traveling in mountains and rivers, it is natural to look like traveling in mountains and rivers." Xie Zichen took out a chess piece from the chess box and looked up at her: "A game of chess?"
Wei Lan naturally agreed, and she also took the chess pieces at will.
The sound of running water, cicadas and frogs, and the scent of wine and perfume made people feel extraordinarily peaceful. Xie Zichen sat cross-legged, buckled the chess pieces on the chessboard, and said slowly: "I used to get along with Ah Lan, didn't I In the school, even in the imperial court, occasional outings are also invited by a large number of young masters, and I have never gone out to play with A Lan alone."
"I'm afraid Zichen hasn't played well in these years, has he?"
Wei Lan couldn't help laughing, Xie Zichen held the chess piece for a while, and then he remembered that since he was reborn at the age of twelve, his life seemed to be a tight bow, never relaxing for a moment.
He was also a person who loved traveling in mountains and rivers. Back then, he was alone. Although the outside world said that he was cold and infiltrating, they had to admit that he was a person who enjoyed himself very much.
He cultivated the best singer in Shengjing, had the best wine in Shengjing, and knew the best scenery in Shengjing, even though he was always alone.
At that time, he didn't have any friends who were born and died, and he was unwilling to show such a casual side in front of irrelevant people, so he was always alone, bringing the singer at home to those little-known beauties Then watch those divas sing and dance, or warm a pot of fine wine by yourself and spend the long night drinking alone.
Wei Lan was the first person he brought out to play.
Thinking of this, Xie Zichen couldn't help smiling, this smile was not as stiff as before, like a seventeen-year-old boy, unrestrained and easy: "Indeed, but I also love to play very much."
"Zichen," upon hearing such words, Wei Lan couldn't help but feel pity welling up in her heart, but she laughed and said, "I always knew that in your bones, there was such an irrepressible arrogance. If you weren't Bastard, I'm afraid that Wang Xi won't be able to take the title of the romantic son of Shengjing."
"With you, Wei Lan here," Xie Zichen joked with a half-smile, "It's not Wang Xi at all."
"Don't dare to dare," Wei Lan's heart rang loudly, and she hurriedly said, "I am a serious person who can't be more serious."
Xie Zichen sneered, dropped the chess piece on the board, and looked up at the river.
There is a peach blossom forest by the river, the peach blossoms are rooted by the river, at the turn, the river becomes narrow, and the peach trees are approaching, there are vines climbing and growing on the peach trees, holding hands with the vines on the opposite peach tree, bending The body is twisted and intertwined, like an arch bridge. Entering under the vines, the light dimmed, and the moonlight sprinkled on the boat from among the vines, mottled, and the peach blossom petals swirled and fell. This strange scene made Wei Lan couldn't help but look up, feeling that it was too beautiful.
Xie Zichen quietly looked at the person across from him. He had been to this place many times. He used to think that the scenery was very good, but the moment this person joined the scene, he felt that everything was very different.
It seems that the moonlight has warmth, as if the peach blossoms have a soul. He watched her watching all this with a smile, leaned over unconsciously, and lowered his head to kiss her cold lips.
Wei Lan opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and the tip of his tongue stuck in.
It was an extremely tender and lingering kiss, the boat went down the water smoothly, the light flickered on and off, peach blossoms fell between the two of them, Wei Lan couldn't help but close her eyes.
When the light came back on again, Xie Zichen straightened up and raised his hand to brush the petals on her head. Wei Lan opened her eyes and saw that his pale face was flushed.
He brushed her cheek with his fingers, and said hoarsely: "I have you by your side in this life, and I will have no regrets in life and death."
Wei Lan didn't speak. Although she usually has a set of love words, when she is serious, she has always been the more silent one. She looked over, and found that after the peach blossom forest, there were villages by the river. The houses here were built along the river, and they were lined up along the way, but they were far away. Each village was lit at night, not far away. Close, just right. The two of them seem to be immortals visiting the scenery, far away from the hustle and bustle of the world of mortals, quietly watching the lights of thousands of houses.
Xie Zichen followed her gaze, with some emotion in his expression: "The lower branch of this river is the moat."
The word "moat" touched Wei Lan's nerves. After all, Jiang Xiao's body was found in the moat, and Wei Lan couldn't help but suddenly became vigilant. At this moment, the woman holding the boat suddenly exclaimed, "My lord, what is that?"
Wei Lan got up immediately, and came to the stern with Xie Zichen, and then saw a linen bag floating down the river under the moonlight.
The moonlight was just right, and Wei Lan and Xie Zichen's eyes were extraordinary, and they could clearly see that the sackcloth pocket was stained with blood, and the blood was seeping out of the pocket, staining the surface of the river.
All the beautiful scenes seemed extraordinarily weird at this moment. Wei Lan was about to go into the water to salvage, but Xie Zichen stopped him directly, and said lightly: "He is already dead."
Wei Lan froze for a moment, she didn't quite understand why Xie Zichen was so sure that the people inside were dead.
At this time, the bag floated to the side of the boat, and Xie Zichen called out: "Green sleeve."
The woman on the boat got the order, and immediately lifted the bag with the oars, and then picked up the bag to the cabin. Wei Lan hurriedly stepped forward and opened the bag that was bulging. As soon as the rope was loosened, the flesh rolled loose. fell out. Rao Wei Lan, who was used to killing and cutting on the battlefield, couldn't help but feel a little nauseous for a moment, and froze her movements.
Seeing that her face was not looking well, Xie Zichen stepped forward, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't look at it yet, go back and ask Wu Zuo to look at it."
"Go upstream!"
It doesn't make much sense to look at the corpse at this moment. The corpse came from upstream, and the person who threw the corpse may not have gone far at this moment.
The woman named Luxiu immediately turned her head and went back along the original road. Wei Lan stared at the shore. Not long after the boat sailed, Wei Lan saw a bent grass on the shore.
"Stop there."
Wei Lan pointed to the grass, and Lu Xiu leaned over as promised. After Wei Lan and Xie Zichen went down, they walked a few steps forward and saw blood stains on the grass, which showed that the corpse was indeed thrown from this position.
Wei Lan lifted the hem of her clothes, squatted down, looked at the footprints on the ground, and after measuring for a while, said: "He is a man about seven feet six inches tall. He should have practiced martial arts. He is quite strong and can carry people with one hand." Let's go. He should be very thin." Wei Lan thought about it, stood up, and followed the footprints.
The footprints were very direct, without stepping on any path, almost just cutting forward when seeing any weeds and thorns. Wei Lan looked at the cut grass, frowned and said, "He's a good swordsman."
"And I'm not familiar with this place." Xie Zichen added, pointing to a small path next to him and said, "If you follow there, you can walk in."
Wei Lan looked in the direction he pointed, nodded, and walked out with her footsteps.
The footsteps stopped when I walked outside where there were a little more people, because people came and went and mixed together. Wei Lan looked at the broken footsteps in front of her and said nothing, Xie Zichen continued: "His house should not be far from here, so there is no need for a carriage."
"Then maybe his family is poor?"
"A person from a poor family can afford to support Sigui?"
Xie Zichen reminded: "It's not easy to cultivate and think back in the south."
Wei Lan responded, and she had asked someone to ask the boss who raised the flowers. When the list of people who bought Sigui came out, and lived in this area, tall and thin men who had practiced martial arts, the scope of the murderer was narrowed down. many.
But it went so smoothly, Wei Lan couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, feeling that all this seemed to be guided by someone. Come out for a swim in the lake, and you can meet the murderer and throw the body
Wei Lan frowned, and turned back to the boat with Xie Zichen. Xie Zichen glanced at her, saw that she had been silent, and said, "Have you gotten very close to Ji Shao recently?"
"Brother Ji and I have always had a good relationship." Wei Lan smiled without seeming guilty. Xie Zichen said, "I heard that you like that Yan Lan very much?"
Wei Lan: "..."
Xie Zichen led her to sit on the boat, poured her a glass of wine, and looked very calm. Wei Lan couldn't help being a little curious, she had learned Xie Zichen's jealousy, Wang Xi invited her to Chengfeng Pavilion, and he could join them all in the court, now he knew that he went to Yan Lan every day, but he was so calm
"I just admire Yan Lan," Wei Lan was thinking. Does Xie Zichen think that Yan Lan is a luthier with a low status, so he just kills him and doesn't need to be angry? She was afraid that Xie Zichen would do something that would hurt someone's life, so she hurriedly said, "If you don't like it, then I won't go."
Hearing her words, Xie Zichen glanced at her mockingly, as if he had read her mind and said: "I only care about people who should care about me?"
"Then... I would like to ask," Wei Lan hesitated, "Which ones should be considered?"
"You'll understand later."
The two returned to the city, and Xie Zichen asked Lu Xiu to carry the bag of corpses, and the three of them went to Yizhuang. After the autopsy by Wu Zuolian overnight, there was no difference from the autopsy results of the first corpse. He is still a member of Dali Temple, the prime minister of Dali Temple, and the minister of Chu.
The news of Chu Chen's death quickly spread to all parties, and when Wei Lan went to the court the next day, posts about her unfavorable affairs came like snow.
Although the emperor doesn't like Wei Lan now, he also thinks that the courtiers lost their minds because they were too afraid. It has been two days since Wei Lan took over this case, and most people may not even understand the facts of the case, so they can only blame the murderer for being too brutal. He just killed a person and committed the crime against the wind, and the murderers were all from Dali Temple .
Usually, Dali Temple arrests people and investigates cases to protect the victims, but this time, people from Dali Temple collectively wrote a letter, asking the Ministry of Criminal Justice to send more people to protect them.
Regarding this, Lin Xun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said—Fuck off!
However, people in Dali Temple were in a state of panic. After all, the murderer was too cruel, and he was looking at Dali Temple. The emperor still approved and sent a group of people from the Nancheng Army to protect the officials of Dali Temple.
Wei Lan also saw that this matter might be related to the case handled by Dali Temple back then, so she went to find people in Dali Temple to ask them one by one, but no one could tell the reason.
Another family of the flower shop owner went out to pick up the goods and did not come back. The last list was delayed. Wei Lan went outside to investigate the case every day, and came back very late every night. However, a week later, the trace of the murderer was not found, but the third life came out.
The third person who died was a bit surprising. When everyone thought it was a case of a murderer who was watching Dali Temple, the third person who died was the Minister of the Household Department, Zhang Yunan.
Zhang Yunan is the younger brother of Zhang Cheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. The Zhang family is very powerful. His death is definitely different from that of a small character like Jiang Xiaochuchen. Wei Lan led someone to beat Zhang Cheng's son before, Zhang Cheng became angry when he thought of it, and when he pointed at Wei Lan in the hall and yelled at her, he couldn't get angry when he saw her calm and calm appearance, kicked her. Kicked over!
Wei Lan remained silent, watching the old Shangshu rushing towards him. At this moment, no one thought that the Yushi Zhongcheng Xie Zichen, who seemed to have been staying out of the matter, suddenly rushed out of the crowd, holding the wat board in his hand towards Zhang Cheng. The board was drawn!
He is a civil servant, and he has never done anything before. Everyone only knows that Xie Yushi is invincible when he opened his mouth. As a result, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xie Zichen used a wat board, a board, to smash the military department that seemed to be as wide as two of him. Shang Shu flew away directly!
Zhang Cheng felt severe pain on his face, and then he was pulled by the huge force and slammed into the pillars of the main hall. He was knocked dizzy, and Xie Zichen said coldly: "The top of the main hall is open to Mr. Wei. Assault, where are you as your majesty?! Where is the law of the king?! Where is the censor platform?! When I, Xie Zichen, is dead?!"
After asking four times in a row, everyone looked at the black-clothed figure standing in front of Wei Lan in shock, and didn't even realize the inappropriateness of his sentence "Where is Xie Zichen?" Just treat Xie Zichen as a conscientious censor who has engraved the laws and regulations into his bones, and offending the rules in front of him is like beating his wife in front of him!
However, others didn't hear it, but Wang Xi understood it. The first three "where" are not important, the most important is the last sentence...
Dare to hit Wei Lan in front of him, do you think Xie Zichen is dead
Wang Xi sighed, and suddenly felt that he was the smartest person in the court.
Wei Lan was not as clear as Wang Xi's bystander, and she was completely stunned. In fact, she was already ready to kick Zhang Cheng to death, but she didn't expect Xie Zichen to strike faster and more ruthlessly, slapping his face with a wat board, it probably took a long time.
But she reacted quickly. After Xie Zichen said this sentence with a righteous face, she quickly made a heartbroken expression, looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Zhang Shangshu, you are an old minister, why... Sigh!"
Wei Lan shook her head, everyone around came back to her senses, and the emperor realized what Zhang Cheng had done and was furious: "Zhang Cheng, you are so brave!"
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Cheng hastily turned over and knelt down, opened his mouth, and a tooth fell out mixed with blood, he hesitated and said: "It's the minister who lost his temper, but the minister's younger brother is gone, and the minister is also..."
As he spoke, Zhang Cheng began to cry.
With a fat face full of tears, everyone around couldn't help but soften their hearts when they saw it.
Zhang Cheng was born and died with the emperor from the prince, and he also made great contributions. Now the emperor doesn't like Wei Lan. If he hit him just now, it would be no big deal if he apologized. If Wei Lan dared to beat him, the emperor would have to The reason for punishing Wei Lan. Zhang Cheng is also a fine individual, and it was with such a plan that he made a move on Wei Lan. Who knew that Xie Zichen would rush out
Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth bitterly, and hated Xie Zichen, a bastard, to the bone.
Xie Zichen looked at him coldly, his eyes full of disdain.
"Okay," the emperor opened his mouth, looked at Wei Lan and said, "Wei Shilang, this matter is up to you, you have been investigating for many days, but no one was caught, and three high officials of the court have already died. I will give you another seven days, and you must catch the murderer in time, otherwise you will be questioned!"
Hearing this, Wei Lan's eyes turned cold, she knelt down on one knee and received the imperial order.
After coming out of the main hall, Wei Lan went directly out of the palace gate and rushed to the Zhang family. People from the Zhang family went to help Zhang Cheng. Zhang Cheng looked at Xie Zichen bitterly. Xie Zichen noticed his gaze and brushed off his sleeves. With a sneer, he walked outside.
Zhang Cheng got angry from it.
He's just a concubine, he's just a censor Zhongcheng, how dare he challenge him to the Minister of the Ministry of War? !
This imperial court will not turn around, sooner or later he will wait for Xie Zichen to fall into his hands!
Zhang Cheng's eyes were full of coldness, and he watched Xie Zichen go out.
He was helped into the carriage, and just after returning to the mansion, he saw Wei Lan standing at the door waiting for him.
Zhang Cheng was supported and walked down, covered his face, and snorted coldly: "Why, Mr. Wei came to apologize?"
"Master Zhang is just joking," Wei Lan frowned, put her left hand under her sleeve and put her right hand in front of her body, staring at Zhang Cheng and said, "Master Zhang, don't you know why I'm here?"
"What does Master Wei mean?" Zhang Cheng frowned.
"In today's court, Master Zhang's expression doesn't seem to be just grief, does it?" Wei Lan stepped forward: "Master Zhang, what are you afraid of?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Cheng yelled angrily. Wei Lan looked at him and said casually: "Master Zhang knows if I'm talking nonsense. Wei Lan can't solve the case, and at worst she will be dismissed for investigation. But for Master Zhang Said, this is a matter of life and death. Mr. Zhang, are you still unwilling to tell me?"
"What?" Zhang Cheng's voice was a little nervous, and he clenched his palms secretly, Wei Lan observed his expression, and continued: "You still refuse to talk about the old things between you and Zhang Shilang, Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Chu? "
"Old things?" Zhang Cheng snorted coldly: "What old things can I have with them? Mr. Wei, you can investigate the case if you can. If you can't, don't play tricks, get out of the way!"
As he said that, Zhang Cheng pushed Wei Lan away, and walked in aggressively. Wei Lan watched Zhang Cheng enter the room, twirling the fan in her hand, and walked out thinking.
"Shizi," Ran Mo followed up: "How do you know there is an old relationship between them?"
"Know?" Wei Lan smiled, turned her eyes to the distance, and said slowly: "I don't know. I just guessed and tested him. Apart from him, I originally planned to test all the officials involved in the case .But not anymore.”
With that said, Wei Lan got into the carriage: "Let's go to Dali Temple."
"What are you going to Dali Temple for?" Ran Mo followed, a little confused, and Wei Lan's eyes sank: "Looking through the files, I found out that Jiang Xiao, Chu Chen, Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Yunan all appeared in the case at the same time."
"You think it's the victims of their crimes who have come for revenge?"
"Obviously," Wei Lan nodded and said, "With such a cruel method, and writing 'Heavenly reincarnation, retribution is not good' on the face of the deceased, the murderer must have great resentment in his heart. The dead are all important officials in the court. Dali Temple, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact, once a case involving the border is involved, these three places will be quickly linked together. They are all witnesses and clues. And the murderer gave Duo Sigui... "
As she said that, Wei Lan got a little tired: "This is probably an unjust, false and wrong case about Beidi. Now that the murderer is back, he not only wants to kill them, but also wants to clear up the injustice of the past."
"That's why the murderer gave Dou Sigui?"
Wei Lan nodded and tapped her palm with her fan.
When they came to Dali Temple, Wei Lan quickly pulled out all the files of Dali Temple in the past twenty years, and started to check them one by one together with Ran Mo. She checked in Dali Temple all night, and finally found a case from fifteen years ago.
Fifteen years ago, Di Jie invaded the border. At that time, the Huan family was not as dominant as it is in the north now. Yan Xu's father was born in a peasant family. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was appointed as a marquis general. Yan Xu was only the second generation when the Marquis of Yongchang was hereditary, and his foundation in the court was not stable. According to the plan, Yan Xu was asked to defend the city to hold back Di Jie's 50,000 troops. Huan Song fought Di Jie's main force in Qingcheng, and then turned around to encircle Di Jie's 50,000 troops in Baicheng.
Who would have thought that on the third day after Yongchang Hou defended the city, when the enemy launched a second attack, he would abandon the city and flee.
Fleeing during wartime, according to the law, is a serious crime of beheading. What's more, because of his escape, not only Baicheng was captured, but Di Jie's 50,000 troops immediately turned around and returned to Qingcheng, encircling Huansong's main force together. Luckily, he ran out, but it also led to the complete defeat of the frontal battlefield of Da Chu's battle.
Huan Song led the army alone to support the situation, and it was that battle that made the Huan family big and their reputation soaring.
The Holy Majesty was furious, but this Marquis of Yongchang dared to return to Beijing. Before returning to Beijing, he was played by Zhang Cheng, the minister of the Ministry of War at that time. As soon as he entered Shengjing, he was sent to prison directly.
Marquis Yongchang confessed to his actions in Dali Temple and begged His Majesty to forgive him. He had no family in Beijing, and no one interceded. In his anger, His Majesty exterminated his three clans. Even his son, who was less than six years old, could not escape the fate of beheading.
This case was presided over by Chu Chen, with Jiang Xiao as assistant, and Zhang Cheng participated in the initiation. However, Zhang Yunan had never appeared in this case, and Wei Lan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
She called all the old people from Dali Temple over, and said directly: "Is there anyone here who knows about the case of Marquis Yongchang back then?"
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and then gave the answer in unison - Chu Chen and Jiang Xiao were responsible for this case back then, and no one was involved.
Wei Lan couldn't help but feel a little strange: "The two of them have finished all the cases?"
"That's not true," said a jailer, "At that time, those who helped handle the case were all transferred to other places, or died of illness, or returned home. Now in Dali Temple, they are the only ones who know about this case."
They all left, which made the case even more problematic. Wei Lan looked at the sky, it was almost morning time.
She also had some headaches, and after letting the people in Dali Temple disperse, she got up and got into the carriage, and let Ran Mo go straight up.
She rested in the carriage for a while, and fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up, she found that she was already in front of the palace gate, Xie Zichen was sitting beside her, and she fell asleep leaning against him.
"Zichen?" Wei Lan was a little confused, Xie Zichen sighed: "Why do you have to work so hard?"
"There are only a few days left," Wei Lan said with a smile, "I can't do it unless I work hard."
Xie Zichen pursed his lips: "Did you find anything?"
"It's hard to find some clues. They may have something to do with Yongchang Hou, but now the people who know the inside story are all gone, and they are having a headache. I'm afraid I will have to find people everywhere recently." Wei Lan shook her head, stood up and said: "Go to court."
Xie Zichen followed behind her. She hadn't slept all night, and her steps were a little weak. After walking a few steps, she almost fell. Xie Zichen helped her up, as if he had made a big determination, and finally said: "Why don't you ask your father?" ?”
"My father?" Wei Lan was stunned, and then immediately reacted: "Yes, fifteen years ago, my father should have been in the north, and he probably knew Yongchang Hou."
As she said that, Wei Lan smiled, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Zichen."
"No need." Xie Zichen was a little stiff, and then said: "Go."
Wei Lan smiled without saying a word, but when Xie Zichen turned around, his eyes flickered slightly.
There was nothing serious in the early court, Wei Lan stood in the court hall, squinted her eyes and fell asleep for a while, when she woke up, she had already turned down, Xie Zichen took a look at her with the wat board, Wei Lan woke up instantly, and followed Xie Zichen.
Back at Changxinhou Mansion, Wei Lan hurriedly went to find Wei Shao, who was playing with the birds in the yard. Seeing that he was in a good mood, Wei Lan stepped forward and said, "Father, please do me a favor."
When Wei Shao was able to help Wei Lan, he was very excited and hurriedly said, "What does Ah Lan want me to do?"
"Father," Wei Lan sat down with Wei Shao, and finally said: "Do you know Yongchang Hou?"
Hearing this name, Wei Shao's complexion changed slightly, he put down the bird and said, "Why are you asking this?"
"Now I'm working on a case related to this matter. If my father knows anything, please let me know."
Wei Shao didn't speak, he thought for a while, and sighed: "Actually, I would never have said this before. But now that you are promising, let me tell you, you decide for yourself, whether you want to talk about it or not." .”
"The Marquis of Yongchang... had a very good personal relationship with me back then." Wei Shao said, with a bit of nostalgia in his eyes: "We knew each other when we were still the prince. Fifteen years ago, when I was the prince, he was already the Marquis of Yongchang. He is a good general who is very considerate of his subordinates. He often tells me that in this battlefield, fewer people will be killed if fewer people die. Fifteen years ago in the winter, the North was hit by a once-in-a-century ice disaster. Our soldiers on the front line are all waiting for food, grass and padded jackets, but you also know that for such things as military pay, one hundred thousand taels, the household department walks around, the military department walks around, and goes down layer by layer. In our hands, it may only cost eight thousand."
"In the past, I could bear it, but that year I really couldn't bear it anymore. Everyone tried their best. Like me, I also relied on my father's relationship. There were people in the military department, so I got enough food and military pay. Yan Xu's father went to He was born early, and he came from a peasant family, and he had no family background in the imperial court, so I really couldn't figure out how he and his soldiers spent that winter."
As he said that, Wei Shao sighed, his eyes full of guilt: "I'm not surprised that he abandoned the city at all. I heard that he guarded the city for three days before he abandoned the city and moved all the people out. He just left. After he left, the general retreated to the rear and immediately rushed to Shengjing without stopping. At that time, I knew it was not good. It happened that I was injured, and your grandfather sent me back to Shengjing. He arrived in Shengjing one after the other. He came to me first. He probably knew the situation was not good at the time, so he secretly found someone and handed me a letter, asking me to go find him. He told me in the letter, In that year, his military salary was less than one-tenth of what it should have been. When he attacked the city, the soldiers didn't even have a knife that didn't hurt. The winter was cold, and the soldiers lived against the common people, but Rao So many of them froze to death. He came to Shengjing to state his grievances and sue the Imperial Court."
Wei Lan listened, and looked at the stone table with her fingers, but her heart was already extremely angry.
She has always known that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, but she has two bottom lines.
Military pay cannot be moved, and disaster relief money cannot be moved. These two things are things that tie people's lives. Wei Shao made it so clear, what else does she not understand
Back then, Zhang Yunan was in the household department and Zhang Cheng was in the military department. Naturally, they jointly bullied Yan Xu, a soft persimmon, and swallowed his military salary. Yan Xu's army was not capable of fighting at all, Huan Song didn't have time to know, Yan Xu had no choice but to abandon the city and escape, and then went straight to Shengjing to sue Zhang Cheng and Zhang Yunan. In the end, Zhang's brothers and the people from Dali Temple preemptively sued him. Yan Xu was sent to the guillotine before he even had time to face the saint.
Then her grandfather died on the battlefield. His father was weak. He was afraid that he knew the fate of this friend, but he didn't even dare to seek justice. He didn't dare let others know. He knew such secrets.
Thoughts in the North, an old case from fifteen years ago.
And in this case, no one knows how many people are involved in it. The murderer came with hatred, and he was afraid that he was going to wash everyone in Shengjing with blood.
Wei Lan knocked on the table and said slowly: "Does father know who participated in this incident?"
"I know... how many... Yan Xu came to Shengjing with evidence back then." Wei Shao still seemed a little scared: "Alan, they are more powerful and powerful now than they were back then, you don't... want to trouble them, do you?"
Wei Lan wanted to laugh seeing Wei Shao's frightened look, thinking that although her father grew up in this world, she was even less courageous than her own father who was in charge of the back house. Back then, her own father was the lord of the Wei family, although he was a man, he was also a decisive figure.
"Don't worry about what I do, just tell me what you know."
"I only know three people who were involved in this incident, Zhang Yunnan, Zhang Cheng, and Shen Qiuhe."
"Shen Qiuhe?" Wei Lan was stunned, and Wei Shao nodded: "Yes, it is Zhang Cheng's brother-in-law, the head of the Shen family, and the current household secretary, Shen Qiuhe."
Wei Lan didn't speak, she had a thought in her mind, and said directly to Ran Mo: "Ran Mo, order someone to watch Shen Qiuhe, and watch in the dark."
With that said, she got up and said a little tiredly, "I'll take a nap."
Ran Mo also felt a little sleepy, so he told someone, and then went to sleep.
The master and servant slept in the dark all afternoon, and when Wei Lan woke up, she found that it was already dark. She dimly opened her eyes, and saw Xie Zichen sitting in her room reviewing papers.
Wei Lan stood up, hesitantly said: "Zichen?"
"Are you awake?" Xie Zichen glanced at her, and said helplessly, "Go and drink porridge, you are too tired now, nourish your spleen and stomach."
Wei Lan nodded, got up, asked someone to prepare water, and sat down in front of the desk to calmly drink a bowl of porridge.
Although she moves gracefully and looks quite calm, she actually moves much faster.
Xie Zichen couldn't help asking: "Going out?"
"En." Wei Lan nodded, swallowed the last bite, and then got up to take a bath.
Xie Zichen glanced at the shadow on the screen, recited a mantra of pure heart, and then lowered his head again.
Wei Lan went out at night and went directly to Shen's residence. Shen Qiuhe was a high-ranking graduate of the Taixue back then, and he was polite. When he heard that Wei Lan was coming, he welcomed Wei Lan into the mansion.
After Wei Lan entered the mansion, she directly stated her intention of coming: "Lord Shen, I'm here for the case of Marquis Yongchang."
Shen Qiuhe didn't seem to be surprised, he called Wei Lan to sit down, sighed and said: "After Master Chu died, I knew that sooner or later, Master Wei would come to look for me. It's just that I never thought about it, but it came like this quick."
"Master Wei, if you want to ask something, you might as well ask it directly."
Wei Lan nodded, but said: "In fact, I already know about the old things back then, Master Shen might as well go into more detail."
"It's all old stuff, so it doesn't matter anymore." Shen Qiuhe smiled, and said with some bitterness in his eyes: "As long as Mr. Wei knows, protect Zhang Shangshu, me, and Zhonglang general Chen Hesheng."
"Zhonglang General Chen Hesheng?"
Wei Lan was stunned for a moment, Shen Qiuhe nodded, and then said: "Except for these, I won't say any more."
Wei Lan understands that these things must be the nasty things that this group of people did back then. Shen Qiuhe said it because he guessed that she already knew part of it, and he wanted to seek protection from her. But more, he will not reveal.
He emphasized that this was an old story, and he just wanted to make Wei Lan more interested and not to pursue it too much.
Both he and Zhang's family belong to the third prince. The third prince holds the household department and the military department, and is the support of Su Cheng. Wei Lan is clearly from Su Cheng. Shen Qiuhe believes that she will not be too embarrassing.
Wei Lan naturally understood the key point, nodded and said: "Master Shen, don't worry, I am not an ignorant person."
Shen Qiuhe breathed a sigh of relief, chatted with Wei Lan for a while, and sent Wei Lan out.
Wei Lan immediately sent someone to follow the three of them, and the three of them also spent a lot of money to hire martial arts masters.
Wei Lan went to Shen's house to keep an eye on her every day, but the murderer didn't hear anything. Seeing that the seven-day deadline was approaching, Wei Lan couldn't help feeling a little anxious. Xie Zichen didn't seem to be worried at all, and comforted him: "Don't worry, you will find out."
Wei Lan didn't know where his confidence came from.
On the sixth day, Shen Qiuhe was going to worship his wife Fa. Before he married Mrs. Zhang, he had a wife. He had a deep affection for that wife, and he would go to worship her every year on her death day. Wei Lan originally wanted to dissuade her, but felt that she was reluctant to let the child not be tied to the wolf, and Shen Qiuhe repeatedly emphasized that very few people knew about this matter, so she finally let Shen Qiuhe go.
It was a cloudy and rainy day, and Wei Lan secretly led people to follow Shen Qiuhe far away.
Shen Qiuhe led a large group of people to the mountain immediately, and it was rainy that day, Shen Qiuhe stood in front of the tombstone, talking to his dead wife. Wei Lan watched from a distance, everything was normal, suddenly, Shen Qiu and the people around him started to collapse one by one!
Wei Lan didn't move, she lay in ambush, holding her breath.
At this time, a man in red came with an umbrella.
He was tall and thin, like a slim bamboo, with a white jade mask on his face, stepping on the spring rain, he walked slowly towards Shen Qiuhe.
Shen Qiuhe was already unable to move, he fell down in front of the tombstone, watched the man walking calmly, and held his breath. He knew that Wei Lan was nearby, but he couldn't help trembling slightly.
And Wei Lan looked at the familiar figure from behind.
She really couldn't forget that back view, she knew it was him with just one glance.
Her eyes were full of blood from when Yan's family was beheaded. It was Yan Lan's body that was hung on the city wall after he assassinated the emperor. It was the cold eyes that he looked at her when she brought him out of prison that year. One sentence: "This justice, the sky does not give me, people don't give me, I give it myself."
"Marquis Yongchang...he came to Shengjing...to sue the imperial court..."
"The Holy Majesty sentenced him to behead all his families, even Yan Xu's son who was less than six years old..."
"How long have you been learning the piano?"
"Fourteen years."
"Mr. Yan is only in his early twenties, right?"
"It's Double Eleven"
"Mr. Yan must have come from a family of music."
"I don't have these elegant things at home. When I was seven years old, I was sold to the Nanfeng Pavilion, and the boss hired a master to teach me."
Fifteen years ago, Yan Xu's son was under six years old, and fourteen years ago, Yan Lan was seven years old.
Yan Xu, Yan Lan.
Wei Lan stared blankly at that person getting closer and closer to Shen Qiuhe, Ran Mo bumped into Wei Lan desperately, and didn't understand why Wei Lan didn't make a move at this time.
Wei Lan looked at the man in red, holding a sword and holding an umbrella, bending down.
It was as if, in her dream, when he went to assassinate the Holy Majesty.
Yan Lan looked at Shen Qiuhe, and said slowly, "Master Shen, do you know who I am?"
"Know... know..." Shen Qiuhe trembled, Yan Lan laughed lowly: "Master Shen still knows... how good."
"Master Shen knows, what am I here for today?"
"Revenge..." Shen Qiuhe was already on the verge of collapse, but he still held on. After all, he was the Master Shangshu who had gone through decades of ups and downs. Hearing this, Yan Lan laughed out loud.
"Revenge? No, Master Shen, I'm not here for revenge!"
He said loudly: "I'm just here to get back the justice that belongs to my family."
——This is the principle of heaven. If the sky doesn’t give it, and people don’t give it, I will give it myself.
Yan Lan's words were still in his ears, and Wei Lan walked out trembling.
She watched Yan Lan lift the sword in front of her, and she couldn't help but say, "A Lan!"
Yan Lan's hands trembled slightly, he turned around and saw Wei Lan.
She stood in the rain, eyes full of fear, she stretched out her hand to him, her voice trembling: "Alan," she said, "give me the sword."
I will avenge you.
do not do that…
Don't use your life to fight, don't use your life to exchange for the justice that should belong to you.
A Lan, in her previous life, that weak and incompetent Wei Lan couldn't save you. That young and stupid Wei Lan will miss you.
In this life, I will save you.
The justice you want, I will give you; the justice you want, I will give you back.
Yan Lan paused, and turned to look at Wei Lan.
That look was like that person back then, full of sarcasm and despair.
"Wei Lan," he said, his voice turned into a sharp knife, cutting back and forth on her heart: "You can't help me, and I don't need your help."
As soon as he finished speaking, his sword pierced through Shen Qiuhe's chest!
Shen Qiuhe suddenly opened his eyes wide, Wei Lan watched quietly, and then slowly closed his eyes.
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[small theater]
Zhang Cheng: What does a censor look like with your hands and feet?
Xie Zichen: When someone beats your wife, do you do it
Zhang Cheng: Move.
Xie Zichen: Then it's over.
Zhang Cheng: But I hit Wei Lan! !
Wang Xi: Isn't that the end