Restaurant, private room, big table.
The candlelight was brighter than the daytime, Wang Yan raised the wine cup: "The dishes have been set, let's talk about it." Turning to Yu Yun first, "Firstly, tell me, how did you see that the Tian family is different?"
Yu Yun smiled and said: "Naturally, I can't compare you to being able to reveal the truth in advance. I just saw that the woman's stance and gait are different from ordinary people. I have seen many Japanese dancers. They wear wooden clogs every day, and their walking gait is different from that of women in my court. , and when she stood and bowed her head, her posture was different. When the woman came out, she walked with a strange gait, and when she bowed her head and stood, she was similar to a woman from Dongying, and she spoke with a short consonant, so I asked where she was from."
Wen Yizhi had an epiphany on his face: "No wonder, I wonder why you suddenly pester others like a disciple asking questions."
Wang Yan chuckled: "Make it up, keep making it up."
Yu Yun blinked: "Ayan, what did you say?"
Wang Yan put his smile away: "This case involves a little bit more. If you want to find out the truth quickly, no one can keep secrets. The first item is that Master Yu and Master Xue will talk about it first, what kind of secrets can be revealed at the same time?" It alarmed Honglu Temple and the disciples. Why did you drag me into this case."
Wen Yizhi was dumbfounded: "What do you mean?"
Wang Yan was expressionless: "The two of them played tricks on us. They were originally ordered to investigate this case."
Xue Mulin showed an innocent smile. Yu Yun shook his head: "Ah Yan, you can't look at everyone as a suspect. I'm a mere sect, and I'm just doing filing documents. What does it have to do with the case?"
Feng Tai ate the food calmly, Wang Yan said unhurriedly: "You are in charge of the Ministry of War. Some things that are inconvenient for the Ministry of War are all done by you. What are Dongying and Shansi Kingdom looking for? ? What hidden secrets is it inconvenient for the Jingzhao Mansion to know?"
Yu Yun smiled again: "Ah Yan, you really know that you are a serious member of the military department. Why do you always doubt me?"
Wang Yan put the wine glass on the table and got up. Wen Yizhi also pushed the bowl up. Feng Tai wiped his mouth and stood up. Xue Mulin grabbed Wang Yan's sleeve: "Ah Yan, the two of us have lives in our lives. We dare not reveal it without authorization. We didn't hide it on purpose. You see, I know that you will see my flaws in Guhande's house, don't you?" Or did you do what you were supposed to do?"
Wang Yan said indifferently: "It wasn't you who revealed the truth, and it wasn't in Ligongfang. When the two of you tied up Isia, I saw something was wrong. There are groups of girls following you every day, Why did you suddenly pay attention to a beard girl. If you and Yu Yun don’t tell the truth, I’m sorry that I can’t accompany you to investigate this case. Mr. Feng is here now, otherwise, you can continue talking with him, and I, an outsider, will leave first ?”
Yu Yun sighed, and cupped his hands: "Forget it, Young Master Yan, I will apologize to you. What do you want to know, let's talk about it, will it work?"
Wang Yan turned around and sat down. Feng Tai followed suit and sat back. Wen Yizhi still stood with a cold face: "Can I, a real outsider, listen together?"
Feng Tai continued to eat, and the other three looked at him warmly without saying a word.
Wen Yizhi's face froze: "If you feel inconvenient, I'll go."
The others remained silent, and Yu Yun smiled and said, "I know, go back and tell Ah Chen to stop drinking."
Wen Yizhi slapped the table fiercely: "You bastard! You're a framer, and you want to go back and say it yourself! I'm not going to do what you want!" Pulling up the chair and sitting down heavily, "If you have the ability, kill me, or Don't say anything, I'll just sit here anyway!"
Both Yu Yun and Xue Mulin blinked again, Feng Tai continued to eat, and Wang Yan poured himself another glass of wine. Yu Yun put away the playful smile on his face, and sat upright.
"Then let me start from the beginning. The month before last, the Poluo Kingdom sent an envoy to report to the imperial court that Dongying was training a naval force and conspiring to seize an island under the jurisdiction of Poluo. In addition, Japanese water bandits also frequently moved in the East China Sea. Bian paid a little attention. This is also one of the reasons why Lord Liu returned to Beijing this time."
The Polo Kingdom is one of the vassal states of this dynasty, and its reign name and etiquette all follow the superior state. The head of the country needs to be canonized by the court before he can be called king. The color of the king's robe is red, embroidered with crane patterns, and he wears a double-winged black gauze crown, which is the same as that of the second-rank civil servants in the court.
The current lord, Li Mida, has been in power for more than 20 years. He pays tribute according to festivals, is respectful and courteous, and claims that he was really bullied by Dongying this time, so he came to ask the court to make decisions.
Wang Yan said: "The old Hou Ye went to the flower market..."
Yu Yun said: "It is true that the old man Hou Ye went to the flower market on a whim. But when I went to Xu's shop, it was not because of the squirrel parrot, but because I saw a wooden puppet on the table in that shop, which was from Dongying. things."
However, Houye Liu chatted with Xu and his wife for a few words, and felt that these two were just ordinary people. There are goods from all over the world in the Jingzhong Market, maybe the puppet was bought from a Hufan merchant's stall, so I didn't suspect anything else. Afterwards, I went again, just to have a look. When the parrot happened, Master Liu didn't think about anything else.
Xue Mulin answered: "The envoy of the Boluo Kingdom informed the imperial court that a group of Japanese spies had been operating in the capital, plotting to do something wrong. To prove this, someone also went to investigate, and there was indeed a small group of Japanese sneaking around in the capital. But what they have been monitoring and inquiring about are the actions of merchants from Shansi and other countries, which seems to be due to personal grievances."
Wang Yan raised his eyebrows: "Dongying and Shansi are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, so there should be no conflict."
Yu Yun looked at Feng Tai: "However, yesterday, Jingzhao Mansion reported that a businessman from the Shansi Kingdom in Ligongfang was killed, and found a few gray parrot hairs on the window sill of the deceased's house. Looking at the traces on the deceased's body, it is suspected that the Japanese Assassins did."
Wen Yizhi was stunned: "You guys knew so much from the very beginning! When Ah Yan revealed the facts of the case just now when you were at the deceased's house, you two pretended not to believe it? How insincere!"
Wang Yan turned the wine glass: "Since that's the case, let the Jingzhao Mansion continue to investigate directly. Why drag me in?"
Yu Yun smiled bitterly: "My Young Master Yan, what Mu Lin and I did in the Yamen is different from what you did in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. There are many twists and turns that cannot be explained clearly. This case may be just a coincidence, and it has nothing to do with the ones that were investigated before." It’s related. Moreover, these small countries in the barbarians don’t know how high or low they are, and if there is a slight disturbance, the court will respond, which is also troublesome, and this Mu Lin knows better.”
Wang Yan raised his eyebrows: "If the Jingzhao Mansion continues to investigate this case, it will have to follow a clear path, submit for approval layer by layer, and cooperate with each yamen according to the law. It is not worthwhile to fight such a big battle for a few barbarians. .It’s better to have someone who can quickly and quickly close the case. If there is any small sign that something is wrong, then just pinch it. If there is no sign, then let it go, right?"
Yu Yun slapped the table with emotion all over his face: "Our Wang Shenduan is so transparent!"
Wang Yan waved his hand: "Come on, I'm an idiot who is in the game and wears the high hat given by Mr. Fuyu. The snow sesame candy eating pigeons from Jingzhao Mansion is not something you concocted, right?"
Yu Yun immediately said: "This is absolutely not!"
Xue Mulin also said: "Really not! Is it a human thing to plant an eagle? We wanted to persuade Ah to find you in private, but who would have thought that you just came here. We were wrong to hide it from you, but if It wasn't that you got that Dongying woman from the Xu family, even if you broke up with me and Ah Yun now, the two of us can't say much.
Feng Tai, who had been eating food calmly, put down his chopsticks, picked up a towel and wiped the corners of his mouth: "Our Jingzhao Mansion happened to discover something new about Mr. Wang's falcon killing homing pigeons." He took out a box from his bosom, and opened it.
On the thin cotton wool in the box, lay a small arrow.
"The pigeon corpse found on the roof near the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion looked like it had been torn and pecked to death by a falcon at first glance, but after removing the feathers from the corpse and autopsy, there was a round hole injury near the spine, which was definitely not caused by the claws and beaks of a falcon. It was an object injury. According to the position of the hole marks, the pigeon was pierced by a sharp object and died. The police searched according to the approximate location where the pigeon should have been before it died, and found this object on a big tree branch next to Jingzhao Mansion. Compared with the wound on the pigeon’s body , I am sure it is the murder weapon."
Wen Yizhi, Yu Yun and Xue Mulin were all shocked.
Yu Yun was shocked and said: "There are really people who are so worthless!"
Wang Yan picked up the small arrow and looked around, Xue Mulin frowned: "Is there anyone else who wants to drag Ah Yan into this case? Or is Xue Ma Tang so handsome that he is coveted?"
Wen Yi knew: "This murder weapon is not like something from the Central Plains. Its response is also extraordinary."
Xue Mulin said: "It's not something from Dongpu either. The hidden weapons of Dongpu people are more delicate than this."
Feng Tai said: "Master Wang's family falcon did fly over the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. I have seen it with my own eyes. The body of the dove was indeed found shortly after Lord Wang's snow falcon flew past. So deliberately framed a bird, Master Wang, do you know why?"
Wang Yan simply said: "I don't know."
Yu Yun said: "There must be Hu Ke who also admire our Wang Shenduan and want to take this opportunity to get close to you."
Wang Yan glanced at him: "I'm so cheap to ignore you now."
Yu Yun smiled: "Who made us feel deeply in love."
Feng Tai cleared his throat: "The two adults can discuss the friendship later. Can Lord Wang tell Feng, after investigating this case, what have you seen and heard?"
Wang Yandao: "In fact, according to the order of the case, it is right for Mr. Feng to talk about the things that Jingzhao Mansion found first. But to show sincerity, I will say it first. Mr. Yu and Mr. Xue, because what they said just now All sorts of things tricked me into this case, and then we went to Huashikou. At that time, Mr. Feng, you were there. Afterwards, these two lords arrested a woman who claimed to be the dead Hu merchant Guhande. Maid, named Isiah..."
Feng Tai listened to Wang Yan's brief narration, lowered his eyes and pondered.
"What Hu Nu said can only be listened to tentatively, and cannot be used as evidence for the case. Has her former master, Mr. Wang, checked it?"
Wang Yan said: "It's not too late. I've already told you everything I know. Can Mr. Feng tell me what is hidden in the dark compartment of the table in the secret room of the Hu merchant?"
Feng Tai said: "This is the official business of the Jingzhao Mansion, so it cannot be disclosed in private."
Wang Yan raised his eyebrows: "Master Feng, Mr. Wang knows everything, so you are not authentic."
Feng Taiweng said: "It's only natural for Mr. Wang to inform the Jingzhao Mansion of the clues he has. Feng has no interest in asking about any personal entanglement between the other two adults and Mr. Wang. But if there is no official document or Official order, Lord Wang, please don't continue to participate in this case, otherwise, Feng will report to Yushitai according to the law."
Wang Yan looked at him quietly for a moment, then got up and left. Feng Tai picked up his chopsticks and took another bite of the food, and said to his back: "Besides, Feng has something else to say—I know Mr. Wang always thinks highly of himself, and thinks that all the focus is on himself. But if you marry The perpetrator of the Fuxue Falcon is not for Lord Wang, but only for this falcon, what does Lord Wang think is the reason?"
Wang Yan slowed down a little, and slammed the door out.
The servant quickly followed Wang Yan downstairs, and Wen Yizhi also chased him out.
Wang Yan asked in a deep voice: "Liu Xin and Qi Cheng went to inquire about the situation in Dunhua Fang, do you have any news?"
Immediately a figure flashed outside the door, it was Liuxin, and he knelt down and said: "You guys just checked in Dunhuafang, and there is indeed a female merchant named Helena who opened a silver jewelry store on Sihai Street. Bao's shop. But this woman has not appeared for many days. The shop has been closed, and there is no one at home. Because the renter is not there, the landlord has taken the house back and sublet it to others. Her things The owner still keeps them in a small room. The younger ones have transferred some people from the mansion to guard these places. There was indeed a girl next to her. The neighbor described her appearance as that girl from Iraq. Same. However, the neighbors and homeowners that the younger ones inquired about said they had never heard of her having a lover. Qicheng and the others are continuing to investigate, and the younger ones will report back first."
Wang Yan asked again how long the woman had been missing, and Liuxin replied that it had been almost three months, and the owner said that she had disappeared when the rent was about to be paid in May, and then she owed two months' rent, totaling three months. The rent was not paid for a month, so the house was sublet. Her shop was only locked because the annual rent was paid.
"The little ones are guarding the surroundings closely, and have already made an agreement with the owner. The eldest son can check whenever he wants."
Wang Yan asked again: "Who is the person who rented Helena's place?"
Six Channels: "An ordinary family. The young one knocked on the door to inquire. The man who opened the door was a thin and small man who looked to be in his thirties. There was a woman's voice crying with the child inside the door. The accent was Nanfang people."
Wang Yan said: "Dunhuafang area, there are many barbarian people, and the housing price is high. What do ordinary people do renting there? Go and check to see if they are from Dongying."
Liu Xin hurriedly pleaded guilty, and Dao went to investigate immediately.
Wen Yizhi said solemnly: "A Yan, I think this girl named Hai is probably dead, should we go and have a look?"
Wang Yan shook his head: "No need. Helena was already dead when she disappeared. In the past three months, those who should have run away have already run away, and those who should have been turned over have already been turned over. It needs to be investigated carefully, and there is no rush .”
Wen Yi knew: "That's right, what Isiah found out now is not in line with what Isiah said, so go back to Yuehua Pavilion first and then interrogate her."
Wang Yan was about to answer the conversation, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a young boy standing beside him, poking his head around, and found that Wang Yan was looking at him, and flinched again.
Wang Yan said coldly: "You didn't follow me, what are you doing here?"
The rest of the attendants pushed the young man over, and the young man knelt down and kowtowed: "The young one is ordered by the second son to inform the eldest son, please return to the mansion quickly."
Wang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, another follower saluted and said: "Eldest son, the younger one also has something to do, I wanted to report it later." Presented a note to Wang Yan.
Wang Yan took the sweep and looked cold: "Yizhi, I have something urgent and I have to go home first. You can go to Yuehua Pavilion to see Ah Zhen, or follow them here. In short, please watch for me first." Make some movement."
Wen Yizhi nodded, then hesitated and said: "But my name is always wrong, I'm afraid they won't take me after you leave."
Wang Yan chuckled: "Why didn't you take me with you? Why did you go to Yuehua Pavilion this morning?"
Wen Yi knew: "Yu Yun called me, he said that Ah Huo is very pitiful, let's go and comfort him... ah!"
Wang Yan patted Wen Yizhi's shoulder with an epiphany expression: "That's right, although Ah Yi is the grandson of Lord Liu Hou, he is not in the Ministry of War. If it is found out that this case is really related to military affairs, you need to inform the Yamen and Lord Liu. That's exactly what they're planning."
Wen Yizhi gritted his teeth: "These two thieves! Don't worry, Yan, I won't let them play tricks again!"
Wang Yan patted Wen Yizhi on the shoulder again, got on his horse, and went straight back to the house.
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