Chapter 181

An Ruochen didn’t see Long Da return until the sun went down. Long Da’s high-spirited appearance, smiling all over his face, seemed to be in a very comfortable mood.

He got into the carriage, hugged An Ruochen in his arms, but didn’t speak, just smiled.

An Ruochen patted him on the back suspiciously: “The general must be doing something important.”

Long Daha laughed.

“Like a big victory.” An Ruochen said.

“It’s more comfortable than winning a big battle.”

An Ruochen frowned: “That must have met the girl I love.”

Long Da laughed again, and patted her on the head: “Don’t moles this general.”

An Ruochen blinked, and said solemnly: “You officials are all like this. Only state officials are allowed to set fires, and ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps.”

Long Da laughed again, he stretched his legs and leaned comfortably against the wall of the car, and said: “If I were an ordinary person, I would have beaten him to the ground long ago. This does not hinder my status as an official. You have to do it with your hands tied.”

An Ruochen’s eyes lit up immediately, he grasped Long Da’s hand, and asked in a low voice, “Qian Pei?”

Long Da nodded.

An Ruochen’s whole face lit up, she clenched her fist and waved it twice, as if she was the one who hit someone. “How was the beating? Did you beat him inhumanely?”

Long’s face was broken: “This lady, how about being dignified?”

“When you’re killing harm for the people, what do you care about these people?” An Ruochen was confident, and then asked eagerly: “I won’t let him escape again, won’t I let him go out to harm people again?”

“No.” Long Da held her in his arms, “He has nowhere to escape. According to the official plan, he is already a dead person. I can’t deal with him too much.”

“Is he meticulous?”

“Yes.” Long Da nodded, and told An Ruochen how to catch Qian Pei and everything that was found during the interrogation. “This old guy is not a hard-headed guy, he will be recruited after a few more punches. He will answer whatever he asks, but the truth and falsehood in it need to be verified. The only thing is that he is careful not to admit Qian Shixin. He said everything is true It was his contact arrangement, and Qian Shixin was completely unaware of it.”

An Ruochen was very surprised: “Such a disgusting villain, would he care about his family?”

“No matter how much he cares about it, it’s useless. Qian Shixin has a lot of crimes, and he can’t hide them anyway.” Long Da knocked on the front wall of the carriage, signaling the driver to set off. “Let’s go back, there are still many things to do.”

Long Da explained to An Ruochen in this way, and An Ruochen carefully wrote it down. He listened, but felt regretful, interjected: “Then Qian Pei confessed so neatly, wouldn’t it be impossible to beat him up again?”

Long Da’s eyebrows were raised high: “Who said that, after the confession, I will continue to beat. I was in a hurry, and I was afraid that I would stain my clothes and go back and it would be difficult to cover up, so I didn’t do it myself. I left, and someone else greeted me.” Don’t worry about him. Besides, whether his confession is true or false, whether he has confessed everything, whether there are concealments or omissions, whether there are any false accusations, there are many reasons for beating him up.”

Ah, such a cruel thing, really makes people happy. An Ruochen felt at ease and was very motivated. “Don’t worry, general, I will do what the general ordered.” I will definitely live up to the general’s kindness in helping her beat the bad guys.

When the two returned to the government office in the city, Cui Hao, the acting prefect, heard the news and brought An Ruochen some playthings. He said: “I heard from Mr. Liang that the general’s wife is quite bored living here. It’s strange that the officials are not well greeted. These things are for the madam to relieve the boredom. I also asked my wife to come and accompany the madam when it is convenient for her.” Talk to Madam. What Madam wants to do, such as enjoying flowers and theaters, etc., can be explained to her.”

An Ruochen politely thanked him, saying that he was living here temporarily, but he caused so much trouble to the lord, and he was really sorry. Long Da taught An Ruochen a few words from the side, giving Cui Hao enough face. He also told An Ruochen that if he really felt bored, he could go out for a walk, as long as he brought the maids and guards with him. Don’t allow yourself to lose your temper, and don’t make it look like someone imprisoned her. Just play if you want, just don’t get into trouble.

An Ruochen and Cui Hao exchanged a few words of courtesy. Today’s little incident of the general’s wife running away is over.

In the next few days, An Ruochen really went out to play frequently, sometimes with other officials’ wives, and sometimes with maids and guards by herself. Long Da’s side was busy, Dong Ling’s envoy finally arrived. The officials of the three countries sat down to negotiate together, and he had no time to take care of his wife’s whereabouts. Everyone saw it in their eyes and felt relieved when they saw that there was no more noise.

Speaking of Dongling, its envoys arrived late, but they were neither humble nor overbearing. They denied all the allegations against Dong Ling, and questioned Nan Qin’s role and actions in this series of incidents.

Dong Ling’s envoy Bao Hengliang said that it was Nan Qin who invited Dong Ling to form an alliance at the beginning. It was Nan Qin who begged Dong Ling to assist in the peace talks with Da Xiao, and asked Dong Ling to send a delegation to the capital of Da Xiao with the Nan Qin envoy. All things were proposed by Nan Qin, and Dong Ling provided assistance based on the position and friendship of the alliance. It was also a request of Southern Qin to meet Emperor Dezhao, who was personally conquered by Yujia, and it was said to show the determination of the alliance between the two countries. Now that there was an accident and the truth was not clear, Nanqin hurriedly joined forces with Da Xiao to make Dong Ling an enemy, and all the previous disputes between Nan Qin and Da Xiao were Dong Ling’s fault. This made Dong Ling have to suspect that all of this was a joint conspiracy between Da Xiao and Nan Qin.

Qiu Ping, the envoy of the Southern Qin Dynasty, was emotional, refuted and counterattacked, and repeated the matter one by one.

Bao Hengliang’s face was gloomy, saying that Dongling would not give in, and warned Nanqin that cooperating with Da Xiao was seeking skin from a tiger. He claimed to have issued letters of credence to neighboring countries, declaring that Dong Ling was innocent in these matters. “Let the world see your Da Xiao’s conspiracy.”

Liang Dehao was extremely dissatisfied with Dongling envoy Bao Hengliang’s attitude, and complained privately with Long Da, but he also worried that there were really treacherous ministers in the Great Xiao court, so he didn’t dare to speak too much.

But Qiu Ping, Nanqin’s leader, was relentless, and had several disputes with Bao Hengliang at the banquet. He was also extremely angry at Liang Dehao’s tepid reaction.

What Liang Dehao meant was that since everyone has different speculations about the matter, they should wait and react after careful investigation of the truth. Southern Qin changed hands, presumably there are many affairs to be dealt with in the court, Dongling sent troops, there are also many disturbances to be dealt with, no one wants to go to war, **** rivers, it is better to calm down and wait a little longer.

There was nothing wrong with these words, Qiu Ping and Bao Hengliang quarreled to no avail, Da Xiao didn’t say which side he was on, none of them dared to pat the table and call to see you on the battlefield. So it was picked up under the steps, and the seats were temporarily dispersed, and each went back to the room to rest.

Long Da and Liang Dehao said: “At this point, procrastination is not an option. If Prime Minister Luo is really playing tricks on him, we have to find evidence to expose his conspiracy. Once the conspiracy is exposed, the matter will be resolved. At present we still have Soldiers from the two countries have taken the captives, so they still have the upper hand. But as your lord said, with so many captives, they will cause big trouble if they are held for a long time. How about this, we invite King Hui to come to Great Xiao to discuss a solution The method of the dispute. King Hui has already obtained benefits in this matter, and the person who gets the benefits is the one who is the easiest to betray his allies. It is human nature to cross rivers and tear down bridges. If he is willing to expose Prime Minister Luo and testify against his crimes, we will be in two It is not impossible to let him take one step in the terms of the peace talks between the two countries.”

Liang Dehao was taken aback for a moment, and thought for a while: “What if he doesn’t want to come as a majestic monarch?”

“Emperor Dezhao marched in person and died for the country. He wants to replace him, how can he do it without making enough gestures?”

Liang Dehao thought for a while, then nodded in agreement. “You are right. I will arrange this matter and do it quickly.”

In Zhonglan City, Qian Shixin’s plan went very smoothly. Although Liang Qinghe is illiterate and has little knowledge, he is also a smart person. He quickly practiced all the rhetoric explained by Qian Shixin, and also helped out a lot of ideas. In order to earn the ten taels of silver, he worked very hard.

The final argument was as follows: life was very hard back then, my father only worked as a handyman in the academy, he had no other skills, and could not earn much money. He was also sick at the time, and his father had to take him to see a doctor , owed a lot of money. Because life was hard at that time, his father always talked to him, so even though he was young, he still remembered the scene at that time. Later, one day, my father said that a nobleman asked him to do a very dangerous thing, and if it was done, he would get a lot of money. Hearing that there was money, he also asked his father a few words. My father cried and said it was a matter of conscience, but they were so poor that they couldn’t care less about their conscience. Later, when his father was arrested, he realized that what his father said to do was to assassinate the prefect.

After his father died, he was sent to Qinghe Village and handed over to Father Liang. Later, he saw Yao Kun come over several times and gave Liang Laopao money. At that time, he didn’t dare to ask more, he was afraid of causing trouble, and he was also afraid that old man Liang would not raise him. After a long time, things gradually faded away. It wasn’t until a while ago that he heard rumors that Yao Kun was the mastermind behind the assassination of Prefect Meng, that he connected everything together. He thought of his father who died unjustly, and felt that he could no longer remain silent, so he came to sue the official. In his hand was a picture left by his father, which he said was given by the person who entrusted him with work. This is physical evidence.

That map is naturally the route map left by Qian Pei. Qian Shixin drew a new one, and wrote words in Yao Kun’s handwriting on it, so as to testify against Yao Kun.

Liang Qinghe took this piece of paper and beat the drum of grievance. Qian Shixin listened to his complaint with dignity and accepted his case. As soon as the case was established, the official document was handed over to Ziyun Tower, and the victim told him that Yao Kun should be present in the case.

Naturally, Jiang Song couldn’t hide Yao Kun anymore, so he handed Yao Kun over. But he told Qian Shixin that Yao Kun was also an important witness in Baiying’s assassination case, and hoped that Qian Shixin would not impose severe punishments without authorization. If Yao Kun was killed, he would be at his own risk.

Naturally, Qian Shixin would not do such a stupid thing. He took Yao Kun into prison, arraigned him according to the rules, and imprisoned him according to the rules. Yao Kun didn’t look at Qian Shixin directly, as if he felt extremely resentful towards him.

Qian Shixin also went to the prefect’s mansion in person, and wanted to tell Meng Jiayue to retry the assassination case of prefect Meng. But he still got rejected. The steward Zhu Rong came out to thank him and said that he had passed the news to his wife, but she was not in good health and could not see guests.

Qian Shixin also said that if Meng Jiayue wanted to see Yao Kun, he could arrange it for him.

Zhu Rong replied again, Madam has nothing to do with that person, and we will not see each other again. Moreover, many years have passed since Meng Taishou’s assassination case. At that time, his wife was not by Meng Taishou’s side, so she didn’t know anything about the matter, so she couldn’t help you in the case. This case has hurt Madam deeply, Madam doesn’t want to bring it up or think about it again, and I hope your lord will not bother me any more.

After listening to Qian Shixin, he felt relieved. He smiled and said goodbye. It’s good that Meng Jiayue doesn’t bother him.

There were witnesses and physical evidence, and Yao Kun’s heart was ashamed and he didn’t say much, and the case was quickly concluded. Yao Kun was sent to death row.

Another matter, Qian Shixin was not as decisive as Yao Kun. He procrastinated and procrastinated until Lu Sheng intervened, and then he made up his mind. He found Lu Fengbao and asked him for Qian Pei’s specific address. Lu Fengbao was a little alert, Qian Shixin made an excuse that Lu Fengbao had been spotted, and Lu Shenglai asked him if Qian Pei had sent him a message. He said that Lu Sheng was tracking Qian Pei’s whereabouts, and he needed to find Qian Pei before Lu Sheng and transfer Qian Pei to a safe place.

Lu Fengbao hurriedly said: “Then I will set off immediately and report to the master.”

“Didn’t I just say that you have been targeted. You can only divert their attention by staying in the city. I send someone else to deliver the letter, which is appropriate.”

Lu Fengbao no longer hesitated, and told Qian Pei’s residence.

Qian Shixin took the address and handed it to Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng looked at it and was satisfied: “I won’t interfere in this matter, you can send someone to handle it.”

Qian Shixin agreed, and called his confidant Yan Yao in front of Lu Sheng, and confessed the assassination of Qian Pei, and at the same time confessed that he killed Yao Kun and pretended to commit suicide. Although Yao Kun was on death row, he died cleanly in order to avoid accidents and accidents.

Yan Yao took the order and went down.

Lu Sheng said with a smile: “You are so determined, I feel relieved. I have to go to Shilingya to supervise the army, and this Pingnan is all in your hands.”

Qian Shixin was a little surprised: “Supervisor?”

“I just received the news that there is something to do there. Long Da is not here, I am the inspector, and I will do whatever I say, otherwise they will be rebellious.”

Qian Shixin understood, and said happily, “Is it finally time to deal with them?”

“Let’s take it step by step.” Lu Sheng patted him on the shoulder, “This is yours.”

Lu Sheng really left, and things seemed urgent.

Qian Shixin breathed a sigh of relief, he was a little tired after running around for a while. He asked his men to prepare some food and wine, and drank alone to the moon that night, both excited and sad. Thinking of Qian Pei, he couldn’t help calling his subordinates back to Fu’an County to bring his son, he might not have seen him for a long time.

After drinking for three rounds, Qian Shixin’s mood improved. All things are going well. Even on the side of Mrs. Jingyuan, he had to deal with it.

King Hui gave him news that the kidnapping of Jingyuan’s daughter seemed to have been instructed by Emperor Dezhao. He ordered Huang Liqiang to hire a murderer to kill him. He was prepared, and it was not easy to do it. Emperor Dezhao couldn’t reveal his flaws. The assassination was done by the royal family, otherwise it would affect Emperor Dezhao’s ascension to the throne. So they want to find the most powerful killer. The most powerful killer is definitely not easy to manipulate. Finally, Huang Liqiang came up with a way to threaten with hostages.

Qian Shixin told Mrs. Jingyuan the news.

After Jingyuan listened quietly, she asked, “How did you know?”

Qian Shixin said: “Emperor Dezhao is dead. King Hui took the imperial power and entered the palace. He found clues from the eunuchs and attendants in the palace. He didn’t mention it to me on purpose, but just asked about Huo Mingshan. He was afraid that Huo Mingshan There are still remnants outside the palace, please help me to keep an eye on Pingnan County.”

“Huo Mingshan is also related to this matter?”

“Then I don’t know.” Qian Shixin didn’t dare to make up too much. He felt that King Hui was actually making it up. He couldn’t find it before, but now he found it all at once, and the murderers were all dead. If you say too many mistakes and finish all the answers, he will be useless.

Jing Yuan thought for a moment, then murmured: “No wonder Huo Mingshan found my daughter…”

Yeah? What happened, he didn’t know. Qian Shixin pretended to look at Jing Yuan calmly.

Jing Yuan said: “Since that’s the case, I know it well.” After she finished speaking, she turned around and left.

Qian Shixin was in a daze for a while, almost unable to believe his good luck.

Now that the moonlight is clear and the wine is mellow and the flowers are fragrant, Qian Shixin is also in a trance for a while, feeling that he is really lucky. He went back to the room, took a comfortable bath, lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly. He was in a very good mood, and he was looking forward to seeing his son and Yao Kun’s body tomorrow.

Qian Shixin never expected that when he woke up, the world would change color.

The son came, but Yao Kun was gone. Even the men who assassinated him were gone. Yan Yao didn’t know what happened. He said that he waited all night for the subordinate to return to his command, and he didn’t know what happened until the early morning.

When I went to the prison to inquire, the guards of the prison looked dazed, and when De Yanyao entered the prison to see, Yao Kun had disappeared, and then he became frightened. He admitted that he fell asleep for a while at night, but he didn’t hear anything unusual, and he didn’t see anyone.

Qian Shixin was so angry that he slapped the table. In order to assassinate Yao Kun, he specially arranged a remote single room when he was in prison, with limited viewing angles and separated from other cells. This is great, no one witnessed what happened, can this person disappear out of thin air? !

He was angrily scolding the yamen guards who were on duty that night, but some of his subordinates panicked and reported: “My lord, your lord, General Jiang is here. He led a large group of guards and said he wanted to arrest your lord.”

Qian Shixin was dumbfounded: “What?”

“General Jiang said that someone went to the military office to beat drums and complain, suing the adults for forging evidence and framing good people.”

Qian Shixin was even more dumbfounded: “Who?”

“Liang Qinghe.”