Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Feng Ziying took it for granted.

"Okay, then let's make two preparations, plan Gu Zhengyuan's defection with one hand, and capture the assassin with the other hand. As long as he succeeds in one of the two, I will tell him that the Gu family will not die. Harmful stuff."

Knowing that Feng Ziying's bodyguard complained, Jia Lian happily patted Feng Ziying: "Good brother!"

Feng Ziying grinned and said, "Which one of us is with whom? Brother's business is brother's business. Leave it to me. Brother can just rest assured."

Jia Lian's smile faltered, the elder brother's voice sounded really awkward.Jia Lian didn't want to hurt his ears, so he said: "Ziying, you still like to hear you call me elder brother or Lian's second brother. Otherwise, I will feel uncomfortable."

Feng Ziying chuckled: "Okay, Brother Lian!"

Brother Chun and Xiaoyaozi were exhausted to deal with Gu Zhengyuan in the past two days. It is only because Gu Zhengyuan's bones are so hard that the interrogation did not make any progress.The two left the Secretary of General Administration to go back to the Daorong Mansion for a business trip, and they didn't dare to mention the soy elbow to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian remembered this matter, and it was normal for Gu Zhengyuan not to take it down.

He has worked with Gu Pei on criminal charges for many years, and his methods of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are difficult for ordinary people to match.Not to mention Brother Chun and Yaozi, they are veteran torturers of the Tongzheng Secretary, and they may not be better than him.

In order not to dampen the enthusiasm of the children, Jia Lian had already ordered the kitchen to pack up a large food box and handed it to Brother Chun to take back to Changping.

Seeing this, Sister Feng laughed and scolded: "We haven't eaten too much, it's really embarrassing to your grandma." Turning around, she told Ping'er: "Give them two elbows each, and I'll see if they can eat it."

On the evening of the next day, that is, the evening of the first day Gu Pei had to be interrogated, the Secretary of General Administration rode out of a carriage.

Originally, the Department of General Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment only made a turn from the side of the imperial city to the other side of the imperial city, and the total distance was less than a thousand steps. The meaning of the Tongzheng Envoy was to let Feng Ziying directly carry people over.

Feng Ziying refused: "My lord, don't underestimate the hundreds of steps. A few days ago, when the Dengwen drum was sounded, the plaintiff who sued the Gu family was right in front of the Meridian Gate. We thought it was the imperial city, and no one would commit crimes." Make trouble. In the eyes of some people, no court sage is more important than their self-interest, and it is better for subordinates to be careful."

The Tongzheng envoy was full of contempt: that is to say, the emperor liked this kind of timid little boy.A prisoner played with him for three days without even asking nonsense. When he met Lao Tzu, 72 instruments of torture were put on him, and the skin was peeled off for him, even the iron man had to be recruited!

The Tongzheng envoy finally came to a conclusion for Feng Ziying: soft-hearted and soft-hearted, self-righteous, it is difficult to become a master!

The Tongzheng Secretary was at the end of all the yamen, and the carriage wandered out of the side door, and then headed for the Imperial Street.

Jia Lian was sitting in a special prison car. His hair was disheveled, and a lock of hair just covered most of Jia Lian's eyebrows. see clearly.

In order to prevent people from shooting random arrows, Feng Ziying made solid wood boards on the front and back of the prison car, in order to protect Jia Lian's chest and back.

As a result, the prison car looks like a big box with heads on it from a distance.

Jia Lian's hands seem to be tied outside, but in fact the torture instrument is loosely bound, and Jia Lian can escape with a little effort.

But he said that the prison car was turning slowly under the dark night, and it was about to enter the street where Liubu was located.Suddenly, there was a scream in the alley opposite.Immediately, three masked men galloped out on horseback, heading straight for the prison cart.

Feng Ziying was on the shaft of the car, and the guards of the two escorts walked on both sides of the prison car with red tasseled guns.Seeing that someone was going to rob the prison car, he surrounded the prison car according to Feng Ziying's order. Feng Ziying withdrew his soft sword from his waist and went up to meet the person coming.

Feng Ziying's principle of shooting people first is to shoot horses. While swinging the sword with his right hand, he holds up the crossbow with his left hand. He raises his hand and shoots down a man and a horse. In front of him, shouted loudly: "All listen to the order, shoot arrows together, the left team shoots people, and the right team shoots horses."

He himself carried the robber back to the side of the prison car, using the prison car as a barrier.

However, Jia Lian didn't care about the three people who had been exposed, and his energy was always focused on the archer lurking on the roof to the left.Immediately, Jia Lian covered his spiritual consciousness, and immediately, Jia Lian felt that his expectations for the character of the Gu family were too high.The bow and arrow were even smeared with horse manure.

This kind of filth is comparable to a highly poisonous one. Even if the person hit by the flying arrow avoids fatal injuries, they will still die due to blood contamination and necrosis.

Jia Lian was going to be slightly injured, but now he can't be careless.Jia Lian shouted to warn: "Quickly shoot at the roof opposite, there are archers on it."

While talking, Jia Lian pulled out two shotguns from his waist, and with the help of two guards, he fired two shots in a row, one shot hit the opponent's arm, and another shot hit his thigh when he was running away.

The assassin was shot and fell from the roof.

The dwellings were not tall, and the assassin was not completely dead after falling.

At this moment, the three robbers on the ground have all been dealt with, but unfortunately, the last one killed himself when he saw that he couldn't do anything.

Wearing a prison uniform, Jia Lian walked up to the man who had fallen from the roof, and poured him a mouthful of spiritual water to save his life.

The man regained his breath, and he spat out a mouthful of blood: "You are not Gu Zhengyuan!"

With a wave of Jia Lian's hand, the real Gu Zhengyuan was escorted over.

Feng Ziying pointed at the assassins and said, "You would rather die for them, but they don't trust you and want to kill you to silence you."

Gu Zhengyuan stared at the assassins on the ground. They were old acquaintances, and they were the guards beside Gu Pei.Gu Zhengyuan's cheeks twitched violently, and his eyes were bloodshot.He didn't expect that, in order to take care of Gu Pei, he stayed up for five days and five nights without sleep, and he also had a life-and-death attachment for Gu Pei, but Gu Pei wanted to kill him.

Gu Zhengyuan was very angry, but more disappointed.He couldn't believe it.He was ruthless to everyone, but he never failed Gu Pei.His loyal support for Gu Pei even surpassed that of his wife and children.

In the end, Gu Zhengyuan chose to speak, but he had conditions.

He knew he was going to die, his parents were both dead, and his only hope was not to implicate his wife and children because of his sins.

He asked Jia Lian to take his wife and children out and send them to live in a place that no one knew.

Jia Lian said: "As long as you tell the fact that Gu Pei ordered you to kill and set fire, I can satisfy you."

Gu Zhengyuan said: "I want you to go to Jiangnan now. After seeing my wife's reply, I will naturally cooperate with you."

Jia Lian frowned: "The interrogation will start tomorrow, and we are too late."

Gu Zhengyuan smiled and said: "You don't know Gu Pei, I'm not dead, he won't go to court."

Jia Lian and Feng Ziying escorted Gu Zhengyuan back to the Secretary of General Administration for custody.The other two criminals were interrogated overnight, and they were indeed not as loyal as Gu Zhengyuan. After only using three sets of torture instruments from the Tongzheng Secretary, they couldn't stand it anymore.He explained that they were bought by the Gu family.

It turned out that the three robbers were not servants of the Gu family, but hired from the world.Only the person who killed the person on the roof is the guard of the Gu family.

Jia Lian didn't expect that he accidentally caught another loophole in the Gu family.

The assassin who fell off the roof was the son of the Gu family. His father was Master Gu's grandmother and long-term follower. He was valued by the master, and the whole family was given the surname Gu.

This is a great honor.

His eldest brother can read, and he became a scholar since he was a child.He doesn't know how to read, and likes to wield swords, so he stays beside Gu Pei as a guard.

He was familiar with Gu Zhengyuan, that's why he was appointed to silence him.

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows: "Your surname is Gu?"

The assassin cried out in pain: "Senpai, please give me another elixir. The pain is unbearable. As long as you save me, I will tell you anything."

Jia Lian was surprised: "You don't care about your family anymore?"

Jia Lian thought that he would ask Jia Lian to save his family just like Gu Zhengyuan did.

The assassin shook his head: "They are all shameless, only I am a rough person, so they don't need me to take care of them, I just need to take care of myself. I have been like this since I was a child, and I am used to it."

Jia Lian immediately understood that this is a poor wretch who is not favored by his family.

Jia Lian took out half a bottle of spirit wine: "This is Hundred Flowers Spirit Wine, not a panacea. It can save your life, but your leg injury needs to be healed slowly by yourself. However, even if you get well, I'm afraid you will have to sit still." Prison, you can think clearly, do you want to cooperate with me?"

"I want it!"

Jia Lian stretched out his hand and drew it back: "What's your name?"

"Gu San!"

Jia Lian was stunned: "Small name? What's your first name?"

"It's called Gu San."

Jia Lian smiled: "You are three? You have two older brothers? Are they called Gu Da and Gu Er?"

Gu San smiled wryly and shook his head: "I have a big sister who became the girl in front of the old lady, and later married the son of the housekeeper, and now she is the lady in charge. The old lady gave her the name Gu Jinlan. My brother, he has already taken off his clothes. Ji is a scholar. My father prepared a special gift for his name, and asked the master of Gu's private school to name him, and his name is Gu Zhiyuan."

Jia Lian was secretly happy when he heard the words, fortunately this guy was not favored, otherwise, he didn't know how to instigate him.

Jia Lian waved his hand: "You just need to write down on this file who ordered you to rob the prison van to silence them, and I will guarantee your long life."

Gu San was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Can my leg be cured?"

Jia Lian stared at him, this guy is under 30 years old, he doesn't take medicine, his wound healing ability is definitely not weak, so he nodded: "Yes!"

Gu San hurriedly said: "I said, we went to Beijing with Gu Erye, but when we heard that Gu Zhengyuan was missing, Gu Erye informed our uncle through the elder of the second room of the Taiyuan Hospital, and asked him to send someone to look for Gu Zhengyuan. If he He was caught by the enemies, and if he could be rescued, he would be rescued; if he couldn’t be rescued, he would be silenced on the spot. It was only later that I found out that he was in the Department of General Affairs.”

Gu Zhengyuan participated in many important affairs of the Gu family, and the Gu family had to kill him anyway to be at ease.

Jia Lian read Gu San's confession to Gu Zhengyuan again, and when it was over, Jia Lian asked, "Is this Gu San from your family?"

Gu Zhengyuan nodded: "He is the son of the old man of the Gu family who is in charge of the yard. He is mediocre and not smart, and he is indeed not welcome at home. However, he is good at wielding swords, which is why he has won the second master's favor."

Jia Lian nodded: "Okay, I wish us a happy cooperation. Those who go to Jiangnan will start tomorrow, but you have to draw a road map of your home address, so as not to waste my hands. Also, you have to give a proof, Otherwise, I'm afraid your family members won't go with them."

Gu Zhengyuan thought for a while, and took out a wooden Guanyin from his arms and handed it to Jia Lian: "When I married my wife, I was very poor, so I carved the Arhat and Guanyin with pepper wood. The Arhat is in the hands of my wife. Guanyin, as long as you give Guanyin to her, he will definitely trust you."

Jia Lian nodded: "Okay, I will definitely take their mother and son out."

Gu Zhengyuan said: "It's three people, my wife gave birth to twins."

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "It is said that heaven has eyes, but I don't think so. A murderer like you should be extinct. It's just that you gave birth to twins. How can the seventy ghosts in Honghu Fishing Village be at peace? Woolen cloth?"

Gu Zhengyuan's face was full of anger when he heard the words: "Whether you pick it up or not, if you don't pick it up, it's so much nonsense."

Jia Lian sneered: "Of course I will. For the sake of the peace of the seventy souls, I will return to my conscience."

Gu Zhengyuan secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but all wicked people may not be afraid of death, but they are very afraid of extinction.

Therefore, Jia Lian's words hurt his lungs.

After Jia Lian returned home, he immediately wrote a letter to Liu Xianglian who was traveling in the south of the Yangtze River, entrusting him to help transfer Gu Zhengyuan's family members to a safe place without knowing it, and then bring back his wife's reply.

Jia Lian handed the letterhead to Yaozi and told him to go to Liuli Street and hand it over to Pan Youan, who then sent the letterhead to Liu Xianglian through the caravan passage.

As for how long it will take to reply, Jia Lian can't guarantee it.

He has done everything he can do now, and he can only wait for success.

Fortunately, Gu San is still alive.

The next day, news came from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that Gu Pei had committed suicide in prison.Although the man was rescued, he could not go to court for trial.

When Gu Pei voted, the imperial concubine Shu in the palace immediately exploded, and together with the Seventh Prince, they took off their hairpins in front of the Qianqing Palace and waited for their crimes.It is said that Gu Pei has a resolute character and will never commit suicide. This is because someone intends to harm Gu Pei. I hope that the emperor will severely punish the murderer and give the Gu family justice. "

Gu Pei lives in a single room in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and there are Gu family members around him, so how could outsiders lurk in and commit murder?

Emperor Qianyuan knew that Concubine Shu was messing around, but he couldn't bear to criticize Concubine Shu because of the love he had spent in the past.However, he became angry and did not meet Concubine Shu's mother and son in person, but sent someone to persuade Concubine Shu to go back and wait for news. He would definitely order the third division to find out the truth and give Pei a justice.

The purpose of Concubine Shu's mother and son is to make Emperor Qianyuan make big things small and small things into nothing.However, now that there are more than 70 innocent souls in Honghu Fishing Village in front of everyone, no matter how much Emperor Qianyuan likes Concubine Shu, he would not dare to risk the displeasure of the world by covering up a suspect who has suffered a lot of lives.

Unless it was found out that Gu Pei was wronged, Emperor Qianyuan would not dare to indulge him lightly.

Concubine Shu didn't get the expected result, so she was willing to give up and still begged in front of the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Qianyuan was very annoyed when he heard the words, and sent the chief eunuch Defu to the Ministry of Households to send a message to Gu Fei: Concubine Shu interfered in the government affairs, and the Holy Majesty could not bear to punish and increase the crime. The palace rules are strict and unforgiving. Whether or not the Seventh Prince has a good future, Master Shang Shu advises the empress!

Gu Fei was so angry when he heard the words, his younger sister was especially good at other things, but she just protected her shortcomings. Since she was a child, she was not allowed to say even a little bit of bad things about Gu Pei, otherwise, there would be an uproar.In Concubine Shu's eyes, his elder brother is actually not that important. If it wasn't for the needs of the family, Concubine Shu only has one direct elder brother, and the family's resources would not be inclined to him. Gu Shangshu might not be able to achieve this position.

However, when the emperor spoke, Gu Shangshu had no choice but to go home and asked his wife to hand over a sign to announce the announcement today.

When Mrs. Gu Shangshu entered the palace, she knelt down for Concubine Shu, mother and son.

Mrs. Gu Shangshu quietly went to the street to concubine Shu.

Gu Shangshu said to the Seventh Prince: "Your Highness Seventh Prince, please listen to me, you are the prince of the Great Moon Dynasty, and you must put the world first. You kneel down for Gu Pei, which is detrimental to your status. Your Highness, please think twice." .”

Gu Fei's voice was not low. The Seventh Prince was thoughtful when he heard the words, and Concubine Shu's heart trembled when she heard the words. Their mother and son stretched out their hands up and down in the palace, colluding internally and externally. Seven princes rule the world?

Now it is worth it to fight against the emperor for Gu Fei?

Concubine Shu, who is a girl, can do everything for Gu Fei, but now that Concubine Shu has the Seventh Prince, and two His Royal Highnesses who stand on her shoulders are waiting for her, will she really be desperate for her elder brother?

Seeing that Concubine Shu was moving, Gu Fei hurriedly kowtowed: "I respectfully send your mother back to the palace."

Concubine Shu had a choice in her heart, and burst into tears immediately, because she left, it was tantamount to abandoning his biological elder brother, for a moment, her heart was like a thousand arrows, as if her heart had been taken away.

However, Concubine Shu is a smart woman and a ruthless person. Although she was distraught, she obeyed the advice and went back to the palace.Before leaving, she bowed deeply to the east wall of the Ministry of Justice: "I'm sorry brother, my sister has a husband and son now, I have done everything I can for you, and left the rest to fate."

Sure enough, Concubine Shu's strategy of mourning soldiers worked very well. In the evening of that day, Emperor Qianyuan drove to Concubine Shu's Yikun Palace, and accompanied Concubine Shu for dinner and drank fragrant tea.

Everyone in the palace guessed that Emperor Qianyuan must rest in Yikun Palace today, but unexpectedly, Emperor Qianyuan returned to Qianqing Palace again.

Emperor Qianyuan's excuse was that the thieves and bandits in the northern seas and seas had been anomalous recently, and he wanted to discuss with the ministers how to deal with it.In fact, there have been turmoil in Haijiang and northern Xinjiang for many years.It's just that Emperor Qianyuan's lower body is weak, he can't stand up, and he doesn't want his concubines to laugh at him.

Turning around, he said Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. Although Gu Fei did not die, it was due to his negligence. That night, Emperor Qianyuan left from Concubine Shu's palace and sent a eunuch to the Ministry of Punishment to deliver an oral order: If something happens to Gu Fei again, your Shangshu will also die. Don't do it.

Huang Shangshu's injustice is really deeper than the sea.He still has a stomach full of grievances and nowhere to tell.

The next day, when Huang Shangshu went to court, his head drooped a little.Feng Ziying is now different from Jia Lian. Although Jia Lian is a third-rank official, he belongs to the inner palace and does not need to go to court.Feng Ziying is the fourth-rank right Tongzheng Secretary You Tongzheng.

Therefore, now that the emperor called Da Qi, he also came to the court to listen to the government.

Feng Ziying looked at Huang Shangshu with his head on his head, and was scolded by the emperor unknown at the court. Some people are vegetarians, incompetent, dignified high-ranking officials, and they can't even look down on individual criminals. It's been almost a month, and there is no progress. Can you do a good job? If you can't do it, you can resign and replace it with a competent person.

Huang Shangshu felt that his face was being slapped, and he wanted to hide his head in his chest.

When he was in court, even the capital censor of the Sansi yamen and the minister of Dali Temple stayed far away from him, for fear of getting bad luck.Everyone knew that it was Concubine Shu who blew the pillow wind, and the emperor came to complain for his brother-in-law.

Feng Ziying, on the other hand, bowed her hands towards Huang Shangshu with a big grin: "Master Huang, why are you uncomfortable, why are you drooping your head?"

Huang Shangshu glanced at him and turned his face away. If you and Jia Lian hadn't caused trouble for me, why would I have been insulted by the emperor like this?

Feng Ziying approached Huang Shangshu: "I have a way to make you feel at ease, do you want to hear it or not?"

Huang Shangshu's eyes lit up immediately when he heard the words. Now he is the meat on the chopping board, and the Gu family can chop it as they like. If Concubine Shu's mother and son gain power in the future, they will not dare to think about the end.

He immediately cupped his hands: "I would like to hear the details!"

Feng Ziying smiled: "I will be the host of Wufenglou in the afternoon. If you are interested, please come."

Huang Shangshu stared at Feng Ziying's back until he turned around the wall before going back to the Ministry of Punishment.Let's try a few minor cases first.

Then Huang Shangshu summoned the third class of the criminal department to give a lecture, and he was furious: "I support you with thousands of taels of silver a year. Could it be that you are eating dry food? You put a prisoner in custody, and let him surrender. I told you a long time ago." , be careful in serving. How did you serve? How did you serve him? He wanted to die? Say, are you blackmailing him? Or threatening him?"

The three classes of yamen servants all complained: "My lord, you are clearly aware that Gu Pei is the brother of the Gu family, the brother of Concubine Shu, and the uncle of the seventh prince. It is too late for us to curry favor, so how dare we threaten him? The only difference is that he is not regarded as a The ancestor made an offering. He asked his family to come in to serve him. We agreed, and the concubines were all let in. Who knows what kind of madness he is. Woolen cloth?"