Chapter 75: (one)

Wei Lan was surprised for a moment, then reacted and walked in the direction of the person on the boat.
Xie Zichen helped her aboard the boat, and said with Ranmo and others: "You keep it."
The woman on the boat untied the ropes and rowed the oars into the water. The boat shook and went down slowly with the flowing water. Xie Zichen sat on the bow of the boat. There was a chess table, a small stove, and a small stove on the bow. Warm the wine, the aroma of the wine diffuses with the wind, and people will know at a glance that this is a rare wine.
"Sit." Xie Zichen raised his finger to the opposite side of the chess table. Wei Lan took a seat calmly, with the fan open in her hand, and looked at the unruly people on the opposite side. He smiled and said, "Zichen seems to be very different today."
"When you visit the mountains and the water, naturally you have to look like you are visiting the mountains and the water." Xie Zichen took out a chess piece from the chess box and looked up at her: "A game?"
Wei Lan naturally agreed, and she also took the chess pieces at will.
The gurgling sound of running water, the screaming of cicadas and frogs, and the scent of wine and perfume make people feel very peaceful. Xie Zichen sat cross-legged, buckled the chess pieces on the chessboard, and slowly said: "I used to get along with Alan. In the school, even in the middle of the dynasty, occasionally play, but also a large number of princes invited, so that they have not come out to play with Alan alone."
"I'm afraid Zichen hasn't played well in these years, right?"
Wei Lan couldn't help laughing. Xie Zichen was stunned while holding the chess piece. Then he remembered that since he was reborn at the age of twelve, his life seemed to be a tight bow without a moment of relaxation.
He was also a person who loved to travel around the mountains and rivers. Back then, he was alone. Although the outside world said that he was cold and cold, he had to admit that he was a person who enjoyed it extremely.
He has cultivated the best singers in Shengjing, has the best wine in Shengjing, and knows the best scenery in Shengjing, even if he has always been alone.
At that time, he had no friends or brothers who were born to death, and he was unwilling to expose such a casual side to irrelevant people. He was always alone, bringing the singers raised in the family to those little-known beauty. Then watch the singers sing and dance, or warm up a pot of wine and spend the long night alone.
Wei Lan was the first person he brought out to play.
Thinking of this, Xie Zichen couldn't help but smile. This smile is not as restrained as in the past, like a seventeen-year-old boy, free and easy: "Indeed, but I also love to play."
"Zichen," Wei Lan couldn't help feeling pity when he heard this, but she laughed and said, "I always knew that in your bones, there is so much arrogance that cannot be suppressed. If you were not Concubine, I'm afraid that Wang Xi won't be in charge of the name of Shengjing Merry Son."
"We have you, Wei Lan," Xie Zichen joked, "It's not Wang Xi either."
"Don't dare," Wei Lan rang the alarm bell in her heart, and said hurriedly: "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.
The riverside is a peach blossom forest. The peach blossoms take root on the riverside. At the turning point, the surface of the river becomes narrow and the peach trees approach. There are vines growing on the peach trees, gripping and bending against the vines on the opposite peach trees. 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 rolled and fell. This strange scene made Wei Lan couldn't help but look up, feeling beyond beauty.
Xie Zichen looked at the person on the opposite side quietly. He had been to this place many times. He used to think that the scenery was very good, but when this person joined the scene, he felt that everything was very different.
As if the moonlight had temperature, as if the peach blossom had a soul. He looked at her with a smile and looked at all of this, unconsciously leaned over, lowered his head and kissed her cold lips.
Wei Lan opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and the tip of his tongue poked in.
It was an extremely gentle and lingering kiss. The boat went down smoothly, the light was flickering and dimming, and the peach blossom fell between their hair, and Wei Lan couldn't help closing her eyes.
When the light came on again, Xie Zichen straightened up and brushed the petals on her head. Wei Lan opened his eyes and saw some flushing on his pale face.
He brushed her cheek with his fingers, and said hoarsely: "You will be with you in this life, and there will be no regrets in life and death."
Wei Lan didn't say anything. Although she usually talks about love, she is always more silent when she is serious. She looked over and found that after the peach blossom forest, the river was the village. The houses here were built along the river, and they were lined up all the way, but they were far away. The villages were lit up at night, not far away. Near, just right. The two of them seemed like immortals, away from the hustle and bustle of the red world, quietly looking at the lights.
Xie Zichen followed her gaze, with some emotion in his expression: "The downstream branch of this river is the moat."
The words "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 son, what is that?"
Wei Lan immediately got up and went to the stern with Xie Zichen, and then saw a linen bag floating down the river surface under the moonlight.
The moonlight was just right, and the eyes of Wei Lan and Xie Zichen were extraordinary, and they could clearly see that the linen pocket was stained with blood, and blood was seeping out of the pocket and staining the surface of the river.
All the beautiful scenes seemed extra strange at this moment. Wei Lan was about to go into the water to salvage, but was directly stopped by Xie Zichen and said indifferently: "It's dead."
Wei Lan was stunned, she didn't quite understand why Xie Zichen was so sure that the people inside were dead.
At this time, the pocket floated to the side of the boat, and Xie Zichen called out, "Green sleeves."
The woman on the boat got the order and immediately lifted the bag with the oars, and picked up the bag up to the cabin. Wei Lan quickly stepped forward and opened the bulging bag. As soon as the rope was loosened, the meat fell loose and rolled. Fell out. Rao was accustomed to seeing Wei Lan on the battlefield, but he couldn't help feeling a little nauseous for a moment, and froze his movements.
Seeing that her complexion was not so good, Xie Zichen went forward, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't look at it, go back and call Gu Zuo to look again."
"Go upstream!"
It doesn't make much sense to look at the corpse at this moment. This corpse came from upstream, and perhaps the person throwing the corpse hasn't gone far yet.
The woman who called the green sleeve immediately turned her head and went back along the original road. Wei Lan stared at the shore. Not long after the boat went on, Wei Lan saw a bend of grass on the shore.
"Stop there."
Wei Lan pointed to the bush, Lu Xiu Yiyan leaned over. After Wei Lan and Xie Zichen went down, they walked a few steps forward and saw blood stains on the bush. It was obvious that the corpse was indeed thrown down from this position.
Wei Lan lifted his clothes, squatted down and looked at the footprints on the ground. After measuring for a while, he said: "He is a man about seven feet and six inches tall. He should have studied martial arts. He is quite strong and can carry people with one hand. Go. He should be very thin." Wei Lan thought, stood up and walked along the footprints.
The footprints walked very directly, without stepping on any paths, almost just saw some weeds and thorns and cut them forward. Wei Lan looked at the cut grass and frowned, "I'm a person who is good at using swords."
"And I'm not familiar with this place." Xie Zichen added, pointing to a path next to him: "You could walk in by following there."
Wei Lan looked in the direction he pointed, nodded, and walked out.
The footsteps went all the way to a place where there were a lot of people outside, because the people came and went, mixed together. Wei Lan looked at the broken footsteps in front of him 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?"
"Can people with poor families afford to think about returning?"
Xie Zichen reminded: "It's not easy to cultivate in the south."
Wei Lan responded. She has asked the boss who grows flowers. When the list of people who want to return home comes out, and lives in this neighborhood, the scope of the murderer is narrowed for the tall and thin man who has studied martial arts. a lot of.
But when it went so smoothly, Wei Lan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, feeling that everything seemed to be being guided by someone. Come out to swim in a lake, can you meet a murderer throwing a corpse?
Wei Lan frowned and turned back to the boat with Xie Zichen. Xie Zichen glanced at her and saw that she hadn't spoken all the time, and then said: "Are you very close to Ji Shao recently?"
"My relationship with Brother Ji has always been good." Wei Lan smiled, not half-distracted. Xie Zichen said, "I heard that you like Yanlan very much?"
Wei Lan: "..."
Xie Zichen led her to sit on the boat and poured her a glass of wine, looking very calm. Wei Lan couldn't help being a little curious. She learned about Xie Zichen’s jealousy. Wang Xi asked her to visit Chengfeng Pavilion and he could attend them all at the court. Now he knew he was going to find Yanlan every day, but he was so calm. ?
"I just admire Yanlan," Wei Lan thought. Does Xie Zichen think that Yanlan is a luthier with a low status and just kill him without getting angry? She was afraid that Xie Zichen would do anything to hurt people's lives, and said hurriedly: "If you don't like it, I won't go."
Listening to her words, Xie Zichen gave her a mocking look, seeming to see through her mind and said: "I only care about people who should care about?"
"Then... I want to ask," Wei Lan hesitated: "What should I care about?"
"You will understand later."
The two returned to the city. Xie Zichen asked Lu Xie to carry the bag of corpses. The three of them went to Yizhuang. After an overnight post-mortem, the results of the autopsy were no different from the first corpse. He is still from Dali Temple, Dali Temple Cheng, Chu Chen.
The news of Chu Chen's death quickly spread to all parties. When Wei Lan went to 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 are too afraid to lose their sense. It hasn’t been two days since Wei Lan took up the case. Most people may not even figure out the facts of the case. The blame can only be blamed on the murderer’s brutality. He just killed a person and committed a crime against the wind, and all the people killed were from Dali Temple. .
Usually Dali Temple arrested people to investigate the case to protect the victims, but this time it was Dali Temple people collectively petitioning the Ministry of Criminal Justice to send additional personnel to protect them.
In response, Shangshu Lin Xun of the Criminal Ministry said-go!
However, the people in Dali Temple were panic. After all, the murderer was too cruel, and he was staring at the Dali Temple. The emperor approved the Nancheng Army to send a group of people out to protect the officials of the Dali Temple.
Wei Lan also saw that this matter might be related to the case that Dali Temple had done back then, and went to find people from Dali Temple to inquire one by one, but no one could tell why.
The owner of the florist also went out to pick up the goods and did not come back. The last list was not available. Wei Lan rushed outside to investigate the case every day, and came back late every night. However, a week later, no trace of the murderer was found, and a third person was killed.
The third person who died was a little surprised. When everyone thought this was a case of a murderer who came from Dali Temple, the third person was the minister of household, Zhang Yunnan.
Zhang Yunnan is the younger brother of Zhang Cheng, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. The Zhang family is powerful. His death is different from that of a small character like Jiang Xiaochuchen. The Zhang family suddenly attacked the court and pointed out that Wei Lan was unfavorable. Before Wei Lan took someone to beat Zhang Cheng’s son, 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 looked at her calmly and calmly. Kicked over!
Wei Lan stayed silent, watching this old Shangshu rushing forward. At this moment, no one thought about that Yushi Zhongcheng Xie Zichen, who seemed to have been out of the way, suddenly rushed out of the crowd, with the pad in his hand facing Zhang Chengyihu The board was pulled over!
He was a civilian and he had never done anything before. Everyone knew that Xie Yushi had a mouth that was invincible in the world. As a result, Xie Zichen used a wand and a board to cut the war department that seemed to be two people wide. Shang Shu went straight away!
Zhang Cheng felt a sharp pain on his face, and then he was hit by the huge force and hit the pillar of the hall. He was so dizzy that he heard Xie Zichen say coldly: "The hall is open to Master Wei. Assault, where are you your Majesty?! Where is the king?! Where is the Yushitai?! When I Xie Zichen died?!"
After asking four times, everyone looked at the black figure standing in front of Wei Lan in shock. They didn't even hear the wrong sentence of "Where is Xie Zichen" in his words. Only Xie Zichen, a conscientious official, engraved the laws and regulations into his bones, and offended the rules in front of him, just like beating his wife in front of him!
However, others did not understand, but Wang Xi understood. The first three "where" are not important, the most important is the last sentence...
Did you dare to fight Wei Lan in front of him when Xie Zichen died?
Wang Xi sighed and suddenly felt that he was the smartest person in the court.
Wei Lan was not as clear as Wang Xi bystanders, and she was shocked. In fact, she was ready to kick Zhang Cheng to death, but she didn't expect Xie Zichen to start faster and more ruthlessly. She drew her face with a slap, and it would take a long time.
But she quickly reacted. After Xie Zichen finished saying this sentence with a righteous face, she quickly made a distressed expression and looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Zhang Shangshu, you are a veteran, why...oh!"
Wei Lan shook his head, and everyone around him recovered. The emperor realized what Zhang Cheng had done and said furiously: "Zhang Cheng, you are so bold!"
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Cheng quickly turned over and knelt, opened his mouth, and a tooth fell out of blood mixed with blood. He was confused and said: "It's the minister who has lost his temper, and the younger brother of Kechen is gone, so is the minister..."
With that, Zhang Cheng cried.
A fat face was always crying, and the people around couldn't help but soften their hearts.
Zhang Cheng was born and died with the emperor from the crown prince, and he also made great contributions. Now the emperor doesn’t like Wei Lan. If he beats him, an apology will be no big deal. If Wei Lan dares to beat him, the emperor will do too. The reason for punishing Wei Lan. Zhang Cheng is also a good individual, and it is with this kind of calculation that he moved his hands on Wei Lan. Who knew Xie Zichen rushed out?
Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth bitterly, and suddenly hated the Xie Zichen to his bones.
Xie Zichen looked at him coldly, with disdain in his eyes.
"Okay," the emperor opened his mouth and looked at Wei Lan and said: "Wei Shilang, this matter is yours. You have checked it for many days. No one has been caught, and three Korean officials have died. I'll give you another seven days to catch the murderer in time, otherwise I will ask you!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Lan had a chill in her eyes. She knelt on one knee and took the imperial order.
After coming out of the main hall, Wei Lan went directly outside 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 his sleeves. He sneered and walked out.
Zhang Chengnu started from it.
But a concubine, but a Yushi Zhongcheng, how can he dare to challenge his War Department Shangshu? !
This imperial court does not turn, 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 assisted by someone on the carriage, and as soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw Wei Lan standing at the door waiting for him.
Zhang Cheng was helped to walk down, covering his face, and snorted coldly: "Why, Master Wei came to apologize?"
"Master Zhang laughed," Wei Lan hooked her mouth, pressing her left hand under her sleeve and placing her right hand in front of her, looking at Zhang Cheng and said, "I'm here, Master Zhang doesn't know why?"
"What does Master Wei mean?" Zhang Cheng frowned.
"Above the court today, Master Zhang's expression seems to be more than just grief, right?" Wei Lan stepped forward: "Master Zhang, what are you afraid of?"
"You talk nonsense!" Zhang Cheng shouted angrily. Wei Lan looked at him and said casually: "I am not talking nonsense, Lord Zhang knows it well. Wei Lan can't solve the case, it's a big deal. But for Master Zhang. Say, this is a matter of life and death. Master Zhang, would you still not tell me?"
"Say what?" Zhang Cheng's voice was a little nervous, and he squeezed his palms secretly. Wei Lan watched his expression and continued: "You and Zhang Shilang, Lord Jiang, Lord Chu, are you going to talk about the old things? "
"Old things?" Zhang Cheng snorted coldly, "What can I do with them? Master Wei, you can investigate the case if you can. Don't pretend to be a fool, let me go!"
With that said, Zhang Cheng pushed Wei Lan away and walked inside aggressively. Wei Lan watched Zhang Cheng into the house, spinning the fan in her hand, thinking about going out.
"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 to test him. Besides him, I originally planned to try all the officials involved in this case. . But it’s not used now."
With that, Wei Lan got into the carriage: "Go to Dali Temple."
"What are you going to do at Dali Temple?" Ran Mo followed, with some doubts, Wei Lan's eyes sank: "Flicking through the dossier, Cha Jiangxiao, Chu Chen, Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Yunnan are all cases that have appeared at the same time."
"Do you think it was the victims of their case who came to avenge?"
"Obviously," Wei Lan nodded and said: "With such a cruel method, even writing'Reincarnation of heaven, retribution unhappy' on the face of the deceased, there must be great resentment in the murderer's heart. All the dignitaries in the DPRK are dead. The three departments of 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 border case is involved, these three places will be quickly connected together. The Ministry of War manages the army's logistics, and the Ministry of Households is responsible for issuing military payments. They are all witnesses and clues. And the murderer gave another thought..."
After that, Wei Lan was a little tired: "This is probably an unjust, false and wrongful case related to the Northland. The murderer is now coming back, not only to kill them, but also to clear the wrongs of the year."
"That's why the murderer gave me a dream?"
Wei Lan nodded and knocked her hand with the fan.
When he came to Dali Temple, Wei Lan quickly called up all the files in Dali Temple in the past two decades, and began to look through them with dyeing ink. She inspected the Dali Temple all night and finally found a case fifteen years ago.
Fifteen years ago, Di Jie violated the border. At that time, the Huan family was not as dominant in the north as it is now. The strength of the north is intertwined. Among them, the northern army is led by Yongchang Hou Yanxu. Yan Xu’s father was born in a peasant family. Because of his outstanding military service, he was appointed as a general. Yongchang Hou was inherited from Yan Xu, but he was only the second generation. His foundation in the dynasty was unstable. That year Di Jie came aggressively, and Yan Xu led five Wan Jun guarded Baicheng. At that time, Huan Song was the commander in charge. According to the plan, Yan Xu defended the city and dragged Di Jie's fifty thousand troops. Huan Song fought with Di Jie's main force in Qingcheng, and then turned around to outflank Baicheng Di Jie's fifty thousand troops.
Who ever thought that on the third day of defending the city, Hou Yongchang abandoned the city and fled when the enemy launched his second attack.
Fleeing during the war, according to the law, is a serious crime to beheaded. What's more, because of his escape, not only Baicheng was seized, but Dijie’s fifty thousand troops immediately turned back to Qingcheng and outflanked the main force of Huan Song, although Huan Song Luckily, he ran out, but it also led to a complete defeat on the front battlefield of Da Chu's battle.
Huan Song alone led his army to hold on to the situation, that is, the battle that allowed the Huan family to sit on a large scale, and its prestige was in full swing.
The saint was furious, and as a result, the Yongchang Hou actually dared to return to Beijing. Before returning to Beijing, he was played by Zhang Cheng, the then military assistant, and was directly imprisoned when he entered Shengjing.
Yongchang Hou confessed to his behavior at Dali Temple and begged the Holy Spirit for forgiveness. He had no family in Beijing and no pleading for him. Under the anger of the Holy Spirit, his three clans were destroyed. Even his son, who was less than six years old, could not escape the fate of beheading.
The case was presided over by Chu's minister, Jiang Xiao assisted, and Zhang Cheng participated in the start. However, Zhang Yunnan had not appeared in this case, and Wei Lan couldn't help but feel a little confused.
She called all the old people from Dali Temple over, and said directly: "Is anyone here who knew about the case of Yongchanghou?"
Everyone looked at each other, and then gave the answer in a unified manner-Chu Chen and Jiang Xiao were responsible for this case, and no one was involved.
Wei Lan couldn't help but feel a little strange: "They two have completed all the cases?"
"Not really," said a jailer: "The people who helped with the case at that time were all transferred to other places, died of illness, or returned home. Now in Dali Temple, only the two of them know about this case."
They have all gone, making this case even more problematic. Wei Lan looked at the sky, and it was almost early morning.
She also had a headache. After letting the people of Dali Temple dispersed, she got up and got into the carriage, letting dye ink go up directly.
She rested in the carriage for a while, and fell asleep. When she woke up, she found that she was already in front of the palace gate. Xie Zichen was sitting next to her, and she fell asleep leaning on him.
"Zichen?" Wei Lan was a little confused, and Xie Zichen sighed, "Why do you work so hard?"
"There are only a few days left," Wei Lan smiled: "You can't do it hard."
Xie Zichen pursed his lips: "Did you find anything?"
"Finally found some clues, they may have something to do with Yongchanghou, but now the people who know the inside story are gone and are suffering from a headache. I am afraid that I will be looking for people everywhere recently." Wei Lan shook her head and stood up: "Go to the court."
Xie Zichen followed her. She didn't sleep all night, and her footsteps were a little vain. After walking a few steps, she almost fell. Xie Zichen helped her, as if she 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 be in the north, and I probably knew Yongchanghou."
With that, Wei Lan smiled and said, "Thank you Zichen."
"No." Xie Zichen was a little stiff, and then said: "Go."
Wei Lan smiled without saying a word, but when Xie Zichen turned around, her eyes flickered slightly.
There was nothing serious in the early morning. Wei Lan stood on the chaotic hall, squinted and slept for a while. When she woke up, she was already down. Xie Zichen slapped her with a wat board. Wei Lan was instantly awake and followed Xie Zichen.
After returning to the Changxin Hou Mansion, Wei Lan hurriedly went to Wei Shao. Wei Shao was teasing the birds in the yard. Seeing that he was in good interest, Wei Lan stepped forward and said, "Father, come and do me a favor."
When Wei Shao rarely helped Wei Lan, he was very excited and hurriedly said, "What does A Lan want me to help?"
"Father," Wei Lan took Wei Shao down and finally said, "Do you know Yongchanghou?"
Hearing this name, Wei Shao's expression changed slightly, and he put down the bird and said, "What do you ask this for?"
"Now I have a case related to this matter. If my father knows anything, I hope to tell me."
Wei Shao didn't speak, he thought for a while, and sighed: "Actually, I would never talk about this before. But now you have something to do, I tell you, you can think about it, do you want to talk about it? ."
"Hou Yongchang... had a 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 the eldest son. Fifteen years ago, when I was the eldest son, he was already Yongchang. Hou. He is a good general who is especially considerate of his subordinates. He often tells me that if there are fewer people killed in this battle on the battlefield, fewer people will die. In the winter of fifteen years ago, there was a century-old ice disaster in the north. , Our front-line soldiers are all waiting for grain and straw quilted jackets, but you also know that for a thing like military pay, one hundred thousand taels will come down, the household department will walk around, the war department will walk around, and the layers will go down to our hands. Eight thousand."
"It used to be able to bear it, but it was really unbearable that year. Everyone tried their best. Like me, I also relied on my father's relationship. There were people in the Ministry of War, so I got enough food and military salaries. Yan Xu and his father went. It was early, and he was born in a peasant family. There was no family background in the court. I actually couldn't figure out how he and his soldiers lived that winter."
As he said, Wei Shao sighed, eyes full of guilt: "I am not surprised at the fact that he abandoned the city. I heard that he guarded the city for three days and moved all the people away. He just left. After he left, the general retreated to the back and immediately ran to Shengjing non-stop. At that time I knew it was not good. Just when I was injured, your grandfather sent me back to Shengjing. He arrived in Shengjing one after another. He first came to me. He probably knew that the situation was not good at the time. He secretly found someone and handed me a letter, asking me to find him. He told me in his letter, In that year, he only received less than one-tenth of the amount he deserved. At the time of the siege, the soldiers did not even have an undamaged knife. The winter was cold, and the soldiers were squeezed with the people to live, but forgive. It was so, and many died from freezing. He came to Shengjing to state his grievances and to sue the imperial court."
Wei Lan listened and looked at the stone table with her fingers, but she was already extremely angry.
She has always known that there are no fish when the water is clear, but she has two bottom lines.
You can't move military pay, and don't move money for disaster relief. These two things are life-critical. Wei Shao said so clearly, what else does she not understand?
Back then, Zhang Yunnan was in the Ministry of Households and Zhang Cheng was in the Ministry of War. Naturally, they jointly bullied Yan Xu, a soft persimmon, and swallowed his military salary. Yan Xu's army was incapable of fighting at all, and Huan Song did not have time to know, Yan Xu abandoned the city and fled, and then went straight to Shengjing to sue Zhang Cheng and Zhang Yunnan. In the end, the Zhang family brothers and the people from Dali Temple preemptively sued him, and 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 to know the fate of this friend, but he didn't even dare to avenge justice. He didn't dare to let anyone know. He knew such secrets.
Thinking of the North, the old case 15 years ago.
No one knows how many people were involved in this case. The murderer came with hatred, fearing that he would wash the upper and lower Shengjing in blood.
Wei Lan knocked on the table and slowly said, "Does the father know who was involved in this incident?"
"I know... a few... Yan Xu came to Shengjing with evidence back then." Wei Shao seemed to be a little scared: "Alan, they are more powerful now than they were in the past, you won't... want to trouble them. Right?"
Wei Lan wanted to laugh when Wei Shao looked scared, thinking that although her father grew up in this world, he was not as courageous as his own father who was in charge of the back house. Back then, her father, as the lord of the Wei family, was a man, but he was also a decisive figure.
"Don't worry about what I do, just tell me what you know."
"It was involved in this incident, and I knew three, Zhang Yunnan, Zhang Cheng, and Shen Qiuhe."
"Shen Qiuhe?" Wei Lan was stunned, Wei Shao nodded: "Yes, it is Zhang Cheng's brother-in-law, the head of the Shen family, and the current household minister, Shen Qiuhe."
Wei Lan didn't speak, she had thoughts in her heart, and directly said with Dye Mo, "Dye Mo, tell people to stare at Shen Qiuhe and stare in the dark."
With that, she got up, a little tired and said: "I'll sleep."
Yanmo felt a little sleepy, so he ordered someone and then went to sleep.
The master and servant slept dimly for an afternoon, and when Wei Lan woke up, they found that it was already dark. She opened her eyes dimly and saw Xie Zichen sitting in her room giving a zhezi.
Wei Lan stood up, hesitatingly said: "Zichen?"
"Wake up?" Xie Zichen glanced at her and said helplessly: "Go and have porridge, you are too tired now, so raise your spleen and stomach."
Wei Lan nodded, got up, and after people prepared water, sat in front of the case and drank a bowl of porridge calmly.
Although she moves gracefully and looks quite calm, in fact she moves much faster.
Xie Zichen couldn't help but said, "Go out?"
"Yeah." Wei Lan nodded, swallowed the last bite into her abdomen, and then got up to take a shower.
Xie Zichen glanced at the shadow on the screen, chanted a heart-clearing mantra, and lowered his head.
Wei Lan went out at night and rushed directly to Shen Mansion. Shen Qiuhe was an upper class graduate of Taixue and was polite. He heard that Wei Lan was here and welcomed Wei Lan into the mansion.
After Wei Lan entered the mansion, she directly stated her intention: "Master Shen, I came for the case of Yongchanghou."
Shen Qiuhe didn't seem to be surprised. He greeted Wei Lan to sit down and sighed: "After Master Chu died, he knew that sooner or later, Master Wei would come and look for him. But he hadn't thought about it, but he came like this. fast."
"Why Master Wei wants to ask? Just ask."
Wei Lan nodded, but said: "The old things back then, in fact, I already know everything about it, Master Shen might as well elaborate."
"It's all old things, so it doesn't matter anymore," Shen Qiuhe smiled, and said bitterly in his eyes: "Master Wei only needs to know and protect Zhang Shangshu, me, and Zhonglang General Chen Hesheng."
"Zhonglang General Chen Hesheng?"
Wei Lan was stunned, Shen Qiuhe nodded, and then said: "Apart from these, I won't talk about it anymore."
Wei Lan knew that these things must be the dirty things that this group of people did back then. Shen Qiuhe said it only because he guessed that she already knew part of it, and he wanted to seek protection from her. However, more, he will not disclose.
He emphasized that this is an old thing, nothing more than to make Wei Lan interesting, not to investigate too much.
Both he and Zhang's family belonged to the three princes. The three princes held the Huhu and War Department, and they were Su Cheng's supporters. Wei Lan was from Su Cheng. Shen Qiuhe believed that she would not be too embarrassed.
Naturally, Wei Lan also understood the key point, and nodded and said, "Master Shen, don't worry, I'm not an ignorant person."
Shen Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and after chatting with Wei Lan for a while, sent Wei Lan out.
Wei Lan immediately sent someone to follow the three of them, and the three of them also paid a lot of money to hire a martial arts expert.
Wei Lan went to the Shen's house every day, but the murderer didn't move. Seeing that the seven-day deadline was approaching, Wei Lan couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Xie Zichen didn't seem to worry at all, so he calmed down and said, "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. Before he married Zhang, he had a wife. He had a deep affection for that wife, and he went to worship every year of his death. Wei Lan wanted to dissuade her, but she felt that she was reluctant to let her children catch the wolf, and Shen Qiuhe repeatedly emphasized that there were very few people who knew about it, and she finally let Shen Qiuhe go.
It was a rainy day, and Wei Lan secretly followed Shen Qiuhe with someone.
Shen Qiuhe brought a large number of people to the mountain. It was rainy that day, and Shen Qiuhe stood in front of the tombstone and talked to his dead wife. Wei Lan watched from a distance, everything was normal, suddenly, Shen Qiu and the people around him began to fall one by one!
Wei Lan didn't move, she lay in wait, holding her breath.
At this time, a man in red came with an umbrella.
He is tall and thin, like a pavilion repairing bamboo, with a white jade mask on his face, stepping on the spring rain, slowly walking towards Shen Qiuhe.
Shen Qiuhe was already unable to move, he fell in front of the tombstone, watching the man walk calmly, holding his breath. He knew Wei Lan was nearby, but he couldn't help shaking slightly.
And Wei Lan looked at the familiar back.
She really couldn't forget the figure from behind. She only needs a glance to know that it is him.
Her eyes were full of blood from when Yan Jia Manmen was beheaded. It was the corpse that Yan Lan was hung on the wall after assassinating the emperor. It was when she brought him out of prison that year, he looked at what she said coldly. One sentence: "This justice, God won't give it to me, people won't give it to me, I will give it myself."
"Hou Yongchang... he came to Shengjing...