The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 1815 Dare not speak nonsense

The next morning, Feng Jiuxiao decided to meet with Yazhou prefect Cao Guangshi first.

I didn't want to disturb Cao Guangshi, but since everyone was going to watch the dragon boat race, as the head of Yazhou, I must also attend this event, and the possibility of me being recognized is very high!

After all, Big Wolf's flowing blond hair is too dazzling! Even if he wants to be low-key, he can't be low-key!

Add to that Pang Shiwu, Zeng Yong, Zishan, La Jiao, Erni, and Chang Zijin, when this group of people walk together, they will surely be the center of attention wherever they go.

Rather than being criticized by Cao Guangshi afterwards, it is better to inform him in advance!

There is another reason. This Du family massacre is full of weirdness. It will take a lot of time to investigate it thoroughly, which will affect the schedule, so it would be best if Cao Guangshi could solve the case.

Feng Jiuxiao asked everyone to wait for news at the Du Mansion, while he, Miss Du, and Pang Shiwu went to the prefectural government first.

Miss Du had a white veil on her face to prevent others from recognizing her. She followed Feng Jiuxiao and the others. Soon the three of them arrived outside the government office gate.

The vermilion gate is covered with copper nails, and the door knockers are in the shape of two animal heads, which looks extremely majestic!

There is a stone lion on each side of the gate, with bared fangs and claws, looking lifelike!

Two yamen runners were whispering outside the door.

On the east side of the gate is a Dengwen drum, which is as big as a millstone.

When the three of them walked to the door, the two yamen runners immediately stopped talking and looked over at the same time. One of them shouted, "What are you guys doing?"

Feng Jiuxiao said calmly: "Brother, please inform Lord Cao and tell him that an old friend named Feng is here to see him. He will naturally know who I am."

The two yamen runners had one square face and the other round face, and judging from their accents, they were both locals.

The square-faced yamen runner looked Feng Jiuxiao up and down, his expression rather displeased, "Who are you? You may not be that old, but you have such a big mouth! Tell me your name!"

Seeing that Feng Jiuxiao had an extraordinary bearing, he spoke not as arrogantly as before.

But he still felt a little unhappy!

After all, there are not many people who dare to talk to him like this over the years!

As the saying goes, he is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. Now he is working for the highest official of a state. In the entire Yazhou city, everyone has to act according to his mood.

Who wouldn’t bow and nod with a smile on their face when they see me?

This kid speaks in a condescending tone, clearly not taking me seriously! If I find out that this kid has no background, I will kill him!

Feng Jiuxiao naturally knew what he was thinking, and just smiled. He felt that it was meaningless to continue entangled with them, and it was a waste of time, so he simply took out the gold medal bestowed by the Great Song Dynasty and showed it to the two yamen runners, "I am from the Great Song Dynasty Imperial City Bureau!"

The square-faced yamen runner was shocked to see the other party actually took out a gold medal. He immediately looked carefully at the exquisite dragon pattern on it. The level of delicacy was so exquisite that it was definitely made by a contemporary master.

He could see the four words "As if I were here in person" clearly!

He had seen the waist badges of the Imperial City Division of the Great Song Dynasty, which were almost identical to this one, except that the waist badges of those Imperial City Division masters were all made of brass, while this one was made of gold! In addition, the words on those copper waist badges were "Touring on My Behalf"!

The square-faced yamen runner's expression immediately turned respectful, and his facial expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book.

He wanted to laugh but couldn't really smile naturally. Because the young man in white was too young! So he smiled awkwardly: "Please wait a moment, I will report to my master immediately!" He winked at the round-faced yamen runner and turned to walk through the gate. The round-faced yamen runner immediately understood and said to Feng Jiuxiaoxiao with a big smile on his face: "My lord, please wait a moment. I am Zhang Yixing, a yamen runner of this government. He is Li Shanchang. I will stay here with you for a while!"

Feng Jiuxiao remained calm, "Thank you! You don't have to accompany me, just go and do your own thing!"

Pang Shiwu squinted at Zhang Yihang and said sarcastically, "You were standing guard here before we came, and you still have to stand guard here after we came. You still have to stand guard here whether we are here or not. Why do you say it so high-soundingly? Do we need you to accompany us?"

The round-faced yamen runner Zhang Yixing was stunned!

He never expected that the black-clad boy would speak so harshly!

His face turned pale and blue, and he forced a smile and said, "Haha, this young master may have misunderstood what I meant. I originally wanted to go in and report, but Li Shanchang got there first, so I said I'll stay here with you for a while."

Pang Shiwu couldn't tolerate him. "The more you describe it, the worse it gets. Stop describing it!" He looked disdainful and impatient!

Zhang Yixing suppressed his anger and thought to himself: Your gold medal had better be real. If Lord Cao finds out it's fake, I will kill you on the spot!

If anyone dares to forge the Song Dynasty gold medal, it is a serious crime of exterminating the family and killing them on the spot! So Zhang Yihang already had the intention to kill them! He was just waiting for Pang Shiwu and others to "reveal their flaws!"

Soon, hurried footsteps were heard from the door. A middle-aged man in the official uniform of the Song Dynasty walked out of the door quickly. He saw Feng Jiuxiao at a glance. He took two steps at a time and came to Feng Jiuxiao, bowed and clasped his fists, "I, the governor of Yazhou, Cao Guangshi, am sorry for not welcoming you in person. I hope the deputy envoy will forgive me!"

His waist was almost bent at a right angle! Li Shanchang, who was following behind, immediately bowed and clasped his fists, "Greetings, Deputy Envoy!" His heart was filled with turbulent waves at this moment!

Cao Guangshi's heart has been in turmoil!

The deputy envoy actually came to Yazhou City, and those guys guarding the city didn't even inform him! This means that either those guards forgot to inform him, or the deputy envoy specifically told them not to inform him! Isn't this a secret visit? !

What is the identity of the deputy envoy? Those guards at the city gate actually forgot to report. How likely is this? Humph! Although these guards are not under my direct supervision, I am the highest official in Yazhou City! If they have any bad ideas, don't blame me for being rude! No matter whose soldiers they are!

What troubled him was that if the deputy envoy really wanted to go on a secret visit, it would be a real hassle!

I have just taken over Yazhou, and I have just started many things. It is inevitable that I will lose sight of some things. If he really wants to find fault with me, then he can do it easily. Did I offend him, or did I offend someone else, and he wanted to use him to deal with me?

The moment he stepped out of the door, he saw the man in white! All his hopes were gone in an instant! The man who came was indeed the deputy envoy!

Now all he had left in his heart was anxiety!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Please stand up quickly, Lord Cao, don't be polite!"

Cao Guangshi stood up and pointed his right hand toward the door, "Please come in, sir!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Okay!"

Cao Guangshi glanced at Pang Shiwu and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Young Master Pang looks even more energetic! Please come in!"

Pang Shiwu glanced at him, somewhat puzzled: "Have you seen me? Why can't I remember where we met?"

Cao Guangshi smiled and said, "I happened to be there when our army attacked Kuizhou. It's just that I was on the boat and you didn't see me." He looked at Miss Du behind Pang Shiwu again. He was a little confused as he seemed to have never seen this girl before.

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Let's talk inside." Then he walked towards the door.

Cao Guangshi suddenly had a feeling that the deputy envoy's sudden visit this time was most likely related to this girl!

He followed immediately.

Pang Shiwu glanced at Miss Du and motioned her to go first.

Miss Du nodded slightly and followed in small steps.

Pang Shiwu followed and passed by Li Shanchang. He glanced at Li Shanchang lightly!

In an instant, Li Shanchang felt a murderous aura that covered the sky and the sun surging over him, and his back felt cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar! He was so scared that he immediately retreated seven or eight steps before he felt better and was no longer so cold!

Watching Pang Shiwu's back disappear at the door, Li Shanchang couldn't help but look at Zhang and his party, and they both saw fear in each other's eyes!

Why is there such a strong murderous aura on this young man?

Feng Jiuxiao walked forward along the gravel path, and after passing a rockery, he came to a pavilion with a stone table and four stone benches. Feng Jiuxiao said, "That's perfect!" and walked straight into the pavilion.

Cao Guangshi didn't expect Feng Jiuxiao to sit down here!

"Mr. Deputy Envoy, it's a bit chilly outside. Why don't you go to my humble abode in front and have a cup of hot tea?"

"No, I have something to ask you!"

"Your Excellency, please speak?"

"There is a wealthy family in this city named Du. Do you know him?"

Cao Guangshi's expression changed, "Is your Excellency here for this matter?"

Feng Jiuxiao glanced at him and asked, "How much do you know?"

Cao Guangshi glanced at Pang Shiwu, seeming to be hesitant about what to say.

Feng Jiuxiao looked at the ground and said calmly: "You don't have to tell me. I can find someone else."

His tone was very calm, but Cao Guangshi could hear the murderous intent in his words!

Cao Guangshi knew how powerful the young man in front of him was!

He immediately said, "Actually, I'm also investigating the whole thing, but the more I investigate, the more I feel there are problems."

Feng Jiuxiao looked at the chessboard on the stone table and tapped it with his fingers. "Continue."

"After the murder happened, I immediately sent people to investigate the scene, and I went there too."

"Did you go there in person?" Feng Jiuxiao couldn't help but glance at Cao Guangshi.

"Yes, I must be there in person for such a big case!"

“Doing it yourself is good!”

"Thank you for the compliment, sir!"

"Don't be modest, you're doing really well! Keep going."

"At that time, the Du Mansion was simply littered with corpses and rivers of blood. It was a horrible sight! I had someone draw a special atlas of the scene, recording the position of each corpse, its posture, and the parts of its injuries. According to the coroner's judgment, all the fatal injuries of the corpses were caused by sharp weapons. Many of them must have been tortured before they died, with scars all over their bodies, and their skin was completely broken..."

Miss Du suddenly fell backwards. Pang Shiwu was quick to catch her, but she had already fainted!

Cao Guangshi's expression was uncertain, "This must be the young lady of the Du family, right?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Go on."

Cao Guangshi said: "Okay. Based on the roster of the Du Mansion, we concluded that at least thirteen people were abducted by the murderer. By visiting the surrounding teahouses and neighbors, we finally concluded that the murderer was the bandits from Shuanglongling! Later, I found out that the bandits from Shuanglongling should be deserters from Dashu!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "Since you knew, why didn't you send troops to rescue them?"

Cao Guangshi said with difficulty: "The city is seriously short of troops! There are only 20 infantrymen in Yazhou City now! And they are guarding the four city gates! If we send too few people to suppress the bandits, it will be ineffective. If we send all of them, there will be no one to defend the city!"

Feng Jiuxiao frowned and asked, "Why are there these twenty infantrymen? Where are those soldiers?"

Cao Guangshi said: "The territory of Great Shu is not much smaller than that of our Great Song. Since the sudden surrender of the Emperor of Shu, all states and counties have opened their city gates. So many places need to be taken over by troops. General Wang is also in a dilemma. He has to divide his troops into many places. For areas where the remnants of Great Shu are causing chaos, we will concentrate our forces to clear them out, and for relatively safe places, we will bluff! We announced to the outside world that Yazhou has a thousand infantrymen!" Feng Jiuxiao frowned and said: "No troops were sent to rescue people. Do you mean there are no troops?"

Just as Cao Guangshi was about to speak, Feng Jiuxiao said, "Think it over before you speak. I'll only give you one chance!"

Cao Guangshi instantly broke out in sweat on his forehead!

"I……"

"Either you hurry up and speak, or shut up. Why are you hesitating?" Pang Shiwu said impatiently.

Cao Guangshi gritted his teeth and said, "In fact, there are 500 soldiers in the city! Enough soldiers!"

Feng Jiuxiao had a blank expression on his face. "This is what a commander should do! A city like Yazhou has less than a hundred soldiers. What the hell is it supposed to defend? Tell me, why don't you send in soldiers?"

Cao Guangshi said: "I did! But the city's infantry commander Zhou Jie disagreed with sending troops! The reason is... the reason is that the general does not allow the dispatch of troops to rescue!"

"why?"

"I don't know what the General means!"

"So what do you think? How do we solve this case?"

"In my opinion, we should catch those deserters from Dashu pretending to be bandits and force them to tell us their motives! I think these deserters from Dashu are just pawns of others!"

"Do you think there is someone behind this?"

"That's right! I'm investigating the Zhang family now! They are the most suspicious! Because if the Du family is destroyed, the Zhang family will benefit the most!"

"You make sense! How's your investigation going on with the Zhang family?"

"That's what I find strange! I have interrogated all the people in the Zhang family who have the ability to commit the crime, from the Zhang family's grandfather to the ten-year-old great-great-grandson. They have all been screened!"

"You didn't even let a ten-year-old child go?"

"In the past, Yun Wuyang dared to kill people on the streets when he was thirteen years old. Nowadays, children know a lot of things when they are ten years old! Everything is possible, and no possibility will be missed! What if the whole tragedy was caused by a child from the Zhang family pretending to be an adult, contacting the bandits in the form of letters, and spending a lot of money to hire a killer?!"

"Then why did you only check up to ten years old? Did you not consider nine years old?"

"I actually considered questioning children under nine years old, but the resistance was great. Not only did the Zhang family react too strongly, but even other wealthy families in the city expressed strong dissatisfaction! I just took over military and political affairs, and I was afraid of provoking civil unrest, so I had to wait until the age of ten!"

"Haha, at ten years old, you're under a lot of pressure!"

"Fortunately the trial is over!"

"In the end, no one admitted that they were the real culprit?"

"Not bad!"

"Was it tortured?"

"No! I dare not torture people easily when it comes to such a famous family! And I don't need to torture people when I interrogate them! I can tell whether they are lying or not just by observing their expressions!"

"Oh? Then you are really amazing!"

"No, no, no, I'm not that great! I just learned the art of face reading from a strange man in the martial arts world!"

"Well, are you sure it wasn't done by the Zhang family?"

"I've concluded that the Zhang family is acting very strangely now. They are not only actively cooperating with the investigation, but are even a little too active! In short, they want everyone to understand one thing, that is, they do hate the Du family, but this murder was definitely not planned by them! The old man of the Zhang family vaguely hinted that someone is throwing dirty water on the Zhang family! I asked him who he suspected was stirring up trouble behind the scenes, but he shook his head and said that he couldn't say it, couldn't say it! What else can't be said at this point?"

Feng Jiuxiao's eyes flickered, "You mean that Old Master Zhang knows who is behind this, but he is afraid to point it out?"

Cao Guangshi said, "That's my understanding. This is what I find strange the more I look into it! All the old officials of the Great Shu have surrendered to the Great Song. According to the information I have, the only family in Yazhou City that hates the Du family the most is the Zhang family! The children of the two families are eager to serve as officials in the court. In terms of the industries they run, 50% of the industries of the two families overlap, making them the most competitive rivals in Yazhou! Merchants in Yazhou City usually only run one or two industries, but the Du and Zhang families are the most involved, and they have a hand in almost every industry!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked: "If the Du family is finished, and the Zhang family is finished, who will be the happiest?"

Cao Guangshi glanced at Feng Jiuxiao and seemed to be hesitant to speak!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "It seems that you have thought about it a long time ago. So, who has such courage and such a big hand!"

Cao Guangshi let out a long sigh, "I just have doubts, I dare not speak rashly."

Don’t dare to speak nonsense?

Feng Jiuxiao was startled, then said: "Okay, I understand! It seems that person is very powerful!"

Cao Guangshi lowered his head and remained silent.

Sometimes silence is the answer!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Don't worry, just tell me, I'll keep it a secret for you! Fifteen, today you can only come in, you can't go out, do you hear me?"

Pang Shiwu was bored, "Hmm!"

Cao Guangshi said cautiously: "I suspect it was General Wang Quanbin!"

Feng Jiuxiao did not show any surprise, but simply asked: "Is there any evidence?"

Cao Guangshi met Feng Jiuxiao's eyes and slowly shook his head!

"Then why do you doubt him?"

"Now that the unification of the entire Great Shu is just around the corner, he has obviously relaxed! Although I have no evidence, I have heard a lot of news that General Wang has actually started to learn to flip cards like the emperor!"

Feng Jiuxiao's eyes widened, "This is an act of usurpation! He is so courageous!"

"I also heard that he allowed his soldiers to rob decent women and have fun every night..."

"What?" Feng Jiuxiao was a little surprised, "Are you sure they are talking about Wang Quanbin?"

"Absolutely true!"

"Is the source reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable!"

Even if the Imperial City Division knew this kind of news, it would be impossible for them to report it to me! I believe Wei Qiansui should know it, right?

Feng Jiuxiao sighed, "I hope Zhao Kuangyin can rectify the morale of the Song army. These arrogant and brave generals still retain the barbarity and brutality of the Five Dynasties. They are simply lawless!"

Wang Quanbin first served the court during the reign of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, and later served the Later Jin. He was promoted to the commander of the Holy Guard for his meritorious service. When the Later Zhou was founded, he suddenly became the commander of the Right Wing of Longjie!

When Yue Kuangyin ascended the throne, he actually became the Jiedushi of the Zhongwu Army of the Song Dynasty!

It seems that this person seems rude, but he is actually quite scheming!

However, the curse of the Five Dynasties that strong soldiers would rebel did not seem to appear on him, which meant that either his strength was not enough, or his superiors suppressed him! Now he has the power in Shu, and the emperor is far away, so the risk here is not small! However, Zhao Kuangyin also arranged a deputy general, Liu Tingrang, who is estimated to be able to play a role in moderation, but a deputy general is still a deputy general after all!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Send a memorial to the court immediately, saying that there is something wrong with Wang Quanbin!"

“So what questions should I write about?”

"Just write down everything you know."

"Mr. Deputy Envoy, would it be better if you submit the memorial in your name? I am afraid that if the Emperor gets furious, I cannot afford to bear such wrath!"

"Okay, just put my name on it. OK, I'll go to the Zhang family and ask."

Thank you Yudong for your strong support and encouragement!