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Chapter 121 Li Huan: I have a surprise for you!
Chapter 121 Li Huan: I have a surprise for you!
Ma Ming opened his eyes wide, and his eyes fell on the file on the table. Just glanced at it, Ma Ming couldn't help opening his mouth wide, and said with an unbelievable expression on his face: "This...what is this?"
I saw that the file said, "On the night of July [-]th in the first year of Zhengde, the sky was dry and the things were dry. Jinyi Qianhu Han Ling's house accidentally leaked water. Qianhu Han Ling was unfortunately killed, and the family members were not counted..."
Chen Ke on the side looked very calm, and while putting away the coffee table that was smashed by Li Huan's slap, he sighed and said, "Your Excellency, you don't need to be like this, the other party is obviously stretching his hand into Fuzhou." Jinyiwei has thousands of households, so it is not uncommon to deceive the superiors and conceal it, and change the case of exterminating the family into an accidental escape."
Seeing Chen Ke's unsurprising appearance, Li Huan couldn't help but said: "Ziming, you don't seem to be surprised at all, don't you think there are so many things like this?"
Chen Ke shook his head and said: "There are not many, after all, there are still very few people who dare to kill officials, but there are many officials in Ming Dynasty, and every year there will always be a few unlucky ones who are either killed by thieves, or raped by righteous men. Killing, or being plotted to die by political opponents, this kind of thing is not strange."
Li Huan calmed down a little at this moment. After thinking about it carefully, what Chen Ke said was not unreasonable. It is not impossible for so many officials in Ming Dynasty to be killed.
Even in the era of later generations, isn't it still inexplicable for officials to die?
Seeing Li Huan's expression, Chen Ke said: "Generally speaking, whether it's the Jinyiwei system or local officials, it's generally a big deal and a trivial one, and arrange a name of natural disaster or suicide. Report up.
Ma Ming opened his eyes wide and said: "That's a high-ranking official. He said he was killed if he was killed? Could it be that all the princes in the court are blind, and they don't know the tricks?"
However, Chen Ke sneered and said: "How can the officials not know, but even if they know the tricks, as long as the relationship between the people who do such things is strong enough, it will not be a major event. After all, once alarmed Son of Heaven, whether the officials are willing or not, they must thoroughly investigate the cause of the death of the officials. If something is found out and more troubles are involved, I am afraid that there will be more unlucky people..."
Hearing what Chen Ke said, Li Huan understood what was going on.
Chen Ke said indifferently: "In the final analysis, as long as it is not too much, or has enough ability to settle everything, for the princes of the court, it will be over if you turn a blind eye or close one eye.
Li Huan couldn't help but sneer as if he had heard some funny joke: "It's really funny, aren't they afraid that one day they will commit suicide too?"
Chen Ke sighed: "They all say that the matter has nothing to do with themselves, and they are not really threatening themselves. Who would go into this muddy water for others?"
Ma Ming couldn't help but said: "So it's unclear why Han Ling's family died like this? Even the Jinyiwei's archives record that they died of accidental drowning, with no bones left?"
Frowning, Li Huan looked at Chen Ke and said, "Who is in charge of the Experience Department? Others can't tell. As a Jin Yiwei, can't you see the tricks in it? Why didn't you even send someone to investigate and stamped it directly?" Archived?"
Chen Ke hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, now Lu Heng is in charge of the experience department, but Lu Heng has seldom intervened in the affairs of the experience department. The idea of one less thing to deal with..."
Ma Ming on the side couldn't help muttering softly: "I really don't know how many people or officials died seemingly normally in this peaceful and prosperous age, but there are actually other secrets in it!"
A trace of sarcasm flashed in Li Huan's eyes and said: "Isn't this the peaceful and prosperous world that the officials want?"
Chen Ke nodded approvingly and said: "Yes, this is the peaceful and prosperous world that the officials want. If all the lids are lifted, the world will be in turmoil, and the people will live in dire straits. In the future, they will all be remembered heavily in history. Last one!"
Isn't it the instinct of these officials to cover up when something goes wrong, cover up the facts, and cover up the truth!
After blinking, Ma Ming looked at Li Huan and said, "My lord, what should I do?"
A stern look flashed in Li Huan's eyes. Looking at the file in his hand, he sneered and said, "Han Ling, Cheng Yi and the others won't just die quietly like this."
Although Chen Ke said that he had guessed what Li Huan would make a long time ago, but when he really heard what Li Huan said, he still couldn't help feeling a little excited.
He didn't know the enmity between Li Huan and Cai Wen, and he didn't know why Han Ling was plotting against Fang.
However, he was able to plot against a thousand households of Jin Yiwei, and he was also able to cover the sky with one hand, deceive the superior and the inferior, and turn the case of extermination into an accident. Chen Ke could also think that the other party might be either a relative of the emperor or a great official in the frontier.
Facing this kind of person is a great trouble in itself, especially Li Huan and Han Ling are not relatives or relatives, and they are just for the death of their subordinates. How can Chen Ke not be moved by this.
Regarding Cai Wen's plan to plan Langqi Island, which killed his father Li Xian, now in the entire Jinyiwei Yamen, only Chen Yao and Li Huan who brought back the news know, even Chen Ke, Ma Ming and the others Not sure what's going on in it.
After all, when Li Huan met Chen Yao earlier, Chen Ke and Ma Ming avoided them on purpose. They also knew that Li Huan had sent Chen Yao to his hometown in Fujian, presumably it was for some private matter, so they avoided him knowingly.
Later, when he learned that Han Ling's dignified Jinyiwei's thousands of households had been wiped out, he thought it was a major local case that Chen Yao accidentally ran into during his trip to Fujian, but he didn't think too much about it.
Sensing Chen Ke's strange gaze and reaction, Li Huan knew that Chen Ke had misunderstood, and he regarded himself as the kind of superior who was not afraid of hardships and was willing to uphold justice for his subordinates.
However, Li Huan didn't mean to explain. Anyway, whether this matter was for Han Ling's justice or revenge for killing his father, he would investigate to the end and take down Cai Wen.
Thinking about the criminal evidence about Cai Wen that he had obtained from Ma Ming before, after looking through it, the various crimes that Jin Yiwei found out about Cai Wen's crimes committed over the years can be said to be shocking one after another.
If he didn't have personal experience, Li Huan would not believe it just by looking at the crimes.
Colluding with Japanese pirates, raising dead soldiers, occupying people's fields, robbing people's women, and destroying families at every turn, there is even a story about two officials who were secretly murdered by Cai Wen because he opposed Cai Wen.
Thinking about it now, Li Huan somewhat understood why Cai Wen dared to support someone so blatantly taking away the position of Li's hereditary Langqi Islet Hundred Household Official.
Compared with the crimes committed by Cai Wen, seizing the position of Langqi Islet Hundred Household Official and killing Li Xian of Hundred Households in the Guard Station is just one of the crimes.
There is not much if there is one more, and there is not much if there is one less. For Cai Wen, there is no difference between one more and one less.
What is covering the sky with one hand, what is the sky high and the emperor is far away, and what is lawlessness. After seeing Cai Wen's crimes, Li Huan has a real feeling.
Breathing out a foul breath, Li Huan waved his hands and said, "Put away the files about Han Ling, and send the rest back to the Experience Department, and then go back and rest earlier."
Zuiyue Tower, in the evening, a few men who are not easy to provoke at first glance appeared in Zuiyue Tower, the face of the leader was covered with scars, just one glance made people subconsciously avoid the other party's vicious man look.
"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper..."
At this moment, there are many diners in the lobby of Zuiyue Tower, and the atmosphere is lively when you talk to each other, but when they see these big men, they all shut their mouths immediately and lowered their heads. After dinner, the whole hall was silent, only the shout of the scar-faced man echoed.
Xiao Er hurried over to say hello: "My lords, I don't know what orders you have."
For such a person, Xiao Er naturally knew how to deal with it, smiling all over his face, bowing his body, for fear of offending the other party, and being given an excuse to get mad by the other party.
Glancing at Xiao Er, the scar-faced man said: "Where is your shopkeeper, just say that I, Scar San, is here, and ask him to prepare wine, meat, and girls to entertain me."
Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, seeing that the man with the scarred face didn't seem to be joking, he quickly said: "Masters, wait a little later, I'll go see my shopkeeper."
Cai Changgui was talking with Sun Xiang in the backyard, and the expressions on their faces were very relaxed.
Then I heard Cai Changgui say: "Sir, why don't you visit Li Huan sometime, we have fellowship, it's good to walk around more."
Sun Xiang stroked his beard and nodded, "You're right. I'm going to visit Li Huan tomorrow. Maybe I can ask around and see if he has recommended you to the emperor."
Cai Changgui immediately said: "I have saved the profit of the restaurant for more than a year here, almost 5000 taels of silver. Sir, it is not good to go to visit Li Huan, the emperor's favorite minister, and leave empty-handed. You have to buy some generous gifts."
Sun Xiang nodded and said: "You have lived in the capital for a long time and have a wide network of contacts. You can handle this gift. One of the expenses should be paid. As long as the accounts are clear, I will speak for you."
Cai Changgui cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you, sir."
While talking, Xiaoer said from a distance: "Shopkeeper, there is a fierce man named Ba San outside who brought several people to look for you."
Cai Changgui was taken aback for a moment, and muttered softly, "Scar San? Why does this name sound familiar?"
Sun Xiang frowned and said: "Could it be Ma San'er, the embryo killer under your lord..."
Cai Changgui was startled suddenly and said: "Why did he come to the capital like a murderer? Could it be that something happened?"
Sun Xiang knew how many pirates and dead soldiers Cai Wen had kept under his command, so he knew a little bit about it, but Ma San, the scar-faced man, had never met Sun Xiang, so Sun Xiang took a look at Cai Changgui and said, "Go and see him." See, let's see why he came to Beijing, I'll go back to my room and avoid it."
Cai Changgui knew that Sun Xiang was a scholar, so he didn't look down on Ma San, a rude man who licked his blood, so it was not surprising that Sun Xiang avoided him and didn't want to see Ma San.
Watching Sun Xiang go back to the room, Cai Changgui said to Xiao Er: "Go and invite him here."
Soon the man with a scarred face walked into the backyard, and saw Sun Xiang sitting there drinking tea in a brocade suit and couldn't help grinning, "Brother Cai, do you still remember me, Ma San?"
Cai Changgui claims to be a man of culture, and he also doesn't like the rude manner of the scar-faced man, but as a shopkeeper of a restaurant, he is used to being greeted and sent, so he naturally doesn't reveal his inner thoughts, but smiles all over his face He got up and said enthusiastically to the scar-faced man, "Brother Ma is really joking. Even if Cai forgets his name, he can't forget you, Brother Ma."
Then he pulled Ma San to his seat and said, "Come on, come on, I've come to my territory today, brother Ma, you must let me into the friendship of the landlord."
Seeing Cai Changgui's enthusiasm, Ma San grinned and said, "Okay, it's not in vain that we thought of you, so we went to the city to see you!"
Cai Changgui ordered people to prepare food and drink, and soon he saw that rich food and wine were served, and those men who came with Ma San were also arranged with rich food and wine.
At this moment, Cai Changgui accompanied Ma San to drink and said: "Brother Ma is listening to the master, how come he has the time to travel thousands of miles to Beijing, could it be that the lord has some orders?"
Ma San smiled, looked around, and made sure no one was there, then said in a low voice: "Originally, this matter is confidential, and we shouldn't tell others, but you, shopkeeper Cai, are not outsiders, so let me tell you." It doesn't matter."
At this moment, Ma San was obviously a little drunk, so he told Cai Changgui that he was ordered to lead people to intercept and kill Cheng Yi, a hundred households of Jinyiwei.
Cai Changgui's face turned pale when he heard this, and cold sweat broke out on his back, obviously frightened by the fact that Cai Wen sent people thousands of miles to hunt down and kill the officials of Jinyiwei.
Seeing Cai Changgui's terrified appearance, Ma San couldn't help grinning, and said with a bit of disdain: "I'm not talking about you, you have the courage to inquire about some news for adults in this capital, aren't you just a mere one?" There are hundreds of households in Jinyiwei, our lord, even the thousands of households in Jinyiwei are exterminated, and nothing has happened."
Taking a deep breath, Cai Changgui's hands trembled uncontrollably.
Perhaps it was because he lived in the capital for a long time, Cai Changgui was obviously not very courageous, and he was really frightened by Ma San's words at the moment.
After a while, Cai Changgui calmed down a little, looked at Ma San and said, "Then Ma San brothers, did you kill those Jinyiwei Baihu?"
Ma San nodded and said: "Let us brothers go out, is there anything we can't do?"
As Ma San said, he frowned and said: "It's a pity that I didn't make it all the way, and one person escaped in the end. I'm afraid that if I go back to see my lord this time, I will have to be punished by my lord."
It seemed that he thought that he did not get back the criminal evidence this time, but just killed Cheng Yi, and he felt a little worried. Ma San, who was originally smiling, also showed a little more worry now.
"what!"
Cai Changgui suddenly turned pale with shock, "You...you..."
Ma San was drunk at the moment and was already dizzy from drinking. He took a look at Cai Changgui and said, "Don't worry, it's best to get that thing back. It's okay if you don't get it back. Our lord is deeply ingrained in Fujian, so we can get it back." The words of the emperor’s old man are not as effective as the words of adults, so who can do nothing to win adults.”
Cai Changgui didn't think so. Ma San was just a rough man with no knowledge. After being tamed by Cai Wen's methods, he helped Cai Wen do countless murders and silences. In his shallow knowledge, there was no such thing as Cai Wen. Those who dare to oppose Cai Wen will not end well in the end.
Although what Ma San said was messy, Cai Changgui vaguely analyzed one point, that is, there might be something wrong with Cai Wen that fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei. Lead people thousands of miles to chase and kill.
"No, I have to see Li Huan immediately. As long as Li Huan can help, this matter is nothing at all. When it comes to Jinyiwei, isn't that just a matter of Li Huan's words?"
At this moment, Sun Xiang, who had been staying in the room but paying attention to the movement outside, came out.
Although he was a little drunk, it didn't mean that Ma San had lost his vigilance. When Sun Xiang walked out, Ma San was shocked, and subconsciously reached out to grab Sun Xiang.
Seeing this, Cai Changgui couldn't help shouting: "Brother Ma, stop quickly."
On the other hand, Sun Xiang looked very calm, and said coldly to Ma San, "Ma San, open your dog eyes wide and see who I am."
Ma San paused, rubbed his eyes, and immediately changed his expression: "So it's Mr. Sun, it's Mr. Ma who was rude, please forgive me."
Snorting coldly, Sun Xiang glanced at Ma San and said, "What's going on, why did your lord send you into Beijing to hunt down a hundred households of Jinyiwei?"
Ma San told it again, in fact, it is no different from what he told Cai Changgui just now, after all, he is just a thug, even if there is something, Cai Wen and others will not let him know, it is not bad for him to know so much .
Rubbing the center of his brows, Sun Xiang had a sad look on his face. What Cai Changgui could think of, how could he not think of it.
At this moment, Cai Changgui said to Sun Xiang: "Sir, in fact, this matter is not that troublesome. You only need to ask Li Huan. With his authority in Jinyiwei, if you want to help the master suppress something, that is just a word." thing."
Sun Xiang's eyes lit up, he nodded and said: "You are right, this matter should be done sooner rather than later, I will visit the other party tonight."
Cai Changgui said: "I'm going to buy gifts now."
In the evening, Ma Sanbai drove a carriage boredly, looked around while being guided by others, and said with a little disappointment: "Didn't it say that the capital is prosperous and there are brothels everywhere? After walking for so long , why didn't I see a single place..."
Sun Xiang, who was sitting in the carriage, was almost laughed at by Ma San's words, what do you mean there are brothels everywhere in the capital?
With a light cough, Sun Xiang glanced at Ma San and said, "Since you are vying to come here, then drive well, and when you get to the place, you have to restrain your temper, otherwise, if you break the lord's It’s not enough to just peel you off and cramp you.”
Ma San couldn't help saying: "You have said it eight hundred times, and I, Ma San, can memorize it all. I promise not to say anything, just be a mute."
Sun Xiang snorted coldly and said: "This man is the emperor's favored minister, the upstart of Jinyiwei, with great power, even the old man was pulled down by him. If you provoke him, no one can protect you."
Although Ma San has a rough temper and is a bit lawless, it doesn't mean that he is a fool. Even if he is a fool, he can't become the leader of Cai Wen's dead soldiers.
Hearing what Sun Xiang said at this moment, he immediately grinned and said, "Mother, even the prime minister was pulled down from his horse, this man is so powerful."
Ignoring Ma San any more, Sun Xiang closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about what he would say to Li Huan if he saw Li Huan later.
After all, what is involved in Jinyiwei is that he can't guarantee what Li Huan's attitude will be.
In this way, the carriage soon arrived in front of Li Huan's mansion.
Looking at the small courtyard, Sun Xiang couldn't help showing a bit of sarcasm in his eyes. He thought that the other party lived in this alley, and even the courtyard was no different from ordinary people. He was a good official with integrity. .
Unexpectedly, the other party accepted the heavy gift from him without even blinking an eye. It seemed that he was favored suddenly, and he hadn't had time to change the residence.
With these in mind, Sun Xiang slowly got up and got out of the carriage, straightened his clothes, and knocked on the door.
After a short squeak, a handsome young eunuch poked his head out and asked, "Who are you, what's the matter?"
Sun Xiang bowed his hands and said: "My next son, Sun Xiang, is Li Huan's fellow villager. He visited a few days ago, and today he is here to ask to see you. Please pass it on for me."
As he said that, Sun Xiang took out a piece of silver and handed it to the little eunuch.
The little eunuch glanced at Sun Xiang and said: "Your Excellency is still working in the yamen and hasn't come back yet. If you have something urgent, just wait outside."
With a bang, the little eunuch closed the door without caring about Sun Xiang's reaction, leaving only Sun Xiang stunned.
Ma San, who was following Sun Xiang, saw this scene in his eyes, couldn't help looking at the closed door, and then at Sun Xiang, secretly admiring him, he was so rude to Mr. Sun, it really opened his eyes.
Sun Xiang took a deep breath and said to Ma San, who looked strange, "Follow me here and wait for Li Huan to return."
Ma San responded when he heard the words.
The night was deep, and it was dark all around. There were no rich and powerful houses nearby, so there were not many houses with lanterns hanging in front of them, so it looked dark.
Fortunately, Li Huan is now a high-ranking official of Jinyiwei. Even though the residence is a bit shabby, under Cao Yu's arrangement, a lantern was hung at the door.
After all, no one can guarantee whether someone will come to look for Li Huan in the middle of the night. After all, he is an official. If someone comes to Tongbing for any urgent matter, it will be bad if he can't even find a door. Bar.
The strong and powerful Li characters are written on the red lanterns, which can be seen at a glance when people reach the entrance of the alley, and at the same time, it also illuminates the originally dark alley.
There was a sound of slight footsteps, approaching gradually, and Ma San, who had been staring at the red lantern boredly, suddenly had his eyes lit up.
The long scars on his face moved accordingly, and the red light from the red lantern made Ma San look like a ferocious ghost.
At this moment, Sun Xiang also heard the movement, and looked up at the entrance of the alley in the distance, and saw a few figures walking slowly, as they got closer, Sun Xiang had already recognized the person who came, wasn't it Li Huan.
Naturally, Li Huan also noticed Sun Xiang and the others waiting at the door, he paused slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and gradually a smile appeared on his face, and he strode forward.
Walking to the front, Sun Xiang hurriedly saluted Li Huan: "I pay my respects to my lord."
Li Huan looked at Sun Xiang and said with a slight smile: "I said that today the magpies are calling. It turns out that Mr. Sun is here. Please come in!"
Li Huan enthusiastically led Sun Xiang into the courtyard, but at this moment, Chen Yao, who was following Li Huan with a few captains of Jin Yiwei, suddenly looked at the man standing beside the carriage with his head bowed. Ma San.
Chen Yao and the others shouldered the responsibility for Li Huan's safety, so they were vigilant enough to everyone around Li Huan.
That’s all for Sun Xiang, at first glance he looks like a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, but Ma San is different, although Ma San can’t see his appearance clearly because he lowered his head, but his burly body is full of explosive power, Especially the bloody evil spirit on his body, one can tell at a glance that it is not a kind person.
"Ok!"
Chen Yao's footsteps paused, because he felt a little familiar with Ma San's figure, so he stopped and stared at Ma San involuntarily.
As a warrior, Ma San naturally has keen five senses, when Chen Yao's scrutinizing eyes fell on him, Ma San's reaction was immediately aroused.
Because the alley was dark, Ma San did not recognize Chen Yaolai. After all, when Chen Yao and Cheng Yi were chasing and killing Chen Yao and Cheng Yi, they were extremely embarrassed. They were the same as Chen Yao, who was tidy up and dressed in official uniforms. In comparison, it's like a different person.
However, Ma San sensed Chen Yao's gaze, and subconsciously raised his head to take a look. After just one glance, Ma San was taken aback, wondering why this person's figure and eyes were so familiar.
But Chen Yao recognized the other party at a glance. For Ma San, Chen Yao had a deep memory. After all, not long ago, the other party intercepted and killed him outside the city gate. In addition, the iconic scar on Ma San's face, If Chen Yao couldn't recognize Ma Sanlai, he could only be said to be blind.
"It's you!"
Almost instinctively, Chen Yao let out a low cry, only to hear a sound, the Xiuchun knife came out of its sheath, and rushed towards Chen Yao directly.
Ma San was a little dazed, but when Chen Yao pulled out his knife and slashed at him, Ma San also realized immediately, isn't this Cheng Yi's companion?
"Grandma's, it's really a narrow road!"
Ma San cursed secretly, dodged directly, and at the same time stretched out his hand and drew the long knife hidden in it from the carriage to face Chen Yao.
Chen Yao originally thought that the thieves like Ma San who were chasing and killing them must not dare to enter the city and had already fled far away, but he didn't expect that it would not be long before they would see each other here again.
The moment he saw Ma San, what Chen Yao thought was that the other party had touched Li Huan's residence, and he must be trying to harm Li Huan.
Others don't know about it, but Chen Yao knows nothing more than the enmity between Cai Wen and Li Huan. It's the hatred of killing his father. Now that Li Huan is in charge of Jinyiwei, he has a high position and power. Cai Wen sent someone to assassinate Li Huan in order to protect himself. Not impossible.
After all, Cai Wen had already killed Han Ling, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, so even if he killed one more Li Huan, it seemed nothing.
"This thief wants to harm the adults, what is he doing in a daze, quickly take him down!"
Chen Yao's strength was comparable to Ma San's, and he really couldn't do anything to him for a while, so he shouted at the dazed Captain Jin Yiwei behind him.
Immediately, several Jinyiwei captains drew their knives and rushed towards Ma San. Chen Yao said that the other party wanted to assassinate Li Huan. These Jinyiwei captains looked at Ma San as if they were dead.
Especially when Ma San pulled out the murder weapon from the carriage, these guards in brocade clothes confirmed Ma San's identity more and more.
Just now when he walked into the courtyard with Li Huan, there was chaos behind him. Before Sun Xiang figured out what was going on, he saw Ma San fighting with several members of Jinyiwei.
Especially when he saw the scene where Ma San was actually drawing a knife from the carriage, Sun Xiang couldn't help but exclaimed, it's really yellow mud falling on his crotch, and he can't explain it clearly.
At this moment, Li Huan looked at Ma San who was really besieged in the alley with a serious expression, secretly guessed Ma San's identity, and at the same time looked at Sun Xiang with a bit of suspicion. Could it be that Sun Xiang already knew his identity and deliberately led people to think about it? Want to assassinate yourself?
Sun Xiang noticed Li Huan's eyes, especially when he saw Li Huan's suspicious eyes, Sun Xiang almost cried, and said with a bitter face: "My lord, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"
Li Huan sneered, stared at Sun Xiang and said, "Mr. Sun, tell me that this man is holding a murder weapon. He doesn't want to harm me, but what is he trying to do?"
Sun Xiang felt regretful in his heart at this moment. If he had known this earlier, he would never have brought Ma San here.
"Give me the man!"
Sun Xiang didn't resist at all, even though Jin Yiwei took him away, but he looked at Ma San with a worried face. Ma San was different from him. Before that, Ma San chased and killed Jin Yiwei's people. Once he was found out, he would be dead. deal.
But he is different. I believe that with his eloquence, he will be able to explain clearly.So what Sun Xiang wanted was to kill Ma San quickly, so as not to be caught.
Ma San is extremely ferocious, even if he was besieged by several Jin Yiwei, he still did not lose the wind, and even became more courageous as he fought, Chen Yao, who was shocked with a knife, took a step back, but he flew up to the wall with the impact and smiled: "Want to stay?" Your grandpa and I are still a bit close..."
The next moment Ma San hadn't finished speaking when he heard a piercing sound, and the next moment Ma San let out a cry of pain, and fell directly to the ground. Looking at the situation where the other end was stuck on the ground, the Jin Yiwei couldn't help but Shrinking his neck, this was really painful.
Sure enough, Ma San fell straight from the wall and fell unconscious.
Chen Yao stepped forward to take a look, and saw a blood hole the size of a copper coin on the knee of Ma San's leg, and blood was bubbling. It was obvious that the knee was crushed by someone with a hidden weapon, which caused Ma San to fall from the wall. up and down.
Apart from Li Huan, there was really no one else present who could do this.
Sure enough, when he looked towards Li Huan, Li Huan had already walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
After giving an order, several people stepped forward and immediately tied up Ma San, then dragged him into the yard, and threw him on the ground like a dead dog.
At this moment, Sun Xiangzheng explained to Li Huan with a wry smile: "My lord, the misunderstanding is all a misunderstanding. This person has nothing to do with me. I just hired a driver at random. I never thought he was a driver." He even hides a murder weapon in order to misbehave against adults."
Li Huan ignored Sun Xiang, but glanced at Chen Yao.
At this moment, Chen Yao came forward and explained in a low voice in Li Huan's ear, and Li Huan finally understood Ma San's identity.
I can only say that I really don't look at it. In this huge capital city, if it is not particularly bad luck, the possibility of Ma San sneaking into the capital and being bumped by Chen Yao is almost negligible.
Who would have thought that the other party had just entered the city, and was actually bumped into by Chen Yao.
If it weren't for knowing the origin of Ma San's identity, to be honest, just looking at Sun Xiang's extremely aggrieved appearance, maybe he was really deceived by Sun Xiang.
However, Li Huan didn't expose the other party's intentions. Since the other party still doesn't know his identity, it's just a matter of acting with the other party. By the way, let's see what the other party's purpose is. Maybe he can give the other party a surprise at that time. .
Seeing that Li Huan's expression eased a lot, Sun Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said: "My lord, I really came to see you today, and I have prepared a generous gift, and I am in the carriage at the moment. If your lord doesn't believe me, You might as well send someone to take a look."
Li Huan's eyes lit up and said, "Oh, so I blamed Mr. wrongly?"
Seeing Li Huan's bright eyes, Sun Xiang cursed secretly in his heart, and at the same time he was glad that he had prepared a generous gift. I believe that when Li Huan sees the generous gift, he should not associate himself with Ma San.
At this moment Li Huan nodded at Cao Yu and said, "Cao Yu, go to the carriage and have a look."
Then he swept the heavily tied Ma San on the ground, waved his hands and said, "Detain this man for me, and give him a good trial to see if he has connections with any officials in the court. He even dared to assassinate me."
Sun Xiang couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words, and secretly thought that Li Huan was planning to take advantage of Ma San's incident to attack some officials in the court?
As staff members, any word from the superior fell into their ears, and they would instinctively break it into pieces and savor it carefully to see if there was any deep meaning in it.
Cao Yu came over with a brocade box and said, "My lord, I found this brocade box on the carriage. Inside it was a Double Dragon Playing Bead carved from suet jade. It is extremely delicate and valuable!"
Li Huan glanced at it, with a smile on his face, and smiled at Sun Xiang: "Mr. Sun has spent a lot of money. It seems that that person really has nothing to do with Mr. Sun. A misunderstanding is really a misunderstanding."
With a wave of his hand, the two Jinyi guards who were holding Sun Xiang immediately let go of Sun Xiang. Sun Xiang regained his freedom and hurriedly apologized to Li Huan: "It's just my fault for being too negligent. I just rented a carriage at random. But I never thought that I would be targeted by the thieves, fortunately, my lord is lucky, otherwise, if the thieves hurt my lord, wouldn't everything be redeemed by Sun."
Li Huan said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is just an unintentional mistake. Since it has nothing to do with Mr. Sun, then this matter is over."
Sun Xiang hurriedly thanked him and said: "Your Excellency is magnanimous, and Sun is very grateful."
Greeting Sun Xiang into the hall, Li Huan said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is not here to inquire about the transfer of your official position, Mr. Cai."
Sun Xiang smiled slightly and said: "No, no, I just come here to walk around and give the jade carvings I found to the adults."
Li Huan laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li will be extremely concerned about your lord's affairs, and will definitely give your lord a big surprise when the time comes."
A Li Huan meant to give his lord a promotion. Sun Xiang couldn't help the joy in his heart when he heard the words, he got up and bowed to Li Huan and said: "Sun, thank you on behalf of my lord."
Sun Xiang said with an excited face: "After the matter is completed, my lord will never forget his kindness, and there will be a big thank you."
Li Huan laughed loudly and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say!"
After such things happened, Sun Xiang was not in the mood to stay any longer, and Li Huan also expressed his opinion to him that he would give his family a surprise when the time came, which was already a clear statement.
Sun Xiang bid farewell to Li Huan, and returned to Zuiyue Tower full of melancholy and joy.
Seeing Sun Xiang walking back alone, shopkeeper Cai couldn't help saying in surprise: "Sir, you are..." He said in a hurry: "Ma San is too unruly, how could he let Mr. come back on foot alone!"
Sun Xiang sat down on his ass, and he was really tired from walking all the way back. He rubbed his legs and said, "Ma San is over!"
Shopkeeper Cai was cursing Ma San, but when he heard Sun Xiang's words, he was startled, and looked at Sun Xiang full of puzzlement.
Sun Xiang sighed softly, and told about how Ma San was caught by Jin Yiwei's people for some reason, and when the two sides fought, he missed and was captured.
Shopkeeper Cai was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he asked after a while, "How could this be?"
Now he understood why Sun Xiang said that Ma San was finished and everyone fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei. It would be strange if it was good.
Suddenly shopkeeper Cai showed a bit of worry on his face and said: "No, Ma San has fallen into the hands of Jin Yiwei's men. If he can't bear the torture of Jin Yiwei, we and the adults will tell us..."
Sun Xiang narrowed his eyes, slowly shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Ma San doesn't have the guts, he knows better than anyone else the consequences of betraying your lord."
After Shopkeeper Cai calmed down, he thought of Cai Wen's terrifying methods of controlling the dead men under his command. He felt relieved, nodded slightly and said, "I hope I'm worrying too much!"
Sun Xiang thought that although it was not going well this time, and he even took Ma San in for no reason, but thinking of Li Huan's promise, Sun Xiang still couldn't help but feel happy.
Noticing the smile on Sun Xiang's face, shopkeeper Cai couldn't help being curious, and took a horse to go in. Sun Xiang was still in such a good mood, it seems that the harvest this time must be not small.
"Why are you so happy, sir?"
Sun Xiang stroked his beard and said quite reservedly: "Li Huan just told me that he wanted to give us adults a big surprise!"
Cai Changgui's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and his face was full of surprise.
Sun Xiang smiled and stroked his beard, looked at Cai Changgui and said, "What kind of surprise do you think Li Huan will give you?"
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Ma Ming opened his eyes wide, and his eyes fell on the file on the table. Just glanced at it, Ma Ming couldn't help opening his mouth wide, and said with an unbelievable expression on his face: "This...what is this?"
I saw that the file said, "On the night of July [-]th in the first year of Zhengde, the sky was dry and the things were dry. Jinyi Qianhu Han Ling's house accidentally leaked water. Qianhu Han Ling was unfortunately killed, and the family members were not counted..."
Chen Ke on the side looked very calm, and while putting away the coffee table that was smashed by Li Huan's slap, he sighed and said, "Your Excellency, you don't need to be like this, the other party is obviously stretching his hand into Fuzhou." Jinyiwei has thousands of households, so it is not uncommon to deceive the superiors and conceal it, and change the case of exterminating the family into an accidental escape."
Seeing Chen Ke's unsurprising appearance, Li Huan couldn't help but said: "Ziming, you don't seem to be surprised at all, don't you think there are so many things like this?"
Chen Ke shook his head and said: "There are not many, after all, there are still very few people who dare to kill officials, but there are many officials in Ming Dynasty, and every year there will always be a few unlucky ones who are either killed by thieves, or raped by righteous men. Killing, or being plotted to die by political opponents, this kind of thing is not strange."
Li Huan calmed down a little at this moment. After thinking about it carefully, what Chen Ke said was not unreasonable. It is not impossible for so many officials in Ming Dynasty to be killed.
Even in the era of later generations, isn't it still inexplicable for officials to die?
Seeing Li Huan's expression, Chen Ke said: "Generally speaking, whether it's the Jinyiwei system or local officials, it's generally a big deal and a trivial one, and arrange a name of natural disaster or suicide. Report up.
Ma Ming opened his eyes wide and said: "That's a high-ranking official. He said he was killed if he was killed? Could it be that all the princes in the court are blind, and they don't know the tricks?"
However, Chen Ke sneered and said: "How can the officials not know, but even if they know the tricks, as long as the relationship between the people who do such things is strong enough, it will not be a major event. After all, once alarmed Son of Heaven, whether the officials are willing or not, they must thoroughly investigate the cause of the death of the officials. If something is found out and more troubles are involved, I am afraid that there will be more unlucky people..."
Hearing what Chen Ke said, Li Huan understood what was going on.
Chen Ke said indifferently: "In the final analysis, as long as it is not too much, or has enough ability to settle everything, for the princes of the court, it will be over if you turn a blind eye or close one eye.
Li Huan couldn't help but sneer as if he had heard some funny joke: "It's really funny, aren't they afraid that one day they will commit suicide too?"
Chen Ke sighed: "They all say that the matter has nothing to do with themselves, and they are not really threatening themselves. Who would go into this muddy water for others?"
Ma Ming couldn't help but said: "So it's unclear why Han Ling's family died like this? Even the Jinyiwei's archives record that they died of accidental drowning, with no bones left?"
Frowning, Li Huan looked at Chen Ke and said, "Who is in charge of the Experience Department? Others can't tell. As a Jin Yiwei, can't you see the tricks in it? Why didn't you even send someone to investigate and stamped it directly?" Archived?"
Chen Ke hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, now Lu Heng is in charge of the experience department, but Lu Heng has seldom intervened in the affairs of the experience department. The idea of one less thing to deal with..."
Ma Ming on the side couldn't help muttering softly: "I really don't know how many people or officials died seemingly normally in this peaceful and prosperous age, but there are actually other secrets in it!"
A trace of sarcasm flashed in Li Huan's eyes and said: "Isn't this the peaceful and prosperous world that the officials want?"
Chen Ke nodded approvingly and said: "Yes, this is the peaceful and prosperous world that the officials want. If all the lids are lifted, the world will be in turmoil, and the people will live in dire straits. In the future, they will all be remembered heavily in history. Last one!"
Isn't it the instinct of these officials to cover up when something goes wrong, cover up the facts, and cover up the truth!
After blinking, Ma Ming looked at Li Huan and said, "My lord, what should I do?"
A stern look flashed in Li Huan's eyes. Looking at the file in his hand, he sneered and said, "Han Ling, Cheng Yi and the others won't just die quietly like this."
Although Chen Ke said that he had guessed what Li Huan would make a long time ago, but when he really heard what Li Huan said, he still couldn't help feeling a little excited.
He didn't know the enmity between Li Huan and Cai Wen, and he didn't know why Han Ling was plotting against Fang.
However, he was able to plot against a thousand households of Jin Yiwei, and he was also able to cover the sky with one hand, deceive the superior and the inferior, and turn the case of extermination into an accident. Chen Ke could also think that the other party might be either a relative of the emperor or a great official in the frontier.
Facing this kind of person is a great trouble in itself, especially Li Huan and Han Ling are not relatives or relatives, and they are just for the death of their subordinates. How can Chen Ke not be moved by this.
Regarding Cai Wen's plan to plan Langqi Island, which killed his father Li Xian, now in the entire Jinyiwei Yamen, only Chen Yao and Li Huan who brought back the news know, even Chen Ke, Ma Ming and the others Not sure what's going on in it.
After all, when Li Huan met Chen Yao earlier, Chen Ke and Ma Ming avoided them on purpose. They also knew that Li Huan had sent Chen Yao to his hometown in Fujian, presumably it was for some private matter, so they avoided him knowingly.
Later, when he learned that Han Ling's dignified Jinyiwei's thousands of households had been wiped out, he thought it was a major local case that Chen Yao accidentally ran into during his trip to Fujian, but he didn't think too much about it.
Sensing Chen Ke's strange gaze and reaction, Li Huan knew that Chen Ke had misunderstood, and he regarded himself as the kind of superior who was not afraid of hardships and was willing to uphold justice for his subordinates.
However, Li Huan didn't mean to explain. Anyway, whether this matter was for Han Ling's justice or revenge for killing his father, he would investigate to the end and take down Cai Wen.
Thinking about the criminal evidence about Cai Wen that he had obtained from Ma Ming before, after looking through it, the various crimes that Jin Yiwei found out about Cai Wen's crimes committed over the years can be said to be shocking one after another.
If he didn't have personal experience, Li Huan would not believe it just by looking at the crimes.
Colluding with Japanese pirates, raising dead soldiers, occupying people's fields, robbing people's women, and destroying families at every turn, there is even a story about two officials who were secretly murdered by Cai Wen because he opposed Cai Wen.
Thinking about it now, Li Huan somewhat understood why Cai Wen dared to support someone so blatantly taking away the position of Li's hereditary Langqi Islet Hundred Household Official.
Compared with the crimes committed by Cai Wen, seizing the position of Langqi Islet Hundred Household Official and killing Li Xian of Hundred Households in the Guard Station is just one of the crimes.
There is not much if there is one more, and there is not much if there is one less. For Cai Wen, there is no difference between one more and one less.
What is covering the sky with one hand, what is the sky high and the emperor is far away, and what is lawlessness. After seeing Cai Wen's crimes, Li Huan has a real feeling.
Breathing out a foul breath, Li Huan waved his hands and said, "Put away the files about Han Ling, and send the rest back to the Experience Department, and then go back and rest earlier."
Zuiyue Tower, in the evening, a few men who are not easy to provoke at first glance appeared in Zuiyue Tower, the face of the leader was covered with scars, just one glance made people subconsciously avoid the other party's vicious man look.
"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper..."
At this moment, there are many diners in the lobby of Zuiyue Tower, and the atmosphere is lively when you talk to each other, but when they see these big men, they all shut their mouths immediately and lowered their heads. After dinner, the whole hall was silent, only the shout of the scar-faced man echoed.
Xiao Er hurried over to say hello: "My lords, I don't know what orders you have."
For such a person, Xiao Er naturally knew how to deal with it, smiling all over his face, bowing his body, for fear of offending the other party, and being given an excuse to get mad by the other party.
Glancing at Xiao Er, the scar-faced man said: "Where is your shopkeeper, just say that I, Scar San, is here, and ask him to prepare wine, meat, and girls to entertain me."
Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, seeing that the man with the scarred face didn't seem to be joking, he quickly said: "Masters, wait a little later, I'll go see my shopkeeper."
Cai Changgui was talking with Sun Xiang in the backyard, and the expressions on their faces were very relaxed.
Then I heard Cai Changgui say: "Sir, why don't you visit Li Huan sometime, we have fellowship, it's good to walk around more."
Sun Xiang stroked his beard and nodded, "You're right. I'm going to visit Li Huan tomorrow. Maybe I can ask around and see if he has recommended you to the emperor."
Cai Changgui immediately said: "I have saved the profit of the restaurant for more than a year here, almost 5000 taels of silver. Sir, it is not good to go to visit Li Huan, the emperor's favorite minister, and leave empty-handed. You have to buy some generous gifts."
Sun Xiang nodded and said: "You have lived in the capital for a long time and have a wide network of contacts. You can handle this gift. One of the expenses should be paid. As long as the accounts are clear, I will speak for you."
Cai Changgui cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you, sir."
While talking, Xiaoer said from a distance: "Shopkeeper, there is a fierce man named Ba San outside who brought several people to look for you."
Cai Changgui was taken aback for a moment, and muttered softly, "Scar San? Why does this name sound familiar?"
Sun Xiang frowned and said: "Could it be Ma San'er, the embryo killer under your lord..."
Cai Changgui was startled suddenly and said: "Why did he come to the capital like a murderer? Could it be that something happened?"
Sun Xiang knew how many pirates and dead soldiers Cai Wen had kept under his command, so he knew a little bit about it, but Ma San, the scar-faced man, had never met Sun Xiang, so Sun Xiang took a look at Cai Changgui and said, "Go and see him." See, let's see why he came to Beijing, I'll go back to my room and avoid it."
Cai Changgui knew that Sun Xiang was a scholar, so he didn't look down on Ma San, a rude man who licked his blood, so it was not surprising that Sun Xiang avoided him and didn't want to see Ma San.
Watching Sun Xiang go back to the room, Cai Changgui said to Xiao Er: "Go and invite him here."
Soon the man with a scarred face walked into the backyard, and saw Sun Xiang sitting there drinking tea in a brocade suit and couldn't help grinning, "Brother Cai, do you still remember me, Ma San?"
Cai Changgui claims to be a man of culture, and he also doesn't like the rude manner of the scar-faced man, but as a shopkeeper of a restaurant, he is used to being greeted and sent, so he naturally doesn't reveal his inner thoughts, but smiles all over his face He got up and said enthusiastically to the scar-faced man, "Brother Ma is really joking. Even if Cai forgets his name, he can't forget you, Brother Ma."
Then he pulled Ma San to his seat and said, "Come on, come on, I've come to my territory today, brother Ma, you must let me into the friendship of the landlord."
Seeing Cai Changgui's enthusiasm, Ma San grinned and said, "Okay, it's not in vain that we thought of you, so we went to the city to see you!"
Cai Changgui ordered people to prepare food and drink, and soon he saw that rich food and wine were served, and those men who came with Ma San were also arranged with rich food and wine.
At this moment, Cai Changgui accompanied Ma San to drink and said: "Brother Ma is listening to the master, how come he has the time to travel thousands of miles to Beijing, could it be that the lord has some orders?"
Ma San smiled, looked around, and made sure no one was there, then said in a low voice: "Originally, this matter is confidential, and we shouldn't tell others, but you, shopkeeper Cai, are not outsiders, so let me tell you." It doesn't matter."
At this moment, Ma San was obviously a little drunk, so he told Cai Changgui that he was ordered to lead people to intercept and kill Cheng Yi, a hundred households of Jinyiwei.
Cai Changgui's face turned pale when he heard this, and cold sweat broke out on his back, obviously frightened by the fact that Cai Wen sent people thousands of miles to hunt down and kill the officials of Jinyiwei.
Seeing Cai Changgui's terrified appearance, Ma San couldn't help grinning, and said with a bit of disdain: "I'm not talking about you, you have the courage to inquire about some news for adults in this capital, aren't you just a mere one?" There are hundreds of households in Jinyiwei, our lord, even the thousands of households in Jinyiwei are exterminated, and nothing has happened."
Taking a deep breath, Cai Changgui's hands trembled uncontrollably.
Perhaps it was because he lived in the capital for a long time, Cai Changgui was obviously not very courageous, and he was really frightened by Ma San's words at the moment.
After a while, Cai Changgui calmed down a little, looked at Ma San and said, "Then Ma San brothers, did you kill those Jinyiwei Baihu?"
Ma San nodded and said: "Let us brothers go out, is there anything we can't do?"
As Ma San said, he frowned and said: "It's a pity that I didn't make it all the way, and one person escaped in the end. I'm afraid that if I go back to see my lord this time, I will have to be punished by my lord."
It seemed that he thought that he did not get back the criminal evidence this time, but just killed Cheng Yi, and he felt a little worried. Ma San, who was originally smiling, also showed a little more worry now.
"what!"
Cai Changgui suddenly turned pale with shock, "You...you..."
Ma San was drunk at the moment and was already dizzy from drinking. He took a look at Cai Changgui and said, "Don't worry, it's best to get that thing back. It's okay if you don't get it back. Our lord is deeply ingrained in Fujian, so we can get it back." The words of the emperor’s old man are not as effective as the words of adults, so who can do nothing to win adults.”
Cai Changgui didn't think so. Ma San was just a rough man with no knowledge. After being tamed by Cai Wen's methods, he helped Cai Wen do countless murders and silences. In his shallow knowledge, there was no such thing as Cai Wen. Those who dare to oppose Cai Wen will not end well in the end.
Although what Ma San said was messy, Cai Changgui vaguely analyzed one point, that is, there might be something wrong with Cai Wen that fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei. Lead people thousands of miles to chase and kill.
"No, I have to see Li Huan immediately. As long as Li Huan can help, this matter is nothing at all. When it comes to Jinyiwei, isn't that just a matter of Li Huan's words?"
At this moment, Sun Xiang, who had been staying in the room but paying attention to the movement outside, came out.
Although he was a little drunk, it didn't mean that Ma San had lost his vigilance. When Sun Xiang walked out, Ma San was shocked, and subconsciously reached out to grab Sun Xiang.
Seeing this, Cai Changgui couldn't help shouting: "Brother Ma, stop quickly."
On the other hand, Sun Xiang looked very calm, and said coldly to Ma San, "Ma San, open your dog eyes wide and see who I am."
Ma San paused, rubbed his eyes, and immediately changed his expression: "So it's Mr. Sun, it's Mr. Ma who was rude, please forgive me."
Snorting coldly, Sun Xiang glanced at Ma San and said, "What's going on, why did your lord send you into Beijing to hunt down a hundred households of Jinyiwei?"
Ma San told it again, in fact, it is no different from what he told Cai Changgui just now, after all, he is just a thug, even if there is something, Cai Wen and others will not let him know, it is not bad for him to know so much .
Rubbing the center of his brows, Sun Xiang had a sad look on his face. What Cai Changgui could think of, how could he not think of it.
At this moment, Cai Changgui said to Sun Xiang: "Sir, in fact, this matter is not that troublesome. You only need to ask Li Huan. With his authority in Jinyiwei, if you want to help the master suppress something, that is just a word." thing."
Sun Xiang's eyes lit up, he nodded and said: "You are right, this matter should be done sooner rather than later, I will visit the other party tonight."
Cai Changgui said: "I'm going to buy gifts now."
In the evening, Ma Sanbai drove a carriage boredly, looked around while being guided by others, and said with a little disappointment: "Didn't it say that the capital is prosperous and there are brothels everywhere? After walking for so long , why didn't I see a single place..."
Sun Xiang, who was sitting in the carriage, was almost laughed at by Ma San's words, what do you mean there are brothels everywhere in the capital?
With a light cough, Sun Xiang glanced at Ma San and said, "Since you are vying to come here, then drive well, and when you get to the place, you have to restrain your temper, otherwise, if you break the lord's It’s not enough to just peel you off and cramp you.”
Ma San couldn't help saying: "You have said it eight hundred times, and I, Ma San, can memorize it all. I promise not to say anything, just be a mute."
Sun Xiang snorted coldly and said: "This man is the emperor's favored minister, the upstart of Jinyiwei, with great power, even the old man was pulled down by him. If you provoke him, no one can protect you."
Although Ma San has a rough temper and is a bit lawless, it doesn't mean that he is a fool. Even if he is a fool, he can't become the leader of Cai Wen's dead soldiers.
Hearing what Sun Xiang said at this moment, he immediately grinned and said, "Mother, even the prime minister was pulled down from his horse, this man is so powerful."
Ignoring Ma San any more, Sun Xiang closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about what he would say to Li Huan if he saw Li Huan later.
After all, what is involved in Jinyiwei is that he can't guarantee what Li Huan's attitude will be.
In this way, the carriage soon arrived in front of Li Huan's mansion.
Looking at the small courtyard, Sun Xiang couldn't help showing a bit of sarcasm in his eyes. He thought that the other party lived in this alley, and even the courtyard was no different from ordinary people. He was a good official with integrity. .
Unexpectedly, the other party accepted the heavy gift from him without even blinking an eye. It seemed that he was favored suddenly, and he hadn't had time to change the residence.
With these in mind, Sun Xiang slowly got up and got out of the carriage, straightened his clothes, and knocked on the door.
After a short squeak, a handsome young eunuch poked his head out and asked, "Who are you, what's the matter?"
Sun Xiang bowed his hands and said: "My next son, Sun Xiang, is Li Huan's fellow villager. He visited a few days ago, and today he is here to ask to see you. Please pass it on for me."
As he said that, Sun Xiang took out a piece of silver and handed it to the little eunuch.
The little eunuch glanced at Sun Xiang and said: "Your Excellency is still working in the yamen and hasn't come back yet. If you have something urgent, just wait outside."
With a bang, the little eunuch closed the door without caring about Sun Xiang's reaction, leaving only Sun Xiang stunned.
Ma San, who was following Sun Xiang, saw this scene in his eyes, couldn't help looking at the closed door, and then at Sun Xiang, secretly admiring him, he was so rude to Mr. Sun, it really opened his eyes.
Sun Xiang took a deep breath and said to Ma San, who looked strange, "Follow me here and wait for Li Huan to return."
Ma San responded when he heard the words.
The night was deep, and it was dark all around. There were no rich and powerful houses nearby, so there were not many houses with lanterns hanging in front of them, so it looked dark.
Fortunately, Li Huan is now a high-ranking official of Jinyiwei. Even though the residence is a bit shabby, under Cao Yu's arrangement, a lantern was hung at the door.
After all, no one can guarantee whether someone will come to look for Li Huan in the middle of the night. After all, he is an official. If someone comes to Tongbing for any urgent matter, it will be bad if he can't even find a door. Bar.
The strong and powerful Li characters are written on the red lanterns, which can be seen at a glance when people reach the entrance of the alley, and at the same time, it also illuminates the originally dark alley.
There was a sound of slight footsteps, approaching gradually, and Ma San, who had been staring at the red lantern boredly, suddenly had his eyes lit up.
The long scars on his face moved accordingly, and the red light from the red lantern made Ma San look like a ferocious ghost.
At this moment, Sun Xiang also heard the movement, and looked up at the entrance of the alley in the distance, and saw a few figures walking slowly, as they got closer, Sun Xiang had already recognized the person who came, wasn't it Li Huan.
Naturally, Li Huan also noticed Sun Xiang and the others waiting at the door, he paused slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and gradually a smile appeared on his face, and he strode forward.
Walking to the front, Sun Xiang hurriedly saluted Li Huan: "I pay my respects to my lord."
Li Huan looked at Sun Xiang and said with a slight smile: "I said that today the magpies are calling. It turns out that Mr. Sun is here. Please come in!"
Li Huan enthusiastically led Sun Xiang into the courtyard, but at this moment, Chen Yao, who was following Li Huan with a few captains of Jin Yiwei, suddenly looked at the man standing beside the carriage with his head bowed. Ma San.
Chen Yao and the others shouldered the responsibility for Li Huan's safety, so they were vigilant enough to everyone around Li Huan.
That’s all for Sun Xiang, at first glance he looks like a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, but Ma San is different, although Ma San can’t see his appearance clearly because he lowered his head, but his burly body is full of explosive power, Especially the bloody evil spirit on his body, one can tell at a glance that it is not a kind person.
"Ok!"
Chen Yao's footsteps paused, because he felt a little familiar with Ma San's figure, so he stopped and stared at Ma San involuntarily.
As a warrior, Ma San naturally has keen five senses, when Chen Yao's scrutinizing eyes fell on him, Ma San's reaction was immediately aroused.
Because the alley was dark, Ma San did not recognize Chen Yaolai. After all, when Chen Yao and Cheng Yi were chasing and killing Chen Yao and Cheng Yi, they were extremely embarrassed. They were the same as Chen Yao, who was tidy up and dressed in official uniforms. In comparison, it's like a different person.
However, Ma San sensed Chen Yao's gaze, and subconsciously raised his head to take a look. After just one glance, Ma San was taken aback, wondering why this person's figure and eyes were so familiar.
But Chen Yao recognized the other party at a glance. For Ma San, Chen Yao had a deep memory. After all, not long ago, the other party intercepted and killed him outside the city gate. In addition, the iconic scar on Ma San's face, If Chen Yao couldn't recognize Ma Sanlai, he could only be said to be blind.
"It's you!"
Almost instinctively, Chen Yao let out a low cry, only to hear a sound, the Xiuchun knife came out of its sheath, and rushed towards Chen Yao directly.
Ma San was a little dazed, but when Chen Yao pulled out his knife and slashed at him, Ma San also realized immediately, isn't this Cheng Yi's companion?
"Grandma's, it's really a narrow road!"
Ma San cursed secretly, dodged directly, and at the same time stretched out his hand and drew the long knife hidden in it from the carriage to face Chen Yao.
Chen Yao originally thought that the thieves like Ma San who were chasing and killing them must not dare to enter the city and had already fled far away, but he didn't expect that it would not be long before they would see each other here again.
The moment he saw Ma San, what Chen Yao thought was that the other party had touched Li Huan's residence, and he must be trying to harm Li Huan.
Others don't know about it, but Chen Yao knows nothing more than the enmity between Cai Wen and Li Huan. It's the hatred of killing his father. Now that Li Huan is in charge of Jinyiwei, he has a high position and power. Cai Wen sent someone to assassinate Li Huan in order to protect himself. Not impossible.
After all, Cai Wen had already killed Han Ling, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, so even if he killed one more Li Huan, it seemed nothing.
"This thief wants to harm the adults, what is he doing in a daze, quickly take him down!"
Chen Yao's strength was comparable to Ma San's, and he really couldn't do anything to him for a while, so he shouted at the dazed Captain Jin Yiwei behind him.
Immediately, several Jinyiwei captains drew their knives and rushed towards Ma San. Chen Yao said that the other party wanted to assassinate Li Huan. These Jinyiwei captains looked at Ma San as if they were dead.
Especially when Ma San pulled out the murder weapon from the carriage, these guards in brocade clothes confirmed Ma San's identity more and more.
Just now when he walked into the courtyard with Li Huan, there was chaos behind him. Before Sun Xiang figured out what was going on, he saw Ma San fighting with several members of Jinyiwei.
Especially when he saw the scene where Ma San was actually drawing a knife from the carriage, Sun Xiang couldn't help but exclaimed, it's really yellow mud falling on his crotch, and he can't explain it clearly.
At this moment, Li Huan looked at Ma San who was really besieged in the alley with a serious expression, secretly guessed Ma San's identity, and at the same time looked at Sun Xiang with a bit of suspicion. Could it be that Sun Xiang already knew his identity and deliberately led people to think about it? Want to assassinate yourself?
Sun Xiang noticed Li Huan's eyes, especially when he saw Li Huan's suspicious eyes, Sun Xiang almost cried, and said with a bitter face: "My lord, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"
Li Huan sneered, stared at Sun Xiang and said, "Mr. Sun, tell me that this man is holding a murder weapon. He doesn't want to harm me, but what is he trying to do?"
Sun Xiang felt regretful in his heart at this moment. If he had known this earlier, he would never have brought Ma San here.
"Give me the man!"
Sun Xiang didn't resist at all, even though Jin Yiwei took him away, but he looked at Ma San with a worried face. Ma San was different from him. Before that, Ma San chased and killed Jin Yiwei's people. Once he was found out, he would be dead. deal.
But he is different. I believe that with his eloquence, he will be able to explain clearly.So what Sun Xiang wanted was to kill Ma San quickly, so as not to be caught.
Ma San is extremely ferocious, even if he was besieged by several Jin Yiwei, he still did not lose the wind, and even became more courageous as he fought, Chen Yao, who was shocked with a knife, took a step back, but he flew up to the wall with the impact and smiled: "Want to stay?" Your grandpa and I are still a bit close..."
The next moment Ma San hadn't finished speaking when he heard a piercing sound, and the next moment Ma San let out a cry of pain, and fell directly to the ground. Looking at the situation where the other end was stuck on the ground, the Jin Yiwei couldn't help but Shrinking his neck, this was really painful.
Sure enough, Ma San fell straight from the wall and fell unconscious.
Chen Yao stepped forward to take a look, and saw a blood hole the size of a copper coin on the knee of Ma San's leg, and blood was bubbling. It was obvious that the knee was crushed by someone with a hidden weapon, which caused Ma San to fall from the wall. up and down.
Apart from Li Huan, there was really no one else present who could do this.
Sure enough, when he looked towards Li Huan, Li Huan had already walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
After giving an order, several people stepped forward and immediately tied up Ma San, then dragged him into the yard, and threw him on the ground like a dead dog.
At this moment, Sun Xiangzheng explained to Li Huan with a wry smile: "My lord, the misunderstanding is all a misunderstanding. This person has nothing to do with me. I just hired a driver at random. I never thought he was a driver." He even hides a murder weapon in order to misbehave against adults."
Li Huan ignored Sun Xiang, but glanced at Chen Yao.
At this moment, Chen Yao came forward and explained in a low voice in Li Huan's ear, and Li Huan finally understood Ma San's identity.
I can only say that I really don't look at it. In this huge capital city, if it is not particularly bad luck, the possibility of Ma San sneaking into the capital and being bumped by Chen Yao is almost negligible.
Who would have thought that the other party had just entered the city, and was actually bumped into by Chen Yao.
If it weren't for knowing the origin of Ma San's identity, to be honest, just looking at Sun Xiang's extremely aggrieved appearance, maybe he was really deceived by Sun Xiang.
However, Li Huan didn't expose the other party's intentions. Since the other party still doesn't know his identity, it's just a matter of acting with the other party. By the way, let's see what the other party's purpose is. Maybe he can give the other party a surprise at that time. .
Seeing that Li Huan's expression eased a lot, Sun Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said: "My lord, I really came to see you today, and I have prepared a generous gift, and I am in the carriage at the moment. If your lord doesn't believe me, You might as well send someone to take a look."
Li Huan's eyes lit up and said, "Oh, so I blamed Mr. wrongly?"
Seeing Li Huan's bright eyes, Sun Xiang cursed secretly in his heart, and at the same time he was glad that he had prepared a generous gift. I believe that when Li Huan sees the generous gift, he should not associate himself with Ma San.
At this moment Li Huan nodded at Cao Yu and said, "Cao Yu, go to the carriage and have a look."
Then he swept the heavily tied Ma San on the ground, waved his hands and said, "Detain this man for me, and give him a good trial to see if he has connections with any officials in the court. He even dared to assassinate me."
Sun Xiang couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words, and secretly thought that Li Huan was planning to take advantage of Ma San's incident to attack some officials in the court?
As staff members, any word from the superior fell into their ears, and they would instinctively break it into pieces and savor it carefully to see if there was any deep meaning in it.
Cao Yu came over with a brocade box and said, "My lord, I found this brocade box on the carriage. Inside it was a Double Dragon Playing Bead carved from suet jade. It is extremely delicate and valuable!"
Li Huan glanced at it, with a smile on his face, and smiled at Sun Xiang: "Mr. Sun has spent a lot of money. It seems that that person really has nothing to do with Mr. Sun. A misunderstanding is really a misunderstanding."
With a wave of his hand, the two Jinyi guards who were holding Sun Xiang immediately let go of Sun Xiang. Sun Xiang regained his freedom and hurriedly apologized to Li Huan: "It's just my fault for being too negligent. I just rented a carriage at random. But I never thought that I would be targeted by the thieves, fortunately, my lord is lucky, otherwise, if the thieves hurt my lord, wouldn't everything be redeemed by Sun."
Li Huan said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is just an unintentional mistake. Since it has nothing to do with Mr. Sun, then this matter is over."
Sun Xiang hurriedly thanked him and said: "Your Excellency is magnanimous, and Sun is very grateful."
Greeting Sun Xiang into the hall, Li Huan said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is not here to inquire about the transfer of your official position, Mr. Cai."
Sun Xiang smiled slightly and said: "No, no, I just come here to walk around and give the jade carvings I found to the adults."
Li Huan laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li will be extremely concerned about your lord's affairs, and will definitely give your lord a big surprise when the time comes."
A Li Huan meant to give his lord a promotion. Sun Xiang couldn't help the joy in his heart when he heard the words, he got up and bowed to Li Huan and said: "Sun, thank you on behalf of my lord."
Sun Xiang said with an excited face: "After the matter is completed, my lord will never forget his kindness, and there will be a big thank you."
Li Huan laughed loudly and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say!"
After such things happened, Sun Xiang was not in the mood to stay any longer, and Li Huan also expressed his opinion to him that he would give his family a surprise when the time came, which was already a clear statement.
Sun Xiang bid farewell to Li Huan, and returned to Zuiyue Tower full of melancholy and joy.
Seeing Sun Xiang walking back alone, shopkeeper Cai couldn't help saying in surprise: "Sir, you are..." He said in a hurry: "Ma San is too unruly, how could he let Mr. come back on foot alone!"
Sun Xiang sat down on his ass, and he was really tired from walking all the way back. He rubbed his legs and said, "Ma San is over!"
Shopkeeper Cai was cursing Ma San, but when he heard Sun Xiang's words, he was startled, and looked at Sun Xiang full of puzzlement.
Sun Xiang sighed softly, and told about how Ma San was caught by Jin Yiwei's people for some reason, and when the two sides fought, he missed and was captured.
Shopkeeper Cai was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he asked after a while, "How could this be?"
Now he understood why Sun Xiang said that Ma San was finished and everyone fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei. It would be strange if it was good.
Suddenly shopkeeper Cai showed a bit of worry on his face and said: "No, Ma San has fallen into the hands of Jin Yiwei's men. If he can't bear the torture of Jin Yiwei, we and the adults will tell us..."
Sun Xiang narrowed his eyes, slowly shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Ma San doesn't have the guts, he knows better than anyone else the consequences of betraying your lord."
After Shopkeeper Cai calmed down, he thought of Cai Wen's terrifying methods of controlling the dead men under his command. He felt relieved, nodded slightly and said, "I hope I'm worrying too much!"
Sun Xiang thought that although it was not going well this time, and he even took Ma San in for no reason, but thinking of Li Huan's promise, Sun Xiang still couldn't help but feel happy.
Noticing the smile on Sun Xiang's face, shopkeeper Cai couldn't help being curious, and took a horse to go in. Sun Xiang was still in such a good mood, it seems that the harvest this time must be not small.
"Why are you so happy, sir?"
Sun Xiang stroked his beard and said quite reservedly: "Li Huan just told me that he wanted to give us adults a big surprise!"
Cai Changgui's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and his face was full of surprise.
Sun Xiang smiled and stroked his beard, looked at Cai Changgui and said, "What kind of surprise do you think Li Huan will give you?"
[This chapter is [-] words, full of sincerity. I just found out that the monthly ticket is doubled today. Continue to work on the big chapter, and there will be an update report today.Ask for a monthly pass and give a reward! 】
(End of this chapter)
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