Chapter 307 Receive a corpse
"Let him escape!" The prince hated him extremely, "Immediately have people seal off all the piers and main roads, and then surround the Duke of Bai's mansion." He quickly issued an order.
This year, the emperor went to Beijing to escape the summer heat. It was General Qin who was responsible for the safety of the palace and the royal hunting grounds. To be able to arrange so many people to sneak in under his nose must be because General Qin trusted him very much, or he would never fortify people.
The crown prince and others searched for two or three days, and found Bai Guogong. He and General Qin were not only good friends for many years, but also relatives of his sons and daughters. General Qin never imagined that Bai Guogui would harm him.
This old fox really held his breath. He knew that the prince was suspicious of him, but he didn't show his face at all. He greeted the prince as usual, and even went to visit the seriously injured General Qin.
Where is he visiting? It's clearly silence! If it wasn't for the sudden return of General Qin's entourage who had been dismissed, General Qin might have died in his hands, but unfortunately he still escaped.
Who would have thought that Bai Guogong, who always smiles at everyone, is such a ruthless master?
Knowing who the mastermind is, the matter becomes easier to investigate. According to someone's account, their team was transferred due to someone holding General Qin's token to give orders, and the other two teams switched defenses before it was time to change defenses, also holding General Qin's token, they all thought it was The order from above has changed.
The point is that General Qin's badge is still on him, and he hasn't lost it at all. And those guards insisted that the token they saw was real.
Then there is only one explanation, the token is a counterfeit! The relationship between Bai Guogong and General Qin is so good, he should have many opportunities to get close to the token.
General Qin thought about it carefully, and it really reminded him of one thing. About a year ago, he didn't have the token that he always kept with him, but he didn't have it on him. Finally, he found it between the bed and the wall. And the night before, he happened to be drinking with Bai Guogong, and both of them were drunk.
At that time, General Qin only thought that he was drunk and the token fell, but now that he thinks about it, it is very problematic. He was really drunk, but he was not sure if Bai Guogong was drunk or not. The only thing that is certain is that he was tortured to death by Bai Guogong.
The token was forged a year ago, Duke Bai really held his breath.
The Duke of Bai’s mansion was full of cries. Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Bai and several unmarried ladies were all taken away by the government, and the servants of the mansion were naturally not spared.
But the courtyard where Bai Guogong’s stupid eldest son was said to live was empty, except for a dumb and deaf old servant, who couldn’t ask any questions. As for the other people in the house, even the housekeeper Mrs. Bai was very at a loss, and it took a while to remember that there was such a person in the house.
That stupid eldest son is not only a taboo of the entire Duke's Mansion, but also the embarrassment that Mrs. Bai least wants to mention. Fortunately, she is a fool, so it doesn't bother her. Even the Duke of the country didn't care about it and let him fend for himself, let alone her mother-in-law.
People gone? A fool, how can the person who serves him be dedicated? Maybe he fell into the pond and drowned a long time ago!
Wen Jiuxiao found an entrance to a secret passage in that idiot's room, and went down to have a look. The exit of the secret passage was an ordinary house in the east of the city, and the house had already been emptied. According to the neighbors, a young scholar lives there, and there is only an old servant around him. This scholar studies in the academy and comes back once every ten days and a half. Ask them which academy they are studying in, but everyone looks at each other, and no one can tell.
At this time, everyone suddenly felt that something was wrong. This scholar had lived here for several years. It stands to reason that they should be very familiar with him, but they didn't even know his last name, and they all called him scholar. Also, they only know that there is such a person, but they can't remember the appearance of this scholar at all. It seems that every time I saw him coming back from a distance, I heard his old servant say that his young master came back, lost weight, and wanted to buy some meat for supplements. Over the road.
Wen Jiuxiao searched Bai Guogong's study and found several secret letters, including letters with the county magistrate of Dongyang County. When he saw one of the letters, Wen Jiuxiao's hands trembled.
Bai Guogong is more courageous than he thought, he dared to raise private soldiers! A prince of the state who raises private soldiers, his mind has been clearly revealed. Raising soldiers requires a steady stream of money, no wonder he wants to collect money.
The crown prince and Wen Jiuxiao reported to the emperor together. Emperor Taikang had a sullen face and indifferent eyes. If you look carefully, you will find the anger in his eyes! good! very good! As a courtier, he dared to raise soldiers in private, what else would he not dare to do?
Emperor Taikang only said two sentences, one is to arrest Bai Guogong at all costs, and the other is to throw Bai Concubine into limbo.
"The minister obeys the order." The prince and Wen Jiuxiao looked at each other. Indeed, Bai Guogong must be caught as soon as possible, and he must not be allowed to leave Beijing. He has at least 10,000 private soldiers in his hands, so he cannot let the tiger go back to the mountain.
Yu Zhi received a letter from He Xiaodie again. The handwriting on the letter was scribbled, and it seemed that it was written in a hurry. The letter said that she went after Bai Guogong, and either she died or he died. If she was unlucky, please ask her to collect her body and leave an address.
Yu Zhi didn't wait for half a minute, and immediately went out to find Wen Jiuxiao, "What is this place?" She pointed to the address He Xiaodie left behind and asked.
"He Xiaodie sent it?" Wen Jiuxiao quickly scanned the contents of the letter with a very solemn expression, "This was a ferry more than ten years ago, but now it has been abandoned, and even the nearby villages have moved away."
"You just said that the Bai Guogui will not leave here?"
"Yes!" Wen Jiuxiao said hurriedly, "If you board the boat from this place, you only need to travel a short distance to reach the Jing River. If you get to the Jing River, it will be difficult to chase."
Normal people don’t know about that deserted ferry, that is, he met Hu Rongkun of the Cao Gang, and when he helped Hu Rongkun avoid being chased and killed, it was the deserted ferry that he took him away.
"Zhizhi, you go home first..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yu Zhi, "I'll go too." After a pause, he added, "I'll collect He Xiaodie's body. Look, I even changed my clothes." Collected the body It is impossible to collect the corpse, as long as she still has half a breath, she can still be saved!
Wen Jiuxiao noticed that Zhizhi's clothes today are a bit weird, neither women's clothes nor men's clothes, it's somewhere between women's clothes and men's clothes. Immediately, he felt a headache, and when he met Shang Yu Zhi's persistent eyes, he had to compromise, "Okay!"
He knew in his heart that even if he disagreed, she would follow her secretly. Instead of that, she might as well be under his nose.
(end of this chapter)