The Heavens of Film and Television: From Serving as a Soldier

Chapter 147 Black Clothes

In the mountains, the night was deep, and the thick fog slowly rose and spread in an instant. The narrow gates of ancient temples were looming in the fog. A black shadow rushed out of the fog like lightning and stopped in front of the temple door. This man is dressed in a green robe, and he is none other than a viper.

The main hall of the ancient temple is lit with green lanterns. Jin Mulan wore a bamboo hat and sat cross-legged in the hall. There were footsteps outside the door, and Chunxiang walked in quickly: "Master, he is here."

Jin Mulan nodded. Following the words, Viper quickly walked into the palace and asked: "Di Renjie broke through the secret passage in the Governor's Mansion and found Zhen Fang Qian! Why did you put Zhen Fang Qian there? How did you do things?! "

Jin Mulan let out a burst of happy laughter: "Why are you nervous? This is exactly the result I want to see!"

Viper was confused: "What?"

Jin Mulan stood up and said, "You can also say that I arranged it deliberately."

Viper asked: "Why?"

Jin Mulan said: "Do you know who this real Fang Qian is?"

Viper said: "Fang Qian is Fang Qian, who else could it be!"

Jin Mulan shook her head: "No, you are wrong. He is an old acquaintance of yours. When you hear his real name, you will jump up in shock."

Viper said: "I never jump up."

Jin Mulan said this person's name, and Viper jumped up from the futon: "It's him!"

Jin Mulan giggled: "I told you, you will jump!"

Viper said: "You are crazy! Playing this kind of game with Di Renjie will never end well!"

Jin Mulan was quite disapproving and snorted: "What's wrong with Di Renjie? I don't believe he can find out the truth this time."

Viper: "You are playing with fire!"

Jin Mulan said: "I will not watch Youzhou, which I have worked so hard to manage, be destroyed!"

Viper sighed: "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Jin Mulan said: "You are responsible for contacting him and delivering the news. Also, his safety."

Viper was stunned: "Safe?"

Jin Mulan said: "Once we find out that he betrayed us, we will get rid of him immediately!"

……

"Master, we are almost there!"

"Okay, let's go to the hotel in front to have a rest, and then go into the city."

"Okay, Master."

Arriving at the post house, he walked in and said, "Waiter, bring me a pot of good tea!"

"Okay, gentlemen, please come this way!"

The two sat down and Zhang Yang said, "Have everyone made arrangements?"

"Everything has been arranged."

"Is Colonel Mojin here?"

"The fifteen Mojin captains and the fifteen native masters have all arrived."

"Very good, let them drink the champion red and find someone to take good care of them. Who will take the lead?"

"The leader is Song Jin, whose courtesy name is Huairen. He is a failed candidate."

"Yes, control his family, and then give him the map. Let him find the missing part as soon as possible, and then find the treasure for me."

"Yes, Master."

……

Night, Fang Qian's room in the Governor's Mansion. Fang Qian slowly closed the door, bolted the door, and let out a long sigh of relief. He gently took off his robe, hung it on the hanger, took out a package of things from the pocket of his robe, then turned around and walked into the back room, closed the door, gently lowered the curtain on the bed, and got in. On his back, a square wound one and a half feet long and half a foot wide was clearly exposed, shocking! The muscles on Fang Qian's face twitched. He grabbed a handful of white powder from the paper bag with his right hand and lightly sprinkled it on the wound. There was a throbbing pain. Fang Qian let out a soft cry, and cold sweat rolled down his forehead. . He panted heavily for a long time, then picked up his shirt and gently put it on, then slowly lay on the bed.

Everything was completely silent, and everything was dark. Only the main hall of the Governor's Mansion was still lit. A black shadow flashed in front of the main hall like lightning. It was Viper. He stretched out his hand and gently opened the window paper and looked inside. He saw Judge Dick pacing slowly in the room. A solitary lamp flickered between on and off. Judge Dee's body swayed rhythmically, his steps were slow but firm; his eyes were focused on the front, thinking quietly. Suddenly, he stopped, raised his head and whispered: "Fang Qian, Fang Qian..."

The night was getting late and Fang Qian was already fast asleep. Suddenly there was a hissing sound, and a viper quickly swam in the door and stopped in front of Fang Qian's bed, its body coiled up and its head raised high. Fang Qian seemed to hear the sound, and his eyes moved. The viper jumped onto the bed with a "swish" sound. Fang Qian suddenly opened his eyes, and a triangular snake head was facing his eyes. Fang Qian let out a low exclamation. The snake remained motionless and looked at him quietly.

Fang Qian took a deep breath and slowly raised his head. There is a person sitting on the chair opposite, it is Viper! Fang Qian was so frightened that he asked in a low voice: "Who are you?"

Viper slowly stood up and walked to him; "What, you don't know me anymore? I saved your life!"

Fang Qian looked at him carefully: "Ah, it's you. Viper!"

Viper nodded, reached out and lifted the venomous snake on the bed and placed it on the ground. The venomous snake quickly swam towards the door. Viper took out a white silk handkerchief and wiped his hands gently.

Fang Qian said: "Did Jin Mulan ask you to contact me?"

Viper said: "Exactly."

The door of the west wing opened, and a servant walked out in clothes, bleary-eyed, and walked to the east toilet. When he passed by the main house where Fang Qian lived, he heard someone whispering inside and stopped. The voices disappeared. The servant tiptoed toward the door of the main room. There were low voices in the room again. He lay beside the door and listened quietly. Suddenly, there was a hissing sound under his feet, and the servant turned his head. A poisonous snake raised its head and stared at him with its triangular eyes. The tongue stretched and contracted rapidly. The servant retreated slowly and tremblingly, but the viper remained motionless. Suddenly the servant stumbled and lost his balance. The poisonous snake hissed, swooped over and bit his throat. He let out a short cry and fell heavily to the ground.

In the main hall, Judge Dee wrote something quickly with his pen. The door creaked open, and Di Chun walked in and said softly: "Master, please call me."

Di Gong nodded, put away his brush, picked up the letter paper on the desk, blew it on it, folded it and put it into the envelope, and said to Di Chun: "It's urgent for six hundred miles to send this letter to the capital and hand it over to Zhang Jianzhi in person." grown ups."

Di Chun agreed, took the letter, turned around and ran out the door. In the early morning of the next day, Di Chun was already carrying the "Six Hundred Miles to Youzhou Express" recruitment bag and galloped on the official road.

Judge Dee walked slowly through the paths in the garden of the Dudu Mansion. In the distance, a dozen servants were busy coming and going under the command of Li Yuanfang. Judge Dee felt strange, so he stopped, turned around and shouted: "Yuan Fang!"

In the distance, Li Yuanfang turned around and said, "Sir, you are up so early." Di Gong waved to him, and Li Yuanfang gave a few instructions to the servants and walked over quickly.

Judge Di asked: "Yuanfang, what are you doing?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Oh, that's it. Last night, a servant in Donghua Hall was bitten by a snake and died. This morning the steward came to report it. If I think about this kind of thing, it's better not to alarm the adults. No, I'm instructing the servants to put him in a safe place. Prepare the corpse to be wrapped in a coffin."

Judge Dee nodded: "Tell the steward to give more money to the family of the deceased."

Li Yuanfang said: "Yes, I have already given the order."

Mr. Di said "Yes": "You go ahead." Li Yuanfang turned and left.

Judge Dee continued to walk forward. Suddenly he stopped and turned back to Li Yuanfang and shouted: "Wait!"

Li Yuanfang turned around: "Sir, do you have any other instructions?" Judge Di said: "You just said it was Donghua Hall?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Yes. The servant died in front of the east toilet door. I think he was bitten by a snake while going to the toilet at night."

Di Gong did not answer, but just said to himself: "Donghua Hall, Mr. Fang lives there."

Li Yuanfang hurriedly said: "Oh, I have already gone to say hello this morning. Mr. Fang is fine."

Judge Dee raised his head: "You mean that servant was bitten to death by a snake?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Exactly."

Judge Dee raised his head in thought: "Take me to see the body."

The servant's body was lying on a stretcher. His face was gray, his eyes were wide open, and there were three obvious small holes in his throat. Judge Dee slowly knelt down and examined the servant's pupils. Li Yuanfang watched quietly from the side. Judge Dee gently rubbed his fingers on the wound on the servant's throat, then put his fingers to his nose, smelled it, and nodded: "It's a snake bite, that's for sure."

Li Yuanfang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face. Judge Di stood up: "Yuanfang, you mean, he is lying in front of the east toilet door."

Li Yuanfang; "Exactly."

Judge Dee asked: "In which direction is your head facing?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Head towards the door of the east toilet."

Judge Dee pondered. Li Yuanfang said: "Sir, is there something wrong?"

Judge Dee smiled: "Having his head facing the door of the east toilet means that he was bitten to death by a snake before entering the east toilet, right?"

Li Yuanfang nodded: "Probably."

Judge Dee said: "This is a bit strange. Under normal circumstances, when a poisonous snake attacks a person, the wound should be on the heel, calf, or at most the thigh, because snakes have no waist and cannot leap high to attack like tigers, leopards, and dogs. Therefore, snake bite wounds are usually relatively low. But look, this servant’s wound is actually on his throat..."

Li Yuanfang nodded: "In your opinion..."

Judge Di said: "There is only one explanation for this situation, and that is that the poisonous snake was entrenched on the beam in the east toilet. It was alerted by the servants and attacked from top to bottom."

Li Yuanfang said: "It makes sense."

Judge Dee smiled and shook his head: "That makes no sense."

Li Yuanfang was stunned: "But why?"

Judge Dee said: "If this is the case, then the servant's body should have fallen in the east toilet, or rushed out of the east toilet after being injured and died in front of the door. In which direction should his head be directed?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Outside the east toilet."

Judge Dee nodded: "Exactly. Moreover, even large beasts such as tigers, leopards and dogs will not bite people's throats without training, let alone snakes!"

Li Yuanfang said; "What your lord means is..."

Judge Di said: "Youzhou is located in the north, and there are very few venomous snakes. Even if there are any, they are hidden in the mountains. How could they come to the Governor's Mansion!"

He turned around and asked an old servant beside him: "Has this happened before?"

The old servant shook his head: "To tell you the truth, sir, I have never seen anything like a venomous snake in my life!"

Judge Dee said: "That's it."

Li Yuanfang scratched his head: "Could it be that the servant's enemy deliberately let the snake bite him..." At this point, he himself felt something was wrong: "It doesn't look like it!"

Judge Dee smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's too early to draw conclusions now. Maybe this is just an accident. So, you order the guards to take action immediately and search for snake dens in the Governor's Mansion. Let's start from the east toilet."

Li Yuanfang said: "Yes."

It was already afternoon, and the city of Chang'an was bustling with people. A horse came flying forward, and the passenger on the horse was Di Chun. After a while, Di Chun was already in front of the Zhongshu Province Judgment Hall.

Zhang Jianzhi was sitting behind the desk, flipping through the files. With the sound of footsteps, a palm guard walked in and announced: "Mr. Ge, Mr. Di Renjie of Youzhou sent someone to deliver six hundred miles of urgent documents, saying that he wanted to hand them over to Mr. Ge personally. .”

Zhang Jianzhi nodded: "Where is the person?" Zhang Gu replied that he was now outside the judgment hall. Zhang Jian ordered Di Chun to be invited in immediately.

In the blink of an eye, Di Chun walked in quickly and knelt down on his knees: "Little man Di Chun, come and see Mr. Ge."

Zhang Jianzhi said: "Get up and speak."

Di Chun stood up, took off the letter bag from behind, took out the envelope and handed it over; "This is a letter from Mr. Di to Mr. Ge."

Zhang Jianzhi took it, took out the letter, read it quickly, raised his head and said, "I understand. Someone is here!"

Zhang Gu comes in. Zhang Jianzhi ordered: "Take the ultimatum from Zhongshu Province to the Ministry of Officials and retrieve the archives of Fang Qian, the governor of Youzhou."

……

Huzhou is a natural place.

Zhang Yang said: "I have met His Highness."

"No, you are the master here, and I am the subordinate."

"Your Highness, you are too polite."

"No, Brother Shendu, my personality is not suitable for leading them. You are decisive in killing and have outstanding abilities. Only a superior like you can take back the Li Tang world that belongs to us as quickly as possible."

Zhang Yang looked at Li Gui and said, "Don't worry, it can take as little as three years or as many as five years. I will definitely do it."

"Is there anything you need me to do? Just ask."

"I need your power in the court."

"The only people I know are the internal historian Yao Chong and others."

"I need middle and lower-level officials, and it's best to move them to Luoyang. A few years ago, the Bagua Monument appeared in Luohe, which made Wu Zetian want to move the capital to Luoyang, so we need to place our manpower in Luoyang."

"Don't worry about this, my master Song Jing can help us."

"This is best, Your Highness Li Gui. Recently, the prince's subordinates have been looking for you in Huzhou City. Your Highness needs to live in seclusion. Tasks such as sending letters and liaisons will be left to the people below."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)