Yi Song

Chapter 94 Seize fate by the throat

Gao Qiu returned to his house, sat in the study for a while, and then called the administrator.

"A few days ago, the gift that the master of Lingguangyuan asked for was packed in a long wooden box. Where did it go?"

"Mr. Lang, put it in the utility room."

"bring here."

"Yes."

After a while, the steward came in with a long wooden box and placed it on the table next to Gao Qiu.

"Go down."

"Yes."

Gao Qiu stared at the long wooden box for a while, then stretched out his hand to push its lid open, revealing a divine arm bow with a broken string.

He reached in with his right hand, touched the arm of the crossbow, took it out, turned it over and over, and saw a line of words engraved on the left arm of the crossbow.

"Jiazi Workshop of the Ten Thousand Years Gong and Crossbow Academy of Jingzhao Mansion, the Military Supervisor".

On the right arm of the crossbow is engraved a line of words, "Daxia Jingsai Army Division Left Second Captures the Living Army". The font is crooked and completely different from the words on the left arm of the crossbow. It was engraved later.

After touching it, Gao Qiu suddenly laughed and called out to summon Gao Yaoshi.

"Mr. Lang, the pharmacist is here."

"Pharmacist, come in."

"Yes."

"Later, go to the Military Patrol Court and the Wuhe Gang and tell Zhang Zeduan and Wang Muwen that I will retract the new rules from the past few days."

"Mr. Lang, may I ask which new rule it is?"

"A few days ago, I asked you to go to the Military Patrol Yuan and the Wuhe Gang to spread the word that the division between the Wuhe Gang and the Military Patrol Court would be changed from 37 to 55 to 28. The Military Patrol Court would get 20 percent, and the Wuhe Gang would get 20 percent. Help me get 80%.”

"Yes, Mr. Lang. The younger one conveyed the message at that time. Zhang Zhiyuan and Gang Leader Wang did not say anything and acquiesced."

"You tell Zhang Zeduan and Wang Muwen that the division will be changed again, 50/50 between the Military Patrol Court and the Wuhe Gang. Regardless of the previous or subsequent territories, all the territories will be divided in half."

Gao Yaoshi hesitated and said, "Mr. Lang, split them all in half?"

"Um -, haven't I made it clear enough?"

"Clear, the little one heard it very clearly. Go and send the message right away."

Gao Qiu put the divine arm bow back into the wooden box, pushed the lid, couldn't help but pat it, and said to himself: "Liu Erlang, are you lucky, or are you calculated well? Haha, I would rather believe you It’s good luck!”

Liang Shicheng got down from Cai Jing's sedan, got on his own sedan, and returned to the Imperial City Secretary's Office.

"Grandpa is back." Two chamberlains came to greet him.

Liang Shicheng nodded, walked straight into the signing room and sat down. He narrowed his eyes and remembered something.

"A few days ago, you said that the kid from Houde Palace got something belonging to Liu Erlang?"

"Yes, it is currently in the Sijia Pavilion of the Imperial City."

"Send it over and call that little kid here. I want to ask the whole story."

"Okay grandpa."

After waiting for half an hour, everything and people were delivered.

"The young Imperial City Secretary is here to visit Jia Liuzi and pay his respects to Grandpa, the Interior Minister."

"stand up."

"Thank you grandpa."

"Are you here to visit Houde Palace?"

"Yes."

"Where are the objects?"

Zuo Shijin quickly handed over the object, a small cloth bag, carefully placed on the table next to Liang Shicheng's right hand.

"Grandpa, here."

Liang Shicheng touched the bag and asked, "How did you get this?"

"Returning to Grandpa Nei Xiang, that morning, Liu Erlang came to Houde Palace alone to see Elder Liu Baoxiang. That day was the birthday of the Patriarch Bodhidharma, and Elder Xiang accompanied the palace owner to Bodhi Temple to burn incense and chant sutras on the fourth watch.

Liu Erlang left this object to his disciple, asked him to hand it over, and stuffed a few strings of money into it. Coincidentally, just as Liu Erlang turned his back and left, Xue Qi and others escorted the two maids back to Houde Palace to get two thick clothes for the palace master.

Xue Qi happened to see Liu Erlang's back and asked casually. Menzi also told the reason. Xue Qi thought for some reason and said that he was going back to Bodhi Zen Temple anyway, and he would take it to Mr. Xiang. Menzi wanted to save trouble, so he gave it to him. "

Zaitan was very eloquent, and Balabala explained the whole process very clearly. "For some reason, Xue Qi didn't give the things to Mr. Xiang for a long time. At dusk, the palace owner and Mr. Xiang knew that Liu Erlang had robbed a prisoner in Fengqiu, so they went to Kaifeng Mansion to surrender themselves in the afternoon. After a few words of discussion, they returned to the palace. City, greet the officials.

On the way, Xiao Xiao saw Xue Qi throwing the bag into the garbage pile on the roadside while no one was paying attention. The younger one felt that it was related to Liu Erlang, and after wondering what it could be useful for, he made an excuse, went back, picked it up, and handed it back to his father-in-law. "

"Okay!" Liang Shicheng nodded and opened the bag. There was a letter inside. When he opened it, he saw that it was Liu Erlang asking Liu Baoxiang to worship his ancestors and find relatives for him.

I asked Mr. Xiang to help find his ancestors and burn a piece of paper in front of the grave for the sake of being a descendant of Han ancestors.

"Both are descendants of the Han ancestors? Haha, isn't Xiang's surname Liu good?" Liang Shicheng poured out two other objects.

Two pieces of household paper, and a piece of inferior jade worth less than a stone.

The first household paper is relatively new, and it reads: "No. 12, Guangde Lane, Yin County, Mingzhou, the head of the household is Liu Bao, and his wife is Lin Liu. The eldest son Liu Long was born on November 11, the second year of Shaosheng. The second son Liu Hu was born on the fifth day of the fifth month of the first year of Yuanfu."

It is also stamped with the Yinxian lobby seal.

The second household paper is very old, and it says: "No. A, Tianbo Xi Lane, Jianlongfang, West Wing, outside Kaifeng Prefecture, the head of the household is Liu Yanqing, his wife is Song Liu, the eldest son is Liu Bao, and the second daughter is Liu."

Liang Shicheng looked at this household paper with the seal of Cao, the householder of Kaifeng, and there was a bang in his head, like a gong.

"You!" Liang Shicheng pointed to his right servant, "Go to the Sijia Pavilion in our imperial city and look for a document. During the three years of Zhenghe, there is a column for marriage search in the name of Queen Mingda. Go quickly and find it quickly. .”

The right servant Jin ran all the way and soon came back with a roll of documents and placed it in front of him.

Liang Shicheng dug out a piece of household paper signed by Kaifeng Mansion and put it together with the household paper in Liu Guozhang's bag. Although one was wrinkled and full of stains, and the other was old and worn, the seam seal in the middle could still be seen. combine together.

The content inside is exactly the same, and the handwriting is roughly the same, written by the same scribe.

He picked up another piece of paper in the file, looked at it for a few times, picked up the piece of inferior jade, and looked at the inner ring against the light. There were four words engraved on it: "Feasting in the Four Seas".

"It's all right! What luck! Luck!"

Liang Shicheng sat and thought for a while, then reached out to wrap the things together and stuff them into his arms, "Let's go to the East Palace."

He walked to the door, pointed at the sitting detective and said, "Write down his name, promote him to the third level, and reward him with fifty guan."

"Thank you, Grandpa Interior Minister. Thank you, Grandpa Interior Minister."

"You go to Houde Palace to report it, and say that you are a master. In the afternoon, you go to see Emperor Ji and Mr. Xiang."

"Yes."

In the afternoon, in the Kaifeng Mansion West Prison, Liu Guozhang was sitting quietly in his cell, and outside the fence was Yang Xiaojie.

The two of them had serious expressions on their faces.

"Di Sanlang has no face to see me?"

"Yes. Sanlang said that after he became Duke Di Wuxiang, he wanted to restore the glory of his ancestors since he was a child. He thought about it for twenty or thirty years and almost went crazy.

Cai Wanquan from Cai Taishi's residence found him and promised to give him an excellent opportunity. He would first be recommended as a general, and then attached a letter of recommendation, recommending him to serve under Tong Taiwei, with outstanding military achievements.

With Taishi Cai's kindness, Taiwei Tong would naturally give him more opportunities, and the military achievements he had fought for with his life would not be wiped out, and he could build a future with one sword and one gun.

Cai Wanquan's eloquent words moved Di Sanlang's heart. After hesitating for three to five days, I finally couldn't take it anymore and voted over there. "

Yang Xiaojie said sadly.

"After learning that Erlang knew about his betrayal, Di Sanlang burst into tears, closed the door and killed himself with a knife. However, he cursed and swore that he only told some of the things about the Hongying Party, and more confidential things, including the Red Heart Society, he didn't say a word None of it was revealed.

No matter what, he betrayed his oath, betrayed you, Erlang, and betrayed everyone. He said he was too embarrassed to see Erlang and everyone. "

Yang Xiaojie's face was already full of tears.

Liu Guozhang was also sad.

After a moment of silence, he told Yang Xiaojie: "Don't tell others about Di Sanlang. Just say that he contracted a sudden illness and passed away. Leave him some dignity and a way for his family to survive."

"Okay, Erlang." Yang Xiaoye nodded and responded, "What should we do next?"

"Wait! The case of Cai Sui's murder was declared as a sudden death due to illness. The imperial troops at the scene were moved outside the city and strictly sealed. For us, this is the best result."

Yang Xiaojie was a little confused, "Erlang, why did this happen?"

"I originally wanted to cover up my cracked case with a big and earth-shattering case, but I didn't expect that the water inside was deeper than I imagined. It ended up like this inexplicably. Our official family is better than I imagined he was still stupid and confused."

"What do we do now?"

"Watch it change!"

"We can only wait?"

"We can only wait." Liu Guozhang sighed, "This is our sorrow. We have great ambitions, but we are unable to do so. We try our best, but the decision-making power of fate is not in our hands. Sad, really sad. ah."

After finishing speaking, Liu Guozhang smiled and said, "Liu Lang, let's keep working hard and try to grab the throat of this bastard Destiny!"

Yang Xiaojie's face was full of sorrow and anger, and he smiled rarely, "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)