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Chapter 48 Listening to Chen Wenfan

Xinke Tanhua was assassinated while recuperating in an inn. If such news spreads out, there will be another sensation in the city, and given the special status of Xinke Tanhua, it may cause another political earthquake. He lost his job and even lost his head.But what is also strange is that the person concerned, Young Master Zhang, denied that he was assassinated, and only claimed that he had been robbed by gangsters, and those masked men were just trying to get rich and rob, not seeking revenge for their enemies, or demanding their lives. Even Liu Zeshen, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture who came to investigate the scene in front of hearing the news, and Young Master Zhang insisted so firmly.

"Tanhualang, are you sure that those people just want to rob and kill for money?" Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Zeshen, Yin of Shuntian Mansion, whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear: "But the other guests in the inn and Jin Yiwei are all I heard with my own ears, those assassins admitted that they came to avenge an official surnamed Wang, how can this be explained?"

"Master Liu, for example, if you sent someone to assassinate me, would you let your assassin call out your name in public?" Young Master Zhang asked back in a low voice.Liu Zeshen shuddered, nodded quickly and said, "Tan Hualang is right, this matter is too strange, and it cannot be ruled out that those gangsters set the blame on purpose."

"That's right, how many officials surnamed Wang are there in the imperial court? We haven't caught the assassin yet, so we asked the mastermind behind it." Young Master Zhang said threateningly: "If Wansheng said that he was sent by an official surnamed Wang Mr. Liu, you should also report the assassination of the assassin, so how much disturbance will this incident cause in the court? How many officials will lose their positions, and how many officials will lose their heads? The consequences, not to mention that Wansheng can't afford it, are Liu You, my lord, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist."

Liu Zeshen thought about it carefully, and found that what Young Master Zhang said was indeed very reasonable. The party struggle in the imperial court is now in full swing. He will inevitably blame himself as one of the instigators, and Liu Zeshen no longer dares to imagine the consequences of retaliation in the future.Thinking of this, Liu Zeshen hurriedly thanked Young Master Zhang: "Thank you for your guidance, Tanhualang. People in the world often say that Tanhualang is unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness. It is true. This matter will be settled as robbery. Please rest assured, Lang, the officials will try their best to persuade them not to make public. Leave."

After Liu Zeshen was sent away, Xiong Hu, who had been suppressed by Young Master Zhang's wink, became furious, and asked Young Master Zhang, "Are you crazy? Those are clearly assassins, and they even injured Zhang Shitou. Why do you say that they broke into the house?" robbery?"

"No way, I have to say that." Young Master Zhang shrugged his shoulders, pulled Xiong Hu into his arms, and explained in her ear: "After I came to the capital, I have offended quite a few court officials and made enemies. It was quite a lot in the first place, and this incident clearly shows that someone deliberately framed Wang Qia. If I reported it, Nine Thousand Years Young would have to use this to make a big fuss and kill innocent Donglin Party members. Distressed, but the rest of the Donglin Party officials will only hate me more and try to sabotage everything I do. It will only be more difficult for me to save your father. So I thought about it and decided to forget it. Now, I have to forgive others and forgive others, there is no need to implicate those innocent people, just accumulate some merits for my future Lao Taishan, so that it will be easier to save him."

"Hey, who is your future old Taishan? Shameless, never forget to take advantage of me." Xiong Hu blushed, and asked in a low voice: "But what about those assassins? Those four assassins have all run away Now, what if they come to trouble you again? Don't forget, you can't be so lucky every time, and I will protect you by your side."

"Then you will stay with me every night." Young Master Zhang, who knew Xiong Hu's temper, swallowed this sentence back, and smiled again: "Don't worry, I have roughly guessed who those people are, but I haven't confirmed yet. If I find out that this matter was really done by them, I will never spare them!"

"Who is it?" Xiong Hu asked.Young Master Zhang didn't want to say it at first, but he couldn't resist Xiong Hu's soft-spoken pleas and soft-spoken pleas, so he finally told Xiong Hu what happened in the Yuelai Inn, and told Xiong Hu that he found the assassin's accent It was the process of pretending to come out and inadvertently revealing the truth.Who knew that after Young Master Zhang finished speaking, Xiong Hu reached out to touch Young Master Zhang's forehead, and said angrily, "You have a high fever and haven't subsided yet? To fight over trivial matters in an inn room, who is that Chen Wenfan? As for sending assassins?" Came to kill you? If this is considered a reason, then you might as well suspect that Wang Qia deliberately made the assassin call out his name."

"I thought so too at first, thinking that I was paranoid." Young Master Zhang replied in a deep voice, "But I heard it for real. The assassin who deliberately shouted with a Beijing accent inadvertently made a slip of the tongue is absolutely true. The voice of Chen Wenfan's entourage—that is, the Chen Wenfan entourage who slapped Zhang Shitou and was forced to kowtow to apologize by me, is absolutely unmistakable." Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang said hesitantly: "And there is one more thing. , when I was at the Yuelai Inn, I already found that Chen Wenfan's eyes and the temperament in his bones were very similar to a person."

"Like who?" Xiong Hu asked.Young Master Zhang didn't blush, pointed at his nose with his index finger, and said confidently: "Like me! I'm worried that Chen Wenfan is just as treacherous and cunning as I am, and he will take revenge for every kind, and do things by hook or by crook. Also, he succumbed to me too quickly at that time." It’s too straightforward, so I doubt him more and more.”

"Bah, you are the only one who is so thick-skinned when you say you are treacherous and cunning." Xiong Hu said softly, "Well, since you doubt that Chen Wenfan so much, then tomorrow I will I will accompany you to the Yuelai Inn, if that Chen Wenfan sent someone to do it, I will never forgive him!"

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Because it was too late, it was not convenient for Master Zhang and his servants to change hotels, so they had to change a few rooms and continue to live. Fortunately, there was no accident after that.In the early morning of the next day, Lu Wanling, who had not returned to the Imperial College for two days and three nights, was afraid of being punished by his superiors, so he left early and returned to the Imperial College to report. First go back to show your face before coming back, Young Master Zhang sent out the new servant, Little Shop, and asked him to book a room at the Yuelai Inn——and repeatedly told him to book Tianzi No. [-] or Tianzi No. [-], by the way I bought two more sets of clothes worn by ordinary couples, and prepared to disguise myself as husband and wife with Xiong Hu and go to the Yuelai Inn to inquire about news.In the room of the inn, there were only young master Zhang and Zhang Shitou left.

"Master, there is no one else now. There is a small matter that I need to let you know." Zhang Shitou, whose arm was cut by the assassin the night before, said with a bitter expression, "Since we entered Beijing, we have been using money to open the way. I bought another big house, and the money I brought from Linqing is not much, if you spend it like this, young master, I'm afraid it won't last long. So I remind the young master, it's better to save a little in the future. "

"How much is left?" Young Master Zhang asked casually.Zhang Shitou replied dejectedly: "The bank notes and the cash are combined, and there are only more than 100 taels left, and the gold leaves are only more than 50 taels left, and there are some jewelry, which are worth more than 2000 taels at most."

"Is there only so much left? I remember that we brought gold, silver and jewelry worth at least 3 taels of silver!" Young Master Zhang was taken aback.Zhang Shitou made a sad face and replied: "I brought so much, but you are too good at spending, young master. Apart from other things, when you went to see Jiuqiansui, you gave 100 taels of gold alone-then But it's worth 8000 taels of silver!"

"Oops, why did I forget this." Young Master Zhang also complained. Originally, the remaining money was enough for Young Master Zhang to live comfortably in the capital for a few years, but if he wanted to save Xiong Tingbi, this amount of money was too much. A drop in the bucket, no money to manage, not to mention that Young Master Zhang is only Wei Zhongxian's godson, even Wei Zhongxian's godfather, officials in the court would not buy it.

A penny is hard for a hero, no matter how clever or treacherous Young Master Zhang is, it is impossible to conjure up money out of thin air, so after much deliberation, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being, and sighed: " Sigh, forget about the matter of money for the time being, let's talk about the assassin's matter first. Fortunately, there is still some time. Tens of thousands of taels of silver come here."

The small shop that went out to run errands soon came back, and used a false name to book Tianzi No. [-] room for Young Master Zhang at Yuelai Inn—that is, the room next door to the room that caused the conflict between Young Master Zhang and Chen Wenfan, and bought it by the way. I bought the clothes and fake beard that Young Master Zhang wanted.But Xiong Hu's master and servant didn't reappear until after noon, and only Xiong Hu showed up alone.Now Zhang Shitou was not happy, and hurriedly asked: "Miss Xiong, why didn't Miss Xiu'er come with you? I was injured, why didn't she come to take care of me?"

"Don't mention Xiu'er, it's good if I can run out." Xiong Hu gasped and said, "Xiu'er and I didn't go home for two days and two nights. I was beaten with a stick, and I was punished to kneel for a whole day and night. No matter how I explained it, it was useless. I climbed over the wall and came out, but my hands and feet were too slow and my brother and sister-in-law caught me."

"That's too bad, Xiu'er will definitely be beaten." Zhang Shitou slapped his head and screamed.Young Master Zhang rolled his eyes unconscionably, and snorted: "If you really feel sorry, then go to the Xiong's house and explain to your Xiu'er, anyway, you know the place. Small shop, you stay here to take care of your brother Shitou. Huhu, you go to the next room to change clothes and make up, we will go to the Yuelai Inn when you are done."

Hastily changed into the clothes bought from a small shop, Young Master Zhang covered his fair face with oil paint, put on a fake beard, and soon became a middle-aged man. Coupled with the unique demeanor of a country bumpkin, he looked like a boy from the countryside. Country rich man.Xiong Hu naturally disguised herself as a landlady from the countryside, and she and Young Master Zhang were a match made in heaven.After teasing each other about the funny portraits of each other in makeup, the two went out hand in hand and hurried to the Yuelai Inn to inquire about news.But Young Master Zhang had just recovered from a serious illness, and his body was very weak. He was out of breath after walking for a long time, so he had no choice but to hire a car to go.

When we arrived at the Deyuelai Inn, it was already after the time limit, and it was evening, and the inn was still busy with people coming and going. Master Zhang called out to himself as a fluke, and quickly asked Xiong Hu to come forward to negotiate with the waiter, showing the reservation voucher and claiming that he came to the capital to find a room. Healed the disease, and successfully moved into Tianzi No. [-] room.After entering the room, Young Master Zhang asked the waiter to prepare a table of food and two jugs of soju, and asked the waiter not to interfere, and the waiter complied.After everything was arranged, Young Master Zhang took out two bamboo tubes from his bag and handed one to Xiong Hu. Xiong Hu held the bamboo tube and asked doubtfully, "What are these for?"

"That's how it works." Young Master Zhang beckoned Xiong Hu to the wall of Tianzi No. [-] room, stuck one end of the bamboo tube to the wall, and put his ears on the other end of the bamboo tube to make a listening gesture.Xiong Hu acted according to the law, and found that the sound from the next room was collected and amplified by the bamboo tube, and she could hear it clearly. Xiong Hu couldn't help but chuckle, and gave Young Master Zhang a wink, and said coquettishly, "Fuck you with these sneaky things, my God!" No one can surpass you."

"If anyone treats you wholeheartedly, then no one in the world can surpass me." Young Master Zhang took the opportunity to show his merit.Xiong Hu's face turned red, and then gave Young Master Zhang a blank look, so he wanted to move a chair over and sit down to listen slowly, Young Master Zhang hurriedly stopped him, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, someone lives next door to Chen Wenfan's room, he is afraid I will send someone over to inquire about the news first, and we will have dinner first."

Young Master Zhang really predicted things like a god, after a short while, there was a figure flickering outside the window of Young Master Zhang's room, Young Master Zhang hurriedly winked at Xiong Hu, deliberately saying something about the best doctor in the capital Gossip, Xiong Hu understands, and then talk nonsense about the cheapest doctor's consultation fee.It wasn't until the flickering figures outside the window disappeared that Young Master Zhang and Xiong Hu quickly ran to the wall and eavesdropped on the next room with their earthen stethoscopes.Soon, a small but clear voice came from the next room, "Master, I have found out clearly that the couple living in the next room came to the capital from the countryside of Tongzhou to see a doctor. The servant listened to their words for a while. It should be true, they are all talking about looking for a doctor to see a doctor. And the man's footsteps are sloppy, he is indeed sick."

"That's good." Chen Wenfan's thick and treacherous voice sounded, "Sit down and continue to listen to my arrangement. Cao Zhenyan and the others failed to assassinate Zhang Haogu last night. Originally, I arranged for them to plant it on Wang Qia's head. One is I want to disturb the sight of Dongchang Yinggou, and the second is to use this opportunity to provoke the barbarian Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party to continue the internal strife, which is beneficial to my Dajin annexation of the Central Plains. I didn’t expect that barbarian Zhang Haogu to be so calm and declared to the outside world. The burglary, Manzi Shuntian Mansion's governor also helped him suppress the matter, which was far beyond my expectation..."

"It's really this Chen Wenfan!" Xiong Hu was dumbfounded when he heard this.On the other side, Young Master Zhang clenched his fists and said in his heart: "Damn it, it turns out that Chen Wenfan is not only the mastermind behind my assassination, but also a secret agent sent by the Manchus! Okay, I will deliver a letter to Dongchang in a while. , catch you all, and then let you taste the 81 kinds of torture in Dongchang Jiujiu!"

"Master, in your opinion, why does that barbarian Zhang Hao refuse to admit that he was assassinated by a slave?" Cao Zhenyan, who had once slapped Zhang Shitou, asked next door.After a long time, Chen Wenfan replied: "Zhang Haogu's behavior has always been unpredictable and unpredictable. I still can't guess his real intention. But I can be sure that Zhang Haogu will definitely not let it go. , will definitely find ways to secretly investigate who his assassin is—maybe he said he was robbed, just to let us take it easy and expose flaws. So you have to be careful these days, and don't show the slightest It's a horse's foot, so as not to attract the fans of Dongchang and the eagle dogs of Zhenfusi."

"Follow the master's orders." Several people replied in low voices at the same time.Cao Zhenyan who assassinated Young Master Zhang said again in a low voice: "Master, don't worry too much, we only met Zhang Haogu barbarian once, although there was a little conflict, but no matter how treacherous Zhang Haogu barbarian is. So cunning, I'm afraid we never thought it was us who assassinated him."

"That's the truth, but we can't take it lightly." Chen Wenfan said darkly: "Don't forget, we all shoulder great responsibilities! Our common master Sibeile (Note) said personally that I, Da Jin If you want to take control of the Central Plains, the two barbarians Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong must get rid of them! Now Sun Chengzong is still guarding Shanhaiguan, and has not been overthrown by internal strife. The case may be overturned and reactivated, we cannot relax for a moment!"

"Yang Liuqi said that there are folk forces promoting Xiong Tingbi's case, and those who have contributed money and effort to kill Xiong Tingbi, so that folk power is here!" Young Master Zhang suddenly realized, and thought that today's trip was too right, not only did he find the Manchu The spy of the son, and found the real culprit behind Xiong Tingbi's case!Thinking of this, Young Master Zhang looked at Xiong Hu in a blink of an eye, but saw Xiong Hu clenched his fist tightly, his pretty face was already full of murderous intent, Young Master Zhang didn't dare to neglect, he quickly took Xiong Hu into his arms, and kissed her soft cheeks. She kissed affectionately, and said softly: "Huhu, for me, bear it for now."

After being reminded by Young Master Zhang, Xiong Hu realized that Young Master Zhang had just recovered from a serious illness. If he made a violent move, his two fists would lose to four hands, and Young Master Zhang must be doomed. What should we do?" Young Master Zhang said in a low voice: "Don't worry, listen to what they have to say, we will report to Dongchang and the Zhenfu Division in a while, and bring the experts from Dongchang and Zhenfu Division to take them all together. "

Xiong Hu nodded, and listened carefully with Young Master Zhang on the bamboo pipe again, but after such a delay, Chen Wenfan had already missed a lot of words, and only vaguely heard Chen Wenfan say: "During these few days, you have to go out more. Inquire about Zhang Haogu's whereabouts and situation, and get rid of him whenever possible. But one thing, there must be no less than two people in this room of mine at all times, and guard the things here. Also, this room of mine The foothold must not be known by people like Yao Zongwen, and we must guard against those barbarians who eat people and don’t spit out their bones because they want to get rich and have a different heart..."

"Keep the things here? Seeing the money?" Young master Zhang's eyes lit up, his ears pricked up, and a picture flashed in his mind - the night when he and Chen Wenfan had a conflict, Chen Wenfan's five big and three rough followers struggled to carry him. With a big wooden box.

Soon, a sinister smile crept onto the corner of Young Master Zhang's mouth, and he murmured: "No rush, no rush to report to Dongchang and Zhen Fusi."

Note: Some readers said that Jiannu Sibeile is Tanggu, the fourth son of Jiannu Nuerhachi, but it is not the case.Let me explain here that in 1616 AD, when Jiannu Nurhachi became Khan in Hetuala, he set up four belors, namely, Dabeile Daishan, Erbeile Amin, Sanbeile Manggurtai, The Four Baylors Huang Taiji are collectively known as the Four Great Baylors, also known as the Four Great Heshuo Baylors.Among the four, Huang Taiji ranked last, which does not mean that his status is low.In February of the sixth year of Destiny (1621), Nurhachi "ordered the four major Baylors to be divided into Zhiyue and Zhiyue Baylors on a monthly basis.This shows that their status and power are equal.But Tang Gu was only named Gushan Ezhen, that is, the chief of Yiqi.

(PS: "Huadu Security Tour", ISBN: 1603828, obey the heavens but not the people! If it is God's arrangement, I will bear it, if it is trampled by people, I will fight!! He said that the road he chooses, he has to walk on his knees !!)
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