Chapter 566: Is Cuiyun Lane still there? Where did Minglan go?
Wang Yue glanced at the corpses that had begun to rot or were completely rotten, and frowned. He could only temporarily order people to carry them back to the Huating County government office.
On the way back, Wang Yue kept thinking about how to confirm the identities of these women and how to get Zhou She to plead guilty.
Until he arrived at the county government office, Wang Yue still couldn't think of any solution. After all, there was no genetic testing in this era, and it was really impossible to tell the identity of the dead.
Just when he was struggling, Zhao Pan'er saw the corpses of several women and said subconsciously, "Ms. sir, I would like to ask a few Taoist priests to recite the "Tai Shang Sutra" to these women who died in vain. I need your name card."
Wang Yue was about to say that he could throw money at it, but he suddenly thought that the current emperor likes Taoism, and ordinary people really can't hire Taoist priests. He rolled his eyes and thought of a way. It seems that he can only continue to use Qimen Dunjia. It's an illusion.
Wang Yue thought of a way and said to Gu Pan'er with a smile, "Let's go after the case is concluded. Pan'er, please bring my box of white jade chessboards first." Zhao Pan'er didn't know why. He was currently trying the case, so he didn't know what to do at this time
. It's suitable for playing chess. Just seeing how serious Wang Yue said it was, she honestly found the chessboard from Wang Ke's package and handed it to Wang Yue carefully.
Wang Yue took the chessboard and played with the chess pieces while saying, "When I was a child, I saved a Taoist priest with a kind heart. After I saved the life of the Taoist priest, in order to repay me, he taught me a game of chess called Asking the Heart. People with an open mind will read it." It's useless, but once a sinister villain looks at it, he will fall into an illusion. As for what he will encounter, he doesn't know. I have used it in Wenzhou before, but now that Zhou She is unwilling to do anything, I am going to let Zhou She do it in front of him. In front of these corpses, ask yourself if he really has a clear conscience!"
Zhou She can not be easily fooled if he can kill people and make money. Although he has heard that Wang Yue can communicate with ghosts and gods, he still feels that it is not the same as Wang Yue. If he continues to be beaten, it is better to just follow Wang Yue's will. If he is fine, he can still take advantage of the opportunity to escape.
But what Zhou She thought was quite beautiful. When he actually placed a chess piece on the chessboard where Wang Yueduan passed, the scene changed instantly and turned into the haunted grove, and the sky turned dark.
In the drizzle, the onlookers, including Zhao Paner, Wang Cai, and even the magistrate Xu Yongdu, stood on their backs with chills as they watched Zhou She call out the names of each woman with fear and trembling, begging them to be spared.
The people around him had heard rumors that Wang Shaoqing could judge the yin and yang of Huaishen, but they didn't expect it to be true. Now it is certain that Zhou She is haunted by the souls of those wronged women.
Wang Yue saw that the time was almost up, so he decisively removed the illusion of Zhenlong chess game, and asked Zhou She with a smile, "Now, do you want to move or not? If not, you can continue to chat with the women behind you. "
When Zhou She heard what Wang Yue said, he was so frightened that he no longer dared to resist. You must know that those evil ghosts almost ate him. It was something that would prevent him from being reincarnated forever. Now he just wants to die quickly and has no intention of resisting. He collapsed on the ground and said anxiously, "I'll recruit, I'll recruit!" The
frightened Zhou She confessed the situation in detail, and also let everyone know the identity of the bones. As expected, he was a scoundrel from all over the world. woman.
After Zhou She signed and signed the pledge, Wang Cai had already assisted Zhao Pan'er in calculating all the money Zhou She had lost in gambling houses and mortgaged in pawn shops, which amounted to several thousand dollars.
At the same time, it was also "accidentally" discovered that most of the money obtained from these gambling houses flowed into the pockets of the Huating County Magistrate. No accident, the Huating County Magistrate brought disaster to Huating County by controlling the casinos, killing dozens of people. As soon as the case was concluded, Wang Yue directly used the imperial decree that the emperor had not retracted to dismiss the Huating County magistrate and investigate, and handed it over to Xu Zhizhou for continued trial, while Zhou She sentenced Qiu Hou.
Wang Yue wasted no time, and handled the affairs of the Xiuzhou Navy in Xiuzhou to give Xu Yong face. He immediately set off for Suzhou without investigating further.
You must know that Suzhou is the territory of Xiao Qinyan, the leader of the rear party. He has given him so long time to clean up the situation. He must show it to Qingliu.
Xiao Qinyan was already prepared for Wang Yue's sudden acceleration to Suzhou. As expected, nothing was found. Wang Yue just dealt with a group of prisoners from the Suzhou Navy and was ready to return to Beijing to resume his duties.
Wang Yue knew that because of the Song Dynasty's stupid logic of not killing scholar-bureaucrats, the county magistrate's political future was at best hopeless. The position has already exceeded his official authority.
They were originally planning to set off to the north, but because Song Yinzhang's maid Yinping had something to do with Pipa, they went back to Jiaxing, the Xiuzhou Administrative Office, and were delayed for a day. When the group set out again, it was a little late, but they unexpectedly saw Gu. Qianfan, dressed in blood, and a young man were running wildly.
Wang Cai glanced at Wang Yue and found that Wang Yue didn't stop him, so he rushed to save people.
The group of pursuers originally thought they were chasing two homeless dogs, but they didn't expect there were helpers. One of them was killed by Wang Cai, a long-range crossbowman, and together with Gu Qianfan, they quickly killed them all.
Wang Yue looked at the embarrassed Gu Qianfan and said helplessly, "Why do you feel miserable once I see you? Are we destined to be at odds with each other?" Gu Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wang Yue joking with him
. He glanced at the big ship on the river, frowned and said, "I didn't want to either. I didn't expect that I was betrayed. I wonder if Mr. Wang can ask Guard Wang to take a few people to clean up the house with me?" Wang Yue could guess that he must
be There was a problem with the station of the Imperial City Secretary Xiuzhou. It was the Imperial City Secretary's business. It was not convenient for him to ask more questions, so he agreed to Gu Qianfan's request and boarded the ship with Zhao Pan'er and his party.
Wang Yue was reading a Taoist book. He guessed that when he met the emperor, he would definitely be asked about the Taoist scriptures. After all, his ability to question minds was already legendary, so he had to be prepared. Although you don't have to be flattering, you still have to answer questions. It's common sense to understand some Taoism and don't worry about Qingliu's questioning.
Zhao Pan'er felt very uncomfortable with Wang Yue's handling of the recent cases, so she walked into the cabin a little depressed, sat down next to Wang Yue, and glumly picked up a glass of water and drank it down in one gulp.
Wang Yue looked at Gu Pan'er's expression and knew what she was thinking, so he asked with a smile, "Are you angry because those county magistrates do evil to the county, but they can be treated lightly?"
Zhao Pan'er nodded and did not hide her feelings. She said a little aggrievedly, "My father was the inspector of the military capital of Ningbian at that time. He only saved the people who were massacred by the Liao people during the peace negotiations. My whole family was killed." Sentenced to exile, my father Lin was beaten with twenty military sticks before he was exiled. He died when he arrived at the place of exile. As a result, my mother and I were helpless and became homeless. And a county magistrate was The worst that can happen to one of them is to be dismissed from office, investigated, and sent to Lingnan. This is simply ridiculous. One saves someone and the other harms someone, but they get similar results." Wang Yue didn't know how to evaluate it. The emperors were all timid, of course
. Afraid of becoming a military commander, he could only change his concept and said, "This is why I want to be a pirate king. Such court military officers are as cheap as grass and civilian officials are corrupt. I really don't feel at ease. My descendants may be like this again." Will fall into the flames of war."
Zhao Pan'er knew that Wang Yue was not very optimistic about the future of the Song Dynasty, but now there was nothing she could do. She sighed and said helplessly, "That will happen in the future, it is just a matter between me and Yin Zhang. It's hard to get over it."
Wang Yue looked at Gu Pan'er's indignant look. As soon as he thought about it, he could think of a problem. He could also try Gu Pan'er's method, and said with a smile, "If his wife is really upset, If Wang Jing, Wang Ke and the others can be brought in to destroy the county magistrate and share his ill-gotten wealth,
Zhao Pan'er looked at Wang Yue in surprise. He did not expect that Wang Yue's behavior was completely different from that of today's scholar-bureaucrats. She She didn't know that Wang Yue was testing her ability and character. She just thought that Wang Yue was doting on her, so he nodded and said, "Thank you for your love, sir. I just want to help Yin Zhang breathe a sigh of relief." Wang Yue nodded and
said Wang Cai called over and asked him to follow Zhao Paner's wishes.
Two answers happened in Xiuzhou overnight. One was that the stronghold of the Imperial City Secretary in Xiuzhou was taken away, and the district official Wan Qi died unexpectedly. The other was that the home of the magistrate of Huating County, who had just been dismissed and investigated, was stolen. All the huge wealth gained for Hua Huating has disappeared.
What is even more surprising is that the magistrate of Huating County who was in prison actually committed suicide. This man was very determined to die. He stabbed himself dozens of times with sharpened chopsticks. hole, and he died unfortunately.
This made those members of the rear party who were a little alienated because of Wang Yue's investigation of the case remain silent and became obedient, no longer daring to rebel.
Wang Yue didn't care that Zhao Pan'er helped the rear party in disguise. These little shrimps were not his target anyway. He could see from what happened this time that although Zhao Pan'er's vision was not broad enough, she was decisive in killing, so he left the affairs of the back house to her with confidence.
In the cabin heading north, Zhao Pan'er heard the traveling merchant talking about this matter, and quickly explained to Wang Yue, "I arranged for someone to take the county magistrate's property, but I did not go to prison to commit the murder. I was worried that something was wrong." ."
Wang Yue twitched the corner of his mouth. It seemed that his evaluation was high. However, it was understandable when he thought that she was originally afraid of officials and did not dare to take action. He nodded casually and said, "An Xin, I have expected it. "
Zhao Pan'er didn't expect Wang Yue to say that, so she asked with some fear, "Could it be that the death of the county magistrate was done by someone else arranged by my husband?" Wang Yue rolled his eyes at Zhao Pan'er, what is
this girl thinking? Since he let Zhao Pan'er handle it, he will There will be absolutely no interference. As long as the secrets are not leaked, everything will be easy to talk about.
Just looking at Zhao Pan'er's uneasy eyes, he could only explain patiently, "What are you thinking about? You think that the magistrate of Huating County is corrupt. It is impossible that there is no news about it, but he is calmly causing harm to Huating. Nothing happened, don't you think it's strange?"
Zhao Pan'er thought of the county magistrate in Qiantang who privately allowed foreign ships to dock. Xiao Yao had still been at ease for so many years, but Wang Yue just checked and arrested so many people. She thought of the surrounding areas in Qiantang. The gambling house frowned and asked doubtfully, "Is this also a nest case?"
Wang Yue nodded and said helplessly, "Yes, the Song Dynasty became ill after only three generations. If there is no strong If the emperor or ministers are to renew their lives, they probably won't last for many years."
Zhao Pan'er used to only think that it was difficult for a low-born woman, but now she thinks about how easy it is for ordinary people. Even military generals are frightened, and civil servants are corrupt by nature. She suddenly felt disillusioned with the prosperous Song Dynasty.
Outside Wang Yue's house in Jiuyun Lane, Wang Yue glanced at a courtyard in the alley before entering the courtyard.
The reason why Wang Yue chose this alley is because it is the Sheng Mansion. I don’t know if it is related to the Sheng family in Zhifu, but they both live in the same location by coincidence, and Wang Yue’s courtyard is also where he lives in Zhifu Tokyo. 's courtyard.
But Cuiyun Lane is still there, Minglan doesn’t know where she has gone.
Zhao Pan'er is a thoughtful person. She noticed Wang Yue's gaze and just thought that the Sheng family inside might be a family worth getting along with, so she kept it in her heart.
Wang Yue looked at Zhao Pan'er, whose eyes were wandering. He didn't know that she had gone wrong, so he smiled and said, "Pan'er, I just asked Wang Cai to find out the news. There is no daughter of the Gao family who wants to get married recently, but the daughter of the Gao family is engaged. But it's true. As for the day of marriage, it was postponed because the queen's adopted son was ill."
Zhao Pan'er observed Wang Yue's expression for a while, but found nothing, then she took her mind back and sighed when she thought of Ouyang Xu. He said in a tone, "Forget it, just ignore him. He and I are already strangers, and I don't want to mention this disgusting person again."
Wang Yue reached out and took Pan'er's hand, walked through the corridor and walked into the backyard. She asked with a smile, "What you said just now was sincere, weren't you afraid that I would be jealous?"
Zhao Pan'er nodded, her eyes filled with happiness, and said with some choking, "For me, you first saved Sanniang and vented her anger. , and later rescued Yinzhang, and stood up for Yinzhang, I know Yuelang’s feelings for me, and I am not a stone."
Wang Yue held Zhao Pan'er in his arms, and suddenly said with a smile, "That is to say , is our Pan'er happy with me now?"
After all, we are an old couple. Zhao Pan'er felt hot all over when Wang Yue looked at her. She subconsciously thought of Wang Yue's many tricks, so she gave Wang Yue a hammer, feeling embarrassed. Said, "Why are you so unruly?"
Wang Yue would not recognize this, he shook his head and said, "No, no, food, sex, sex, Confucius said so?"
Zhao Pan'er was stunned for a moment, she didn't Is there any other explanation for reading less? Could it be that her husband was distorting the saint's words again, so he asked suspiciously, "Really? Ah~"
Wang Yue did not continue to answer. He was ready to use actions to prove it was true. He easily picked up Zhao Pan'er and walked to the inner room.
Zhao Pan'er didn't have time to ask any more questions. He was suspended in the air, and within a moment, he was inside the curtain.
On the second day after entering Beijing, Wang Yue first went to Dali Temple to sign up. He also wanted to adapt to the new position as soon as possible. However, before his buttocks got hot, he was called to the palace by the officials.
After Wang Yue saluted, the official first asked about some things about Wenzhou and Zhejiang, and then changed his tone and suddenly asked kindly, "Ai Qing, I heard that you met an immortal master when you were young, so you learned Can the art of asking the mind summon ghosts and gods?"
Wang Yue twitched the corner of his mouth, and he finally understood that no wonder his promotion to Dali City Shaoqing went so smoothly. His relationship was not only because of Yan Xiang's fancy, but also because the emperor was a Taoist fan.
Sure enough, things about ghosts and gods spread quickly. Wang Yue looked at the hopeful officials and suddenly felt that although the emperor was timid, it was not without benefits. At least he was easy to fool.
So, Wang Yue bowed and saluted again, glanced at the curious baby-like emperor, and then quickly explained, "Yes and no, I did save a Taoist priest when I was young. He gave me a box of Go. Using Go, you can use the art of asking the mind. As for whether there are ghosts and gods, I don’t know, and I have never seen it.”
The official was stunned for a moment, but he did not expect this result, and immediately asked, “But why do the rumors say that you Can you connect yin and yang and summon ghosts and gods to help solve cases?"
(End of this chapter)