Chapter 5 Darkroom
The willow tinges diagonally face the savage window, and the declining strips beside the dawn river. It is the place where the frost and wind blows, and the cold gulls startle up.
Xu You was wearing a wide green robe and leaned against a cypress tree. He looked into the other side of the mountain in the distance. He had thousands of thoughts in his heart, but for some reason, this poem suddenly appeared.
Tonight, there are no moon or stars, and there are clouds of sorrow. Cold gulls occasionally startle in the deep forest. It is the coldest time of the day.
The autumnal equinox and Lushuang stood side by side and whispered: "Sister, are you in a bad mood? Why haven't you spoke for a while?"
"I'm afraid there's a little bit!"
"But Xiaolang and He Langjun won the money by betting, so they should be very happy."
Lu Shuang smiled, leaned into the ears of the autumnal equinox, and said, "Mrs. Guo was taken away by the people from Sili Mansion for questioning and did not return all night. How could Xiaolang be happy?"
The autumnal equinox said lightly, "I didn't expect this level..." There was a bit of anxiety in her eyes and said, "Sister, what is Sili Mansion doing? Even Xiaolang seems to be afraid of them."
"Sili Mansion..."
Lu Shuang lowered her smile and looked around subconsciously. It seemed that those elusive disciples of Sili Mansion were peeping around her. She raised her jaw, her eyes were confused and with a little indescribable fear, and said, "Sili Mansion was established in the fourth year of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. She had the responsibility of the Sili Mansion and the power of the envoys to correct all officials and supervise the cunning. She was the emperor's eyes and ears. After the ups and downs of all dynasties, at present, the Sili Marquis had become a second-rank high-ranking official, with a high position, a title of marquis, relatives, and three dukes, all under her supervision, and they were all punished. Our Qiantang is a small place, and there are usually no people from the Sili Mansion to walk around, but in the Jinling City and the counties around the capital, he said that Sili Mansion has come, so that the children can stop crying!"
The autumnal equinox does not understand the official system, but also knows that such power is really beyond imagination. He said astonished: "It's so powerful, no wonder Xiaolang is worried about Mrs. Guo..."
"It's not worry!" Xu You smiled and turned around and said, "Mrs. Guo protects herself. No matter how powerful the people in Sili Mansion are, they can't impose innocent people. It's just..."
He shook his head and smiled, and did not continue.
Lu Shuang Qiu Shui looked at Xu You, and whispered to the autumnal equinox, "I'm just afraid that the people from Sili Mansion will find Xiao Lang..."
Xu You sighed and said, "This time, the Sili Mansion sent Meng Xingchun, a fake master from the Wohusi, to investigate the case. I have heard of this person in Yixing for a long time. He is an extremely powerful person. If you are not careful, it may cause trouble."
This time, the plan to deal with Tianshidao left a shadow of Xu You everywhere, and naturally there were quite a lot of loopholes. After all, he had a conflict with Zhan Yu in Zhibinlou, and then went in and out of Qiantang County Government many times, and followed Zhan Wenjun to stay in Mingyu Mountain. If you really need to study it carefully, it is hard to say that Meng Xingchun's experience and insights are foolproof.
"The little man is worried. Since Xi Yuanda died, the white snake was also in a different place. Du Jingzhi was almost infamous. Tianshidao was already in a turbulent state in Yangzhou. Besides, it also involved the four families of Wu County, as well as the open and secret struggles between the prince and the King of Jiangxia. So many forces were mixed together. Meng Xingchun came with the order. The most urgent task was to stabilize the situation in Yangzhou and would not cause any more troubles. If I guess, even if he could find some doubts, he would not go into the end."
Xu You sighed lightly and praised: "I didn't expect that the authorities were confused, but you could see clearly." He and He Ru were both wise and conspiring. How could they not think of this level? I am afraid that An Zidao sent Meng Xingchun to come not only for the case of the White Snake. If there were other conspiracies, it was hard to say which direction the situation would develop.
At this moment, Wan Qi walked from the other end of the mountain road with a lotus leaf wind lamp. When he saw Xu You bowing and bowing, he said, "Mr. Lang, my wife is welcome."
Zhan Wenjun turned to Mingyu Mountain, washed up a little, and immediately invited Xu You to meet. Now the two were very familiar with each other, and no longer allowed the third person to be present when plotting, and even Wan Qi stood outside the door to wait. Although Xu You was taboo, Zhan Wenjun didn't care at all and could not act too dissatisfied. After he got off his seat, the first sentence he asked was about Meng Xingchun, saying, "How about Meng Fuzuo?"
The highest commander of the Sili Prefecture is the Sili School Captain, with two departments, Eagle and Crouching Tiger. The leaders of the two departments are engaged in the work, and the second is a fake assistant. Therefore, Meng Xingchun's level is already very high. Being able to send him to Qiantang shows how great the impact of this incident is.
Zhan Wenjun didn't seem to expect Xu You to ask Meng Xingchun first. He was stunned for a moment, recalled carefully the situation of meeting Meng Xingchun, and then said four words, saying: "Unfathomable!"
Xu You nodded and said calmly: "It is no wonder that he is a cruel official who can do things in Sili Mansion and is a simplistic mansion. I just want to know if he is a cruel official?"
Famous cruel officials in history, such as Zhang Tang and Lai Junchen, have a common problem in addition to being extremely powerful, which is that they are not flexible and do not know how to advance or retreat. As the saying goes, they are just a stubborn person. They have to catch some of the handle and insist on slandering the family, so the outcome is not very good.
Zhan Wenjun thought for a while and said, "Although Meng Xingchun is famous, he often uses clever ideas to determine cases, and has never heard of torture..."
"The so-called coolness is not the strictness of torture!"
Zhan Wenjun asked in confusion: "What's the difference?"
"The cruel official wants to build a prison!"
Xu You once read the "Caraichi Sutra" compiled by Lai Junchen. He was vicious and scheming, and was so cunning that he really thought about it. He said: "We are not afraid of Meng Xingchun's clever plan and thought, but he is afraid that he will be eager to seek credit, and will be implicated and hurt innocent people. But he has heard a saying: "Things are not only big, they cannot be astonishing, and the cases are not as numerous as many, and the merits are not revealed. The superiors seek peace and the inferiors invite favor. The injustice is inherent and unavoidable. This is the cruel official who makes people scared!"
Zhan Wenjun was shocked and said, "Mr. I am worried about Meng Xingchun..."
"I just talked to Lu Shuang. She thought I was worried that Meng Xingchun would find out about herself. In fact, I was worried that Meng Xingchun would take this opportunity to follow the emperor's will to thoroughly rectify the Tao of Heavenly Master. What's more, she would uproot the Tao of Heavenly Master Yangzhou, without leaving any land!"
Zhan Wenjun is in charge of Guo's family, and the boat pavilion is well-informed. The court knows very well. It is no secret that An Zidao strongly supports the black-clad prime minister Zhu Daorong and promote Buddha and suppress Taoism.
"It is precisely because of this that Lang Jun designed to kill Xi Yuanda, and he had no evidence to die, and he was responsible for all his sins. As for the rest, Zhan saved his family business and Guo also happened to get out of it. Du Jingzhi ruined his reputation, but he lost his life and lost a game in Tianshidao, but he would not lose Yangzhou. In this way, Sun Guan would not be furious, and the master could not take advantage of the situation. All parties were in peace and maintaining the current fragile balance. Wouldn't it be a good thing for the best?"
Xu You smiled bitterly and said, "The plan is right, but I know too little about Meng Xingchun, so I feel a little uneasy..." He pondered for a moment and said, "Is there any information about Meng Xingchun in the boat pavilion?"
Zhan Wenjun raised his head with his head and shouted outside the door: "Wanqi, go and bring Meng Xingchun's file." He said to Xu You again: "After coming out of the yamen, I went to the boat pavilion. Qianqin had sorted out Meng Xingchun's file for the past years, so he took it back, knowing that the husband might have to read it."
"Those who know me..."
Xu You suddenly kept silent. Zhan Wenjun tilted his head, smiling as if he was asking: Why don’t he finish the second half of the sentence?
Xu You coughed dryly, not daring to continue talking, and immediately changed the subject and said, "Meng Xingchun asked his wife what he said?"
"It's nothing more than all the contacts with Xi Yuanda, and the loss of deer jelly. But his focus was on the white snake. I asked me how to find it and how to deal with it..." Zhan Wenjun lowered his eyes, but the crimson in his earlobes gathered together, and said, "I think he didn't believe that the white snake was discovered by chance in West Lake. He said that pedestrians came and went by the lake every day. If there were white snakes, they would probably have appeared long ago and would not have waited for that day."
Xu You smiled and said, "How did you answer?"
"Of course, as we agreed in advance, I will return to him, the White Snake is a divine object in the world, and it is hidden in the cave and not discovered by ordinary people. Isn't that justified?"
"I think Meng Xingchun will ask, since he is a divine object, how did you find it by your Mrs. Guo?"
Zhan Wenjun chuckled and said, "That's right, the one who knows Meng's false assistant is Xu Langjun!" She teased, and used this to express her concern for the words Xu You had not finished just now, and continued, "I replied that one night, an old man came riding a white deer in his dream, and said that there were lost things by Qiantang Lake. At dawn, he carried his troops along the lake to find the white snake and the lost deer jelly. Meng Xingchun asked again, "I don't know what Hunyuan looks like. He stopped talking and didn't speak for a long time. Then he asked Xi Yuanda, and he would not mention the white snake anymore."
"Meng Xingchun is not a fool, so he naturally knows that your words are unreliable, but as long as he makes sense on the surface, he will be helpless." The candlestick next to him said at a glance, and he didn't know what happened. He flashed twice, and You suddenly went out. Because it was late at night, only this white candle was burned in the room, and he suddenly fell into darkness. He couldn't see his five fingers. Even the two sitting opposite him could not see each other's appearance clearly.
The only thing that is quiet in the room is breathable!
Xu You didn't know where the Huozhe was placed, and he would not serve these candlesticks. With the identity of the guest, he could only sit still. But like him, Zhan Wenjun had no intention of getting up to light the candlelight. Wan Qi was not outside the door, and the other maids were too far away. The two of them kept their bodies in the darkness and were relatively speechless.
Dong!
A slight heartbeat seemed to explode in his ears. A faint fragrance came from Zhan Wenjun's body, lingering on the tip of his nose. Xu You suddenly became a little uneasy, as if something was destined to happen tonight.
He was a little expectant and hesitant!
Finally, he reached out and slowly moved forward on the table. He didn't know where his hand should be reached, but he seemed to know that something was waiting for him on the table.
Touch, you can catch a person!
Chapter completed!