Chen Anning let go of Song Shizhong a second before he was on the verge of suffocation.
Then, while he was lying on the ground coughing and wheezing, with lightning speed, he loosened the sleeve of his left arm.
He also has a fire totem on his left arm.
Song Shizhong knew that there was no hope of survival, so he faced her murderous eyes with fearlessness and arrogance.
"Do you think you can anger me by doing this?" Chen Anning raised one corner of his mouth cruelly, "Naive!"
Slowly he took out a porcelain bottle from his belt, poured out two pills, forced them into his mouth, forced him to swallow them, and said with a smile: "Sometimes living is much more painful than death. Since you don't want to Explain who the mastermind behind it is, then enjoy it.”
Song Shizhong pressed his throat hard, trying to pull out the two pills.
Chen Anning stood up with a sneer, stepped aside and watched him struggle.
"Although I was demoted by the emperor, I am still an official of the imperial court. Doesn't Mr. Xie care about her if she is so wanton?" Song Shizhong asked in horror.
Xie Xun's answer to him was: "Take him down!"
Song Shizhong yelled and was dragged down by the yamen servants.
Chen Anning looked at the direction he was leaving, and then looked away after a long time.
"This is the news that A-Zan sent back in the afternoon." Xie Xun handed her an opened secret letter, "You go to the backyard to rest for a while, I will take care of the situation first."
Chen Anning took the secret letter and left.
Xie Xun first sent someone to order a banquet, and then sent someone to search the Song Mansion.
Afterwards, he arranged for people to send back the servants who were waiting in Sun Shizi's yard. In addition, he also wrote a letter explaining the whole story of Song Shizhong being the murderer of Sun Shizi, and asked people to take them with him.
After dealing with these, he calmed down and wrote a memorial and had it delivered to the palace as soon as possible before returning to the backyard.
"I have arranged for someone to send Chen Ziling to the military camp." Xie Xun said after sitting down next to her. "Although the conditions in the military camp are a bit harsh, there is still a way to survive. As for her poisoning and killing the grandson, , if you don’t go to the military camp, there is almost no way to survive.”
The so-called military camp is also the military prostitute camp.
The conditions are not generally bad.
However, judging from the fact that Chen Ziling was still alive and well despite being bullied by Kaiyang Hou's husband and his grandson in the Kaiyang Marquis Mansion, going to the military camp was a good way out for her.
The murderer who massacred Yaowang Valley had already shown traces, so Chen Anning had no time to waste energy on her matter. She took the secret letter and handed it to him: "What are you going to do next?"
The secret letter sent by Xu Zan stated that after Song Shizhong was arrested by Song Fu, he expected that he would not be able to withstand severe torture, so he ordered people to disband the occupied imperial pasture and secretly keep the horses privately. Sent elsewhere.
Even so, with the joint efforts of Xu Zan and Wen Baolin, it was discovered that Song Shizhong occupied the imperial pasture to raise private horses, opened a horse farm with others privately, and conspired with others in the casino to harm horse dealers. thing.
According to further investigation by the two men, most of the horses that were cheated and the good horses purchased by the horse farms were sent to Soochow County, Lingchang County, Shangdang County, Badong County, Nanpu County, Nanyang County, and Thanh Hoa County. and Jincheng County and other eight counties.
Xie Xun did not answer her question, but asked someone to send a map of Wei Dynasty.
After that, he took a pen and drew Shuofang County, Lingchang County, etc. on the map one by one.
Chen Anning saw that the eight counties where good horses were distributed happened to be surrounding the capital from all sides.
In the era of cold weapons, horses represented combat power.
Song Shizhong's ambitions were not small.
In other words, the person behind him is very ambitious.
Chen Anning was silent, waiting for his explanation.
"Judging from the whereabouts of these horses," Xie Xun put down his pen and spoke slowly, "Song Shizhong must be from King Anbei."
Chen Anning raised her eyes and looked at him.
Xie Xun stopped hiding anything from her and said frankly: "A year ago, the emperor received news that King Anbei was plotting a rebellion. However, after many secret investigations, no conclusive evidence was found. So, he took advantage of Dali. The position of Temple Minister made a deal with me."
"I found evidence for him about King Anbei's rebellion, and he let me investigate the case."
"I agreed."
"Even the emperor couldn't find conclusive evidence of his rebellion. If I started rashly, I would inevitably end up with no success. Therefore, I focused on various cases in the capital."
"Since we are going to rebel, comrades, private armies, money and food, etc. are indispensable."
"No," Xie Xun looked at the map and then at the two waist badges engraved with flame totems that were thrown aside and said, "We have the comrades, money, and horses."
Chen Anning remained silent and didn't speak. After a while, she looked into his eyes and said, "According to your opinion, the person who massacred Yaowang Valley was King Anbei?"
"Whether it is him or not, we have to investigate to find out." Xie Xun did not finish his words.
Chen Anning nodded.
She didn't know whether the mastermind was King Anbei.
But the fact that Song Shizhong has a flame totem on his left arm cannot be faked.
Therefore, no matter what, she had to continue investigating Song Shizhong's case.
And if we continue to investigate, then she and Xie Xun have the same goal.
"What are you going to do next?" Chen Anning asked again.
Xie Xun pointed to Pingliang County Road on the map: "Go here."
Seeing her confusion, Xie Xun explained: "The government-run ranches of the Wei Dynasty are all located in Liyang County, Pingliang County, Huining County, Wuyuan County, Shuofang County on Guannai Road, and Jincheng County, Tianshui County, and Longyou County on Longyou Road. County. Song Shizhong is one of the young ministers of Taipu Temple, so he also serves as one of the two supervisors and pastoral envoys. The supervisory and pastoral envoys only lead from afar and take time out to inspect the pasture every year. The four people who are actually responsible for managing the pasture are West, South and North Pasture Envoys.”
"Song Shizhong managed Bei Shi and Xi Shi, and Bei Shi and Xi Shi managed a total of 29 pastures. Most of these 29 pastures were distributed in Pingliang County, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County and Jincheng County."
"In the eight counties where the horses are scattered, it is enough for A-Zan and Wen Baolin to investigate secretly. If we go directly, we will probably alert the enemy. Song Shizhong has been arrested. It is natural for us to go to Pingliang County openly to investigate his occupation of government-run ranches. After we have visited Pingliang County and Shuofang County, it will be much more logical for us to go to Jincheng County where A-Zan is located."
Chen Anning asked: "When will we set off?"
Xie Xun looked at the servants who brought the banquet and said boldly: "After you have eaten and drank enough."
Eat and drink enough.
The two of them put on night clothes, took two hundred secret guards, and quietly left the capital in the complete silence, heading towards Pingliang County.
The sun and the moon work together.
Eat and sleep in the open air.
Five days later.
The two disguised themselves as brothers and finally arrived at Pingliang County at sunset.
The two of them did not go to the government-run ranch, but stayed at an inn. After wandering around the county town for two days, they returned to their original appearance and sent someone to call the shepherd supervisor who managed the ranch.
Afterwards, under the leadership of the pastoral supervisor, the two went to the ranch for on-site inspection.
Afterwards, while looking through the account books, he interrogated the servants in the ranch.
After spending ten days to get everything done, the two of them immediately rushed to Shuofang County without stopping.
In Shuofang County, after going through the above process again, the two of them rushed to Jincheng County calmly.
In Jincheng County.
The dusty Xu Zan and Wen Baolin had been waiting for a long time.
