The news that Ma Shiying slipped and fell into the wall and died soon spread throughout the official circles of Fengyang Mansion. Officials in the large and small yamen were all talking about it. The battlements were half a person high, how could he fall?
I heard that you can climb up to the battlements to see the scenery...
Why are you so interested in this despite your age?
I heard that it was not only him, but also the eunuchs of Dongchang and Lu Zhenfei. I don’t know why these people were so crazy that they still thought they were three-year-old naughty boys. When they climbed up the battlements, Lu Zhenfei and others were just getting ready. Steady, but Ma Shiying is already fifty-three...
Under the clear sky and in full view of the sun, and with the testimony of Lu Zhenfei, who had always been well-known for his integrity, the cause of Ma Shiying's death did not arouse any suspicion. Most of them were puzzled by his behavior of climbing the battlements at his age.
Lu Zhenfei was also feeling miserable because he was right next to Ma Shiying. To prove his innocence, he had to come one by one to inquire about the reasons. The officials explained: Governor Ma was too proud at the time and accidentally made a mistake...
But in the evening, he had no time to deal with the matter, because the three cavalry units of Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo arrived at the Huaihe River and crossed the river one after another. Lu Zhenfei personally went to take command and assist, while Chang Yu had enough food and water to take a refreshing bath. , lying on a bamboo chair in the governor's yamen, listening to Fengyang ditty, leisurely and contented.
Fengyang flower drums have been popular since the Ming Dynasty. Chang Yu felt that the drums were too noisy, so he just listened to the music and fell asleep while listening. When he woke up in a daze, the singer had gone, and Su Jing was staring at him intently. he.
"Why do you want to kill that high official?"
Chang Yu glanced around, rubbed his head and lay down again: "Does this governor need a reason to kill people?"
"Is he a bad official?" Su Jing was reluctant. Chang Yu changed the topic with a curl of his lips: "You did really well today. I kept staring at you and didn't see any flaws, especially your eyes were red and your whole body was shaking. With such a look, I really thought you were almost dragged off by him."
"I was almost dragged down by him." Su Jing shook her head gently: "It's my fault for being careless."
Uh... Chang Yu looked stunned, and then sighed: "I was careless and forgot to remind you."
"Even if I am dragged by him, he may not be able to drag me down." Su Jing shrugged: "But I was really shocked at the time." She stared at Chang Yu and brought the topic back: "I need to kill people in the future. I know the reason, because I don’t want to be your eagle dog, let alone help the tyrants to torture and kill innocent people without knowing it.”
Chang Yu smiled bitterly: "In your eyes, do I think this governor is a person who kills innocent people indiscriminately? Do you think the person I mentioned a while ago should be killed?"
"That man deserves to be killed. I will help you kill him when you get back. But where is this man? I just inquired about him, and there is nothing evil about him." Su Jing said coldly.
Chang Yu curled his lips and said: "You can find out so easily, what else is my Dongchang used for?" He said for a moment: "No matter what other evil deeds he did, if someone escaped from the battlefield, I can kill him, but It’s faster and easier to use this method, haven’t you always said that I’m so tired?”
Su Jing snorted, said no more, stood up and left.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head. To be honest, Ma Shiying really didn't have any evil deeds at this time, at least he was not guilty of death. It was only during the Nanming period that he really started to make trouble.
He also fell into Chang Yu's life-and-death fight early on, and he was a must-kill person. To his surprise, he met him here. As the old saying goes, it's better to meet by chance than to meet by chance, and it's better to hit the day than to choose the day. Since he met him, he should hurry up in order not to disgust himself. Send him on his way, so he and Sujing made this simple accident on the way to Fengyang.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at that little nun's self-righteous virtue." In the darkness, Wuzhong came leisurely with a knife in his hand: "From now on, I will leave this kind of thing to a humble job, keep my tone tight, do a good job, and don't be pretentious."
"What? Are you talking about living well?...Ahem, what are you talking about?" Chang Yu was startled when he was thinking about something, and Wu Zhong immediately rolled his eyes: "The factory owner never likes to live with that night devil. , but after talking all the way before entering the city, I felt suspicious. Not long after entering the city, that Mr. Ma made a mistake... The Night Demon happened to be next to him, ahem, this matter is worthy of scrutiny."
Chang Yu sighed and thought, this guy is enlightened.
"I don't even know what you are talking about, what are you talking about?"
Wuzhong chuckled: "Sir, do you think Lu Zhenfei will be suspicious?"
Chang Yu snorted and half-smiled: "Do you think this is important?"
"That's right, he can't even wipe his own butt clean now." Wuzhong nodded: "But that little nun is right when she says you work hard. If you want to kill someone, just kill him with a knife. It's much easier and takes less effort."
"Can you please go away?" Chang Yu blinked, and Wu Zhong responded readily: "Okay" and then ran away. As soon as he left, Li Muchian came, and Chang Yu suddenly felt Big heads, one after another. Could it be that they have become so smart now that everyone can see through my methods at a glance?
"Something's wrong, something's wrong." Li Muchian scratched his head and muttered to himself as he walked over. When he saw the little eunuch's doubtful eyes, he quickly came over and said, "I made a prediction before entering the city. There was no blood. How could it be..."
"What do you want to say?" Chang Yu interrupted him impatiently and rambled on. Li Muchian was startled: "I saw that Ma Shiying had at least two years to live. How could he die suddenly? It's strange." .
Chang Yu was shocked and blurted out: "So amazing!"
Because Ma Shiying did die two years later in history, Li Muxian could even see this and had to be shocked.
"I don't know whether it's God or not, but that's what the hexagram shows." Li Muchian scratched his head and said, "But... why is it wrong?"
Chang Yu saw that he didn't look like a faker, and knew that he didn't see through that he was the mastermind, so he casually said: "Such a person who can pinch and calculate will give our family a good idea. Let's see if this trip south to suppress the bandits can be invincible." ".
Li Muxian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, Pindao's hexagram is useless to adults. Not only can't it be deduced, but the more you push it, the more confused it becomes."
"Why is this?" Chang Yu asked with a frown.
Li Muxian was also confused: "I can't explain..." As he was talking, Hai Hong came slowly and said: "This is a secret that cannot be seen."
Well? Chang Yu and Li Muchian looked at the great monk in confusion.
"The poor monk is going to do a religious ceremony, so I came here to ask him to do it." Hai Hong walked up to Chang Yu and put his hands together.
"The great monk always leaves without a trace, so why do you come to ask me today?" Chang Yu asked with a smile.
"Today I am acting for the factory owner." Hai Hong's face was expressionless, Chang Yu narrowed his eyes, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
Li Muchian frowned: "What is this monk saying out of nowhere?"
Chang Yu didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart that Monk Haihong had seen through his actions, but he was not surprised. This monk was reserved but attentive and observant, but if he had to see through it, he would come out and tease him, which would be really annoying. .
It seems necessary to teach him a lesson.
At this time, a low roar came from outside the yard, and Li Muchian frowned: "It's that guy from Wuzhong who is playing tricks on the mute again."
Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Go tell that guy and reward him with a military stick if he bullies a mute again. Why does a man like you, a knight, bully a child?"
Ever since he picked up a mute beggar in Fuliji, Suxian County, Wuzhong has been playing tricks on him all the time. The mute can't speak and can only giggle. When pressed, he can only growl. After all, he has been beaten again and again.
"Come on, you'd better tell him this matter yourself. Don't you know what kind of virtue that guy is? He'll bite whoever he catches..." Before Li Muchian could finish his words, he heard Su Jing scolding Wuzhong from outside: "Please order some." Face it...it's nothing to bully a mute, you really have the ability to fight with my aunt."
"Oh, I'm going. Why are you afraid of you? Come on..."
Chang Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This happens every day."
Suddenly something occurred to him and he said to Li Muchian: "You can give this mute a name. It's not a problem to call him mute all the time."
Li Muxian groaned and stroked his beard and thought deeply: "My lord, if you accept the mute as Ma Bian, you can take the master's surname. How about calling him Chang Bian?"
Anyway, the name is just a code name, it is much better than being called a mute, so he nodded in agreement. Hearing that Su Jing and Wuzhong were still bickering outside, he shouted: "Stop it, Wuzhong, you will bully Governor Chang Bian to death from now on." you!"
There was silence outside for a moment.
After a while, Wuzhong's voice came from far away: "Who is Chang Bian?"
