Yu Miaolan recalled the situation during the day and shook her head: "I only saw the word 'Chang' in the name of the master he worshiped on his apprenticeship notice, but I never saw his master himself."
Lin Linyou nodded, feeling somewhat disappointed in his heart.
"but……"
"But what?"
"When I saw that person during the day, he did look familiar." Yu Miaolan said, "I just thought about it carefully. That night, this person was in the Jiaofang Division, next door to us."
"What night?"
"On...the night when the river supervisor died." Yu Miaolan said, "Captain Ren came the next day."
Lin Linyou's brows widened: "Are you sure?"
Yu Miaolan nodded.
No wonder! It seems that Jin Chang’s motive for assassinating Yu Miaolan lies here! Even if he is not the real culprit in many of the deaths of guests in the Jiaofang Division, the death of River Supervisor Li Rui must be inseparable from him!
Li Rui, that's the adopted son of Ji Gang, the commander of the Imperial Guard! If he learns that Li Rui's death is related to Jin Chang, not to mention Jin Chang, he is afraid that even Li Zengzhi, the former military commander on the left, will be implicated.
Yu Miaolan said that Lin Linyou fell asleep that night. It was probably midnight, and she got up to clean the room outside. When she came back, she just walked to the corner of the second floor and saw the door of Li Rui's room opened a crack, and it was dark inside. There was no light on, and a man walked out of the darkness. A lantern was lit all night in the corridor, so she could see his face clearly.
Because many visitors to Jiaofangsi are taboo about meeting these charming girls up late at night, saying that it will bring bad luck to themselves. In fact, many prominent figures or officials often come to Jiaofangsi late at night, fearing that they will be As people saw it, gradually, Jiaofangsi had such an unwritten rule.
Actors and maidens are well aware of this rule and will clean their hands late at night. If they encounter a sorcerer, they will consciously avoid it.
At that time, Yu Miaolan saw this man walking towards the corridor, and hurriedly found a dark place to hide, waiting for him to leave before coming out.
"He didn't see you?" Lin Linyou asked.
Yu Miaolan shook her head: "Maybe not..."
perhaps? That means uncertainty!
No, it would be bad if Jin Chang found out that Yu Miaolan was the only witness!
The reason why Jin Chang is confident now, besides having a big backer, is that he is sure that Lin Linyou and the others do not have any evidence in their hands.
But he also knew that Jin Yiwei sometimes did not need to rely on evidence when handling matters. For example, the case involved the death of Ji Gang's adopted son.
Ji Gang will not go to war for Xike, but he will definitely kill someone in revenge for his adopted son!
Suddenly Lin Linyou's ears twitched, and he heard a slight sound coming from the roof tiles above his head. Without hesitation, he opened the door and flew out. He tapped his toes on the beauty in the corridor on the second floor, and jumped up to the room. top.
The sky was clear and clear, and there was no one around. Only the moonlight shone coldly on the roof tiles, as if covered with a layer of white frost.
There was a "hissing" sound in the distance, like a poisonous snake spitting out a message. Lin Linyou looked over and saw that the civet cat he kept was hunched over, with fur all over its body, whimpering and roaring in one direction.
Lin Linyou looked in the direction of the cat for a while, but found nothing.
He was also afraid of falling into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain, so he climbed back to the second floor with an upside-down golden hook hanging from the eaves, and gently closed the door again.
Although he and Yu Miaolan talked very softly, it cannot be ruled out that someone used professional equipment such as "earth listening" to steal their conversation.
In short, Yu Miaolan is now their witness, which is very important and dangerous. It is not a safe period as Zhang Ben said.
"Mr. Lin, what's wrong?" Yu Miaolan was a little nervous.
"It's okay." Lin Linyou pretended to smile casually, fearing to cause her to panic even more, "Go upstairs and take a look at the stars."
"Mr. Lin Qi, you still know astrology..." Yu Miaolan seemed to be really relieved.
"Yes! It seems that tomorrow will be a sunny day."
"Sunny day?"
"You can now dry the quilt..."
"oh……"
"It's getting late, let's go to bed!" Lin Linyou yawned.
"We? Are you sleeping here?"
"Yes! You don't welcome me?"
Yu Miaolan said: "I don't dare... I'm just afraid of the inconvenience..."
"It's nothing inconvenient." Lin Linyou couldn't help but climbed onto the bed. "When I say sleep, I just sleep."
Yu Miaolan was stunned and had no choice but to walk over...
…
In Jigang's mansion, there were many guests, all of whom were among the most important people in the capital. Suzhou tycoon Shen Wendu seems to be on the list.
The table was filled with a dazzling array of delicacies from mountains and seas. The women who had been plundered from Suzhou City and other places were accompanying them around. Those who were good at singing and dancing would play and play music to add to the entertainment. Those who were not good at singing and dancing would persuade them to drink and flirt. Their faces clearly showed their displeasure. But the more this happened, the more these big shots became. I am interested and feel that compared with the women in romantic places, they have a unique flavor.
During the singing and dancing, the big shots exchanged cups, played guessing games and made orders, drinking from noon to evening.
Ji Gang sat at the head of the table, his face flushed, and he was drunk. Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he ordered his men to take the late King Wu's gold-woven dragon red robe and Yishan's crown that had been confiscated, and put them on.
"Long live!" The guests and the attendants also shouted in unison while they were all drunk!
Ji Gang was proud and laughed.
After laughing, he burped. It seemed that he had sobered up a little, and he felt a little regretful. After all, he didn't really want to be emperor, he just took advantage of the drunkenness to get drunk.
After all, such a great civil and military talent as the current Holy Emperor pretended to be mad, fought for four years, and went through many hardships before he could sit on the throne and sit in the palace!
I am a martial artist, how can I dare to fight for the world? Not to mention that he can't fight for it, he also knows that he doesn't want to fight for it. Now he is very satisfied with his position below one person and above ten thousand people. Everything now is given by the emperor. There is no need for him to rebel. Even if he can't live with himself, he is not stupid. To use such a big bet now to win a throne with a very small chance of winning.
Who is so stupid to live a good life only to rebel?
King Zhu Di of Yan had no choice but to rebel.
As for the two brothers Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi, it was rumored in the court that they "supported fugitives and built private arsenals with rebellious intentions." Who knows whether it was because they overestimated their capabilities or because they were mentally ill or because the officials were impeaching them. Ji Gang didn't care, and probably the emperor didn't either. I believe it, otherwise Jigang would have been ordered to attack them both.
Thinking of this, Ji Gang was also a little flustered. With a thought, he took the wine glass and walked to the table. His gentle eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and finally stopped on the face of one of his own guests, and his eyes became sharp. .
"Why didn't you shout?" he asked sharply.
The guest shook his hand and spilled the wine on Ji Gang's dragon robe. He quickly said: "Master, my subordinates shouted..."
"I didn't hear it." Ji Gang said.
"this……"
"Come here, drag me down or you will be killed with a stick!"
Big beads of sweat rolled down the doorman's forehead. He was also highly valued by Ji Gang. Otherwise, he would not be sitting at the table tonight, but he would never understand until his death why Ji Gang wanted to kill him.
Immediately, a sergeant came forward and held the guest back. Only then did the guest come to his senses, dropped his wine glass and shouted: "Master, please spare your life! Master, please spare your life!"
The sound gradually faded away, and after a while, the pain of the guest being hit by the stick came from outside the house, accompanied by the dull sound of the stick falling on the guest's flesh. With each blow, the guests' hearts couldn't help but beat wildly, as if Hit them.
A slight cold sweat broke out on their foreheads - probably not because of fear, but because the copper stove in the house was too hot.
Ji Gang turned back to smile: "Sorry, I will continue!"
The red candles burned high on the silver table, and the arrows were extinguished in the copper pot. Everyone was drunk, so Ji Gang ordered the housekeeper to arrange for them to stay in their guest rooms. At least beautiful women should be accompanied, some holding one arm, some holding two. There is even a lover of Longyang who brings a boy who has been castrated by Ji Gang...
