Du Shi walked up to the attic, where Aunt Gongsun and the Zhang family steward were standing by the window.
"It's still here, what should I do?"
"Here."
Looking outside the door of the post house, I saw Guo Yuanliang, Song Li and others carrying gifts and still begging to see Zhang Sanniang.
"It doesn't matter, it's a matter of time." Du Shi said, "Let the two young ladies from the Song family come in, and only them."
After saying that, Du Shi turned to Aunt Gongsun and saluted, "It's time for the little lady of the Zhang family to lose her temper."
"Don't worry, you're used to it and you know what to do."
After this arrangement, everyone else went to do things, except Du Wulang who was left with nothing to do.
Seeing the two dandies arguing outside the post house, Du Wulang couldn't help but worry: "It's only been a day. Second sister, your plan will be exposed soon. Wang Yi hasn't seen Wei Fuyin yet."
"Shut up."
"I always have to give advice to the second sister."
"Since you dare to do this, what's the point of panic?"
Du Shi was patiently comforted by Xue Bai. At this time, he was not worried at all and taught his younger brother calmly.
"There is nothing to reveal about my plan. If you want to seize power from others, why don't you want to have a perfect plan? A plan is a direction. In that direction, God blocks and kills God. This is how to do things. attitude, do you understand?"
"oh."
Du Wulang thought that he probably didn't need to understand. He, his second sister, and Xue Bai were two different types of people.
"Anyway, am I just worrying about you?"
"It's useless to worry." Du Shi said calmly: "Just be prepared to die together."
"Second sister, don't scare me, I just got married." Speaking of Xue Yunniang, Du Wulang said: "I went to the county office later, but I have to go see my mother-in-law."
"I really envy you sometimes."
Du Shi sighed slightly, and then remembered the winter in Tianbao's fifth year, when the whole family was almost destroyed.
In this world, even the identity of Prince Liangdi cannot protect his family, how can he not be ready to risk his life at any time?
Outside the post house, Guo Yuanliang and Song Li still had smiles on their faces.
"We are here to apologize. How can a young lady from the Tang Dynasty hide in a boudoir without being seen?"
Guo Yuanliang wanted to see him wholeheartedly, and couldn't help but provoke the guard outside the door with words. This was a method he often used when flirting with other young ladies.
He had doubts in his heart, but he felt that the guess was too bold and he couldn't believe it. He wanted to confirm it first, so he was inevitably a little anxious.
If he dares to speak out, he already has a tendency subconsciously.
In the courtyard, the steward of the Zhang family strode out and asked, "What did you just say?"
"I mean.…"
"Snapped!"
There was a loud sound, and Song Li was startled. He turned around and saw that Guo Yuanliang's face had been slapped red by Zhang's steward, and he quickly took two steps away.
"You dare to hit me?"
Guo Yuanliang covered his face and asked in shock: "Do you know who I am?"
"Snapped!"
The manager of the Zhang family didn't wait for him to finish speaking, raised his other hand and slapped him again, and asked: "Do you know who I am?"
Guo Yuanliang took several steps back and retreated among his servants, but he could not greet others as he usually did. After thinking about it, he calmed down and adopted a sincere attitude.
"I was rude. These two slaps should be regarded as an apology to the Zhang family's young lady, but the kidnapping was a misunderstanding..."
"Misunderstanding? The saint's cousin has been kidnapped, and the mastermind still dares to gossip here. I think this Yanshi County has gone against the grain!"
Guo Yuanliang was actually frightened by these words. He trembled, hurriedly bowed his head again and said: "Definitely not the mastermind, definitely not the mastermind.
He couldn't say anything else.
Although he originally suspected that the other party was fake, the momentum of Lord Zhu's mansion came over him, making it impossible for him to deal with it calmly.
"Master, I am not the same as him." Song Li stepped forward, gave a gentle salute, and said: "I deeply hate those villains for disturbing the little lady of the Zhang family. When I learned that the place was related to the Guo family, I Grab him..."
"I understand, let your two ladies in."
"Thank you, sir, thank you very much."
Song Li breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at Guo Yuanliang, and immediately turned against his old friend and shouted: "Why don't you get out of here?!"
In fact, before coming here, he also heard Guo Yuanliang say some strange things, saying that the Zhang family's young lady was fake.
He almost believed it.
At this moment, it seems that maybe Guo Yuanliang is the one who wants to climb high. He knows that a lowly merchant in the Guo family is not worthy, so he takes action to kidnap someone. Gao Chong took advantage of the Guo family and tried to smooth things over so that he could be a hero and save the beauty.
These people tried every possible means to make him give up, which shows that human nature is sinister.
When Guo Yuanliang returned to his residence in Yanshi County, Guo Wanjin had already returned from the county office and was sitting in the hall.
The Guo family is very wealthy, but they used to act in a low-key manner. The house here is not big, and they only display ordinary luxurious things.
"What's wrong with your face?" Guo Wanjin raised his head and saw his son, and couldn't help but said angrily: "How dare someone named Song hit you?"
"The manager of the Zhang family beat me."
After hearing this sentence, Guo Wanjin's anger disappeared and he nodded instead.
Guo Yuanliang added: "But it may not be the manager of the Zhang family?"
"what for?"
"Grandpa, you don't believe me when I tell you." Guo Yuanliang hesitated for a moment and said, "I suspect that the young lady from the Zhang family is fake."
"Fake?"
"When I look at her portrait, it feels like the Li Twelve Niang who gave it to Gongsun..."
Guo Wanjin did not believe it, but his expression was solemn. He was stroking an agate cup in his hand, thinking about everything that happened to the Zhang family's young lady after she arrived in Luoyang.
Because she lived in Princess Yuzhen's villa, Gongsun Auntie visited her, and Liu Changqing wrote poems, no one suspected that she was fake. But something big happened immediately afterwards, and the finger was pointed at the Zhang family.
"I have to go see Prime Minister Gao Xian immediately!"
Gao Chong was talking to Li San'er in the house. When he learned that the Guo family and his son were coming, he asked Li San'er to sit aside.
After listening to Guo Yuanliang's narration, he was not too surprised. Instead, he seemed to find it interesting and laughed and said, "I didn't expect Xue Bai to be so bold."
"I also think he shouldn't be like this. If it's fake, how can he hide it in the future? How can he explain it to the Zhang family? Aunt Gongsun shouldn't help him either."
"You'll know the truth as soon as you see it." Gao Chong said, "This is Yanshi, and the county magistrate is acting as a peacemaker. How can she keep hiding? If not, just send someone to Chang'an. "
"yes."
"When the county magistrate goes to the post house to see her, you pretend to be an attaché and take a look. Wouldn't there be a reason to take down Xue Bai? Let your people be prepared... go to see the county magistrate first."
The Guo family father and son got the idea and left.
Gao Chong raised his wine glass, had a drink with Li San'er, and said, "Xue Bai is unscrupulous in his actions. This is similar to Ashang."
"The villain also thought of Gao Langjun as soon as he saw him. Would the county magistrate ask him? The county captain can't keep changing."
"I also have this intention." Gao Chong muttered, "When I capture him, I will give him a choice."
At noon, outside the gate of the county office, the concierge Zhao Liu watched the county magistrate's driver leave. There was one person in the entourage behind him who looked a little strange.
Zhao Liu has sharp eyes, and who in this county office does he not recognize? Suddenly a stranger ran out and followed the county magistrate. He couldn't help but take a closer look and recognized that it was Erlang of the Guo family who had just entered the county office. He felt extremely strange in his heart.
"We all heard that the Guo family was involved in a major case of betraying a loved one. Could it be that Guo Erlang held the county magistrate hostage?"
When this thought came to his mind, Zhao Liu himself felt ridiculous. But after thinking about it, I really can't think of any other reason. "
You have to tell Gao Xiancheng.
Zhao Liu took two steps and saw Qi Chou coming over with a piece of naan in his mouth.
"Qi Shuaitou."
"Don't call me a handsome man anymore." Qi Chou said with a smile, "Now the handsome man in Yanshi County is my brother Ah Xin."
Zhao Liu knew that he had been close to Lieutenant Xue County recently, so he did not dare to stay with him longer, so he smiled and was about to walk away.
"Liu'er, come here." Qi Chou waved, handed over a purse, and said, "I'll give you and your brother a wife."
Before he could react, Zhao Liu felt his hands were heavy and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "How dare you do this?"
"Idiot, you're just waiting. Can you get into the Sixth Cao? Didn't you hear that Chief Sun has given the position of Accounting History to his stupid nephew who doesn't even know the word?"
Zhao Liu still pushed the purse out.
Qi Chou refused to accept it, saying: "You are the most unfortunate person in the entire county office. You are literate and can calculate accounts, but you are still guarding the door.
Take it boldly, your mother-in-law is waiting to have her grandson, but how many more years does she have? "
As he spoke, he leaned over and lowered his voice and said: "The county captain followed the saint's order and came from Chang'an to investigate a major case. You have also seen his methods. You can think about it yourself."
Zhao Liu thought of what the county captain said, "Take the old mother and crippled brother to Chang'an", and the hand that pushed back the purse fell back weakly.
Qi Chou smiled and said, "Follow me. The county captain will ask you a few words."
"good."
Zhao Liu unconsciously put the purse into his arms, his mind dazed, all the way to the county jail.
Xue Bai was questioning the case. Although no punishment was used, there was a lot written on the confession paper in the case.
"County Lieutenant."
"You know how to read and recite the contents on this paper."
"Here."
Zhao Liu hurriedly stepped forward, held the paper in both hands, and read: "Today the criminal Wang Fu confessed. On October 12, Xu Shande received a letter from the master's family and sent people to Longmen to bring back several women..."
He was actually really literate, and even until the end of reading, he could not recognize any uncommon characters.
Xue Bai took it, took out the county captain's seal and stamped it, and then stamped an arrest approval document and said: "Send it to the county magistrate." Return to the county captain, the county magistrate is not at the county office. "Zhao Liu hesitated, looked down at the arrest approval document in his hand, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Guo Erlang pretended to be a follower and followed the county magistrate. "
He thought this was very important news, but Xue Bai didn't care much. He waved and asked, "Has the county magistrate sent anyone to leave Yanshi in recent days?"
Zhao Liu thought for a while and responded: "Yes, since the incident happened, the county magistrate's aide Yuan Yiheng is no longer around."
Xue Bai asked about Yuan Yiheng's family situation, and then asked: "What's Guo Lu's attitude towards the matter?"
"Guo Lushi is ill. Since the accident, Guo Lushi has been recuperating at home, but has not left Yanshi."
Xue Bai did not give any more instructions to Zhao Liu, but said: "You continue to look at the gate of the county office and wait to enter Liu Cao."
"County Lieutenant, what else do you need me to do?"
"No need, today's matter will be kept secret for now."
"The villain understands."
It was so easy to do, Zhao Liu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and began to feel the weight of the wallet in his arms, and he faintly felt that the money was taken out of his heart.
He exited the county jail and walked through the courtyard of the county office, when he saw Xue Xin walking towards him with a rather lethargic young man.
As a concierge, he quickly stepped forward and asked: "May I ask who this is..."
"He is a friend of the county captain." Xue Xin replied with a cold face, pulled the person over and left.
Zhao Liu looked around and saw that the young man seemed to have a booklet in his arms.
Du Wulang entered the county jail, looked around and said, "Your county in Yanshi is not big, but your county jail is not small. Where is Xue Bai?"
Xue Xin responded: "Brother is interrogating people, do you want to go in?"
"OK."
Qi Chou and Shiba Gou'er hurried over and said, "Let's lead the way."
They raised the torch and looked around, just in time to see the shape of the booklet outlined on the lapel of Du Wulang's clothes.
Xue Bai has interrogated another person and asked: "Is the matter done?"
Du Wulang patted the booklet in his arms and said with a smile, "Don't worry while I do the work."
Xue Bai glanced at Qi Chou and Chai Gou'er but did not avoid them.
"That's good, Mr. Yin has almost done the investigation, only this is missing.
"My grandpa has already made arrangements. When the people from Luoyang arrive, you will solve another case."
After a few brief explanations, Xue Bai took Du Wulang to the corridor. When passing by Qi Chou, he patted him on the back and said, "You can prepare to take someone."
Posthouse.
"It is the fault of this county that the young lady of the Zhang family was so frightened. She deserves to apologize."
As the head of a county, Lu Linghao even owned the post house. After earnestly begging to see him, the manager of the Zhang family asked Mrs. Zhang for permission and had no choice but to let him in.
The Zhang family is indeed a family of close relatives of saints. Even when the little daughter goes out, there is a huge battle, with many guards, servants, and slaves. In the short distance from the gate to the attic, there are probably more than twenty people, and everyone is in good spirits. full.
Guo Yuanliang, who was following Lu Linghao, lowered his head and doubted his own judgment for a moment.
He began to think that maybe Song Li's sister had drawn the wrong person. Maybe the Zhang family's young lady also had a tear mole on her left eye?
Entering the lobby, Zhang Sanniang hadn't arrived yet and actually asked the county magistrate to wait for her.
Taking this opportunity, Guo Yuanliang glanced out of the window near the inner courtyard and saw Aunt Gongsun leading a few disciples to practice swordsmanship in the inner courtyard... He clicked and did not see Li Twelve Niang.
At this time, Zhang Sanniang arrived surrounded by several maids.
Guo Yuanliang didn't dare to look at it right away. When he lowered his head, he felt that the clothes were quite luxurious. Even he, the son of a wealthy man, was amazed.
"Young lady, you are polite."
Lu Linghao once met Zhang Sanniang. He stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I feel relieved when I see that the young lady looks good."
"Magistrate Lu is relieved, but I am not. No wonder I heard in Chang'an that all Guo Wanjin accumulated was ill-gotten wealth!"
Although Zhang Sanniang's voice was childish, her anger towards the Guo family was very real.
Lu Linghao had heard someone report to the manager of the Zhang family that "Yanshi County has rebelled" in the morning. Now he saw her pointing the finger at the Guo family and relaxed a little.
However, Guo Yuanliang felt that the superior's voice sounded familiar. Finally, he looked up and saw a pretty and lovely little woman in front of him.
For a moment, he suddenly thought of seven years ago
It was the first year of Tianbao. He was ordered by his father to go to Yancheng to escort a batch of goods. At that time, there was a household in Yancheng, Cao Shuli, who found out about Guo's private coin minting. It should be noted that Ren Lingfang's house was ransacked for this crime, so Guo Yuanliang bribed people to pretend to be robbers and got rid of him.
After finishing this matter, he returned to Chang'an. On the way, he saw an old woman selling her daughter. The little girl was six years old and was very cute. He bought it and returned to Chang'an. Not long after, Guo Wanjin heard that Aunt Gongsun was there. To help orphans from the same village, they sent all the orphans from Yancheng there, and the little girl was among them.
She is the person pretending to be Zhang Sanniang in front of her, Li Twelve Niang, Gongsun's disciple.
Guo Yuanliang finally confirmed the matter, lowered his head, and felt a big stone fell to the ground in his heart. His men did not betray the daughter of the minister.
He was also surprised by the boldness of Xue Bai and Li Twelve Niang, who dared to pretend to be royal relatives. Afterwards, Xue Bai couldn't hide it no matter what, and he was simply seeking death. But it was precisely because he was so bold that people couldn't believe it was fake.
He saw it.
A trace of sneer rose at the corner of Guo Yuanliang's lips. He remained calm for the time being. When Lu Linghao invited Li Twelve Niang to Luo Yan Tower tomorrow, he took his leave.
But as soon as he left the post house, he said: "Fake!"
"real?"
"She was pretending to be a cheap maid. Although I don't know why she dared, this matter is undeniable. Ming Mansion, we didn't make any trouble, everything was a set-up."
"Is that so? As long as there is no trouble."
I must immediately tell Grandpa and Prime Minister Gao the news, and I must immediately surround the post house and capture Xue Bai. "
“Don’t be impulsive, wait for the county to discuss with Prime Minister Gao Xian.
If it's too late and that bitch escapes, there will be no evidence to prove it. I'll go and ask Grandpa to send people to surround the post house...
Lu Linghao was worried and immediately rushed back to the county government office to discuss with Gao Chong.
Gao Chong was much more decisive than him, and said directly: "What is there to discuss about life and death?! The county magistrate is too weak."
"Weak?" Lu Linghao was also displeased and waved his sleeves: "No matter what you do, can you explain it to the court and not involve this county? Do you want me to take care of you?"
"Xue Bai sent people to pretend to be royal relatives, what else can he not explain?"
"You can do whatever you want, but don't ask for a warrant from the county before you have a thorough investigation."
"good."
Gao Chong responded decisively, pushed the door open, called his confidants, and gave instructions.
"Tell the head of the ditch to take action."
"Here."
"Wait a minute, where is Xue Bai?"
"I left the county office not long ago, and it seems that I went to visit Guo Lushi."
"He has two good hands beside him, let Qutou go and take him down personally."
"Here."
"You come with me."
As Gao Chong spoke, he turned to the county jail and saw Qi Chou coming up to him, fully dressed in official uniform.
"Xian Cheng."
"Snapped!"
As soon as they met, Gao Chong slapped Qi Chou to the ground and said, "Get up, I'll forget about this."
Qi Chou covered his face and stood up, nodded and bowed: "Thank you, County Magistrate, I know my mistakes."
Gao Chong said: "The case has been found out. They were all framed. Go and release all those people in prison."
"Xian Cheng, is there a county magistrate..."
In the middle of his words, Qi Chou looked up and saw Gao Chong's face was stern, and quickly lowered his head again.
Without seeing the document, let's let him go now, just as Gao Chong said. If something goes wrong, but he is asked to take responsibility, he can't help but hesitate.
The next moment, another officer caught up and reported in a low voice: "County Magistrate, someone came to see Lieutenant Xue today, and he seemed to be carrying an account book in his arms."
"Where are the people?" Gao Chong asked quickly.
Qi Chou felt an inexplicable chill on his back and rushed to report: "It's a little fat man who is staying with Yin Liang."
Gao Chong hurried to the county corridor and kicked open the door, but there was no one inside, neither Yin Liang nor the little fat man.
Xue Bai has found the key evidence and had it sent out?
“A moth flies into a flame and perishes itself.
