The government sent people outside to inquire about the murder of someone in the envoy team, and Fan Wencheng also launched his own connections in Nanjing.
The first person Fan Wencheng approached was Gao Hongtu.
Through Gao Hongtu, he came to Qian Qianyi's house again.
At first, there were rumors in Nanjing that the envoys of the Qing Dynasty sent people to assassinate the envoys of the Tiger-Character Flag at night. But as time went by, there began to be another theory, saying that the envoys of the Tiger-Character Flag sent people to assassinate the Qing Dynasty. 's envoy.
As soon as the second rumor came out, it quickly took over the mainstream of the rumors. It has to be said that Fan Wencheng is doing very well in Nanjing City.
"Sir, Minister Gao and the envoy from the Qing Dynasty are here." The steward of the Qian Mansion came to Qian Qianyi's study to announce.
Qian Qianyi frowned after hearing this.
"Teacher, the person surnamed Fan should be here for the assassination last night." Yingtian Mansion's Prime Minister Qu Shishu said to him.
Something as big as an envoy's team was assassinated occurred at night. As soon as Qu Shishu heard the news, he immediately rushed to Qian Qianyi's place without even going to the government office.
Qian Qianyi looked at Qu Shishu and asked, "Qitian, can you confirm that the person who assassinated the envoy of the Tiger Character Banner last night was from the Qing Dynasty?"
"The students can be sure," Qu Shishu said with assurance. "As soon as the students heard the news, they immediately sent people to the garrison yamen to find out whether it was the bodies that the officers and soldiers in the garrison yamen moved out from the envoy courtyard of the Tiger-Character Banner. All the dead were There is nothing wrong with dressing up as a Qing Dynasty person."
Hearing this, Qian Qianyi's frown deepened, and he cursed angrily: "These people can't be more honest. They even use assassination methods. What do they want to do? Why don't they put me, Daming, in the first place?" In the eyes.”
At this moment, I was extremely dissatisfied with the Qing envoys.
"Fortunately, the envoys of the Tiger Character Banner brought a lot of guards. If something happens to someone here, it will really happen. If not, the Tiger Character Banner will directly send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty." Qu Shichu said with lingering fear.
Once the envoy died in Ming's capital, the Tiger Flag behind the envoy could not easily spare Ming. The person who assassinated the Tiger Flag envoy obviously wanted to strangle Daming and Tiger Flag to death.
"Damn it!" Qian Qianyi gritted his teeth and cursed angrily.
How could he not have thought of this? In his opinion, what the Qing envoy did was a crime worthy of death.
Qu Shishu saw Qian Qianyi getting angry several times, so he tried to persuade him and said: "Fortunately, the envoy of the Tiger-Character Banner did not have anything to do, and he killed many assassins. The Qing envoy also lost his wife and lost his troops. "
However, his persuasion did not make Qian Qianyi less angry.
Then Qian Qianyi said to the housekeeper: "You have done such a thing and you still have the nerve to see me. Tell him to get lost. I don't have time to see him as a Tatar."
Even the Tatars shouted out, which showed that they were annoyed.
"So, where is Mr. Gao?" Butler Qian asked cautiously.
"No, no, let him go with you." Qian Qianyi said with an unhappy face, and even Gao Hongtu was scolded.
Qu Shichun, who was on the side, was afraid that the housekeeper would really send the message like this, so he said to the housekeeper: "Go and tell them that the teacher is ill and will not see guests for the time being."
The man surnamed Fan just scolded him, but Gao Hongtu was different. After all, he was the minister of the Ministry of War and an important minister in the court. If the steward didn't spread good words, he would be alienated from him, which would be more than worth the loss.
The steward of the Qian Mansion retreated from the study and closed the study door.
The housekeeper came to the stone steps outside the gate of Qian Mansion.
As the minister of the Ministry of War, Gao Hongtu also wanted to have dignity. Naturally, it was impossible for him to stand outside the Qian Mansion in person and wait for the Qian Mansion's disciples to report inside.
The person guarding the gate of Qian's Mansion was just a servant he brought.
As soon as Butler Qian came out of the gate, he glanced around, saw the carriage parked outside, and walked over quickly.
When he reached the window on one side of the carriage, he bowed slightly and said, "Master Gao, please come back. My master is ill and the doctor has told me that he should not see guests."
After hearing the sound, the people in the carriage opened one side of the curtain, glanced at the steward of the Qian Mansion outside the window, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I know, I will come to visit you when Mr. Ge gets well." .”
He was still in good health when they met yesterday, but today he was ill and could not see the guests. He could guess that the other party probably did not want to get involved in the assassin's attack on the envoy.
However, he believed that the assassin was sent by the envoy of the Tiger-Character Banner. After all, someone among the Qing envoys died.
Butler Qian bowed and returned to Qian's Mansion.
In addition to Gao Hongtu, Fan Wencheng was also in the carriage.
Fan Wencheng naturally heard what Butler Qian said.
Then Fan Wencheng said to Gao Hongtu in the carriage: "Master Gao, what does Mr. Qiange mean by this? Are you not willing to uphold justice for me, the Qing Dynasty?"
"Mr. Fan misunderstood. You heard what the housekeeper said just now. Qian Ge is old and seriously ill and can't see guests for the time being. It's not an intentional absence." Regardless of whether the absence was true or not, Gao Hongtu had to explain to Qian Qianyi.
As for whether Fan Wencheng believed it or not, that was beyond his concern.
Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "Since Mr. Qian Ge is not willing to see me, the envoy of another country, then please ask Mr. Gao to uphold justice for the murdered warriors of the Qing Dynasty."
After saying that, he saluted Gao Hongtu directly on the carriage.
Upon seeing this, Gao Hongtu's mouth twitched.
From Qian Qianyi's reluctance to meet, he guessed whether there might be something else that he didn't know about, and wondered if he should avoid getting too involved, but he didn't expect to be directly used by Fan Wencheng. The words were put up.
He hesitated and asked, "Has Mr. Fan ever reported to the official?"
"I've already been to Yingtian Mansion." Fan Wencheng replied.
Gao Hongtu rolled his eyes and said, "Since Yingtian Mansion already knows about this matter, I believe there will be a result soon. Mr. Fan, please don't be too anxious. It's better to wait for the result of Yingtian Mansion first."
Fan Wencheng felt that Gao Hongtu was thinking of retreating and said bluntly: "Those who are involved in this matter are worried that Yingtian Mansion will be oppressed by the tiger thieves. I want nothing more than justice."
"You can't say that. I believe that Yingtian Mansion will handle this matter fairly. Mr. Fan should wait patiently." Gao Hongtu decided not to get involved. Naturally, it was impossible to put pressure on Yingtian Mansion for Fan Wencheng.
A person who can be the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture does not have any background behind him. There is no need to offend people for Fan Wencheng.
Fan Wencheng naturally couldn't let Gao Hongtu go like this, and said again: "Otherwise, Mr. Gao will accompany him to Yingtian Mansion and ask him about the progress of the case. I hope Mr. Gao can grant this request."
(End of chapter)
