The Kaifeng Prefecture received a report from a local couple that their daughter was forced to make a living due to poverty at home in her early years. She entered the Song Shou Prefecture as a maid and signed a bond of sale. However, the daughter has always been filial and upright, and would come home from time to time. Visiting the two elders, the two of them are living a decent life because of their daughter's support. That day, my wife was seriously ill, and the family couldn't get any rice or food to replace the medicine, so the two couples thought that they could only bite the bullet and go to the daughter who had sold herself. After all, she was their own flesh and blood, so she would not die. No help.
The two dragged their old bodies to the Song Mansion to inquire, but unexpectedly were beaten by the Song Mansion's servants with sticks. Not only the two of them, but also other family members were in the same situation. At one time, three couples came to the Song Mansion to look for relatives.
Without exception, the Song Mansion either blamed these people for their absence, illness, or simply kicked them out with sticks. Their biological daughter was not found, and she was severely beaten at the back door of the Song Mansion.
Although these three couples all sold their daughters to the Song Dynasty, someone came to their home last night and told them that their little daughter had become the concubine of the second son Song Changyan in the Song Dynasty. How much grace they had, who would have known that they would get this? end. As soon as they left the Song Mansion, someone jumped out to talk and said it was pitiful. The Song Mansion was just a man-eating devil's cave, and the old woman was a dominatrix who took pleasure in humiliating her servants. I don't know how many women had been poisoned by her.
These are naturally the traps that Yelv Chongguang asked his brothers from the intelligence team to deliberately set up. Although these people sold their sons and daughters, they couldn't afford to support them. Who wouldn't be heartbroken when they heard that they were beaten by people from the Song Dynasty? He immediately panicked. Mr. Song had a reputation as an official, so why was there still a death in the house?
It would be understandable if his daughter wasn't there, but he suddenly ran into two or three people, all looking for his daughter. Could it be that there was really an accident? Several families immediately went to Kaifeng Mansion to report to the official!
Cheng Lin continued to serve as the governor of Kaifeng, and Bao Zheng replaced him for a few days and returned the power to Cheng Lin. This position is not something that ordinary people can do. If it is a royal family, it will almost be Dabao's heir in the future.
When Cheng Lin heard that people were missing, she didn't pay much attention to it. There were more than one million people in the huge area of Bianjing City, and missing one person was like missing a grain of sand in an ant's nest. Unexpectedly, after one report, two more came one after another, and all the spearheads were directed at a member of the court - Song Mansion!
This is no small matter. Song Shou is also senior in the court. In recent years, he has written so many words that his eyes have been damaged. However, there are not a few people who come to ask for calligraphy, and he has also asked for a few. The words are still hanging in the lobby of his home.
Grandpa Song, also known as Mr. Song Shou, doesn't care about anything, but he manages his house in an orderly manner. The furniture and utensils in the house are wiped morning and evening, and they are placed in their proper place without any clutter. The servants are respectful and orderly, and the huge mansion gives people a sense of orderliness even though it is tidy. A cold feeling.
Song Shou was basking in the sun in front of the house. As he was getting older and his eyesight problems had worsened, he could only occasionally write and study classics and history at noon. Most of the time, he could only look at the greenery in the courtyard. Plant to relieve eye pain.
"Song Gong has stopped writing today!" Cheng Lin walked into the courtyard of Song Mansion with a smile and cupped her hands. She looked at Song Shou who was sitting lazily in the courtyard with his eyes closed and concentrating. Although his rank was higher than Song Shou's, he still held the junior ceremony. .
Song Shou woke up with a start, and moved closer to hold Cheng Lin's hand. His beard was almost touching the other person's face, and then he recognized the person: "The good nephew is here! How can I let go of the political affairs of the government and come to my blind old man's house today?" "
The two families are somewhat related. Cheng Lin's family name was what Cheng's father originally asked Song Shou for. Song Shou had long since stopped taking care of things and never left the door. How could he know that Cheng Lin was here to check on his family's private affairs? She just thought it was him who came to study Zhong Yao's calligraphy with him.
Song Shou is known for his exquisite writings, which is called Chao style. He is especially good at the calligraphy of Zhong Yao and Zhang Zhi. Most of the official calligraphy styles are from his handwriting.
"Today Mu Xiu came here to check on Mr. Song! It's a pity that Mr. Song has insufficient eyesight, otherwise he would have asked for a pair of calligraphy treasures to be passed down to my nephew as a family heirloom!"
The two sat down, and a fruit plate and tea were served immediately.
"I can't bear to accept my old age. My eyes are getting worse day by day. I'm afraid I won't even be able to touch a pen in another year or two! You can just pick out whatever kind of house you like!"
Cheng Lin didn't come here to chat with him. She looked around and saw that all the servants looked like they were about to speak but had something on their minds. Cheng Lin probably knew something in her heart, so she asked as soon as the conversation changed. Said: "It seems that it is true that Bianzhong has long said that his wife was a good steward of the household!"
"My big family is all managed by my humble Jing, so I can steal half a day to write two words!"
Bi Shi, who had been eavesdropping in the house, heard that Cheng Lin was talking about herself. She had already heard about the fact that someone came to her door in the past few days to find her relatives. She also sent people to Kaifeng Mansion to find out the truth. The matter of Cheng Lin's visit was even more... This frightened her so much that as soon as she entered the door, she strictly ordered everyone to keep their mouth shut, while she hid in the hall to listen.
Mr. Bi came from a humble background, his face was heavily smeared with makeup, he twisted his fat crotch and came out with a high-pitched voice, teasingly saying: "Master Cheng, when you come to your humble residence, you are not welcomed from afar, and the servants are not sensible and do not treat you well!"
When Cheng Lin saw how the rightful owner came out on his own, she immediately withdrew her eyes. She only glanced at Bi inadvertently: "Madam, you are polite."
Behind Bi Shi was Song Minqiu's legitimate wife. The wife's eyes were dull. When she saw Cheng Lin, she just gave a slight salute and stood behind Bi Shi like a pile of corpses.
Bi saluted and said, "Long blessings, Lord Cheng. These are the refreshments from Gufangzhai. Please try them, Lord Cheng."
Cheng Lin pushed forward and said: "The people in the house are so busy, I must have put a lot of effort into it!"
Bi's heart skipped a beat, then she smiled and said: "It is a concubine's blessing to be able to share the burden with her husband. These servants are all honest people, otherwise they would not be able to enter the Song Dynasty."
Cheng Lin kept talking for a long time without saying a word. It would be difficult to ask Bi's questions in front of Song Shou. Song Shou had been silent for a long time and was afraid that he would not know about it in the dark, so Cheng Lin had to ask insinuating questions. After asking a few questions, he left the Song Mansion.
Although no questions were asked, from the shrinking looks in the servants' eyes and Bi's mistress-like manner, Cheng Lin knew without thinking that life would definitely be difficult for these servants in the Song Mansion, and she was afraid that these people It's all bad and bad.
Cheng Lin sighed and said, Song Shou, an old talented man who has been honest all his life and has a good reputation as an official, is afraid that he will fall into trouble with this lady. When I saw the miserable look of the eldest daughter-in-law, I just lamented that whoever got in trouble with this evil mother-in-law would be in trouble.
Xia Mansion.
Liang Chuan deliberately walked outside Qiu Fu's house and took the servants in Qiu Fu's house to chat about the Song family.
"I heard that our Xia Mansion is getting married to the Song Mansion. Have you heard about it? I heard that the Song Mansion is involved in a life-threatening lawsuit."
Something happened in Song Shou's house, and Qiu Fu became nervous for a while in the house. In recent days, he had been very busy for Xia Xue's Dali, and had fierce fights with the matchmakers. The matchmaker was quite tight-lipped and refused to follow Qiu Fu reveals a little bit about the Song family's unhealthy tendencies. Qiu Fu is not that stupid. How could he succeed just by listening to the matchmaker's words? How could such an outstanding young master take so long? Sure enough, there is some hidden secret, but we can't let others deceive it!
"Zhan Zhao, come here. I think you are very capable and reliable. Stop staring at Liang Chuan these days. Go and inquire around the Song Mansion. Ask Mr. Song what's going on in the house. If it's relevant, Clues about the eldest lady’s marriage must be reported to me immediately!”
Zhan Zhao was considered a professional soldier and was loyal to the Xia Mansion. Although this kind of thing was disgraceful, he would not refuse it.
"The villain takes orders!"
Zhan Zhao received Qiu Fu's order, and Liang Chuan took the initiative to follow him: "It's okay to be idle. I'll go and have fun with you."
Liang Chuan's idea was to deliberately leak this matter to the people in the Xia Mansion. If he told it himself, it would only arouse the suspicion of Qiu Fu and Xia Song. The best result would be to have an intermediary. Tell the truth'!
Zhan Zhao led Liang Chuan and the two to the Song Mansion. Bi had already arranged for them to take care of themselves. The doors and windows of the Song Mansion were closed tightly, and no one who asked told them they didn't know. Zhan Zhao walked around for a long time without seeing a single living person. After finally meeting two neighbors, each of them behaved like they were facing a formidable enemy and dared to be angry but dare not speak out. Zhan Zhao was convinced that there was definitely something weird in this Song Mansion!
The Song Shou family has a great business, and dealing with a few neighbors is like dealing with children. Bi's methods have long frightened them. When they meet strangers like Zhan Zhao, they are afraid of getting angry, and they will not say things they shouldn't say. .
Zhan Zhao had been wandering around for a whole day and was about to return without success. He would definitely not be able to return to his life if he went back like this. Moreover, there were all kinds of anomalies around the Song Mansion, and there was something wrong at first sight.
As soon as Liang Chuan saw that the time was right, he blew a whistle and asked the brothers from the intelligence team to appear.
Yeluhan and his other brother Yeluxian dressed up as ordinary people. When they saw Zhan Zhao wandering in front of the Song Mansion, they immediately bumped into him and said, "High officials don't dare wander around here. The Song family can't afford to offend him?"
Zhan Zhao was puzzled: "This old man Song is not known for his reputation as a virtuous man, so why does he have an ulterior secret?"
Yeluhan lowered his voice a little lower, looked around to see if there was no one, pretended to poke the head of the pot, and secretly said to Zhan Zhao's ear: "You only know one but not the other. Let's stay far away, otherwise it will be a while. If someone comes out of the Song Mansion, we will definitely get a beating!"
Liang Chuan couldn't help but laugh. The two of them followed Yeluxian to a small alley. Yeluxian said, "You two are government servants!"
Zhan Zhao was noncommittal.
Yelvxian said: "You are here, the Song family is considered a wealthy family, but they have done so many shady things behind the scenes. Mr. Song is considered a good person, but his wife, Mrs. Bi, is a poisonous woman!"
Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up and he said, "Where do you start talking about this!"
Qiu Fu asked him not to search for evidence of the Song family's crimes, but to get some clues about the eldest lady's marriage. Mrs. Song, Bi, was going to be the eldest lady's mother-in-law in the future, and what she wanted was these clues!
Yelvxian was like a storyteller in a tea stall, spittle flying out of his mouth, and he said vividly: "It seems that you are not from here. This Bi family is a bitter wife who has become a mother-in-law. Not to mention the low-grade treatment of the Song family." People, even her own daughter-in-law, were tortured to the point of being reduced to human form by her. We, the local people, heard the cries and begs for mercy from various servants in their yards every day. From time to time, we could still see corpses packed in sacks in their houses. Bring the general out!"
Zhan Zhao was shocked when he heard this. He thought that if some clues could be returned to the government, he would be considered a meritorious service. However, when he inquired about it, he unexpectedly came across such a shady story. Is it true that the Song Dynasty heard that there was a life-threatening lawsuit?
"In the past few days, I heard that some relatives from the Song Dynasty came to look for someone. I don't know where they went. Is there something wrong with me!"
Yelvxian's eyes widened and he said: "That's not true! Not only did their daughter lose and cannot be found, she was also beaten up by the people from the Song Mansion. I don't think the Kaifeng Mansion dared to care about this matter. Cheng Mansion Yin came to the Song Mansion today. We talked and laughed, and left with a lot of gifts. Most likely, we were bribed. These officials protect each other. Where are the days when we ordinary people were in the spotlight? We miss that blue sky. Even the royal family members dare to cut it. This servant of the Song Mansion may have died in vain!"
Liang Chuan deliberately picked Yelu Xian because he was a good talker, but he didn't expect that this boy was so good at talking. When he told lies, his face would not turn red, and his heart would not beat. He would tell the truth as if he was telling the truth. It would get dark if he continued this nonsense.
He coughed and winked at Yeluhan, pretending to ask: "Are you sure that the sack contains corpses? Not dead cats or dogs?"
Yelvxian stopped Yeluhan and said, "How can this be false! I even know where they took the people to burn and bury them!"
Zhan Zhao said anxiously: "Can you take us there?"
Yelvxian looked troubled.
Zhan Zhao only thought he wanted benefits, took out a few coins from his arms and gave them to Yelu Xian. Liang Chuan saw that the evil fire was rising. This boy couldn't see what was going on. He stared straight at Yelu Xian. Even Yelu Han on the side kept winking at him. Only then did Yelu Xian change his expression and said happily: " I don’t dare to tell the fifth person that this matter leaked out of my mouth!”
Zhan Zhao said: "Heaven knows and earth knows that you know and I know!"
"Come with me!"
Yelvxian led Zhan Zhao to the north of the city. There is a large area of wasteland behind the imperial city in the north of the city, with sparse residential buildings. Compared to the south of the city, it looks much lonely and desolate! When there was more land, people would enclose it, build graves, and dig graves, and some would cultivate acres of land to grow vegetables, which caused many disputes. What's more, the corpses were dragged here and burned and buried indiscriminately. The north of the city, which was originally sparsely populated, became a mass grave. People thought it was unlucky and fewer people came.
Liang Chuan and the two yelu sang and said, "How do you know that the Song Dynasty dragged people here?"
Once Liang Chuan mentioned it, Zhan Zhao also paid attention.
Ye Luxian's acting skills are really good. He scratched his head and said: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the two poor men. We ordinary people usually rely on them. We are rich. If people throw away some rags and rags, we will take them back and they will be neater and brighter than the ones we wear during the New Year." Many times, whenever the Song Dynasty throws away some debris, it always attracts our attention. It's not a coincidence that we caught them trying to do something illegal..."
Liang Chuan interrupted him and asked who died and why.
It is useless to ask about these reasons. No one was present when the Song Dynasty killed the servants. They were all fabricated. If the neighbors describe it in a more elaborate way, it will become even more troublesome when the news spreads to the city!
It would be a shame for this kid not to be a storyteller. I just listened to him talking non-stop along the way. Liang Chuan occasionally joined in and said a few words, and not long after he arrived at the north of the city.
There is such a large wasteland in the city of Bianjing. Cattle and sheep are scattered on the grassland, and green grass sprouts are popping up. The main color of the earth is still gray, and the earth is riddled with holes. There are endless graves as far as the eye can see. The sound was extremely depressing.
"How can I find this? There are thousands or hundreds of graves!" It is indeed a mass grave. I can count the graves with monuments on my fingers.
"I remember, go this way!" A few days ago, Yelv Chongguang spent some money to find out from a servant in the Song Mansion where the maidservant who was beaten to death was buried. After walking several times, he remembered the route.
The four of them walked to a small grave. The soil was still new, and the soil was still soft when they were pulled with their hands.
Zhan Zhao said: "You two brothers, I will give you a few more coins to help me dig up this soil!"
How could Yelvxian and Yeluhan care about a few ounces of money now? Liang Chuan gave each of them at least a few ounces of money a month, and he would give out money several times during the holidays. They had no place to spend their money, so they all saved their money. I had to pay a lot of money to bribe them to do such an unlucky thing. I was stunned for a moment!
"Isn't it too little? I'll give you the usual amount of money!"
Yelvxian wildly greeted Zhan Zhao's biological parents in his heart, and the two of them headed towards Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan pursed his lips toward the grave, the meaning couldn't be more obvious!
This must be dug, otherwise how could Zhan Zhao go back and recover!
The two had no choice but to find two hoe from somewhere nearby and started digging reluctantly. Fortunately, the body was buried shallowly. It was just a small hole covered with some soil and wrapped in a mat. The two dug carefully, for fear of damaging the body. The temperature is still very low right now, and it will really start to heat up during the Qingming Festival. The body buried in the soil is only slightly waxed, not rotten!
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