With a "Crack" sound, the seemingly thick wall was torn apart as easily as paper under the sharp blade.
In everyone's surprised eyes, a quiet and vast manor with winding corridors suddenly appeared behind the false wall.
As expected, the courtyard wall of Xue Zhongzhang's mansion had been tampered with.
When the housekeeper of the Xue Mansion saw this scene, he was extremely surprised and immediately rushed over from there. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "What are you doing? You are not allowed to go in."
Lai Jingye looked at him coldly and said coldly: "Take it and put him in jail."
"Here!" Xu Captou gestured to his men, and the steward of the Xue Mansion was immediately pressed down on his arm, a sharp knife pressed on his neck, and then his mouth was gagged, and finally he was taken into custody Go down.
Lai Jingye waved his hand, and all his agents rushed directly into the manor through the false wall.
Li Xuan entered first, holding a torch and waving it towards the ground.
The next moment, the fire flashed, and clear and heavy footsteps on the ground appeared in front of everyone.
Wen Xu and others have really been here.
Li Xuan stopped and waved her hand without hesitation: "Search!"
A group of Hangzhou police officers immediately followed the footsteps on the ground and carefully searched the entire backyard.
Laisui suddenly appeared behind Li Xuan and sighed softly: "Now, that boy from the Xue family is going to be in bad luck."
"No matter what, let's get the people back first. In addition, call back all the people who should be called." Li Xuan said sideways.
Lai Sui's eyes immediately lit up, and he bowed his hands to Li Xuan in admiration, then turned and left.
Li Xuan raised his head, and there were already many soldiers searching towards the front yard of Xue's house.
The yard is so big, there is absolutely no problem hiding a few people.
If the stolen salary is here, then are the thieves who stole it also here?
Naturally, there were smart people in the Hangzhou Governor's Office who thought of this. Since they had offended Xue Zhongzhang, they found something to crucify him completely.
…
Li Xuan raised his head and looked into the dark sky. The red-bellied eagle was still circling high in the sky, but there was no trace of Wen Xu and his group of personal guards in his sight.
This guy has other hiding spots in Hangzhou City.
Li Xuan relaxed his breathing slightly. Whether Wen Xu or Wen Fuzhi, he has been operating in Hangzhou for many years. It is normal to have arrangements. He will want to find out for a while, but I am afraid it will not be an easy task.
But now, the people who really want to find Wenxu, who are eager to find Wenxu, are probably not them.
With a "crash" sound, a figure suddenly emerged from the water in the backyard pool and shouted excitedly to everyone: "Found it, twelve boxes, all at the bottom of the water."
Everyone present was immediately in high spirits. Lai Jingye waved his hand, and more people jumped into the pool.
Less than half an hour later, a total of twelve boxes were moved onto the shore.
All the boxes were opened, and inside were strings of copper coins stained with water, and all of them were unused new coins.
"This is everyone's salary for the past two months. Thank you for your hard work. From the time you discovered that the salary was stolen to the time it was recovered, it only took less than an hour. You are so wise!" Li Xuan stood there On one side, he handed over his hand to Lai Jingye sincerely.
Many officials and policemen present sincerely bowed their hands to Lai Jingye: "Your Majesty is wise."
Those are all their hard-earned salaries. Although the loss of salary is the responsibility of professionalism, the court will never treat this money as if it is nothing and not pay it to them, but there is this matter. , there are always twists and turns in the payment of salary, and it is normal for it to be delayed for several months.
Now that the salary can be recovered and distributed quickly without delay, everyone is sincerely grateful to Lai Jingye.
Lai Jingye glanced at Li Xuan with a half-smile, wondering why he couldn't understand what Li Xuan was thinking.
Although Li Xuan's words elevated Jingye in the future, it also completely pinned Xue Zhongzhang on the opposite side of Lai Jingye. At the same time, Xue Zhongzhang, who was suspected of stealing the salaries of all officials in the Hangzhou Governor's Office, also stood against all the officials in Hangzhou. On the opposite side of officials.
He doesn't know how difficult it will be if he wants to act in Hangzhou in the future.
"I am not greedy for merit. I have to thank the King of Nanchang for this. The King of Nanchang has a keen sense and quickly judged the cause. Only then can the salary be recovered in time." Lai Jingye nodded with emotion, and then faced Li Xuan He cupped his hands and said, "My dear nephew, please accept my uncle's respect for this matter."
"Don't dare!" Li Xuan was startled and hurriedly took three steps forward to help Jingye up.
Li Xuan had just come to help Jingye up. Hu Yu and Sima Yuan Yi, who were standing on one side, looked at each other and smiled, and then at the same time raised their hands to Li Xuan: "Thank you, King Nanchang, for your help!"
"Thank you, King Nanchang, for your help." Many Hangzhou officials present bowed slightly to Li Xuan at the same time.
Hearing their voices like this, Li Xuan was slightly startled and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Their words were much more acceptable to Li Xuan than Lai Jingye's words.
Li Xuan returned the greeting to everyone and said: "Xiao Wang has been in Hangzhou for many days and has worked hard for you all to help me. This is what Xiao Wang should do. But this is not the end of the matter. Why are these things placed here? Why are they here? There are many mysteries here, and where those people went, and we still need to find all those people before we can figure them all out."
"What the prince said is absolutely true. We need to find all the Wusheng Cult members." A hoarse voice came from outside the door. Then, some pale-faced recording officer Guan Mi walked in from the door. .
When Lai Jingye saw Guan Mi, he quickly reached out and waved. The policemen around him immediately stepped forward to support Guan Mi.
"Since Guan Canjun is ill, there is no need to come. Although tonight's events are bumpy, they are generally satisfactory." Lai Jingye glanced sideways at Si Gong Canjun not far away, and said lightly: "Things related to tonight, I will ask Si Gong Canjun and Hu Changshi to organize everything into official documents and send them to Canjun later."
"I don't dare to trouble you." Guan Mi handed over to Lai Jingye, his expression was full of fatigue, but he still said: "I have a little idea of the origin of what happened in the other courtyard here. This place was originally Xiaoshan Colonel Wenxu A villa given to Xue Langjun.
The two of them were invited to the West Lake for a drink together last night. They originally invited Xiaguan to come, but Xiaguan was not feeling well at the time and did not go. Now, they should be at Liu Cui Garden in the West Lake. If..."
"There's no need to go to Liu Cuiyuan, the person has been found." Lai Sui's voice rang outside the hospital. Immediately afterwards, he led a few sergeants to carry a person in on a stretcher.
The light of the torch illuminated, and he was shocked to see that the person on the stretcher was Xue Zhongzhang.
As soon as they got close, everyone smelled a strong smell of alcohol, and they all couldn't help but frown slightly.
Xue Zhongzhang was lying on the stretcher, his hair scattered randomly on one side, his face was flushed, and there were clear lip marks on his face. His limbs were placed casually on one side, his nose twitched from time to time, his eyes were squinted, and he occasionally uttered Light snoring.
He was completely drunk.
Lai Sui came to Lai Jingye, raised his hands to Lai Jingye and said: "Master Governor, I only found Xue Canjun in Liucuiyuan, and did not see Xiaoshan County Wei Wenxu. However, I heard from the Madam of Liu Cuiyuan that Wen County Wei was in Xue Canjun." After getting drunk, he left alone, and they didn't know where he was going."
Just when Guan Migang was about to say something, Li Xuan on the side said decisively: "No matter what happens today, we need everyone to be here before we can talk about it. Your Majesty, please send someone to send Xiaoshan Wen County Lieutenant immediately." If summoned to the court, Qianniu Guard can send someone to assist.”
After Li Xuan finished speaking, everyone present looked at him in astonishment.
The subtext of Li Xuan's words almost concluded that Xiaoshan County Wei Wenxu was causing trouble.
Guan Mi originally wanted to say something, but after Li Xuan's words, he suddenly closed his mouth tightly.
At this time, if he helps again and something happens, he will be held responsible.
Lai Jingye nodded slightly, and immediately the detectives from Hangzhou Prefecture and Qian Niuwei left.
…
"Come here, let me water him to wake him up." Lai Jingye shouted to the left and right, and the detectives and guards on both sides lifted a bucket of water and poured it on Xue Zhongzhang's head without any hesitation.
No hesitation at all.
Although Xue Zhongzhang is now a judicial officer in Hangzhou, and his uncle is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, don't forget that as the governor of Hangzhou, Lai Jingye is not only everyone's immediate boss, but also his uncle is the Huangmen Minister in the court. There is only one step left, and he is the prime minister.
Lai Jingye's grandfather was a former famous general of the Sui Dynasty. His family background may not be as good as that of Pei Yan, but Xue Zhongzhang, he is nothing.
Li Xuan stood on one side, watching coldly, and saw the drunk Xue Zhongzhang suddenly swaying, and then sat up immediately, and his whole body started to tremble for a while.
At this time, I heard Jingye shouting fiercely: "Xue Erlang!"
After hearing the loud voice, Xue Zhongzhang suddenly opened his eyes in an instant, his eyes widened and he looked at everyone with piercing eyes.
Li Xuan was standing not far in front of Xue Zhongzhang. He could clearly see that Xue Zhongzhang's eyes were not bright at all. These were just stress reactions after the cold shock.
Sure enough, slowly, Xue Zhongzhang shook his head hard, and his eyes suddenly became cloudy, but it was also at this moment that his entire consciousness began to gradually return.
Soon, Xue Zhongzhang turned to look at everyone present. Although his eyes were still cloudy, there was still a sharp light shining deep in his eyes, and he had quickly regained consciousness.
"Wake up, stand up when you wake up." Li Xuan walked over from the side, looked at Xue Zhongzhang face to face, and asked indifferently: "Tell me, what happened to this house, how did it become yours?" ?”
"King of Nanchang?" Xue Zhongzhang did not answer Li Xuan's question, but said with some enlightenment: "Sure enough, it is not so easy for you to leave Hangzhou."
"It doesn't matter whether I leave Hangzhou or not. What matters is you." Li Xuan looked extremely cold. He raised his head and looked to the northwest and said softly: "If you can't answer the question I just asked, then I will I have no choice but to put you in jail and punish you for treason, and at the same time send a letter to ask Pei Shangshu carefully to see if you should be sentenced to death or to implicate the three clans."
Li Xuan's words not only shocked Xue Zhongzhang to wake up in the blink of an eye, but even the officials and servants around him all looked at him in surprise. At this moment, Zhou Qian led two Qianniu guards, silently stood behind Li Xuan.
Everyone didn't know what they thought of, and they immediately lowered their heads.
Xue Zhongzhang, who was on the ground, finally fully regained his consciousness at this time. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly and he said: "The King of Nanchang does not have to be like this. The seal of the deputy army commander was given to the prince by the lower official, but the prince seems to have forgotten. The Eastern Expeditionary Army has set off, and the prince's duty as deputy envoy for troop preparation has expired, so the prince no longer has the right to kill first and report later."
"Oh?" Li Xuan lowered her head, looked at Xue Zhongzhang with a cold face, and said softly: "Xue Lang, do you want to try it and see if the sword in my hand still has the right to kill first and then show off."
Li Xuan waved back slightly, and with a "clang" sound, the Thousand Ox Sword came out of its sheath, and the sharp blade was immediately placed directly on Xue Zhongzhang's neck.
Under the bright firelight, the snow-white blade clearly reflected Xue Zhongzhang's stunned expression.
(End of chapter)
