The autumn sunset is less brilliant and more gentle.
Its brilliance is already very cold.
The atmosphere in the Imperial City Department at this moment is even colder than the setting sun that is blocked by the lush branches and leaves of the big-leafed banyan tree!
The commander-in-chief Zheng Wang stood in front of Changsun Jinghong with a pale face. He looked at the body in the coffin on the ground, and after a long time he said in a deep voice: "This subordinate has neglected his duty, please punish me! "
Changsun Jinghong said nothing.
It has been a stick of incense since Zheng Wang delivered Miao Qiufen's body.
He didn't say a word.
Not a word was asked.
He just kept looking.
Looking at it with a frosty face.
The last ray of the setting sun disappeared from the horizon, and the curtain of night slowly closed.
Shang Xunfang, the commander-in-chief of the Second Division, silently lit the angry lamp hanging on the tree, and then he saw Mr. Changsun let out a sudden sigh of relief.
Changsun Jinghong finally looked away. He looked at the darkening night and then at the dim lamp.
He turned around and sat on the chair, took a few breaths in silence, and then asked: "In other words, Xi Wei pretended to be an old man and ran away right under your noses?"
Zheng Wang still bowed, "Sir, that's exactly what it is!"
He didn't make any excuses. He had many reasons, but he didn't say any of them.
Because saying it would not help, Xi Wei was indeed gone.
Miao Qiu Equinox finally sent back the information, which was the easiest and best chance to find out who Xi Wei was.
But this opportunity was wasted by his own carelessness.
Not only was an excellent opportunity wasted, but Miao Qiu Equinox died as a result.
Zheng Wang was heartbroken and ashamed.
"So, our Imperial City Division is not a piece of steel."
Changsun Jinghong stroked his long beard and said: "No one knows the identity of Lao Miao except you, the commander-in-chief!"
"You guys go down and let me stay with Lao Miao."
Zheng Wang bowed his hands and said, "Sir, I will definitely catch the spy and bury him with Mr. Miao!"
"Hmm... let's wait for the Deputy Tiju to arrange this matter when he comes back."
"...I obey my orders!"
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It was the end of Xu Shi when Li Chenan and Wang Zhengjinzhong returned to the Imperial City Division.
The Imperial City Division in the middle of the night is more like a Hall of Hell.
The lights in the small courtyards and pavilions were still on, but no sound could be heard. There were occasional people walking with lamps on the paths, and their footsteps fell silently.
On a black night, people in black clothes walk on a black road, and there is a solitary floating light.
Li Chenan felt that it was colder here than in the valley in Xishan.
Especially when he saw a dark coffin next to Changsun Jinghong, he even felt that the hairs on his body stood up.
Of course Changsun Jinghong would not place such a coffin for no reason, so with the dim light, he saw the body of the old man dressed in black lying in the coffin.
At this moment, Wang Zheng Jinzhong had already identified it.
He was shocked and looked at Changsun Jinghong in astonishment.
Changsun Jinghong sat up and said, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? Go ask the kitchen to prepare some dishes to go with wine, and let's have a drink."
Wang Zheng Jinzhong left, and the eldest grandson Jinghong raised his eyes and looked at Li Chenan, "An old friend, who is also an old man from the Imperial City Division... sit down."
Li Chenan sat down.
Changsun Jinghong looked at the coffin again and said:
"Everyone in our industry, from top to bottom, must know one thing when they come in!"
"That's the person who lives as the Imperial City Secretary, and dies as the Imperial City Secretary's ghost!"
"Once you step into this palace of the King of Hell, from now on, you will no longer miss the world."
"His name is Miao Qiufen, the former commander-in-chief of the Second Division... He is the only commander-in-chief among the seven commanders of the Imperial City Division who does not know martial arts."
"His life experience is a bit complicated. No one knows about it except me."
"In the winter of the third year of Zhaohua, before the incident at Shangchehou Mansion happened, he was the chief steward of Shangchehou Mansion!"
"In the spring of the second year of Zhaohua, Princess Yun'an and Qiao Zitong got married and moved to Meiyuan. Miao also went to Meiyuan at the end of autumn and became the great steward of Meiyuan."
"He is a modest, low-key, and extremely knowledgeable person... He used to have a very good relationship with your grandfather Li Chunfu... Your grandfather often went to the Plum Garden at that time, making tea with Miao Qiufen around the stove, and talking about poetry. "
"Later, that incident happened in the winter of the third year of Zhaohua. Miao Qiufen was one of the few people who escaped from the plum garden. He had no way to go, or he didn't want to go if he had a way."
"He came to the Imperial City Division and worked as a clerk for me for three years. He did not leave the Imperial City Division for three years... Of course, he rarely showed his face in Kyoto before that."
"In this way, I asked him to be the commander-in-chief of the Second Division... He was said to be the commander-in-chief, but in fact the people in the Second Division only knew his name, and few of them had even met him once, because, he interrupted He lost his legs, changed his name, and spent three years as a beggar in Kyoto!"
"Under my arrangement, he saved the life of Ji Tai's eldest son, the General Ji Anji who is now guarding Tai'an City."
"In this way, he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion and gradually became Ji Tai's confidant, which also made many people think that he was Xi Wei."
This is a profound memory belonging to the old man in front of me.
Li Chenan listened very carefully. Not only did he respect the old man, he also heard some stories about the Imperial City Division.
For example, the old man named Miao Qiufen lying in the coffin spent the rest of his life on only one thing -
Lift off the veil of Xi curtain!
To get into the Chehou Mansion and avenge Princess Yun'an!
As the top leader of the Imperial City Division, Changsun Jinghong has done the same thing over the years, but he did it to avenge Empress Lu!
They chatted for a long time. It was not until Wang Zheng Jinzhong brought the wine and food on a tray and sat at the table that he stopped talking about the past.
"Pour the wine... Lao Miao is alone in this life. He has been betrayed. This matter needs to be investigated. You are responsible for investigating it personally!"
"In addition, his grave is also buried on the mountainside of Shuiyun Mountain. In this way, the two lonely old men can also have each other's company."
Li Chenan readily agreed to the matter of investigating the person who betrayed Miao Qiufen, but he was slightly surprised by the fact that Miao Qiufen was buried next to Sun Tiexian's tomb.
He poured a glass of wine for his grandson Jinghong and asked: "Where did you place those two plates of pig tails in front of Mr. Sun's grave?"
Changsun Jinghong did not deny it.
He spilled the glass of wine in front of Miao Qiufen's coffin.
"Sun Tiexian...his name is actually Changsun Tiexian."
"My biological brother!"
Li Chenan was shocked.
"Besides Fan Taohua, you should be the second person who knows about this matter."
"I kill, he saves."
"I killed many people who deserved to be killed, and he saved many people who shouldn't be saved!"
"He used to like drinking. His confusion was unique in the world. He was invited by someone to drink a lot of wine... That night, many people died in Kyoto!"
"That night was the third day of October in the third year of Zhaohua!"
"It was a foggy night in Kyoto, and it was so confusing that I got on the train and waited at the house!"
