While Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing were waiting for news in the Prime Minister's Mansion, they heard the hustle and bustle of the market outside. Fu Tianpeng hurriedly asked the housekeeper Zhao Sheng what happened outside. Zhao Sheng told Fu Tianpeng that he heard that a thief had stolen something from Chen Ji's grocery store, and the officials were chasing the thief along the street.
Seeing Fu Tianpeng who was restless, Zhao Xueqing told him to calm down. The detectives would be able to easily catch such a gangster. Just as Fu Tianpeng returned to his seat and sat down, there was another fierce fight outside. Immediately afterwards, someone shouted: "Oh, this thief is so powerful. He Baotou was slapped by him, and he was seriously injured. Come on, catch the thief."
When Fu Tianpeng heard someone calling for help, he picked up the knife and prepared to leave the house. Zhao Xueqing said to him: "Brother Tianpeng, do you want to go out and help the public chase thieves?"
Fu Tianpeng nodded, and the two told Zhao Sheng that they would come back as soon as they went. As soon as they spoke, Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing ran out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. When the two of them arrived at the market, they saw two policemen, one on the left and one on the right, supporting a policeman and walking forward slowly. Fu Tianpeng showed his official talisman and asked the three people about the whereabouts of the thief.
After the official gave Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing the direction, they pursued them along the way. When passing by the door of Louwailou Inn, Fu Tianpeng found Lu You standing outside the door. He looked pale and coughed from time to time. Fu Tianpeng hurried forward and asked him what he was doing out if he wasn't resting in his room.
Lu You told Fu Tianpeng that there was a lot of noise nearby just now, saying that someone had sneaked into the store with evil intentions. I came out to inquire about the situation and happened to run into a vicious gangster. After a few fights with him, I captured the gangster. At this time, the chasing police officers also appeared in time and took the criminals away.
Fu Tianpeng helped Lu You to turn around and go back to the stack. He praised Lu You for drawing a sword to help Lu You when he saw injustice. He was really a chivalrous man. At this moment, Zhao Xueqing couldn't be happy at all. She thought the whole thing was too incredible. Fu Tianpeng asked her what was wrong, and Zhao Xueqing told Fu Tianpeng that the capital's police officers were not idlers. Why did He Captou, who was in good health, fail to catch the criminals, but the weak Brother Lu caught him instead.
After listening to Zhao Xueqing's analysis, Fu Tianpeng and Lu You on the side felt that this matter seemed too bizarre and weird. However, they don't know that if this is a deliberate arrangement, what is the other party's true intention? When the two of them were thinking about it, Zhao Xueqing suddenly said: "Brother Tianpeng, we may have fallen into someone else's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Let's go to Brother Lu's room to check."
When the three of them were about to enter the inn, they heard a lot of people behind them. Fu Tianpeng turned around and saw Wang Cienweng leading a group of officers and soldiers surrounding the inn. Fu Tianpeng asked Wang Ciweng what he wanted to do. Wang Ciweng took out the imperial edict and read it out on the spot. Everyone present knelt down to listen to the edict.
After the imperial edict was read out, Fu Tianpeng knew that Wang Ciweng was here to collect evidence of crime. He said to Lu You: "Brother Lu, Mr. Wang is just a routine matter."
Wang Ciweng's eyes turned strangely, and spittle came out from his mouth. He tilted his head and warned the people around him that until things came to light, everyone would be suspect. Therefore, in order to handle the case smoothly, everyone staying in the inn must come in for interrogation.
After Fu Tianpeng and the others followed Wang Cienweng into the inn, Wang Cienweng ordered the accompanying officers and soldiers to group into various guest rooms to investigate.
Wang Ciweng said to Fu Tianpeng: "General Fu, you are also a member of the imperial court, so just walk around with me."
In this way, Wang Ciweng, Fu Tianpeng and three others closely followed the officers and soldiers who were searching in front. When the officers and soldiers saw the house, they dug into it, and when they saw the cabinet, they dug into it. After a while, they made a mess everywhere. When they searched Lu You's house, the officers and soldiers saw a locked box and prepared to pick the lock and open it.
Seeing this, Lu You quickly stepped forward to stop him. He told Wang Ciweng that the books contained here were all sages' books, and they could not be blasphemed carelessly. Seeing Lu You's obstruction in words and deeds, Wang Ciweng yelled at him: "Lu You, I was ordered to investigate the case, but you resisted and refused to cooperate. Could it be that you took the courage of a leopard and wanted to openly resist the order?"
Lu You had no choice but to let Wang Ciweng handle it. Wang Ciweng waved his hand at the officers and soldiers, indicating them to break the lock. Not long after, the box was opened. After the officers and soldiers poured out the books inside, they began to shake them out one by one, page by page, to see if there was anything contained in them. Finally, in the "Four Books", the officers and soldiers found a neatly folded piece of paper.
After the soldier handed the paper to Wang Ciweng, Wang Ciweng opened the paper and looked at the contents. He immediately sneered at Lu You and said, "Lu You, you are so brave. You dare to write an article about planning criminals to criticize the imperial court."
Lu You looked at the note and kept saying that he was wronged. Wang Ciweng widened his evil eyes and cursed at Lu You: "Lu You, the evidence is conclusive, but you still dare to use clever words to say that you are wronged. When I just checked, you looked nervous and tried to stop you in every possible way. I knew you had something up your sleeve at the first glance. This piece of paper It's folded neatly, with deep indentations, and it's so secretly hidden, and the box is locked. How dare you say that you didn't write this policy?"
After Wang Ciweng finished speaking, he ordered the soldiers to capture Lu You. At this time, Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing stepped forward and stopped everyone. When Wang Ciweng saw this, he grinned and sneered: "You two, do you want to resist the decree?"
Fu Tianpeng cupped his fists and saluted Wang Ciweng, telling him that Lu You could not be convicted based on a letter alone. Zhao Xueqing on the side also reminded Wang Ciweng that it was possible that someone else had framed Lu You. Therefore, things must be handled carefully and the future of a passionate scholar must not be ruined.
After Wang Cienweng heard what Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing said, his evil eyes turned and he came up with a plan. Wang Ciweng said to Lu You: "Lu You, has anyone looked for you in the past few days? Have you been out?"
Lu You told Wang Ciweng that he had been in the inn these days. He had a brief fight with a gangster at the door of the inn today. After he subdued him, he did not go anywhere until the adults arrived to investigate the case. After Wang Ciweng asked these questions, he asked Lu You to touch his pocket to see if the key to the lock box was there.
Lu You turned around in his pocket and told Wang Ciweng that the key was in his clothes. Hearing this, Wang Cweng said to Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing: "General Fu, Lady Zhao, and Lu You have admitted it themselves. He has not been in contact with anyone, and the key has not been lost. This can only mean that this policy was written by Lu You. What else do you have to say.”
Zhao Xueqing said to Wang Ciweng: "Master Wang, Lu You just said that he met a gangster at the door of the inn. The two of them had fought before. Is it possible that the gangster stole Lu You's key and took the opportunity to give it to his accomplice?"
Wang Ciweng heard Zhao Xueqing's analysis and immediately refuted it. He sneered at Zhao Xueqing and said: "Nvxia Zhao, you are still a person who travels in the world. Don't you know that in front of the strong, the weak can only parry, but not fight back. Lu You subdued the criminal with a few moves, and asked the criminal how to steal The key is there, and after their fight, no one was standing near Lu You."
Wang Ciweng told Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing that without evidence, everything was just guessing. After saying that, Wang Ciweng took Lu You away. Fu Tianpeng looked panicked, but he was helpless. Zhao Xueqing asked him to be patient for the time being, and then think about a good plan to save people later.
After Wang Ciweng escorted Lu You away, Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing came to his room to take a closer look. The two saw that the doors and windows were intact, so they ruled out the possibility of criminals sneaking in. Fu Tianpeng sat at the table with an annoyed expression. He was puzzled as to what went wrong.
Zhao Xueqing rested her cheeks in her hands and frowned. After careful consideration, she felt that the problem most likely occurred at the inn. After hearing what Zhao Xueqing said, Fu Tianpeng suddenly realized. He said to Zhao Xueqing: "When Wang Ciweng came in to search, I felt something was wrong. Later, when I thought about it carefully, I remembered that he did not ask Brother Lu for the key to the box, but actually let the soldiers pick the lock."
Zhao Xueqing nodded, and she said to Fu Tianpeng: "I also think Wang Ciweng's approach is unreasonable, because once the lock is picked and no evidence is obtained, it will inevitably anger the people present and cause the court to lose face. Wang Ciweng has been in power for many years and will not be stupid. He was so unsophisticated. The only explanation is that he knew there was a key in Lu You's clothes. After confirming this, he made the impassioned speech later. "
After hearing Zhao Xueqing's analysis, Fu Tianpeng was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He cursed Wang Ciweng so viciously that he actually thought of such an interlocking strategy to frame the scholar. Zhao Xueqing told Fu Tianpeng that things were by no means as simple as he thought. The opponent Xiangzhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong, and his real purpose should be to deal with Prime Minister Zhao.
Fu Tianpeng said to Zhao Xueqing: "Xiang Zhao only came to the palace to meet the emperor after listening to our story to help find out what happened with Lu You's arrest. He and Lu You don't know each other at all."
Zhao Xueqing said to Fu Tianpeng: "Brother Stupid, whether Prime Minister Zhao knows Lu You or not is not the key. What the opponent is afraid of is that Lu You's ideas will be adopted by Prime Minister Zhao."
Zhao Xueqing's words made Fu Tianpeng suddenly understand. Lu You discussed the current situation in the inn and agreed to send troops to the north to conquer the Central Plains. This is very different from the old thief Qin Hui's strategy of moving from south to south and from north to north. In order to prevent others from interfering with his traitorous conspiracy to seek glory, the old thief will definitely try his best to harm those who oppose him.
Fu Tianpeng thought of this and asked Zhao Xueqing what he should do. Zhao Xueqing told Fu Tianpeng to start from the end, thoroughly investigate the people in the inn, and then follow the clues to collect evidence to help Zhao Xiang and Lu You. Fu Tianpeng agreed with this strategy, and the two immediately went downstairs to find Shopkeeper Wang.
Shopkeeper Wang told Fu Tianpeng that Lu You was managed by his clerk Sun Si in the store. Fu Tianpeng asked shopkeeper Wang to call Sun Si out for questioning. Shopkeeper Wang replied to Fu Tianpeng that Sun Si had taken leave early in the morning and went home. Fu Tianpeng saw that Sun Si was not at the inn, so he asked shopkeeper Wang for Sun Si's address.
When Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing found Sun Si's residence according to the address, they knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.
When the two opened the door and took a look, they found that Sun Si had been stabbed in the chest and died on the stool.
