The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty. 《成化十四年》Chengnian Shisi Nian
The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, Chapter 6: The Attack on the Shuntian Prefecture, Tang Fan
Woe is Tang Fan's tongue and lotus flower words, and he was choked and left speechless by this sentence.
He clearly proposed cooperation in good faith, but he turned into a murder suspect in a blink of an eye. Could it be that he went out today and forgot to see the Huang Li calendar if this was a good or bad day to come out. [1]Huang Li Calender is a lunar likened calendar showing if the day is a good or bad one
It is said that Jinyiwei is powerful, and no one will be spared from their overreaching hand, and it really deserves its reputation!
Tang Fan laughed, and wanted to speak, but Gao Yazi exclaimed: “Master Liu, you are back!"
Master Liu hurried into the door and saw the three Jinyiwei in the house at a glance.
Gao Yazi came up to him Sui Zhou and Tang Fan, Master Liu was shocked, but he still managed to calm and said: "I seems to have made the trouble to Master and made him wait here, I do not know what is going on, but is this small old man has done anything wrong, please Master do tell.”
Tang Fan saw him anxiously and warmly comforted: “Master Liu need not worry..."
Sui Zhou interrupted him and asked coldly, "There is a clean and dry place here?"
"Yes! Yes!" Master Liu hurriedly introduced them into the inner room.
The inner room is not big, but it is quiet, not like noisy outside.
Master Liu showed Tang Fan their respective seated, let Gao Yazi serve tea, he immediately asked: "Gentlemen, Master? You are here to......"
After all, he is not as naive as Gao Yazi, and at a glance, Tang Fan is the best one to speak to among these people, so although the words are addressed to everyone, his eyes were looking at Tang Fan.
Tang Fan then said: “Master Liu, had someone from the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion come here to dispense medicine?"
After the fermentation of these days, the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion’s case has already been heated up. No one in the Imperial capital does not know about it. Master Liu was taken aback, and shook his head again and again: "Nothing, nothing!"
Tang Fan stared at him: "Really?"
Although Sui Zhou and others did not speak, they were watching.
Master Liu smile: "Gentlemen, how do I dare to lie, at the Huichun Hall though also we have some fame, after all, we cannot compare the Renxin Hall, which is older and carry such a large merchandise, if the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion people want to find medicine how Will come here to find our medicine?"
Fan Tang: “Master Liu, you better think about it, maybe you forgot about and need to remember, if you hide something, it is inevitable you are going to suffer, I just wish to say to you,! Zheng Cheng manservant told us, Zheng Cheng’s ’Fuyangchun’ was prepared here by you. The tall and thin guy who helped the manservant dispense the medicine was in his early twenties, with a black mole under his lips. "
Master Liu yelled, "Isn't he talking about the kid from Lin Chaodong?!"
Tang Fan: “Lin Chaodong?"
Master Liu: "Exactly, he was Huichun Hall's former apothecary clerk Lin Chaodong. He was an apprentice to Dr. Shang, who is now a doctor who has been on the outside for a few years and needed an apprentice. Last month, Lin Chaodong said that his family members died and he wanted to go to his hometown to mourn for funerals. Who knows this, he hasn’t come back until now, and now Gao Yazi, after Lin Chaodong left, was promoted by me."
Tang Fan: “Who is he from, how long has he been in the Huichun Hall?"
Master Liu explained everything: "It is said that he was a person from the Weihui Prefecture in Henan Province. He has been working in the Huichun Hall apothecary for three years. At first, he came to the Imperial capital to join his relatives. Later, I saw that he was still diligent and can read a few words. I asked Dr. Shang to teach him to recognize the medicine."
There is no need for Tang Fan and Sui Zhou to explain this to them. Master Liu took the initiative to call Dr. Shang and Gao Yazi in. What they said is generally the same as Master Liu. They said that they did not prescribe medicine to the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion. About the aphrodisiac in the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion, the Huichun Hall has a lot of people who come and go every day, even if there are people in the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion, because the other party did not indicate their identity, So they don’t know if the one needing the ingredients for making Fuyangchun were from the Marquis Mansion.
Tang Fan saw that their account of things did not seem to be falsified. Judging from the performance of Master Liu, he looked like he did not know about this matter, so there was only one possibility left: Although Zheng Cheng got the medicine here, he only had contact with that Lin Chaodong.
If anyone want to come and try it they can and if they use aphrodisiac at a young age. Zheng Cheng will naturally hide it, fearing that others will know and ridicule him.
After a few people took turns taking turns to explain, they looked at Tang Fan with diligence, and a pair of expressions awaited with pitiful expressions. Of course, Master Liu and others looked more at the three Jinyiwei.
Tang Fan: “What else to ask about? General Sui Zongqi."
The thin lips of the Jinyiwei General Sui coldly raised: "Bring them all back and interrogate carefully!"
The latter two promised and went to the front.
Master Liu and others heavily begged for mercy, but dare not resist.
Watching the three men being escorted out, Tang Fan said: “Master Sui, it is imperative to get this Lin Chaodong back to ask questions. The Huichun Hall has to be guarded, so why should we take the people away, even for such a small issue?"
Sui Zhou: “Jinyiwei is pursuing a case, we don’t have to explain to the Shuntian Prefecture. Master Tang would naturally be welcome if he thought of working for the Northern Administrative Court."
Tang Fan: "..."
In the face of such ungrateful people, Tang Fan was also somewhat helpless: “Master Sui, I am not malicious, why should I be aggressive, in this case, if Jinyiwei is willing to cooperate with the Shuntian Prefecture, it will be beneficial to both parties."
Sui Zhou said coldly: "If it weren't for the Shuntian Prefecture's incompetence, why the case settled and the Western Depot got involved and turned it out again? It's just that your Master Pan doesn't want to offend the Marquis of Wu’an, but is afraid of his majesty punishing him, so he come up with such a rotten idea about benefitting from both sides and counting the chicken before they hatch, so don't have any expectations and end up lifting stones and smashing your own feet! "
As the initiator of the "rotten idea", Tang Fan didn’t blush, he would still do it when things happened again.
But Tang Fan did not expect that the other party could see the machinations at a glance. No wonder the General Sui Zongqi of Jinyiwei spoke coldly to him from the beginning, and there was no good word. It turned out that he had long been classified as "incompetent".
Tang Fan is very well- maintained, and was ridiculed by the other party, and his expression was still gentle as usual: "The matter at hand has come to here, the General Sui Zongqi is angry, and it can’t change the facts. Now the Western Depot is watching. The Eastern Depot is talking with Jinyiwei. No, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are not too much into this kind of excitement. Only Jinyiwei and the Shuntian Prefecture really hope that the case will come to light. Therefore, cooperation is beneficial and harmless."
Sui Zhou said coldly: "Even without the Shuntian Prefecture, Jinyiwei can still find out the truth."
Seeing him turn around and leaving, Tang Fan hurriedly said: “Can the General Sui Zongqi show me the body of Zheng Cheng?"
Pan Bin, this Shuntian Prefecture’s Master is really unreliable, then Tang Fan now went to the Marquis of Wu’an to the body, the Marquis of Wu’an did not give him the permission to enter, Pan Bin did not dare to force his way through, the results are now that the emperor's sent orders that the Zheng Cheng’s body was to be taken away by the Jinyiwei directly. The Shuntian Prefecture was a step late, without even touching the root hair.
Sui Zhou stepped in and left two cold words: "No way!"
Tang Fan: "..."
Look, the Jinyiwei’s men, just like that!
When you compare the Jinyiwei General with his senior brother and boss, Tang Fan was really speechless and gagging.
Why is there such a big difference in treatment when we're all just hanging out?
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The Imperial capital is the capital of the world, but anyone with a little knowledge and a little condition can sharpened his head and would want to squeeze into the capital. Even if he is an official, many people prefer to be an Imperial capital government official of Seventh rank, rather than a local official person of Sixth rank. The residence of the Son of Heaven is where the imperial city is located, and these eight characters alone have infinite charm.
However, the benefits are not only so many. For gluttons, living in the Imperial capital means you can eat the best food in all over the world. The exquisite tastes, the magnificence of the northern dishes, have a panoramic view of the world foods tastes
As now, in the Xianke House, a diner stared at the crystal belly clamped in his chopsticks and sighed with a depressing tone, "I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this delicious again after I leave the capital!”
The man sitting opposite him said, "Brother Min is in his prime, why do you lament this? The heaven will give a great task to a man, he must first bitter his heart and toil his bones, and in three years' time, I will see you in the capital, and Brother Ming will be able to get a golden ranking in the palace exams."
Ji Min shook his head: "Three years and three years, life is only a few decades, how many years can it be? Ruiqing, honestly, I really envy you, you boy is proud, and now in your early twenties, you are already at a Sixth rank, it is said that compared to people like me who are disappointed, you are better than those of the same class! "
The official position is good and the official position is not high. For Tang Fan, it's just that there are more things that can be done for the people of the country, but such words are spoken in the face of Ji Min, but there is a suspicion of being seen as the winner who kicked the fallen man taste in the words, so Tang Fan did not continue, just poured wine for him: "Brother Ming will go back this time, the mountains are high and the water is far away, I'm afraid I won't see you until three years later, this meal is just for me to see you off, you are a good person!"
Three years ago, Tang Fan and Ji Min went to the Imperial capital to take the exam together and became friends because of their similar temperaments. Ji Min was very talented. At that time, he was also a popular candidate for Rules and Punishment Class, but he unexpectedly fell into the sun and unexpectedly got burned. Ji Min was reluctant. After three years, this year was another imperial examination. He naturally wanted to make a comeback. Who knows that the list was released two months ago, and there is no Ji Min in the list. This is not a big blow. So in the Xianke House they were and this is how it is.
With seven points drunk, Ji Min looked up to look at his friend under light in candlelight, seeing it reflect Tang Fan face mask as the beady brightness, the pen and ink are difficult to describe it, he could not go hand firmly grasped Tang Fan hand: “Ruiqing, after I fell off the list, those people who had been on the list and who had made good friends with me, would have retreated from me, but you would still comfort me, icing on the cake, giving you trouble in the snow, this friendship, I am Ji Min will never forget forever!"
Tang Fan: "Brother Zi Ming, you have wronged Brother Qiao and Brother Ji. They have invited you to the banquet. You did not go. They are worried about your misunderstanding, so they decided to not call you again."
Ji Min waved his hand: “Ruiqing, you don't have to say good things for them, I understand, I understand in my heart, I have been standing for years, I have been to the Imperial capital three times, but I missed it. I am famous in my hometown, but I didn’t expect so dumb in such a field now. The mother in the family is looking forward to my news so how can I go back with a face, how...
Before he finished, he fell to the table.
Tang Fan yelled to the restaurant guys to help Ji Min to rest on the second floor. Ji Min will leave for home tomorrow. The two said that they would sleep well tonight. They talked by candlelight night. Now Ji Min is drunk, of course. There is no way to chat anymore.
After Ji Min was put in place, Tang Fan became sleepless again, walked out of the restaurant, and slowly took off along the street.
It was too late at this time, although it was not until the dark night of the night, but the pedestrians on the road were already very scarce. The day-by-day passers-by in the capital were lessening, now that the place has shown a bit of darkness in the night, some brothel restaurants in alleys stayed open through the night opened, but it's convenient for the dudes like Zheng Cheng who like to play, but most people in the ordinary people have already turned off the lights to sleep.
Lanterns swayed in the depths of several nearby alleyways, and there was faint laughter and faint sounds. Tang Fan did not show any ambiguous expression, but instead remembered the case of the Marquis of Wu’an Mansion.
Although the original case had some twists and turns, in Tang Fan's opinion, it was not too difficult to solve the case. Who knew that Master Pan was too scared, and he has had delayed a lot of time, and now the body was taken away by the Jinyiwei. Maybe it’s starting to rot. I can’t find line Chaodong about the pills here. Although Tang Fan has sent the Shuntian Prefecture’s servants to Weihui Prefecture in Henan, but he has a premonition that he won’t be able to find the man.
The twists and turns of this are really speechless, and once a case involves the noble, it immediately becomes complicated.
He pursed his lips, put aside his confused feelings, and recovered, only to find that he had unknowingly turned into a short alleyway, which is also the way he often walks during the day, but at this time there was silence and no lights, Even the moonlight was heavily concealed by the clouds. It was dark, but the feet were rugged.
Fortunately, there was a hint of shimmer in the distance. He thought there were people who slept late at night. They never turned off the lights, so that he did not feel that now he could not reach their fingers, he felt as if he had fallen into a world of infinite darkness.
Although there is a faint light in the distance, it is still difficult to see the way near, especially in the cold and quiet surroundings, there is not even a little noise, but the sound of barking dogs from far away is so unreal.
Tang Fan kicked a rock and stumbled. He quickly supported himself against the low wall beside him to stabilize his body. He lowered his head to look at his feet subconsciously, but suddenly a coldness came from the neck, like someone was coming to attack him!
Suddenly, a little pimple appeared on his skin. He twitched his head and turned to look, but he saw a white shadow pounced on himself!
Tang Fan was a little too late in his response, and the whole body was pressed against the brick wall by the white shadow.
At the next moment, his neck was tightly choked!
- The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty -
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