Bright Spring

When the woman was brought to the middle hall, Qu Neng saw that she was indeed very beautiful.

But Qu Neng has always been not lecherous, and now that he is middle-aged, he is even more lecherous.But he found that Xue Lu's expression was very nervous, somehow, Qu Neng became interested instead; he was not very interested in Taoist priests, but he was very interested in Xue Lu's performance!So Qu Neng ordered the soldiers to tie Xue Lu in the middle hall, and said to the soldiers: "It will be your turn in a while."

Xue Lu's eyes turned red immediately, he roared angrily, stared at Qu Neng and said, "General Qu is also a general, how could he act like this?"

Qu Neng sneered.

At this moment, the beautiful Taoist priest turned pale with fright when he heard the words "it will be your turn in a while".She begged: "The concubine has already disregarded the world of mortals and became a monk. How can I expect to be robbed by the powerful | nobles? Committed to Yang Wuhou, the concubine is also forced to do nothing! There is a wronged person and a debtor, the general Why do you treat me like this?"

The beauty cried again: "I know that Lord Hou has done such cruel things in Sichuan. Although I can't persuade Lord Hou, I still pray for Mrs. Qu at the mansion every day, and hope that she will be reincarnated as soon as possible and be born into a new life." Good family."

When Qu Neng heard this, the hostility that was mixed with resentment just now suddenly decreased a bit, and he asked, "Are you serious?"

The beautiful Taoist priest said: "If the general doesn't believe you, you can ask the servants and maids in the mansion. I pray for Mrs. Qu, because I have the same surname as Deng. Before I became a monk, my surname was also Deng."

Qu Neng immediately believed it. If the Taoist priest hadn't really cared about his wife, the Taoist priest would not have known that his wife's surname was Deng.

He looked at the Taoist beauty for a while, and the more he looked, the more he looked good.Seeing that Xue Lu who was tied to the table looked concerned, Qu Neng said, "Bring her back to the Qu Mansion!"

Chapter 6 Twelve Worshipers

The eunuch Wang Gui, the chief inspector of ceremonies, entered the imperial city and passed through the gate of Qianqing.When he just walked to the inclined corridor, he heard a voice; he followed the sound and saw that the emperor Zhu Gaoxu was outside under a plum tree, not in the East Nuan Pavilion.

Zhu Gaoxu was lying on the ground, supporting his body with his limbs, and was constantly moving, as if he was having sex with the ground.Wang Gui is not surprised, he has seen it as early as when he was in Yunnan, and it is said that it is called "push-up".But I have never seen the eunuchs and maids in the palace, and some eunuchs are flattering: "The emperor's spirit of dragon and tiger will surely be able to control ten daughters every day!"

The maids at the side blushed, looked embarrassed, and did not dare to speak out.

Wang Gui walked around calmly, bowed and stood aside.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu found him.Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked up, and when he moved his legs forward, he jumped up, standing there with a long body, his movements were very vigorous.He took a towel from the wooden plate held by the court lady, wiped the sweat on his face and neck indiscriminately, took the black gauze hat and put it on, and put down the rolled-up sleeves.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and waved vigorously.All the eunuchs and maids bowed and performed the ceremony, and walked away backwards.

Only then did Wang Gui clasped his hands and bowed: "My servant pays homage to the emperor."

Zhu Gaoxu responded, and walked towards the inclined corridor.Wang Gui hurriedly followed, and began to report the matter in a low voice beside him.He relayed Gao Xianning's case progress and plans.

After Wang Gui talked about how to use Wang Yin to lure Magong to show up, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Gao Xianning has considered it more carefully, and it seems that this is the only way to do it now. If you are in a hurry to check the mansion where Magong lived, it is indeed not the best policy; then Magong moved away suddenly, so he must have been prepared, and should have wiped off the traces in advance. We are only going to investigate now, and it is difficult to find anything useful, and it may be possible to scare the snake."

"The emperor is wise." Wang Gui said, "This matter has been going on for too long, it is really difficult!"

... At this time, Zhu Gaoxu gradually became a little angry, he felt like being teased!Regardless of whether he has feelings for Zhu Di, but Zhu Di is his father by name, and his father was killed; and now that Zhu Gaoxu has great power in his hands, so many people have been mobilized to investigate, but there is no progress?

This made Zhu Gaoxu feel very bad!

But he has never been a person who vents his anger indiscriminately, that would make him appear even more incompetent.His thinking never changed: It's no use letting innocent people suffer if you can't avenge the culprit; because the real bad guy doesn't care about those innocent people.

No matter how many people Zhu Gaoxu kills to retaliate, as long as the culprit cannot be found, it will be in vain.And the emotions he resists the most, the first is helplessness and powerlessness, and the second is guilt!

Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, pacing and meditating on the brick floor of the antique inclined corridor.

The previous battle of cannons and iron cavalry roaring and head-to-head competition of force has come to an end for the time being.However, the inexhaustible problems in the DPRK and China are another new kind of struggle, which is silent, but still harbors great contradictions!The most troublesome thing was that Zhu Gaoxu couldn't find where his opponent was!

At this moment, Wang Gui talked about another matter, about the ins and outs of Yao Fang's killing in prison.

After Zhu Gaoxu patiently listened to the matter, he blurted out and asked, "Why did Daoyan kill the Wang family?"

Wang Gui hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, it is said that it is to silence the mouth. Yao Fang said that Dao Yan did not admit the murder, only insisted that Wang committed suicide; but Wang must have died in Qingshou Temple, Dao Yan can't get rid of the responsibility .”

Zhu Gaoxu intuitively felt that this matter was very weird, and he mused: "At that time, it was completely unnecessary for Daoyan to kill a person like Wang Shi and kill someone like him. Although I have always disliked Daoyan, I think he is still a good person in doing things. People who are very organized should not do such useless things. What is even more strange is that Wang was suddenly arrested, why is there poison in his body?"

Zhu Gaoxu paused for a moment, and pondered: "This person, Mrs. Wang, is also a descendant of Wang Gen from the Jianwen remnant party..."

Wang Gui hurriedly said: "The emperor is right."

Zhu Gaoxu clapped his palms and said, "Immediately summon Yao Fang and Gao Xianning. I will go to Dongnuan Pavilion and wait for them."

Wang Guidao: "The servant obeys the order."

Zhu Gaoxu returned to Dongnuan Pavilion, sat behind the imperial case, raised the ink pen to approve the memorial, and waited for someone.Now he has reduced the word "Zhunzou" to one word "Zhun" in his reply to the memorial; it is really too much to write, and one word less can save a lot of things.

After a long time, Gao Xianning, Minister of Dali Temple, and Yao Fang, General Banner of Fusi General Banner of Jinyiwei North Town, met with them.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu talked about Wang's death straight to the point. After he said a few words, he asked Yao Fang to talk about it in detail.

After listening, Gao Xianning said: "Before this, I have never heard Yao Zongqi mention this matter!"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I only heard about Wang Gui today."

Yao Fang cupped her fists and said, "Qizou Shengshang, the general at first thought that the death of the Wang family was only related to Daoyan. At the beginning of Yongle, Wang Gen's family was impeached by Yushi Chen Ying, and Jin Yiwei had uprooted the Wang family. They are all dead, and none of their clan escaped! The Wang family is a woman, lonely and unable to do anything. That's why I didn't dare to bother the Holy Majesty with such trivial matters."

And Gao Xianning didn't know that Yao Fang was from the Han Palace, and the two of them didn't know each other very well.It's only been a few days since Yao Fang was sent to assist Gao Xianning in handling the case, so it's reasonable that he didn't mention any personal matters.

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "The people who were liquidated back then were far more than the Wang family."

At this moment, Yao Fang pondered for a while, and murmured: "After the Holy Majesty said this, I think of a strange thing."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Gaoxu asked immediately.

Yao Fang said: "I went back to pay homage to Wang's tomb for the second time, and brought some sacrificial offerings of melons and fruits, incense sticks and paper money; when I went to the place, I saw that someone had already worshiped there, and the things were still in front of the tomb. I didn't think much about it at first, but the more I thought about it, the more strange it became... The Wang family is gone, and people from Qingshou Temple are detained in the temple and cannot get out; it stands to reason that no one will go to worship the Wang family's grave except the minister. .Who will pay homage to the Wang family?"

Gao Xianning immediately said: "My lord, this is a clue."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head, and said: "Anyway, we have a lot of people, so we have two ways to investigate together! Gao Siqing used Wang Yin to investigate the matter of 'Magong', and we will continue to do it; in addition, we have to investigate, who is the person who worshiped Wang's family?" .”

Gao Xianning hurriedly said: "I have thought of a way. First find a hiding spot near the mass grave, and send people to guard it day and night; and then put a boat on the nearby river, and prepare other people on board. Wait. The worshiper appeared again, and the follower gave a signal, and the soldiers rushed out to arrest him!

If there is no one left after waiting for a while, General Yao will go to move the grave, and we will send people to mix in with the passers-by watching the excitement, and secretly observe if there are any unusual people.

The worshiper may be related to the Wang family. Usually at such times, he may return to the cemetery to see where General Yao moved his grave from a distance.This matter is also an opportunity to lure 'worshipers' to appear. "

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and felt that there was no other good way; after all, the "worshiper" had no clue at all.He clapped the case and said, "Just do it like this!"

Gao Xianning and the others bowed and said, "I will obey the order."

Yao Fang frowned and said: "If the minister has recognized the strangeness earlier, the minister will be able to catch that person when he comes to worship the Wang family for the first time!"

Zhu Gaoxu took a look at Yao Fang: "Zongqi Yao must calm down. When you are impulsive, you will often end up doing bad things. But now that you have reached this point, don't regret the past; you are lucky to do things in the future, we still have a chance!"

Yao Fang hurriedly said: "I will always remember the teaching of the Holy One."

After several people had finished speaking, Gao Xianning and Yao Fang thanked En and took leave.The eunuch Wang Gui, who was in Dongnuange, sent the two of them out.

The vicinity of Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace already belongs to the harem area.In the past, Zhu Gaoxu was not the only emperor who would summon ministers here; but ministers could not act alone here, they had to be accompanied by eunuchs.

...The cemetery where the Wang family is buried is near a forest on the edge of the river outside the capital city.It was a barren mass grave with very few residents around.

The guards of Beisi found a dilapidated thatched hut on a nearby hill, which seemed to have been built by a fisherman who used to fish there, but it has been abandoned there now.So Beisi set up the dark sentry stronghold in the grass shed and sent people to guard it day and night.