Suspect in Jinling

The sky was too gloomy, with leaden gray clouds covering the heart so thickly that the sun could not be seen at all.

Li Min is old-fashioned, so there is no need to say too much. Tang Guan immediately calmed down when he asked him this, and said bitterly, "The eunuch doesn't understand the affairs of the court", then closed his eyes, and stopped talking, and Tang Guan didn't speak. , Lu Duanxian couldn't speak, and Li Mengliang didn't have enough qualifications to interrupt rashly. In the end, the garrison yamen naturally set the general direction according to the application submitted by Ying Tianfu. Xian said that the main points will be sorted out tonight and will be submitted to the Beijing cabinet for final approval tomorrow.

It was too cloudy, even though it was already noon, it was still so cloudy that it was suffocating.

Kuang Jian followed Master Li Min out of the garrison yamen, her brows were lowered, her dark eyes were fixed on the dark blue back who was already one step away from them, thoughtfully.

"Go." Li Min knew what he was worried about, and said, "If you want to talk to Commander-in-Chief, you can go and talk to him. I will let you and the fourth child go to class this afternoon." Kuang Jian immediately looked at Shangfeng gratefully. After one glance, there was no time to thank him, so he turned around and left.

The garrison yamen is located in the northeast corner of Jinling City. Come out from the main gate, walk along the outer wall of the imperial palace, walk up to a cup of tea, cross the Baihu Bridge, and turn to Chongli Street. The security guards were strict, and when he saw that it was Kuang Jian from Yingtianfu, he forcibly blocked him in front of the screen wall and asked him to wait for the report.

If it was another cup of tea, the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi sent back and said, "Commander, please." Kuang Jian was able to follow him through the front hall and into the second hall in the backyard. In the carved corridor, the left and right rooms are gathered, and the ancillary rooms of the recorder and the official are also in it. Kuang Jian looked along the signing room and knew that the inner prison is at the end of this corridor in the south direction. Yue is now locked inside, and the little flag beside him stood up in front of the value room with a slap, and shouted: "Report! The head of Ying Tianfu Kuang catcher brought—" Seeing this, Kuang Jian just glanced at the corridor, turned around Entering Li Mengliang's value room——

"Master Commander."

Xiaoqi took it to someone and walked away neatly.At this time, Kuang Jian gave a deep bow, and had already changed his address.

When Li Mengliang saw it was him, he got up immediately: "Captain Kuang wants to see me?"

Kuang Jian nodded: "Hizhi has wanted to see you for a long time."

The value room here is not big, only three stacks long and short. There are tables and bookshelves inside. It looks more like it was temporarily opened to deal with the inspector from the north. Through the narrow paper window, Kuang Jian can see the high stone building. The roof tiles of the building are surrounded by a piece of new bamboo, revealing a cramped corner - it seems that the new Jinling North Town Fusizheng commander will soon change to a room on duty.

With a smile on his face all the time, Li Mengliang said to Kuang Jian in a friendly way: "I have wanted to chat with you for a long time," he stretched out his hand and gestured, "Sit as you like." Then he walked to the window, Open the two windows, take a box from the cabinet, take out a spoonful of spices and sprinkle it on the incense burner on the table: "My room smells bad, I light some white sandalwood, and I can still smell it. Kuang Jian remained calm, neither saying good nor bad, after Li Mengliang had done all this, Fucai sat down on the big case, and asked calmly, "When did you know my identity?"

He has no airs at all, calling himself "I" in front of Kuang Jian.

Kuang Jian replied very simply: "Last night."

"Didn't the Xu family say it?"

"No."

Kuang Jian confessed: "They don't know the identity of your town government secretary."

"You only found out after Xiangyue escaped from Yingtian Mansion?"

"Yes."

Li Mengliang smiled: "I said, if you knew my identity in advance, you would keep him under close watch."

There is no Yamen in Jinling City that can hold Sha Xiangyue, but Kuang Jian forgot that there is a double-faced lurking figure like Li Mengliang.

Kuang Jian looked at Li Mengliang inexplicably.

Li Mengliang looked at his expression: "What? My identity surprised you?"

Kuang Jian thought about it seriously: "Actually, I'm not surprised. I should have thought about it a long time ago, but I just haven't dared to think about it."

"Tell me."

After the big case, Li Mengliang pushed a cup and lifted the handle——

Kuang Jian raised his hand and knocked over the cup, refusing the person in front of him to pour tea for him. Li Mengliang maintained the posture of carrying the pot and looked at him quietly. Kuang Jian looked back calmly——

"Taiping taught Luo became famous during his Taoist period. It was only because of the large number of people, not because of high-level strategic planning. However, during the 11 years in charge of the master, the believers began to infiltrate the government. At one time, it was formed. The situation where you are among me interweaves a huge protection network, and even the structure of the intelligence layout is so tightly organized that the imperial court has no way to deal with it: a folk sect shouldn't have such a strict information system... Ying Tianfu just didn't know it at the time. Dare to think about it, I don’t even dare to think about it in a humble position, Sha Xiangyue respects and trusts her adoptive father so much—”

Kuang Jian's dark pupils shrank suddenly, "It's like this, you shameless villain."

There was a bang, and suddenly there was a muffled thunder in the gloomy sky, and the gust of wind passed through the hall, blowing away a piece of file——

"Shameless villain?"

Sitting behind the desk, Li Mengliang was neither surprised nor angry, and even had a coquettish smile on his face, "It seems that Catcher Xiao Kuang was full of expectations for this sect?"

These words disgusted Kuang Jian.The muscles on his face stiffened, and he tried his best to suppress the hatred in his heart, and then he admitted very frankly: "Yes, I have expectations of you."

Li Mengliang looked deeply at Kuang Jian.

Kuang Jian: "Although I regard you as an opponent, I always have a respect in my heart. I have imagined the scene of meeting you, but I never thought that I was guarding the lobby of the yamen. Why bother? The head teacher of the Taiping Sect took the lead in eliminating the Taiping Sect. It's just to change back to the status of Jinyiwei, why do you bother?"

Li Mengliang was not provoked by Kuang Jian at all, and said slowly, "Probably because the original intention is hard to change, let's go to the court..."

"Ke Xiangyue told me that you hate Wang Zhen."

Li Mengliang raised her eyebrows.

Kuang Jian: "He said that you lurked by Wang Zhen's side for four years and designed it carefully just to kill him. Tang Guan Wang Zhen was ungrateful and cruel to Zhongliang. He never restored your identity for 11 years. You are already the head teacher of the Taiping Sect. If you retreat, you can coerce the officials of the frontiers to use you. If you advance, you can raise your troops to create chaos and change the world. How can you be willing to return to serve under such people? How can you be willing to cut off your arms and lose to such people? sincere?"

It was as if a knife had stabbed Li Mengliang's sore spot.

Murderous intent suddenly flashed across Li Mengliang's peaceful eyes.

Then, he said solemnly: "You came to me not to intercede for Xiangyue, but just to tell me this?"

Kuang Jian's expression didn't change a bit.

Directly press the question back: "Master Li thinks it is difficult to answer the question of the humble position just now?"

Li Mengliang sneered, and nodded Kuang Jian in the air, "You..." After saying that, he let go of the pressure all over his body, leaned back in the chair, and showed a troubled expression in a serious manner: "But Xiangyue missed, didn't you? The world's number one The defense around a powerful person is so tight, since our sect knows that there is no hope of action, why can't they compromise?"

Gently, Kuang Jian narrowed his eyes.

"Headmaster Li is not afraid that your disciples will know?"

He reached out and stroked the eaves of the porcelain cup, "You have so many believers, so many people who admire you, how many of them joined the Taiping Sect, because they believe that the Taiping Sect is the embodiment of pleading for the people, now you use your palm Are you not afraid of their backlash when the position of teaching returns to the center of power? Are you not afraid of the commander of the town government, can you sit still?"

Li Mengliang didn't answer immediately, but quietly looked at Kuang Jian, as if considering a response.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and suddenly asked a question: "Captain Kuang, what do you think the head teacher of the Taiping Sect is?" I think that I am the leader of the bandit, and I have high expectations for me, but in the whole thing, have you ever seen me do anything with the identity of the head teacher?"

Kuang Jian was silent.

"Look, no—" Li Mengliang spread his hands, "Xiao Kuang catcher, don't look up to me, the head teacher of the Taiping Sect is just a shell, the jade finger is just a keepsake, the obsessive support of believers just flows through me, it's them I need such a person to be obsessed with faith. It is not me, but it can be someone else. So what does their hatred and anger have to do with me when I betray the Taiping Sect today? Do you think I really care? As for the backlash—the real strength can backlash me Yes, I was locked in a big prison last night, Boss Kuang, isn’t he?”

Kuang Jian stared at Li Mengliang. At this moment, he could finally be sure that the man in front of him had indeed taught Taiping for more than ten years.

If it hadn't been held up to a high shrine by others, it would be very difficult for ordinary people to have such a lofty posture.

A scorching anger suddenly surged in Kuang Jian's chest. He turned his head, his gaze wandered around the walls for a while, and then suddenly growled, "What about killing Xiangyue?"

"—He doesn't think of you as the headmaster, but he thinks of you as his father? How do you face him? When he is released from prison after serving his sentence in the future, you have to tell him 'Anyone can be a foster father, but I can't, Would you like to change someone else' huh?"

Li Mengliang was surprised to see Kuang Jian angry suddenly.

This young man is too difficult to grasp. He is stable, powerful, and ruthless beyond his age. From last night to this morning, he watched a whole series of actions take place with cold eyes and participated in them, without taking the initiative, avoiding, or mentioning details. Li Mengliang never expected that he would be angry because of Xiangyue.

I don't know when, raindrops suddenly fell from the sky, and the guard room became quiet, only the rustling and raining sound could be heard outside the window.

"you……"

Li Mengliang fell into a certain confusion. He looked at Kuang Jian with some hesitation, and confirmed to him: "...What did you just say? You mean that he will be released from prison after serving his sentence?"

"Correct."

Kuang Jian glanced out the window, and it was obvious that the conversation was over at this time: "The laws of heaven and the country are all there. There is no reason that a person like you can escape, but he cannot escape death."

His tone was so sharp that Li Mengliang didn't take it as disobedience, but nodded seriously: "Well...you know what his crime is."

"I know." Kuang Jian glanced at Li Mengliang indifferently, leaning on the armchair, and stood up straight in black: "Don't worry about my lord, I know what his crime is, and I know how many lives he has in his hands." ——It’s just that many of the things in those few lives have not been found out——The town government secretary should not think of covering the sky with one hand, I know more about his crimes than you, and I also know more about his contributions than you Clearly, on the day he is released from prison, he will walk out of the prison cleanly and live his life innocently, instead of being raised by people with ulterior motives to become a criminal killer full of crimes for the rest of his life. There is no end in sight!"

Li Mengliang's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly understood why he didn't intercede.

He disdained to intercede with himself, he believed in the laws of heaven, the laws of the country, the procedures, justice, Shaxiangyue can survive, and the day when the clouds will be cleared, so he followed the town government today, not to show weakness at all, he He was just here to test him, to seize his weakness and pull him off the horse - Li Mengliang hadn't seen such a bold person for a long time, and had seen such a determined person for a long time.

A feeling of appreciation broke into Li Mengliang's chest untimely: But...

He suddenly asked: "Did you never know what kind of injury Xiangyue got?"

Kuang Jian's leaving footsteps suddenly stopped——

Li Mengliang stared at Kuang Jian's back for a long time, and said frankly: "I believe you can commute his sentence, and I believe you can persuade him to behave well in prison, but have you ever thought that he is not If you don’t have this fate to live to that time—assassinating Wang Zhen will poison him, he won’t survive this winter, so what’s the use of what you’re looking forward to now.”