Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 242 Mutual Routines
Zuixianlou offers one of the best private rooms, with good scenery, good sound insulation, and good decoration.

In the huge private room, Hu Wei bowed his head and ate the food without a bite, with a look of wandering, indicating that the boss didn't hear anything.

Yang Shan's attitude is warm, but if you observe carefully, you can see that his body is slightly tense.

Under Yang Siqing's gaze, Shu Liang frowned slightly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and spoke after a while.

"At first, our family was thinking that there were too many people arrested at that time, and we might have to go back and investigate before we can reply to Yang Siqing, but coincidentally, our family has an impression of the person Yang Siqing mentioned..."

The drunkenness in Yang Shan's eyes dissipated a bit, and there was a trace of tension in his voice unconsciously, he said.

"That's his good fortune. An ordinary fan can get into the eyes of Eunuch Shu."

Shu Liang sighed, with some embarrassment on his face, said.

"Speaking of this matter, it was our family's fault. At that time, there were a lot of fish and dragons in the East Factory. Our family arrested them and sent them to Beizhen Fusi. We thought that we would have a good trial after a while."

"I never thought that within two days of being imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, several people would fight in the Imperial Prison before they had time to interrogate."

"Those people were very aggressive. A total of three people died. Among them was the Liu Wu that Yang Siqing mentioned. Our family only had an impression of him after reading the case files handed over by the subordinates."

"I never thought that he is actually a relative of Yang Siqing. Oh, it's really our family's fault."

Yang Shan's body relaxed slightly, with a shocked expression on his face, he said.

"Shu Gonggong said, he...he died?"

Shu Liang nodded, a little regretful, said.

"No, he was beaten to death. Later, our family investigated and found that the one who beat him to death was a Jinyiwei captain who was on duty in the imperial prison that day. His name was Zhang Kang. He said he was going to stop the fight, but he was beaten by Liu Wu. Fists, in a fit of rage, beat people to death."

"Our family sent people to interrogate, but nothing came out of the interrogation, so we asked that Zhang Kang to pay for Liu Wu's life."

Hearing this name, Yang Shan's pupils shrank, and he asked.

"This...is dead too? Eunuch just said that nothing came out of the trial?"

Shu Liang froze for a moment, the drunkenness in his eyes dissipated, he stared at Yang Shan with a rather ambiguous expression, and asked.

"Why, Yang Siqing recognizes this person, or does Lord Siqing think that our family should find out something?"

Yang Shan also noticed that he was asking too many questions, so he quickly waved his hand and said.

"Eunuch Shu misunderstood. I just asked casually. After all, it involves the life of my junior from far away. It's not good to just be so vague."

Only then did Shu Liang look away, shook his head, and said.

"That man's mouth is dead. He was beaten to death several times. Our family interrogated him twice. We didn't have time to deal with him, so we threw it to Jin Yiwei for interrogation. Later, the subordinate came to report that he was tortured. Time, if you don't hold back, you will die."

The suspicion in Yang Shan's eyes dissipated a bit, but he couldn't ask any more questions, and said with a mournful look on his face.

"In this case, I can give my wife an explanation when I go back. Thank you, Mr. Shu, for being so frank. However, I still have an unfeeling request. Please be fair and fair."

Leaning forward, Yang Shan said.

"I don't know if Liu Wu's body can be conveniently brought back by the officials. After all, it is a relative of this official. It is my last wish to arrange for him after his death."

"This……"

Shu Liang frowned slightly, looking a bit embarrassed.

He didn't expect that Yang Shan would be so difficult to deal with.

What he just said is naturally all nonsense!
Who is Liu Wu, he knows clearly in his heart, it is one of the secret works placed in the East Factory by those residences of the honored relatives.

And it was the most critical one, who had dealt with Yang Shan before.

At that time, Shu Liang was rectifying the East Factory and arrested a large number of people in one go. Among them were real spies, and there were also rascals who were usually lazy and slippery, or who refused to accept him.

But later, some people with minor problems were punished, and Shu Liang was released one after another.

Of course, people like Liu Wu, who were newly installed in the mansions of several honorable relatives, would of course be severely interrogated in the imperial prison.

Moreover, in order to deceive others, Shu Liang deliberately kept a lot of people with no problems, and did not let them go.

However, it was obvious that even so, Yang Shan and his group were still a little uneasy, for fear that some news would be leaked.

That's why there's this insinuation.

Almost as soon as Yang Shan opened his mouth, Shu Liang understood his intention.

Naturally, it was impossible to tell him the truth; in fact, his words were half-truths and half-truths.

Then Liu Wu is indeed dead.

But he was not beaten to death by some Jinyiwei school captain, but tortured to death.

The Jinyiwei captain named Zhang Kang mentioned by Shu Liang was also placed in the mansion of Xun Qi.

This person should be quite trusted by those people and knows Liu Wu's identity.

After Liu Wu was arrested and sent to the Imperial Prison, he tried to assassinate him. The fight was deliberately provoked by Zhang Kang. His original intention was to kill Liu Wu while taking advantage of the chaos.

But it was a pity that it didn't work. Shu Liang left his men to watch Liu Wu and the others. As soon as the fight started, Zhang Kang was arrested on the spot.

However, this person's mouth was very strict, Shu Liang interrogated him in secret, and without asking any questions, he sent him directly to see Lord Yan.

Few people knew about this matter, so Shu Liang had the courage to tell such a lie.

However, lies are lies after all, once Liu San's body is handed over, others will know the cause of his death at a glance, so his words will naturally be self-defeating.

But in terms of refusal, Yang Shan's request was reasonable, and if he refused, it would inevitably make him suspicious.

As he was hesitating, he could only hear Hu Min, who was silent for a while, knocking on the table. Shu Liang and Yang Shan looked over at the same time, and saw the boss put down his chopsticks and said with a displeased face.

"Yang Siqing, at this banquet, it's fine if you want to ask some private matters. The old man is eating. What do you mean by saying that there is a dead body or not? Are you trying to upset the old man's appetite?"

Yang Shan was taken aback for a moment, then immediately stood up and bowed, saying repeatedly.

"Uncle Da Zong forgives the crime, it's because the lower officials didn't think carefully and disturbed Uncle Da Zong's appetite, I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry."

Hu Min's anger still persisted, and a faint look of disgust floated on his face, he said.

"A dead person died in the imperial prison. I am afraid that at this time, he would have been thrown into a random graveyard. If you want to take it home, you are not afraid of bad luck!"

This……

A wry smile appeared on Yang Shan's face, so he could only continue bowing, saying.

"Uncle Da Zong taught me that it was the lower officials who were reckless. They only cared about comforting my wife, but didn't think about it."

Seeing this situation, Shu Liang followed suit.

"Yang Siqing, to tell you the truth, our family did not do the right thing about this matter. When the person died, our family didn't think about it, so we just threw it out."

"However, if Yang Siqing really wants to find it, our family will send someone to take the servants of the Yang family to search for it at the Luan Grave Mound. Maybe we can still find it."

Yang Shan seemed a little moved, but seeing Hu Min's displeased face, he could only wave his hands again and again, saying.

"It's better not to bother Mr. Shu. After so many days, it's hard to find someone. What's more, Uncle Da Zong is right. It's too unlucky to die in prison and spend so many days in the random graveyard. Or No need."

After the righteous master said so, Shu Liang naturally stopped talking.

Next, under Yang Shan's efforts to be active, the harmonious atmosphere in the private room gradually recovered, and the small episode was just covered up.

After lunch, Hu Wei and Shu Liang got on the sedan chair and left.

As for Yang Shan, after seeing the two people off, his expression suddenly became a little complicated. He stood in front of the restaurant and hesitated for a moment, then he also got on the sedan chair, and instead of going back to the yamen, he ordered people to go to the west city where the relatives gathered. went.

However, what he didn't realize was that after he left, the two tea drinkers who were sitting and drinking tea in front of the restaurant immediately got up and quietly followed.

On the other side, Shu Liang was sitting in the large sedan chair, frowning tightly. Just now in the private room, Yang Shan's every move was re-watched by him.

While thinking about it like this, the sedan chair came to a secluded alley, at this moment, the originally stable sedan chair stopped suddenly.

Immediately afterwards, the entourage outside carefully lifted half of the curtain and said.

"Master, there is an old man up ahead blocking the way, saying he is looking for you."

Shu Liang completely opened the curtain and looked in the direction pointed by the attendant, but saw an old man in a scarlet official robe standing quietly in front.

This person is none other than the Minister of Rites, Hu Wei, who just parted with him not long ago!
(End of this chapter)