Delong

Chapter 80 Cooking Crane Walk (9)

"It may not be Dugong Zhao."

After a while of silence, Hu Yan with black ribbon was careful under the lamp.

"Inspector, in order to escape, the woman is likely to frame... Besides, not to mention that there are no witnesses now, but there are witnesses. With one-sided words, how can you break up a Beiya governor? And she has served the emperor and is in charge of it alone. A governor who accompanied the capital?"

"really."

Qin Bao, an honest boy, seemed to have thought of something. "Inspector, don't forget why we came here... This kind of unsubstantiated matter, if you can't handle it, it is likely to be backlashed."

"I know, I know everything." Bai Yousi glanced across the people under the lamp, and he didn't stop for a moment, answering like a stream. "But have you ever thought about it? The situation is different. The fact that the old Nanchen court colluded with Yang Shen is enough to make Laigong and Zhougong fearful, and it no longer becomes a resistance, because Yang Shen is involved, even if they want to To avoid suspicion. And as long as the two of them don't stand in the way, won't Jiangdu suddenly see the light of day?"

As he said that, Bai Yousi looked towards Zhang Xing again, but he met Zhang Xing and looked over.

I don't know if it was an illusion, Zhang Xing obviously saw a trace of complacency in the other person's eyes, but he suddenly smiled, and then quickly clapped his hands in praise:
"That's right! The method of patrol inspection is to ask you to come a few ways, and I will just go with a sword... Point at one thing, suppress the resistance, and break the situation. Jiangdu is such a big place, and this matter cannot be separated from those three people." Four people, grab one person and beat them fiercely, he will change it again, the key is to open up the situation... When Jiangdu is turned upside down, can the real culprit still get out? As long as the real culprit is found, they can fight with each other. Come, I will explain to you on Tuesday.”

At this point, Zhang Xing looked around, Yan Yan with a smile: "Everyone, this is the unique method of the inspector's vision that is naturally higher than ours. We have been discussing for a long time, don't you know that the things here in Jiangdu are not at all The word "criminal name" can be decided. It is a matter of political disputes, and it also requires the use of political means. Cut it off with a sword, and let everyone in Jiangdu understand that now that there is a hard problem, don't think that we are weak and can be bullied! If it is not the case , How can we get through in peace in the next few months?"

In fact, most of the people were still puzzled by Bai Yousi's easy arrest and release of people. They didn't think about it at all. It seems reasonable to listen to Bai Yousi and Zhang Xingyi at this time... More importantly, the female patrol The inspection team has always had prestige in this patrol group. Whether it was last night or today, no matter whether there is reason or risk, since the attitude is clear, everyone naturally follows and expresses their approval.

Of course, not to mention anything else, Zhang Xing also felt that this method could be used, especially since Bai Yousi found out the clues by himself, and there may even be some backhands and explanations.

"Then it's done."

Seeing this, Bai Yousi nodded repeatedly. "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the palace to confront Dugong Zhao... Then Big Brother Hu and Zhang San will talk to Duke Lai and Duke Zhou, and Big Money will go to Liao Zhushou, and Xiao Li will go to Xie Juncheng, and come together... Let's talk face to face clear."

Everyone bowed their hands and obeyed the order.

"Everyone in the same row, wait a moment." But just as the crowd was about to disperse and prepare for the next day's scene, Zhang Xing suddenly spoke again. "I've never known some common sense... I want to ask you something, and please don't make jokes."

Everyone was surprised for a while, and stopped one after another.

"That's it." Zhang Xing asked seriously. "A man and a woman can't easily prevent pregnancy once they go to bed these days, right?"

The room became quiet again, and it was the kind of quiet that could hear a needle drop.

After a while, Hu Heishou was more particular. After glancing at the icy inspection, he assumed the responsibility of a big brother: "Zhang Sanlang, if you have any private matters, you can ask them in private."

"It's a serious question." Zhang Xing looked around. "I said it at the beginning, and please don't make jokes."

"In Ruanroufang, some people use sheep casings, but they are definitely not very useful, and they are rarely used, otherwise there will be no abortion all day long." Hu Yan said seriously. "The main thing is to rely on women's own methods...the rich drink herbal tea to prevent pregnancy; those who have no money stop menstruation with cold water and drink mercury tea to prevent pregnancy. They are all ways to trade their lives."

Zhang Xing nodded, and became more serious under the candlelight: "But ordinary kind people always want to stay later, so they won't use this method?"

"It's natural."

"So, wealthy families often have dozens of cousins, while poor families often abandon their babies, right?" Zhang Xing still asked.

"That's the reason." Bai Yousi suddenly interrupted with a sword in his hand. "There are often abandoned babies in the south of the eastern capital, but there are almost none in the north of the city. I know it. And when I was young on Taibai Peak, there were many abandoned babies in front of the mountain gate... It's a pity, but it's probably inevitable... Zhang Three, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"Nothing." Zhang Xing quickly explained. "It's just that I visited four or five real fire temples today. Among the three temples that took the lower route to worship the real fire, there were nurseries, and they were basically full. Has it reached this point?"

"This kind of thing has happened throughout the ages, from north to south, from east to west, so there are no poor people in rich places?" Hu Yan continued to explain. "You have explained the truth clearly... There is no other way. The property of the poor is only that, and they have no scruples at the beginning of giving birth, because as long as the child is able to work when he is ten years old, it is a labor. If there are too many premature deaths, they are often followed by reincarnation; but if the child has been fed enough, and the family property is difficult to support, then the baby girl must be killed and abandoned... I have seen it often since I was a child, and it has never been cut off. .”

"Brother Hu is right." Qin Bao also interjected. "It's the same for me in the countryside of the eastern border. I've seen it since I was a child, and it's never been broken, so I'm not surprised to see the nursery today... But those nurseries really can't support many people."

Others also nodded more.

After Zhang Xing got the exact words, he nodded accordingly, and the crowd dispersed immediately.

However, when he got back to his room, Bai Shou, the Jing'an station inspector, was tossing and turning, but he couldn't sleep, and he was still thinking about it... because he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was. superior.

And this feeling of not being right is not the first time. When he was in Dongdu, he often had this feeling in various occasions and events-at first, he always felt that it was the world's The differences lead to some gaps in logic. After all, there are gods and real dragons on one side, but not on the other. The way of thinking and experience in that world may not be valid and correct here.

But this time it was a little different, he had never felt such a strong sense of disobedience at close range, as if this time there was only a thin film away from the truth, and it was almost as if he would poke it open as soon as he stretched out his hand.

Moreover, this kind of violation may not really have anything to do with gods and monsters.

After a night of silence, the next day, although Zhang Xing was obviously a little tired, he still fulfilled the duties of a mature subordinate, and together with the black ribbon Hu Yan, he went to invite Zhan'er and Zhou Xiaoming to be witnesses.

Lai's mansion is naturally the stay-at-home mansion, and Zhou's mansion is actually not far away—in fact, as a local, Lai Zhan'er has a house built by himself in Baisha Village outside the city, and this mansion is more of an official office.

As we all know, Lai Zhan'er doesn't care about many common tasks, and usually his partner Zhou Xiaoming for decades will do them.

The so-called never leave the week, never leave the week.

The same is true today. Hu Yan and Zhang Xing discussed on the road, but they didn't dare to go directly to Lai Zhan'er... That person is too oppressive. She belongs to the legendary type of fame, strength, character and body shape, which is really not good. The whole...but first went to the Zhou Mansion to pay a visit.When they came to the Zhou Mansion, the two announced their identities and names, and they didn't dare to go to see Zhou Xiaoming directly. Instead, they called Zhou Xingfan, the young son of the Zhou family who took the initiative to hand over two days ago.

Zhou Xingfan came out to pick up the two of them, and after listening to the words, he was stunned for a moment, not daring to be negligent, and hurriedly led the two into the back hall, and then hurried to invite his father.

But Zhou Xiaoming, who is a father, came to the hall and was also stunned for a while after hearing the words, but couldn't help asking:

"So, the night before yesterday, the inspector of your family was able to kill the female assassin with a sword. In fact, he let the tiger go back to the mountain and played hard to catch?"

"Yes." Zhang Xing, who had dark circles under his eyes, did not change his expression. "At that time, if you go down with a sword, it is very likely that the person will die. After letting the tiger go back to the mountain, the opponent must not dare to stay in Jiangbei. However, the cultivation level of the female assassin is not high enough to cross the river in one go, so it must be I don't dare to cross the river at night, and my family's inspectors can stay in Jiangxinzhou early in the morning, come and wait for the rabbit... When the other party falls, he has no real anger."

"Oh." Zhou Xiaoming, who was in plain clothes, twisted his beard and faced him. "In this way, there are indeed three tastes in the art of war. It is not only a good skill, but also a good strategy. It is worthy of being the eldest daughter of Marquis Ji'an, and the second person on the list of talents... But since he was successfully captured alive, why did he just leave a sentence and kill her again?" Let go?"

This is to suspect that the inspection team has hidden people.

"Reporting to Duke Zhou, I'm afraid this is not something our subordinates can ask." Zhang Xing immediately smiled under Hu Yan's expressionless gaze. "But everyone in Dongdu knows that our inspector is a usual sympathizer. Everyone in Wenrou Workshop knows who knows her, and they don't know what they learned in Ji'anhou's Mansion and Taibai Peak..."

Zhou Xiaoming abruptly pulled off a beard, and returned to the root of the question after a while: "So it's just a one-sided statement and you want to accuse a Beiya governor?"

"It's not asking for guilt, it's confronting... It's helping the governor clear his innocence... Our inspectors also know that this is likely to be slander." Zhang Xing continued to work hard to smooth things over for his inspection. "Duke Zhou, the key to this matter lies in Yang Shen and Yang Ni! Now that this is involved, who dares to ignore it? Do we want us to pretend to ignore it and actually write a copy for our Zhongcheng... Then, the superiors will directly drink What do you say when poisoned wine is given? Wouldn't it be more reckless?"

"Zhang Sanlang, you really have a sharp mouth." Zhou Xiaoming sighed. "It was like this last night, and it was like this this morning."

"Duke Zhou, let me tell you a word of conscience." Zhang Xing respectfully bowed his hands in the audience. "How is today different from the night before? We were caught off guard the night before, and we all thought that the princes of Jiangdu were going to do something to us, so we didn't care about any criticism, and just put it on. But today, it's not that there are similar things. The theory of punishing one's heart, but the matter is not so urgent, how dare you use it... But Duke Zhou, assisting Duke Lai, is in charge of Jiangdu's affairs, and some things, once they have happened, cannot be avoided."

"In that case, it's my dead body that caused such a thing?" Zhou Xiaoming asked with a sneer.

"Don't dare." Zhang Xing quickly got up and stood upright.

Hu Yan also got up quickly, and then stood still.

But Zhou Xiaoming, a senior general in the army, thought for a long time, but finally shook his head: "Forget it, I will go with you in plain clothes, don't call Lai Gong, his temperament is erratic, maybe he will cause some new incidents Come... we ordinary people, according to ordinary rules, made this matter ordinary."

Hu and Zhang were overjoyed immediately.

In this way, the two invited Zhou Xiaoming to come to the palace, and came to a side hall here. The prefect Xie Mingshan and the accompanying capital resident Zhu Shou and Liao En had already arrived, and the atmosphere was already tense, but all this After Zhou Xiaoming's arrival, they all eased up a little.

"Duke Zhou."

Resident Zhu Shou Liao En stepped forward to meet him, his tone slightly nervous. "Eunuch Zhao is not in a hurry, nor angry, nor does he defend himself. Only when you or Mr. Lai are present are he willing to speak..."

Zhou Xiaoming was silent for a while, and walked directly into the side hall, Zhang Xing and Hu Yan naturally followed.

As soon as he came in, he saw that Eunuch Zhao who was sitting alone in the hall raised his head, his eyes lit up on the spot: "It's good that Duke Zhou is here."

"Old Zhao, I'm really sorry for being late." Zhou Xiaoming, who was dressed in plain clothes, immediately surrendered regardless of his identity, seeming to have a clear stand.

But when Eunuch Zhao saw this, he laughed instead: "It's good that Duke Zhou can come."

At this point, he looked at Bai Yousi again: "Inspector Bai, Duke Zhou is here, so I will speak naturally... Remember, I only have one sentence with you... I am loyal to the saint and have not colluded with Yang Shen." , you are wronging me."

After finishing speaking, he just bit down on the tip of his teeth and swallowed violently, his complexion turned blue immediately, and then his seven orifices bled, and he died on the spot.

Zhou Xiaoming and below, including Bai Yousi, and the rest of the people, were all stunned on the spot and didn't react for a while.

PS: Good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)