No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 553 I fulfill you!

"My lord, I have an urgent letter from Southern Border!" Xi Ying quickly walked in from the outside and said respectfully.

Xie Yan frowned, and reached out to take the letter.Sweeping across ten lines at a glance, Xie Yan's slender sword eyebrows sank slightly.

Seeing that his expression had changed, Luo Junyao asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Xie Yan said: "There is something wrong in southern Xinjiang. I'm afraid we have to leave Zhangzhou as soon as possible."

Luo Junyao blinked, Xie Yan thought for a while, "Why don't you stay in Zhangzhou for a while, and I'll go to Southern Xinjiang first?"

Xie Yan knew that Luo Junyao was not just playing in Zhangzhou, there were still many things to deal with.For example, what she is discussing with Shangyue now, she will definitely not be able to finish the details in a while.

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "It still doesn't work, the business is important. Mr. Shang is involved in Zhangzhou's affairs, so it will definitely take a lot of time to deal with it, right?"

Shang Yue received Luo Junyao's look, nodded and said with a smile: "If the prince believes in me, I can do everything in Zhangzhou for me."

Xie Yan looked down at Luo Junyao, who nodded seriously.

She wasn't entirely accommodating for Xie Yan's itinerary, the main reason was that there was really nothing serious in Zhangzhou.

The main thing is Nanxi Port, Shang Yue only needs to bring the boat back.And she had clearly seen her elder brother's name in the letter just now, and it was hard not to involve her elder brother in the accident in Nanjiang. Although Xie Yan and elder brother were both very powerful, she was still a little worried.

"Alright, let's say goodbye to Patriarch Lin first, and we will board the ship tonight."

"Ah."

Hearing that Xie Yan and Luo Junyao were leaving, Lin Chengyu also felt a little regretful.

But he also knew that the two of them would not be in such a hurry if there was no real incident.Without asking any more questions, he immediately ordered the steward to arrange a boat to send the two of them back to Ningzhou.

After talking to Lin Chengyu about leaving early, Xie Yan and Luo Junyao returned to the room, and Luo Junyao asked, "What happened?" If it was just an ordinary matter, it would definitely not be enough for Xie Yan to change his itinerary and leave Zhangzhou early.

Xie Yan raised his hand and touched the center of his eyebrows, and said softly: "The patriarchs of the three major tribes in southern Xinjiang are dead."

Luo Jun was taken aback for a moment, and quickly realized that he was a little uncertain: "You mean, the patriarchs of the three major tribes...are all dead?"

Xie Yan nodded, confirming Luo Junyao's question.

Luo Junyao didn't know what to say for a while, this was obviously not a normal situation.It is not surprising if a patriarch dies, but it is indeed a troublesome thing if the patriarchs of the three tribes die at the same time.

"What's going on?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan frowned and said: "The letter didn't go into details, it only said that the patriarchs of the three major tribes in southern Xinjiang suddenly died suddenly on the same day in different places. Now... the consolation envoy sent by the imperial court to southern Xinjiang is regarded as the murderer. The tribes were outraged, and the Xuanwei Commissioner could not handle the matter."

Luo Jun shook his head, no wonder Xie Yan was anxious, it was indeed a big trouble.Southern Xinjiang was not very stable in the first place, but now that something like this happened again, if the consolation envoy sent by the imperial court to Southern Xinjiang was really regarded as the murderer, then there would be a big problem.

If the people in southern Xinjiang executed people before they went, there would really be no evidence of death.

Xie Yan reassured: "Don't worry, Jinyan is closer than us, and will rush over when we hear the news."

Luo Jun shook his head, "I hope so."

Such a sudden incident in Nanjiang at this time, I always feel that this is just the beginning, and big things will happen later.

The group left Zhangzhou in a hurry, and after returning to Ningzhou by boat, they rode their horses to the southern Xinjiang.

Southern Xinjiang is located in the southwest corner of Dasheng, with a vast area that is one-fifth the size of the entire Dasheng, but the climate here is harsh and plagued by miasma and poisonous insects.There are not many places suitable for human habitation.Therefore, there are few large-scale cities here, and most of the tribes form camps and live together.

The only city in southern Xinjiang is in the center of southern Xinjiang. In terms of size, it is not as large as Yanzhou Jianling City, which Luo Junyao visited before, but this is the only city in southern Xinjiang that can be defined as a city by the Central Plains people.

Recently, whether it is the local residents of southern Xinjiang or the business travelers coming and going, they can clearly feel a tense and heavy atmosphere.Quite a few well-informed businessmen had already quietly left southern Xinjiang and returned to the Central Plains.

This city named Zhaoyun is currently under the joint control of the three tribes of Southern Xinjiang, and it is also the seat of the Southern Xinjiang Xuanwei Envoy.

In the past, there were always two teams of Dasheng troops stationed at the gate of Xuanwei Mission's Mansion.The door is open, the front of the door is solemn and majestic, making people dare not easily offend.

However, today, the entire Xuanwei Mission Mansion is closed, and no one is seen outside.

Not far from the gate, several men and women dressed in Nanjiang costumes were staring at the gate.Their actions are not shy, and they are obviously not afraid of being discovered at all.

In the mansion, Luo Jinyan frowned and sat on the main seat.Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was working to succeed Lingchuan Hou as the Southern Border Propaganda Envoy after he left Southern Border.

"Master Zeng." Luo Jinyan frowned and said, "Nanjiang people think that you killed several patriarchs, there must be a reason?" Just make trouble for yourself.

But if the people of Southern Xinjiang really wanted to fight Dasheng and pay the lives of the three patriarchs, wouldn't the price be too high?
Mr. Zeng's surname was Zeng Mingwei. Before succeeding Lingchuanhou, he had been a parent official in Liangzhou, and he had also been a young minister in Honglu Temple.

Even so, he felt that he was more than ten years old after becoming the Southern Xinjiang Propaganda Envoy for less than half a year.

After listening to Luo Jinyan's question, Zeng Wei sighed and said, "Master Luo is right. The reason why they believed that I was the murderer of several patriarchs was because they all received letters from me inviting them to the meeting before they died. .They were killed on their way to the meeting after receiving my letter."

"So, those letters are from the hands of adults?"

Zeng Wei said: "I have seen the letter in the hands of the chief of the Qiuci tribe who I have negotiated with. It is indeed exactly the same as my handwriting, but I can be sure that I never wrote that letter."

Luo Jinyan remained silent, and Zeng Wei also knew that he had no proof, so it was really hard for people to believe it immediately.

"Master Luo, I can't produce any evidence to prove this right now, but I..." Zeng Wei smiled bitterly, and said helplessly, "I have only been in office for only half a year. What am I going to do if I have caused such a big mess?"

Luo Jinyan nodded and said: "Master Zeng, don't worry, what happened will always be clear. The prince is now in Zhangzhou, and he must have received the news. As long as we stabilize the situation for the time being, the prince should be there soon."

Zeng Wei sighed and said, "I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long, if it's really not possible, my lord will hand me over first, maybe we can buy some time.

Luo Jinyan shook his head and said, "If someone is really doing something secretly, Master Zeng may not survive the night if he falls into the hands of people from southern Xinjiang. If it really makes people commit suicide or be tortured, then it will be a real trouble."

Zeng Wei naturally understood this truth, but he was restless in his heart, and his words inevitably lacked some consideration.

"My lord, Khenbra, the young patriarch of the Furukawa tribe, is here and asked to see you immediately outside." The guard beside Luo Jinyan walked in quickly.

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows, "Young patriarch? I heard that the future patriarch of the Guhe tribe has not been decided. Now it seems that the death of the three patriarchs will not benefit anyone at all."

Zeng Wei glanced at Luo Jinyan with some surprise, Luo Jinyan's words were a bit serious.If it is spread out, I'm afraid it will be another storm.

Luo Jinyan didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with what he said. He drank his tea calmly and said, "Young Patriarch, please come in."

"Yes, young master." Luo San bowed his hands and bid farewell.

After a while, Khenbra came in with someone from the outside. He didn't look at Zeng Wei who was sitting next to him, but his eyes fell directly on Luo Jinyan who was sitting in the main seat.

Khenpo La's brows were a bit sullen and said: "Young Master Luo, long time no see, don't come here to be safe."

Luo Jinyan said indifferently: "It's not too long. Didn't the official and the young patriarch only meet once at the end of last year?"

At the end of last year, people on both sides of the border between southern Xinjiang and Huaizhou caused a lot of conflicts because of some trivial matters.At that time, Luo Jinyan handled it personally, and the person who came out on the southern side was Khenbra, because the people in southern Xinjiang who participated in the conflict happened to be from the Furukawa Department.

Khenbra didn't care about Luo Jinyan's words, and said coldly: "Since Mr. Luo has come to Zhaoyun, he must already know what happened. I don't want to talk nonsense. I ask Mr. Luo to hand over Zeng Wei to me. Southern Xinjiang has surrendered to the Central Plains for generations. We also don’t want to hurt Yu’s friendship with the court.”

Luo Jinyan asked: "Dare to ask, what does the young patriarch want to do after taking Mr. Zeng away?"

Khenbra smiled maliciously and sinisterly at the two of them, and said, "Naturally, according to the rules of my southern border, the murderer will be punished with the death penalty of ten thousand insects, so as to comfort the spirits of my father and the other two patriarchs."

After all, southern Xinjiang is an uncivilized land, and the criminal law is extremely brutal.

Or it should be said that there is no real law in this place, and each tribe executes its own lynching.

If the family made a mistake, it should be dealt with according to the family rules.If it is a grievance with other tribes, the tribes hardly see right or wrong, and completely defend their own people.

Of course, if the interests and benefits are sufficient, they are occasionally willing to stand on the side of justice.

Moreover, private revenge is prevalent in southern Xinjiang. As long as you don't cause trouble for the tribe, even if you kill and set fire outside, the tribe will not care.

Therefore, the folk customs in southern Xinjiang can be described as extremely tough.Correspondingly, the punishment in southern Xinjiang is also extremely terrible.

Ten Thousand Insects Bone Eater is one of them, throwing people into a pit filled with various snakes, insects, rats and ants, but those snakes, insects, rats and ants are carefully selected, and there is no poison that can kill people immediately.Throwing people in and being bitten by these bugs, the onlookers can add more things into it according to their own wishes.

People who were thrown into the pit were often bitten so that there was no good flesh all over their bodies, but they still couldn't die and could only struggle in pain.

It can be as short as three days, and as long as it can reach ten days.

In the end, the tortured people died in pain, and even their corpses would become the rations of these snakes, rats, rats and ants.There is only one sentence left, and the ashes will be crushed and scattered in the most filthy and darkest places in southern Xinjiang.

This kind of criminal law is really inhumane.

Luo Jinyan naturally couldn't hand Zeng Wei over to him, otherwise Zeng Wei would still be alive?

"I'm afraid it won't work." Luo Jinyan said in a deep voice.

Khenbra's face darkened, and he said displeasedly: "Lord Luo, what you mean is that the imperial court is going to cover up the murderer who killed my father?"

Luo Jinyan said: "Except for a few letters, the young patriarch probably has no other evidence to prove Master Zeng is the murderer, right?"

Khenbra said: "Aren't those few letters enough? If my father was not for the appointment, how could he be killed? If it was only my father, Mr. Luo could argue that it was an accident, but...is it such a coincidence that the three patriarchs in a row all died?" Have an accident together?"

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows and said: "This can only prove that someone wants to provoke the relationship between the court and Southern Xinjiang. Mr. Zeng and the three patriarchs have only met each other a few times, and there is no grievance or enmity. Dare to ask the young patriarch why Master Zeng did this ?”

Khenbra sneered and said, "This is the first time I heard that the murdered victim still needs to prove the motive of the murderer. Mr. Luo blindly protects the murderer. Is the court determined to protect the murderer?"

Luo Jinyan said calmly: "Why should the young patriarch be in such a hurry? If the crime of the murderer is charged to Mr. Zeng, isn't it afraid that the real murderer will continue to go unpunished? Or, in fact, the young patriarch knows who the murderer is?"

"Luo Jinyan! What do you mean!" Khenbra's face changed and he said sharply.

Luo Jinyan said: "I just hope that the young patriarch can give me some time."

Khenbra said: "If I must take people away today?"

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows and said, "Then I can only say that you will not be able to take people away today."

Khenbra sneered again and again angrily, and said angrily: "Okay! What a Mr. Luo, Governor Huaining! Don't forget, this is Southern Xinjiang!"

Luo Jinyan said: "Not only do I remember that this is Southern Border, I also know that Southern Border is not dominated by the Guhe tribe alone. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Khenbra squinted his eyes slightly, staring at Chuan Luo Jinyan for a while without saying a word.

Seeing him like this, Luo Jinyan continued: "Don't be impatient, the young patriarch. Why don't we talk about it. We don't know a lot about the killing of several patriarchs. Maybe we can communicate first, maybe there will be disagreements." What about the same result?
Khenbra stared at Luo Jinyan for a while, then slowly said: "Young Master Luo is very good at talking, but unfortunately...the court must give Furukawa an explanation for his father's death, otherwise...don't blame us for being rude."

Luo Jinyan was not intimidated by his threat: "It's natural, I only ask for five days. If there is no clue within five days to prove that this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Zeng, Luo will personally accompany Mr. Zeng to the Furuhe Ministry to plead guilty."

Khenbra sneered and said coldly: "Since you want to die, I will fulfill you."

(End of this chapter)