Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 297 Backtracking 2
After daybreak, under interrogation and torture overnight, the Wangfu Dianzhu (in charge of propaganda and edicts) who had lost consciousness was also a suspected messenger who walked over the wall overnight, and was dragged down bloody and bloody for treatment; Sima also came to King Pu to reply.

"Your Majesty, the suspect, An Guobao, has already confessed." However, at this moment, he hesitated to speak: "Nai said... Nai said that he was ordered by... Chen Fengyi, one of the sons and concubines; in order to repay the king's life Daily life and private affairs; this time, is it a surprise to escape?"

"Chen Fengyi?" King Pu couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but he remembered that among the relatives who had come to see and greet him, there was a woman who was quite dignified and elegant.In addition, she seemed to have given birth to a son for the eldest son, so she was able to be registered as one of the wives in the royal palace, the ninth rank of Fengyi.

However, she is also the daughter of the former king's land farmer; therefore, she met Prince Pu's son and his younger siblings very early; she was also forced to reject the original marriage contract after Jiji, and became Prince Pu's favorite One of his side concubines.However, the next moment, Prince Pu laughed back angrily:
"Are you afraid that this is a big deal? So what, is it possible that she wants to go against the sky! Someone, the descendant, come and accompany me to fast and bathe, thinking that it is the way to make offerings to the Buddha. The lonely king is only a few years old. The bones in the tomb are dry, and the laborers are still spying on them? How filial."

Jiang Tian, ​​who was watching coldly from the sidelines, was a little embarrassed, but also a little surprised.Things are clearly getting weirder and weirder.The traitor who has been hidden for many years in the Prince Pu's Mansion has been thoroughly investigated. No matter how he investigates, he seems to be involved in some kind of palace battle in the back house of the Prince's Mansion.

"Since this has already involved the family affairs of the palace, it is inconvenient for me to intervene more." So Jiang Tian couldn't help but got up and wanted to leave: "No, you are not an outsider anymore." King Pu shook his head lightly and said goodbye Changed his words: "What the lonely king means, please be a witness."

At the same time, secretary Lang Yangsu also led a team to break into the Jinming Huoyuan, one of more than a dozen large and small Zoroastrian temples, located in Liquanfang.Because this is also where the exit of the secret passage is centered, the newly discovered traces of excavation and filling in the network of underground ditches.

Along with the exotic carved lacquer gate, it was chopped and split.The Nanya Zuowei sergeants with their helmets and armor poured into the empty circular courtyard, knocking down many Zoroastrians covered in white robes, as well as fire officers and priests in white blouses with red borders. .

Yang Su led people into the holy fire hall, which was empty on three sides, and without hesitation trampled on fragrant flowers, beautiful fruits, colored silk, gold and silver, and many other offerings made by believers; In front of the big fire altar with a unique burnt smell; full of resolute wave.

In an instant, among the several priests who were captured on the spot in the hall, amidst all kinds of panic and yelling; sergeants carrying baskets of moist fine sand filed in, and then they were lifted up and dumped on the ground, flooding In the great altar of greased fire; in a moment it was extinguished completely.

The believers and fire officers outside who saw this scene even wailed heart-piercingly on the spot, beating their chests and beating their heads, and wailing with their heads for the ground; The sergeant, without hesitation, knocked him unconscious with the back of his knife and the barrel of his gun.

This scene did not affect Yang Su's determination, because it came from his powerful elders, who were also the "Uncle Xiaoguo" Yang Guoguan, the privy envoy.Therefore, the hardened sand that had absorbed the grease quickly was shoveled out piece by piece, revealing the clean bottom of the fire altar.

Several sergeants with big arms and round waists stepped forward, jumped into the bottom of the arc-shaped concave fire altar, and swung their sledgehammers to strike one after another.Not long after they knocked, the bottom of the fire altar appeared one after another, faint cracks like spider webs and tiny gaps where the clay was warped.

In the end, among the staring expressions of the priests who were subdued in the hall, there was a dull slamming sound, and there was a fierce movement of cracking and falling first.But after the dust cleared for a short time, there was only a deep pit where the original fire altar was, and there was a faint sound of wind blowing.

"Finally found it." Yang Su witnessed with a blank expression on his face, but he was greatly relieved in his heart. "Come here, clean up and investigate quickly." Soon after, there was a reply from below the fire altar pit.This also means that the evidence of Jinming Huoyuan's crimes is solid, and there are indeed shady activities.

However, a piece of news not long after made his mood sink again.Because at the same time, they went to Fangshi a few streets away to arrest the former Sabaofu Zhu who used to be in charge of the Jinming Huoyuan, and Kang Shouzhi, the great discipline envoy of the local Fangfang, but the other team was in vain.

Because, the other party had already escaped one step earlier, and set his house on fire; and created quite a mess in the nearby market.After the fire was finally extinguished, it was believed that the fire had spread to several nearby houses, but there were new discoveries in the ruins.

Because, in the basement of the house of Kang Shouzhi, the official Baisa Baofu Zhu (Liuwaipin), who is also the great precept envoy, a long-standing sacrificial room was also found.In the sacrificial room, Hu Tian (Ahura Mazda) and the fire altar are not enshrined, but the Great Ming Zun/Lord of Light of Manichaeism.

This is a bit unbelievable and creepy; Kang Shouzhi, as a high-level priest in Zoroastrianism, is one of the few officially certified Sabaofu Zhu, and is also a prestigious commandant in Fanfang; A secret believer who believes in the patriarch Mani and Daming Zun.

You know, as one of the extraterritorial Sanyi religions introduced into the Tang Dynasty; compared to the route of kneeling and licking the upper class, the Nestorian religion that has been allowed to preach in the East since Emperor Taizong, or the Zoroastrianism that entered the Middle Earth with the Hu merchants earlier teach.In the early days, Manichaeism did not flourish in the East, but prevailed in the Uighur countries outside the Great Wall.

During the land and sea conquests after Taixing, the Uighurs collapsed and scattered due to civil strife, and all ethnic groups in the grasslands also fell to their knees under the iron heels of the Tang Dynasty one after another; eventually they became scattered princes outside the Great Wall.The Manichaeism, which had changed its appearance, also re-entered Middle-earth along with the re-naturalized people of various ethnic groups.

However, in the name of Mingjiao, which respects Guangming/Damingzun, it began to infiltrate the followers of Zoroastrianism, Nestorianism, and even (Dashi) Tianfangism and Hellenism; even the Theravada of Buddhism, Mahayana's Pure Land sect, the White Lotus School, caused a lot of disputes and turmoil.

Therefore, although at the official level of the Tang Dynasty, these Mingjiao who are active in the market are basically not encouraged, publicized, and public activities are prohibited; A more aggressive attitude towards shouting and killing.

However, this time the investigation of the old case more than 20 years ago may actually involve this sect that has been hidden for many years; this invisibly further aggravates the weight and relationship of the case.In other words, the suspicion that the Ming Cult/Manichaeists were involved in the conspiracy against the royal family alone was enough to end their lives.

Therefore, the search for the underground tunnels in Liquanfang, which was already nearing completion, has spread to all the Zoroastrian temples on the ground again, as well as a new round of search and screening of Zoroastrian believers and members of the sect.And in Puwang Bieyuan, Jiang Tian also saw Chen Fengyi who came with the son.

Chen Fengyi is dressed in an azure skirt in the shape of a married woman, and her hair is combed into a cloud-falling bun and swayed in a single step.Although she is almost old, she looks well-maintained, and her figure is still graceful; her appearance is beautiful without losing her bookish atmosphere, just standing there has a charm that attracts people's attention.

"Who are you, why did you appear in front of the palace, don't you know the difference in etiquette?" Even in the other hall, when she suddenly saw Jiang Tian, ​​a stranger, she asked in a calm voice: "Where is the Dian army in the tent, and where are the side guards?"

"Please Fengyi, please be safe and don't be impatient. I am the left inspector of the Yushitai Procuratorate, and I know the post office." Jiang Tian couldn't help but smiled slightly: "This time, I came here under the order of the king. It happened to involve several public cases in my hands, and I wanted to ask Fengyi one or two in person."

"..." Chen Fengyi's eyes shrank slightly when she heard the words, obviously stimulated by this straight-to-the-point statement; but the next moment, she said in a cold voice with frost on her face: "It's unreasonable, the court has its own rules; It should be handled by the Zongzheng Temple; and the matter of the married woman must be issued by the internal decree of the Central Palace. How could it be the turn of the Xiantai of the Outer Dynasty to come to Yuezu to take care of it!"

"Well said, Fengyi is really proficient in laws and regulations." Jiang Tian clapped his hands lightly unmoved: "So, Benxian is only here by invitation, and I will ask Fengyi a few more words, and by the way, I will ask some questions from the past. It's just a matter; but unexpectedly, Fengyi already has a plan and a plan."

"You... are so rude," Chen Fengyi couldn't help but get angry when she heard the words, but said firmly: "Even if I am a weak woman, I will never agree with you. Come... come... ..."

However, Jiang Tian smiled and let her call back and forth several times, but there was no response or movement at all; he watched her angrily turn around and push the door away, only to find that the door was tied dead at some point. It was only then that he turned colder and said, "So much painstaking effort, what do you think?"

"It's still the same sentence, I just want to ask Fengyi something about the past." Jiang Tian found a chair in the middle, sat down with his feet up and said lightly: "Please be safe and calm Fengyi, take me with you." After I ask, everything will be over naturally."

"I don't know who you were entrusted with to be able to succeed in this prince's mansion for a while." However, Chen Fengyi suddenly restrained her anger and looked at him coldly: "But the concubine is not weak without foundation. You can be bullied; if you have something to say, quickly say..."

"It is said that Fengyi and Canghaijun (Zhenzhuji's fiefdom) were old acquaintances back then; I don't know how the daily relationship is?" Jiang Tian nodded and said slowly: "Under the daily communication, you can Is there anything unusual? Or is there any unusual knowledge?"

"Cang Haijun? Is it still because of her old affairs?" Chen Fengyi's expression became more and more calm after hearing this: "It's a pity that when the San Siju case asked me, I have already said what should be said; Times have changed, I am afraid that there is nothing we can do to satisfy the constitutional envoy."

"It doesn't matter, just say as much as you have." Jiang Tian smiled brighter and brighter: "Maybe under the inspiration of this constitution, Feng Yi can still find a different way, remembering more about the past. What about unintentional omissions?"

"So, the king, who has lived in seclusion for many years, is determined to restart the investigation that was not completed?" Chen Fengyi was extremely calm, and took a deep look at Jiang Tian and said: "In this case, as a junior minister's wife, why Can you cooperate without trying your best? You can tell me."

At this moment, Jiang Tian couldn't help admiring it secretly in his heart.Because, apart from the excitement and irritability at the beginning, this Chen Fengyi showed courtesy and manners or a clear conscience from the beginning to the end; it seemed that the reaction of a normal person was basically normal, and there were not many problems;
Except for the task progress prompt that popped up quietly and abruptly in Jiang Tian's field of vision.

(End of this chapter)