Gel makeup

Chapter 37
Only Siqing, Jiang Feng and Xiachu were left in the room, Siqing asked: "The people in Cangchunlou suddenly changed their words, is it because you went to find Uncle Wu?"

Jiang Feng replied softly, "Yes."

Wu Zhenying has always been acquainted with the three religions and nine rogues of the imperial capital, so it is not surprising that the brothel is willing to listen to Wu Zhenying's words. Siqing nodded and said: "This time the matter happened quickly and quickly, so it's fine, don't look for Uncle Wu again next time. Helped."

Jiang Feng replied, "Does Your Highness think that Tang Peng..."

"Tang Peng definitely didn't do it," Siqing said firmly. "Someone tried to muddy the water. The only clue now is that the girl in the Cangchun Building is dead. Someone took the opportunity to throw dirty water, but it didn't work."

Jiang Feng rolled his eyes, nodded slightly and said, "Your Highness is right."

"I'm going back to the forbidden center. After I return to the forbidden center, it won't be so cheap for us to meet, so I will give you Xiachu today." Siqing called Xiachu, "I have something to tell her, she is in the imperial capital. It's been longer than us, and it's from Jiaguo Mansion, maybe it can help you too."

Jiang Feng thanked, and Siqing said again: "I still have three things to ask you. First, Cheng Yingzhou and Tang Peng know that Chen Nanfei is not dead, but this matter cannot be let Lao Jiu know; second, I have already told Lao Cheng, Tell him not to intervene too deeply in this matter, and he will be able to help you very limited in the future; third, from today onwards, you will be in charge of all matters, and the three guards of the government army will follow your command, and I will not intervene any further."

Jiang Feng was puzzled: "Your Highness means Your Highness..."

"I won't ask any more questions," Si Qing explained. "You can do whatever you want, even if it doesn't comply with the rules. If something happens, as long as it doesn't involve irrefutable charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason, I will try my best to help you cover it up."

Jiang Feng said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Siqing urged: "Looking for Tang Peng is just a cover. Since someone wants to disturb our sight with Tang Peng's disappearance, then we will go and find out Tang Peng's whereabouts. While checking Tang Peng's whereabouts, we are also looking for the person behind the disturbance." .”

When Jiang Feng got up and wanted to leave, Siqing suddenly called Jiang Feng, "I think I should tell you, actually..."

"Your Highness," Jiang Feng smiled slightly, "You don't have to say it. If you say it, the play won't be real."

Siqing understood, got up and said, "Then you must be careful."

King Xiao Jing and Cheng Yingzhou took a step ahead and left Nanyuan. King Xiao Jing said: "Sister-in-law San said that she wanted to investigate the cause of Chen Nanfei's death because Chen Nanfei gave her a dream. I think this statement is far-fetched. Brother wants to withdraw from the clan, there are so many villains hiding around the third brother in the imperial capital, no wonder the third brother wants to investigate the cause of Chen Nanfei's death before withdrawing from the clan."

Cheng Yingzhou said: "What the Nine Kings said is that this matter is really weird."

"What should we do next?" King Xiao Jing asked, "The third sister-in-law asked us to find someone, so let's find someone?"

Cheng Yingzhou pondered for a moment and said softly: "Then find Tang Peng first."

"I will lead people to search from east to west, and you will lead people to search from west to east," Wang Xiaojing said, "The city gate has stepped up security yesterday, Tang Peng should not have left the city."

Cheng Yingzhou asked: "Then Mrs. Jiaguo, don't you need to say anything?"

King Xiao Jing said: "Let me tell."

King Xiaojing and Cheng Yingzhou split up, but he himself was worried that Jiang Feng would be targeted again, so he didn't go to Jiang Feng again.Jiang Feng took Xiachu back to Jiaguo Mansion, but did not check Tang Peng's whereabouts.Siqing once gave Jiang Feng a string of beads, with red tassels on them. Although the beads were not big, they were even and plump, with a lustrous luster. Jiang Feng always wore them on his wrist as a soft bracelet.I didn't take off my clothes when I changed, and I didn't expect to go out for a trip, but it disappeared.Jiang Feng was thinking about the bead when Xia Chu asked, "Ma'am, what should we do?"

Jiang Feng said, "Wait."

Xia Chu nodded and said with emotion: "I haven't come back for a long time."

Jiang Feng was afraid that she would be sad when she thought of Shen Huanhua, so he said, "I think the house may not be peaceful recently, so you should be more careful."

Xia Chu said: "Madam, what is the young lady hiding from you?"

Jiang Feng shook his head and said, "You don't even know about it when His Highness is around, so how could I know?"

"Then why don't you find out?"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Now is not the time to get to the bottom of it."

"Madam is also so unpredictable," Xia Chu said. "At first I followed our girl, but I thought that the eldest girl was more thoughtful than our girl. Every time something happened, she could always find a solution. Later, I went with the eldest girl. I feel more and more that the big girl is different from our girls, and it is frightening to kill and make a decision."

Jiang Feng said: "If His Highness had no ability to kill and make decisions, he would have been killed a long time ago."

Xia Chu sighed, "That's true." She asked again, "What shall we do next?"

Jiang Feng suddenly said: "Wait. Your Highness has something to tell me, and I also have something to hide from His Highness."

"what?"

"Your Highness won't let me ask Old Man Wu for help, but yesterday I asked Old Man Wu's people to cover up the death of the girl Shuze who lived in Chunlou, and Old Man Wu's people must also be curious about why I did this. Old Man Wu's Whenever people are curious, they will help me find out Miss Shuze's past."

Just as Jiang Feng was talking, Lao Xia, the housekeeper of Jiaguo Mansion, came in, "Ma'am, it was delivered by an idler at the door." After speaking, he handed over a letter.

Jiang Feng took it and began to read it carefully. Xia Chu asked, "Ma'am, what is written in the letter?"

"A letter from the old man Wu," Jiang Feng said, "the bustard of Cangchunlou and Chunxianglou made a bet, and the bustard of Chunxianglou lost, so he gave it to a girl in Cangchunlou, Shuze .”

Xia Chu asked: "Then, girl, do you have any questions?"

Jiang Feng said: "Yes, she was the last person who saw Young Master He before he and the young lady of the Xu family had an accident."

Xia Chu was startled, "She is suspected of killing Mr. He and Mrs. Xu?"

Jiang Feng had a strange expression on his face, and Xia Chu asked, "Why don't you invite the Nine Kings to come and talk?"

Jiang Feng shook his head and said, "No, he's looking for someone, I'm playing tricks, and we each go our own way. Just in case someone has an accident and everyone is trapped."

In the evening, Xiachu and Huaying sat in the courtyard and talked, Huaying said: "If you had been with your wife and not with your daughter-in-law, we would have been together every day."

Xia Chu smiled and said, "You're going to get married sooner or later, how can you be together every day? I went with the eldest girl, and that's what our girl meant."

Huaying lowered her head and said, "We girls are afraid that our in-laws will have a bad life, so we ask you to go with me?"

Xia Chu couldn't help crying and said: "Speaking of our girl, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart. It's okay, if you say no, it will be gone. We grew up together. I never thought she would..."

Jiang Feng heard it in the room, lifted his skirt and walked out, and said with a smile, "You two have something to say. Come in and have a look, I've found all the flowers in the box."

Xiachu and Huaying walked in, Huaying smiled and said, "You don't like Huaerfen. I didn't know that there are already so many pearl flowers here."

Jiang Feng picked up a velvet flower and put it on Huaying's temple, and said with a smile, "I find it troublesome and impatient to wear this. Pick a few pairs yourself."

"Speaking of which," Huaying walked to the side, opened the drawer, and found a box, "You haven't seen the velvet flowers from Yangzhou that the father-in-law sent back, madam."

Jiang Feng thought for a while and said, "I remember there is a mother-of-pearl box in the room over there. You take it and put a box for Mrs. Chengping. I will take it someday."

After Huaying left, Xiachu asked, "Ma'am, are we really doing nothing?"

Jiang Feng smiled and shook his head. Xiaying was about to speak when a steward from the second gate ran in: "It's not good! Jingzhao Mansion, Wucheng Bingma Division, Criminal Department, and the Imperial Army! They're all here!"

Xia Ying turned pale with shock, Lao Xia came in and said, "Madam, go out and have a look."

Jiang Feng said to Xia Chu: "Look, I found it myself."

It turns out that Wucheng soldiers and horses found a headless corpse in an abandoned dry well with a soft sword hidden in its waist. It may be the missing Tang Peng.And there was a short sword stuck in the heart of the corpse, which was exactly the same as Jiang Feng's usual one.

Jiang Feng's former boss, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Yang Wanquan, came to the Jiaguo Mansion in person. Jiang Feng had been in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for several years, and had been hiding from Yang Wanquan that he had a marriage contract with the Jiaguo Mansion.Later, Yang Wanquan knew that she was Shen Jiangdong's family, and pushed her out to investigate the Fuzhou case. The case was very strange, and Yang Wanquan was very embarrassed when the two met again.Seeing Yang Wanquan faltering, Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Didn't Commander Tang go to inspect the Beijing camp outside the city? Why did he die?"

Yang Wanquan had no choice but to say, "General Tang...before...has disappeared."

Jiang Feng smiled slightly: "Don't make things difficult for the chief commander. I still have orders. I won't go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. You can send people to martial law near the Jiaguo Mansion. I lost this dagger before, but with a Even the sword cannot convict me. Besides, I met the Nine Kings last night, and there is evidence of his alibi."

Yang Wanquan heaved a sigh of relief, nodded quickly, and Jiang Feng said again: "His Royal Highness's wife is here. Before you implement martial law, you must let her go back to the confinement." The instrument, please bring it back to my wife."

The two turned around and went into the inner room. Jiang Feng took out a dagger and handed it to Xia Chu. Xia Chu was shocked: "Isn't your sword here? They gave false testimony!"

Jiang Feng said: "Listen to me, don't worry about anything else, you go back and give the sword to the queen, His Highness will naturally understand. Go quickly, the palace gate will be released in a while."

As soon as something happened to Jiang Feng, King Xiao Jing and Mrs. Cheng Ping came to the door first, but Jiang Feng sent them away through the Imperial Army and the Ministry of Criminal Justice.King Xiao Jing was furious, and went to the palace to ask to see Siqing, but Siqing disappeared due to illness.So King Xiao Jing asked to see Xiao Yi again, and Xiao Yi said that Tang Peng could not be found now, nor could he find any other evidence of Jiang Feng's murder, and the matter fell into a deadlock.

And the weirdest thing is that Shen Jiangdong in Jiangzuo is silent about his wife, and he has the posture of divorcing his wife if something happens to his wife.This move was too heartless, and Shen Jiangdong was scolded by a group of noble ladies and celebrities in the imperial capital for nothing.

The matter has been deadlocked for nearly a month, and King Xiao Jing is going around every day, but the case has made no progress.Although Duan Wang left Beijing, Kang Wang and other relatives were instigated by the He family and began to operate secretly, instructing Yushitai to write a letter to transfer Jiang Feng to custody.At this moment, Siqing finally expresses her opinion, ordering Shi Xiachu, a girl from the Shangfu Bureau, to go to Jiaguo Mansion to "live for a while".This move violated the norm, and Siqing's statement aroused the anger of relatives and nobles. Xiao Yi didn't care, and Yang Wanquan could no longer mediate.

This day, Jiang Feng was wearing a Buddha-head blue shirt with large sleeves, a golden silk cloud bun on his head, and a pair of red rabbit gold pendants hanging from his ears. Xia Chu said anxiously: "Madam, do you still want to dress up? Think about it!" "

Huaying came in and said: "Madam, it's not good, someone has entered the second gate."

Xia Chu said bitterly, "I'll go!"

Jiang Feng couldn't stop him, so he let Xia Chu go.Xiachu was very respectable around Siqing, and the people in the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to offend, so they had to read the official document over and over again.At this time, Jiang Feng came late, looked around at the people in the Ministry of Punishment and the imperial guards, and suddenly smiled and said, "Are you here to arrest me?"

The head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is called Yue Wenkang, who worked with Jiang Feng back then, and now he is very embarrassed: "Mrs. Jia Guogong, I have offended you so much, please forgive me."

But the forbidden army couldn't wait, the leader of the forbidden army waved his hand, and the forbidden army gathered up first.The people in the Ministry of Punishment were so happy that the imperial guards came forward, they didn't step forward.

Jiang Feng suddenly smiled: "Eager for revenge? Which battalion do you belong to? Which commander leads the army?"

The leader of the imperial army said: "Our commander killed you, have you forgotten?"

Jiang Feng said: "So the imperial guards have already convicted me? I don't know who killed your commander. But I know that since you are the guards of the government, you should listen to me now." The army and guards all looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Take this courtyard as the axis, and keep it outside for me. Without my order, no one is allowed to leave. If anyone wants to violate the order, His Majesty's order is here, and I will send him to see the King of Hades first!"

The relationship between the Criminal Department and the Forbidden Army in Jiaguo Mansion suddenly reversed, catching everyone by surprise.It was getting late at this time, and Jiang Feng ignored everyone's gazes, and went back to his room to sit upright and close his eyes to rest.

Xia Chu walked in and said in a low voice, "You and the eldest girl have made a plan in advance?"

Jiang Feng shook his head, "No, let's take a step and watch."

Xia Chu asked: "Tonight is..."

Jiang Feng said with a smile: "Forcing them to a corner, we can fish."

At night, an assassin in black entered Jiaguo Mansion to assassinate.The assassin quietly bypassed the blockade of the imperial army, sneaked into Jiang Feng's room, and approached the brocade quilt on Jiang Feng's bed with a long practice.

"Do you want to hang yourself for me?" Jiang Feng asked the assassin with a smile when he turned his head.

The assassin was shocked, Jiang Feng waved his hand, and ordered the army and guards to say: "Catch him alive, beware of hidden weapons, remove his jaw."

Jiang Feng didn't sleep all night. In the morning of the next day, Si Qing, who had been "sick for a long time", suddenly left the forbidden center and went to Nanyuan, and asked Jiang Feng to take someone there to meet him.On this day, when King Kang, who was out to enjoy the autumn, met the "missing" and "headless" Tang Peng who Yingzhao went to Nanyuan for an audience, he was so frightened that he didn't come up and collapsed in the sedan chair.Jiang Feng happened to meet him halfway, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Xia Chu said: "It looks like it belongs to Prince Kang's Mansion, let's leave it alone."

King Xiao Jing also went to Nanyuan in response to the imperial edict. When King Xiao Jing saw the crowd, he said loudly, "Sister-in-law three! Why did you keep it from me? I haven't been able to eat or sleep well for a month, and you are all lying about my feelings." Me. I said, I went to see my third brother that day, and while my third brother was scolding me, he suppressed a smile, so I said..."

Siqing reassured: "Okay, thanks to you wandering around this time, you blinded their sight and attracted the people behind. Now the assassin has caught it and handed it over to you for interrogation, how about it?"

"Really?" King Xiao Jing was puzzled, "Won't those bastards at Yushitai say anything?"

"It's not right for the upper twelve guards to bypass the interrogation of the three justices, but they wanted to build a prison indiscriminately at first, but now they are afraid that it is too late, so they dare not say more."

King Xiao Jing excitedly said, "Where is it? Where is the assassin? Lead me there."

Siqing nodded to Cheng Yingzhou, and Cheng Yingzhou led Xiao Jing Wang back.

Seeing King Xiao Jing retreating, Si Qing said with a smile: "Tang Peng, if you don't show up again, Mrs. Jia Guogong's wife will not be able to stand up."

Tang Peng quickly apologized, and Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Time is so tight, I don't want to do anything about Commander Tang."

Xia Chu suddenly understood, "It turns out that His Highness ordered the servants to return to Jiaguo Mansion to let his wife understand that Commander Tang is back?"

Siqing said: "That's it." After speaking, he took out the short sword, "Let's change it back, my one is not as clean as yours."

Jiang Feng also took out the dagger, and the two exchanged back. Xia Chu said: "Yes, I think this sword looks familiar, and I find it strange. So you are playing tricks?"

"I'm not the one who got caught," Siqing said with a smile, "Tang Peng, tell me."

Tang Peng said: "On that day, I, the Nine Kings, and Mrs. Jia Guo were stunned. Someone led me out of the Chunxiang Building, intending to kill me and blame the Nine Kings and Mrs. Jia Guo. At that time, I had already passed the drug of the smoke, so I fought against him. , and killed him. Later, the minister informed His Highness, and His Highness said that it would be better to follow the plan, and asked the minister to cut off his head and disguise him as a minister."

Siqing said: "According to your skill, it is impossible to be killed without leaving the sheath. So when Cheng Yingzhou found the headless corpse, I added a piece of firewood and stuck my dagger on the corpse. It was just right The Jiang family sister also has that sword."

Jiang Feng was puzzled: "Where did Commander Tang go?"

Tang Peng said: "Originally, I planned to hide nearby to observe what kind of conspiracy they had, but on the one hand, I was afraid of being discovered, and on the other hand, I thought that my 'death' was when they were most relaxed, so I discussed with His Highness and went to investigate the matter. .”

"Those strange people who died on the roster of the government's army and guards?" Jiang Feng asked, "Commander Tang wants to personally investigate the personnel of the government's army and guards. What did they find out, so they want to kill you?"

"Yes," Tang Peng said, "so I went to Taizhou according to the previous clues, and checked the details of those people. There is indeed a problem with the relatives of those people."

Siqing asked: "Did you receive Chen Nanfei's great kindness?"

Tang Peng said: "Your Highness guessed right. Chen Nanfei went to meet the relatives of these people and gave them a lot of money."

Siqing asked: "When did Chen Nanfei meet the relatives of these people?"

Tang Peng said softly: "After the assassination of the empress failed."

"None of them are outsiders," said the figure behind the screen, "I came out?"

Siqing smiled and said, "If you can't get out, it's up to you?"

After hearing this, Xiao Yi walked in, and everyone quickly saluted. Xiao Yi signaled that they don't need to be too polite, and asked, "The assassins that Chen Nanfei developed in the military guards are all from Taizhou? What a coincidence."

Tang Peng replied: "Your Majesty, the people who assassinated Mrs. Jia Guo in the autumn of 17 when Mrs. Jia Guo was on her way to Beijing, and the assassins who assassinated the Queen and Mrs. Jia Guo at the public wedding ceremony of Jia Guo in 17 were all from Taizhou. people."

Xiao Yi said: "So, everything was done by Chen Nanfei."

"It should be said that someone ordered Chen Nanfei to do everything behind the scenes," Siqing corrected, "Where did Chen Nanfei have such a motive? Some people said that the governor of Zhili was killed by the old man. He was filled with righteous indignation and came to kill me, exposing him in advance. It also disrupted the plans of the people behind him. Otherwise..."

Xiao Yi only felt chills standing up: "They are all from Taizhou, isn't that a little obvious? The three guards of the government army, take care of it."

Tang Peng responded, and Si Qing said: "Go ahead, the rest depends on what you can find out from this assassin. Tang Peng, you should be more careful these days."

After Tang Peng withdrew, Si Qing said: "All the clues point to Chen Nanfei, and there is no evidence for the others."

"If you find Chen Nanfei, you will have the evidence." Xiao Yi said.

Siqing said: "Find it first and then talk about it. Third brother, how will this matter be settled to the outside world?"

"Someone assassinated the commander of the personal guards with the intention of plotting rebellion, and even splashed dirty water to disrupt the situation in the imperial capital." Xiao Yi said.

"Who? Don't tell me it's Dingnan Fan." Si Qing remained expressionless.

Xiao Yi got up suddenly: "Sit down and wait to see what Lao Jiu can ask."

"Third Brother!"

Xiao Yi patted Siqing's shoulder reassuringly, and Siqing broke free, and the two of them suddenly remembered that Jiang Feng was still sitting, and they were quite embarrassed.Xiao Yi smiled, got up and went to the back.

Jiang Feng was silent for a while and asked, "Can assassins recruit?"

"I don't know. But this assassin is the one who has been hiding the longest, and he should be the one who fears death the most." Si Qing said.

"Your Highness, can you confirm that there is no Chen Nanfei in the military guard?"

"If there are any more, they will attack you, Lao Jiu, Tang Peng and even Cheng Yingzhou directly in secret. They are short of manpower, so they have to go around in such a big circle."

Several days of interrogation by Cheng Yingzhou and King Xiao Jing were fruitless, and they found Jiang Feng to come to sit in the town, and finally found out that the assassin was originally sent by Chen Nanfei.After Shuze's death, Chen Nanfei and Shuze's people were all lost.

"Shu changed from Chunxiang Building to Cangchun Building because she was almost exposed in Chunxiang Building." Jiang Feng said to Siqing, "Perhaps there is another reason. He Dashao was a frequent visitor of Cangchun Building before his death, so it is easy to contact. He Da Before I died, I saw this Shuze girl."

Si Qing asked: "Then the death of Mr. He's family should be accidental? There's no need for Zangchun Tower to kill one of our own people?"

Jiang Feng sighed: "Probably an accident. But Shu may be the last person who contacted Chen Nanfei. She died, and the clues were cut off again."

"Ji Shu is dead, who asked the assassin to kill you?" Si Qing asked.

Jiang Feng said: "The bustard in Cangchun Tower was silenced by Uncle Wu's people, so Shuze just 'disappeared'. The assassin thought that we hid Shuze, and came to assassinate me in order to find someone. Anyway, killing me At that point, I also committed suicide in fear of crime."

Siqing asked: "Who do you think killed Miss Shuze from Cangchun Tower and those people from Wucheng Bingmasi?"

Jiang Feng said, "Chen Nanfei."

Siqing shook her head: "If he can kill the girls in Cangchunlou without anyone noticing, he can also kill you, and even kill me, why bother? Although all the evidence now points to Chen Nanfei, but still There are two doubts, one is who killed Shuze, and the other is why the inexplicable disappearance of the guards of the government army could not be found out before, but this time Tang Peng found out all at once?"

Jiang Feng asked, "Your Highness doubts Tang Peng?"

Siqing shook her head: "I don't know, but this matter is really weird."

Jiang Feng said: "Maybe...Your Highness is thinking too much? Now all the evidence points to Chen Nanfei. As long as Chen Nanfei is found, everything will be clear."

Si Qing asked back: "Those soldiers and guards in the government are all from Taizhou, do you know who has come from Taizhou?"

Jiang Feng was taken aback, "Hey?"

Siqing nodded and said: "So there is only one layer of window paper missing. We are sure that Chen Nanfei did everything, and we also suspect that He Shizhi is behind Chen Nanfei, but we can't find any evidence of the connection between the two. What we did, but we didn't find out Chen Nanfei's whereabouts, maybe we chose the wrong direction?"

Jiang Feng shook his head, "No, this concubine feels that a hole has been torn. Since Shuze is related to Chen Nanfei, although she is dead, she has lived in Goulan House in the Imperial Capital for so many years, so she must be able to find out something. Concubine will continue Check it out."

At night, Siqing suddenly remembered something, and asked Xiao Yi, "I heard that Tang Peng's return to Beijing scared King Kang."

"Kang Kang's heart disease is not Tang Peng," Xiao Yi said, "He is dissatisfied with the eldest son and wants to change the eldest son."

"Ah?" Si Qing said, "Isn't Prince Kang the eldest son?"

"It is said that the eldest son is not filial, and should be replaced by his second son."

Siqing was curious, "How can you be unfilial?"

Xiao Yi said: "Housework, you can't talk about it."

Siqing asked, "Are you ready to agree?"

Xiao Yi smiled, "It's just a handy favor. But I think Kang Wang's eldest is okay, and he often stays with the ninth child. His second child is not talkative, and I don't know what Kang Wang thinks."

(End of this chapter)