The wife of the power minister's family

Xu Jing was slightly stunned.

The thing that Xiao Yi would specifically ask Xiang You to come back to tell her was definitely not a trivial matter.

She stopped, walked back to the small hall, sat down, and said, "What's the matter?"

Xiang right: "Lang Jun said that the other Jiedu envoys of Da Chu have been making some changes recently. They seem to be secretly deploying troops and generals. The army under the jurisdiction of the Jiang family has also been secretly making some small moves recently. The Holy One has ordered people to secretly Keeping an eye on the Jiang family, Lang Jun asked his wife to be careful in everything she does recently, and asked the villain to stay with her these days."

Xu Jing's heart sank suddenly.

It seemed that the Jiang family could no longer sit still.

Also, after knowing that the huge force that has been plotting this country behind the scenes comes from the four major families of Dachu, the Jiang family must have known themselves, and Xiao Yi and the others will find out about them sooner or later.

No matter how much they tried to make a plan, they had no choice but to find a way out of this predicament before the piece of paper was completely exposed.

And even if Xiao Yi and the others knew that the force was most likely the Jiang family, they would not dare to act rashly until there was clear evidence. After all, the Jiang family's influence was spread throughout the Chu court and military camps, and it could be said that a single move could affect the whole body.

Not to mention, the Jiang family also controls one of the most powerful armies in Da Chu - the Tianwu Army.

It's no wonder that Xiao Yi has been so busy recently. When she was in Anping County, she specifically asked Xiao He to come over and escort her.

Seeing Xu Jing's face sullen and silent for a long time, he paused to the right and said: "Mrs. Lang asked the villain to tell Madam that the current situation is still under the control of him and the Holy One. Madam does not need to worry too much. Madam only needs to protect her." You are it."

Xu Jing stood up suddenly, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "That's not right!"

Everyone around was startled by Xu Jing and had no idea what her sudden words meant.

Xu Jing's face became more and more ugly, her mouth tightened, and she suddenly said: "Cheng Xiao, please quickly send someone to arrest Lin Chengzhao from the Lin family!"

Cheng Xiao was stunned and said: "But madam, we have no power and no reason to arrest people..."

Arresting people is done by the government office.

“We’ll talk about power and reasons later!”

Xu Jing said coldly without any doubt: "If you don't catch this person, he will run away!"

Cheng Xiao immediately didn't dare to say anything more, clasped his fists in response, and quickly went out to find someone.

Xu Jing then strode out the door and said, "Everyone else, follow me to Shi Wenfeng's house immediately!"

She made a mistake about something, a big mistake!

And she should have noticed this earlier!

However, she was still late.

When Xu Jing went to Shi Wenfeng's house, she saw Yao Shaoyin and a group of people about to enter his house. She sensed something was wrong and quickly ran up and said, "Yao Shaoyin, what happened?"

Yao Shaoyin paused and looked at Xu Jing who was walking over quickly, and was very surprised, "Ms. Xu, why are you here?"

Xu Jingyan said concisely and concisely: "I found out that the person most likely to poison among the six people is Shi Wenfeng."

When Yao Shaoyin heard this, his face sank slightly, and he said after a moment: "Unfortunately, I thought so too. However, when I sent someone to ask Shi Wenfeng for questioning, I discovered that he was missing."

Missing? !

Xu Jing frowned.

Yao Shaoyin said quickly: "Yesterday, the government officials watched Shi Wenfeng enter his home. After that, I left two government officials to monitor him near his home. Until noon today, they did not see Shi Wenfeng. came out, so they thought that Shi Wenfeng was always at home.

Unexpectedly, this afternoon, I sent someone to his house to ask something. My people knocked on the door for a long time but no one came to open the door. They sensed something was wrong, forced the door open and broke in, only to find that the person was no longer inside! "

Xu Jing calmed herself down and said, "But he ran away while the people watching were not paying attention?"

"This is unlikely. The yard he rented is very small. Going out from the front door is an alley that can only accommodate two people walking. The same is true when going out from the back door, and his yard only has two doors. I left Of the two people who came down, one was guarding the front door and the other was guarding the back door. It was very certain that he never came out."

Yao Shaoyin said in a deep voice: "Moreover, the most important thing is that my people just told me that they found a tunnel in the dormitory of Shi Wenfeng's house that can lead to an abandoned earth temple not far away. "Authentic?" !

Cheng Xiao couldn't help but said in shock: "How is that possible! I remember, Shi Wenfeng was transferred to Xijing in mid-October. Could it be that he dug such a tunnel in less than five months?

Moreover, could it be that he had previously determined that he was going to poison, so he dug this tunnel early? "

But in mid-October, their wife had no intention of competing with the Lin family for the right to supply medicine to the army!

At that time, they didn't even know that the force behind the scenes was the Jiang family!

Xu Jing was silent for a moment, then suddenly twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "What if the tunnel was in this house from the beginning?"

And it was no accident that Shi Wenfeng chose to rent this yard.

Cheng Xiao couldn't help but look at his wife in confusion.

Madam, what you mean is that Shi Wenfeng still has accomplices?

And he and his accomplices had planned to murder Xinglintang a long time ago?

Xu Jing didn't say much, and said: "Let's go see the tunnel first."

The tunnel is indeed in the bedroom of the house, hidden under a bookshelf. The tunnel can only allow one person to enter and exit. You can reach the exit after walking inside for about two-quarters of an hour.

Yao Shaoyin sent several yamen servants to walk through the whole process. After the yamen servant came out, he frowned and said: "There are many wooden boards and battens used for fixing in the tunnel. I saw that many of those wooden boards and battens are a bit old. Yes, this tunnel was definitely not dug recently, it has existed for at least two or three years."

After hearing what the yamen officer said, everyone present looked in disbelief. Only Xu Jing's face became darker and darker, obviously not surprised by the result.

Yao Shaoyin couldn't help but ask: "Could it be...could it be that this tunnel was dug by the landlord of this yard?"

He was about to ask someone to call the landlord over for questioning, but Xu Jing chuckled and said, "I can probably guess who dug this tunnel, and who is the person behind Shi Wenfeng."

Yao Shaoyin suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Jing, with a surprised look on his face.

Xu Jing didn't look at him, but looked at Cheng Xiao and said, "Did you catch the person I asked you to send people to catch?"

Cheng Xiao was slightly stunned and said quickly: "I'll send someone to check on the situation right now."

"Ah."

Xu Jing said quietly: "If the person has been caught, there is no need to bring him to me, just take him to the Xijing government office."

About half an hour later, Yao Shaoyin and Xu Jing stood in the Xijing government office. Looking at Lin Chengzhao who was escorted in front of them in a panic, Yao Shaoyin couldn't help but said in surprise: "Ms. Xu, this... what is going on? !”

Xu Jing did not answer his question and said to the guard who was pressing Lin Chengzhao: "Take out the ball of cloth in his mouth."

As soon as the cloth was taken out, Lin Chengzhao, whose eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Xu, Jing! Who do you think you are! What qualifications do you have to arrest me! Do you believe me or not..."

Xu Jing didn't wait for him to finish his cruel words, and said very confidently: "I didn't arrest you. There was no way you didn't know that the medicinal soup distributed by Xinglin Hall to the refugees yesterday was poisoned. Let's arrest you. I want you to help investigate the case."

As he said that, he glanced at Yao Shaoyin who was standing aside very instructively.

Yao Shaoyin: "..."

Fortunately, he was still smart and took the big pot from the sky very calmly. He coughed lightly and said: "Yes, the person who arrested you is me, but I... was busy with affairs just now. Teng I didn’t want to take action, so I asked Madam Xu to help arrest him.”

Lin Chengzhao's eyes widened suddenly. He never expected that it was someone from the Xijing government office who wanted to arrest him.

Yao Shaoyin coughed again to prevent his brain from turning around, and said sternly: "Master Lin, at noon today, Shi Wenfeng, the most suspected poisoner, suddenly disappeared. We found a morning snack in his bedroom. Just dig the tunnel. If I guess correctly, Shi Wenfeng...is one of yours?"

He knew that Madam Xu had recently been competing with the Lin family's Guangmingtang for the right to supply medicine to the army.

Although he didn't know about the grudges between the Lin family and the Zhou family, he still hadn't figured out why Shi Wenfeng happened to live in an underground courtyard.

But it didn't stop him from understanding that Xu Jing's intention of bringing Lin Chengzhao to him was that he was related to the poisoning case.

Lin Chengzhao's body trembled suddenly, and he suddenly glared at Xu Jing full of hatred, as if he felt that he could no longer hide it, and said loudly: "I admit that Shi Wenfeng... is indeed my person. I did it as early as two years ago So I bribed him. The guy hated his father so much. He wanted to stand out and impress his father, so it was not difficult to bribe him. The boy named Zhou thought I didn’t know. He had planted many people in our Guangmingtang. I was just Reciprocity!

It was my intention to let Shi Wenfeng live in that courtyard. Our Lin family has been rooted in Xijing for so many years, and we have some ways and means to save our lives. The Zhou family suddenly opened the Xijing branch of Tianyi Pavilion back to deliberately make me feel uncomfortable. Let Shi Wenfeng live in that courtyard just in case, thinking that he might be needed in the future!

But I really don’t know about his poisoning this time! I was not the one who ordered him to poison! I don’t know what kind of medicine he suddenly took, and he did such a thing! "