After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

The prefect's Yamen originally held seven killers, all of whom came to Chang'an with Zhang Pinggui to kill the Jin family.

After committing the crime, the seven people learned that Jin Jiashu had survived, and felt that he must know the whereabouts of the imperial edict that the Sun family wanted to find, so they went to the Zhou family's three-bedroom villa to question him and silence him. Unexpectedly, the guards protecting Jin Jiashu were too powerful. There were many veterans with extraordinary skills in the village. In addition, the reef happened to block their escape. Under a three-party attack, all seven people were arrested, except for those who had not participated in the operation. Zhang Pinggui escaped.

The veterans escorted the seven killers to the prefect's yamen. One of them, who was seriously injured, called himself Wang Laoliu. He was not locked up with his friends, but moved into a separate room in the yamen to receive medical treatment from the doctor. Therefore, when the other six killers were all silenced overnight, Wang Laoliu became the only survivor.

No matter how mediocre and incompetent the magistrate's yamen are, they cannot tolerate such evil behavior that blatantly provokes the dignity of the government. In order to save the government's face, Magistrate Huang ordered a strict investigation into the case. The murder case of the Jin family, which was originally thought to have been solved, was also investigated more carefully. If not, how could Magistrate Huang acquiesce to Huang Patou's investigation of Du Boqin, the third-rank commander and son-in-law of the Zhou family?

For Wang Laoliu, the only remaining insider, the government officials naturally attached great importance to it. Not only was he moved to a single cell and his guard tightened, but even the doctor who came to treat his injuries every day had to check again and again. He had to be accompanied and monitored by government officials before he could get in touch with Wang Laoliu. Wang Laoliu survived safely, and his injuries improved greatly. He was still eating and drinking well, and it was said that he had gained weight.

But his courage became much smaller, and he didn't dare to say a word. When people asked him who instigated him to come to Chang'an to kill people, he always replied that he didn't know, he was just a follower, and he did whatever the boss said.

Magistrate Huang had nothing to do with him. Even if he wanted to be sentenced, he had to worry about his injuries getting worse. If he died, the clues would be completely cut off, and he could only have people grind with him slowly.

However, when Zhang Pinggui was arrested, the situation suddenly changed.

Although Zhang Pinggui was still in the government office and had not yet handed it over to the government office, the old military advisor and Xie Wenzai selected the parts that could be disclosed and sent them to Magistrate Huang. From this, Magistrate Huang knew that Wang Laoliu was not a small follower at all. Among the eight killers, his status was only inferior to that of the leader and "Sun family's descendant" Zhang Pinggui. There were at least three people he was responsible for recruiting.

Magistrate Huang immediately changed his attitude towards Wang Laoliu and directly told him the news of Zhang Pinggui's arrest. He admitted that Zhang Pinggui was very cooperative and had already recruited Du Boqin as an assistant. He even told him the detailed plan to hunt down the Jin family. . By the time he confessed everything, Wang Laoliu was completely useless. By then, prisoners will be locked up wherever they are supposed to be, and what they are supposed to eat and use will follow the rules, and there will no longer be guards on duty around the clock. As for whether someone will come to silence him, it all depends on his luck.

Magistrate Huang also said to Wang Laoliu kindly: "Don't worry, Zhang Pinggui's recruitment was very detailed. Although he was a little slow, he explained the situation very clearly and the evidence was complete. Wait until one day when he will find someone who is in Chang'an All the accomplices have been recruited. If there are any officials ordered by the imperial court, I will report it to the imperial court and arrest all these criminals. By then, you no longer have to worry about someone coming to kill you."

Wang Laoliu was said to have almost burst into tears at that time. "By the time"? How long will it take? ! I'm afraid he will be completely dead by then. Even if the government catches the murderer, he will not survive.

Unlike Zhang Pinggui, Wang Laoliu never took any action during the murder of the Jin family and only watched the horses from a distance. He really killed someone. If Jin Jiashu remembered correctly, he killed two servants who were driving the carriage and also slashed Jin Juren's body. If Magistrate Huang sentences him in accordance with the law, he will definitely not escape death, but at least he can hope to survive until next autumn.

But if the government no longer strictly protects him, the Sun family's associates in Chang'an may come to kill him at any time, and he may not survive even three days.

It is better to live than to die, and it is good to live one more day. In order not to die in the conspiracy of his accomplices, Wang Laoliu finally spoke! Hai Jiao vividly described Wang Laoliu's greedy and fearful appearance to his sister Haitang, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. But in fact, he got it from Capt. Huang. As a close official of Huang Zhifu, Huang Captou not only witnessed Huang Zhifu frightening Wang Laoliu, but also arrested people afterwards and was one of the leaders of the team.

Wang Laoliu failed to recruit many senior officials in Chang'an who colluded with the Sun family, but he confessed the Sun family's plan to send dead soldiers to Chang'an in advance to conspire with Du Boqin to assassinate outstanding children of the Zhou family.

The group of Sun family dead soldiers who arrived at Dujiazhuangzi half a year in advance, as well as Du Boqin's son sent to the capital as hostages, were all arranged around this plan.

Du Boqin gave his son as a hostage in exchange for the Sun family's trust, and helped the Sun family's dead men murder the children of the Zhenguo Palace and outstanding generals in the Zhou family. Whether it was killing, wounding, or even conspiracy, as long as they could get rid of the army. Just leave the position where you can control the military power. For subsequent successors, the Sun family will try to send members of their own alliance from the court to compete with the Zhou family for military power.

After the incident is completed, the Sun family will help Du Boqin break away from the Northwest Frontier Army and go to Beijing to serve as an official, or directly join the Ministry of War as a senior official. In this way, even if the Zhou family knew about Du Boqin's betrayal, there was nothing they could do about it. Du Boqin no longer needs to be restrained by the Zhou family. He is despised and ridiculed in the name of "relying on nepotism". After becoming a senior official in the Ministry of War, he will become a boss that the Zhou family must please. He can vent out all the anger he has suffered in the past ten or twenty years!

Haitang was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Commander Du...is he too conceited? He doesn't seem to be a particularly outstanding talent. If he hadn't married a daughter of the Zhou family and had to be supported by his father-in-law, he would never have been able to do it in his life. The position of Commander Wei, right? He actually feels dissatisfied?!"

Hai Jiao sneered and said: "This kind of person obviously got ahead by relying on nepotism, but he thinks he has real abilities and is not willing to let others gossip. If he doesn't want others to gossip, why did he become the son-in-law of the Zhou family in the first place? ? It’s not like there are no military attachés with foreign surnames in the border army who have been promoted based on military merit. More than half of the commanders of the Seven Guards of Chang’an are not related to the Zhou family. Since he feels that he has real abilities, he can definitely fight on his own. But In fact? After he left the Northwest Frontier Army in his last life, didn't he rely on being a helper for Mr. Sun Ge to gain a foothold in the government? He married a daughter of a side branch of the Sun family and thought he was great. To put it bluntly, he still relied on nepotism. .”

Du Boqin pretended and stood up, and refused to admit it, but now he let Wang Laoliu, who knew about it, reveal the truth. His parents-in-law were so devastated that they no longer wanted to put in a good word for him.

However, the Zhenguo government is more concerned about the spies Du Boqin and the Sun family bought, roped in, and installed in Chang'an City in order to plot against their outstanding children. If it weren't for some mistake and they knew the Sun family's plan in advance, they would have lost many of their valued descendants as early as next New Year.

Du Boqin originally planned to have the young men of the Zhou family compete with the children of other general families in Chang'an City in riding skills during the New Year period, and then use his inner ghosts to cause several of them to fall off their horses. Whether they lived or died depended on their luck, but if something went wrong If a person's life is lost, the relationship between the Zhou family and other generals will be greatly affected afterwards.

With this layer of grudges existing, if something happens to a general's disciple in the future, regardless of whether his surname is Zhou or not, it will arouse countless suspicions. Chaos is about to arise within the Northwest Frontier Army, and the Sun family is fishing in troubled waters.

What a vicious intention!

(End of this chapter)