Jinghong Tower

Chapter 344 There is another one

He Xiulong's book was delivered directly to He Ran.

He Xiulong wrote in great detail in the excerpt, including the relationship between Li Lang and He Xiang, the year and month when He Xiang was adopted by Xiaokui, etc.

Is there anything else He Ran doesn’t understand?
He Xiang was mistaken for He Pan!
He Ran called Xiaoli and asked her to go to Wu'an Hou Mansion.

An hour later, Xiaoli came back and told He Ran: "He Pan said that she was somewhat similar to He Xiang. When they were children, they were always regarded as sisters. But He Pan left Shunde very early, and He Xiang has not been with him for many years. See."

He Ran nodded and couldn't help but smile.

It seems that He Xiang is somewhat similar to Liu Shanhe.

However, He Xiang and He Pan not only looked similar, but they were also thrown into the alley of Xiaokui's house in the same month of the same year.

If there are too many coincidences, then they are not coincidences, but man-made.

He Ran personally revised a letter and sent it to Shunde.

At the same time, Li Jinxiu also found out something about the runaway concubine in Liushanhe.

Li Jinxiu and Liu Shanhe were different from each other in civil and military affairs and had no friendship, but there were many people who had friendship with the Liu family.

"Yang Jin was a Jinshi in the same department as Liu Shanhe. Liu Shanhe was Tanhua and Yang Jin was Chuanlu. There was a saying back then that Liu Shanhe could beat Yang Jin because he was more beautiful than Yang Jin.

Therefore, the two of them had different motivations since they first entered the officialdom, especially Yang Jin. At that time, he was always trying to find ways to cause obstacles for Liu Shanhe.

Liu Shanhe's official career was not smooth in his early years, which had a lot to do with Yang Jin.

The Liu family was just a small family back then, and it slowly became rich after Liu Shanhe passed the Jinshi examination.

But Yang Jin is different. The Yang family has been a scholar for generations. Yang Jin's father-in-law is Yu Muzhi, and his wife is the daughter of Yu Muzhi's second wife when he was sixty years old. She is two or three years younger than his great-granddaughter. Although Yu Muzhi already had several daughters, he doted on this old woman very much. "

He Ran narrowed her eyes and realized that Yang Jin was Yu Muzhi's son-in-law.

Yu Muzhi was Zhou Chi's military advisor.

After Zhou Chi ascended the throne, Yu Muzhi did not enter the court as an official, but instead became famous throughout his life.

Zhou Chi respected him very much and visited him many times as an emperor.

Yu Muzhi has no sons, only five daughters.

He Ran asked: "The Yu family and the Yang family are both in the capital and have not gone south?"

Li Jinxiu nodded: "The head of the family may still remember that Yu Muzhi had no children. At that time, relatives of the Yu family came to make trouble."

Of course He Ran remembered that this matter was a big deal back then. The Yu family asked Yu Muzhi to adopt their son in the family, but Yu Muzhi flatly refused. The young man who wanted to be Yu Muzhi's son, together with his family, There were people rolling around in front of Yu's house.

Li Jinxiu continued: "Yu Muzhi originally wanted to keep his youngest daughter at home to recruit a son-in-law, but he fell in love with Yang Jin. Yang Jin was a Jinshi and could not marry into his wife, so the youngest daughter of the Yu family also got married.

When Yu Muzhi died, he divided the family property equally among his five daughters.

Because only the youngest daughter married into the capital, the large house in the capital was left to the youngest daughter.

After Yu Muzhi's death, it was originally peaceful, but on July 7th, relatives of the Yu family came from afar and went to the Yamen to sue Yang Jin, saying that he had robbed the Yu family's property.

In the end, the matter ended with the Yang family paying a sum of money to the Yu family, but Yang Jin also lost his reputation. "

He Ran snorted coldly and said to Xiaoli: "Write it down for me. Women can also inherit the family business."

The law needs to be supplemented, it is necessary!

He Ran asked: "Is Liu Shanhe behind this?"

Li Jinxiu: "Yes, although there is no substantial evidence, Yang Jin has always suspected that this was caused by the Liushan River.

Not long after this incident, Yang Jin became an official.

The Yang family has a rich family background and has been a scholar for generations. After Yang Jin became an official, he rarely appeared in public. He only said that he wrote books at home. However, after so many years, he has not heard of Yang Jin writing any books.

When the capital was moved, the Yang family stayed in the capital and did not go south. Yang Jin's second son also took the official examination and is now in Datong Prefecture. "

He Ran understood. As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is your enemy.

Yang Jin may have been secretly watching Liu Shanhe's every move these years.

"Continue, does Yang Jin know about the runaway concubine?"

Li Jinxiu said: "Yang Jin hated Liushanhe to death. He said that the Liu family's back house had been very unstable for a while. Two of Liushanhe's concubines and several maids were beaten to death. It is said that they were jealous and cooperated with each other. A gang came together to kill a woman who lived in the house.

The woman never went out and lived in a remote small courtyard of the Liu family. It was rumored in the house that she was an official slave, and several people were beaten to death for making irresponsible remarks about the woman.

After these people were killed with sticks, no one in the Liu family dared to mention this matter again.

Yang Jin not only bribed the servants of the Liu family, but later simply sent a few people to the Liu family quietly. "

He Ran laughed: "He is quite professional."

Li Jinxiu also laughed: "Who says it's not the case? The boss doesn't know about it. He looked so proud when he told me about it.

A maid he sent over had seen that woman before.

The woman was not beautiful in appearance, but Liu Shanhe loved her very much and stayed with her almost every night until the woman became pregnant.

After she became pregnant, Liu Shanhe sent four nuns to take care of her, and even went to Daxiangguo Temple to ask for a peace charm.

At that time, Liu Shanhe already had several legitimate children, but no one expected that he would pay so much attention to this woman's belly.

But even so, the woman still ran away. She drugged all the four nuns and escaped without them noticing.

Liu Shanhe did not search for anyone in a big way, but sent people to search quietly in private.

After Yang Jin learned about it, he immediately released the news that Liu Shanhe's concubine had eloped with someone and had cuckolded Liu Shanhe. Therefore, the news about the escaped concubine was spread.

It's also thanks to him, otherwise I really wouldn't have known about this.

According to Yang Jin, Liu Shanhe had been looking for the woman until the capital was moved, and he had not given up on the search for more than ten years.

By the way, there is another thing that happened that year. In the same year that the woman escaped, a baby girl was lost in the Liu clan. That child was the daughter of Liu Shanhe's cousin.

The child had a bad horoscope and was destined to drown, but as soon as he turned around, the child disappeared.

The Liu family was so frightened that they all said that the child was taken away by a ghost.

For this reason, Yang Jin asked people to play tricks on the Liu family and frightened an ancestor of the Liu family to suffer from wind disease. "

He Ran thought of He Xiang.

He Xiang and He Pan, one of them was Liu Shanhe's daughter, and the other was most likely the baby girl who was going to drown.

Li Jinxiu asked: "Master, it's my fault. He Pan was the seedling I picked out from Xiaokui. Why did I miss it?" He Pan was only eleven years old back then, and the little girl hadn't grown yet. Besides, At that time, Liu Shanhe's official position was not high, and Li Jinxiu had no friendship or familiarity with him.

Liu Shanhe only made his fortune after being sent to Lu, and then embraced King Qi's lap.

He Ran said: "No matter whether He Pan and He Xiang are children of the Liu family, they are innocent. It doesn't matter if He Xiang is in the military. He Pan is not suitable to be a nail anymore. It's not that he doesn't trust her, but that for her Too dangerous.

Liu Shanhe attaches great importance to that concubine and that child. I suspect they have secrets. He Pan is in danger. She is now living in Wu'an Hou Mansion. Don't let her act alone. "

Li Jinxiu took the order and left. He Ran called Zhong Yi. She did not hide anything and told Zhong Yi what she found.

Zhong Yi: "Yang Jin? The one who wrote the storybook?"

He Ran: "What storybook?"

Zhong Yi: "Yu Muzhi's little son-in-law wrote storybooks at home after he became an official. Many of the popular storybooks on the street about talented people and beautiful ladies were written by him."

He Ran suddenly realized: "No wonder he said he would write a book at home."

Favorite
He Ran: "What's his pen name?"

Zhong Yi: "Shocking the magpie."

Don't tell me, He Ran has actually heard of this name.

He Ran left everything to Zhong Yi. It was most appropriate to leave this kind of matter to Zhong Yi.

A month later, Zhong Yi came to see He Ran and found out some shocking news.

Princess Huishan, the second daughter of the former crown prince, was kidnapped on her way to marry. However, it was not the real Princess Huishan who died in her twenties, but her maid!

If Princess Huishan was still alive, she would be thirty-eight years old now.

Moreover, Princess Huishan is just a middle-aged girl, the most inconspicuous of the three sisters.

When the former prince passed away, the three daughters were all underage. As orphans without a father or a mother, the three of them could only become victims in this struggle for power.

Princess Lingshan died young, Princess Huishan died young, and Princess Meishan was repeatedly beaten and scolded by her husband's family.

No one paid attention to them anymore, and they were forgotten.

So much so that no one knew that Princess Huishan had been replaced.

Zhong Yi said: "The person who replaced Princess Huishan was her maid. The husband's family knew it was a lie from the beginning, but they were afraid of getting into trouble, so they made the mistake and let the maid die two years later.

When the maid was dying, she once said that it was several women who kidnapped Princess Huishan. "

He Ran frowned slightly: "What woman?"

Zhong Yi said: "I suspect it is a female thief who often appeared in Shunde Prefecture in the past few years. I don't know her name. Because she is good at disguise, she is known as the Thousand-Faced Guanyin."

"Guanyin? Such a good name?" He Ran was curious. This was the first time she had heard of a female thief called Guanyin.

"Yes, she robbed the rich and gave to the poor. Many people were helped by her. The name Thousand-Faced Guanyin came from word of mouth among the people." Zhong Yi said.

He Ran's heart moved, and she remembered that year, when she went to Shunde Mansion to "interview" the descendants of King Zhao, the gate of Shunde Mansion was strictly checked, saying that she wanted to catch a female thief who could disguise herself.

This is quite interesting. Princess Huishan is the daughter of the former crown prince, and the person she went to Shunde Mansion for an "interview" was also the orphan of the former crown prince. Both of these events involved Thousand-Faced Guanyin.

"How many people are there in the Thousand-faced Guanyin?" He Ran asked.

Zhong Yi shook his head: "I don't know. Some say there is only one, and some say there are multiple. By the way, the Thousand-Faced Guanyin has disappeared since the master officially launched his army."

He Ran raised her eyebrows lightly. Does this have anything to do with her?

"Continue to investigate. Liu Shanhe has sent many people here to find his daughter. Please be careful not to cause confusion when searching. In addition, these matters must be properly handled before March next year."

Next March will be the day when she will march south.

Liu Shanhe, as the number one person next to the new emperor and the third most powerful person in the world, anything related to him is not a trivial matter. Every matter is worthy of dispatching the Jin Yiwei to investigate in detail.

Ten days before the Spring Festival, He Ran left the capital for Sanhe. During this Spring Festival, she would celebrate the New Year with the 200,000 troops in Sanhe.

At the same time, Fu Yansheng guarded Datong, Lu Zhen and Jiang Tao guarded Shunde camp, Lu Pingnan guarded Zhending camp, Feng Zan guarded Jinan camp, Lu Pingye guarded Fengtai camp, He Dali guarded Jindi, and Kaifeng guarded Han Ting received all the military pay and New Year's supplies. He Ran also gave Zhou Cangyue a New Year's gift. This New Year's gift was sent to the Beggar Gang in the capital. As for when Zhou Cangyue would receive it, He Ran didn't care.

He Ran rode lightly and arrived at Sanhe that night.

In Sanhe, she met He Xiang.

He Xiang and Liu Shanhe are indeed similar, but He Pan is more similar.

He Pan is 60-70% similar to Liu Shanhe, while He Xiang is only 23% similar.

He Ran chatted with several generals. Needless to say, she quite liked He Xiang.

The little girl has bright eyes, firm gaze, bright smile, and high spirits. Who would have thought that she was once a baby girl who was about to be drowned by her relatives.

Xiaokui taught her very well.

He Ran asked her what her ideals were.

The little girl's eyes widened: "I'm telling you, my dream is to be drawn in a comic strip."

Her General Xiulong had appeared in comic strips several times. She almost tore through the comic strips, but she couldn't find anyone who looked like her.

He Ran laughed loudly: "Okay, be ambitious and practice hard. When you can stand alone and fight a good fight, I will have someone draw a book for you alone!"

The little girl puffed up her chest and said, "The final general will definitely live up to the expectations of the master!"

As soon as the Spring Festival was over, He Ran went straight to Shunde. She first went to the Shunde Camp to deliver the things Li Jinxiu had brought to Lu Zhen. After watching the soldiers' drills, she went to visit Xiaokui.

He Ran was very happy to see that Xiaokui's body was still strong.

Xiaokui said: "Girl, I went to check after I received your letter. Over the years, every child here has records. Xiangxiang and Panpan came from the front and back. Panpan came first. Xiangxiang came before her. Three days late.

Although both of them were abandoned in the alley, the situation at that time was different.

It was summer, but Panpan was swaddled in swaddling clothes. There was a mosquito-repellent sachet sewn on the swaddling clothes, and there was a fragrance of herbs. By the way, the child's little wrists were tied with hand ropes made of colorful silk threads. There is a delicate little sachet on the bracelet. There are also herbs in the sachet. I asked someone to look at them and found that they are used to ward off evil spirits and remove dampness.

Panpan has been different from other children since she was a child. She has been particularly calm. Whether studying literature or martial arts, she can learn faster than other children.

One year Jinxiu came to pick someone, and she picked Panpan. Panpan was only eleven years old at the time. I knew who Jinxiu wanted to pick, and he wanted to train someone to be a nail.

To be honest, privately I can't bear to do this for Panpan. I hope she can get married and have children like an ordinary girl.

But Jinxiu said she was a good seedling, and Panpan was willing to do it herself. What could I say but agree to it?

When Panpan left, I handed her the swaddling clothes and the colorful hand rope. Four years ago, she had these brought back to me. I knew she was going to officially carry out her mission as a nail maker. , they were all separated from each other, she had no relatives, these things were her only connection with her relatives, so she gave them to me.

Contrary to Panpan, it was pitiful to think that when he was found, he was completely naked. The child was thrown naked on the ground with several large mosquito bites on his body. "