Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father
Chapter 85 Murder in the Mansion (3000)
Chapter 85 Murder in the Mansion (3000)
Since Huanxi re-merged Shangluo County into Jingzhao County, Wuguan has also returned to the jurisdiction of Jingzhao County.
As an important checkpoint on the ancient Shang-Yu Road, Wuguan was built on a flat highland between canyons. The road on the west side of Guancheng is flat and open, while the road on the east side has to wind along the mountainside. The cliffs are high and the valley is deep, narrow and difficult. OK.
Therefore, Wuguan and Tongguan have the same attributes. They can defend against the east, but not the west. This is why Deng Xia with three thousand people could easily attack Guancheng from the west.
Of course, these passes themselves were built to protect Guanzhong.
The Zhang family quickly came to report and informed Zhang Ju that his brother Zhang Xian was framed by Wang Meng and has now been executed.
Zhang Ju was furious:
"Wang Mengfu! Kill my brother! You and I are incompatible with each other!"
He had never thought of occupying Wuguan instead. Wuguan was located on the boundary of the power of Huan Wen and Huan Xi. To betray Huan Xi because of the conflict with Wang Meng, wasn't that mentally ill?
But Zhang Ju obviously couldn't swallow this breath. He knew that Mr. Zhang did not die unjustly, but after all, he was his blood brother. He had been bullied to death, so how could he endure it.
Zhang Ju thought about it and decided to leave Wuguan and go to Jiangling to complain.
Yes, before Huan Xi left, he gave Wang Meng the power of life and death for officials below the seventh rank, but it was usually a deterrent. Who would actually exercise this power and go on a killing spree.
After all, this kind of behavior is suspected of excluding dissidents.
The lord gave you military and national power and stayed behind, but you are excluding dissidents. Could it be that you want to be the master of your own country?
Zhang Ju felt that no matter how much Huan Xi valued Wang Meng, he would definitely be suspicious after something like this happened.
All Zhang Ju had to do was go to Jiangling to report the matter, and then persuade Huan Xi to hand over Wang Meng's power.
The wall fell and everyone pushed back. At that time, the nobles who had been offended by Wang Meng would spontaneously follow suit, leaving him dead without a burial place.
"Hurry and prepare my horse!"
Zhang Ju urged, he couldn't wait to see Huan Xi's rage against Wang Meng after learning about it.
After Huan Wen captured Nanyang County, in order to facilitate correspondence with Huan Xi, he set up a post house every thirty miles, with post soldiers and horses in the house. He usually delivered letters, and every time he went to a post house, he would Change people and horses as a relay.
After Zhang Ju walked out of the mountain road, he changed the carriage at the post house. After all, the horse could be changed, but he could not be changed. He had to ask to see Huan Xi and tell him face to face.
If you take a carriage, every thirty miles, you can go to the next post house and change the postman as the coachman, and then change the posthorse.
During the trip south, Zhang Ju never stopped for a moment, and even slept on the bumpy carriage.
After arriving at Xinye, we took a speedboat and went down the Han River instead of entering the Yangtze River, and headed west along the Yangshui River to Jiangling.
The distance between Wuguan and Jiangling was more than 1,200 miles, and Zhang Ju only took four days to get there.
Similarly, Huan Xi also set up a post every thirty miles between Chang'an and Wuguan, Tianshui, and Hanzhong. Although his territory was vast, urgent messages from Qin and Liang states could basically be delivered within a few days. Delivered to Chang'an.
When he arrived in Jiangling, Zhang Ju, who had been bumpy along the way, had no time to rest. He found Linhe Duke's Mansion full of hatred for Wang Meng.
At this time, it was already after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Xie Daoyun was also returning home after the wedding. Of course, it was Jiangling Xie Mansion.
Relatives and friends have dispersed, and even Huan Xi is preparing to leave.
Zhang Ju came to Linhe Duke's Mansion, immediately revealed his identity and said:
"I am Zhang Benxing, the general of Wuguan Pass. I have something urgent to report to Duke Jingzhao."
The concierge did not dare to be negligent and asked Zhang Ju to wait for a moment. After all, he did not dare to let people of unknown origin into the house privately, so he immediately went to Deng Xia for confirmation.
Deng Xia was shocked when he heard that Zhang Ju had left his post without permission and came to Jiangling. He thought that there was a big trouble in Guanzhong and hurriedly followed the concierge to see. When he saw that the person who came was indeed Zhang Ju, Deng Xia's heart sank to the bottom of his heart. .
"General Zhang, what happened!"
Deng Xia asked nervously.
Zhang Ju did not answer, but urged:
"Take me to see my lord quickly. Something big is happening in Chang'an. If we delay, Guanzhong may change hands!"
Seeing that he described the consequences so seriously, Deng Xia didn't dare to delay, so he quickly took Zhang Ju to Huan Xi's courtyard.
At this time, Huan Xi was still painting Xie Daoyun's eyebrows.
There was a knock on the door. Huan Xi stopped the eyebrow pencil in his hand and said displeasedly:
"who?"
Deng Xia replied:
"My lord, Wuguan guard Zhang Benxing has something urgent to ask for. He is waiting in the side room."
Huan Xi instantly lost interest in tracing his eyebrows. Deng Xia knew the truth, so why didn't he understand that something must have happened in Guanzhong.
He bowed his head and said:
"Ling Jiang, I'm going out first, and I'll touch up your makeup when I get back."
Xie Daoyun shook his head and said:
"Business matters are important. Could it be that my husband has forgotten that it is my husband who teaches me by example when it comes to eyebrow painting and makeup."
Huan Xi nodded and walked out of the door anxiously. He was eager to find out what happened in Guanzhong.
When he came to the side compartment and saw Zhang Ju's haggard face due to the fatigue of traveling and traveling, Huan Xi's heart skipped a beat, how big of a deal this was.
Could it be that Yao Xiang broke through Tongguan and entered Guanzhong, or Qianliang tore up the peace treaty and invaded Qinzhou in thanks to Ai.
However, Zhang Ju's first sentence almost shocked Huan Xi's jaw:
"My lord, Wang Meng has wielded power, eradicated dissidents in Guanzhong, framed Zhongliang, and wanted to establish himself as the lord of Guanzhong. His ambition is obvious. Please be careful, my lord!" Not to mention Huan Xi, even Deng Xia was stunned, but when he saw Huan Xi regained his composure and said slowly:
"It's been a thousand and two hundred miles since Wuguan came here. General Zhang was walking too hastily. Did he forget something?"
Zhang Ju thought Huan Xi was talking about evidence, so he said:
"My lord, as long as he captures Wang Meng, he will be able to find physical evidence. As for the human evidence, anyone who was slandered by him and survived can be the evidence!"
Wang Meng's power came from Huan Xi. As long as Huan Xi showed the slightest distrust of Wang Meng, the Guanzhong gentry who were attacked by Wang Meng could fabricate so-called evidence out of thin air.
Huan Xi shook his head and said:
"I'm not talking about evidence, I'm talking about brains."
"Brain?"
Just when Zhang Ju was puzzled by this, Huan Xi suddenly became angry and cursed:
"Could it be that you forgot your mind in Wuguan and told such a joke in front of me!
“I will treat Wang Jinglue as a national scholar, and Wang Jinglue will repay me with a national scholar!
"Since Huan dares to keep him in charge of the three states, I am sure that Wang Jinglue will never let me down!
"How dare you frame him in front of me, without mentioning your head, how can you have the face to meet Jing Lue!"
Having said that, Huan Xi did not give Zhang Ju a chance to plead guilty or defend himself. With lightning speed, he pulled out the saber from Deng Xia's waist and slashed at the frightened Zhang Ju.
Blood splattered and the wound stretched from his forehead to his abdomen. Zhang Ju fell to the ground. Even to his death, he could not figure out why Huan Xi was so sure of Wang Meng's loyalty.
The man was already cold. Deng Xia took the sword and put it into its sheath. He was also confused and said:
"Why didn't my lord spare Zhang Ju's life, investigate the matter in detail, and deal with it after the results are known?"
Huan Xi wiped the blood on his hands and said:
"No matter what Wang Jinglue's purpose is, to me, Zhang Ju's remarks are just to frame him. Why should I ask further questions?"
He said with a smile:
"If one day someone slanders you in front of me, I will kill him without hesitation."
Deng Xia seemed to have heard the most beautiful words of love in the world, and felt that he had really not been with the wrong person in his life, and Huan Xi was a wise master worthy of dedicating his life to serve him.
He prostrated himself on the ground and thanked him profusely.
Huan Xi quickly pulled him up:
"How can a loyal and righteous man named Huan be stained with the dirty blood of a villain?"
With that said, Huan Xi called the guards from outside the door and asked them to cut off Zhang Ju's head. He also called the servants to come and clean up the blood.
Huan Xi said to Deng Xia:
"Ying Yuan, I need to help you go north and take over Wuguan for me to avoid trouble.
"Take Zhang Ju's head along the way and have it given to Wang Jinglue. Tell him that I don't know what he is doing, but I trust him as always!"
Deng Xia promised loudly, took Zhang Ju's head, said goodbye and went out. He was about to find a brocade box to put it in when he met Xie Daoyun in the corridor. Deng Xia quickly put the head behind his back, but Xie Daoyun had already seen it. .
There was no scream of terror like that of an ordinary woman, but it was the first time she had seen such a terrifying empty scene, and Zhang Ju's ferocious head still made her turn pale with fright.
"Who is this?"
Xie Daoyun pretended to be calm.
"Reporting to my mistress, this person is the guard general of Wuguan. He was executed because he framed the military advisor in front of the lord."
Xie Daoyun nodded. It turned out that this was the Wuguan guard who came to see him earlier.
Deng Xia lowered his eyes and turned sideways to get out of the way. Out of etiquette, he did not dare to look directly at Xie Daoyun.
After Xie Daoyun left, he took Zhang Ju's head and left.
Xie Daoyun came to the side room, where the servants were cleaning, and the headless corpse had been carried away. When she saw Huan Xi with blood splattered on his body, she felt that her husband was very different from the previous image.
The Huan Xi in my memory is not only outstanding in talent, but also humorous and good at jokes.
But if you think about it carefully, if you don't kill decisively, how can you sit safely in Guanlong.
"Husband, why don't you go back to the main room, and I'll wait for you to take a bath."
Huan Xi said apologetically:
"I didn't control my emotions well. I shouldn't have killed someone at home. Ling Jiang wasn't frightened."
Xie Daoyun had recovered at this time, and she said:
"Husband, please don't underestimate me."
With that said, he asked the accompanying maid to go and inform the kitchen to boil water for Huan Xi.
What happened in Linhe Duke's Mansion quickly reached Huan Wen's ears. However, he was still sitting in the government office at General Zhengxi's Mansion. He wanted to know why Huan Xi killed someone in the government office, but he could only wait until he returned to his government office. Go find out.
At dusk, Huan Wen returned to his mansion, summoned Huan Xi, who had already washed himself, and asked about the matter.
Huan Xi did not hide it.
Huan Wen muttered:
"Xi'er, the one who is superior must not listen to one side or believe the other."
When Huan Xi heard this, he thought to himself: Are you teaching me how to do things?
He was about to explain his close relationship with Wang Meng when he saw Sima Xingnan entering the door carrying a food box. She said:
"My son has his own way of employing people, why do I need an old slave to tell me what to do?"
Thanks for the tip that the watermelon doesn’t taste good without the skin.
Next chapter at 6pm.
(End of this chapter)
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