high official

Chapter 898
"Could it be that you and he are also in the same party?!" Wang Xian glared at the two officials with a murderous look.

"Of course not!" The two quickly denied it, fearing that Wang Xian's anger would harm Chi Yu. "I'm completely unaware!"

"Then write the letter with me!" Wang Xian said without doubt.

"This... If he really colluded with the White Lotus Sect, we will naturally be obliged to wait!" The two of them still wanted to hold back and stall for time. "It's just that just relying on the one-sided words of thousands of households, it seems that it is not enough to convict a third-rank inspector. Shall we first report to the Ming court, dismiss him from his official position, and then interrogate him carefully?!"

"What I said is the truth!" Wang Xian said decisively: "You two must write the letter with me today, otherwise..." Wang Xian picked up a bag of eggs in front of him and said murderously: "Let Zhou Yong help you eat it !"

Both of them had seen Liu Ben's tragic situation just now, so they had no choice but to nod in agreement.Wang Xian immediately asked someone to fetch the memorial, and the two adults saw that it had been written long ago, and they just waited for their own signatures.In desperation, the two adults had no choice but to pick up a pen, sign their names in the blank space, and then took out their seals to sign.

Wang Xian ordered the memorials to be taken away, and then Liu Ben, who was like mud, was taken into custody. Zhou Gan whispered a few words in his ear, Wang Xian's expression eased, and he comforted the two of them: "Don't worry, you two, I have solid evidence It proves that he is a member of the White Lotus Sect, and also colluded with the King of Han!" He said with an inscrutable smile and said, "Just when the three adults came to visit, Jin Yiwei had already copied Liu Ben's official residence! There are so many things!"

"Ah..." Chu Yan and Ma Zhong knew that Wang Xian invited them to dinner to divert the tiger away from the mountain!

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Chu Yan and Ma Zhong left the palace of the imperial envoy leaning on the wall.As soon as they went out, the two vomited and vomited all the eggs in their stomachs. Ma Zhong wiped his mouth and cursed: "I will never eat eggs in my life!"

"Anyone who dares to pick an egg in front of me, I will kill him!" Chu Yan was even more unbearable, his whole body was limp like noodles, and if it wasn't for the support of the people around him, he would have sat down on the ground.He looked at Ma Zhong, lowered his voice and said: "The death of a rabbit and the fox hurts its kind. We can't ignore Liu Ben."

"Yeah." Ma Zhong nodded, agreeing: "The man surnamed Wang is a lunatic, if he goes on like this, we're afraid we will suffer too!"

"Yes." Chu Yan wanted to speak more deeply, but he was full of scruples, and Ma Zhong was the same. The two exchanged a few words in a low voice, and then went back to their homes.

In Xingyuan, next to the Pearl Pond, Zhou Yong is leading people to clean up.When it was cleared up on the table, Zhou Yong picked up Wang Xian's egg king, and said strangely: "These three idiots, can't they recognize that it is a duck egg?" However, he also admitted that the duck egg was too small, and It's white and doesn't look much different from eggs.

"They're all things that don't distinguish between four bodies and five grains," Wang Xian said disdainfully, "I'm just taking a goose egg, I'm afraid they will think it's a big egg!"

"My lord," Zhou dared to go and return at this time, a little worried: "In fact, nothing of value was found from that Liu Ben's house. How will it end if this continues?"

"Don't worry, it's just as planned." Wang Xian was very sure, and said slowly: "You didn't find them but you didn't know. Some people will be unable to sit still tonight."

In fact, Wang Xian's arrest of Liu Ben was a very risky move!Because he has no conclusive evidence at all, only the confession of the thousand households... After returning from Tai'an, Wang Xian has been thinking all the time, how to find out the inner ghost!But his manpower in Shandong is too weak, and it is impossible to find strong evidence!In desperation, Wang Xian gathered all the information and reasoned like Conan.

The signs of army mobilization that day could not be concealed from others. Jin Yiwei investigated the abnormal mobilization of all the troops near the Taiyi Mountains one by one. Wang Xian drew a route of order from north to south according to the time sequence of these troops dispatching. Coming from the direction of Le'an Prefecture, it can almost be concluded that Hanwang is involved!However, the actions of these troops were chaotic and casual, which shows that the king of Han was definitely not in charge of this matter, and was probably only responsible for supporting it.Moreover, the king of Han should know very little about the situation in Shannan, otherwise his actions will definitely be more careful and fierce!

This is also very understandable. After all, Hanwang is more than 160 miles away, and the incident happened in a hurry. If he only received a notice from the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Gaoxu would have no time to confirm the arrangement. At most, he would only ask for cooperation.This speculation is in line with the facts.

Wang Xian pushed the White Lotus Sect upside down again.They crossed Taiyi Mountain that night and went straight into the Grand Canyon. It can be said that they were very fast, but the White Lotus Sect was able to know their movements in advance, and they still had time to mobilize troops and arrange villagers to be bait. Get the news, otherwise it will be too late to do these things.Because Buddha's mother and her party are always on the move, it is unrealistic to use carrier pigeons to send messages, and it can only be reported with a whip!

Wang Xian checked the map carefully and found that none of the other routes could deliver the letter in time, except for one road—starting from Qixing Terrace, there was a royal road in the Tang Dynasty that went straight to the plain in the south of the mountain!Wang Xian ordered people to go to the field to investigate, and found that although the imperial road was dilapidated, it was still not a problem to ride a horse alone!From Qixing Terrace to Mopan Village where Elder Tang changed his clothes, it would take about four hours if we walked at night!
Zhou Gan casually asked a few officers and soldiers who escorted him that day, and he knew that Liu Ben led people to Qixing Terrace that evening.Counting the time, Liu Ben can dawdle for an hour or two before sending someone to set off, which is enough time!

The next step is to check whether Liu Ben's entourage left the Qixingtai that day!This kind of question, you can definitely ask Liu Ben's cronies!After some screening, the target was locked on that Qianhu.That Qianhu commanded all the soldiers and horses in the Yachasi Yamen, and also served as the head of the bodyguard similar to Liu Ben. If someone left Qixingtai that day, he would definitely know!

In order to avoid scaring the snake, Wang Xian deliberately had the father of Qianhu in Linqing's hometown be beaten up.Sure enough, after Qianhu got the report, he was furious, and immediately sued Liu Ben, took people back to his hometown to seek revenge, and was arrested by Jin Yiwei on the way!At the beginning of the interrogation, the Qianhu refused to recruit, so Jin Yiwei grabbed his parents, wife and children in front of him, and threatened to kill his whole family, only then did the Qianhu confess that it was the letter he sent to the Bailian Jiaobao!

But it is said that Liu Ben was very vigilant, and that Qianhu had only been with him for a few years, so he didn't know anything more... It was also the first time to report to the White Lotus Sect.

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Wang Xian's original plan was to call Liu Ben to Xingyuan under the pretext of inviting guests to try something new, and at the same time let Zhou Gan take people to search his official office!If any evidence can be found, everything will be a matter of course!However, Liu Ben was indeed a criminal, and his anti-investigation ability was extremely strong, so he did not leave any useful evidence.This made Zhou Gan very worried that if Wang Xian overstepped his authority to investigate Liu Ben, the hostile forces would take the opportunity to attack him!Once someone interferes, the thousand households will overturn the confession, and the consequences will be disastrous!
In the final analysis, Wang Xian sent a provincial procurator to jail based on a bunch of speculations and one person's confession. The risk is too great!

Zhou Gan was very worried, so why not Wang Xian?It's just that he couldn't show it in front of his subordinates. That night, Wang Xian tossed and turned, unable to sleep at night, so he had to put on his clothes and get up, pacing in the courtyard.

The night was as cool as water, and the waning moon was like a hook, making the ground covered with silver frost.With his hands behind his back, Wang Xian raised his head to look at the moon in the sky from time to time, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.He was sighing, when he suddenly heard someone behind him imitating his own sigh, and when he looked back, it was Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao was wearing a yellow gauze nightdress, looking pretty under the cold moonlight.This girl who was always full of energy showed a rare quiet and elegant side.

"Why are you wandering around without sleeping?!" Wang Xian said angrily.

"He was sleeping soundly, but you were the one walking around outside the door." Ling Xiao rolled his eyes at him, and for the first time, he didn't quarrel with him, but took two steps forward, and said softly, "Why are you doing this?" Woolen cloth?"

"Uh..." Wang Xian looked at Ling Xiao in astonishment, and reached out to touch her creamy forehead, "I don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

"Can't I talk to you like an adult?" Ling Xiao opened his hand angrily.

"Of course." Wang Xian smiled and said, "What do you want to say?"

"I think you're asking for trouble," Ling Xiao thought for a while, and said softly, "I remember that after the chaos the year before last, you promised sister Qing'er and godfather and mother that you would never give your life to others again. , An An lived and stayed in the future. It has only stopped for more than a year, why..." At this point, Lingxiao's eyes turned red, and his voice was a little choked up: "When we left Nanjing, sister Qing'er let me see I'm watching you, I won't let you take any more risks...how do you want me to tell her about these things in Shandong?"

"So you cried in embarrassment?" Wang Xian said with a little amused smile: "Did I ask you to help hide it, so that you can't sleep well?"

"Yeah." Ling Xiao nodded, tears dripping down his cheeks, "And I'm also afraid, what if you said that the ones who appeared that day were not reinforcements, but enemies who came to kill us?!"

Wang Xian sighed, wiped away the tears from Ling Xiao's face, reached out and held her in his arms, patted her on the back lightly, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't take risks, but I just Such a person can't help himself..."

The first time Ling Xiao was hugged by Wang Xian, his body froze instantly.The next moment, a little clumsily and a little timidly raised his arms slowly, wrapped them around Wang Xian's waist, and leaned his face gently on his shoulder.For the first time in history, the girl's heart almost jumped out of her throat, and she couldn't hear what Wang Xian was saying at all.

"I don't want to take risks either, and I also want An Ansheng to guard my family and live a life." What Wang Xian said was: "But such days scare me, and always make me feel like I'm living in an illusion. I feel like I'm still alive..."

(End of this chapter)