The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 35
The autumn rain was raging, and the leaves in the courtyard fell one after another.

Princess Ruyi glanced out the window and couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing Ruyi princess like this, Xiaoyu couldn't help showing a sad face, and said: "Princess is worried about the son-in-law?"

Princess Ruyi glanced at Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu had been with her the longest time and understood her mind the most, but how could she want to be seen by others?

"No, it just adds to the grief."

Xiaoyu was taken aback for a moment, but hesitated to speak.

pan mansion.

Since Pan Mei went to war, the Pan Mansion has become more lonely than before. Pan Weiji wrote hard in his study, coping with the wind and rain outside the window, and wrote the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" in one go.

After finishing writing, Pan Weiji put down the brush and said coldly, "But there is news?"

After the words fell, a man in black suddenly appeared in the study room where Pan Weiji was the only one. The man in black immediately knelt down and said, "Return to the master, there is indeed news."

"speak!"

"According to our spies' investigation, the Liu Family Winery may be hiding the assassin who absconded on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Pan Weiji's expression was slightly condensed, and he said, "Is the news true?"

"Returning to the master, the princess's mansion has medicines that were rewarded by the emperor to treat trauma, but Liu Wei went to the infirmary to get the medicine after going to the Liu family winery. Killing the assassin was lost near the Liu Family Winery."

Pan Weiji nodded slightly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Liu Wei, since you dare to hide the assassin, don't blame me for being ruthless to you."

"I heard that the matter of tracking down the assassin was handed over to Kaifeng Mansion, but is that so?"

"Exactly, King Jin is very anxious to catch the assassin."

"Since this is the case, then we should find a way to help King Jin solve this problem."
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After a night of autumn rain, the next day was sunny.

The weather was windless and cold, and the leaves in Kaifeng Mansion fell one after another, almost withered.

Recently, King Zhao Guangyi of the Jin Dynasty was a bit lazy when he was an assassin of the Southern Han Dynasty. The assassins of the Southern Han Dynasty dared to assassinate in the palace. Neither the emperor nor he could even sleep well.

But the capital is too big, and the people sent out searched for so long, but they didn't even have any clues.

When Jin Wang was worried about this matter, a yamen servant hurried over and said that he found a letter at the gate of the mansion yamen, which said Jin Wang personally signed it.

King Jin frowned slightly, and was about to open the letter when Su Tongkan who was beside him suddenly stopped him and said, "My lord, let the subordinates come down."

Su Tong thought it was because he was afraid that there was something wrong with the envelope, King Jin nodded slightly when he saw this.

Su Tongkan opened the letter and found it was just an ordinary letter, so he handed it to the King of Jin. The King of Jin opened the letter and couldn't help but be surprised. Large characters: The assassin is at the Liu Family Winery.

Both looked shocked, because on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Su Tongjian had already analyzed that Liu Wei had nothing to do with the assassin, but now someone sent a letter saying that the assassin was at the Liu Family Winery. If this letter is true, then What happened on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was probably the conspiracy of Liu Wei alone.

However, King Jin was not a reckless person. After burning the letter, he looked at Su and said, "What does Mr. Su think about this matter?"

Su Tiaokan smiled indifferently: "It can be analyzed from two aspects. First, what is said in this letter is true. If it is true, then Liu Wei must have something to do with the assassin. If this is the case, we must not stand idly by , I just have a question, if the content of the letter is true, why didn’t the person who sent the letter come to deliver it openly, but secretly put it at the gate of the government office? The prince has already offered a reward for information on the assassin in the capital. 1000 taels is not a small amount, it is impossible for the sender to have such silver and not want it?"

"But the sender just didn't want it, so the question becomes why, is he afraid of being retaliated by Liu Wei? Or do he have other plans?"

King Jin pondered slightly, and said, "Liu Wei doesn't have any authority in the court now, does he have the ability to take revenge?"

Su Tongkan nodded slightly: "What the lord said is very true. Since Concubine Liu has no ability to retaliate against others, it is worth debating why the sender did this. Maybe he just had a bad relationship with Liu Wei and wanted to use this matter to borrow Kaifeng Mansion's revenge." Hand to deal with Liu Wei. Or, it is the second aspect, this letter is fake, since it is fake, the person who sent the letter will not dare to deliver it himself."

After listening to what Su Another read, King Jin was silent for a moment, and said: "From Mr.'s point of view, no matter whether the content of this letter is true or not, it is someone who wants to deal with Liu Wei, right?"

Su Tongkan nodded: "It is true that someone wants to deal with Liu Wei." Having said that, Su Tongkan smiled again: "Our son-in-law Liu really has a lot of enemies. In just a few months, he has already been attacked. Three times, I really don’t know who he has offended.”

King Jin didn't intend to joke, and said: "In my opinion, what should we do now?"

"Ignore it and wait and see what happens."
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The King of Jin sent someone to monitor the Liu Family Winery and Liu Wei.

A day later, I got the news that after Liu Wei left the Princess's Mansion, he would go to the Bian Family Medical Center in the capital to buy some medicines to treat trauma, and besides that, he would go there again Baozhen Building buys some tonic medicinal materials or ingredients.

When King Jin got the news, he glanced at Su Tong, who frowned slightly: "It is said that when Liu Wei left the palace, the emperor rewarded him with a lot of medicinal materials, why would he buy them again?"

King Jin thought for a moment, and said: "If the assassin is really hiding in the Liu Family Winery, he will have to buy it. After all, it is not easy for him to take out the medicinal materials from the princess's mansion."

Su Tongkan nodded slightly, looking a bit puzzled, because judging from the current situation, the assassin might really be in the Liu family winery, but this is completely different from his previous speculation, so how could Liuwei have something to do with the Southern Han assassin?

King Jin was already faintly angry, he felt that Liu Wei had failed his trust in him.

Just when the two were hesitating about this matter, a yamen servant hurriedly came to report that Fang Ba, the owner of Bafang Restaurant in Beijing, said that he had information about the assassin.

Jin Wang and Su Tong watched the two look at each other, and then ordered Fang Ba to be called.

Fang Ba was a slightly thin man, but he gave off a sense of righteousness and dignity. He entered the Kaifeng Mansion, saluted the King of Jin, and said: "The Caomin have news of the Southern Han assassin."

King Jin nodded slightly: "Speak!"

"Caomin went to Liujia winery to drink wine today, and found blood stains in a wine cellar. Caomin was terrified at the time, but he didn't dare to speak up. When he was about to leave, he found a woman who seemed to be acting suspiciously in the courtyard of the winery. Caomin heard about the Mid-Autumn Festival. The assassin who assassinated Han Guogong disappeared near the Liu Family Winery, so I came to report to the prince because of this suspicion."

After King Jin heard this, his face was already ugly, that Liu Wei really colluded with the Southern Han assassins.

And at this time, Su Tongkan suddenly said: "The Kaifeng government will investigate your news carefully. If it is true, you will be the reward of 1000 taels of silver. Let's go down."

When Fang Ba heard the reward, his face immediately showed joy, and after agreeing, he retreated again and again; and just after Fang Ba retreated, Su Tongkan immediately ordered a yamen servant to follow Fang Ba secretly.

King Jin was a little puzzled when he saw this, and said, "Mr. Su?"

Su Tongkan smiled indifferently: "No matter whether the information provided by Fang Ba is true or not, we still want to investigate Liu Wei, but my lord, please don't forget our previous inference. Someone wants to harm Liu Wei. If so, we will investigate Liu Wei." You have to keep an eye out."

King Jin nodded after listening to Su Another Kan's explanation, and in his heart, he was also extremely reluctant to accept that Liu Wei had a relationship with the Southern Han assassins.

"Then from the point of view, sir, what should we do at this time?"

"Go to the Liu Family Winery to verify. If it is true as Fang Ba said, we have no choice but to follow the regulations." Speaking of this, Su Tongkan hesitated again, and said: "However, according to my subordinates, we still check from the side. Well, after all, Liu Wei is the son-in-law, and it's really hard for my subordinates to imagine that everything about the Mid-Autumn Festival is his conspiracy."

Regarding Su's request for another look, King Jin was silent at first, and then asked, "How to check from the side?"

"For the reason of inspection, enter the Liu Family Winery."

King Jin pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, according to Mr.'s advice, there is no need to delay. Let's go to the Liu Family Winery immediately."

The autumn wind is even colder, and it seems that the winter in the Central Plains will come very early this year.

When King Jin and Su Tongjian came to the Liu Family Winery with a few yamen servants, they found that Pan Weiji was also at the winery and was drinking with Liu Wei. Seeing how they were talking and laughing happily, they seemed to be friends who had known each other for a long time.

When King Jin saw Pan Weiji, his brows trembled slightly. He knew Pan Weiji's identity very well. The prince of the Later Zhou Dynasty had always been the object of their Zhao family's jealousy.

"It turns out that Weiji is also here, and Concubine Liu is still injured, so you can't ask him for a drink."

Pan Weiji saluted again and again, and said: "Your Majesty taught me a lesson, I'm just here to visit Prince Liu on behalf of my father."

King Jin didn't ask why Pan Weiji was here, but Pan Weiji answered, which made King Jin even more suspicious. Liu Wei frowned slightly, thinking that Pan Weiji really wanted to kill him, but Liu Wei was even more strange, Why did King Jin come here suddenly? Could it be that things have been exposed?

When thinking this way, Liu Wei quickly smiled and said: "Mr. Pan has already visited when I came out of the palace. I didn't expect Mr. Pan to come again today. I am really moved. It just so happens that the winery is newly brewed. It's a kind of wine, so I invite Mr. Pan to drink a few glasses and taste it, King Jin and Mr. Su come to taste it too!"

(End of this chapter)