Dakui worked hard all the way and slept in the open air, and it took him less than five days to get back to Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province.
The twenty guards who stayed in Quanzhou were all excited when they saw Da Kui coming back safely, because they knew that there would be an earth-shattering action next.
Since Dakui left Quanzhou, Pan Lei still attended the church on time as usual, and lived and ate as usual. Naturally, this would not arouse others' suspicion. After meeting Dakui, he heard that Zhu Shouren had also surrendered, and his family was safe and sound. Pan Lei
Lei had a great heart. After reading Mrs. Pan's letter, Pan Lei's face changed from joy to sadness, and after a while he became even more heartbroken.
Dakui couldn't help asking why, but Pan Lei burst into tears, how could he answer Dakui's questions. Dakui took Mrs. Pan's letter from Pan Lei's hand, and was shocked when he saw it.
The meaning of the letter was that Pan Lei had been away from home for two years and something happened at home. Years ago, the Yuan court increased its troops in Wuwei County and sent a general. This general was Dutton.
As the garrison of Luzhou, Zhu Shouren naturally wanted to host a banquet for Dutton to welcome him. Who knew that Dutton then ordered people to search for beauties in Luzhou City for his pleasure. Although Mrs. Pan stayed at home for a long time, her beauty was...
Everyone knows that this is really a misfortune for beauty. When Dutton heard that there was such a beauty in Luzhou, he immediately led fifty of his subordinates to break into Pan's house with evil intentions.
Mrs. Pan still has two sons. The eldest son Pan Yang is only nine years old, and the younger son Pan Yue is only two years old. Dutton wanted to use force, and Pan Yang could not tolerate it when he saw Dutton bullying his mother. Then he took advantage of Dutton's absence.
He was prepared and bit Dutton on the leg. Dutton was furious and ordered Pan Yang to be thrown into the well, and then threatened Pan Yue's life to force Mrs. Pan to submit.
In order to save the life of her only surviving son, Mrs. Pan could only endure the humiliation and submit to Dutton.
In the days that followed, Dutton came to harass her again and again. Mrs. Pan just wanted to die. Who would have thought that Dutton had already told the maid next to Mrs. Pan: If anything happened to Mrs. Pan, the rest of the people would wait.
He and his family will not escape death.
As a result, Mrs. Pan sought death several times but was saved by her servants. It was not until a few months later that Dutton led troops to Wuwei County that Mrs. Pan had a brief period of peace.
Later, Da Kui came to Pan's house, and Mrs. Pan used Da Kui's hand to kill Dutton...
At the end of the letter, Mrs. Pan said that the child would be entrusted to Taiping Mansion. Now she no longer has the face to see her husband, so she said goodbye. From now on, the world is separated, and she hopes that her husband will take care of his health and take care of the child...
The sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortune and good fortune. No wonder Mrs. Pan asked Da Kui to kill Dutton. It turned out that there was indeed such a twists and turns. After reading Mrs. Pan's letter, Da Kui couldn't help sighing in his heart.
Pan Lei was sitting on the chair, leaning over, covering his head and face with his hands, and he was crying loudly. The man did not shed tears easily, but he was not sad yet. Dakui let Pan Lei cry, maybe he cried in his heart
It will feel better.
Da Kui and his relatives followed Pan Lei out of the room and closed the door for Pan Lei. Da Kui walked to the courtyard and looked at Pan's mansion's scenery and facilities. He couldn't help but realize that every plant, tree, rockery and flower here were all modeled after Pan Lei in Luzhou.
It is built in the original appearance of the mansion.
Dakui saw the portrait of Madam Pan painted by Pan Lei with his own eyes. The Madam Pan in the painting is the same as the real person, which shows that Pan Lei has a deep affection for Madam Pan.
I don't know how much time passed, but Da Kui heard a loud noise in the room. Everyone rushed to the door. Da Kui shouted sharply: "Everyone, stop, don't disturb Mr. Pan easily. Don't worry, you will be fine."
After a while, Pan Lei opened the door and walked to Dakui, holding a wooden box in his hand.
"Sir Zhang, this is the list that Pan promised you, please keep it." Pan Lei said in a suppressed voice.
Dakui reached out to take the wooden box and handed it to Gou Sheng behind him, then said: "Brother Pan, don't be sad. I will handle this list properly. I wonder what Brother Pan's plans are in the future?"
Pan Lei looked up at the clouds on the horizon and said sadly: "Fame and wealth are just a cloud. From now on, Pan will wander around and never participate in the affairs of the world." There was indescribable sadness in his words, and he couldn't help but shed tears again on his face.
Dakui nodded and said: "I will prepare my men and horses now. Brother Pan will go to Taiping Mansion to pick up the child first, and then he can find me in Wu County, Longping Mansion. I have a house there. Brother Pan will stay there from now on."
"What Dakui said was that he wanted to invite Pan Lei to go to Longping with him.
Unexpectedly, Pan Lei smiled and said: "Thank you Master Zhang for your kindness. Pan will not dare to forget Master Zhang's kindness in this life, so I will say goodbye." Pan Lei said and strode out of the yard.
Dakui immediately ordered Gou Sheng: "Prepare horses for Master Pan, and give Master Pan three thousand taels of silver notes for expenses." Gou Sheng took the order and went to work immediately.
As night falls, the reception hall of Pan's mansion is brightly lit. Da Kui is sitting on a chair holding the list that Pan Lei gave him. It can be said that the names recorded on Pan Lei's list are the same as those on the list issued by Zhu Shouren.
Basically the same. And as Zhu Shouren said, it is difficult to record all the names from memory. But Pan Lei's list just makes up for this lack. There are more than 400 officials involved in the case, ranging from second-grade court officials to the next.
The incident was recorded at the ninth level; more than 2,700 officials and party members were involved.
Looking at this list, Da Kui couldn't help but feel dizzy. These spies and traitors are distributed in 82 prefectures and 696 counties in Jiangnan. It is not easy to capture them one by one.
Da Kui thought about it and finally decided to return to Lin'an. Because Da Kui had his own yamen in Lin'an City. Since the yamen was built, Da Kui had not spent a day in the yamen.
Dakui ordered him to go down and rest for a while before setting off the next day. Everyone around him took the order and went back to rest.
In order to verify the names on the list one by one, Gou Sheng and others spent a long time to figure it out. Dakui just sat aside and waited for the data to be reported. Now that things are roughly clear, there is no need for Dakui to be in Quanzhou.
He stayed again. But there was still one knot in Dakui's heart, and that was Xiangquanfang in Quanzhou.
Pan Lei had written everything he knew on paper and handed it to Dakui along with the roster. According to Pan Lei's writing, the man behind Quanzhou Xiangquanfang was actually Taichang Qing Hu Weiyong.
In his early years, Hu Weiyong followed Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang to raise troops in Haozhou. He successively served as a marshal's official, chief secretary of Ningguo, county magistrate, general magistrate of Ji'an, Huguang Qianshi, Taichang Shaoqing and even today's Taichang Qing. Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang loved his talent very much.
And because Hu Weiyong and the King of Wu were from the same hometown, Wu King Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Hu Weiyong from Huguang Province to Yingtian as a court official. Dakui had heard these things mentioned by Tang and Brother Tang before.
Thinking of Hu Weiyong's work in Huguang Province, Da Kui couldn't help but think of Wang Fu, who participated in the politics of Hu Guang Province. What kind of connection would there be between the two people? Da Kui thought for a long time and couldn't help but feel depressed. He might as well go out for a walk when he was upset.
.Dakui then left Pan's house alone and came to the street.
The moonlight was like water and the long street was silent. After walking for a while, Da Kui couldn't help but put aside his chaotic thoughts and walked around the wall of Pan Mansion. Da Kui was a little curious in his heart: "How much land does Pan Mansion occupy?" When Da Kui walked around to the back door of Pan Mansion
Then I saw a figure standing in front of the back door.
Dakui didn't say anything and walked softly behind the man. Only then did he realize that Cai Ren was talking to the door. This man looked very young. He was wearing a moon-white robe and an alchemist's scarf on his head. He looked like he was studying.
Talent is right.
I heard the scholar say to the door: "Lian'er, in my free time, I went to ghostwrite couplets for others. When someone found me, I pretended to be a filial son and a virtuous grandson to mourn for someone. I saved ten taels of silver in the past year."
I originally planned to use the money to pay for my exams, but the pain of lovesickness is unbearable. I would rather give up my fame to see you. Do you know that I am infatuated?"
There was no movement at the door, and Da Kui couldn't help but feel doubtful. He immediately stepped back quietly, and then quickly walked back to the main entrance of Pan's mansion when he was far away. Da Kui snickered in his heart, and walked back through the courtyard and hall to the backyard.
Sure enough, from afar, I saw a slim figure standing by the back door. It turned out that it was Lian'er who had a private meeting with the young master at the back door, but due to etiquette, it was inconvenient to open the door to meet him.
Only now did Dakui remember that he had never seen Lian'er since she arrived at Pan's Mansion because he was busy with work. Now that he saw Lian'er here, he couldn't help but understand. It must be Gou Sheng and others who placed her in this backyard.
, after not hearing any news from him for many days, he actually forgot about Lian'er. At this time, Lian'er was standing in the courtyard, listening to the heartfelt narration of the people outside the door, and she had already burst into tears.
The young master outside the door still whispered: "Lian'er, don't worry. I will go to Yingtian to take the college entrance examination. When I become famous, I will definitely come to redeem you."
It was only at this moment that Lian'er, who was standing inside the door, said, "How can you get to Yingtian without any money?"
The young master said, "I still have an old house at home. I will make money by selling it."
Lian'er cried and said: "Young Master has spent a lot of money on the slave family in recent years. The slave family is in ruins, and it is not worthy of the master's infatuation. The master can just go and get fame, and then he will have a beautiful wife like a flower. Master
Why is this necessary?”
"If you ask what love is in the world, it will teach you whether to make love between life and death. Traveling from the south to the north, how many times have old wings experienced cold and heat? Joy is fun, parting is painful, and there are even more idiotic children. You should say: Thousands of miles of clouds, thousands of mountains at dusk
, only the shadow is for whom! On the Hengfen Road, when the flutes and drums were lonely, the desolate smoke was still clear. How could the souls be summoned? The mountain ghosts cried in the wind and rain. The sky was jealous, and did not believe in it. The orioles and swallows are all in the loess. Thousands of years.
For eternity, in order to entertain the scholar, he sang and drank wildly and visited Yanqiu." The young master outside the courtyard chanted in a low voice, but it was the song "Moyu'er" written by Yuan Haowen (Jin Dynasty).
At this time, Dakui couldn't help but think of the scene when he was infatuated with Huang Ying. Dakui, who was also infatuated, couldn't help but sympathize with this infatuated young man outside the hospital.
Lian'er was redeemed by Pan Lei for eight thousand taels of silver. Although the beauty of adulthood is a good thing, it cannot be allowed to be taken advantage of by the boy outside the door. Da Kui had an idea in his mind and immediately shouted: "Who is doing this for a private life here?"
meeting?"
This shout frightened Lian'er so much that her face turned pale, and the young master outside the door almost sat down on the ground in shock.