Taipingfang faces the West Lake to the west and Mount Wu to the south, where singing and dancing flourish.
Now Jia Sidao's mansion is located here.
At two o'clock in the morning, Jia Sidao heard a maidservant calling urgently outside the house, so he got up and walked into the hall.
"What's the matter?"
Gui Hepu hurriedly took a step forward and said: "The cricket A Lang is looking for... Li Xia, there is news. Because A Lang said that this matter should be reported immediately, so it disturbed..."
"explain."
"Yes, nearly two hours ago, he killed Zhong Xiqing, who was under Zuo Xiang's command."
Jia Sidao raised his eyes and said, "Tell me carefully."
"Yes." Gui Hepu said: "The body was found near Meijiaqiao in the north of the city. Even the people around him were dead. Zhong Xiqing was stabbed in three places and all his belongings were missing. Because there were four things left beside the body.
"I am not Yu Jie" is written in blood, so the villain concludes that it was Li Xia who did it."
Hearing this, Jia Sidao had a faint smile on his face.
Gui Hepu added: "This case was originally handled by Lin'an Prefecture, but within an hour, Zuo Xiang's Prefecture had sent someone to take over. After that, the villain did not find out more information. However, Li Xia and Nie Zhongyou collaborated with the enemy.
The charge of treason has been established."
"Where are the people?"
Gui Hepu responded: "I don't know yet. Looking at the situation, I'm afraid he will fall into the hands of the left prime minister soon."
Jia Sidao picked up a cup of tea, pondered, and said slowly: "Do you know why Li Xia killed someone and left a message?"
"Perhaps it is to... clarify the matter and show off the force and drums to challenge the leftists?"
When Gui Hepu said this, he hesitated a little, and then said: "But it is too arrogant for a small cricket to dare to be so presumptuous in front of a big rooster."
Jia Sidao put down the tea cup, as if he thought it was tasteless, and said: "Go and ask the kitchen to prepare some wine and food, and ask the two dancers in the backyard to get up and prepare it."
"yes."
Gui Hepu agreed and explained, lowering his hands and waiting for Jia Sidao to continue his instructions.
But after waiting for a long time, I looked up again and saw Jia Sidao holding a book and reading it under the candlelight.
"Alang?"
"Oh, wait outside the gate. When Li Xia comes, he will be brought in."
Gui Hepu was stunned.
He had always known that his Alang was great, but he felt that it was impossible for Li Xia to come, so he couldn't help but ask: "How did Alang know that Li Xia would come?"
Jia Sidao looked careless and said casually: "Ding Daquan, Uncle Xie Fang wants to harm him, Cheng Yuanfeng can't protect him. If he doesn't come to me, who can he look for?"
"But this..."
"Just by looking at the four words 'I am not Yu Jie', we can see that he has figured out the situation in the DPRK and went to greet him."
"yes."
Gui Hepu walked through the vestibule under the moonlight and stood outside the door, feeling incredible in his heart.
However, not long after he stood, he saw a tall figure walking out of the darkness.
…
Li Xia walked through the front courtyard, which was very beautiful.
The chirping of crickets never stops, accompanied by the faint sound of music coming from the West Lake.
Stepping into the lobby, Li Xia looked at Jia Sidao and clearly felt the difference between him and Cheng Yuanfeng.
Jia Sidao was only forty-three years old at the time. He served as a bachelor of Duanming Palace, participated in political affairs, and also served as a co-knowledge of the Privy Council. He was extremely young among the prime ministers.
He is a bit more handsome, sharp, and... youthful than Cheng Yuanfeng.
It may be strange to say "youthful", but that's how Jia Sidao felt about Li Xia.
When a person reaches the age of forty, it is inevitable that he will experience vicissitudes of life. Jia Sidao has not experienced vicissitudes of life. He is still confident and high-spirited.
While Li Xia looked at him, he was also looking at Li Xia.
Li Xia did not avoid his eyes and met his gaze calmly.
"You are very similar to me." Jia Sidao smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "Sit down, you stand too straight, you look tired."
Li Xia sat down but did not speak.
"I'm a pragmatic person. I don't have time to delay or pretend to be serious, so I just get straight to the point... But don't stare at me like that. Young people know some rules."
Li Xia finally turned his eyes and still said nothing.
He seemed to have a temporary communication barrier because of Jia Sidao.
"Do you have the information?" Jia Sidao got straight to the point.
"yes."
"Say what you want."
Li Xia pondered slightly and said, "I need to know the ins and outs of the whole thing. Why did you send us north? Why did you sell us? Why did you kill us?"
Jia Sidao turned around and glanced at Geng Le, and said: "Okay, we don't have much time, I'll keep the story short."
He organized his thoughts and began to speak.
"At the end of last year, on Jinghu North Road, Zhao Kui received news from the old ministry, inviting the Song Dynasty to secretly send envoys north. He was kept secret about this matter and was detained by the Privy Council. Zhao Kui did not get an answer, so he discussed it privately with Lu Wende.
People were afraid that the imperial court would blame them, so they did not dare to send envoys lightly, so they asked the Gao family in Dali to go north. Do you understand?"
Li Xia said: "Tricking Gao Changshou to go north to rescue Gao Qiong is actually using him to deceive others? As long as there is a Dali person going north, regardless of Gao Changshou's death or not. If Gao Changshou succeeds in getting back the information, it can be said that it was sent by the Dali people, not Zhao.
Kui, Lu Wende sent someone privately."
"Yes, two groups of people, one in the dark and one in the dark, separated when they arrived in Huaibei. Gao Changshou continued to go north, and the other group went to Kaifeng. But before they reached Guide Mansion, the entire army was wiped out."
Having said this, Jia Sidao shook his head and said: "In peacetime, Zhao Kui left many details in the north. Because they had not contacted each other for many years, they either died or rebelled, and betrayed them. At this point, Zhao and Lu realized this.
If it doesn't work, I give it a rest. But Uncle Xie Fang has already found out that he is 'provoking provocations' or even 'collaborating with the enemy', and he has implicated me."
Seeing that Li Xia was puzzled, Jia Sidao explained casually.
"Although Lu Wende was promoted by Zhao Kui in his early years, he is now mine. If Uncle Xie Fang wants to deal with Zhao Kui, he can. But he can't touch Lu Wende or me."
"Then what?"
Jia Sidao said leisurely: "I made a casual move and defeated Uncle Xie Fang's army."
"Xianqi."
"Back then, when Yu Jie was transferred from Huaiyou, he went through a secret pass and entrusted Yingzhou fine craftsman Tian Kui to the Privy Council. Last year, people sent by Zhao Kui and Lu Wende died behind Guide Mansion. This letter
The secret fold was stolen."
"Who stole it?"
"I don't know. But Tian Kui must have been exposed."
Li Xia's face darkened.
Jia Sidao acted as if he hadn't seen it, and continued: "I persuaded Cheng Yuanfeng, asked the officials to send people northward, selected Nie Zhongyou, and then secretly ordered Nie Zhongyou to bring the Dali Gao family with him, and then confused the two people who went northward.
Time will cover up the matter of Zhao and Lu's private decision-making."
"How did you convince Cheng Yuanfeng?"
"It's just one sentence, 'Take down Uncle Xie Fang'. It's simple."
Li Xia asked: "Just to bring down Uncle Xie Fang?"
"Yes, the errand was carried out under the official's secret order. The man who betrayed the Song Dynasty and almost killed you is Tian Kui. The reason why Tian Kui betrayed was ultimately because Uncle Xie Fang forced Yu Jie to be killed. Looking back on the whole thing, the only thing I can think of is
All he did was convince Cheng Yuanfeng to blame Lu Wende on Uncle Xie Fang."
"You asked us to contact Tian Kui, and you wanted us to die from the very beginning."
"No." Jia Sidao said solemnly, "I just know that Tian Kui will rebel, and I don't want you to wait to die."
Li Xia said: "What's the difference?"
"You made it back alive, didn't you?"
"Ha." Li Xia sneered.
If he had some respect for Cheng Yuanfeng when he first met him, it was different now.
At the same time, two guards in the hall drew their swords, and Gui Hepu raised a crossbow and pointed it at Li Xia...