The afternoon sun shone in through the carved wooden window, revealing a faint stain on Zhang Ning's snow-white lining collar; he rested in the inn last night and didn't change his lining all day, so the white collar was a little dirty.
It will be very obvious. In fact, dressing like this is a bit pretentious. Because there were no washing machines in the Ming Dynasty, changing underwear every day was actually a very troublesome thing. Fortunately, with his current status, he has slaves to serve him. Whether he pretends to be pretentious or not is up to him.
Free; if there were no such conditions, his habit would definitely be gossiped about. As the saying goes, all abstract tastes are based on real conditions. If you don't have money and status, many things are just bullshit. It's better to be vulgar.
nature.
He sat in the room for a while, thinking about things calmly. He was also suspected of pretending to be cool, but he didn't realize it.
"I have to go to the main forum of the Anti-Here Cult as soon as possible." It took Zhang Ning a long time to say a word.
In his complicated thoughts, he seemed to have returned to a certain point in time in the past, when he was faced with a rather troublesome math problem. In fact, the situation at this time had some similarities with the math problem. Each step was not difficult, just a step.
It seems a bit complicated if there are more; in addition, it requires an entry point and creative thinking to find the key... Of course, if it is just a math problem, it will be fine, and there is no need to consider human life.
At this time, he was thinking in his mind, since Empress Ma used unscrupulous means to frame Yao Ji, then when she had the opportunity, she would not try her best to punish Yao Ji to death? If Emperor Jianwen removed Yao Ji's power, isolate her.
Cultists, won't it be an opportunity for Queen Ma to have her share of meat?
At this time, Fang Ling on the side asked: "Master Zhang is going to exterminate the evil cult. What should we do with Zhan Zhuli who was kidnapped from the city and Wu Yong who is on the run?"
"The Peach Blossom Fairy has been sent to chase Wenjun and Wu Yong." Zhang Ning said, "I have to leave the city to deal with this matter first, and then rush to ward off the evil sect. Miss Fang asked the messenger to stay in the tea garden for a while. When I come back, let the messenger
Take me to ward off evil spirits."
Fang Ling couldn't help but asked softly: "You want to kill them?"
Zhang Ning was silent for a moment, nodded, stood up immediately, and said, "I'm leaving the city now."
For a moment, Fang Ling suddenly felt that Zhang Ning was becoming a stranger. She understood Zhang Ning's background. He was originally just a scholar who had been studying hard for twenty years. He had no power, and he was addicted to classics and was brainwashed into a kind heart. Then he
When she was working as an interviewer in Yangzhou, she captured Zheng Qia alive and killed Peng Tianheng, which made Fang Ling's influence on him somewhat changed and she felt that he was not a nerd; but this time she wanted to kill someone to silence him, even if Fang Ling was on the opposite side of the court, she would
Knowing right and wrong, Zhang Ning suddenly felt like he was going crazy.
Zhang Ning left the Yuanshui Tea Garden. He had already decided to kill the person and deal with it himself. He wanted to see the body with his own eyes to be sure.
When I left the city, I saw Xu Guangxu. The carriage was parked on the side of the road. The coachman was gone. Xu Guangxu was in the carriage. Zhang Ning got on the felt carriage and saw that Zhan Zhuli had woken up from a coma, with a broad-skeletal face.
His eyes seemed to be particularly bright at this time, probably because his mouth was blocked and he could not speak, so he could only communicate with his eyes, so his eyes were wide open.
"The groom is gone?" Zhang Ning asked casually and added without waiting for an answer, "There are only four people involved in this matter now. In addition to the two of us, there are also Xu Wenjun and Peach Blossom Fairy who are chasing Wu Yong. Don't be the second one.
Five people knew."
Lao Xu said calmly: "Don't worry, boss. I had already considered these issues when I agreed to follow my boss in Yangzhou."
After hearing this, Zhang Ning felt relieved, nodded with some approval, and said, "Let's walk northeast along the road while waiting for news from Wenjun."
So Lao Xu went to the front to catch the bus. Zhang Ning looked at Zhan Zhuli in the carriage. Zhan Zhuli was tied up in various ways and couldn't move. I'm afraid there was no possibility of breaking free.
In the evening, she saw Xu Wenjun returning. She said that Wu Yong had caught him, so the group joined together and continued walking north. Passing by a market, Zhang Ning asked someone to buy hoes, shovels and other tools.
Throw it on the carriage.
Lao Xu and Wenjun were silent when they saw this, probably guessing the use of these tools. Zhang Ning originally thought that it would be cleanest to burn the corpses with firewood, but he realized a problem. It might take hundreds of kilograms of firewood to cremate two corpses.
Yes, but where does the firewood come from? Going up the mountain to chop it requires labor and time. There are two women and an old man in the group, and Zhang Ning is a civil servant. It is a bit difficult to chop a few hundred firewood. If you go to buy it, you will get more witnesses and clues.
.And when the fire reaches the sky, it will easily attract the attention of people around. So he decided to give up this method of destroying corpses and eliminating traces.
The Peach Blossom Fairy led the way, and Lao Xu drove the car into a forest on the roadside. He saw Xu Wenjun standing next to a tree holding a dagger. Wu Yong was tied to the tree, and the reins of the two horses were also tied.
nearby.
Zhang Ning ordered Wu Yong to be untied from the tree and tied back to the horse. They temporarily abandoned the carriage in the woods, took the horses and camels, and walked along the woods toward the mountains as far away from the post roads as possible.
After walking for an hour or two, it was completely dark. No one had eaten dinner. They were already hungry after struggling for a long time. When he walked to a Tutu Temple, Zhang Ning saw that there were no lights nearby, and there were few people in the mountains and forests.
, and asked everyone to stop.
Xu Wenjun lit a fire in the Tutu Temple to keep warm, and Zhang Ning asked people to take the two captives into the Tutu Temple. Everyone was silent. Fairy Peach Blossom looked calm and didn't say anything. She probably didn't know what to say. Fairy Peach Blossom was there.
In the process of armed trafficking in illegal salt, she had conflicts with the government and colleagues. It was inevitable that she had never committed a homicide. Her expression gave Zhang Ning encouragement. Maybe the murder was nothing more than this?
So Zhang Ning said: "Strangle them here to avoid bleeding, and then find a secluded place on the mountain to dig a hole and bury them."
This sentence made both Wu Yong and Zhan Zhuli struggle for a while. Wu Yong stared wide-eyed and shook his head, trying to say something. Zhang Ning thought to himself: I have been friends with Wu Yong for several years, and now
He is going to die. If he is not given a chance to say a few last words, there is no need to let him go to the grave holding in his words.
Zhang Ning then ordered: "Take the things out of their mouths. There is no point in shouting in this wilderness."
After the cloth from Zhan Zhuli's mouth was pulled out, he immediately said: "The criminal who is going to be beheaded in public still has a good meal before death, not even a drink of wine?"
Zhang Ning was stunned and said helplessly: "I didn't expect this. I was shopping at the market before and bought you a bottle of wine."
At this time, Wu Yong was just able to speak, took a deep breath, and said hurriedly: "Zhang Pingan, you think it will be fine if you kill us? Something happened to two of us at the same time. You think Mr. Hu is so confused as a three-year-old child! This
Sooner or later the matter will have to be settled with you... Why don't we get into this situation if we can talk things over easily? As long as you let me go, I swear to God that I will never say anything like that."
Zhang Ning was silent, thinking that if everything had to be discussed, how could the entire history of mankind turn into a history of war? He thought for a while, did not answer directly, and only asked: "Now that we have talked, I
There is one thing that puzzles me. Why was it Zhan Zhuli who went to the Yamen to report, but Mr. Wu was the one who sneaked out of the city? If Zhan Zhuli had not thrown himself into a trap and walked away on his own, it would have been much more difficult for us to chase him than to chase Mr. Wu.
"
Without waiting for Wu Yong to answer, Zhan Zhuli said: "Master Wu said that the Changde Prefect will definitely report the report to the police and dare not hide it; and we have no real evidence. If I go to Beijing to report, I don't know how to deal with the bureaucracy.
It might be self-defeating. So I asked Mr. Wu to come to Beijing, and I went to the Changde government office for help... Unexpectedly, Changde government office was so dark, and the prefect arrested me without saying a word, and handed the letters and letters to you. This..."
"It is indeed a lie." Zhang Ning blurted out, turning to look at Wu Yong, "Mr. Wu, what else can you say? You have tricked Lao Zhan to death. Don't say you didn't expect this result, then the prefect of Changde will listen to others
If you are a follower of the family, you will inexplicably create enemies in the officialdom?"
Zhan Zhuli immediately looked at Wu Yong angrily and cursed: "You bitch, you are so unjust! Mr. Zhan has been following you for many years, and you don't have two intentions? It would be better for you to throw me into the fire pit when the trouble comes."
Push, are you okay with trying to punish your own people?"
Wu Yong's face turned blue and white and he was speechless. He paused for a while and then said: "Master Zhang, please give me a way to survive. If I tell the secret, I will be struck by thunder and die."
At this moment, there was a sudden flash of light outside the temple and a muffled "rumbling" sound in the sky, as if it was going to rain. Zhang Ning turned around and looked up at the sky outside the door. When he turned back, he saw a very embarrassed expression on Wu Yong's face.
Wu Yong said hurriedly: "It's rainy in the south in spring. I guess the weather is about to change. God has no other intentions..."
Zhang Ning nodded and said: "That must be the case. If God is so efficacious, how come the heinous villains since Robber Zhi have not been punished by God?" He was silent for a while and said: "So even if you break your oath, there is no telling whether the curse will be efficacious.
Okay. Is there anything else to say? It’s almost time.”
Wu Yong's face turned pale and he burst into tears: "I still have a wife and children at home. I need to support them. My children haven't grown up yet. I don't want to die." After saying this, he struggled to kneel down, but his hands and feet were tied and he finally fell to the ground.
After chewing a mouthful of dust, his beard seemed to have turned gray, "Master Zhang, for the sake of our friendship and the sake of the Wu family's wife and children, please give me a way to survive..."
At this time, Zhan Zhuli said coldly: "I just saw Mr. Wu's potential today, what's the use of begging? If this happened to you, could you let him go and seek death yourself? Alas... It's just...
It’s a pity there is no wine.”
Wu Yong scolded: "If you don't speak, can you become mute?!"
Unexpectedly, Zhan Zhuli was still a man who looked down upon death, so Zhang Ning said: "When I get back, I will make a whole jar of wine to toast you, and you can drink it to your heart's content underground. You two, go on your way in peace."
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