Chapter 44 Chapter Nineteen

Di Gonggong was taking notes under the lamp, and saw Qiao and Tao coming back in disarray.Surprised: "What happened?" Qiao Tai and Tao Gan sat down, poured several bowls of water again and again, and recounted the encounters in the State Examination Institute in detail. "What about the one who was caught alive?" Duke Di asked. "Oh, don't mention it, I was out of breath before I reached the gate of the yamen. Wu Zuodao crushed the sternum and suffocated to death." Di Gong was sullen and paced back and forth. Tao Gan took the cricket silk cage out of his sleeve, and carefully spread the two maps on the desk.The crickets "tweeted" in the silk cage.

Di Gong found that both maps were drawn ten years ago.On the picture of the Xiangfang in Huaisheng Temple, a red circle is added to the Five Immortals Hotel, the intention is very clear. "Then Miss Lanli's eyes are not blind, I'm afraid they are clearer and brighter than you and me." Tao Gan frowned and thought about it, shaking his head again and again. The Chinese army led the Patrol Academy into the study and reported: "Yao Taikai went back to the mansion. After drinking a few cups of wine, he scolded the wives and concubines at home. Sixth Aunt argued a few words and told him to strip his clothes and beat him. She is still very pampered on weekdays. After beating, scolding, drinking, and getting drunk, I gave up. There is no abnormal behavior."

Duke Dee asked, "Did Manser catch it?" "No. He's in hiding. Not a single ghost in the mansion." Duke Di sighed and waved his hand to signal the military academy to retreat. After a while, the Chinese army came to report again: "A secret decree from the capital has arrived at the military post, ordering Master Di to dismantle it." Di Gong was overjoyed, and hurriedly passed Junyi into the study to hand in the submission, stamped his private seal on the receipt, and drew his name.Order the army station to go back to the villa to rest and return tomorrow.Junyi Road: You must return by starry night without delay.

Di Gong had no choice but to let Junyi go first, and he didn't even take a sip of tea. ——He opened the secret decree and read it carefully, frowning, and his mood became more and more restless. Tao Gan and Qiao Tai didn't dare to ask in detail for a moment. Duke Di sucked up the tea, sighed and said, "The situation in the capital is serious. The sage is dying of illness and will die within a few days. The empress has made up her mind to come to the imperial court to proclaim the throne. The imperial ministers of the three provinces decided to support the third crown prince on the throne and announced Liu Daoyuan's disappearance. Also push the head of the Taige Pavilion. Order me to stop looking for Liu Daoyuan and return to the capital immediately."

Tao and Qiao were also in a panic and didn't know what to do. Di Gong flicked his sleeves and said: "Time is not waiting for me, I can only put all my eggs in one basket and give it a try." Tao Gan asked: "I don't know what clever strategy the master has, to use it as a killer copper?" "At this moment, you order the carpenter in the yamen to carve a wooden human head. The facial features are similar to Mr. Liu. The fashion is hung in the wooden cage at the gate of the city in the middle of the night. Announcements are posted everywhere, sealing my official seal and the official seal of the governor's mansion. "

"The proclamation was drafted by me. To the effect that Liu Daoyuan, an imperial convict in the capital, sneaked into Guangzhou. The Dali Temple captured the proclamation and pursued him everywhere. The body of the imperial convict was seized by the yamen of the Governor's Mansion a while ago, and he was poisoned to death. Now according to the Divide the corpse by law, and show it to the public for three days. The imperial court rewarded five hundred taels of gold, and those who executed the imperial convicts were only allowed to come to the yamen of the governor's mansion to receive the reward on the same day. ——The Minister of Dali Temple will return to Beijing after the award today , it will be invalid the next day.”

Di Gong flicked his pen while writing sentences, and finished reading.Dozens of copies of the yamen book were hand-copied, and immediately posted in various places inside and outside the city without error. Tao Gan said: "The reward period is only one day, I'm afraid it's hard to get the winning ticket." Di Gong said with a smile: "This matter should only be a sudden attack, not a slow work. The first criminal will never take the bait. I only hope that the people who coerce, bribe, and execute will rush to surrender without the consent of the first criminal. , to tell the truth. When the first criminal wanted to stop him, it was too late. Therefore, it is very tempting to limit it for one day."

Qiao Tai was dumbfounded: "Five hundred taels of gold, you won't be able to earn it in your lifetime. If it was Master Liu who I poisoned, I doubt it, and I will desperately eat pufferfish." Tao Gan was worried and didn't say another word.