Chapter 159 Mother and Son Monarch and Minister (7-1)

It was in October last year, when the rumors of "changing the emperor" were rampant, a passing high-ranking official came to Zhenhui Temple in Qizhou, Hubei Province, with little luggage and five attendants, all of whom spoke Beijing accent. , demeanor calm, looks different.The person who came out to deal with Zhike monks, his surname was Liang, Xing Er, his partner called him "Liang Erye", or "Liang Zongguan", so he was naturally the leader of them. Director Liang asked to live in a courtyard alone, and it is best to have his own door to enter and exit.The length of the stay is uncertain, but it will not exceed one month at most. I will give incense gold and fifty taels of silver first, and I will give more when I leave.As for his master's name and official position?And where did it come from, where did it go?I don't know anything.When the Zhigu monk asked politely, Director Liang only replied: "Please don't ask too much!"

Zhenhui Temple is a well-known Zen forest, where the Fifth Patriarch, who attained Taoism in Huangmei, a neighboring county, once made a wish.The courtyard is vast and spacious, and there are many idle houses. For the sake of fifty taels of incense, the Zhike monk asked Mr. Liang to choose a place for himself, and he chose the last courtyard. There is a gate leading to the vegetable garden, and you can enter and exit without going through the mountain gate. .At the same time, Director Liang also stated that if he starts a business by himself, he should not avoid meat.Zhike may agree. After settling down, the owner never went out, and even rarely took a walk in the yard.The Zhike monk sometimes used excuses to spy on it, and saw a hat tube on a square table in the middle of the main room, covered with a brocade burden, and the underside of the burden was long. I don't know what kind of hat it is.

The behavior of the entourage is also very careful. There is only one cook who goes to the street every day to buy vegetables.Occasionally Manager Liang would also go out, riding a jujube horse with a bright saddle and bridle, very airy. After five or six days like this, the monk Zhike became more and more suspicious as he thought about it, so he secretly went to the Zhizhou Yamen to find the secretary of the punishment room he was familiar with, and immediately sent very capable servants to "lay the pile" for investigation.The cook went out every day, and someone followed him. One day he followed him to the vegetable market. The cook had to use his own scale to buy meat. The weight did not match, and he had an argument with the meat counter.At this moment, Director Liang passed by, got off his horse, and squeezed in from the crowd of spectators. When he saw the cook, he raised his whip and whipped him. matter! It’s really hateful that you don’t listen to it!”

The cook was beaten and dared not speak back.After finishing the fight, he greeted Mr. Liang, and Fang Shi hurried away with a basket of vegetables in his hands. These situations fell into the eyes of the follower, and they were naturally reported immediately.Zhizhou Ling Zhaoxiong was very confused, and invited a group of screen friends to discuss the matter. No one could guess what Mr. Liang was up to?His servant is like this, and his master is of course even more mysterious.There was, however, a general consensus that the matter must not be neglected, and that the truth should be known as soon as possible.

Therefore, Ling Zhaoxiong asked the state judge Guo Jinsheng to discuss secretly.It was decided to give courtesy first and then soldiers, and let Guo Jinsheng go to see the so-called "Director Liang" and ask him face to face.If he falters in words, he immediately arrests people. Immediately, he summoned the head arrester, ordered a dozen people, all in plain clothes, and first guarded the entrance and exit roads of Zhenhui Temple. "This Manager Liang, according to your opinion, what path is it?" "Back to the words of the second master," Zhizhou, like the county magistrate, is called the elder master, and the state judge is the second master. The Zhike monk replied, "It seems that he has a strong background. He speaks a Beijing accent and has a great style. He is a bit like a member of the royal family."

Guo Jinsheng thought to himself, the family members of the palace are the guards, and the official ranks range from the third rank to the fifth rank, and even those who are not good enough wear blue feathers, which is equivalent to a sixth rank military officer.My official rank is only from the seventh rank, although martial arts are not as good as literature, but since the courtesy comes first and then the military, I might as well be wronged for a while, so I ordered my followers to hold a famous card and ask the monk to introduce me to pay homage to Chief Liang. Pushing through the door, Manager Liang was practicing boxing in the yard. When he saw someone following the Zhike monk, he stopped his momentum and said slightly displeased: "Hey, why did you bring someone who has nothing to do with you here?"

"Director Liang," the Zhike monk said with a smile, "Master Guo Er, the prefect of this state, is here to visit." Hearing what he said, Guo Jinsheng's family immediately took a few steps forward, greeted him first, stood up, and handed the name card with both hands. "Don't dare to take it." Manager Liang took the name post and looked at it, "I don't know Mr. Guo Er!" "Your Majesty is the local official of this state," the attendant replied alertly, "Your nobleman is passing through the border, so he should come to pay his respects."

"You're too polite!" Mr. Liang mused while putting on his clothes, and when he got dressed, he nodded and said, "Okay! Since you're here, you can't stand in the way. Please come in!" Guo Jinsheng, who was waiting outside the door, walked in calmly, and made a bow neither arrogant nor humble.Manager Liang returned the gift, and did not invite him into the house, so he stood in the yard and said: "Master Guo Er is here, there must be something, please tell me!" "Oh," Guo Jinsheng felt a little embarrassed, and after thinking about it, this is the time to test it out, so there is no need to be polite to him, "This is not a place to talk," he stretched out his hand in a gesture of hospitality, "Please!"

The word "please" is exported, and one's own steps have stepped on the steps.Manager Liang hurried forward, blocked the door and said, "Second Master Guo, please sit here!" Then, he clapped his hands lightly twice, and then someone brought two chairs over. Now, Guo Jinsheng can no longer act without authorization.However, the temptation was finally worthwhile, so if he is not allowed to enter the house, there are naturally things that cannot be seen by others. Could it be the hat under the brocade burden? The signs became more and more cryptic, and Guo Jinsheng became more and more cautious. "Director Liang," he asked modestly, "Who is the master?"

"My name is Liang Dianchen." "What about your honor? Your name?" Liang Dianchen pondered for a while, and replied as if he had no choice: "My surname is Yang." "I don't know what official position I hold? Where are you from? Where are you going?" "Master Guo, please forgive me!" Liang Dianchen said with great difficulty, "I really can't say." "Oh!" Guo Jinsheng deliberately pretended to explain, "In this way, it must be an imperial envoy sent by Beijing to investigate the case!" "That's right! You might as well guess that way."

"Since they are imperial envoys, local officials have the responsibility to protect..." "No, no! Thank you, thank you!" Liang Dianchen hurriedly waved his hands, "I'm just passing by, and I'll be staying for a few days, and I have to go elsewhere. I don't dare to be a protector! Tell Master Guo the truth, my whereabouts have to be kept secret. Please tell Mr. Ling about your difficulties, you don’t need to worry about anything, just pretend that you don’t know about it, and you will be grateful! If Mr. Guo can relax a step, there will be a lot of compensation in the future.” Saying that, arch He stood up with his hands folded, and stood aside with his hands down, as if waiting to see off the guests. Guo Jinsheng could neither hold back nor turn his face rashly.I thought to myself, what I have seen and heard here is worth scrutinizing a lot, and it is finally a worthwhile trip.Make a concession and let's go back to the yamen. Once back at the yamen, he went straight to the signing room to see Ling Zhaoxiong. He listened attentively to Guo Jinsheng's speech, and he explained his troubles first, but he didn't express his opinion. Flipping through it, I don't know what to check? Guo Jinsheng was getting impatient with the wait, and Ling Zhaoxiong began to say, "This incident is very strange and unexplainable. The imperial envoy must be a senior official of the first or second rank. From a cabinet bachelor to a ministerial official, there is no one who is thirty years old. What's more, when imperial envoys go to Beijing to investigate the incident, there must be an edict, and I checked carefully, and there is no such edict." He paused and said, "There are a lot of relatives at the age of thirty. However, relatives are not obedient. Special decree, if you can't go out of Beijing, if you go out of Beijing, you will only go outside the pass or go to the East and West Mausoleum to pay respects on your behalf, and never come to the south." This analysis was so precise that Guo Jinsheng couldn't help blurting out: "From this point of view, I'm afraid there will be a big case!" Ling Zhaoxiong and Qu Ran were moved: "Brother, what did you see so that you don't?" He asked. "Maybe the eunuch left Beijing privately." Guo Jinsheng said, "Another An Dehai appeared." Guo Jinsheng is a native of Jining Prefecture, Shandong Province. He is familiar with the story of Ding Baozhen, governor of Shandong Province, who killed An Dehai in the early years of Tongzhi.Very energetically elaborate on that year.After listening carefully, Ling Zhaoxiong raised a question: "Back then, it was because the Empress Dowager Cixi was concerned about the Empress Dowager Ci'an and Prince Gong, so she had to acquiesce in An Dehai's departure from Beijing, and it was inconvenient to protect him if something happened. Now that he is in power, he can do whatever he likes, why? With scruples?" "No! The ancestral system must not be violated. Moreover, I still suspect that this is not necessarily someone else sent by the Queen Mother. It is someone else who sent this eunuch out of Beijing." "Anyone else?" Ling Zhaoxiong was puzzled, "Who?" "Maybe it's King Duan." "Ah! Ah!" Ling Zhaoxiong nodded deeply: "It makes sense, makes sense!" Then, his complexion changed, and he said solemnly and apprehensively, "I'm afraid there will be a big case like what my brother said." So, Ling Zhaoxiong invited Muyou to discuss again.Sun Yizhen, a famous criminal master, was from Shaoxing.After listening to what Guo Jinsheng had said, he rolled his eyes, and Ling Zhaoxiong knew that when he encountered this situation, it was a sign that he had an opinion to express. "Old Master Sun, must you have a good opinion?" "I don't have any opinion, so I have to tell two stories. There are so-called 'four mysteries' in this dynasty, but now it seems that they are going to become five major mysteries!" Ling Zhaoxiong was born as a Jinshi in the two lists, and he is quite familiar with the allusions of the imperial court.Knowing that the so-called "Four Mysterious Cases" were originally three major suspicious cases in the early Qing Dynasty, one was the marriage of the Empress Dowager;There are different explanations for a suspicious case that was added later. Some say that Emperor Gaozong was actually the descendant of the Chen family in Haining, Zhejiang. Known as a suspicious case.But no matter what, all the suspicious cases come from the deep palace, but what Sun Yizhen meant, could it be that the case under discussion also involves the emperor. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but exclaimed: "As expected, it's really appalling!" "That's right! But it's appalling. It's not advisable to delay it. It's better to deal with it as soon as possible." "Old Master!" Guo Jinsheng became impatient, "Didn't you say you want to tell two stories?" "Jinsheng, don't be too busy, I will tell you. The first one, in the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong, when Gao Zongnan toured Luan and stayed in Zhuozhou, suddenly a monk brought a young man to pick him up, saying that the young man was an old man. The flesh and blood of the prince..." Prince Lu is the fourth son of the emperor, Yongxuan.He has a side Fujin, surnamed Wang, who is Han and has always been favored.There were rumors in the palace that Prince Lu had another side Fujin, who said he died of acne, but in fact it was the Wang family who killed him.And this monk refers to the young man he is carrying, who is the son of Prince Lu who is rumored to have been killed by the Wang family, but who is actually living among the people. It is unbelievable.But the truth is unknown, and the monk's merits and crimes are difficult to determine, so Gaozong handed it over to the Minister of Military Affairs for a joint trial.Zhang Jing, a military officer, came forward and slapped the young man twice, and asked sharply, "Are you a wild child in that village, who was deceived by others and dared to do such absurd things like exterminating the family?" So the child confessed his surname was Liu, It was cheated by the monk.As a result, the monk was executed, and the boy surnamed Liu was exiled to Yili. "This is the so-called 'false emperor's grandson case'. The false emperor's grandson went to Yili, and later pretended to be the emperor's grandson, but was killed by General Songyun of Yili." Sun Yizhen paused for a while and said: "The false emperor's grandson It’s strange that he exiled himself into the army and saw a monk beheaded, and severe punishments and laws are not enough to deter them from repeating the same mistakes!” "What does the old master mean," Guo Jinsheng asked, "is this emperor's grandson not fake at all?" "Who knows? This is the so-called suspicious case." Sun Yizhen said, "There is another story, which came out during the Kangxi period, and it is the case of the third prince Zhu. This case is absolutely true and true. The third prince Zhu in exchange!" "Uh," Guo Jinsheng asked, "how did you see that?" "This is a big case at the beginning of the country." Ling Zhaoxiong also said, "I have read the "Donghualu", there is a record of this case. It happened in the Kangxi forty years, and the Ming Dynasty has fallen for sixty years The principal culprit in the case is a seventy-year-old man, who seems to be a weak scholar, and it seems too bizarre to say that he is the 'third prince Zhu', either falsely accused or faked." "Dong Weng's prejudice is too deep." Sun Yizhen replied bluntly, "It was neither falsely accused nor fake, but it was a little bit wrong. When Li Zicheng broke the capital in March of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Sizong first saw it with his own eyes. Seeing the empress and concubine committing suicide, she beheaded Princess Zhaoren, fearing that she would be humiliated by the bandits, and then took the crown prince and the third son Wang Cican and Yongwang Cihuan to the trusted eunuchs, and each of them went to his own family. When the father and son said goodbye, they thought Zong told the three sons that after the country's fall, they should forget that they are princes when they go out among the people. When they meet the older ones, they should be called grandpa, and the lighter ones should be called uncle and uncle. Fortunately, they survived. When they grow up, they must avenge their parents. After this treatment was over, Fang Shi hanged himself on a pine tree in Meishan. After the prince and the two kings left the palace, things were different. The big case recorded in Donghualu as Dong Weng said, everything else is good , The little thing wrong is that the "seventy old man" is Yongwang Cihuan, who is the fourth generation, not the "third prince Zhu". This story starts with a man named Li Fangyuan in Dongping Prefecture, Shandong... …” Around the spring of the 22nd year of Kangxi, Li Fangyuan went to a friend's house surnamed Lu for a banquet. There was a guest at the same table.The owner introduced this person and said: "My surname is Zhang, and my name is Qianzhai. He is a famous scholar in Zhejiang. He is knowledgeable, excellent in writing, and good at rhythm. He is a good chess player. Now he is the teacher of the local Zhang family." Zhang Qianzhai is very humble, and everyone at the table entertains, but he is very affectionate to Li Fangyuan, and he is eager to talk to him, and he seems to fall in love at first sight.Li Fangyuan also thinks that this person is good, he is a good friend. Two days later, Zhang Qianzhai came to visit and gave him a handwritten poem fan. Sure enough, both writing and writing were excellent.In this regard, the official agreement is made, and there are often entertainments in pen and ink.After more than half a year like this, one day Zhang Qianzhai said to him: "I'm going back to the south, and I can come back in about two months. I'm here to say goodbye, and I have one more thing to ask. There are several people in the family, and the firewood and rice are provided by the owner, but I need a thousand coppers to buy food every month, so I have to ask my confidant for help." "That's a trivial matter," Li Fangyuan replied, "Don't worry, I'll send it to the government on a monthly basis." It was said that I would return in two months, but I have not returned after half a year.Because Li Fangyuan will go to Beijing for the test, he takes care of his family before leaving, and still supports Zhang's family on a monthly basis.When he came back in the spring, Zhang Qianzhai had already returned to the south with his family.If there is no communication, it has been ten years. In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi, the imperial conquest of Galdan, Li Fangyuan was entrusted with the appointment and administration of Pingshan in Dangzhi County, Raoyang, where the army passed.The dispatch of military supplies was very busy day and night, and Zhang Qianzhai came to visit lightly.Li Fangyuan didn't even have time to talk about Qi Kuo with him, so he sent Cheng Yi a sum and said goodbye in a hurry. This farewell is another ten years.In the winter of the forty-fifth year of Kangxi, Li Fangyuan had resigned and returned home, and Zhang Qianzhai came to visit again.This time I brought two sons, one eldest and one fourth.To be honest, he said that because of the continuous floods in the south of the Yangtze River, rice is as expensive as gold, so he had to go to Shandong to join his close friend, and hoped that Li Fangyuan could find a "house place" for him. The so-called "house space" is either to be a friend or to teach. These are all hired by the "Guan Shu" next year. When the age is approaching, it is too late to find a place for the museum?Li Fangyuan thought for a while, and left him to teach some of Tong Meng's grandsons.From then on, Zhang Qianzhai became the teacher of the Li family. The grandson of the Li family read "Thousand Characters", so Zhang Qianzhai's son can also be his father's teacher.As for Zhang Qianzhai himself, he often went to see his former student surnamed Zhang, and each visit lasted about ten days.Once, Li Fangyuan asked him why he didn't stay in Zhang's house for a longer time, Zhang Qianzhai replied: "There are a lot of restraints between juniors and juniors, it's inconvenient to talk and laugh, so it's better to be free at home." Hearing what he said, Li Fangyuan felt more intimate.It's just that I always feel that Zhang Qianzhai's whereabouts are unavoidably mysterious, and there is no hidden worry between his brows. I want to ask him several times, but I have no chance, so I ignore him. In the early summer of the third year, there was nothing to do in the afternoon. Li Fangyuan and Zhang Qianzhai were playing a game in the study. Halfway through the chess game, the family came to report in a panic: The county magistrate brought countless soldiers and surrounded the house. I don’t know what happened? Hearing this, Zhang Qianzhai's expression changed greatly; before Li Fangyuan could ask what happened, the officers and soldiers rushed in, shook the iron chain, put it around his neck, pulled it away, and left. Those arrested were Li Fangyuan, Zhang Qianzhai and his son, a total of four people. Li Fangyuan was at a loss as to what was going on, and he couldn't ask the truth, only knew that the situation was serious.Because the county magistrate was only ordered to arrest people. After they were caught, they didn't ask any questions. They got up overnight and sent them to the provincial capital.This means that only the commissioner or the governor can ask about this case. As expected, the person who asked was Zhao Shixian, the governor of Shandong, and the jurors on both sides were the two divisions of Fan and Gui.Other than that, there is no one else.He took Li Fangyuan to the back hall first, and waited for the guards to leave before Zhao Shixian asked: "Are you Li Penglai, who was the magistrate of Raoyang County, and his name was Fang Yuan?" "yes." "Since you study and become an official, you should know the legal principles. Why are you harboring Zhu and plotting something wrong?" Li Fangyuan was horrified, "My family only knows how to read," he said, "I don't even hear about things outside the door. What kind of Zhu is hiding there?" "Who is the teacher in your family?" "His name is Zhang Yongguan, his name is Qianzhai, and he is from the south. We met when he taught in Zhang's family twenty years ago. He came to my house in December of the year before last and taught my grandchildren to read. That's all! I don't know anyone with the surname Zhu." of." "This person's surname is Wang in the south and Zhang in Shandong. Don't you know?" "I don't know!" Li Fangyuan said heavily, "I don't know at all." So he brought Zhang Qianzhai, and Zhao Shixian asked, "Who are you?" "I am the fourth son of the emperor in the previous dynasty, named Ci Huan, originally named Yong Wang. Now that things have happened, I have to tell the truth." "Why did you settle down at home in Zhejiang?" "This, it's a long story!" According to Zhu Cihuan himself, on the day Li Zicheng broke the capital, Sizong first handed him over to an eunuch surnamed Wang, who sold him to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng handed him over to a "General Du".When Wu Sangui invited the Qing soldiers, Li Zicheng was defeated in a battle of stones at Shanhaiguan. A "General Mao" took him to Henan, abandoned horses and bought cattle, and went to the countryside to farm for more than a year.At that time Zhu Cihuan was thirteen years old. Although Ling Zhaoxiong and Sun Yizhen were very active in discussing historical events and confirming each other, Guo Jinsheng was not interested. What he cared about was the case in front of him. Woolen cloth?" This question brought back Ling Zhaoxiong's thoughts from one hundred and ninety years ago. "That's right!" he said, "The old master told these two stories, could it be that the mysterious figure in Zhenhui Temple may also have a lot of origins?" Sun Yizhen nodded, and replied with an idiom: "The world is so big, there are so many wonders." "Come on, come on!" Guo Jinsheng said in a hurry, "I also suspect that someone with a background. But, think about it carefully, no! Princes and nobles are not allowed to leave Beijing privately. Sure enough, I will leave Beijing privately. Excuse me. For what? This is not the Yongzheng period." "Not necessarily a prince." "It's not a prince, is it still the emperor?" Sun Yizhen didn't answer, nor showed any expression, but Ling Zhaoxiong was taken aback! "No way?" He gaped and said, "It's incredible that there is such a thing!" "Dong Weng, I have no prejudices. However, this matter is a juncture of Dong Weng's fortune and fortune, so we must not take it lightly. Since this year, there are often rumors that the emperor escaped from Yingtai several times and was intercepted back again; He also said that there was an Englishman named Timothy Lee, who had contacts with Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, and planned to use the embassy asylum to take the emperor to the south to establish a separate court; I hope to save the emperor." Sun Yizhen paused for a moment and then said, "The hearsay may not be credible, but the records in Chinese and Western newspapers all say that the emperor is clearly not sick, but the palace announces prescriptions every day. How can such a strange thing be explained? " "Yes, yes! The old master's analysis is very thorough, and it seems that he would rather believe it than believe it." "That's not what it means. All in all, regardless of whether it's true or not, we must try to make it clear. If it proves to be a fake, deal with it properly. Dong Weng's promotion to the magistrate refers to Gu Jian's affairs." Sun Yizhen added, " I just talked about the case of Qianlong’s pseudo-emperor’s grandson. This person was exiled to Yili, and he made a big show of it. At that time, Song Wenqing was the general of Yili. It's time to pay homage to the Prime Minister. Dong Weng should also show some courage, and it really proves that this person has evil intentions and put him in prison, just like Ding Wencheng killed An Dehai back then, enjoying great fame and great benefits." These words aroused Ling Zhaoxiong's ambition, eager to say: "Old Master, I have the courage! You can do it immediately, just wait for the old master's advice, how should I do it?" Sun Yizhen pondered for a long time before he began to speak: "Don't act too hastily! The first step might as well arrest someone and ask them, and the second step should be to report to the superior and ask for instructions." "Okay! Let's do it!" So, the next day, when Liang Dianchen's cook went to the market to buy vegetables, someone got into a fight with the cook, and then took him to the county government office.Sun Yizhen immediately interrogated in the flower hall, only brought the defendant up, and did not ask about the fight, only asked about his background. "What's your name? Are you from there?" "The young one is Wang Licheng." The cook replied, "He's from Jining, Shandong." "What do you do?" "The young ones learn the skills of cooks." "Do you work as a cook in a restaurant," Ling Zhaoxiong asked knowingly, "or work as a cook in that house." "Yes, with a master." "What's your master's name?" "The little one doesn't know." "Bastard!" Ling Zhaoxiong shouted, "There is a cook who doesn't even know the master's last name." "I really don't know, I don't dare to lie. I only belong to a manager surnamed Liang, and I have also asked, what is the owner's name? Manager Liang told me not to ask, and just listen to his instructions." "Oh!" Sun Yizhen asked again: "Then, how did you meet Mr. Liang?" "I met you in Xuzhou. The young one..." According to Wang Licheng's confession: He used to work as a cook in the family of a military attache in Xuzhou.Wang Licheng recommended the first line to find business.One day, a person who loves Beijing movies came to recommend the first line, saying that he was looking for a cook who could cook northern taste, and he chose Wang Licheng.That person is Manager Liang. "What about in the future? Where will Director Liang take you?" "Take it to a Taoist temple, stay there for three days and then leave." "Employing you as a cook, wouldn't you be allowed to meet the master?" "Yes!" Wang Licheng replied, "I said I wanted to see the master, but Mr. Liang said no. I asked the master's last name, and Mr. Liang answered my questions. I told the younger one again and again that you should not talk nonsense outside. Don't make trouble, and don't go out if you have nothing to do." "You actually listened to him?" "The small one is for the sake of money. The monthly salary is five taels of silver, and I gave thirty taels of silver for half a year." Wang Licheng said, "Manager Liang is very domineering. If the small one hadn't been greedy for his high salary, he would have quit. .” Ling Zhaoxiong thought for a while and asked again: "Have you met your master?" "Naturally." "How is it?" "In his early thirties, he was very thin, with no color on his face, and he didn't like to talk. Once he got there, he locked himself in his room, wondering what to do?" "Didn't talk to you either?" "never." "How many people do you cook?" "Cook meals for seven people." "Does your master eat alone, or with everyone?" "Of course it's only open." Wang Licheng replied, "All open to eat in his room." "What to eat?" "Not necessarily. They are all ordinary dishes, but I don't like fish very much." "Hmm, um!" Ling Zhaoxiong couldn't continue to ask. After thinking for a while, he had to ask him this way, "What do you think is different from others in your master's daily life?" "It's hard to see." Wang Licheng pondered for a while, then suddenly remembered, "One thing is different from others. Lunch is served at ten o'clock in the morning and dinner at four o'clock in the afternoon. They come earlier than usual." "What else?" Ling Zhaoxiong said kindly, "Think about it again, what else is different about your master." "I can't think of it." "Think slowly, think slowly! Always come up with something." As expected, Wang Liguo tilted his head in thought, blinked his eyes for a long time, and said suddenly: "My master is afraid of thunder." "Afraid of thunder?" Ling Zhaoxiong asked, "Why are you afraid of the law?" "The little one didn't see it. One day, I remember it was in Shouzhou, Anhui. It rained heavily and thundered at dusk, and Mr. Liang and the others rushed in. I only heard them say it afterwards. Watch by the side. Otherwise, you will get sick from fright." This answer made Ling Zhaoxiong quite satisfied, but that was all, there was nothing else to ask. "Okay! You go back! For the sake of your master, I won't punish you for beating someone. You don't have to say anything when you go back." "Yes! Thank you, my lord." Wang Licheng kowtowed, exited the flower hall, and left easily. Ling Zhaoxiong was very nervous, and returned to the signing room, and immediately invited Guo Jinsheng and Sun Yizhen to talk, and he said at the beginning: "I'm afraid the emperor escaped from Yingtai!" Guo Jinsheng jumped up in shock and shouted, "Is there such a thing?" "Take it easy, take it easy! Brother Jinsheng, don't be impatient." Ling Zhaoxiong said, "Here are two pieces of evidence. First, the rules in the palace call for dinner at ten o'clock in the morning. It was four o'clock in the afternoon when the meal was delivered. After the meal, the palace gate was unlocked. Second, the emperor was afraid of thunder. It was the Empress Dowager Cixi who told the princes and ministers personally when she was training the government in early August last year. People who know about it Quite a lot, definitely not fake!" Guo Jinsheng was stunned, but Sun Yizhen was very deep and silent.There was a moment of silence in the signing room, as if a needle could be heard falling on the ground. "Dong Weng," it was Sun Yizhen who finally broke the silence, "The more strange things happen, the more unbelievable the more believable, the more believable the more unbelievable. In a word, this case must be handled in Qizhou!" "how do I say this?" "It's a blessing and a curse to do it in Qizhou; it's harmful but not beneficial if it's pushed out of Qizhou. Why?" Sun Yizhen asked himself and answered: "This kind of case doesn't happen here, it will happen somewhere. If it's in Qizhou Xinsu , Of course it doesn’t matter, I’ve been staying in Zhenhui Temple for a few days now, the monk came to report, and I sent someone to check, but it turned out to be 625, and I was sent out of Qizhou. May I ask Dong Weng, if you are a Shangguan, What do you think?" This is very clear, "That's right, that's right!" Ling Zhaoxiong nodded deeply, "The higher-ups won't understand the difficulties of the subordinates who dare not cause such a big trouble, they must blame me for not reporting such a big incident, which is a dereliction of duty. " "That's it! That's it." Sun Yizhen said, "It's about to be done, as long as it is handled properly, no matter whether it is true or not, it will always be Dong Weng's credit. Speaking of it, it is really beneficial and harmless." "That's a good word!" Guo Jinsheng interrupted, "I don't know the word 'properly handled', how easy is it?" "It's nothing," Ling Zhaoxiong said, "First, we need to send more people to protect us and monitor them secretly; second, I'm going to Huangzhou today to meet Kui Taizun and see what he has in mind. , here it is Brother Lao Jinsheng and Old Master Sun." So hastily dressed, Ling Zhaoxiong made a special trip to Huanggang, the prefecture of Huangzhou, to see the prefect Kuilin for instructions.Guo Jinsheng did not dare to be negligent, and after discussing with Sun Yizhen, he decided to send Zhizhou's personal soldiers to catch thieves, dressed in plain clothes, and "set up stakes" around Zhenhui Temple for surveillance. .Guo Jinsheng originally had another mansion, but this day he moved to live in Xihuating, Zhizhou Yamen, in order to cope with the situation. In this way, he was on guard for a whole day and night as if he was facing a big enemy. Fortunately, nothing happened.In the afternoon of the next day, Ling Zhaoxiong came back from Huanggang and told Guo Jinsheng, "Taizun Kui also found it suspicious. But his opinion is that seven parts are false and three parts are true. Before the truth and falsehood are not clear, it is not appropriate to get involved in Zhang Huang. , what he meant, no matter what, we should have a face-to-face with the master who is afraid of thunder. If you see the situation, let him know as soon as possible. I think this is also a good idea. Let’s discuss now, how can we meet up?" "It's easy to meet face-to-face!" Sun Yizhen said: "Dong Weng prepares a post to visit. If you don't see him, it's okay to force your way in. But think about it first. What's your attitude when you meet? How about the fake one? What about the real one? No So what if it's true?" "Yes! If you catch a fake, you really can't treat him as the real one. You should stabilize it first and then discuss it. It's easy to handle, but if you still can't tell if it's real or fake, then it will be difficult." Ling Zhaoxiong He also said, "I was thinking all the way, the emperor has never seen anyone before, maybe the counterfeit can be distinguished, for example, the accent is wrong. It is really hard to see, why should he be the emperor?" "Actually, Taizun Kui should come to recognize him." Guo Jinsheng said, "He is a banner man, and he has always seen the emperor." "No!" Ling Zhaoxiong said, "I asked, but he hasn't seen it either." "Then, is it true that no one in the entire Hubei Province has ever seen Tianyan?" "That's the second step." Sun Yizhen said, "This mysterious case is an anecdote, there is no precedent to refer to, eat and peel the radish, and we will only talk about it when the time comes." This is an inconclusive conclusion, and then discuss the details of Ling Zhaoxiong's visit to Zhenhui Temple.Guo Jinsheng advocated that Ling Zhaoxiong went there to burn incense with an excuse, only wearing plain clothes, and ordered the Zhike monk to go in to report when he got there.You might as well bring your official uniform, just in case. Both Ling Zhaoxiong and Sun Yizhen felt that this idea was very good, because it would be too publicized to cause many inappropriate rumors if they went away with a gong and a shout.