Chapter 341 is a man
Thinking of this, Lord Wang suddenly felt that it was a good idea for Zuo Shiwen to be the Minister of Justice, as at least he could protect him from disasters.
However, no one expected that Zuo Shiwen would find the murderer seven days later.
When Lord Wang heard about this, he was sitting in the Dali Temple drinking tea. He was so shocked that the tea in his hand spilled.
"What did you say?"
The yamen runner who came to report said again: "Lord Zuo has found the residence of Wen Ling, and the people from the Ministry of Justice have already gone there."
Lord Wang wiped his wet sleeves casually with a handkerchief and said hastily, "Call someone, we'll go too."
The person had long left the capital, but had run very far away, hiding in a village.
When Lord Wang brought his men there, they saw flames shooting up into the sky somewhere in the village, with dark smoke rising into the sky. When they walked in, they found that Zuo Shiwen and others were in front of the burning house, and the villagers and people from the Ministry of Justice were putting out the fire.
"Lord Zuo, what's going on?" Lord Wang asked in surprise, looking at the fire-lit room of Wen Tian.
Zuo Shiwen said with a gloomy face, "I followed the clues and found that the murderer of the prince was hiding in this village. When I first arrived at the village, I saw the woman fetching water by the river. She also spotted us and turned around and ran away. When we chased her, the house was on fire. The fire was so fierce that no one could get in."
Lord Wang: "Ah? So she set the fire on herself?"
"At the moment, yes."
At this time, at the entrance of the village, a gray carriage was speeding away. Wen Ling, who was supposed to die in the fire, was sitting inside it, quickly taking off his clothes.
Gudong——
An orange rolled out of her clothes.
Wen Ling was stunned for a moment, then reached into her lapel, rummaged around, and then took out another orange and threw it to the man sitting opposite her.
"Please eat."
Sheng Xian, who was sitting opposite Wen Ling, almost twitched his mouth.
If the men who once admired Wen Ling saw this scene, their jaws would probably drop to the ground.
Who would have thought that the courtesan they were flocking to was actually a man...
What a man!
"Wen Ling"'s real name is Wen Liang. He was originally a famous young prostitute in Yangningli. He was treated as a plaything by the powerful and wealthy. He was accidentally given to Chu Jinyan as a gift. Because he had had enough of this kind of humiliation, he prepared a dagger and planned to kill Chu Jinyan first and then commit suicide.
But he failed and was beaten up instead.
Chu Jinyan did not take his life, but released Wen Liang.
However, the official who came up with the idea was executed and exiled three thousand miles away.
In order to kill Zheng Wenwu this time, Chu Jinyan ordered people to find Wen Liang and bring her to the capital, and let her disguise herself as a woman and sneak into any brothel, and then find a way to attract Zheng Wenwu's attention.
Wenliang is a man with a feminine appearance and is extremely handsome, otherwise he would not have been sold to a brothel. When he dresses up as a woman, he looks even better than the most beautiful courtesan.
As long as he killed Zheng Wenwu, Chu Jinyan promised to help him get rid of the past and stand in the sun as a man.
Chu Jin helped him clean up the mess at the banquet, but if he was caught without the ability, he would be left to fend for himself.
If you want freedom, you have to pay something.
Wen Liang agreed without saying a word.
After killing Zheng Wenwu, he escaped under the cover of Chu Jinyan, disguised as a peasant girl and temporarily lived in this village.
Chu Jinyan originally planned to let He Yu take the credit for catching the murderer, but a few days later, the incident of Zheng Kuan instructing someone to poison someone in the Ministry of Justice broke out, so he immediately changed his mind.
He did not let Zuo Shiwen know his plan, but secretly left clues for him to find here.
It was impossible for Wen Liang to be captured, so he set himself on fire.
The corpse of Shao Jiao was a female corpse that had been prepared long ago.
The fire in the house that was doused with tung oil was so big that no one could get in, so Wen Liang took the opportunity to escape from the cellar, and Sheng Xian met him at the entrance of the village.
"Thank you so much." Sheng Xian said with disdain.
When he thought about Wen Liang mistaking this thing for a breast, he couldn't bring himself to eat it.
Wen Liang quickly changed into the men's robe brought by Sheng Xian, let his hair down and tied it into a men's bun, fixed it with a jade hairpin, and wiped off the light makeup on his face. From that beautiful face, one could vaguely see the masculine aura of a man.
"Is my mission completed?" Wen Liang asked.
Sheng Xian curled his lips and smiled: "It's done."
"Then what Your Highness promised me..."
"Here." Sheng Xian took out a bundle from behind and threw it to Wen Liang: "You are free."
When Wen Liang heard these few short words, his expression was shocked, and his eyes were shining with the ecstasy of rebirth.
He opened the bundle, revealing a stack of banknotes and an identity card from his hometown, Minzhou.
For a moment, Wen Liang's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for me."
Sheng Xian smiled and nodded, then reached out and knocked on the car wall.
The carriage stopped, and he said, "I won't see you off. The driver will take you to Minzhou safely. We'll see each other later."
Wen Liang clasped his fists and bowed to Sheng Xian: "See you later."
He killed Zheng Wenwu for the Eighth Prince, and the Eighth Prince gave him the freedom he wanted but could not afford. From then on, there was no connection between them, and it was best not to meet. If one day he met the Eighth Prince again, either he would be exposed and caught, or the Eighth Prince would fall and someone would find evidence against him and put him to death.
Neither of them was what they expected.
So there is no chance for us to meet again.
Sheng Xian got off the carriage and nodded slightly to the coachman. The coachman raised his whip and the carriage drove away in a cloud of dust.
Zuo Shiwen had made contributions, but his expression was even uglier than those who had not made contributions.
The emperor wanted to reward him, but he apologized to the emperor for not being able to capture the criminal alive.
Emperor Chengde: "..."
I really want to hit him.
I praised you and you continued, why are you arguing with me?
Lord Wang was so jealous that he almost shouted: You don’t want the credit, let me do it!
No one doubted that the burned body was not "Wen Ling", because the yamen runners took the portrait of "Wen Ling" and asked the villagers one by one. All the villagers who had seen "Wen Ling" confirmed that he lived there and had moved in only a month ago.
When Zuo Shiwen and the yamen runners found the village, so many pairs of eyes saw "Wen Ling" fetching water by the river, and he turned and ran away when he saw them.
Many civil and military officials in the court were convinced of Zuo Shiwen's abilities.
Although he is not a good person, he has great abilities.
Lord Cui and Lord Wang had been investigating the case for more than half a month, and he caught the suspect just a few days after he took over.
Although he committed suicide in the end, he brought back a body.
But Lord Cui and Lord Wang hadn’t even seen a single hair before.
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The back door of the Qiao Mansion was a secluded alley. At this moment, a ladder was leaning against the wall, and Lu Chao was climbing up on the ladder.
Because the servant had to park the carriage, he arrived a little late. When he saw the wall that his young master was climbing, he almost fell to the ground with his eyes blacked out.
"Master, you are wrong, you are wrong, you are climbing the wrong wall."
Lu Chao turned back: "Huh?"
"The Qiao Mansion is on this side." Wen Zhu pointed to the opposite wall and said.
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