But An Shigeng, who everyone thought had successfully escaped, had his body placed in front of everyone. After confirmation by the six doors, An Shigeng's death was due to his meridians being broken and then being stabbed through with a knife. His heart was damaged and he died of excessive blood loss. ¡û
The time of death was not too long, so everyone, including Liumen, had a question in their minds, that is, who killed An Shigeng?
It¡¯s a pity that this case is just like those unsolved cases in the past, with no clues at all. In the vast sea of ??people, where can I find the murderer of An Shigeng?
In the end, this matter was resolved after the imperial court came. The people from the Ministry of Punishment took Prime Minister Cai's instructions and took away An Shigeng's body directly and returned it to the An family. At least the soul returned to his hometown and no need to build a tomb.
As for the An family, apart from the death of An Shigeng, there was no major loss. Of course, in order to make up for the losses of the six gates, the court, and the prince's palace, the An family had to pay a large sum of money for compensation. But although there is a lot of money, it is far from breaking the bones for my family, who has a strong family background.
With lizi (silver) and face (An Shigeng's body), the court let the An family go, and the matter was over. Liumen suffered huge losses in this operation, but they also made great contributions. Whether it was the previous counterfeit copper coin case or the subsequent fatal orchid case, their actions were remarkable. Therefore, the imperial court also issued a special decree to confer numerous titles on the six sects including Catcher.
The position of the God Catcher remains unchanged, but the grade is increased by one level, from the original third grade to the second grade. Although official positions in the Song Dynasty were redundant. But for a military officer like Zhu Shen who holds great power, especially the lifeblood of the capital. The imperial court has always been secretly suppressing it. Therefore, although Six Gates is not much different from the Ministry of Punishment, Catching God is compared to Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. One is a genuine third grade, the other is a genuine first grade, and there is a full three levels difference in between, which can be seen from this.
And this time, it was because of his hard work and his loyalty to catch the gods. With the prince's recommendation, the imperial court granted him a first-level title. As for Zhuge Zhengwo, Shenhoufu and others, they made meritorious deeds, and their merits and demerits were balanced. The previous accusation of being an accomplice of the An family was wiped out, and the Shenhou Mansion was allowed to reopen, and Zhuge Zhengwo was also reinstated.
Perhaps it was to deliberately pit the two sides against each other and prevent one side from becoming dominant, so the rank of Zhuge Zhengwo, who was in charge of the Shenhou Mansion, was also the weird second rank. Of course, before this, Zhuge Zhengwo was the first guard of Zheng'er Baijing, and according to his rank, he was the second rank. Specialized in protecting the emperor personally.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of the second rank, actually downgraded by one level. It was only when Zhuge Zhengyi met Zhuge Zhengyi for the first time that he suspected that Zhuge Zhengyi was sent by the imperial court to distract him. After all, there is no one who is so deceived that he doesn't want to take the position of the second-rank official, but eagerly comes to take the position of the third-rank official. And it¡¯s the kind of person who wants people but doesn¡¯t want them.
The six doors were rewarded, and the Shenhou Mansion was reopened. The An family was pardoned, and the prince's palace let things go. The court was also satisfied with An Shigeng's death, so the matter seemed to have been perfectly resolved.
Of course, there will still be people discussing behind the scenes who killed An Shigeng.
Shenhou Mansion.
When they returned to the Shenhou Mansion again, whether it was Zhang Yang, Zhuge Zhengwo or others, they all felt that things were right and people were different. Finally, such a big case was solved and the true face of the final mastermind An Shigeng was revealed. Everyone was very excited and decided to continue eating hot pot at noon today!
Zhang Yang looked at the table full of hot pot ingredients with a green face, including all kinds of fresh vegetables, mutton and pork, dipping sauces made by Dingdang and Ling'er themselves, chive flowers, fermented bean curd, sesame sauce, chili oil and so on. There are also the fine wines and dishes that Jiao Niang brought from Zuiyue Tower. For someone who didn't know better, they would have thought that this was some kind of happy event.
But Zhang Yang is a little worried. The hot pot is not unpalatable, and the other food and wine are also very rich, but even if it is dragon liver and phoenix marrow, it cannot be eaten three times a day!
Counting with his fingers, Zhang Yang has been in Shenhou Mansion for half a month. Except for the time when he was studying in Luoyang, he had to eat at least one hot pot meal every day in Shenhou Mansion. There are vegetarian hot pots, meat hot pots, mandarin duck hot pots, all kinds of hot pots, there are so many different ways to eat them, it¡¯s really scary to eat them.
"I said, next time we celebrate, can we change to a more frugal way? Eating hot pot every meal, the Shenhou Mansion spends a lot of money."
Zhang Yang looked at the way everyone warmly greeted him to sit down, and the words he said changed his meaning. Zhuge Zheng didn't know whether he was pretending not to hear what Zhang Yang meant, or whether he really didn't understand. Instead, he said cheerfully: "This Zhang Yang Brother, you don¡¯t have to worry. Our six gates are sanctioned by the emperor and the imperial court.If you pass, all normal expenses will be handled by the Accounts Department (the Accounts Department manages the money). You can rest assured of this. "
"By the way, I would have forgotten if you didn't tell me. It's been half a month since you and Brother Zhui Ming came to the Shenhou Mansion. It's the end of the month and it's time to pay you your salary. Come to my study later and get your salary. "
Facing this crooked building, Zhang Yang could only sigh in resignation, picked up the chopsticks, and reached to the side of the hot pot on the table. There was Jiao Niang. Dishes brought from Zuiyue Tower.
Another difference from history is that in the Song Dynasty, cooking had not yet appeared. And in this world, I don¡¯t know when it started, stir-fry became popular. Therefore, Zhang Yang doesn't have to face steamed or boiled food, and at least he doesn't feel sorry for his stomach.
Zuiyuelou's sauce duck and roast chicken are the only ones in the capital. They are secret recipes passed down from Jiao Niang's family. Zhang Yang took a few bites of vegetables and ate two roast chickens. Feeling full, he took Picking his teeth with a twig, he went for a walk in the backyard.
In the backyard, next to the cultivated vegetable field, there are some bamboo cages. These cages were originally used to raise chickens and ducks. However, the Shenhou Mansion was sealed off some time ago, and these chickens and ducks were brought to Zuiyue Tower and made into dishes. At this moment, there was no time to add, and the six doors were closed to these broken cages. I have no interest in it, so I just piled it all up here.
Feeling that the internal force in his body was obviously more than twice as strong as before, Zhang Yang couldn't help but clenched his fists and watched the dazzling sunlight falling from between his fingers.
"An Shigeng, I wish you a good birth in your next life. At least, don't find another father who values ??power more important than your life." (To be continued, please search. Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!