Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 314 Old Fox

When they saw the fake Liang Ci'e die, the Jinyiwei of the Northern Pacification Division who were pretending to be retainers all shouted.

While shouting "Jinyiwei Captain Pei Yuan killed Master Liang", he ran away.

Several Jinyiwei soldiers wanted to step forward to stop the people, but the incident happened suddenly and the opponent had more people and more power, so they were unable to stop them.

Pei Yuan immediately picked up the fake Liang Ci's bloody body, strode downstairs, and shouted angrily, "Someone is impersonating Liang Ci, ambushing the Jinyiwei, and intending to frame Liang Xiang. Why don't you go to Shuntian Prefecture and report the case?"

The capital's public security is now under the management of multiple parties, with civil officials, nobles, and the Imperial Guards each having their own responsibilities.

This time it was the Northern Pacification Office that set up the plan, so Pei Yuan certainly couldn't hand over the initiative to the Northern Pacification Office.

Since the one who put the blame on Liang Chu was Liang Chu, the best solution was to introduce civil officials to intervene.

Pei Yuan threw the corpse with a bloody face downstairs and showed the human skin mask in his hand to the panicked diners.

"It's just a trick of the thieves. There's no need to panic."

When the diners looked at the corpse tremblingly, Pei Yuan immediately signaled the Jinyiwei soldiers to step forward and whispered, "I can't let them trip us up, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable. Just in case, who can come out and block it for a while?"

As soon as Pei Yuan finished speaking, someone said, "I'll do it."

Pei Yuan knew that this was not the time to be hypocritical, so he patted his shoulder vigorously and asked, "What's your name?"

The Jinyiwei soldier was not polite to Pei Yuan, "My name is Cen Meng, and I'll leave my family to the captain!"

Pei Yuan looked at Cen Meng and promised earnestly, "I will make them rich and prosperous."

After hearing this, Cen Meng didn't waste any words and rushed upstairs to pick up the blood-stained Bazhou sword.

Seeing this, Pei Yuan decisively said, "You stay and deal with the people from Shuntian Prefecture. Everyone else, follow me."

Cen Meng watched Pei Yuan and the others leave, glanced threateningly at the diners with different thoughts, and blocked the entrance of the restaurant with a Bazhou knife.

Pei Yuan led his men out of the restaurant and soon realized that the previous ambushes had been withdrawn.

Pei Yuan now felt a little regretful that he didn't bring Yun Buxian with him.

Although this guy has ulterior motives, this situation is exactly when we need this kind of local tyrant to provide information.

The remaining few guards also realized that the situation was not good, and asked nervously, "What should we do now, Qian Hu?"

Pei Yuan once again thought of what Sun Bo had warned him about: when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Pei Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I am from the Nanjing Jinyiwei. If the Northern Pacification Division wants to arrest me, it will be impossible unless they make it an imperial prison."

He had just reported Zhang Rong, and then he was arrested by the Northern Pacification Office for murder. How could the emperor tolerate this?

Besides, with Zhang Rong's intelligence, he would never do such a stupid thing.

Pei Yuan thought for a while and said, "They want to frame Liang Chu, so we should just make this matter clear and let them fight against Liang Chu."

Pei Yuan then asked, "Does anyone know where Liang Chu lives?"

Several bodyguards came from Nanjing, and they looked at each other in surprise when they heard this.

Pei Yuan said decisively, "Go, let Yun Buxian lead the way and tell the Liang family what happened tonight."

Someone came out immediately to answer.

Pei Yuan instructed, "When the time comes, you might as well say it directly. It was the Northern Pacification Office that deliberately framed Liang Ci'an and wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill him. I don't believe Liang Chu will remain indifferent."

The personal soldier obeyed the order and hurried away to look for Yun Buxian at his home.

Pei Yuan called on his personal soldiers to go to Shuntian Prefecture to report the case, and then hurried back home.

Along the way, the personal soldiers drew their swords and were on guard, as if they were seeing enemies everywhere.

After returning to his residence, Pei Yuan called Jiao Yan'er and Song Chunniang together and told them about Zhang Rong's attack on him.

Song Chunniang understood, "Are you planning to have us hide at Zhang Lian's house?"

Pei Yuan said, "Yes, we don't know how the situation will change. I plan to go to Zhihua Temple for the time being and see what they do next."

If Liang Chu and the Northern Pacification Office started a fight, Pei Yuan would naturally be able to stay out of it.

Maybe he could even take advantage of the emperor's ill feelings towards the Zhang brothers to add fuel to the fire.

Song Chunniang glanced at Jiao Yaner and said, "If that's the case, we can't go there openly."

Pei Yuan asked, "Is there a way?"

Song Chunniang also looked serious, "You can try."

For a good girl like Song Chunniang who was born as a flower thief, it goes without saying that she is very skilled in light-weight martial arts and hiding skills.

Bringing Jiao Yaner along would be a bit of a burden.

Pei Yuan said, "You two should get ready. I will lead people out in a big way later to divert the attention of those stalkers. Then you two can find the right opportunity to leave."

"If the situation is really bad, you should try to go to Tianjin to meet Cheng Leixiang. If I fall, he will not have a good ending either. Let him give up his official position and go south with you."

After hearing this, Jiao Yan'er looked at Pei Yuan with concern, "My husband, since it is so dangerous, you should try to get out of the city as soon as possible."

Pei Yuan comforted him, "Don't worry, I was just careless this time. I didn't expect that Zhang Rong would dare to do this under the emperor's feet."

As he spoke, he stroked Jiao Yan'er's cheek and said gently, "Go quickly. Bring some snacks that are easy to carry, two sets of clothes to change into, and some change for emergencies. Try not to alarm too many people."

After Jiao Yan'er left, Pei Yuan saw that Song Chunniang was also going to get ready, so he followed her and went to her room together.

Song Chunniang looked at Pei Yuan and asked, "Why are you following me?"

Pei Yuan sighed, grabbed Song Chunniang's arm and dragged her into the house.

"It's too late to explain!"

Pei Yuan was still not very confident about Yun Buxian. If things couldn't be done, he would have to go to the Liang family in person, and there was a chance that he would meet Liang Ci'an.

This time he went there to cause trouble, not to provoke. In order to avoid being led astray by his emotions, he had to make a quick decision and quickly refreshed his sage status.

By the time Song Chunniang came to her senses from her disbelief, Pei Yuan had already pulled up his trousers and walked out.

Captain Pei changed into the uniform of Captain Jinyiwei with great energy, and asked his personal soldiers to hold lanterns and be fully armed.

The bright and noisy scene in the front yard really attracted the attention of the spies from the Northern Pacification Office.

After the two women were ready, Pei Yuan had the gate of the courtyard opened and set out in a grand manner.

Pei Yuan’s first target was Chen Toutie’s Puxian Hundred Households Office, which was closest to him.

There are two hundred Jinyiwei stationed here.

These Jinyiwei were soldiers from Xuzhou Guard who filled the vacancies in Zhenxie Qianhu Suo, and their identities were flawless.

As the emperor's personal army, it is only natural for the Jinyiwei to station several hundred households in the city.

What’s more, this is a huge capital city with 1,200 temples of various sizes.

When Chen Toutie heard that Pei Yuan had arrived at night, he was immediately shocked and quickly ordered his soldiers to arm themselves and be ready to rush out of the city at any time.

As Pei Yuan's close confidant, he knew better than outsiders how deadly the things Pei Yuan did were.

Fortunately, Pei Yuan only came nearby to avoid being silenced by the Northern Pacification Division. After seeing Chen Toutie, his heart was at peace. Although Pei Yuan had acted calm before, when he sat in the official hall of Puxianyuan, the fear in his heart completely dissipated.

He thought of the shadowy people from the Northern Pacification Office who had ambushed him in the dark before. He looked at Chen Toutie and asked, as if asking or talking to himself, "Is it possible to get to Beijing this way?"

Chen Toutie didn't know what was going on and didn't dare to say anything.

When Pei Yuan came back to his senses, he instructed him, "I sent someone to find Yun Buxian and report to Liang Chu. Send someone to check and see what the result is."

Upon hearing this, Chen Toutie quickly retreated.

He first arranged people to go to Liang's house to find Yun Buxian and others, then hurried back and grabbed a personal guard to ask about what happened tonight.

When he heard that the Northern Pacification Office wanted to impersonate Liang Cibiao and kill Pei Yuan, Chen Toutie was so shocked that his face changed drastically. He quickly took a team of people to inspect Puxian Temple.

Pei Yuan waited for a long time before news came. Yun Buxian and the personal soldiers who had been sent to the Liang family were blocked at the door and no one paid any attention to them.

Pei Yuan hesitated for a moment, then said to Chen Tou Tie, "Let's go and see the Liang family in person."

Chen Toutie had worked in the East Factory for many years. Ever since he set up his own Hundred Households Office, he gradually recruited some of his old acquaintances.

Immediately, someone who was familiar with the roads in Beijing came forward to lead Pei Yuan to the Liang family.

The Liang family was located quite far away, so Pei Yuan simply brought a team of more than a hundred people this time, pretending to be a patrol team, and slowly walked towards that side.

As expected, there were night watchmen who saw them on the way, but the leader of the team was wearing distinctive clothes and armor, and it was obvious that he was a Jinyiwei who was on duty, so no one dared to provoke him.

When Pei Yuan led his men to the Liang family's house, he saw Yun Buxian and a personal soldier waiting there with sad faces.

Seeing Pei Yuan arrive, he hurriedly came up and said, "Captain, this Liang family's door is stubborn and thinks we are too low-ranking officials, so he didn't report it at all."

Pei Yuan was slightly angry when he heard this, "Didn't you tell him that it was related to his son Liang Ci's matter?"

Yun Buxian was a little embarrassed, "I told you, giving money is useless."

After hearing this, Pei Yuan strode forward, closed the Liang family's door tightly, and immediately went up to knock on the door knocker hard.

Someone inside said impatiently, "Our Liang family is the prime minister's door. Can anyone enter without permission? Come back tomorrow!"

Pei Yuan shouted, "How dare you! Liang Ci'an is suspected of attacking the Jinyiwei. I came to question him, and you still dare to be so negligent?"

The people inside laughed and said, "You can scare the people, but if the Jinyiwei want to open this door, they have to go to the palace and get an imperial decree."

Pei Yuan turned around, walked down the stairs, and asked Yun Buxian and the guard, "When did you come?"

Yun Buxian quickly replied, "After the captain's personal soldiers found me, I came here immediately. I have been waiting in front of this door for more than half an hour."

Pei Yuan pondered for a moment, subconsciously looked up at the distance between Dengshikou and here, and asked, "Has no one else been here since you came?"

Yun Buxian quickly said, "No!"

Pei Yuan said, "Okay, you continue to stay here. I'll leave a few more people for you. Anyone who wants to enter the Liang family, please help me find out where they came from."

Pei Yuan didn't know how much the personal soldier had told Yun Buxian. He nodded to Yun Buxian and said, "Our opponent this time might be someone from the Northern Pacification Division."

"Northern Pacification Division?" Yun Buxian's expression changed slightly, and he immediately said, "I don't care who the enemy is, I just follow the orders of the captain."

Pei Yuan laughed.

The wild sense still marks you, and you still pretend to be me.

Pei Yuan asked Chen Toutie to select a few people and temporarily let Yun Bushian do the job.

Then he led his men to attack the restaurant where he had been attacked.

Chen Toutie had already heard about the Northern Pacification Office sending people to ambush Pei Yuan, so he was very vigilant along the way.

Pei Yuan said with some regret on the way, "I should have tried my best to keep a few people behind, otherwise I wouldn't have been completely clueless."

Chen Toutie comforted him, "Since those people were arranged to do the work, they probably don't know anything. It should be the same as the time when we were attacked in Huai'an. They may just be recruited from the underworld."

Pei Yuan was not worried about other people, but the person who could change his face was really hard to guard against.

He was on guard this time, but what about next time?
When we arrived at the place, we could see torches lit up on the streets from afar.

Pei Yuan stopped the team and signaled Chen Toutie, "Find someone to go up and take a look."

Immediately, one of Chen Toutie's trusted confidants came forward with a torch and inquired about the situation.

Perhaps it was his identity as a Jinyiwei that played some role, and the man soon came back to report.

"The scene has been surrounded by the officers from Shuntian Prefecture."

"The personal soldier named Cen Meng has been taken to the Shuntian Prefecture Office for questioning. No one present knows anything else."

"Some people are discussing Mr. Liang, Qian Hu, and masks."

Pei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

But since the case is in Shuntian Prefecture, it is not the worst case scenario.

As long as Liang Chu had not become such a person that everyone was hostile to him, the Shuntian government would have to give him some face.

Liang Chu was already embarrassed by the Liang Ciwu case, and now he was blatantly framed.

If this case is thoroughly investigated and Liang Ci's injustice is cleared up, it might even have a ripple effect and lead to the murder case in his hometown in Guangdong being framed.

Liang Chu should understand what is the best option for him.

Pei Yuan thought about it several times and felt that it was foolproof, so he returned to Puxian Temple accompanied by Chen Toutie.

After tossing and turning for half the night, Pei Yuan no longer had the intention of going to Zhihua Temple.

After a quick wash, he lay down and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, before Pei Yuan had time to rest, he heard Chen Toutie knocking on the door hurriedly.

Pei Yuan suddenly got up from the bed and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"

Chen Toutie's voice was a little flustered.

"It's bad. Xiao Yan sent someone to send me a message saying that during the morning court session today, Zhang Rong reported to His Majesty that Pei Yuan, a captain of the Imperial Guard, and his subordinates had a fight with Liang Chu's son Liang Ci'an in a restaurant, and Liang Ci'an was accidentally killed!"

Pei Yuan subconsciously yelled, "Nonsense, the case is still in the hands of Shuntian Prefecture."

Chen Toutie's voice was still flustered, "But, I heard from Xiao Yan that after being stunned for a moment, Grand Secretary Liang Chu actually admitted it directly."

"What?!" Pei Yuan jumped up with a start.

Doesn’t he know whether he killed Liang Ciwu or not?
That guy yesterday died in front of me for the second time. How could he be Liang Ciwu?

Pei Yuan's mind was thinking rapidly.

Suddenly a string broke and everything went dark before my eyes.

Once Liang Ci's death, wouldn't it mean that Liang Chu's dilemma would be broken instantly? Regardless of whether the one who died was the real Liang Ci or the fake Liang Ci, his weakness that was criticized was gone instantly.

Moreover, Liang Ci's murder case can also be left unresolved.

The person is dead, how can the court make a judgment?
(End of this chapter)