Chapter 1137: The Third Prince
Hesitating, Zheng Yuan hesitated.
But he didn't hesitate for long.
He glanced at Hua Lang and said, "That's right, something did happen half a year ago, but I can only tell you about this matter alone, and I hope that after listening to it, the playboy can keep this secret." ”
Hua Lang frowned slightly, but still agreed.
After the two came to a secluded place, Zheng Yuan said: "Actually, it's a bit disgraceful to say this, but now that my father has been killed, and the playboy has helped solve the case, I think it's okay to say it." ”
"What does the second son have, please tell me."
"Okay, my father had a serious illness half a year ago, and then he didn't do much in intercourse, so he invited the two ladies out because of this."
If a man can't do that and still occupy a woman is really a little unreasonable, Hua Lang nodded in understanding, and Zheng Yuan saw that the two had nothing to say, so he turned around and left.
At noon, someone came to report that Zheng Hu had returned.
Zheng Hu was a tall man, with dark skin, and when he entered the mansion, he was already crying, and the people of the family hurriedly greeted him and tied him with the white cloth that had been prepared for him.
Several people helped Zheng Hu to the mourning hall, but Hua Lang suddenly remembered something, so he sent someone to investigate.
The survey didn't take much time, and the results were quick and clear.
"What is the relationship between Zheng Kai's sons?"
"Because Zheng Kai's three sons don't see each other often, there are few conflicts, and it can be said that the relationship is very good."
"What about their relationship with Zhang Ting?"
"Zhang Ting is a son-in-law, they didn't care about him at all, and this Zhang Ting can be said to be a nerd, who only knows how to read in ordinary times."
Hua Lang nodded: "Now that Zheng Kai is dead, how will the property of this Zheng Mansion be distributed?" ”
"Let's divide it evenly!"
"Then Zheng Feng can also get a share?"
"Yes!"
Hanarang nodded, and then let the official leave.
The murder that occurred in Zheng's mansion was a vendetta or a share of the family property?
After Zheng Hu had incense in the mourning hall, he walked towards Hua Lang angrily, but although he was angry, he was not angry at Hua Lang, after he saw Hua Lang, he saluted very respectfully, and then said: "What can the dude investigate?" ”
Hanalang shrugged: "Not yet, but soon." ”
Zheng Hu saluted again and said, "Please leave this matter to the playboy." ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the third prince must have worked very hard when he came back from the barracks."
Zheng Hu glanced up at Hua Lang, he didn't seem to be able to understand what Hua Lang meant by this sentence, and at this time, Hua Lang suddenly smiled: "Now that my father is dead, the Zheng family's property has to be divided, I don't know if you have these industries, do you want to meet the military camp again?" ”
"What the hell is the playboy trying to say?"
"Nothing, just ask the third prince about his future plans."
"Naturally, I want to know the barracks, and I like to fight."
"But it's not good to fight, whether you kill someone else or someone else kills you."
There was a killing intent in Zheng Hu's eyes, but he quickly calmed down: "War is cruel, you don't want to start a war, but can you stop the enemy from starting a war?" War is to fight violence with violence, only in this way can we exchange for peace, the Great Song Dynasty is weak, there are hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in my frontier, but it is not inferior to tens of thousands of horses in Western Xia, playboy, is this reasonable? ”
Zheng Hu said very angrily, Hua Lang didn't expect that a man like him would have a family and a country, which made Hua Lang a little impressed with him, but even so, Hua Lang still shrugged: "War is not a good thing, if it can be avoided, it is better to avoid it as much as possible, if the third prince is tired, go to rest first, Ling Zun's murder, I will give you an explanation." ”
Zheng Hu came to see Hua Lang, waiting for such a sentence, Hua Lang detective is like a god, his words doomed the murderer to failure, and failure means losing his life.
After Zheng Hu left, Hua Lang glanced at it and saw that Zhang Ting was writing the inscription, and his wife Zheng Feng was helping on the side, Zheng Feng was indeed a very ordinary woman, but she was very demure, Hua Lang looked at the two of them, and suddenly couldn't help but think, if Zhang Ting wanted to do something, would Zheng Feng spare no effort to help him?
If she could, she would be an infatuated child, and infatuated children are often terrible.
The murder that happened in Zhengfu, Hua Lang has been investigating, but the results are very small.
About two days after Zheng Hu came back, a government official came to report, saying that the relationship between Zheng Kai and the Pang family's pig iron shop had been investigated.
This is very strange news, the news says that the pig iron business in the entire border gate is almost monopolized by the Zheng family, and the business of the Pang family and the Cheng family is almost untenable.
This news is very surprising, if Zheng Kai monopolizes the pig iron business in the entire border pass, then will the Pang family or the Cheng family take the risk of doing business with Western Xia?
The demand for pig iron in the border passes of the Great Song Dynasty was certain, and it was impossible for them to buy pig iron very much, and the merchants usually only made profits, as long as it was profitable, what if they sold pig iron to the enemy?
After Hua Lang heard this, he immediately sent someone to secretly investigate the Pang family and the Cheng family, as long as they were suspected of collaborating with the enemy, he immediately sent someone to arrest him.
This news is very helpful for Hua Lang to solve the pig iron case, but is there any connection with the Zheng family's murder? If Zheng Kai monopolized the pig iron business at the entire border gate, would the people of the Pang family and the Cheng family be ruthless enough to kill Zheng Kai?
Finally came the one with the motive to kill.
Tong Zhuo's subordinates have been investigating, if there is really something wrong with the Pang family drinking the Cheng family, this seems to be an unlikely murder case, maybe it will be solved.
And just a few days after this news came, another major event happened at the border pass, and the Western Xia soldiers attacked the border generals again, although the Western Xia soldiers were beaten back this time, but the losses were heavy.
And the reason why the Western Xia soldiers can be so rampant has something to do with the fact that someone sells them pig iron.
Things are getting more and more tense, if the Western Xia soldiers used to attack the army of the Great Song Dynasty from time to time, then how can this side of the pass be peaceful?
Hua Lang decided that after solving the murder case here, he would go to the military camp, and he would have to lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty to break the net with Western Xia.
Taking advantage of the fact that the emperor is now young, he scared Xixia and even killed him, so as to eliminate all kinds of dangers on the border.
If you can really destroy the Western Xia, I'm afraid that history will be changed, but what does it matter? History is a thing of the past, and now Hwarang lives in the past, and for today's Hwarang, that is, the present, and now, there are many things that he can change.
Of course, Hwarang knows very well that there is a price to pay for changing something.
There was no news from Tong Zhuo's side, the Pang family and the Cheng family were not unusual, but the Zheng Mansion here was also very calm, as if it was a lake without waves.
After Zheng Kai's funeral was held, the Zheng Mansion began to divide the inheritance, although Zheng Long was far away in Beijing, he still left him a copy, and the rest of Zheng Yuan, Zheng Hu and Zheng Feng were divided.
Because Zheng Feng is a woman, she doesn't share a lot, Zheng Feng didn't say anything about this, she has always been a graceful woman, and he can't do anything about making a big fuss because of the inheritance.
However, on the first night after the distribution of the inheritance, a very strange thing happened in the Zheng Mansion, Zhang Ting died, he died in the courtyard of the Zheng Mansion, he was covered in the mouth, and then stabbed in the back before he died.
When Zhang Ting died, it was already very late, and the entire Zheng Mansion had already slept, and Zhang Ting was wearing a night coat, and his eyes were wide, as if he couldn't believe that he had been killed like this until he died.
The time when Zhang Ting's body was found was the fourth watch, when the sky was bright, Hua Lang and the others were sleeping in Zhengxiang, and then they heard Zheng Feng's exclamation, which carried an indescribable sadness.
Everyone was awakened, and after running out of the house, they saw Zheng Feng lying on Zhang Ting's body, crying silently.
After Zhang Ting's murder, Hua Lang hurriedly investigated, and the investigation was very clueless, all they had to do was to ask, in addition to asking or asking.
The object of the inquiry was Zheng Feng, who had just lost her husband.
Why did his husband die in the courtyard in his nightcoat so late, and what was he going to do at that time?
During the fourth watch, Zhang Ting was able to find the body, which showed that she was not sleeping, she must be waiting for news, waiting for news from her husband, so what is she waiting for?
Hua Lang only asked a few questions, but Zheng Feng didn't answer any of them, as if she was not ready to answer any questions, and her uncooperative attitude made Hua Lang very angry, and even made Hua Lang want to torture her.
A hired woman, if she was tortured, she should say something, right?
But Zheng Feng didn't say anything, she seemed to have lost her soul, her husband died, and her heart also died.
This reminded Hua Lang of what he thought of when Zhang Ting wrote the inscription that day, could this Zheng Feng be an infatuated woman, what would an infatuated woman do for her husband?
Zheng Feng didn't say it, everyone could only guess.
It's so late, where is Zhang Ting going in his night clothes? It is impossible to go out, although Hua Lang is now in Zheng Mansion, but Tong Zhuo outside Zheng Mansion has sent someone to handle it, and even the place where the secret passage is being watched by someone, Zhang Ting knows this, if he goes out, there is only a dead end.
So Zhang Ting didn't want to go out, so he was wearing night clothes to make a move in the Zheng Mansion? But what can a son-in-law do here?
Dating a woman?
It's obviously unlikely, not to mention that he is a son-in-law, that is, he can date a woman, and her wife found him on the fourth watch, which is obviously unreasonable, and besides, do you need to wear night clothes to date someone in the house?
If it's not dating, then is he going to kill someone?
There has been no news about the murderer who killed Zheng Kai, so is it possible that this Zhang Ting is the murderer, he didn't come over immediately after hearing Zheng Yuan and his wife arguing that night, so could he have killed people during that time period, maybe the murderer was killed a long time ago, but he didn't have time to come back in time.
So what is he going to do tonight?
He was killed, so could he still be a murderer?
In this entire Zheng Mansion, there must be a murderer, and this person is extremely likely to be the one who killed Zheng Kai, and the murderer did not come in from the outside, but someone from the mansion.
If this is the case, can Zheng Hu's suspicion be ruled out?
There is no possibility that he will kill Zheng Kai, so what about killing Zhang Ting?
If Zheng Hu found out that Zhang Ting had killed his father, would he have killed Zhang Ting in revenge for his father?
If that's the case, didn't he do it himself without telling everyone? Because isn't it really a big deal for a soldier to kill someone?