Jia Xu seemed to be able to guess what Zhang Yan was thinking, and without waiting for Zhang Yan to ask, he immediately made it clear how Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao came to the mansion.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he realized that Jia Xu had been secretly doing beauty pageants for himself, but he had no idea about these things.

Originally, this was a good thing, and Zhang Yan was also overjoyed because Jia Xu found Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, but when Zhang Yan heard the ins and outs of this matter, his face changed.

In front of everyone, Zhang Yan said angrily: "In your eyes, am I such a womanizer? Today you are carrying me behind my back for the beauty pageant, tomorrow I don't know what you will do behind my back, if you don't want to be a lieutenant, just say it, I will find a suitable person to replace you! ”

After speaking, Zhang Yan got up and left his seat, brushed his sleeves away, and left the hall without looking back.

It was originally a good haode banquet, but now it has become like this, Jia Xu, who has been standing in place and has not yet figured out what happened, only feels that his face is hot, and there is no brilliance at all.

Everyone present was also taken aback, never expecting that Zhang Yan would leave angrily.

However, the occurrence of this incident is beautiful in the hearts of Chen Qun and Zhang Zhao, Jia Xu stealing chickens does not become a handful of rice, not only did he not get credit for offering beauty, but he was criticized by Zhang Yan, for them, it is really happy!

Then, everyone got up and left their seats one after another to say goodbye to Jia Xu, and after a while, there were only Jia Xu and Xu Sheng left in the hall.

Xu Sheng was very puzzled by Zhang Yan's approach, and saw that the guests were all gone. Only then did he come to Jia Xu's side. "Your Excellency." We have a beauty pageant for the lord, there is no merit, there is also hard work, I thought the lord would be happy because of this, but I didn't expect the lord to be angry, I still haven't figured it out, what is the lord angry about? ”

In the dead of night, Zhang Yan's thunderous anger still lingered in his ears. Jia Xu thought about the scene just now, and felt a little afraid. Since he came to Pengcheng, he quickly became Zhang Yan's confidant, Zhang Yan is also very dependent on him, from national affairs to small parents, they will come to discuss with him.

Jia Xu is older than Zhang Yan, and the relationship between the two is sometimes a monarch and a minister, sometimes a father and son, and sometimes a friend. Over time, Jia Xu gradually ignored it. No matter how favored he is, Zhang Yan is always his lord, there are some things to say, but some things can't be done.

It was only at this time that Jia Xu finally figured out that the real reason for Zhang Yan's thunderous anger was not because of the beauty pageant, but because of the topic, warning him not to engage in specialization under Zhang Yan's nose.

Even if Jia Xu is a hot figure now, he can't overstep his authority. And the beauty pageant is indeed a matter that Jia Xu overstepped his authority, although it is not a big matter, but in Zhang Yan's view, overstepping his authority is a sign of inadequacy.

"Alas!" Jia Xu sighed heavily, "I'm really confused for a while, but I forgot that the lord doesn't like others to overstep his authority the most......"

After hearing this, Xu Sheng asked, "So, we are busy this time?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily. This time to the lord of the beauty pageant, you and I are behind the lord's back, the lord can be said to have no idea, although the lord just reprimanded me, but just gave a warning, but it does not affect the beauty pageant itself. You and I will go to the lord tomorrow to plead guilty, the lord's anger has dissipated, and he will naturally summon Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, didn't you see the eyes of the lord looking at Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao just now? ”

Xu Sheng said: "I understand." Then I will go and plead guilty to the Lord tomorrow! ”

After the two discussed, Xu Sheng left Jiafu, and Jia Xu asked the maid to serve Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and then went to rest.

After Zhang Yan came back from Jiafu, he was extremely unhappy, not because he didn't like Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, but because Jia Xu actually carried him behind his back and secretly pageant him with Xu Sheng. And according to his speculation, there should be many people involved in the beauty pageant, and he must kill this unhealthy trend of overstepping his authority.

He rode a horse, walking aimlessly on the street, and when he was about to return to the mansion, he suddenly saw a fast horse flying over, and a brocade guard arrived at the door in a panic, and then reined in the horse, quickly jumped off the horse, and saw him come to the gate of the mansion slowly, and immediately knelt down and said: "Lord Qiqi, Zhonglang will Mi Fang was killed!" ”

"What?" This news was like a thunderclap, which shook Zhang Yan, who was originally depressed, and his scalp was numb, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is so bold that he dares to commit murder in Pengcheng?" ”

Jin Yiwei replied: "The murderer has surrendered, he is a subordinate of General Gao Shun, and he is the military Sima of the first battalion of the fourth regiment of the second division of the Eighth Army, named Lu Meng. ”

"Lu Meng? Didn't Lu Meng follow Gao Shun Tuntian in Shaobei, how could he appear here? Also, Lu Meng and Mi Fang have no grievances and no hatred, how could they kill Mi Fang? Zhang Yan hurriedly asked a series of questions.

Jin Yiwei said: "My subordinates don't know!" ”

Zhang Yan immediately jumped on horseback and asked Jinyiwei to go to the scene of the crime with him, and the two of them came to the gate of the post station in the outer city one after the other.

At this moment, it was already the dead of night, but the door of the post station was full of people, at the door of the post station, Lu Meng held a steel knife in his hand, the blade was stained with blood, and he was sitting on the steps with a golden knife, and not far in front of him, a Mi Fang wearing a luxurious costume fell in a pool of blood.

When Zhang Yan arrived, the crowd of onlookers immediately dispersed, Zhang Yan was on horseback, and glanced at Mi Fang's corpse on the ground, but saw that Mi Fang's neck had a deep wound, and the blood flowed all over the ground, and his face was very pale, obviously caused by a cut throat and excessive bleeding.

Looking at Lu Meng again, his face and body were covered with blood, and there was no trace of fear in his empty eyes, but there was still a trace of panic on his face, the steel knife in his hand was bloody, and the viscous blood was still sliding down the blade, sitting there motionless, looking frightened.

Zhang Yan immediately jumped off the horse and looked around, but saw that all around him were Lu Meng's subordinates. They were all angry. But I feel sorry for Lu Meng.

Mi Fang is Zhang Yan's brother-in-law. Everyone in Pengcheng knows that since he came back from Guanzhong last time, although his position as Zhonglang General has not been dismissed, it has become an idle position, Zhang Yan no longer let Mi Fang lead the army, but stayed in Pengcheng, let him eat and wait for death!

Zhang Yan wanted to teach Mi Fang a lesson, who knows. Mi Fang is mud can't support the wall, he has been depressed, he often goes to the wine shop to drink, and often goes to Yihong Courtyard to stroll, borrow wine to kill his sorrows, wander among the flowers, and as a result, he gives up more and more on himself, so that Zhang Yan doesn't want to care about him at all.

"What the hell is going on, you weishenme want to kill someone?" Zhang Yan had already walked in front of Lu Meng, stared at Lu Meng tightly, and asked softly.

Lu Meng raised his head. Seeing that it was Zhang Yan coming, he immediately knelt on the ground. kowtowed three times in a row, and said to Zhang Yan: "Lord, I didn't mean to kill him, but he was really too deceitful...... I couldn't hold back for a while, and that's why I ......"

At this moment, Xu Sheng, the captain of the city gate, Jia Xu, the captain of Sili, Wang Lang, the captain of the guard, and Zhang Zhao, the captain of the court, all received the news almost at the same time, and they rushed over from all directions, and when they squeezed out of the crowd, they saw Zhang Yan already standing here, and there was no brilliance on his face.

Mi Fang was killed, regardless of whether it was within anyone's jurisdiction or not, Xu Sheng, the captain of the city gate, Jia Xu, the captain of Sili, Wang Lang, the captain of the guard, and Zhang Zhao, the captain of the court, all rushed over with people, because they knew that this matter was not trivial, because the dead Mi Fang was Zhang Yan's brother-in-law.

When Zhang Yan saw everyone coming, he first looked around at Xu Sheng, Jia Xu, Wang Lang, and Zhang Zhao, and then said with a straight face and expressionless: "There was a murder here, and none of you rushed over first, and I wanted to come in person as a captain, what do I want you to do?" ”

Zhang Yan's temper is not small today, Xu Sheng, Jia Xu, and Zhang Zhao all know what is going on, but Wang Lang did not appear at the night banquet tonight, so he trembled at Zhang Yan's anger.

"This murder happened in Pengcheng, and it should be managed by the Sili Lieutenant's Mansion, so leave this matter to Jia Xu to handle, we must enforce the law impartially, find out, don't wronged a good person because the deceased is my relative, and don't let go of a bad person." However, it is hard for the people of the rest of the provinces to let you run in vain. Zhang Yan said.

Jia Xu took a step forward, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely investigate this matter clearly, and there will definitely be no favoritism!" ”

Zhang Yan nodded, turned over and jumped on the horse's back, and with a "driving" sound, he rode away, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

After Zhang Yan left, Jia Xu, Xu Sheng, Wang Lang, and Zhang Zhao all breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that they would offend Zhang Yan by doing something bad.

However, this murder case should indeed be under the jurisdiction of the Sili School Governor's Office, so Xu Sheng, Wang Lang, and Zhang Zhao each returned with their own people, and only Jia Xu led the subordinate officials and Zhongdu officials and apprentices to escort a cadre back to the Sili School Governor's Mansion for interrogation.

Jia Xu carried out the investigation overnight, and soon knew the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that Mi Fang was drunk, and he didn't know what to do, so he broke into the post station by mistake, and Lu Meng, who happened to come back from playing outside, inadvertently knocked Mi Fang to the ground. Mi Fang saw that Lu Meng was a small soldier, and without saying a word, he got up, raised his hand and beat him, and kept scolding in his mouth.

Mi Fang was wearing civilian clothes, Lu Meng didn't know him, he thought it was just an ordinary drunk troublemaker, so he wanted to drive Mi Fang away, but in the pulling, Mi Fang pulled out Lu Meng's saber and wanted to kill Lu Meng, Lu Meng kicked Mi Fang to the ground, Mi Fang stumbled and didn't stand firm, and fell backwards, as a result, the knife fell to the ground first, just the blade was facing up, stuck Mi Fang's neck, and died by mistake.

Seeing such a scene, the post man at the post station knew Mi Fang, and thought that Lu Meng had killed Mi Fang, so he sent someone to notify the prefectures and arrest the murderer Lu Meng.

It can be said that Mi Fang's death was just an accident.

After Jia Xu reported the matter to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan did not say anything and gladly accepted the investigation, but because of manslaughter, he was dismissed from the post of military commander of Lü Meng, and all 500 soldiers of his department returned to Shaobi, and they still belonged to the army of Gao Shun, the general of Dangkou. (To be continued......)