Chapter 439 Pang Mansion
Pang Ban's mansion is not far from Jiang Cheng's mansion. This area is full of high-level officials of Xuanqingwei, and they are all old houses, but the location is good, and they are usually changed hands within Xuanqingwei. When someone gets old, they usually change hands and sell the houses here. That's how Jiang Cheng's house came about.
Without taking a car, the two arrived at the place after walking for almost a cup of tea.
Different from the kind of wealthy family that Shen Hao thought, Pang Ban's mansion is not big, even smaller than Jiang Cheng's mansion just by looking at the gate.
"Pang Pang lives alone and doesn't like big houses, so he chose this place." Seemingly seeing the doubts on Shen Hao's face, Jiang Cheng explained to Shen Hao in a low voice while the concierge went in to report.
"Live alone? The family of the huge man?"
"At Jingzhong's hometown. Alright, let's go."
Not long after the concierge entered, the butler of Pang's mansion came out to greet him, led Shen Hao and Jiang Cheng into the mansion, and went straight to the study.
The housekeeper served tea and chatted with him for a few words, and Pang Ban walked in wearing a uniform.
Jiang Cheng and Shen Hao hurriedly saluted.
"You don't need so many etiquette at home. Sit down and have a sip of tea. This tea is a tribute tea. It was given by His Majesty this year. Shen Baihu came to me for the first time today. I invite you to taste it."
When it came to tea, Shen Hao remembered that Pang Ban had talked about tea when he went to his house before. At that time, it seemed that Pang Ban was saying that the tea in his house was not good. I was a little embarrassed, but I also got up to thank him, and then pretended to pick up the tea and took another sip. In fact, Shen Hao drank this tea before Pang Ban entered the house. The fragrance is good and delicious, but what is the specific advantage? I can only nod my head.
Pang Ban saw Shen Hao's performance with a smile and found it very interesting. Last time he deliberately mentioned "tea" at Shen Hao's house, and this time he mentioned it again, but the little hundred household in front of him still showed that he knew nothing about tea. This detail made Pang Ban see a lot from it, and he was very satisfied.
"I'm afraid the two of you are in a hurry when you visit late at night? Is there a breakthrough in the case?"
Hearing this, Shen Hao glanced at Jiang Cheng beside him, Jiang Cheng gave him a wink, Shen Hao stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "My lord, all the people on the previous list of thirty-seven people have been captured, and no one has been missed. .”
Shen Hao's belly draft was thought up before, and now he speaks it out in an orderly manner, step by step. On the one hand, it showed the swiftness and decisiveness of the Black Flag Battalion in this net collection operation, and on the other hand, it did not evade the opponent's toughness and cunning. He even bluntly said that the case was briefly deadlocked, but fortunately, something else was discovered in the end and the goal was achieved in a roundabout way.
"So you have crossed the gap that the opponent set at the front, and now you have pushed the case to Xu Hong, the left servant of the Ministry of War. Right?" Pang Ban sat upright on the chair with a serious expression.
"Yes, my lord. The man behind the scenes who can be directly identified by witnesses and clues is Xu Hong. Before, he sent Zhang De and others to help Ma Sankui borrow a large number of storage bags from the Jingxi Army for smuggling and providing him with a lot of convenience. Xu Hong.
However, his subordinates doubted Zhou Qing's conclusions. "
"Oh? Do you think Zhou Qing is lying?"
"No, it's not a lie. It's just that my subordinates feel that Zhou Qing only understands the superficial aspects and still doesn't get to the core of the case, so his view of the whole matter is incomplete. At least in my subordinates' conjectures, Xu Hong Its energy is not enough to lay out such a conspiracy of colluding with the barbarians for more than forty years.
In addition, according to Ma Sankui's confession, it can be seen that Zhou Qing actually does not know many things. For example, Zhou Qing "heard" about the fake cultivator behind Ma Sankui and how these lines were connected in the first place, and it did not match Ma Sankui's confession.
Therefore, the subordinates believed that there was another person above Xu Hong. "
Not to mention seamless, at least Shen Hao combined the current clues and empirical evidence, which really pushed the "Ma San case" to the depths. And boldly put forward a guess, the implication is to test the bottom line of Jiang Cheng and Pang Ban.
It can't be said that Shen Hao is playing tricks, but that the case is too big, and he doesn't know the specifics of the measure. If he doesn't know the bottom line of the boss first, if he dares to mess with it, if he crosses the line, he will be in big trouble.
Jiang Cheng didn't speak, but his face was calm.
Pang Ban was silent for a while, then asked: "Then who else do you think is behind Xu Hong?"
Without hesitation, Shen Hao replied directly: "The subordinates thought that standing behind Xu Hong should be General Zhu Guo, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Yang Yansi." After saying a word, Shen Hao stared at Pang Ban's expression, waiting for the other party to speak.
Pang Ban was silent for a while before looking at Shen Hao with a half-smile and said: "Hehe, do you know the weight of Yang Yansi? And this person's status in Jingjiu Dynasty?"
"The subordinates know a thing or two."
"Then you still dare to doubt him?"
"The subordinates only care about the facts of the case, and the other subordinates are dull and dare not speculate. Everything is decided by the adults." Shen Hao will not catch the ball foolishly, and he is not qualified to do so.
"It's your duty. But you don't need to test it anymore. Do you think that this case is only a matter of our Xuan Qingwei? The civil servants, the army, and even His Majesty are all watching. Anyone who dares to play tricks Whoever dies first. Therefore, no matter who is involved, you must investigate to the end. It is not only me and Mr. Jiang who will support you in this matter, but also Your Majesty."
Shen Hao bowed and said yes, he had a bottom line in his heart.
"Tell me, what are your plans in the future?"
"The subordinates are going to ask for orders from the adults. When the day breaks, they will send a note to the local yamen in the imperial city, asking them to help search the Xu mansion. At the same time, they will order the black flag battalions that are following all over the country to fully close their nets, and cooperate with the local black flag battalions to seize all of them. Find out the family background of the person involved in the case. After that, we will sort out and sort it out, hoping to find clues to continue to advance the case.”
"You're not sure?"
".Yes, my lord, my subordinates have found that the other party has a strong sense of preventing investigation, and many people are not afraid of Xuan Qingwei's torture methods. Once Xu Hong is too stubborn to pry it out, the subordinates are not absolutely sure that they can continue to advance the case. "Although the words were a bit cowardly, Shen Hao still told the truth, and at this time, he didn't dare to "praise Haikou" like before.
Pang Ban didn't think it was disobedient when he heard the words, but said: "So you want to involve those civil servants? Thinking that if you can't do it yourself, you can let them help you, right?"
"My lord, my subordinates really think so."
As soon as these words came out, Pang Ban shook his head, and Jiang Cheng beside him also had the same expression.
"Although the idea is good, it's still too tender." Pang Ban directly rejected Shen Hao's plan. Then he added: "You think you are killing people with a knife, but in fact you are luring wolves into the house. The civil servants are more than just their mouths. At that time, not only the army will be unlucky, but we Xuanqingwei will definitely be dragged into the water by them." .”