In the fifth year of Taihe, October Yiyou, Chen is three quarters.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, Guangdefang, Zhangfu.

As soon as Li Shangyin stepped into the library pavilion, a breath of paper and ink came to his nose. Zhang Yijun went straight to the topic, discarded redundancy, and roughly talked about what happened yesterday. Today, he is no longer as suspicious as he was when he first met Li Shangyin, and this young man who has just arrived in Chang'an has already gained his trust.

Li Shangyin was shocked when he heard this, although he was mentally prepared, he knew that Zhang Yijun was almost killed in the fire yesterday. But he didn't expect that two very similar murders occurred at the same time in Shanhefang and Xishi yesterday, and the person named Bai Kui, who attacked Jinchangfang Beiye the night before, actually set fire to the city and retreated. This made Li Shangyin feel a little frightened in his heart, what kind of behemoth was the enemy they were facing?

"By the way," Zhang Yijun walked to the side and recalled what Li Shangyin said when he was drowsy, "Didn't you say you had something to talk about last night?" ”

"Oh yes," Li Shangyin dusted his sleeves, "It's actually not important information......" He talked about his visit to Wang Maoyuan's private residence yesterday, but when he mentioned the recent reduction of the clothing and food of the Shence army by the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yijun suddenly raised his head and hurriedly took a step forward to confirm, "The saint cut the clothing and food of the forbidden army? ”

Li Shangyin immediately understood, and nodded hurriedly, although he didn't know what Zhang Yijun thought, but he had already tacitly taken the bamboo paper from the side cabinet.

The Tang Dynasty stipulates that the crime of privately possessing Chang'an maps is more than rebellion, so the embers must be burned after each painting is used up, and the next time if necessary, they have to paint again. Zhang Yijun paved the bamboo xuan with a paperweight, took a small wolf hair, and outlined the outline of Chang'an with extremely fine brushstrokes.

"So ......," Zhang Yijun said softly, "everything is connected......"

Li Shangyin didn't know what to do, but he was also interested in Zhang Yijun's words.

"The sage worked hard, not long ago he cut the clothing and food of the Shence army, everyone knows that this is a disguised cut of the eunuch's fortune, which will definitely cause the fear of the Northern Division......" Zhang Yijun paused here for a while, for fear that Li Shangyin would not be able to keep up, and pointed to Chongye, Shanhe Erfang with a wolf pen that hid a culvert, "From Bai Kui's obstacle knife and the enemy's sophisticated equipment, it is speculated that the Shence Forbidden Army, or the soldiers who were once the forbidden army, are very likely to be the chaotic party, that is, the 'ghost soldiers' that we have been tracking for a long time!" ”

"If it's really the forbidden army......" Li Shangyin involuntarily pursed his lips and beard, and added, "Behind the ghost soldiers, is it a saint?!" ”

Zhang Yi was noncommittal, thought for a while, stared at Li Shangyin's eyes and said, "The one who holds the power of the Divine Strategy Forbidden Army is not a saint......

As soon as these words came out, some cold sweat suddenly oozed from Li Shangyin's forehead, and he stammered a little because of panic when he spoke...... Is the ghost soldier the master, is it the king...... Uh, hussar general? ”

Although Zhang Yijun nodded when he heard this, he faintly felt a little uneasy in his heart. His brows furrowed, he pondered for a moment, and a pair of wise eyes moved away from the map, carefully recalling the reasoning method he was accustomed to in Xichuan......

"Xunzi's "Shen Jian" has words and precautions first, salvation second, and precepts below." Zhang Yijun muttered in the face of the sketch, if he could guess who was behind the scenes, or the real purpose behind his large-scale plan and layout, all doubts would be easily solved.

Zhang Yijun analyzed that Wang Shoucheng is really the commander-in-chief of the Beisi and holds more than half of the military power of the Shence Forbidden Army, and has the merit of the saint, so today's son is at least superficially favored by Wang Shoucheng. But...... If he raises private soldiers and plots against him, he will be openly the enemy of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, it will inevitably arouse the opposition of the Southern Ya, and the Northern Division is not monolithic, and the secret infighting is far more fierce than the party struggle of the Southern Ya.

Li Shangyin listened, his thin eyebrows furrowed, and he was puzzled, "Then Wang Shoucheng is comparable to self-destruction of the Great Wall, what is the meaning of taking chestnuts from the fire?" ”

If Wang Shoucheng is not a high-ranking person, who will it be? Zhang Yijun couldn't figure it out for a while, so he shook his head lightly and said, "You can't jump to conclusions about this matter...... Yi Jundu, the details behind it are probably far from that simple. His voice fell, and suddenly a flash of thought crossed Zhang Yijun's mind, making him raise his eyes suddenly, what if the goal of the ghost soldier is not so simple?

The word that the bearded man whispered in his ear before he breathed sounded again in his ear......

“…… Daming Palace. ”

Maybe...... Just perhaps, Zhang Yijun set his eyes on the northeasternmost part of the sketch of Chang'an, which is also the only blank space in the whole map, where is the Daming Palace, which is also the heart of the Tang Dynasty.

"If the goal of the party is to ...... Is it a saint? ”

The moment this idea took shape, Zhang Yijun only felt a chill down his spine, and goosebumps broke out uncontrollably. This idea is not the first time Zhang Yijun has had it, in the past, he felt that this idea was too ridiculous, but now he suddenly felt that this idea would have a trace of possibility.

What if so?

Then the purpose of the ghost soldiers is to set up a new monarch, just as Emperor Xianzong was killed by eunuchs ten years ago, and then Emperor Muzong ascended the throne. From this, who will be behind the scenes?

Zhang Yijun thought about it so far, only to feel a faint pain in his brain. In fact, he had a strong rejection of the idea of the other talent in his heart, so he decided to focus on the existing clues first.

At present, they have many and complex clues in their hands, and the important thing is to sort out useful clues, and if they deviate slightly, they may lose all their efforts. Li Shangyin pondered for a long time, and threw out his thoughts, "That...... Yishan thought that maybe he should catch the arson Bai Kui first, so that he could follow the vine and touch the melon, maybe ......"

Zhang Yijun pinched his chin and vetoed it. The case of Shanhe fire, presumably the government is also investigating at the moment, after all, someone must be guilty of such things. Besides, if he was going to start tracking down from Bai Kui, he wouldn't let him escape the night before, "The forces of Shanhefang are intertwined, and now the fire is bound to be martial law, if you rashly break into it, it will cause extraneous branches, which is definitely not a wise move!" ”

Li Shangyin knew that after what he had seen and heard in Chang'an in the past few days, he knew how many dignitaries and nobles there were in the Western Capital and how many interests were entangled. Going to Shanhefang at this time is tantamount to completely exposing yourself to broad daylight.

Zhang Yijun suddenly realized that they had always been too obsessed with tracking down the case itself, and the investigation was only following the pace of the chaotic party, and if it came to the last moment, they would eventually be one step later - this is the reason why they never reported to the official, and the complicated procedures would only slow down the pace even more. If they can find another way and plan for the unplanned, they can arrest their party in one fell swoop.

"Instead of checking the workshop, it is better to check the people's ......"

Zhang Yijun intuitively felt that he should start with the two people who were killed yesterday. Both were of the Divine Forbidden Army, and they had an eagle-like monk tattooed on their right arm, a Zoroastrian totem, and they were killed together yesterday......

Li Shangyin didn't know much about Zoroastrianism, so he didn't know much about some key words. But after he heard the word Divine Forbidden Army, he suddenly remembered and said, "That's right! Yesterday, Yishan seemed to have heard Yan Yuan talk about it in the Wang family......"

When Zhang Yijun heard this, he couldn't help but look at Li Shangyin, and he was not all concentrating on possible clues. It's this sixteen lang, how can he be so familiar with the daughter of the Wang family, and call them all names? Zhang Yijun couldn't help but gossip a little in his heart, did anything happen between these two people?

Li Shangyin didn't notice Zhang Yijun's eyes, and after organizing the language, he continued, "...... The saint not long ago after cutting the clothing and rations of the forbidden army. In order to prohibit the soldiers from going to the palace market privately, it seems that the forbidden soldiers are not allowed to travel alone and in armor without authorization, so as not to disturb the people of Zhufang......"

The so-called palace market, refers to the first year of Emperor Dezong, the eunuchs in the palace relied on their power to take advantage of the people of Chang'an, named "palace market", in fact, it is plundered, and the people of Zhufang are afraid to avoid it. Later, although the palace market was forbidden, there were still forbidden troops to buy and sell in private.

When Zhang Yijun heard Li Shangyin's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The two people who were killed yesterday have one thing in common: they are both forbidden soldiers who violated the ban and traveled alone in armor......

The suspect who killed Qingfeng Pavilion Qing Qi that day was also a forbidden soldier?!

Coincidental?

Zhang Yijun vaguely remembered that the suspect was transferred to the Wannian County Soldiers by Yu Wending, the imperial historian, so the suspect should be sent to Wannian County Prison. Nearly three days have passed since this incident, Zhang Yijun couldn't help beating the drum in his heart, Yu Wending had already been quickly tried and the case was hastily closed, and he ordered the murderer to be killed immediately, and I am afraid that the case record will also be handed over to the Wannian County Ya!

Zhang Yijun hurriedly got up from the front of the case, ran to a side cabinet in the library cabinet, and turned over the cabinet. He briefly explained to the confused Li Shangyin about the murder of Feng Pavilion, Li Shangyin's face was first stunned, and then he was a little anxious, "Then, aren't we a step too late?" ”

"Not yet!" Zhang Yijun had already turned the side cabinet of the library into a mess at this time - if Zhang's father saw it, it was hard to guarantee that he would not be angry - but Zhang Yijun didn't care so much at the moment, he took out the yellow calendar of this year from the case scroll and spread it out on the wide table.

"Tang Liudian" said that the Tang Dynasty beheaded death row prisoners were all after the beginning of winter and before the winter moon, and even if the suspect was sentenced to immediate cane death, he should be escorted to the east and west cities on the same day to be executed in front of Duliushu. And this date is recorded in the official seal of the yellow calendar of each year, in order to let the people of all the squares watch it at that time......" Zhang Yijun explained while counting the days on the fly-headed small block on the yellow calendar, and his eyes were like a dedicated knife and pen, he suddenly paused and straightened his waist.

Li Shangyin hadn't found it yet, so he hurriedly asked him.

Zhang Yijun sighed lightly, looked at Li Shangyin, and said word by word

"This year's execution day is today!"

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