In the past few days, he has been particularly busy, first going to inspect a copper mine in Jingzhou, and then participating in the relocation ceremony of the "Tianxia Xinbao" and the "Chang'an Express", both of which were moved to Chang'an New Town at the same time.

Early this morning, Dugu went to Xianyang County again, today is a holiday, the Dugu family's sugar refining workshop in Xianyang was completed, he wanted to take a look.

The Dugu family built a sugar mill in Fengzhou, Chongqing, and Guangzhou, all of which were close to the raw material production areas, where they were first refined into jaber, and then transported to Chang'an for refining, including fine brown sugar and frosted sugar.

In fact, the government also has a large sugar boiling workshop, but the government only boils jaber, some small workshops can buy jabered sugar from the government for fine processing, sugar is not like salt, the imperial court allows large merchants to plant raw materials and boil raw sugar, so several former Guanlong families and big businessmen have begun to buy sugarcane plantations, the establishment of sugar boiling workshops, the Dugu family to do the earliest, has now entered the final stage, fine sugar refining.

The carriage entered Xianyang County, and there were eighteen samurai guards on both sides of the carriage, and today it was a private matter to isolate Qiu, so he did not specifically ask the samurai guards of the Jin Wei Mansion, but let his family members protect him.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of a compound, and an attendant pulled the door open and helped Duqiu get out of the car.

Just then, a short arrow 'whoosh!' Shooting from the ground, the middle of the lonely Qiu Hou's heart, the arrow was strong, poofed into the body, Du Du Qiu screamed, and fell on his back.

More than a dozen guards were shocked and shouted, "There are assassins!" ”

They drew their swords and chased after the arrows, but found nothing, no one in sight.

"This arrow is poisonous, find a doctor!"

The two guards pulled out the short arrow from Du Qiu's back, and when they found that the arrow was blue and obviously poisonous, they immediately shouted in a hurry.

The steward in the workshop also ran out, and he hurried to find a doctor, but by this time, Dugu Qiu had already fainted, and his face began to darken.

At the time of a cup of tea, a doctor hurried over with a medicine box? He touched Du's snort and pulse? Standing up and shaking his head, Dugu Qiu had stopped breathing.

..........

The assassination case that occurred in Xianyang County suddenly shocked Chang'an? Xiang Guo Du was assassinated in Autumn? This is a big deal anyway, and I haven't waited for the "Chang'an Express" to publish the news the next day? This matter has spread all over Chang'an.

Guo Song, the king of Jin, was furious and immediately convened an emergency meeting in the political hall of Zhongshu Province? In the lobby? The six prime ministers were discussing.

Xiangguo was assassinated, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this is the first time it has happened, who is so mad? Even Xiangguo wants to be assassinated?

The six prime ministers all looked solemn? They all have a sense of crisis, this time it was Du Duqiu who was assassinated, so who is next?

"Could this be Zhu Jun's doing? Retaliate against us for seizing Mi, Yan, and Yi states? Or retaliate against us for canceling the negotiations. Zhang Qianyi asked suspiciously.

"It's unlikely that Zhu Jun!"

Du You shook his head and said: "After so many years, there has never been an assassination case against the minister, if Zhu Jun did it?" There must be a precedent, and besides, he killed our people? I'm going to kill his people too, is this kind of thing equal? He shouldn't break the rules. ”

Zhang Qiu'an also said: "I also think it wasn't Zhu Jun's doing, if it's him?" His goal should also be to leave and control the country? Or is it me, the secretary of the military department? He would never assassinate Dugu Xiangguo, who was in charge of commerce and handicrafts. ”

Everyone was silent, if it wasn't Zhu Jun, who would it be?

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin has arrived!"

The guards outside shouted, and the Xiangguo got up one after another, only to see Guo Song walk in with a sinking face, and the ministers bowed and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand, "Everyone, please sit down!" ”

Everyone sat down, Guo Song also sat down, and he slowly said to everyone: "Everyone should know that Dugu Lao Xiangguo was assassinated in Xianyang County this morning, and unfortunately passed away, which is very sad and makes us indignant, we must find out the murderer and punish him severely, this cannot be questioned, but I summoned everyone today to tell you a few things." ”

Guo Song [Eighth District] was silent for a moment and then said: "The reason why this assassination was successful was because it took advantage of a loophole in our guard system, and used the rule that the warriors of the Jin Wei Mansion protect the public and not protect their private interests, this rule will be abolished from now on, and in the future, whether it is public or private affairs, whether it is a day or a holiday, the warriors of the Jin Wei Mansion will be guarded, this is one."

Secondly, the scope of the Jinwei Mansion was expanded, from the Xiangguo level to the officials above the third rank, and the Jinwei Mansion will be merged with the internal guard to increase the manpower. ”

"Who does Your Highness think this is?" Pan Liao asked.

Guo Song nodded, "This is also an important reason why I gathered everyone, there is something necessary for everyone to know?" ”

Everyone was in good spirits, could it be that His Highness had any clues? Everyone listened intently.

Guo Song groaned for a while and said: "Around the beginning of the year, Neiwei accidentally discovered a mysterious organization called the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce, this chamber of commerce absorbed a lot of people who were hostile to us to join, so I preliminarily judged that this chamber of commerce was an organization hostile to us, and my intuition told me that this assassination incident was done by them?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, something they had never thought of.

Du You hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, who organized this Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Guo Song shook his head, "This Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce is very hidden, they are all one-line contacts, so far, we still don't know anything about it, maybe this assassination incident will become a breakthrough to lift its mask." ”

Cao Wannian got up and said: "Your Highness, no matter how the internal guards investigate, but the humble suggestion is that our official investigation should also be arranged simultaneously!" ”

"Cao Xiangguo is right, this case will be jointly investigated by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai, and Cao Xiangguo will be led by your Privy Council."

"Wechen understands!"

..........

In Xianyang County, Wang Yuezheng, the commander of the internal guards, led 30 elite subordinates of the internal guards to inspect the scene of the assassination.

The sugar mill covers an area of about ten acres, consisting of two large courtyards inside and outside, and there is only the main entrance, directly opposite the gate is a row of poplars, and there is a very small river, on the other side of the river is a very dilapidated mud mill, about thirty steps from the gate, from the direction, the assassin should be a short crossbow shot from the mud roof.

Wang Yue was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, he carefully inspected the position where Dugu Qiu fell to the ground, and asked people to draw two circles with lime, he found a subordinate who was about the same height as Dugu Qiu, and said to him: "You stand on two white circles!" ”

He had another carriage pulled over and stopped behind his men, imitating the way Du Duqiu got out of the carriage.

Wang Yue returned to the dilapidated mud workshop, leaned on the ridge of the house and looked this way, then stood up and looked at it, and shouted, "You take a few steps inside the door!" ”

The subordinates walked towards the door, Wang Yue looked at it for a moment, he shook his head and walked back to a few of his subordinates and said: "The assassin was not assassinated on the roof, he was blocked by the carriage, and he had to go to the threshold, and the carriage of Dugu Xiangguo was larger, and he might not be able to see it when he walked to the threshold." ”

Several of his men looked together at a dozen large poplar trees, which were so leafy that if not from the roof, they could only shoot from the trees.

At this moment, one of his men approached with two men, "Commander Qiqi, these two may have seen the Assassin!" ”

Wang Yue hurriedly asked, "How did you see it?" ”

One of the elders pointed to a row of houses not far away and said, "My house is there, and in the past two days I have seen a man walking around by the river and climbing a tree, and I saw him again this morning, and I thought he had come to dig a bird's nest." ”

"I saw it too!"

Another young man said: "Early this morning, I was planting vegetables in the distance when I saw a man in black climbing a tree. ”

"What kind of man in black is it?" Wang Yue asked again.

The elder muttered, "I guess I'm in my thirties!" Very skinny, looking like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old half-sized. ”

"What are the characteristics that are different from normal people?"

The two glanced at each other, and the elder thought for a long time, and suddenly said, "That's right! He seems to have a long scar on his face! ”

Scar on your face? Wang Yue thought of a person in his mind.

At this time, Wang Yue saw a group of officials coming over with a large number of soldiers and messengers, the leader was the privy envoy Cao Wannian, followed by Cheng Ruxiao, a servant of the Criminal Department, and Meng Jianchun, the middle of the imperial history, and Xue Fan, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Wang Yue knew that this was the court to investigate the case, so he asked one of his subordinates to stay and cooperate with the investigation, and he himself led people to withdraw first.