The carriage slowly stopped in front of the workshop gate, where the white lines had been drawn in lime, so that the carriage stopped exactly as it had been yesterday.

Wang Yue stepped forward and bowed to Guo Song, "The lowly position made a mistake in judgment yesterday, and the assassin should still hide on the roof." ”

Guo Song shook his head, "You said this too early, let's go to the roof again to have a look!" ”

Wang Yue returned to the roof, he looked at it for a while, and found that he was still blocked by the carriage and could not fire a short crossbow, he was completely confused.

He walked back slowly, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, the lowly position is already confused!" ”

Guo Song sneered and said, "You are Wu Faping now, where should you stand?" ”

Wang Yue glanced at Xu Wei and asked, "Where was Wu Faping at that time?" ”

Xu Wei thought for a moment and said, "It seems that behind the carriage, he was the first to discover the assassin, and he should be located here." ”

Xu Wei pointed to a position behind the carriage, Wang Yue urged the horse to the position, and he was stunned for a moment, this Wu Faping turned out to be behind everyone.

"Such a simple fact, don't you still understand?"

Wang Yue was shocked, and stammered for a while: "Could it be...... The poisonous crossbow fired by Wu Faping? ”

"What's shocking, as soon as you say it today, I understand, how can anyone wear black clothes to assassinate in broad daylight, obviously to hide people's eyes, the assassin is Wu Faping, he is to divert your attention, so he didn't assassinate in the house, after he finished the assassination, the first one shouted to catch the assassin, just to hide the short crossbow in his arms."

Guo Song looked at Wang Yue and said solemnly: "You also made the second big mistake, that is, you didn't ask the doctor, if you asked the doctor, you will know which direction the poisonous crossbow arrow came from?" ”

Wang Yue's face was full of shame, "It's stupid to be lowly and stupid, and I'm completely misled." ”

"This is also the cunning of the other party, deliberately creating a man in black for the people around him to see, if I guess correctly, the figure and appearance of the man in black they chose are very similar to Li Xiao who assassinated Zhang Daqi before, am I not wrong?"

"That's right! When the two residents described the appearance of the man in black, the humble immediately thought of Li Xiao, who had been missing. ”

"Then the problem arises again."

Guo Song said to Wang Yue: "How could the other party know that we were investigating Li Xiao, so he deliberately used Li Xiao to mislead us?" ”

Wang Yue admired it so much, King Jin's thinking is that it is not leaky, and he is far behind!

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "There are two possibilities, the first possibility is that there is a mole in the internal guard, and the matter of our investigation of Li Xiao has been leaked to the other party; The second possibility is that Li Xiao is indeed their person, but they have been killed by them, and they don't let us find out the truth, so they lead us to Li Xiao and let us track down Li Xiao. ”

"Your Highness is completely right, you will investigate the inside when you go back, and you will never allow any ghosts to exist among the internal guards."

Wang Yue said this: "But what should be the next step for the lowly position, I implore His Highness to give the lowly position a direction." ”

Guo Song also sighed softly and said: "Wu Faping was killed, this case has actually reached a dead end, the only thing you can do is to investigate Wu Faping deeply and see if you can dig out a clue in him." ”

After a pause, Guo Song said again: "In addition, I also want to remind you, don't make preconceived mistakes again, don't rush to connect this matter with the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce, withdraw from the case first, and examine the case from the perspective of a bystander, and continue to track down the Li royal family, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Wang Yue thought that he was trapped in a preconceived idea just now and couldn't get out, he nodded with shame on his face, "Remember the humble duty!" ”

At this time, Du You came over and said, "Your Highness, is there such a possibility, this assassination case is planned by Dugu Xiangguo's political enemies?" ”

Hearing the word 'political enemy', Guo Song's mind lit up for a moment, as if he thought of something, he groaned and asked, "What does Du Xiangguo mean by political enemy?" ”

"Of course it's Xiangguo's seat, what does Your Highness think I mean?" Du You asked strangely.

"This... I don't think it's very likely, as for the question of the succession of the prime minister, let's go back and talk about it! ”

Guo Song and the two Xiangguo got into a carriage and drove towards Chang'an City......

Inside the carriage, Guo Song looked at the busy people outside, but his mind was thinking about what Du You said just now, what his political enemies did.

He found that he had overlooked a key issue, Dugu Qiu was not only the minister of the imperial court, but also the leader of the Guanlong family, perhaps the reason why he was assassinated had nothing to do with the imperial court, but because of the Guanlong family, could it be that the Guanlong family had anything to do with the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce?

..........

Guo Song just thought about it, and didn't plan to investigate it deeply, it was enough to investigate the case with internal security and the criminal department, and he still had something to do!

The most urgent thing is the candidate for the new Xiangguo, Du Isolated Qiu was assassinated, Guo Song has decided to posthumously crown him as the king of Jiuyuan County, and allowed him to be buried with the gift of the county king, and arranged the aftermath of Du Isolated Qiu, Guo Song wants to consider the candidate of the new Xiangguo.

In the afternoon, Guo Song came to the south bank of the Qujiang River and visited Han Rong, who lived in the garden house on the south bank.

Han Yun is too old to hold an official position, and he is currently being named a scholar of Jixian Palace, a scholar of Jixian Palace, who was a former senior minister, and Guo Song's father-in-law, Xue Xun, is also currently serving as a scholar of Jixian Palace.

In addition, there is also a former Huainan Jiedu envoy Chen Shaoyou and the former household secretary Dong Jin of the Southern Tang Dynasty who were also awarded the title of Jixian Hall University Scholar and Staff Officer.

Hearing that His Royal Highness the King of Jin was coming, Han Yun personally greeted him outside the gate of the mansion, "Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "It's been almost half a year since we last met, and Han Gong seems to be in good health!" ”

"The body is fine! I feel like I'm better suited to life in my hometown. ”；

Han Rong invited Guo Song into the guest hall, and the two sat down separately, Han Rong asked with concern: "I heard that Dugu Xiangguo was assassinated yesterday?" Did the assassins catch it? ”

Guo Song shook his head, "The matter is more complicated, the assassin is dead, but who did it behind it is still being investigated." ”

"The assassination of Xiangguo is a big deal, it shouldn't be Zhu Jun's doing."

"I also think it wasn't Zhu Jun's doing, in fact, we still have enemies in the shadows, but we didn't find out, and the other party is hiding relatively deeply."

"Your Highness should be careful, the rise of His Highness has violated the vital interests of many people, and the assassination of Dugu Xiangguo may be just the beginning."

"Thank you Han Gong for reminding me, I'll be careful!"

Han Yun asked his grandson Han Cha to go to his study to get a document, and he smiled at Guo Song: "In recent months, I have been thinking about the governance of the southeast coast, I wrote a report, and I was about to send it to His Highness in two days, but I didn't expect His Highness to come, so let His Highness take a look at it first." ”

Guo Song suddenly became interested, took the report and looked at it, Han Rong said: "The biggest problem on the southeast coast is transportation, Jiangnan is fine, there is water transportation, but from Mingzhou to Fuzhou, Quanzhou, the mountain road is extremely bumpy and difficult, and then from Quanzhou to Lingnan Guangzhou, completely blocked by heavy mountains, so Weichen feels that taking the sea route, connecting the southeast coast, the sea route is the most convenient, we should vigorously develop shipping, encourage businessmen to engage in shipping." ”

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "Does Gong Han know about Liuqiu Island?" ”

Han Yun pondered for a moment and said: "I've heard that there are two Liuqiu, one large and one small, one in the East China Sea, one Daliuqiu Island occupies a large area, similar to Jiangnan, and there is also a Xiaoliuqiu Island, I heard that there are natives living there. ”

Guo Song also said: "I consider the development of the southeast coastal shipping at the same time, but also consider the development of these two islands, of course, we have to learn the lessons of the Sui Dynasty, not too hasty, step by step, with 50 years to gradually develop, the size of the flow and the East China Sea coast as a whole." ”

"Your Highness has thought more deeply than me, I need to revise and add some content, and then submit it to Your Highness!"

Guo Song handed the report back to Han Yun, and said: "Today, I am looking for Han Gong to supplement the affairs of Xiangguo, and I am considering letting Linglang Han Gao take the position of Dugu Xiangguo." ”

Han Yun was overjoyed, his son was finally about to take the throne, and he hurriedly said modestly: "Thank you for Your Highness's kindness, I'm afraid that the dog's ability is still insufficient, why doesn't Your Highness consider other senior officials?" ”

Guo Song said unhurriedly: "I really don't hide it from Han Gong, this time I am going to consider the officials of Jiangnan, the household servant Wei Yingwu, is a suitable candidate, and Ling Lang Han Gao is also a suitable candidate, but in comparison, Ling Lang's qualifications and connections in Jiangnan are a little deeper, so this time I will consider Ling Lang, Han Gong does not need to be modest, I have already decided." ”

"Then thank Your Highness for your trust, it's just that Dugu Xiangguo was just assassinated yesterday, and then immediately appointed the dog, isn't it too eager and not very respectful to the deceased?"

Guo Song said with a smile: "This is the main purpose of my visit to Han Gong, please ask Han Gong to inform Ling Lang to enter Beijing, after arriving in the capital, Dugu Xiangguo's funeral is almost over, and then he will be officially appointed." ”

Han Yun stood up and saluted, "Thank you again for your kindness!" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "This is actually a reward, Jiangnan can receive it peacefully, it is inseparable from the full cooperation of Han Gong's father and son, Han Gong's trust in me, I Guo Song has always remembered it!" ”