Chapter Seventy-Six: Dead or Alive
In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Li Longji, supported by the little eunuch Yu Chaoen, slowly got up from the throne and walked outside the main hall.
Because Gao Lishi was not in the palace last night, Li Longji did not sleep very well, so many years, he has long been accustomed to Gao Lishi by his side, as long as Gao Lishi is with the palace, he can sleep peacefully, later generations mentioned in the records of later generations that 'Xuanzong often said, Lux should be inherited in the front, and I rest and be stable.' ’
This is a tacit understanding formed after more than 30 years of getting along day and night, and Gaolishi has become a part of Li Longji's life, and no one can replace it.
The little eunuch next to him, Yu Chaoen, is a very clever boy, and he can generally understand the emperor's meaning, but he is still too tender, and there are always some places where Li Longji is not too satisfied.
The sky outside the hall was drifting with goose feathers and heavy snow, the north wind was howling, and the temperature was extremely cold, and Li Longji couldn't help but shiver.
"Everyone, it's too cold outside, let's go back inside!"
Yu Chaoen sensitively sensed Li Longji's coldness and cared about his suggestion.
Li Longji looked sideways at Yu Chaoen, and secretly sighed in his heart, if Gao Lishi was by his side, he would never say such a stupid suggestion.
He is today, doesn't he know that it is cold outside? He walked out of the main hall in order to enjoy the snow, how could the preferences of the Son of Heaven be disobeyed, as a servant of the servant, he should obey the will of the Son of Heaven, prepare the fox fur, and put it on the Son of Heaven.
"My fox coat is still on the throne, bring it to me to put on."
"Yes, everybody."
Yu Chaoen was stunned, and hurriedly ran to the throne in the main hall, took the fox fur coat, and draped it on Li Longji's body.
The fox fur coat was draped on his body, Li Longji was much warmer, looking at the Daming Palace wrapped in silver, Li Longji's mood was quite complicated, the scenery at this time was beautiful, however, the weather was getting colder and colder, and the body of Li Xian, the king of Ning, was estimated to be unbearable.
Li Xian is Li Longji's eldest brother, for the stability of the Tang Dynasty, he took the initiative to give up the struggle for the throne and surrendered the country to Li Longji, so that the Tang Dynasty entered the heyday of the Kaiyuan Dynasty under the leadership of Li Longji.
Li Longji has always been grateful for the concession of his eldest brother Li Xian, and has always respected his eldest brother very much.
"The general didn't return to the palace last night, I always feel like something is missing in my heart, Yu Chaoen, hasn't the general returned to the palace this morning?"
Li Longji looked at Yu Chaoen, his attitude was a little anxious.
When Yu Chaoen heard this, he chuckled in his heart, the emperor felt that something was missing, but he was not very satisfied with his service, that is to say, he could not be like Gao Lishi, everywhere in line with Li Longji's mind, when he thought of just now, under Li Longji's prompting, he thought of the fox coat on the throne, and Yu Chaoen couldn't wait to slap himself a few mouths.
"Everyone, there seems to have been a big incident at the general's house yesterday, so I couldn't rush back."
"Something is wrong?"
Li Longji's heart tightened, stared at Yu Chaoen, and motioned for him to continue.
Yu Chaoen rolled his eyes: "Everyone, it seems that it is the daughter of the general, who was robbed by thieves on the street on the east side of Xishi, and was almost buried alive, but the thief has been captured, and the general's daughter is fine." ”
Li Longji was furious when he heard this: "It's really unreasonable, even the general's daughter dares to rob it, next time, won't you want to rob my daughter, did the Tubo people do it?" ”
"Everyone, it's not Tubo, it is said that the mastermind seems to be called Liu Luogu, and he is a general under the command of the Andu Governor of Yingzhou."
Li Longji was stunned: "An Lushan's subordinate general Liu Luogu, what reason does he have for doing this?" ”
"Everyone, the slaves and maids have also heard from others, and the specific situation is not very clear."
Li Longji glared at Yu Chaoen: "There is such a big thing in the general's family, why are you only reporting it now?" ”
Yu Chaoen trembled for a long time, I don't know how to explain, Li Longji just got up not long ago, he is not too late to say it now, he can't wake up Li Longji in the middle of the night because of this matter! Besides, Yu Chaoen didn't expect that Li Longji would value Gaolishi's family so much.
"Okay, you go to the palace gate and wait, as soon as the general returns to the palace, let him come to see me immediately."
"Yes, everybody."
Yu Chaoen respectfully received the order, took a few steps back, stepped on the snow all over the ground, and walked in the direction of the palace gate.
At this moment, Yu Chaoen's heart is full of emotion, from Li Longji's performance just now, it can be seen that Gao Lishi occupies an important place in Li Longji's heart, but he Yu Chaoen is as light as a feather in Li Longji's heart, dispensable.
As a eunuch with a physical disability, isn't this life trying to be appreciated by the emperor, Gao Lishi has been appreciated by the emperor, and when will he wait until he is young?
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After staying in Liu Luogu's house for a night, early the next morning, Li An and others woke up and were stunned to find that Chang'an City had become a world covered in silver.
The bloodstains in Liu Luogu's mansion were also covered with heavy snow, making this mansion look like a fairy tale world, and all the murderous and resentful energy disappeared without a trace.
'Liu Luogu has just been subdued, and it snows all the time, is this a grievance for Liu Luogu? Is Liu Luogu wronged? ’
Li Anxin sighed secretly, however, it is winter at this time, and snow is a very common thing, and it is not snowing in June, in fact, even if it is snowing in June, it is just a coincidental climate, there is nothing strange about it.
Of course, Li An felt that Liu Luogu was a little wronged, if he hadn't been angry and stole the flat-haired beast that An Lushan wanted to give to Li Longji, Liu Luogu might not hate himself so much, and in this way, he would not have kidnapped Yue'er Xiaoniang in a hurry, and thus fell into a situation where he had to die.
However, Li An does not regret it, Liu Luogu is An Lushan's minion, it is not a pity for this kind of person to die, if he dies, An Lushan's strength will be less, which is a good thing for Li An and the Tang Empire.
"Big brother, heavy snow is the most conducive to hunting, so it's better to go hunting outside the city."
Li Kunxiong sparked an interest in hunting.
Li An waved his hand lightly: "Kunxiong, you take the brothers with you!" The eldest brother won't go. ”
"Yes, big brother." Li Kunxiong greeted and led a group of brothers to hunt outside the city.
Li An did not go hunting outside the city, and the case of Yue'er's kidnapping involved him, so he had to stay and assist Wei Jian in solving the case.
As for Liu Luogu biting out that he stole the Divine Bird, he was not very worried at all, first of all, Liu Luogu had no conclusive evidence, and could not prove that the Divine Bird was eaten by Li An, and secondly, Li Ang made great contributions in Ulzhou, and before and after entering the capital, he saved Yue'er's mother and daughter and the Eastern Queen Zhao Yufu, and was appreciated by Li Longji, so even if the matter of stealing and eating the Divine Bird was planted on Li An's head, it would not let Li An be greatly disposed of, and Li Longji was happy, maybe he wouldn't care.
After entering the county government of Chang'an County, Li An immediately met with Chang'an Ling Wei Jian and explained his intention.
Wei Jian was about to look for Li An to assist in the investigation, and when he saw Li An taking the initiative to come to the county office, he was very happy and asked Li An to sit down and talk.
After a busy night's work, Wei Jian only rested for less than two hours, his eyes were black at the moment, and his eyes were bloodshot, looking quite tired, but he was in a very good mood, after all, Liu Luogu had already been subdued, and Yue'er had been successfully rescued, so he only needed to interrogate the ins and outs of the case clearly.
"This time I was able to crack this case so smoothly, and Captain Li should be the first to take the lead."
Wei Jian opened his mouth to praise first, which made Li An feel good.
"The county honored it, if it weren't for the fact that County Lieutenant Liu limited the position of the prisoner to Buzheng Fang, he would not have thought of Liu Luogu in the future."
Wei Jian's eyes flashed: "In this way, there is indeed a festival between Captain Li and that Liu Luogu." ”
"When Liu Luogu was at Tongguan Station, he was too arrogant and domineering, and he was repaired well, and he has always held a grudge for this."
Ang Lee replied bluntly.
Wei Jian smiled faintly, through the overnight surprise review, he had already tried out these situations, but for Li An's stealing of the Divine Bird, he could not judge the truth or falsehood, and at the same time attached great importance to it, after all, this was a tribute to the emperor, and it was disrespectful to steal the Divine Bird.
"Captain Li, according to Liu Luogu's subordinates, they have a huge white eagle that is ready to be presented to His Majesty today, but it was stolen when he was in Tongguan, can Captain Li know about it?"
Wei Jian asked sideways.
Li An grinned: "The county lord also believes in such a thing made out of nothing? Zai Xia felt that it must be Liu Luogu's subordinates who failed to take a good look at the White Eagle and let the White Eagle fly away, in order to escape punishment, they put the responsibility on Zaixia, at that time, Liu Luogu had just been taught a lesson by Zaixia, so he would naturally be suspicious. ”
Wei Jian looked at Li An suspiciously: "In this way, this matter is purely speculation by Liu Luogu and others, and Captain Li has never done such a thing at all?" ”
"No, absolutely not."
Li An shook his head again and again, refusing to admit that he had stolen the flat-haired beast.
When Wei Jian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, this case has almost been tried by the official, as long as it is sorted out a little, it can be reported to the imperial court, Liu Luogu is afraid that it will be difficult to escape." ”
"County Zun, Zhao Asan, the commander of the Right Jinwuwei Brigade, is involved in this case, I don't know who is involved behind him?"
Ang Lee is very interested in the people behind Zhao Asan.
Wei Jian frowned: "Captain Li still doesn't know?" Zhao Asan was assassinated last night and is dead. ”
"What, Zhao Asan was assassinated, what did he do?"
Li An was taken aback, and Zhang Daxiong's figure flashed in his mind, except for Liu Sheng, only Zhang Daxiong knew that Zhao Asan was in contact with Liu Luogu.
"The assassin is a master, and he didn't leave any clues, but Liu Luogu's reason for plundering the general's daughter is already very clear, Zhao Asan's life and death are not very important, let the Right Jin Wuwei Yamen investigate it himself!"
Obviously, Wei Jian wanted to close the case as soon as possible to show his administrative efficiency, and he didn't care much about Zhao Asan, who was full of subtleties.