In the carriage, Guo Li handed over the manuscript of the poem sent by the princess to Meng Haoran, and then took out a map of the geography of the Tang Dynasty and looked at it, completely ignoring Meng Haoran's bored expression.

"If Pei Ling wanted to rebel first, he would have rebelled long ago when he was in the Western Regions. This person is a business genius, and in just five years, he has made tens of millions of profits. When he was in the Western Regions, he was valued by the Turkic Turkic Khan, and if Pei Ling first rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, the Anxi Protectorate would probably be in danger long ago. ”

"Sir, since we have this inference, we can overturn the evidence that Pei Ling rebelled first. This makes it much easier. ”

It is necessary to know that the difficulty in judging the case lies in the unknown of the truth, and at this moment, it is equivalent to knowing the result a long time ago, and it is determined that Pei Lingxian's case must be falsely accused, so it is only necessary to overturn the evidence. It's a lot easier than a normal case.

There are few people on the post road, Guo Li out of Tongguan, through Luoyang, south to Ezhou, through Tanzhou, Chenzhou to Guangzhou. The journey did not stop, and it took more than half a month. After a day of repairing in Ezhou, several people suffered from bedsores after a long journey. The sick man rides in a horse-drawn carriage. Guo Li and Meng Haoran rode alone, seeing the scenery all the way.

……

Yongzhou.

Yongzhou is located in the northwest of Guangzhou. The city is not big, with a radius of ten miles. There is a white river in the south of the city, there is a small town on the bank of the white river, there is a family living in the town, the owner He Yongchun is loyal and honest, and this year there is a happy event, and a concubine room is filled. Originally matched with Xiang's, although he was nearly forty years old, left a charm, and the only thing that made the locals gossip was that Xiang's was lazy to eat.

He Yongchun has been away all year round, and this year can be regarded as a long-term residence in the town. Originally, I was not very familiar with the people in the town, but according to He Yongchun himself, he used to be a steward in a large family. When I get older, I retire and go home. Everyone in the town knows that He Yongchun's original partner has hooked up with a guy in the town for many years. After He Yongchun came back, Xiang's family was a little more restrained.

After He Yongchun accepted a concubine, all his thoughts were devoted to the concubine, and soon the concubine was secretly knotted. Xiang's family was anxious, and he added fists and kicks to the concubine every day. Everyone in the town knows about it. After all, the town is so big, who doesn't know what happened to them? He Yongchun has been ignoring this, and when others asked, He Yongchun tried to prevaricate the past.

In three months, Xiang's suddenly became kind to the concubine, serving tea and water, very polite. It's just that the concubine drank the tea sent by the Xiang family, and she was born prematurely, and the fetus is still a son. The concubine has held a grudge against the Xiang family since then. Every day, he opened his mouth and scolded He Yongchun and Xiang's family. Everyone in the town knows that this is because the Xiang family doesn't want the concubine to give birth to the child. Once the child was born, Xiang's status in the He family plummeted. Who made the Xiang family not have a child?

Suddenly, one day, the concubine died inexplicably, in a well. Everyone in the town knew that the concubine died of murder, and it should have been done by the Xiang family. He Yongchun learned that the concubine was dead, but he did not report it to the official, so he fished out the concubine and buried it directly.

Who knew that the concubine's maiden family also had some influence in the local area, so she reported to the official and asked for the murderer to be arrested. The local county order received a report, and the life was at stake, and he did not dare to be negligent, and the coffin was opened for an autopsy, and the concubine's back bone was cracked. The county magistrate had no idea where to start, so he asked Xiang and He Yongchun, both of whom had alibi evidence. The county magistrate had no choice but to put all the two people in prison, which was half a month.

The concubine's family insisted that He Yongchun was a murderer and demanded severe punishment. The county officials interrogated He Yongchun many times, and had no choice but to serve the heavy punishment.

……

Guo Li rushed to Guangzhou, showed the official documents, and extracted the file of Pei Ling's first conspiracy. The physical evidence in the file is complete and the evidence is conclusive.

According to the dossier, a large number of knives and guns were found in Pei's mansion, and the complainant was the steward of Pei's mansion. Guangzhou Assassin Shi took Pei Lingxian and told the emperor.

After reading the dossier, Guo Li smiled. It is clear that someone has framed it. It's just that who has such a great hatred with this governor of Guangzhou and wants to put him to death?

Although there were a large number of knives and guns as evidence, there was no one who attached them. Just relying on dozens of people in the general's mansion to plot against him?

Meng Haoran thought that it was imperative to find the person who reported it, but the person who reported it had long since disappeared from the world. In desperation, I had to go to Pei's Mansion first.

Guo Li took the soldiers to Pei's mansion, and all the people in the mansion were controlled and not detained, probably the assassin also understood that Pei Ling was framed first. I saw Pei Lingxian's son Pei Yuan, about thirty-seven or eighteen years old. Guo Li felt like a dream for a moment, and the legends of the Tang Dynasty were real.

Pei Yuan learned about Guo Li's origin, "Two adults, He Gui, the steward of Pei Mansion, has absconded and his whereabouts are unknown. Pei Fu is afraid that this time it will be difficult to escape. ”

There is no more clue in Pei Fu. The only evidence used to prove the rebellion was removed, leaving only an empty firewood room.

Meng Haoran proposed to inspect the physical evidence.

The knives and guns that Pei Ling used to rebel first turned out to be official instruments, and if these knives and guns were used to frame them, then there was something wrong with the armory.

When Guo Li rushed to the armory, there were broken bricks and tiles in front of him. A few days ago a fire destroyed the armory. Including account books and warehouses, all burned down and reported to the imperial court. The armory ordered King Zheng and Zhong to be detained, and several soldiers were all killed in the fire that day.

originally thought that this was an extremely simple case, and only needed to overturn the evidence to prove Pei Lingxian's innocence. However, in the past two days, all the people involved have either disappeared or died, and it is clear that someone is destroying the evidence. Let Pei Di argue first, let the false accusation become a fact, and let the truth not surface.

Guo Li was furious.

Such indiscriminately, framing a governor.

What does that mean, exactly?

Meng Haoran had seen the scene, so he could only ask the armory commander King Hezhong first.

That's the only clue right now.

According to Wang Hezhong's confession, the soldiers who died violently in the armory were Cui Dahai, Yang Wenyi, Liu Zhengxiang, Zuo Chengkai, and Han Yucheng, who had been in the armory for more than ten years. Usually they don't look out of the ordinary.

"Are there any of the five people who are usually good gamblers?" Meng Haoran asked.

"Yang Wenyi likes to gamble on weekdays, Han Yucheng likes to drink, and the other three have no hobby of gambling and drinking."

Investigated Yang Wenyi and interviewed some people related to Yang Wenyi.

"Chief Yang likes to spend the night in Lan Kwai Fong, and every time Chief Zuo wins money, he comes to Lan Kwai Fong, and he is generous and looks for young and beautiful girls."

"Yang Wenyi is dead, and he still owes the old man dozens of silver that he hasn't repaid."

"Yang Guanren has been very generous lately, and he often goes to drink."

"Yang Guanren usually gambles for money, and there is a lady and two sons at home, who create evil, and don't know how to support his family when he makes money."

A person who gambles regularly will normally win or lose less than 50%. When encountering a casino set up a thousand, I am afraid that the probability of winning money is not even forty percent.

Intuition told Guo Li that there was something wrong with this Yang Wenyi.