Chapter 682: Confused Case (3)
Li Tang royal family admits that it originated from Lao Tzu, and has great respect for Taoism, not only in various places to build Taoist temples, but even in the palace there is a Taoist temple, the big horn view is the Taoist temple in the Daming Palace, clear and empty, naturally the host of the big horn view, although it has not been named the national teacher, but under the care of the martial arts, all the treatment is compared with the specifications of the national teacher, the status is quite respected, and there are many disciples under it, and they all have some ability, and they are also the number one person in the Beijing division, and they appeared in the Ming Mansion at this time, obviously for the death of their disciple Ming Chongyan, Nine times out of ten, the back is inseparable from the push hand of the martial arts, which Li Zhen knows very well in his heart, and his head can't help but hurt, he really doesn't want to see such people at this time, but everyone has already arrived at the ground, so he turned around and left, obviously not a thing, in desperation, Li Zhen could only frown unnoticed, shook his sleeves, and slowly walked into the Ming Mansion.
"What's more, this case is clearly committed by the prince, such a knife is full of power, except for the prince's house, who can find it, as a member of the court, aren't they all bullying the weak and afraid of the hard?"
"That's it, I don't dare to investigate the facts of the case so clearly, do you really want to bend the law or what?"
"That's right, my Tang Dynasty is the land of law, the prince violates the law, and he should be guilty of the same crime as the common people, and now the facts are there, you are responsible for the security of Gyeonggi, and you dare to disregard the grace of the saint!"
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In the back garden of the Ming Mansion, the scene was in chaos, Qingxu Lao Dao Tie stood silently on the side with a blue face, and many disciples under his command surrounded Yin Wang Renshi of Jingzhao Mansion and Chen Datong and Liu Shu in the center, and they were all scolded endlessly, but all the officers and soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion shrank in a corner of the garden, and they did not dare to step forward to relieve the siege for their own officials, obviously afraid of this group of fierce and vicious Taoists.
"Ahem, ahem!"
The reason why Li Zhen hurried to the scene as soon as he got the holy decree was to avoid the possible interference of the Empress Wu, grab the time to break the case, and then turn around and fight with Li Xian and the Empress Wu, this kind of hard work is not good, but unfortunately it was broken into pieces by the appearance of Qingxu Lao Dao and others, and his heart was unhappy. to show the arrival of oneself.
"Xiaguan Wang Renshi (Chen Datong, Liu Shu) has seen His Royal Highness King Yue."
The three officials of Jingzhao Mansion were being forced to be embarrassed by the Daoists of the Dajiaoguan Temple, and when they saw Li Zhen arrive, they couldn't help but be secretly happy in their hearts, and they didn't care what the Daoists were saying, so they squeezed out of the crowd in a panic, and hurriedly met Li Zhen, who was walking slowly, and hurried to see the big gift.
"Lord Wang is polite, polite, I am alone to investigate the case at the behest of His Majesty, I am a step late, and I have worked hard for Lord Wang, Haihan, Haihan."
Li Zhen didn't put on a very princely stand, and politely returned the salute, and made amends with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare, this case can be decided by the prince, the lower officials are at ease, the prince, please!"
Wang Renshi is a member of the Taiyuan Wang clan, Zhenguan nine years into the Shi, decades of official career mostly in the local circles, until last year when Gaozong returned to Beijing, only from Jingzhou Assassin Shi Ren to Jingshi, as a position in Jingzhaofu, although the time into the court is not long, but the situation in the court is well known, has already seen through the case behind the endless troubles, since I don't want to be involved in it, the reason why I rushed to the scene, it is just because of the responsibility, I can't shirk, I have long been looking forward to Li Zhen, the chief judge can take over as soon as possibleSeeing that Li Zhen had arrived at this time, the joy in his heart was needless to say, but he didn't dare to bring it to his face, he just politely thanked him, waved his hand sideways, and signaled Li Zhen to go first.
"Well, okay, Lord Wang, please!"
Even if you know that you can't find out any useful information at all, you still have to do the surface work that should be done, and Li Zhen is too lazy to talk nonsense, so she nodded with a smile, and led the crowd to the place where the crime occurred.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the poor road is clear and void here."
Li Zhen is the prince, his status is extremely respectful, although a group of big-horned people are arrogant, but they don't dare to casually throw wildness towards it, one by one they all hesitated to look at the Qingxu old road who stood silently on the side, his eyes were full of instructions, Qingxu old way saw this, he could no longer hold the shelf, he could only swing an empty left hand sleeve robe, and slowly greeted Li Zhen, who was walking with one hand, and made a joke.
"The old immortal is polite, I don't know what ...... you are here"
knew that Qingxu Lao Dao was here to put pressure on himself, but Li Zhen pretended not to know, and after politely returning the salute, he made a surprised look, and tentatively asked half of the words.
"So that the prince can know that Chongyan is a poor and loving disciple, the sky is heroic, and what he has learned has long been blue and better than the blue, and now he has been plotted by traitors, how can the poor Dao sit idly by, the prince is not only ordered to investigate the case, but also asks the prince to uphold justice for the poor Dao!"
Qingxu Lao Dao and Li Zhen in the past can be regarded as some contacts, the disciples under the seat are often under the order of the Empress Wu and Li Zhen colluded, the relationship between them has always been very good, this time by the secret order of the Empress Wu came to stir up trouble, I thought that Li Zhen would miss the old love and cooperate more, but I didn't expect Li Zhen to play with himself without knowing how to raise an official tone, and it was inevitable that there was some fire in his heart, plus he was not a person in the officialdom, since he did not have the ability to do whatever he wanted, and when he answered Li Zhen's knowingly question, his face was a little unpleasant.
"Immortals can rest assured that the court has its own laws, and Gu will definitely handle it impartially."
Li Zhen didn't intend to talk to Qingxu Lao Dao on such occasions, and after casually/explaining the scene, no matter how ugly Qingxu Lao Dao's face was, he raised his feet and bypassed Qingxu Lao Dao's body, and slowly walked towards the scene of the crime.
"Humph!"
Qingxu Lao Dao didn't expect Li Zhen to be so faceless, and the evil fire in his heart immediately rose, but he didn't dare to be rude to Li Zhen in front of everyone, so he could only snort angrily, his face flashed to the side, staring at Li Zhen's back like an eagle.
"Lord Wang, it's been half a day since the incident, have you found any clues?"
Knowing that going to the scene is going through the motions, but what should be done has to be done enough, Li Zhenzi is a good hand in this way, and looked at Wang Renshi with a tired face with a solemn expression, and asked unhurriedly.
"Back to the prince's words, the thief is ruthless and simple, the lower officials are ashamed, and the income is really not much, come on, quickly tell the details!"
Last night's battle was a matter of lightning, and there was no very useful evidence left at the scene, coupled with the ignorance of the people of the Ming Mansion, who were in a hurry to rescue Ming Chongyan, and the scene had already been destroyed, and the people in the Jingzhao Mansion had been busy for most of the day, but there were almost no things that could be found, Wang Renshi was already worried about this, and when he heard Li Zhen's question, he couldn't help but feel a little weak-hearted, and after answering a vague sentence, he planned to hand over the problem to his subordinates to deal with.
"The little Jingzhao Mansion catches the head Lu Shuang, see the prince!"
Wang Renshi wanted to push the responsibility, and the Shao Yin and the general judges at the bottom didn't want to take responsibility, and after the eye contact, Lu Shuang, the head catcher with the lowest official position present, became the most unlucky person, and had to stand up and take over this extremely troublesome errand.
"Excuse me, let's talk about it, what have you found?"
Li Zhen's face at this time was extremely serious, and there was no more kindness of Corporal Lixian in the past few days, only the endless majesty of the minister.
"Back to the words of the prince, the little ones have received a report from the Ming family at three o'clock last night, and they have rushed to the scene, according to the investigation, it can be known that the thief jumped into the wall from the west side of the back garden, and the Ming Lord had a fight, but the time was not long, the Ming Lord was defeated and died, the remaining strength of the fight swept down, the stone pavilion in the back garden was shattered, and the grass and trees were destroyed, which shows that the thief's martial arts have reached the point of being superb, but unfortunately the scene has been accidentally destroyed by the Ming Mansion people, and the rest of the clues of the murderer were not found at the scene."
Lu Shuang, the head catcher, is also a well-known iron catcher in the rivers and lakes, his vision is good, and his courage is enough, even if he is facing the powerful Yue King Li Zhen, he is not stage frightened.
"Lord Wang, the poor road has something to say!"
As soon as Lu Shuang's words fell, one of the gathered Dajiao Daoists had already come out in line and shouted loudly.
"Oh? If the Taoist chief had anything to say, he said it, and listened alone. ”
Li Zhen didn't want to listen to the words of Qingxu and the others, but on such occasions, he couldn't help but give the Taoists a chance to speak, after all, it was the Empress Wu who was standing behind these people, even if Li Zhen was reluctant, he could only pinch his nose and listen.
"Lord Yu, the third grandson of the poor road, is the same senior brother of the Ming doctor, the people in the rivers and lakes are called fast swordsmen, the ability next to him is not capable, but there is a strength, that is the art of tracing and distinguishing traces, not the poor road boasts, the world is big, there are few people who can beat the poor road on this road!"
Sun San is the Sun San who had assassinated Li Xian in Hexi, since he beat from Hexi Yu, he went to Ming Chongyan with his division, and was recommended by Ming Chongyan to enter the palace, and now he is one of the Taoist worshippers in the palace, second only to his division, ranked second in the Dajiao Temple, and has always been deeply trusted by the Empress Wu, this time he came here, and he also received a secret order to come, so from the bottom of his heart, he was not afraid of Li Zhen's authority, and boasted proudly.
"Oh? I don't know what clues Sun Xianchang has found, and he said that he listened to Lone. ”
Regarding Sun San's interruption, Li Zhen was actually very angry in her heart, but she didn't bring it to her face, but snorted quietly.
"So that the prince can know that Poor Dao has learned the skills of the current prince, and has a deep understanding of his martial arts, there is no need to look at it, just from the sword marks of last night's battle, you can know that the person who broke into this place last night must be His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Sun San thought that he had the favor of the Empress Wu, and he didn't care what Li Zhen felt in his heart, so he made a big judgment with a big stab, and insisted that Ming Chongyan was killed by Li Xian......