In the first year of Shenlong, on the ninth day of the first month, Luoyang, the capital of God.

There are still seven days before the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, although the female emperor Wu Zetian is sick, but Luoyang City is still a lively scene of lights, as if the female emperor's serious illness does not affect this upcoming grand festival at all.

Since the second year of Tianzhu moved the capital to Luoyang, the annual Shangyuan Festival is very lively, after nine years of construction, the prosperity is no less than Chang'an in the west, and the merchants of the Western Regions in the Shendu Fang are endless, all rushing to make a lot of money in this Shangyuan Festival. In the later period of Emperor Wu's reign, the style of extravagance and comparison grew day by day, and there was no shortage of silver taels in the hands of officials and nobles, and what they pursued was that share of the nobility in front of the people. Merchants from all over the world also seized this period and began to prepare goods more than half a year in advance, and camel merchants and horse teams from all walks of life arrived in Luoyang one after another.

Luoyang City is designed according to the concept of "unity of heaven and man", with the imperial palace Ziwei City as the core, symbolizing the Ziwei Palace, the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, Luoshui passes through the city, and the imperial city and the outer Guo City are built outside the palace city in turn, and there are eight city gates. To the northeast and south are the residential areas of Fang City, with a total of 109 squares. Commercial trade is concentrated in the south, west and north cities, all of which are close to the river canal and directly connected to the Grand Canal.

During the Shangyuan Festival, because of the influx of foreign businessmen, in order to centralize management, all foreign businessmen were concentrated in the West Market, and the door was opened to facilitate the entry and exit of foreign businessmen. But at this place and at this time, there was a case that should not have happened.

After the morning bell, the ugly hour, the thick door had just opened. The city gate ordered the rush to report, about 50 zhang away from the city gate, a group of Hu people traders were attacked, more than 20 people at the scene were not spared, more than 30 camels also died, the ground was full of blood, the Hu people's goods were looted, and the scene was also scattered with some missing Hu people's goods. Most of the people who were attacked were killed by a knife in the neck, Wang Wenzhi, who was responsible for investigating the case, saw that the case was serious, and the Shangyuan Festival was approaching, if there was a mistake in the handling, or the case could not be solved in time, then the light would be lost and punished, and the heavy would not be able to protect his life, so he reported to the Dali Temple in time. Special period, Dali Temple did not dare to slacken, so quickly organized personnel to rush to the scene of the crime, this matter can be big or small, if not handled properly, the caravans of various countries panicked all out, or caravans from other countries did not dare to come again, must have affected the prosperity of the Shangyuan of the Shendu, and more importantly, now the envoys of various countries are in Luoyang, once the national prestige of Wu Zhou is damaged because of this matter, it is bound to have a huge impact.

Responsible for the investigation of this case is Dali Temple Si Zhi Chen Wuji, don't look at Dali Temple Si Zhi only six products, but this Chen Wuji is not simple, good at criminal, in his thirties, but has served in Dali Temple for ten years, cracked a lot of cases, in the early years in Di Ge old under the errand, and then transferred to Dali Temple, in order to have a chance to solve the case, good for promotion, Dali Temple Qing Xu Yougong knows its ability, but also mostly for reuse, but unfortunately Di Ge Lao, Xu Yougong passed away one after another, for a time Chen Wuji in the court has no way. The current Dali Temple Secretary Wu Jiang relied on his relationship to the top position, for fear that his ability would replace him, he never promoted him, and he came and went, and this Chen Wuji could only stay in the position of Si Zhi, and when he encountered a difficult case, he would hand it over.

Today's case was too urgent, and Wu Jiang did not dare to slack off, and when he received the report, he sent Chen Wuji, who was the most experienced, to investigate the case. Chen Wuji was burly and dark-skinned, and he had a physique created by investigating cases for a long time, and he squatted on the ground to carefully observe the scene of the crime, examining the corpse, and not letting go of any clues.

At this time, the sun had completely risen, the scene of the crime was surveyed in an orderly manner under the command of Chen Wuji, and Wu Jiang also rushed to the scene, he almost vomited out the morning food he had just eaten when he saw the tragic situation of corpses and camels all over the ground, covered his mouth with one hand, and asked, "How is it?" Any clues? ”

Chen Wuji looked down on Wu Jiang in his heart, he had no real talent and real learning, and he had no official resume, relying on his relationship with Wu Sansi to serve as the secretary of Dali Temple in just a few years, but he was always his top boss, Chen Wuji was still polite, and replied: "Back to my lord, I don't think this case is simple, it is not like a simple robbery and murder, there are strange things inside." ”

"Strange? What do you mean? The goods are gone, and the people are dead, isn't it just robbing the goods and killing people? Wu Jiang replied anxiously. He didn't want this matter to be too complicated, the Shangyuan Festival was approaching, he only hoped that the big things would be small and trivial, and the scene would be quickly investigated, and then a sea fishing document would be issued to take the person, if he couldn't get the person, he would just find a person who was guilty of the crime, and the case would be closed as soon as possible. Anyway, we can't let this matter ferment, lest the matter get bigger and bigger, and it will be stabbed to a higher level, and he won't be able to pass this festival.

Chen Wuji unhurriedly opened a corpse, pointed to the knife wound on the erection of the neck and said: "My lord, please see, these victims were all killed with a single knife, and there are no other injuries on their bodies, I have examined several corpses, and they are all like this, and there is not even a trace of a fight." ”

"What does that mean?" Wu Jiang said impatiently.

Chen Wuji didn't care about Wu Jiang's attitude, anyway, he was used to it, Wu Jiang had never paid much attention to official business, and that little spare time was either to tie up with his superiors, or he was busy messing around in the flower street, and it was normal for him to be impatient with the case at the moment, he remained silent and continued: "This shows that the murderer is very good, not like an ordinary bandit, and the place where the crime occurred is only more than 50 zhang away from the city gate. But the thugs were so fast that no one even noticed. Besides, if it's just to grab goods, you can commit murder on the road far from the city defense, so why do you have to take this risk to set up an ambush here? And... ”

"Enough!" Wu Jiang interrupted Chen Wuji's words and continued: "Then do you have any clues, who is the murderer?" ”

Chen Wuji thought for a while and replied, "There is no clue at present!" ”

"Then you're talking! I will limit you to find out the facts of the case within three days and arrest the murderer, otherwise the blame will be blamed on this matter, and I will ask you! Wu Jiang said a little scoundrelly.

Chen Wuji didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only remain silent, bowing his head and continuing to look for clues on the ground. His eyes were drawn to a hair tie scattered on the ground, and he bent down to pick it up and examine it carefully.

At this time, a few people were squeezed into the scene of the crime, and walked straight to Wu Jiang, the person in the middle of the lead was very young, dressed in green clothes, thin, looking at his appearance about twenty years old, tall, eyes like torches, followed by two people, burly, heroic, at first glance, he was not an idle person.

Wu Jiang looked at the person in front of him, hurriedly saluted, and said: "It turned out to be Shang Yuan Fengyu Li Sanlang, Li Gongzi, what is the matter here?" ”

Li Sanlang returned the salute and replied: "Shangyuan is coming, and on the order of our emperor, the Long'an Division is specially set up to be responsible for the security of the Shendu City during the Shangyuan Festival. Since this matter is a security matter, it should be handed over to the Longan Division for investigation, and I came here to hand over this matter. ”

Someone is willing to pick up this hot potato, Wu Jiang is happy, but Shang Ran Fengyu is nothing more than a person in charge of the emperor's internal and external idle stables and horses, and when was the Long An Division established, he has never heard of it, he did not ask clearly, and he rushed to hand over the matter, and he was afraid of a crime of not noticing, but this Li Sanlang is the son of the crown prince, of course he did not dare to slack off, he really collided, and in the future, he would be investigated, and the people above would not necessarily help him for this matter, thinking of this, Wu Jiang bowed his hand and continued: " It is appropriate for Li Gongzi to take over this matter, but the establishment of the Long'an Division, the lower officials have not yet received the clear text, please Li Gongzi show the token, and I will report to the superiors after I go back, otherwise the lower officials will be punished by the superiors. ”

Li Sanlang took out a waist card from his waist, handed it to Wu Jiang, and said: "This is the Long'an Commander card, and the Long'an Division's order will be promulgated today's court meeting. Our emperor also has a special order, in order to ensure that the Shangyuan Festival is comprehensive, Long Ansi can also recruit personnel from the yamen of various ministries, and the yamen of all ministries must cooperate. ”

Wu Jiang took the token, the front of the token is engraved with "Long'an Division", and the back is engraved with "Fengtian Edict", Li Sanlang is no matter how bold he is afraid and does not dare to falsely pass on the holy order, this matter should be true, so Wu Jiang hurriedly returned the token, bowed again, and replied: "The lower official immediately handed over the order, and the rest of the things are still Lao Li Gong... Oh, no, Li Sicheng is working hard, how do I need to cooperate with the yamen? ”

Li Sanlang shook his hand and said: "Dali Temple only needs to send one person to me, and the rest of the people will be informed if necessary, and I hope that the adults will also help at that time." ”

Wu Jiang said with a smile: "That's natural, may I ask who Li Sicheng needs to seconded to my yamen?" Xia Guan immediately arranged. ”

Li Sanlang looked around, pointed at Chen Wuji and said, "Just him." ”

Wu Jiang hurriedly summoned Chen Wuji to him and said: "This is Li Sicheng of Long'an Division, this matter is entrusted to him, and you will cooperate, you must do your best, you only need to report everything to Li Sicheng." ”

Chen Wuji glanced at Li Sanlang, bowed, and said loudly: "Oh! ”

Wu Jiang saw that the matter had been handed over, and the boulder in his heart finally let go, and hurriedly retreated and retreated.

Li Sanlang looked at Chen Wuji and said, "From now on, you will do things for me, and we must crack this case as soon as possible." ”

Chen Wuji said loudly: "I do things for Luoyang and am responsible for Li Sicheng!" After saying that, he turned around and began to look at the scene.

When Chen Wuji said this, it was beyond Li Sanlang's expectations, thinking to himself, this person has a very high heart! After that, we must pay more attention to getting along.

At this time, the sun is already high, and it must be close to the end of the day.