Li Hong left the Zichen Palace, did not immediately return to the East Palace, but instructed Yan Zhuang beside him, "Yan Zhuang, you and Li Duoqi immediately led a hundred iron cavalry to blockade the Wei Mansion, and did not allow the Wei Mansion to leave a single person, and then went to the Chang'an County Ya to block all the files about the file, and the orphan arrived later." ”

Because Li Hong was afraid that there would be eyeliner in the palace to tell the matter discussed by Zichen Palace, he had no choice but to do it.

"No!" Yan Zhuang received the order and left in a hurry.

"Chen Gong, let's not go to the East Palace, let's go to Chang'an County now." Li Hong said to Chen Gong on the side.

Chen Gong received the order, helped Li Hong into the sedan chair, and the group left Daming Palace in a hurry.

Even if Li Hong wants to go to Chang'an County Ya now, he can't just go in court clothes, so he needs to change into civilian clothes in a secluded place, and just after he finished changing into civilian clothes, he was going out of the Vermilion Bird Gate with Chen Gong and a group of guards, and there was already a hundred-person iron horse roaring past on Zhuque Street, and then it was divided into two, a fifty horsemen rushed to Changshou Fang, where the Chang'an County Ya was located, and one galloped to Wei Ling's home in Yong'an Fang.

The county magistrate of Chang'an County is called Cui Yuan, just a side branch of the Qinghe Cui family, but he often thinks that he is a child of the Qinghe Cui family, he relies on his prominent status, as well as the official position of the county order of the capital of Zhengliupin, plus the qualification to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, so he is a man of his word in Chang'an County.

Wei Ling's death caught him a little off guard when it reached the county government, after all, the death of a court official in Chang'an County under his jurisdiction doesn't this mean that there is a big problem with the security of Chang'an County under his rule? And as the county magistrate of Chang'an County, he is naturally to blame for such a major event. Therefore, when he got the news, he personally went to Wei Ling's home to check it out, and only after learning some details about the situation did he return to the county government and report the case to the criminal department.

Because of the strangeness of Wei Ling's death, he was discussing with the county magistrate Bo in the study how to investigate, when he saw that a servant did not have time to report outside, so he hurriedly walked into the study.

Cui Yuan saw this reckless official, and was just about to open his mouth to scold, when he found that the teacup he had placed on the table began to shake, and then he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, as well as the shouting of the official from the courtyard.

Cui Yuanhuo got up as soon as he could, and he didn't have time to ask the official who walked into the study, so he had already strode out of the study. The two of them glanced at each other, and then walked out after him.

Cui Yuan walked to the study and saw a group of fierce cavalry driving all the officials of the county government into this courtyard, and also surrounded this courtyard tightly.

Seeing this scene, his heart trembled, but as the lord of a county, he still tried his best to stabilize his uneasiness, and shouted loudly, "Bold, who are you, dare to trespass into my Chang'an County without permission!" ”

Li Duoqi rode on a horse, looked down at the county order of Chang'an County condescendingly, and said with a cold attitude, "Li Duozhu, the general of the East Palace, came to block all the files of the Chang'an County Ya on the order of His Royal Highness, and asked Cui County Commander to assist Li. ”

"Your Highness?" Cui Yuan already knew that the cavalry in front of him was the prince Wei Lang of the East Palace when he saw Li Duoqi's cavalry, but he was still lucky, thinking that the prince was weak and sick, and even participated in politics once every five days, so how could he pay attention to such a small case? But now when he heard Li Duoqi say this, he suddenly woke up, did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to investigate the cause of Wei Ling's death? He hurriedly asked, "General Li is talking about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" He also knew about Wei Ling..."

Li Duoqi knew that the more time he wasted here, the more he ignored the prince's investigation, so he immediately interrupted Cui Yuan's words, and said in a cold tone, "Li doesn't want to talk too much nonsense here, and asks Cui County Order to assist Li in completing the tasks assigned by His Royal Highness." ”

Cui Yuan used to rely on his identity as a disciple of the gate valve, and he could be extremely arrogant in Chang'an County, but compared with Li Hong, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was still as small as a little sparrow, so when he heard that it was the prince's order, and saw Li Duoqi's attitude so cold, he didn't dare to say anything more, but bowed down and replied, "Cui Yuan takes the order, and asks General Li to give the order!" ”

Li Duoqi nodded slightly, and asked Cui Yuan and the Chang'an County Ya to assist the iron cavalry beside him to block the key gatehouse of the Chang'an County Ya. When the people received the order, they began to get busy. After everything was blocked, it took nearly half a pillar of incense.

At this time, he came to the study with Cui Yuan and others and waited quietly for the crown prince Li Hong.

However, what Li Duoqi didn't notice was that when he and Cui Yuan and his party blocked the key gatehouse of the Chang'an County Ya, a scribe cautiously and secretly ran out of the Chang'an County Ya and disappeared into the crowded street in an instant.

"General Li, Wei Ling is just a small Xishi Cheng, how can his death alarm His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Cui Yuan began to knock on the side to ask Li Duoqi for news.

"Hmph!" Faced with Cui Yuan's inquiry, Li Duoqi just snorted coldly and ignored him. Cui Yuan was bored, so he closed his mouth knowingly.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the study became a little awkward. Cui Yuan's face was a little gloomy and he was drinking tea, and the county Cheng Zhang Bo lowered his head and seemed to be pondering something, only the main Bo Luo Bin Wang's eyes were blazing, and he looked a little excited.

After the time of the incense had passed, Li Hong rushed to the Chang'an County Ya.

Cui Yuan is qualified to participate in the twice-monthly court meeting, he is no stranger to Li Hong, he bowed down when he saw Li Hong, his bearing was very calm, King Luo Bin had seen Li Hong once before Li Hong, Shi Li was still not humble or arrogant, only the county Cheng Zhang Bo was the first time to see His Royal Highness the Prince, he was a little excited in his heart, so he was very flustered when he gave the ceremony.

Li Hong walked into the study and sat down, no longer talking nonsense, but asked openly, "How is the cause of Wei Ling's death investigated?" Did you find any clues at the scene? ”

"I haven't found anything yet, Your Highness." Cui Yuan replied cautiously.

"What do you think about this case?" Li Hong asked again.

"Wei Ling's head was taken away after his death, and he hid a lot of money at home, the murderer obviously didn't kill for money, so there is only one possibility, he died of vendetta." Cui Yuan pondered for a moment and replied.

"What do you two think?" Seeing that Zhang Bo, the county prince, and King Bo Luobin, the lord of the county, did not speak, Li Hong opened his mouth and asked.

County Cheng Zhang Bo secretly glanced at Cui Yuan, and replied cautiously, "Back to Your Highness, Weichen agrees with Cui County's opinion. ”

As soon as Zhang Bo's voice fell, King Luo Bin said in a solemn tone, "Your Highness, the minister thinks that Wei Ling's death may not be related to vendetta, and it is very likely that someone wants to kill him and kill him. ”

"Oh-" Li Hong asked a little surprised, "Can Master Luo elaborate on your judgment?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, Wei Ling is a Xishi Cheng, a person who assists Xishi Ling in managing Xishi and collecting commercial taxes, he is just a Jiupin petty official, and he is not from a big family, and he has as much as 20,000 yuan of money hidden in his family, obviously he is using his position to embezzle commercial tax income, and he is a small Xishi Cheng, can he have such a big courage to dare to embezzle the commercial tax of Xishi? No way. Then there is only one possibility, there must be big people behind him who support him, so that he has the courage to do this. When King Luo Bing said this, he paused, and then continued, "Now he has been killed at home, but there is no money missing from the family, only the head is missing, and the minister thinks that this may be because someone is afraid that he will leak the corruption and want to kill him." ”

"Lord Luo's words are too lying!" As soon as Luo Bin Wang finished explaining, before Li Hong could speak, Cui Yuan retorted, "Could it be that there is a lot of money, just having no head, isn't it a vendetta?" ”

"Wei Ling is just a little Xishi Cheng, a person who can make enemies with him and take revenge in such a way, what kind of person do you think he will be?" Luo Bingwang snorted coldly and asked rhetorically.

"This..."Cui Yuan was asked, how could he know what kind of person it was?

Seeing that Cui Yuan was difficult to answer, King Luo Bin snorted coldly and said, "Naturally, there are some people whose status is lower than Wei Ling, only because they are eager for revenge, and it is difficult to take revenge on Wei Ling through other means, so they can only take such extreme measures." ”

Cui Yuan saw that he was speechless in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, and felt a little embarrassed, so he didn't have time to think about it and said fiercely, "What's the matter?" ”

"May I ask Cui County Order, do you think that people like them are tired and worried about food and clothing all day long, if they kill Wei Ling and find out that he has hidden money in his house, how can they not take a penny?" Luo Bingwang asked again.

"This-" Cui Yuan's words stopped, his gaze became a little cold, and he questioned Luo Bin Wang in a cold tone, "Master Luo, the cause of Wei Ling's death is too strange, it's too child's play for you to guess like this, right?" ”

Luo Bingwang didn't pay attention to Cui Yuan's fierce gaze at all, but replied with a cold snort, "It's not child's play, you can only know after slowly checking it!" ”

"You-" Cui Yuan was blocked by Luo Bingwang again, he was furious, he had already forgotten that Li Hong was in the study, and he was about to be angry with Luo Bingwang, but Li Hong yelled and reprimanded, "Enough! It's important to investigate the case, where did you get the time to still be noisy here? ”

"The minister is guilty, and I ask His Highness to forgive me!" Zhang Bo was the first to be frightened and hurriedly bowed down to plead guilty.

Li Hong shouted and reprimanded, Cui Yuan realized that he had lost his temper just now, and he even forgot that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in the study, and he was suddenly frightened, and immediately asked Li Hong for his guilt, "It was rude just now, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness!" ”

Luo Bingwang, who was on the side, also closed his mouth and stopped talking.

"If only you knew." Li Hong said in a calm tone. "Since my father has decided to hand over this case to your Chang'an County Government for investigation, Lone is not ready to intervene. However, this case is too strange, and Lone took the initiative to ask for the order to be in charge of this case, so I can't help but make specific arrangements for you. ”

His words were very easy-going, but Cui Yuan, Zhang Bo, and Luo Binwang still heard a sense of killing from his tone.

"The official business that the Chang'an County Government has to deal with on a daily basis is relatively heavy, and the Tubo mission will come to Chang'an to meet in a few days, and Gu still needs you to assist Gu to do a good job of receiving it, so Cui County ordered you to leave this case alone!" Li Hong said lightly.

When Cui Yuan heard that the prince excluded himself from Wei Ling's case, he looked a little flustered, and said in a somewhat hurried tone, "Your Highness, Weichen is the commander of Chang'an County, the lord of a county, and now that such a big case has happened in Chang'an County, how can the minister stay out of the matter?" ”

Li Hong saw that Cui Yuan dared to openly disobey his orders, and looked at Cui Yuan coldly, Cui Yuan only felt that the prince's eyes were like knives, and his eyes were a little painful, and his body couldn't help but shudder, and he lowered his head in fright and didn't dare to say anything more.

"Zhang Xiancheng, Luo Zhubo, this case will be handed over to you, once you find any clues in the future, you must report to Gu as soon as possible." Li Hong retracted his gaze and no longer paid attention to Cui Yuan, but ordered to the county Cheng Zhang Bo and the lord Bo Luo Bin Wang.

"Weichen takes the order!" Zhang Bo and Luo Bingwang hurriedly bowed down to receive the order. And when Cui Yuan heard Li Hong's order, his face suddenly turned like ashes, and he was a little stunned.

After Li Hong gave the order, he did not stay in Chang'an County for a long time, but left Li Duoqi to assist Zhang Bo and Luo Bin Wang, and he left in a hurry.

Leaving the Chang'an County Ya and walking on the bustling street, Chen Gong asked a little puzzled, "Your Highness, why did you exclude Cui Yuan from Wei Ling's case?" ”

"Chen Gong, whether this case is investigated or not, the result will be the same, and we will definitely find nothing at that time. And is this the result we want? No. Li Hong said softly, "Therefore, today Lone will make such an arrangement, send troops to block the file of the Chang'an County Ya and Wei Ling's mansion, and exclude Cui Yuan from Wei Ling's case, the approach is a bit of a surprise, but only with such a resolute means can we force out the people hiding behind Wu Er and Wei Ling." ”

After listening to this, Chen Gong seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand anything, showing a dazed look.

Li Hong didn't explain too much about this, but strode towards the green onion noodle restaurant in Yanshoufang.