After all, paper could not contain the fire, and although Luo Shixin strictly forbade the soldiers to spread the news of the palace assassins, the matter still quietly spread through various channels. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Early the next morning, some well-informed people in the middle capital city had heard the rumors first, although it was only a rumor, but many people still confirmed the authenticity of the rumors through some abnormal states of the Sui army, such as the city gate has been strictly controlled, only allowed to enter and not allowed to go out, the streets are full of patrol soldiers, all monks, whether monks or Taoist priests are taken to the military camp for investigation.

Although Du Ruhui listened to Xiao Yu's advice and lifted the curfew and martial law the next day before dawn, he was unable to stop the panic in the market, and the price of rice soared from 80 wen to 100 wen the next morning, which further contributed to the spread of various rumors, among which the fastest and most widespread rumor was that the prince of Qi had been assassinated by the assassins.

At the Pingyuan Inn in Wuhuai Lane, a guy hurriedly ran into the gate and shouted in a hurry: "Shopkeeper!" Shopkeeper! ”

"I said you dead monkey, when will it be quiet."

"Something is wrong!"

The man's face changed in fright, and he lowered his voice and said, "There were assassins in the palace last night. ”

"I've heard about this too, what's all the fuss!"

"It's not..... It has to do with our inn. ”

The man dragged the shopkeeper into the small room at the bottom of the stairs and took out a notice from his bosom, "Look at this, shopkeeper." ”

The shopkeeper took the notice, the paste behind it had not yet dried, apparently it had just been removed from the wall, he opened the notice, held up the oil lamp to look closely, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, the notice was wanted for three Taoist priests, two men and one woman.

This..... Aren't these the three weird Taoist priests who live in their inn? The shopkeeper felt that his legs were weak, and it turned out that they were assassins.

"Shopkeeper, do you want to report to the official?"

The man pointed upstairs, the shopkeeper understood what he meant, there was an accomplice in the room, he was a little hesitant, early this morning the man secretly stuffed himself with twenty taels of gold, saying that he was sick and moved to the attic, and he was not allowed to tell anyone.

The shopkeeper touched the gold in his arms, and the man also said that he would thank him again for a hundred taels of gold after he recovered from his illness, and the shopkeeper finally understood what the man meant, that is, he bought himself with a lot of money, and wanted to cover for him.

The notice said that there was a heavy reward for those who provided clues, but they had to give themselves 120 taels of gold! The rest of his life will be free of food and clothing.

The shopkeeper hesitated a little for a while, and the guy was anxious, "Shopkeeper, that person is an assassin!" ”

The shopkeeper nodded, "I'll take a look." ”

The shopkeeper secretly climbed up to the outside of the third floor, there was originally a pigeon room next to the attic, because the government began to strictly prohibit private pigeon breeding last year, this pigeon house was empty, the shopkeeper carefully climbed into the pigeon room, held his breath and lay on the wooden board next to him, through a few small holes in the wooden board can see the situation in the attic.

The attic was covered with dust and littered with all kinds of miscellaneous items, and in the middle of the miscellaneous items, a man in black sat cross-legged on the ground with his back to him, wiping a long sword that glittered with cold light.

At this time, the man turned back suddenly, the long scar on his face was particularly hideous, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that he sat on the ground with his eyes straight.

He suddenly reacted, the reason why this man didn't kill himself today was because he was afraid of startling the snake and exposing him, but once the limelight passed, he would definitely kill himself, maybe he would kill himself tonight.

The shopkeeper almost climbed into the lobby on the first floor, he took out a bottle of wine from the cabinet, poured a few big sips, and then trembled and took out a packet of medicinal powder, he sniffed the medicinal powder, gritted his teeth and said to the man: "You go to the kitchen to bring a meal, and then go to the cellar to get a jar of good wine." ”

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A quarter of an hour later, Luo Shixin personally led 500 soldiers to surround the Pingyuan Inn, and he transferred another 2,000 soldiers to surround the entire Wuhuai Lane.

Luo Shixin walked into the courtyard quickly, the shopkeeper and the guy hurriedly greeted him, Luo Shixin asked, "Is that person here?" ”

"In! Still in the attic, the villain brought him drugged wine, and his horse also laid croton. ”

Luo Shixin waved his hand and ordered: "Control all the people who live in the hotel, and interrogate them strictly!" ”

He threw the iron spear to his soldiers, drew his war knife and said to the shopkeeper: "Lead the way!" ”

The shopkeeper trembled and led Luo Shixin and dozens of soldiers up to the third floor, and when he came to the small staircase of the attic, he pointed upward, "The top is the attic." ”

"You dodge!"

Luo Shixin stepped forward, and seeing that the stairs were too small to dodge, he grabbed a shield, picked up a knife, and walked to the attic, followed by three captains with strong martial arts.

Luo Shixin walked to the attic door, 'Bang! He kicked the door open, and a sharp axe fell from his head, sinking heavily into the plank, stirring up a puff of dust.

At this time, Luo Shixin had already seen a man in black lying on the floor, and a jar of wine next to him was dumped on the ground, and the wine flowed all over the territory, Luo Shixin sneered, and said to his subordinates: "Tie him up, be careful of deception!" ”

The three lieutenants rushed forward and tied up the man in black who was lying on the floor, and the man had drunk a lot of drugged wine and was unconscious, and a long scar on his face was particularly eye-catching.

Luo Shixin then walked into the attic, only to see a lot of weapons piled up next to the man's hideout, as well as several large packages, one of which revealed the golden gold, Luo Shixin was not interested in gold, he wanted evidence of the origin of the assassins.

At this time, a lieutenant touched a parchment letter from the arms of the man in black, and hurriedly handed it to Luo Shixin and said, "General, look at this!" ”

Luo Shixin opened the letter, which was densely filled with Turkic characters, and at this time, another lieutenant searched for three gold medals from a package, "General, this seems to be the stuff of three assassins." ”

Luo Shixin took a gold medal, his name was Li Qingshan, it turned out to be a gold medal awarded by Liang Shidu, Luo Shixin was overjoyed, these were the evidence he wanted.

"Take everything with you!"

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At noon, the Sui army revoked the city gate control order, the people began to enter and exit freely, all the arrested suspects were released, the patrol control of the central capital was completely restored to the usual situation, and the military also issued an official announcement, the three assassins were caught, and the prince of Qi was safe and sound.

Although the military and the government are trying their best to restore peace in Zhongdu, the price of grain in Zhongdu is still rising, from 100 yuan of doumi in the morning to 150 yuan of doumi, which is nearly double the price of grain the day before.

Once the grain price cannot be controlled, the rest of the prices will also rise wildly, and there will be violent turmoil in the hearts of the people and the army, and this will have a fatal impact on the morale of the army at the moment of the war.

At noon, at Su Wei's suggestion, Ziwei Pavilion convened an emergency meeting of Xiangguo, including the main and deputy officials of the Ministry of Households, Taifu Temple, and Sinong Temple, and in addition, Du Ruhui, a member of the military system, and General Luo Shixin, who were in the Qi Wangfu Record Office, were also invited to Ziwei Pavilion to discuss matters.

But today's urgent deliberations are not only about the risk of food prices getting out of control, but also about the handling of the palace assassination case, and Ziwei Pavilion needs to communicate with the Qi Palace.

The seven Xiangguo all knew about the palace assassination that happened last night, and everyone was shocked, and the palace assassination was an extremely serious incident no matter which dynasty or generation it was.

Du Ruhui first reported the progress of the assassination case to everyone, "General Luo has already caught the assassin's accomplice, this person is called Gu Lin, and his Han name is Zhao Shuang, he is the confidant of the Turkic high priest Mo Aaron, and he is also the deputy head of Jinshan Palace, General Luo found this letter from him. ”

Du Ruhui held up the parchment letter, "This is an order written by the Turkic high priest to the subordinates hidden in Beihai County, but he does not know that Beihai County's subordinates have been exterminated, and the letter mentions the arrangement of the palace assassination, which can prove that the palace assassination case and the Beihai Turkic cavalry are both planned by the Turkic high priest Mo Aaron, in order to cooperate with the southern invasion of the Turkic army." ”

Du Ruhui raised three gold medals and said: "This is the identity card of the three assassins, which proves that their identities are the warriors of the Lingzhou Worship Hall, that is to say, Liang Shi is the accomplice of this palace assassination case, therefore, the truth of the palace assassination case has been revealed, and I will write a report with General Luo and submit it to Ziwei Pavilion and His Royal Highness the Regent." ”

Su Wei asked Luo Shixin again, "Does General Luo have anything else to add?" ”

Luo Shixin shook his head, "Du Senjun has already made it clear, and I didn't add anything." ”

Su Wei said slowly: "The assassination case has happened, Yuwen Gongzi unfortunately died, and the prince escaped by luck, but it can't be closed because the prince is safe, if you don't thoroughly reflect and strictly pursue responsibility, the assassination will happen again, we urgently negotiated in the morning, put forward two plans, and asked Du Senjun and General Luo to discuss together." ”

Du Ruhui bowed slightly and said, "Su Xiangguo, please speak!" (To be continued.) )