The news that Dugu Shun was ambushed and killed in the area of Dongshi caused an uproar in Chang'an, Li Yuan was furious, and ordered Jingzhao Yin and Meng Xiaodu to be dismissed from their posts and investigated, and ordered the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai to try the reason for Dugushun's assassination. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, Li Yuan also ordered his second son Li Shimin to go to the Dugu family on behalf of himself, expressed sincere condolences for the death of his uncle Dugu Shun, posthumously named him the Duke of Jincheng County, Shangzhu State, and allowed the Dugu family to bury Dugu Shun with the gift of the Duke of the Kingdom.

Three days later, the Criminal Department came up with a preliminary investigation report, pointing out that Dugu Shun was likely to be murdered by Song Jingang, for two reasons, one is that the long arrow that hit Song Jingang was made of hard yellow jujube wood, and from the analysis of the arrow shaft, this is a wooden branch cut from the tree just a month ago, and the yellow jujube wood is a specialty of Yan'an County.

Another reason is even more obvious, in the houses near the assassination, several big men from Yan'an County rented a private house, and they quickly left Chang'an City after the assassination.

Of course, the Criminal Department still lacks direct evidence, so it is not yet possible to issue an official report, in any case, the investigation report of the Criminal Department pointed to Song Jingang as the suspect, coupled with the rumors that the Dugu family had assisted Song Jingang before, it is easy to think that Song Jingang and Dugu Shun had some kind of contradiction, or infighting.

Various theories spread in Chang'an, but the official never refuted the rumors, under the guidance of well-intentioned people, the rumors became more and more ridiculous, and finally evolved into Dugu Shun's death because he wanted to compete with Song Jingang for military power, and was killed by Song Jingang.

At the beginning of the night, a carriage stopped in front of the steps of the Dou Mansion in Wubenfang, Yu Yun walked out of the carriage, and Dou Min, the grandson of Dou Wei, who had been waiting at the door, hurriedly greeted him and bowed, "See Uncle Shi!" ”

Yu Yun smiled and asked, "Is grandfather at home?" ”

"Grandfather is waiting in the study, please Uncle Shi to go with his little nephew."

Yu Yun nodded, and followed Dou Min into the house, Yu Yun was about fifty years old, tall and burly, he was a well-known brave general when he was young, he was the general of the left guard of the Great Sui, and later abandoned martial arts and literature, quite a small success, and is currently serving as a master of the Tang Dynasty.

Yu Yun is the nephew of the general Yu Zhongwen, and he is the same generation as Li Yuan, so he is a generation shorter than Dou Wei, but he is the head of the Yu family, and his status is different.

Walking into the mansion, Yu Yun asked in a low voice, "Are the other family heads here?" ”

Dou Min nodded, "The Doulu family, the eldest grandson family, and the Dugu family have all come, and Uncle Shi is the fourth." “

Yu Yun was a little strange, why didn't everyone get together, but came to see Dou Wei one by one? What is Dou Wei looking for them?

With questions, Yu Yun walked into the courtyard of the outer study, and Dou Min reported at the door: "Grandfather Qiqi, Uncle Yu Shi is here." ”

"Please come in!" Dou Wei's voice came from the room, looking a little tired.

"Uncle Shi, please!"

Yu Yun nodded silently and walked into the study.

The light in the study was bright and soft, Dou Wei was sitting at a small table and writing something, Yu Yun hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Little nephew Yu Yun see Uncle Dou Shi." ”

"You don't have to be polite, please feel free to sit down."

Dou Wei smiled and invited Yu Yun to sit down, and let the maid serve tea, then smiled: "This morning, the saint summoned me into the palace and talked to me about some things, I think it is necessary to discuss with everyone, but I am afraid that it will be a matter of trouble to discuss together, so I asked everyone to come over separately and disturb the virtuous nephew to rest tonight." ”

"The little nephew has nothing to do, since Uncle Shi has something to discuss, how dare the little nephew not come, I don't know what the matter is?"

Dou Wei groaned and said: "The Holy Lord told me that at present, there are difficulties in Taiyuan's military rations, and the grain in Yongtong Warehouse is exhausted, and it is no longer possible to provide military rations to Taiyuan, and the state is affected by the war, and the grain production has been reduced by half, so the tax cannot be counted on, so the Holy Lord asked our Guanlong family to support the money and grain, and the Holy Lord gave me three days to discuss with everyone, and I will reply to the Holy Lord in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”

Dou Wei is the leader of the Guanlong nobles, and he is also the leader of the Xinwuchuan Society, and enjoys high prestige among the Guanlong nobles, every time he will agree to the request of the Son of Heaven on the spot, and everyone has no objections, but this time he wants to come back to discuss with everyone, Yu Yun immediately realized that I am afraid that things are not so simple.

"Uncle Shi, please speak up!" Yu Yun took a deep breath and said.

Dou Wei said slowly: "The reason why I didn't agree at the beginning is because the amount this time is a bit large, and the saint put forward a request for one million stone of grain and five hundred thousand yuan. ”

Yu Yun was taken aback, generally the Guanlong nobles support the army is about 300,000 stone grain, and the money is only 200,000 yuan, once a year, at most twice.

Then everyone shared it equally, more than 20 families each had more than 10,000 yuan of food, and everyone could afford it, but this time it actually rose to 1 million stones, 500,000 yuan, this appetite was too big, no wonder Dou Wei didn't dare to agree on the spot, and wanted to come back to discuss with everyone.

Although the millions of stone grain were evenly divided, each family had to pay 40,000 to 50,000 stone of grain and 20,000 yuan, and the Yu family would definitely not be able to afford it, but Yu Yun was the head of the family after all, and he was a high-ranking official of the imperial court, so he did not immediately jump up and object, but asked in a deep voice: "What is the attitude of the other families?" ”

If everyone is against it, then it doesn't matter if he opposes it, and if everyone doesn't oppose it, then he has to think about it in the long run.

Dou Wei smiled and said: "I understand everyone's difficulties, after all, we just supported once at the beginning of the year, so I proposed to the saint, this is the last time this year, and the saint also agreed, and we will not be asked to bear it before the summer harvest next year. ”

"What does Uncle Shi mean by this?"

Dou Wei smiled faintly: "The Dugu family said that they pledged to donate 300,000 yuan of grain and 200,000 yuan, and the Dou family and the Doulu family both have Xiangguo, so our two families each donated 100,000 yuan of grain and 50,000 yuan, so that there are 500,000 stone grain and 200,000 yuan of money, which will be shared equally by the other eighteen families, and it will be 25,000 stone grain and 10,000 yuan, and the remaining fraction will be made up by the Dou family, I think everyone can afford it, what does the virtuous nephew mean?" ”

Yu Yun was secretly taken aback in his heart, Dugu's family actually donated 30% alone, is it because of the assassination case of Dugu Shun?

However, Dou Wei was still waiting for his reply, so he retracted his mind and said, "The Yu family can accept it!" ”

Dou Wei said happily: "The virtuous nephew is really happy!" Since you say yes, sign it! ”

Dou Wei opened the scroll on the table, Yu Yun saw that there were already three signatures on it, the first one was the signature of Dugu Su, the new head of the Dugu family, donating 300,000 stones of grain and 200,000 yuan of money, Yu Yun sighed secretly, although the Dugu family is known as the richest man in the world, but it has never been so generous, this must be related to Dugu Shun being stabbed.

Yu Yun did not hesitate, so he signed his name in the back, pledging 25,000 stone of grain and 10,000 yuan of money.

He put down his pen and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Uncle Shi met with the Holy Lord today, has the case of Uncle Dugu Shigu been decided?" ”

Dou Wei nodded silently, "The Holy Lord has basically accepted the conclusion that Song Jingang was killed, and he has issued an edict to close the case." ”

Yu Yun suddenly became a little anxious, "But what is the reason for being stabbed?" All kinds of rumors outside are very unfavorable to Uncle Dugu Shi! Could it be that Uncle Dugu Shishu really had some conflict of interest with Song Jingang and was killed? ”

Dou Wei sighed, "The Holy Lord has already caught the physical evidence that Dugu Shun funded Song Jingang's money and grain, otherwise how could the Dugu family pledge 300,000 stone grain and 200,000 yuan alone, and now I don't care why Dugu Shun was killed, the most urgent thing is to persuade the Holy Lord to agree not to pursue the crime of the Dugu family's thieves, this is a big deal." ”

At this point, there was no need to talk about it anymore, and Yu Yun immediately got up and said goodbye and left.

The carriage walked slowly on the street, Yu Yun sat in the carriage and pondered, he felt that there were many suspicious points in this assassination, and the criminal department only concluded that it was Song Jingang's assassination based on the material of the arrow was yellow jujube wood and a few passers-by with an accent from Yan'an County, which was not only ridiculous, but also obviously prevaricated and confused.

Such an absurd conclusion was accepted by the saint, which made Yu Yun feel even more incredible, and Dou Wei's ambiguous attitude seemed to be deliberately avoiding this matter, which was also suspicious, and the more Yu Yun thought about it, the more he felt that there was something hidden in it.

Yu Yun returned to the house and came directly to the study, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, Yu Yun turned around, and saw that it was his son Yu Weiming.

"San Lang, what's the matter?"

"Father, the child has something important to report."

"Let's go into the study!"

Yu Yun returned to the study, took off his robe and sat down, and the maid brought him a cup of hot tea.

Yu Yun took a sip of hot tea, and then asked his son who was standing aside, "What's important?" ”

"Father, Gao Jin came to me today."

Yu Yun perked up, and hurriedly asked, "But His Royal Highness King Qi has a reply?" ”

"Father, not so fast, is another important matter, about the assassination of the head of the Dugu family."

Yu Yun's brows furrowed, "What did he say?" ”

Yu Weiming slurred: "He said that the murderer of the head of the Dugu family was none other than ...... It is the day of the day. ”

"Ahh Yu Yun was stunned, this news was so shocking to him.

After a while, Yu Yun restrained the shock in his heart and asked, "What evidence does he have for saying this?" ”

"He said that there is a secret assassin organization under the Qin Palace, also called Xuanwu Huofeng, that is, they assassinated the head of the Dugu family, he said that he has evidence, but they have already sent it to Zhongdu, believe it or not, it depends on the father."

Yu Yun couldn't sit still, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he knew that Gao Jin was a member of the Northern Sui Intelligence Agency, they must have mastered the channels they didn't understand, Gao Jin said this, they must have some evidence.

Could it be that Dugu Shun was really killed by the Son of Heaven? This answer seems to be the key to unlocking his doubts, and all doubts are immediately solved, no wonder the Criminal Department wants to close the case in a hurry, no wonder such a ridiculous conclusion can be accepted by the saint, no wonder the saint promised to give Dugu Shun the gift of the burial of the prince, there is only one explanation, that is, the saint is the real murderer.

"Order, prepare a carriage for me at once!"

Yu Yun was so anxious that he was anxious to go to Dou Wei to talk about the matter again.

But he had just taken a few steps, but he stopped suddenly, and suddenly understood in his heart, no wonder Dou Wei wanted to avoid this matter, he must have known the truth.

Yu Yun sat down slowly, if the saint is really the real murderer, then this matter really can't be said casually, it is the way to bring about self-destruction. (To be continued.) )