The next morning, after a night of heavy snowfall, Chang'an City was transformed into a world of snow.

However, the people did not have the opportunity or the heart to go out to enjoy the snow and plum blossoms, and the children could not build snowmen on the streets.

When they saw the menacing soldiers coming, they all ran home in fear and threw themselves into the arms of their parents, and some even howled and cried in fright.

The Sixteen Guards were dispatched and worked hard for a night, but they found nothing except that the prisons in Chang'an and Wannian counties were full of city fox society rats.

The assassins seemed to have disappeared, hiding in hundreds of markets in Chang'an, with a population of tens of millions.

This result is not an accident, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is not easy to find a few people, not to mention that there is no information about the assassin at all.

Especially important information such as height, portrait, life, physical characteristics, or accent, the only thing that can be known is that some of them were injured.

The doctors and pharmacies in the city have been heavily monitored, but unfortunately nothing has been found, and the well-organized assassins must have prepared medicinal materials to heal their own wounds.

In this way, the pressure on Sun Fujia, the young secretary of Dali Temple, is great, and it is very important to arrest the assassin and his investigation.

But......

Looking at the white road, Sun Fujia sighed, his heart full of helplessness.

He is the champion of the Wude period (the first champion in history), his background is not high, and after more than ten years, it is rare to be able to get to today's status. The main thing he relied on was his ability to investigate and try cases, which was favored and recommended by the late former Dali Temple Secretary Dai Guan, and was reused by Li Shimin.

If nothing goes into the big case of the crown prince's assassination this time, what will His Majesty the Emperor think? How should he Sun Fujia gain a foothold in the court?

He was eager to find clues, and since he received the holy decree last night, he led his troops to hurry over, but unfortunately it was late, the light was dim, and he was lighting torches in the heavy snow, and it was difficult to find anything.

Especially the troops of Changsun Chong and the soldiers of Qixiamen came to escort them, the personnel were chaotic, the scene was already messy, and even if there were any clues, they were destroyed.

By this morning, everything had settled down, and the scene was covered in snow, a white expanse, and all traces were obscured.

The situation is really bad!

Sun Fujia sighed, although he was helpless, he couldn't give up, and he didn't know anything when he entered the palace, which made Long Yan angry, that is, he was asking for hardship.

Check, you have to investigate carefully, you can find something best, there is really nothing to gain, at least there is a gesture.

The hard work paid off, and in the early morning, the Dali Temple caught the blood on the side of a southward road, and fortunately the blood stains stuck to the trunk of the tree and were not covered by snow.

Sun Fujia immediately went to investigate, confirming that it was a new trace, almost certainly left last night.

Blood stains were found here, could it have been a fight? Still is......

Sun Fujia looked around and saw that this place was some distance away from the place where the prince was assassinated, and to the south was in the direction of Qixiamen. Unfortunately, there are no residents here, and there are few pedestrians in the heavy snow yesterday, and there are no witnesses, so everything can only be speculated.

Even if it is speculation, a few clues can be summed up, and some conclusions can be made, but there are a lot of possibilities.

However, what surprised Sun Fujia even more was that following this direction, two bodies were found under the bridge of a nearby river.

Dressed in white, with a sturdy body and wounds, it was the same as the Assassin who was killed by the guards of the East Palace......

"Quickly bring it back to Dali Temple, so that you can check it as soon as possible." Sun Fujia commanded, and breathed a long sigh of relief, now he can enter the palace with confidence.

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The Tang Dynasty's court meeting is not every day, and Li Shimin is free this morning.

But his heart was difficult to settle down, and he barely closed his eyes all night, but just took a nap in the Chengqing Palace, so that Wei Guifei, who was supposed to be sleeping, was not resentful.

However, the assassination of the prince was a great matter, so he did not dare to show his depression, and he specially stewed lotus seed soup early in the morning and sent it to Li Shimin, showing his virtue.

Originally, Li Shimin could have praised a few words with emotion, but unfortunately Sun Fujia came, and Wei Guifei had no choice but to retire and return to the inner palace. Anyway, my cousin, Princess Hejian, has already asked for a will, and today I entered the palace to ask for peace, and the two sisters just talked......

"See Your Majesty!"

"But what did you find?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice while drinking lotus seed soup.

Sun Fujia said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, there has been no major progress so far, only a new bloodstain and two corpses have been found. ”

"Tell me!"

"Yes, the minister found blood stains in the woods not far from the place where the prince was assassinated, that is, in the direction of Qixiamen......"

Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, and he asked, "Then what?" What does that mean? ”

"Chen thought there were two possibilities, one was that the assassin had chased and killed Master Xie; Second, the Assassins fled in this direction. ”

"Which one is more likely to be?"

Sun Fujia bowed and said: "The minister asked last night, Bachelor Xie and Zheng Niangzi traveled in the same car, and both of them said that they were not hindered and did not see the murderer. ”

"Mrs. Zheng? Zheng Liwan? Li Shimin's expression changed slightly, and he seemed to be quite sensitive.

The old incident was known to the whole city, and Sun Fujia naturally heard about it, so he bowed his head and said: "Yes, yesterday Zheng Niangzi also went to Quchi for a banquet, and when she returned, the wheel was damaged, and it happened that Master Xie passed by, so she went along." ”

"Oh!" Li Shimin nodded lightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Sun Fujia continued: "Bachelor Xie and Mrs. Zheng are both noble, and they are both active in rescuing the prince, so their words should be credible; Moreover, Mr. Xie and Mrs. Zheng met for the first time yesterday and were not familiar with each other...... Therefore, there is no possibility of co-lying.

Moreover, if they were really attacked by assassins, how could a young scholar and two weak women escape from the tiger's mouth? Therefore, the minister thought that it should be the bloodstains left by the murderer when he fled. ”

"Hmm!" Li Shimin asked, "What about the two corpses?" ”

"Dali Temple has been inspected, and it was not the guards who injured it, and after escaping, he was seriously injured and died halfway, but was killed."

"Extinguish?"

Sun Fujia said: "If someone helps, these two assassins may be able to escape, but it is estimated that the eldest grandson and the horse acted quickly, and the prince of Qian Guo pursued him in time, and it was difficult for the assassins to help him escape, so he would kill his mouth and hide his body under the bridge." ”

“……”

"Your Majesty, but there is something special about the corpse of the assassin." Sun Fujia added: "An examination of the body found that some of the wounds on his body were similar to the wounds of some of the guards who were killed and injured during the attack on the Shaanzhou imperial camp......

Li Shimin's expression darkened, and he said in a low voice: "In this way, the identity of the assassin this time can basically be determined?" ”

"For the time being, it can be so determined, but it needs to be carefully verified and corroborated."

Li Shimin's expression was slightly relaxed, and he said softly: "Sun Qing has worked hard, when will there be progress in arresting the assassin?" ”

"Your Majesty, forgive your courage and beg Your Majesty to issue an order to stop the city-wide search." Sun Fujia bowed down and said what Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji wanted to say, but didn't say.

"Why?" Li Shimin frowned, slightly displeased.

"Your Majesty, the New Year is approaching, and with such a big move, the people will inevitably be panicked and uneasy, which is not conducive to stability; And there are many envoys from surrounding subject countries and tribes who come to pay tribute, so chaos not only damages the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, but even makes the envoys think that our dynasty is unstable, and then they are ready to move, then the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Li Shimin Tieqing's face stretched slightly, and he nodded: "What Sun Qing said is not unreasonable, but the crown prince was assassinated, the assassin hid in Chang'an, and I don't know what to do, it is really dangerous, how can it be done if it is not arrested in time?" ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but the whole city may not be able to catch the assassins, Chang'an City is huge, the population is extremely large, such a big move, but it muddies the waters, how easy is it to catch those few needles in the sea? Especially if someone deliberately shelters and helps, it is even more difficult to get it. ”

Sun Fujia said earnestly: "It is better to withdraw the soldiers for the time being, loosen the outside and tighten the inside, and focus on monitoring, so that the assassins think that the imperial court has relaxed."

Most of the city fox society rats in Chang'an City have been arrested and imprisoned, and the city is now calm, and it will be obvious if the villains are infested. Whether they plan to flee Chang'an, or if they have any misdeeds, they will be easily discovered, arrested, and even dig out those behind the scenes. ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Sun Qing's words are reasonable, I will issue an edict to Chai Shao later, and as for the follow-up investigation and arrest of the assassin, I will leave it to you to be responsible." ”

"Yes, I obey!" Sun Fujia happily accepted the order, hurriedly retreated back to Dali Temple, and began to arrange. But he didn't know that at the same time as he went to Chengqing Palace, there was a servant who quietly left Dali Temple and went to the Wei Palace.

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