It is not an easy task to travel at night, not to mention that everyone has been hunting for a day, and they are very tired, plus they have drunk a little wine before, many people have fallen asleep on horseback, and horse falls have happened repeatedly.

Several princes and grandsons were not spared, and their noses and faces were swollen from falling off the horse, but even so, the emperor still ordered to continue the journey and must return to the imperial capital at dawn.

As the direct instigator of the late-night rush, King Wei hid in the carriage and did not see anyone, and before leaving the camp, he ordered someone to bury the bodies of the Yang sisters hastily, as for Liu Wenkang's corpse, he was too lazy to care, and it is said that it was quietly transported away by King Zhao's subordinates.

He had already sobered up for the most part, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, the Yang sisters had no reason to get involved with Zhao Wenkang, although everyone lived in the state guesthouse, but the guards of the various vassal countries were quite responsible, and no one could enter and leave the missions of other countries at will. Moreover, it was only a few days since the Wei delegation came to the imperial capital, and Zhao Wenkang hid in his room because of the two beatings and did not dare to see people, and he had no contact with the Yang sisters at all.

The most puzzling thing is that when he rushed into the tent, the three of them did not react, and continued to make peace on the bed, as if they didn't care about being found out, and still showed great excitement in the process of being stabbed to death, and did not make any resistance.

This is not normal, cheating to such an extent, who believes it.

He regretted that he had killed people without finding out the truth, and now it was too late to go back and investigate, and the dead would not speak.

And even if he had any suspicions, he had to insist that it was Zhao Wenkang who had an affair with the Yang sisters, otherwise his murderous behavior would lose its justice, and King Zhao would not give up.

He felt that he had suffered a dumb loss, but what was going on, he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.

In the marching procession, Ting Wei Duan Weiang deliberately slowed down the speed of his mount until he was parallel to Gu Zhengxiang, and whispered: "Senior brother, Your Majesty ordered me to thoroughly investigate the two cases of the death of the emperor and grandson and the poisoning, but there are no clues at all, it is really too tricky, senior brother can help me." ”

Duan Weiang is one of the nine secretaries of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, and his job is to manage the world's prisons, in addition to summarizing cases in various places, he is also responsible for the investigation of major and important cases.

Gu Zhengxiang frowned and said: "How can there be no clue, isn't the body of the emperor grandson a clue, the death of the cook and the poison he hid in the fingernails is not a clue,"

The two of them are brothers and sisters, they studied together in Taixue back then, and later they worshiped under the same teacher, and their personal relationship is very unusual. The two have different personalities, Gu Zhengxiang is indifferent to fame and fortune, except for the title of a national teacher, he can only be a master for the little county lord. Duan Weiang is more scheming, and he also knows how to drill camps, so he can be ranked in Jiuqing, in fact, this is also caused by his profession, and people without scheming can't solve the case.

Duan Weiang smiled bitterly: "You said that these are all superficial evidence, and they will not be of substantial help to solve the case." ”

Gu Zhengxiang pondered for a moment and said, "I suggest you go to the county magistrate of Anping, since the spearhead of the two cases is pointed at him, if he can point out a few suspects, your work will be twice as effective with half the effort." ”

"I thought so too, so I came to you, senior brother. Duan Weiang said with a smile: "This case involves a wide range of people, I am not familiar with the Anping County Gong, so I rushed to find him, he will definitely not talk to me out of self-protection, so I also asked my senior brother to introduce him, so that he should not be wary of me, so that I can get more clues." ”

Gu Zhengxiang glared at him: "You guy always can't change the problem of being unprofitable and can't afford to be early, even the senior brother is calculating." ”

Duan Weiang hurriedly accompanied the smiling face: "Senior brother is serious, everyone is worried about His Majesty, you can help me." ”

Gu Zhengxiang had no choice but to introduce him to Ye Yunyang, focusing on Duan Weiang's character, saying that he was an upright person, Ye Yunyang had no doubt about this, not because Gu Zhengxiang had a good character, but because the emperor's kind of person handed over the case to Duan Weiang for investigation, which showed that he could be trusted.

The three of them rode to the side of the road, and Duan Weiang asked, "Anping County Prince, who do you think is the person who is most likely to harm you?"

Ye Yunyang replied: "It was the two gangs that framed and poisoned them, the former I suspect Liu Wenkang, of course, King Zhao is also very likely to be involved, and I suspect King Wei who poisoned him, he is the most suspicious." ”

Duan Weiang frowned and said, "Why are you sure that it was done by two groups of people, could it not be a serial poisonous plan by one person?"

He shook his head and said: "Whether it is framed or poisoned, it needs to be carefully arranged, I believe the two of you can also see it, the other party's plan is seamless, if it weren't for my luck, I would have died a long time ago." So it is unlikely that the people who can come up with such a brilliant plan will have a backup plan, because they are confident in their plan and believe that they will kill me. ”

Duan Weiang nodded: "The analysis is very reasonable, but you said that the blamer is Liu Wenkang, he has died under the sword of King Wei, and there is no proof of death, how can you check,"

Ye Yunyang smiled slightly: "Lord Tingwei still remembers how the emperor's grandson Liu Yao died, I don't have the ability to shoot an arrow that can penetrate the human body, and he Liu Wenkang doesn't have such an ability, so the arrow was shot by someone else." ”

Duan Weiang suddenly realized: "This official will immediately investigate Liu Wenkang's entourage, and he should be able to find out the clues, thank you for reminding the county prince of Anping, you can have evidence of King Wei's poisoning,"

"No, I didn't. King Wei is a smart man, he should not leave any traces, and the cook is also dead, and the evidence can only be checked by Lord Tingwei himself. He said.

Duan Weiang was not disappointed, because he at least got the right direction to investigate the case, as long as the direction was correct, the evidence would always be found, he clenched his fists: "Thank you Anping County Gong, this official will take the first step in investigating the case." ”

After he left, Gu Zhengxiang asked: "Yunyang, don't you think it's strange, according to your point of view, Liu Wenkang is the culprit who killed the emperor's grandson and blamed you, and King Wei is the culprit who poisoned him, so how did Liu Wenkang get involved with King Wei's concubine and be killed by King Wei with a sword." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled faintly: "This shows that they are comrades-in-arms." ”

After speaking, he turned his horse's head and walked quickly to chase Liu Yuying's car, leaving Gu Zhengxiang alone and muttering: "Comrade-in-arms, what comrades-in-arms,"

Hurry up, the team arrived at the imperial capital when the sky was bright, and just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt that they could go home to rest, the eunuch passed the emperor's latest order, and all those who held official positions would participate in the early dynasty.

Everyone smiled bitterly, the emperor is going to put everyone to death.

Ye Yunyang was also very tired, Liu Yuying had already fallen asleep in the carriage, and when he arrived at the palace, he just woke up, putting on an angry look.

Hundreds of officials and nobles passed through the nine palace walls to the inner palace, entered the Qinzheng Hall and waited for the emperor's arrival, yawning one after another.

King Wei and King Zhao had a tacit understanding to hide in the corner, even so, they could not escape everyone's criticism, the two blushed and lowered their heads, let everyone blame, and looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

The emperor and the crown prince who changed into new clothes ascended the Danqi, and their faces were the same expressions sinking like water.

The emperor was really angry, and it took a while for the hundred officials to calm down, and said coldly: "Where are the kings of Wei and Zhao?"

The two guys couldn't hide any longer, so they cheekily walked to the front and knelt down together: "The guilty minister is here." ”

"You two are really fighting for our Liu family's face, one godson has no way, and the other princess Hongxing is out of the wall, what do you have to say," the emperor snorted.

King Wei's face turned into a monkey fart, and King Zhao slowly raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister has no way to teach his son, and he knows that he is guilty, please let Your Majesty allow the criminal minister to return to the feudal country, and the criminal minister will lead a large army to attack Rong Di, recover the lost territory for my Han, and die on the battlefield to repay the emperor's kindness." ”

The emperor sneered: "The lost land in the north of the Han Dynasty was originally lost by your Zhao State, and it is your responsibility to recover the lost land, and it has nothing to do with your godson Wufang, your abacus is very good, as long as you leave the imperial capital and leave my sight, you can treat it as if nothing happened, and you can even give your son a grand funeral in private, right?"

King Zhao trembled with fright: "The criminal minister does not dare, after the minister goes back, he will strictly discipline his descendants to ensure that similar things will not happen again." ”

King Wei said cautiously: "After the criminal minister goes back, he will first strictly rectify the harem to ensure that there is no longer any smear on the face of the ancestor, and then face the wall and introspect for three years, and ask Your Majesty to respect the criminal minister and return to the feudal country." ”

was scolded in front of hundreds of officials, King Zhao and King Wei showed their faces, and they didn't want to raise their heads and be human beings for the rest of their lives.

The emperor glanced at the two of them, and said with annoyance: "It's okay, go back to where you came from, you will leave the imperial capital immediately after retreating from the dynasty, and you are not allowed to set foot in the imperial capital without my summons." ”

The two were just about to thank them, but Duan Weiang, the court captain, stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty's move is inappropriate, King Wei and King Zhao can't leave the imperial capital." ”

"Why," the Emperor asked with a frown.

Duan Weiang replied: "Your Majesty ordered the ministers to thoroughly investigate the two cases of the death of the emperor and the poisoning of Ye Xiangong, anyone who participated in yesterday's hunt is suspected, and only after the case is thoroughly investigated, the two princes can leave." ”

King Zhao and King Wei looked at Duan Weiang with resentful eyes, and the crown prince asked out loud: "What, Duan Tingwei thinks that King Wei and King Zhao are suspicious,"

"The minister suspects that everyone, strictly speaking, everyone who was present yesterday is suspected of committing a crime. Duan Weiang said in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant, and then changed his words: "The ministers dare not hide His Majesty and the crown prince, the king of Zhao and the king of Wei are indeed more suspicious than others." ”

"You are talking nonsense with the surname Duan, this king is innocent. King Zhao said angrily.

King Wei also shouted: "Duan Weiang, do you have any evidence, if you can't produce evidence, this king will definitely be involved in your bloody crime." ”

Duan Weiang smiled: "The two princes don't need to be so excited, the official just said that you are also among the suspects, can you not be suspected because you are the princes?"

The emperor frowned and said, "I have already given Lord Duan the right to decide the case, so anyone must cooperate, even the vassal king, if I know that you two deliberately take a non-cooperative attitude, I will definitely be severely punished." ”

The two guys were frightened and quickly knelt on the ground: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister obeys His Majesty's will." ”

Ye Yunyang, who was standing in the far corner, gave Duan Weiang a thumbs up, this trick was extremely sophisticated, and at the same time, it also played the role of startling the grass and snakes, and King Zhao, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, proved this.