Yang Ming, on his own side, wrote a letter to the chief officials of Qinghe County and Qingzhou respectively, which was regarded as a greeting, and asked them to keep the three local places for the Cui family.

In fact, Yang Gongren, as the secretary of the ministry, will also greet these places, and even if those people are not happy, they have to do it.

The Cui family is also a looper, and when they go back to the place, they will naturally take care of it, and don't let those chief officials suffer, after all, it is possible to make money by lifting quotas.

The food problem in Changping is temporarily solved, but it can last for two or three months, and then it will have to rely on Yuzhou to help, and as long as Yuzhou survives until the autumn harvest, everything will be fine.

Liang Bi, the servant of the Criminal Department, arrived in Luoyang first, and then took over the case from He Zongbo and other officials of the Criminal Department.

After such a long time, the corpses of the Qi Wangfu have all been buried, but the archives and records of the investigation of the scene and the corpse examination are all there.

According to the on-site investigation, the number of thieves should be between 200 and 400 people, after the killing, fleeing westward, He Zongbo also sent people all the way to the west to follow the clues, and finally got the answer that this gang of murderers is very likely to have entered the Guanzhong.

And there was also a convoy, which was originally supposed to travel with the Qi Wangfu tribe, but after the incident, it also returned to Beijing.

He Zongbo had already reported these circumstances to the Criminal Department, but he didn't know exactly what he had found above.

As for Qiao Lingze of King Qi's Mansion, why did he appear in the place where the incident occurred, He Zongbo didn't know at all, he asked King Qi, and King Qi asked him to get out.

"In the entry and exit records of Luoyang County, there is a subordinate part of King Qin?" Liang Bi stayed in a mansion in Luoyang, which was temporarily requisitioned by the Criminal Department.

He Zongbo said: "Yes, and these people are all from Guanzhong, the minister was puzzled, so he took people to investigate, you also know, there are too many people in Guanzhong in Luoyang at the moment, it is not easy to check, but the king of Qi, the minister knows a few people, and after inquiry, I know that many of the people on this list were the personal guards of His Majesty during the Jin Dynasty, and now they are the people of the King of Qin. ”

Liang Bi frowned and asked, "When did you know someone from the Qi Palace?" ”

He Zongbo replied honestly: "In the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, during the spring outing, His Royal Highness the King of Qi and the daughter of Duke Pei disappeared at the same time. ”

During the spring outing that year, He Zongbo was still the squire of the criminal department, and he couldn't find out the case, so he broke his leg ruthlessly and was transferred back to Beijing.

After two years of idle at home, he has been active for a while, and now he has returned to the Criminal Department and has been promoted.

"I've heard about this matter," Liang Bi nodded, "So, have you gone to King Qin to check?" ”

He Zongbo said with a bitter face: "I didn't dare to go, King Qin is now the governor of Tokyo, and he is very busy, how dare I go to check on people at my level?" ”

Liang Bi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are slippery, you don't dare to check it yourself, keep it for the old man to touch the moldy head?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare," He Zongbo said with a smile: "Dare to ask Liang Hou, how is the investigation over there by Jingshi?" ”

Liang Bi said: "I found the Guanwang." ”

"Huh?" He Zongbo was stunned and stammered: "This, this, this."

"Don't guess, people were not killed by King Guan," Liang Bi explained: "Qiao Lingze, under the King of Qi, was ordered by King Qi to go to Hongnong County to take King Guan's granddaughter Yan back to Luoyang. ”

He Zongbo was stunned and said: "So, the return convoy found is actually the granddaughter of King Guan?" So where did the thief go when he entered Guanzhong? ”

"I don't know, in short, I didn't enter Beijing, the entry and exit records of Chang'an County and Wannian County have been checked, and there is no problem," Liang Bi frowned and said:

"Tonight, you will go with me to the Great Eunuch's Mansion to meet the King of Qin, and there is a rumor in Luoyang that the King of Qin is the instigator behind the scenes, and he will be arrested directly, and you don't use your brain, this kind of thing can be spread like this?"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty understands, I will go down and order," He Zongbo hurriedly went.

That night, Yang Ming was discussing the construction of the palace with Yang Suyu Wenkai, but the guards came to report, and Liang Bi, the servant of the criminal department, came.

Yang Su's head hurt when he heard this name, he didn't actually have much hatred for Liang Bi, because he had always known very well that the other party was just a knife held by Emperor Gaozu in his hand.

Yang Ming first asked Yang Su if he minded, and after getting a negative answer, he asked Liang Bi to be invited in.

As soon as Liang Bi came in, he saw Yang Su, and Yang Su didn't look at him at all.

Yang Ming pointed to the vacant seat on the side and said: "This king is busy with official business, and he didn't have time to greet Liang Hou, all the way, please sit down." ”

"How dare His Highness greet him," Liang Bi sat down on the side, and a waiter offered him a cup of fragrant tea.

In the hall at the moment, a prince, a scholar, and a secretary of the Ministry of Industry are all older than Liang Bi, but this person's performance is neither humble nor arrogant, and his waist is straight, as if he is at the same level as Yang Su.

If he didn't have this kind of strength, Yang Jian wouldn't have used him back then.

This person not only impeached Yang Su, but in fact, in the early years of the emperor, he also impeached a big man, Liu Fang, the Duke of Shu.

It has always been rumored in the world that the reason why Yang Jian was able to become the emperor was that there were two people who contributed the most, one Liu Fang and the other Zheng Yi.

At that time, Emperor Xuan of Zhou Yuwenyun was seriously ill and dying, unable to speak, as the emperor's close ministers Liu Fang and Zheng Yi forged an edict and summoned Yang Jian to the court as the prime minister.

Yang Jian also pretended to shirk a few times at that time, but Liu Fang said directly: If the public does it, do it as soon as possible, if you don't do it, Fang Fang will do it yourself.

Historical record: Gaozu is from it.

Later, during the reign of the emperor, Liu Fang relied on his high merits and did all kinds of evil, and was violently impeached by Liang Bi, but the effect was not great.

In the end, this person was punished for treason.

Therefore, Yang Ming knows that Liang Bi is an understanding person who is only loyal to the emperor, so he will be reused by his father.

"Liang Hou is here, is there something wrong?" Yang Ming asked.

Liang Bi got up and arched his hand, and said: "There is some evidence pointing to His Royal Highness's ministry, so the minister is here, I want to ask His Highness to be accommodating, Rong Chen will check it in your ministry, the matter is very special, please forgive Your Highness." ”

"Do you believe that the market is chasing after the wind and shadows?" Yang Su snorted coldly.

Liang Bi has no stake in Yang Su at the moment, so he said politely: "Back to the Duke of Yue, the records of the Luoyang County Ya record that on the day of the incident, there were people in and out of His Royal Highness King Qin, and there were quite a few people. ”

"How do you know those are the Qin King's tribes?" Yang Su asked.

Liang Bi replied: "Of course I found it." ”

"That's interesting," Yang Su sneered: "King Qin will take people to the Luoyang construction site every few days, and he often sends people out of the city on weekdays to supervise the progress of the fortifications, so he will naturally leave a record of entry and exit, based on this alone, you dare to check Your Highness?" ”

Liang Bi said expressionlessly: "I am ordered to investigate thoroughly, besides, I don't suspect His Highness, it's just a routine matter, if there are doubts, if I don't investigate, Your Majesty, how can I explain?" Please also teach me the Yue Gong Church. ”

"Okay, okay," Yang Ming waved his hand, nodded at Du Ruhui beside him, and said, "You take Liang Hou to the backyard and let people check it." ”

"Yes," Du Ruhui leaned over and raised his hand, led the way, and led Liang Bi down.

At this time, Yu Wenkai finally spoke and said:

"At this time, the people in the Criminal Department are also blind, how dare they come to disturb His Highness?"

Yang Ming smiled, waited for the drawings on the long case in front of him, and said, "It's okay, let's discuss it again." ”

The next day, after returning to the temporary office of the Criminal Department in Luoyang, Liang Bi sent someone to call He Zongbo.

"You came to Luoyang with King Qin, how many people did he bring with him when you came?" Liang Bi asked.

He Zongbo looked puzzled: "How does this subordinate know?" There are probably one or two thousand of them. ”

Regarding this, Liang Bi had nothing to blame, because the other party was really not qualified to know how many people there were under the King of Qin.

This time in the Great Eunuch's Mansion, after Liang Bi's inventory, the result was that there were 2,000 people who stayed in Luoyang this time and were responsible for guarding the troops of King Qin.

However, in the entry and exit records of the Luoyang County Ya, there are only more than 400 names, which is understandable, after all, most of these people are ordered by the King of Qin to go out of the city to do business, so they will leave records.

So the question is, some of them are the guards of the king of Qin, and they only accompany the king of Qin, and they go wherever the king of Qin goes, but why are their names also in the records of going out of the city.

You must know that if you follow King Qin in and out of Luoyang, you will not check the famous brand.

So Liang Bi made a list of these guards, handed them to He Zongbo, and said:

"Bring all the guards who were on duty at the gates that day, and let them recognize the faces of these men."

In fact, at the beginning, Henan County was too guarded by Dugu and had changed the entry and exit records according to Yang Ming's instructions, but later Yang Jun ordered Tang Shizong to come to the entry and exit records through Luoyang County, and changed them again.

And the names added by Yang Yun on the record are the names of some of the closest guards around Yang Ming recalled by Chu Ji, the housekeeper of the palace, by virtue of his impression.

The original intention was to plant a false accusation, but they ignored one point, the guards generally followed Yang Ming inseparably, so there should be no entry and exit records.

On the day of the crime, Yang Ming's guards, in fact, only Zhu Sanli went out of the city alone.

So Liang Bi called all the city gate guards on duty that day, and asked them to recognize people one by one and look at their faces, almost all of them gave the same answer.

Among them, the guards who were in charge of guarding the east gate had some impressions of Chen Kui, but they were only limited to when the other party and the king of Qin went out of the city from the east gate of Luoyang, and in separate cases, as well as the remaining north, south, and west gates, they all said that they had not seen them, or even seen the names of these people.

There was a list on it, but he had not seen anyone, and Liang Bi couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, so he asked people to call Henan County Shou Dugu Su and Luoyang County Commander Tang Shizong.

Liang Bi has begun to suspect that the record has been tampered with.

(End of chapter)