Fang Chongyong, as a "guilty body", although he was not imprisoned, it was inconvenient for him to wander the streets. In order to avoid suspicion, he didn't go out for a few days, and erected a sign outside the door that said "Closed Doors", which was very low-key.

There is no way, who made him a "criminal suspect", the mastermind behind the assassin's name.

However, the sign of "Closed Door" can only block ordinary guests, but not uninvited guests. Early in the morning, an uninvited guest came to the door, and it was Zheng Shuqing, who served as the Zhengqing of Dali Temple!

Fang Chongyong, as the imperial historian (false position) of the third rank of the official rank, has no right to interrogate whether it is Chang'an County or Jingzhao Mansion. Even the emperor himself could not directly intervene in the case, and had to borrow the "white gloves" of Dali Temple to ask questions.

"Fang Jieshuai, do you know that you are in big trouble this time."

After taking Zheng Shuqing to the study and sitting down, this middle-aged bureaucrat of the Tang Dynasty who didn't know why he could get mixed up with Dali Siqing couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

"I know, this matter is not simple."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly, no nonsense.

"You guys are here to take notes, don't go out."

Zheng Shuqing waved his hand to the two staff officers beside him, and motioned for the two who were about to get up to sit down.

After everyone sat down, Zheng Shuqing said with a straight face: "What is actually going on in this matter, many people understand it in their hearts. But how to decide the case is another matter. This official is just a businessman, I hope Fang Jieshuai understands. ”

Huh?

Fang Chongyong was stunned, he didn't expect Zheng Shuqing to say such a thing at all.

So what exactly is called "understand"? He didn't understand it at all!

"Zheng Zhengqing, ask more...... Who do you think is behind this? ”

Fang Chongyong asked in a deep voice, treating the two staff members dressed as scribes beside Zheng Shuqing as nothing.

"Fang Jieshuai, you are a guilty body. Is this kind of question also something you can ask? ”

Zheng Shuqing laughed angrily at him, and couldn't help but scold.

"I'll just ask, if you don't want to hear me, I'll say something else."

Fang Chongyong said in a sneer, and then poured a glass of wine for Zheng Shuqing.

"I won't drink the wine, just go through the process, and when I have a stick of incense, Fang Jieshuai just said things directly.

The official asks you, do you know this assassin named He Chang? ”

Zheng Shuqing speaks businessfully and does not talk about any friendship.

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it at all, and I don't even know if he's a man or a woman."

Fang Chongyong shook his head and said.

"But this person is from the Doulu Army, so it stands to reason that he should have a lot to do with you."

Zheng Shuqing continued to ask one by one, and asked the scribe next to him to make a record while talking.

"The Doulu army is full of 7,000 people, and every year there are people who retire and new people join. More than 10,000 faces in four years.

This section commander was the assassin of Shazhou at that time, and he was indeed very familiar with the local Doulu military general in Tunzha, but not everyone could name it.

What's more, it's just an ordinary soldier?

This He Chang, this section commander has really never heard of it at all. ”

Fang Chongyong's face was calm, and he shook his head and said.

"Well, there's some truth."

Zheng Shuqing nodded slightly, and said to the scribe beside him, "Have you written it down?" ”

"Back to Zheng Zhengqing, I wrote it all down, and I didn't miss a word."

The scribe, who had just been writing on the table, replied cautiously. The Hexi Festival in front of him made him unable to offend, and Zheng Shuqing beside him was the top boss, and he couldn't afford to offend, so he couldn't do anything carelessly.

"Fang Jieshuai's situation, I already know, if there is no saint's order, don't leave Chang'an these days, and don't see guests frequently.

In the next farewell. ”

Speaking politely without oil and salt, Zheng Shuqing got up and said goodbye. He talked nonsense the whole time, but he put on an official stand, and he couldn't help but feel something in Fang Chongyong's heart.

Zheng Shuqing didn't seem to say anything, but in fact it hinted at an important message. Because there are outsiders, it cannot be said explicitly; And when outsiders are not there, it is a private meeting, and at this juncture, it is easy to have extraneous branches. The information hinted at by Zheng Shuqing, Fang Chongyong had already guessed, but he still needed to verify it.

Fang Chongyong sent Zheng Shuqing and his party out of the house, then returned to the study and began to think about it.

A few days ago, Duguli came to reveal the news, I don't know if it was because of this person's lax mouth, or something else.

In short, An Lushan's suspected assassination of the imperial court official seems to have become a whispering topic in the wine shop on the street of Chang'an.

In the past few days, Fang Chongyong asked Fang Dafu to disguise himself and went to Xinghualou to inquire, and he heard many people talking about the assassination of Pei Kuan, the head of the household department, and some people mentioned that An Lushan was the real culprit behind the scenes, and the purpose was to prevent Pei Kuan from going to Hebei to take up the post of interview envoy, so as not to block him, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu.

It's a pity that Fang Chongyong can't go out and can't get first-hand news.

Fang Chongyong sighed lightly, judging from the current situation, it seems that he can only wait for An Lushan to come to Chang'an, and then confront him face to face in Dali Temple, and then "prove his innocence".

This bureau made him feel very weird, not because it was too tight, but because there were too many loopholes, and there were so many that it was "unwarranted", and there were flaws everywhere.

But on the other hand, this is exactly the gossip that the layout person is well versed in the evil of human nature and catches the wind and shadows, which is extremely lethal to the parties!

Because even if the parties prove their innocence, they will not be able to say why, and they will not be accepted by others.

In other words, the people who eat melons are having fun and don't care about the merits at all. If you want to calm down a pleasure, you can only find a bigger pleasure, and the explanation is a cover-up, and no one will listen.

Just like Fang Chongyong's cyberbullying in his previous life.

So who will kill Pei Kuan?

In fact, Fang Chongyong felt that from the motive of the crime alone, Li Linfu was very likely to kill Pei Kuan, but the assassin planted it, which proved Li Linfu's innocence from the side.

Moreover, Pei Kuan's enemies are not only Li Linfu.

Pei Dunfu, who is also from the Pei family in Hedong, also hates Pei Kuan to the bone, and his hatred is better than Li Linfu.

Pei Kuan has been an official for decades, in an important position, and he is upright and does not know how to be flexible, and he can't say how many people he has offended over the years.

If you really want to look only at the motive for the killing, you can find at least a dozen people who gnashed their teeth at him.

And the mastermind behind the scenes, it doesn't have to be at the scene, and it is difficult to find any alibi in ancient times, and it would be a real hell if this case could be investigated.

Fang Chongyong called Fang Dafu over and asked in a low voice, "When will my grandfather come back?" ”

"He didn't say anything when he left, he didn't go home for a few days anyway."

Fang Dafu said with a sad face. Fang Youde not only didn't go home, but also took Fang Laique with him.

"Well, that's it.

When you go to Dugu Rite Mansion, you will say that I am grounded at home and lonely, and I want to find the thirteen ladies of the Dugu family to come over and chat with me.

If you want to be explicit, you can mention that Wang Yunxiu is pregnant and can't sleep, I am a man who can't bear it, and I need a beautiful woman to warm the bed.

You can also hint that the Dugu Thirteen Lady should dress up more delicately and dress less to come to me. ”

Fang Chongyong instructed in no detail.

Fang Dafu looked at him with a strange expression, and finally couldn't help asking: "Is this just for the thirteen mothers of the Dugu family to come to the house to sleep for Lang Jun?" ”

"The waiter definitely can't, it's just chatting without clothes on the bed. Don't get it wrong. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a smile and a lewd smile.

"Mrs. Wang is pregnant, isn't it good for Lang Jun to be like this?"

Fang Dafu touched his head, not knowing which one Fang Chongyong was singing.

Anyway, it is disrespectful to come to the door to ask for other women! Not to mention that she is still a little lady who has not been out of the cabinet in the official house.

"It's really not good, but I can't help it. Men will die when they are not served by women.

When I was in Liangzhou, King Ying sent someone to say that his wife, the thirteenth lady of the Dugu family, loved me and wanted to come to Liangzhou City to enjoy the sunset over the long river with someone.

Isn't it in Chang'an now, if she wants to come, she will walk two steps away, and she will not have to go to Hexi for more than a thousand miles, this should be no problem, right?

You can go for it. ”

Fang Chongyong patted Fang Dafu's shoulder, lowered his voice and smiled.

Fang Dafu was thoughtful, and immediately changed his clothes after saluting, and went to Duguli's house to do errands.

After he left, Wang Yunxiu walked into the study with an embarrassed face, and she heard all the words of Fang Chongyong and Fang Dafu just now.

Seriously, she wasn't angry at all, she just felt that it was ridiculous.

"Ah Lang, you let the little lady of the Dugu family strip off her clothes and come to the house to sleep for you, this matter is too much.

Even if I don't want to open my face, don't you think this kind of thing is very embarrassing? ”

Wang Yunxiu went to the opposite side of Fang Chongyong and asked helplessly.

"I've watched more than a thousand episodes of Detective Conan's Hexi Festival, how can I not even understand this little trick?"

Fang Chongyong said with a smile.

"Detective...... What's that? ”

Wang Yunxiu heard a large series of words that were connected and didn't know what they meant, and asked with a confused expression.

"Don't worry about the details, at most an hour the mystery will be revealed."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand lightly and asked Wang Yunxiu to sit beside him.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Fang Dafu came back with a disgraced face, with no scars on his body, but it looked like he had obviously been scolded, and his face was not very good-looking.

"What do you say?"

Fang Chongyong waved his hand and asked, signaling Fang Dafu not to talk nonsense.

"I didn't say much, I just beat the slave stick."

Fang Dafu sneered.

"Well, let's go and rest, it's really helpful this time."

Fang Chongyong said indifferently.

"Actually, it didn't help much, I just didn't understand what Lang Jun was doing this for."

Fang Dafu said puzzled.

"I just want to see if Duguli is still in a dream, and now it seems that Duguli's brain is sober."

Fang Chongyong clasped his arms, his eyes flashed, he had roughly guessed the branches of this matter.

Of course, it's hard to say how the details are.

Supporting Fang Dafu, Fang Chongyong grabbed Wang Yunxiu's shoulders and said: "The mastermind behind Pei Kuan's assassination this time should be the one in Xingqing Palace." ”

"Saint?"

Wang Yunxiu exclaimed in surprise, and then covered her mouth, for fear that what she said would be heard.

"Hehe, isn't it our saint who likes to be a demon?"

Fang Chongyong had a piercing sneer on his face.

Addicted to playing with power, this is an old object handed down by Ji Gezu.

"Madame, hypothetically, I'm just assuming.

It is very important that the Wang family must marry a certain big family. As for the person who married, he already had a family, and the daughter of the Wang family could only be a concubine in the past. But for the sake of the family, this matter is basically settled.

How often is this kind of thing happening? ”

Fang Chongyong asked slowly.

"Everywhere."

Wang Yunxiu replied with four words.

What's so strange about this kind of thing, isn't that the coquettish cousin of her family! For a family, a woman is nothing!

For the sake of the family's interests, it is common for women in the family to divorce, become concubines, continue or even commit suicide.

"Okay, then this Dugu Thirteen Niang, King Ying couldn't wait to send someone to send her to Liangzhou to sleep with me.

A few days ago, her father Duguli came to remind me that the mastermind behind Pei Kuan's matter was An Lushan. This can be regarded as more than goodwill, quite sincere, right? ”

A sneer appeared on Fang Chongyong's face.

Wang Yunxiu nodded slightly and said: "Indeed, this gesture of sending a girl is almost close to the face, and it will not be easy for Ah Lang to refuse in the future." ”

"But when I asked Uncle Dafu to go to Duguli's house just now, and explicitly hinted that Dugu Thirteen Niang should come to my house to sleep, they were very angry and beat Uncle Dafu out of the stick!

What does this mean? ”

Fang Chongyong's analysis of peeling off the cocoon finally made Wang Yunxiu realize something unusual.

This little lady's father pretended to be a monk to remind Fang Chongyong to pay attention to An Lushan, let her sleep today, everyone will be a family in the future, is this embarrassing?

There's a major logical conflict here.

Dugu Li came to the door, at least to be optimistic about Fang Chongyong's future, and to increase the bargaining chips between the two families. Shouldn't he feel relieved that his daughter slept in Fang Chongyong's bed?

So what is the family angry about when they are angry today?

Is it angry that the chastity of the daughter of the family shines brightly, and it is not to be blasphemed?

"Ah Lang is saying that Dugu Li is probably just following orders and conveying the news to us. Even he is likely to be reluctant! ”

Wang Yunxiu suddenly realized and figured out the key!

All kinds of unreasonableness, as long as one qualifying condition is added: it was the Son of Heaven who planned to assassinate Pei Kuan.

Then everything that doesn't make sense becomes extremely logical.

Duguli could not refuse the sage's order.

Zheng Shuqing didn't need to investigate the case carefully, he just went through the motions mechanically.

Even Li Linfu was silent, and did not send anyone to contact Fang Chongyong privately to discuss countermeasures.

Why didn't Li Linfu panic? Why didn't he rush to defend himself?

Because he probably has found that there is no need to defend himself, and even that it is useless to defend himself.

And jumped out of the logical box of "the minister or the enemy kills Pei Kuan", and from Ji Ge's point of view, everything is transparent.

Why kill?

Thunder and rain are all Jun'en!

It's that simple!

Because the Son of Heaven needed Pei Kuan to die in terms of power and strategy in order to achieve his goals, he killed him.

I'm going to kill you, why do you have to agree?

This is the top power that belongs to the emperor.

"No wonder the mastermind behind the scenes dared to frame Ah Lang, the envoy of the Hexi Festival, but he was not afraid of retaliation afterwards.

Ordinary officials don't have the guts, but for the Son of Heaven, the exemption from the festival is just a matter of one sentence. ”

Wang Yunxiu muttered to herself, then smiled wryly and hugged one of Fang Chongyong's arms tightly.

She knows very well that with the kind of thinking of opening up the territory and expanding the territory in the Kaiyuan Tianbao period, it continues to ferment in society.

The status of Wufu has actually improved a lot compared to the Wuzhou period. Meritorious service has become one of the few upward channels in society.

The power of the Qiu Ba is not in the size of the official rank, but in the fact that they can easily kill someone's whole family with a knife!

Dugu Li couldn't understand the saint's attitude towards Fang Chongyong, but he knew that since Fang Chongyong was framed by the saint, his future would definitely be bleak.

Today, Dugu Li beat Fang Dafu with a stick, not because his daughter could not be desecrated, but because he was afraid that his family would sink into the sea together when he got on the Fang family's boat!

If Fang Chongyong gets out of this case after a while and leaves for Hexi, then the Dugu family will also "bow to the front", and even send the little lady in the family to Fang Chongyong's arms non-stop!

It is human nature not to be allowed to touch it today, and it is also human nature not to let him go in the future.

"At the beginning of Tianbao, the sage set the system of ten major knots, and one direction was divided into two knots to balance each other.

There are two in the Western Regions: Anxi and Beiting.

There are two in Longyou, Hexi and Longyou.

There are two families in Hebei: Fanyang and Pinglu.

There are two families in the northern grassland, Shuofang and Hedong.

Jiannan and Lingnan are too biased, so they will not be separated.

Nowadays, Datang is surrounded by strong neighbors, and it is imperative for one person to have two towns. The sage is probably making arrangements, and it is possible that Fan Yang and Pinglu will be handed over to An Lushan to take care of.

I guess that this time the game is set up to test An Lushan's loyalty. ”

Fang Chongyong said to Wang Yunxiu with a serious face.

An idea suddenly popped into his mind: if he really wanted to test An Lushan, then there must be very strong evidence in the follow-up, overturning the previous assassin's "testimony", and then pointing the finger at An Lushan.

In order to check and balance, it is not even ruled out that Brother Ji arranged a drama of "An Lushan framed Wang Zhonghei's son-in-law".

"Is the world really so chaotic now?"

Hearing Fang Chongyong's analysis, the more Wang Yunxiu listened, the more frightened she became.

"Then who knows, when An Lushan comes to Chang'an, I will ask him if he wants to go head-to-head with me, and simply decide the outcome of the game and save the trial."

Fang Chongyong sneered.

(End of chapter)