The western suburbs of Chang'an City.

Suddenly, there was a sound of "vomit", and a government official rushed to the door and vomited, and then looked up and saw dust on the official road.

"The county lieutenant is here."

"Where is the body?"

"Please inside, this place is just west of Fengshui, and it is under the jurisdiction of our Chang'an County."

"Don't worry about that, bring people in for questioning."

Yan Zhenqing strode into the post house, and a fishy smell came to his nose. In the inn, the guys and a few residents were being escorted and questioned by the officials.

"At night, the villain has rested. Hearing the movement, he was scolded by the thief, and he didn't dare to make a sound. It was too dark to see their looks, so I knew that I had taken the middle-aged guest officer away......"

Roughly understanding the situation, Yan Zhenqing took the body to check the body.

He walked into the room, looked at the terrible scene in front of him, and sighed.

"Except for the man whose neck was cut, the rest of them were beheaded."

He pointed to a corpse in the chamber, carefully examined the wounds, and explained what it meant to be "beheaded".

"County lieutenant, please see, the cut surface is smooth, it can be seen that the murder weapon is an extremely sharp knife, heavy and long, and the murderer has great strength, so it can be cut with one knife. The student speculated that it was an old soldier with a long-handled knife. ”

"How do I confirm?"

"Wounds mostly appear on the neck, shoulders, arms, legs, etc., which is the habit of old pawns to go into battle to kill the enemy, because the armor at the joints cannot be covered. And the rangers and robbers have light and swift killing moves, and the wounds should be left in the heart. Look, can there be a person in the house who has a heart and lung penetrating injury? ”

Yan Zhenqing thought so deeply and said, "It was indeed done by the old pawn." ”

He turned into the main room, not disgusted by the blood, and was about to lean over to probe the corpse of the leader of the group.

Outside the inn, there was the neighing of horses, and a team of officials rushed in.

"This case is taken over by Jingzhao Mansion! The county officials immediately retreated. ”

Yan Zhenqing turned his head to look, and even Jingzhao Yin Xiaojiong came in person.

He had no choice but to stop investigating the case and stepped forward to salute.

"Qingchen came so quickly." Xiao Jiong said: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at this time, there is such a murder case." ”

Yan Zhenqing faintly heard that there seemed to be some schadenfreude in Xiao Jiong's tone, and muttered: "This case is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, and I can't escape the blame......

"Phew!"

The neighing of the horses resumed, and a loud shout rang out at the inn.

"Guo Qianli, the left middle of the Northern Yalong Wu Army, was ordered to supervise the case! Where is Kyung-Yoon?! ”

A majestic general rushed in with a saber, glanced straight into the room, and scolded: "Eat dog intestines! It was cut in all directions, and it was either the border army or the captives who did it. ”

As he spoke, he walked towards Xiao Jiong, and when he saw Yan Zhenqing, he immediately shouted: "Junior official, step aside, this is not a case you can get involved in!" ”

"Retreat!"

The soldiers of the Longwu Army drank loudly, and they actually expelled all the officials of the Chang'an County Ya.

Guo Qianli then said: "The general ordered me to supervise the case, can I be sure that this case is related to Pei Mian?" ”

"Sure." Xiao Jiong's tone was firm, "The person who was taken away is Pei Mian, and these Hui people are only afraid that they will not be able to get rid of the East Palace." ”

"Find Pei Mian immediately, the general wants to see him."

While he was talking, another fast horse came.

"Kyung-yin, look for ...... I found Pei Mian......"

~~

Yan Zhenqing turned back to Chang'an County and analyzed what he saw today.

I thought that Pei Mian's case had been closed, but I didn't expect another big case to come out, so that the Right Prime Minister's Mansion would lead out the Hui caravan raised by the East Palace.

He gradually became uneasy, and he had no intention of sitting in the office, so he turned directly back home.

"Ah Lang, why did you come back so early today?"

Wei Yun came up, and Yan Zhenqing immediately asked, "That kid hasn't been at home for a few days?" ”

"Yes." Wei Yun said with a smile: "I won the top spot in the annual exam, and I went to Du Mansion to live until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now Chang'an says that Xie Tou is your disciple." Sanniang just muttered that she had to take him to meet her grandfather and grandmother after the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

"You talk to Liu Niang and let him stay at home honestly."

"What's wrong?"

"The wind and rain are continuous, and don't get drenched."

~~

Du Wulang read a book for a while in the morning, and at some point fell asleep on the desk.

When he woke up, it was noon, he went to the west chamber to look for Xue Bai, but when he pushed the door, he didn't see anyone.

"Where did you go again?"

From the backyard to the front yard, there was no one to see, but the porter came in a hurry, saying that someone had come to find Xue Langjun and refused to report his name, but it was obviously a powerful person.

Du Wulang's scalp tingled when he heard this, he was already very experienced, and he didn't say that Xue Bai was not at home, but only ordered to bring someone to the lobby to see him and say some boring things about idle chat.

"How do you know that our Du family came to find Xue Bai...... Okay, okay, Quan Fuling went to see if Xue Bai was awake. ”

But I don't know where Xue Bai changed back from, yawning, and just woke up. If it weren't for Du Wulang knowing him too well, he would have thought that Fang Cai had mistaken him for not being at home.

Xue Bai only glanced at the person who came, and then asked, "The horse wants to see me?" ”

"Shhh

"It's okay, there's no need to hide, let's go."

Du Wulang looked at this scene and guessed that Xue Bai had done something terrible again, and he was lightly helped to cover it up.

……

Pingkang Fang, Xianyi Princess Mansion.

At noon, Li Niang had to ask Yang Wei to accompany her to drink a few glasses, and at this time, her cheeks were still flushed with wine, lying on Yang Xun's shoulder, talking to herself.

"Donkey, I think Li Heng has become more and more unpopular with the saint recently, so I will abolish him and help my brother as a prince, so that you and I can continue to live happily in the future."

"Don't say such things, saints don't like to hear them."

Li Niang was unhappy, so she opened her mouth and bit Yang Xun's shoulder hard, she was a little drunk, and she didn't have any sense of proportion.

Yang Wei was in pain, so he had to explain: "The saint is looking forward to immortality in his heart, but you are always planning for him after his death, can he be happy?" Therefore, it is very difficult to argue for the reserve, every time you feel that it is only a little bit worse, and you are in a hurry, the mind of the saint is unpredictable, which is too much. ”

He has been involved in the battle for storage positions for more than ten years, and he has rich experience and understands the truth. It's a pity that he has a common problem with his grandson, that is, his eyes are high and his hands are low.

Li Niang didn't even want to hear the reason, and said angrily: "Blame me? Do you blame me? ”

"Ugh."

It doesn't make sense with this arrogant princess, Yang Wei sighed and was silent.

"Why did you find Xue Bai today?" Li Niang asked: "People said that we colluded, and we were not afraid of being discovered?" ”

"If we do not contact him, he will not contact us." Yang Xun said: "Summoning him to see him, take some risks, so that I can hold him in my hands." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Take control of him, tie him to our ship. In case the matter is revealed, we will be scolded by the saint for a few words, but he will die, so the more we come into contact, the more he will have in our hands. What's more, we know his identity. ”

"Worthy of my colt......"

After a long time, Li Niangjiu was about to wake up, and Xue Bai arrived.

She was immediately unhappy again, got up, and walked to Xue Bai to teach a few lessons.

"Only now, don't you kid know who you play for?!"

Xue Bai looked at her lightly and asked, "The princess is not afraid of me now?" ”

Li Niang straightened her waist and raised her head and said: "You are not a ghost, what is this princess afraid of you doing?" ”

"The princess is drunk."

"Eighteen Niang, you are indeed drunk." Yang Wei had no choice but to step forward and help her back.

"I'm not drunk." Li Niang said: "Since you are our person, let's talk about how to abolish Li Heng and help my brother as a prince in the next step." ”

Yang Wei comforted her again and said to Xue Bai: "I asked you to come over quietly, why did you come blatantly?" ”

"Sooner or later, this matter can't be concealed from the ears and eyes of those who have a heart, if someone asks, the horse can calmly answer that he wants to play cards with Xue and turn enemies into friends."

Xue Bai is not stupid, if someone finds out in a quiet meeting, the responsibility of the two sides is completely different. During the annual exam, he took a risk out of helplessness, but now there is no need to leave more handles for Yang Huan.

Yang Xun was displeased, knocked again, and said, "If you ask what your life experience is?" ”

Xue Bai said: "To tell the truth, the only thing is the deed, and the horse can say that he has never seen my deed." ”

"You!"

Li Niang suddenly found out that she had been deceived.

Xue Bai exchanged a piece of East Palace criminal evidence for a deed, and as a result, the criminal evidence was used to protect his person, and the deed was returned to him, and he is still saying this kind of thing.

"You dare to play this princess? I've exposed your origins! ”

"It's all your own people, so why bother with infighting?" Xue Bai said: "At least this time we worked together to deal with the East Palace, which was quite effective. ”

Yang Wei felt that this kid was not easy to control, unlike a sixteen-year-old boy, but he still planned to control it.

He paced two steps and said, "Tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival Imperial Banquet, will you go?" ”

"Yes."

"Is there a way to help King Sheng please the saint?"

Xue Bai muttered: "Now is not the opportunity to come out, Li Heng seems to be in danger, but in fact, he does not threaten the saint. At this time, standing up and competing for favor will make the saint unhappy. ”

"Dodge?" Li Niang said: "If you want us to say it nicely when we make a move, we want you to make a lot of sense!" ”

Although Yang Wei understood the meaning of Xue Bai's words, he still sneered: "You are willing to offer stir-fried vegetables, dominoes, and poems to Mrs. Qiuguo, but now you say that you want to be loyal to King Sheng, but you don't want to show any sincerity?" ”

As far as Xue Bai is concerned, it is right to increase his fame, expand his contacts, please the saints, prepare to enter the office, and silently accumulate strength. jumped up and down too early in the battle for the storage position, which disgusted Li Longji, but he still fought for others, and there was no benefit at all.

I had no choice but to beat Donggong hard to make Donggong honest. It was forced, so others were willing to sympathize with him.

At the moment, the couple still wants to reach out and pinch him and let him take the initiative to stir up trouble.

Because he did not have the power of a slave, they condescended from him.

To put it bluntly, two things that have no eyesight, if they don't give them something powerful, they will immediately kick their noses in the face.

"The horse should be sincere, and we should give it. But ......"

"You're still making it up?! The conditions that were said at the time. ”

"Then let's be honest." Xue Bai said slowly: "But I'm afraid that if you get too close to me at the imperial banquet, it will cause trouble to King Sheng." ”

"Huh."

"Princess, pony, haven't you heard of this yet?"

"What did you hear?"

"Homicide." Xue Bai said: "Recently, there have been two murders, one is that eight Hui merchants died in the post house in the western suburbs of Chang'an. ”

Yang Wei said lightly: "What does this have to do with us? ”

"Don't worry." Xue Bai said: "The second murder case is in the wilderness on the eastern outskirts of Chang'an City, at this moment, maybe the government has just found Pei Mian's body. ”

"What did you say?!"

Yang Wei stood up suddenly, shocked, and asked, "What did you do?" ”

Xue Bai didn't answer, only smiled slightly.

"You ......"

Yang Wei opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, he didn't even secretly go to the outer room for a private meeting in the past few days; And Xue Bai had already found Pei Mian and killed him.

Think about it, if Xue Bai informed them of this, wouldn't he be afraid of them suing?

But there is no evidence, and more importantly, how to sue it? In case it is involved in this matter, the princess's mansion may not be able to bear this sin.

At first glance, the husband and wife were a little out of proportion, Li Niang once again had a sense of fear, and Yang Wei had no opinion.

They wanted to hold Xue Bai, but at this time they found that he was very piercing, making it impossible to hold it; They wanted to tie Xue Bai to a boat today, but at this time, they were worried about being tied to the boat by him.

~~

The eastern suburbs of Chang'an, Huangtai Township, Wannian County boundary.

The wilderness is overgrown with weeds, and it is "the grass that leaves the plain, one year old and one withered".

"Jing Yin, the head has been found, it can be confirmed that it is Pei Mian."

"Take the official to see ......"

Xiao Jiong walked through the wilderness himself, and when he saw the broken corpse, he endured the feeling of wanting to vomit in his heart, squatted down, and took a closer look.

Pei Mian's eyes widened until he died, and his eyes contained a lot. He was born in a prestigious family, with outstanding talents and ambitions, but he probably didn't expect that he would die like this.

The servant of Jingzhao Mansion leaned over, pointed to his head, and whispered: "Jing Yin, please see, he suffered great pain before he died, and the murderer was tortured and interrogated. ”

"But why cut off your head?"

"Either to vent anger, or to pay tribute, or these murderers are brutal."

"The body was not buried, or even thrown on the side of the official road, and the murderer was not afraid of being discovered."

"Shh

Xiao Jiong glanced at the Long Wujun who came behind him.

The murderer deliberately let people find the body, indicating that the murder was not committed by the East Palace, but there was no need to remind Long Wujun.

What Xiao Jiong has to do is to catch the most noteworthy point of the entire case for the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Take the head to the post house, confirm it again, and the Hui caravan is sure that it is connected with Pei Mian."

"Whoa."

……

Xiao Jiong was not too tired, he ran for the case all day, and rushed to the right minister's mansion in the evening, and reported many details in detail.

Compared with others, he has more friendship with Li Linfu.

When Xiao Jiong served as the head of the household department, he read "Fu La" as "ambush hunting", so he had the reputation of "ambush hunting squire", and was as famous as Li Linfu, the "prime minister of the roe deer".

When Li Linfu saw him, he didn't have to be separated by a screen.

"The hand of the veteran soldier of the border army? Who's the force? ”

"I don't know yet." Xiao Jiong said: "The traces are cleaned up very clean, extremely clean. Since Xia Guan took office in Jingzhao Mansion, he has never seen such a sophisticated murderer, and he has not even left hoof prints and car marks. ”

Li Linfu frowned, his eyes showed vigilance, and said: "It's too presumptuous, Chang'an City will never tolerate such a bad assassination case, and it breaks the rules."

He never assassinated, he only used Tang Lu to destroy his family, but he had countless enemies, so he hated assassination the most.

"Yes." Xiao Jiong said: "But the key to this case is still in the East Palace......"

"The real murderer has to be found!"

Li Linfu once again gave a very solemn order, and decided to strengthen the defense of the mansion, and then his mind turned to the business of dealing with the East Palace.

"Evidence?"

"All." Xiao Jiong said: "This time is extremely conclusive, the East Palace knows that the imperial court is searching for Pei Mian, and still sends back the caravan to see Pei Mian, whether it is sent away or extinguished, there is no denial." ”

Li Linfu paced in thought.

The reason why he dealt with the crown prince was different from Concubine Wu Hui's children, he didn't have so much selfishness, but in fact, many times it was connived at by the saints, so he dared to take action.

The question is, how big a blow did this matter have to the power of the crown prince?

~~

"Can you abolish the crown prince?"

"Try your best, if not, at least cut off the prince's arm."

That night, Xiao Jiong went to the residence of Daozheng Fang again and conveyed Li Linfu's intention to An Lushan.

Daozheng Fang is close to Xingqing Palace, and the sage gave An Lushan a mansion here, which is to facilitate the summoning of him into the palace, which shows the importance of An Lushan's holy family.

"Didn't the right minister just get rid of Fang Xuan? What other power does the prince have? ”

Xiao Jiong looked up, and he didn't know whether An Lushan was really stupid or fake, so he had to remind: "There are two of the prince's biggest arms now, both of whom are stumbling blocks on the road to the future of An Dafu. ”

"Hey, hey, hey."

An Lushan smirked at this time.

At the moment, there are two people he fears the most. One is the former Fan Yang Jiedu envoy Pei Kuan, who has a high reputation in the north, which hinders him from controlling Hebei; The other is Wang Zhonghe, the envoy of the Four Towns Festival, whose people do not like him, and he is very afraid of Wang Zhonghe.

"Hui people? The East Palace was able to collude with the Hui people, and this matter must be inseparable from Wang Zhonghe. Xiao Jiong said: "I will carefully check the identity of the bones, involving Wang Zhonghei, and the Anda Mansion will meet the opportunity to cooperate at the imperial banquet tomorrow." ”

"Okay, as long as Xiao Jingyin speaks, Hu Er will definitely cooperate." An Lushan said with a smile: "Why is it not the Khitan people who protect Pei Mian to go, but the Hui people?" ”

"Andafu is smart." Xiao Jiong said: "As for Pei Kuan......"

"It's easy to do, as long as Hu'er says a word to the saint."

Soon, Xiao Jiong had successfully negotiated with An Lushan.

He groaned, and then asked solemnly about something.

"Dare to ask An Dafu, are you ...... Send the old man to kill Pei Mian and those Hui people? ”

An Lushan's eyes widened suddenly, and the funny feeling suddenly dissipated, and in a fit of anger, murderous aura burst out.

"Who are you talking about?!"

Xiao Jiong was shocked, couldn't help but take two steps back, and muttered, "But this case must have been committed by an old soldier of the border army...... In Chang'an City, few others can do it. ”

An Lushan quickly recovered his dazed appearance, shook his head, the fat on his face kept shaking to both sides, and said, "It wasn't Hu Er who did it, how dare Hu Er commit such a murder?" ”

Having said that, he knew that Xiao Jiong didn't believe it very much, and after he retreated, he couldn't help but get angry and whipped the attendant next to him.

"Who?! Who dares to frame me? Kill him for me! ”

(End of chapter)