Guangde Fang.

It snowed at night, and an entourage carried a lantern and led a young man through the long street, stopping in front of the majestic gate, and saw the familiar "Jingzhaofu" plaque hanging above.

Today's rebellion took place in Guangdefang, where Wang Ji was also detained, so it was heavily guarded, revealing a cold and murderous atmosphere.

"Who's coming?"

"I, I am a staff member of Xue Bai, the governor of Chang'an County, and my surname is Du Mingcheng."

As soon as the person spoke, he broke the solemn feeling, and continued to say in his confused state: "County Lieutenant Xue is going to come over to ask about the case, and I, a staff member, have also been called up to take notes, and the sky is really cold." Oh, here's my curfew walking paperwork. ”

"Mr. Du is a little familiar, huh?"

"Huh, cow bolt? Tian Da? It's me Du Wulang, when my family was 'vainly claiming to be a detractor', it was you who escorted me from Chang'an County to Jingzhao Mansion, and I escaped on the way, remember? ”

"This ......"

"Don't remember? Niu Bolt, you also ordered soup cakes for me to eat, I ran away at that time, and it hurt you, right? But aren't you the errand soldiers of Chang'an County? How did you get to Jingzhao Mansion? ”

"Remember, please be quiet." Niu Shuan lowered his voice and said, "To handle a big case of rebellion, the villain was transferred by the county lieutenant to guard Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Du Wulang understood, and as they entered the mansion, he asked in a low voice, "Isn't Wang Ji Jing Zhaoyin?" He has rebelled, how can he still be locked up in Jingzhao Mansion? ”

"This kind of thing is unknown to the villain."

"Oh, I see, let's see if anyone will let him escape."

Niu Xuan admired: "It turns out that Gorou is so smart. By the way, the villain made a big mistake back then and kicked Gorou's ass, Gorou-sama has a lot, can you spare the villain. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't even remember it." Du Wulang turned his head and saw a group of officials standing in front of the court, and couldn't help asking, "What are they doing?" ”

"It's Jingzhao Shaoyin and Liucao who are waiting for the right minister to come and ask about the case, I heard that Wang Ji is very strong, and he appoints cronies and staff to do things, and he has always distrusted these officials, and this time it has become a good thing."

"It's just that it's good to not be motivated." Du Wulang asked: "But Wang Ji is Jingzhao Yin, it is impossible to have no henchmen in Jingzhao Mansion, right?" ”

"Naturally, who in this Jingzhao Mansion is not worried right now? I'm afraid of being regarded as a thief. ”

"Hey, I have a lot of acquaintances, I'll go say hello."

Du Wulang did not join in the excitement with the officials, but walked to the Jingzhao Mansion Prison, waving to several guards from a distance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not here to go to jail today, but I'm here to try the case."

"Isn't this Gorou? You're the most prominent of all of us in prison......"

When the conversation took place, in the depths of the Jingzhao Mansion prison behind them, Xing Wei was sitting in the dark biting his fingers, looking very anxious.

He recalled all the things that had happened in his mind over the years, starting from his grandfather's murder and robbery of money with An Lushan in Tanshan, to Liu Luogu's stay in Chang'an and his use of Zoroastrian doctrine to instigate Wang Weld to train dead soldiers, and then to Wang Weld's gradual loss of control, they simply provoked Wang Weld to rebel to clear up.

"Why did you attack the imperial city and suddenly retreat? If he wanted to withdraw, why did Liu Luogu send someone to shoot Chen Zhixun and attack the imperial city? Wouldn't it be easier to expose the king? ”

Xing Wei thought about it for a long time, and felt more and more that something was wrong.

Finally, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he felt that Liu Luogu sent someone as if he was deliberately trying to lead the rebellion to An Lushan.

I have to know what happened to Liu Luogu.

There was a fire in the aisle, and two wardens came in shackles and said, "It's time to go to the torture chamber, you won't have a good time tonight." ”

"I'll recruit them all." Xing Wei was still gnawing his fingers and said, "But I was wronged, there is a conspiracy in this matter, there is a conspiracy ......"

~~

At the same time, a team of Jin Wuwei rushed to the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, lined up and stood still.

Jingzhao Shaoyin Zhangheng rubbed his hands, and saw a group of purple-robed and red-robed officials dismounting one after another in the bright lights, and the scene was very spectacular.

He hurriedly led a group of officials to walk over, and saluted: "I have seen the right minister, please be well!" ”

Li Linfu's face was cold, he raised his hand and pointed at Jin Wuwei beside him, and asked, "If it weren't for the strict protection of the prime minister, he might have been killed by Wang Weld today?" ”

"Wang Weld damn it." Zhang Heng immediately expressed his position, drew a clear line with Wang Jie, and said: "Wang Jiao is also involved in rebellion, he should be punished!" ”

"Overnight trial."

Zhang Heng was a little nervous, and hurriedly raised his hand to invite Li Linfu to the court.

A group of mermaids entered, and the officials of Jingzhao Mansion peeked in, only to see that there were purple robes and red robes behind the right minister, and the most conspicuous of them was a young and handsome official wearing a green robe walking in the front, as if he was the deputy who assisted the right minister in handling the case.

"Xue Lang."

Xue Bai, who was dressed in a green robe, was walking beside Li Linfu, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that it was Pei Zhen, who was in the army of Cangcao of Jingzhao Mansion, standing there and saluting.

He stopped and exchanged a few words with Pei Zhen under the attention of everyone.

"Brother Pei, I haven't seen you for a long time, is Gong Pei okay?"

"Grandpa is here, he can retire safely, and I have to thank Xue Lang." Pei Zhen said with emotion, "Xue Lang just returned to Chang'an, and he is going to be promoted again?" ”

"It's just the right time to do things for the court."

Xue Bai and Pei Zhen have also known each other for more than two years, he has gone from a white body to a captain in Chang'an, but the other party is still a cangcao to join the army, and he has the opportunity to chat a few words tonight, and he suddenly has the intention of wooing.

But I don't know if with his current status, is he qualified to win over a child of the Wenxi Pei family?

……

Over there, Li Linfu entered the court, glanced back at Xue Bai, and whispered to himself: "There is still time to chat." ”

As the prime minister of the current dynasty, even if it was an unintentional remark, it might be interpreted by people with a heart that he was dissatisfied with Xue Bai, but he still said it to himself.

"Right Minister, please take a seat."

"The appearance is old and frail." Li Linfu shook his hand and said, "Shilang, you come to try the case on behalf of your father." ”

Li Xiu was standing behind Li Linfu, stunned when he heard the words, and didn't react.

His grandfather's obsession with power has reached the point where he is unwilling to share it with anyone, and this is the first time that he has revealed his intention to cultivate his son's abilities.

"Grandpa?"

"Let you do the questioning on your behalf." Li Linfu said.

On the way here, he had already told Li Xiu the sage's intentions, and sat down directly on the top, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Li Xiu was greatly excited, stood behind Li Linfu and arranged to invite Xiao Yinzhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Li Daodi, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Yuan Siyi, the eunuch sent by the palace to supervise the matter, to sit down.

Soon, he encountered a problem again, thinking about how to arrange Xue Bai's seat.

After thinking about it, because Xue Bai was the investigation official appointed by the sage, he arranged for him to sit next to Li Daodi, which was higher than the positions of Yin Zhangheng of Jingzhao Shao and Jia Jilin of Chang'an County.

This is obviously not appropriate, but no one raised any objections to it, except for Li Linfu who shook his head slightly.

Li Xiu had the demeanor of a child of a family, but when he saw his father's dissatisfied expressions one after another, he became nervous, looked at Li Linfu's face, and said slowly: "Interrogate Wang Jie...... No, interrogate Xing Wei first. ”

"Whoa."

Li Xiu took two deep breaths, considered the wording to be said during the interrogation for a while, and gradually calmed down.

He's ready.

However, he saw a few errand officers running back in a hurry, and said, "Right Minister, it's not good!" ”

"What?"

Xing Wei ...... Xing Wei died. ”

"What?"

Suddenly, Li Xiu was caught off guard, stunned for a while, and opened his mouth to speak.

"I'll see it for myself." Li Linfu had already stood up.

A group of Xiangfu guards hurriedly hugged him, leaving Li Xiu still there to speak.

~~

The light of the torches dispelled the darkness, and blood could be seen flowing through the cracks between the gray bricks.

Xing Wei was hung on the torture rack, his body hanging down weakly, and his throat had been slit.

"What's going on?!"

"The villains tied him up in the torture chamber and left, it should be ...... Someone should have come in and stabbed him. ”

"Check." Li Xiu stepped forward and said, "Summoning all the servants for questioning, I want to know who has been to the torture room!" ”

With this sentence, Li Linfu turned his head and glanced at him lightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Heng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Right Minister, this matter must have been done by Wang Jie's comrades in Jingzhao Mansion, why don't you arrest them and interrogate them one by one?" ”

"This person is Wang Jie's henchman?"

"Your Majesty, please report to the right minister in private......"

At this moment, someone suddenly spoke: "If it is really Wang Jie's comrades, you should save Wang Jie, or even kill Wang Jie, why do you attack Xing Xuan?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw that it was Xue Bai who spoke.

Most of the officials present were biased towards interests, but only Xue Bai seemed to be impartial and impartial in enforcing the law.

"What does County Lieutenant Xue mean?"

"Wang Weld and Xing Wei have rebelled openly. What did Xing Wei want to hide at this time? In my opinion, there is only one purpose, and that is to cover up the evidence of An Lushan's involvement in the whole thing......"

"Enough!" Li Linfu said: "Hugh has to be unbelievable! ”

"I was in Zhang's mansion and saw with my own eyes that An Lushan's tribute left in Chang'an caused Liu Luogu to riot; I was in Yanshi, and I saw with my own eyes that the Gao brothers bought the Henan government, how could I be unbelievable? Today, we only care about staring at Wang Jie, who has been arrested, but we don't care that An Lushan, who is guarding Fanyang, is more dangerous, what is the reason? ”

There are often public disputes between officials, but Li Linfu is dignified, and arguing with petty officials will damage his prestige.

So he said lightly in the tone of teaching juniors: "The vertical son is ignorant, and there is no evidence, so you can't slander the general of the border town." ”

Xue Bai looked at Cui Youfu and said, "County Lieutenant Cui, when you and I talked today, I said that there would be evidence of An Lushan's rebellion if we took Xing Wei, but at this time, the person died, what do you think?" ”

Cui Youfu was a little embarrassed, but after pondering for a moment, he still saluted with his hands crossed, and said solemnly: "I thought that An Lushan was indeed suspicious." ”

"Investigate."

Xue Bai was very firm and said, "I want to ask all the servants of Jingzhao Mansion, but the right minister wants to stop it?" ”

Li Linfu glared at Xue Bai with a threatening look, and said slowly: "You'd better find out the truth, don't live up to the trust of the saint." ”

He was reminding him that saints don't like to make a big deal about rebellion.

"Xie You believes in Ren."

"Xing Wei's death was handed over to Xue Baicha, the governor of Chang'an County." Li Linfu said, "Continue to interrogate Wang Jie." ”

After that, he brushed his sleeves and went to get Wang Jie's confession.

He knew that it was likely that An Lushan's people had taken action to kill him, but it was not to rebel, but to prepare for preventing Li Heng from ascending the throne.

Xue Bai wanted to check, but he couldn't find it.

~~

"I'll do the autopsy first, and then I'll question them one by one."

"Whoa."

"County Lieutenant Xue, Mr. Du is here."

"Hmm."

Du Wulang walked into the torture room, closed the door, leaned into Xue Bai's ear, and asked, "No one can eavesdrop, right?" ”

Xue Bai was looking at the wound on Xing Xuan's neck and said, "Don't worry." ”

"That's good, it scares me to death."

Du Wulang bowed to Xing Wei, closed his eyes, and said silently in his heart: "Brother Tai, forgive me, although I killed you, but you committed the crime of rebellion, and you were already dead, I can be regarded as giving you a good time, don't blame me." ”

Xue Bai didn't know what he was thinking, and asked, "It's arranged?" ”

"Well, there is a prison in Jingzhao Mansion Prison that I am familiar with, he was in trouble with Wang Jiao a while ago, and when he was afraid, I told him that Chen Xuanli wanted to interrogate who the enemy was, and asked him to let Diao Bing come in to interrogate Xing Xuan, and Diao Bing killed him with one knife."

"What about others?"

"Sent away."

"What about the Prison?"

"I was frightened to know that Xing Wei was dead, but I calmed down."

"You call him in, and I'll arrange a way out for him."

"Okay." Du Wulang said: "But I really don't understand what you're doing. ”

"Political achievements, counterinsurgency achievements." Xue Bai replied, accidentally seeing Du Wulang's eyes full of doubts, so he was silent for a moment, and said, "I want to try to stop a big rebellion." ”

"Stop a major rebellion?"

"At least remind the imperial court that An Lushan wants to rebel."

"He's really going to rebel?"

"You don't believe it either?"

"Then I'm different after all." Du Wulang muttered, "I know that you planted a lot of things." As for the others, the border generals are crazy, and they are Hu people who don't understand the rules. ”

Xue Bai smiled and said casually: "Then I want to climb up with Fat Man." ”

"Hey, I'm not analyzing, am I? I didn't say I didn't believe you, of course I believed you. ”

"Let's look into the case."

"Okay, let's find out how Xing Wei was killed by An Lushan's people."

~~

The next day, the sky grew brighter.

Li Linfu slept a shallow night, and when he woke up, he still had a token in his hand, which read "Zuo Qianniu Guards Cao Shen Military Liu Luogu".

According to Wang Jie's confession, Wang Zhu was bewitched by Xing Wei, and often shook people's hearts with words such as worshipping fire and the god of light in Zoroastrian teachings, and he happened to know that An Lushan, who was born in Sogdians, was a Zoroastrian believer, so after learning that Xue Bai played the Gao brothers, he began to suspect An Lushan and asked Xue Bai for this token.

Xue Bai also admitted this matter, but he said that the noble fell on the grandmother of Gongsun, I don't know what it is, and I don't know why Wang Ji is going.

Then, convicting Wang Ji of colluding with Liu Luogu, or judging that Wang Ji is really innocent, is actually only in Li Linfu's thoughts.

But no matter how he chose, he was not satisfied, he originally just wanted to see Wang Ji and Yang Guozhong fight each other, and there would be an injury, but because Xue Bai was making trouble in it, this fire burned to An Lushan instead.

"Has Xue Bai found the murderer of Xing Wei?"

"Back to the right phase, not yet."

"Entering the palace, I will report to the saint the results of last night's investigation."

Li Linfu decided to rush in front of Xue Bai to give the saint a preconceived impression.

This case has become a game in which Xue Bai attacks An Lushan, and he must protect Lushan, fighting for the trust of the saint.

It is absurd for a dignified prime minister to play against a petty official, but being able to fight with young people cheered up Li Linfu, and he regained the spirit of fighting cocks.

……

When he arrived at Xingqing Palace, he didn't wait too long for Li Linfu to be summoned by the saint.

If there is an early dynasty, this is the time when the early dynasty is about to end, and Li Longji rarely receives courtiers at this time, so today will inevitably make Li Linfu a little surprised.

He thought to himself, the sage was probably worried about Wang Zhuo's plot against the case, worried that An Lushan would be involved, and he couldn't sleep all night, so it was no wonder that Xue Bai was asked to investigate the case together.

However, when Li Linfu arrived at the Shen Xiang Pavilion, he saw Li Longji wearing a Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged in the pavilion and meditating, with a peaceful face.

There was another old Taoist priest meditating in the pavilion, it was Li Yaozhou.

"Saint, saint?"

Gao Lishi stepped forward cautiously and called twice before Li Longji opened his eyes, and then laughed twice.

"Good!"

Li Yaozhou heard the movement and opened his eyes, although he was accompanied by the king, his eyes were ancient and waveless, and he had a superior demeanor.

Li Longji did not immediately let Li Linfu come forward, but talked with Li Yaozhou about the results of meditation.

"I sat all night according to the Twelve Methods of Meditation of the Taoist Master, and I was indeed refreshed."

"The saint is too wise and wise, but if he is too wise, his mind will be greatly damaged." Li Yaozhou did not take credit, and said humbly, "If you can't sleep at night, meditate quietly, and you can also rest your mind." ”

Li Longji thought so, nodded, and sighed: "As the Taoist chief said." ”

He glanced at Li Linfu, who was waiting outside the pavilion, and originally planned to deal with state affairs, but first asked Li Yaozhou a question that he had already asked last night.

The Taoist chief said...... Is Xingyang bag really useful? ”

"If the saint can follow the words of the poor Tao, take out the exercises every day, and then enter the furnace to fight after 3721, he should see the effect."

"Don't bully the Taoist." Li Longji said.

Li Yaozhou shook his head, not afraid of Li Longji's identity at all, his tone was a little cold, and said: "The sage would rather believe in Zoroastrian anti-thieves than in poor Taoism. The saint was sixty and six, and he still wanted to achieve speed, but he could not do anything about poverty, so he retired. ”

He got up and left.

Li Longji was not annoyed, looking at his figure, but stroked his long beard and nodded.

Only then did Li Linfu come forward.

"How's Juro doing?"

"Back to the saints." Li Linfu lowered his head and muttered: "Wang Ji claimed to be unaware, and in order to alleviate Wang Weld's crime, he wanted to put the crime of rebellion on An Lushan, saying that it was An Lushan's tribute left in Chang'an that made Liu Luogu instigate Wang Weld......"

"Actually?"

"The minister thought that Wang Ji didn't know that Wang Jian was plotting rebellion, which was a fact. However, in order to cover up Wang Zhu's crimes, Wang Jiao sent people to kill Wei Hui and Ren Haichuan, and later made people kill Liu Luogu and Xing Wei, and forged evidence that Liu Luogu was the mastermind, which is also a fact. ”

"He's hired?"

"Nope." Li Linfu said, "The old minister has not found evidence yet, but with the minister's understanding of Wang Jie, the minister dares to assert it." ”

"So, what Xue Bai said is not true?"

"What Xue Bai said may be something he saw, but what he saw may not be true."

"Wang Jie." Li Longji sighed, and at this time he still groaned for a while, and then said slowly: "Give death." ”

"Obey."

Li Longji raised his head, looked a little compassionate, and said, "Wang Jie's errand position, you recommend someone to do it." ”

Li Linfu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that he had won.

Getting rid of Wang Ji and crushing Yang Guozhong was exactly what he wanted at the beginning.

It was very simple for him to win, because he knew the saint better than Xue Bai, he didn't need to find evidence, as long as he rushed to settle the case in front of Xue Bai, this game was over.

When he realized that the saint was afraid of trouble, he put all the blame on Wang Ji alone, which was the best and the most willing result for the saint to believe.

~~

Next.

Li Longji sat upright in the Nanxun Hall, spitting and patting his thighs with his palms.

"Sage, Xue Bai asks to see."

"What?"

"It's called a resurrection."

Li Longji stopped what he was doing, exhaled a breath of depression, and said: "The shaft didn't speak, I know what he was going to say, it was nothing more than Hu Er instructing someone to kill Xing Wei, all sensational remarks. ”

Colliers said: "Yes, the saint understands him, he is outspoken, and he will not just pick good things to say." ”

"There are so many bad things." Li Longji said, "At a young age, people don't know how to be a gunman, and it's annoying." Life is boring before twenty...... I don't see him. ”

Gao Lishi felt that the saint was unhappy because of his own admonition, and did not dare to say more, so he hurriedly received the order.

Li Longji wanted to practice the exercises again, but he was not satisfied with the effect in the end, and ordered: "Summoning Li Daochang into the palace." ”

Lately, he has been preferring to see the Taoist chief rather than his courtiers, and he especially hates to see the courtiers who are making trouble for him.

He himself realized this, but because of Wang Zhu's matter, he was in a bad mood, so he allowed himself to do what he wanted for a while.

"Summoning Li Daochang into the palace."

Gao Lishi passed the decree and instructed Wu Huaishi to invite Li Yaozhou.

~~

Wu Huaishi received the holy oracle and went out of the palace gate, but saw Xue Bai still waiting there.

"Xue Lang has already made a great contribution, why bother to find the saint unhappy?"

"This ......"

When Xue Bai heard this, he smiled slightly bitterly, and saluted: "Thank you General Wu for your advice, by the way, where is General Wu going?" ”

"Go and invite Daochang Li into the palace."

Xue Bai was stunned for a moment, sighed slightly, and said to himself: "An Lushan really wants to rebel, but the saint still has the heart to cultivate." ”

Wu Huaishi and the attendants behind him just didn't hear this, don't go past Xue Bai, and go to Xuandu.

When they arrived at the Xuandu Temple, they beckoned the Taoist boy and asked, "Where is Daoist Li?" ”

"Uncle Shi is meditating, so I'm going to invite you."

"It's up to me to ask Daoist Li to lead the way."

"General Wu, please."

Walking to the bell tower, Wu Huaishi looked up and saw Li Yaozhou standing on top of the bell tower, and couldn't help but say happily: "Daochang Li, the sage has an edict, please enter the palace to meet you." ”

Li Yaozhou shook his head and said, "What's the benefit of re-entering the palace in the poor way?!" ”

"Dao Chief?"

"Hu Erbahu, the world is worried, but the saint refuses to wake up, it is better to go to the poor road!"

"Dao Chief, you ......"

Wu Huaishi was greatly surprised, and he didn't know why Li Yaozhou suddenly made such wild remarks.

When he was still in a daze, he only heard a burst of laughter, and Li Yaozhou took out a pen and inscribed on the big bell.

"Dao Chief."

Wu Huaishi then hurried to the bell tower with his attendants.

After stepping on the stone steps, he finally climbed the bell tower, looked around, and saw that Li Yaozhou was gone.

"What about people?"

"The Dao Leader flew away!"

Wu Huaishi ran to the bell tower to take a look, only to see a thin figure in a Taoist robe, floating on the roof in the distance.

He couldn't help but be dumbfounded, not understanding how Li Yaozhou could go so far in such a short period of time.

After that, he remembered to turn his head to look at the poem inscribed on the bronze bell, and this look was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

The handwriting on the bronze bell is clear, but it is four proverbs.

"Yuyang drums pass through Tongguan, and the king is lucky to be on the sword mountain on this day."

"If Mu Yi meets a ghost under the mountain, he is scheduled to bury the golden ring here."

~~

Over there, Xue Bai left Xingqing Palace and went to Chang'an County.

Before I arrived at the county office, I could already see a person pacing back and forth at the gate of the county office, looking worried.

There was a clear smile in Xue Bai's eyes, and he didn't see the worry when he was outside the palace gate.

"Ah Bai!"

Ahead, as soon as Yang Guozhong turned around, he had already seen Xue Bai and spoke enthusiastically.

"Brother, how are you here today?"

"Of course I'm here to support you! I've been thinking recently, what Ah Bai said is right in many things, Wang Weld's rebellion must be the mastermind of Hu Er. ”

Xue Bai smiled and said nothing, he knew why Yang Guozhong came.

"How about Brother Wai talk to the Captain?"

"Good! You and my brother should have a talk. Yang Guozhong said.

Xue Bai nodded, walked into the county government first, entered the public house, closed the door, and said a word straight to the point, which shocked Yang Guozhong.

"By the way, do you know, brother? Li Yaozhou failed to leave successfully, and was controlled by me, and he told me all the lies about Xingyang Bag. ”

(End of chapter)