The book continues from the above, saying that Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng quickly cracked the big case before the Lantern Festival, two main criminals were arrested, one accomplice surrendered, and eight accomplices were killed. According to the confessions of the two, Chu Mofeng generally has a clear understanding of the Shangyuan Festival case.

It turned out that the group of people led by Moliro was not a Qiuzi people, but an authentic Turkic people, and earlier these people had some chances to get acquainted with some big people in the Tang Dynasty, and then obeyed these people's orders, and this time they received orders to enter Beijing, the purpose was to cause riots in Chang'an City.

And these Turks also had another purpose in this trip, that is, to try in vain to lure Chu Mofeng through beauty and wait for an opportunity to assassinate him.

In Jingzhao Yin's prison, Pei Lian, who was locked in a dark room, listened to the confessions of his housekeeper and Mo Liluo, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and at this time, the door of the dark room suddenly opened, only to see Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng walking in angrily, throwing the three confessions on Pei Lian's face.

Then I saw Li Shimin say angrily: "I really didn't expect you Pei Fu to shoot a lot of money, if it weren't for Qi Guogong to find out, once these people succeeded, my Datang would fall apart in an instant, Pei Lian, what kind of heart do you have?"

After listening to Li Shimin's words, Pei Lian's eyes rolled and he was about to make a rebuttal, but he suddenly saw a fist carrying the sound of wind rapidly amplifying in his eyes, and then he only felt a sharp pain in his left cheek, and the whole person was instantly knocked to the ground.

At this time, Chu Mofeng's almost roaring voice came from his ears: "You surnamed Pei, you dog and mouse generation, it doesn't matter if you plot against me, why do you still plot against those important ministers of the court? Is it that your master can't wait to usurp the throne?"

Covering his aching cheeks, Pei Lin slowly got up from the ground, straightened his clothes, and said with a proud attitude: "Grandpa Guo, you can eat this meal as you like, don't say it casually, right?" You say that my master, my master is His Majesty today, why would Your Majesty usurp his throne?"

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng stepped forward and whispered in Pei Lian's ear: "The surname is Pei, do you think that others don't know about your shady deeds? Let me tell you the truth, since Wen Jing died, your mansion has long become my key surveillance area. Do you think that when you go to see Li Jiancheng, that idiot, others don't know? Don't forget, people are watching the sky. ”

Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Pei Lin took two steps back at the moment, and his eyes were no longer as arrogant as Fang Cai, and he kept rubbing his hands, as if there was a fierce battle in his heart.

Looking at all this in front of him, Chu Mofeng decided to stimulate him again, and then sneered and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you admit it or not, just with this confession in my hand, it is more than enough for you to be sentenced to destroy your family." Now there is not much time left until tomorrow's celebration is over and you will enter the palace to face the saint, so you can think about it yourself. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chu Mofeng pulled Li Shimin and walked outside, and when he reached the door, he said to the two guards guarding the door: "Take care of him, no matter how he shouts, don't open the door, even if he is dead, don't care." ”

The two guards were also temporarily seconded from Jin Wuwei, and hurriedly clasped their fists at their chief officer and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin, Grandpa Guo, you two please rest assured, your subordinates will definitely live up to their mission!"

Li Shimin nodded, and then left Jing Zhaoyin with Chu Mofeng, and the two walked down the street, Li Shimin was overjoyed in his heart, it was really a thing worth celebrating to be able to relieve the crisis in Chang'an before the Lantern Festival.

Chu Mofeng behind him was frowning and walking slowly, as if he was thinking about something, seeing Chu Mofeng fall behind him for a distance, Li Shimin hurriedly stopped and turned back, came to Chu Mofeng and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm thinking, you said that since these people have placed those explosives from the Western Regions in the palaces of various ministers, if these people really collude with the one in the East Palace, then are there also in the palace?"

As soon as the words fell, he shook his head and said: "Maybe I'm thinking too much, forget it, let's leave it alone for the time being, let's rush to the palace and report to Your Majesty first." ”

Li Shimin nodded, and slowly walked towards the palace with Chu Mofeng, at this time there was a burst of drums from the drum tower, Chu Mofeng looked up at the sky, it was already the beginning of Shen, and the two couldn't help but speed up their pace and walked towards the palace.

When passing through the Taiping Fang and coming to the Vermilion Bird Gate, the soldiers guarding the gate saw that the people who came were Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng, and immediately saluted the two, while Chu Mofeng looked around and said: "From the opening of the West Market to the present, is there anything unusual in the direction of the palace today?"

I saw one of the guards scratch his head, and then said in an uncertain tone: "Grandpa Qiqiguo, there is nothing unusual today, if it is not an abnormality, that is, the lanterns used by His Majesty to enjoy this year are much larger than in previous years, and they are also much heavier. ”

"Flower Lantern ......" Hearing the guard's words lightly, Chu Mofeng's mind suddenly flashed a burst of thunder, why didn't he think of the lantern, it was really careless, since they had dealings with Pei Mansion, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were also involved in this matter, so if there was a problem in the palace, it could be said that because Jin Wuwei was not strict in his investigation, it would lead to thieves mixing into the palace to create a riot.

Thinking of this, Chu Mofeng dragged Li Shimin and said anxiously: "You are going to the palace quickly now, to prevent Your Majesty from going to Chengtianmen Street to watch the lanterns, I need to go back to the prison again, and this group of people has indeed made arrangements in the palace." ”

As soon as the words fell, he whistled into the air, only to see several Jin Wuwei coming on horseback, Chu Mofeng saw this, pulled a horse and turned over, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and ran in the direction of Guangdefang.

And Li Shimin only reacted at this time, and then dragged another horse and galloped towards the direction of the imperial city. rushed all the way to Jing Zhaoyin's office in Guangdefang, and Chu Mofeng rushed into the prison murderously.

In order to prevent someone from waiting for an opportunity to rob the prison, the three inner and outer three floors of the prison were full of Tiance Army and Jin Wuwei, and when everyone saw Chu Mofeng coming, they all flashed out to say hello, while Chu Mofeng kicked open and closed the cell door of Steward Pei and Mo Liluo, picked up the whip hanging on the wall and whipped the two of them violently.

was hit by a sudden whip, and a hot pain instantly spread throughout the body, and the two of them shouted for no reason, and at this time, Chu Mofeng seemed to feel puzzled, and after feeding the two of them a whip, he threw the whip to the ground, and pulled out the burning sky behind him to stab the two of them.

Seeing this, a group of people watching from outside the door hurriedly rushed in, stopping Chu Mofeng with all hands and feet, and one of them asked, "Grandpa Guo, is there anything important about you coming back here?"

Being stopped like this, Chu Mofeng remembered the purpose of his trip, and then broke free from everyone's obstruction and asked the two people on the ground: "Say, how many boxes did you send into the palace, and where did they all go?"

I saw that Mo Liluo's lips moved and he was about to speak, but he was glared at by Steward Pei on the side, and then lowered his head again, Chu Mofeng saw this and said loudly: "Come on, drag out the traitor on the ground who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, whatever you say, just don't kill him, lest there be no proof of death when he arrives." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly dragged Steward Pei on the ground fiercely, and dragged him out of the door like a dead dog, and then there was a muffled snort of Steward Pei outside the door.

And Chu Mofeng squatted down and looked at Mo Liluo, and said with a hideous face: "Now give you a chance, if you confess honestly, I will find a way to keep you from dying, if you don't want to confess, then I don't mind sending you on the road now." ”

Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Mo Liluo lowered his head and was speechless for a long time, as if he was fighting a battle between heaven and man in his heart, and then raised his head and said slowly: "Baoning Fang, Xinglong Warehouse, I gave them five boxes, which were personally sent by the person surnamed Pei, and I don't know the rest, I told you everything I know, I hope you keep your promise." ”

After listening to Mo Liluo's words, Chu Mofeng quickly got up and shouted to Jin Wuwei and Tiance Jun outside the door: "Ten people from each part, go to the Xinglong Cargo Station in Baoningfang quickly, be sure to find those boxes of things, if you encounter resistance, kill them on the spot, go quickly!"

When everyone heard this, they quickly separated people and rushed towards Baoning Fang, and the fight outside the door continued, Chu Mofeng walked to the door of the cell, looked at the beaten Steward Pei and said coldly: "Okay, stop it, put this dog and mouse in it, stuff rags in the mouths of the two of them, and find two quilts by the way, so as not to freeze to death, take strict care tonight, and be sure to be foolproof." ”

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly went down to prepare, at this time it was already two o'clock in the Shen hour, Tiance Army and Jin Wuwei came to the Xinglong cargo station outside Baoning Fang, only to see that the lights were still bright inside, everyone quickly broke into the door, only to see the guys inside rushed out with sharp blades, after a fight, the people at the Xinglong cargo station present were no longer alive.

Immediately, everyone began to search through the boxes and cabinets, and found three small wooden boxes in a corner of the garden, and immediately sent someone to report to Chu Mofeng urgently.

After learning the news, Chu Mofeng entered the cell, grabbed Steward Pei's collar and asked sharply, "Tell me quickly, where are those two small wooden boxes placed in the palace?"

"Grandpa Guo, aren't you full of wisdom, guess it yourself!" After spitting out the blood in his mouth, Steward Pei looked at Chu Mofeng coldly, smiled and said, "You can find it yourself slowly, when the drum sounds, hahahaha......"

Seeing that he couldn't ask for any useful information, Chu Mofeng punched Steward Pei in the face, then stuffed the rag into his mouth, quickly walked out of Jing Zhaoyin, and flew on his horse and ran towards the palace.

At the third moment of Shen Shi, Chu Mofeng arrived at the Vermilion Bird Gate, and at this time, Li Shimin was talking to Li Yuan in the Taiji Palace, who knew that Li Yuan didn't seem to buy it, and walked towards the palace gate, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly when he saw this, and turned to look at Wang De on the side.

I saw Wang Dexin step forward and walk to Li Yuan's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is also very kind, besides, Qi Guogong is already investigating outside, how about you take your breath away for the time being, and then make a decision after Qi Guogong comes in and returns?"

Li Yuan turned to look at Wang De and nodded and said: "You old fellow, okay, I will listen to you this time, waiting for that kid to come and make a report, but if there is still no report at seven o'clock, then I will definitely go to watch the lanterns as soon as the time comes, and many royal relatives and their families have come tonight." ”

After speaking, Li Yuan turned around and sat on the dragon chair with Wang De's support, quietly looking at the direction of the palace door, while Li Shimin on the side looked at the missing moment placed on the side, and muttered to himself in his heart: Boy, you have to work harder, don't make any mistakes.

And Chu Mofeng came to Chengtianmen Street, and found that the lanterns had already been arranged on both sides of the street, and after inquiring along the way, Chu Mofeng came to the largest lantern, only to see that this lantern was made into the appearance of a dragon, at this time, except for the candle at the head of the dragon was not lit, the rest of the parts were already shining.

At that moment, Chu Mofeng dragged through a small yellow door and inquired about it, and learned that the candle of the dragon's head needed to be lit by His Majesty himself, thinking of this, Chu Mofeng walked under the lantern and looked carefully, and faintly found that there was something similar to a fuse next to the candle of the dragon's head.

Chu Mofeng was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly followed the direction of the fuse to find it, and sure enough, he found the end point of the fuse in the corner of the wall near the provincial office under the door, looking at the direction of the fuse, Chu Mofeng realized that this place was the closest to Li Yuan, who came to light the candle, according to Li Yuan's character, after lighting the candle, he would inevitably talk about something here, at this time, the fuse ignited the explosion in the wooden box, and instantly blew up all the people present to the sky.

Thinking of this, Chu Mofeng took out his dagger, first cut off the fuse, and then quietly called a few Left Guards, carefully took out the things buried underground, and saw that the two small wooden boxes were all found, looking at the small wooden boxes taken away by the Left Guards, Chu Mo Fengchang breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Chu Mofeng walked to the Taiji Palace, came to the gate of the hall and said to the soldier in charge of guarding the door: "Please inform Chu Mofeng, the Duke of Qi, to meet you." ”

One of the soldiers nodded, turned around and pushed the door open and walked in, at this time it was already seven o'clock, and Chu Mofeng did not come to report for a long time, Li Yuan had already lost his patience, flicked his sleeves and walked down the steps, and said to Li Shimin: "Isn't what you said all made up by yourself? Or do you have to sweep away my interest today?"

Li Shimin was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but he heard an exciting shout from the gate of the palace: "Your Majesty, Chu Mofeng, the Duke of Qiguo, is asking to see you outside the door." ”

"Xuan", hearing that Chu Mofeng was coming, Li Yuan shouted angrily, and then saw Chu Mofeng walking in quickly, nodded at Li Shimin, and then bowed his hand to Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, after some investigation by the ministers, the explosives buried by the thieves have been found, and now they have been cleared, Your Majesty can go to watch the lanterns with confidence." ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan knew that his second son had not deceived him, and was about to open his mouth to comfort him, but who knew that Li Shimin arched his hand at Li Yuan, and said in a flat tone: "Qi Father, the son still needs to go out with Qi Guogong to check again, so I won't accompany my father first." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin dragged Chu Mofeng straight out of the main hall, looking at the back of the two leaving, Li Yuan suddenly felt a wave of loss coming, and Wang De, who was standing behind Li Yuan, inadvertently showed a smile.

After walking out of the main hall, Li Shimin looked at the brilliant lights on Chengtianmen Street, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "The situation is so critical today, my father still thinks that we are deceiving him, I really don't know what to say." ”

"What are you talking about, what do you want to do so much?" Chu Mofeng, who was standing on the side, stretched his waist for a long time, took a breath of the cold air of the winter night, and said with a smile: "At least we rescued Datang again, didn't we?"

After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin's heart suddenly became much clearer, and then he said to Chu Mofeng with a smile: "After such a slow and long night, can Grandpa Guo invite this king to have a drink?"

"What you want, do you dare to obey?" Chu Mofeng, who had always been rough and rough, muttered like a literati at this moment, and then walked down the steps, shouting as he walked: "Didn't you kid say drinking?"

Looking at Chu Mofeng's figure, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Let's go, you find a restaurant and you pay." Then the two of them wandered out of the palace confines.

At this time, it has come to the beginning of the unitary period, accompanied by the sound of drums, Li Yuan brought the civil and military officials and their families to Chengtianmen Street, in the sound of drums, Li Yuan personally lit the candle of the dragon head of the dragon, and for a time the blessing sound on Chengtianmen Street bursts, and if someone looks forward along Chengtianmen Street, you will find that two dashing backs are gradually moving away from Chengtianmen......

On the sixteenth day of the first month, hundreds of civil and military officials went to court, Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin personally presented the confessions of Steward Pei and Mo Liluo, and Chu Mofeng recounted the whole thing in detail.

Until the end, Chu Mofeng said to Li Yuan: " Qi Qi Your Majesty, the criminal in this case is now being held in Jing Zhaoyin's prison, and a total of 20 small wooden boxes containing explosives seized are also stored in Jing Zhaoyin's warehouse, if Your Majesty needs to check, you can send someone to get it, the reason why this case can be quickly solved depends on the rebellion of the Mai Ji who was held hostage in the caravan, and the confession of the leader Moliluo, and the minister arranged for people to go to Zheng County, and with the cooperation of the Zheng County Order, kill the number of thieves, and raid a thief's hiding place, hoping that Your Majesty will know it. ”

At this time, Li Yuan knew why his second son was desperate to prevent him from going out that night, thinking of this, Li Yuan's gaze at Li Shimin gradually softened.

In the forefront of Wenchen, Li Jiancheng, who had been listening to Chu Mofeng's narration, had a trace of resentment flashing on his face, and after Chu Mofeng finished speaking, Li Jiancheng flashed out and said to Chu Mofeng: "Since Qi Guogong has solved the case, then in order to show the majesty of my Tang Dynasty, all the criminals should be executed to set an example. ”

Listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Wei Zheng also hurriedly walked out and was about to speak, but who knew that Chu Mofeng suddenly turned around and pointed at Wei Zheng and said, "Shut your mouth, the matter we are discussing here is related to the crime of rebellion, do you want to exonerate Pei Lian?"

Being snatched by Chu Mofeng first, Wei Zheng immediately didn't know what to say, and Li Yuan listened to Chu Mofeng's words, he glared at Wei Zheng coldly, and said slowly: "What does Wei Qing's family have to say?"

At this moment, Wei Zheng was glared at by Li Yuan, trembling with fright, and hurriedly said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to say that His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the Duke of Qi have worked hard and made great achievements, and they are really models for my generation. ”

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and said to Chu Mofeng with a smile: "You and Shimin have worked hard this time, and the reward will be announced later, as for Pei Lian......"

Hearing Li Yuan mention Pei Lian, Chu Mofeng and Li Jiancheng were about to step forward to speak, but Li Yuan said angrily: "Even if he doesn't know, he must be punished for the crime of negligence, pass on my message, send Pei Lian to his official position, demote him to a commoner, and order him to reflect at home, if there is no will of me, he is strictly forbidden to go out to entertain guests." ”

After listening to Li Yuan's words, Chu Mofeng immediately understood that Li Yuan had saved face for Li Jiancheng and the others, if he continued to investigate, he would inevitably find out about Li Jiancheng and the others, and that kind of scene would be something Li Yuan did not want to see. ”

And Li Jiancheng, who was on the side, heard the sentence against Pei Lian, and immediately retreated as if he had eaten a fly, and his face was hideous.

Who knew that Chu Mofeng suddenly said: "Your Majesty, during the period when the minister was held hostage, he vaguely heard the housekeeper of Pei Mansion talking to Mo Liluo about the matter of Niangzi Pass, and the minister implored His Majesty to keep Mo Liluo's life for the time being, and the minister is ready to go to Niangzi Pass with the other side of the flower team in the near future, this person is a key person, and the minister will take it away, I hope Your Majesty will agree." ”

Li Yuan leaned back on the dragon chair and thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "Okay, since you solved the case, then that Moliro will be left to you to deal with, but remember one thing, when you come back from the Niangzi Pass, I don't want to see this person again, I am a little tired today, so let's step back for the time being." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Yuan walked slowly towards the apse with Wang De's support, looking at Li Yuan's departing back, Chu Mofeng showed a smile on his face.

At this time, Li Shimin walked up and whispered to Chu Mofeng: "Let's go, let's go to Jingzhaoyin Prison and meet that Steward Pei again, and see if we can dig up any useful information." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded when he heard this, and walked towards Jing Zhaoyin's residence in Guangdefang as Li Shimin left the palace, and Li Jiancheng, who had always been stunned, looked at the backs of the two leaving, with a trace of resentment in his eyes.

When they came to Jingzhao Yin Prison, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng first went to the dark room to release Pei Lone, and Pei Leng, who did not know his fate at this time, still said to the two proudly: "Since someone has framed the lower official in this matter, then the lower official must go to the Ming Sage later to investigate this matter thoroughly, and I hope that His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the grandfather of the country will be present to explain everything." ”

Looking at Pei Lian's unbeaten face, Chu Mofeng whispered in his ear: "Pei Servant, oh no, look at my brain, surnamed Pei, hurry back to your mansion, Your Majesty has sent you a big gift." ”

Hearing Chu Mofeng's words, Pei Lin was suddenly startled and hurriedly ran out, while Li Shimin said to Chu Mofeng with a smile: "You said that if he goes back and receives His Majesty's holy decree, will he commit suicide in anger?"

"Who knows, if such a person lives in the world for one more day, he will create one more day of evil in this world, and die early and be born sooner. Looking at Pei Lian's figure leaving in a hurry, Chu Mofeng pursed his lips disdainfully, and said slowly: "I'll go see Mo Liluo in a while, you go to interrogate that Steward Pei, let's go separately and see if we can dig up any useful information." ”

Li Shimin nodded, and then ordered someone to bring Steward Pei to this dark room, and Chu Mofeng went straight to the cell where Mo Liluo was held, seeing Chu Mofeng coming, Mo Liluo smiled helplessly and said, "You, are you here to kill me?"

"You provided me with information in exchange for your life, and I also applied to Your Majesty, you can't die, but there are some things I still have to ask you, I hope you will answer them one by one. Looking at Mo Liluo, who was a little sluggish, Chu Mofeng stared straight at Mo Liluo with his eyes and said, "What is the matter with the lady?"

On the other hand, after Steward Pei was taken to the dark room, Li Shimin ordered someone to tie him up, first rewarded him with a heavy leather whip, and then looked at Steward Pei coldly and said: "Your plan failed, and your master was also dismissed from all his duties by His Majesty, and now he has become a commoner like you, do you want to continue to hide it for him?"

Li Shimin's words came from his ears, and Steward Pei was shocked at the moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and raised his head to look at Li Shimin......

As the saying goes, there are gods three feet above the head, and look at Chu Mofeng Niangzi Pass to investigate the case, and then look at the desperate enemy outside Huaxiong City on the other side, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......