Chapter 15, when to be free

[The second day of the third month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, the second day of the first month, the time is not there, and the star of Chang'an City is downstairs]

Li Yi had just walked out of the Star Picking Tower, and Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi Guard, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him and bowed his hand and said:

"Xiaguan see His Royal Highness King Zhao!"

"What's the matter, you have to come to see me at this time!" Li Yi said with his hands in his hands, his face displeased.

Shen Huan's face was quite embarrassed by Li Yi's words, and he said in his heart, is there something important at this time? This is not the palace inside, this place is nothing more than the market, how can this prince have such a big anger today? At that moment, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said:

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, the lower official has just received a report, and the son-in-law of the household servant's family also had an accident last night! He was also attacked by a banshee, and now he is lying at home, and he still doesn't know whether he is dead or alive......"

Li Yi's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and he thought to himself, isn't this household servant Pan Wenjuan the subordinate of the eighth child? However, although he was so worried in his heart, his face was still impassive, and then he asked, "What happened to his son-in-law?"

Shen Huan said: "According to the investigation of the subordinates of the lower officials, the son-in-law of the household servant Pan Wenjuan is surnamed Zhang Mingbo, this person went to Cuiyun Building last night to drink and prostitutes, and after going out, he met a bewitching woman, this Zhang Bo seemed to be unable to resist the temptation of beauty, and was taken by the woman to a wilderness on the spot. When he was found early this morning, Zhang Bo was dying and slurred in speech, but fortunately he still knew the way home, and several cattle cart vendors sent him back to Panfu. However, the people of the Pan family did not report Zhang Bo's injury to the official after discovering it, but only locked him up at home to recuperate, probably because they thought it was not good to hear the news of this matter......

Li Yi asked: "The people of the Pan family did not report to the official, how did your people from Tsing Yiwei know about this?"

Shen Huan smiled embarrassedly again, and said: "Go back to Your Highness, and follow the emperor's will, responsible for guarding the travel safety of the confidential ministers in the capital." This Pan Wenjuan's official residence is three products, and it is naturally among the protection of his subordinates, and the front and back doors of Pan's mansion have the eyeliner of my Tsing Yi Wei, which is based on his every move in the mansion, and the lowly position is known in an instant. ”

The corners of Li Yi's mouth rose slightly when he heard this, and he snorted lightly and coldly, he thought to himself, who are you protecting the minister, you are obviously setting up eyeliner everywhere, and you are monitoring the ministers all the time! cough! Why does the British lord of the emperor's generation become so suspicious after he gets old? If this goes on for a long time, Tsing Yiwei will become bigger and bigger, and when the time comes, he will ignore the law of the country and wantonly search and arrest, so that everyone in the ministers will be in danger, I am afraid that my father will regret it too late!

Li Yi asked: "Did this Zhang Bo go to a brothel late at night to engage in prostitution, did he indulge himself in excessive lust, so that his essence was depleted, his kidneys were weak, and he woke up the next morning with a lost mind and talking nonsense?

"Back to His Royal Highness, I have sent someone to Cuiyun Building to find out ......" Shen Huan immediately bowed his hand and said: "The female prostitute who served Zhang Bo last night was called Qinglian, after Qinglian sent Zhang Bo out, she saw it with her own eyes, that Zhang Bo and a woman who was dressed unusually charming, the two hugged and hugged and went south, but it was ridiculous that Qinglian also mistakenly thought that it was Zhang Bo's good friend and came to have a private meeting with him, how can there be a man in the world who will have a tryst with his lover in a brothel? ha......

Shen looked around and laughed loudly, but seeing that Li Yi did not have a smile on his face, he hurriedly stopped smiling again, only to hear Li Yi, the king of Zhao, groan slightly, and asked again:

"So do you think that the woman who attacked Zhang Bo last night and the woman who attacked the young man in Nancheng the night before yesterday are the same person?"

Shen Huan asked rhetorically: "Your Highness is saying that the one who attacked the young man in the south of the city the night before yesterday was also a banshee?"

Li Yi snorted coldly, and said in his heart, Who are you playing this trick of knowingly asking? Although I only took my junior brother Xu Wuxian and General Cheng, the head of the forbidden army, to the Chang'an County Ya to check on the young man's injuries today, it goes without saying that I also know that the details must have been found out and reported by your subordinates, otherwise, you would not have rushed to me in a hurry to ask for credit.

However, Li Yi had no intention of tearing Shen Huan's disguise trick, he just nodded and said indifferently: "After today's morning meeting, this king has already asked very clearly in Chang'an County, the person who attacked the young man the night before yesterday was indeed a demon who looked like a woman. ”

Shen Huan pretended to be puzzled and said, "Dare to ask Your Highness, according to what the young man said, what does this demon who turns into a woman look like? How old is she? Does the official language she spoke in her mouth have some accents of the Northern Xiao Kingdom?"

Li Yi suddenly said: "When you say this, this king remembers, according to the memories of the young man after waking up, this woman is about twenty years old, and she looks extremely charming and charming, and although she speaks a big official dialect, it is mixed with a very strong Xiao Guo accent......

"How...... Did the woman who attacked Zhang Bo last night also speak with a Xiao Guo accent?" Li Yi asked again, and this time, he was immediately interested in the case last night.

Shen Huan hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Xiaguan's subordinates have already asked clearly, although that Qinglian couldn't see the appearance of the woman next to Zhang Bo clearly, but when she heard the other party's words, she had a very strong Xiao Guo accent......"

Since ancient times, these guests from the south to the north, in addition to going to the restaurant inn to eat and sleep, is to go to the Qinglou to feast and drink and have fun. Qinglian of Cuiyun Building could hear that the other party was from Xiao Guo with just a few words, which was also reasonable.

Li Yi took two steps with his hand, walked to Shen Huan again, stretched out his right hand and patted Shen Huan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Shen Dudu, you are really a veteran of solving the case! You have found new clues to the case so quickly, it seems that these two cases should be committed by the same murderer......

Shen Huan heard King Zhao's praise, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Share worries for the emperor and help His Highness investigate the case, that is the duty of the lower officials!

Li Yi smiled, and suddenly asked again: "So, is that Zhang Bo dead or alive now?"

Shen Huan hurriedly replied: "According to the report of the subordinates of the lower officials, there has been no mourning in the Pan Mansion so far, and there is no crying in the mansion, presumably Zhang Bo should still be alive." ”

"Let's go, go to Pan's house with this king, this king wants to see this Zhang Bo immediately!" As soon as Li Yi's words fell, the person had already left Taipingfang and walked to the northeast of Chang'an City. Li Yi didn't know where Pan Wenjuan's mansion was located in Chang'an, but most of the mansions of the official eunuchs in Beijing were located in the northeast of Chang'an City, so he strode away in the direction of the northeast.

"Do you want to go down to the official to inform the deputy envoy of the project, Xu ...... My lord?" Shen Huan picked up his strength and hurriedly followed, he didn't forget to ask King Zhao for advice while running.

"No!" Li Yi said.

"Your Highness wants to see this Zhang Bo, why do you need to go to Pan's house in person? The lower official can send a few people to carry that Zhang Bo to Tsing Yiwei, His Royal Highness can ask as much as he wants, if that Zhang Bo does not reply truthfully, the lower official has a hundred means, to ensure that Zhang Bo is honest and clear, and explain the matter clearly......" Shen Huan asked for instructions again. He followed the pace of Zhao Wang Li Yi and moved forward quickly, but his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and his speech was still unhurried.

Shen Huan's voice fell, but he saw that Li Yi suddenly stopped, and his face seemed to suddenly remember something. He thought that Li Yi suddenly felt that what he said was reasonable, so he stopped and was unwilling to go to Pan's house to ask about the case in person. He couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, and when he was thinking about how to arrange people to go to Pan's Mansion to get people, he saw Li Yi raise his hand and pat his head, and suddenly sighed: "Oh! I forgot about her!"

Li Yi looked at the star-picking tower behind him, the high-rise building is still like a towering mountain, towering in Chang'an City, the top floor of the high-rise building, at this time there is a peerless woman overlooking the railing, she is naturally Yiqing who Li Yi specially invited to dine today.

Between Li Yi and Shen Huan's Q&A, they forgot about the Yiqing upstairs. He was concerned about the case, and at this time he had already taken a few hundred steps out of the Taiping Fang, and then he remembered that on the top of the tall building, there was a young girl waiting for him to go back and continue to drink and talk.

"Your Highness, what are you ......" Shen Huan saw Li Yi suddenly stop, and kept looking back behind him, not knowing what the other party meant for a while.

"Ahem! Forget it...... Let's continue to hurry! Let's go to Panfu in person, think about that Zhang Bo, who was fascinated by the banshee, Jingyuan was damaged, and he would be injured, and when you carried him to Tsing Yiwei, I am afraid that this person would have already returned to the west! Shen Dudu...... In the future, you Tsing Yi Wei will handle cases, and you must not treat human life like a mustard like this!" Li Yi glanced at Shen Huan and said coldly.

"Yes, yes, Yes, His Highness taught him a lesson! His Highness behaved Meng Lang, please punish His Highness!" Shen Huan hurriedly leaned over to salute, and under Li Yi's cold gaze, he suddenly felt a chill. Somehow, this feeling turned out to be a coercion that he had never felt in front of the Son of Heaven. At this time, Li Yi only swept his brow slightly with his eyes, and his cold and majestic gaze made him break out in a cold sweat on his back......

At that moment, Li Yi didn't say much, just strode forward, and Shen Huan followed closely by his side. The two of them performed their own light feats, but they walked faster and faster, and in the end they were already running like flying, and the pedestrians in the market only felt that there were two figures, like a gale of wind, and they could not see who they were.

Li Yi also secretly wondered in his heart, he said in his heart, I have heard for a long time that this Tsing Yi Wei Shen Huan's kung fu is unfathomable, and if I try it today, it is true! I have already had enough strength for seven successes, and I didn't expect that this person could follow me closely behind, without hearing the sound of panting! I think that back then, when Sun Xun served as the Qianhu of the Bei'an Ping Division, it was said that Sun Xun's kung fu and Shen Huan were between them. From this point of view, when Sun Xun was in Bei'an Pingsi, Shen Huan was very humble to Sun Xun, and everyone thought that Shen Huan was jealous of Sun Xun's martial arts, hehe, who knows, this is just this person's Taoguang obscure plan!

"It seems that this Shen Huan, I really underestimate him!" Li Yi said to himself.