Chapter 189 Tang Feishang was defeated

Gongsun Zhuoyu habitually slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up, and while he was sleeping soundly, Du Lingchun had already entered the palace and asked for the emperor's order, ordering the imperial army to search the whole city to find the man with an injury to his right arm.

Tang Feishuang appeared quietly at this moment. He rode into the palace early in the morning and waited outside the palace to ask for an audience, claiming that he had caught the murderer.The emperor was overjoyed and ordered people to summon Gongsun Zhuoyu and other people to the palace quickly for a joint review.

The maid gently knocked on the door outside: "Master Gongsun, Your Majesty has sent someone to deliver the message to you to enter the palace quickly. The judge is waiting outside."

After hearing this, Gongsun Zhuoyu quickly put on his clothes and was puzzled. How could Tang Feishuang's dog's tail grass run in front of him while he was sleeping?!

He hurriedly washed up and left the house, only to see Du Lingchun waiting for him in the courtyard, with a smiling eunuch standing next to him.

"Company."

Gongsun Zhuoyu walked forward quickly, feeling a little embarrassed because he got up late. He touched the tip of his nose without daring to say a word and stood obediently behind Du Lingchun.

Du Lingchun originally looked calm because of Tang Feishuang's matter, but when he saw Gongsun Zhuoyu, his expression finally relaxed a little, and he asked angrily: "Are you awake?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought that if he didn't wake up, he would be a pig. He lowered his head and said, "Be as honest as you want."

Du Lingchun's voice was sarcastic: "That fool from the Tang family said that he caught the murderer. Let's go to the palace together to watch the excitement and see what kind of trouble he can make."

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought that Tang Feishuang was not present last night and had no knowledge of the murderer's physical characteristics. There must be something fishy about how he managed to catch someone in just one night.

Gongsun Zhuoyu and Du Lingchun got on the carriage together: "Don't worry, sir. Let's go and check the situation first. What he caught may not be the real culprit."

Tang Feishuang was recommended by Yan Fu. If he found out the truth, Du Lingchun would definitely lose face.Gongsun Zhuoyu was always used to being lazy, so at this time he couldn't help but arouse some fighting spirit.

The emperor is in the Tai Chi Hall.He rested at the imperial concubine's place last night, listening to some pillow wind, and looked at Tang Feishuang with a look of concern and inquiry.He picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Tang Feishuang, did you really catch the murderer?"

Tang Feishuang stood in the hall, cupped her hands and said, "I dare not deceive Your Majesty."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and immediately a man in armor was escorted into the palace by the imperial guards.Judging from his attire, he looks like a member of the Habayashi Guards.The emperor couldn't help but frowned: "Is he the murderer?"

Tang Feishuang nodded: "The common people have been looking through the case files these days and nights, trying to find out the pattern of the murderer's killings. Finally, they discovered that Dong Qianli, Guo Han, Chu Lianjiang, and Bai Qiu had worked together in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and had close personal relationships.Secret, out of curiosity, after many searches, I discovered that an old case was involved."

The emperor looked a little surprised: "What old case?"

Hearing this, Tang Feishuang looked at the bound Yu Linwei: "Your Majesty, you don't know. This man's name is Luo Jianming. He was a soldier under Long Xiang General Mo Yanwu in his early years. Later, after losing the battle of Zhenjiang, heWas transferred to Beijing."

When it comes to the Battle of Zhenjiang, everyone has more or less memories.At that time, Mo Yanwu led 50,000 cavalry to fight against the enemy at the border of Zhenjiang, but for some unknown reason he lost the battle and returned home defeated.The late emperor was furious, and the Mo family suffered the disaster of annihilation. They were already dead and scattered.

And it was a group of people headed by Dong Qianli who fanned the flames and encouraged the late emperor to severely punish the Mo family.

Tang Feishuang came from a noble family and had a fairly good understanding of North Korea-China relations. It was not difficult to find out this.He said to the emperor: "The common people have investigated and found that Dong Qianli had a conflict with Luo Jianming in the street on his way back to Beijing to report on his duties, and he died in the inn not long afterward. As everyone in the Yulin Guards knows, Luo Jianming has superb swordsmanship and will definitely avoid assassination attempts by his guards."Ability."

After finishing speaking, he paused and then said: "On the night when these people were killed, Luo Jianming was not on duty in the palace, and there was no witness accompanying him."

Hearing this, the emperor's face was filled with moodiness and anger. He looked at Luo Jianming who was kneeling in the hall and said, "So, you assassinated the courtiers in order to avenge your old master?"

Luo Jianming was a rough man in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and deep eyes. He only knelt on the ground and said nothing from the beginning to the end.After hearing the words, he slowly raised his head, but suddenly burst into laughter, his chest heaving up and down, his eyes red: "Your Majesty, I will act with a clear conscience throughout my life. If I didn't kill someone, I didn't kill someone. Even if I die, I won't admit it. But Dong Qianli and Guo Han will not admit it.That kind of sycophant deserves a good death. If I die with such a crime, it’s fine, it’s worth a thousand dollars!”

Behind his words, he actually thanked the murderer, and was even willing to take the blame for him.

Gongsun Zhuoyu stood outside the hall, listening to the whole process, feeling shocked and uncertain.He had just come to the capital and had not yet had time to investigate the past lives of Dong Qianli and others, but if it was true as Tang Feishuang reasoned, it was not far-fetched.

But is the Yu Linwei named Luo Jianming really the murderer?

The murderer is an extreme perfectionist and is most likely to be highly educated. Putting aside his appearance, such a person must be neatly dressed.But Luo Jianming had an unkempt beard, a pair of boots full of new and old mud marks, and he obviously didn't take care of them often. His speech was rough and bold, and he couldn't match the image of a murderer.

Gongsun Zhuoyu gently pulled Du Lingchun's sleeve: "Sir, let's go in and take a look."

Du Lingchun glanced at him and thought that if Tang Feishuang stole the limelight this time, there would be many obstacles to push Gongsun Zhuoyu to the position of Jing Zhaoyin, and he would not be able to succeed at all.With a flick of his sleeves, he walked into the inner hall: "I am late, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Gongsun Zhuoyu followed him, raised his hands and saluted: "I have seen your Majesty."

When the emperor saw the two of them approaching, he raised his hand and called him closer: "You are here just in time. Tang Feishuang said that the murderer has been found. You can listen and tell the difference together."

Du Lingchun smiled coldly: "Your Majesty, I have just heard everything outside, but there is one thing that is unclear. Tang Feishuang has no witnesses and no physical evidence. Is it too rash to convict Tang Feishuang based on just an unfounded speculation?"How much?"

Tang Feishuang disliked eunuchs like Du Lingchun the most, and said expressionlessly: "The murderer's martial arts are mysterious and unpredictable. He only killed people with a sword. When the blood was wiped away, there was no trace. How does Du Sigong want the common people to find it?"evidence?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Last night, Bai Qiu, an official of the Ministry of Rites, died in the house. My people had a fight with the murderer and injured his arm..."

"I heard," Tang Feishuang looked at him and said pointedly, "Du Si Gong ordered the Imperial Army to search the city early in the morning, turning ordinary people's homes upside down. It is said that he was looking for a man with an injury to his right arm.man?"

Before Gongsun Zhuoyu finished speaking, he could only say: "So be it."

In his heart, he scolded him for being a fool and interrupting randomly.

Tang Feishuang actually smiled, raised his hand and pointed at Luo Jianming who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Master Gongsun, would you like to go and see for yourself whether the man's right arm is injured?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu's expression did not change when he heard this, but he secretly murmured in his heart, maybe he really let this bastard have his bad luck and caught the real culprit.He walked up to Luo Jianming, met the rugged man's eyes, then raised his hand and placed it on his right arm, pinching it quietly——

"Well!"

Luo Jianming could bear it, and there was no movement after a dull groan.The sleeve of his right arm collapsed due to the wound, revealing a small dark stain of blood.

Gongsun Zhuoyu frowned: "How was it injured?"

Luo Jianming: "I was injured in a sword fight with my colleagues this morning."

Gongsun Zhuoyu asked: "Did you really kill someone?"

Luo Jianming sneered: "To kill or not to kill depends entirely on the words of Mr. Tang. What's important?"

Tang Feishuang stood with his hands behind his hands: "The murderer will naturally not admit that he is the murderer. I wonder if Lord Gongsun still has any doubts?"

The emperor was sitting on a high throne with a look of pity on his face.In fact, he was more optimistic about Gongsun Zhuoyu. After all, Tang Feishuang's ambition was not in the court, but Gongsun Zhuoyu could be used better by him. Unexpectedly, he was still a little worse.

The emperor was about to speak when he heard Gongsun Zhuoyu say: "Of course there is, and there are many doubts."

After he finished speaking, he saw traces of being scratched by a sword on Luo Jianming's sleeves, so he tore his sleeves open, only to see an inch-long sword wound on it. Pointing to the wound, he said to Tang Feishuang: "First, yesterday's meeting withThe murderer was attacked by my master. He practiced fast swords, so the sword he wore was lighter than ordinary people. The sword was as thin as a cicada's wing. If there was any injury, it would have been caused by a thin hairspring, making it easy to identify. The sword marks on this man's body were clearly visible.It doesn’t match.”

Tang Feishuang's eyes changed.

Gongsun Zhuoyu took out a piece of paper from his arms, which happened to be the shoe print left on the wall by the murderer yesterday: "First, when the murderer stabbed Bai Qiu's house last night, he accidentally left a footprint. I just entered.At that time, I roughly compared the size of Luo Jianming's shoe soles, and they did not match the traces on the paper, indicating that he was not the one who killed Bai Qiu last night."

After he finished speaking, he smiled: "Thirdly, the sword wounds on Bai Qiu's body are exactly the same as those on the first three corpses, and they were all made by the same person. If Luo Jiaming had not killed Bai Qiu, the other three bodies would not have been killed by him.So, Mr. Tang, do you understand?"

Tang Feishuang was defeated because he was too conceited. He interrupted Gongsun Zhuoyu before he could finish his words. Now that he was slapped in the face, his expression changed, which was truly wonderful.

The emperor has been worried about this case for many days, and finally caught the murderer, but he didn't expect it to be a fake.He frowned fiercely and asked in a deep voice: "Tang Feishuang, how do you explain it?"

Tang Feishuang paused, cupped his hands and said, "It's just common people who are negligent and not as careful as Lord Gongsun. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

It was strange that Du Lingchun was willing to let go of this opportunity to step on him. He lowered his eyes lightly and said in a cool tone: "What an apology. If Gongsun Zhuoyu hadn't been astute and noticed the clues, I would have wronged a good man in vain.A life was lost. It is rumored that Mr. Tang is very clever and has solved many difficult cases. I don’t know how many innocent souls there are behind him."

These words were a bit heartbreaking, and Tang Feishuang's face suddenly turned pale.

After Du Lingchun finished speaking, he raised his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty, I think that Tang Feishang is not suitable to assist in the investigation of this case, not to mention that he has no official status. Please think twice and withdraw his power to investigate the case."

Tang Feishuang is the biggest obstacle to Gongsun Zhuoyu's promotion. For Du Lingchun, the sooner he is eliminated, the better.

Last night, the imperial concubine made a lot of noise on the emperor's pillow, secretly or overtly, saying that Tang Feishuang was frivolous and unrestrained. His repeated reluctance to become an official was clearly an act of disloyalty and he did not take His Majesty seriously.

The emperor may not necessarily listen to everything, but the emperor is suspicious by nature and will definitely be affected.Hearing this, he pondered for a moment and finally said: "What Du Aiqing said makes sense, the case will be handed over to Gongsun Zhuoyu with full authority for half a month. If the real culprit can be found, I will reward you heavily!"

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