Chapter 103 Restart the King Wu Case

The forbidden army surrounded a Taoist temple in Changlefang. In the front yard, soldiers like wolves held down several Taoist priests and pilgrims who were chanting sutras. One Taoist priest tried to resist, but was knocked unconscious with the back of a knife by the soldiers who were holding him down, while the pilgrims held their heads and trembled. There was a brief sound of fighting in the backyard.

The same thing happened in several houses in Fenglefang, Judefang and Fuxingfang.

The people nearby ran away one after another, and they couldn't help but look around and ask, what's the matter, someone rebelled?

At the same time, the gates of the city were also closed, and the brigade of the Imperial Army surrounded King Zhao's residence in Beijing, with other businesses and shops, including the Yunlai Winery in Chongxianfang.

Those who should know the news should know about such a big movement. Several ministers, ministers of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Siqing and other prison-related ministers on the one hand sent people to investigate, on the other hand, they hurriedly put on official uniforms and prepared to enter the palace. The rest of the officials are also inquiring, some are afraid, and some are guessing...

The twilight drum has already sounded, and Chang'an tonight is destined to not be peaceful.

In the Daming Palace, the emperor asked King Heyang for some details. After listening to the passage of "Ambush at the Palace Gate", the emperor's face sank like water, "I never imagined that I would fall asleep with poisonous snakes every day."

King Heyang smiled and said, "It's strange that you always said that you slept coldly a few days ago..."

The emperor was full of anger, half of it was doused by his indifferent "coolness".

The emperor pursed his lips, "Why are you still wearing these clothes? Go, change into my regular clothes!"

"I can't wear your clothes—"

The emperor thought he was talking about arrogance, but just as he was about to say something, he heard King Heyang say: "Your waist is so thick, I don't look good in it."

emperor:"……"

The emperor was really annoyed when he saw this brother, and just wanted him to go back, but in the end he remembered, "It's not peaceful outside, so you saved the disaster for me, don't let those thieves jump off the wall and hurt you. Go to the Mingde Hall and rest, wait. Leave in two days."

"Brother Xie, it's just my beauties—" Looking at the emperor's face, King Heyang didn't dare to make trouble, he pouted, saluted, and walked out.

In front of the palace gate, they met Qin Xiang, the commander of the Imperial Guard, and Lin Yan, the young master of Jingzhao.

The three of them are considered a "comrade" who has been lying in the ditch. Looking at Qin Xiang's face, King Heyang raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong? It's not going well?"

Qin Xiang was about to say something, but King Heyang raised his hand and said, "Don't tell me, the sage is waiting for you." He walked away gracefully with his hands behind his back.

Qin Xiang was really angry, and he came to report just now, but he did not catch Li Xing, the fourth son of King Zhao! The errand that was originally going well has therefore become unsatisfactory, and it is extremely unsatisfactory. Although Qin Xiang was not so far-sighted, he also knew that it was very important to catch Li Xie when he faced King Zhao in the future. These rice buckets!

When facing Lin Yan, Qin Xiang was a little embarrassed. The entire ambush and arrest was performed by this Lin Shaoyin in front of the imperial guard, and was jointly handled by the Imperial Guard and Jingzhao House. Jingzhao has a limited number of people, and tracking the secret investigation is the strength of the forbidden army. Lin Shaoyin handed over the two places and context information they initially tracked to the forbidden army, and the forbidden army found another dark nest. At that time, in one of the dark nests, he had seen a young man dressed in brocade and beautiful clothes, and the investigators thought it was Li Xian, and only waited for the final capture—who knows, it was a substitute! That Qiao Hai is indeed a powerful counselor around King Zhao.

I missed this best opportunity to find someone in such a big capital...

"Run?" Hearing Qin Xiang's report, the emperor frowned and paused for a while, "Since he's here, he won't hide far away. He must have been in Beijing when the incident happened. The city gate was closed, and he also ran away. No, it's just a city-wide search."

Qin Xiang and Lin Yan both saluted and said yes.

Since the censorship of King Zhao's residence and property by the Imperial Army was still in progress, Qin Xiang had the heart of "in case" to catch Li Xie. The remaining Lin Yan Yuqian played alone.

The emperor was very satisfied with this young Jingzhao Shaoyin, whether it was for the rescue and arrest, the handling of the rumors in Gyeonggi in the summer, or the actions of the Jingzhao House on weekdays. And quite strategic, not blindly brave. This place in Jingzhao has many nobles and many right and wrong. If the Jingzhao mansion is soft or stupid, the capital will be in chaos.

In recent years, the governor of Jingzhao and Shaoyin have changed frequently. The emperor felt that this time he finally found someone to be a long-term leader. Maybe he should make a move and let the old man go to Luoyang for his retirement. Hasn't he been seeking a foreign post all the time? He named Lin Yan as Jing Zhaoyin, and assigned him an assistant.

Looking at Lin Yan, the emperor smiled, everything was fine, but he was too young...

The emperor was thinking about the appointment, dismissal and replacement of Jingzhao officials, but Lin Yan was thinking about re-investigating the case of King Wu of the year.

The investigation of the Shen family's dossier inevitably involves the case of King Wu. From the dossier, from the conversations with Chu Di and other insiders, and from some corners and corners of the text found in the Jingzhao House and the Ministry of Punishment, Lin Yan has some speculations about the King Wu case - the implicated person in the King Wu case There are many, the most famous among them is not Duke Shen, but Huo Chen, the Jiedu envoy to Hedong.

But could it be that King Wu was actually implicated by Huo Chen? After all, King Wu was just an idle prince, but Jiedu of Hedong, who governed Taiyuan, governed many states and counties, and had soldiers under his command to guard against the Hu people, his position was too important.

Huo Chen accident, who is the beneficiary? King Zhao, the shepherd of Taiyuan, was ordered to take over Huo Chen's military power for many years...

Just last summer, there were rumors in the capital, how similar the situation was in the last years of the emperor! A's inference points directly to the northern capital of Taiyuan. Those thieves smelled of cured meat. The one in the same workshop that was related to Beidu and probably had a large amount of cured meat was Yunlai Winery—that was the property of King Zhao.

At that time, Lin Yan had people quietly sneak into the warehouse of Yunlai Winery to check, and it was cleaned very cleanly, and there was no trace, but sometimes it was too clean and it was a trace.

But based on these inferences, and based on a little confession from the dead men, it is impossible to convict the prince on the side of the garrison.

But they couldn't hold their breath. This winter and spring started again, and this time it was even bigger. The key is that they chose Shenji as the place to commit the crime, and there is an A-li who can go to the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple to be an official...

Involving the forbidden army, involving the Hu people, the action is hasty and eager, and it is too easy to set an ambush for them.

Thinking of Shen Shaoguang, Lin Yan smiled, and then took out from his sleeves the preliminary trial of the prisoners caught in the liquor store. The time is short, and they are all dead men, and the results are limited. It is still necessary to let the people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple grind it slowly.

At the same time, Lin Yan also handed over the fact that he had sent people to the northern capital and the hometown of the so-called "Dude Qing Miao Fu Yuan Zhenren" Weizhou and Shimen to investigate.

Lin Yan first pleaded guilty to the emperor: "This minister, without His Majesty's permission, privately investigated the case of King Wu of that year, and asked His Majesty to convict him."

The emperor waved his hand. In the past, when he was like this, the emperor was naturally unhappy, but now he just thought he was smart and capable.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is what the minister found in Beidu."

"Xiandi's mausoleum collapsed, and the Dadaqing Miaofuyuan real person floated away. Some of his acquaintances said that he had ascended to Dao and became immortal in the daytime, and some said that he had wandered away. In fact, he went, or said, Back to the northern capital. Here is the testimony of the Taoist priest of Qingjingguan in Taiyuan. A 'noble man' from Zhao Wangfu goes to the temple for a few days every year. Buried on the mountain behind the temple, the name on the tablet reads 'Wang Qingmiao'."

"Your Majesty, please look at the Weizhou section at the back. This real person's common surname is 'wang', and he has no name. The villagers only call him a 'dalang'. The real person Qingmiao and Qiao Hai, who we caught today, are both from the same town and from the same family. , This Qiao Hai's original name was Hei hog. When he was a child, he went into the river to fish for fish, and the fish was bitten. The flesh festered, and he dug it with a knife, leaving a big scar. My own hands. I have seen this scar before."

"Your Majesty, look below..."

King Wu was convicted at first because of the "prophecy" of the Taoist priest. Later, it became more and more involved, and there were more "evidences". Lin Yan started from this root. , let alone any "prophecy"!

In the face of such evidence, the emperor really couldn't say something like "just check the present, let him pass the past."

The emperor looked at Lin Yan with a smile: "It's not a one-off effort to get such a complete investigation. How did An Ran remember to investigate the case of King Wu?"

"Not for King Wu, but for Duke Shen, the father-in-law of the minister." Lin Yan said calmly.

The emperor reacted, "Shen Qian, Minister of Rites?"

"Yes."

The emperor frowned slightly, Shen Qian was angry with Taoist Chen and brought disaster to the country, causing injustice for the King of Wu, the former emperor was furious, and the sentence was quite severe.

"My fiancee, Mrs. Shen, was a palace servant who was released last spring. I don't know if Your Majesty has seen it before, but she is the female shopkeeper of Shen Ji in Dongshi."

The emperor suddenly realized that before, he only said that the owner of Shenji had found clues, and he only suspected that they were friends and friends, and he was the one who wrote the preface to the poetry collection...

The emperor smiled and asked, "But you wrote the preface on that collection of poems?"

Lin Yan smiled, "It was written by the minister."

The emperor laughed, "I'm still just a sage, but I'm already in my court."

Lin Yan also laughed.

Thinking of Shen Ji's prudence not to sell food to the forbidden army, as well as the pots, recipes, poetry collections, and teasing, Shen's little lady is really a bit - the emperor hesitated a little, saying "talent" seems wrong, and the same is not true for the talented women in Beijing. Yes, to say "interesting", it seems not only...

The emperor jokingly said, "An Ran has a good eye."

Lin Yan smiled and nodded: "She is really good."

The emperor had never seen such shameless praise for his wife, so he didn't know how to react.

"Last summer, the thief in the rumor case tried to hold her hostage to threaten the minister. She was not afraid of danger, and gave the minister with a knife to kill a fish. Later, she speculated based on the smell of the thief's body and the taste of the food..."

Hearing him go back to King Zhao, go back to King Wu's case, or Shen Qian's case, the emperor smiled, that's all, fair, this thing should always be given.

After listening to the emperor's answer, Lin Yan solemnly saluted.

Seeing that he had already regarded himself as the half-son of Shen Qian, the emperor suddenly felt a little sour. He had so many beauties in his harem that he thought it was very good, but seeing him like this now, he felt as if he was missing something.

"How far has An Ran and Shen Xiaoniang's six rituals come?"

Lin Yan pursed his lips: "I'm still waiting for the Elder Shen to come to Beijing to preside over."

The emperor's sourness is gone, oh, it turns out that he was just talking about it...

The author has something to say:

After changing the name of King Zhao's son, suddenly found that it was homophonic with Li Xiang's name.

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Today is Lin Shaoyin's loving day.

Emperor: ...haven't seen anything like this before!

King of Heyang: I learned, the cakes baked by my beauties are delicious!