Gongsun Zhuoyu habitually slept until three poles in the sun before waking up, and when he was sleeping soundly, Du Lingchun had already entered the palace and asked the emperor to order the imperial army to search the whole city to find the man with a wound on his right arm.
Tang Feishhuang appeared silently at this time. He rode his horse into the palace early in the morning and waited outside the palace for an interview, claiming that he had caught the murderer. The emperor was overjoyed and ordered to summon Gongsun Zhuoyu and other people to enter the palace quickly for a joint review.
The maid knocked on the door softly outside: "Master Gongsun, Your Majesty has sent someone to pass the word of mouth, asking you to enter the palace quickly, Si Gong is waiting outside."
Gongsun Zhuoyu quickly put on his clothes when he heard the words, and he was puzzled. How could Tang Feishhuang's dog's tail grass run in front of him when he was sleeping? !
He hurriedly finished washing up and left the room, only to see Du Lingchun waiting for him in the courtyard, with a smiling eunuch standing next to him.
"Company."
Gongsun Zhuoyu stepped forward quickly, feeling a little embarrassed because he woke up late, touched the tip of his nose but did not dare to say a word, and stood obediently behind Du Lingchun.
Du Lingchun was originally worried about Tang Feishhuang, 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 bowed his head and hummed.
Du Lingchun sneered: "That idiot from the Tang family said that he caught the murderer, let's go, let's go to the palace and watch the excitement and see what kind of trouble he can make."
Gongsun Zhuoyu thought that Tang Feishhuang was not there last night, and he was completely unaware of the killer's physical appearance. There must be something strange about how he managed to catch someone in just one night.
Gongsun Zhuoyu and Du Lingchun got into the carriage together: "Don't worry, company, let's check the situation first, what he caught may not be the real murderer."
Tang Feishhuang was recommended by Yan Fu. If he finds out the truth, it will definitely make Du Lingchun lose face. Gongsun Zhuoyu was always used to being lazy, and at this time, he couldn't help but arouse a little fighting spirit.
The emperor is in the Taiji Hall. He rested at the imperial concubine's place last night, and he didn't know what pillow wind he heard. Looking at Tang Feishhuang's eyes, he unconsciously took some scrutiny and exploration. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Tang Feishhuang, did you really catch the murderer?"
Tang Feishhuang stood in the hall, cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and immediately a man in armor was escorted by the Imperial Guard into the hall. Looking at his clothes, he looked like someone from Yulinwei. The emperor couldn't help frowning: "Is he the murderer?"
Tang Feishhuang nodded: "Caomin has been reading through the case files for the past few days and nights, trying to find out the pattern of the murderer's murder, and finally found that Dong Qianli, Guo Han, Chu Lianjiang, and Baiqiu had worked together in the prefectural court and had close personal relationships. Secretly, out of curiosity, I searched many times, only to find that there is an old case involved."
The emperor looked a little surprised: "What old case?"
Tang Feishhuang heard the words and looked at the bound Yulinwei: "Your Majesty does not know, this person is named Luo Jianming. In the early years, he was a personal soldier under the command of General Longxiang Mo Yanwu. was transferred to Beijing."
When it comes to the Battle of Zhenjiang, everyone has more or less memories. Back then, Mo Yanwu led 50,000 cavalry to fight with the enemy on the border of Zhenjiang, but for some unknown reason, he lost in front of the battle and returned after a big defeat. The late emperor was furious, and the Mo clan suffered a catastrophic annihilation.
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 Feishhuang came from an aristocratic family and had a good understanding of North Korea-China relations, so it was not difficult to find out. He said to the emperor: "Caomin checked, Dong Qianli had a conflict with Luo Jianming on the street on his way back to Beijing to report his work, and he died in the inn not long after that. And Yulinwei is well known to everyone, Luo Jianming's swordsmanship is superb, and he definitely avoided the guards to assassinate. Ability."
After speaking for a while, he said: "And the night these people were killed, Luo Jianming was not on duty in the palace, and there was no evidence of his companions."
When the emperor heard this, his expression was filled with joy and anger, and he looked at Luo Jianming who was kneeling in the hall and said, "So, you assassinated the courtier in order to avenge the old master?"
Luo Jianming was a rough man in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and deep eyes. He just knelt on the ground and said nothing from beginning to end. Hearing that, he slowly raised his head, but suddenly burst into laughter, his chest heaving and his eyes were flushed: "Your Majesty, the last will act with integrity in his life, if he does not kill, he will not kill, even if he dies, he will not recognize it. But Dong Qianli and Guo Han That kind of official, it's really good to die, if you want me to die on the back of this crime, it's fine, it's worth a thousand dollars!"
His implication was that he thanked the murderer, and was even willing to take the blame for the other party.
Gongsun Zhuoyu stood outside the hall, and after listening to the whole process, he was in shock. When he first came to the capital, he hadn't had time to investigate the past lives of Dong Qianli and others, but if he really said what Tang Feishhuang had reasoned, it wouldn't be far-fetched.
But is that Yu Linwei named Luo Jianming really the murderer
The murderer is an extreme perfectionist, and he has a high probability of being highly educated. Such a person's appearance will not be discussed for the time being, and his clothes must be neat and clean. But Luo Jianming's beard is unshaven, and his boots are full of old and new mud marks. He obviously doesn't take care of them often.
Gongsun Zhuoyu gently pulled La Du Lingchun's sleeve: "Company, let's go in and have a look."
Du Lingchun glanced at him, thinking that if Tang Feishhuang stole the limelight this time, he would push Gongsun Zhuoyu to the position of Jingzhao Yin because there would be many obstacles, and he would not be able to let the other party succeed. With a flick of his sleeve robe, he stepped into the inner hall: "Wei Chen is late, please forgive me."
Gongsun Zhuoyu followed behind him and bowed his hands: "Wei Chen has seen His Majesty."
When the emperor saw the two of them coming, he raised his hand and called to him: "You came just in time, Tang Feishhuang said that the murderer has been found, and you should listen to and distinguish together."
Du Lingchun sneered: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen has already heard all of it outside, but there is one thing unknown, Tang Feishhuang has neither proof nor material evidence, is it too rash to convict based on an unwarranted speculation? some?"
Tang Feishhuang disliked Du Lingchun's eunuchs the most, and said with an expressionless face: "The murderer's martial arts are mysterious and unpredictable, killing only with a sword, the blood is wiped away, and there is no trace, Du company wants Caomin how to find it evidence?"
Gongsun Zhuoyu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Last night, Bai Qiu, an official of the Ministry of Rites, died in the mansion. My people once fought with the murderer and injured his arm..."
"I heard," Tang Feishhuang looked at him, and said in a meaningful way, "Du Company ordered the forbidden army to search the city early in the morning, turning the homes of ordinary people upside down. man?"
Before Gongsun Zhuoyu finished speaking, he could only say, "That's it."
In his heart, he scolded him as a dog's tail grass and interjected nonsense.
Tang Feishhuang actually smiled, raised his hand and pointed at Luo Jianming, who was kneeling on the ground: "Master Gongsun, do you want to go and see for yourself, is that person injured on his right arm?"
Gongsun Zhuoyu's expression didn't change when he heard the words, but he secretly muttered in his heart, wouldn't this bastard really let this bastard go to hell to catch the real murderer. He walked to Luo Jianming's side, met the rough man's gaze, then raised his hand and landed on his right arm, pinching it quietly—
"Well!"
Luo Jianming was able to endure it, but after a groan, there was no movement. The sleeve of his right arm was torn apart because of the wound, and a small dark bloodstain appeared.
Gongsun Zhuoyu frowned: "How did it hurt?"
Luo Jianming: "I was injured by the sword with my colleagues this morning."
Gongsun Zhuoyu asked, "You really killed someone?"
Luo Jianming sneered: "To kill or not to kill, it all depends on the words of Mr. Tang, what does it matter."
Tang Feishhuang stood with his hands behind his back: "The murderer will naturally not admit that he is the murderer. I wonder if Lord Gongsun still has any doubts?"
The emperor sat on the high seat with a pity on his face. In fact, he is more optimistic about Gongsun Zhuoyu. After all, Tang Feishhuang is not in the court, but Gongsun Zhuoyu can be used better for him.
The emperor was about to speak, but he heard Gongsun Zhuoyu say: "Of course there is, and there are still many doubts."
After he finished speaking, seeing that Luo Jianming's sleeve was scratched by the sword, he tore open his sleeve, but saw an inch-long sword wound on it, pointed to the wound and said to Tang Feishhuang: "First, yesterday and The murderer was my master. He practiced a fast sword, so his sword was lighter than ordinary people. The body of the sword was as thin as a cicada's wing. does not match."
Tang Feishhuang's eyes changed.
Gongsun Zhuoyu took out a piece of paper from his arms, which happened to be the shoe print left by the murderer on the wall yesterday: "First, when the murderer stabbed at Baiqiu's house last night, he accidentally left a footprint, and I just entered the door. At that time, I roughly compared the size of Luo Jianming's shoe soles, and it doesn't match the traces on the paper, indicating that it wasn't him who killed Baiqiu last night."
After he finished speaking, he smiled: "Thirdly, the sword wounds on Baiqiu's body are exactly the same as the first three corpses, and they all came from the same person. If Luo Jianming hadn't killed Baiqiu, the other three would not have been killed by him. So, does Young Master Tang understand?"
Tang Feishhuang lost because he was too conceited, and he interrupted Gongsun Zhuoyu without letting Gongsun Zhuoyu finish speaking.
The emperor has been worrying 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 low voice, "Tang Feishhuang, how do you explain it?"
Tang Feishhuang paused, then cupped his hands and said, "It's Caomin's negligence, it's not as careful as Lord Gongsun, please forgive me."
It would be strange for Du Lingchun to let go of this opportunity to step on him, he lowered his eyes lightly, and said in a cool tone: "A good sentence of forgiveness, if Gongsun Zhuoyu was not smart and noticed the clues, I'm afraid that a good man would be wronged, Killed a life. It is rumored that Mr. Tang is very clever and has solved many difficult and miscellaneous cases, and I don't know how many ghosts are behind it.
These words were a bit heartbreaking, and Tang Feishhuang's face suddenly turned pale.
After Du Lingchun finished speaking, he bowed his hands and bowed: "Your Majesty, this minister thinks that Tang Feishhuang is not suitable to assist in investigating this case, not to mention that he has no official status, please think twice and withdraw his right to investigate the case."
Tang Feishhuang was the biggest obstacle to Gongsun Zhuoyu's promotion. For Du Lingchun, the sooner he got rid of it, the better.
Last night, the imperial concubine blew a lot of pillow winds by the emperor's pillow. She said that Tang Feishhuang was frivolous and reluctant to become an official several times.
The emperor may not always listen, but the emperor is suspicious by nature and will definitely be affected. Hearing that, he condensed for a moment, and finally said: "Du Aiqing is right, and the case will be handed over to Gongsun Zhuoyu for half a month. If the real culprit can be found, I will reward you greatly!"
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