The murder of the prime minister's son is of course a big deal and a taboo in the officialdom. If you kill my son, then I can kill your son too.
Therefore, no matter how fierce the officialdom fights, there will never be any assassination of each other. This is the unspoken rule of officialdom and the rule that everyone agrees to.
Li Linfu is Yang Guozhong's number one political enemy. Yang Guozhong's son was killed. Of course, Li Linfu is a serious suspect. This is what makes Li Linfu nervous.
If someone uses this method to provoke a fight between him and Yang Guozhong, it will definitely be his family, Li Linfu, who will be the most unlucky in the end.
Li Xiu sat down opposite his father and said respectfully: "Dali Temple was ordered to intervene in Yang Xi's murder case this afternoon. The investigating officials have already made a preliminary report to the child. It is obvious that this is a planned assassination, or rather
It's a vendetta, the other party wants to kill all the Yang family."
"How do you say this?"
"The assassin woman carved more than a dozen sheep with a knife on the bedside, and each sheep's head was chopped off with the sword. Yang Xi was just the first one."
Li Linfu nodded, "Is Yang Xi a frequent visitor to Jiaofang Villa?"
“He’s been there a few times, but he’s not a regular!”
"That's strange. How did the female killer know that she could wait for Yang Xi's arrival in the workshop?"
"This is indeed a strange thing. The humble subordinates believed that the woman was just staying in the Jiaofang annex and collecting information. After all, Yang Guozhong's two sons were studying in Guozixue, and the scholars of Guozixue were
A regular visitor to the workshop, and meeting Yang Xi last night should be a coincidence. Also, this female killer never greets guests after dancing. Yesterday was the first time. She obviously wanted to seduce Yang Xi, and Yang Xi was fooled.
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"This woman is only sixteen years old?"
"What Jiaofang said is that she is still a virgin. This means that her previous living environment has nothing to do with the land of fireworks. This is very important. Our investigation direction cannot focus on places like song and dance halls. This woman
It is very possible that he has another identity."
Li Linfu sighed and said: "When it comes to killing people and destroying families, I, Li Linfu, am the one who has a lot of blood debts. Although the Yang family is domineering, they relied on nepotism, and they don't have many blood debts. I thought about it today, and the most likely one is Wang Gong's.
Later generations, after Wang Gong died, Yang Guozhong had all the men in his family executed, and the women were sent to the church. Everyone believed that Wang Gong was killed by Yang Guozhong, and Yang Guozhong also smiled and accepted the accusation."
Li Xiu asked in surprise: "Isn't Wang Gong killed by Yang Guozhong?"
Li Linfu said calmly: "Wang Gong died at the Yellow River Ferry at Pujin Pass. There is no evidence that Yang Guozhong killed him. I just said that Wang Gong's people were killed by Yang Guozhong."
"Father, maybe someone can't stand the Yang family's arrogant trek, and just wants to kill the Yang family to warn them, but they happened to meet Yang Xi. If it was Yang Hui last night, then Yang Hui was the one who died. What the child means is that
, the female killer was not targeting Yang Guozhong."
Li Linfu nodded, "Is this what you think?"
"Reporting to my father, this is actually the consensus of our Dali Temple officials!"
Li Linfu pondered for a moment and said: "I don't want this to involve me. At this stage, I don't want to be an enemy of the Yang family. This is the task that my father has given you. You must exclude the suspicion of your father from the evidence."
"I understand, kid!"
A mourning shed has been set up in front of Yang Guozhong's house in Xuanyifang. Although his son died unexpectedly, it did not stop Yang Guozhong from using his son's death to make money. There was a group of eminent monks praying beside the mourning shed, and there was an endless stream of officials who came to express their condolences. The eldest son
Yang Xuan received every official with red eyes and accepted their deep feelings with tears.
But in the back hall of Yang Guozhong's house, a group of Yang family members gathered together. It can be said that except for the imperial concubine, all the other Yang family members were present.
Commander-in-law Yang Qi gritted his teeth and said, "It must be Li Linfu's doing. He couldn't defeat us in officialdom, so he used this despicable and shameless method. Did he think that he could assassinate other people's sons, but others couldn't kill his own?"
Next to him, Yang Wei asked his staff Wang Jian for advice. He knew what he knew, shook his head and said: "Although I hate Li Linfu very much, I guess this case was not done by Li Linfu. He only wants to protect himself now. How can he dare to confront the Yang family? If he
If he has the intention to kill, he will not act like he is dying in the court, I'm sorry he doesn't have the guts!"
Mrs. Guo Guo's wife Yang Yupei snorted heavily, and the hall immediately became quiet. Yang Yupei said slowly: "It doesn't matter whether Li Linfu did it or not. This is an opportunity to deal with Li Linfu. Third child, do you understand what I mean?"
The third child was Yang Guozhong. Yang Guozhong sighed and said, "It hurts me to lose my son. I don't have the mind to think about other things."
"Idiot! The emperor will definitely ask you about your situation tomorrow. He will tell you that it was an enemy of the imperial court who killed you. Then Li Linfu is the biggest suspect. If there is no result in this case, the emperor will give the Yang family an explanation and he will definitely remove him.
Li Linfu’s aspect, how else would the emperor balance this matter?"
Yang Guozhong nodded, and he also realized that this was indeed a good opportunity to deal with Li Linfu.
At this time, Yang Xuangui, the only elder of the Yang family and Minister of Industry, paused his cane dissatisfied and said: "It is said that the other party wants to assassinate all of our Yang family. Doesn't she want to let me go? Everyone, we must kill the real murderer."
Dig it out, otherwise our lives will be in danger!"
Yang Yupei, the wife of Guo State, made the final conclusion in one sentence, "Li Linfu needs to be dealt with, and the real murderer must also be investigated!"
Early the next morning, Yang Guozhong came to the inner imperial study room located in Linde Hall. During this period, Emperor Li Longji was still relatively diligent in his duties. The reason is very simple. The Anxi Army won the Battle of Talas against the Dashi Army.
This victory greatly satisfied Li Longji's emperor's heart. It can be said that Longyan was very happy. It not only satisfied his imperial ambition to expand the territory, but also gained a large amount of wealth. Gold, silver and jewelry were worth millions.
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This wealth was undoubtedly a boost to the dry Tang Dynasty's finances, and the treasures therein also greatly enriched Li Longji's private collection.
But what Li Longji is even more looking forward to is that kings from various countries in the Western Regions will come to Chang'an for pilgrimage one after another. This sense of honor from all nations coming to pilgrimage makes him particularly satisfied.
In the past two days, Li Longji was thinking about the rewards for Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli. Gao Xianzhi received the title of Duke of Ji, which Li Longji had promised before, and Cheng Qianli would also be promoted from county Duke to county Duke.
The key is the arrangement of their official positions. Li Linfu recommended Gao Xianzhi to take over as the military governor of Hexi Province and Cheng Qianli as the military governor of Hedong Province. However, Yang Guozhong objected and suggested that they join the court as generals, but he could not give a specific reason.
This made Li Longji feel that Yang Guozhong was opposed for the sake of opposition, and would oppose Li Linfu's proposal. This made Li Longji slightly unhappy. This was not the right attitude for a prime minister.
At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Yang Xiangguo is here!"
Li Longji nodded, "Invite him to come in!"
Li Longji also received the news. Yang Guozhong's son died in Jiaofang last night and was assassinated. Li Longji was also a little shocked. The prime minister's son was also assassinated. This was something rarely heard of.
In any case, he needed to appease Yang Guozhong's emotions.
After a while, Yang Guozhong walked into the imperial study, knelt down and burst into tears. Of course he was acting, but his emotions were real. He was wronged. The prime minister could not save his son's life. The emperor did not even give himself the minimum sense of security.
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Li Longji sighed and said: "I have also heard about Aiqing's experience. I lost my son in middle age. I have also experienced it deeply, but people cannot be resurrected. Please be sorry! Take care of your body."
Yang Guozhong slowly calmed down, wiped away his tears and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your comfort. I feel better."
Li Longji nodded and said: "I have issued an order to order the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to participate in this case. We must try our best to find out the real culprit and give Aiqing an explanation."
Yang Guozhong saluted again, "Thank you for your majesty's attention and your majesty's love. I will keep it in my heart!"
After pondering for a while, Li Longji asked again: "Yang Xiangguo, do you have any enemies?"
