Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 312 Before I knew it, I was already a boss

outside the house.

Seeing the prisoners being escorted out one by one, especially when Yang Zhirou was dragged out directly, Yang Jia softened and almost fell down.

This time no one dared to come to help him, because it was not pretending, it was really about to fall.

To catch the thief and seize the stolen goods, Yang Zhirou harbored the thief in the mansion and was directly arrested. Such a big case is bound to cause shock in the government and the public.

The higher the position, the worse the nature. This is the Minister of the Household Department and a direct descendant of Hongnong Yang's Guanwangfang. Once this case comes out, it will definitely not affect himself, but even the entire Hongnong Yang family. will be affected.

Yang Jia's cloudy eyeballs rolled away, his lips trembled, and he tried his best to make amends: "I didn't expect that my whole Yang family is loyal to the country, but my family is also unlucky, and such a scum... What face does this old man have? See you again, Your Majesty? Goodbye, Your Highness? This old man wants to go back to the palace to beg for bones..."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Rentong came over suddenly: "Mr. Yang, don't be excited, don't be excited! If you don't come here, help Yang Gong back to the mansion!"

Stepping forward from left to right, Yang Jiaben's expression changed slightly: "Corrector Zheng, I want to enter the palace to see the prince..."

Zheng Rentong waved his hand: "Take Yang Gong back and take care of him so that there will be no mistakes!"

The confidant of the governor's mansion took the order, and directly sent the half-supported and half-supported man back to the mansion, and took good care of him.

Pei Judao watched the backs of these people leaving: "Mr. Zheng, is this case going to be expanded?"

Zheng Rentong said coldly: "General Pei, let me be blunt. My son was almost poisoned by a thief. He was my only son! Now the evidence is convincing that it is related to the Yang family. I am the culprit, and I will never let the culprit get away easily!"

Pei Judao frowned: "The thieves should be severely punished, but the disaster has not yet recovered, and the situation has just stabilized, so don't make any big moves!"

Zheng Rentong was unwilling to give in: "Disaster relief and maintaining stability are one aspect, and Luozhou's suppression of thieves is another aspect. This case must be investigated thoroughly!"

Both of them knew very well that a new round of conflict was about to break out between the gentry groups divided by region.

Zheng Rentong is so radical, revenge for his son is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also an opportunity for Zheng to penetrate into the current situation.

You must know that the Zheng family in Xingyang did not have a good life in the early Tang Dynasty. After all, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, their family followed Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and later they stood in the wrong line and had close contacts with the prince Li Jiancheng. Maybe there is the Zheng family in Xingyang.

Of course, in the Li Zhi Dynasty, in order to curb the dominance of the gentry in the Guan, a lot of olive branches were given to the Shandong gentry. Now that the political center has moved eastward, the Shandong gentry and the Jiangnan gentry are even more moved and responded one after another.

No matter how ever-changing the situation is, struggle is the eternal theme of the officialdom. The Yang family has committed such a great evil, and it is unknown how many official positions can be vacated. How could they miss the opportunity?

Zheng Rentong made it clear that he was going to attack, and after he finished speaking, he bowed his hands and left in a hurry. Pei Judao thought about it, and also went to the mansion.

Li Yan is finishing up, taking down all of Yang Zhirou's confidantes.

He purposely waited for Yang Zaiwei and Jin Zhizhao to live in the Yang Mansion for a period of time before arresting them. The two need servants to take care of them every day, so there is bound to be a lot of evidence.

When did she move in, what supplements did she take every day, how many secret medicines the Yang family provided, who changed Jin Zhizhao's makeup and clothes when she was disguised as a maidservant of Silla just now...

Details like this, if all are clarified and a complete chain of evidence is formed, then the verdict is conclusive and irreversible.

After Pei Judao entered, he saw that Li Yan was very patient, directing the inner guards to do these things, and he admired him a little: "Li Jiyi is really not in a hurry, he has a beginning and an end!"

Li Yan smiled: "General Pei is overwhelmed. I would like to thank the imperial guards for their help this time. Otherwise, the internal guards alone may give the thieves an opportunity."

Pei Judao waved his hand: "This is my duty, why bother to say thank you? But just now Yang Zhan was unwell and was taken back to the mansion by the governor Zheng..."

After Li Yan heard this, he immediately knew that Yang Jia had seen the situation was not good, and wanted to escape by begging for bones, so he said calmly: "Yang Zhan cares about things, but he is chaotic, and he is a bit out of control."

When Pei Judao heard this, he also knew that Li Yan was not going to let it go, and sighed: "The disaster is not over, and this disaster happened again, it is really troublesome!"

Li Yan said solemnly: "General Pei, there is a famine in the pass, and disaster relief comes first. Some things can be postponed, but some things cannot be avoided!"

"This case is related to the Beiya Baiqi, the water transport in the Eastern Capital, and it is inseparably related to the Beishi slave meeting place. It is also implicated in the poisoning case of Zheng Shi's son!"

"If such an important case can be easily put down, what is the prestige of the court?"

He always focuses on the big and let go of the small when doing things, and knows the priorities.

For example, in order to prove his role, the Bachelor of the North Gate wanted to help the prince suppress the family and improve the status of the poor family. Li Yan persuaded Miao Shenke to give up his thoughts, because it was not suitable to do those things at this time, and the first priority was disaster relief. After the world is peaceful, it is not too late to solve internal injustices and hidden dangers.

But this group of thieves acted too badly, even in the face of the Hongnong Yang family, a well-known domestic sect, they had to use thunderous means to scare everyone else!

Pei Judao nodded: "What Li Jiyi said is reasonable, but what about the attitudes of Li's family members, do they also think like Li Jiyi?"

Li Yandao: "I have never cared about family affairs..."

Pei Judao stared at him deeply: "Li Jiyi, you are already the leader of the Li Clan in Longxi, it is your responsibility to control the overall situation for the clan, you must not ignore it!"

"My next words are not very pleasant, but this time is also a lesson for the past. What if the accident happened not to a member of the Hongnong Yang family, but to a member of the Longxi Li family? Can Li Jiyi stay completely out of the incident?"

"Nowadays, the situation in the world is gradually changing. If I, Mrs. Pei, stand up and govern for His Royal Highness, Li Jiyi should also stand up for Mrs. Li!"

Li Yan bowed his hands thoughtfully: "Thank you, General Pei, for reminding me."

This reminder is indeed timely.

Before he knew it, he was already a big boss.

From Cui Xiuye ​​and Huang Zhen's show of favor and support, to the arrest of Yang Zhirou this time, from the interview in the palace, to the siege of the mansion, he was completely the leader, which was very different from the capture of Li Jingxuan and Cui Shouye in the past.

Seeing that the storm was coming, the top figures of the major families had to meet first to reach a relatively tacit consensus so that the situation would not get out of control before Pei Judao would enter and meet him.

In this regard, Li Yan himself was not prepared enough.

The bottom line is that compared to those high-ranking gentry who defended each other, he didn't think of the Li families in Longxi as his own family, and only Li Dejian's family was more concerned about him, and he didn't care about the others who came from the Danyang family.

However, what Pei Judao said is correct, if something goes wrong with the Li family in Longxi, it will be implicated. Dirty things in the big family are inevitable, and it is impossible for other families to have accidents, but the Li family in Longxi is clean.

Li Yanke still remembered that it was a common phenomenon among the big clans in the Guan that what Gong Siguang said earlier was that Wan Lang was an official.

He thought for a moment, and thought of his uncle Li Yiyan.

Li Yiyan stayed in Chang'an after returning from his envoy to Tubo. After all, the old man ran back and forth in Tubo, and it was quite hard work. Although he still wanted to go out, even Li Dejian came forward to persuade him to rest for a while.

Now it is very necessary to invite this old and powerful uncle with deep prestige to take this opportunity to clean up the family tradition.

"If you can discipline yourself, you can discipline yourself, so that you don't have to be taught by outsiders like Yang!"

Li Yan walked out of the gate of the Yang Mansion, watched the Zhumen's door suddenly close, waved his hand, and the inner guard immediately stepped forward and put a big seal on it.

With a lot of harvest, he went all the way back to the imperial city. Under the awe-inspiring eyes of the officials on both sides, Li Yan walked into the inner guard's garrison.

Seeing two chubby figures standing in the front yard, he was overjoyed: "Huaiying, Shenji, you came at just the right time."

Di Renjie and Qiu Shenji came up to meet them, Qiu Shenji couldn't wait to say: "Liulang, I just saw that Yang Zhirou was taken to the inner prison, when are you going to interrogate?"

Li Yandao: "There are mainly three prisoners this time, Yang Zhirou, Yang Zaiwei, and Jin Zhizhao. Among them, Yang Zhirou's interrogation difficulty is the lowest. If you go out, you will be overqualified."

Qiu Shenji was very enthusiastic about his work: "I can try three at once..."

Li Yan laughed: "That's really amazing, by the way, Zheng Sanlang from Beiya Baiqi, did you explain the matter of that head?"

As soon as this remark came out, Qiu Shenji's expression changed, and Di Renjie's eyes were also serious. Li Yan immediately understood that this was not a place to talk, so he brought the two of them into his office room. Whose head is it?"

Qiu Shenji grumbled for a moment, but Di Renjie said bluntly, "According to Zheng Sanlang's account, it is the head of a saint! But it is obviously false. We have sent the inner guard back to Chang'an to confirm that the saint lives in the Daming Palace. His body is not well, he is still groggy all day long, and there is no other abnormality."

Li Yan's expression changed when he heard the first half of the sentence, and he regained his composure when he heard the latter: "So, the thief killed an innocent person who was similar to a saint, and planned to use his head to create panic? This method is to imitate the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty. , the battle between Wang Shichong and Li Mi?"

Qiu Shenji knew about this period of history, and suddenly said: "My father told me about this before. Wang Shichong and Li Mi fought several times. In the first few matches, Wang Shichong was defeated. Until the last match, Wang Shichong reversed the situation. The Wagang Army was crippled in the First World War, and later Li Mi had to join us, Datang."

"During that battle, Wang Shichong found a person who looked very similar to Li Mi, beheaded him in public, and then shouted that Li Mi was dead. As a result, the morale of the Wagang army, which had already shown signs of defeat at that time, was even more so. Crashed, defeated like a mountain..."

Li Yan frowned slightly: "This routine is very useful, but it is not suitable for everyone. Why does the thief want to do this poisonous plan, Huaiying, what do you think?"

Di Renjie felt a little helpless, so he could only stroke his beard and said, "There must be something strange about this matter, it's not as simple as it appears on the surface."

Li Yan looked at Qiu Shenji politely.

Qiu Shenji said badly: "I definitely won't be able to analyze it, unless I interrogate it directly. It's a pity that the village owner is about to fall into ambush, and he ran away. Otherwise, catch this person and everything will be revealed."

Li Yan was a little dignified: "There are hundreds of horsemen setting up an ambush in the village, so the owner of the village can escape?"

Qiu Shenji said: "This man's martial arts are extremely strong, his reaction is sharp, and he is familiar with the terrain, so he can escape from the encirclement of Baiqi."

Di Renjie frowned slightly, looked at Li Yan, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Liu Lang, I also found that the village master's style is quite familiar, but now that I think about it, the saber technique used by that man is similar to what you usually use in the martial arts training ground." somewhat similar."

"Yumi Saber Technique? Huaiying really observes meticulously, this clue is very useful!"

Li Yan looked in the direction of the inner prison cell, thinking about the few people hanging inside, and smiled slightly: "I probably know where the master of the village came from..."

(End of this chapter)