Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 991 The Death of Zhang Liang
In the early morning of the next day, the inland river heavy tank fleet towed by two steam engines set off, and Liumu also went north to Chang'an with the boat.

This is a very ordinary fleet in the eyes of ordinary people. It is not much different from ordinary grain transport fleets. The only difference is that the ships seem to be very new.

The new ship was hardly a special event either.

However, when the fleet passed through Luoyang, something serious happened.

Liumu's fleet goes north along the canal, and it must be kept secret from ordinary people and ordinary government offices, but important garrisons in various places need to provide the necessary secret guards.

When Liumu passed Luoyang, someone asked to see him.

Liu Mu sat in the cabin and looked at the item at hand. It was a short knife with the word Wagang written on the handle of the short knife.

"Who is here?" Liu Mu turned his gaze to the guard.

The guard replied: "The person here claims to be the adopted son of Lord Changping. Lord Changping has been taken down by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and is about to be taken to Chang'an for trial. Please help me."

Liu Mu picked up the dagger and looked at it again, then put it away: "Pass my order, ask Wen Yuege's staff in Luoyang to investigate, who leaked my whereabouts."

"Decree." The guard didn't even ask Liu Mu if he wanted to see the other party, but turned around and left after listening to Liu Mu's order.

It takes more than half a day to replenish coal and fresh water in Luoyang. This is the last large supply port before the steamship returns to Chang'an. The next supply point is a small supply port, which is a backup supply port and is not very useful.

As soon as Liu Mu's boat stopped in Luoyang, someone came to ask him to see him. Liu Mu couldn't bear it.

After the guard left, Jiang Ke asked to see him.

"How does Mr. Lang plan?"

"Zhang Liang, although he used to be a member of Wagang and a subordinate of General Li Ji. But there is a saying that can tell him that people will not die if they don't die. He is very clear about what he has done and how much he is capable of commanding troops. He is also very clear that it is false. Don’t think that brother Mao Gong will always protect him, since the Ministry of Criminal Justice wants to arrest him, there must be sufficient reasons, why should I save him?”

Jiang Ke took a step forward: "Your Majesty, people who were born in Wagang naturally look up to King Xiyi, Duke Lu, and the British Stallion. The Duke of Changping County often asks the British Duke for advice. If he doesn't care, it may cause some criticism."

Liu Mu asked back, "What's the name of the people outside?"

Jiang Ke didn't know either. After leaving, he sent someone to ask, and then returned to the boat cabin to report: "Mr. Lang, his name is Gongsun Jie."

"Pass my order and tie it up. The fleet will set off immediately after replenishment, send a fast horse to make an announcement first, and then hand over Gongsun Jie to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs after arriving in Chang'an, and ask him how he knew the detailed time of my arrival in Luoyang, and It’s just that Zhang Liang is not the leader of the secretly escorting fleet on the list, knowing whether the news of my arrival in Luoyang was before or after he was arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.”

Jiang Ke wanted to persuade him again, but Liu Mu patted the table lightly.

Without talking, Jiang Ke understood that Liu Mu was not happy about this matter, and immediately said: "Your subordinates will arrange it now."

Only then did Liu Mu say: "I know that you are doing it for my own good, but you don't know about more things. Good intentions may not be good things. If I change someone, I will at least come forward and ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice to take care of me before the case is finalized. Zhang Liang can't do it." .”

"Thank you sir."

Jiang Ke thanked Liu Mu for giving him an explanation for the arrangement.

Logically speaking, Liu Mu didn't need to explain to him.

A few days later, when the fleet approached Chang'an and was still some distance away from the pier, a small boat from the guard came up with people from the Criminal Department to pick up Gongsun Jie, and told Jiang Ke that Zhang Liang hadn't entered Chang'an yet, and was still being arrested. Escort is still on the way.But the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had already issued an imperial decree, asking Xishikou to kill and seize the family property, all fake sons were arrested and brought to justice, Zhang Li's waist was cut and abandoned the market.

Jiang Ke was taken aback, never expecting this to happen.

And Liu Mu was still in Luoyang, so how could he have guessed the verdict of the Tang Emperor on Zhang Liang.Jiang Ke believes that Liu Mu must not have known about Zhang Liang before entering Luoyang, and Liu Mu has not been in Chang'an for almost two years.

Jiang Ke asked the people in the Ministry of Punishment: "I don't know what the charges are?"

"Witch Gu! The sage's imperial criticism is honest on the outside but deceitful on the inside." The people from the Ministry of Punishment explained it briefly to Jiang Ke.

After Jiang Ke expressed his gratitude, he sent someone to hand over the tied-up Gongsun Jie to the people in the Ministry of Punishment. Gongsun Jie scolded Liu Mu for being unrighteous, and even ignored the Wagang brothers' feelings and so on.

People from the Ministry of Punishment were about to beat Gongsun Jie, but Jiang Ke stopped him: "Please leave a letter as proof, Gongsun Jie has no intention of humiliating Liu's son-in-law, and there must be an explanation for this matter."

"Yes! Please prepare a pen and paper."

The people from the punishment department didn't hit Gongsun Jie, but they blocked his mouth.

Witchcraft is a taboo, and Li Shimin has found out Zhang Liang's evil deeds such as pretending to be meritorious and falsely reporting meritorious deeds. Especially when he was out in a battle, Zhang Liang was so timid that he was petrified when the enemy raided.

At that time, Zhang Liang sat there expressionless in shock, unable to even speak, let alone propose countermeasures.

The general in the army thought that Zhang Liang was fearless in the face of danger. It happened that the deputy general came back with a battalion of soldiers and horses to take the initiative to meet the enemy.

Afterwards, Zhang Liang falsely claimed the great merit.

There is always an insider in this matter, and with Zhang Liang's witchcraft case this time, Li Shimin had every reason to kill Zhang Liang.

On the pier, Tang Emperor Li Shimin greeted him personally, and Liu Mu entered the palace together in Li Shimin's carriage.

On the way, Liu Mu asked: "Second Brother, Second Brother should have known about Zhang Liang's mess, why did he suddenly want to kill him and ransack his house?"

Li Shimin's face turned ugly in an instant: "If it's an ordinary matter, even if it's a little bit of military exploits, it won't be pursued for the sake of leading the troops back in the past. A few of his hypocrites gave him advice, borrowing Luoyang Xiu A little money can be forgiven for the railway, but he did something to beg his death."

Liu Mu was very curious: "What's the matter?"

"You know better than my second brother that choosing the route of the railway is a matter of great skill. Zhang Liang's wife instigated many of Zhang Liang's hypocrites to act secretly, either by bribing, threatening, or seducing. On the railway The choice of route routed them into some fields they secretly bought."

Liu Mu understood: "Is he cheating on some compensation money, or that he planted an orchard, or fertile land?"

"It's worse than this."

"What else?" Liu Muxin said that Zhang Liang was indeed looking for death, and he didn't understand how important the railway was to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was so angry that he took a deep breath before he said: "The place he chose was finally determined by the Huayuan faction. They found that it was very dangerous. There are three places that are easy to be soaked in water when there is a lot of rain in summer. Some were once a riverbed, and in Iwahara's experience there may suddenly be a big hole."

(End of this chapter)