Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 36 The God of Light!

Facts have proved that the two-pronged arrangement is correct.

Only by getting everyone to focus on the newly established Thief Catch Agency, especially on Xu Haoran, who has helped Han Jianjun to investigate so many huge military corruptions, and Yichang Chen, who has few night watchmen under his command, will not Someone will pay attention, and only then can you let go of your hands and feet and secretly observe every move of the ghosts and monsters from all walks of life.

No, as soon as the two assassins were arrested, Xu Haoran and Yu Wangli were interrogating in front of him. Yichang Chen asked someone to make a secret sign across the courtyard wall according to the previous agreement, and tied a piece of paper to a small stone and threw it in. .

You could tell from the handwriting that it was written in a hurry. Han Pingan read it under the candle, and handed it to the false priest who was dozing off in a worn sheepskin coat.

"what!"

The fake Taoist priest looked at it and thought he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes and asked, "Is it true or not, could he be mistaken?"

Han Pingan stretched his waist, yawned and said, "You have been friends with him for many years, do you think he will make a mistake?"

"We just knew each other a long time ago, and I'm not friends with him. He's just a bastard, whoever becomes friends with him will be unlucky." The fake Taoist priest threw down the note and dozed off on the table again.

At this time, Xu Haoran walked in with Yu Wangli with a few confessions.

Han Pingan asked with a smile: "Young Master Xu, the interrogation is over so soon, have the two assassins confessed?"

"I recruited, and I recruited without punishment."

"What did they say."

"I don't know what to ask. They don't even know what the people who hired them look like. They rushed to assassinate them with a knife when they received the money through the wall. What else can they say?" Xu Haoran put the confession in front of him, and then said Turned around: "But I found that this matter is very strange, or it is like a child's play."

"A joke? The false priest raised his head and asked knowingly.

Xu Haoran picked up the long stick that Han Ping'an asked Huang Dafu to find last night, walked over and pointed to a name on the west wall: "I told you that you might not believe it, but one of the two assassins was an apprentice in his family when he was a child. One spent eight years guarding his cousin's caravan."

Although Han Pingan knew about it, he still smiled and said, "Interesting."

Xu Haoran put down his long stick, turned back and smiled and said: "There is something more interesting, I saw that they were frightened out of their wits, and they did all the tricks without using torture. I thought it was a little strange, so I asked Qu Tong how their martial arts were, you know What did Qu Tong say?"

"What did Qu Tong say?"

"Qu Tong said that with their three-legged cat skills, they are barely able to serve as caravan guards, and they are not suitable for assassins at all!"

"Thinking about it is quite a joke, causing us a false alarm."

"Sanlang, what do you mean by this shopkeeper? What exactly does he want to do? Could it be that he got confused and made such a foolish move in desperation to blame others?"

The more Xu Haoran thought about it, the more confused he became, and he subconsciously looked at the relationship diagram of the characters on the west wall.

Before Han Ping'an could speak, the false head held his chin and said, "It's impossible. He is the most stable among the Zoroastrians, and he is the most organized in his speech and actions. According to the words of the Huo Cult followers, he is good at thinking and doing good deeds, pious and wise, like How could a person like him, who is used to thinking twice before acting, come up with such a stupid move."

Han Pingan carefully studied the backgrounds of several big businessmen in Yele, and added: "Even if he wants to frame the blame, he should blame the one who blasphemes all day long and shouts to be beaten and killed at every turn. It is unlikely that he will marry Blame on this one."

Xu Haoran asked puzzledly: "Then what does he mean?"

Han Pingan also found it strange, and handed him the note that Chen Yichang had just sent, looking at the west wall and muttering, "They may not be in the same group, at least they are not monolithic."

"Not in the same group?"

"Cui Mingfu once tested them with the news that I was kidnapped by a Turkic horse thief. Cui Mingfu said that he was surprised at the time, and he probably didn't know about the fake Han Ping'an, or he didn't know at that time."

"Now that I know, I hired a murderer to prevent the fake Han Ping'an from being seen. But since I didn't know it before, I can still pretend not to know it now. Why did I take such a risk and find such two three-legged cats?"

"Going around and going back, Young Master Xu, I still don't think he and Mifatai are accomplices."

Xu Haoran asked: "Not an accomplice, why did he cover it up, and why did he stop us from thoroughly investigating who killed Mifatai, and even hired two three-legged cats to assassinate the fake Han Pingan?"

Huang Bowen went on a long trip last night, and Yu Wangli felt qualified to speak, so he couldn't help asking: "What's more, who can guarantee that the assassination of the fake Han Ping'an is completely sure, he must have thought that he might fail, didn't he Aren't you afraid that the fake Han Ping'an will become angry from embarrassment, reveal their plots and tricks, and drag them to death?"

"It makes sense. The more doubts there are, the more it means that this matter is not that simple."

"The key is why is it not easy?"

Han Pingan recalled the backgrounds of the next few suspects and everything that happened in the past few days, and then thought of what the big shopkeeper did tonight, and felt that his speculation was more reasonable, and couldn't help laughing: "This old fox, it turns out that he It’s involuntary, I know what he’s planning.”

Xu Haoran asked curiously: "Why can't he help himself?"

Han Pingan scratched his head and analyzed: "I said the night before that no matter what you do, you must have a motive. His family has a big business, money and status, and there is no reason to collude with Mifatai to collude with the ghosts in the army." Bewitching Cao Duman to cause chaos."

The false priest subconsciously asked: "Then why did he hire murderers to kill?"

"He may know some of what Mifatai did, but he doesn't know much. When he knows enough, he will be confused and involved, and become involuntary, in a dilemma."

Han Pingan paused, and then said: "We made such a big commotion yesterday, he must have panicked and worried about being implicated. He was even more panicked when he learned that the one who was redeemed should be a fake Han Pingan at night, because he I don't know when my father will come back. As soon as my father comes back, the fake Han Ping'an will definitely be exposed.

So, he came up with such a perfect plan, asked his cronies to cover their faces with money, go to those two guys who are not good at martial arts but have a relationship with the other two, and come overnight to assassinate.

If it can be done naturally, it is equivalent to helping Mifatai wipe his ass, which can somewhat reduce the possibility of him being implicated.

Even if the Dongchuang incident happens in the future, the fake Han Ping'an will die.As long as I speak clearly, my father will definitely not blame him for this.If the assassination fails, it can also be used to remind us, let us check the assassin's background.

In fact, he knew that they were all being targeted by us. He said it was a reminder, but he actually wanted to show his attitude. "

Han Pingan finished the analysis and looked at the three of them with a smile.

The false priest thought for a long time before he figured it out, and then looked at the relationship diagram of the characters on the wall again.

Xu Haoran figured it out quickly, but he didn't quite agree, pointing to the name on the wall, he said, "Sanlang, if he wasn't an accomplice, why didn't he tell us clearly, even if he couldn't say clearly, he could hint at it."

"He definitely wants to tell us, but he's in a dilemma right now."

"What kind of dilemma?"

Han Ping'an patiently explained: "As I said just now, he has no reason to collude with Mifatai to deceive Cao Duman into rebellion. If I were him, if it were normal, I would find out that Mifatai was doing something, and What I did will endanger my property and life, I don't need the City Lord's Mansion to take action at all, and I will rush to clean up the door in front of the City Lord's Mansion without hesitation."

The false priest really came to his senses, and slammed the table down: "He is the richest, most prestigious, and most powerful businessman in Yele. Yele said that there are four Sabao Zhengzheng, but in fact the other few Always follow his lead.”

Han Pingan nodded, and continued: "But that was in the past, and now there is a high priest, and his reputation is not as high as the high priest."

Xu Haoran understood as if enlightened, nodded and said: "He is worried about the high priest."

"Probably not just worrying about the High Priest."

Han Pingan found out a prayer written by Mifatai himself, held it up and said with a smile: "Mifatai believed in Vulcan to the point of becoming obsessed, and even did such a shameless thing, to the so-called The "God of Light" has come is convinced, willing to be driven by the "God of Light".

He even hoped that the "God of Light" would give them a place to stay for the Sogdians, and help them build a bright country where there would be no oppression and tyranny wherever they went, and officials, soldiers and warriors would shy away from them. Who is this 'God of Light'? "

Xu Haoran also read this prayer last night, and Xu Haoran also thought about the question Han Pingan raised last night.But after thinking about it, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, thinking that it should be the nonsense of Mifatai after he went mad.

Seeing that Han Ping'an brought it up again, he asked with a wry smile: "Sanlang, are you saying that this 'God of Light' is a human being or not a god, maybe even General An?"

"It must be a man and not a god, otherwise it would be impossible to explain what Mifatai did, but it may not be General An."

Han Ping'an paused, and continued to analyze: "We don't know who the 'God of Light' is, and he may not know. After all, not everyone is qualified to know such a confidential matter. But he will definitely think about it. Will guess."

In this competition, the high priest mentioned the "God of Light" more than once in his lectures!
Those believers firmly believe that the "God of Light" has come and will dispel the darkness, and the money dedicated to the God of Vulcan is several times higher than that of previous years.

Thinking of this, the false priest said worriedly: "The high priest was invited by the general. As soon as he arrived in Yele, he was taken to the general's mansion, and now he is going to the general's mansion."

Xu Haoran stared at the two unnamed notes on the top of the west wall, and said solemnly: "If this is the case, it makes sense. He is afraid of us, and he is even more afraid of General An, but he is not sure. Who is the 'God of Light', so he made such a game for us, and wanted to bet on both sides."

Han Ping'an was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "The general won't be back for a while, so we don't have to worry about it for now. But if everything is as we thought just now, who killed Mifatai?"

"He can buy a murderer to assassinate, but he can also kill Mifatai to silence him."

"He doesn't have the guts."

"how do I say this?"

"Mifatai is not a fake Han Ping'an. Mifatai is dead. The high priest and Mifatai's other accomplices will definitely suspect that he killed him."

"If you died, wouldn't the high priest suspect that the fake Han Ping'an was killed by him?"

"If he had known about the fake Han Ping'an, the high priest and Miphatai's other accomplices would have doubted it. But there are indications that he didn't know it before, and no one else would suspect him even if he did it."

Xu Haoran sat down and said, "Could it be that the high priest ordered people to kill him?"

"impossible."

Pointing to the prayer that Han Ping'an had just put down, the false priest said in a positive tone: "They didn't know that the matter of pretending to be Saburo had been revealed, they only knew that Cao Duman had been defeated. Although Cao Duman was captured alive, Mephatai was not implicated.

Even if Mifatai is implicated, I can be sure that Mifatai will not confess if he is killed.Because for Miphattai, this is not a rebellion but a pursuit of his "Tao". Even if the whole family is taken to beheaded, it is still a martyrdom.

There are not many such believers, and it is too late for the high priest to find a way to save him, so how could he be willing to let someone kill him. "

Xu Haoran racked his brains and thought for a while, then asked: "Will the other two be killed? They are also likely to be involved in a muddle-headed way, and they may also be in a dilemma."

"I can't figure out why I'm standing here."

Han Pingan sat down again, and pondered: "Xu Shaofu, you go back to sleep for a while, and we will go to Mi's house together after dawn to see if we can find any clues. As for the two assassins, they are closed first. "

"What about me?" The false priest raised his head and asked.

"After dawn, you go back to the stall, and release the news that the two three-legged cat assassins sneaked into the Dudu's Mansion late at night. If anyone asks, just say that they are jealous of the Turkic horse thieves extorting money, and want to tie me up for ransom .”

Han Pingan thought for a while, then laughed again: "If there are many people who ask, then we can add some excuses, say that they are the accomplices who killed Mifatai and want to get in to destroy the evidence, or that they tried to kill Shi Siqiang to silence the story. "

The fake Taoist priest smiled and asked, "Why are you making such trouble?"

"The messier the better, let those hiding in the dark guess."

Han Pingan smiled, and then pointed to the names on the wall: "And we can't focus all on this side, after all, those who should jump out here have already jumped out, the most urgent thing is to let the ghosts in the army jump out." come out."

(End of this chapter)