The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 201 Chang'an resigned from the old man and went hundreds of miles to the west

"That day, they had a dispute here?"

".It was probably in this area. It was dark at that time, so I couldn't see clearly."

"General, you'd better recall carefully. This is His Majesty's order to come down here to investigate the case. The one over there is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment!"

"I really don't know the details. Zhang Huaiyi of the Shence Army stopped me, and I only remember that it was not far ahead."

In the voice of cross-examination, Li Shunjie nodded towards the Tongguan guard. He was very brave, but he was not stupid. The two don't help each other.

Li Shunjie arched his hands at him, his eyes turned away, the surrounding mountains were winding, and the sound of birds chirping echoed in the forest. He got on his horse and rushed to the direction of Tu Shifei, bypassing the business travelers on the official road, and finally at a fork in front of him Kai Kai found that he stopped with more than a dozen police officers.

"Have you found anything?"

Li Shunjie got off his horse and went over. Tu Shifei, who was squatting on the ground, was rubbing the dirt on his fingertips and putting it under his nose, frowning.

"There is a smell of wood ash. A fire has been burned here. It should be the place the guard said."

The prime minister Cui Yin disappeared, and robbers appeared in Chang'an City, but Qin Huaimian, the official minister, Zhang Huaiyi, the governor, and Zhu Wen, the king of Dongping, were involved. No one would believe it was a coincidence.

Tu Shifei was born as chief arrester, and he was extremely keen in criminal investigation and apprehension. He also received a letter from Geng Qing that day, knowing that the other party had come to Chang'an, and each of the people involved had a relationship with him.

The woman who was robbed was his righteous sister-in-law.

'Get in touch with him. If the robber is really Cui Sang, it will be a disaster, but why did Cui Sang do this?How did King Dongping appear here? '

The more he knew the truth, the more mysteries confused and frightened Tu Shifei. Li Shunjie's voice in his ear asked again. He pressed his complicated thoughts, stood up and looked around, and then looked in the direction of Tongguan.

"The guard said that Zhang Huaiyi came from the valley over there. King Dongping's soldiers and horses were in front, and the robbers could only stay here. They killed the man and took the body away. We returned without success this time. If the body is not brought, it can only be placed in one place."

Around the exchange of shares, Tu Shifei's gaze finally stopped at a forest on the side: "The woods are wet and exposed to the Yellow River, which can speed up the decay of corpses, left and right, go to the woods over there!"

Li Shunjie understood the implication in his words, knew in his heart that the dead robber might be Prime Minister Cui Yin, and immediately ordered two hundred soldiers under his command to search the forest inch by inch.

The forest is not big, and the fallen leaves will naturally not be too thick. If the place has been overturned, it must be very different from other places. After all, the past time is not too long.

In less than an hour, it was discovered, and a policeman shouted: "The fallen leaves here are too thin, and there are many traces of rat ants digging holes on the ground!"

The sun shone into the mottled forest, and a group of soldiers swarmed over. Li Shunjie strode forward, looked at the ground, looked at Tu Shifei, and immediately waved, "Dig this place!"

A catcher ran out of the woods to find a few hoes, and together they dug up the soil. The soil was not buried too deep, and soon the back of a hand was exposed. Immediately, the thick water mixed with the soil presented a smelly smell mixed with soil. the stench.

A soldier was pushed forward and wiped away the sticky soil above the corpse. The corpse below was already looking like a giant, swollen badly, and there were dense maggots wriggling everywhere under the skin, but the outline of the person could still be seen. from.

"It's not Cui Xiang, dig again!"

Hearing this, the soldiers covered their mouths and noses with scarves around their necks, and dug around vigorously. More and more corpses were dug out, dozens of them, and they were carried out one by one and lined up in the forest.

Li Shunjie and Tu Shifei were used to seeing blood, and it was unbearable to face this stench. They covered their mouths and noses and observed the past one by one.

Suddenly, the two stopped and stood in front of a corpse covered in mud. The gowns were stained with sticky mud. They were extremely expensive and could not be worn by robbers. They immediately took the wine bag and poured wine onto the corpse. Enduring nausea on his face, he wiped away the mud.

Li Shunjie gritted his teeth, turned his head and looked at Tu Shifei who was looking at him, the two nodded in tacit understanding, the corpse was Cui Yin.

Now, since the robber is Cui Yin, everything will come to light.

It must have been done by Geng Qing. Tu Shifei thought so, but he didn't say it out. He was also worried in his heart. Once he said it out and Geng Qing was arrested, would all the things he did before be revealed?
Then his own future will be ruined, and the wife and children in the family may not be enough to cut.

Moreover, he was even more worried. The other party's revenge, two emperors and two prime ministers, this man's courage is so bold that he is simply a lunatic.

"Commander Li, the so-called robber is Cui Xiang, and there are more and more doubts about it." Coming out of the forest, Tu Shifei directly magnified the doubts about Cui Yin, "Why did he appear here in Chang'an, and why did he kidnap a couple?" Mother and son? Why did King Dongping kill him right here?"

Li Shunjie took the rein and was bitten by him, and he also had this doubt in his heart, but after all, it was not the Criminal Department who arrested the head, and he didn't want to spend more time on it.

He also had to return to Chang'an to return to his command.

"Zhang Huaiyi, Cui Yin, Dongping King, Cui Xiang is dead, Dongping King can't move, only Zhang Huaiyi may know, Tu Shilang, you reminded in time, by the way, is there another one named Geng Qing? Your Majesty asked me not to move him , but should also be cross-examined."

Li Shunjie had already made a decision, got on his horse, reined in the reins, and turned around, "Mr. Tu, I will leave this place to you to clean up. The others will return to Beijing with someone!"

The sound of hooves resounded on the official road, hundreds of palace guards rode their horses and galloped, crossed Tongguan, and headed straight for Chang'an with such speed, at least two days' effort.

In two days.

At this time, Geng Qing had already met Sheng Xie En again, and came out of the palace. Everything had been pawned at home, and a team of four carriages and five horses was already waiting at the far gate in the west of the city.

At the gate of the city, Bai Yunxiang was sitting on the carriage with Geng Nian in her arms, her eyes were wet, beside her were Qin Huaimian and Zhang Huaiyi, the former was dressed in normal clothes without a sword, like a schoolteacher, while the latter was just lying on the woman's shoulder little children playing.

Soon, the carriage driven by Dachun came out, and everyone greeted him to practice for him.

"Uncle, I have already said what I have in mind, take care of yourself on the way, the west is barren and dangerous, so beware of villains"

With so many people present, Bai Yunxiang was embarrassed to cry, so she could only pick up some words to say, Geng Nian in her arms waited for her mother to finish speaking, like a little adult, with her hips on her hips, she said crisply: "Father, you have to come back early , in the future, those children will say that Nian'er has no father, you know?!"

"I know!" Geng Qing pinched her tender little cheeks, her complexion was as white as Ruxiang's, and she was much prettier than his father.

The father and son chatted and laughed for a while, the woman carried the child and walked aside at the right time, Qin Huaimian came over and cupped his hands: "Ji Chang, if you feel unwell when you get there, you can write to Chang'an, even if I give up this face, I also ask Your Majesty Call you back. Alas, Qin never thought that His Majesty would release you, and thought that everyone would be able to reunite and help the Holy Master to revive the Tang Dynasty."

Geng Qing knew that he had hope for Chang'an, the emperor, and the latter was indeed much stronger than that Li Xuan, so Qin Huaimian could not really do something in the future if he stayed.

"Brother Qin, worry too much. In the northwest, what if someone like me, Geng, is like a duck to water? Salt and iron are officials, but many people dream of getting an official."

After joking for a while, when it was Zhang Huaiyi's turn, he had nothing to say, but reminded Geng Qing that he still owed him favors.

"I promised to invite me to visit the brothel before, but I probably didn't have a chance. I'm not in a hurry to be a brother. I'll just wait for you in Chang'an. You won't be able to skip the treat."

After finishing speaking, few serious people came over and hugged Geng Qing.

"You can go home with peace of mind. I will take care of you as a brother. You must come back from the northwest. By the way, I also asked about some things. In the northwest, besides Li Maozhen, there is also the Tianxiong Army. Going to the northwest, Shazhou , Ganzhou, and Suzhou are the territory of the Guiyi Army, so don't run around if you have nothing to do, these people are not easy to mess with, and the imperial court doesn't care."

"Ah."

For Zhang Huaiyi, Geng Qing was very grateful in his heart, the former friends of friends, now they can be regarded as real brothers, talked to everyone, drank all the wine, and got into the carriage.

At this moment, there was the sound of hooves in the distance. It was a fast horse. It looked more like a slave than a man in the military camp.

"Mr. Geng, take a step slowly."

The man shouted, urged the horse to stop, held a letter between his hands, ran to the front of the car, and handed it under the curtain, "Sir, this is from my princess."

Mistress
Geng Qing froze for a moment, grabbed the letter in his hand and unfolded it, the handwriting on it was beautiful and soft.

"Ji Chang personally said:
Ji Chang went to Longzhou to show off his talents and live up to the expectations of his son-in-law.When I came to visit that day, I already knew what I wanted to say, and my wife knew it well.

The past is over, you don't have to worry about me, an old lady, now in the Qingdeng Buddha Hall, the teacher's wife is devoted to the Buddha, and today I send a letter as a farewell to you.

After returning to Chang'an, my wife will take care of you again. "

Putting down the letter paper in his hand, Geng Qing had mixed feelings in his heart. The old woman could more or less guess about the murder of Li Xuan. It was reasonable to not see him that day, and it was a teacher-student friendship to send the letter today.

Sighing, Geng Qing stepped out of the chariot, looked at the majestic and majestic Chang'an, folded his sleeves and bowed his hands, and then said goodbye to everyone, got into the carriage and ordered Dachun to drive to the official road.

"father!"

Suddenly, childish words came from afar, Geng Nian cried out in his mother's arms, waving his little hands vigorously, towards the receding carriage.

"Father, come back quickly, Nian'er is waiting for you at home—"

The morning light brushed through the clouds, and in the traveling carriage, Geng Qing opened the curtain and looked back, his voice was low: "Dachun, hurry up."

crackle!

The whip was waving and cracking in mid-air, Dachun yelled, and accelerated the speed of the horse, and soon after, ten miles away, he joined another group of people waiting.

Go all the way west.

　The end of three shifts

　　
　
(End of this chapter)