A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 277

"Where's that bitch!"

Outside Lingzhou city, at the gate of Yanzhou military camp, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, had a livid face. When he saw Huaiyu, he asked, "Mr. Almost murdered you..."

The dignified envoys, the military officers of Yanzhou, the governor of Yanzhou, and the founding father of Shouyang County were assassinated in his territory, especially this one who had just quelled the rebellion of Luo Yi, the king of Yan, and had just made great achievements, but was assassinated in the city of Lingzhou, where he was the governor. , and another assassin is the handmaid he just sent out.

This is really impossible to wash off by jumping into the Yellow River.

Anyone would suspect that he intends to murder the new governor of Yanzhou who has double banners and double festivals, and it is easy to doubt whether he is related to Luo Yi who was killed by Wu Huaiyu just after the rebellion, whether he also participated in the rebellion, or whether he wants to kill Wu Huaiyu ?
"Wu Shijun, please bring that lowly maid over here. This king wants to interrogate her face to face to find out who is so bold as to murder the court ministers. I must give Wu Shijun an explanation."

Wu Huaiyu smiled all over his face, "Don't worry about the king of the county, some thieves in the district can't do anything about it,"

"This matter really has nothing to do with me. What's the name of that lowly servant girl? I'll check it out right away."

He gave Wu Huaiyu sixteen maidservants, and now there is one assassinating Wu Huaiyu, he only got preliminary information, but he doesn't know who it is.

But Wu Huaiyu didn't intend to let Li Daozong meet people.

He smiled and invited Li Daozong into the barracks, but instead asked about the assassins.

"The situation was chaotic at the time, and I didn't dare to chase too deeply, so I left the city first. I don't know if the governor's mansion caught those assassins?"

Li Daozong was a little embarrassed.

When he received the news of Wu Huaiyu's assassination in the city, he was shocked, and immediately sent people to seal the city and search the whole city.

But the result is embarrassing.

Such a large group of assassins disappeared.

There are only a dozen corpses left, but the identities of these Shanhu and Turkic people cannot be confirmed.

"The assassins have been prepared for a long time, and they have prepared the escape route and hiding place in advance. They escaped from the canal in the city at the time, and they have not yet found out where they got ashore, but I am sure that the assassin must still be hiding somewhere in the city. place,
It must be found. "

Huaiyu smiled slightly, "I believe in the county king, and I also believe in the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion."

Li Daozong's face was ashen, he never expected to encounter such a thing, Wu Huaiyu almost wrote suspicion on his face.

He questioned the murdering maid again.

"The female assassin was injured and unconscious. She hasn't woken up yet. We only know her name is Helian Jinzhu."

Li Daozong wanted to take her away, Huai Yu said, "She is seriously injured and may not be able to wake up. I happen to know some medical skills, but she will stay with me. I will find a way to wake her up. Once she wakes up, I will notify you." County king."

Seeing this, Ren Chengwang had no choice but to stop asking for it.

The assassin was given as a gift, and more importantly, there was another group of assassins who committed crimes on the street at that time. Now that he said it had nothing to do with him, he himself didn't believe it, but the assassin disappeared in Lingzhou City before he was caught.

It came suddenly, and the news came suddenly.

This is really impossible to wash off by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Wu Shijun, please rest well in this camp. I have dug three feet into the ground, and I will definitely find these assassins. I must give Wu Shijun an explanation, and I ask Wu Shijun to trust me."

"I believe,"

Li Daozong hurried away helplessly, Wu Huaiyu couldn't believe him without some evidence.

As soon as he returned to Lingzhou City, Li Daozong immediately ordered to increase the number of troops to search and arrest the whole city. At the same time, he notified the officials of the Yamen and the head of Fang Zhengli to assist in the search and arrest. Any suspicious person should be reported immediately.

The virtuous king, who has always had a good temper, was really angry this time.

Barracks outside the city.

Su Lie, Niu Jianwu, Wei Siren, Wen Fu, Li Deju, Zhang Chengde, Wu Junwei and other subordinates also gathered to discuss the matter, and they were all guessing what was going on.

Many people also doubted Li Daozong, but they couldn't say it clearly.

Having just met this side, Wu Huaiyu did not dispel his suspicion of Li Daozong.

Right now, they can only be temporarily stationed outside the city to strengthen vigilance.

"Who does Shi Jun think did this?" In private, Su Lie asked.

"What do you think, brother?"

"It's hard to say." Su Lie looked at the captive assassins they brought back. Although there was only one Helian Jinzhu left, and the rest killed themselves by biting poison, he could tell that those were all mountain beards and Turks. people.

But there are many doubts pointing to Li Daozong, and he can't get rid of it for the time being.

"Renchengwang invited Erlang as a guest today, so they broke up unhappy?" he asked.

Huaiyu shook his head.

"In fact, on the contrary, we had a very happy conversation and reached a lot of cooperation agreements with the salt spirits. I also promised Ren Chengwang that I will bring you to invite again tomorrow."

"The more I can't figure it out."

"Ren Chengwang shouldn't be involved in Luo Yi's rebellion, right?" He thought of a possibility, if Luo Yi and Li Daozong wanted to rebel together, now that Luo Yi is punished, Li Daozong might jump over the wall in a hurry.

"Don't worry about this, King Ren Cheng has nothing to do with Luo Yi's rebellion, I can assure you."

"Could it be that these assassins were sent by Master Liang?"

Huaiyu smiled, "It's also possible." After all, Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Yanzhou, still has most of his territory in the hands of Liang Shidu. .

If it weren't for Helian Jinzhu, Wu Huaiyu would definitely believe that Master Liang did it.

"Why don't we lead our army away from Lingzhou City?"

"not needed for now,"

Wu Huaiyu still felt that Li Daozong was unlikely to murder him, after all, there must be a motive for everything.

And the motivation is often profit, but he has no conflict of interest with Li Daozong. If there is, it may be that after he comes, the smuggling and trafficking of salt, slaves, and horses in Yanzhou may be affected.But the problem is that they have just reached an agreement to cooperate, and they no longer conflict, and even become partners.

Besides, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, is not Luo Yi after all, this young virtuous king is Li Shimin's cousin, and has always been known as a virtuous king.

Li Daozong gave Wu Huaiyu fourteen fighting slaves and sixteen maidservants.

When he was assassinated earlier, most of the fourteen fighters stepped forward to intercept the assassin bravely, a total of nine people stepped forward, three died, six survived, all suffered some injuries, and the other five did not go up and scattered in all directions. escaped.

Of the sixteen maidservants, Helian Jinzhu failed to assassinate Huaiyu and was captured, and the remaining fifteen were shot dead in the street by the assassin's crossbow, two were seriously injured, and only two lucky ones suffered a little relief.

Now eleven Dou slaves and ten maidservants are all in the camp.

Chen Sheng came over and asked how to deal with it, "There may be assassins among those maidservants."

"Have you questioned?"

"I have interrogated all the slaves and maidservants, cross-examined, and found nothing."

"The maidservants confirmed Helian Jinzhu's identity, but none of them expected that she would assassinate her,"

Huaiyu thought for a while, "For the ten maidservants, take care of the seriously injured ones first, let them take care of the seriously injured ones, and send someone to monitor their every move.

The eleven fighting slaves, the six who went up to intercept the assassin, released them from slavery once, and used them as my part, as for the other five, they were still slaves.Also send someone to monitor them first. "

"Give those six people, reward each with some wine and meat, and give each of them a maidservant as his wife."

"The brothers who are accompanying you today will also be rewarded heavily. Take good care of those who are injured, and those who unfortunately died in battle. Give me the list and the situation of their families. I will write letters to their families in person, and I will also send a Send money and food."

Wu Huaiyu then called Li Wujie, this woman is now disguised as a procuress who is a prostitute with the army, and there are a dozen girls under her command, a group of tortoises and servants, but she is well hidden.

"You performed very well in Jingzhou and Binzhou before, do you have an eyeliner in Lingzhou City?"

"The subordinates were mainly active in Chang'an, Luoyang before, and later in Jingbin, mainly because of the target Luo Yi, and there is no eyeliner in Lingzhou City."

"However, as long as the county magistrate gives me a few days, I can go to the city to find some contacts, and I will definitely be able to find out some news."

"Okay, you look for an opportunity to enter Lingzhou City, contact various parties to find out the situation, especially try to find a way to get in touch with the Turkic businessmen, Shanhu, Dangxiang Qiang and other merchants in Lingzhou City, and see if you can get any news Come."

After sending out Li Wujie, Wu Huaiyu thought about it and found Li Dezheng again.

After all, the Second Young Master Li is a son of the nobles of the Guanlongmen Clan. His father was the head of the Lingzhou Road before and was stationed here. Some officers were even acquaintances of Li Dezheng.

He asked Li Deju to take Chen Sheng with him, and he also went around Lingzhou City to inquire about various aspects.

He hoped to find some clues.

In the end, Zhao Xin and Chen Xing were also allowed to go to the city in the name of purchasing supplies, and they mainly stayed in Fangshi in Lingzhou.

The storm is still raging.

After this incident happened and the weather was bad, Wu Huaiyu planned to stay in Lingzhou City for a few more days. The situation is unknown, so it is not good to rush to Yanzhou.

The wind howled.

The sand rustled against the tent.

The dust storm in this spring is really big, even the inside of the tent is covered with a layer of soil after half a day.

Huaiyu let his mind go blank for a while, and then wrote a letter to the emperor.

Previously, some information about Li Daozong's land occupation and smuggling had been secretly reported to the emperor. Now that this happened again, Wu Huaiyu also truthfully reported the assassination in Lingzhou, and sued Li Daozong by the way.

He also wrote the story told by Helian Jinzhu.

Although what happened to Helian Jinzhu was not entirely caused by Li Daozong, but the conflict between Han and Hu that had occurred for hundreds of years since the Huns moved inward.It's just that this kind of conflict is becoming more and more intense now that the old and new dynasties are changing.

But the emperor should also be aware of these situations, which is also the purpose of the existence of the six doors.

Their first line is the eyes and ears, and then the minions.

Investigate for the emperor, but also act for the emperor.

After several secret letters were written, Wu Huaiyu solemnly sealed and stamped them with wax paint, and then called his own soldiers to send him back to Beijing to hand over to Zhang Liang.

The secret letter will be forwarded by Zhang Liang to the emperor, but Zhang Liang has no right to open it for inspection, and can only be opened by the emperor himself. This is also the privilege of the four commanders of the six sects. Although he is Zhang Liang's subordinate, he also has independence. It is also beneficial to prevent Zhang Liang from controlling this special institution.

Wu Huaiyu reckoned that these few secret letters he had sent to Chang'an, and after Li Shimin had read them, no matter whether the assassin was from Li Dao's sect or not, he, the governor of Lingzhou, probably would have come to an end.

Although he just returned to his post, but such a thing happened, especially when he did such a big thing in Lingzhou, the emperor had to think about it carefully, even the eldest grandson Wuji, who had just worshiped You Pushe, might not let it go A chance to engage in old rival Li Daozong.

If Li Daozong leaves, who will replace the governor of Lingzhou?
He suddenly thought, could someone want to borrow a knife to kill someone, superficially to assassinate Wu Huaiyu, but actually to frame Li Daozong.

Is it a grievance with Li Daozong, or does he want to take Li Daozong's current position as the governor of Lingzhou?

After all, who benefits, who suspects.

Confused, Wu Huaiyu felt dazed, maybe it was really just Master Liang who did it, maybe Helian Jinzhu was just a trick to alienate him?

This is really the first time I have encountered this kind of thing, it is very headache, and now I feel that everyone is suspicious.

After Li Daozong in history, who served as the governor of Lingzhou?

Not Li Jing, he has already entered the court as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and will go further to become Minister of the Ministry of War, then worship the Prime Minister, and then retire.

Who is that?
(End of this chapter)