Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 245
Pei Ji's assassination had a huge impact.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Chang'an city was boiling.

As the No.1 founding hero, he was assassinated, which is outrageous.

What is even more unacceptable is that because the emperor blamed him, he did not bring a guard with him, which led to the successful assassination, and his life and death were unknown.

When Fang Yuan heard the news, he immediately arranged for everyone to search for the murderer, and asked people to spread the news to the palace in a symbolic way, and then personally led a team to investigate.

But in fact, Fang Yuan didn't need to report such an important matter, Li Shimin already knew about it.

The moment Li Shimin heard the news, he was shocked, then frightened for a while, and then angry.

"Pass my order!"

"The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Chang'an County Government are all searching for the assassin. I want an explanation within three days!"

"From now on in Chang'an City, all personnel entering and exiting will strictly check their identity information, and any suspects will be detained and investigated."

Li Shimin immediately ordered.

At the same time, he ordered to drive to Pei Ji's mansion to visit.

Although he was dissatisfied with Pei Jiduo, he wanted to take his Zuo Pushe's position.

But when encountering such a big event, Li Shimin would do his best to show the emperor's friendship no matter what.

"Your Majesty, the rumors outside are not very good."

Li Junxian rushed over to report.

Inform Li Shimin of the discussions of the common people outside.

At this time, Li Shimin was already on the dragon chariot and was about to leave Chengtianmen.

After hearing Li Junxian's report, Li Shimin's influence on Pei Ji's assassination has added another layer of influence.

If you don't handle it well, it will be a major blow to your reputation.

"Is there anyone deliberately guiding?"

Li Shimin still thought of this, his eyes were cold.

It is a taboo to alienate the relationship between the emperor and his ministers. It will make the people at the bottom feel that the emperor and the ministers are not in harmony, and thus think that the country is unstable.

For ordinary people, the most important thing is to have enough to eat, and then whether the country is stable, which is related to whether they can have enough to eat.

"The time is too short to be sure."

Li Junxian reported the truth.

This is what he heard on the way to send Cheng Yaojin back.

But the time is too short, and the public opinion is too fast, it is impossible to determine whether someone is leading.

"Decree to Yuan Tiangang, order him to mobilize bad people to investigate!"

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then said coldly.

"Yes!"

Li Junxian was outside the dragon chariot, unable to see Li Shimin's expression.

But after hearing that Li Shimin wanted to mobilize bad people, his expression changed and he left quickly.

Li Shimin sat in the dragon chariot, his face was gloomy and his thoughts were mixed.

Pei Ji was assassinated sooner rather than later, but he was assassinated at this time.

This made Li Shimin wonder if there was a secret behind it.

In a daze, Li Shimin arrived at the gate of Pei Ji's mansion.

At this time, a group of people at Pei Ji's door was densely packed.

There are officials, students, rangers, and ordinary people.

They seemed to come to visit Pei Ji spontaneously, but they couldn't get in.

"Sorry, sorry, my father is seriously injured and dying, so I can't see guests."

"Everyone appreciates your kindness. Please go home. After my father wakes up, I will truthfully report everyone's kindness."

Pei Ji's son, Lawyer Pei, stood at the door and said loudly.

People could see that his eyes were red, as if he had been crying.

Some people at the scene also had red eyes and tears in their eyes.

"His Majesty is here!"

At this time, Li Shimin's dragon chariot arrived.

As the eunuch's voice sounded, people looked at the emperor's dragon chariot one after another.

Under the opening of the forbidden army, a road directly leads to Pei Ji's mansion, and people stand on both sides.

"The ministers (grassmen) pay homage to His Majesty!"

Everyone present saluted Li Shimin one after another.

"Free gift!"

Li Shimin stepped out of the dragon chariot.

Quickly walked in the direction of lawyer Pei.

If Li Shimin looked carefully at the saluting people at this time, he would find that some people's eyes did not look like the eyes of the emperor.

Those eyes were full of scrutiny, even hostility and dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, Father"

Lawyer Pei greeted Li Shimin and choked up.

"I know."

"I will definitely give Pei Xiang and you an explanation."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

He patted Lawyer Pei on the shoulder, and walked straight into Pei's mansion with a few imperial doctors.

Not long after, under the leadership of lawyer Pei, Li Shimin came to Pei Ji's room to see Pei Ji.

I saw that Pei Ji's face was pale, his chest had been bandaged, and blood seeped out of it.

"Your Majesty, my father was stabbed in the heart by an assassin."

"The doctor has checked, it may hurt the heart, and it is not out of danger yet."

"It's okay if you can wake up, if you can't wake up"

Lawyer Pei choked up and said.

There are several doctors guarding the room.

They were all famous doctors in Chang'an City, and they were all invited here.

"As soon as Prime Minister Pei wakes up, notify me immediately."

"You guys stay here, so you can take care of Prime Minister Pei!"

Li Shimin solemnly confessed.

He took a few glances at Pei Ji, left behind the imperial doctor.

Pei Ji was in a coma, it was useless for him to stay, it was just a waste of time.

When Li Shimin appeared at the gate of Pei Mansion again, he saw that there were many people at the gate.

At this time, Li Shimin noticed that among the densely packed crowd, some people looked at him differently.

Most of the people didn't dare to look up at him, some of them lowered their heads quickly when their eyes met, and the rest of them had doubts and scrutiny in their eyes.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin understood how high Pei Ji's reputation is in Datang.

Although I don't like him, it doesn't prevent the people from loving him.

But this phenomenon made Li Shimin even more dissatisfied.

It is understandable that the common people spontaneously guard here, but what are the officials doing here?
Out of work to do?
"Your Majesty, how is Prime Minister Pei?"

Some officials took the initiative to ask.

Other officials also looked at Li Shimin.

"Not out of danger yet."

Li Shimin was angry, but behaved calmly.

He didn't say much else, and left after getting on the dragon chariot.

And with his departure, these officials have not left.

This made Li Shimin even more dissatisfied, and even more dissatisfied with Pei Ji.

Because Pei Ji was assassinated, Chang'an City naturally became unsafe, and Li Shimin returned to the palace soon.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he noticed that the officials had been waiting for a long time in the Tai Chi Palace.

"Your Majesty, how is Prime Minister Pei?"

"Your Majesty, have the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and the Chang'an County Government found the assassin?"

"Your Majesty, the assassins are rampant, disrupting our court, and assassinating Prime Minister Pei, they will definitely be wiped out!"

The officials were filled with righteous indignation and anger.

What is the origin of the assassin, who even dared to assassinate the left servant?
If the assassin cannot be found, then everyone present will have no safety at all, and will have to live in fear all the time.

"Not out of danger!"

Li Shimin's face turned cold again.

He looked at the audience and found that Fang Xuanling, Wang Gui and others were there.

After thinking about it, he endured the anger in his heart and didn't tell them to go back.

"Your Majesty, we must find the real culprit for Prime Minister Pei!"

A courtier said loudly.

It was seconded by many people.

Li Shimin nodded heavily, but left without saying a word.

Everyone was a little surprised, but they didn't think too much, thinking that Li Shimin was sad because of Pei Ji.

Only Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, who really understood Li Shimin's dislike of Pei Ji, knew that the emperor was not sad because of Pei Ji.

Not long after, Li Shimin returned to the imperial study.

A quarter of an hour later, an ordinary middle-aged Taoist priest walked in without notification.

He doesn't look good, but he looks pure and straight, and he wears a Taoist robe to highlight his temperament.

It is Li Shimin's commander in chief of bad people, Yuan Tiangang.

"Your Majesty, the real murderer of Prime Minister Pei's assassination has not been found yet."

"But I found a strange thing, and I'm here to report it."

Yuan Tiangang reported respectfully.

"Say."

Li Shimin said with a blank face.

He was still angry and didn't show it.

"The news of Pei Ying's assassination spread quickly, and the entire Chang'an City already knew about it, and it even spread outside the city."

"Some unscrupulous people found that as the news spread, the voices of dissatisfaction became louder, and it seemed that there was an organization planning some kind of turmoil."

Yuan Tiangang said in a deep voice.

That is to say, after discovering this kind of thing, he came to report in advance.

"Look who did it?"

"Pay special attention to the Boling Cui family!"

Li Shimin's eyes turned cold, and his killing intent exploded.

Damn it, there are still people using this incident to stir up trouble.

At this moment, Li Shimin thought of the Cui family of Boling, and thought it might be them.

There is a high probability that they will not assassinate Pei Ji, because they are all big families and have a lot of connections.

However, using the news of Pei Ji's assassination to incite the people to cause unrest is very likely to be the Boling Cui family.

Because I had just rescued Cheng Yaojin from the Boling Cui family not long ago, which made the Boling Cui family lose face.

They will definitely retaliate. It may be the best opportunity to use the news of Pei Ji's assassination to cause chaos.

"Yes."

Yuan Tiangang left quickly.

Sitting in the imperial study, Li Shimin's eyes became colder and colder.

outside the palace.

After Yuan Tiangang discovered the problem, the real problem emerged.

In Chang'an City, people gathered under the name of Pei Ji, and there were more than ten people.

"Get rid of Xiaoxiao and avenge Prime Minister Pei!"

"Down with the culprit, down with Chang'an Ling Fang Yuan!"

"Disobeying Prime Minister Pei's order and causing Pei Xiang to assassinate Fang Yuan is a heinous crime!"

These ten people chanted the slogan of "Down with Chang'an Ling Fang Yuan", and walked on the streets and alleys of Chang'an City.

They were filled with righteous indignation and shared the same hatred. In just a short time, the number of them grew to fifty.

As the slogan sounded, people gradually felt that it was because Fang Yuan didn't obey the order that Pei Ying was assassinated.

So the streets and alleys were discussing who would assassinate Pei Ji so boldly, and it turned out that Fang Yuan was the chief culprit of Pei Ji's assassination.

"Damn it, it was caused by Chang'an Order!"

"It's just a fifth-rank Chang'an decree, why should he disobey Prime Minister Pei's order!"

"It's because of him. If it wasn't for him, Prime Minister Pei wouldn't have been assassinated without a single guard around him!"

People's public opinion has changed a lot.

The person who started the discussion was Li Shimin, not Fang Yuan.

Now it is no longer discussing about Li Shimin, it has become a verbal criticism of Fang Yuan.

They not only abused Fang Yuan verbally, but also acted.

Following the chanting of slogans, these common people appeared at the gate of Fang Mansion.

The rotten vegetables, rotten eggs, etc. in their hands were thrown towards the gate of Fang Mansion one after another.

"Bastard, what are these people trying to do?"

"Quickly, close the door and tell the master and madam!"

The gatekeeper Gouzi and others were furious.

But the people in front of them are all common people, so it is not appropriate to make a move.

If a lot of people are hurt, they may be held accountable.

"People's outrage?!"

"Everyone is not allowed to take action, wait for the master to arrange."

After Du Miaoyan learned of the situation, her expression changed drastically.

It's too scary that there are nearly hundreds of ordinary people besieging Fang's mansion.

It was just a document that rejected Pei Ji, and it was thousands of miles away from the assassination of Pei Ji.

But no matter what, with so many people besieging the door, even if it is very uncomfortable, it has to be decided by Fang Yuan.

"Oh, the trouble came to my door."

"Luo Zheng, you are in charge of the investigation, find out who is behind the scenes."

"Zheng Jiu, you lead the team over there, drive them away, and catch the perpetrators."

"Those who dare to resist, don't need me to teach you how to do it?"

After Fang Yuan learned about the situation, he sneered again and again.

It is understandable that Pei Ji has a high reputation, and it is understandable that he is loved by others.

But so many people took the risk of being imprisoned by Chang'an Order to besiege Chang'an Order's mansion, Fang Yuan couldn't believe it.

If no one intentionally wants to make things big, ordinary people dare to fight against the government?Dare to fight against their parents?

"Fang Ling, investigate the murder of Pei Xiang."

Luo said with embarrassment in front of him.

The emperor gave the tripartite agencies three days to investigate Pei Ying's assassination.

In Chang'an County, Fang Yuan handed over this matter to him, and he was busy.

Now I have to drive out those common people again, the time is urgent, and I am afraid that the emperor's order will be delayed.

"Let someone else take over your job first."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

There are many problems in the case of assassinating Pei Ji's real murderer.

Only Pei Ji had seen the assassin, and no passer-by had seen the real murderer yet.

Therefore, it is very difficult to investigate the real culprit while Pei Ji is in a coma, even harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

Instead of wasting that time, it's better to deal with the matter in front of you first, maybe it has something to do with Pei Ji's assassination.

In addition, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple are investigating, and Chang'an County is not in a hurry.

"Yes!"

Luo Zhenggong said yes.

He and Zheng Jiu led a large force to Fangfu.

Fangfu gate.

Hundreds of people were outraged.

Not only cursing, but also throwing rubbish at the gate of Fangfu.

The Fang Mansion, which used to be mighty and majestic, has now become a stinky garbage dump.

During the period when the common people condemned Pei Ji, it had already attracted the attention of many passers-by.

People gathered around and looked at it from a distance, with the look of watching a theater in their eyes, and many people were full of sighs.

Not long ago, a group of Eastern Turkic men died at the gate of Fangfu, and the blood flowed all over the ground. Have the people in Chang'an City forgotten it now?
The news spread widely, many people knew that Chang'an ordered Fang Yuan to cause public anger, even Li Shimin in the palace also received the news.

Since ancient times, cases that arouse public outrage have received much attention, and there is a high probability that the imperial court will set up a special case team to investigate the officials involved and find out to the end.

Just as the three provinces and six ministries were discussing how to appease the public anger and whether Fang Yuan should be suspended, the officials of the Chang'an County Yamen arrived.

"The idlers wait to get out of the way!"

"The troublemakers will strike hard!"

Zheng Jiu rushed out like a wolf and ordered the government servants to surround the people at the scene.

With a water and fire stick in his hand, he took action himself, regardless of whether they were ordinary people or real villains, the stick greeted them.

Before the troublemakers could react, they were greeted mercilessly by water and fire sticks, making them howl in pain.

"Stop, stop, ahh."

"Damn it, you cruel officials are killing me!"

"Don't fight, don't fight, I surrender, I surrender, ah!!"

Yamen servants attacked indiscriminately.

The people watching the theater not far away couldn't help swallowing, and couldn't help taking a few steps back.

The news of the beating of ordinary people spread quickly and reached the ears of ministers and Li Shimin.

After hearing the news, Li Shimin and others were furious, and wanted to deal with Fang Yuan severely.

(End of this chapter)