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Chapter 176 Murder Case

Arriving at the largest white jade hall in the elegant room, the banquet has already begun, and more than [-] imperial scholars formed a large circle, pushing glasses and changing glasses, drinking enthusiastically.

An orchid danced in the middle of the lobby, and everyone cheered.

When Li Ye came in, Wei Song quickly waved to him, "This way! This way!"

The young master who is hosting guests today is Zhang Yan, a son of a famous official in Taixue. His grandfather is the grandson of Zhang Shuo, a famous prime minister of Kaiyuan, and his father is Zhang Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.

Zhang Yan had a lot of acquaintances. Many of the twenty or so people invited today were not familiar with each other, and they all sat separately. The three people sitting at the side table were Li Ye's friends, Wei Song, Wang Qian, and Lu Wei.

Li Ye sat down and asked in a low voice, "Have you arrived yet?"

"not yet!"

Wang Qian served Li Yeman a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Our guests have started to eat before the host of the treat arrives."

Wei Song also laughed and said, "Anyway, he pays the bill, let's just eat and drink!"

Another friend, Lu Wei, smiled and said, "Ah Ye is always on time, why is it so late today?"

"Don't mention it, I was supposed to be there on time, but I met a drunk and troublesome drinker on the other side of the stairs, and dealt with it, which delayed a little time.

"Drunken and troublesome?"

Wei Song laughed and said, "You're not talking about Sun Jiliang, are you? He's in the elegant room next door, and he's not satisfied with having a few companions, orchids. He's making trouble just now!"

"Who is Sun Jiliang?"

"The nephew of Sun Mian, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, his father is Sun Tao, the governor of Tongzhou. He works as a guard in the palace. He is a very rude guy."

Li Ye nodded, "Maybe it's him, it's okay, I persuaded them to leave."

Everyone drank a few glasses of wine, the appointment time was long past, but the host of the treat never showed up, and the guests at several tables began to discuss in low voices, Li Ye also felt a little strange, Zhang Yan had never been late for a treat before , what's going on today?

At this moment, a terrified scream came from not far away, it seemed to be a woman's voice, the room fell silent immediately, even the dancing orchid stopped, everyone looked at each other, wondering what happened?

Not long after, shopkeeper Cheng walked in nervously, and said something to Li Ye in a low voice. Li Ye was taken aback, and said to the three of them, "I'll come as soon as I go!"

Li Ye followed Shopkeeper Cheng out of the lobby, his face immediately turned livid, and the little singer Shi Lian was actually killed.

He immediately asked, "Did you report to the official?"

"I have already sent people to the county government!"

Li Ye followed Shopkeeper Cheng to the innermost room. The innermost hut was the rest room for singers and wine girls. The door was full of guests, talking a lot, and several bartenders stopped them and refused to let them in.

Shopkeeper Cheng separated the crowd and took Li Ye into the room. The rest room was divided into two rooms, the inside and the outside. The outside is where everyone rests and chats. If you want to change clothes, you can go to the inside.

Several wine girls crouched tremblingly in the corner in fright, another song girl was Shi Liu, who was Shi Lian's biological sister, and she sat beside her and wiped her tears.

Li Ye pushed open the door of the inner room, and saw the thin Shi Lian lying on the ground, wearing only a close-fitting nightgown, her eyes were protruding, her tongue was sticking out, and a rope was hanging from the roof beam above.

"Who found out?" Li Ye asked.

"It was his sister Shiliu who found it. When she came in, she found that she had hanged herself."

Li Ye shook his head, "It's not that she hanged herself, she was strangled to death. There are marks on her neck, and her nails have scratched the skin of her neck."

"what!"

Shopkeeper Cheng was taken aback. He thought Shi Lian hanged herself because she was being bullied, but she didn't expect that she was killed by someone.

He suddenly panicked, "My lord, what should we do?"

Li Ye sighed, "Let the guests leave first! Wait for the government to come and deal with it."

Now that there is a murder case, it is obviously unrealistic to continue the business.

The shopkeeper Cheng hurriedly went with the bartender to persuade the guests to leave, and today they can only waive the order.

The guests left one after another. At this time, Wannian County Captain Feng Min came with a group of yamen servants. Although Feng Min is just a small county captain, who is not a good person to be a county magistrate in Chang'an?
He ordered all the yamen servants to enter the restaurant, not to stay outside, and to close the gate tightly. There are too many pedestrians outside Pingkang Fang. If there are a few yamen servants standing there, they will definitely be surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. Who will dare to come in the future?
Shopkeeper Cheng also reacted very quickly, hanging a sign at the gate that reads "The venue is temporarily closed for private use", and locked the gate.

A professional yamen servant went to inspect the corpse and the scene, took a moment, Feng Min pulled Li Ye aside, and said in a low voice, "There is also a murder case in Pingkangfang tonight."

Li Ye was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Where is it? When did it happen?"

"Half an hour ago, I was at the entrance of the alley next to the Shanshui Restaurant. I just came from there, and I was in big trouble." Feng Min sighed.

"Does the deceased have an identity?"

Feng Min nodded, "Nephew of Dali Temple Shaoqing Sun Mian, do you think hemp is troublesome? Now that the Dali Temple officials have taken over there, I just escaped."

Li Ye was startled, and quickly asked: "Could it be that the deceased is Sun Jiliang?"

"It's him!"

How could it be such a coincidence?Li Ye really had a lot of doubts in his heart. Sun Jiliang forced Shi Lian to stay with him, but he stopped him. Then Sun Jiliang died, and Shi Lian also died. Is there any relationship between the two?
"How did Sun Jiliang die?" Li Ye asked again.

"I was shot into the back of the neck by a flying knife. It was so powerful that my throat was shot through."

"What?" Li Ye's eyes narrowed instantly.

Li Ye handed over the follow-up matters of the restaurant to the shopkeeper, while he himself rushed to the Xiangguo Mansion to meet his grandfather. In these two cases, Li Ye already smelled a strong conspiracy against himself.

Li Linfu was still awake. After listening to his grandson calmly, he asked slowly, "What kind of throwing knife is the other party using?"

"The flying knife like my grandson is also a willow-leaf flying knife."

Li Linfu nodded, "You're right. Someone wanted to frame you. If I'm right, that little Hu Niang named Shi Lian was also bribed by them."

"Grandpa means that things are not so coincidental?"

Li Linfu said indifferently: "If she hadn't been bribed, how could she meet you on the stairs so coincidentally and hold your hand in front of Sun Jiliang, how could Sun Jiliang not be furious? In this way, everyone will see that you and Sun Jiliang had a dispute , I also saw that you took Sun Jiliang hostage."

Li Ye sighed, "So she was killed, and the other party also wanted to silence her?"

"That's right. It makes people think that she committed suicide because she was afraid of being retaliated."

Li Ye was puzzled and said, "Why did you plant it on me?"

Li Linfu sneered, "You need to know who Sun Jiliang's mother is?"

"Sun Jiliang's mother is Yu Wenhui, the daughter of Yu Wenrong, and the cousin of Yu Wenluo. Sun Jiliang's grandfather, Sun Jin, was also implicated in the case of Yu Wenrong and was dismissed from office. His two sons are doing well. The eldest son, Sun Mian , is now the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the second son, Sun Tao, is the governor of Tongzhou, it seems that someone wants to provoke a struggle between me and the Yuwen family."

"Will someone from Dali Temple come to arrest me tomorrow?"

Li Linfu shook his head, "You are the county magistrate. Anyone who wants to arrest you must first report to the emperor and depose your title before doing so. Otherwise, what is the meaning of the title?"

"Thank you, grandfather, for explaining the confusion!"

Li Linfu waved his hand, "This is not as simple as framing you. This is a response to my recommendation of Wei Jiansu as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The other party wants to provoke the Yuwen family to deal with me."

"Why did you choose to start with me?"

Li Linfu said indifferently: "Because your father married your mother last year, the Yuwen family was very dissatisfied. On the day of the wedding, Yu Wenjing even specially sent someone to send a suit of old clothes. Do you understand what that means?"

"Clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as old?"

"Yes! I didn't tell your father about this, so I endured it, but I know that the Yuwen family is extremely dissatisfied with you and your mother. Now you are suspected of killing Sun Jiliang, Yu Wenjing's nephew and nephew. Did you kill it, Yu Wenjing is about to explode."

Li Ye sneered and said: "Even if Yu Wenjing is mad, it has nothing to do with me. Now I have to get rid of this murder suspicion first. I don't want this so-called suspicion to affect my life. I will play for Gao Weng the day after tomorrow."

"Gao Lishi invited you to play again?"

Li Ye nodded, "He came to me in the afternoon!"

"He didn't say a word to me."

Li Linfu thought for a while, then slowly said: "Forget it, you can play for him! I will arrange the Sun Jiliang incident. Generally speaking, if it is an official from the Ministry of Punishment, it is mine."

(End of this chapter)