Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 111
Huangfu Kun stared at him intently, and said solemnly: "Yes, this matter is of great importance. If it is what I think, I'm afraid it will be a huge conspiracy."

"Conspiracy?" Li Canghai rubbed his chin, carefully recalling every word the owner said, and suddenly asked in surprise, "Could it be related to the emperor?"

"Hush", Huangfu Kun made a silent gesture, he walked back and forth a few steps, his face was full of hesitation.

After a long while, he clapped his fist as if making up his mind, and said, "Forget it, you're not an outsider, so it's okay to tell you."

Li Canghai hurriedly raised his ears, pretending to be listening, he knew that what Huangfu Kun was going to say next must be very important.

"What the owner of the workshop said just now reminded me of a very important thing." Huangfu Kun stared at him, paused for a moment, and said deeply: "The Mid-Autumn Festival will be in one month. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen."

This news surprised Li Canghai. All the emperors in history liked to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. Apart from proclaiming the peace and prosperity of the world, the most important thing was to publicize how outstanding the emperor's political achievements were.

"Five Classics Tongyi" said: "Heaven's destiny is king, so that all people can live, tell peace to heaven, and repay the merits of all gods."

To put it simply, it is to explain that the emperor is the "imperial power granted by heaven", he is the real dragon emperor, and its own meaning is still used to consolidate the emperor's rule.

Li Canghai didn't care about the purpose of enshrining Zen. In his opinion, the so-called "divine authority of the emperor" was nothing more than taking advantage of the people's awe of heaven to realize his purpose of ruling the world.

He finds it strange that the emperor conferred Zen with great fanfare, wishing to spread it to the whole world, but why hasn't he heard any news?
Huangfu Kun saw the doubts in his heart, so he said in a deep voice: "The matter of His Majesty the Emperor's eastward tour is a secret of the court, and only the governors of the states know about it. As the general of the Jinwu Guard who guards Luoyang City, I only learned about it a few days ago. received this message."

Li Canghai realized in his heart that he was just a small Qipin county magistrate, and he was not qualified to know these confidential matters at all.

However, he soon discovered the problem.

"The general suspects that what Fangzhu heard is actually related to His Majesty's east tour?" Li Canghai frowned and asked thoughtfully.

Huangfu Kun shook his head, and said solemnly: "My task is to ensure the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, and even if there is a slight danger, I must completely eliminate it. I am not sure, so I tell you the truth and want you to help Find out about this."

Seeing that he was so cautious, Li Canghai didn't seem to be joking, so he became serious unconsciously.

Huangfu Kun didn't say anything else, if the emperor had an accident in Luoyang, not only the officials at all levels in charge of Luoyang City would be punished, even he, a small county magistrate, would be implicated, and he might even be decapitated .

Li Canghai felt that the nerves he had just let go were tensed again in an instant. Although he had 1 dislikes in his heart, his life and future had to be investigated diligently.

Li Canghai walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, the more Li Canghai thought about it, the more strange he felt.

First of all, the emperor's trip is a secret, how did "Ni Lin Xuan Wu" know that the emperor will pass through Luoyang?Secondly, there is still more than a month before the emperor's trip, and they are creating chaos in Luoyang now, aren't they trying to scare the snake?
Li Canghai frowned and kept thinking about the problem, while Huangfu Kun stood there with a solemn expression, also lost in deep thought.

"Report~, the general is not good, those criminals are dead!"

At this moment, a soldier in armor ran over quickly, knelt down on one knee and shouted.

Li Canghai and Huangfu Kun looked at each other, and they hurriedly followed the soldier and walked over quickly.

On the street leading from the wine shop to the inn, there were four dead bodies, including the previous owner.

Huangfu Kun glanced at the corpse, and asked angrily: "What's going on? Didn't you put it under strict supervision? How could such a thing happen?"

"Back to the general, I was ordered to escort the criminals to the camp, but when they came here, they suddenly convulsed and foamed at the mouth, and then they all died." road.

Huangfu Kun's face was gloomy, and he pointed at the soldier and cursed at him. He was already in a bad mood, but when he encountered this kind of incident, he suddenly became angry.

Li Canghai squatted down, and he turned over several corpses to observe carefully.

These corpses were all foaming at the mouth, convulsed, their eyes were red, and they all looked exactly the same.

"General, I can't blame them for this matter. These people were poisoned to death." Li Canghai said in a deep voice after smelling the smell from the mouths of the deceased.

Huangfu Kun raised his brows, he glanced around cautiously, and said: "How could these people be poisoned, do they have accomplices here?"

Li Canghai shook his head, he stood up and clapped his hands, and said in a deep voice: "Impossible, now that the 'Ni Lin Xuan Wu' conspiracy has been revealed, they should not appear here. Besides, the general sent elite soldiers to escort a few people, and there is no Find any abnormalities. In my opinion, these people should have been given chronic poison early in the morning, so that they can kill people without showing up."

"Damn it, these people are so ruthless that they don't even spare their own people!" Huangfu Kun spat, and after scolding a few times, his face became more serious: "Boy, this shows that this 'Nilin Xuanwu 'It's definitely not a good thing, you have to find them quickly, if something happens to the Holy One, we will lose our heads!"

"Don't worry, general, I will do my best to investigate." Li Canghai looked up at the dark night sky.

He raised his head, squinted his eyes, and said deeply: "Tomorrow, there will be heavy rain."

"Heavy rain?" Huangfu Kun crossed his arms and nodded repeatedly as he looked at the bodies of several people lying on the ground.

Li Canghai rubbed his chin, and suddenly asked: "General, is there any official in Duji Province that is bigger than Luoyang Mansion?"

Huangfu Kun was a little stunned, he nodded, and asked puzzledly: "Of course there are, and the most direct one is King Jianning who resides in Luoyang City, but the prince is not in Luoyang now, other than that, there is only Duji Road." The governor, Liu Tong, is Mr. Liu."

"The governor, he must be quite a big official, right?" Li Canghai didn't know much about Tang's official rank system, he only knew that his county magistrate was the size of a sesame seed, but he had no idea about the governor.

"Let me tell you this, the Governor of Luoyang belongs to the fourth rank, and the governor of Shangzhou is from the third rank. The third rank is already a big official in the frontier. Do you think this official is not big?" Huangfu Kun felt a little strange, he was not an official of the imperial court. Well, how could he not even know this common sense, but judging by his expression, he didn't seem to be lying, so he briefly explained the official system of Datang to him.

(End of this chapter)