Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 366 Lord of Gossip
Luoyang City, on Shendu Avenue, a carriage slowly moved towards the palace.

It is now late at night, and there are no pedestrians in Luoyang City except for the soldiers patrolling back and forth.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and after being interrogated, the soldiers bowed and retreated one after another.

On the attic not far away, several men in black were hidden in the darkness, watching the carriage silently.

"Master, is the roster really in the hands of Li Canghai?" one of them asked in a low voice.

The leader nodded, and there was a palpitating fierce light in his eyes, and he said in a cold voice: "It is true. Di Hentian was too careless to put such an important thing at will, which is simply unreasonable!"

"It's a pity that the whole plan was almost successful, but fell short. Li Canghai, is he really so difficult?" asked the person before.

The leader's eyes flickered fiercely, he snorted coldly, and said: "I didn't expect that after a long time of planning, it would be destroyed in the hands of an unknown pawn. From the master, have you checked out his details?"

The person before nodded and said: "This family is in Bingzhou. He has no father and no mother. He was raised by an old man who resigned from office and retired to seclusion. In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, he was a Jinshi and was named an alternate magistrate, but he has been living in Luodao. He taught in the village and did not officially take up his post until June this year."

The person known as the leader frowned. He thought for a while and said, "If I remember correctly, replacing the county magistrate of Zhengyang is one of the plans, right?"

Li Zhu nodded and said: "Yes, Zhengyang County is quite special. In order to blow up the Yellow River breach, Di Hentian had already sent people to sneak in. According to the original plan, the magistrate of Zhengyang County should have been replaced. They wanted to He robbed and killed him halfway, but unexpectedly, an accident happened in Jinshui County."

"What accident?" The master asked casually, staring intently at the carriage.

"According to the people who went to rob and kill, when they arrived at Wo Niu Mountain, Li Canghai had already been killed, and the official documents with him were also missing." Master Li frowned.

The leader, who had been silent and as cold as ice, finally moved. He was a little surprised and said, "Li Canghai was killed by someone? Then what's going on?"

Lizhu shook his head, also looking puzzled.

"What happened next?" The leader asked after thinking about it.

"After a few days, someone took over Li Canghai's name. Di Hentian found out that this person was Li Canghai's Shutong, so he thought that the Shutong was greedy for the official position, killed Li Canghai, and pretended to be a substitute. Only because he had mastered the Shutong. He is a fake person, so Di Hentian wasn't too worried. Until... the Luoyang incident happened." Li Zhu frowned.

The leader thought for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "You mean, the Li Canghai in front of you might also be pretending to be someone else?"

Lord Li shook his head and said, "No, the people who went to rob and kill were sure of Li Canghai's death at that time. Afterwards, the Jinshui county government also found several corpses at the place where he was killed, but there was no corpse of Li Canghai. It is said that Li Canghai solved a murder case in Xiaoyang Village that night, which is well known in Jinshui County. Judging from the rumors, the time and place match each other, so there is only one explanation, Li Canghai was not dead at that time .”

"In this case, he has a talent for investigating cases!" the leader said in a deep voice.

"That's the strange thing. Before he came to take up the post, he didn't show any talent for investigating cases. He was just a nerd with books all day long." Li Zhu replied with a frown.

"Oh? So, after going through life and death, he became enlightened instead?" The master stroked his chin, a playful light flashed in his cold eyes, and said to himself: "This person is a little mean."

"Master, if they are taken into the palace, we will lose our chance to attack." Master Li looked at the carriage that was drifting away, and couldn't help but worry.

The leader squinted his eyes and said with a sneer: "Do you want to hide it from me with such a trick?"

Master Li frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Master, what is the meaning of this?"

"Li Canghai is a cautious person. He must know that we are going to grab the roster, so how could he be so stupid as to actually go in a carriage? Besides, you have seen that the carriage does not have a single guard." The leader pointed at the carriage with his chin. , sneered disdainfully.

Master Li suddenly realized and nodded, and said: "So, this is just a bait, he is luring us to take the bait? This Li Canghai, at such a young age, has such a cunning mind."

"No matter how cunning a fox is, it can't escape the hunter's tricks." The leader rubbed his chin and sneered dismissively, "If that idiot Di Hentian could use his brain more, he wouldn't have exposed so many flaws." .”

Staring at the carriage that was drifting away from the master, he said worriedly: "Master, what should I do if Li Canghai is really in the carriage?"

"Li Canghai is thoughtful. Since he has the roster on his body, he must be cautious. Apart from a coachman, this carriage doesn't even have a guard, unless he is confident that he can handle us alone." The leader narrowed his eyes, and he After a pause, he continued: "What's more, there are still some of us among those officials. Li Canghai must have thought of this, so he deliberately asked him to release the news. First, to lure us into the bait; When we were fooled, we entered the palace smoothly and handed over the roster to the emperor."

Lizhu and the others nodded, thinking that what Ganzhu said made sense.

Sure enough, when the carriage gradually disappeared from sight, another carriage came along the street.

Different from the previous carriage, this time the carriage was accompanied by a team of yamen servants.

"Look, isn't this here?" The leader rubbed his chin, slightly satisfied.

"The master is really good at predicting things, otherwise, we would have been fooled." Li master couldn't help but praised.

"But I don't know when to do it?" Staring at the gradually approaching carriage guarded by guards, Master Li asked after thinking for a while.

"There are many patrols on Shendu Avenue. When they walk to the next street and distance themselves from the patrols, they should attack immediately! So as not to alarm the Golden Guards stationed in the palace." The leader's eyes turned cold, and he said in a deep voice .

Everyone nodded, and then disappeared into the night.

Soon, the carriage escorted by the guards slowly came to a street intersection.

The street entrance was relatively dark, only a string of lanterns hung on the wooden poles erected at the street entrance, emitting a faint light.

At this moment, in the darkness, several cold lights suddenly flashed.

After hearing a scream, several guards fell to the ground immediately.

Seeing this, the rest of the guards drew out their weapons one after another, and carefully surrounded the carriage.

"Who is so bold that he dares to assassinate in secret?" The captain of the guard held a long knife, carefully scanned the surrounding situation, and shouted sharply.

In the darkness, the leader and others came out, with his hands behind his back, he ignored the captain of the guard, but stared at the carriage, and said indifferently: "Li Canghai, you are nothing more than that, you are just trying to trick me, You underestimate me too much."

"Stand back! Otherwise, kill without mercy!" There was no sound from the carriage, but the captain of the guard cautiously shouted.

(End of this chapter)