Chastity Layman

  Chapter 263 Behind the scene

  In the Taiji Palace.

   Li Shimin was talking to Empress Changsun about Li Yuan's attitude today, and when he talked about Danyang, he received a rush report saying that Qin Lang was assassinated on Chang'an Street.

  The emperor stood up abruptly.

   "Assassinated?"

   He could hardly believe it.

   It was Jin Wuwei who reported the news. The incident happened on his territory, and they were the first to arrive. Naturally, they took over the case immediately.

  Qin Lang was lucky, he was only hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and the injury was not serious. Cheng Chumo was more unlucky. He was hit by three arrows, one in the calf and one in the back, and one in the buttocks. He was slashed twice and stabbed with a sword. Red with blood.

  Lao Huang is relatively wretched, only one arm was slashed.

  Because the three of them were not wearing armor, they still looked very scary. They were all red. Fortunately, this was not a battlefield after all. Those people who committed crimes in Chang'an City could not wear armor, hold spears and hold crossbows.

   But even so, the emperor was furious.

  The Duke of Qin Lang, who was also his eldest son-in-law, a transit envoy, and one of his most trusted ministers, was actually assassinated in the street.

   And when I heard that there were eighteen people on the other side.

   "Are the right Jinwu guards led by Liu Shili all idiots? They are responsible for patrolling the Sixth Street and guarding the street shops. They have a full 6,000 troops to patrol Chang'an Street. Why can't they even protect the dignified state?"

   "Tell Liu Shili to roll over and see me!"

  In the Fusi Prison of Pingkangfang Town, after Qin Lang simply bandaged the arrow wound on his shoulder, he was personally interrogating the assassin with Zhang Liang.

  Liu Jiu, Lin San, Wei Chang, Qin Yong, Qin Yong and others rushed to the scene immediately after hearing that Qin Lang was assassinated and injured.

   Of the eighteen assassins, three escaped, three died, and the remaining twelve wounded were all arrested.

   Drag them back to the imperial prison, and immediately interrogate them separately.

  Zhang Liang's face was dark. If something like this happened, he, the governor, must be responsible.

   "Have you found out the identities of these people?"

  The scar on Wei Chang's face was swollen purple, "It's being checked."

   "Trash, you haven't been able to find out for so long. Didn't you, King Wei Yan, claim to be familiar with the capital? Why haven't you got a clue for so long?"

Qin Lang comforted Zhang Liang, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry. If you dare to assassinate me openly in the capital, you are definitely not some kind of urban fox and social mouse. There are few villains in the workshop. Since Wei Shuai also said that these people are ugly, then I think they must be from other places." Those who come here are either hidden deep, or maybe they are dead soldiers or domestic slaves raised by some family."

  Zhang Liang asked, "Saburo, who have you offended recently?"

   "What Zhang Gong said, I have offended a lot of people recently, doesn't Zhang Gong know?"

Zhang Liang laughed twice. Qin Lang did make many enemies in Chang'an City. He first formed a relationship with the Zheng family, and later served as a peace envoy. He even dealt a lot of cruelty to the old princelings. , Which of the wealthy families in Beijing has not been expropriated by Qin Lang? In addition, the recent incident with Princess Danyang has caused a lot of trouble. In addition, when he returns to Beijing this time, he will reform the tax law, which is also scolded by everyone.

   "Sanlang, who do you think is the most likely?"

  This Qin Lang himself doesn't know who to suspect.

  Anyone is possible.

   "I'm still counting on Mr. Zhang to find out the truth for me."

In Qinrenfang, Qin Qiong heard that his son was injured by an assassination, and immediately rode on Huleibu to Pingkangfang. His eyes were full of murderous intent.

   "Damn it, this is going to declare war on us Shandong people!" Cheng Yaojin's eyes were murderous. "Even my eldest son, Cheng Yaojin, dares to touch him. This is an endless situation."

   "This thing must have been done by the **** gentry."

   "Don't yell for now, it won't be too late to settle the accounts after the investigation." Qin Qiong said in a deep voice. It is not good for anyone to yell about things without evidence.

"Is there still a need to investigate? Damn, he has been suppressing us all the time, and it seems that he can't suppress it now, so he came up with such a desperate plan. If he has the ability to target our brothers, he actually lays a black hand on the younger generation , Isn't this the **** way they always used the underworld method? Incompetent, cruel, and cowardly, just work in secret!"

  Qin Qiong dragged Lao Cheng into the Yamen.

  As soon as they came in, Lao Cheng and the two saw Qin Lang sitting there first, as if nothing happened.

"Are you OK?"

  Qin Qiong asked worriedly.

   "Grandpa, I'm fine."

   "Sanlang, where's my Dalang?" Old Cheng panicked when he didn't see his son.

"Uncle Cheng, Da Lang suffered some injuries, but they were minor injuries. I was blamed for today's incident. If I hadn't pulled him along, he wouldn't have been implicated. The assassin came after me. "

  Old Cheng said, "I can't blame you for this, the thieves came with us from Shandong."

  He ran to find Chu Mo, and saw his son lying naked on the couch with six or seven bandages on his body, his eyes were red and tears came down.

  The son is only in his teens after all, but because he is the eldest son, he has always been strict with him, and he is always compared with Qin Lang. Seeing his son like this now, Old Cheng is crying crocodile tears.

   "Son, do you recognize who did it? Grandpa went to kill him all over the house!"

  Cheng Chu shook his head silently.

"These people all wore black scarves to cover their faces, and they didn't speak. They don't know their identities, but I can predict that these people have all been soldiers, and they must have been on the battlefield. They are all good fighters. Otherwise, eighteen of them, we Three will not be a disadvantage!"

  Cheng Yaojin nodded, "That's right, Saburo was the one who beheaded Wang Junkuo and Luo Yi with his own hands, and also defeated Xie Shufang. If you were an ordinary hooligan, you would have killed them all."

  Liu Shili rushed into the palace in a hurry, and then was scolded bloody, and was directly fined by the angry Li Shimin for a year's salary and drove back.

  Shortly after Liu Shili came back, Li Junxian from Baiqi Division also came over in the name of visiting subordinate Cheng Chumo, learned about the case, and then directly participated in the case.

  The **** of the Dianqian Division of the Imperial City also came. This eggless, dead-faced man directly said that according to His Majesty's will, the Dianqian Division and the left and right Qianniuwei would also be responsible for assisting in the investigation of the case.

  The Ministry of Punishment also came, and the Dali Temple came.

  This case has alarmed too many people.

  The 12 people who were caught alive, each of them has at least 7 or 8 people from the yamen to monitor them continuously for 12 hours to ensure that they will not be silenced and that their confessions will be reported truthfully.

  As for the three who escaped, they were also arrested with all their strength.

  The most famous painter in Chang'an came to paint the portraits of these assassins, and then the entire Gyeonggi region offered a reward for their identification.

   The first person to be identified was a dead guy who was found to be a Turkic.

  However, no one believed that the assassination was instigated by the Turks. It is impossible for Jieli Khan to come to Chang'an to kill people.

  The second person whose identity was identified was a prisoner. This guy was found out to be a monk from Dazongchi Temple and a disciple of Fa Ya.

   "Could it be that the bald donkeys are behind the scenes?"

  Qin Lang didn't believe it.

"The monks hate me, I believe it, but I still don't believe that they planned the assassination, I can only say that maybe some monks participated in the assassination, or that they were just used as swordsmen. "

  Qin Qiong also supports this view.

  Cheng Yaojin still said that behind this must be those gentry.

  Li Shimin sent people over seven or eight times a day to inquire about the progress.

  The various divisions were interrogated, and the emperor was extremely concerned. Qin Lang knew very well that the truth of this case would soon be revealed.

  The identities of one assassin after another were found out.

   It's just that the more I check, the more confused I become.

  Among the people whose identities were identified, there were monks, Taoists, Turks, Sogdians, and even Goguryeos and Khitans. They were simply a **** mixed mercenary army.

  The captives were also very stubborn, and they refused to recruit no matter how tortured they were.

   Later, Qin Lang confirmed that these people were not unwilling to confess, but that they really did not know more information at all. They were really just hired killers for money.

As for the monk, the situation is different. He is Fa Ya's disciple and was forced to return to vulgarity, so he has hatred for the court and Qin Lang. Not long ago, someone came to him and said that he would uphold justice and kill the Buddha. The traitor Qin Lang.

  So this person joined in. He was not familiar with other assassins. As for the person who pulled him, he only had one-way contact. Every time the other party contacted him, he did not have the contact information of that person.

   "This monk, it seems that someone deliberately entered the team to confuse the fog!"

   Three days later, the case did not make much progress.

  Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this, scolded Zhang Liang bloody, and fined him a year's salary.

  Qin Lang entered the palace to face the saint.

   "Zhang Liang is very incompetent, and I am very disappointed." Li Shimin said.

   "Your Majesty, it's not that Mr. Zhang is incompetent, but Mr. Zhang dare not say anything about what he found out now." Qin Lang said bluntly.

   "What did Zhang Liang dare not say?" Li Shimin was surprised.

   "Your Majesty, although the people behind the scenes are very careful this time, after a few days of careful investigation and reasoning, I finally came up with some interesting information."

   Li Shimin frowned tightly, "If you found something, just tell me."

"These assassins are basically people who don't know each other. They come from all over the world, but no matter how cunning a fox is, it will show its traces. Now, through detailed comparison, I found that when these assassins contacted the people behind the scenes , the same person contacts came up several times, and the contacts are now directed at one target."

"who?"

   "Fold the words and obey!"

  When the name came out, Li Shimin couldn't help being stunned for a moment. Feng Yanzun was the governor of Ruzhou, his father was Mi Guogong, Zuo Pushe Feng Deyi, and his mother Yang was the younger sister of Yang Su. Feng Yanzun is the eldest son of Feng Lun, and he is doing pretty well.

   "You mean this assassination was conspired by Feng Deyi?"

"I don't dare to say it, but now there are many clues that show that Feng Yuxiu, Feng Yanzun's close relative, is the contact person. Although he thinks that his whereabouts are secret, but he has contacted so many people, little by little. When you wake up, you can outline a lot of information."

   Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

  (end of this chapter)