Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 270 Please Your Highness the Prince to uphold justice!
"Commander! Li Jiyi! You are..."

Yuan Dalang was stunned when he saw a large group of people approaching.

Li Yan asked, "Has anyone come here since early morning?"

Yuan Dalang said: "Since Li Jiyi left, no one came here again. After Zheng Sanlang drank some rice porridge, he fell asleep in the house all the time."

Li Yan nodded: "Very good! Let's go in!"

Everyone walked in, and the room still smelled of blood. Zheng Sanlang was startled, opened his eyes, and tremblingly wanted to sit up.

This time, no one stopped him, and they all watched coldly.

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So Zheng Sanlang sat halfway, seemed to have no strength, and lay down again, his face turned pale: "Everyone here, what do you want to ask?"

Di Renjie stepped forward: "Zheng Sanlang, the Imperial Army of the Northern Yamen, you accused your colleague Guo Wulang of opening a secret passage, making a sudden attack, cutting off your right hand, and fleeing without a trace?"

Zheng Sanlang pursed his lips, and answered bravely: "Yes."

Di Renjie's rare face was cold and solemn: "Stubborn, move him away!"

Immediately, an inner guard stepped forward to hold Zheng Sanlang's arm and remove him.

Zheng Sanlang's face suddenly changed and he struggled hard. He would rather blood ooze from the bandaged wound than lie on the couch desperately, and he roared loudly: "What is this! Leader save me! Brothers save me!"

Yuan Dalang who was outside the house rushed in when he heard the movement, his face changed drastically when he saw it, and he threw himself in front of Zheng Sanlang: "His body is still so weak, what are you doing? Leader, how can you let the inner guard touch me?" Baiqi's brother?"

Cheng Wuzhong also frowned: "Di Wuwei, please give me an explanation, I still don't understand how the corpse is hidden..."

Di Renjie calmed down his anger, regained his former peace, and began to pace in a small area: "As for the doubts about Zheng Sanlang, Li Jiyi has explained it."

"According to various clues, it can be seen that Zheng Sanlang and Guo Wulang disappeared at the same time, and at least one of them is a spy who betrayed Baiqi."

"Since Zheng Sanlang's right hand was severed and he was seriously injured, Guo Wulang's whereabouts are unknown, so everyone agrees that it was Guo Wulang who suddenly attacked Paoze and then fled in fear of crime."

"But in fact, there is also the opposite situation. This person is the thief who rebelled against the enemy."

Hearing this, Yuan Dalang's mind was in confusion, Zheng Sanlang's face was gloomy, and he roared: "I was seriously injured, how could I become a sinner? This is my hand holding the bow and shooting arrows. If my hand is broken, I might as well die , is there still a fake!"

Di Renjie pressed on step by step, and his voice was sonorous and forceful: "The matter has come to this, why do you need to quibble?"

"The injured must be innocent? Li Jiyi has already noticed that you are playing tricks and slandering your colleagues with your broken hand and disability!"

"Guo Wulang is courageous and resourceful. He pretended to be a snake and tried to get information about the thief behind you. At the critical moment, he struck a thunderbolt and cut off your palm!"

"It's a pity that he was murdered by Wu Liulang, who arrived later, together with you!"

"Not only sacrificed, but you also divided the body into two pieces, cleverly hid in the village, trying to hide the truth and frame Zhongliang!"

Zheng Sanlang's expression became hysterical when he heard the words: "Li Yuanfang! And you! You speculate a lot and smear my reputation! Guo Wulang obviously absconded in fear of crime, but you say he is dead. This is not just a mouth, just say it casually!"

Li Yan was expressionless, and Di Renjie shook his head. After waiting for a while, there were already hurried footsteps outside.

Baiqi, who went to look for the corpse in the mountain depression, came back and shouted all the way: "Guo Wulang's body has been found! Leader, Wulang's body has been found!"

The sound alarmed the other hundred riders, and they all followed. When Zheng Sanlang heard it, his body shook violently, and despair appeared in his eyes.

Soon, two hundred riders carried a headless corpse into the house, which had already been put on the armor dug out in the cave prison.

Cheng Wuzhong looked at the brother who was chatting and laughing with everyone just a day ago, and burst into tears: "Brother, you have been wronged!"

His sadness quickly turned into anger, and he glared at Zheng Sanlang viciously: "Say, where is his head!"

Zheng Sanlang kept his mouth shut and did not answer.

Di Renjie looked at Yuan Dalang: "This imperial guard, were you present when Zheng Sanlang was brought out of the cave last night?"

Yuan Dalang was in a trance, subconsciously replied: "I brought people to rescue him, how could I not be there?"

Di Renjie said: "Then do you still remember Zheng Sanlang's posture?"

Yuan Dalang said blankly: "I don't remember clearly."

Cheng Wuzhong finally realized something: "I remember clearly that the villain was half off his armor, his back was arched, his broken hand was pressed on his chest, wrapped in a thick ball, and he was helped out! I stood at the front, I also saw blood oozing out of the cloth he bandaged..."

When he said this, he couldn't believe it, but he knew he had to believe it, and said word by word: "You! You were holding Guo Wulang's head at that time?"

The Baiqi rushing over were all dumbfounded, the inner guards were dumbfounded, and Wan'er was shocked all over.

And Zheng Sanlang couldn't say any more cruel words, and fell down on the couch like mud. Cheng Wuzhong was furious to the extreme, and directly shot him, dragging him to the side.

He fell to the ground violently, just hitting the wound, and screamed out in pain: "Ah!!"

But at this time, no one cared about this guy, and they all found that the wooden board under him was not right.

Cheng Wuzhong pushed aside the wooden board, and saw a bloody head hidden inside.

Part of the skull of this head was cracked and deformed due to the pressure, but when the messy hair was removed, it could still be seen that it was a majestic man with wide-eyed staring eyes.

All the hundred riders cried out in mourning: "Guo Wulang!!"

Cheng Wuzhong took a deep breath, put his head on the side of the corpse, ignored the blood on his hands, and cupped his fists towards Li Yan and Di Renjie: "Please Li Jiyi and Di Wuwei explain everything in detail and prove my brother's innocence !"

Di Renjie stepped aside: "Find the body, and my mission is complete. Please Li Jiyi tell the truth!"

Li Yan was also humble this time, and looked at Zheng Sanlang coldly: "I was wrong about one thing before."

"I thought you hid Guo Wulang's body when we found the secret passage and entered the cave to search."

"But in fact, you have already planned to cut Guo Wulang's body and cut off his head at the entrance of the secret passage."

"The unavoidable flaw is that the blood splashed on the mountain wall is far more than the amount of your own severed hand."

"Wu Liulang is the one who handles the headless corpse. You strip off his armor and tell Wu Liulang that it's fine as long as it's mixed with the bandit's corpse."

"Even you killed a bandit leader before and beheaded him. I am afraid that other Baiqi will do the same in order to frighten the morale of the enemy. Therefore, it is easy to deceive the world. After all, even if Baiqi can do an autopsy, it is impossible to be meticulous. The point where the corpse and the head are spliced ​​together..."

"After finishing the corpse, you go to the cell, throw away the magic crossbow, and bury Guo Wulang's armor in the soil."

"You have initially stopped the bleeding on the way, but these violent activities still caused the wound to rupture again, so you chose the prison cell because the blood is the most inconspicuous inside, and you are afraid that someone else will dig out the armor in advance, but Yuan Dalang led someone into it. In the hole, it is convenient for you to fabricate lies."

"I don't know what you planned to do with the head, but after hearing their coming, you were afraid of Baiqi's search, so you didn't dare to leave the head, so you just kept on wrapping your head around your chest, Use the bandaged clothes and half-taken armor as cover, and come out with it in your arms..."

"You are covered in blood, even if your posture is unnatural, how many people dare to search your body? When you come to this room, immediately hide your head in the bed and press it down with your body..."

At the end, Li Yan took a breath: "No wonder you were so nervous when I was interrogating you. It turned out that you were not only afraid that your lies would be exposed, but also that your head would be discovered! You slept in Guo Wulang's room last night. On the head, can you sleep like this?"

Zheng Sanlang collapsed on the ground, his face calmed down, there were no tears of remorse gushing out, on the contrary, he broke the jar and sneered: "I thought that all this would never be discovered, but I didn't expect that you, Li Yuanfang, not only It can be seen that this person can still find the body!"

"As for sleeping, heh, what can't sleep, I have to do it!"

"The disappearance of Shence Crossbow is a serious crime. It will affect my wife and children. After my hand is broken, I don't know how to support myself. I can only come back and slander him. I have no other choice!"

This selfish face angered everyone, Yuan Dalang rushed up angrily, wishing to punch him to death, but he held back forcefully, and just shouted: "Your wife and children are wives and children, isn't Guo Wulang's wife and children? "

Zheng Sanlang also roared: "If he doesn't cut off my hand, I will still feel a little guilty. Now that I am a useless person, why don't I show mercy and think about his family?"

Yuan Dalang continued to curse, but Cheng Wuzhong shook his head and said, "Okay, don't talk to these thieves anymore!"

He closed his eyes for Guo Wulang: "Brother, your grievances have been cleared, and you can rest in peace. Next, let's see how this villain gets his retribution!"

Li Yan also said: "Guo Wulang is a loyal man, he should be buried generously, and his family members will be rewarded! As for you, Zheng Sanlang, tell me, who else among the hundred horsemen has been persuaded by you? Presumably, in this situation, you will not Did you hide it for others?"

Zheng Sanlang laughed hysterically: "Yes, I am already like this, why should I make them feel better? Listen carefully..."

He reported seven names in a row, and two of the hundred riders were on the spot. They turned around and were about to run, but the inner guards quickly jumped on them and directly controlled them.

The more Cheng Wuzhong listened, the more frightened he became, and in the end he was ashamed.

Nine of the hundred riders turned against each other!

Don't think that this number is not much, everyone has the mentality of conforming to the crowd, and developing the first traitor is the most difficult, and then it will gradually become easier.

When a certain amount is reached, raise your arms and shout, and the others may all fall to the enemy with a whimper, and there is no need to persuade them one by one.

Now the number of nine is extremely dangerous, not to mention Li Zhi who is extremely suspicious, even a benevolent and generous prince, would he trust other people?

Li Yan's expression also became solemn: "Huaiying, you lead the inner guards to capture all the suspects and guard them strictly, but further confirmation is needed to prevent the thief from slandering."

Di Renjie took the order: "Yes!"

Li Yan walked out directly: "Leader Cheng, you follow me to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now!"

He acted resolutely, attracting the Lion Concubine, turning over, Cheng Wuzhong surged with his last hope, and rode his horse to keep up.

The two of them hurried on, and in less than half an hour, they returned to the team heading east to Luoyang.

Under the watchful eyes of all the officials, Li Yan led the Beiya leader to the front of the imperial chariot:
"The minister's internal guard Ji Yi sent Li Yan, and Cheng Gang, the leader of the Beiya Baiqi, to report the occupation of Baiqi's land. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will uphold justice for our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)