Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 232
Dugu Zhuan and Tang Shizong both sent people to check the access records in private. The difference is that Dugu Zhuan knew from the beginning that he was a troublemaker and could not see the light, so he did it very secretly and handed it over to people he trusted.

After all, in the Luoyang County Government, there are many Dugu family members, so it is very easy to change the records.

But Tang Shizong did not directly participate in Yang Hao's plan, he just called out the access records and handed them over to Yang Hao for inspection, but Yang Hao had told him not to tell anyone about this matter.

So after Liang Bi summoned the two of them, he didn't ask any answer. You are a thousand-year-old fox, and I am also a ten-thousand-year demon.

Especially Dugu Zhuan, relying on himself as a foreign relative, has a very bad attitude.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was a great man named Tang Xiujing who successively held important positions in the four dynasties of Gaozong, Wu Zetian, Zhongzong (Li Xian) and Ruizong (Li Dan). Xiu Jing's grandfather is Tang Shizong, the current Luoyang county magistrate.

Liang Bi couldn't ask any questions from the two of them, so he sent people from the Ministry of Punishments to find all the officials in charge of managing the entry and exit records of the county government, and interrogated them one by one.

One of them, named Dugu Furan, said that he had seen a certain official take away the records, so Liang Pi called that official again and questioned him himself.

As for what Liang Pi asked, no one knew, everyone just saw the official come out, and they felt relieved.

In the following days, Liang Bi did not call anyone over for questioning, but waited quietly for the other two big figures in charge of investigating the case to arrive in Luoyang.

Yang Xiong was the last to come, because he was the last one to get the emperor's order.

And the first thing he did when he came to Luoyang was to visit Qin Wang Yang Ming, and that night, he met Liang Bi, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Yang Wang, Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

The three of them sat in a secret room, and all their staff retreated.

"This case can no longer be investigated," Liang Bi said first, "The record was tampered with by the King of Qi. Although the county magistrate Tang Shizong bit him to death and refused to admit it, the officials below have already said everything."

Yang Wang frowned suddenly: "You mean, King Qi wants to pin this matter on King Qin's head?"

"That's why I said, we can't investigate anymore," Liang Pi said with a wry smile: "Although the three of us are investigating the case according to the order, if it is really the prince who is fighting among himself, we cannot participate, not to mention that King Qin is currently burdened with the responsibility of heaven and earth. At this time, even if he really did the job, we can't blame him, and I don't think King Qin has anything to do with it at all."

"Liang Hou makes sense," Yang Xiong was very pleased. He was still thinking that the three of them must have three ways of thinking when investigating the case. It is still uncertain who will be found in the end. Liang Bi and Yang Wang had to be dealt with first, and now it seemed that there was no need to worry about that.

Yang Xiong nodded and said: "But Your Majesty, we need to have an explanation. Your Majesty is very wise now, we can't fool you."

What he meant was that he wanted to expose Yang Hao's framing of Yang Ming. If you dare to abduct my granddaughter, I, Yang Xiong, will retaliate.

"You can't fool your Majesty if you fool anyone," Liang Pi agreed, "What I mean is, let's write a note jointly and explain everything clearly, and then His Majesty will decide how to find someone to take the blame. number."

Yang Wang frowned and said nothing. Indeed, the results of the current investigation must not be concealed from the emperor, but if he does not conceal it, it is tantamount to putting King Qi on the top. Could it be that King Qi killed his own trilogy and wanted to Planted to King Qin?What good does he do?
So Yang Wang said: "Everyone, don't worry, Wang Chu and I came to Luoyang, let us investigate this matter carefully."

"Naturally, maybe I have missed something, and I need you two to make up for it," Liang Bi nodded.

So in the next few days, Luoyang County started a city-wide raid, what to arrest, those who spread rumors.

The King of Qin sent people to attack and kill King Qi's convoy. Who spread this rumor?

In just five days, more than 700 people were arrested. The Dali Temple of the Criminal Department screened them one by one, and finally locked on the four sources.

One is a knife and pen official in Luoyang County, surnamed Wei, one is a wood merchant from Jiangnan, surnamed Xiao, one is an official sent by the Ministry of Punishment in Luoyang to supervise the construction of Tokyo, also surnamed Wei, and the last one is the goddess of Lanxiang Pavilion .

To these four people, Yang Xiong and the others were not so polite, they didn't ask anything, and they beat them severely first.

The goddess is a high-ranking prostitute, how could she suffer this punishment, so she confessed to a person, Chen Zhiwei, an aide of Qi Wangfu.

The bones of the remaining three were quite hard, and they were beaten half to death, but they didn't say anything.

But Yang Xiong and the others had achieved their goal, so they sent someone to the Yuzhou government office to ask Chen Zhiwei to come over.

That's right, it can only be invited, not caught. Beating a dog depends on the owner. The prince's aides can't be taken away for interrogation casually.

"Bad things happen to women," Yang Hao slapped Chen Zhiwei's head hard, and said angrily:

"What a waste, if someone hadn't reported the news in time, this king would not have known that you have a good friend in Luoyang?"

Chen Zhiwei also had a look of grievance. That's right, bad things happen to women. You didn't send people to rob Yan's back then, how could this happen today?

Yang Hao looked around at the others angrily, and said, "It's all right now, stealing chickens won't cost you money, what should we do next?"

Li Daoxuan stood up and said:
"Of course we can't admit that a prostitute is a lowly person. According to the imperial law, the words of a lowly person cannot be used as a whole confession. Yang Xiong and the others know it better than anyone else. Let's just let Chen Zhiwei go to see them. As long as they don't admit it, they will Nothing to do."

"I think it's better to forget it," Shi Liujianzhi, the head of the palace, said with a wry smile, "Once the person is handed over, we don't know how Yang Xiong and the others will interrogate him. If torture is used, I'm afraid."

He was afraid that Chen Zhiwei would not be able to withstand it.

Among Yang Hao's aides, everyone with a good family background understands a truth in their hearts, as long as you don't sell your master, no one can do anything to you.

But Chen Zhiwei himself was born in a music household, and he originally ran several musical troupes under his command. He was good at flattering and fawning, but he had no strength of character.

Unlike Liu Jianzhi, who has a family as the background, the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment will be more or less scrupulous.

As for Chen Zhiwei, Liang Bi and Yang Wang don't know, but Yang Xiong will definitely use torture, because the incident started because he kidnapped his granddaughter.

"Look at the trouble you caused," Yang Hao kicked Chen Zhiwei to the ground.

In fact, he is quite fond of Chen, because this person can always bring him some surprises.

What is a surprise, of course, is something that suits Yang Hao's appetite.

Yang Yan squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said to the guard:

"Tell Yang Xiong that if you want someone, you have to show some real evidence. You dare to fool me with the words of a prostitute. If you don't know the imperial law by heart, let him go back and read it again."

"No!" Liu Jianzhi hurriedly stopped the guards who were about to leave, and ordered:
"Go out and tell the people in the Criminal Department that Chen Zhiwei is involved in official business and cannot get out. If there is anything that needs to be investigated, let them come in and ask."

Liu Jianzhi, as Yang Hao's chief aide, and the chief of the palace, naturally did not want Yang Hao to break up with Guan Wang. After all, before Yang Hao was born, Yang Xiong was already the center of the Sui Dynasty, and the most powerful bigwigs one of them.

And he also knew that the people from the Ministry of Punishment would not come in to ask, even if they came in, the Ministry of Punishment would not be able to ask anything if they were in front of them.

At this time, the guard of Tongchuan looked at Yang Hao again, and after Yang Hao nodded, the other party got up and went out to convey the message.

In the government office, Yang Xiong and others who received the report from their subordinates were not surprised at all. It would be a surprise if Yang Hao let him go.

Liang Pi said: "This should be the case. Let's wait for the news from the capital to see if they have found any traces of the murderer. Hundreds of people fled into the pass. It is impossible not to leave traces."

Check what?Is it necessary to find King Qin out?Facing Liang Bi's expectant eyes, Yang Xiong remained silent.

Before coming, His Majesty already understood the meaning very clearly, absolutely not to blame King Qin, and Yang Xiong's position is also the same.

As Liang Pi said, if hundreds of people enter the customs, as long as they search carefully, they will definitely be found out, so he can't delay it. If it is really found out there, it will be difficult to handle.

So he said: "My king's intention is to report to His Majesty the truth about the things we have found so far, and we will arrange the next step after the decree."

Liang Pi frowned, did not speak, looked at Yang Wang, seeking his meaning.

Yang Wang nodded and said: "I agree with Guan Wang. After all, this matter involves the prince. We don't know what His Majesty wants, so it's better to be cautious."

Liang Pi had nothing to say, so he could only reluctantly agree.

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The person in charge of investigating the killing of King Qi's staff was Dali Temple Secretary Zheng Shanguo. The rules of the Sui Dynasty were like this. Cases of civilians were investigated by the county government, and cases of officials were investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. Dali Temple investigated the cases related to nobles and nobles.

At the age of 37, Zheng Shanguo became the Dali Temple Minister of the third grade. Firstly, he was related to his ancestors, and secondly, he had outstanding abilities.

He quickly found some key clues.

But he was very smart, he didn't tell anyone, but secretly met the eldest princess Yang Lihua in the evening.

Because his father, Zheng Cheng, was the county magistrate of Kaifeng during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his family belonged to the Northern Zhou Veteran School, and since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the Veteran School has followed Yang Lihua as the leader.

After learning what had happened, Yang Lihua frowned and paced the hall for a long time, then said slowly:

"This is His Majesty's family matter, and it should not be passed on."

Zheng Shanguo said: "Princess, don't worry, I have investigated this matter very secretly and will not let it out, but I don't know what to do next, so I came here to bother His Highness, hoping to find a good way to deal with it."

"Those people are really Yang Ming's people?" Yang Lihua frowned.

Zheng Shanguo nodded and said: "No mistake, although the entry and exit records have been tampered with, people can still recognize them. I visited all the shops and roadside vendors on the day, including the officials in the various lifangs, and I can basically confirm it. Human beings belong to Prince Qin's residence."

"Yang Ming is really careless." Yang Lihua couldn't help laughing and said, "Just play stupid, don't meddle in such things."

Zheng Shanguo seemed to have taken a reassurance, nodded and said: "I also mean the same thing, but I can't make up my mind for a while, after all, I am deceiving your majesty, I am afraid."

"Don't be afraid," Yang Lihua turned her face and said with a stern expression, "When it's time to pretend to be confused, you have to learn to pretend to be confused. If you can't find out, His Majesty will blame you for not doing things right, but if you expose it, His Majesty will not kill King Qin." How about it, but what King Qin will do to you is uncertain."

Zheng Shan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I understand."

(End of this chapter)