Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 479: Murder and silence, the crime is Fang Yuan
"Ministry of Staff, investigate this matter. I don't want anyone to wrongfully accuse Saint Kong."

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji and said in a deep voice.

The assessment of official promotion is a matter of the Ministry of Personnel. Li Shimin has already asked Changsun Wuji about Zhang Ji and Ge You's promotion.

Now, problems in Lechang County, Shandong Province are naturally investigated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs first. If the Ministry of Civil Affairs fails to investigate, it is a matter for other departments.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Changsun Wuji should be, with a calm expression.

Kong Yingda staggered and almost lost his balance.

He understood that although the emperor said he did not want anyone to wrongfully accuse Saint Kong, he was still there to investigate.

It was just a nice thing to say, but the real purpose was to investigate whether the Kong family in Shandong was really that disobedient.

The emperor's whip could not hit the Kong family in Shandong, but it could hit him and others in Chang'an City.

Next, when the court meeting ended, the officials dispersed and returned to their respective posts.

Kong Yingda left with a dejected expression, lowered his head and ignored no one.

The day passed like this, and night fell.

In Fang Mansion, Fang Yuan was sleeping with Du Miaoyan and Su Ziqing in his arms.

After a long period of hard work, he finally had the opportunity to sleep with the two of them once or twice a week.

There is also Gao Xiangyu, Fang Yuan is trying hard to prepare her mentally.

"Master, it's bad, the two people hanging at the door were assassinated!"

The dog's voice sounded at the door.

Fang Yuan immediately opened his eyes, and Du Miaoyan and Su Ziqing also opened their eyes.

Compared to Fang Yuan's calmness, the two of them looked blushing and immediately looked for quilts to cover their bodies.

"understood."

Fang Yuan shouted outside and slowly got up.

After giving Du Miaoyan and the others a few words of explanation, Fang Yuan left the room.

After Fang Yuan was gone, Du Miaoyan and Su Ziqing felt uncomfortable and hurriedly left.

Fangfu gate.

Fang Yuan and others surrounded Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao.

There was a dart in the chest of both of them, hitting the vital point, and they were no longer breathing.

"Master, we relaxed our vigilance after dark and did not keep an eye on them seriously. I am guilty!"

Gouzi said regretfully.

Who would have thought that someone would assassinate both of them.

Gouzi didn't think too much when he was not being assassinated. After the two were assassinated, Gouzi suddenly felt cold all over.

It is estimated that someone wanted to frame the murder and blame Fang Mansion and Fang Yuan for their deaths.

"I don't blame you, I didn't think of it either."

"Don't let them down yet, inform the Chang'an County Yamen and the Criminal Department as well as Dali Temple."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

Dare to kill people in front of Fang Mansion, you are very courageous.

He probably wanted to put the blame on himself and point out that he was the murderer of the two of them.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Kong Yingda or others would blame himself for the death.

"Yes!"

Gouzi immediately arranged for someone to go there.

As soon as the people left, Fang Yuan saw fire coming in the distance, and the sound was loud.

Not long after, Fang Yuan noticed the young people who wanted to rescue Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao that day.

"Save Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao!"

"The evil thief Fang Yuan, kill us if you dare, otherwise our lives will be saved tonight!"

"Follow me up, we must save Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao, we can't let them suffer anymore!"

The young people were agitated.

Slowly approaching Fang Yuan.

This is Fang Mansion's territory, and it is too easy to block these people.

But after Fang Yuan thought about it, he stopped Gouzi and others' actions and retreated back to Fang Mansion.

"Hahaha, the evil thief Fang Yuan is scared!"

"Brothers, save Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao!"

"Brother Gu, Brother Kong, you have suffered. Brothers are late."

"Ah, die, die, die, Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao are dead!"

In an instant, the scene became extremely quiet, eerily quiet.

After a while, some young people were frightened and backed away, and some even fell to the ground with their legs weak.

"It's Fang Mansion, it must be Fang Mansion!"

"It was people from Fang Mansion who killed Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao!"

"Brothers, seek justice for Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao!"

Suddenly, someone in the group of young people shouted and rushed towards the gate of Fang Mansion.

But when people rushed out of the front, they found that no one behind them responded and they didn't dare to step forward.

"Remember the three of them, we will capture them secretly later."

Fang Yuan whispered in Gouzi's ear.

"Yes!"

The dog responded immediately.

He also told other guards to pay attention to those three people.

Just as the three people who rushed out were still encouraging others to rush out, the people from Chang'an County Government arrived.

After a while, people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple also arrived one after another. The door of Fang Mansion was already on fire, and the two corpses of Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao and the young people were controlled.

"Servant Fang, were you the first to discover that they were both dead?"

Liu Yichen asked.

She happened to be on duty at the Criminal Department, so she led the team from the Criminal Department this time.

"They were one of the guards in my house. They were already dead when they were discovered."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

The guard was called and the situation was explained.

In fact, there is nothing to explain. You can't see anything at night.

When it was discovered that the two of them had been hit by darts, both of them were already dead, and it was impossible to see who was responsible.

"I have already understood the general situation, and the Ministry of Punishment will definitely not shirk its responsibilities!"

Liu Yichen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Just when Liu Yichen was about to take the body back for inspection.

Another group of people came from a distance, it was Kong Yingda and many other famous people in Chang'an City.

"Shilang Fang, you have gone too far!"

"You can punish them, but you still want their lives?"

"Tonight, in front of everyone, you must give me an explanation!"

Kong Yingda came over angrily, his voice seemed tragic and hoarse.

Not long after, Kong Yingda walked up to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan frowned slightly.

It's not because of Kong Yingda's arrival.

But some people behind Kong Yingda.

Although I don't know everyone, I know all the celebrities in Chang'an City.

Are you trying to overpower yourself?
"Kong Yingda, without investigation, you have no right to speak."

"You are also a famous figure in the literary world. You asserted without evidence that it was me who killed them. Is it worthy of your reputation?"

Fang Yuan waited calmly and said in a deep voice.

"They are a little naughty, but overall they have a good nature. Apart from the conflict with you, they have never had any friction with anyone else."

"Now they are dying at your door. They died just because you hung them so that they could not dodge. Do you dare not admit it?"

Kong Yingda said in a deep voice.

"It's thanks to you that you have students all over the world."

"This matter has been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment. If you have any questions, please ask the Ministry of Punishment."

"In addition, I want to solemnly tell you that if I, Fang Yuan, make a mistake, there will be a review by the three tribunals, so you don't need to do anything."

Fang Yuan snorted coldly, turned around and left.

"You, stop for me!"

Kong Yingda's face froze and he said angrily.

He brought so many people here just to criticize Fang Yuan.

However, Fang Yuan returned directly to Fang Mansion and didn't face him head-on. What's the use of the people he brought?
"Master Kong, please give the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple some face."

"Don't make trouble until things come to light."

Liu Yichen stood in front of Kong Yingda and said in a deep voice.Her intuition told her that Fang Yuan could not have done this.

I guess even without that kind of intuition, no one in their right mind would kill someone in front of their own home.

Not only is this stupid, it's bad luck.

"Hmph, I hope your punishment department can get results soon!"

Kong Yingda snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Facing a girl like Liu Yichen, he didn't need to be angry.

Otherwise, if word gets out, some people will say that he is old, disrespectful, and has no magnanimity.

After seeing Kong Yingda leave, Liu Yichen also asked people to pack up the body and leave.

At the same time, he also saw Gouzi and others sneaking away, and immediately felt something was wrong.

So Liu Yichen arranged for experts to track Gouzi and others.

The next day, the imperial study room in the palace.

"Li Junxian, what happened in Fang Mansion last night?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly as he corrected the memorial.

It's strange that today there have been three memorials in a row to impeach Fang Yuan.

During the morning court yesterday, it was Kong Yingda who caused the problem. He should be the one to be impeached today. How could it be Fang Yuan?

"Your Majesty, the two people who were hung by Shilang Fang at the door died last night. I heard that people from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and Chang'an County Government came, and finally Kong Jijiu also arrived."

Li Junxian reported what he knew.

"Frame Fang Yuan?"

"Who would do something so stupid?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but sneer.

Is this framing method too low-level?

With Fang Yuan's status, pinching Kong Yingda's two disciples was like pinching ants to death.

If you really want to kill the two of them, there are many ways. There is no need to kill them in front of your own house, it is just to cause trouble.

"The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are investigating, but there is no result yet."

Li Junxian didn't dare to make a rash guess.

It can only be said that the possibility of Fang Yuan being the one who killed those two people is almost zero.

"How is the investigation of the Lechang County case going?"

Li Shimin asked.

"It is true that as Shilang Fang said, the Kong family brought the county gentry into the county government office and ridiculed Zhang Ji to the extreme."

"The people sent by Dan Chen asked the county government officials, but they didn't know what happened."

Li Junxian said respectfully.

In addition to asking the officials to investigate, Li Shimin also asked Li Junxian to investigate.

The efficiency of the staff was relatively slow, far less efficient than the people sent by Li Junxian.

And because of this matter, we can also see whether the investigation of the Ministry of Personnel is biased towards Kong Yingda.

"I know."

"Send my order to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to investigate to the end and never tolerate it!"

Li Shimin said coldly.

The strict investigation he mentioned was referring to the incident at Fang Yuan's door.

Judging from what happened in Shandong, the Kong family really didn't take the imperial court seriously.

Although everyone knows what is going on in Shandong, you cannot use it if you make it in person.

As for what happened at Fang Yuan's door, anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that it has something to do with Kong Yingda.

Li Junxian immediately responded and left with Li Shimin's order.

He will personally go to the Ministry of Justice to convey Li Shimin's order.

"Liu Yichen, do you have any clues?"

Li Junxian happened to see Liu Yichen and asked him a question.

"I have some clues. I am going there now. Do you want to come with me?"

Just as Liu Yichen was about to go out, he stopped entertaining Li Junxian.

She was afraid that if she went too late, the clue she had just found would be broken.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Li Junxian thought for a while and said.

The emperor was somewhat concerned about this matter, so he went to have a look.

If there are any clues, he can go back and report to Li Shimin.

Not long after, Liu Yichen brought Li Junxian to Fang Mansion.

"Liu Yichen, are your clues here?"

Li Junxian said in surprise.

If the clue was here, I would have found it last night.

Why did you come here to look for me today? Is there something fishy?

"Come with me and you'll know!"

Liu Yichen did not explain and said calmly.

After being notified, the two quickly entered Fang Mansion.

Fang Yuan didn't have to meet Liu Yichen, but he was surprised by Li Junxian's arrival.

Li Junxian represents the emperor to a certain extent. Does he mean it by coming in person?
So Fang Yuan received it personally.

"General Li, does your Majesty have a decree?"

Fang Yuan asked directly.

"Sorry, that's not what Your Majesty meant."

"I was conveying His Majesty's message to the Ministry of Punishment. I happened to meet Liu Yichen and found a clue, so I followed him."

Li Junxian smiled and said.

"Found a clue? Come to me?"

Fang Yuan looked at Liu Yichen curiously.

He is also curious, what clues does he have here?
"Servant Fang, I don't like to beat around the bush, so I'll just say it directly."

"Why did you ask your guards to capture Kong Yingda's three disciples last night?"

Liu Yichen stared at Fang Yuan and said in a deep voice.

Li Junxian was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Fang Yuan.

This matter can be big or small. The big one can be said to be that Fang Yuan deliberately concealed evidence of his crime.

"As expected of Liu Yichen, you all know this."

"They arrived before you yesterday, I don't need to tell you that, right?"

"Before you come, they are going to conflict with us, and those three are the leaders."

"I guessed that they might know something, so I sent people to capture them and prepare to use torture to interrogate them."

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

I really didn't expect that Liu Yichen would discover all this.

But they had just been captured not long ago, and they hadn't asked anything yet.

"So this is the case. Can you interrogate me?"

Liu Yichen nodded, but still stared at Fang Yuan.

The power to interrogate suspects is limited to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and other agencies.

Even though Fang Yuan is the Minister of Household Affairs, he still cannot interrogate people.

"Let's see if we can find out first."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and said.

With that said, he got up and walked towards the backyard.

Liu Yichen and Li Junxian followed Fang Yuan without saying a word.

Not long after, Fang Yuan came to a courtyard, where three people were tied up in three rooms.

"Servant Fang, you are breaking the law!"

Liu Yichen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Liu Yichen, I didn't hurt them."

Fang Yuan chuckled, waved to the dog beside him and asked, "Did you ask anything?"

"Not yet, but according to the master's method, we will soon be able to find out the truth."

Gouzi said solemnly.

Fang Yuan nodded, said nothing, and stood in the yard looking at the three rooms.

Liu Yichen and Li Junxian did not speak. They acquiesced in Fang Yuan's interrogation and wanted to see if Fang Yuan could reveal the truth so quickly.

As Gouzi said, he really quickly found out the truth.

After just one stick of incense, the young man in the middle room lost control and took action.

Fang Yuan obviously did it before even using torture, which made both Liu Yichen and Li Junxian feel unbelievable and looked at Fang Yuan curiously.

(End of this chapter)