Tibet

Chapter 177
The institutions of higher learning in the Tang Dynasty were all located in the western half of Wubenfang. There were seven institutions of higher learning in total, including Taixue, Guozixue, Simenxue, Hongwenguan, Juxue, Calligraphy, and Mathematics.

Each of the seven schools has its own characteristics. For example, Taixue has the largest number of students, with 3000 students. Most of the international students who come to Datang are in Taixue.

The children of high-ranking officials and dignitaries above the third grade are mainly concentrated in Guozixue. Simenxue is a place where the children of the poor study. Hongwenguan is actually an imperial examination improvement class. Children from aristocratic families who hope to pass the imperial examination will be selected to study in Hongwenguan.

As for jurisprudence, calligraphy, and arithmetic, they belonged to specialized schools.

Of course Li Ye could study in the Imperial Academy, but the courses he chose were only available at the Imperial Academy, and besides, he did not pursue fame and fame, so he was very satisfied to be an auditor at the Imperial Academy easily.

Li Ye’s dormitory in Taixue is Yishe, which is not the best, Jiashe is the best, a single-person courtyard, but Li Ye still wants a few friends, so he chose the compound courtyard in Yishe, four people live in one In the courtyard, everyone has their own room.

His three roommates are Wei Song, Wang Qian, and Lu Wei. All three are children of eunuchs. Needless to say, Wei Song is the grandson of Wei Jiansu. Family, Lu Wei is the son of Lu Yanzhi, a doctor in the household department.

It was already one o'clock when Li Ye returned to the dormitory. Since last month, he didn't have to go to the river to practice martial arts. Since he embarked on the road of Pei Xingyan's martial arts practice, he actually parted ways with Pei Min's martial arts.

He no longer looks for a breakthrough, but pays more attention to stability. He achieved 43 knives per breath in December last year. Until March this year, he has never made a breakthrough.

Li Ye knew that his limit was 43 knives, and he had basically stabilized in the past two months. Even if he didn't go into the water for ten and a half months, he would not regress.

I will try again next year when I am 16 years old. At that time, there will be changes in all aspects of my body, and I will see if I can break through 43 knives.

"A Ye, this is the book you want!"

Wei Song handed over the three volumes of "Wei Gong Art of War" handwritten to Li Ye, "According to your request, write from left to right horizontally, with broken sentences, regular script style, you must be satisfied!"

Li Ye was overjoyed, in this case, it would be no different from the books he read in his previous life. In fact, all the art of war he read was copied by someone specially for him according to his requirements.

"How much? I'll give it to you."

"Six strings of money!"

"The price is not expensive, I will give it to you later."

"Money is not in a hurry, Ah Ye, how is the restaurant?"

"You heard that too?"

Wei Song nodded, "Many people know that Sun Jiliang was killed and said you were suspected. We discussed it just now, and we are willing to testify for you. You have been with us all this time."

Li Ye was moved in his heart, "Thank you very much!"

Li Ye is not very worried. He has witnesses and evidence. After Sun Jiliang left the restaurant, he returned to the restaurant, including shopkeeper Cheng and several bartenders. Zhancha came back, there was no time to commit crimes in this little time.

The next day passed peacefully, without any news, and no one came to trouble him.

In the early morning of the third day, Li Ye packed his school bags and was going to Hongyuan Building. There was a lecture on Sogdian customs this morning, and a famous Sogdian was invited to give the lecture. Li Ye was quite interested.

At this time, someone in the courtyard asked, "Excuse me, does Li Ye live here?"

Li Ye looked over and saw a few officials standing in the yard, his heart went 'thump! 'A moment, things still come.

"I'm Li Ye, what do you want from me?"

The leading official stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "I am Wei Kuang, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. This is Wang Xin, the master bookkeeper of Dali Temple. The following are our followers. We want to know about the murder case that happened in Pingkangfang the night before yesterday. Mr. Li And an insider, right?"

The officials are very polite. Li Ye is the Duke of Jinshan County, and his title is like a mountain. Generally, low-level officials dare not be rude.

Grandfather Li Linfu told Li Ye that the officials of the Ministry of Punishment belonged to him, so Li Ye nodded, "Please sit down!"

There were tables and stools in the yard, Li Ye asked the two to sit down, while the four attendants stood behind them.

Wei Kuang smiled slightly and said, "I shouldn't have bothered Mr. Li today, but yesterday the family of the deceased filed a complaint, so we have to investigate the situation!"

"Which dead man is it?"

Wang Xin, who was next to him, was suddenly dissatisfied and said, "You asked knowingly!"

Li Ye had long been unhappy with him, and after entering the courtyard, his face was always gloomy, like a debt collector.

Li Ye's face sank, and he said coldly, "What do you mean? You'd better make it clear."

Wei Kuang quickly waved his hand and said, "For me, this is the case. The family of the deceased Sun Jiliang believed that Mr. Li was suspected of murder in the indictment. They asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice to file a case!"

Li Ye sneered and said, "The Ministry of Criminal Justice needs clear evidence to file a case. Personal and physical evidence are both indispensable. What evidence do they have for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to file a case?"

"They put forward two reasons in the indictment. First, you and the deceased had a dispute in Anranju Restaurant before. Don't deny it!"

"Have you guys gone to Anran Residence to investigate?"

Wei Kuang nodded, "I've been there, I've asked several people, and I probably understand the situation. You guys had a dispute over a singer named Shi Lian, but this singer died, so the investigation is incomplete."

"How do you determine the singer's death?" Li Ye asked back.

"The case of the song girl is investigated by the county government. It is said that the preliminary conclusion is suicide. The case has nothing to do with us."

"And then? What evidence is there?"

"Also, the flying knife used to kill Sun Jiliang is exactly the same as the flying knife used by Mr. Li."

Li Ye mocked, "Has anyone seen me using a throwing knife?"

"Someone has seen it. It is a military willow leaf flying knife."

Li Ye nodded, "Okay! Let me explain the situation one by one."

Wei Kuang winked, and immediately a follower took out a pen and paper to record.

Li Ye said calmly: "The Anranju Restaurant is my family's property, and my father is in charge of it, but he was sent to Runzhou as an official, so my father asked me to take a look for him when I had time. The night before yesterday , one of our classmates treated guests, and more than [-] imperial scholars went to the Anranju Restaurant. I was one of them, and many classmates can testify.

Then when I went upstairs, I happened to meet Sun Jiliang who came downstairs with the little singer Shi Lian in his arms. Shi Lian stopped me and begged me to help her, because Shi Lian was only 13 years old and was too young, so I stopped Sun Jiliang from taking her away, Sun Jiliang Scold me for being nosy, many drinkers on the second floor saw this scene.

I forcibly separated him from Shi Lian, took him downstairs, and sent him away. Sun Jiliang's two companions and the shopkeeper can testify. After Sun Jiliang left, I went back to the restaurant and went to Baiyutang to attend the banquet. that's all. "

"But will you quietly catch up and kill him with a throwing knife?"

Li Ye shook his head, "This is your imagination, let me put it this way! The place where Sun Jiliang was killed was at the entrance of the alley next to Shanshui Restaurant, about 350 steps away from Anranju Restaurant. How long will it take?"

"I think at least a stick of incense!"

"That's right. I took Sun Jiliang downstairs from the second floor, sent him away, and then returned to the second floor. The interval between the intervals was less than half a cup of tea. If you suspect that the shopkeeper Cheng and the bartenders will give false testimony, then the second floor So many drinkers can attest that when I go down, I come up quickly, and I don’t have time to run seven hundred steps to kill someone.”

Wei Kuang stroked his beard and said, "It makes sense, we will investigate in detail!"

Chief Registrar Wang Xin said a little impatiently, "What about the flying knife?"

Li Ye laughed loudly: "Master Wang thinks too highly of me. I am not the only one who knows how to throw knives in the Tang Dynasty. If I killed Sun Jiliang, I could smash his head to pieces with a stone. Why use a flying knife? "

"You were annoyed for a moment, and you didn't have time to think about it, so you started killing people!"

Li Ye ignored him, and asked Wei Kuang, "What kind of flying knife? Did you bring it?"

"I didn't bring the flying knife. It's a military-style willow-leaf flying knife."

Li Ye nodded and said: "It seems that I need to produce evidence!"

Li Ye went back to his room and took out a box of flying knives, "Here are the flying knives I use. They are custom-made for me. They are all made of wootz steel. They weigh nine taels and two cents. You can take one Take all twenty of them back in the box for checking, and the general military-style willow leaf flying knives cost between [-] and [-] renminbi, and they are made of ordinary pig iron, not my kind of wootz steel."

Li Ye turned to Wang Dao with a full face of sarcasm: "Does Master Wang want to say that I calmed down and went to the armory store to buy an ordinary military throwing knife?"

Wang Xin's face turned red and then pale. Obviously, Li Ye was not the murderer.

(End of this chapter)