Tibet

Chapter 445 Looking for flaws
At noon, in an elegant room on the third floor of Xiaozhang Baiwei Restaurant, Zhang Ping introduced to Li Ye a warrior from the concubine's mansion named Yang Shun, who was a disciple trained by Zhang Ping Wuguan. present.

Yang Shun sighed: "Captain Li, the assassin last night was too cunning. It's not surprising that the consort fell into his hands."

"Tell me carefully, what kind of cunning?"

"He actually started to step on the perimeter ten days ago, and we found him. We only realized now that he actually let me find out on purpose."

Li Ye's heart moved, and he continued to listen to him without showing any signs of expression.

"He stepped outside twice. Yesterday afternoon, he actually sneaked into the son-in-law's mansion. Of course, we also watched him. We found that he was very concerned about the study. The son-in-law told us not to startle the snake. Then we set up an ambush in the study at night. He came out of the study. Catch him in one fell swoop."

"Does he have any accomplices?" Li Ye asked calmly.

"It is said that there are two other accomplices who responded, but they were too fast for us to catch."

Li Ye knew very well that these two accomplices must be himself and Xinyue, so he asked again: "What happens after we catch it?"

"After we caught him, we escorted him to the lobby. Both the son-in-law and Zhang Xiangguo were there. We wanted to interrogate this person in person. In order to threaten and lure him, the son-in-law put a wooden cage for his head and 500 taels of silver in front of him, and asked him to choose , he chose the silver, and then he made a request. He had to hold the silver before he was willing to confess. The concubine loosened his hands. He held 500 taels of silver in his arms, and suddenly hit him with an ingot of 20 taels of silver. He touched the forehead of the son-in-law, and laughed triumphantly and said, do you think I came to steal the letter? I came to kill you."

"and then?"

"The buttons on his clothes were very poisonous, and he swallowed the buttons and took the poison and committed suicide."

Li Ye nodded, "This man understands the habits of concubines very well. Isn't it the first time that concubines let others choose wooden cages and silver?"

"no!"

Yang Shun shook his head, "The son-in-law has done this three times before, and then killed the other party without promise. He likes to do this kind of thing, and the other party took advantage of his hobby and smashed him to death with money."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and then asked: "Are you sure he came to visit the spot ten days ago?"

Suddenly, Zhang Ping slapped his fist and said: "Yes, this is the biggest flaw. You didn't come back ten days ago. What does it have to do with you?"

Yang Shun nodded, "Today is the fourth day of July, and ten days ago was June 24th. I remember it very clearly, because that day happened to be the anniversary of my father's death. I wanted to ask for leave, but the leader refused, so our leader deployed seven Personally monitor this assassin."

"Is there anything in writing that proves it's June 24th?"

Yang Shun thought for a while and said, "I remember the son-in-law wrote a note, and it's at the leader's place!"

"Can you get this note for me?"

Yang Shun hesitated for a moment, Li Ye immediately smiled and said: "If you can get this note for me, I will reward you with three hundred coins!"

There must be a brave man under the reward, Yang Shun nodded, "I may have a way, I will try it, try my best!"

An hour later, Yang Shun came back and handed a note to Li Ye, "This is the note, I found a maid to steal it for me."

Li Ye quickly took the note and looked at it carefully. The note was a special note for Taichang Temple, and there was a sentence written on it, "Keep an eye on this person, don't startle the snake!"

There is a signature below, a cursive '垍', dated June 24th.

Li Ye was overjoyed and asked Zhang Ping to give Yang Shun 300 taels of silver. Yang Shun got the silver and left with gratitude.

Zhang Ping came back and said with a smile: "How did the eldest brother know that there will be a note?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "This is the characteristic of the officialdom. Most high-ranking officials like to write notes, and so does my father. To prevent unfounded words, it is just like the emperor likes to write hand orders. There is a reason, so I guess there will be notes!"

Li Ye went to Zhang Yi's mansion with Xinyue last night, in fact, he wanted to find some letters or notes written by Zhang Jun to his brother, so as to prove that Zhang Jun wanted to use the imperial examination mistakes to punish his father.

After receiving the note, Li Ye immediately rushed to Daming Palace to meet Gao Lishi.

The little eunuch led Li Ye to Gao Lishi, Li Ye stepped forward to salute, Gao Lishi nodded, "You came very timely, I was about to send someone to find you, Princess Ningqin went to report to the emperor in the morning, but the emperor Headache, let the princess come in the afternoon, I guess Zhang Jun will be there too, I can't wait until tomorrow, have you found any evidence?"

Li Ye presented Zhang Jie's note, "Gao Weng, this is the evidence. As early as June 24, the son-in-law's mansion discovered that the assassins had set foot on the perimeter. Zhang Jie wrote a note to the warrior leaders, telling them not to startle the enemy. , Keep an eye on the assassin.

But on June 24th, Beizhi just led his men into Longshan Pass. The guard of Longshan Pass can testify that Beizhi did not arrive in Chang'an until June 24th. "

Gao Lishi nodded and said with a smile: "Do you know why I asked you to go to the warrior of the consort's mansion?"

"Has Gao Weng also thought of this flaw?"

Gao Lishi nodded, "Obviously, this assassin is very familiar with Zhang Jie's habits, stepping on locations, stealing letters, being arrested, and assassinating are all intertwined. It takes a long time and careful arrangements. You have only been back for four days. It's only been two days, and you have no time to arrange it, and time is the biggest loophole, so I want you to find evidence, and this note is the best evidence."

"Please leave everything to Gao Weng!"

Gao Lishi laughed and said: "Maybe the Holy Majesty will summon you in the afternoon, so you can stay in my official room! Get a good sleep."

Li Ye smiled wryly, "I'm really sleepy!"

Gao Lishi asked the little eunuch to arrange for Li Ye to rest, while he himself hurried into the palace.

Zhang Yi is the son-in-law that the emperor valued very much. He was a child prodigy since he was a child. Li Longji liked him very much. Tai Changqing from the third rank is also the leader of the literati in the Tang Dynasty.

Hearing that Zhang Jie was assassinated, Li Longji was also extremely furious. In the afternoon, his health improved a little, and he immediately summoned Princess Ningqin and Xiangguo Zhang Jun in Yixiang Pavilion.

After listening to Princess Ningqin's cry, Li Longji was full of anger, and then asked Gao Lishi, "Who is the murderer? Do you have any clues?"

Zhang Jun said first: "Your Majesty, we all know that the murderer is Li Ye, the one who killed the son-in-law!"

Li Longji was startled, "Li Ye? Has he come back?"

Concubine Yang's eyes flashed a complicated expression, Gao Lishi nodded, "Your Majesty, he returned to Chang'an four days ago."

Li Longji was puzzled and said: "How could it be Li Ye, what hatred does he have with the son-in-law?"

Zhang Jun said anxiously: "Your Majesty, he publicly announced that he wanted to kill the minister. He killed my brother first, and then my son. This is his usual style. The last step is to kill the minister? Your Majesty, he killed the son-in-law to shock Weichen?"

Gao Lishi finally got angry, "Zhang Xiangguo, you are the majestic Xiangguo of the Tang Dynasty, please don't make something out of nothing in front of the emperor, and talk nonsense. When did Li Ye publicly announce that he would kill you? Where did he make it public? He hasn't entered since he came back." Daming Palace, it’s all your delusion, you’re spitting blood.”

"He expressed it through his father!"

"Stop talking!"

Li Longji had a splitting headache, he pressed his forehead and waved his hands and said, "I'm confused by you, I'll ask the next question, you just answer."

(End of this chapter)