Tibet

Chapter 450 Assassin Identity
Zheng Ang saw Li Ye and the others, and seeing that they were all wearing the official uniforms of Dali Temple, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "This is the Yushitai responsible for the investigation, what are you doing here at Dali Temple?"

Li Ye stepped forward to salute and said: "The Prime Minister of Dali Temple, Wang Junbai, came to investigate under the order of the Minister of Ji Temple."

Dali Temple Prime Minister Wang Junbai is also Ji Wen's confidant. He is in charge of Gyeonggi Province, Guannei Road and Longyou Road. He happened to be on a business trip to Yanzhou, so Li Ye took over his identity.

Li Ye took out a signboard, which was the signboard of Dali Temple Minister. Zheng Ang was a little surprised, "Isn't Cheng Shaoqing in charge of this case at Dali Temple?"

"We are not on the same side as Cheng Shaoqing!"

Zheng Ang immediately understood that Ji Wen and Cheng Xiao were not on the right track, and the two checked each other, he snorted, "You are late, and I am also late, Liu Wutong ran away."

"But the process that should go, the humble job has to go!"

"You can do whatever you want!"

Zheng Ang waved his hand, "Let's go!"

He left with a large group of his men.

After Zheng Ang and his party walked away, Li Ye pushed the door open with his men and saw a tall woman cleaning the yard, cursing, and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old beside her.

As soon as the woman turned her head, she saw another group of servants coming in, and immediately scolded the young man, "I told you to close the door, why didn't you close it!"

"Sister-in-law, it's me, Yang Shun!"

The young man knew Yang Shun, and hurriedly said, "Mother, it's Uncle Yang!"

The woman looked a little better and nodded, "It's Brother Yang! They are"

Yang Shun hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, they are from Dali Temple, they are my friends."

Hearing that she was Yang Shun's friend, the woman's expression improved slightly and she quickly said: "Everyone, please come in and sit down!"

Li Ye only led three people into the courtyard, while the others were waiting outside.

The young man moved a small chair for them, Li Ye waved his hand and said, "I'll ask Liu Wutong to find out about the situation, isn't he here?"

The woman shook her head, "He came back yesterday and said that the son-in-law was assassinated and he was responsible, so he packed up some clothes and went out to hide. May I ask the official, did the child's father really break the law?"

"This depends on what responsibility he has? If it is just improper protection, it should not be illegal, but if it is colluding with assassins, it is a serious crime!"

Li Ye said while observing carefully. He believed that the people at Yushitai had already searched it, and he would not get any results if he searched. He was looking for some unreasonable details.

It can be seen that this woman is a very thrifty person. She wears a hairpin skirt and keeps her house in order. She wears a copper ring on her hand, and her hairpin is also made of copper. White, but clean.

The woman still shook her head, "The child's father will never do anything wrong to the master. Although we are not Han Chinese, we also know how to repay our kindness. If the son-in-law did not treat us well, how could we afford this yard? He just feels responsible for not protecting his master well."

"Since you didn't do anything to offend the master, why did you hide!"

The woman sighed, "He is afraid that the murderer will not be found, and they will be the one to blame in the end."

This made some sense, Li Ye nodded, and looked at the house. The house occupies at most half an acre of land, a small courtyard, five or six rooms, and there seems to be an old man in one room.

"When did you buy this yard? How much did it cost?"

"Bought it last year, we spent [-] guan, and saved money from food and frugality."

Li Ye quickly calculated that Liu Wutong had worked in the concubine's mansion for ten years, and he still had to live and rent a house. If he had saved a thousand guan in ten years, he would need at least fourteen to five guan of income per month. In line, Yang Shun said that Liu Wutong had a monthly salary of fifteen guan, and there were some rewards at the end of the year.

"Okay, sorry to bother you, sister-in-law!"

Li Ye turned around and went out. In fact, he had already discovered the biggest irrationality. If Liu Wutong betrayed his master, he would not leave his wife and children behind. He has to obediently come to the door.

Is there no problem with Liu Wutong?
When he walked out of the courtyard, he saw a dark shadow flashing on the roof opposite, and was immediately caught by Li Ye.

He immediately led his men to surround the house opposite from all sides.

Dozens of crossbows aimed at the three men in black on the roof. The three men in black had no choice but to come down obediently.

The leader of the man in black stepped forward and saluted: "Brothers from Dali Temple, we are from Yushitai, and we are ordered to monitor this family."

After saying that, he took out his waist tag and gave it to Li Ye for appraisal.

At this time, Li Ye had realized that he had made a mistake behind closed doors and had not even been to the scene. He relied entirely on imagination to determine whether Liu Wutong had been bribed or not, but ignored another basic common sense.

This Liu Wutong is the leader of the warriors. Even if he has not been bribed, he must be an insider. He only comforted his wife and said that he would be blamed, but the truth is definitely not the reason.

Even Zheng Ang knew to use their family as bait to catch Liu Wutong, but he wanted to leave, wouldn't it be extremely stupid.

Thinking of this, Li Ye sternly said to the three monitors: "This place has been taken over by Dali Temple. Please leave immediately!"

The other party had a large number of people, so the three monitors did not dare to disobey, so they had to walk away in despair.

Li Ye then asked Yang Shun, "There is another person in the room, who is it?"

"It's Brother Liu's mother, who is weak and sick."

Li Ye nodded and said to Yang Shun: "Go back and tell Liu Wutong's wife that her husband may know some secrets. Someone will definitely kill their family tonight, and ask her to pack up her things and leave with me immediately. I will protect their safety. .”

Li Ye took out another piece of paper, which was the address of their inn, and handed it to Yang Shun, "Give this address to her, and let her hide it where her husband can find it.

"Shall they go now?"

Li Ye nodded, "I'll wait for them here!"

Yang Shun took the note and ran away, and Li Ye asked his men to hire a carriage.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Xuantong's wife led her son out, carrying a few cloth bags in her hands, and Yang Shun followed behind with an old man on his back.

The family got into the carriage, and everyone rode on horses to guard the carriage and left Chongrenfang.

In the afternoon, Peng Haiyan returned with his men.

Peng Haiyan drank a bowl of herbal tea in one gulp. He was very thirsty.

"What's going on over there?" Li Ye asked.

Peng Haiyan sighed and said, "Captain, I'm afraid the situation is more complicated than we imagined, and the background is deeper!"

"How do you say that?"

"I recognized the assassin, he was a Japanese."

Li Ye was stunned. Could it be that this assassination case has something to do with Japan?

"You keep talking!"

"The assassin's name is Zeng Honger. He is a juggler who has stayed in Chang'an for at least 20 years. He knows two unique skills. One is holding a cauldron. He is as tall as a nine-year-old, but he can lift a 150-pound cauldron with one hand. He also performs throwing knives. Three years ago, he accidentally shot and killed his female companion while performing knife throwing. He later admitted that he shot his companion intentionally and was sentenced to three thousand miles of exile. There was no news from him again, because this case was brought to me in Jingzhao. He was in charge of the government, and I recognized him at a glance."

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "Whether he will be taken away because he is a strange person has nothing to do with whether he is Japanese or not!"

Peng Haiyan nodded, "The humble official thinks the same way. He didn't serve his sentence, but was taken away."

Li Ye said excitedly: "This is a clue! As long as we find out who took him away, the real murderer will appear."

"The governor is right, this is indeed a clue. In addition, regarding the warrior leader Liu Wutong, everyone is looking for him now."

"Why?" Li Ye asked.

Peng Haiyan smiled wryly and said, "Fang Guan, the minister of punishment, also believes that the assassin committed suicide. The person holding his head did something wrong. The joint investigation team all agree that Liu Wutong is an internal response."

(End of this chapter)