Tibet

Chapter 459
Li Ye left Gao Lishi's mansion in a carriage, his heart was a little heavy.

It wasn't until King Guangping revealed to him that Zhang Jun was actually the emperor's man that Li Ye woke up like a dream. One node was opened, and the whole situation suddenly became clear. Li Ye understood the game of chess played by the emperor.

Zhang Jun's strict investigation of his father before was not as simple as Zhang Jun's revenge. It was clearly ordered by the emperor. In fact, the emperor was suppressing his father, and the emperor's goal must still be himself.

Li Ye immediately realized that there must be an informant planted by the emperor around him. No wonder Bian Lingcheng didn't send his eunuchs to crush Ye Jianjun. This makes sense.

This eyeliner secretly reported the harvest he had raised in Juzhan to the emperor. The emperor Li Longji was very dissatisfied, so he asked Zhang Jun to torture his father endlessly, forcing himself to hand over the money.

But by mistake, he took out 300 million gold coins, and the emperor let his father go.

So the reason why he was asked to investigate the case was definitely not because of the imperial concubine’s words. It must also be the emperor’s plan. Could it be that he was testing himself?
Is it very possible that the emperor knows who the murderer is?
Li Ye remembered what King Guangping said again, and the prince suspected that other princes did it.

Seize the heir?

This word suddenly popped up in Li Ye's mind.

The whole case became clear at once. The assassination of the son-in-law Zhang Jie was basically a struggle for the throne between the other princes and the crown prince.

After Yang Guozhong became prime minister, the emperor greatly relaxed the control over the prince, but in order to check and balance the prince, he also relaxed the control of other princes.

The surveillance on them was lifted, they were allowed to go out, and they were allowed to raise warriors.

This is exactly the chess game set up by the emperor Li Longji, who looks down on the struggle of his sons with cold eyes.

It's like looking down at the crickets fighting in the crock.

Without control, and with hints from his father, the crown prince may not be the last one to ascend the throne, and the ambition oppressed in the hearts of the princes suddenly swelled.

Everyone wanted to replace the prince, and the battle for the right to inherit the throne was inevitable.

Killing the consort Zhang Bian also cut off the prince's right and left arm.

But who will it be?
Li Ye narrowed his eyes, several princes appeared in his mind one by one, Qing Wang Li Cong, Di Li Yan, Rong Wang Li Wan, Yong Wang Li Lin, everyone could be the murderer.

Back at the inn, Guan Pei came up and said, "Liu Wutong's son is here and he has important news to tell the governor."

Li Ye nodded and walked into the inn. Liu Xiaoshi stepped forward and saluted: "Greetings, uncle!"

Li Ye liked this child quite a lot. He was honest and simple, yet spiritual. Simply put, he was a bit wise and foolish. This kind of child would often have great prospects in the future.

"How is your father doing?"

"Father is recovering well and the wound has scabbed over. He said it was thanks to the governor's magic medicine."

Li Ye smiled and asked, "What important news does your father have?"

"Father asked me to give this to the Governor."

Liu Xiaoshi handed a note to Li Ye, "My father just remembered that Yang Shun has a relative in Yunyang County!"

Li Ye opened the note, and there was only one line on it, 'Wei Daya Brewery of Yunyang County! '

It is Yunyang County again.

The sound of horseshoes was like thunder, and in the night, a cavalry galloped towards Yunyang County in the northeast of Chang'an like lightning.

Just half an hour ago, Zheng Ang and Cheng Xiao personally led a hundred warriors and rushed towards Luoyang. They also went to Luoyang to capture Yang Shun.

Guangping King Li Chu persuaded Ji Wen to hand over the heads of the assassin Zeng Honger and the Prince Consort to Fang Guan. Of course, Fang Guan knew that the real spy was Yang Shun, and he could quickly find out that Yang Shun's uncle was studying teaching in Luoyang County.

In fact, Li Ye didn't really believe that Yang Shun was hiding in Luoyang. The reason was very simple. There were too many people who knew Yang Shun's uncle in Luoyang. Almost all the guards in the consort's house knew that Yang Shun always flaunted that his uncle was a professor of Luoyang county studies. .

Yang Shun is a very scheming person, if he can deceive himself, he will never go to Luoyang foolishly.

The relative in Yunyang County was Yang Shun's aunt, who had the same mother as Yang Shun's father. Yang Shun hardly mentioned her. Liu Wutong knew about it because he bought wine from Wei Daya Winery once. Shun casually mentioned that Wei Daya was his uncle.

The next morning, Li Ye led his men to Yunyang County. Winemaking is one of the main businesses of Yunyang County. Most of the wine in Chang'an is provided by Yunyang County. There are hundreds of winemaking workshops in the city. As soon as they enter the county, I smelled a strong lees smell.

Wei Daya Brewing Workshop is not a famous workshop. Although it has a weird name, it is not easy to find it.Li Ye came to the county government. The county magistrate was called Huang Qing, and he had a somewhat roundabout relationship with Yang Guozhong. After the Yuan Mile incident, the magistrate, county magistrate and county lieutenant of Yunyang County were all dismissed. Huang Qing benefited from Yang Guozhong's relationship. The state transferred him to Yunyang County as the county magistrate.

Although he didn't know much about Yuan Maitreya's incident, Li Ye had heard about it for a long time. Hearing that the murderous Ksitigarbha had come again, Huang Qing didn't dare to neglect, and rushed out to greet him.

Li Ye was not polite, and directly showed Shangfang Tianzi sword, "I am investigating the case under the order of the emperor, if you don't cooperate, you will be executed immediately!"

Huang Qing recognized Shang Fang's Emperor Sword and was startled. He quickly said respectfully: "I will cooperate with you fully!"

Hearing that he was looking for a brewery, Huang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the master to look it up. After a while, the master found the Wei Daya brewery in the register.

Huang Qing said with a smile: "As a humble servant, let's take Governor Li to this brewery!"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "No need, you will be able to alert the enemy when you go, just send the Yamen to lead the way for me!"

"The humble job will be arranged immediately!"

Li Ye knew that he had a great reputation in Yunyang County. Once the news of his presence in Yunyang County spread, the whole county would be in an uproar, and he had to fight quickly.

The proprietor of Wei Daya Winemaking Workshop is Wei Kuan, and Wei Daya is his nickname. He is about forty years old and has been running this winemaking workshop for nearly 20 years. Among the hundreds of winemaking workshops in the county, he can only arrange middle.

Near noon, Wei Kuan received a big order. A Qizhou businessman wanted to order a hundred barrels of fine wine. This was a rare big buyer. The businessman was very generous. At noon, he was invited to a restaurant to discuss the business.

Wei Kuan happily went and followed the businessman to the nearby Wang's Restaurant. The two came to an elegant room and pushed the door open. Wei Kuan was stunned. There were five or six soldiers in the room, and a man in armor was sitting in the middle young general.

When Wei Kuan turned his head, the businessman had disappeared and turned into two burly men. He walked forward tremblingly, "Wei Kuan, the general, do you need me?"

Li Ye asked lightly: "You are Wei Daya?"

"The villain is right!"

"Do you know who I am? You should know that I am the Earth Store Demon Li Ye."

Wei Kuan was so frightened that he fell to his knees, trembling all over and unable to speak a word.

In Yunyang County, the name Ksitigarbha makes children afraid to cry at night. He is the murderous devil who makes the people of Yunyang County frightened!

Li Ye stared at him and said coldly: "I won't kill you, but you have to tell me the truth. If there is even one word of deception or concealment, I will kill your whole family!"

Li Ye led thirty men to surround the easternmost courtyard of the distillery. This is the warehouse for the koji cakes. In the yard, a young man was turning the koji cakes. The koji cakes are prone to mold and need to be turned frequently.

The young man suddenly raised his head and saw more than a dozen soldiers pointing their crossbows at him on the courtyard wall. He was so frightened that he backed away again and again. When he turned his head, Li Ye stood behind him with stern eyes.

The young man fell to his knees, kowtowed and begged: "Commander, spare your life!"

The young man was Yang Shun, whose pseudonym was Yang Xiaoqi, and he hid in his uncle and aunt's house as a laborer. Although he specially shaved off his eyebrows and put on a fake beard, it didn't work. His uncle Wei Kuan betrayed him.

"You tell me honestly, I will spare your life for the sake of what you have done for me!"

"The villain doesn't know who the real culprit is behind the scenes. It was a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi who contacted the villain. He gave me 500 taels of silver, and I agreed."

This answer was expected by Li Ye. It must be the middleman, but he wanted to get more clues about the man in Tsing Yi.

"I'm also looking for this man in Tsing Yi. Don't you know the characteristics and name of this man in Tsing Yi?"

Yang Shun lowered his head and thought for a while, "The villain may know something."

"Say it!"

"When he met me for the second time, the shopkeeper of Wanbao Restaurant recognized him and called him Mr. Tang. I then found out that his surname was Tang. He lightly said that he was a regular customer of Wanbao Restaurant, so the shopkeeper knew him, but I didn't feel that way. The shopkeeper greeted him with a Bashu accent."

"Where is Wanbao Restaurant?" Li Ye asked.

"East City!"

(End of this chapter)