Tibet

Chapter 712 The case is complicated
There was an uproar all around, and the eminent monks who saw off the guests were so frightened that their faces changed, and they lowered their heads desperately to chant the Buddha's name.

More than a dozen internal guard soldiers couldn't help but climbed up to the roof to check. After searching for a long time, there was no sign of any assassins.

"Ms. Gongsun, do you think there are still assassins ambushing you?"

Pei Sanniang really admired Aunt Gongsun's martial arts. She was worthy of being Lie Feng's number one disciple. Her sense of danger was so keen, and she could also use flying swords, giving her a rivalry with her brother Pei Min.

Aunt Gongsun knew Pei Sanniang and knew that she was the wife of the Prime Minister and the mother of His Royal Highness King Lu, so she treated her with respect.

Aunt Gongsun looked around for a moment, shook her head and said: "There is no such murderous feeling anymore. The assassin should be this person."

At this time, the inner guard soldiers tore off the assassin's mask, and it turned out to be a monk. They immediately asked several eminent monks to come forward to identify him. Several eminent monks came forward to see it, and they were all shocked. Abbot Yuan Guang clasped his hands and said: " Amitabha, he is the Zhike monk Yuanhui you are looking for."

At this time, hundreds of inner guard warriors came on horseback and quickly took control of the entire temple. Commander Li Chenghua stepped forward and saluted Gongsun Auntie: "Thank you, Master, for taking action!"

Aunt Gongsun was also the instructor of the inner guards. She trained female warriors for the inner guards. She had more than 100 female disciples. Li Chenghua also learned martial arts from her and became her teacher!

Aunt Gongsun smiled and nodded, "Since you're here, I won't worry about it. I'm just an assassin at the moment. I feel that this person's martial arts skills are not very good. Please check it out slowly!"

Li Chenghua nodded and stepped forward to check the situation. At this time, another large group of cavalry came, and someone shouted, "His Royal Highness King Lu is here!"

Li Ye arrived surrounded by dozens of cavalry.

He turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to ask about his family. Pei Sanniang smiled and said: "We are all fine. The assassin was killed by Aunt Gongsun before he could take action. You must thank Aunt Gongsun properly, because the arrows are highly poisonous."

Li Ye quickly expressed his gratitude to Aunt Gongsun. Aunt Gongsun smiled slightly and said: "I am very happy to be able to do something for Your Highness. If there is nothing else, let the family go back to the house first. It will make people feel unsafe outside!"

Li Ye immediately ordered: "The carriage will return home immediately!"

The soldiers closely guarded the carriage and slowly turned around and drove towards the mansion.

Li Ye came to the assassin again. Li Chenghua saluted and said: "Your Highness, the assassin is the Zhike monk who disappeared before. We suspect that he has been hiding in the temple. Today when the princess offers incense, he ventures out to assassinate her!"

This inference should be correct. They came to burn incense and fulfill their wishes today on a temporary basis and did not have time to prepare for each other. So there is only one possibility. The assassin is hiding in the temple or nearby.

Li Ye nodded and asked, "Any other discoveries?"

"Also, the Zhike monk must have assassinated the princess to receive the reward, which means he knew where to go to receive the reward. I believe that as long as his residence is searched or the person who is harboring him is found, there will be clues."

"Didn't you have any clues before?" Li Ye asked again.

"Reporting to Your Highness, we were a little suspicious of Liu Xun before!"

Li Ye frowned, "Why?"

"Because Liu Xun suddenly became rich, he raised a concubine. The concubine's father was a gambler. Every time he lost money, he would ask his daughter for it. He also boasted that his son-in-law was the long history of Xiangyang, which alerted the internal guards. The investigation found that he is the father of Liu Xun’s concubine. According to our insider report at the casino, this month, the concubine’s father lost at least 200 taels of silver."

"How much copper is one tael of silver worth now?" "About one to four!"

Li Ye sneered and said, "I lost [-] yuan in a month. I'm really rich!"

"Indeed! We thought this was seriously inconsistent with Liu Xun's income, so we suspected that he had either been involved in corruption before, or that he had been bribed by the enemy. We sent people to monitor him, but we found nothing unusual about him."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "There is another possibility that you haven't thought of. No matter how rich Liu Xun was, he would not give me 200 taels of silver a month. Could it be that he asked me to contact him? After getting the money, he The concubine did not give all of it to him, but kept part of it for herself. She deposited the money with her father, but her father lost it."

Li Chenghua nodded, "Your Highness is right, it is indeed possible!"

"Continue to investigate! Try not to alert the enemy, and report any progress to me in a timely manner."

"Your Highness, regarding the warehouse burning case, I have reported it to the Chief of Staff in detail three days ago. The case is relatively complicated. Your Highness can ask the Chief of Staff. If necessary, I can report it again at any time."

Li Ye nodded, "Go and investigate!"

Li Ye got on his horse and returned to the official office.

Li Ye was really annoyed. How many times had this been assassinated?Assassinating his own father, and then his wife and daughter, has touched his bottom line. Generally speaking, in high-level power struggles and wars between two countries, assassinations rarely happen. The reason is very simple. You assassinate others. , others can also assassinate you.

Since An Lushan ignored the rules of officialdom and assassinated his own family twice, there is no need for him to be polite, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye.

Li Ye returned to the government office and immediately sent someone to invite Li Mi.

Not long after, Li Mi hurried over. When he entered the door, he asked with concern: "Is there anything wrong with the family?"

He also just heard that there was another assassination incident in Dayun Temple, which shocked him a lot, and he didn't know if something happened.

Li Ye said coldly: "With Aunt Gongsun here, the assassin can't succeed, but An Lushan still thinks I'm a sick cat after assassinating him again and again!"

Li Mi nodded, "It is indeed necessary to fight back, otherwise they will turn their targets to us if they cannot assassinate His Highness's family!"

"Let Li Chenghua investigate first. Sir, I want to ask about another case. Li Chenghua said that she has already reported it to you in detail."

At this time, the soldiers came in and served tea. Li Mi took a sip of hot tea and said slowly: "This case has actually been investigated. Although the suspect escaped, as long as we check the suspect's background, we will know who it is." Instigated.

The Yu Ze who escaped was Huang Yousheng's man. The homeless man who froze to death was seen to be the Huang family servant who moved the body away. He looked a bit like Yu Ze. He was burned to death in the warehouse. We all thought it was Yu Ze. He was dead, but Yu Ze's son let it slip that his father was not dead and was hiding in his hometown in Hanyang County, Mianzhou. The internal guards had sent people to arrest him. "

Li Ye frowned, "You mean the warehouse was burned by the Huang family, why did he burn the warehouse?"

"Your Highness, that warehouse is not actually a warehouse for soldiers and armor, but the official document warehouse of Shannan East Road. Because the place is relatively large, there are also some old weapons piled up. I just didn't want to affect His Highness's mood yesterday and let His Highness have a good rest. It was not stated clearly that the fire not only burned the warehouses and thousands of weapons, but also burned local chronicles, documents accumulated over a century, a large number of population registers, and land titles."

"I don't quite understand what Chang Shi means. Why do you want to burn the library? Please tell me the reason!"

(End of this chapter)