Chastity Layman

In Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin was talking to Empress Changsun about Li Yuan's attitude today, and when he talked about Danyang, he received a rush report saying that Qin Lang was assassinated on Chang'an Street.

The emperor stood up abruptly.

"Assassinated?"

He could hardly believe it.

It was Jin Wuwei who reported the news. The incident happened on his territory, and they were the first to arrive. Naturally, they took over the case immediately.

Qin Lang was lucky, he was only shot in the shoulder by an arrow, and the injury was not serious. Cheng Chumo was more unlucky. He was hit by three arrows, one arrow in his calf and one in his back, one arrow in his buttocks, and he was cut twice and stabbed with a sword. Red with blood.

Lao Huang was relatively wretched, only one arm was slashed.

Because the three of them were not wearing armor, they still looked very scary, their whole bodies were bright red. Fortunately, this was not a battlefield after all. Those people who committed murder in Chang'an City couldn't wear armor, hold spears and crossbows.

But even so, the emperor was furious.

Duke Qin Lang, who was also his eldest son-in-law, a transit envoy, and one of his most trusted ministers, was actually assassinated in the street.

And when I heard that there were eighteen people on the other side.

"Are the Right Jinwu guards led by Liu Shili all idiots? They are responsible for patrolling the Sixth Street and guarding the street shops. They have a total of 6,000 troops to patrol the Chang'an Street. Why can't they even protect the dignified prince?"

"Tell Liu Shili to come over and see me quickly!"

In Fusi Zhao Prison in Pingkangfang Town, after simply bandaging the arrow wound on his shoulder, Qin Lang was personally interrogating the assassin with Zhang Liang.

When Liu Jiu, Lin San, Wei Chang, Qin Yong, Qin Yong, etc. heard that Qin Lang was assassinated and injured, they all rushed to the scene immediately with murderous intent.

Of the eighteen assassins, three escaped, three died, and the remaining twelve wounded were all arrested.

Drag them back to the Imperial Prison and immediately interrogate them separately.

Zhang Liang's face was dark. If something like this happened, he, the governor, must be responsible.

"Have you found out the identities of these people?"

The scar on Wei Chang's face was swollen purple, "It's being checked."

"Trash, you haven't been able to find out for so long. Didn't you, King Wei Yan, claim to be familiar with the capital? Why haven't you got a clue after so long?"

Qin Lang comforted Zhang Liang, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry. If you dare to assassinate me openly in the capital, you are definitely not some kind of urban fox and social mouse. There are few villains in the workshop. Since Wei Shuai also said that these people are ugly, then I think they must be from other places." Those who come here are either hidden deep, or maybe they are dead soldiers or domestic slaves raised by some family."

Zhang Liang asked, "Sanlang, who have you offended recently?"

"What Zhang Gong said, I have offended a lot of people recently, doesn't Zhang Gong know?"

Zhang Liang laughed twice. Qin Lang did make many enemies in Chang'an City. He first formed a relationship with the Zheng family, and later served as a peace envoy. He even dealt a lot of cruelty to the old princelings. , Which of the wealthy families in Beijing has not been expropriated by Qin Lang? In addition, the recent incident with Princess Danyang has caused a lot of trouble. In addition, when he returns to Beijing this time, he will reform the tax law, which is also scolded by everyone.

"Saburo, who do you think is the most likely?"

This Qin Lang himself didn't know who to suspect.

It's possible for anyone.

"I'm still counting on Mr. Zhang to find out the truth for me."

In Qinrenfang, Qin Qiong heard that his son was injured by an assassination, and immediately rode on Huleibu to Pingkangfang. His eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Damn it, this is going to declare war on us Shandong people!" Cheng Yaojin's eyes were murderous. "Even my eldest son, Cheng Yaojin, dares to touch him. This is an endless situation."

"It must have been done by his mother's gentry."

"Don't yell for now, it's not too late to settle the score after you find out." Qin Qiong said in a deep voice. It is not good for anyone to yell about things without evidence.

"Is there still a need to investigate? Damn, he has been suppressing us all the time, and it seems that he can't suppress it now, so he came up with such a desperate plan. If he has the ability to target our brothers, he actually lays a black hand on the younger generation , Isn't this the fucking way they always used the underworld method? Incompetent, cruel, and cowardly, just work in secret!"

Qin Qiong dragged Lao Cheng into the yamen.

As soon as they came in, Lao Cheng and the two first saw Qin Lang sitting there, as if nothing happened.

"Are you OK?"

Qin Qiong asked worriedly.

"Grandpa, I'm fine."

"Sanlang, where's my Dalang?" Old Cheng panicked when he didn't see his son.

"Uncle Cheng, Da Lang suffered some injuries, but they were minor injuries. I was blamed for today's incident. If I hadn't pulled him along, he wouldn't have been implicated. The assassin came after me. "

Old Cheng said, "I can't blame you for this. The thieves came here with us from Shandong."

He ran to find Chu Mo, saw his son was stripped naked, with six or seven bandages on his body, lying on the couch, his eyes were red and tears came down.

After all, the son is only in his teens, but because he is the eldest son, he has always been strict with him, and he is always compared with Qin Lang. Seeing his son like this now, Lao Cheng is crying crocodile tears.

"Son, do you recognize who did it? Grandpa went and killed his whole family!"

Cheng Chu shook his head silently.

"These people all wore black scarves to cover their faces, and they didn't speak. They don't know their identities, but I can predict that these people have all been soldiers, and they must have been on the battlefield. They are all good fighters. Otherwise, eighteen of them, we Three will not be a disadvantage!"

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "That's true. Sanlang personally beheaded the fierce generals Wang Junkuo and Luo Yi, and also defeated Xie Shufang. If you were an ordinary hooligan, you would have killed them all."

Liu Shili rushed into the palace in a hurry, and was scolded bloody, and was directly fined by Li Shimin for a year's salary by the angry Li Shimin, who drove him back.

Not long after Liu Shili came back, Li Junxian from Baiqi Division also came over in the name of visiting subordinate Cheng Chumo, learned about the case, and then directly participated in the case.

The eunuch of the Imperial City's Dianqian Si Wang also came, this eggless, dead face, directly said that according to His Majesty's order, the Dianqian Si and the left and right Qianniuwei would also be responsible for assisting in the investigation of the case.

People from the Ministry of Punishment are also here, and people from Dali Temple are here.

This case shocked too many people.

The twelve people who were caught alive are now under continuous surveillance by at least seven or eight people from the Yamen for twelve hours to ensure that they will not be silenced and that their confessions will be reported truthfully.

As for the three who escaped, they were also arrested with all their strength.

The most famous painter in Chang'an came to paint the portraits of these assassins, and then the entire Gyeonggi region offered a reward for their identification.

The first person to be identified was a dead guy who was found to be a Turkic.

But no one believed that the assassination was instigated by the Turks, and it was impossible for Jieli Khan to come to Chang'an to kill people.

The second person whose identity was identified was a prisoner. This guy was found out to be a monk from Da Zongchi Temple and a disciple of Fa Ya.

"Could it be that the bald donkeys instigated behind the scenes?"

Qin Lang didn't believe it.

"The monks hate me, I believe it, but I still don't believe that they planned the assassination, I can only say that maybe some monks participated in the assassination, or that they were just used as swordsmen. "

Qin Qiong also supports this view.

Cheng Yaojin still said that behind this must be those gentry.

Li Shimin sent people over seven or eight times a day to inquire about the progress.

The emperor was extremely concerned about the interrogation among various divisions. Qin Lang knew very well that the truth of this case would soon be revealed.

The identity of one assassin after another was found out.

It's just that the more I check, the more confused I become.

Among the people whose identities were identified, there were monks, Taoists, Turkic people, Sogdians, and even Goguryeo and Khitan people. They were simply a multi-ethnic mixed mercenary army.

Those captives were also very stubborn, no matter how tortured they were, they would not recruit them.

Later, Qin Lang confirmed that these people were not unwilling to confess, but that they really did not know more information at all, and they were really just hired killers for money.

As for the monk, the situation is different. He is Fa Ya's disciple and was forced to return to vulgarity, so he has hatred for the court and Qin Lang. Not long ago, someone came to him and said that he would uphold justice and kill the Buddha. The traitor Qin Lang.

So this person joined in. He was not familiar with other assassins. As for the person who pulled him, he only had one-way contact. Every time the other party contacted him, he did not have the contact information of that person.

"This monk, it looks like someone deliberately got into the team to confuse the fog!"

For three days, the case did not make much progress.

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with this, scolded Zhang Liang bloody, and fined him a year's salary.

Qin Lang entered the palace to face the saint.

"Zhang Liang is very incompetent, and I am very disappointed." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, it's not that Mr. Zhang is incompetent, but Mr. Zhang dare not say anything about what he found out now." Qin Lang said bluntly.

"What did Zhang Liang dare not say?" Li Shimin was surprised.

"Your Majesty, although the people behind the scenes are very careful this time, after a few days of careful investigation and reasoning, I have finally obtained some interesting information."

Li Shimin frowned tightly, "If you find something, just tell me."

"These assassins are basically people who don't know each other. They come from all over the world, but no matter how cunning a fox is, it will show its traces. Now, through detailed comparison, I found that when these assassins contacted the people behind the scenes , the same person contacts came up several times, and the contacts are now directed at one target."

"who?"

"Seal the promise!"

As soon as the name came out, Li Shimin couldn't help being stunned for a moment. Feng Yanzun was the governor of Ruzhou, his father was Mi Guogong, Zuo Pushe Feng Deyi, and his mother Yang was the younger sister of Yang Su. Feng Yanzun is the eldest son of Feng Lun, and he is doing pretty well.

"You mean this assassination was conspired by Feng Deyi?"

"I don't dare to say it, but now there are many clues that show that Feng Yuxiu, Feng Yanzun's close relative, is the contact person. Although he thinks that his whereabouts are secret, but he has contacted so many people, little by little. When you wake up, you can outline a lot of information."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth.