Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2732 Who is the Murderer
In the Hall of Liangyi, His Majesty Li Er sat on the throne, his face sank like water, and a pair of tiger eyes glared at the civil and military officials in the hall.

All the ministers felt the anger from the emperor, and they all trembled, not daring to make a sound.

There was silence in the hall, only the wind whistling outside the window. After a long while, His Majesty Li Er asked in a deep voice, "Who will tell me what is going on? Is the Tang Empire still alive?" King's law? Today the court officials were assassinated outside the gate of the imperial capital in broad daylight, so tomorrow will assassins infiltrate this Taiji Palace and assassinate me on the dragon couch? Huh?!"

Speaking later, he was already stern and angry.

The ministers shook their bodies and bowed their heads one after another, without saying a word.

Only Ma Zhou came out in line with the crowd, knelt down on the main hall, took off the black gauze on his head and put it beside him, then said in a deep voice, "As Jing Zhaoyin, I have not been able to clean up the capital. In order to maintain law and order, allowing criminals to commit violence at will is a dereliction of duty and a crime worthy of death. I would like to resign from the position of Jing Zhaoyin, and ask your majesty to punish crimes according to the law, punish the past and the future, so as to serve as an example to others."

He is Jing Zhaoyin, and the murder occurred outside Chang'an City, so it is natural that he cannot escape the blame.

General Zuo Tunwei and Qiao Guo Gong Chai Zhewei came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty clearly learned that the Jingzhao Mansion cannot be blamed for such murders outside Chang'an City and in important places in Gyeonggi. In order to demonstrate Your Majesty's justice and appease the emotions of the people, Please allow Ma Zhou to resign from the post of Jingzhao Yin, and appoint others to clean up the city defenses, hunt down the criminals, and give the people of Guanzhong an explanation."

As soon as this remark came out, the ministers looked sideways.

Although such a murder has a huge impact, but there is no warning in advance, how can it be completely blamed on the Jingzhao Mansion?As Jing Zhaoyin, Ma Zhou must have responsibilities, but he can take the blame and make meritorious deeds. If he resigns himself, it is just a self-deprecating statement. If you show an attitude, you will immediately go online to make trouble, and your character is a bit embarrassing. .

The crown prince Li Chengqian is participating in politics today, and he is very dissatisfied with Chai Zhewei from the bottom of his heart. Isn't this obviously suppressing my people?Not counting the ones who went to the Ministry of War to pry my corner, but actually want to dismiss the minister who is close to me in the court?

It is tolerable and unbearable.

Seeing Li Ji who was on the side gave him a wink, he immediately went out of class and said: "Father, the governor of Mafu is certainly to blame, but under his rule, Jingzhao Mansion has always been safe and stable, and the people live in peace. Fu Yin's long-term sleepiness and painstaking efforts are indispensable. This tragedy happened too suddenly. If Ma Fu Yin is punished by this, who can replace him and lead Jingzhao Mansion to hunt down the criminals? Let's use Jingzhao Mansion and The Ministry of Punishment is jointly responsible for the investigation and pursuit of this case, allowing Jingzhao Prefecture and the Ministry of Punishment to take the blame and perform meritorious service."

Song Guogong Xiao Yu also stood up and echoed: "The prince's words are the most fair, and the old ministers agree."

His Majesty Li Er just nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is of great importance, the arrogance of the murderers must be curbed, otherwise even the capital will be so bloody and bloody, and the court ministers will be in danger. How will the people of the world think of me, the emperor?" What else is there to face the world? The Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Criminal Justice will mobilize all hands, and the Dali Temple will also assist. Within seven days, the murderer will be arrested and brought to justice. I will give you credit, otherwise, Ma Zhou, Zhang Liang, you two Please resign yourself!"

Ma Zhou said solemnly: "This humble minister obeys the order."

Pick up the black gauze hat on the side, put it on, and return to the train.

Zhang Liang felt that disaster had come from heaven. He had also investigated the scene of the crime. Except that the murder weapon used by the murderer was most likely from the army, there was no other clue. It is still difficult to track down the murderer within seven days. God, what's more, he has to be brought to justice...

But at this time, no one had the guts to bargain in front of His Majesty Li Er and emphasize the difficulties, so they could only bite the bullet and respond: "My minister obeys the order!"

Sun Fujia, Minister of Dali Temple, also nodded and said: "I will definitely do my best to assist Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Punishment."

His Majesty Li Er nodded slowly, glanced at Chai Zhewei, and said: "Everyone should go to work, stabilizing the situation in Chang'an is a top priority, and we must not make the people panic."

Seeing the ministers saluting and leaving one after another, he said again: "The prince will stay here for a while."

Li Chengqian paused and had no choice but to stay.

After all the ministers had left, he returned to the throne, looked at His Majesty Li Er and asked, "What orders does your father have?"

His Majesty Li Er didn't answer, but just sat on the throne, his eyes were shining, he stared straight at Li Chengqian, he looked at Li Chengqian until his heart was trembling, then he let out his breath slowly, and asked word by word: " Gao Jifu's death, but what did you do?"

Li Chengqian was taken aback for a moment, then his complexion changed drastically, and he knelt down in front of the emperor with a "plop", and said loudly: "Father and emperor have learned from you, my son knows nothing about this!"

His Majesty Li Er did not speak, but stared at Li Chengqian with scorching eyes, his eyes were like knives trying to cut through Li Chengqian's outer skin, without missing anything in his heart.

Li Chengqian was sweating coldly, and argued: "Father, my son is about to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. These days, I have been traveling between the Duke's Mansion of Ju State and the East Palace. I came out at sunrise and returned at sunset. During this period, I didn't even receive a single foreign minister. , how can you instigate someone to murder Gao Jifu? Besides, even if this son-in-law has this in mind, but now the childish slave wants to take it for his own use. Do people have doubts about Erchen?"

His Majesty Li Er looked at the anxious and sweaty son in front of him, and felt that he should believe what he said. After all, such a man with little capital and a kind heart is unlikely to do such a cruel thing, just like him As he said, Gao Jifu's sudden death at this time, the biggest suspect is the crown prince who wanted to cut off King Jin's wings.

But if it wasn't for the prince, who could the murderer be?

There are many people who have the auxiliary motivation to assassinate Gao Ji, but who has to do such a cruel thing in front of the Mingde gate in public, causing the world to shake, and making him, the emperor, lose face?

Contempt for the imperial prestige?

Still have ulterior motives?

His Majesty Li Er was puzzled.

*****
The autumn rain in the south of the Yangtze River is lingering, and the Jinji Lake is misty and misty.

It has been raining for several days, and the air is thick with moisture. If you don't take a bath for a few hours, you will feel wet and uncomfortable.

However, the princesses have always been in a good mood. For several days in a row, Mu Yuanzuo sent people to arrange to play around. Although the weather was not beautiful, the princesses who escaped from the big cage in Chang'an were like canaries flying high, smiling all the time. floating on the face.

In the evening of this day, the princesses who had just returned from a visit to Tiger Hill were sitting in the flower hall drinking tea after taking a bath. The bamboo leaves were whirling outside the window. The curling hot air that comes out flutters with the wind.

Princess Jinyang ate a piece of pastry and took a sip of hot tea, her high spirits suddenly sank, she sat on the floor mat, her knees were exposed in her arms against her sharp chin, her snow-white feet were under the hem of her skirt He lit the floor mat at once, frowned slightly, and said softly: "Brother-in-law doesn't know what to do all day long, those Jiangnan gentry are also very strange, don't they always hate brother-in-law? Now they are queuing up every day During the banquet for brother-in-law, all of them servilely flattered and flattered each other, it's really shameless."

The little princess is indeed intelligent, but she has never experienced the baptism of the officialdom, and has never experienced the tempering of life. Naturally, she cannot understand why those Jiangnan gentry hate him to death, but they are so eager to curry favor...

Princess Gao Yang sat aside, stretched out her hand to gather her messy hair behind her crystal-like jade ears, and said with a smile: "You girl, it's not enough to have a few older sisters with you, you have to keep thinking about it." Brother-in-law? Let me tell you, why don’t you go back to Taiji Palace in the future, just live in our house, so that you can let your brother-in-law play with you every day, so you will be happy, right? "

Before Princess Jinyang answered, Princess Changle coughed lightly and reprimanded: "What crazy words are you talking about? My son is not yet married, but he is already old enough. Choosing a son-in-law is only a matter of one or two years. If your words spread , it is inevitable that people will make up some unpleasant words, so be careful."

Princess Gaoyang is the most delicate and savage, although she usually respects Princess Changle quite a lot, but she is definitely not obedient and obedient, so she immediately retorted: "Sister, why are you thinking so nastyly? My sister will go to my sister's house for a few days. It should be, as a brother-in-law, you have to take into account the thoughts of your wife and sister, and accompany your wife and sister to please a lot, isn't it human nature?"

Princess Changle said angrily: "You clearly know that I don't mean it, it's just unreasonable and even three points."

Princess Gao Yang smiled and said: "People are so close to each other, who knows what sister means? Maybe you want to live in my house instead of my son, and let my Erlang coax you, my sister-in-law, to sleep like a sister-in-law... "

In a word, not only Princess Changle blushed, but also Princess Chengyang, who had been silent all the time, had Xia Fei's cheeks full of embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)