Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3940 Chengnan Bloody Case

In ancient Chang'an, the vast and flat terraces above the ground were called "plains". There were many loess plains inside and outside Chang'an City, the most well-known of which were the "Four Famous Plains" - Bailu Plain, Shenhe Plain, and Shaoling Yuan and Longshouyuan.

And in the northwest of Shaolingyuan, there is still a small plain named "Fengqiyuan"...

Facing Zhongnan Mountain in the south, overlooking the Juhe River, the north is gentle, and the south is towering like a cliff.Because it was originally in Shanglin Garden in the Han Dynasty, and the Phoenix gathered in Shanglin, it got this name.The scenery at the southern foot is beautiful, with green forests on the slopes and gushing springs. It is a royal garden of all dynasties.After the Han Dynasty, Buddhism was widely promoted in the original place, and the Huayan Temple built as a cave a few years ago was here...

The rocks here are deep, the sky is flat, the woods are flat, the trees are long, the wind is high and the frost is early, the Zhoutai Han Garden, the setting sun and the grass, the soil at the foot of the temple was extended, the scenery is beautiful, and the geomantic omen is good. Many dignitaries and dignitaries built it here. manor.

On the east side of a ravine formed by rainwater, the manor stands tall and straight. It is quiet and leisurely under the night rain, with the sound of rain and the gurgling stream.

A cavalry came galloping from the ground, their iron hooves stepped on the road and splashed mud and water, and the sound of rumbling hooves shattered the silent rainy night.

The sound of dogs barking one after another, the lights in the manor were lit up, there were guards and servants running out of the house, and there were many shadows.

After a while, the cavalry arrived in front of the village gate, and the two leading riders took out two hook-like things from their horses, and grabbed the handles on both sides of the gate respectively. Several long ropes were attached to the back of the hook claws. , Each of them grabbed a rope, and they both clamped the horse's belly to urge the horse to run back. The rope straightened instantly, and the huge force pulled the two gates to pieces with a "boom".

"Rush in, leave no one behind!"

A cavalryman brandished a sharp horizontal knife and rushed into the village first. The iron hooves with big bowls stomped on the stone steps in front of the door, making a rumbling sound.

Behind him, dozens of horsemen came suddenly, rushing in from the broken gate of the villa.

Shouts of exclamation, cursing, and dog barking rang out in the village, and as the cavalry rushed into the village, they killed anyone they saw at the first sight, crying and screaming mixed together.There are quite a few servants and guards in the village, but how can they be the opponents of such well-equipped and powerful cavalry?The sharp light of the knife flipped and slashed in the rainy night, with human heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.

Near the main house, a man came to stop him with more than a dozen family members in full armor, holding a horizontal knife and staring angrily, and shouted sharply: "I am an official of the imperial court, Cui Yuqing, a doctor of the Ministry of punishment! You and other rebels dare to kill officials and defy the law with your own body!" ?”

With the defeat of the Guanlong army, many private soldiers from outside the pass and Guanlong's defeated soldiers scattered all over the central part of the Guanzhong. Without supplies, they could only plunder and loot everywhere.But they only dare to attack ordinary villages and stockades. It seems that these kinds of official manors will not be touched. Maybe one day he will rob and kill his own people who have a deep relationship with his family...

However, at this moment, dozens of cavalrymen didn't say a word when faced with the scolding of the servant of the Ministry of punishment. They urged their horses to charge up, and dozens of horizontal knives were raised high, and they slashed down with the sound of the wind.

The official's complexion changed drastically, and he shouted: "Defend the enemy!"

Trying to defend against the servants behind him.

However, the cavalry in front of us is obviously well-trained and powerful. Even during the charge, they can spread out and maintain a strict distance from each other. They are slightly slower in the middle and faster on both sides. Surround officials and servants.

The iron hooves of the war horse raised and crushed the servant's chest, the horizontal knife flew like a sword, the stumps and broken arms were thrown around, and the blood rushed into the sky and splashed down together with the rain.

It was just a face-to-face meeting, and the officials and more than a dozen servants fell dead on the spot.

The cavalry charged past and stopped the charge after driving a distance of several feet. Qiqi reined in the horses and turned their heads. One of the cavalry dismounted and came to the broken corpses on the ground to identify them one by one, and then put them on the ground. The dead official was found out, and after careful identification, he swung a knife and cut off the head, holding his hair in a bun in his hand, ignoring the dripping blood, and just got on the horse like that.

Dozens of people screamed, beat their horses and ran towards the gate of the villa, beheading many panicked servants along the way, leaving the village and walking along the way they came from, the iron horses rolled, and disappeared in the rainy night in an instant.

Only Zhuangzi was left with corpses all over the ground, blood running, and the sound of howling was heard far away in the rainy night...

*****
It rained all night, and it still didn't stop at Maoshi. Qu Tuquan yawned and came out of the city tower wearing a coir raincoat. He lay down on the arrow stack and looked down. , very few pedestrians.

Although the battle in Chang'an came to an end, many Guanlong defeated troops and the former private armies outside the Guan were wandering around after they were disbanded. Because of lack of supplies, they plundered and looted everywhere. In addition, the people were displaced due to severe floods. There is even no time to rest, and I dare not slack off in the slightest.

Wiping the rain off his face, he looked up at the dark sky. Qu Tuquan was about to go back to sleep in the tower when suddenly there was a rush of hooves in his ears. His heart sank and he turned around and squinted his eyes. On the official road heading south from Xiang Chunming's gate, a rider suddenly jumped out of the dark drizzle and galloped to the bottom of the city.

"A murder has occurred in Fengqiyuan in the south of the city. Please open the city gate quickly. I will enter the city and report the case to Jingzhao Mansion!"

The knights under the city reined in their horses and stood still before they reached the suspension bridge, and shouted while sitting on their horses, scratching their necks.

Qu Tuquan turned around and walked down the city, commanding the soldiers behind him: "Open the city gate and let him in."

"Here!"

The guards trotted down the city first, informed the guards, turned the winch to lower the drawbridge, opened the city gate, and let the knight enter the city.

The knight rode through the city gate, and saw Qu Tuquan was already standing by the road inside the gate, beckoned him to stop, and asked, "What's going on?"

The knight stood up and got off his horse to salute, articulate: "Your Majesty is a soldier from Chang'an County. He was resting last night and went back to his home outside the city to rest. In the middle of the night, he was awakened by the sound of horses' hooves. A cavalry force of less than a hundred men rushed into Fengqiyuan and was bloodbathed. Cui Yuqing Zhuangzi, a doctor of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, more than [-] members of his family were killed or injured. Cui Yuqing died on the spot and was brutally murdered... I also ask General Qu Tu to send a team of soldiers to protect the scene and maintain order. The next official rushed to Jingzhao immediately Report the case to the yamen of the government and the Ministry of Punishment."

Chang'an City covers a very large area, with one hundred and eight miles of squares in the city like a chessboard, and there are nearly a million residents gathered here, most of them are "Beijing drifters...

However, "living in the capital is not easy", such a prosperous and beautiful imperial capital in the world naturally has every inch of land, and housing prices are sky-high. There are less than two out of ten people who can really own a house in Chang'an City.Not to mention those coolies and porters, they could not save enough money to buy a house in the city after a lifetime of hard work. Even officials transferred from other state capitals to Beijing would find it difficult to buy a house in the city at leisure.

Fortunately, Chang'an has been the capital of the empire since ancient times, and even the surrounding counties and towns have been fully developed. When looking for a quiet place to buy or build a manor, it is spacious and bright, so a large number of middle- and lower-level officials live in Outside the city, it is only rainy in summer and snowy in winter, and it is much harder to enter the city every day on duty...

Qu Tuquan furrowed his eyebrows tightly: "Cui Yuqing?"

The rank of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is not low, except for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who is at the top of the fourth rank, and the other five ministers are all at the bottom of the fourth rank. Even the capital of the imperial capital, where there are as many high-ranking officials and dignitaries as the crucian carp crossing the river, can be regarded as a high-ranking official, so Cui Yuqing's name is heard. passed.

This person is from the Cui clan of Boling, and his elder brother is Cui Dunli, the left servant of the Ministry of War...

Not only was he born in a family in Shandong, but he was also able to have a relationship with the East Palace. Such a fourth-rank official was attacked and killed by bandits and rogues in his own manor. No matter how you think about it, it will inevitably cause shocks in many parties, and even make the current situation even more tense.

After all, it is the time when Guan Long is negotiating with Donggong, in case the murderer has anything to do with Guan Long...

Qu Tuquan nodded and said: "You go yourself, I will send troops to protect the scene."

"Here!"

The official got on his horse and went straight to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

Qu Tuquan stroked the beard on his chin, and was about to send people to Fengqiyuan, when he heard the sound of horseshoes galloping from outside the city, looked back in astonishment, and saw a group of cavalry galloping like lightning.

Qu Tuquan shouted: "Stop them!"

The current situation is tense, he dare not put such unidentified cavalry into the city...

More than ten riders were stopped outside the city gate, Qu Tuquan led a war horse out of the city gate, and asked, "Who are you waiting for, and why did you enter the city?"

One of them said: "We are the soldiers of Zuo Wuwei. We were ordered by the commander of our family to enter the city and go to the Ministry of punishment. Just now when the scouts in the army were patrolling, they raided a group of Guanlong defeated soldiers and captured them. They said that they attacked Fengfeng last night. A manor in Qiyuan."

Qu Tuquan froze for a moment, solved the case so quickly?
What a coincidence...

Moreover, Zuo Wuwei was stationed outside Chunming Gate, in the east of Chang'an, this Mingde Gate is the south gate of Chang'an, Zuo Wuwei's scouts are actually patrolling here?

He ordered his own soldiers to examine the opponent's soldier's talisman seal, and then let him go.After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong, so he personally led a brigade of soldiers out of the city and went straight to Fengqiyuan Cui's Manor, keeping the scene tightly.

When he arrived at the Cui Family Manor in Fengqiyuan, he found that there were teams of Zuo Wuwei soldiers along the road, and the entire Cui Family Manor was surrounded by groups, and no one was allowed to enter or leave...

Qu Tuquan was simply inexplicable. Strictly speaking, even the Six Commanders of the East Palace, which took over Chang'an's defense, could not control Fengqiyuan. Zuo Wuwei, as the army representing the British Duke Li Ji guarding outside the Chunming Gate, actually intervened in this Fengqiyuan. In a murder case?
But soon he realized that Cui Yuqing was a descendant of the Cui family in Boling, belonging to the direct line of the Shandong family, and Cheng Yaojin was born in the Cheng family of Jeju, both of the Shandong lineage.Moreover, at the moment, the Shandong aristocratic family and the Jiangnan gentry are joining forces to occupy the vacant position of the Guanlongmen faction in the imperial court. Cui Yuqing's misfortune happened at this time, I'm afraid it's not that simple...

(End of this chapter)