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Chapter 470 Chapter 481: The truth comes out
Ke Changqing was not treated as well as Ye Mengqiu, and was locked in the Youzhou Prison. Li Hao and Di Renjie took Mrs. Wang to the Youzhou Prison. Did Xiao Er commit a crime, why was he locked up in a prison..."

Hearing this, Li Hao felt very uncomfortable. He felt sorry for the parents all over the world. This old lady was still worried about her son at such an old age. He felt sad to see it.

Not long after entering the prison, I came to the jailer's lounge. Under the dim light, the walls of the lounge were covered with torture instruments. There was a square table, four benches, and a duck and a duck tied to the legs of the table. Goose.

After Li Hao revealed his identity, the four guards were taken aback and hurriedly saluted. Li Hao nodded, and then asked doubtfully, "Why are there geese and ducks in the prison?"

Di Renjie helped answer: "My lord, ducks and geese are used to test Ke Changqing's diet. Ducks and geese are more sensitive to all poisons. Ordinary poisons, as long as they smell them, they will collapse or even die, let alone eating them." Yes, in order to ensure the safety of Ke Changqing’s diet, all the food and water will be eaten by the geese and ducks first, and they will be fine for half an hour before they can be eaten by Ke Changqing.”

Li Hao was stunned when he heard the words, and couldn't help admiring Dali Temple for its many methods.

All the way to Ke Changqing's cell, I saw four Dali Temple officials guarding here. Letting these Dali Temple officials come to the prison to guard the prisoners is indeed wronging them, but in extraordinary times, it is natural to use extraordinary methods, which is also very helpless matter.

Ke Changqing was sleeping in the cell, Li Hao called out: "Ke Changqing, get up and see who is here!"

Holding the prison bars in her hands, Wang tremblingly called out, "Xiao Er."

Ke Changqing immediately jumped up from the bed, saw Wang Shi at a glance, and exclaimed: "Mother!" He jumped up and grabbed Wang Shi's hand, crying with excitement: "Mother, why are you here?"

"This man named Wang Ye brought me here." Mrs. Wang is just an old country woman who has never seen anything in the world. She heard Di Renjie always called Li Hao as Wang Ye, so she thought Li Hao was called Wang Ye.

Ke Changqing burst into tears when he heard the words, not knowing what to say.

At this time Li Hao said: "Ke Changqing, this king knows that you are a dutiful son. The reason why I have been refusing to confess is because your mother was arrested and you are under the control of others. But this king has rescued your mother. The last time this king I warn you, the people you are loyal to are doing treason, do you know what a crime is, you will implicate your mother."

"My lord, I've said it, I've said it, please let my mother go!" Ke Changqing knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Li Hao repeatedly.

Seeing this, Wang was stunned, but she could roughly tell that Li Hao was a high-ranking official, and her son must have committed a crime, so she hurriedly kowtowed to Li Hao: "My lord, please let go of my second son." Well, he is ignorant, if you want to punish him, punish him, he is old and not afraid of anything..."

Li Hao winked at Di Renjie, and Di Renjie hurriedly supported Wang, and explained to Wang: "Old lady, your son committed a crime, and our prince is giving him a chance to atone for his crime. Please stop kowtow."

"Ah, thank you, Mr. Wang, thank you, Mr. Wang..."

"Cough...cough..." Li Hao coughed dryly and said, "My surname is Li."

"Ah, the surname is Li?" Wang's face was confused, she clearly heard Di Renjie keep calling him the prince.

Di Renjie patiently explained to Wang: "This is King Qiongnan of the Tang Dynasty, whose surname is Li Minghao."

"King Qiongnan? I've heard of it! I've heard it! A great hero!" Wang suddenly exclaimed, he didn't know what King Qiongnan's name was, but she just heard that King Qiongnan was a great hero.

Li Hao didn't have time to chat with her, he was on business, so he turned to the Dali Temple official and said, "Bring a pen and paper, and prepare to record a statement."

"Yes!" The Dali Temple official hurried to fetch a pen and paper.

After a while, the pen and paper was brought, and Di Renjie took the pen and took the responsibility of recording the statement. Li Hao began to ask: "Ke Changqing, I ask you, who sent you to the governor's mansion to be a spy?"

Ke Changqing replied: "Wei Wang's housekeeper, Lu Cheng."

Li Hao asked again: "Besides you, how many other people like you were arrested by Wei Wang's mansion and forced to work for Wei Wang?"

Ke Changqing shook his head: "I don't know about this villain. It is estimated that there must be at least 500 people."

Li Hao asked again: "The night the king was assassinated, why did you go to report the news, and killed four guards of the Dudu's mansion in a hurry."

Ke Changqing said: "Lu, the steward of Wei Wangfu, told the villain that someone will assassinate the prince in the near future. Let the villain pay attention carefully. If the assassin misses, you must report to him. The villain knows that the failure of the assassin has something to do with whether King Wei It will be exposed, so he recklessly killed a guard and planned to report it."

"Then Lu Cheng of Prince Wei's Mansion is from Fan Yang's Lu family?"

"Yes." Ke Changqing nodded, "He is Master Lu's nephew. Since King Wei came to Youzhou, Lu Cheng offered to recommend himself to be a housekeeper in the palace."

Li Hao nodded his head, narrowed his eyes suddenly, and said, "Then it's time to get to the point. Was the murder of 78 people from the Hu and Zhao merchants the work of the Lu family and the King of Wei?"

Ke Changqing said: "My lord, the massacre of these two merchants was caused by the Lu family. Although the king of Wei also participated, he was just an accomplice. That night, the king of Wei invited the officials of the governor's mansion and Zhechong mansion to a banquet. Returning drunk, that's why Mrs. Lu can do things so smoothly."

"I see." Li Hao frowned slightly, and asked again, "The last question, who sent the assassin who assassinated this king?"

"It was sent by the Lu family." Ke Changqing said, "The Lu family sent a master to assassinate you, the prince. Wei Wang's mansion informed the villain of this news, and asked the villain to pay attention to the assassin's assassination results. If he fails, he will report it immediately, so The king of Wei also knew about it."

"Okay, very good!" Li Hao smiled slightly and nodded in satisfaction. He had obtained all the testimony he wanted, and then turned his head to ask Di Renjie, "Have you recorded everything?"

Di Renjie nodded, and handed the confession to Li Hao. Li Hao read it once, word for word, and then asked Ke Changqing: "Do you know how to read?"

Ke Changqing nodded: "Learn words, Wei Wangfu specially sent someone to teach me how to read and practice martial arts."

Li Hao knew that an undercover agent like him was actually an ancient spy. A spy, of course, had to be both civil and military, and he must be able to read Chinese characters, otherwise he would not be able to recognize important information in front of him.

Li Hao handed him the confession, and said: "Look it over and see if it is the same as what you said. After confirming that it is correct, sign and pledge. Your crime is serious, and it is very likely that you will be beheaded. But you are a tainted witness. The king will ask for credit for you, offset the credit, and reduce your crime."

"Thank you, my lord!" Ke Changqing thanked excitedly after hearing the words, took the confession and read it, confirmed that it was correct, signed his name, and pressed his fingerprints.

Li Hao brought back the affidavit of the signed painting, folded it and put it away, and Ke Changqing thanked him again: "My lord, thank you for pleading for the villain."

Li Hao snorted coldly and said, "Don't thank me, the king sees you as a filial son, so he is willing to forgive you." In his opinion, if a person is filial to his parents, no matter how bad he is, he can't be that bad.

Finally got Ke Changqing's testimony, and he can convict Lu and Li Tai. 78 people died, plus the assassination of the deposed envoy of the imperial court. Such a serious crime is tantamount to treason. The king of Wei participated, and he couldn't get rid of the responsibility. Li Shimin might not kill Li Tai, but a punishment is inevitable, and it depends on Li Shimin's mood. If Li Shimin is in a bad mood, Li Tai may be demoted to common people.

After coming back from the prison, he settled the Wang family first, and then Li Hao returned to the Governor's Mansion and began to write a memorial to report the facts of the case to Li Shimin. It's just a Lu family, he must use the golden fish talisman to mobilize troops to destroy it immediately, but now that King Wei is involved, he dare not act rashly, so he can only ask Li Shimin for instructions first.

The news of Ke Changqing's capture made Wei Wangfu and Lu's a little panicked. Lu hurried to find Ke Changqing's mother, but when they arrived at the village where the hostages were held, they found that Ke Changqing's mother had been rescued at some time. Lu Shi was completely panicked, and quickly sent someone to go north secretly. He was going to ask for help, otherwise they, Fan Yang and Lu Shi, would be finished.

Li Hao succeeded in investigating the case, and found two big mice, which was a good harvest, and Xue Rengui's battle on the bank of Qinghai Lake was also quite beautiful.

Qinghai Lake in the Tang Dynasty was very large, with a circumference of about 400 kilometers, or 800 miles. Xue Rengui sent [-] cavalry to circle Qinghai Lake, which took a full seven days. They confronted each other far away, and no one made the first move. Although Garqinling had the advantage in troops, he wanted stability. He had only one goal, to defend Tuyuhun, so he didn't take the initiative to attack. time.

Three thousand cavalry circled Qinghai Lake for a week, and suddenly attacked from behind the Tubo army at night, causing chaos in the Tubo army camp. Xue Rengui took the opportunity to attack and defeated the army of Garqin Mausoleum in one fell swoop. With more than [-] troops, they escaped and withdrew to the city of Fuqi.

However, Yang Long, the coach of the Western Turks, saw that Galqinling was defeated. Not only did he not retreat to Fucheng City, but he wanted to defeat Xue Rengui's army in one fell swoop.

Yang Long's confidence suddenly increased. Relying on his strength far surpassing the Tang army, he was confident and pursued all the way. After receiving the news from the scouts, Garqinling was shocked, and hurriedly sent people to chase him, sending a message to Yang Long, so that he would not be chased by the poor. .

However, after Yang Long received the letter from Galqin Ling, he didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he thought that Galqin Ling was jealous of him. In his opinion, Galqin Ling was defeated by Xue Rengui, and now he is suppressing Xue Rengui. It is normal for Galqin Ling to be jealous, so he took advantage of the victory and pursued the Tang army for more than 70 miles, entering a low hill.

Yang Long was dazzled by the victory and chased into the mountains. However, Xue Rengui had already laid a net again. The army suffered heavy losses and was in chaos. Then the Tang army rushed all the way down, smashing the Western Turkic army to pieces. The Western Turkic army suddenly had no fighting spirit and just fled. He fled back to Fucheng City, and sent a letter to Sanmi Mountain asking for help after the defeat.

　Don't worry everyone, Xiaodi belongs to Li Hao, so don't even think about Garqin Mausoleum.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)