Northern Dynasties

Chapter 627 Gyeonggi Murder Case
After Li Tai rested at home for two days, he had to accompany King Liang to the pilgrimage again.

King Liang didn't know where he heard the rumor. He only said that the Western Wei Dynasty was very barbaric. When he came to the audience, he felt very nervous and kept asking Li Tai about various matters that needed attention.

Li Tai was also a little helpless about this, thinking about what the group of people below Yuwentai from Daxingtai in the court looked like, he didn't want to go against his conscience and say that the rumors were all false.

After all, even when he himself came to Chang'an for the first time to go to court, he saw the ministers fighting directly outside the court hall, which prompted him to make up his mind to practice martial arts diligently and strengthen his body, so as not to be in such a one-on-one fight. Zhong was beaten and lost face.

This kind of situation can only be said to be used to it. Anyway, even if Li Tai sees any monsters happening during the Shang Dynasty, he can take it lightly, but it is obviously very difficult for Liang Wang to adapt to the Western Wei Dynasty as soon as possible. I can only reassure King Liang again and again. After all, he is also a top-ranked leader in the gang when he talks about power, and it is still possible to protect King Liang from being humiliated.

It's okay if he doesn't guarantee it, but King Liang panics even more when he guarantees it.But no matter how nervous it is now, the cars welcoming King Liang to enter the court have already arrived outside the gate, and he can't be let go of pigeons in this Chang'an city, so King Liang can only bite the bullet and get on the car. In his heart, he hoped that Li Tai would be as powerful as he said.

The imperial court arranged a lot of ceremonial scenes for King Liang's entry into the imperial court. There were forbidden troops and policemen along Jingjie Street along the way from Bieyuan to the imperial city. In front of the gate of Bieyuan, it can be said that both the personnel responsible for guiding and welcoming and the ostentation are all top-level arrangements.

This is of course due to the extraordinary status of King Liang, and more importantly, this should be the first time since the Western Wei Dynasty ruled Kansai that no leader from a foreign country came to the pilgrimage. It can be described as a breakthrough from zero to one in the diplomatic history of the Western Wei Dynasty.Although this so-called foreign leader was only canonized by the Western Wei Dynasty, and his territory was only a corner of Xiangyang, it was still of great significance and worthy of showing off.

In the imperial city, Daxingtai Yuwentai and several Zhu kingdoms were all dressed in court clothes and waiting solemnly for the arrival of King Liang.

Along the way, although Prince Liang's mood had not completely calmed down, he could still barely control himself from showing shyness in front of others. After having a courtesy meeting and conversation with Daxingtai and others, the group went straight to the court. Go to see His Majesty the Emperor.

After seeing that Li Tai's position among the courtiers was second only to those of the Zhu kingdoms, even though there were many powerful townspeople and generals in the courtiers, they could only be ranked behind Li Tai. This also made Liang Wang truly realize Li Tai's status in the Western Wei Dynasty, and finally secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Emperor Yuan Baoju was also very happy about King Liang's entry into the court. After the grand reception in the court hall, he ordered Daxingtai and the crown prince to treat King Liang seriously and make his guests feel at home.

Probably because Daxingtai and other Zhu kingdoms had seriously confessed their instructions, there were no traditional entertainments of the Western Wei court before and after the court meeting today, and the atmosphere was still very good until the banquet at the prime minister's mansion in the outer court.

While King Liang was in a relaxed mood, he also felt rumors that he could not do his best. Although there were many rough-looking people in the court hall of the Western Wei Dynasty, overall court etiquette was not bad, and he was treated with enough respect and courtesy.

But this good atmosphere will soon come to an end. Not long after the banquet started, two guests rushed to the hall and handed an urgent report to Daxingtai.Daxingtai looked down at the urgent report, his face sank immediately, he turned his head and asked the prince and Duguxin to entertain King Liang on his behalf, while he stood up and left in a hurry.

The prince is not a peaceful person, seeing Da Xingtai's attitude, he knew something urgent must have happened, and he was eager to find out, so he was not in the mood to entertain the puppet King Liang, so he also got up left.

The two protagonists in the banquet got up and left one after another. No matter how slow King Liang was, he still felt that something was wrong. His mood, which had been relaxed just now, suddenly became tense again, and he subconsciously looked at Li Tai who was sitting next to him.

In fact, Li Tai didn't know exactly what happened. After he and his father-in-law Duguxin decided on the way to deal with it at Longyuan Academy the day before yesterday, Duguxin asked him to rest at home with peace of mind. It is obvious that the plan has been launched.

After Daxingtai and the prince left one after another, Zhuguo Duguxin, who was the most respected present at the scene, became the host of the banquet without hesitation. In addition, he also had the experience of going out of Jingzhou, and the current general manager of Jingzhou, Li Tai, was him. His son-in-law had quite a common topic when talking with Liang Wang. While talking and toasting, he gave Li Tai a knowing look.

After Li Tai saw this, he no longer thought about it. He still believed in his father-in-law's methods, so he calmly picked up the wine glass and started drinking.

Different from the joyful atmosphere at the banquet in this hall, the straight hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion not far away has a dignified and solemn atmosphere.

In the hall, there were a few bloody corpses wrapped in hemp felt, and beside them were more than a dozen Qiang and Manjian soldiers with panicked expressions and wounded bodies, kowtowing to Yu Wentai and begging: "I implore Grand Master Yuwen to avenge our lord and severely punish the murderer..."

Above the straight hall, Yu Wentai sat in his seat with a gloomy face. Yan Qing, the city defense general in front of the seat, knelt down on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "There are hundreds of murderers. After leaving the hall, they each had excellent equipment and advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. When the city defense troops arrived after hearing the news, the murderers had all retreated, and several powerful chieftains had been killed. Jingzhao Wang Yin was hanged in the front hall of the other hall... ..."

After listening to Yan Qing's report, Yu Wentai turned his gaze to Jing Zhaoyin Wang Yue, who took office not long ago, and said in a deep voice: "Since Wang Qing met the criminals, can you recognize where these criminals are from?"

Wang Yue's face was now covered with black, blue, red and swollen fist marks and scars, and he looked quite embarrassed. When he heard Da Xingtai's question, his face showed a somewhat hesitant expression.

Seeing his expression, Yu Wentai's face suddenly darkened: "Does Wang Qing have something to hide, or is he deliberately shielding the thieves?"

"I don't dare. It's just that this is probably an unusual case of violent murder. There is a deep secret in it. Please, Your Majesty, temporarily hold back the rest of us and allow me to report it carefully."

After hearing the words, Wang Yue said quickly, her expression became serious and heavy.

Hearing this, Yu Wentai frowned deeply, ordering Yan Qing to lead out the guards from the outer hall first, and then looked down at Wang Yue again. "I don't know the thugs who harassed the other halls, but because of their tone of voice and their ease of advancing and retreating, we can tell that they must be from Jinai. After this group of gangsters beat up the Hanzhong chieftains to death, they insulted them a lot. The thieves of rural property and property colluded with the Qiang and barbarians from abroad to enter the village, intending to seize the wealth and wealth of the villagers..."

After the Xianzaren and others exited, Wang Yue described the scene and encounter in detail. After hearing this, Yu Wentai's face became even more ugly.

The king of Liang is not the only one who entered the court this year, but also Fang Yuhao chieftains from Hanzhong and other places.Although their status and status were not as conspicuous as those of Liang Wang Xiao Xi when they came to court, their significance was greater.

Hanzhong is the southern barrier of Guanzhong, which is extremely important for the internal stability of Guanzhong. It is also a springboard that must be grasped to enter Shuzhong.After losing it for many years, it was finally recovered this year. Li Tai returned to the Jianghan battlefield after capturing Nanzheng City. Da Xiwu then entered Nanzheng City and appeased the local powerful chiefs in Hanzhong one by one.

Taiwan Fuzhong also held a series of discussions on how to govern Hanzhong after its recovery.In view of the importance of Hanzhong's location, coupled with the fact that the people were not attached to it and it was easy to leave, Wang Yue and other ministers who accompanied the army generally proposed to move the powerful forces in Hanzhong into Guanzhong. Yuwentai himself was more inclined to this plan. .

However, this will inevitably violate the interests of some Guanzhong tyrants, and they are also worried that these Hanzhong tyrants will raise troops to rebel because they are unwilling to leave their homeland, so the plan was not implemented immediately.

At the end of this year, Yu Wentai called several Hanzhong chieftains into the court, intending to communicate with them, and promised them to move to Guanzhong as an example with the benefits of officials and nobles.

The reason for adopting such a conciliatory attitude was also affected by the war situation in the southeast this year. Yuwentai was not only satisfied with regaining Hanzhong, but was already considering the feasibility of taking over Shuzhong in one fell swoop.With such a larger strategic goal in mind, he certainly did not want another riot in the Hanzhong area to slow down the overall strategic rhythm.

Listening to what Wang Yue said, it was obvious that the people behind the scenes were the powerful people in Jingzhao who felt that their local interests would be harmed.They beat these Hanzhong tycoons to death in the hope of destroying the Taiwan government's plan to move the Hanzhong population to Guanzhong. They also angered Wang Yue who proposed the plan and humiliated him.

The nature of this matter is naturally very serious, and it is completely provoking the authority of the overlord. Yu Wentai has no intention of letting the perpetrators go easily, and the first thing to do now is to find out who is instigating as soon as possible!

Although those thugs came and went like the wind, they only took advantage of a surprise, and they couldn't completely hide their whereabouts in broad daylight.After the imperial army and city defenses were fully mobilized, the escape route of the murderers was quickly determined. Yan Qing led a thousand elite Jinei soldiers to where the murderers settled in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an. After an attack, they were successfully captured. Either kill or capture.

At the same time, the instigator behind these murderers also surfaced, that is, Wang Mingyuan, the son of Jingzhao Wang and Wang Zhen.

For such a result, Yu Wentai was not surprised.To be able to mobilize so many troops in Ji Nei, and at the same time have a strong enough motivation to do so, even Wang Yue, Jing Zhaoyin, is not in his eyes. Naturally, he is not a vulgar person. There are only a few local tycoons who are closely connected and have such confidence, such as the Jingzhao Wang family.

Wang Wei is a famous minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, especially in the battle of Shayuan in the early years of the Datong. If he hadn't served as the governor of Huazhou and dominated Gao Huan's army in Huazhou City, thus buying time for Yu Wentai to return in time, I am afraid Gao Huan had to copy Yuwentai's old home in Huazhou, let alone the success of Shayuan.

But this incident is really too bad. Not to mention that Wang Yan has already passed away. Even if he is still alive and even if this thing is done by Wang Yan, Yu Wentai cannot tolerate the authority of the Taiwan government being so blatantly used. provocative!

Therefore, after obtaining conclusive evidence, Yuwen Tai immediately ordered the immediate arrest of Wang Mingyuan, Wang Zhi's son, and brought him to justice.

However, the troops who captured Wang Mingyuan returned empty-handed, and brought back news that made Yu Wentai even more angry: Wang Mingyuan was summoned into the East Palace by Prince Yuanqin, and given an official position in the East Palace.

After learning of this situation, Yu Wentai was furious, knowing that this was the prince who wanted to sing against him again.Although he was filled with resentment, he still suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered the officials to go to the East Palace to inform the Prince in detail of the reason, and advised the Prince not to recruit such a rebellious and bold person into the East Palace.

But soon the government officials came back again and told the prince that he was about to enter the palace to serve the sick. After the emperor's health recovered and the prince returned to the East Palace, he must carefully review what the grand master told him and give him a satisfactory answer as soon as possible. reply.

It can be seen that the prince is extremely proud of finally being able to hold Yuwentai's handle, and he declined his request while adding a witty remark, which directly filled Yuwentai's heart with anger.

Even so, Yu Wentai could not blatantly send troops into the East Palace to search for Wang Mingyuan, who was sheltered by the prince, when the prince declared his attitude to avoid seeing him.If he really wanted to do this, he might as well just kill the two of them and become emperor himself.Besides, the crown prince is still his son-in-law, and he doesn't want to abolish the current crown prince and replace him with someone else if he is not forced to.

After pondering for a while, Yu Wentai invited several other Zhu countries to come here to discuss how to deal with this matter.

At this time, the banquet welcoming King Liang to the court was coming to an end, and several Zhu kingdoms had been recruited away, so there was no need for the banquet to continue.

When Li Tai saw that several Zhu kingdoms were going to hold a meeting together, he guessed in his heart that the commotion was probably not too small. He wanted to stay and watch the excitement, but King Liang kept staring at him, so he could only First send King Liang back to Bieyuan to settle down, but he was dragged by King Liang to inquire about the personnel affairs of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Naturally, he wouldn't say anything out loud, he just perfunctoryly said a few words to King Liang and agreed to invite King Liang to his mansion again in the future, and then he left.

After leaving Bieyuan, it was already very late. After thinking about it, Li Tai didn't continue to return to the imperial city, but went directly home to sleep.Anyway, on the second day, it will be clear what happened.

(End of this chapter)