Yang Ming, in his own name, wrote a letter to the chief officials of Qinghe County, Qingzhou and so on, as a greeting, asking them to reserve three local places for the Cui family.
In fact, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Yang Gongren would also give good greetings to these places, and those people had to comply even if they were not happy.
The Cui family are all loopers, so when they go back to their place, they will naturally take care of things and don't let the officials suffer. After all, you can make money by recruiting people.
Changping's food problem has been temporarily solved, but it can only last for two or three months. After that, it will have to rely on Yuzhou to provide relief. As long as Yuzhou can wait until the autumn harvest, everything will be fine.
Liang Bi, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, arrived in Luoyang first, and then took over the case from He Zongbo and other officials of the Ministry of Punishment.
After such a long time, all the corpses in Prince Qi's Mansion have been enshrined, but the file records of the investigation site and corpse examination are still there.
According to the on-site investigation, the number of thieves who committed the murder should be between 200 and 400. After the murder, they fled westward. He Zongbo also sent people all the way to the west to pursue clues. The final answer was that this group of perpetrators was very It is possible that he entered Guanzhong.
There was also a convoy that was supposed to be traveling with Prince Qi's family, but after the incident, it also returned to Beijing.
He Zongbo had already reported these situations to the Ministry of Punishment, but he didn't know exactly what was found.
As for why Qiao Lingze from Prince Qi's residence appeared at the place where the incident occurred, He Zongbo had no idea. He asked Prince Qi and Prince Qi told him to get lost.
"Among the entry and exit records of Luoyang County, are there any subordinates of King Qin?" Liang Bi stayed in a mansion in Luoyang, which was temporarily requisitioned by the Ministry of Punishment.
He Zongbo said: "Yes, and these people are all from Guanzhong. I was confused at the time, so I led people to investigate. As you know, there are too many people from Guanzhong in Luoyang at the moment, so it is difficult to investigate. But as for King Qi, I know a few people, and after inquiring, I found out that many of the people on this list were once your Majesty's personal guards during the Jin Dynasty, and are now the King of Qin's people. In addition, there are scattered entry and exit records of the King of Qin every day. By contrast, some of them are consistent.”
Liang Bi frowned and asked, "When did you get to know the people from Prince Qi's Mansion?"
He Zongbo answered honestly: "In the 19th year of the founding of the Emperor, during the spring outing, His Royal Highness the King of Qi and the daughter of Duke Pei disappeared at the same time. At first, I was responsible for investigating the case, so I dealt with the King of Qi's personal guards."
During the spring outing that year, He Zongbo was still the Minister of Justice in the Ministry of Justice. He couldn't figure out the case and was afraid of being blamed. He broke his leg in a cruel move and was transferred back to the capital.
I stayed at home for two years and did some activities. Now I have returned to the Ministry of Justice and been promoted.
"I have heard about this matter," Liang Pi nodded and said, "So, have you gone to King Qin to check it out?"
He Zongbo said with a bitter look on his face: "I don't dare to go. King Qin is now the governor of Tokyo Construction and he is a very busy man. How can I dare to check on others with my rank?"
Liang Bi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are so naughty that you don't dare to check it yourself, so you leave it to me to get into trouble?"
"Don't dare, don't dare," He Zongbo said with a smile: "I dare to ask Mr. Liang, how is the investigation in the capital?"
Liang Bi said: "King Guan was found."
"Ah?" He Zongbo was stunned and stammered: "This, this, this, this."
"Don't make random guesses. The man was not killed by King Guan," Liang Bi explained: "Qiao Lingze, who was under King Qi, was ordered by King Qi to go to Hongnong County to bring King Guan's granddaughter Yan back to Luoyang. None of the thieves survived, but the Yan family is still alive and returned to the capital. Your Majesty already knows this."
He Zongbo was stunned and said: "So, the returned convoy that was detected is actually the granddaughter of King Guan? So where did the thief go after he fled westward into Guanzhong?"
"I don't know. Anyway, I haven't entered Beijing. I have checked the entry and exit records of Chang'an County and Wannian County. There are no problems," Liang Bi said with a frown:
"Tonight, you and I will go to the Grand Supervisor's Mansion to meet King Qin. Also, there is a rumor in Luoyang that King Qin is the instigator behind the scenes. Just arrest him and you won't use your brain. This kind of thing can spread like this. ?”
"Yes, yes, your Majesty understands. I will go down and give you instructions," He Zongbo hurried over.
That night, Yang Ming was originally discussing the construction of the palace city with Yang Suyu Wenkai, but the guards came to report that Liang Bi, the Minister of Punishment, came.
When Yang Su heard this name, his head hurt. He actually didn't have much hatred for Liang Bi, because he always knew that the other party was just a knife in Emperor Gaozu's hand.
Yang Ming first asked Yang Su if he minded, and after receiving a negative answer, he invited Liang Pi in.
As soon as Liang Bi came in, he saw Yang Su, but Yang Su didn't even look at him.
Yang Ming pointed to the empty seat next to him and said: "I am busy with official duties and did not have time to greet Liang Hou. The journey has been so dusty. Please take a seat."
"How dare you bother Your Highness to greet me?" Liang Pi sat down aside, and a waiter served him a cup of fragrant tea.
In the hall now, there is a prince, a minister, and a minister of the Ministry of Industry. They are all older than Liang Bi, but this person behaves neither humble nor arrogant, with a straight back, as if he and Yang Su are of the same level.
If he didn't have this strong energy, Yang Jian wouldn't have used him back then.
This man not only impeached Yang Su, but also impeached an important figure, Shu Guogong Liu Fang in the early years of the founding of the emperor.
There have been rumors all over the world that the reason why Yang Jian became emperor was because of two people who contributed the most, one was Liu Fang and the other was Zheng Yi.
At that time, Emperor Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yun, was seriously ill and could not speak. Liu Fang and Zheng Yi, who were close ministers of the emperor, forged an imperial edict and summoned Yang Jian to serve as prime minister.
At that time, Yang Jian pretended to shirk a few times, but Liu Fang directly said: If the public does something, do it immediately; if he doesn't, then Fang will do it himself.
Historical records: Emperor Gaozu followed it.
Later, during the Kaihuang period, Liu Fang relied on his high achievements and committed all kinds of evil, so he was violently impeached by Liang Bi, but the effect was not great.
The last person was charged with treason.
So Yang Ming knew that Liang Pi was a sensible person who was only loyal to the emperor, so he was trusted by his father.
"Marquis Liang is here, what's the matter?" Yang Ming asked.
Liang Bi stood up and held his hands in his hands, saying: "There is some evidence pointing to His Highness's subordinates, so I am here to ask Your Highness to be accommodating. Let me check it out in your Your Highness's subordinates. Something unusual has happened. Please forgive me."
"Do you believe in the gossip among the people in the market?" Yang Su snorted coldly.
Liang Bi had no interest in Yang Su at the moment, so he said politely: "Going back to Yue Gong, the records of the Luoyang County government record that on the day of the incident, there were members of His Highness the King of Qin coming in and out, and there were a lot of them."
"How do you know those are the songs of King Qin?" Yang Su asked.
Liang Pi replied: "Of course I found it."
"That's interesting," Yang Su said with a sneer: "The King of Qin will take people to the Luoyang construction site every few days. He also often sends people out of the city to supervise the progress of the fortifications. Naturally, he will leave records of entry and exit. Based on this alone, Do you dare to check His Highness?"
Liang Bi said expressionlessly: "I was ordered to conduct a thorough investigation. Furthermore, I did not doubt His Highness. It was just a matter of routine. If there are any doubts, if I don't investigate, how can I explain it to Your Majesty? Please teach me, Yue Gongjiao." "
"Okay, okay," Yang Ming waved his hand, nodded to Du Ruhui beside him, and said, "Take Liang Hou to the backyard and let others check."
"Yes," Du Ruhui leaned over and raised his hand, leading the way and leading Liang Bi down.
At this time, Yu Wenkai finally spoke and said:
"At this time, the people from the Criminal Department are also indifferent. How dare they come to disturb His Highness?"
Yang Ming smiled, waited for the drawings on the long desk in front of him, and said, "It doesn't matter, let's discuss it further."
The next day, after returning to the temporary office of the Ministry of Punishment in Luoyang, Liang Bi sent someone to call He Zongbo.
"You came to Luoyang with King Qin. How many people did he bring with him when you came?" Liang Bi asked.
He Zongbo looked confused: "How does this minister know? There are probably one or two thousand people."
Regarding this, Liang Pi has nothing to blame, because the other party is really not qualified to know how many people King Qin has.
This time at the Grand Supervisor's Mansion, Liang Bi conducted an inventory and concluded that there were two thousand troops stationed in Luoyang this time and responsible for guarding King Qin.
However, there are only the names of more than 400 people in the Luoyang County government's entry and exit records. This is understandable. After all, most of these people went out of the city to do business on the orders of King Qin, so they left records.
Then the question arises. Some of them are the guards of King Qin. They only accompany King Qin. They go wherever King Qin goes. But why are their names included in the records of leaving the city?
You know, if you follow King Qin in and out of Luoyang, you won't check the name brand.
So Liang Bi listed the list of these guards and gave it to He Zongbo, saying:
"Bring all the guards who were on duty at the city gate that day and let them recognize the faces of these people."
In fact, at the beginning, Dugu Zuan, the governor of Henan County, had already changed the entry and exit records according to Yang Ming's instructions, but later Yang Jian asked for the entry and exit records through Luoyang County Magistrate Tang Shizong and changed them again.
The names that Yang Xian added on the record were all the names of the guards closest to Yang Ming that Chu Ji, the palace steward, recalled based on his impressions.
The original intention was to frame him, but they overlooked one point. The guards usually followed Yang Ming inseparably, so there should be no records of incoming and outgoing.
On the day of the incident, among Yang Ming's guards, only Zhu Sanli had ever left the city.
So Liang Pi called all the city gate guards on duty that day and asked them to recognize each person's face one by one. Almost everyone gave the same answer.
Among them, the guards on duty at the east gate had some impressions of Chen Kui and the others, but only when they left the city from the east gate of Luoyang with the King of Qin. They all expressed no impression of him alone, as well as the remaining three gates of the north, south, and west. I have seen them, and I have never even seen their names.
There was one on the list, but no one had been seen. Liang Bi couldn't help but feel suspicious, so he summoned the governor of Henan County, Dugu Zhu, and the magistrate of Luoyang County, Tang Shizong.
Liang Bi had begun to suspect that the records had been tampered with.
(End of chapter)
