Chapter 362: Disgraced

Style: Historical Author: Code word Li ShiqingWords: 2936Update Time: 24/01/12 21:02:41
Liu Yanru's death was like a huge boulder being thrown into a calm lake, causing endless waves.

In the more than 800 years of history of the Holy Tang Dynasty, this was the first time that the newly crowned empress was murdered before her wedding ceremony could be held.

To be precise, he was raped and killed.

The Liu family, who had a scholarly family and had been ministers for generations, was disgraced.

After Liu Yanru's aunt learned the bad news, she hanged herself on the way to Luoyi. Zhongshu Ling Liu Shiming also fell ill because of the tragic death of his granddaughter. The car was temporarily stopped in Dazhou and could not continue moving.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the public. Whether it was Dongdu or Yizhou, there were all kinds of weird things.

People are all discussing this strange news in the world, waiting to see how the emperor will deal with it.

Soon, the palace reacted.

As soon as Murong Xue returned to Luoyi, he was taken away directly by Ni Linsi. It was said that he was injured in the attack and needed recuperation, but in fact he was placed under house arrest and questioned slowly.

Murong Ling and Ma Yunfang were sent to the harem of Dongdu, and their wedding was postponed until other arrangements were made.

Fortunately, Yuan Bin lived up to his expectations and led his troops in pursuit for more than a hundred miles. Finally, he caught up with a small group of assassins in Wuyang County, northeast of Nanyang City.

After a fierce battle, the Nanyang Army's pursuers killed nine assassins on the spot and captured three alive.

Yuan Bin was not polite and directly used the torture method of the Intelligence Department to torture the three assassins to death, and honestly revealed that the mastermind behind the scenes was none other than Huaiyang King Li Kuang.

After getting this key confession, Yuan Bin immediately ordered the soldiers to escort the living and carry the dead towards Dongdu. On the fourth day after Murong Xue was imprisoned, they arrived at Luoyi City.

After Tian Mu read the confession, he looked at the three half-dead assassins and asked coldly: "Are you from the Suppressing Army?"

"This humble post is a small school under the third banner directly under the Zhenjiang Army." Yuan Bin answered with his hands raised.

"The third banner directly under the banner?" Tian Mu sneered: "I heard that the third banner directly under the banner has another name, right?"

Yuan Bin replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Yes, the Intelligence Department of the Zhenjiang Army."

Tian Mu stared at Yuan Bin standing in front of him: "Intelligence Department? Your Xinjiang Suppressing Army has always been active in the Western Xinjiang area. Why did the Intelligence Department go to the Central Plains? How did you know that someone was going to be detrimental to the Queen and Concubine?"

"Sir, are you interrogating a lowly position?" Yuan Bin was deliberately surprised: "I thought that investigating the Queen's murder case was the top priority at the moment."

Tian Mu slapped the table: "How presumptuous! Whatever I ask you, you answer honestly. How to solve the case, is it your turn to teach me?"

Zhou Xing, the flag-bearer of the second section, coughed next to him and said in a deep voice: "Sir Tian, ​​Xiaoxiao Yuan represents the Zhenjiang Army, and the Zhenjiang Army has always maintained news exchanges with our Nilin Division. It was already in place before you became the Chief Historian, and even the Emperor was aware of this situation."

Tian Mu glared at him fiercely and snorted: "What? I can't ask you another question? Is it illegal to ask?"

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Zhou Xing said calmly: "However, what Xiaoxiao Yuan just said makes sense. Currently, everyone in the government and the public is paying attention to the murder of the Queen, and the emperor is even more worried about it. It has been delayed for a long time, Nilin Division I’m afraid it won’t be easy to explain.”

Tian Mu smiled sadly: "Why did it take so long? No, the Intelligence Department of the Xinjiang Army has already figured out the assassin's confession. Do we still need to go through all the trouble?"

Yuan Bin heard the sarcasm in the other party's words and said loudly: "Sir, these three assassins only revealed the mastermind behind the scenes, but they didn't know anything else. General Murong crossed the river from Gucheng Ferry and then set off from Dengzhou. Nanyang, we must find out who disclosed this itinerary to the Huaiyang rebels. I suspect that there are their spies in the local garrison."

"It won't bother the Xinjiang Army." Tian Mu curled his lips: "You haven't answered my question just yet. Why did the Intelligence Department come to the Central Plains? How many of you are here? Tell me clearly. .”

Seeing that he was still insisting on this matter, Yuan Bin suddenly became furious: "Master Tian, ​​you can't ask me about this matter. Don't say that I am a small school, I don't know anything, even if I clearly understand that Zhenjiang has its own military law Even now, I can’t tell you.”

With a bang, Tian Mu was stunned and said angrily: "How dare you, I think you are itchy? How dare you contradict me! Someone, tie him up!"

"Wait a minute!" Zhou Xing quickly stopped his brothers, then walked up to Tian Mu and lowered his voice: "Old Tian, ​​everyone was once a colleague of Yushitai, so I kindly remind you. The current situation, if you really anger me With the help of Protector Li, the emperor will definitely find a scapegoat to take the blame! Do you want to be that sheep?!"

Tian Mu was slightly startled when he heard this.

What Zhou Xing said was not wrong. Now is a critical period in the fight against the Turks. The Xinjiang Army has hundreds of thousands of elites and is one of the three pillars of the Holy Tang Dynasty. Even Li Bing is not willing to offend the Western Army easily, lest he miss a major event.

Tian Mu rolled his eyes and snorted: "It's just a small school. Will Li Jiangyao really fall out for him?"

Zhou Xing saw that Tian Mu was a little timid, and couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart, and said: "He is not an ordinary junior high school. Yuan Bin represents the Intelligence Department of the Zhenjiang Army. If he has something wrong with Lao Tian, ​​Yu Tuo It would be weird if Luo didn't come to settle the accounts. When people come to your door, aren't you asking for fucking trouble? In my opinion, let's just forget about this matter for now. After all, the Intelligence Department has been cooperating with the Counter Scale Department, so what's the need? Do we have to have a falling out?”

Tian Mu thought about it with a sullen face for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll give you this face today, so I won't argue with him."

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Zhou Xing accompanied Yuan Bin out of the Yamen and asked, "Brother, are you in a hurry to leave?"

Yuan Bin shrugged: "Mr. Zhou, I have finished my humble errands. I have nothing to do in Dongdu. I plan to return to Hangzhou today."

"If you are like this, follow me to find Mr. Dong first. Let's have a few drinks and wait until you set off tomorrow." Zhou Xing dragged him and said as he walked: "I also want to hear the news about Mr. Chang Shi."

Yuan Bin knew that the other party was concerned about Shen Lie's current situation, so he didn't refuse: "Okay, I can drink and eat for free because I earned it from my humble position."

The two walked side by side, turned around two lanes, and came to the newly built Military Department Yamen in Dongdu.

At this time, Yizhou's military headquarters had not yet moved to Luoyi, so the highest official here was Dong Tianxing, the minister.

Seeing that Little Brother Zhou came to drink with him again, Old Man Dong was very happy. He quickly let the two of them into the back room of his study, and then took out a plate of peanuts, a plate of smoked sausage, a jar of turbid wine and three Wine glass.

Yuan Bin was amazed when he saw it. He didn't expect such a big official to be able to play such a skill.

Dong Tianxing heard from Zhou Xing that this young man was from the Intelligence Department of the Zhenjiang Army, so he regarded him as one of his own. He chuckled and said: "I have no other hobbies, just two, one is reading and the other is drinking. In It’s normal to keep some snacks and drinks in the study, it’s normal.”

Zhou Xing asked Yuan Bin to sit down, and while personally pouring wine for everyone, he asked him about Shen Lie's situation.

Yuan Bin said: "Master Shen was injured a while ago. When I left Hangzhou, he had already recovered."

Dong Tianxing was a little curious and asked how Shen Lie was injured.

"Master Shen has a friend in Hangzhou named Shao Wenlong." Yuan Bin took a sip of wine and continued: "Lao Jianhua originally wanted to use this person to deal with Shen Changshi. But unexpectedly, Shao Wenlong appeared to be very cooperative, but in fact But he secretly informed Master Shen many times. When Lao Jianhua found out, he arrested his entire family and forced him to betray Master Shen. "

Zhou Xing nodded: "I know the person you are talking about. The owner of Jinghu Villa is also very famous in the world. In the early years, Master Chang Shi saved his and his mother's lives, so the relationship is extraordinary. "

Yuan Bin introduced: "It is true. Shao Wenlong was determined not to harm his friends, and was tortured to death by Lao Jianhua. In order to rescue his mother, wife and children, Mr. Shen went to Qiantang Mansion Office alone despite knowing that Lao Jianhua had laid a trap. . Fortunately, Brother Puma led his brothers to rush for reinforcements in time, and Master Shen was brought back from the gate of hell."

"Have Shao Wenlong's family been rescued?" Dong Tianxing asked.

"Rescued," Yuan Bin sighed: "Shao Wenlong's old mother, his wife and children were all transferred to Suzhou by us. However, Puma and the other eleven brothers unfortunately died in the battle."

Zhou Xing looked sad: "I have met Puma once. In my impression, he is a cheerful and good man. Alas, what a pity."

Dong Tianxing picked up the wine glass: "Come, let's drink to Brother Puma and the soldiers of the Intelligence Department. May they have spirits in heaven and rest in peace."

Yuan Bin and Zhou Xing raised their glasses as instructed, and then slowly poured the wine on the ground with Dong Tianxing.

Zhou Xing continued to ask: "Yuan Bin, what are Mr. Chang Shi's next plans? How do we need to cooperate?"

Yuan Bin replied: "I heard from your lord that he found out a piece of news that someone working for Lao Jianhua is around the emperor. Lord Shen is going to find out this traitor!"

Hearing this, Dong Tianxing and Zhou Xing couldn't help being surprised: Is there a spy around the emperor? !

"Do you have any clues?" Old Dong asked nervously: "Will it threaten the emperor's safety?"

"Master Shen said that there are no worries about safety for the time being." Yuan Bin explained: "Assassinating the emperor now will only make the world more chaotic, and it will not be of much benefit to Lao Jianhua. Therefore, Master Shen Analysis shows that the traitor is mostly focused on spying for intelligence."

Zhou Xing frowned: "Who could this person be? A minister? A guard? Or a chamberlain or a maid?"

Yuan Bin shook his head: "Master Shen didn't say. But according to my guess, it is more likely to be a ministerial official."