Chapter 626: Murder on the Street(1/2)
Although Yang Rui went out of the palace in vain many times before, she rarely ate outside. The main reason was that she was an emperor. Even if she was not careful of poisoning her, she had to prevent eating bad things and causing physical discomfort. £∝Once she became accustomed to the soup and diet in the palace, eating outside may feel fresh and delicious, but her body will easily be unable to hold on.
Han Jian also understood this, especially knowing that Yang Rui was in poor health on weekdays and could not eat those cold things.
Before they could seat the kitchen, they had already started preparing.
After almost the preparations, there was an empty table upstairs. Although Han Jian didn't go upstairs to see it in person, he knew that it was the shopkeeper's who spent money to let the regular customers on the upstairs leave first in order to avoid responsibilities. In this way, Han Jian and Yang Rui could go upstairs early without waiting downstairs.
"When you are fine on weekdays, just sit here?"
As soon as she sat down, Yang Rui felt that the scenery of the seat beside the window was very good. He could see the beautiful scenery of Luoyang City when he looked out, so he couldn't help but ask.
Han Jian originally wanted to say that he often came out when he came out with Yang Xi, but when he spoke, he was afraid that Yang Rui would miss him, so he just smiled and nodded.
"This is a good place." Yang Rui looked at the afterglow of the sunset outside the window and smiled, "There is no such place to enjoy the scenery in the palace."
Han Jianxin said that there are countless pavilions and towers in the palace, which is what it means to truly enjoy the scenery. Now, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is not as good as the palace. But Yang Rui grew up in the palace and was too familiar with everything in the palace. The outside affairs were fresh to her. Yang Rui said such words, and he could also feel that Yang Rui was tired of life in the palace.
Han Jian nodded and said, "When you have time, come out for a walk."
"Um."
Yang Rui nodded, but was in a bad mood after all. The Qingxu Yashu was still very noisy and was a little out of place with the tranquility outside the window. It was like one side was a prosperous secular land, while the other side was a paradise far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.
Since Yang Rui was staring out the window, Han Jian knew that Yang Rui yearned for a life far away from the hustle and bustle. But he also knew that even if he had him in the beautiful world that Yang Rui woven, there shouldn't be so many women around him. This is probably the reason why Yang Rui is often a little lonely.
At a dinner, the two of them didn't eat fast. It was more than half an hour after they finished eating. Han Jian was about to send Yang Rui back to the palace, but before he could go downstairs, he heard a noisy sound on the street. Han Jian couldn't stop, and soon the guards had already come in and reported the situation outside.
"... Someone committed a murder in the street and killed two passers-by, and the evildoers have been taken down."
Han Jian frowned. The streets outside Qingxu Yashe have always been under the supervision of the government. Even the local guards dare not come to interfere. Why did the evil men suddenly kill people in the street? Could it be that it was related to Yang Rui's departure from the palace?
"It's not very peaceful outside, so I'd better go up first and wait until the matter is found out." Han Jian said to Yang Rui.
"What are you afraid of?" Yang Rui smiled slightly, "I am used to life and death, but I am still afraid that a bad person will not succeed? Or do you think that bad person has the chance to commit a crime?"
Han Jian knew that Yang Rui had extraordinary courage. As an emperor, she was different from ordinary women. He could only respond.
When we went to Qingxu Yashe together, we saw many people watching. A very young man in his twenties was pressed to the ground. Although the light was dim and I couldn't see clearly, he could still tell the unyielding face. Even if he was held down, he was still struggling.
"Young Master." Seeing Han Jian coming, the guard who helped subdue the young man's guard saluted in a hurry.
"What's going on?" Han Jian glanced at the young man who was pressed to the ground, and always felt something was wrong, so he asked in detail.
"Young young master Hui was killed in the street, and both of them were dead. Should we leave it to the Tingwei Mansion to investigate?" the guard asked for instructions.
In the eyes of the guards, this is just a small matter. As long as the safety of the Eastern King and the Emperor is not endangered, ordinary cases can be handed over to the Tingwei Mansion. But Han Jian was still wondering why someone would commit crimes so blatantly on the street.
"Don't disturb the Tingwei Mansion for now." Han Jian said and walked forward. At this time, the young man pressed to the ground also tried to look at the person who was talking over.
"Why kill someone?" Han Jian lowered his body slightly and shouted.
The young man sneered, "I will kill you and ask why? What are the real man afraid of death sooner or later?"
"Aren't you afraid of death? Then chop his head!" Han Jian replied.
"Yes!" When the guard heard this, he immediately received the order. This was the order of the Eastern King in front of the emperor, and they would not be allowed to doubt or violate it.
But the young man was a little unexpected and was about to be pressed by someone, and the bright long sword was already above his head, and then he called out: "Why abuse of lynching?"
"At this time, I know what abuse of lynching is? Isn't it the same when you kill people in the street?" Han Jian returned to Yang Rui and said with a cold expression.
The young man then gave in and said, "I killed someone... because of an injustice. The government ignored it and had to do it myself."
Han Jian nodded and glanced at Yang Rui. Yang Rui felt dazed and seemed to be a little unwilling to care about what was happening in front of him. Han Jian knew that Yang Rui was either thinking of Yang Yu or Yang Xi at this time.
"Please him inside and ask questions." Han Jian said, then he called Yang Rui and the two returned to the upper floor of Qingxu Yashe.
At this time, there were no few tables of guests left in Qingxu Yashe. Even if there were guests, they would not dare to stay after passing the trouble outside.
When Han Jian and Yang Rui returned to the upper floor, the entire second floor was empty.
Han Jian and Yang Rui returned to the already packed table and sat down. At this time, the shopkeeper had already brought tea to him. An ordinary seat by the window seemed to have become a court.
"What's the name?" Han Jian asked, looking at the young man who was pressed to the ground and kneeling on the street.
"Han...Han Qi."
"Han Qi?" Han Jian smiled, and he actually had the same surname as him. "You said you had an injustice in the street and couldn't expose him. What's going on?"
Han Qi spat and said, "I'm not killing people, but two beasts. Why do I need to ask if I kill animals?"
"It's not too small." Han Jian looked at the head of the Tingwei Mansion who had just been transferred and said, "What is the identity of the deceased?"
"...One of the dead is a wealthy family in the city, named Hu Santong, and the other is the housekeeper of the Hu family. He is named Hu Yi. Now the people from the Hu family have come to recognize the body." The captain replied respectfully.
Han Qiben was a little dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water and looked proud, but when he heard that even the headmaster spoke so respectfully, he realized that the person who came was a big man.
"Brother Yang, what do you think?" Han Jian asked Yang Rui.
Yang Rui sighed and said, "What should I leave this small matter to the Tingwei Mansion to take care of him personally?"
When Han Qi heard that killing people was a trivial matter, as if these two big men didn't want to pay attention to them. He immediately became angry and said angrily: "My wife was stolen, and even my father was beaten up, so I only breathe a sigh of relief. What's wrong with me killing them? I colluded with the people in the government, and no good person is the official!"
Han Jianxin said this is killing someone for love?
Han Jian looked at the head-in-chief and asked, "What's going on?"
The captain obviously looked a little avoidant and said, "I don't know..."
Han Jian was observing people's faults. Since even a captain avoided it, then what this young man said was not false.
But at this time, the person who came to the Hu family to recognize the body was taken up by the yamen of the Tingwei Mansion. However, it was a woman in her forties who looked very fierce and another old man who looked very loyal in his forties or fifties.
"...Oh, you are the one with the surname Han, who kills Qiandao, but you dare to kill our master! Let the master cut you into pieces!" The woman cursed as soon as she came up, and even shouted arrogantly. Han Jian didn't understand it very much after yelling for a long time. But he understood the last sentence of her, "...No one of the ones with the surname Han is a thing..."
As soon as he spoke, the guards present looked at Han Jian, meaning whether to fix the shrew's rudeness?
"This lady, don't be so rude to speak? He, Han Qi, killed your master, why did he implicate all the people with the surname Han?" Han Jian said with a smile.
Yang Rui's expression on the side was a little more relaxed, but he smiled and said, "But she said it is right."
This was a joke, but the woman looked at the two sitting upright. The two young men, who looked very young, seemed to be high above them.
"...Kill Qiandao..." The woman couldn't speak well at all. She was just cursing.
At this time, Yun Shangming, the young mansion of the Tingwei Mansion, had arrived. A middle-aged official in his forties, appointed by Yang Rui himself. This was also the "ruthless official" who was specially recruited from the local area after the Li Yu case occurred.
In troubled times, we should use heavy sanctions. Yang Rui also hopes to use cruel officials to temporarily suppress the current chaos in Luoyang City.
Yun Shangming saw that he was a very conservative official. After coming up, he bowed to him and said, "My court and the young master of the court, Yunling, please pay tribute to His Majesty and His Highness the Eastern King."
As a result, there was no sound on the upstairs, and the woman who was still scolding her stopped talking.
"Yun Shao Mansion. What's going on?" Han Jian asked, looking at Yun Shangming kneeling on the ground.
"I... I heard it occasionally before, saying that someone in the capital was incompatible. It might cause bad things, but I don't want to... but this villain dared to commit crimes in the street."
Yun Shangming was very vague when answering the question, mainly because Luoyang is now stable, but the young mansion of the Tingwei Mansion seems to have not done much. Moreover, if he was completely unaware of the murder, he might be pursued by the Dongwang. He also knew that he was the Tingwei Mansion appointed by the emperor and had not passed the level of the Dongwang Mansion. As a court official, he naturally knew the importance of standing in the side.
He said this, and his original intention was to leave the relationship aside, but Han Jian had clearly realized that he was related to the matter.
"What the hell is going on?" Han Jian asked sternly.
Yun Shangming was vague and didn't know how to answer, so Han Jian had to stop listening to him and turned to Han Qi and said, "You said."
"This... must be His Highness of the Eastern King. The villain has no idea about Mount Tai and offended His Highness of the Eastern King. But ask His Highness of the Eastern King to make the decision for the villain?" As he said that, Han Qi snotted and cried, as if he had found someone to support him.
"... The villain and his cousin are childhood sweethearts. They have not been a child. They have entered into a marriage contract since childhood. Unexpectedly, their cousin was seventeen years old. The villain was about to marry her, but they learned that her cousin had been stolen and her father was beaten. The villain was so angry that he... invited the people from the Hu family to seek justice, so..."
The story sounds smooth, but Han Jian still notices something wrong.
Originally, he didn't care about him. But from the beginning, he decided that all the conspiracy was against him and Yang Rui. In other words, the murder in the street in front of him was just a play in front of him and Yang Rui. Han Jian knew very well that there were not so many things in the world. Since Han Qi could kill in the street, he also took advantage of the time when he and Yang Rui came together, it means that he was prepared. Today, he and Yang Rui left the palace with him, and there were very few people who knew about it, and he and Yang Rui temporarily decided to come to Qingxu Yashe, and even the few guards around him were unaware of it.
How could Han Qi be so accused of killing someone outside Qingxu Yasan? He and Yang Rui happened to find out?
Han Jian narrowed his eyes and looked at Han Qi, as if Han Qi's surname was also the key. The murderer had no surname, but the same surname as him. As soon as the woman came up to curse, she cursed with the surname Han. It seemed that everything was saying that someone intentionally asked Han to do this on purpose, attracting the attention of the King of Dong and saving him once. He even appreciated the talent of this person and stayed with him for use.
It seems ridiculous, and Han Jian also feels that what he is thinking is too conspiracy theory. Whether anyone has such abilities and means is also a problem.
"You said you learned that your cousin was stolen, but why were you not around when you stolen?" Han Jian asked.
"...Little man...Little man has joined the army..." Han Qi stammered, as if he didn't want to say anything.
The very honest middle-aged man next to the woman mustered up the courage to step forward and said, "This... Master Guan, this man surnamed Han... is a deserter. According to my Great Wei Code, the deserter will be asked to be executed."
Han Qi hurriedly explained: "...The villain is not a deserter, not a deserter. The villain just knew that the father in his family was critically ill. He came back then... The villain is the only son in the family. It was the general who saw that the villain was pitiful and let the villain return home. Please check it out..."
As he said that, Han Qi kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Han Jian frowned again.
Originally, he thought that Han Qi was deliberately arranged to act. Since such a person could not assassinate him and Yang Rui. The purpose of coming to act was nothing more than saving his life and keeping him by his side. But if Han Qi was a deserter, the matter seemed to be inconsistent.
Even if a deserter is saved, he will be a useless person after all. Even if he is arranged with a background, he will not use such an identity to escape!
Han Jianxin said, is it because he was thinking too much that this was a very common case of revenge for love?
"...Okay, leave it to the Tingwei Mansion." Han Jian said, "If the case is successful, remember to pass a file to the Dongwang Mansion. Don't rush to execute the prisoners."
"Yes, Your Highness." Haoyun Shangming breathed a sigh of relief and watched Han Jian and Yang Rui leave. As soon as the person left, Han Qi naturally couldn't run away and was taken to the direction of the Tingwei Mansion.
On the way back to the palace, Yang Rui was a little excited and said, "Why are you meddling in other people's business? You want to ask about the murder case?"
Han Jian sighed, "I'm afraid things are not that simple."
To be continued...