Outside Mingde Gate, the crime scene was already crowded with people.
Since the Wude period, the Tang Dynasty has begun to prosper and the world has been at peace. Although wars on the frontiers have continued, the last time the people living in the Guanzhong and Gyeonggi areas saw military killings was in the ninth year of Wude, when Li
His Majesty the Second launched the Xuanwumen Coup and seized the throne of the emperor. Immediately afterwards, more than 100,000 Turkic wolf cavalry led by Jieli Khan broke through the border passes and drove all the way to the bank of the Weishui River, forcing His Majesty Li Er to lead the army.
Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling and other six knights met Jieli Khan across the Weishui River and signed the groveling Weishui River Alliance.
For so many years, Chang'an has never seen weapons again. Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, even murder and robbery cases are very rare, let alone such a blatant way to ambush the ministers outside the gate of the imperial capital?
The people did not feel scared, but felt fresh. They came from inside and outside the city to watch the excitement.
This is also an important traffic thoroughfare. It is the only way to go out and into the city, which leads to an increasing number of onlookers. The Yamen of Jingzhao Prefecture, patrolmen, and officials from the Ministry of Punishment quickly blocked the crowd at a certain distance to avoid being destroyed.
to the crime scene.
But the people didn't care. How could they see clearly if it was too far away? The newcomers couldn't see anything, so they kept pushing forward. The yamen were so tired that the policemen were sweating profusely, so they had to hold hands to form a human wall.
, this is enough to block the crowd.
The people of the Tang Dynasty were not afraid of officials, especially in Chang'an. The people usually had nothing to do with their family affairs, and often brought up the story of His Majesty Li Er's murder of brothers in the Xuanwu Sect.
He has all kinds of shortcomings, but his heart is definitely the best in history.
Although there are some unavoidable things in the officialdom, they are generally upright and upright. Officials in the Tang Dynasty did not care much about money, but more about their own reputation. Regardless of whether they are from aristocratic families or from poor families, a good official reputation is the key to promotion.
The first condition for becoming a nobility is that once your reputation becomes bad, your great ability will not be promoted, so you have to be very patient with the noise of the people.
Not to mention that serving as an official will bring benefits to one party, if there are people eating pots of pulp before leaving, and a people's umbrella is given to them, it will be truly a supreme honor, enough to brag on the wine table for a lifetime.
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Changsun Wuji felt that when he walked outside Mingde Gate, he saw a sea of people in front of him, and there was a buzzing noise in his ears, and he suddenly became upset.
Whether it was the Jingzhao Mansion or the Ministry of Punishment, they usually dealt with all kinds of officials. As soon as Changsun Wuji's carriage arrived, he was recognized and hurriedly notified Jingzhao Yin Ma Zhou and the Minister of Punishment Zhang Liang.
Gao Jifu was stabbed to death outside Mingde Gate. This was a top-notch case. Therefore, Ma Zhou and Zhang Liang did not dare to neglect. They arrived at the scene with their closest and most elite subordinates to maintain order and survey the scene. After hearing that Changsun
When Wuji arrived, he quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"I'm going to see Duke Zhao."
Seeing the two people respectfully standing in front of the carriage, Changsun Wuji opened the curtain, waved and said, "Get in the carriage and talk."
"Here!"
The two of them boarded the car one after another and lowered the curtain.
Changsun Wuji sat in the carriage and asked, "What's the situation?"
Zhang Liang glanced at Ma Zhou and remained silent.
At the beginning, he only wanted to join the Guanlong nobles, but he believed Changsun Wuji's lies about supporting him to become the prime minister in the future. As a result, he was deceived to go to Jiangnan and became the "Deputy General Manager of Pyongyang Road March".
Suffering from Fang Jun's idleness, he was even isolated on the Wusong River, unable to get off the boat, with no rice, oil or wine, and almost starved to death, making himself a laughing stock in the officialdom.
This resentment has not dissipated to this day, so I am very resistant to Changsun Wuji in my heart.
Although his return to Fang Jun's family made him the object of everyone's despise, now that he has become a member of the prince's faction, with a bright future ahead of him, he is inevitably more confident. On the other hand, Changsun Wuji is already old, but he is still
They have to run around planning for the continuation of the family, and the promising heirs in the family are running away to death. The eldest grandson family is seeing a decline in prosperity, and it is difficult to survive. What else is there to be afraid of?
No need to give face.
Ma Zhou seemed cold and harsh, but in fact he was a kind man. He was not targeting the Guanlong nobles, but simply served the public good. Seeing Zhang Liang's conflicted expression at this moment, he could only say: "Returning to Zhao Guogong, Xiaguan and Yun Guogong
After receiving the report, they quickly organized elite officials from the yamen to come. After on-site inspection, it was confirmed that the victim was Gao Jifu, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The deceased had knife wounds and arrow wounds, several of which were fatal. He should have been assassinated.
He died tragically on the spot."
Changsun Wuji's face was as dark as water, and he asked: "Did the murderer leave any clues? Can we know who did it?"
Ma Zhou paused for a moment. Logically speaking, such clues from the crime scene should not be leaked before the case is solved, so as not to be known by the murderer and prepare him for it. However, he is not a person who does not know how to adapt to changes. When facing his eldest grandson,
People like Wuji cannot completely block the news. As long as Changsun Wuji wants to know, there are naturally ways to get the details from the officials of Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Punishment.
Therefore, he said frankly: "Since Zhao Guogong asked, the official has nothing to hide. At present, I only know that the murderer used all the standard equipment in the military. Whether it is a powerful crossbow or a horizontal sword, they are all from the military. As for the others, they are all from the military."
I don’t know anything.”
Changsun Wuji had been in the officialdom for most of his life, so he naturally understood that Ma Zhou was giving him face, otherwise he would not have said a word, so he nodded slightly and said warmly: "Prince Bin is interested, I will remember your favor. But that's all.
The impact of this major case is very great. If you dare to do such lawless things in the important land of the capital and at the feet of the emperor, your majesty will definitely be angry and the public resentment will boil. We also hope that the Jingzhao Mansion and the Ministry of Punishment can allocate capable personnel to solve the case with all their strength and bring the culprits to justice as soon as possible.
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Ma Zhou and Zhang Liang said quickly: "Here!"
Changsun Wuji had no intention of seeing the miserable state of Gao Jifu's death. He said a few more words, lowered the car curtain, and instructed the coachman to drive back to the city.
Sitting in the car, Changsun Wuji felt extremely heavy as he listened to people from the city coming in groups on the road outside to join in the fun.
He did not think this was a coincidence. He had just recommended Gao Jifu to His Highness the King of Jin, and asked him to serve as the King of Jin's staff to assist the King of Jin in seizing the power of the Ministry of War. However, Gao Jifu suffered a tragedy and was assassinated outside Mingde Gate.
This location is very problematic. If someone wanted to kill Gao Jifu for other reasons, with the ability and determination shown by the murderer, he could have taken advantage of Gao Jifu's unpreparedness and assassinated him without anyone noticing. Why choose
Mingde Gate, an important traffic pass in and out of Chang'an, caused an uproar in the city?
Obviously, one of the murderer's intentions in assassinating Gao Jifu was to shock certain people.
This inevitably reminded him of Qiu Yingqi, who was heading to the Jianghuai area to hunt down the murderer, but in fact he should have quietly sneaked to Jiangnan to assassinate Fang Jun...
Is it possible that Fang Jun learned from somewhere that Qiu Yingqi had gone south to do harm to him, so he simply turned back and struck preemptively, placing himself next to King Jin to eliminate Gao Jifu, who was trying to seize the power of the Ministry of War?
A warning to myself?
After stroking his beard and thinking for a long time, Changsun Wuji finally dispelled this doubt.
Although the logic seems reasonable, based on Changsun Wuji's understanding of Fang Jun, if he really knew that he sent Qiu Yingqi to assassinate him, he probably would not go around like this and talk about knocking mountains and shaking tigers, but should do whatever he wanted.
He rushed into the Changsun Mansion without scruples and confronted him face to face with gongs and drums. It was not surprising that his horse even trampled the Duke of Zhao's Mansion.
Even as an enemy, Changsun Wuji had to admit that even though Fang Jun was disliked in a thousand ways, there was one thing he admired, and that was that all the grievances were openly displayed in front of him, and he showed his strength with clear swords and clear guns.
Strength to face all opponents.
I really disdain those dirty tricks on privacy.
Since it was not Fang Jun, could it be that when the prince saw the King of Jin taking over the military department, he was afraid that his foundation would be unstable, so he killed him ruthlessly?
It seems impossible.
As the saying goes, character determines behavior, the prince's benevolence is by no means an act. With his kind-hearted and soft-spoken character, no matter how much worry or dissatisfaction he has in his heart, he will often hold it back in his heart and defy the sky in front of his cronies.
How can you make such a violent counterattack after just complaining?
Neither Fang Jun nor the prince, so there was only one possibility left for a long time, that is, someone or some force in the court wanted to snipe the King of Jin and join the military department to achieve a transfer.