When the government beats the people, it is a big deal no matter where it is.
Of course, there is a prerequisite here, that is, it is known by more senior officials.
In Chang'an City, high-ranking officials are like leaves, too numerous to count, and Fang Yuan feels like he has offended everyone.
But because Fang Yuan is a Chang'an orderer and has a special position, he is only supervised by the emperor and cannot be punished by other agencies.
However, although other institutions were unable to punish him, some ministers met with the emperor, impeached Fang Yuan, and demanded that Fang Yuan be dealt with.
"Go, let Chang'an order him to come into the palace and see me immediately!"
Li Shimin ordered angrily.
It is a taboo for the emperor to use his power to bully others.
He still bullied the people as his parents and officials, which violated Li Shimin's bottom line.
Not long after, Wang De arrived at Chang'an County Government.
"Fang Ling, His Majesty orders you to enter the palace immediately."
"Your Majesty is very angry now, and some ministers are demanding that you be dealt with."
The first sentence was read aloud by Wang De.
The second sentence was whispered to Fang Yuan in private.
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang, please wait a moment."
Fang Yuan accepted the order.
He took out five hundred-yuan banknotes from his arms and gave them to him.
"How long will it take to wait?"
Wang De glanced at the hundred-yuan note and wanted to take it but didn't dare.
The emperor asked Fang Yuan to enter the palace immediately, but Fang Yuan said he would wait for a while.
If Fang Yuan enters the palace too late, he, the eunuch who announced the decree, will be questioned.
Wang De secretly revealed some news to Fang Yuan, but he did not dare to hide it from the emperor together with Fang Yuan.
"All the responsibility lies with me."
"The prince has a sip of tea and then enters the palace."
Fang Yuan's smile became even brighter, and he cordially pulled Wang De to sit down on the coffee table, and at the same time gave him the money.
Wang De was a little flattered and tremblingly took the banknote handed over by Fang Yuan and quickly stuffed it into his arms.
He was not flattered by Fang Yuan's favor, but felt flattered by Fang Yuan's behavior.
As eunuchs, while they call themselves villains, they also look down on themselves, let alone others.
Fang Yuan used to treat him as a normal person, but now he still holds him affectionately, which is something that no minister has.
"Then I'll wait for a while, then go get busy."
Wang De sat down and greeted himself.
Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction and returned to sit under the impartiality.
But Fang Yuan didn’t go back to work, he just showed up.
His real purpose is to wait for Luo Zheng, Zheng Jiu and others to come back and capture them.
Time passed slowly, and a quarter of an hour passed quickly.
Wang De sat there calmly sipping tea at first, but later became anxious and looked at Fang Yuan from time to time.
I wanted to urge him, but I saw Fang Yuan working hard, so I finally gritted my teeth and waited for a while again.
After half a stick of incense had passed, Wang De felt that he could wait no longer and had to return to the palace to resume his duties. He got up to see Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan sighed in his heart.
But fortunately, Zheng Jiu and Luo Zheng came back at this time and captured seven or eight people with bruises and swollen faces.
"Fang Ling. Fang Ling, there is a problem with these people. It seems that someone is instigating them. I need some time."
Luo Zheng makes an urgent report.
But after noticing that Wang De was here, he approached Fang Yuan and whispered.
"Just do what you're told here."
Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
Give him a letter.
This letter was exactly what Wang De wrote while waiting.
It was prepared because Zheng and Jiu didn't come back after Wang De couldn't wait any longer.
"Yes."
Luo Zheng took a quick look at the content of the letter and his eyes widened slightly.
"Eunuch Wang, I've kept you waiting for a long time. Let's enter the palace."
Fang Yuan took back the letter, looked at Wang De and said.
Wang De nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and entered the palace with Fang Yuan.
When Fang Yuan stepped into the imperial study room, he was immediately targeted by more than ten people.
They were all officials of higher rank than Fang Yuan, and the atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly became depressing.
"Beating people in the street, do you still have the law of the king? How did you become the order of Chang'an?"
Li Shimin scolded.
He looked at Fang Yuan with anger and disappointment in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I think the Chang'an Order's behavior is bad and cannot be tolerated!"
"Even if he has a huge reason, he should be dismissed and investigated to the end!"
Cui Zhentang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the first to stand up and impeach Fang Yuan.
Cui Zhentang was suspended for investigation when he framed Zhao Yingcai last time.
However, the Bolingcui family has a great business, so his problem was quickly clarified and the official was reinstated.
Fang Yuan knew this person and also knew that he had targeted Zhao Yingcai before.
"I second the proposal!"
"Only when the people are stable can the country be stable and prosperous!"
"The Chang'an Order knew the law and violated the law, causing public anger and shaking the foundation of the country. Please ask your Majesty to dismiss him and investigate."
Wang Zhaoyang, Minister of Criminal Affairs, seconded the motion.
The ministers present also agreed that Fang Yuan should be dismissed and investigated.
"You only have one chance to explain!"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
Nearly a hundred ordinary people were beaten in the street, and the behavior was very bad.
As Cui Zhentang and others said, Fang Yuan has the possibility of shaking the country's foundation, so dismissal and investigation would be considered an easy task.
"They were instigated by Bishamon."
Fang Yuan said calmly.
As soon as the words fell, the expressions of everyone present changed.
Originally everyone blamed Fang Yuan, but when Fang Yuan said this, the nature changed.
The contrast between beating people and shaking the country's foundation to attacking criminals and maintaining national peace is too great.
"Is there any evidence?!"
Cui Zhentang asked loudly.
It was originally caused by the public outrage caused by Pei's assassination.
Why is it suddenly involved with the empire’s number one anti-thief organization?
And this time public outrage
"To His Majesty and other ministers, do I dare to say something without evidence?"
Fang Yuan did not answer directly.
He actually had no evidence, but forged it.
When leaving the house, he told Luo Zheng that what he was going to do was to forge evidence.
Regardless of whether they were instigated by Bishamon or not, let’s put them on trial first.
Cui Zhentang's face turned ugly, he opened his mouth, but finally made no sound.
The others exchanged looks with different expressions, wondering whether they believed it or not.
"Arrogant, these rebellious officials and traitors!"
Li Shimin was furious.
Damn it, it turned out to be Bishamon’s fault.
These thieves just want the Tang Dynasty to collapse and sooner or later they will be killed.
"I have ordered people to torture them and force them to explain their reasons."
"In addition, I suspect that the assassination of Prime Minister Pei is related to Bishamon, but there is currently no evidence."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"Okay!"
"Check it carefully!"
"I, the imperial court, and Prime Minister Pei are waiting for your news!"
Li Shimin nodded heavily and said in a deep voice.
Bishamon, Bishamon, you target my ministers again and again.
"Yes!"
Fang Yuan should leave.
Cui Zhentang and others at the scene looked ugly and extremely angry.
They originally came together to impeach Fang Yuan, but in the end Fang Yuan escaped unscathed.
The emperor even had some praise for him. After all, the Chang'an County Government had more information than the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.
After three days of searching, even if there were no results, at least the results of Chang'an County Government were much better than those of the other two agencies.
Damn it, this guy Fang Yuan got away with it again!
After Fang Yuan left the imperial study room, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It's really suspenseful, and several ministers have impeached themselves.
Among these people, many are from the Five Surnames and Qiwang.
It seems that Qiwang of the fifth surname has set his sights on me, and life will be difficult in the future.
But it doesn’t matter. I have come all the way to where I am now. When have I not fought against aristocratic families?
But, which force instigated Pei Ji’s assassination?
At this moment, Fang Yuan thought of Zheng Guanyin and wanted to ask her about her situation.
But I gave up this idea after just thinking about it. I didn’t want to see Zheng Guanyin too much.
She is under house arrest by the emperor. She is easily discovered when we meet frequently, and the consequences will be bad.
After Fang Yuan left the palace, he returned to Chang'an County Yamen.
"Fang Ling, they're recruiting."
"It is true that someone instigated them, but they don't know who it is."
"This is a portrait based on their description. Do you think we should be wanted throughout the city?"
Luo Zheng came to report.
Holding a sketch in his hand.
The appearance is quite vivid, completely different from the portraits posted on the wall on TV, with clear facial features and outlines.
If you can see a real person, you should be able to find out whether the person is consistent with the portrait.
"No need for now."
"You will imitate a few portraits and let the brothers in Sifang City keep an eye on this person. Once discovered, he will be arrested immediately."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said.
This person’s identity is currently unknown, and if he posted it rashly, it would be easy to alert others.
Before that, it is better to keep an eye on the city gate to prevent him from leaving, and then go to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to see if there are any archives in their archives.
"Yes."
Luo Zheng went to make arrangements immediately.
Although the defense of the four gates of Chang'an City has nothing to do with the Chang'an County Government.
However, a recent investigation revealed that there are people from the Chang'an County government in all the cities in the four directions.
In fact, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple also arranged for people to guard the city gates at this time.
Fang Yuan called Zheng Jiu and also Xue Bowu, bringing a portrait with him to go to Dali Temple.
The Minister of Dali Temple is Li Daozong. We have interacted with him several times and we are familiar with him. It will be easier to talk to Dali Temple first.
If the archive of the portrait is found in Dali Temple, then there is no need to go to the Ministry of Punishment, and Li Daozong is given a favor.
But just as Fang Yuan walked out of the door, he saw Li Daozong arriving with several people.
"Meet King Rencheng!"
Fang Yuan was a little surprised and saluted Li Daozong.
"You're welcome!"
"Fang Ling has a clue about Pei's assassination?"
Li Daozong quickly helped Fang Yuan up and asked in a friendly manner.
The emperor only gave three days to track down the murderer, which put Dali Temple under great pressure.
If there were any clues, I wouldn't be so worried, but the problem is that there are no clues.
In this case, he heard that the group of people who were caught by Fang Yuan were instigated by Bishamon, so he came here specifically to inquire.
So my attitude towards Fang Yuan was naturally better, hoping that we could cooperate in handling the case and give an explanation to the emperor, Prime Minister Pei and others.
"I was just going to find you, please come inside."
Fang Yuan nodded and said in invitation.
Li Daozong's eyes lit up, and he entered with the young people he brought.
"This is the clue I got, provided by the people who mobilized public outrage."
"It may be related to Pei's assassination. Can Dali Temple find out the details of this person?"
Fang Yuan took out the portrait and asked.
"This has stopped me from asking."
"Take the portrait back to me, or will you order me to go back with you?"
Li Daozong shook his head and laughed.
He can't let him recognize people, so he has to leave it to the professionals at Dali Temple.
Fang Yuan nodded, not surprised, after all, Li Daozong didn't need to identify too many people.
I was thinking about going to Dali Temple with Li Daozong, but at this moment, a young man stood up behind Li Daozong.
"I think I know this person!"
"Your Majesty, Fang Ling, this person seems to be Pei Chengxian's bookboy Chen Ziqiang."
The young man observed the portrait carefully and said.
"Who is Pei Chengxian?"
Fang Yuan's expression changed and he said in a deep voice.
The surname is Pei, is he someone from Pei Ji?
"He is Prime Minister Pei's eldest grandson."
Li Daozong's expression also changed.
Turns out to be Pei Ji's eldest grandson's book boy.
So who instigated Pei Ji’s assassination?
"Your Majesty, do you think the Pei family has a personal complaint against me, or does Pei have another mystery behind his assassination?"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
There are two possibilities here.
The first is that the Pei family blamed Fang Yuan for Pei Ji’s assassination, and then mobilized public indignation to discredit Fang Yuan.
The second is that Pei Ji’s assassination was not that simple. It was not Bishamon or an assassin, but
"Wouldn't you know if you were caught and tortured?"
Li Daozong did not give an answer and said coldly.
He is also curious about what the real situation is.
"The book boy in Prime Minister Pei's family should not be simple."
"When we arrest people, we can't just alert others. It's better to be careful."
Fang Yuan called Luo Zheng again and ordered him to secretly arrest people.
Yes, arrest people secretly instead of taking them away blatantly.
Now that Pei Ji is seriously injured and the Pei family has attracted much attention, it will be difficult to arrest people at this time.
"Then I will not participate."
Li Daozong nodded and said solemnly.
If it was the first reason, he shouldn't have intervened.
If it is the second reason, then it is trustworthy to leave it to Fang Yuan.
After all, it was Fang Yuan who found the evidence, so it was up to Fang Yuan to capture it, while he could just sit at the county government office and wait for the news.
Fang Yuan nodded with satisfaction and made tea to entertain Li Daozong and others.
Time passes slowly.
There is still public opinion in Chang'an City.
People denounced Pei Ji's assassin and wanted to eat him alive.
At the same time, Fang Yuan aroused public outrage and beat ordinary people, and even arrested some people to attract more attention.
But because of the heavy blow, although many people are very dissatisfied with Fang Yuan's behavior, so far no one dares to go to the county government to cause trouble, and they are all waiting for the result.
The assassination of Pei Ji is still simmering. Although there is no longer public outrage in Chang'an City, many people outside Chang'an City are shouting to seek justice for Pei Ji and demand that Chi's murderer be imprisoned.
Soon, the sky became dark and night fell, but Luo Zheng had not returned yet.
Fang Yuan didn't urge him, and Li Daozong didn't rush either. He asked people to prepare dinner to be eaten at the county government office.
Finally, at Haishi, in the dead of night, Luo Zheng finally came back and brought back the person in the portrait.
There are still big differences between people and portraits, only 60% of them are similar.
"Who are you?"
"I am the scholar in Prime Minister Pei's house, and Prime Minister Pei will uphold justice for me!"
When Chen Ziqiang was released, he screamed in panic.
He acted very panicked and did not see the situation clearly.
It was already dark at this time, and there were not many places to light the lights in the county government office, so it was not very clear.
"I am Fang Yuan, the commander of Chang'an, and this is Li Daozong, the minister of Dali Temple."
"Chen Ziqiang, do you know what I and the Minister of Dali Temple want to talk to you about?"
Fang Yuan said slowly.
The panicked Chen Ziqiang suddenly froze and looked at Fang Yuan in shock.
Soon, Chen Ziqiang came down and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What do you two adults want from this villain?"