The sudden rain on New Year's Eve brought an even colder chill to the freezing imperial capital of Jinling. It rained all night. On the first day of the New Year, the first day of the new year finally arrived.
It stopped. People walked out of their homes happily, breathing in the fresh air with a few wisps of earthy fragrance. Although it was as cold as ice outside, it could not stop everyone's expectations for the New Year and eagerness for a better life.
yearning.
However, as soon as the sky dawned on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there was a tragic scream that broke the tranquility of Jinling City. Immediately, everyone was excited, and a car was broken into pieces in the bustling streets of Jinling City.
The carriage fell in the middle of the street, but the horse pulling the carriage had already disappeared. A skinny horseman fainted on the street. After a night rain, the old horseman had long since disappeared.
Already dying of anger. There was also a man in a colorful outfit who fell on the street. There was a tiny blood hole between his eyebrows, and his eyes were open angrily, declaring unwilling indignation.
On the first day of the new year, a murder case occurred in Jinling City that was the worst in the city. Su Ming, a captain of the Imperial Palace Imperial Army, was assassinated, but there was no news about the murderer. Suddenly, the joyous imperial capital was filled with people, and the streets were filled with excitement.
Everyone above was talking about this case. Who could be so bold as to assassinate even the captain of the imperial army? For a time, everyone said the same thing. Some said it was love, some said it was a spy from another country, and some said it was a vendetta.
, but the scene of the murder was completely washed away by the drizzle all night long, leaving no trace of anything.
Today was a day of imperial holiday, and the death of a Imperial Guardsman would not have caused any uproar. However, the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty was furious and hurriedly summoned all ministers to discuss the matter. The emperor gave an order and the whole city was on alert.
There was even more noise in the palace, and the Imperial Guards were as silent as cicadas guarding the inside and outside of the palace. As the dragon face on the dragon chair became furious, the ministers became even more furious, and they all spoke to severely punish the murderer.
Today, His Royal Highness Prince Li Hongji did not go to court. He was so absorbed in flowers last night that he could not get up. When he heard the news, his face suddenly showed a look of ecstasy. He wanted to enter the palace.
, only to find that the ministers from the previous court had already dispersed, and he could only return to his Prince's Mansion angrily.
"You dared to assassinate even the captain of the Forbidden Army. It seems that you are so bold. Even with that damn fat man protecting you, as long as I let Father know the news, Sixth, it seems that you will only be able to take the blame this time.
"Li Hongji's eyes showed a fierce look, and his face that looked like a wealthy man began to become distorted, like that ferocious evil ghost.
Chang Yong was busy at home with his elderly mother, watching the steaming pot of noodles that was almost cooked, but unexpectedly there was a rapid knocking on the door of his courtyard. And he had no choice but to do so.
He put down the noodles in the pot as if to let his mother serve it. When he opened the courtyard door, he was stunned. Standing outside the courtyard door were all his colleagues, all from the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen.
Police, and their faces were a little solemn, obviously they were not paying New Year's greetings like ordinary people going from house to house. Because they were all wearing official uniforms, and there was an extremely solemn light in their eyes.
Arriving at the scene, as an experienced police officer, it was quickly determined that the murder case was a murderous case of vendetta. Moreover, the murderer was a master of swordsmanship. He hit the center of the eyebrow with the sword.
That sword killed the captain of the imperial army. Although the scene was washed clean by last night's rain, the torn apart carriage showed that the two had a fierce fight, and it was difficult to tell the winner at first.
What Chang Yong was confused about was why the captain of the Imperial Guard, who had deep inner strength, was killed by the opponent's sword. According to common sense, both sides were evenly matched at the beginning, and the captain of the Imperial Army could obviously escape.
The torn apart carriage scattered sawdust all over the floor, and distinct sword marks appeared from the wooden planks of the carriage. The murderer's technique was a bit rough, and he was obviously not a master who was good at assassination. If it was an experienced
There are many assassins, and these detailed sword marks will obviously not be present at the scene. The murderer should just seek revenge, but what kind of hatred would make him risk his life in order to kill a forbidden military captain.
Chang Yong fell into deep thought. Judging from the sword marks and knife marks left on the carriage, it can be seen that the strength of the two men was that the internal strength of the Forbidden Army Captain was deeper than that of the swordsman.
If the Forbidden Army captain wanted to escape, he would definitely be able to escape, but why he didn't escape from the swordsman's poisonous hands made him very puzzled. He checked the whole body of the deceased again and found that except for the bloody mark on the forehead of the fatal blow,
In addition, there was not a single scar on the Imperial Army Captain's body, which further confirmed his reasoning.
Later, he asked people to transport the body of the imperial captain back to the government office, but he saw Master Fu Yin frowning and looking like a dead father and mother, which made Chang Yong very disgusted. He was dead.
Forbidden Military Academy Captain, Lord Fu Yin is so caring, but he didn't mention the missing children at all. Is the black gauze hat on his head more important than the missing children? Is it possible for a Forbidden Military Academy captain to be so caring?
Is it more important than the lives of those children?
Although Chang Yong was furious in his heart, he still expressed his inference, and then mentioned the case of the missing child and the case of the four dead bodies floating in the pond next to Sheepskin Alley. However, this made him
Disappointingly, Mr. Fu Yin was not interested in the other cases he mentioned at all.
"Often arresting the head, I know that you have some complaints in your heart, but this time it is different. The person who died was a member of the Imperial Guard in the palace. That is a disgrace to the royal family. All other cases must be put down no matter what.
Investigate this case first. The murderer must be brought to justice. The information about the Imperial Army Captain is here. You can check it out yourself." Lord Fu Yin showed a look of helplessness on his face and looked at him.
Chang Yong said, and he handed a thick stack of files to Chang Yong's hands. After explaining these, he walked out of the government office.
If Chang Yong is the only one left in the big government office, and all the other colleagues have been sent back by him, nothing will be found in this case for a while. And the first half of the first month of the new year is already a holiday, and there is only one elderly person in the office.
His wife didn’t have much to do, so he decided to stay alone to investigate these cases.
After reading the thick stack of documents, Chang Yong had a general understanding of the identity of the Imperial Army Colonel. The Imperial Army Colonel's name was Su Ming. He was originally from Jiangning, the northern capital. During the chaos of war,
By chance, he came to Jinling, the imperial capital. And he slowly became a Forbidden Army guarding the palace from a small soldier, and was slowly promoted to a Forbidden Army captain. There is no record of him in this volume.
There was no such thing as an enemy or an enemy, and there was no record of his family background.
Chang Yong didn't see any useful information from that file, but some things that happened in Jinling City in the past few days went through his mind again. The mysterious sect in Jinling City, Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion, recruited
He had also heard about the disciples who entered the house, but he did not think it was related to the mysterious sect. After all, it was the largest sect in the Southern Tang Dynasty. If you wanted to kill a captain of the imperial army, there were a thousand ways to do it.
There are many ways to do it, and it really doesn’t leave any traces on the scene.
Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion was excluded by him, and an arrogant and clear figure flashed in his mind. The deeds of a blue-shirted boy rumored in the martial arts circles of Jinling City slowly appeared in his mind.
He just had an intuition, but this kind of directness often did not have any favorable evidence. Finally, he remembered that night, another young man in blue shirt faced dozens of forbidden soldiers alone for a yellow dog.
thing.
Thinking of this, he seemed to have grasped something. He didn't know if the two blue-shirted teenagers who were famous in Jinling were the same person, but his intuition told him that they must be the same person. Why did the imperial army appear that night?
There was an old yellow dog surrounding the nest, and what was the relationship between the yellow dog and the young man? Could it be that Su Ming was also there? Chang Yong immediately grasped the key point, and his tiger eyes suddenly shone.
The young man in blue shirt was carrying a bladeless black iron sword on his back. Judging from Su Ming's body, it was indeed a fatal blow caused by a sword. But Chang Yong still had no idea. He didn't know.
Why did the figure of the boy in blue shirt keep appearing in his mind and couldn't get rid of it? Could it be that the boy was the murderer? But he also heard that there was another person who appeared that night, King Yongchang, the younger brother of the current Holy Emperor.
A fat Taoist priest of thirteen or fourteen years old.
All this was obviously not as simple as he thought. Chang Yong thought of some rumors. About the rumors in the palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the sixth prince Li Congjia, the prince of Anding County, were fighting openly and secretly. Both of them coveted the dragon throne. Rumors.
The sixth prince Li Congjia went on a tour to Jiangzhou in disguise, and brought back the young man in blue shirt. Apparently the young man in blue shirt belonged to the sixth prince. Chang Yong thought of this, and his forehead couldn't help but have a trace of blood.
Fine beads of sweat.
He was surprised by his inference. If all this was confirmed, then it would be detrimental to him no matter whether he checked or not. Even if he found out, what would happen? Is he a small person?
Can the police officers arrest people close to the emperor? If he doesn't investigate, how can he explain it to the governor? I never thought that a simple murder case would involve so many things.
He stood with his hands behind his hands, standing in the courtroom. If he was the only one left in the large courtroom, but his thoughts were wandering around. He had already seen some clues from the file, then Su Ming would definitely
He was a member of the prince's family, but the imperial army in the palace went to war over a yellow dog, which made him very angry. He also sympathized with the young man in blue shirt. Obviously, the yellow dog was more important to the young man.
Very important.
The image of the proud and handsome young man in blue came to mind again. He vaguely seemed to remember where he had seen this young man, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this young man. He gently put his hand in his hand.
The files were thrown back on the desk in the courtroom. Chang Yong felt helpless in his heart. None of these people could be offended by him. On the one hand, it was the prince's side, and on the other hand, it was the sixth prince's side.
, if you are not careful, you will definitely fall into the whirlpool of two princes competing for the throne.
Thinking of his old mother, a warmth flowed through Chang Yong's heart at this time. However, he was still in the government office on the first day of the new year, but could not accompany his mother properly. A touch of sadness filled his heart.
Feeling ashamed, Chang Yong decided to go to the Sheepskin Alley first. He always felt that there was something strange in that alley, and his father told him directly that he would find something strange in that alley.