Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 160 Who Knows?

"check!"

"Must find out!!"

Liu Ying was furious, and this time, he was really angry.

"Donkey Tingwei" Xuanyi knelt down in front of the emperor, bowing his head, but his heart was particularly tangled.

"Your Majesty, apart from his family, no one else has the opinion of criticizing the minister."

"I said it, Cha! I just met the young mansion Tongcheng not long ago, and he doesn't look like he is sick. How could he suddenly die suddenly in one day? If so, what about his family? Can you come and complain to me?!"

"The dignified minister Qianshi died so unclearly? Is this Chang'an or a den of thieves?!"

Liu Ying roared angrily. It's scary for an honest person to get angry, and the reason why Liu Ying was so angry was because Zhang Ren, the bronze minister of the Shaofu, died suddenly last night. Fan, but, not long ago, Zhang Ren's wife cried before she came to the palace and wanted to meet the emperor.

If it was an emperor like Liu Bang, they probably wouldn't be able to meet them, but when Liu Ying heard this, she hurriedly sent someone to bring them in to ask about the situation.

His family told Liu Ying that Zhang Ren had always been healthy and was able to draw a strong bow. He returned home drunk last night, slept and never woke up again. They concluded that someone had murdered Zhang Ren, but The officials who came did not listen to their words, only saying that it was a sudden death and that they should be buried.

When Liu Ying heard this, she was naturally furious and sent someone to call Xuanyi.

Xuan Yi raised his head, looked at Liu Ying, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really want the minister to investigate this matter?"

Liu Ying was even more angry, "I told you for half an hour, but you didn't listen to it at all?"

Xuan Yi shook his head and asked resolutely again: "Your Majesty, do you really want the minister to investigate this matter?"

Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, and seemed to think of something. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Thorough investigation! However, after the investigation is clear, come and tell me directly.. You are not allowed to tell others. I will arrest people after making up my mind."

Xuan Yi stood up, "I understand, I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"

After leaving the palace, Xuanyi's face was a little complicated. He did not go to the Tingwei Mansion, but returned home first.

When he got home, he called his wife over, and the two sat facing each other.

Seeing the serious look on his beloved's face, his wife was also a little uneasy, but she didn't speak.

"If I suddenly die of illness and the child will be taken care of by you, don't cry to anyone, just bury me for a good life."

After Xuan Yi's remarks, his wife turned pale with fright. She trembled and asked, "What happened?"

"It's nothing, you have to remember that if I'm gone, take good care of the children. I borrowed a bow from Xiao Xiang before, and the Marquis of Wuyang borrowed three sheep from me last time to welcome guests."

Xuan Yi spoke calmly, his wife wept silently and listened earnestly, "Okay, I understand, please go to work, I will be responsible for everything at home."

Xuanyi got up and left the house without looking back, leaving only his wife who was crying silently.

When Xuanyi came to the Tingwei Mansion, the officials were already waiting, Xuanyi sat in the upper seat, looked at the crowd, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty wants us to thoroughly investigate the death of Zhang Ren in the young mansion, Zhang Jun, please You take someone to Zhang Ren's mansion, investigate his letters, see who he has been in contact with recently, and send someone to check where he went last night, where he drank, and what road he returned from."

"only!"

"Liu Jun, please take someone to Chen Hou's mansion. Search who Chen Hou has been with recently."

The official surnamed Liu heard this, his face was pale and his hands were shaking slightly, but he still replied: "Wei!"

"Wang Jun, please go to the mansion of Duke Jiancheng to thoroughly investigate his recent dealings."

"only!"

Everyone left one by one. In the end, there were only seven or eight confidants left by Xuanyi's side. These people all looked at Xuanyi with trepidation. What kind of case was it, so many people needed to be involved, Chen Ping, Lu Shi Zhi, Fan Kuai, even Cao Xiang has to check. After checking these people, can we really survive?

Xuan Yi slowly got up and said, "The rest of the people, bring your weapons and follow me to the outside of the palace."

These subordinate officials were very afraid, but Xuanyi took the lead, they did not hesitate, they followed behind Xuanyi and came outside the palace, Xuanyi stopped here, as if waiting for something, everyone also They didn't dare to chat, they didn't know what Xuanyi brought him here, and their faces were blank and scared.

At this moment, a car came slowly from not far away. There was one person driving, and three people walked around the car. There was also a child sitting in the car. what are you talking about.

"follow me!"

Xuan Yi said and rushed up, and everyone followed behind him. For a while, they surrounded the carriage. At that moment, the four people around the carriage drew their swords, and the children on the carriage drew their swords. Rolling up his sleeves, there was no fear on his face, but he was ecstatic and eager to try.

"King Tang!"

Xuan Yi shouted loudly, at that moment, the hearts of the officials trembled, and they almost could not hold the sword in their hands. King Tang's notoriety, in Chang'an, no one knows, no one knows, this king is domineering by nature, He was deeply favored by His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, and was lawless. He once openly wrote to Morton, threatening to enter Morton. He also set fire to the Hou Mansion of Jiancheng. He heard that he had killed several ministers and officials who opposed him. Full of despair.

"Ah? It's Xuan Tingwei, and the widow thought it was an assassin."

Liu Chang was very disappointed.

Xuan Yi said with a straight face, "Please, Your Majesty, follow me to Tingwei!"

"Bold! Are you here to get King Tang!?!"

Zhang Budo roared, and was about to step forward with his sword and cut people. Luan Bu hurriedly got out of the car and stood in front of him. Luan Bu looked serious and asked, "How dare Tingwei be rude to the king?"

"It's not an arrest, it's just an inquiry."

"Oh? Ask? On whose orders?"

Zhao Ping asked with a smile. Unlike other Shiren's rage, he was always calm. Xuanyi replied: "It is your majesty's order to investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Oral? No edict?"

Zhaoping asked with a smile, "Why don't Ting Wei go to His Majesty first, and then cross-examine King Tang when you have an edict?"

Ji Bu nodded and said coldly, "That's right. Ting Wei will bring the princes and princes back to Ting Wei only by word of mouth. I'm afraid it's not right. If there is no edict from your majesty, an edict from the empress dowager is fine."

The four Shiren put pressure on him at the same time, but Xuan Yi was still very calm. He raised his head, looked at Liu Chang, and asked, "Could it be that King Tang is so afraid of my Tingwei Mansion? Don't you even dare to go there?"

Liu Chang grinned, "Engong Xuan, the widow doesn't have the urge to urinate yet. When the urge to urinate comes, the widow will go to your Tingwei mansion. Now make way for the widow. Otherwise, Luan Bu! I'll hack him!"

Liu Chang gave an order suddenly, Luan Bu glanced at Liu Chang's gesture, the long sword in his hand fell directly on Xuan Yi's neck, just a little bit, Xuan Yi was going to die here!

Xuan Yi raised his head, not afraid at all, "Your Majesty Zhang Ren was killed by you."

"You fart! If Nai Gong kills him, he still needs to cover up? If Nai Gong wants to kill him, he will only cook and kill him! Make way!"

"Your Majesty really knows about him."

"Oh, what if you know? If you dare to say more, I will let my father, Qu Nihou, kill you overnight!"

Liu Chang said proudly, waved his little hand, and left here directly.

Xuanyi watched King Tang leave, but the surrounding officials were horrified, "Gong Xuan, why do you doubt King Tang? Where is the Queen Mother?"

Xuan Yi said earnestly: "The day before yesterday, when the ministers were discussing matters in the prime minister's mansion, Zhang Ren said something extremely unfavorable to the king of Tang. At that time, Cao Xiang was furious and told him to shut up, and did not let him continue talking about Zhang Ren's sudden death last night. Anyway, his death must have something to do with King Tang."

"Did King Tang move his hand?"

"No. King Tang is arrogant, if he really did it. He would definitely abuse Zhang Ren first, and wouldn't let him die so easily , he will either be arrogant, or he will directly drive away and won't say so much to us."

Xuanyi analyzed it carefully.

"That is."

Xuan Yi narrowed his eyes, a name lingering in his mind.

Chen Ping lowered his head, looked at Xuan Yi in front of him, and asked softly, "Ting Wei, after hearing that Zhang Ren died, his wife went directly to the emperor to complain to the emperor. If you died, would your wife do the same?"

Xuan Yi shook his head and replied seriously: "She won't, I have already told her, she will bury me well."

Chen Ping gritted his teeth, "Engong Xuan came to check on me first. Why don't you just take me to Tingwei to ask the guilt?"

"The first thing I checked was King Tang, not Marquis Chen."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I heard that Zhang Budo, the benefactor of King Tang, has appeared around Zhang Ren's mansion many times."

"This is the truth. Many people saw Zhang Budo appear around Zhang Ren's mansion, and he went there in disguise twice. I also sent someone to inquire. Zhang Budo said that he was going to kill him. Zhang Ren's, just didn't catch him."

Xuan Yi said, suddenly raised his head and asked, "But. How did Chen Hou know about this?"

"Why does Duke Xuan want to investigate this matter?"

"The Son of Heaven's Order!"

"Then Duke Xuan went back and told His Majesty secretly, saying that the person was killed by King Tang. His Majesty will definitely not blame King Tang, and he will not make a statement. If you don't investigate thoroughly, you can protect your clan." Chen Pingchu He took a sip of tea and said calmly.

"Unlike Chen Hou, I have always fulfilled my mission seriously and dare not fool the emperor. This is something that the emperor ordered me to investigate. I will definitely investigate it thoroughly. Even if I die, I will not back down."

"Donkey Tingwei, donkey Tingwei!"

Chen Ping said, and then looked at Xuan Yi with some sympathy.

"Chen Hou hasn't told me how he found out that Zhang Budo went to find Zhang Ren."

"Okay, I'll tell you this." Chen Ping lowered his voice and stared at Xuan Yi fiercely, "You have to ask Marquis Jiancheng."

Xuan Yi nodded, turned around and left.

Here Chen Ping, they couldn't find any evidence of the crime. Chen Ping has been in the mansion for the past few days, he has not gone out, and has not met anyone. However, he can say things about Zhang Wuxuan, which means that he He must have known about this, or it was his hand that pressed on Zhang Budo's body because no one dared to arrest King Tang.

Xuan Yi lowered his head, constantly connecting all the clues in his mind.

Zhang Ren said something unfavorable to King Tang in the mansion. King Tang knew about it and King Tang knew about his death. King Tang once sent Zhang Budo to kill Zhang Ren. Chen Ping did not meet anyone and stayed in the mansion all day. , but knew that Zhang Budo was going to assassinate Zhang Ren.

At Zhang Ren's place, he drank with two colleagues from the Shaofu last night. These two seldom see Zhang Ren on weekdays, and there was a third drinker at the scene, and the third one was Lu Chan. Colleagues said that it was Lu Chan who organized this wine party and asked them to invite Zhang Ren. During the banquet, they had seen the two whispering words, but Lu Chan seemed very angry at the time.

Now Chen Ping asked himself to find Lu Shizhi again.

Xuan Yi kept thinking about it, when he came back to his senses, Lu Shizhi stared at him with a dark face.

"Gong Xuan took all my servants away, and wanted me to find the Queen Mother and borrow a few valet to do my housework?"

"Marquis Jiancheng doesn't have to oppress me with the empress. I follow the order of the emperor. Even if the empress asks me a crime, I will not stop."

Lu Shizhi sneered, "Zhang Ren is courting his own death, and Duke Xuan also wants to be buried with him?"

"So you say you killed people?"

"fart!"

Lu Shizhi was furious. He cursed, "I don't even know about this. Why do you want to come to me? For the past few days, I have stayed at home, and everyone can testify for me!"

"Then have you met Lu Chan?"

"I've seen it! How! Is it still a sin to see Yuko?!"

Unlike Chen Ping, Lu Shizhi did not admit that he knew about it at all. Later, he became angry again. No matter what Xuanyi asked, he would not answer, but just coldly asked Xuanyi to take him back to the prison. interrogation.

Xuanyi couldn't ask anything from Lu Shizhi, so he wanted to ask Lu Chan.

However, Lu Chan is not in his mansion. At this moment, he is in the mansion of Marquis Wuyang.

Fan Kuai is also the object of Xuanyi's investigation.

And this is also what Xuan Yi is most worried about. Things are gradually becoming clearer for him, and the biggest suspect at present is naturally Lu Chan... Now, he is in the Wuyang Marquis Mansion. Behind all the people, there is a company People who don't dare to investigate Xuanyi are not only afraid of Xuanyi, but also afraid that even the Son of Heaven will not dare.

But Xuanyi is this character, he is also afraid of death, but he regards the emperor's order more important than life. This is why Liu Bang loves him so much.

Xuan Yi still came to Fan Kuai's mansion.

Fan Kuai was not someone like Chen Ping or Lu Shizhi. He stood up like a bear, looking down at Xuanyi, his hands clasped together, as if he was going to kill Xuanyi in the next moment, Xuanyi raised his head, Lu. Chan stood beside Fan Kuai in horror.

Before Xuan Yi could speak, Lu Chan couldn't wait to shout: "I didn't poison Zhang Ren! We all drink the same wine! We are all fine, he died, it has nothing to do with me!"

"I want to know, why are you going to see Zhang Ren, you don't know him at all."

"It's none of your business!"

Fan Kuai directly stood in front of Lu Chan and looked at Xuan Yi fiercely, "If you come to arrest me, take out the imperial edict, if you dare not arrest me, get out of here, otherwise"

"Wuyang Marquis Zhang Ren threatened to be unfavorable to King Tang that day. I remember that you stared at him for a long time."

"Who did you tell about this?"

Fan Kuai's face changed greatly, and without saying anything, he pushed Xuan Yi away and scolded, "No one told me! Get out! Get out of here!"

Xuanyi brought a lot of subordinate officials, but unfortunately, in front of Fan Kuai, these people can't play any role. Fan Kuai grabbed them as if he was carrying chickens, and threw them out of the gate of the mansion one by one. After these people screamed in pain, Fan Kuai was quite polite to Xuan Yi, and pushed him out.

By this time, Xuan Yi cleared his mind.

First of all, why did King Tang know about this?Fan Kuai's expression just now proved that he really told this matter to an incredible person, and he didn't even dare to say who he told it. He didn't tell King Tang, he told the queen mother.

Why did Chen Ping know about Zhang Budo, because someone ordered Chen Ping to pay attention to Zhang Ren at all times and let him die suddenly.

Why did Chen Ping tell himself about the fact that King Tang sent Zhang Budo, because Chen Ping wanted to order his people to hide it, and would rather push King Tang out rather than say it outright, so he asked himself to find Marquis Jiancheng, who represented Marquis Jiancheng. who?
This is the reason why Lu Chan entertained Zhang Ren and then hid in the Marquis of Wuyang's mansion, and Marquis Wuyang did not let Lu Chan say that he was ordered by someone.

Last night, the wine vessel that Lu Chan and the others used to drink had disappeared. They were guests at a man's house in Shaofu. According to the man, after getting drunk that night, he lost a lot of things in his house, including the wine vessel.

Zhang Ren was poisoned, and the queen mother was poisoned. Chen Ping planned it, Lu Chan did it, and then put this matter on the body of Tang Wang.
Xuan Yi continued to search, and several important pieces of evidence emerged immediately.

First of all, it is here with King Tang. During these days, King Tang was basically in the Hou’s Mansion and Taiwei’s Mansion. He didn’t go to other places, and he didn’t meet anyone. Among his four benefactors, only Zhang Budo was the Those who often go to Zhang Ren's place, the other three always accompany Tang Wang and never go out at all.

Then, King Tang either learned about it in Jianchenghou's mansion or in the Jiaofang Palace.

In addition, it was Tingwei's inspection of Zhang Ren's body. He was poisoned!
An official of Tingwei found out that Lu Chan had come out of Jiancheng Hou's mansion before going to the banquet.

All clues point to one person.

Xuan Yi knelt down in front of the emperor with a determined expression.

Liu Ying looked at him, was silent for a long time, and asked, "Did you find out?"

"The minister has already found out."

"How did he die?"

"Poisoning."

"who is it?"

Xuan Yi's lips trembled slightly. He knew that he must know the search this time, and even she must know his answer.Her idea was to let herself say the name of King Tang, because in this way, the emperor would not continue to question.

But Xuan Yi gritted his teeth, raised his head abruptly, and said, "It's too."

"All right!"

Liu Ying abruptly interrupted Xuan Yi, he stood up, looked desolate, and took a deep breath, "Since Mr. Zhang died of illness, it is better to bury him, comfort his family, give money and land, and then pursue the seal. He alas. Why is this. Alas."

Seeing the lonely emperor in front of him, Xuan Yi said: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything, Zhang Ren once alienated the monarch and ministers before the group of ministers. If he wants to be detrimental to King Tang, he will die, so please don't feel guilty."

"Ah? Is that so?"

Liu Ying finally understood, he nodded, "Go back, by the way, you have done a good job this time, I will give you a house, and give you twenty soldiers."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! It's just that I have no credit, so how can I be rewarded!"

"No, you have merit, listen to me."

"Mother~~~"

Liu Chang smiled, and jumped into the Jiaofang Hall.

Empress Lu turned her back to him, Liu Chang couldn't see her face, Empress Lu did not look back.

"Chen Mai told you about Zhang Ren."

"You ask Chen to buy it back and let him tell Chen Ping your plan."

"You deliberately eat and drink in Jiancheng Hou's mansion, and ask Zhang Budo to go to Zhang Ren's mansion to observe the situation."

"Lu Chan came to Jiancheng Hou's mansion, and he didn't see Jiancheng Hou, he saw you. You asked him to entertain Zhang Ren, saying that you and Zhang Ren had some conflicts, and let him come to make peace for you."

"Zhang Budo was waiting for Zhang Ren, who was drunk, on the way, and then he poured poisonous wine and threw it in front of his mansion, pretending to be drunk. Then he stole the wine vessel, so that Xuanyi thought it was Lu who produced the poison. Kill Zhang Ren."

"You know that Fan Kuai will tell me about this, so when Lu Chan was questioned and panicked, he asked Lu Lu to tell him, and let him hide in Fan Kuai's house. Fan Kuai knew that I would definitely do something, so he mistakenly thought that Lu Chan would do something. I was instructed, so I covered it."

"Ah? What is grandma saying?"

Liu Chang looked at Empress Lu blankly.

Empress Lu suddenly turned around and looked at Liu Chang in surprise, "It's not you! It's Chen Ping??"

"Who knows."

"Mother! Leave him alone, I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?!"

ps: This check is quite time-consuming. The first check is free, and the second time you can’t find it, you will be charged. It’s stupid, let’s not talk about it, I will continue to code.

(End of this chapter)