Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

At noon on the second day, Guanzheng Hall.

Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao came as scheduled, and Yang Ji led them into the hall.There was only Li Shu in the hall, with his usual expression, reviewing the memorial, as if nothing happened last night.When he heard the footsteps of the two entering the hall, he didn't raise his head, but said: "You are here."

Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao knelt down to pay respects. Wen Tao's arm was injured, and when he knelt down, his movements were a little stagnant and his breathing was unstable. Li Shu raised his eyes and glanced, but didn't say a word.The two knelt for a while, Li Shu was still rustling and writing, and had no intention of talking to them at all.After the assassination last night, both Tang Wuyi and Wen Tao were extremely cautious at the moment. When Tang Wuyi thought that he had spoken rudely in front of the emperor last night and forced Li Shu to let him investigate Tang Jingxiao's case, he couldn't help but feel scared for a while and broke out in cold sweat.

After a stick of incense, Li Shu put down his pen and said, "Tang Yue, you drank too much wine in the hall yesterday, are you feeling better today?"

Tang Wuyi knew that this was Li Shu's excuse for his gaffe in front of the hall yesterday, so he hurriedly said: "I was rude after drinking yesterday, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Li Shu's face softened and said: "Tang Yue, you are a descendant of the Tang family and a pillar of my Great Zhou. You must not forget your identity at any time."

Tang Wuyi was taken aback. Of course Li Shu knew that he was not Tang You's blood, but now that Tang Jingxiao died unexpectedly, was Li Shu using himself to win over the relationship with the Tang family?Tang Wuyi was still chewing on the meaning of these words, Li Shu had already said seriously: "Dali Temple's special envoy Tang Yue received the order."

Tang Wuyi hurriedly lowered his head and lowered his hands, ready to receive the order.

"Find out the case of Qiu Jian and Tang Jingxiao within five days, and give a gold medal to interrogate officials and enter and leave the court. After finding out, report to me, and don't let it out." Li Shu handed the secret decree to Yang Ji, Yang Ji Ji presented Tang Wuyi with both hands, and Tang Wuyi knelt down to thank him for accepting the order.

"This case is of great importance." Li Shu changed into a persuasive tone, "Your elder brother has a very high prestige in the army, if this matter gets out, the army may be unstable."

"I understand." Tang Wuyi clasped his fists and said.

Li Shu nodded: "Go, the body of the shadow puppet troupe owner and your eldest brother are temporarily stored in Dali Temple, you can go and investigate yourself. Qiu Jian and the shadow puppet troupe are also secretly detained in Dali Temple, you Just use the gold medal to go in and interrogate."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tang Wuyi stood up after finishing speaking, and took Wen Tao to leave.When Wen Tao got up, Li Shu's eyes still stopped on Wen Tao.

After the two left, Li Shu called Yang Ji and said, "Go and check, if there was any movement from King Yan last night, report it to me immediately."

Yang Ji said "here" and hurriedly left.Half an hour later, Yang Ji returned to the Guanzheng Hall and replied softly to Li Shu. Li Shu was furious when he heard the words, smashed an inkstone in his hand and said: "Here is my oral order, the king of Yan is sometimes cold and resting in the palace. , don’t go out without my will!”

Yang Ji hurriedly said "Here" in a low voice, and added: "Where is Pavilion Master Tang, do you want them to stop?"

Li Shu frowned and said: "No need, let them investigate! I want to see how much I don't know!"

Outside the Guanzheng Hall, Tang Jingxiao and Wen Tao, who had already walked out of the palace gate, said nothing, thinking about the way to investigate the case.Wen Tao said: "Tang Yue, will we still live in the General's Mansion?"

Tang Wuyi sighed and said, "Let's stay in the General's Mansion temporarily. I'm afraid of what happened last night."

"But, the general's wife..." Wen Tao felt his scalp tingle when he thought of continuing to hide it from Mrs. Liu.

"I'll take care of it." Tang Wuyi said, "We investigate the case, and we still need to find an absolutely safe place to discuss the case. Although the General's Mansion is not as good as Dongdu Pavilion, it is already the best choice for us in Kyoto. "

When the two returned to the General's Mansion, Tang Wuyi had to calm her down temporarily with Liu Shixu and Wei Snake, so that he and Wen Tao had the opportunity to be alone in the room and concentrate on discussing the case.According to their usual way of investigating cases, Wen Tao had already drawn the tree diagram and handed it over.

"The first question, where is the thread of this series of incidents?" Wen Tao said, "According to the chronological order, the first incident is that Mr. Pu was threatened by an arrow in the back, and Mr. Pu committed suicide two days later. The second incident The thing is that the Chunxi troupe got a play "Double Dragon Seizing the Pearl" alluding to the events of this dynasty, and was invited to perform this play in front of the emperor and officials at the Dragon Boat Festival, causing General Qiu Jian to kill the troupe leader Zhao Er .And then there is the third thing, when the Dragon Boat Festival was over, your elder brother died after drinking the realgar wine given by the emperor."

Tang Wuyi nodded: "According to the chronological order, this is the case, but as you said, the thread of this series of events may not be the first to happen, and may not even surface."

"That's right, I guess, the thread of this series of events is the secret that Mr. Pu killed himself." Wen Tao's eyes sparkled, "Suppose that secret was leaked for some reason, and Mr. Pu was threatened as one of the insiders, he Knowing that he couldn’t escape, he committed suicide.”

"Could this secret be related to the content of the "Double Dragon Seize the Pearl" that Chunxi class arranged?" Tang Wuyi had a flash of inspiration, "No matter who uses what method to make the play "Double Dragon Seize the Pearl" reach the sky Listen, this secret was exposed in front of the emperor and all the officials, so my eldest brother was silenced?"

"What does General Tang have to do with this matter?" Wen Tao lowered his voice, "Is it related to the enthronement of the current Holy Majesty?"

Tang Wuyi checked the surroundings, and after confirming that the environment was safe, he whispered to Wen Tao: "At that time, the late emperor was seriously ill, and the current emperor is away fighting, and the first prince has been imprisoned for several years. Later, there were rumors that the first prince rebelled, and the first prince was in the same line. My adoptive father died in battle in response to the Prince's Tiance Army's rebellion. Originally, the Tiance Army still had combat power in the Eastern Capital, but my elder brother took refuge with the current Prince when he brought the Suzaku Army back to King Qing. die, the current Holy Majesty is enthroned."

"So it's like this..." Wen Tao murmured, "No wonder there was such a deep gap between you and your elder brother before."

"I don't blame big brother for a long time." Tang Wuyi said solemnly, "He has the right to choose what he thinks is right. Besides, whether he is in Tiance or Shence, he has always been my big brother."

"Then, what kind of secret do you think even your elder brother must die?"

Tang Wuyi's heart trembled when he heard the words. That's right, the current Holy Majesty has been on the throne for several years, and his reputation is quite stable. What kind of secret is it? Tang Jingxiao who followed Li Shu must die?And this secret has been silent for many years, why did it suddenly set off a shocking wave at this moment?