Chapter 283 Don’t ask about the common people, ask about gods and ghosts

Guangdefang.

It snowed at night, and an entourage carrying a lantern led a young man through the long street. He stopped in front of the majestic gate and saw the familiar "Jingzhao Mansion" plaque hanging above.

Today's rebellion took place in Guangdefang, where Wang Fei was also detained, so it was heavily guarded and had a cold and murderous atmosphere.

"Who is coming?"

"I, I am the staff member of Chang'an County Lieutenant Xue Bai, my surname is Du Mingqi."

When the visitor opened his mouth, he broke the solemn feeling and continued to say in his dazed state: "Xue County Lieutenant is coming to inquire about the case, and I, the staff, have also been summoned to take notes. The weather is really cold. Oh, this

It’s my curfew walking paperwork.”

"Mr. Du, does he look familiar?"

"Hey, Niu Shuan? Tian Da? It's me, Du Wulang. When my family 'claimed prophecies', you were the ones who took me from Chang'an County Government to Jingzhao Mansion. I escaped on the way, remember?"

"this……"

"Don't remember? Niushuan, you also ordered soup cakes for me to eat. I ran away at that time, which caused trouble to you, right? But you are not servants of Chang'an County? How did you come to Jingzhao Mansion?"

"Remember, Wulang, please lower your voice." Niu Shuan lowered his voice and said, "We are dealing with a major rebellion case. The villain was transferred by the county captain to guard Jingzhao Mansion."

Du Wulang understood, followed them into the government office, and asked in a low voice: "Isn't Wang Jingzhao Yin? He has already rebelled, how can he still be imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion?"

"A villain doesn't know this kind of thing."

"Oh, I understand. I'm testing to see if anyone will let him escape."

Niu Shuan admired him and said: "It turns out that Wu Lang is so smart. By the way, the villain made a big mistake back then and kicked Wu Lang on the butt. Master Wu Lang has a lot of people. Can you spare the villain?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't even remember this." Du Wulang turned around and saw a group of officials standing in front of the court, and couldn't help but ask: "What are they doing?"

"It's Jingzhao Shaoyin and Liu Cao who joined the army and are waiting for the right prime minister to come to ask questions. I heard that Wang Xian is very powerful and always appoints trusted staff to do things. He has always distrusted these officials, but this time it turned out to be a good thing."

"Even if you don't make progress, there are advantages." Du Wulang asked: "But Wang Fei is Jingzhao Yin. It is impossible that he has no trusted officials in Jingzhao Mansion, right?"

"Of course there is. Who in Jingzhao Mansion is not worried right now? They are all afraid of being regarded as rebels."

"Hey, I know a lot of people, I'll go say hello."

Du Wulang did not join in the fun with the officials. Instead, he walked to Jingzhao Prison and waved to several prison guards from a distance.

"Everyone, I'm not here to go to jail today, but to try the case."

"Isn't this Wu Lang? You are the most prominent person in our prison..."

When the conversation took place, deep in the Jingzhao Mansion prison behind them, Xing Wei was sitting in the dark biting his fingers, looking very anxious.

In his mind, he recalled everything that had happened over the years, from the time when his grandfather conspired with An Lushan to commit murder and plunder money, to when Liu Luogu stayed in Chang'an and used Zoroastrian teachings to instigate Wang Wen to cultivate dead men, and then to Wang Wen

Gradually out of control, they simply provoked Wang Wen to rebel in order to get rid of them.

"Why did he suddenly retreat after attacking the imperial city? If he wanted to retreat, why would Liu Luogu send people to shoot Chen Zhixun and attack the imperial city? Wouldn't it be easier to expose the emperor?"

Xing Yi thought for a long time and felt more and more that something was wrong.

Finally, an idea flashed in his mind, and he felt that Liu Luogu sent people here deliberately to lead the rebellion to Anlu Mountain.

We need to know what happened to Liu Luogu.

There was a firelight in the corridor, and two wardens came over with shackles and said, "It's time to go to the torture chamber. You won't have a hard time tonight."

"I know how to do it." Xing Wei was still chewing his fingers and said: "But I was wronged. There is a conspiracy in this matter, there is a conspiracy..."

~~

At the same time, groups of Jinwu Guards rushed to the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, lined up and stood still.

Jingzhao Shao Yin Zhangheng rubbed his hands and saw a crowd of purple-robed and red-robed officials dismounting in the bright lights. The scene was very spectacular.

He hurriedly led a group of officials over and said with a salute: "I have seen your right prime minister, please be well!"

Li Linfu's face was cold, he raised his hand and pointed at the Jinwu guards beside him, and asked: "If I hadn't been guarded so tightly, I might have been killed by Wang Wen today?"

"Wang Wen deserves to die." Zhang Heng immediately expressed his position and drew a clear line with Wang He, saying: "Wang He is also involved in treason and should be punished!"

"Interrogation overnight."

Zhang Heng was a little nervous and hurriedly raised his hand to ask Li Linfu to come to the court.

As a crowd of people filed in, the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion took a sneak peek and saw that behind the Right Prime Minister were both purple and red robes. The most conspicuous among them was a young and handsome official wearing a green robe walking in front, as if to assist. The deputy of the Right Prime Minister handling the case.

"Xue Lang."

Xue Bai, who was dressed in a green robe, was walking beside Li Linfu. He turned around and saw Pei Chen, Cao's military officer in the Jingzhao Prefecture, standing there and bowing.

He then stopped and exchanged a few words with Pei Chen in front of everyone's attention.

"Brother Pei, I haven't seen you for a long time. How is Mr. Pei?"

"My grandfather has retired from office. He can retire safely, thanks to Xue Lang." Pei Chen said with emotion, "Xue Lang has just returned to Chang'an, and he is going to be promoted again?"

"It just so happens that I can do something for the court."

Xue Bai and Pei Chen have known each other for more than two years. He has gone from Bai Shen to Chang'an Wei, but the other party is still a Cang Cao joining the army. Since he had the opportunity to chat tonight, he suddenly wanted to win over.

But I wonder if, with his current status, he is qualified to win over a descendant of the Pei family's family?

…

Over there, Li Linfu entered the court, looked back at Xue Bai, and whispered to himself: "There is still time to chat."

As the prime minister of the current dynasty, even an unintentional remark might be interpreted by someone as someone who was dissatisfied with Xue Bai, but he still said it to himself.

"Right Minister, please take your seat."

"I'm actually old and frail." Li Linfu waved his hand and said, "Shiro, come and try the case on my father's behalf."

Li Xiu was standing behind Li Linfu. Hearing this, he was stunned and did not react.

His grandfather's obsession with power has reached the point where he doesn't want to share it with anyone. This is the first time he has revealed his intention to cultivate his son's abilities.

"Grandpa?"

"Let you ask questions on my behalf," Li Linfu said.

On the way here, he told Li Xiu the saint's wishes and sat down directly above him, closing his eyes and meditating.

Li Xiu was greatly excited. He stood behind Li Linfu and made arrangements. He invited Xiao Yinzhi, the Minister of Punishment, Li Daosui, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Yuan Siyi, the eunuch sent by the palace to supervise the matter, to take their seats.

Soon I encountered another problem, thinking about how to arrange Xue Bai's seats.

After much deliberation, he arranged for Xue Bai to sit next to Li Daosui, who was appointed by the sage to investigate the case, which was higher than that of Jingzhao Shao Yin Zhangheng and Chang'an County Magistrate Jia Jilin.

This was obviously not appropriate, but no one raised any objections except Li Linfu who shook his head slightly.

Li Xiu originally had the demeanor of a child from an aristocratic family, but when he saw his father's dissatisfied expressions one after another, he became nervous. Looking at Li Linfu's face, he slowly said: "Bring Wang Fei to trial... No, bring Xing Wei to trial first."

"Here."

Li Xiu took two deep breaths, considered the words to be used during the interrogation, and gradually calmed down.

He is ready.

However, I saw several officers running back in a hurry, saying: "Right Prime Minister, something is wrong!"

"What's the matter?"

"Xing Wei...Xing Wei is dead."

"What?"

Suddenly, Li Xiu was caught off guard by an unexpected incident. He was stunned for a while, then opened his mouth and was about to speak.

"See the truth for yourself." Li Linfu stood up.

A group of guards from the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly rushed towards him, leaving only Li Xiu standing there unable to speak.

~~

The light of the torch dispersed the darkness, and blood could be seen flowing out along the gaps between the gray bricks.

Xing Wei was hung on the torture rack, his body hanging down weakly, and his throat had been cut.

"What's going on?!"

"Reporting to the right minister, the villains tied him up in the torture chamber and left. It must be... someone must have come in and gave him a knife."

"Check." Li Xiu stepped forward and said, "Call all the officers for questioning. I want to know who has been to the torture chamber!"

Following these words, Li Linfu turned around and glanced at him lightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Heng hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "Right Prime Minister, this must have been done by Wang Zhi's accomplices in Jingzhao Mansion. Why not capture them and interrogate them one by one?"

"Is this person Wang Fei's confidant?"

"I would like to ask you to report this to your right minister privately..."

At this time, someone suddenly said: "If it is really Wang Xing's accomplices who did it, Wang Xing should be saved or even killed. Why did he attack Xing Wei?"

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Xue Bai who was speaking.
To be continued...