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At noon, in an elegant room on the third floor of Xiao Zhang Baiwei Restaurant, Zhang Ping introduced Li Ye to a warrior from the Prince Consort's Palace, named Yang Shun, who was a disciple trained by Zhang Ping's martial arts school. He was also the one who was killed when Zhang Bian was killed last night. Be present.

Yang Shun sighed: "Captain Li, the assassin last night was too cunning. It's not surprising that the consort fell into his hands."

"Tell me carefully, how cunning you are?"

"He actually started checking out the perimeter ten days ago, and we discovered him. Only now do we realize that he actually let me discover him on purpose."

Li Ye's heart moved and he continued to listen to him without showing any signs of expression.

"He visited the surrounding areas twice. Yesterday afternoon, he actually sneaked into the Prince Consort's house. Of course, we were keeping an eye on him. We found that he paid close attention to the study. The Prince Consort told us not to alert others. Then at night, we laid an ambush in the study. He came out of the study, Catch him in one fell swoop.”

"Does he have any accomplices?" Li Ye asked calmly.

"It is said that there were two accomplices who responded, but they were too fast and we did not catch them."

Li Ye knew that the two accomplices must be himself and Xinyue. He asked again: "What happens after we catch him?"

"After catching him, we took him to the lobby. The consort and Zhang Xiangguo were both there to interrogate this person personally. In order to threaten and induce him, the consort put a wooden cage with a head in it and five hundred taels of silver in front of him and asked him to Choice, he chose silver, and then he made a request. He had to hold the silver before he would confess. The prince-in-law loosened his hands, he held the five hundred taels of silver in his arms, and suddenly used a ingot of twenty taels. The silver hit the prince-in-law on the forehead, and he laughed proudly and said, "Do you think I'm here to steal the letter? I'm just here to kill you."

"Then what?"

"The buttons on his clothes were highly poisonous. He swallowed the buttons and took the poison and committed suicide."

Li Ye nodded, "This man knows the habits of the Prince Consort very well. Isn't this the first time the Prince Consort has let others choose between wooden cages and silver?"

"no!"

Yang Shun shook his head, "The prince-in-law has done this three times before, and then broke his promise and killed the other party. He likes to do this kind of thing, and the other party took advantage of his hobby and beat him to death with money."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and then asked: "Are you sure he came to visit ten days ago?"

Zhang Ping suddenly realized and struck with his fist: "Yes, this is the biggest flaw. You didn't come back ten days ago. What does it have to do with you?"

Yang Shun nodded, "Today is the fourth day of July, and ten days ago it was June 24th. I remember it very clearly, because that day happened to be the anniversary of my father's death. I wanted to ask for leave, but the leader didn't allow it, so our leader arranged Seven people were hired to monitor the assassin."

"Is there anything written that proves it's June 24th?"

Yang Shun thought for a moment and said, "I remember the prince-in-law wrote a note and it's with the leader!"

"Can you get this note for me?"

Yang Shun hesitated for a moment, then Li Ye smiled and said: "If you can get this note for me, I will reward you three hundred coins!"

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Yang Shun nodded, "I may have a way. I'll give it a try. Try my best!"

An hour later, Yang Shun came back and handed a note to Li Ye, "This is the note. I asked a maid to steal it for me."

Li Ye quickly took the note and looked at it carefully. The note was a special note from Taichang Temple, with a sentence written on it, "Keep an eye on this person and don't alert the enemy!"

There is a signature below, a cursive '卍', and the date is June 24th.

Li Ye was overjoyed and asked Zhang Ping to give Yang Shun three hundred taels of silver. Yang Shun received the silver and left with a lot of thanks.

Zhang Ping came back and said with a smile: "How did brother know there would be a note?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "This is a characteristic of officialdom. Generally, high-ranking officials like to write notes, and my father also likes to prevent words from being unfounded. Just like the emperor likes to write handwritten edicts, for the same reason, so I guess there will be notes!"

Li Ye and Xinyue went to Zhang Bian's Mansion last night. They actually wanted to find some letters or notes written by Zhang Jun to his brothers to prove that Zhang Jun wanted to use the mistakes in the imperial examination to punish his father.

After getting the note, Li Ye immediately rushed to Daming Palace to see Gao Lishi.

The young eunuch led Li Ye to Gao Lishi. Li Ye stepped forward to salute. Gao Lishi nodded, "You came very timely. I was about to send someone to find you. Princess Ningqin went to the Holy Emperor to report her funeral in the morning, but the Holy Lord I have a headache. Ask the princess to come in the afternoon. I think Zhang Jun will be there too. I can’t wait until tomorrow. Have you found any evidence?"

Li Ye presented Zhang Bian's note, "Mr. Gao, this is the evidence. As early as June 24, the Prince Consort's Mansion discovered that assassins were setting foot on the perimeter. Zhang Bian wrote a note to the warrior leader, asking them to Don't alert the enemy, keep an eye on the assassin.

But on June 24th, Beizhi just led his men into Longshan Pass. The guard of Longshan Pass can testify that Beizhong only arrived in Chang'an on June 30th. In any case, it is impossible to arrange the personnel on June 24th. Go and assassinate someone. "

Gao Lishi nodded and smiled: "Do you know why I asked you to find the warriors of the Prince Consort's Mansion?"

"Has Gao Weng also thought of this flaw?"

Gao Lishi nodded, "Obviously, this assassin knows Zhang Bian's habits very well. He visits places, steals letters, gets caught, and assassinates. They are all linked together. This requires careful arrangements for a long time. You have only been back for four days. You know what my father is doing. It's only been two days, and you don't have time to make arrangements anyway, and time is the biggest loophole, so I want you to find evidence, and this note is the best evidence."

"Please leave everything to Gao Weng!"

Gao Lishi smiled and said: "Maybe the Holy Father will summon you in the afternoon, so you can stay in my official room! Have a good sleep."

Li Ye smiled bitterly and said, "I'm really sleepy!"

Gao Lishi asked the young eunuch to arrange for Li Ye to rest, while he hurried into the palace.

Zhang Bian was the son-in-law whom the emperor valued very much. He had been a child prodigy since he was a child. Li Longji liked him very much. When he grew up, he married Princess Ningqin, the legitimate daughter of Empress Yang, to him. He was promoted step by step in the official position, and even achieved this. He was a third-rank Taichang Qing and a leader of the Tang Dynasty literati.

Hearing that Zhang Bian had been assassinated, Li Longji was extremely furious. In the afternoon, when he felt a little better, he immediately summoned Princess Ningqin and Prime Minister Zhang Jun in Yixiang Pavilion.

After listening to Princess Ning's cry, Li Longji was filled with anger and immediately asked Gao Lishi: "Who is the murderer? Do you have any clues?"

Zhang Jun was the first to say: "Your Majesty, we all know that the murderer is Li Ye, he was the one who killed the consort!"

Li Longji was startled, "Li Ye? Is he back?"

A complicated expression flashed in the eyes of Concubine Yang next to her. Gao Lishi nodded, "Your Majesty, he returned to Chang'an four days ago."

Li Longji wondered: "How could it be Li Ye? What hatred does he have with the consort?"

Zhang Jun said anxiously: "Your Majesty, he publicly announced that he wanted to kill the minister. He would kill my brother first, and then my son. This is his consistent style. The last step is to kill the minister? Your Majesty, he killed the consort to shock. Weichen?"

Gao Lishi finally got angry, "Zhang Xiangguo, you are the dignified Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty. Please don't make up nonsense in front of the emperor. When did Li Ye publicly announce that he wanted to kill you? Where did he make it public? He has not been in since he came back. The Daming Palace is completely your delusion, and you are so slanderous."

"He expressed it through his father!"

"Don't you guys say anything!"

Li Longji had a splitting headache. He pressed his forehead and waved his hands and said, "I am confused by you. I will ask the next question and you can answer it."