Tibet

Li Ye left Gao Lishi's house in a carriage, feeling quite heavy.

It wasn't until King Guangping revealed to him that Zhang Jun was actually the emperor's man that Li Ye woke up like a dream. One node was opened, and the whole situation suddenly became clear. Li Ye understood the game of chess played by the emperor.

Zhang Jun's previous investigation of his father was not as simple as Zhang Jun's revenge. It was clearly ordered by the emperor. In fact, the emperor was suppressing his father, and the emperor's target must still be himself.

Li Ye immediately realized that there must be an informant planted by the emperor around him. No wonder Bian Lingcheng didn't send his eunuchs to crush Ye Jianjun. This makes sense.

This informant reported the secret of the harvest he had mentioned in Juzhan to the emperor. Emperor Li Longji was very dissatisfied and asked Zhang Jun to torture his father endlessly and force him to hand over the money.

But by mistake, he took out three million gold coins, and the emperor let his father go.

So the reason why he was asked to investigate the case was definitely not because of the imperial concubine’s words. It must also be the emperor’s plan. Could it be that he was testing himself?

Is it very possible that the emperor knows who the murderer is?

Li Ye remembered what King Guangping said again, and the prince suspected that other princes were responsible.

Seize the direct descendant?

This word suddenly popped into Li Ye's mind.

The whole case suddenly became clear. The assassination of the consort Zhang Bian was basically a struggle for the throne between other princes and the prince.

After Yang Guozhong became prime minister, the emperor greatly relaxed his control over the prince. However, in order to check and balance the prince, he also relaxed control over other princes.

The surveillance on them was lifted, they were allowed to go out, and they were allowed to raise warriors.

This is exactly the chess game laid by the emperor Li Longji to seize the direct descendants, and he looks down at the struggle of his sons with cold eyes.

It's like looking down at crickets fighting in a clay pot.

Without control, and with hints from the father, the crown prince may not be the one who finally ascends the throne, and the ambition that oppresses the princes' hearts suddenly swells.

Everyone wanted to replace the prince, and the battle for the right to inherit the throne was inevitable.

Killing the consort Zhang Bian also cut off the prince's right and left arm.

But who could it be?

Li Ye narrowed his eyes, and several princes appeared in his mind one by one. Qing Wang Li Cong, Di Li Yan, Rong Wang Li Wan, Yong Wang Li Lin, each of them may be the murderer.

Back at the inn, Guan Pei came up and said, "Liu Wutong's son is here and he has important news to tell the governor."

Li Ye nodded and walked into the inn. Liu Xiaoshi stepped forward and saluted: "Greetings, uncle!"

Li Ye liked this child very much. He was honest and honest, yet spiritual. To put it simply, he was a bit wise but foolish. This kind of child would often be promising in the future.

"How is your father doing?"

"Father is recovering well and the wound has scabbed over. He said it was thanks to the governor's magic medicine."

Li Ye smiled and asked, "What important news does your father have?"

"Father asked me to give this to the Governor."

Liu Xiaoshi handed a note to Li Ye, "My father just remembered that Yang Shun has a relative in Yunyang County!"

Li Ye opened the note, and there was only one line on it, 'Wei Daya Brewery in Yunyang County! ’

It’s Yunyang County again.

The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, and in the night, a group of cavalry galloped towards Yunyang County, northeast of Chang'an.

Just half an hour ago, Zheng Ang and Cheng Xiao personally led a hundred warriors and rushed towards Luoyang. They also went to Luoyang to capture Yang Shun.

Guangping King Li Chu persuaded Ji Wen to hand over the heads of the assassin Zeng Honger and the Prince Consort to Fang Guan. Of course, Fang Guan knew that the real spy was Yang Shun, and he could quickly find out that Yang Shun's uncle was studying teaching in Luoyang County.

In fact, Li Ye didn't really believe that Yang Shun was hiding in Luoyang. The reason was very simple. Too many people knew about Yang Shun's uncle in Luoyang. Almost all the guards in the Prince Consort's Mansion knew that Yang Shun always showed off that his uncle was a professor in Luoyang County. .

Yang Shun is a very scheming person. If he can actually deceive himself, he will never run to Luoyang foolishly.

The relative in Yunyang County was Yang Shun's aunt, who had the same mother as Yang Shun's father. Yang Shun hardly mentioned her. Liu Wutong knew about it because he bought wine from Wei Daya Winery one time. Shun casually mentioned that Wei Daya was his uncle.

The next morning, Li Ye led his men to Yunyang County. Winemaking is one of the main businesses of Yunyang County. Most of the wine in Chang'an is provided by Yunyang County. There are hundreds of winemaking workshops in the city. As soon as they enter the county, I smelled a strong lees smell.

Wei Daya Brewing Workshop is not a famous workshop. Although it has a weird name, it is not easy to find it.

Li Ye came to the county government. The county magistrate was called Huang Qing, and he had a somewhat roundabout relationship with Yang Guozhong. After the Yuan Mile incident, the magistrate, county magistrate and county lieutenant of Yunyang County were all dismissed. Huang Qing benefited from Yang Guozhong's relationship. The state transferred him to Yunyang County as the county magistrate.

Although he didn't know much about the Yuan Mile incident, Li Ye had heard about it for a long time. When he heard that the murderous Ksitigarbha demon was coming again, Huang Qing didn't dare to neglect and hurriedly came out to greet him.

Li Ye was not polite and directly showed Shang Fang's Emperor Sword, "I am investigating the case under the order of the Emperor. If you don't cooperate, you will be executed immediately!"

Huang Qing recognized Shang Fang's Emperor Sword and was startled. He quickly said respectfully: "I will cooperate with you fully!"

Hearing that he was looking for a brewery, Huang Qing was relieved and quickly ordered the chief clerk to search. In just a moment, the chief clerk found the Wei Daya brewery in the register.

Huang Qing said with a smile: "As a humble servant, let's take Governor Li to this brewery!"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "No need, you will be able to alert the enemy when you go, just send the Yamen to lead the way for me!"

"The humble position will be arranged immediately!"

Li Ye knew that he had a great reputation in Yunyang County. Once the news of his presence in Yunyang County spread, the whole county would be in an uproar, and he had to fight quickly.

The owner of Wei Daya Brewing Workshop is called Wei Kuan, Wei Daya is his nickname. He is about forty years old and has been running this brewing workshop for almost 20 years. Among the hundreds of brewing workshops in the county, he can only Row in the middle.

Near noon, Wei Kuan received a big order. A Qizhou businessman wanted to order a hundred barrels of fine wine. This was a rare big buyer. The businessman was very generous. At noon, he was invited to a restaurant to discuss the business.

Wei Kuan happily went and followed the businessman to the nearby Wang's Restaurant. The two came to a private room and pushed the door open. Wei Kuan was stunned. There were five or six soldiers in the room, and a man in armor sat in the middle. Young general.

When Wei Kuan turned around, the businessman had disappeared and turned into two burly men. He stepped forward tremblingly, "Young man Wei Kuan, general, do you want to see me?"

Li Ye asked calmly: "Is this Wei Daya?"

"That's right, villain!"

"Do you know who I am? You should know that I am Ksitigarbha Demon Li Ye."

Wei Kuan was so frightened that he fell to his knees, trembling all over and unable to speak a word.

In Yunyang County, the name Ksitigarbha makes children afraid to cry at night. He is the murderous devil who makes the people of Yunyang County frightened!

Li Ye stared at him and said coldly: "I won't kill you, but you have to tell me the truth. If there is even one word of deception or concealment, I will kill your whole family!"

Li Ye led thirty of his men to surround the small courtyard at the east end of the brewery, which is the warehouse where the rice cakes are kept. In the yard, a young man was drying the rice cakes. The rice cakes are prone to mold and need to be turned frequently.

The young man suddenly looked up and saw a dozen soldiers on the courtyard wall raising crossbows at him. He was so frightened that he stepped back. When he turned around, Li Ye was standing behind him with a stern look.

The young man fell to his knees, kowtowed and begged: "Commander, spare your life!"

The young man was Yang Shun. His alias was Yang Xiaoqi, and he was hiding in his uncle's and aunt's house to do a small job. Although he specially shaved off his eyebrows and put on a fake beard, it was of no use. His uncle Wei Kuan betrayed him.

"You tell me the truth, and I will spare your life for the sake of helping me!"

"The villain doesn't know who the real culprit is behind the scenes. It was a middle-aged man in Tsing Yi who contacted the villain. He gave me five hundred taels of silver, and I agreed."

This answer was expected by Li Ye. It must be the middleman, but he wanted to get more clues about the man in Tsing Yi.

"I'm also looking for this man in Tsing Yi. What are the characteristics of this man in Tsing Yi and what is his name? Don't you know at all?"

Yang Shun lowered his head and thought for a while, "The villain may know a little bit."

"Say it!"

"When he met me for the second time, the shopkeeper of Wanbao Restaurant recognized him and called him Mr. Tang. I then found out that his surname was Tang. He lightly said that he was a regular customer of Wanbao Restaurant, so the shopkeeper knew him, but I didn't feel that way. It's okay, the shopkeeper greeted him with a Bashu accent."

"Where's the Wanbao Restaurant?" Li Ye asked.

"East City!"