Tibet

In the distinguished guest hall of Dugu Mansion, both Changsun Nanfang and Dugu Lie were silent. Among the three brothers of the Changsun family, the eldest brother Changsun Nanfang had the merit of supporting him. He was awarded the title of Prince of Yan'an County, opened the mansion with three divisions, and was a Taiwei. He did not hold any actual post. The second eldest son, Sun Quanxu, is currently serving as General Zuo Xiaowei, and the third eldest son, Sun Xiaowei, is serving as the judge of Hedong Jiedu Prefecture.

There are seven children in this generation. Wulang eldest Sun Tai is the third son of eldest grandson Quanxu. He is currently studying at Guozixue. He is the only son of the eldest grandson’s family studying literature. He plans to treat guests in two days, so he takes the butler to Taibai Restaurant to make a reservation tonight. An elegant room unexpectedly suffered a disaster and was brutally killed by Li Huang.

Changsun Nanfang said with anger on his face: "In their eyes, killing people is like slaughtering sheep. Wang's method is worse than waste paper. Waste paper can also wipe your butt. Wang's method is nothing. This time, the Changsun family will not tolerate it. If the court does not kill I will kill these demons. If other Guanlong families are unwilling to help the Changsun family, then we shall bear all the consequences ourselves!"

Dugu Lie sighed and said: "This happened too suddenly. What these demons did is really infuriating, but don't worry, brother. What happened, we must seek justice for the Dugu family and the eldest grandson family." If the eldest grandson's family encounters misfortune, the Dugu family will never stand by and watch."

Dugulie's statement made Changsun Nanfang feel better. He nodded, "I just want to make the best plan."

"What is the worst plan? Has the head of the Changsun family really considered it?"

Dugu Ming walked quickly to the guest room, saluted his eldest brother, and said to his eldest grandson Nanfang: "I just heard about what happened in Taibai Restaurant. It was very cruel and made people extremely angry. The eldest grandson Wulang was brutally killed. The Dugu family feels the same. We We will never swallow this bad breath, but we also need to know who the other party is. How dare he kill people on the street and get away with it? Only by knowing ourselves and our enemies, being calm and rational, and planning carefully can we win the best outcome, not the worst. plan."

Changsun Nanfang shook his head, "I know very well who they are. They are indeed very important and are related to the stability of Hebei, so the court will continue to compromise and tolerate them. But can these demons kill and rape without restraint, committing all kinds of evil like their fathers?" ? Yesterday, the court robbed the minister's wife and daughter, raped and brutalized them. The court tolerated it. Today, they killed the children of the Guanlong family. The court still has to tolerate it. But tomorrow they want to be emperor and kill the prince's son and grandson. Will the court still tolerate it? In the final analysis, The Changsun family still doesn’t matter. I don’t want to talk so much nonsense. Just one sentence, will the Dugu family help me? If so, how? "

Dugu Lie and Dugu Ming looked at each other, and Dugu Lie said in a deep voice: "I'm here to come forward and summon the Guanlong nobles to jointly protest, and strongly demand that the court punish the murderer severely!"

The eldest grandson Nanfang nodded silently, "Thank you to the Dugu family for your help. If it still doesn't work, we can only prepare for the worst."

"What is the worst plan of the Changsun family? Can you tell us?" Dugu Ming asked.

The eldest grandson Nanfang said slowly: "The blood debt must be repaid with blood. At worst, the eldest grandson's family will move to Longyou!"

The eldest grandson Nanfang left, and Dugu Lie took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said to Dugu Ming: "The existence of these demons is not necessarily a bad thing?"

Dugu Ming sneered: "Their only role is to highlight the imperial court's cowardice and incompetence, making people completely disappointed in the imperial court!"

Dugu Lie hesitated and said: "If the Changsun family really moves to Longyou, it will be a major event for the court and Longyou."

Dugu Ming knew what his brother meant, and he smiled and said: "We still have to do our best to help the eldest grandson's family. If we can't help, there is nothing we can do. At least we tried our best, and the eldest grandson's family will not accuse us, nor will it affect the relationship between the two families! "

Dugu Lie nodded, "I will summon the Guanlong family tomorrow night, but I would also like to trouble my third brother to go to the county and state offices tomorrow morning to inquire about the case."

"I know. I'll go to the county government office early tomorrow morning to have a look."

The next morning, Dugu Ming first came to Taibai Restaurant. Taibai Restaurant was not open yet. He walked around and found that no one talked about the murder last night, which made Dugu Ming a little strange.

At this time, when he saw shopkeeper Yu of Taibai Restaurant coming out of the door, he immediately ordered his subordinates, and two of his subordinates ran up.

Not long after, shopkeeper Yu was taken to the Wude Restaurant next door. Wude Restaurant is the property of the Dugu family. It has been competing with Taibai Restaurant for the first place in Chang'an, and they are relatively familiar with each other.

Shopkeeper Yu walked into the elegant room and saw Dugu Ming. He quickly stepped forward and saluted, "I'm here to see you, Master Dugu!"

Dugu Ming smiled and asked: "There was a murder in your store last night. Why is it like nothing happened? Have the officials come?"

Shopkeeper Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Magistrate Zhao personally brought people to deal with it, but what's the use? It's obvious that the murderer is in Baihuayuan opposite, and they don't dare to arrest him. They can only suppress the news. No one dares." When it comes to this matter, many shops around me don’t know anything about it.”

"Does he know that Li Huang killed him?"

"He just said that there is no evidence or witnesses to prove that it was Li Huang who killed him. I guess he just wanted to make peace."

"You have no witnesses?"

Shopkeeper Yu shook his head, "The incident happened on the stairs between the first and second floors. The villain was on the third floor comforting two singing girls who were bullied by them. The drinkers on the second floor had almost fled, and several bartenders Also try to stay away from them, the entire staircase is full of their people, they said they were looking for witnesses, but there really weren’t any,”

Dugu Ming knew that the only witness was Liao Hua, but it was impossible for Liao Hua to come forward to testify, which would affect King Qi's deployment.

He nodded, "I understand, go and do your work!"

Shopkeeper Yu bowed and left. Dugu Ming thought about it and decided to go to the county government office to ask about the situation.

Soon, Dugu Ming arrived at Wannian County Government Office, and the county magistrate Zhao Sheng came out to greet him personally.

The two came to the back hall and sat down. Magistrate Zhao asked someone to serve tea again.

Dugu Ming got straight to the point: "I wonder what County Magistrate Zhao found out about the Taibai Restaurant murder case last night?"

The county magistrate Zhao Sheng is really big-headed. He can't afford to offend the children of the vassal town on one side and the nobles of Guanlong on the other.

"Basically, it can be determined from the humble position that the cause of the case was that Changsun Tai bumped shoulders with Li Huang when he went upstairs. The two sides had an argument, and then Changsun Tai was killed. It is just that we can't determine who killed him. It was Li Huang. , it was Li Huang’s men or other warriors who did it.”

"The county magistrate never thought of arresting Li Huang and coming to the county government office for questioning?"

Zhao Sheng gave a wry smile, "The dozens of government officials in my county are not enough for them to give them a good beating. This is not the first time they have beaten me. Last time in Wang Xima's case, Capt. Zhao was interrupted by them." My legs are still lying at home, and no one dares to go!"

"Then what does the county magistrate plan to do?" Dugu Ming asked coldly again

"This case is not a low-level trial. The case has been reported to Jingzhao Mansion for a decision!"