Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

But investigating a case at home is considered a bad rule.

The standard of Jingyang County is indeed low, but it is also a government.

Besides, the people in Chang'an City are full of gossip, who can guarantee that there is no other person's eyeliner in Dali Temple?

On the contrary, people from Jingyang County are more trustworthy.

As the leader of Jingyang County, Di Zhixun could only do some work of serving tea and water tonight.

There is no way, sitting in the lobby, one official is bigger than the other.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Dai Zhou, and even Yu Shinan and Gao Shilian who were in the academy came!

Among Liu Bai's allies, only Wang Ji, the oldest, did not come.

He's not in good health recently, and besides, he can't help much when he comes.

The old guys sat in a circle around the two pieces of evidence, their expressions were ugly.

If something happened to Li Chengqian, the turmoil in the court would be a trivial matter.

In case Li Chengqian dies and Li Tai ascends the throne, then they will all forget about it.

Fang Xuanling, who had always played the role of a good old man, seemed the most annoyed.

While angrily scolding the assassin, he also slapped the table 'bang bang'.

"This is rebellion!"

Dai Zhou, who had just told the story, had a bitter face and bowed his hands to everyone.

"I have no choice. If you can see the clues, I am old and owe a favor."

Fang Xuanling wanted to say something, but Liu Bai interrupted without giving him face.

"Chengqian, tell me!"

Li Chengqian, who had just returned, had the same pale face.

If it weren't for the Xuanjia Army's desperate rescue, he would have confessed to Hebei Road this time.

"I won't repeat what Master Dai said. The only thing I can add is that some of those people are not from the Central Plains!"

Everyone looked at each other.

There is actually a foreign race involved in this matter? !

"After the Xuanjia army formed a formation, they surrounded and killed most of the people. When the other assassins fled, they ran and shouted, and they didn't speak the Central Plains dialect at all!"

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "Since we all believe that this matter was done by the great clan of Chang'an, can we go and find out, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, who has the closest connection with the foreign race?"

Du Ruhui shook his head, "Among the officials in Chang'an, there are quite a few people who have dealt with alien races. When did they find out? Besides, if you don't contact alien races, you may not be able to invite killers from alien races!"

Xiao Yu didn't speak any more.

He had no experience in investigating cases, so he knew that his thoughts were ill-considered.

While the few people were talking, while Liu Bai was contemplating, he was also watching Di Zhixun's reaction standing beside him.

There was another reason for coming to the Jingyang County Government, Liu Bai did not tell Fang Xuanling and the others.

It is because of Di Zhixun!

You know, Di Renjie is known as a detective.

This kind of ability cannot be learned from Yan Li himself, his enlightenment teacher.

The biggest possibility is that he learned it from his father, Di Zhixun!

This speculation is not groundless, because recently, Di Zhixun has indeed been in Jingyang County and solved several strange cases.

There are also clear records in the assessment by the Ministry of Officials.

Liu Bai could clearly see that Di Zhixun had been staring at the knife on the ground!

Could it be that there is something mysterious about that knife?

"Zhixun, tell me!"

Di Zhixun was taken aback.

With so many big shots present, how can I speak up?

Fang Xuanling and the others were quite disapproving.

But Liu vernacular has spoken out, it is not easy to stop.

Di Zhixun's face immediately flushed.

He cleared his throat, cupped his hands around, and said: "I do have some opinions, if there are any deficiencies, please correct me, my lords!"

After speaking, he walked up to the knife, separated it with a handkerchief, and slowly picked it up.

"My lords, please take a look, this kind of knife can be seen everywhere in my Tang Dynasty, but the lower officials think that the people who use this knife are not from the Central Plains!"

Li Chengqian glared at him, "Nonsense, there are foreigners among those who do it!"

Liu Bai waved his hand to stop Li Chengqian, saying: "Continue!"

Di Zhixun smiled dryly, and continued: "Your official guesses that this knife was used by the Tubo people. Please look, my lords, the stain on the handle is very similar to the ghee that the Tubo people eat every day."

Everyone took a closer look and found that the handle of the knife was indeed oily, and if they smelled it carefully, they could smell a milky and salty smell.

Chapter 296 I Can Guess It, But Now I Have One More Evidence

It is undeniable that if someone else looks at it, the stain on the handle of the knife cannot be seen at all, so there is something wrong.

People who lick blood on the knife edge, who cares about a little bit of dirt?

"My lords also know that before returning to the court, Xiaguan had been working in Shuzhong. Shuzhong is only a short distance away from Tubo Kingdom. Xiaguan is still very familiar with the stains left by butter."

As he spoke, he even wiped off a little stain with his finger and stuffed it into his mouth!

"That's right, it's ghee!"

This kind of behavior disgusted everyone.

Even Dai Zhou, who was the least particular about cleanliness, wrinkled his nose.

Gao Shilian covered his mouth and retched a few times, and said: "You mean, as long as you find out, which family in Chang'an City is friendly with the Tubo people?"

Di Zhixun closed his eyes, as if he was still savoring the taste of butter, he opened his eyes after a long time, and said, "No, we should go and find out who has enmity with the Tibetans."

Everyone was amazed, even Liu Bai raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"How?" Gao Shilian continued to ask.

"My lords, ghee is originally extracted from the milk of cows and goats. After a long time, it will naturally melt and dissolve, not to mention how long the stain has been left. Just because Mr. Dai got this knife, it is already It’s been several days, how could there still be a smell?”

Di Zhixun smiled inscrutablely, and said: "So, the lower officials think that this knife should be seized from the Tibetans by thieves, and this little bit of butter stain is just a cover-up to mislead us to investigate the case!"

Everyone nodded.

Di Zhixun's speculation is very reasonable.

It has to be said that he is indeed a rare expert in investigating cases.

If it were someone else, they might not even be able to spot the ghee stains, let alone see through blind eyes!

Liu Bai nodded slightly, and said, "Then who do you think it could be?"

Di Zhixun cupped his hands to Liu Bai and said, "Then I have to ask Master Yu!"

Yu Shinan is a famous history editor, and he can easily read what happened in the past dynasties.

The climate in Tubo is bitter and cold, and the altitude is high. After the elite soldiers in the middle go up, their strength will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, for hundreds of years, there have been very few battles against Tubo in the Central Plains.

Yu Shinan pondered for a moment, his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he had thought of something.

For some reason, cold sweat broke out on his forehead!

He pursed his lips, and suddenly turned his gaze to Liu Bai.

"The old man remembers that last year, more than [-] commercial firms in Jingyang joined forces to annex the Liu family, and the Pei family led behind it?"

Liu Bai nodded slightly, "That's right, Pei Yuandu, the second roommate of the Pei family, was behind the scenes. His Majesty later found out and beheaded him!"

Yu Shinan gasped.

"That's right!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Fang Xuanling frowned, "Is it really the Pei family?"

"Since the Sui Dynasty to the present, I have used troops in the Central Plains to fight against Tubo, but only three times. The first time was in the second year of Emperor Kaihuang. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty sent General Zhang Xutuo to wipe out the remaining Tubo in Shu. Zhigong Tsanpu of Tubo was defeated and fled in a hurry. For the third time, in the sixth year of Daye, the leader of the army was Pei Ju!"

Everyone's faces were very ugly.

Pei Jun is no ordinary person!

His status was no lower than those of the court and Chinese bigwigs present, and even slightly higher.

If the samurai Xun is Li Yuan's "Taiyuan Yuanmou hero", then Pei Ju is the real founding hero!

He has made great contributions and senior qualifications, so that he became the first prime minister after Li Er ascended the throne!

Although he had been in office for a few months, he gave way to Fang Xuanling because of physical discomfort, but it also showed his status!

It would be fine if Pei Ju was just one person, but the Pei family in Hedong is also a big family, and compared with the Cui family and the Wang family, it has a deeper foundation in the court!

Back then, Liu Wenjing, who was called Li Er's right-hand man with Fang Xuanling, was wronged to death by the Pei family!

Of course, the Pei family is not the only one who can deal with Tibetans.

But he had a feud with Liu Bai, and among the living people, only Changsun Wuji and Pei Ju were left!

As the eldest grandson Wuji, will he attack Li Chengqian?

Obviously it is impossible.

Only the Pei family!

Du Ruhui glanced at Liu Bai, "You don't seem surprised at all?"

Liu Bai said flatly: "You can guess it, but now there is one more piece of evidence."

As he said that, he suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that the person who poisoned the academy has also been found."

For some reason, after seeing Liu Bai's smile, everyone felt their hair stand on end.

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "I remind you that the Pei family is different from other aristocratic families. When the Supreme Emperor raised troops, he and Pei Ju were brothers, and even gave him an iron coupon of the alchemy. Maybe he can be convicted of murdering the prince. But it is absolutely impossible to go to the point of ransacking the family and exterminating the family!"

He sighed quietly, and continued: "If the Pei family is not dead, we will never have peace. Their dead soldiers are enough to form a small army!"

Liu Bai looked indifferently, and said lightly: "I never thought about letting His Majesty convict Mrs. Pei."

He stood up slowly, bowed his hands to everyone, and said: "Liu has some important things at home, so I won't accompany you!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and left, pulled Li Chengqian, and asked Xu Chu to take the knife back with him.

After Liu Bai left, everyone was silent for a long time.

The atmosphere was oppressive and breathless.

After all, it was Fang Xuanling who broke the silence.

He stood up, "Everyone, make preparations early, no matter what method Liu Bai plans to use to deal with the Pei family, there will definitely be a bloody storm in the court."

The Pei family was not only the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty, but also the founding heroes of the former Sui Dynasty.

Datang inherited most of the mantle of the former Sui Dynasty. Who knows how many 'nails' the Pei family has planted in these decades?

Maybe, a certain important minister in the court is a henchman of the Pei family!

Everyone nodded with a heavy heart, and immediately got up and left.

Di Zhixun sent the bosses to the door.

Dai Zhou stayed at the end and patted him on the shoulder, "Get ready, I think your new appointment will come down in a few days."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on Dai Zhou's face.

"Today's matter, you did a good job, at least you can upgrade two levels in a row, and, if you can"