Henan Prefecture is not the same as Henan Province today, but is limited to the surrounding areas of Luoyang. The Henan Prefecture Office is located in Fushanfang next to the west city, covering an area of ​​about 30 acres, integrating with the Luoyang County Yamen. The chief official Henan Yin is the highest executive officer in the entire capital area.

Henan Yin is also the most likely official position in the imperial court. Henan Yin can't work for many years, ranging from several months to two or three years, and will definitely be dismissed due to various pressures or compromises.

Li Gang, the current Henan Yin and Luoyang Order, took office last year. Li Gang was about 60 years old and was famous for his integrity and integrity. He was the first to join the military service of Yuwen Xian, the king of Qi of Northern Zhou. When Yuwen Xian was killed by Emperor Xuan of Zhou, no one dared to collect Yuwen Xian's body, but Li Gang stood up and won the world's reputation.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, he was the master of the crown prince Yang Yong and Yang Guang ascended the throne. Although Yang Guang did not like that Li Gang had served as Yang Yong's army, he also wanted to show his magnanimity, so he appointed Li Gang as the Minister of Rites and the Left Prime Minister of the Shangshu. Last year, he was transferred to Henan Yin and the Order of Luoyang.

Although the capital was full of powerful people and the emperor, Henan Yin was really a difficult position. Fortunately, Li Gang was able to adhere to the principles and was upright. Although there were many people who hated others, he could do nothing to do with him.

After a night of inquiry, Li Gang had probably learned about the ins and outs of the bloody case in Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant. Although Yuwen Shisan Taibao was the victim, they took the initiative to provoke the incident and then took the lead in committing the crime. Moreover, Wang Qingfang was killed by a counterattack when she wanted to kill others first. There was no innocent victimization here.

But the murderer is indeed responsible. If he acts excessively, he can be regarded as manslaughter. According to the Sui law, he should be slapped for 100 people and sent to the army for 3,000 miles.

Li Gang had a headache, but Zhang Xuan and Luo Shixin both firmly believed that they were murderers, but the two Yuwen Taibao clearly saw it, but refused to testify against the real murderers. It is estimated that they were waiting for Yuwen Shu's decision.

Li Gang looked at the confession carefully again. From the confession, Zhang Xuanzheng and two Yuwen Taibao fought and had no time to kill Wang Qingfang, while Luo Shixin had no one to fight, so he had the greatest possibility of killing Wang Qingfang.

At this time, Han Yi, an in-service officer, hurried in and bowed and said, "Your instructor, I have already gone to the restaurant to investigate it."

Li Gang was overjoyed, "What's the result?"

Han Yi took out a roll of drawings and handed them on, "This is a fight picture drawn by Bei Yi on the spot, you can tell at a glance."

Li Gang quickly spread out the drawings on the table, Han Yi pointed to a wooden pillar and said, "This is the place where Wang Qingfang corpses are everywhere, and Zhang Xuan is here at that time."

Han Yi pointed to the other side, "He was separated from the dead by a wooden pillar, 15 feet apart. From his position, he could not hurt Wang Qingfang at all. However, Luo Shixin was 1 zhang away from the dead, and he was facing the dead, and his sword and the deceased's knife had a complete agreement. From this, it can be concluded that Luo Shixin killed Wang Qingfang, not Zhang Xuan."

Li Gang looked at the drawings carefully again, completely consistent with his own speculation. He nodded, "Go and bring Zhang Xuan!"

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There are two types of prisons in Henan Prefecture, one is called the Black Layout and the other is called the Ming Layout. The black Layout is underground, with dark light and harsh environment. It is generally used to detain death row prisoners and serious prisoners, while the Ming Layout is on the ground, and only imprisons with less crimes or temporarily detain them.

However, for the dozens of people who participated in the fight last night, even Minglao could not be detained. They all had official positions and could only temporarily restrict personal freedom. They were locked in two yamen runners' rooms, which was called sobering up and self-reflection. Everyone was also a regular visitor here. They just fell to sleep and would naturally be released on bail early tomorrow morning.

Zhang Xuan sat side by the wall with Qin Qiong, chatting and laughing. It was rare to have this opportunity. He chatted with Qin Qiong in the middle of the night.

"According to Brother Qin's intention, someone deliberately indulged the rebellion of bandits in Qi County?"

Qin Qiong nodded and sighed, "It should be so. Qi County's riot bandits were captured and destroyed and resurrected. The fundamental reason is that there are ulterior motives who make trouble later. To give the simplest example, Liu Badao was originally a hero in Bohai County, with a huge family capital. He rebelled without being ambitious or unable to survive, but someone was instructing him behind him, and Wang Bo, who was the first to lead the rebellion. We originally thought he was just a scholar, but later we found out that there were also someone behind him who was instructing him, exactly the same as Liu Badao."

"Who is instructing me?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Have you ever heard of the four most mysterious civil forces in the world?"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and blurted out, "Wuchuan Mansion!"

Qin Qiong nodded, "Western Wuchuan, Northeast Qi, North Jinshan, and Nanjiangzuo, these are the four major civil forces of the Great Sui Dynasty. Wuchuan Prefecture is the Guanlong noble force, the Northern Qi Society refers to the Northern Qi family power, the Jiangzuo Society is the Southern Dynasty's legacy force, and the Jinshan Palace refers to the Turkic force."

Zhang Xuan knew very well about the situation in Wuchuan Prefecture, and Jiang Zuo could understand it. After all, the Great Sui Dynasty had only been unified north and south for more than twenty years, but the division lasted for hundreds of years. The barriers between north and south were not so easy to eliminate, so the rebellion in the south never stopped.

"Brother Qin just said that Wang Bo and Liu Badao rebelled, and the Northern Qi support behind it?"

Qin Qiong sighed, "After the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed Northern Qi and unified the north, it did not appease and encircle the remnants of the Northern Qi sects, but further severely suppressed it, seriously damaging the interests of the Northern Qi nobles and Shandong gentry.

The late emperor could still suppress the rebound of various factions in Shandong with the prestige of the founding emperor. Once the late emperor passed away, resistance from various parts of Shandong would arise naturally. The Northern Qi Association was established in the first year of Daye, including the old nobles of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the main families in Shandong.

As far as I know, the Northern Qi Association even colluded with Goguryeo. The current emperor's conquest of Goguryeo is more or less related to the situation in Shandong. Therefore, the Great Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo for the first time, and the Northern Qi Association immediately ordered Wang Bo to organize the rebellion in Qi County to restrain the Great Sui Dynasty's attack on Goguryeo."

Zhang Xuan nodded silently. He had never heard of Shandong forces in the late Sui Dynasty against the Guanlong forces. Although it sounded a bit incredible now, it was reasonable after thinking about it carefully.

Today, I learned from Qin Qiong that there was such a profound historical reason for the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, an employee walked to the gate and whispered: "The envoy asked Zhang Xuan to go and talk."

Han Xin immediately said angrily: "Zhi Madam, when will we let us go?"

Where can I dare to mess with the guards? I quickly smiled and said, "My husband is going through the procedures. I will let you go out immediately after it is over."

"Hurry up, I have a dinner party at noon. If I delay, see how I will twist your head off!"

"It must be certain, please wait with all brothers."

Zhang Xuan stood up, and Luo Shixin also quickly stood up, "I'll go with you."

Zhang Xuan pressed him down again and smiled and said, "You don't have to be so nervous. This Henan Yin is a man of a smart person. It is probably difficult for me to take the blame for you. I'll go and see the situation first."

Luo Shixin had made up his mind and stopped insisting, "Go!"

Zhang Xuan walked out of the room and followed the detective. Qin Qiong whispered to Luo Shixin and said, "You shouldn't have brought you to the capital. Your anxious temper will not change and you will cause trouble everywhere you go. This time he has implicated Mr. Zhang."

Luo Shixin shook his head, "I will never implicate him!"

"What about you? What should you do? You commit murder at a young age and exil to others even if you don't execute me. Your future will be over!"

"future?"

Luo Shixin sneered, "This corrupt court refused to even give it to a small lieutenant, so what's the future? I've already decided. If I'm convicted, unless they kill me, I will go to Wagang. Damn, I will rebel."

Qin Qiong kicked him and gave him a wink. Luo Shixin turned his head angrily. After a while, he sighed in a low voice: "Young Master Zhang and I don't know each other, but I can be so kind to me. I, Luo Shixin, have always had a clear distinction between gratitude and grudge. No matter whether he can save me in the end, I will remember his kindness in my heart."

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Zhang Xuan quickly walked into the inner hall of the official office. He had been here once last night and told the story of the cause and effect of the fight in the restaurant. When he came again this time, he was already familiar with it. He walked into the room and bowed to Li Gang who was sitting in the hall, "See Li Fujun!"

"Don't be polite to Guard Zhang, please sit down!"

Although Zhang Xuan was named the crown prince Qianniu and Xuan Huiwei by Empress Xiao, the official appointment of the Ministry of War has not yet been completed. He is currently the eighth-rank Yan Wangfu Yiwei, a low-ranking official, and is not qualified to sit with the third-rank Henan Yin.

But Li Gang was very polite and didn't care about this kind of etiquette. Zhang Xuan bowed and sat down. Li Gang looked through his remarks last night and said, "We went to the restaurant for on-site investigation today. We can almost certain that Wang Qingfang's death has nothing to do with you. You don't have to take the blame on yourself anymore."

Zhang Xuan smiled and shook his head, "Murdering is a serious crime after all, and no one will take this kind of guilt on himself. I said last night that Luo Shixin just kicked him over. It was me who actually killed someone with a knife. I accidentally injured Wang Zhifang. I don't know how the envoy investigated the scene. After all, the situation at that time could not be restored, and the investigation was not necessarily accurate. Please check it out clearly."

Li Gang didn't expect Zhang Xuan to act so voluntarily. He smiled bitterly and said, "Does Guard Zhang know what the charge will be?"

"I can accept any other crime except for death."

"It won't be a death penalty. After all, the other party has negligence first. If it is handled impartially, I will sentence you to 100 scepter and be exiled for 3,000 miles and served in the army for ten years. Can you accept it?"

Of course Zhang Xuan couldn't accept it. After ten years of exile, the daylily became cold. If this was the case, he would rather go to Wagang, but this was the worst plan.

Intuition told Zhang Xuan that things would not be that simple, Yuwen Shu would not let him go easily, and the King of Yan would not allow Yuwen Shu to bully his subordinates.

If Zhang Xuan insists on taking the blame, he may eventually turn a big deal into small matters, but if Luo Shixin is convicted, Luo Shixin will become a victim of the court's struggle. Which of them is more important, Zhang Xuan's heart is like a mirror.

Zhang Xuan did not directly answer Li Gang, and he asked again: "When is it now?"

"It's just dawn, it's right for Chen Shi!"

It was eight o'clock in the morning when Chen Shizheng thought about it and said, "If I was not wrong, Yuwen Shu would come to Fujun soon, and he would definitely believe that it was the one I killed."

As soon as Zhang Xuan finished speaking, a yamen runs in and says in a panic: "Qi Report to the Lord of the Mansion, General Yuwen is here."

Li Gang was stunned and looked at Zhang Xuan unable to speak for a long time. Zhang Xuan smiled and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to General Yuwen's meaning before making a decision!"
Chapter completed!