It was just dark, and the nightlife in Luoyang City had just begun. Wang Shichong ascended the throne and became the empress. The management of Luoyang was much more relaxed than before. After dark, the rules for closing the city gate remained unchanged. However, the curfew in the city was cancelled every night, and the gates were completely closed. This made the nights in Luoyang City particularly prosperous. Rich people came out to have fun, while the poor people used the night to do some small business, making the nights in Luoyang City more lively than during the day.

This is also the effect that Wang Shichong wants. He likes to see a prosperous Luoyang, which gives him a sense of emperor satisfaction.

But tonight was a bit unusual. Just as many people were about to go out for fun, the sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out on the street. Thousands of cavalry rushed onto the street and drove the people home with fierce scolding and whips. At the same time, 20,000 troops began to search door-to-door.

I heard a team of cavalry shouting on the street: "Go home quickly, apply a curfew tonight, and no one is allowed to go out!"

Before this, hundreds of soldiers had surrounded the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant. All the bartenders, shopkeepers and drinkers were arrested in the military camp for interrogation. The Hexi Martial Arts Hall was also surrounded by soldiers. The owner and two hundred disciples were arrested.

Luoyang was in chaos for a moment, and an atmosphere of fear spread rapidly in the city. In less than half an hour, there were no pedestrians on the streets. Every family closed their doors, and the restaurants, brothels, and music shops also closed early and locked them.

Everyone in the city was waiting with fear, guessing, wondering what happened?

At this time, two teams of search soldiers entered Nanshi. They knocked on the door of each store. The soldiers rushed in and began to search carefully. Searching was the most popular among soldiers, which meant that they would make a fortune.

If you give benefits, then search symbolically. If you don’t give benefits, then go through boxes and cabinets and dig three feet into the ground. Even if you give less, it won’t work.

But tonight it was a bit special. The superiors issued strict orders and did not allow soldiers to go through the motions. Therefore, even if they were given benefits, they had to search strictly, at most they would not disturb the female family.

Searching Nanshi is of course the fatty among the fatty bad guys. Although most of the shops in Nanshi have backends, under the strictest search warrant, it is useless even if the prince is moved out. Two thousand soldiers specifically searched Nanshi.

In Beiyuan Furry Store, Lu Ping had returned to his original appearance. He easily killed two martial arts disciples who were guarding him, and their shop doors were also closed.

At this time, a subordinate hurried over and bowed and said, "Qi Hou Zheng, the things have been processed."

Lu Ping nodded and asked again: "Where are the blood-stained clothes?"

"It was thrown into the kitchen stove and burned, and I witnessed them burning to ashes with my own eyes."

"Okay! Let everyone go back to sleep and wait for the search soldiers to come to the door."

Everyone went back to their rooms. Lu Ping was not worried. Some of the prohibited items he hid in the shop were sent out of the city yesterday. Even if he searched the sky, he could not find any problems. Dugu Huai'en and others put their heads in heavy iron boxes and sank into the bottom of the Caohe River outside the back wall. Unless the soldiers took off their clothes and sneaked into the bottom of the river to explore, they would not find anything.

Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded outside, and a group of soldiers ran over and began to smash the door, and the door creaked and opened. A guy asked tremblingly: "What's wrong with you?"

"Call your shopkeepers out!"

Wang Shiyun's pennant flag was inserted above the gate, and the leader was not afraid to rush in directly. Soon, Lu Ping hurried over in his middle clothes, "Dear soldiers, what happened?" Jiang Xia's accent, who had been to the martial arts hall, disappeared, and turned into a pure Beijing official language.

"Are you the shopkeeper?" the team asked at him up and down.

Lu Ping smiled and said, "The villain is exactly!"

"We are ordered to search, not only you, but every household in the city will search."

Lu Ping hurriedly said: "The Beishan Fur Tour in front is actually a family with us, and I am also in charge of it."

"Then let's open the store door and we search together."

Lu Ping quickly ordered his friend to open the shop door of Beishan Fur Store. He pulled the team again. The two walked aside. Lu Ping whispered: "To be honest with Jun Ye, the real owner of this shop is His Highness King Yue."

King Yue was Wang Shiyun, one of the most powerful people in Luoyang. The team looked embarrassed and said, "I don't hide it from you. This time the emperor was furious and personally issued an order to search the whole city. Even the prince's mansion must be searched. We must obey the order. Unless there is a gold medal in the emperor, no shop can avoid searching."

"Then please don't damage the goods, brothers."

As he said that, Lu Ping stuffed a ingot of ten taels of gold to Guzheng. Guzheng felt ecstatic. It was ten taels of gold. He made a lot of money. He hurriedly said, "Please rest assured that the shopkeeper is doing business and will never damage anything. It is best to ask the shop assistant to take us to search, which is more convenient."

He also ordered his soldiers to search carefully, "Don't damage anything, and do not disturb the female family. Return immediately after the search."

The soldiers all knew that the team must have received great benefits, otherwise they would not be so easy to talk to. The soldiers agreed in unison, and Lu Ping asked more than a dozen mates to take them to search separately.

In just one stick of incense, the soldiers searched came back from each room. Although there were many rooms in the two shops, most of them were empty rooms. The soldiers took a look and left. Under the halo of ten taels of gold, digging three feet into the ground became a joke. This made Lu Ping a little regretful. He had known that he would have buried his head in the backyard, and he would have to find it himself.

The last soldier came back and reported: "No suspicious thing was found!"

The team was laughing, "Then I'll disturb the shopkeeper!"

"You're welcome, everyone is doing routine! It's understandable."

Lu Ping smiled and sent them out. At this moment, another team of soldiers came outside, but the leader was a captain. He shouted, "Have you finished searching?"

The team was hurriedly coming forward to greet him, "Report to the lieutenant, I searched carefully, and there was nothing suspicious."

The captain immediately ordered: "Let everyone in the store come out and stand in a row!"

Lu Ping saw a young man behind the lieutenant at first glance. He recognized him as a disciple of the martial arts school. He had met him once, and Lu Ping immediately understood that the other party wanted to let the disciple recognize him.

Lu Ping sneered in his heart. He had changed a lot, so it would be strange if he could recognize him. If it were Liu Shun, he might be able to tell him by listening to the voice. Unfortunately, Liu Shun had been killed by Dugu Huaien's guards.

Lu Ping whispered to the friend to call someone. Soon, more than thirty friends came out and stood in a long row.

The captain held a torch and said to the disciples of the martial arts school: "Discover carefully, is there any Jiangxia merchant here?"

The martial arts school children had a bitter face and stepped forward to identify them one by one. The merchant surnamed Wu of Jiangxia was a gray-haired old man. Everyone was young and strong, and none of them were. The martial arts school children finally walked to Lu Ping. He felt that the shopkeeper had a little like his eyebrows. However, the Jiangxia merchant had a big sarcoma mole on the left side of the nose, and this person did not. Besides, he was too far apart, so he shook his head, "None of them!"

"Walk!"

The captain waved his hand and led everyone to the next house.

The guy went back to his room and closed the store. A guy whispered to Lu Ping: "Can you go to the river and fish out that thing now?"

Lu Ping shook his head, "Wait for two more days!"

In the palace, although Wang Shichong had no previous furiousness, his thunderous anger was far from calming down. The envoy of the Tang Dynasty was killed under his nose. The murderer was missing and Dugu Huaien's head could not be found. This was a great humiliation.

Moreover, the person who was killed was the legitimate son of the Dugu family and the representative of the Dugu family in the court. Now that he is dead in Luoyang, how could the Guanlong nobles give up?

Wang Shichong was upset and paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands behind his back. At this time, an eunuch reported, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and the King of Yue are coming down."

Wang Shichong hurriedly said, "Let them come in!"

After a moment, Wang Yingxuan and Wang Shiyun walked into the imperial study room. They were responsible for investigating the assassination case and handling the funeral. Wang Shichong asked: "How is the investigation? Is there any progress?"

Wang Yingxuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the cause and effect of this matter has been basically clarified."

“How to say it?”

"The group of people who fought with Dugu Huai'en's guards tonight at Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant were from the Western Martial Arts Hall. Liu Shun, the leader, was seriously injured and died. Many details were unknown. However, someone still knows something. The incident started yesterday. A merchant named Wu from Jiangxia found the martial arts hall and wanted to ask the martial arts hall to help him get a debt. The time was tonight. The location was the elegant room of the restaurant booked by Dugu Huai'en. The group of martial arts children came to breed and had a conflict with Dugu Huai'en's guards. They were fighting outside, but someone sneaked in in the room and hunted Dugu Huai'en's head."

"Who is that businessman surnamed Wu?"

Wang Shichong immediately realized the key figure, which was the businessman surnamed Wu who deceived the martial arts school to make a move, and this person was an assassin.

Wang Yingxuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's an old man with gray hair and about sixty years old. There is a big black mole on the left side of his nose. We found the inn where he lives. This person is named Wu Qian, but the person has disappeared."

"Those who draw pictures and arrest me and provide clues to catch this person will be rewarded with a huge reward!"

Wang Yingxuan hesitated, "Father, there is a key question here. Why did the other party ask the Hexi Martial Arts Hall to come forward for him?"

"What's the reason?" Wang Shichong asked with a frown.

"This Hexi Martial Arts Pavilion was actually opened by my second brother, which means that assassinating the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, my second brother became the biggest suspect."

Wang Shichong was stunned for a moment, and actually asked his second son to take the blame. He seemed to realize something and said for a while: "Is this what the Northern Sui Dynasty did?"

Wang Yingxuan continued: "Actually, there is another evidence. Erchen thought it was strange at the time. How could this businessman named Wu know where Dugu Huaien was drinking tonight, and how could he know the room number he booked? When the child traced the source of the news, he found that the guesthouse chief had already fled with Jia Xiaoweijian in the afternoon. Dugu Huaien drank at the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant tonight, which was the arrangement of this museum chief."
Chapter completed!