Forty-five,

Wei Bo was waiting for the emperor to summon him outside the Danfeng Gate of Daxing Palace in the afternoon. He waited for no summons. It turned out that Li Yu was immersed in copying Zhou Xuan's paintings and forgot to meet him. It was not until after the beginning of the day that Wei Bo knew that the emperor had been to the Imperial College, so he rushed to the Imperial College. A vassal state came to Beijing and did not immediately see the emperor, which was easy to be criticized. Wei Bo arrived in Jinling the night before.

Li Yu ordered the eunuch Bai, Xuanzhen South Jiedushi Wei Bo, to meet him, and said to Zhou Xuan: "When I return to the palace and think carefully, this Abu must be rewarded."

Zhou Xuan was afraid that Li Yu did not consider giving Ah the official position. If he rewarded other things, such as land, commercial privileges, then the decree had been issued, and it would be difficult to recover them. Wei Bo was really not a thing, and he would not come early or late, so he immediately seized the time and said: "Your Majesty, my nephew thinks that rewarding Ah Bu should be not real, and real is nothing more than wealth and goods. It cannot play a role in educating the people. The name will be easy to spread, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty know Ah Bu's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. My nephew dares to guarantee that a large number of wealthy people will donate silver enthusiastically—"

Wei Bo came so fast. Before Zhou Xuan finished speaking, he appeared at the door of the lecture hall. He rushed to the ground and fell to the ground. He shouted: "Long live my emperor when I met Wei Bo!"

Dali Temple once reported Wei Jue's death to Li Yu. After all, it was a big deal to die a son of a vassal state. Li Yu ordered a strict investigation and must catch the woman named Lin Ning. When he saw Wei Bo, he put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "Wei Aiqing, stay calm, go and watch the seat."

Before Wei Bo took his seat, he bowed to Li Jian and Qi Zhang separately and saw Zhou Xuan appearing in person. However, when he came in just now, he saw Zhou Xuan talking in front of the emperor. He should be a newly promoted favorite minister, so he bowed to Zhou Xuan immediately.

Zhou Xuan smiled and bowed, and the enemy met, which was very polite.

Wei Bo sat down and said with a look of grace: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for your crime of entering the capital without waiting for the call."

Li Yu said quietly: "Wei Aiqing, I already know the murder of the son. I have ordered Dali Temple to investigate. All the 36 states of the Tang Dynasty have received documents to arrest the murderer. You can be mourned."

Wei Bo said sadly: "Your Majesty, I am over fifty and have only one son. There is nothing more tragic in the world than a white-haired man who sends a black-haired man. I am heartbroken and vow to avenge my deceased son. Please allow me to chase the murderer himself."

Wei Bo's figure and appearance are very similar to his son Wei Jue. They are both thin, thin neck, convex eyes, and wide palms, but Wei Bo is just older.

Zhou Xuan said in his heart: "Your son will die if he does evil deeds. If it weren't for your brother's life, he would have been killed by your father and son. Qin Que and Renting Needle have become widows. Who should I cry to? This old guy wants to arrest the murderer himself. What do he want to do?"

Li Yu asked: "How should Wei Aiqing chase the murderer himself?"

Wei Bo said: "Please give me a decree to allow me to search for some suspicious places in Jinling City. I am very grateful."

Li Jian immediately opposed: "Father, the state has national laws, and it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to arrest murderers. If the murder case is the responsibility of the deceased's relatives seek the murder and revenge themselves, then what is the power of the criminal law? Wei Du's pain of bereaving his son is pity, but it is contrary to the national law to pursue the murderer himself. It is even more inappropriate to search for Jinling City, which will inevitably cause panic."

Wei Bo quickly said, "Yes, your highness has taught you a lesson. I am too sad to make such a foolish statement. Please forgive me. I have only one request. I only want to search one place. Please forgive me."

"Oh?" Li Yu asked: "Where is Wei Aiqing looking for?"

Wei Bo's eyes raised and he said four words: "Fenghua Military Palace."

Zhou Xuan sneered slightly from the side.

Li Yuqi said: "Is the murderer hiding in the Fenghua military residence?"

Wei Bo already knew that Zhou Xuan was the Marquis of Xinzhou now and was not so easy to bully, but the revenge of killing his son was irreconcilable. Zhou Xuan would definitely find out that he would pay his son's life. He believed that Zhou Xuan had bribed the falcon's bitch and said, "I do know who the murderer is, but Dali Temple did not dare to capture him due to the identity of the murderer."

"Who is the murderer?" Li Yu asked anxiously.

Wei Bo shouted: "It's Zhou Xuan, the Marquis of Xinzhou!"

Li Yu's eyebrows moved, and he did not look at Zhou Xuan in surprise. The king of a country still had such a calmness. He asked: "Does Wei Aiqing have evidence?"

Wei Bo nodded and said, "Yes, Zhou Xuan and his minister Wei Jue have old grudges. When they meet again in Jinling, they hired a murderer to kill my son."

Li Yu asked: "What are the old grudges?"

Wei Bo then told Zhou Xuan and Wei Jue about the gamble of poetry, and robbing Yang Xiaopin. Li Yu had heard Zhou Xuan talk about this last time, but he didn't expect that the winner would be the Wei Mansion's family. He said, "I have heard of this. This is just a matter of elegant and interesting story in the literature. It is not considered a grudge, right? Zhou Xuan won Yang Xiaopin and resented the son instead?"

Wei Bo said speechlessly and reluctantly: "At that time, the dog son had some quarrels with Zhou Xuan, so he made a grudge. Moreover, he met again in Jinling and had another conflict on the Qinhuai River. Zhou Xuan relied on his role as a marquis of the country and was arrogant. My son Wei Jue was dissatisfied with him and argued with him. He held a grudge and hired a murderer to kill my son. Along with him were a murderer and a guard of the Zhennan Protectorate. It is not difficult to solve this case. As long as Zhou Xuan or his subordinates are arrested, the truth will be revealed after a brief question. I hope Your Majesty will be approved."

Zhou Xuan, who was on the side, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please ask the Rong minister a few words to ask Wei Dupu."

After obtaining Li Yu's consent, Zhou Xuan said to Wei Bo: "Mr. Wei, when did the conflict between the emperor and Zhou Xuan on the Qinhuai River? Can anyone prove it?"

Wei Bo had obviously done some verification and replied: "It was on the 17th of last month. There were many witnesses. Dozens of people on the two pleasure boats could be used as evidence. Among them, Chen Ji, the son of the governor of Hongzhou, could prove that the dog son had a conflict with Zhou Xuan that night."

Zhou Xuan asked: "Did Zhou Xuan be so arrogant because he is a marquis of the country? How dare he have a conflict with the princes of the vassal state?"

Wei Bo said: "That's right, this person has always been domineering, and after being named a marquis of the Kingdom, he was even more domineering. Jinling City already has the nickname of Zhou Bawang."

Zhou Xuan cursed in his heart: "Your mother also made me the nickname of Zhou Ba Wang!" He smiled and said with a smile: "Wei Dupu said that on the 17th of last month, Zhou Xuan bullied Wei Jue by relying on the honor of his marquis of the country. However, as far as I know, Zhou Xuan was granted the title of Marquis of the State on the 19th of last month. Did he become arrogant in advance when he knew that he wanted to be a Marquis of the State?"

When Wei Bo heard something was wrong, he looked Zhou Xuan up and down, bowed and asked, "Have you asked the adults to respect their surnames and names?"

Zhou Xuan said lightly: "There is the arrogant and domineering Zhou Xuan, who is full of criticisms in the public."

"Ah!" Wei Bo almost fell from the chair to the ground. After talking for a long time, his enemy was right in front of him, staring at Zhou Xuan fiercely. Zhou Xuan glanced at him contemptuously, not caring.

Wei Bo knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I came from Hongzhou. I was sad and sad. I might have a short speech. But that night, Zhou Xuan and my son Wei Jue did have a conflict. Your Majesty can obtain someone to ask."

Li Yu saw that Wei Bo insisted that Zhou Xuan was the murderer, and the so-called evidence was confusing, and was quite unhappy. He thought that he was a vassal state and his son was newly mourned, so he refused to blame him, saying, "The Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple will be held to the trial. Wei Aiqing does not need to be too anxious. I know the character of the Marquis of Xinzhou. I can fill in the good sentence "Last night, the west wind withered the green trees, and went up to the tall building alone, looking at the road to the end of the world" is not a cruel person. Wei Aiqing should not listen to others' slander."

Wei Bo knelt there and stretched his neck, his big Adam's apple slid up and down, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it must be Zhou Xuan's instructor to kill my son. You just need to arrest him and interrogate him to find out the truth. Your Majesty, I have been guarding the southwest for many years. Please give me this strange injustice."

Zhou Xuan knew that Li Yu had a soft ear and might agree with Wei Bo's request. He immediately said, "Your Majesty, I am definitely not a Zhou tyrant. I am gentle and kind and obvious to all. Some things I didn't want to say, but since Wei Dupu was determined to blame his son's death, I have to say that I do have a deep hatred with Wei Jue--"

Li Yu said "Oh": "Horse Xinzhou will tell me in detail."

Zhou Xuan talked about the story of Wei Jue's gangster leader Song Wu who sent him to threaten him when he was in Hongzhou, and later sent his troops to pretend to be bandits in Guiya Mountain to kill him. Zhou Xuan said that the identity of the three and four cynical people was Lin Dai who sent him to protect him. Zhou Xuan said: "——Your Majesty, if it weren't for the two personal guards sent by Lin Dai, I would have died in the wilderness and ridge without any clarity. What I said is all evidence.

Yes, at that time I left a rockery bandit as a living gang and handed it to the Fenghua Protectorate Office for custody. My uncle Lin Dai wanted to question Zhennan Army for me at that time. It was for the sake of the people of the two states and the people were calm and unwilling to make a grudge between the two major vassal states. However, Wei Jue still refused to let me go. Last month, I met on the Qinhuai River and shouted that I would return Yang Xiaopin, otherwise I would have to kill me. If there is a half false statement above, please ask Your Majesty to punish me for my crime."

Li Yu nodded slightly. What Zhou Xuan said was reasonable and well-founded. It seemed that it was not Zhou Xuan who hated Wei Jue, but Wei Jue hated Zhou Xuan, but Wei Jue who died. Could it be?

Zhou Xuan said: "Many people know that I have a gap with Wei Jue. When Wei Jue dies, I am very alert and afraid of being suspicious. Unexpectedly, Wei Dupu insists that it was the one who did it, and I never recognize Lin Ning!"

Li Jian said, "The murderer Lin Ning has fled far away from Yizhou and is currently intensifying his pursuit. It is said that Lin Ning is from Zhennan Protectorate. Someone once saw this woman appearing with the Zhennan Army's Guard. It is not difficult to know the truth or falsehood. Call the people from Zhennan Military Palace and ask."

Wei Bo knew something was wrong, and Lin Ning's relationship was so bad that it was very bad that he shouted: "This female assassin must have been instructed by Zhou Xuan to kill my son. I hope Your Majesty will be aware of it."

Zhou Xuan said coldly: "I just ask you, is Lin Ning a member of me, Zhou Xuan or is it hired by you, Zhennan Army?"

Wei Bo did not dare to deny that Lin Ning had never contacted the people from Zhennan Army, so he said, "I don't know who Lin Ning is, but even if I am from the people from Zhennan Army, you Zhou Xuan sent to lurk."

Zhou Xuan spread his hands and said to Li Yu: "Your Majesty, Wei Dudu is so inverted by black and white, I have nothing to say."

Li Yu said unhappily: "Wei Qing, since we know that the murderer is Lin Ning, why do we still have to get involved with the Marquis of Xinzhou? Let's talk about everything when Lin Ning is caught."

Zhou Xuan counterattacked and said, "Wei Dupu is most afraid of catching Lin Ning. He has now ordered the Zhennan Army to capture Lin Ning at all costs. He will be executed immediately as soon as he is caught. He will never dare to leave a living person. It is not to avenge his son, but to kill people to silence him."

Wei Bozheng felt guilty about this and shouted: "You are slandering!"

Zhou Xuan was walking while saying, "Your Majesty, because I am afraid of being suspicious, I also want to find the murderer who killed Wei Jue as soon as possible. I sent someone to check Lin Ning's identity and suddenly found that the female assassin was a member of the Southern Han Falcon Sect, a female assassin who specializes in assassination!"

Li Yu naturally knew about the Falcon and couldn't help but look at Wei Bo in confusion.

Wei Bo's original intention to meet the emperor was to sue Zhou Xuan in front of Li Yu, asking Li Yu to agree to him to search the Fenghua military residence. When he thought of meeting Zhou Xuan on a narrow road on the Imperial College, Zhou Xuan was caught off guard and argued: "It's nonsense, how can you know that Lin Ning is a member of the Falcon's Sect!"

Zhou Xuan said: "Well, I do not know, and there is no confirmation, but Wei Duhu must have known it. What is the purpose of Wei Duhu's meeting the Southern Han Falcon? Why did this female assassin in the Falcon kill Wei Jue? Could it be that there are differences in what matters and no agreement is reached? If you have something to say, why do you kill someone!"

Wei Bo was furious and shouted: "Lin Ning was bought by you!"

Zhou Xuanli ignored him, looked at Emperor Li Yu and smiled bitterly.

Li Yu was very tired of Wei Bo's unreasonable trouble. It was not like a vassal state. It seemed that Zhennan Army had met the Falcon, which made Li Yu very unhappy and said, "Wei Qing should not return to Hongzhou for the time being. Stay in the capital and wait for the truth of the case to be revealed."

Wei Bo's heart suddenly became cold. Zhou Xuan did not overturn it, but he himself got in. After leaving Hongzhou, he was like a dragon wandering in the shallows and a tiger falling into the flat sun. He could not use his ability. The most urgent task now is not to avenge his son, but how can he leave Beijing as soon as possible and return to Hongzhou.

Wei Bo deeply regretted his recklessness. He did not expect that Zhou Xuan was so cunning. Both the emperor and the Eastern Palace were obviously biased towards Zhou Xuan. Wei Bo was very depressed and could not imagine that he could only wait for King Jing to come back, King Jing would be able to deal with Zhou Xuan.

As for Lin Ning, Wei Bo was not worried. The leader of the Falcon promised that he would definitely catch Lin Ning and give him an explanation, and would not let her fall into the hands of the Tang State arresting Department.

Li Yu suddenly became very cold to Wei Bo. He had originally entered the capital and the emperor wanted to give him a banquet, but now he stopped mentioning it. He returned to the palace and ordered Abu to wait for the imperial decree at Fenghua Military Palace tomorrow.

Zhou Xuan returned to the shore of Mochou Lake and told Judge Fan that what happened to the Imperial College. Lin Heishan knew the real cause of Wei Jue's death. In front of Judge Fan, he said: "Wei Jue died at the hands of the Falcon disciples, but Wei Bo must rely on Brother Xuan. This revenge cannot be solved. Only by using his hard-working Wei Bo can he be eliminated forever."

Zhou Xuan said: "It is not so easy to cure Wei Bo's crime. Li Kun is coming back soon. We can only use Wei Bo to secretly send someone to Hongzhou to collect evidence of his friendship with Nan Han. I guess Wei Bo is not only making friends with the Falcon, but must have had contacts with Liu Jixing of the Southern Han Dynasty. If you find that evidence, you can convict Wei Bo."

Lin Heishan said: "Then let me go to Hongzhou to verify this."

Zhou Xuan was overjoyed: "It would be best if Brother Heishan went there. Tomorrow I would like to ask Li Jian to ask the emperor for a secret decree. If you get the secret decree, if you cooperate with the governor Chen, you will definitely find evidence to kill Wei Bo."

Judge Fan took out two letters and gave them to Zhou Xuan: "Marty, this is the letter from the Martyr's two wives to you. It arrived early in the morning."

Zhou Xuan was very happy and returned to his residence with the letter, called Xiaoqian and Yang Xiaopin to read the letter together.

Qin Que's letter first expressed his longing for his husband, hoping that his husband would return to Jiangzhou to pick them up as soon as possible, and said that her parents were unwilling to move to Jinling, so they had to wait for his husband to come back to persuade him. Then they talked about Yang Xiaopin, saying that the mansion had been disturbed for many days, and they thought Yang Xiaopin had secretly ran back to Hongzhou. Finally, Qin Que said jealously that she and Renzi were not by her husband's side, and it was good to have Yang Xiaopin take care of her husband.

Zhou Xuan smiled and gave the letter to Yang Xiaopin, who blushed with pink face.

The letter from Ernine talked about "Yunshang Women's Clothing". The most common one was the fetus in the abdomen. He said that his adoptive father and Queer took the pulse and said that they might be a female fetus. He asked his husband if he liked to have a daughter first? Finally, Ernine ended with a folk song in the Southern Dynasty - "Su Xi did not comb his hair, and his silk hair was covered with shoulders. When was it not pitiful to the man's knee?"

Zhou Xuan smiled. The two little wives were cheerful and gentle, both of them were very cute.

Sichi came over and said, "Master, my fifth brother is going to Hangzhou, I will send him out of the city."

Zhou Xuan said: "Your fifth brother is also my fifth brother, let's send him together."

The three brothers of Xu heard that the Master of Five Aggregations, who was proficient in the Chicken Path, was about to leave, and he had to follow his master, and he followed him all the way to the city gate and refused to leave. No matter how he persuaded him, he could not do anything.

Wu Chi said, "Let me do this, I will give you three brothers a book "Famous Chicken Book". If you practice according to it, you will definitely be better than the young monk. Remember, you are not allowed to read it now, and you will read it when you return to your residence."
Chapter completed!