Chapter 143: Prelude to the Conspiracy
As soon as he saw Li Jun's figure, Wang Fang would immediately get up to greet him.
"Wang Changshi, there is no need to be too polite."
Several people sat down according to the main and secondary positions, and Li Jun said straight to the point: "Wang Changshi, what kind of murder is it that will alarm Dali Temple?"
Regarding the status of Li Jun and Lu Jingzhang, the two had already discussed it on the way here.
Although joint investigation is Lu Jingzhang's responsibility.
But with the presence of the prince Li Jun, Lu Jingzhang obviously had no choice but to say anything.
Anyway, it was Li Jun who led the way and Lu Jingzhang followed suit.
Wang Fang wanted to hand over the confession of the injured man to Li Jun, and said, "Last night, I found that this strong man fell in front of the government office and was seriously injured. I quickly rescued him. When he woke up, he told me that he and four brothers had been killed. Now, the corpse has been buried by the evil people."
Wang Fang wanted to pick up the case and tell it carefully, but what really shocked Li Jun was the confession of the man he was holding.
He handed Lu Jingzhang a few pieces of thin paper. Lu Yue read it briefly. Li Jun looked at his appearance and looked confused.
This is simply a generous gift to the door!
It turned out that these greedy little gangsters had just sawed the branches, and before they could get the second half of the copper coins, they were hit at the scheduled joint location.
After a fierce beating, all four except the tall and strong man were killed.
Li Jun looked at this confession and thought a lot.
These people are too cruel.
There is nothing wrong with eradicating the roots and eliminating future troubles, but they are all poor people. Is it easy to make a few dollars at the risk of their lives?
I don’t say that I will give them all the money first and let them be free for two days before killing them.
I am so impatient, but my intelligence is wrong.
If they were not killed, they might be exposed a few days later.
But now it's good. The matter has been exposed after just one day of work. I really don't know if I should admire their ruthlessness or laugh at their confusion.
Lu Jingzhang has worked in Dali Temple for five or six years, and has a wide range of knowledge and has at least hundreds of cases investigated and handled.
He immediately discovered the unreasonable point and said, "Wang Changshi, since all four of them were beaten to death, how did this strong man escape?"
"According to him, among the few people, he was the strongest in his body. The few who came to silence him were also in a hurry. After covering his head and hitting them, he confirmed that the few people were not angry, so he ran to the side to dig a hole. The strong man was not dead, and he tried his best to climb into the nearby grass before he arrived at the government office."
The more Li Jun thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. These people who were responsible for silence were always the ones who were behind the scenes.
The work was so careless, with only five people in total, and one more ran away. How to do this?
If it were him, he would not have given the heavy responsibility to such a person.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go and meet the wounded."
From the official hall of the government office, pass through a small flowerbed, a hand-paper veranda in front, and then turn a corner to reach the west wing.
The tall injured person was placed here.
When I entered the door, the injured person leaned against the wall, his head and body were covered with injuries. It seemed that he had indeed saved his life by chance.
Under Li Jun's command, Wang Fang was the leader of this interrogation, while Li Jun and Lu Jingzhang disguised themselves as the Dali Temple Chiefs and checked for him in the future.
The reason for such an arrangement is not for other reasons. According to the information Wang Fang wants to provide, this strong man is just an ordinary civilian wandering in the countryside.
Yesterday, when he asked Wang Fang to talk to the Chief Secretary of Luoyang, he was trembling and had to grunt for a long time in one sentence.
If he knew that the one who came to interrogate him was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he might be so scared that he fainted on the spot.
It is better to pretend to be weaker.
Wang Fang was about to sit in front of the strong man's bed, which made him excited. He quickly wanted to straighten up, but Wang Fang wanted to persuade him.
"Strong man, I still have some details about what you said."
"Just ask," said the chief.
"You said, your name is Liu Cheng, and the remaining few people are Zhang Xing, Zhang Xing's younger brother Zhang Ji, Gao He and Xin Ming, right?"
"The chief minister has a good memory, and these are the people."
"I still have something unknown. You said that your brothers were dead and buried, but how could those evil men let you go? Even though you knew you ran away, didn't you look around carefully?"
"The Chief Secretary doesn't know anything," Liu Cheng sighed, "The younger brothers were all beaten to death. These evil men went to dig a pit and prepared to bury us. Because they were afraid that people would find it, they dug the pit very deep. After the young man woke up, they were waiting for the opportunity. Seeing that they had jumped into the pit and continued to dig, the young man started to crawl slowly. The young man was very careful. When they arrived at a place they could not see, the young man ran desperately. The young man thought that they found that one person was missing and they would definitely chase him. I was not caught, so I could only say that they might have found the wrong direction."
Now, this is the best explanation.
As for why the bad guys didn't catch Liu Cheng, they could only wait for them to come to the court before figuring out.
Wang Fang's eyes were heard when she asked for instructions, and Li Jun continued: "Liu Cheng, tell me what did you do in front of Tianjin Bridge two days ago?"
"Empress, I really don't know who that evil man is."
"Then, just talk about the causes and consequences of this matter carefully."
"Speak slowly, don't worry, remember more. Your words may be of great help to us to solve the case. I don't think you want your brother to die inexplicably."
Liu Cheng wiped his sweat and began to tell excitedly.
"That day, we were playing money in the gambling hall as usual. Because we were all poor men, we didn't have much money, so after playing a few tricks, our pockets were empty. Just when we were planning to come out, a master came over and looked like a rich man. He grabbed several money to give us, so we let go of the bet. We had never seen so much money, so we naturally smiled and started gambling. Not to mention, using the master's money, we had a lot of luck and made a lot of money."
The servant handed over a cup of tea, Liu Cheng took a few sips, and then said, "Later, we finally had enough fun, and found that the master had been waiting for us at the entrance of the gambling hall. He told us that there would be a good job to hand us over in two days. As he said, he rewarded us with one hang of money. Our brothers and others were confused at that time. Where did Mr. Kuo come from? He actually gave us so much money. This is even if we go up the mountain of swords and the sea of fire, we have to follow him!"
Li Jun and Lu Jingzhang exchanged glances. It seemed that this man had already set his sights on these idle men, found out where they often appeared, knew their economic situation, and threw out bait, not afraid that they would not submit.
Chapter completed!