Chapter 210 Li Tai: You might as well just report my name

early morning.

Li Chengqian stood in the court with dark circles under his eyes. He glanced around and found that most of the ministers present were like this.

Obviously.

The commotion last night prevented everyone from sleeping well.

Li Chengqian spoke first: “Is Lord Lu, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, here?”

“The minister is here.”

Lu Chengqing walked out holding a tablet.

Although he seldom attended court, there was such a big commotion last night that he couldn’t hide away even if he wanted to.

“Tell me, what happened in the city last night.”

“Your Highness, there was an explosion at Chonghuafang at 11:00 p.m. last night. As soon as I heard the noise, I led people there immediately.”

“According to the on-site investigation, we have confirmed that a fierce fight took place at the time. However, these people reacted very quickly and had already fled when I, your humble servant, arrived with my troops.”

“As for why such a violent roar occurred, I am still investigating.”

Li Chengqian nodded, “But it seems that there was more than one explosion last night.”

Lu Chengqing: “Your Highness, I was investigating Chonghuafang at the time and wanted to arrest all these traitors, so I had no time to look at other things.”

“Lord Sun from the Dali Temple also heard the explosion and immediately led the elite troops of the Dali Temple to the scene. I sent someone to inform him and he went to the ice shop in the West Market.”

Li Chengqian looked at Sun Fujia, who walked out holding a tablet in his hand, and said, “Your Highness, this is indeed the case.”

“After hearing the explosion, I immediately led Yue Ming and others from the Dali Temple to the location of the explosion. After learning that Lord Lu had sealed off the scene and started searching for the thief, we turned to the ice shop.”

Li Chengqian: “How is the ice shop?”

Sun Fujia: “The collapse of the ice shop affected several surrounding shops. Thieves came and went in a hurry. The shop assistants found someone throwing things at the ice shop. When they rushed out, they did not see the thief. Then the ice shop exploded and collapsed.”

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Tai and the other man standing there, who looked as if they had nothing to do with the matter, and asked slowly, “Really, there are no clues?”

Sun Fujia: “Your Highness, we can only find clues from the traces at present, but I have arranged people to investigate.”

It was handled cleanly enough.

Li You glanced at Li Tai from the corner of his eye, but Li Tai had a faint smile on his chubby face from beginning to end.

Li Chengqian nodded, his tone serious: “Such an explosion can actually destroy such a large ice shop, it can be seen that the power is extraordinary!”

“This is under the feet of the emperor. How could such a powerful weapon be hidden there?”

“This matter must be thoroughly investigated, otherwise, he will become a disaster in the future!”

“Respect the prince’s order.”

Sun Fujia stepped back.

Lu Chengqing and Sun Fujia have almost finished explaining what happened last night. It depends on what everyone present thinks.

Li Chengqian’s gaze first fell on Gao Shilian.

“What does Lord Shen think of this?”

Gao Shilian yawned, “In my opinion, what happened last night must have been planned by someone.”

“Chang’an City has suddenly become unsafe in the past few days. First there was the murder case in Chonghuafang, and then there was the inexplicable explosion last night.”

“The two locations are not that close, but they were able to be attacked within a quarter of an hour of each other. This shows that the Chonghuafang and Xishi Ice Shop were the work of the same group of people!”

“As for the previous murders, whether they were committed by these people still needs to be thoroughly investigated.”

“Duke Shen has a point.”

Li Chengqian nodded and turned his gaze to Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji.

Fang Xuanling spoke first: “Lord Sun, is there any similarity between last night’s explosion and the explosion in Shangzhou?”

Hearing this, the smile on Li Tai’s face became even more intense.

Such a rare event would naturally be remembered by many people, so there was no need for him to lead them in the direction of Shangzhou.

Sun Fujia: “Go back to the room, sir. The matter has not been confirmed yet, but I have ordered people to go to Shangzhou to collect evidence and return tonight at the latest.”

Fang Xuanling nodded and spoke again: “What happened last night was indeed a bit strange. The explosion in Shangzhou caused dozens of people to die tragically on the spot, and their identities have not been verified yet.”

“But last night’s explosion only destroyed an ice shop in West City?”

Lu Chengqing stepped out and said, “Prime Minister Fang, the explosion in Chonghuafang last night destroyed three houses.”

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, “But these two groups of people were extremely cunning. After they realized that the situation was not good, they fled immediately.”

Lu Chengqing nodded helplessly.

Fang Xuanling: “It is obvious that these people are from the city and are familiar with the activities of the night patrol officers. It is rare to find people with such abilities!”

Everyone looked at Li Tai and Li You thoughtfully.

Well known.

Li Tai’s title of King of Wei had been changed to Prince of a County.

It might not be impossible to cause trouble to Li Chengqian at this time.

At the same time, Li You also has this ability!

“What the Prime Minister is saying is that I did this?!”

“Your Majesty, your words are serious.”

Fang Xuanling: “I did not say who did it, I just talked about the facts.”

Li Tai smiled and said, “Let’s talk about the matter at hand? Well, Prime Minister Fang, I highly agree with what you mentioned about Shangzhou just now.”

“This explosion is indeed very similar to the previous explosion in Shangzhou. The only difference is that Shangzhou left a lot of corpses, while Chang’an only destroyed a few houses.”

“Also, what puzzles me is that the explosion at Chonghuafang can be said to be caused by the thieves, but the ice shop is different.”

“As far as I know, the ice shop is owned by the merchant Su Chen. In order to ensure the safety of the business, he has raised a group of elite merchant protection teams. Of course, this is understandable.”

“But the thieves were able to blow up the ice shop while these people were on guard… Is there a possibility that there is such a dangerous thing in the ice shop?”

“The previous Shangzhou case was committed by Su Chen?”

Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded, “This possibility cannot be ruled out.”

Sun Fujia stepped out and said, “Su Chen was arrested by me last night and imprisoned in the Dali Temple.”

Li Tai was stunned for a moment. This was a bit unexpected.

In his opinion, the relationship between Su Chen and Sun Fujia should be good. Even if there is no such relationship, Sun Fujia should not arrest people without evidence for the sake of the prince.

As a result, before he could say a few words, Sun Fujia arrested the man last night…

It was as if he had seen through his thoughts in advance!
Li Chengqian was also stunned for a moment: “Su Chen was captured by you?”

Sun Fujia: “Su Chen is the owner of the ice shop involved in the case, so he must be detained pending trial.”

“…”

Li Chengqian secretly complained in his heart, so you can’t continue to work in the previous dynasty!
“Except for Su Chen, I will detain and interrogate everyone involved in this case. After the investigation is complete, I will clear their name. Your Highness, please understand this.”

Li Chengqian nodded, “Lord Sun, you should act in accordance with the law.”

Zhang Sun Wuji said, “Whether what happened last night is related to the incident in Shangzhou or not, the most urgent task is to investigate it thoroughly.”

“The explosion was extremely powerful and rare. If these people have evil intentions, it will be a disaster for our dynasty!”

“I believe that this matter should be thoroughly investigated. No matter who is found, no leniency will be shown!”

Li Chengqian: “That’s right. Since Jingzhao Prefecture and Dali Temple came forward at the same time last night, then this matter will be handed over to you two to handle together. It also requires the cooperation of various departments. Make sure to investigate it clearly in the shortest possible time and give an explanation to the people of Chang’an!”

“If the previous murder case is related to what happened last night, we must find out the reason. If there is no connection, we must also get to the bottom of it and not let any evildoer go!”

“Respect the prince’s order!”

……

Prince’s residence.

Su Wang, Xu Qizhuang, and Wang Xuance met.

Xu Qizhuang spoke first: “Should we print out what happened last night?”

Su Wang shook his head. “The newspaper did not publish the Chonghuafang murder case before. Now publishing the explosion case last night, won’t it give people something to talk about?”

Xu Qizhuang nodded: “I understand your concerns, but this matter involves us after all.”

Wang Xuance: “The Dali Temple took action and closed down the Mingyan Newspaper because the articles in the Mingyan Newspaper were too detailed and disclosed all the details.”

“If the newspaper had only focused on the explosion, building collapse, and casualties, it would not have been targeted.”

“Besides, didn’t you send some information to Sun Fujia before? You can also go and test the waters this time.”

Xu Qizhuang: “Understood.”

Wang Xuance: “How is the investigation going on with what Sun Qiang asked you to investigate yesterday?”

Su Wang: “There is no news yet, but our people have been sent out. I think it won’t be long before we find something.”

Su Wang believed that as long as the other party really purchased a large amount of salt and seafood as Su Chen said, there would definitely be clues left behind.

“Where’s Sun Qiang?”

“He went to the East Palace.”

Wang Xuance said casually, and then continued: “The person who fought with us last night should be the Tubo envoy, but the other party’s appearance is not confirmed. However, based on the Tubo files left by the young master, I speculate that the one who attacked us last night might be the captain Mu Chi!”

Xu Qizhuang: “Him?”

Wang Xuance nodded. “He was fooled by you once, so it’s reasonable for him to want revenge.”

Su Wang: “Then the other group of people came from the Prince of Wei’s Palace?”

Wang Xuance: “That should be the case. There is no movement from the King of Qi.”

Su Wang pondered, “Sun Qiang said before that the young master had figured out what the explosive was. Did he mention it specifically?”

“not at all.”

Wang Xuance shook his head. “However, the thing I asked you to check should be used to build this thing.”

Su Wang was thoughtful and thought it was time to speed up.

At this time.

Sun Qiang walked in from outside.

“how?”

“What did the prince say?”

“Act in accordance with the law.”

Sun Qiang smiled and said, “This is what the young master said before he went to jail. The prince will definitely not go beyond his authority and release him.”

“The prince said that this matter is so important that not only the people of Chang’an City are watching, but also the civil and military officials of the whole court and many envoys. It must be resolved as soon as possible. No one can hide it.”

Everyone nodded.

Sun Qiang clapped his hands, “Now, everyone should get busy!”

……

Jiucheng Palace.

Li Shimin was watching the fishing float shaking on the lake with a smile on his face, while Wang De’s voice kept coming to his ears.

Only after the letter was finished did Wang De stop talking and wait quietly.

Li Shimin suddenly lifted the fishing rod, and a fat fish about a foot long jumped out of the water. Wang De hurried forward, took out the fat fish and hung bait on it.

Li Shimin said calmly: “The Crown Prince handled this matter well, but his murderous nature has faded a bit. The Weng family lineage should be exterminated.”

Wang De lowered his head and said nothing.

“As for him asking for a reward for Su Chen, it is also reasonable. If it weren’t for this person, Li Zhi’s qi disease would be difficult to recover…”

However, Li Shimin has not yet figured out how to reward him.

At this moment, a guard ran over in a hurry and bowed, saying, “Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Chang’an City.”

“read.”

“Last night, two explosions occurred in Chonghuafang West Market. There was a sign of fighting, and four houses were destroyed…”

The smile on Li Shimin’s face gradually faded, and he became a little colder.

First, the Jiangnan cloth merchant was killed, and then such a terrible incident occurred. What do these people want to do?
Are you trying to put some eye drops on me?

Terrible!

“Your Majesty, would you like to…”

“The prince can handle this matter!”

(End of this chapter)