Chapter 126 Shangyuan Case
Chapter 126 Shangyuan Case
Yuwen Chengdu was extremely shocked. This had never happened since the founding of the Sui Dynasty. Someone actually killed and injured more than 50 people on Lantern Festival.
Although the people who were killed were all scoundrels, the nature of this matter was very serious and the murderer did not take the government seriously at all.
Yuwen Chengdu also had deeper concerns. Some of the children of powerful and wealthy people acted recklessly and liked to cause trouble during the Lantern Festival. If they encountered this killer god, I'm afraid something big would happen.
Yuwen Chengdu urgently ordered 10,000 troops to patrol everywhere and strictly prohibit the sons of powerful people from disturbing the people.
Xiao Xia killed and injured more than fifty scoundrels in one breath, and he was ready to stop and go back.
When they reached Anrenfang on Zhuque Street, there was a sudden commotion ahead. Countless people ran over here, and they could faintly hear someone shouting, "Run! The Yunqing Beast is snatching people away!"
"Mother, save me!" a young girl cried bitterly.
Then a woman burst into tears, "Let go of my child! Let go of my daughter!"
A fierce voice said viciously: "Get out of here, woman. I will release your daughter in a few days. If you dare to make trouble again, I will kill you too!"
Xiao Xia saw clearly that several big men forced a girl of about fifteen or sixteen onto a horse. The girl struggled and cried desperately, but was held down by the big men. A woman lay on the ground, hugged a big man's legs, and cried loudly, refusing to let go.
There were a dozen guards protecting a young man on horseback, no more than twenty years old, with a blue face. He was wearing brocade clothes and a golden crown on his head. He looked excited and seemed to enjoy the pleasure of robbing people.
Passersby who witnessed this tragic scene shook their heads and sighed.
"Who is that young man?" Xiao Xia asked an old man next to him.
"The prince's eldest brother-in-law, nicknamed the Cloud Green Beast, one of the Four Evils of Chang'an."
Isn't the Crown Princess the daughter of the Yuan family? Yuan Xiaoju's daughter, Xiao Xia's mind moved, and she immediately understood that it was not the Crown Princess Yuan, but the brother of the Crown Prince's favorite concubine Yun Zhaoxun.
Xiao Xia immediately observed the dozen or so guards of the young man. None of them had broken through the barriers and were just ordinary warriors. However, there was a personal guard right next to the young man who was very alert and was observing the surroundings.
Xiao Xia immediately determined that this person was of the fifth rank. His barrier-breaking state had disappeared, but he still had a slight perception ability.
This is the biggest difference between a fifth-grade warrior and an ordinary warrior. Although the ability to break obstacles only lasts for a few hours, he will still show his uniqueness even after it disappears. The biggest difference is his fast speed and sharp reaction, but this person will definitely not be able to stop himself.
Xiao Xia has realized that this is an opportunity, an opportunity for his father to take control of the Ministry of Justice.
He slowly drew out the cold sword...
At this time, the girl was tied up and forced onto the horse, her eyes were blindfolded and her mouth was blocked.
The woman was kicked away and fell to the ground, crying, "Oh God! Please open your eyes!"
Yun Shitai laughed loudly, "We have a good harvest tonight, let's go back home and eat some tender lamb."
The crowd surrounded him and turned around to leave. Only to see a black shadow flash by like the wind. Before anyone could react, the black shadow had already run away along the wall and disappeared into the darkness.
Yun Shitai did not move. Suddenly, the head fell off the neck and rolled to the ground. The headless corpse spurted blood and slowly fell from the horse.
The people around cried out in surprise, and a dozen guards were so shocked that they could not move, they were all terrified.
At this time, there was a loud shout from behind, "Get out of the way, General Yuwen is coming!"
The people made way for them one after another, and hundreds of cavalrymen rushed over, led by none other than the palace general Yuwen Chengdu.
The people's frantic running just now alarmed Yuwen Chengdu, who was a mile away. When he heard that the Yunqing beast was robbing people, he knew something was going to happen, so he hurried over with hundreds of cavalrymen.
But he was still a step too slow. Yuwen saw Yun Shitai's headless body and his head buzzed. The thing he was most worried about had happened. He could ignore the stabbing of more than 50 scoundrels, but Yun Shitai was the prince's brother-in-law and the Earl of Yong'an County. He was killed in the street on the Lantern Festival night. It was definitely a big case.
Yuwen Chengdu urged his horse forward and saw the girl tied up on the horse and the woman with disheveled hair on the ground. He sighed in his heart, thinking that these powerful people were too unscrupulous.
Yuwen Chengdu ordered his attendants, "Release the girl and let her and her daughter go home!"
He pointed at Yun Shitai's dozen men and said, "Capture them!"
The soldiers rushed forward, pinned down and tied up a dozen guards.
A dozen guards shouted, "It's unfair! General, we are innocent!"
Yuwen Chengdu ignored them and said to the two mother and daughter who knelt down to thank him: "Just explain what happened, sign your names, and then you can go home!"
Someone took the mother and daughter aside to explain what had happened, and the clerk picked up his pen and quickly recorded it.
At this time, a subordinate checked Yun Shitai's head and came forward to report: "General, the head should have been cut off from the back by an extremely sharp sword. Because it was too sharp, the head took a long time to fall from the neck."
Yuwen Chengdu pointed at the leading guard and said, "Bring him here!"
The leading guard was brought over, knelt on one knee and shouted, "General, why don't you arrest the murderer but arrest us guards instead? Do you want us to bear the blame?"
"presumptuous!"
Yuwen Chengdu angrily scolded: "As followers, you did not persuade your master to obey the law, but followed him to be an accomplice to the evil, causing your master to be killed. Don't you have any responsibility?"
The leading guard bowed his head for a while and said, "He is the one who did the evil. What does it have to do with us?"
"I'm not going to talk about responsibility for now. Let me ask you, what's your name, and what's your martial arts rank?"
"I am Wang Xiaode, from Chang'an, and I am a seventh-rank martial artist!"
Yuwen Chengdu sneered, "A seventh-rank martial artist wants his master to be killed?"
Wang Xiaode lowered his head in shame, "My internal strength is only at the fifth level, and I can only break through the barrier for an hour this morning."
Another person seeking fame and reputation, Yuwen Chengdu was very annoyed. In the past, martial artists of the sixth rank were extremely rare, but now the streets are full of seventh and eighth ranks.
Yuwen Chengdu suppressed his anger and asked, "The murderer killed Yun Shitai from behind, so he must have run past you. How could you not see it?"
"Reporting to the general, I did see a dark shadow flash past me. It was so fast that before I could see it clearly, it had already run to the corner. It was too dark over there and blocked by the lanterns, so I couldn't even see its shadow."
Yuwen Chengdu looked towards the corner of the wall. There were lanterns there, but Yun Shitai robbed people in the street, which scared the people so much that they ran away. The lanterns were knocked over and extinguished, and it was indeed pitch black beside the wall.
This was a bit troublesome, so Yuwen Chengdu ordered his men, "Go and ask the people around here if anyone has seen the murderer."
The soldier went to inquire and came back to report, "General, everyone said that they didn't see the murderer. They also said that the killing of Yunqing Beast was a great joy to the people. Why do we need to capture the evil hero?"
Yuwen Chengdu sighed in his heart, Yun Shitai had offended the public, even if someone saw the murderer, they would not say anything, it could be said that this bastard got what he deserved.
Although Yuwen Chengdu thought so, he still had to fulfill his duty. Yuwen Chengdu immediately ordered: "Take these followers back and interrogate them strictly to see if they colluded with each other to kill their master!"
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