Chapter 502: Prince Wei is assassinated

Chang'an, the residence of Right Prime Minister Lin Hui, a man hurriedly walked into the Lin residence, alarming Right Prime Minister Lin Hui.

"Why are you not going home to rest in the middle of the night? What are you doing in my residence? Curfew is about to start!" Right Prime Minister Lin Hui said to the visitor with some dissatisfaction.

"Right Prime Minister, something happened in Chang'an again." The visitor said hurriedly.

"Something happened? What happened again? That street, that neighborhood was set on fire again, and there was a burglary. Didn't I ask you, the Ministry of Justice, to suppress it?" "

If you want to see it, it will be the Lantern Festival soon. Don't disturb your majesty with such trivial matters! Even if there is a murder case, don't let it reach the palace." Right Prime Minister Lin Hui said impatiently.

It's such a small matter that they have to come and disturb him in the middle of the night. It's just that someone in the capital Chang'an has been committing crimes at night.

What kind of place is the capital? It is an important place in the capital, under the feet of the emperor. Any little movement will always be reported to the palace.

But now the Lantern Festival is approaching, and the emperor and his son will meet, so naturally they will not ask too much about these trivial matters.

Lin Hui joined others to suppress these things temporarily and let the people below solve the case as soon as possible to avoid disturbing the Lantern Festival.

"Right Prime Minister, this, this time it's really a big thing." The man said.

"Big thing? What big thing can make you so scared?" Lin Hui said, always having an uncertain premonition in his heart.

"Prince Wei Li Xiang was assassinated on his way back to the palace after leaving the palace." The visitor said.

"What? What did you say?" Lin Hui was trembling with fear. The assassination of a prince was a big deal and could not be concealed no matter what.

But who under the emperor's feet was so bold and presumptuous that he dared to assassinate the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"Prince Wei Li Xiang was assassinated on his way back to the palace!" The visitor repeated.

"What is the current situation of Prince Wei, is he alive or dead?" Lin Hui asked.

"He is still alive. I heard that he was only injured. It is unknown how serious the injury is. The people of Jinwuwei have blocked the whole street." The visitor said.

"Dong, dong, dong..." At this time, a rhythmic drum sound came, and Chang'an began a curfew, and the gates between the various blocks began to close.

If someone lingered outside after the gate was closed, it would be considered a violation of the ban and they would be whipped twenty times. In serious cases, they might even be beheaded. When

the curfew began, the left and right street messengers began to patrol with soldiers, and they did not stop patrolling the streets until the drum sounded for opening the gate the next day.

"Head of the family! Someone is coming from the palace!" Lin Hui's servant came to report.

Lin Hui knew that the assassination of the prince in Chang'an must have reached the ears of the emperor, and the person from the palace was asking him to enter the palace.

"Please come in quickly, you step aside first." Lin Hui asked the person to come in while asking him to hide so as not to be discovered.

The person hurriedly left through the side door, and just as he left, the servant walked in with someone from the palace.

"The eunuch is visiting you late at night. I wonder what your Majesty wants to do?" Lin Hui said with a bow.

"Your Majesty summoned the Right Prime Minister to the palace for an audience!" said the eunuch.

"Oh! I dare to ask, I wonder what important matter your Majesty summoned you late at night?" Lin Hui asked knowingly. "

Before the curfew tonight, Prince Wei was assassinated on his way back. His life or death is unknown. Your Majesty is furious. Now he is summoning ministers to the palace late at night for this matter." said the eunuch.

"Understood! Please wait here for a while, let me change clothes and then go with you to the palace to meet the emperor." Lin Hui said.

"Right Prime Minister, please do as you please." said the eunuch.

Lin Hui bowed and turned inside to change clothes, and then entered the palace to meet the emperor.

Li Chengqian was furious about the assassination of Li Xiang. Who on earth dared to assassinate the prince of the Tang Dynasty in the important place of the capital.

Everyone was so frightened that they dared not say a word, fearing that if they provoked Li Chengqian again, the emperor would vent his anger on them.

"How is the Jinwu Guard responsible for the public security of Chang'an, and how do you manage it? Someone actually dared to assassinate my son in Chang'an."

"How did they enter Chang'an? How did they enter Chang'an? And assassinate?" Li Chengqian asked.

The public security management of Chang'an City has always been strict. The Jinwu Guard serves as the military guarantee for the public security management of Chang'an, and other departments are also responsible for corresponding public security affairs.

For example, registration in and out of Chang'an, management of waterway traffic, etc. Some of them assist the Jinwu Guard in managing the public security of Chang'an, and some play a supervisory role.

"The other party should have sneaked into Chang'an City by hiding in the caravan, and they also have their own insiders in Chang'an City."

"They were able to avoid searches and related procedures, which allowed these assassins to sneak into Chang'an and assassinate successfully." A minister said.

"What about the weapons?" Li Chengqian asked.

Anyone who enters Chang'an City will have their weapons confiscated, and the weapons will not be returned to you until you leave Chang'an City.

In other words, even if these people successfully sneaked into Chang'an City with the identity of a caravan and the help of their insiders, they would not be able to assassinate a prince under the protection of the prince of the palace without weapons.

So where did their weapons come from? Where did they get these weapons, such as bows and crossbows, from?

"It should be provided by an insider." The minister who just spoke continued.

"So, the insider should be a minister in the court, and it is very likely that he is among you. You want to murder my son." Li Chengqian's eyes were wide open.

"Your Majesty! We are innocent! We dare not do such a treasonous thing. Please judge it." The ministers were trembling with fear.

"Your Majesty! Those who can get weapons may not be all of them. The Arms Supervisor who manufactured the weapons is the most suspicious."

"In the entire Chang'an City, only the Arms Supervisor is most likely to provide weapons to the murderers without being suspected. As long as we send someone to check, we can know whether there are any weapons missing." Lin Hui hurriedly stepped out of the line, saluted and said.

"What the Right Prime Minister said makes sense. We can order the Jinwu Guard to go to the Armory to investigate." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" The Jinwu Guard General took the order and withdrew. He immediately led people to personally investigate whether there were any weapons missing from the Armory and why they were missing.

"Everyone! The doctor sent to Prince Wei's Palace has reported back." An eunuch walked in and saluted.

"What did the doctor say? How is my son?" Li Chengqian asked hurriedly.

"The doctor said that Prince Wei is no longer in danger of death, but his injuries are serious and he needs to rest and recuperate for a while." The eunuch said.

"I'm glad he's okay!" Li Chengqian finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned to the ministers and said, "The case of Prince Wei's assassination will be handed over to Prince Wu Li Ke to be fully responsible for investigating the matter."

"I want to know who is so bold as to dare to commit a murder under the feet of the emperor."

"I obey your order!" Li Ke saluted.