Sui and Tang Dynasties: Engagement to Li Xiuning, start with heavy snow dragon ride

Sure enough...Yu Shiji seemed to have grasped something, and his eyes lit up: "The case of the merchant, there is an explanation, the first guess may not be unfounded, the county guard is a fourth-rank, and the sixth-rank one, they are like dogs, Wang It might not be impossible for Chao to find Zhang Yong for help."

Then he looked at Yang Zhao and Xu Maogong. These two people were deeper than his city, and there might be other details that he didn't control.

"Master Yu is right." Xu Maogong nodded, and then changed the topic: "However, the relationship between the sixth rank of the court and the merchant is unknown, and the relationship between Wang Chao and Zhao Jian is also unknown."

"That's right, the court is only a sixth grade, so it may not be impossible to compete with a county guard." Pei Ju's words were very cryptic.

The aristocratic families are gradually declining, and the parties in the court have not disappeared. They can do things in the court without their backers.

In the final analysis, Zhang Yong was just a county guard, who stayed in Yuhang all the year round, and could not pose a threat to the officials in the court.

For example, Zhang Heng, the celebrity next to Yang Zhao, and the fourth-rank eunuch made Dai Zhou, who was in the second-rank official position, dare not offend.

Everyone present was at the top of the fourth rank per capita, and everyone knew it well, but with Yang Zhao around, Pei Ju dared not say it so blatantly.

Li Cunxiao and Mu Guiying are military generals, and they are directly under the control of Yang Zhao. They have no interest in the party struggle in the court, but it does not prevent them from hearing about it.

"This matter is on hold for the time being. Tomorrow, I have an appointment with Wang Chao to hold a banquet at Yueshun Tower. We will see his attitude then." Seeing that he couldn't make up his mind for a while, Yang Zhao asked everyone to go back to rest.

Before leaving, he stopped Li Cunxiao and Mu Guiying and said, "Go to the merchant's house tomorrow night to find out the general situation inside."

Back in the room, Yang Zhao sat at the table with deep eyes.

In the dark, Yang Zhao's intuition told him that there was a big problem in Yuhang.

Both the murder case and Wang Chao's performance made him feel strange, maybe the murder case is the key!

For no reason, this idea flashed in Yang Zhao's mind.

System prompt?

According to his past habits, everything he encountered was not a trivial matter, and the system would give targeted tasks and rewards.

Now the system is blocked by that force, yes, it is blocking, it was not intuition just now, it was a reminder from the system, but it has no way to show up directly.

That is to say, that force is not stronger than the system, it can only interfere.

Only after solving Li Shimin, the system can reappear, and then, use the system to find out the source of that power, and find a chance to completely eliminate it!

Yang Zhao expanded his thoughts and continued to analyze.

Now it is known that Li Shimin will rebel, and that force will affect the system. As a system, it will not allow that force to cause trouble. The two are mutually restraining.

It can be understood that that force is a local force, and I am a foreign invader. I broke the original rules of this world. Li Shimin is the protagonist, and I stole his luck.

That force tried its best to protect Li Shimin to explain why he couldn't catch him, and that force could slightly affect me.

The system and that force are vying for dominance. The key to the outcome lies with Li Shimin and me, and luck is what determines the outcome.

Some things that I didn't understand before are now gradually clear.

Yang Zhao's eyes lit up, and the system gave a prompt, which meant that Li Shimin had been here before, and he had to make every step to turn defeat into victory.

I am different, I am already the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, what I want to do is destroy his (it) chess pieces.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhao began to sort out the current problems.

Yuhang is the hub of Jiangnan's economy. The imperial court is not short of money, but Li Shimin is short of money. Even if Cui Jin takes away Cui's property, it is not enough to train the army.

If I were Li Shimin, if I collude with officials, the military salary will naturally be drawn from Yuhang, and the national treasury is sufficient, so the imperial court will not care about such a small amount of money.

So his first step was to snatch resources. After all, contacting foreigners was a helpless move. If Li Shimin wanted to become emperor, he had to have his own foundation.

The officials of the court had no choice but to start from the local area.

Thinking about it, Yang Zhao picked up a brush and wrote down the names of Zhang Yong, Wang Chao and Zhao Jian.

What roles do these three people play?

With a thought, Shen Lian appeared in the room after a while.

"Among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, is there any news about these three people?"

Skipping the procedure of Shen Lian's meeting, Yang Zhao pointed to the three names on the note and asked.

Shen Lian thought for a while, and then replied: "Return to Your Majesty, these three people have nothing to do with the gentry."

What he said is that the gentry incident has nothing to do with it, that is to say, whether it is Zhang Yong or Wang Chao and Zhao Jian, have they not been corrupt during their tenure?

No, Yang Zhao immediately refuted this point of view. Others don't know that Wang Chao's performance today is by no means an upright official.

Chapter 403 Feast for County Magistrate Wang

Jin Yiwei's investigation at the beginning was to use the family behind him to collect money, which only shows that they were less greedy.

Shen Lian gave an appropriate explanation: "Zhao Jian and Wang Chao do not meet the investigation requirements, and the family behind Zhang Yong is not within the scope of the investigation."

Yang Zhao suddenly realized that the ranks of the county magistrate and county magistrate were too low, and the power of the Zhang family was too weak, which did not match the scope of the original investigation.

"Go and find out who the official behind that merchant is."

"Yes!"

As Shen Lian's figure disappeared, Yang Zhao fell into deep thought.

Since the murder case is the key, it is natural to start the investigation from the merchant. The officials behind him are a clue. Combining the identification and Li Cunxiao's investigation, the merchant's cause of death and the suspect can be identified.

If it was an ordinary case, according to Yang Zhao's thoughts, the murderer was naturally the county magistrate Zhao Jian.

With the intervention of the system, this matter is not so simple, he is more inclined to the merchant's son.

He was not in the capital, so Shen Lian was the best choice. During the process of solving the case, he would naturally figure out the relationship between the three of them.

The clues that appeared can only be deduced to this point, and the rest will have to wait until after tomorrow's banquet.

Silent all night.

On the first day, Yang Zhao got up and enjoyed the breakfast cooked by the cook, which was extremely delicious.

Everyone sighed again, sure enough, women are still needed in the mansion.

A group of rough men can't do such delicate work. Although Yang Zhao's cooking skills are good, the problem is that they dare not eat it.

After breakfast, Yang Zhao simply told everyone about his thoughts last night, during which time he concealed things about the system and Li Shimin.

Just talk about the strangeness of the murder case and the initial thoughts.

Then Yang Zhao and Xu Maogong played chess in the courtyard, while Yu Shiji watched from the sidelines;

Li Cunxiao led the Mo Dao Army to practice, Pei Ju basked in the sun lazily, and took pity on Su Wei who was in the court.

The female sword attendants served everyone, serving tea and water, and cleaning.

During the period, Li Siye's hands were itchy, and he challenged Mu Guiying to a one-on-one challenge. After fifty moves, he was defeated with a bruised nose and a swollen face, causing everyone to laugh.

But Li Siye was very happy, he didn't feel ashamed if he lost, because this is Mu Guiying after all.

He roughly calculated that if he tried his best, Mu Guiying's strength would be about the same as that of his boss, and he would die within ten moves.

As a result, he was even more curious about Yang Zhao's strength, and with Li Cunxiao's advice, he didn't dare to raise it blatantly.

I only hope that one day I can wait and see Yang Zhao make a move and be content.

Of course, if you can make a living, you will have no regrets in this life.

In a blink of an eye, the sun went down and it was Yin time. Pei Ju and Yu Shiji went to Angsana Tower, and proudly swayed a hundred taels of silver to cover the entire restaurant.

When night fell, Li Cunxiao and Mu Guiying quietly disappeared and went to the merchant's home.

Yang Zhao led a group of people to wait in the Angsana Building.

When the appointed time came, Wang Chao walked in with a smile on his face, followed by a young man with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes.

Today was a private banquet, Wang Chao didn't wear official clothes, he wore an indigo blue robe with silver trim on the collar and cuffs, a blue brocade belt with a wide border around his waist, and a suet white jade pendant given by Yang Zhao.

It really wasn't a clean guy, Yu Shiji wrote it down silently with no expression on his face.

Yang Zhao didn't seem to see it, kept calm and sat down towards Wang Chao with a smile on his face.

Seeing that Yang Zhao brought so many people, Wang Chao was a little surprised, but today Yang Zhao was the party to the banquet, and he was in Yuhang County, so he didn't think much about it.

After everyone was seated, they chatted happily, as if they hadn't seen old friends for many years, and the atmosphere was contented and harmonious.

During the exchange, after learning that several of them were Yang Zhao's personal bodyguards, their expressions relaxed, and they subconsciously looked at the young man beside him.

Yang Zhao also learned the identity of the young man beside him, that is, the magistrate of Yuhang County, Zhao Jian.

While pushing the cups and changing the cups, Yang Zhao looked at Zhao Jian and said enthusiastically, "Master Zhao is already the magistrate of the county at the same age as me. It's really admirable. I think he must be very talented!"

Judging from the expression, Yang Zhao's admiration was undisguised, but on the other hand, Zhao Jian smiled subtly and said modestly: "Where is it, brother Yang is already in the world at his age, Zhao admires courageous people the most, and yearns for him very much. "

Seeing that the timing was almost the same, Wang Chao said with a smile, "Mr. Yang is still used to staying there. The south is humid, no worse than Runan."

Yang Zhao smiled lightly and waved his hands: "I like Jiangnan very much, it is the place I yearn for in my heart, and I am really surprised that Mr. Wang is so close to the people."

Wang Chao was stunned, and then he returned to his natural state, surprised and said: "Isn't it like this everywhere? Mr. Yang, is it that Runan..."

What he said is that not all officials in the world are like this. Could it be possible that there are still some who are not close to the people?

"I don't dare to say that." Yang Zhao yelled and laughed, and then said seriously: "Master Wang, Yang will stay in Yuhang for a period of time. I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble during the period. I hope you don't get bored."

"Mr. Yang can call me if you need something." At this time, Zhao Jian interrupted abruptly.

Wang Chao smiled boldly when he heard the words: "Yes, yes, there are still rules on weekdays. Mr. Yang often visits, and the people will gossip, but don't worry, in Yuhang, the general affairs can be handled by Zhao Xiancheng, if not, come to me again ,also may."

Yang Zhao smiled wistfully, expressed his understanding, and gave two treasures again to end the meal.

Watching the two people's sedan chairs go away, Yang Zhao led everyone back to the yard.

In the main hall, the atmosphere is rather heavy.

"They are very cautious. At least, they won't trust us in a short period of time." Yu Shiji said in a deep voice, still frowning.

As guards, they just stood aside and watched.

But after the whole banquet, what was said was nothing nutritious, and no one mentioned the process of the case, and the other party was very defensive.

"That Zhao Jian, what do you think?" Yang Zhao nodded, then asked everyone.

This result was within his expectation. With the thoughts from last night, it would be abnormal if Wang Chao and Zhao Jian showed their flaws tonight.

"First of all, what is certain is that Wang Chao is by no means an upright official. It is undeniable that he has a good relationship with the nobles. He is very good at communication."

It was Pei Ju who spoke first. He was inferior to Xu Maogong, but it didn't mean that his observation skills were not good enough.

Officials who can spit at each other in court are not simple-minded people.

From seeing Wang Chao's clothes when he entered the door, he could basically tell that a county magistrate couldn't afford such silk and satin clothes.

Of course, it might have been given by a gentleman, as long as the gift is received, the upright officials will definitely be able to rule it out, no matter what the reason is.

At most, this person is considered conscientious, a little greedy but not a big greedy, and from word of mouth analysis, he is incompetent but does not disturb the people.

In this day and age, that's an advantage.

"These are not the main points. It seems that Wang Chao always looks at Zhao Jian intentionally or unintentionally, as if he is the main one. Something is wrong. Does a county magistrate still need to look at the face of the county magistrate?"

Yu Shiji shook his head in denial, explaining the key to today's situation.

Chapter 404 The relationship is not trivial

Yang Zhao nodded appreciatively, then looked at Xu Maogong who had been silent all the time and asked, "Xu Gong, what do you think?"

From the beginning to the end, Xu Maogong didn't say a word, and Yang Zhao, who was familiar with him, knew that this was a big discovery.

Xu Maogong took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I don't know if you have noticed that Wang Chao's attitude towards Zhao Jian is like an elder treating a junior, defending him everywhere."

During the conversation between Yang Zhao and the two, as long as there was a specific topic, Wang Chao would unconsciously come forward to talk, as if he was blocking the knife for the younger generation.

Another contradiction.

Xu Maogong did not refute Yu Shiji's point of view, he was adding.

That is to say, Wang Chao is headed by Zhao Jian, but protects Zhao Jian everywhere as an elder.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Xu Maogong once again raised a point of view: "What's more, Zhao Jian seems to be reserved, but his eyes are bright. He waits and sees secretly, and every time he speaks is like a temptation."

Yu Shiji naturally noticed this too, but he didn't dare to confirm it. With Xu Maogong's confirmation, he would have something to think about.

No matter how well Zhao Jian hid it, with a group of old foxes like them, he couldn't hide it.

"It seems that the relationship between Zhao Jian and Wang Chao is not trivial."

This was Yu Shiji's final conclusion. The relationship between the two was extraordinary, and the direction of the murder case returned to Zhao Jian.