Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Faced with the calls of countless people, if Li Shimin still wanted to be the emperor safely, he would definitely take action against Li Chengqian.

Maybe he would frame Li Chengqian with a crime, then depose him from his position as crown prince and demote him to an ordinary prince.

In order to prevent Li Chengqian from rebelling, he was even imprisoned in the palace.

This is the power of rumors.

Not only in ancient times when information was underdeveloped, but even in modern times like Du He, rumors are still terrible.

Many people who have been cleansed by countless big data will choose to believe various rumors with "conclusive evidence".

Xiao Kai touched Cui Shenji's arm, frowned and whispered, "Brother Cui, the people's speech is so dangerous now, are you, the Supervisory Censor, indifferent?"

Cui Shenji shook his head: "This is a matter under the jurisdiction of the Wannian County government. We, the Censorate, are only responsible for supervising all officials."

The Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court and the local county government all have the power to enforce the law, but their emphasis is different.

Direct management of the people in this case can be done by local officials.

After Cui Shenji finished speaking, he said to Du He, who had remained silent, "Brother Du, the murderer behind the murder of the ghost is probably going to target the prince."

"And this rumor was spread on the eve of the expedition to Goguryeo. If it is not stopped in time, I am afraid that His Majesty will become suspicious of the Crown Prince."

"The Imperial Censor Ma Zhou has ordered all the staff of the Imperial Censorate to investigate this case. However, based on the information we currently have, we don't think it will be solved in a short time."

Du He nodded slightly, then he frowned again.

The difficulty with the murder case involving a ghost is that the murderer kills at will, which makes it difficult to prevent or resolve!

Suddenly there was a commotion on the street.

I saw countless people running in one direction.

Inside the tavern, the nosy Wang Mazi ran out and grabbed a citizen to inquire about the situation. After a while, he rushed in hurriedly.

I saw him standing at the door of the tavern, shouting.

"Another case of murder by a ghost just happened!"

"The body of the deceased and his family have gone to the Wannian County Government Office!"

After hearing Wang Mazi's words, everyone in the tavern became nervous.

Countless horrified voices emanated from the crowded crowd.

"Can the ghost come out and harm people during the day?"

"Could it be that the ghost is not afraid of the sun?"

"Let's go and take a look!"

The diners threw the copper coins they had spent on food and drinks on the table, and then rushed out.

In the past, murders by ghosts usually occurred at night.

Many people did not have the chance to watch as the bodies were disposed of by the government.

Therefore, most people only heard rumors about the ghost killing people, and had no chance to see it with their own eyes.

Now that something like this was happening in broad daylight, they were terrified to the extreme.

If this continues, won't I be able to go out during the day?

This is a major event that affects their work and lives!

In the blink of an eye, most of the people in the tavern ran away, leaving only Du He, Cui Shenji and four others.

The wealthy shopkeeper was also leaning against the door of the tavern, sticking his head out and looking outside. From time to time, he turned back to look at the table where Du He and the others were sitting, his face full of anxiety.

Du He saw the shopkeeper's look and asked with a smile, "Shopkeeper Zheng, do you want to join in the fun too?"

The shopkeeper walked quickly up to Du He and the others, bowed and said with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, Master Du has a keen eye. I do have this idea in mind."

"After all, it's rare for a ghost to kill someone in a hundred years. If you miss this excitement, wouldn't it be a lifelong regret?"

It is human nature to join in the fun.

Even a profit-seeking businessman like Zheng Sihai is no exception.

Cui Shenji glanced at him and sneered, "Don't you feel bad about losing so much money after closing down for so long?"

Zheng Sihai quickly bowed to Cui Shenji and said with a smile: "Master Cui, there is no way to earn all the money, just enough is enough."

"If I miss this big event, I won't be able to sleep at night."

Although Zheng Sihai was a lowly businessman, he was born into the Zheng family of Xingyang. Although it was only a marginal branch, he was also a member of a large family among the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families.

The tavern he ran was the largest tavern in Chang'an City and was never short of customers on weekdays.

The daily income is higher than the annual income of ordinary people.

Du He also wanted to see this ghost killing someone to see if he could find some useful information, so he stood up and said to the Three Musketeers.

"I want to go to the Wannian County government office to take a look. Do you want to go?"

Hearing Du He's words, the Three Musketeers stood up and spoke without hesitation.

"Brother Du has already gone there, how can we be timid?"

Du He nodded and prepared to pay the bill, but he didn't expect Cui Shenji to rush over to pay the bill ahead of time.

He smiled and said, "Brother Du, you selected my poems into your poetry collection. My father found out and gave me an extra 200 taels of silver per month."

"From now on, I will pay for all the small expenses for drinks and meals."

Cui Shenji originally had a lot of monthly salary, and now he has such an extra large sum of money, he is extremely rich.

Du He didn't bother to be polite with him: "Brother Cui is rich and powerful, so I won't be polite with you."

On one side, Wang Jingzhi looked at Du He and Cui Shenji with resentment on his face.

It turned out that Princess Nanping knew that the poem written by Cui Shenji was also selected into the collection of poems, but the poem written by Wang Jingzhi did not even have a chance to be preserved.

Not only did they deduct all his monthly wages, they also criticized him.

Not only that, Princess Nanping also specifically told his elder brother Wang Chongji that the family was not allowed to give him monthly allowance.

Later, Wang Jing heard that Cui Shenji's father had increased his monthly salary by a large amount. Upon hearing this news, he felt like the sky was falling.

When I think about my life being controlled, I suddenly feel that life is not worth it.

Being a descendant of a big family and the prince consort of a princess, but having no money to squander, what is the meaning of such a life?

Cui Shenji crossed his arms, pouted and said to Wang Jingzhi: "Brother Wang, don't look at me and Brother Du like that."

"You didn't do well at the poetry meeting, so you can't blame me."

"I usually ask you to read more, but you always want to go to Baihualou to listen to music. Now you are reaping the consequences."

Yo ho!

Cui Shenji's tail is still raised.

Seeing his smug look, Wang Jingzhi said disdainfully: "Brother Cui, you are just a blind cat that has caught a dead mouse. My son Wangcai wanted to vomit after hearing the poem you wrote."

"It's only because Brother Du felt sorry for you that he gave you a chance. Otherwise, how could you have been selected with that doggerel you wrote?"

While the two were fighting, Du He and Xiao Kai had already walked out of the door of the tavern.

Zheng Sihai also brought a few employees with him and prepared to close the business.

"Hey, Brother Du, Brother Xiao, why did you leave without saying a word?"

"Wait for us!"

Cui Shenji and Wang Jingzhi hurriedly followed.

...

Outside the Wannian County Government Office.

There were three layers inside and three layers outside, squeezing the densely packed people.

At a glance, all you see are heads.

"Step aside!"

"Get out of the way!"

With the guards clearing the way, Du He, Cui Shenji and others walked through the crowded crowd and went straight to the front of the county government office.

The people who were pushed aside had unhappy looks on their faces, but when they saw these tall and mighty guards with swords on their hips, all of them chose to shut up.

These four young masters seem to be powerful, so it’s better not to offend them.