After a while, a burst of fire suddenly ignited in the garrison mansion of Yinma Town, which was monstrous and thick smoke billowed out.

The people on the entire Qingshui Street were woken up by the loud screams, but for a while no one stepped forward to put out the fire.

I don't know how long it took for villagers to bring buckets of water one after another and pour them into the house, but it was only a drop in the bucket.

The fire burned for a day and a night, and was not gradually extinguished until the light of day.

The air was filled with a strong smell of smoke and burning, and a large number of residents of Drinking Horse Town gathered around to watch the excitement, but no one knew what was going on.

The brave man glanced inside, and immediately saw the charred corpses scattered all over the ground, and immediately turned his head and spat out the acid water all over the ground.

On weekdays, the garrison is responsible for maintaining law and order in the town.

Now that something has happened to the garrison itself, there is no one to deal with the problem.

In the end, it was Hong Wanli of Wansong's private school, and Hong came forward to dismiss the onlookers.

But in the face of such a shocking tragedy, Hong Wanli didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he finally invited the head of the Zheng family in the west of the city, Zheng Xuan, and Old Man Zheng to lead the overall situation.

Old man Zheng used to be an official in Kyoto, and later returned to his hometown, returned to Yinma Town, and retreated for many years, rarely showing up.

But he is one of the few masters of the upper realm in the entire Drinking Horse Town.

Old Man Zheng is very old, fortunately, he is a cultivator, coupled with proper maintenance, his legs and feet are quite dexterous, after being invited out of the house by Hong Wanli, as soon as he saw the situation in the garrison mansion, he immediately asked Hong Wanli to contact the people of the Adjudication Division.

For the time being, no one knows whether the garrison government ordered Wang Shuo to live or die.

However, the garrison is the yamen of the imperial court, and it is reasonable to ask the adjudication department to investigate.

So at noon, a group of silent iron horsemen slowly entered the town of Drinking Horses.

The leader is the Sanzhou Inspector who watched the ceremony at Luming Academy before, Cao Qing!

As soon as Cao Qing came, the entire Drinking Horse Town could be regarded as having a backbone.

But what Hong Wanli never expected was that he didn't see the face of the inspector from beginning to end.

Now the garrison mansion that has been burned to ruins has been blocked by the people of the Adjudication Division, and even the entire Qingshui Street has been put under martial law, but Cao Qing, who is the principal, is nowhere to be found.

No one knew that Cao Qing had just entered Yuma Town, and after only giving a few orders to his cronies, he left the team of the Adjudication Division and disappeared again.

So where did Cao Qing go?

......

Wu Dongsheng may not have thought in his life that his greatest achievement in this life is not his talent in business, nor the luck of businessmen, but that he gave birth to a good son.

His son's name is Wu Congyi, and he is now an official disciple of the Cangzhou Great Sect and Banmen Fort.

But that's not the most important thing.

On top of that, his son has a good brother named Liang Chen.

When Liang Chen handed over the title deed of Wanfu Restaurant to Wu Dongsheng, the old man even thought he was dreaming.

"I've checked, the Wang family is indeed behind this Wanfu Restaurant, and now the Wang family is gone, so I simply went to buy their title deed, as for what to do with the original shopkeeper and guys of Wanfu Restaurant, you can do it. ”

Liang Chen's simple sentence contains a lot of information.

But the old shopkeeper Wu didn't even have time to think clearly for a while, and saw Liang Chen wave his hand gently.

"The person I'm waiting for is here, you go down first, and let Bao Dalong send two pots of good plum wine. ”

Old Wu shopkeeper turned around and saw a middle-aged man in an official uniform with a gloomy aura walking to the door, his face was full of smiling expressions.

Old Wu didn't dare to look at it, so he hurriedly handed down the land deed, nodded yes, and retreated.

"Lord Cao. ”

"Liang Gongzi. ”

Cao Qing stepped in, then gently closed the door, came to Liang Chen and sat down, looking very casual.

Being able to see Liang Chen here was indeed a bit unexpected for Cao Qing.

Originally, he just wanted to come over to try his luck, but he never thought that this Liang Chen was really bold.

But Cao Qing didn't rush to question the Wang family, but said with a smile: "Liang Gongzi was in a hurry before, and I haven't had time to congratulate him." ”

Liang Chen also laughed and said: "It's just the top of the list of the inner court's selection exams, and it's all a false name, why is it like this?"

"It seems that Liang Gongzi does have a great grudge with the Wang family. ”

"I'm a relatively small person...... Liang Chen explained slowly, "When I was a child, I was bitten by a wild dog, and I chased it for two miles, only to cut off its legs, peel its skin, and finally stew the broth." ”

Cao Qing nodded and did not speak again.

Then the door was opened again, but it was Bao Dalong who brought the wine.

Liang Chen casually rewarded Bao Dalong with two taels of silver, then poured himself a cup, and persuaded Cao Qing: "Their plum wine is my favorite, don't you want to taste it?"

Cao Qing looked at the wine glass in front of him, but he didn't dare to move.

After all, everyone knows that Liang Chen is a five-grade Dan master.

So he could only smile and say: "I am on official business, it is really inconvenient to drink, and I still look at Liang Gongzi Haihan." ”

Liang Chen didn't care, tilted his neck, drank all the plum wine in the cup, and smacked his lips happily.

"So Liang Gongzi admits that you burned the garrison mansion?"

Liang Chen shook his head: "I didn't burn the yamen, but I killed Wang Shuo's family." ”

"Why?"

"Oh......" Liang Chen said with a smile: "The Institute of Managers has found out that this Wang Shuo may be a spy of the demon clan. ”

Cao Qing narrowed his eyes slightly: "If I'm not mistaken, Liang Gongzi is still a disciple of the outer court, right?

Liang Chen didn't shy away from taking out the plum blossom order at all, and patted it lightly on the table: "It seems that the work of your adjudication department is still not in place, and you don't even know that I am the secret guard of the Administrator's Yuan?"

Of course, Cao Qing recognized the plum blossom order, and even knew the weight of the secret guard of the manager's house, so he immediately straightened his body, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

"But after all, Wang Shuo is the commander of the garrison government, and even if Liang Gongzi is doing things on behalf of the Minister's Court, he should inform us. ”

Liang Chen smiled and spread his hands: "So I didn't deliberately stay and wait for Lord Cao all night." ”

Cao Qing finally realized that the young man in front of him seemed to be more difficult than many old foxes who had been cultivating for many years.

No wonder the other party was able to kill Wang Linxuan with a sword when he was choosing an exam in the inner courtyard.

But before Cao Qing could continue to ask, he heard Liang Chen take the initiative to speak: "I see that Lord Cao is in a hurry, why can't he even take care of the safety of His Royal Highness?"

Cao Qing didn't know the meaning of Liang Chen's question, so he could only smile and say, "Your Royal Highness naturally has someone to support you." ”

Liang Chen nodded: "Then remember to tell His Highness when you go back, that Wang Xin'er committed suicide in fear of sin." ”

Hearing this, Cao Qing's pupils immediately shrank, and a trace of aura brilliance was subconsciously exuded from his hand.

Liang Chen didn't look at him, continued to pour himself a glass of wine, raised the glass and said: "But in my opinion, this is also a good thing for His Highness, otherwise if he really accepts a remnant of the demon clan as a concubine, I am afraid that it will cause His Majesty to be angry." ”

Cao Qing's heart was cold, and even his breathing became a little heavier unconsciously.

But he quickly calmed down, raised his hand to remove the overflowing aura light, and said with a faint smile: "I wonder if Liang Gongzi still remembers Feng Shun?"

Liang Chen listened to the name, tilted his head and thought about it, and then replied affirmatively: "I don't know the person the adult said. ”

"Oh, yes......"

Cao Qing relaxed his body again, leaned lightly on the back of the chair, and said unhurriedly: "Then why don't I give Liang Gongzi some more hints, this Feng Shun was originally a member of the Black Dragon Society, and then somehow died in the garrison mansion." ”

Hearing this, Liang Chen finally frowned secretly.

He remembered.

I still remember that the night before Liang Chen left Yinma Town to report to Luming Academy, he had infiltrated the garrison mansion and harvested a bag of spirit stones from the secret room in Wang Shuo's study.

As a result, they are still buried in an earthen pit on the outskirts of the city.

Liang Chen never had time to pick it up.

In addition, that night, Liang Chen also touched a warehouse in the garrison mansion and killed a person.

This person was a small minion who was in the Black Dragon Society before, holding a dagger and using Liang Yuling to threaten Liang Chen.

Liang Chen really didn't know what this person's name was, but after Cao Qing's reminder, he recalled the other party's appearance.

Then he shook his head again: "My lord is joking, although the Black Dragon Society is indeed in my hands later, but what Feng Shun you are talking about, I have never heard of it." ”

Cao Qing looked at Liang Chen's eyes, even if he had always been proficient in criminal investigation and interrogation, he couldn't tell the truth of Liang Chen's words.

But then he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, if Liang Gongzi doesn't know Feng Shun, then he should always know Steward Xu, right?"

Liang Chen nodded: "Of course, my sister used to work in the Wang family, and I have met Steward Xu a few times." ”

"Hmmm......"

Cao Qing pondered for a moment, as if he was hesitating about something, and then suddenly said: "We investigated Feng Shun, and later found something interesting in the place where he hid the stolen goods. ”

Hearing this, Liang Chen's heart suddenly shook.

He remembered.

Before Feng Shun died, he had revealed to Liang Chen that when he and the Black Dragon Society kidnapped Liang Yuling, they also stole a lot of things from his house and hid them outside the city.

At that time, Liang Chen felt that he had not lost any valuables, so he didn't pay attention to it, and cut Feng Shun's throat with a knife.

Now he realized that among the stolen goods that Feng Shun said at the beginning, they included the money bag that Liang Chen took away after killing Steward Xu before!

But what does this mean?

Even if he admits that Steward Xu killed himself, what can the Adjudication Division do with him now?

However, in the flash of light, countless possibilities emerged in Liang Chen's mind.

Of course, including the secret he feared the most.

So he raised his hand and drank another glass of plum wine, and shrugged his shoulders lightly: "So what Lord Cao means is that this Feng Shun voted for Steward Xu's money bag, so he was killed by Steward Xu?"

Liang Chen's face was inexplicable, and Feng Shun also beat a drum in his heart.

Does this really have nothing to do with him?

But Cao Qing didn't give up, but shook his head and said: "The time is not right, Steward Xu died first, and then Feng Shun." ”

"Oh......" Liang Chen pouted: "What does Lord Cao want to say? Forgive me for being stupid, I still don't understand, could it be that Lord Cao wants to borrow the power of our Academy's secret guards to help you investigate this case?"

Cao Qing was silent for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "Liang Gongzi misunderstood, it's just that the Wang family was destroyed today, which suddenly reminded me of these two old cases, pure chat, idle chat." ”

So Liang Chen's words changed: "Now that the business is over, and the chatting is over, Lord Cao, is there anything else?"