After Zheng Ling left, Hua Tian was a little sleepy, dazed and wanted to sleep.

Zhong Liche had nothing to do, so he planned to accompany Hua Tian, so the husband and wife lay on the bed together and fell asleep.

However, it didn't take long for Fennel to hurry in and quietly wake up Zhong Lito.

Zhongli saw that Fennel's face was ugly, and he knew that something was wrong, so he got up quietly, helped Hua Tian pull the quilt again, and then went out lightly with Fennel.

When she got outside, Fennel said with a calm face, "Zheng Gongzi sent someone, saying that there was an emergency, and the slave maid thought, maybe something happened." ”

Zhong Li was stunned, Zheng Ling had just left, and people came immediately, so something must have happened, so he asked, "What about people?" ”

Fennel pointed ahead, and she took the lead to lead the way.

At a corner in the front yard, a small man was waiting, he saw Zhong Li Che coming, he hurriedly greeted him, looked left and right, and whispered to Zhong Li Che, "Gongzi sent me to inform the general that the county lord of Duanyi died in the prison." ”

Zhong Liche frowned slightly, this little guy is Zheng Ling's right-hand man, and he will definitely not lie. In that case, this is true.

The prison is not well guarded, but it is not easy to get in. Who went in and killed the Duanyi County Lord?

He frowned, looked down at the formal clothes on his body, and said to Fennel on the side, "You go back to accompany the young lady, saying that I will come back in the evening." If the young lady asks, you tell her bluntly. ”

Fennel nodded in response.

Zhong Liche then nodded to the little guy, "You and I will go to the prison and have a look." ”

Zheng Ling said. The king of Changxing County wants to enter the palace to face the saint, and intends to help the county lord of Duanyi ask for grace and let her make meritorious contributions. After the saint asked him, he would definitely send someone to bring the Duanyi County Lord over. At this point, it may have come.

When the two of them reached the outside of the prison together, they heard a commotion, and several jailers blamed each other.

Zhong Liche walked up and saw that several eunuchs had a blank face, and kept saying that they were going back to pay homage to the old sage, while Zheng Ling was appeasing those eunuchs.

"I have been cross-examined. Since the king of Changxing left. It is true that no one has ever been in prison. I also ask your father-in-law to say a few words in front of the saint. Zheng Ling said good-naturedly.

"Now the Sprinkle family is going to blame the saint, how can I help you with good words?" One of the eunuchs said angrily.

"Zheng Gongzi, this Duan Yi county lord will stay in the prison well, if someone doesn't go in. And how can they die? Look at the injury. Definitely not suicidal. Another eunuch questioned.

Zhong Li Che frowned slightly. Walking up, "What are you arguing about here?" Didn't the saint wait in the palace like this? ”

When the eunuchs saw that it was Zhong Liche, they hurriedly restrained their faces. One of them sighed, "It is precisely because the saint is waiting, and we can't recover my life, that I have to ask Zheng Gongzi." ”

Zhong Liche looked at Zheng Ling, "Is Gao Chang okay?" You wait here, and I'll go into the palace for you. ”

Several little eunuchs saw Zhong Liche's enthusiastic attitude towards Zheng Ling, and they all regretted that they didn't give Zheng Ling too much affection. They had also heard that Zhong Liche and Zheng Ling had made friends before, but they had never seen it with their own eyes, so they acted a little rampant.

"Order someone to come with me, go in and carry the body out, and bring it into the palace." Zhongli's face sank and he said to a few eunuchs.

Several eunuchs knew how much the old sage valued Zhong Liche, and they didn't dare to disobey him. But if they really carried a corpse into the palace, the queen mother and the saint were angry and promised to make them lose their lives. For a moment, neither of them moved.

Zhong Li Che laughed, "What, do you want me to carry the corpse into the palace in person?" ”

"Don't dare to bother General Zhenguo—" Several eunuchs replied in a cold sweat and trembling voices.

"Even if the Sprinkle family carries it themselves, they don't dare to ask the general to carry it—" the other eunuch said dryly.

Zhong Liche's gaze turned to him, "In that case, you should carry the corpse of the Duanyi County Lord into the palace?" ”

The eunuch's face suddenly changed greatly, and his legs suddenly became weak, "General......"

"What? Didn't you say you could carry it yourself? Zhongli Che snorted coldly, his eyes moving around several eunuchs, as if he wanted to find someone to carry the corpse.

The rest of the eunuchs broke out in a cold sweat, and their standing was a little unstable.

At this time, they all understood, thinking that they had offended Zheng Ling, so Zhong Liche stood up for Zheng Ling and attacked them.

One of the clever eunuchs hurriedly turned to Zheng Ling, "Zheng Gongzi, you ......" You can't say anything, so don't worry.

Another eunuch trembled his voice, "General Zhenguo, why don't you invite the jailer here to bring the Duanyi County Lord to the palace?" No matter what the county lord of Duanyi says, he is also a nobleman, if he enters the palace on his back, it will be indecent for people to see it, and I am afraid that the king of Changxing will not be happy. ”

"You don't understand this, the worse the death of the Duanyi County Lord, the more people will be watching along the way, the greater the chance that the saint will pardon her. After all, a noble county lord was so miserable after his death that he lost face, and the saint must have sympathy in his heart. ”

Zhong Li Che said lightly.

A few eunuchs, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't dare to speak again for a while.

Does this mean that they must carry the corpse?

And the county lord of Duanyi is parading the streets miserably, I'm afraid that he will lose his royal face? Where will the saints be sympathetic? But Zhong Li Che made it clear that he wanted to support them, and they retorted that they were afraid that Zhong Li Che would intensify it.

For a while, several eunuchs were bitter in their hearts, and they regretted that they were too unkind to Zheng Ling.

They had heard that General Zhenguo would stand up for his friends, and every time he came back from an expedition in the past, he would beat up the gentlemen who offended his friends in Beijing. But since General Zhenguo got married, they haven't seen him and Zheng Ling move around much, and they thought that the friendship between the two had faded.

What's more, they were originally ordered to take the Duanyi County Lord into the palace to face the saint, but the Duanyi County Lord had died tragically, and they couldn't escape with a big hat that didn't do anything well. If they are implicated for no reason, they will also be angry.

But they didn't dare to talk to Zhong Liche like this.

Seeing several eunuchs standing aside with sad faces, Zheng Ling stepped forward with a smile. "Okay, enlightenment, the saint is just afraid that you will be in a hurry, and you can't joke with a few public officials here anymore."

"Who knew they couldn't help joking-" Zhong Li Che said with a smile, stretching out his hand and patting Zheng Ling on the shoulder, "I'll go down and have a look first." As for you, it's good to stay here and look it up. ”

Zheng Ling smiled and nodded, and soon ordered someone to take Zhong Li down.

When several eunuchs heard this, they naturally knew that Zheng Ling was helping them intercede, so they stepped forward to talk to Zheng Ling again and again. Be especially careful with your words.

Zhongli listened. He smiled and went to prison.

Previously, Hua Tian designed to assassinate the saint and the queen at this moment during the palace banquet, but Zheng Ling was led away, resulting in a late rescue. He was dismissed. Now Zheng Ling is helping him with errands. But he was implicated again. In the end, it was he who caused him.

However, he and Zheng Ling are small, but they don't care about each other. No matter who is in trouble, if you can, you can help. Don't worry about the side.

In prison, the prisoners who used to mourn and mourn again and again did not make any sound at this time.

Zhong Li Che looked at the people in prison as he walked, and saw that those people were all full of panic, hugging themselves in the corner.

It seems that the death of the Duanyi County Lord has frightened them.

He took a few quick steps and kept up with the jailer who was walking ahead.

In the dark and damp dungeon, the county lord of Duanyi fell to the ground with a pair of unwilling eyes, staring at the top with his eyes, as if he was looking at the murderer who killed her.

Zhongli Che raised his hand and told the jailers not to move for a while, while he stepped forward and looked around.

However, there was no sign of it, and everything looked so normal.

But if it's really normal, how could the Duanyi County Lord die?

Zhong Li Che motioned for the jailer to open the cell door and walked in himself.

A hole was opened in the neck of the Duanyi County Lord, and the straw under her neck was stained with blood, and more blood was afraid that it had seeped into the ground and was covered with straw.

Zhong Liche looked down and saw that the blood on the neck of the Duanyi County Lord was no longer flowing, and the blood stains next to the wound had formed a blood clot.

Zhongli Toru took a few steps forward and saw an arrow stuck in the wall.

He didn't move, but looked closer, and saw that the arrow was stuck in the wall, but he could still see that there was blood in the arrow.

He wanted to look again, but there was a commotion outside, and it turned out to be Jing Zhaoyin coming.

He brought seven or eight people with him, walked in with a solemn face, and when he saw Zhong Liche, he said hello.

Zhong Liche nodded and said, "The sage wants to see the Duanyi County Lord, although the Duanyi County Lord is dead now, he can't wait too long, you should take a look around first." ”

Jing Zhaoyin nodded, and let the people around him scatter to check. And himself, like Zhong Liche, looked at the Duanyi County Lord, and went to track down the cold arrow that killed the Duanyi County Lord.

The arrow was still on the wall, he looked left and right, and did not pull it out, but continued to go back to see the Duanyi County Lord.

After watching it for a while, he began to simulate the position where the Duanyi County Lord was standing at that time.

Zhongli walked out of the prison, thinking about where the cold arrow would shoot, to adjust his angle.

Jing Zhaoyin simulated several kinds of them, and kept paying attention to Zhong Liche, and soon saw Zhong Liche's face change.

He hurriedly walked out, "How?" Did you find anything? ”

"The arrows were fired from here—" Zhongli Toru pointed to the cell opposite the Duanyi County Lord.

Jing Zhaoyin looked over, there was no one in the prison, and according to the straw, there were no prisoners in this prison.

At this time, Zheng Ling walked in with a few eunuchs, and Jing Zhaoyin saw it and hurriedly asked who lived in the prison.

Zheng Ling shook his head, "There are no people living in this prison, and it has always been vacant. He frowned, "Did the arrows come from here?" ”

"That's right." Zhong Li Che nodded.

Jing Zhaoyin said to Zheng Ling, "I also ask Zheng Gongzi to check who is in prison." ”

"Out of the king of Changxing County, no one has entered the prison." Zheng Ling's face was a little ugly, "When the King of Changxing County left, the Lord of Duanyi County was still alive. ”

Jing Zhaoyin frowned, since this is the case, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find the murderer.

Zhong Li Che looked at Jing Zhaoyin, "This matter will be handed over to Your Excellency, and a certain advanced palace will be visited." ”

Jing Zhaoyin nodded.

Seeing Zhong Liche turn around and leave, several eunuchs were shocked, "General Zhenguo, don't you need to bring the Duanyi County Lord into the palace?" ”

Zhong Li Che turned his head and smiled very influently in the dark, "If you are not afraid of startling the saint, the queen mother, and the queen, you just have to carry it back-"

Several eunuchs snorted, muttering to themselves in their hearts, didn't this Zhenguo general play with them before.

"The county lord of Duanyi is dead, and the unjust soul is afraid that he will not want to leave for a long time, let's leave quickly." After saying that, Zhong Li Che walked in front.

Seeing that the surroundings were gloomy and dark, several eunuchs invariably glanced at the Duanyi County Lord again, and saw that the Duanyi County Lord was really staring at it, and suddenly had goosebumps all over their bodies, and followed Zhong Li out with one foot and one foot shallow.

They are eunuchs, not as yang as ordinary men, if they really have a wronged soul, I am afraid that they will be the first to find them, and they can't help but be afraid.

Zhong Liche entered the palace all the way and directly reported what happened in the prison to the sage.

The King of Changxing County, who was waiting in the imperial study with the old sage, heard that the county lord of Duanyi died tragically in the prison, and his face immediately turned white.

"Can General Zhenguo find out who did it?" King Changxing asked through gritted teeth.

Although he is unreliable, and his relationship with the county lord of Duanyi has been estranged over the years, after all, it is impossible for the father and daughter to be indifferent. Moreover, someone chose to kill the county lord of Duanyi at this time, which is undoubtedly murderous. Now that he knows the secret, he's afraid that someone will kill him.

Zhong Li Che shook his head, "Jing Zhaoyin is investigating, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult to find out......" said and told him what he found in prison one by one.

The old sage has not said a word since he knew about this, and when Zhong Litou finished speaking, he looked at the king of Changxing County, "Duanyi County is mainly guilty of meritorious service, but now he can't speak, what does the county king have to say?" ”

If it were someone else, the old sage would express his grief and comfort him. But what the county lord of Duanyi did caused the royal family to lose face, and he no longer had this mood.

The king of Changxing County hesitated for a moment and did not make a sound.

Zhong Liche glanced at the king of Changxing County, and said lightly, "I'm afraid that person wants to kill people and kill ......."

"What the hell is going on, the king of Changxing County, you come one by one." The old sage's face sank and he whispered.

Being able to make people kill people is definitely not an ordinary thing, he must know.

As for whether the king of Changxing County will know, the old sage believes that he must know! If the county lord of Duanyi hadn't told the king of Changxing County, how could the king of Changxing County dare to enter the palace to ask for mercy?

The king of Changxing County had a weak leg and fell to his knees.

"If you don't do it secretly, someone will do it to you. If you say it, we can find out and help you and the Duanyi County Lord take revenge. Zhong Li Toru continued.

The old sage glanced at Zhong Liche and continued to stare at the King of Changxing County.

King Changxing's face turned pale, but his eyes gradually became firm, his face was serious, he gradually straightened his back, and looked at the old sage, "Ask the sage to make decisions for us." ”

The old sage did not answer, but said, "You tell me one by one, and I have my own decision." (To be continued......)

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