After waiting for three days in a row, the envoy of the imperial court still did not arrive, which was somewhat unexpected by Qin Mubai and Li Ke.

In the past three days, the two of them continued to carry out the work at hand as usual. Li Ke presided over the overall situation of disaster relief and relief for the people, and Qin Mubai led people to inspect various embankments. The flooding situation in Jishan has been fully controlled, and the water situation is falling in late autumn, and the victims of the disaster are almost settled.

But on the emperor's side, there was still no movement.

In the past few days, Qin Mubai has been sending people to secretly monitor Zhang Tianci, Cheng Songnian and Ma Kun. They were obviously nervous, and often got together from time to time to plot something. He kept sending people to Jinzhou to find Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, but he always closed his door.

Now in this situation, they are like a nest of fish caught in a net, making the last dying struggle, looking up or holding a trace of luck, thinking that Li Ke, Qin Mubai and the others did not find any flaws.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Li Ke explained the day's work in the king's tent as usual, Qin Mubai and the officials from all over Jiangzhou arrived, but Ma Kun and Cheng Songnian were not seen coming.

This is clearly extremely unusual. Cheng Songnian is the assassin of Jiangzhou, Ma Kun is the governor of Jiangzhou Mansion, these two people have one main text and one main martial arts, and Li Ke directly explained the big and small things to them. In the past, they never dared to be half a minute late.

"Wait, maybe they're delayed." Li Ke was patient and said to everyone.

After waiting for a while, Cheng Songnian and Ma Kun didn't wait, but a small official from Jiangzhou Mansion came to ask for a meeting. Li Ke announced that he came in, and the little official bowed down head-on, and said in a panic: "Bing report to His Royal Highness King Wu, Cheng Assassin Shi suddenly committed suicide by poisoning last night!" ”

"What?!" As soon as these words came out, Li Ke, Qin Mubai and everyone else were taken aback.

"How so?" Li Ke looked at Qin Mubai in shock and blankness, and Qin Mubai could only shake his head in confusion.

Just when everyone was puzzled and exclaimed, a junior colonel hurriedly came to report that Captain Ma Kun was in his military tent and had drawn his sword and killed himself!

"Huh? At this moment, an even greater exclamation sounded.

"What about Zhang Tianci?" Li Ke and Qin Mubai looked at each other and asked each other in a low voice almost at the same time.

"I'll come when I go." Qin Mubai walked back to his military tent with his legs drawn, and the hundred cavalry soldiers sent to Shengnanhou's Mansion to take turns had already returned a few times, and reported to Qin Mubai that Shengnanhou's Mansion was mourned early in the morning, saying that Zhang Tianci suddenly committed suicide by hanging himself last night!

Qin Mubai took a deep breath: This matter is mysterious!

How so? The three culprits suddenly committed suicide all overnight! - Was it suicide or murder by others?

That's good. This place in Jiangzhou is about to explode!

Assassin Shi is the biggest official here, Du Wei is the highest general, and Zhang Tianci is a powerful man who covers the sky with one hand, and the three of them died at the same time!

Qin Mubai did not rush to report the matter to Li Ke, but sat down and pondered quietly.

After a while, he asked the attendants, "Where is Chen Yan?" ”

"I'm here." Before the words fell, Chen Yan walked in from outside the tent.

"I've heard it all. But I promise, I didn't do it. Without waiting for Qin Mubai to ask, Chen Yan took the initiative to say. She looked at Qin Mubai with a calm expression, a pair of beautiful eyes staring straight into his eyes, obviously not weak at all.

"If it's not you, who else?" Qin Mubai shook his head in confusion.

"There will be a lot of people who want them to die." Chen Yan said, "Don't you want to? Don't you want Li Ke? King Jiangxia doesn't want to? And the crown prince, the emperor, and even those officials who have dealings with Zhang Tianci and others, don't they want to? ”

Qin Mubai's heart trembled slightly, and he nodded: "That makes sense...... It seems that only when they all die together will this matter be easily settled. Otherwise, if there is a big trouble, the emperor may depose the crown prince, and he may also turn against the king of Jiangxia. It is also possible that most of the officials in this area of Jiangzhou have been implicated, killed or demoted, and in short, there must have been a lot of suffering. In this way, the court will be chaotic, and the disaster in Jiangzhou will be even more chaotic. With so many officials dismissed, there will be a lot of rumors that everyone will be in danger, and the normal order of the entire state will be broken, and it will be in a predicament. ”

"So these three people died well worth it. What's more, they deserve to die in the first place. Chen Yan said coldly.

Qin Mubai took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, nodded, and said no more. He wondered who and by what means had killed these three people, or had these three people commit suicide together?

Li Ke? Li Daozong? Prince? Emperor? …… It seems like it's all possible!

"I don't care about it." Qin Mubai said, "Three damned people, if they die, they will die." Whether it's a homicide or a suicide, that's not what I'm doing. ”

"You're finally smart." Chen Yan hugged the sword in her chest and smiled lightly, "Do you think you can really take care of these affairs of the princes and nobles?" We are usually used to being small people, and we have the duty and consciousness to be small people. This Tang Dynasty is so big in the world, to put it bluntly, it is the emperor's world and the world of the royal family surnamed Li. You are a courtier, no matter how great you are, you can't control everything, especially the contradictions between their own royal family. ”

"Well said!" Qin Mubai took a long breath, "It's really unexpected that a small Jishan actually shocked the royal family and the society with a single move. I'm a small person, why bother with the fight between the emperor and his relatives? I don't care! These three people, whether they commit suicide or kill him, I don't want to find out more. ”

"This is like us walking the rivers and lakes, no matter how famous you are and how powerful your martial arts are, don't worry about the internal affairs of other sects." Chen Yan turned around and walked out, saying as she walked, "This will make you die quickly and miserably!" ”

"Got it, Lady Chen." Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled, thinking in his heart: This woman is as careful as a smart person, and she is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, she is obviously caring for and helping people, but she has to put on a stiff and cold face......

After a short time, Qin Mubai returned to the king's tent and said to Li Ke in public: "I just received the news that Zhang Tianci, the Marquis of Shengnan, committed suicide by hanging himself at home. ”

This time, there weren't too many people screaming, and many of them had a look of "as expected". Among the people present, many of the officials and generals were frightened and some were nervous.

"It's strange, why are these three people all of a sudden short-sighted?" Li Ke twisted his brows with an incredible look of surprise, and shook his head in embarrassment, "At this juncture, what are they doing?" The officials will listen, although the news of their death is somewhat shocking, but the overall situation at the moment is still disaster relief and relief for the people. As for the cause of their death, the king will report it to the imperial court, and someone will come to check it. For the sake of the future, don't let this matter mess up our deployment. According to this king's order, Sima of Jiangzhou temporarily replaced the post of Cheng Songnian's assassination, and Guoyi Governor of Jiangzhou Prefecture temporarily replaced Ma Kun with the post of Governor of Chongchong, so that they could take over their work and continue to carry out disaster relief and people's relief and dam construction! ”

"Yes!" The officials and generals took the promise together, and finally felt a little relieved for the time being. They were afraid that Li Ke would catch them all at this time. I don't know how many of them were under their shadow before. If you want to track it down, you will all suffer.

Li Ke's attitude also made many people feel a little happy in their hearts: listening to his tone, it seems that he is not ready to investigate deeply...... Everyone understands that these three people died strangely and violently, and there must be a hidden secret. Li Ke didn't seem to care very much, and this attitude was warm - could it be that he was taking the initiative to calm things down?

For a while, everyone was speculating. Although there was silence at the scene and no one spoke, the atmosphere became a little weird, as if everyone was secretly thinking about ghosts.

"For the time being, this is the arrangement, you and the others will all retire and go to their respective busy, and if there is anything unclear, you can come and ask the king." Li Ke waved his hand and motioned for everyone to withdraw.

After a while, only Li Ke and Qin Mubai were left in the king's tent.

Both of them stared at each other for a long time, and then they both laughed at the same time.

"This is too unexpected!" Almost in unison.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do right now?" Qin Mubai asked.

Li Ke twisted his brows, thoughtfully, and shook his head again: "I can't understand this situation, but I don't want to pursue it at all." Investigating homicides, that's not what I'm good at, and it's not my area of responsibility. I will report it to the court as it is. Do what you want to do over there. I don't call the shots. ”

"Your Highness is right." Qin Mubai smiled.

"There are so many things that have happened in the small land of Jiangzhou. Mu Bai, this is an eventful place, let's leave as soon as possible! Li Ke raised his eyebrows half-jokingly and half-seriously, pretending to be shocked and exaggerated, "I will immediately draw up a recital, and tell Your Majesty the truth about today's events, and ask him to decide." ”

"Okay." Qin Mubai nodded in approval. In my heart, Li Ke is indeed a smart person with a city government and a heart like a mirror. He probably also thought that the deaths of these three people were either related to the emperor, or the crown prince, or the king of Jiangxia, or he Li Ke's own hands and feet.

All in all, it's not worth it to continue tossing for the sake of three mortal people. Although human life is greater than heaven, and it is impossible to say that there is a law that cannot be followed, but the law is that the dead are alive. It was worth sacrificing three villains in exchange for the peace of the imperial court and the place of Jiangzhou.

In this way, it is not surprising that the deaths of these three people will definitely be over. The imperial court may send someone down to investigate, but it will never find out any results. ]

In this way, the Jiangzhou case is like a live fish thrown into a hot pot, tossing and turning all the time, making a splash of boiling oil. Now, suddenly, someone covered it with a large cauldron, and everything was peaceful in an instant.

Although the fish in this pot are still bouncing and not really quiet down instantly, the boiling oil can't splash out, and it can't burn people.

It's a great thing that you won't get burned by oil. Who would have to ask who covered the lid of this pot?