A car counts to ride,. CaiHonGeNXue pedestrians avoided in a hurry, and smoke and dust billowed all the way.

Chu Suiliang sat in this bumpy carriage for almost two days, and at this time he only felt sore, dizzy, and dizzy, but he still kept urging the coachman to hurry up and rush to Jingzhou City as soon as possible.

With the involvement of the sea of blood on his body, Chu Suiliang has never had such tension. The assassination of King Wu, the emperor's violent illness, and the rumors that Qin Mubai in Guanxi wanted to rebel are all clear to him. These three earth-shattering events that are enough to shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty are all directly or indirectly related to Jingzhou.

Although Chu Suiliang knew that the eldest grandson Wuji had the intention to leave him from the court at this critical time, and stuffed him with some ill intentions for the most difficult case in the world, Chu Suiliang had no time to think about it.

To find out the truth of the Jingzhou case, Li Kesheng, the king of Wu, wants to see people and corpses, and this is the most urgent thing at present.

Riding the stars and the moon all the way, changing horses many times along the way and even running away from two wheels, Chu Suiliang finally arrived in Jingzhou City. After getting out of the car, he was almost unsteady on his feet, but he didn't care to rest for a moment and take a sip of water, so he went straight to the yamen of the state capital and called the local officials such as Assassin Shi to inquire about the case.

Yin Yang also arrived.

Jingzhou Thorn Shishi's surname is Xu, and he is still a little related to Li Tao (Li Tao's original name is Xu Shixian), who has been an official for seven years, and has been peaceful under his rule. This time, this monstrous disaster was unfolded under his rule, and Xu Tingshi was so frightened that he almost hanged himself.

Chu Suiliang successively asked everyone about some information, which was no different from what was rumored by the outside world. It is nothing more than King Wu was attacked in the forest on the outskirts of Anding County, accompanied by a total of eighteen people, and only Yin Yang survived.

After hearing this, Chu Suiliang secretly thought to himself for a long time, and saw that the officials were present, so he repelled the idle people and others, and called Xu Tingshi and Yin Yang privately to inquire again.

Sure enough, this time Chu Suiliang heard many key doubts.

Xu Tingshi handled things quite safely, and the results of the investigation of the location of the case were strictly blocked, so that Yin Yang and his subordinate officials did not know. He reported to Chu Suiliang that after the assassination, the murderer set a fire in the forest and destroyed the body. Later, the state government made every effort to extinguish the fire, and among the embers at the scene of the fire, forty-three male corpses appeared!

"Forty-three?!" Yin Yang was taken aback on the spot, "I accompanied the guards guarding King Wu, plus the last general, there were only seventeen people, and there were a total of eighteen horsemen with King Wu. How could there be so many corpses at the scene? ”

"There's even more amazing!" Xu Tingshi was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva, and said with a frightened face, "Among the forty-three corpses, twenty-seven are headless!" ”

"Huh?" Chu Suiliang and Yin Yang exclaimed at the same time.

"How so?" Yin Yang exclaimed, "What is the purpose of killing someone and cutting off the head and hips?" ”

"And after cutting off the head and hips, then set fire to destroy the corpse." Chu Suiliang was much calmer, and said with deep eyebrows, "Obviously, the person who did it didn't want the identities of these twenty-seven people to be exposed!" ”

"Then why haven't the other sixteen people been cut off their heads?" Yin Yang asked again.

Xu Tingshi trembled all over, and said tremblingly: "Humble and lowly personally led the servants to inspect all the corpses. Now, these sixteen corpses that have not been cut off are all guards of King Wu's mansion! Because on their bodies, there are royal access tokens! ”

"But this?!" With that, Yin Yang untied his iron token from under his waist.

"No, that's right! That's it! Xu Tingshi said affirmatively after identifying it.

Chu Suiliang frowned and took the token and looked at it, and said: "Made of iron, it is difficult to melt in the fire." This proves the identity of the sixteen deceased. In this way, except for General Yin, the other sixteen guards have all been killed. Xu Tingshi, let me ask you, what are the other twenty-seven corpses on their bodies to prove their identity? ”

"Nope." Xu Tingshi replied quite affirmatively, "The corpse has been burned like charcoal, and it is impossible to identify it." ”

Chu Suiliang nodded, "I want to come." Since the murderers have cut off their heads, they must not leave any other clues to prove their identity. According to this analysis, in addition to King Wu and his entourage, there were at least two groups of people in the woods that day! ”

"That's right, so does the lowly office!" Xu Tingshi said, "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind!" ”

Yin Yang was stunned for a while, thought for a long time, and wondered: "That means that in addition to the group that assassinated King Wu at that time, there was another group of people who appeared at the same time?" So what is their purpose? ”

"It's not known yet." A faint glint flashed in Chu Suiliang's eyes, and he said lightly: "Xu Tingshi, you go down to rest first, and the official will ask you tomorrow." ”

Xu Tingshi retreated as promised, and only Chu Suiliang and Yin Yang were left in the room.

"General Yin, this official asked you, why did the sixteen guards who accompanied him all die, but you were the only one who survived?" Chu Suiliang went straight to the road with a single knife.

Yin Yang's anger suddenly rose, and his eyes were round and he said angrily: "Chu Xianggong suspects that the last general is the murderer?!" ”

"That's not the case, don't get me wrong." Chu Suiliang's temper is good, and he raised his hand to signal Yin Yang to press his temper, and said: "This official also heard Xu Tingshi's report, saying that you were knocked unconscious by the murderer and thrown on the side of the road, so you survived." This official is just curious, why did the murderer leave you and not kill? Could it be that there is another conspiracy? ”

"This! ......" Yin Yang was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "General, I really haven't thought about this issue carefully. However, after the last general broke through with his two brothers to protect King Wu, he was intercepted by a mysterious master. The last general was knocked unconscious by that man! ”

"Oh? Let's go into details! Chu Suiliang's spirits lifted.

Yin Yang told Chu Suiliang about the situation that night in detail. Chu Suiliang was shocked after hearing this, and asked: "You mean, King Wu still talked to the murderer at that time, and guessed that the murderer was King Wu's old acquaintance when he was an official in Xiangzhou?" ”

"That's right!" Yin Yang said affirmatively, "But King Wu didn't guess who that person was." If you don't speculate and say a few words, the man will commit murder. The last general was eager to draw his sword to fight with the guards, but he didn't expect that the man's methods were very tricky and ruthless, and he put the last general down with just one move. The last general thought that he would die, and only after waking up did he appear, but he was knocked on the back of the head by a knife and caused syncope, and it is still a hematoma that has not disappeared, Chu Xianggong, please see! ”

After saying that, Yin Yang took off his tasseled helmet and disbanded his head, and sure enough, he saw that there was still a big blister as swollen as an egg on the back of his head.

"So after you fainted, you didn't know everything? Wake up only to find yourself thrown on the side of the road, and the woods are already full of fire? Chu Suiliang asked.

"Exactly."

Chu Suiliang nodded, got up and paced with his hands cut behind his back, and muttered: "In this way, it is only easy to kill you with the methods of that murderer, but why didn't he kill you?" Does he intend to keep you alive so that you can go to the government to report the crime? ”

"Then why did he do that?" Yin Yang was also puzzled.

Chu Suiliang's heart thumped, the more nervous and anxious the look on his face became, and he said in a low voice: "Think about it, the assassination of King Wu, isn't this big event going to make the government and the opposition turbulent and restless?" Now I guess that it is very likely that the murderer did not kill King Wu, but kidnapped him! Behind him, there is a conspiracy that is bigger than killing King Wu himself! ”

"Huh? That means that His Royal Highness King Wu is still in the world?! Yin Yang was immediately overjoyed, and knelt down for Chu Suiliang on the spot, "Chu Xianggong, you must rescue His Royal Highness King Wu!" ”

"General Yin, please get up." Chu Suiliang helped Yin Yang up, took a deep breath and sighed slowly, and said, "Now these are just a little speculation from the official. What the truth is remains to be verified. General Yin, you must keep your mouth shut about all these things to outsiders, and you must not leak half a sentence, remember, remember! ”

"Remember!"

At this time, Xu Tingshi actually went and returned again, asking to see him outside. Chu Suiliang asked the guards outside the door to let him in. After entering the door, Xu Tingshi hurriedly said: "Forgive the sins, the lowly party was in a panic and nervous for a while, and he forgot an important clue." ”

"Speak quickly!"

Xu Tingshi hurriedly said: "After the case that day, he led people to investigate the scene, and in addition to Xu Xian's many corpses, there were also a few fleeing horses not far away!" ”

"Yes!" Yin Yang said hurriedly, "After the last general woke up, he searched everywhere for his colleagues and horses, but found nothing. I think the horses were frightened and fled during the fierce battle, or they were tied to a tree and burned to death! ”

"That's right!" Xu Tingshi said, "I waited for the eighteen charred horse corpses to appear at the scene, thinking that they should be the mounts of King Wu and his party. The horses were chained to trees and could not escape, and were burned to death. But in the distance there were two other horses, but they were alive! These two horses are saddled and bridle and of an extraordinary and excellent breed, and they are certainly not folk horses, but like ......."

"Lead the way forward, and lead the official to check it out!" Chu Suiliang decisively ordered.

Later, the three of them arrived at the back house of the Thorn Mansion and saw the two horses. Chu Suiliang personally stepped forward to check, and also asked Yin Yang, who was familiar with the military, to check it together. After a while, Yin Yang said with certainty that it should not be a war horse in the army, because these two horses are not castrated stallions. And the stallions in the army, except for the stallions, are all to be castrated. However, these two horses are of excellent breed and have a lot of price, and saddle bridles and other things are not affordable for ordinary people. Based on this, it is inferred that it should be a private horse owned by a wealthy eunuch.

"I wonder if this is the horse left behind by the murderers when they were in a hurry?" Xu Tingshi asked cautiously.

"Is there such a possibility......" Chu Suiliang replied casually, still carefully inspecting the horses. Finally, on the neck of one of the horses, a special mark appeared that was not very obvious!

Seeing this imprint, Chu Suiliang stood stunned on the spot!

"What's wrong?" Xu Tingshi and Yin Yang asked at the same time.

"Look at ......," Chu Suiliang pointed to the mark on the horse's neck.

"Is it a brand? However, for the private horses of wealthy families, many of them are branded for the sake of anti-theft, and military horses and official horses must be branded in a unified manner. Yin Yang asked while stepping forward to look, looked carefully at the brand, and exclaimed on the spot: "It's the word 'Wei'!" ”

"That's right, it's Wei Zi!" Chu Suiliang's eyes narrowed, his face was gloomy, and he turned his head and asked Yin Yang, "General Yin, what did you think of?!" ”

"As soon as the last general saw this Wei word, he remembered it on the spot - Wei Huanchen!" Yin Yang exclaimed, "When King Wu was an official in Xiangzhou as an assassin, Wei Huanchen was an adjutant under his command and served as the Sima of Xiangzhou. But this person colluded with Du Chengyuan, the commander of Guoyan of the Xiangzhou Military Mansion, to cause trouble for the river and water ghosts, and was exterminated by King Wu and Young Marshal Qin at that time! - Chu Xianggong, these two people were escorted to Chang'an at that time, and they were both beheaded! It's difficult, can it still be a ghost who can't ask for his life?! ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense, where is the ghost!" Chu Suiliang took a deep breath, "This clue is quite important. Remember not to leak half a sentence to the outside world! - All right, you all go down. The official is also tired and needs to rest. ”

The two had no choice but to retire.

Chu Suiliang stood next to the horse, staring at the imprint with clear eyes, and thought to himself: Wei Huanchen and Du Chengyuan are dead, but the Chang'an Wei and Du families are still prosperous and prosperous! The case of the water ghost in Xiangzhou made King Wu and Qin Mubai famous. But from then on, the Chang'an Weidu family must have hated King Wu to death. In particular, the Wei family has deep roots and huge power, and there are four concubines in the harem, Wei Guifei, and above the court, there is Wei Ting, the imperial historian......

"Wei Ting!!" Chu Suiliang was shocked, "He is also the official of the Wei Wangfu, and he has a close relationship with the King of Wei!" Moreover, didn't he have a daughter who married Li You, the king of Qi? Li You was sentenced for rebellion, and his daughter was degraded to Lingnan because of this. Therefore, Wei Ting was also a little implicated, from Shangshu Zuocheng was demoted to a school inspector, and later under the activities of King Wei, he was reactivated, and the official worshiped Yu Shi Dafu was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and was in charge of the litigation and prison of major cases! …… Li You's rebellion, wasn't it also extinguished by King Wu and Qin Mubai?! ”

Thinking of this, Chu Suiliang couldn't help but shudder!

"If this case is really related to Wei Ting, then the truth of the matter may be even more terrifying!" Chu Suiliang took a breath of cool air and said secretly, "He is both the confidant of King Wei and the enemy of King Wu. The assassination of King Wu at such a time is indeed justified and motivated. But...... He is also the brother of Wei Guifei; Wei Guifei also has a prince! Since the concubine born to Concubine Yang can compete for the crown prince, how can the son of Concubine Wei be not?! ”

"King Wu's return to Beijing is a matter of Lichu. In this very sensitive period, I suspect that the King of Wei will not risk the world's condemnation to commit crimes. Because as long as King Wu makes a slight mistake, he will be the most suspicious! Although King Wei has a black belly, he is not stupid! Chu Suiliang thought to himself, "But if it's Wei Ting!" …… On the surface, he is helping the King of Wei to fight for the crown prince and eliminate his rivals, but in fact, he intends to blame the King of Wei, which is really killing two birds with one stone! If King Wei and King Wu both fell together because of this, the Wei family would not only avenge the blood feud of the year, but also the son of Concubine Wei, Li Shen, the king of Ji who was only ten years old, wouldn't he be a fisherman and have the opportunity to be the latecomer? - If this is the case, won't he Wei Ting have a chance to lean the government and the opposition in the future, and even overpower the eldest grandson Wuji?! ”

"Risk!!" In Chu Suiliang's mind, there was suddenly a thunderbolt!

"If that's the case, then King Jin is also in danger!"