"Liao Chuanzhi was just sentenced to death by the Criminal Department yesterday, and he was only beheaded after the autumn!"

Xiong Jiazheng's words shocked Zhong Nan into a cold sweat, but fortunately, he calmed down and didn't show any flaws. After waiting for a while, Zhong Nan said with a little unhappiness: "If you can keep a whole corpse, it can be regarded as cheap for him!" ”

"Don't be angry, Lord Squire. In my opinion, no one may come to collect Liao Chuanzhi's body at that time, so he is not going to be in the wilderness. The Xiong family is persuading.

"Could it be ......" Zhong Nan instantly understood Xiong Jiazheng's plan.

"Not bad! In two days, we will let out the rumors, no matter whether the White Lotus Sect is calm or not, they will come to the rescue of Liao Chuanzhi. At that time, let's catch turtles in an urn. Let's ask, they are almost all arrested, where is there anyone to collect the corpses? Xiong Jiazheng smiled gloomily.

"Good strategy, I'll see how they can escape this time." Zhong Nan pretended to grit his teeth with hatred.

"Wang Zhonghua's house is too, I don't need to put such a good bait as Liao Chuanzhi, it's wasted, no wonder I was said to have an affair with the White Lotus Sect, I can't learn from him." Xiong Jiazheng said the reason why he sentenced Liao Chuanzhi so quickly, "If you really catch one or two important people of the White Lotus Sect because of this, it will definitely be a great achievement at that time!" ”

"Awesome, it seems that I want to congratulate Xiong Shangshu in advance!" Zhong Nan laughed.

"Where is ......" Xiong Jiazheng is also very proud.

After finding out the news, Zhong Nan didn't stay too long, and after chatting with the Xiong family for a while, he went straight back to Zhong Mansion.

In the backyard, in front of Liao Qing'er alone, Zhong Nan told the other party the news he had found out today, word for word.

"It seems that the imperial court is determined to eradicate the White Lotus Sect this time, your father is just a bait, I advise you not to act rashly." Zhong Nan first gave Liao Qinger a "preventive shot".

"Then I can't just sit idly by, can I?" Liao Qing'er was quite helpless.

"In this case, I will find an opportunity to meet your father and see if there can be any variables." Zhong Nan thought about whether Liao Chuanzhi could expose the leader of the White Lotus Sect and atone for his crimes in exchange for a lighter sentence. As long as it's not a death penalty, everything else can be operated.

"By the way, Miss Liao, how much do you know about Hua Tianlai, the great leader of the White Lotus Sect?"

"I haven't even seen him. According to my father, he had only met the big leader a few years ago, and he hadn't seen each other since. ”

Liao Qing'er's answer made Zhong Nan unable to figure it out.

"Then how does Hua Tianlai arrange the task? All year round, he always has to show his face once or twice in front of his subordinates, right? Otherwise, it's hard not to think about it. ”

"It's not that I don't meet with my subordinates. I heard my father say that every time the big chief convenes everyone to discuss the matter, he covers his face, so he feels that this is not a meeting. Liao Qing'er thought about it seriously before answering Zhong Nan's question.

"You mean to say that Hua Tianlai is now discussing with his subordinates, and he has not revealed his true identity?" Zhong Nan exclaimed.

"Listen to Daddy, it should be so."

"Before that, was it also covered face?" Zhong Nan couldn't wait to ask.

"Not initially. According to my father, the big leader hadn't covered his face at that time, and they could still meet several times a year! ”

"When did Hua Tianlai start covering his face?" Zhong Nam had a hunch that things were not simple.

"Two or three years ago." Liao Qing'er said uncertainly.

"When, you know?" Zhong Nan asked anxiously.

"Like...... It's after we suffered a defeat in Dongchang. Liao Qing'er thought about it for a while, but she was still not sure.

If it is really as Liao Qing'er said, it is less than three years ago that Hua Tianlai began to cover his face in front of his subordinates. As a "conspiracy theorist", Zhong Nan believes that this will definitely not be for nothing. After thinking about it for a moment, he asked again.

"Before Hua Tianlai started to cover his face, did anything particularly strange or important happen in the White Lotus Sect?"

"I don't think so." Liao Qing'er thought for a while before replying.

"Did anything special happen to Hua Tianlai?"

"It doesn't seem to be." Liao Qing'er thought for a while, and then asked Zhong Nan, "The big leader married a woman, and it is said that the woman is a little weird, is this a special thing?" ”

"Did Hua Tianlai start covering his face after marrying that woman?" Zhong Nan felt a little closer to the truth.

"Really. According to Daddy, when the chief married the woman, everyone went to congratulate her. After two or three months, the big chief began to cover his face. ”

Zhong Nan intuitively guessed right. However, to be on the safe side, he still needs to ask Liao Chuanzhi for verification. After all, what Liao Qing'er said was only what his father told her, although it was not a lie, but this matter was very important, and he had to ask the person concerned in person before he could rest assured.

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years".

Two days later, Zhong Nan found Xiong Jiazheng and said that he wanted to meet Liao Chuanzhi alone, because he needed to ask the other party about something. He told Xiong Jiazheng that if the result of the inquiry was ideal, he would make a great contribution and divide half of the other party at that time.

The Xiong family is just an "official fan", and they can take credit for nothing, so they agreed to Zhong Nan's request.

In the prison of the Criminal Department, Zhong Nan and Liao Chuanzhi sat opposite each other.

This is the second time the two have met.

The first time they met, it was when Zhong Nan was still in Suzhou. That time, Liao Chuanzhi designed to kidnap the young master of the Ma family, and the two fought head-to-head for this.

After that, Zhong Nan went to Dongchang Mansion, and Liao Chuanzhi took the White Lotus Sect bandits to entrench in Phoenix Mountain. That time, Zhong Nan used five hundred "Zhong Family Army" to kill the White Lotus Sect, but the two failed to meet head-on.

Na Cheng thought that the two would have the opportunity to meet again - although the venue for meeting was a little special.

"Leader Liao, don't come unharmed!" Zhong Nan was the first to speak.

"It's you!" Liao Chuanzhi was a little surprised, "Look at your official uniform, the official rank should not be low." I really didn't expect you to become a high-ranking official in the imperial court. ”

"That's not the point. I'm here today to give you a way out, and it's up to you to ask for it. Zhong Nan got straight to the point.

"Huh...... With my identity, where is there any way to live? You don't want to use me to lure the people of the White Lotus Sect into the bait, right? ”

"There's no one else here, so I'll tell you straight." Zhong Nan saw that the other party was unwilling to cooperate, so he could only tell the truth, "Actually, if it weren't for Qing'er's relationship, I wouldn't want to come to see you." ”

"Qing'er, do you mean my daughter Liao Qing'er?" Liao Chuanzhi sat up and asked eagerly.

"If it's not her, who else can it be." Zhong Nan took out Liao Qing'er's personal jade pendant and handed it to Liao Chuanzhi. He was worried that the other party wouldn't believe it, so he deliberately asked Liao Qing'er to give it to him as a token.

This is the relic of Liao Chuanzhi's wife, where would he not recognize it. It's just that he was very puzzled, this piece of jade was worn on his daughter's neck and never left his body, how could it be on Zhong Nan's body now.

"How can you have my daughter's personal jade pendant?"

"You said it, this is Qing'er's personal jade pendant, she can give me such an important thing, our relationship is naturally not ordinary." Zhong Nan then said something that only Liao Chuanzhi's father and daughter knew, which dispelled the other party's doubts.

"It's better for Qing'er to follow you, it's better than being caught by the court at that time!" Liao Chuanzhi said with emotion.

"Don't worry about Qing'er's problems, I can naturally protect her. Today's talk is about you. Zhong Nan got back to the point.

"What do you mean?" Liao Chuanzhi was puzzled.

"I have some questions about the White Lotus Sect and Hua Tianlai, and I hope you can tell me the truth. Because if you do it properly, maybe you will have a chance to see Qing'er get married and have children. ”

Hearing this, Liao Chuanzhi's heart ignited a trace of desire to survive. Originally, he thought that he was certain to die, but now that he heard that there was a glimmer of life, he was unwilling to give up.

"If you want to know something, just ask. But I can't promise you all about what you're asking. ”

"I don't expect you to answer everything, just be able to 'know everything, say everything'."

Subsequently, Zhong Nan re-asked all the questions he had asked Liao Qing'er before, and added a few more questions.

Liao Chuanzhi is much more shrewd than Liao Qing'er, and after answering Zhong Nan's question, he asked rhetorically: "Do you suspect that the current big leader has changed?" ”

"Didn't you doubt it?"

"I doubted it too, but I just couldn't confirm it." Liao Chuanzhi is not a dull person either.

"Then what do you think is the possibility that Hua Tianlai will be dropped?"

Liao Chuanzhi thought carefully for a while, "It's very likely, otherwise there are too many things that don't make sense." ”

"Where?"

Although the man's voice and movements were the same as those of the great chief, if he really wanted to talk about it, he could still see some differences in his subconscious movements; In addition, after the big leader covers his face, his personality is also very different from before, and it stands to reason that a person's personality cannot change for no reason. ”

"Isn't there anyone else who doubts him but you?"

"There are only a few old people like me who have followed the big leader for ten years. After the strange woman married the big chief, several more died, and now I am the only one who is still alive. ”

"Do you suspect that the strange woman killed them?" Zhong Nan asked.

"Even if it's not her, it must have nothing to do with her!" Liao Chuanzhi is very sure.

"It seems that the woman is indeed very suspicious, what is Chief Liao's impression of her?"

"I haven't seen the chief much in the past two years, but every time we meet, the woman is always by her side. And many times, what she says, the big chief will obey. Liao Chuanzhi recalled the past.

"How old is that woman, and who is she?" Zhong Nam began to focus on the strange woman.

"It looks like when you are in your twenties, you should not be more than twenty-five; Listening to her accent, it is somewhat similar to you, it should be a Sichuan and Shu person. Liao Chuanzhi is not too sure.