Fan Li led fifty soldiers, each riding fast horses, holding weapons in their hands, rushed out of the Gusutai construction site and rushed straight to Shizhai.

The stonemason who led the workman. He also rode a fast horse, but he was not a soldier, and he was not skilled in riding, so he lagged behind, but much faster than on foot.

At the time of the meal, the team had already arrived at Shizhai, and as soon as Fan Li waved his hand, the team surrounded the village. The foreman said: "The third family in the west of the village is Shi Chen's family. ”

Fan Li made a gesture of encirclement, and dozens of soldiers jumped off their horses, leaving Shi Chen's house surrounded by water. A few soldiers stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Open the door!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" As she spoke, a woman opened the door and screamed in fright when she saw a field of knives and guns in front of her. A few of the soldiers pushed the woman to the side and rushed into the house with a quick pace. After a while, several soldiers came out of the house and shook their heads, indicating that Shi Chen was not at home.

The woman trembled with fright: "Master Jun, this is ...... What's wrong? ”

Fan Li said: "Is this Shi Chen's home? ”

The woman said, "Yes, may I ask ...... Your Excellency."

Fan Li said: "Has Shi Chen come back?" ”

The woman said, "I came back this morning, and I didn't say anything, but I took something to eat and left." ”

Fan Li said: "Where did he say he went?" ”

The woman said, "He didn't say anything and left." Master Jun, what's wrong with my family? ”

Fan Li said: "Shi Chen is in danger, we rushed to save her." Where did he go? ”

The woman cried in fright: "He went out and ran in the southeast direction." ”

Fan Li said to a small leader: "You take twenty people and search this village thoroughly." "Yes!"

Fan Li said: "The others come with me!" ”

Everyone got on their horses, raised their whips and urged their horses, and went straight to the southeast to chase down. After running for more than ten miles, you will enter the mountain, although the mountain is not very tall, but it stretches endlessly. The mountains are densely wooded and the mountain grasses are thick. Fan Li taught everyone to spread out and slow down the search.

Fan Li was born as a soldier, and he will scout and scout, and while advancing, he will check whether there are any traces left by people walking in the jungle.

Suddenly, one of the soldiers shouted, "My lord, come and see!" ”

Fan Li jumped off the horse and walked over, only to see that the mountain grass had left traces of being trampled. Judging from the direction in which the grass fell, the man was running in a southeasterly direction.

Fan Li said: "Get on the horse, chase!" ”

Everyone got on their horses and followed the footsteps, and kept chasing after them. After chasing down more than 20 miles, a soldier shouted, "Look, my lord! ”

Fan Li waved his hand, and everyone reined in the horse. I saw a person lying in the middle of the mountain grass more than 20 paces away. The mountain grass under his feet was trampled into a mess.

Everyone held their weapons and slowly surrounded them, and gradually saw that the man who had fallen to the ground was dead, his neck had been cut off, and there was a pool of blood on the ground. Looking at the face of the deceased, in his thirties, thin and thin.

Isn't it a minister?

Fan Li said to a soldier: "Go back, call the stonemason foreman, identify it, and make sure it is Shi Chen." ”

"Yes!" The soldier got on his horse and ran away.

Fan Li said after investigating the scene for a while: "It was five people who killed Shi Chen, and they ran away to the northeast after committing the crime. He said to the two soldiers, "Stay here." Others get on the horse and chase! ”

Dozens of people followed the traces left by the five people, chased out of the mountains and forests, and in front of them was an endless plain, and the footprints of the five people disappeared on a large road.

If the murderer can be caught, it will be possible to find out who sent them to kill Shi Chen, and the black hand that caused Shi Chen to hurt Lu Hai will be found out.

But now it's not possible. The five men went onto the main road, which was full of people and destroyed the trail they had left behind. The target has already been lost.

Fan Li was annoyed, stood stunned for a while, waved his hand and said, "Go back." ”

They re-entered the forest, went back the way they came, and returned to the corpse, where the stonemason had come. Fan Li said: "Is this person Shi Chen? ”

The stonemason was obviously frightened, and said with a wince, "Lord Hui, this person is Shi Chen. ”

Fan Li said: "You don't have to go back with us, go and inform Shi Chen's family to deal with the aftermath." ”

Back at the Gusutai construction site, King Wu also came, and was discussing with a group of courtiers such as Bo Ya Shangguan. Fan Li stepped forward and kowtowed. King Wu said: "Young uncle, has Shi Chen been caught?" ”

Fan Li said: "The minister was incompetent, so the other party took a step to save the day, and Shi Chen was killed on the way to escape." "I reported back on the process of chasing Shi Chen.

King Wu said, "What a hell of a thing. The widow built Gusutai, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and no one objected, but there were villains secretly who were sabotaging. What should we do if we look at this? ”

Fan Li said: "The minister thinks that this matter can't end here, and Lord Shangguan will continue to investigate, who instructed Shi Chen to kill Dr. Lu Hai, and who killed Shi Chen." If this matter is not investigated to the end, this person is hiding in the shadows, and he will continue to do evil. ”

King Wu said, "What the young uncle said is right. Lord Shangguan, you continue to investigate, don't get to the bottom of the matter, and never withdraw your troops. ”

Shangguan Zheng said: "The minister obeys the order and continues to investigate." ”

Bo Yao said: "King, as soon as the chief engineer Lu Hai dies, what will happen to this project?" Some of the tasks assigned by Dr. Lu Hai before his death are still under construction, and some have been completed, and they don't know how to do it, so they have been suspended. ”

This is the most fatal thing. Wu Wang was anxious to turn around. The construction period is postponed a little, he is not too worried, the key is Xi Shi, as soon as he heard that Lu Hai was killed, he was in a bad mood, he promised Xi Shi, the project will never be finished because Lu Hai was killed, he will let the project continue as soon as possible.

However, the problem now is that without Lu Hai, the project cannot be done, and if the project is to continue construction, it is necessary to find someone to replace Lu Hai, but where to find an engineer like Lu Hai?

If you get the peerless divine wood, but you can't build Gusutai, you will be ashamed of these sacred trees, and it will also make the world laugh off their big teeth.

King Wu said: "Dazai, can't there be a single person among these tens of thousands who can be the chief engineer?" ”

Bo Yao said, "I heard about it. No matter how many bees there are, if there is no queen bee, the colony will explode. Now there are tens of thousands of people on the construction site, but without a chief engineer, it is in vain. If there was such a talent here, Lu Hai wouldn't have to be busy until late at night, and he might not die. ”

Wu Wang said: "Some sections have been stopped, what should those migrant workers do? Dismiss? ”

Fan Li said: "The king can't, if the people are dismissed, it will not be easy for them to gather together, especially these craftsmen, from all over the world, and some from other vassal states." It is not easy to gather, and the minister means that it is nothing to feed them for a while until the chief engineer is found, but to consume a little food. ”

Bo Yao said: "Dr. Fan is reasonable. ”。

Other ministers also agreed with Fan Li's opinion.

King Wu said: "Young uncle, Lu Hai was invited by you, can you think of another way to find a chief engineer for the widow?" If you can't do this, there's nothing you can do in this world. ”