Chen Gong looked up at Ling Qinglan, not surprised, Ling Qinglan had contacted him with his real identity before, and the time of shock had already passed after a few months, although they had secretly contacted each other since then, but because of the position of the two, they had never had the opportunity to communicate face-to-face.

"It's just in time, I have a bottle of wine left here, drink it with me."

Chen Gong looked at Ling Qinglan, his face under the flickering firelight, revealing an extremely shallow smile.

Ling Qinglan put down a stack of paper money, showed the wine jar in her left hand, and said with a smile: "The first-class fire wine of Liju, brother taste it." ”

Chen Gong was shocked when he heard this, "One hundred thousand taels of first-class fire wine? ”

Ling Qinglan nodded slightly, sat next to Chen Gong, slapped the mud seal with one palm, and the rich aroma of wine escaped.

In fact, the current first-class fire wine has already exceeded 100,000 taels, and the merchants who can't buy the original fire wine will take the first-class fire wine to fill the number, and the transaction price of each jar has been speculated to close to one million taels, if it wasn't for Mr. Li selling it to the Hidden Demon Sect to save face, he would not have been able to get the wine at the original price.

Chen Gong drank a glass suspiciously, and suddenly felt that the spicy wine passed through his intestines like a fire, and it was refreshing!

"Good wine!"

Chen Gong was amazed, and then his tone was slightly deep, "The fire wine of the dripping house really lives up to its name, it's just ...... The Ling family's financial situation has always been very tight, even if you want to show me something, you shouldn't let Mrs. Meng bear it. ”

Ling Qinglan's eyes flashed, and her tone was still relaxed, "Why should Lord Chen be tempted, I can directly tell the adult, there is another force behind the kid, and it is still very easy to take out a mere 100,000 taels, if the adult is willing to inform the kid of the details of the Yi family's destruction back then, the adult's harvest will definitely not be a little bit." ”

"Sure enough, you are the third prince's man."

Chen Gong's eyes were vigilant and complicated, "Back then, the Ling family secretly adopted you and covered up your identity, but the decline of the Ling family over the years has been a fact, if there is no power from the prince to help, how can you be allowed to sit in the position of controlling Dali Temple at a young age?" ”

"No, Lord Chen, you're wrong."

The corners of Ling Qinglan's mouth were slightly hooked, her smile was still the same, and Chen Gong looked slightly stunned, and asked rhetorically, "Am I wrong?" ”

"It is true that I have been able to get to where I am today, and even the third prince himself thinks that it is his credit, but the truth is often more complicated than imagined, do you say? Master Chen. ”

Chen Gong's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say loudly: "Who is the person behind you?" ”

"The person behind me, Lord Chen, doesn't need to know, I just need to know that he has nothing to do with the royal family of Dahan Kingdom, and it is a wise choice to cooperate with me to find out the real culprit."

Ling Qinglan's eyes flashed with hatred, and her tone was low, "Doesn't Lord Chen want to avenge his wife?" ”

Chen Gong was silent for a long time, looking at Ling Qinglan's eyes that were so similar to his own, and finally nodded, "Yimo, I believe you once, I hope you don't let me down." ”

Ling Qinglan nodded lightly, secretly relieved in her heart, Chen Gong had kept it a secret for many years and didn't trust anyone, this time it finally opened his heart and let him speak.

"Fourteen years ago, I was just an ordinary member of the Criminal Department."

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he glanced at Ling Qinglan, who had a calm expression, "The Yi family only shocked the whole city by secretly entering the door overnight, and the Criminal Department received an order to collect the corpse for inquest, and I also went there at that time." ”

Ling Qinglan's palms clenched unconsciously, and a blurry picture passed through her mind.

When the tragedy happened, he only remembered the terrible screams of his mother, and a vague black shadow hitting his left chest, and then there was only endless cold left in his consciousness.

He stared at Chen Gong's face and asked in a low voice, "At that time, what did you find?" ”

"Everyone was killed by a single blow, even General Yi!"

It seemed to recall the tragic situation of the year, and there was deep doubt and horror in Chen Gong's eyes, "General Yi was still General Ling's most powerful deputy general at that time, and his cultivation was to the innate eightfold, who could finish him with one blow and have no time to protect anyone from escaping?" ”

"Habitat ......"

Ling Qinglan's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking of the mysterious man who was by Mr. Li's side a few days ago, if he was a master of that realm, it would never be impossible to destroy the Yi family overnight.

"Although I was shocked at the time, I still retained my sanity, and after some investigation, I found a lot of suspicions. Later, Chengjun had an accident, and I didn't have the heart to take care of anything. ”

Chen Gong sighed, his expression became solemn, and he turned his head to look directly at Ling Qinglan, "What I said next, I haven't told anyone for fourteen years, you have to listen carefully." ”

Ling Qinglan's heart shook slightly, and she subconsciously lowered her voice, "I want to hear it." ”

"First of all, after the murderer destroyed the Yi family, he should have been ready to set fire to destroy the corpse, and the wall was full of firewood and oil, but I didn't know what was delayed, so I left directly, so that I could see the first scene of the crime."

Ling Qinglan felt slightly afraid in her heart, if she really set the fire, he would not be able to survive.

Chen Gong said nothing, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Later, the fire still could not be avoided, and it burned in the criminal department, if I hadn't run out temporarily because of my wife, I'm afraid I would have died in that fire." ”

"Second, it's the identity of the murderer."

Chen Gong touched the tombstone gently, "At that time, I stole my wife's body home, and the expression on my wife's face was not fear, but doubt. Over the years, I have been thinking that maybe the true identity of the murderer was someone my wife knew, and my wife must have seen the matter of the Yi family at that time, so she was killed. It's just that I have secretly checked all the people who know my wife over the years, but none of them match. ”

"If an Immortal Realm master really wants to conceal his true cultivation, how can Master Chen see through it."

Ling Qinglan shook his head and said, when it came to his understanding of the martial arts realm and the true spirit realm, he could see it several times more thoroughly than Chen Gong.

"Maybe you're right."

Chen Gong smiled bitterly, "But even if this is the case, I can't go deeper into anything, so my attention was quickly shifted to the third suspicion - the Shangshu of the Criminal Department back then, Tang Xiang!" ”

"Tang Xiang was once the secretary of the Criminal Department?!"

Ling Qinglan's pupils shrank, and she thought of a lot in an instant.

"Not bad!"

Chen Gong's tone became cold, "A lot of news was cited as a scandal by the royal family back then, it was blocked strictly, the criminal department was burned, Tang Xiang was called into the palace, but he was not punished very seriously, and after moving to the left for a few years, he was suddenly transferred to Yunjing again, all the way up, sitting in the position of one person under the entire Dahan Dynasty and above ten thousand people." So, I've always had a guess in my mind......"

"Who was the Dali Siqing who was in charge of handling the case at that time? Is it ......?"

Ling Qinglan's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, her heartbeat increased slightly, and Chen Gong sighed, "You guessed right, it's Ma De of the Ma family." Now the two of them are the emperor's right-hand men, and their power is tilted towards the government and the opposition. ”

"I should have thought that the entire Yunjing City could do that far, who else could there be besides them?!"

Ling Qinglan's face was extremely ugly, and she stood up and was about to leave.

"What do you want to do?"

Chen Gong's face was gloomy, and he stopped: "This matter is originally based on speculation, we can't come up with any evidence, if you send you to death so impulsively, wouldn't it hurt the Ling family?" ”

Ling Qinglan's body trembled slightly, the blood in her eyes receded, and she regained her clarity.

He took several deep breaths and slowly sat down again, his tone flat: "Want evidence? Simple! The master of the Immortal Realm has a long lifespan, and he must still be alive now, and if he captures the immortal realm that cultivates the cold skill, he will be able to know the truth! ”

Chen Gong sneered when he heard this, and couldn't help but sarcastically: "What are you going to do to catch the master of the Immortal Realm?" He can slap you to death with one palm! ”

"I naturally have my own way."

Ling Qinglan took a deep breath, and a huge plan appeared in her heart, "Next, Lord Chen just needs to watch and see how I can find out the real murderer!" ”

Chen Gong looked at the former's slightly gloomy face in disbelief, what kind of confidence did he have to go against such a behemoth?

However, Ling Qinglan's appearance really made him feel a little hopeful.

"If you really have that power, then it's down there...... See! ”

……

After the third day of the first lunar month, Su Li moved out of the Rui Wang's Mansion and returned to the Guoxue Mansion under the reluctant gaze of Dongfang Rui.

"Miss, don't you open these gifts?"

Mama Li held the gift box with a helpless face and couldn't help asking.

At the beginning of the new year, whether it is a young talent or a young gentleman in Yunjing City, they have sent a lot of gifts, just looking at the packaging, you know that it is very valuable, and the reason used is surprisingly consistent: in order to thank Su Li for her wonderful course.

As for the purpose of their hearts, they do not know.

"Leave the gifts of the Ling Mansion, and send the rest to the treasury."

An indifferent voice sounded, and Mama Li looked up in surprise and saw Su Li lowering her head, carefully looking at the jade hosta in her hand, her eyes were clear and bright.

Is that...... The old lady's favorite blue water cloud hairpin during her lifetime, did the old lady give this thing to the young lady?

Mama Li's eyes were moist, she quickly wiped her sleeves, turned back to find the Ling Mansion gift that she had put aside alone, gently placed it in the corner of the table, and quietly retreated.

"This is the token of love I gave to your mother with my own hands, she fled to Qinghe County, pawned this thing, probably in exchange for enough food to raise you in the womb, I searched the pawn shop in the entire Qinghe County, and finally found this thing back, and now I will give you to you."

There seemed to be a reverberation in her ears of what Dongfang Rui said that night, Su Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then she turned around and inserted the hairpin into her black hair in the mirror.

There is a touch of blue embellishment in the thick ink, and the end is beautiful and unique.

After doing this, Su Li picked up the gift box on the side of the table, ripped off the ribbon, and revealed the contents inside, which was nothing more than a piece of calligraphy, written with good paper and ink, and a faint scent of ink.

Sixteen big characters, iron painting silver hooks, dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, self-contained.

"The so-called Yiren, on the water side, fair lady, gentleman!"