On the ninth day of the first month, before a moment, Long'an Division, mortuary.

This was originally a Buddhist temple cellar used to store winter food, and is now temporarily used for the Long'an Division mortuary. The 23 bodies of Hu Shang who were killed outside the door are now all parked here, and Chen Wuji is still checking them one by one to see if there are any missing clues.

Li Sanlang, accompanied by Chen Xuanli, also entered the mortuary, and when he saw Chen Wuji, he asked, "Can there be any results from the inspection?" ”

Chen Wuji turned around and replied: "Back to Li Sicheng, according to the re-examination, all the victims were killed left and right when they were ugly, and the cause of death was a knife in the neck, and there were no excessive injuries to other parts of the body, so to speak, when these murderers committed the murder, these twenty-three people had no power to fight back at all, and they were all killed in a few snaps of their fingers." ”

After hearing this, Li Sanlang took a deep breath, and secretly thought to himself, what kind of murderers we are facing, the lives of more than 20 people can be taken away in an instant, the perpetrators are well-organized, strong in martial arts, and well-planned in advance and retreat, this time they did encounter a strong enemy, he then asked: "Then do you have a clue." ”

Chen Wuji thought for a moment and replied: "Back to Sicheng, after the inspection of the scene, except for a few missing Hu people's commercial goods, there is no trace of anything else, and the perpetrator should have wrapped a cloth on his feet, first, to reduce the sound and dryness, and secondly, he can also hide his footprints, so now even the number and shape of the perpetrator cannot be judged." ”

What the? Li Sanlang was secretly shocked in his heart, this gang of thieves acted so delicately, even the footprints were covered, this was by no means an ordinary bandit, he confirmed it again in his heart. But if they are not simple bandits, then what is the purpose of such a group of people? How much harm will it bring to the gods in the end? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, but he still forced himself to ask calmly: "According to what you say, this case is a headless public case, and there are no clues?" ”

Chen Wuji took out a head rope from his arms, presented it to Li Sanlang with both hands, and continued: "It's not without clues, this head rope was found by me at the scene of the crime, and it may be that the murderer missed it. ”

Li Sanlang took the head rope and looked at it carefully, it seemed to be just an ordinary head rope, and he couldn't see anything special for a while, so he asked: "Tell me, what is special about this head rope?" ”

Chen Wuji replied: "The customs and habits of the Khitan people are different from those of the Han people, and the Khitan people have hair, and this thing is the hair rope of the Khitan people. I have carefully examined the goods that the Hu merchants had missed, and this caravan should be selling ingredients, not ornaments, so I deduced that the perpetrators should be related to the Khitans. ”

The Khitans were nomadic peoples, operating in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty, half farming and half pastoral, and had submitted to the Turkic Khanate in Mobei. In the second year of Taizong's Zhenguan, Dahe Mohui led the tribal alliance to abandon the Turks and annex to the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong gave the Khitan leader a banner, which became a symbol of the Khitan Khan's power.

Zhenguan for three years, with the Murwei and Khitan people in Shizhou. Later Taizong took the Khitan people as the governor of Songmo, and Dahe Cave Brother as the governor of Songmo, and gave the surname Li. However, after Emperor Wu ascended the throne, in the first year of Long Live Tongtian, the Khitans rebelled, captured Yingzhou, killed Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, and the head of the thieves established himself as the supreme khan. Emperor Wu was furious and sent troops to encircle and suppress, but was defeated. The thief died of illness, and soon after the defeat was killed by the slaves. At this point, the Khitans have been regarded as obedient, is it that this time the thief's heart is immortal and resurrected?

Thinking of this, Li Sanlang turned to Chen Xuanli and said: "Inform Zhang Jiuling, quickly check the records of all the Khitan people entering and leaving the city within a month, as well as the Khitan people's gathering place, there is a letter and a quick report!" ”

"Whoa!" Chen Xuanli took the order and retreated.

Li Sanlang's resolute and resolute style of action, decisive judgment in a short period of time, Chen Wuji saw it in his eyes, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, the young man in front of him was really different from other officials, so he said: "Li Sicheng, there should be no other useful clues for the corpse, I will go to gather the investigators now, and once Zhang Jiuling has a letter, we will set off immediately." ”

Li Sanlang nodded and said, "Go ahead, be cautious, I always feel that this matter is not so simple!" ”

"Whoa!" Chen Wuji also retreated, leaving only Li Sanlang, who was still thoughtful.

Before three o'clock, Long Anji, the council chamber.

Although the people transferred by the Long'an Division today are not high-level officials of the various government offices, they are definitely capable officials of the various government offices, even if it is not an exaggeration to say that the elites of the various government offices in the Shendu are gathered here. Since Li Xian was established as the crown prince again, with the assistance of Prime Minister Zhang Cambodia, he secretly planted his eyes in the various government offices, on the one hand, to listen to intelligence news, on the other hand, to secretly observe the talents of the government offices, so that they can be appointed in the future, so today's Long'an Division was established, and the prince Li Xian just transferred the key personnel who had been selected in advance, which can not only recruit talents, but also do things for Long'an Division, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone for Li Xian.

Under the leadership of Zhang Jiuling, the forty people in charge of information collection had already collected the information of the Khitan people in the Shendu in less than two moments and presented it to Li Sanlang, and the efficiency was staggering.

Zhang Jiuling said to Li Sanlang: "There are about more than 10,000 Khitan people living in Shendu, and the Shangyuan is coming. ”

Li Sanlang interrupted: "More than 10,000 people, this is impossible to investigate, if you close the door and search for it, it will inevitably cause adverse effects, if it causes other dangers, how can you have to pay for the loss?" Do you have a plan? ”

Zhang Jiuling continued: "According to the records of entering and leaving the city, there is a group of people who are indeed suspicious, and the city gate order is also marked with the word "suspicious" on the document for entering the city for inspection. ”

Li Sanlang motioned for Zhang Jiuling to continue.

"Since three days ago, some Khitans have entered the gates of the Shendu one after another, and they are all merchants, but each person's goods are only two or three camels or horses. The Khitan caravan, coming from afar, will be delayed for two or three months on the road, so that the trip is a loss, but because the caravan business procedures are complete, so the city gate order is no longer more blocked, only marked "suspicious" that is, released. ”

"How many Khitans are there?" Li Saburo asked.

"No more, no less, exactly thirty men, all men between eighteen and twenty-five, and they entered the city with the same destination." Zhang Jiuling replied.

Li Sanlang was overjoyed, this must be those thieves, so he hurriedly asked, where are they?

Zhang Jiuling opened the picture of Shendu Yu that he carried, pointed to one of the places with him, and said, "Datongfang, Shaman Shrine." ”

Li Sanlang pondered for a moment and called out loudly: "Chen Wuji led his subordinates to Datongfang to inquire about the situation; Zhang Jiuling took my token and hurried forward, informing Li that the door of the fang was being closed, the Yulin army blocked the street, the people returned to the house, and everyone was not allowed to enter or exit; Chen Xuanli ordered the tiger to roar and guard, and set off with me in a queue! ”

"Whoa!" Everyone shouted in unison, turned and exited to get started.

At first, Chen Wuji saw Li Sanlang and thought that he was just an ordinary official eunuch's son, his ancestor was virtuous, he had an official and a half-job, and he was just a little lazy. However, in less than half a day, Li Sanlang's courage was indeed admired, this son is young and old, commanded properly, acted resolutely, and was decisive in killing, he is indeed not an idle person, and he will become a big thing in the future, the last time I saw someone who acted like this, I am afraid it can be traced back to Di Ge Lao many years ago. So he secretly rejoiced in his heart, and took the order to go.