In order to facilitate the duty in the palace, the residence of the deputy commander of the forbidden army, Qile, is not far from the palace, located in Jishanfang. Out of the palace gate, only need to cross the three stone bridges on the Luoshui River, Li Ke and Chen Wuji rode horses in less than a moment.

Shendu City is built by many squares adjacent to each other, similar to the nine-square grid, but if something happens to a square, the surrounding eight squares also need to be closed, and the roads of the adjacent squares are set up to resist horses and sentry posts, and strict restrictions and investigations will be made for people entering and exiting until the things in the square are resolved, and they can return to normal; Shangyuan is coming, this rule was relaxed a few days ago, and even the curfew between the squares was canceled, but the big cases that happened one after another in the past few days finally had to make the imperial court heavily guarded again.

When the two arrived, Jishanfang had been blocked by the forbidden army, and several surrounding squares were no exception. At this time, the sun is high, and the people who are ready to enter and exit are isolated in the squares, and at first they all complained, but when they inquired, it was the deputy commander of the forbidden army who was slaughtered, but they were also afraid, and even the top boss of the forbidden army suffered this disaster, then this case must not be small, so no one dared to have any objections to the closure of the fang, what they could do was to wait quietly, looking forward to the conclusion of the case earlier, if the culprit is not returned, then there is a lot of risk to their own safety.

Chen Wuji held the Long'an Commander card, and the passage was smooth all the way, and he soon arrived at Qiler's mansion. This mansion is not too big, but the courtyard wall is higher than the average mansion, so I don't know if it is built for safety reasons, even if it is difficult for people with certain skills to climb the courtyard wall, Li Ke should have seen the difference of this courtyard wall, so when the two arrived at the door, they were not in a hurry to enter, Li Ke took Chen Wuji around the courtyard to observe the surrounding situation. Because the courtyard is not big, after a while they went back to the main entrance, Chen Wuji said to Li Ke: "This courtyard is unique, there is no back door, only this front door is left to enter and exit." After hearing this, Li Ke nodded thoughtfully and did not make a sound.

In order to protect the scene, at this time the Qile Mansion has been surrounded by the forbidden army, the general on duty at the door is Wei Ling, this person is in his early thirties, burly, dark complexion, with knife wounds on his face, he has been guarding the border soldiers in Anxi, and he is brave enough to kill the enemy in battle.

After Chen Wuji showed the token to explain his intentions, Wei Ling hurriedly took the two into the house, and repeatedly explained that the two must solve the case as soon as possible, he wanted to kill the culprit and hate General Qiler.

As soon as Wei Ling entered the gate, the two were surprised by the simplicity of the building in the courtyard, the whole courtyard was a two-story house, the front yard was an empty courtyard, surrounded by the high courtyard wall just seen, there was not even a tree in this courtyard, but at this time the courtyard was lying everywhere The corpses of the forbidden soldiers who were killed last night were lying everywhere, and the surrounding ground and courtyard walls were bloodstained, and the tragic situation was abnormal. Wei Ling said to the two of them that in order to facilitate the investigation of the case, nothing has been moved at the scene so far, Chen Wuji wanted to check the murdered corpse after hearing this, Li Ke stopped him, signaled him not to move first, and asked Wei Ling to take the two of them around the house to the backyard, the backyard is an empty training ground, and there are also no buildings, and at this time there are many corpses of the forbidden army on the ground, and the death is the same as the front yard.

Wei Ling explained to the two that this general Qiler had always lived a simple life, and he loved to train soldiers instead of others, so he arranged a training ground in his own home and often called young generals to come for training. Li Ke didn't seem to care much about this, and he asked Wei Ling: "Have the people who were killed in the mansion yesterday ever been liquidated?" Wei Ling's eyes were a little rosy at this time, and his voice trembled a little and said: "There are forty-four people in total, General Qile and his wife, his two high halls, his two sons, and the younger son are only ten years old this year... Speaking of this, Wei Ling couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes anymore, he turned around and wiped the corners of his eyes, it is not difficult to see that he has a great relationship with General Qiler, and it must be sad to make such a battle-hardened warrior like this. Wei Ling turned around and continued: "The thirty-five soldiers of the forbidden army who were on duty last night, and... There were also three headless female corpses. When talking about the three headless female corpses, Wei Ling couldn't help but pause, thinking that he couldn't be sure who the three female corpses were.

Chen Wuji stepped forward and patted Wei Ling's shoulder to comfort him, and Li Ke continued to ask, "Have you found the heads of the three female corpses?" Wei Ling looked at this veteran, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, the person in charge of investigating the case should be Chen Wuji, who was holding a token, why a veteran who followed him had been directing the investigation, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, so he didn't answer Li Ke's question. Seeing this, Chen Wuji immediately said: "Don't blame General Wei, this is a veteran under me, who has followed me for many years to investigate the case and has rich experience, so he assisted the subordinate to come to investigate the case." Hearing Chen Wuji say this, Li Ke also hurriedly said: "Don't blame the general, I was busy investigating the case just now and forgot the etiquette. ”

Hearing what the two said, Wei Ling did not ask any more questions, so he replied: "I have ordered the forbidden army to search in the courtyard of the mansion, and even outside the courtyard for a mile, but I have not found it." ”

Li Ke continued to ask: "Are there no other domestic servants in General Qiler's mansion except for their family?" ”

Wei Ling replied: "General Ziller has always been frugal, and he has taken care of us subordinates, so we will do our best to take care of the affairs of the house, and we have not hired any other domestic servants. ”

Li Ke muttered in a low voice: "No wonder there is only one door left in this mansion, and there is no back door for domestic servants to enter and exit." ”

Li Ke whispered to himself but was heard clearly by Wei Ling, he said: "It's not the case that only one door is left, just because General Qi Le, as the deputy commander of the forbidden army, holds an important position, in order to protect it, he specially raised the courtyard wall, leaving only one door, which is easier to guard, but I never thought about it... ”

Li Ke asked suspiciously: "General Qile was escorted by the forbidden army, but why was he killed last night, and this matter was not known until His Majesty sent someone to summon him?" ”

Wei Ling replied: "You don't know, General Qiler's guards are divided into two shifts, twenty-five people in each shift, it seems that last night to protect the three women, and specially sent ten additional guards, today the shift only to find out that this disaster, we hurriedly surveyed the mansion, and was about to report to the imperial court, and the person summoned by the imperial court happened to be here." ”

Li Ke asked again: "Has General Zeller ever had a grudge against others?" ”

Hearing Li Ke's question, Wei Ling's eyes widened, and he shouted: "General Qile is an upright person, sympathetic to his subordinates, and has always been admired by others, how can he grudge with others?" ”

When Li Ke saw Wei Ling say this, he also had a bottom in his heart, so he asked Wei Ling to take the two of them to check on the three headless female corpses. Under the guidance of Wei Ling, the three of them came to the top room on the second floor of the house, the door was open, and the three headless female corpses fell on the ground of the house at this moment, and their heads were cut off. After a long time, Li Ke said to Chen Wuji: "Judging from the degree of corruption and stiffness of the corpses, there is no doubt that the time when these three people were killed was last night, and judging from their clothes and figures, it should be Azina, Ruma and Duoyu in the main hall last night. Of course, when Li Ke said this, he deliberately emphasized the words "last night's palace", because he knew in his heart that these three people were by no means the real Princess Azina and her maid. Chen Wuji's results were basically the same as Li Ke's, and he nodded silently.

The two returned to the courtyard and began to examine the bodies of the slain forbidden soldiers one by one. An hour later, Li Ke and Chen Wuji finally finished the inspection, Wei Ling looked at the two anxiously and asked, "Do you have any clues for this inspection?" ”

Li Ke sighed softly, looked at Chen Wuji and asked, "Dare to ask Chen Sizhi what he thinks about this case?" ”

Chen Wuji pondered for a moment and said slowly: "When the murderer committed the murder, he deliberately covered it up, although the scene was full of blood, but there were no handprints or footprints, and it is impossible to estimate the shape and appearance of the murderer. As he spoke, Chen Wuji walked up to the nearest corpse, pointed to the corpse's neck and continued: "All the forbidden soldiers who were killed were killed within three knives, although there was a fight, but it didn't last long, and the thirty-five forbidden soldiers should have been killed in a very short time. ”

Wei Ling was shocked when he heard this, and said, "How is this possible? All the forbidden troops are strictly selected fighters, and they are also strictly trained on weekdays, how can they be so vulnerable? It must have been the murderer who did it! ”

Li Ke asked, "Did you do anything?" Dare to ask the general, what kind of tricks may the murderer had? ”

Wei Ling heard Li Ke ask this, and he was speechless for a while, and said, "Maybe it is... Poisoned! ”

Li Ke pointed to the face of the corpse and said: "The face of the corpse is not obviously blackened, and there are no signs of poisoning. ”

Wei Ling asked a little unwillingly: "That... How could that be? ”

Li Ke and Chen Wuji glanced at each other, and Chen Wuji opened his mouth and asked: "This murder scene and the death of the victim are very similar to the city gate robbery and murder three days ago, can it be said?" ”

Without waiting for Chen Wuji to finish speaking, Li Ke said in a positive voice: "Not bad! It's them! Only a master like them could make these thirty-five forbidden soldiers have no power to resist, and when they were attacked, they didn't even have a chance to escape for help or report the news! ”

When Wei Ling heard Li Ke say this, his eyes burst out with vengeful anger for a while, and he asked loudly: "Dare to ask who the murderer is?" I will break it into pieces! ”

Li Ke replied: "Turkic Kedo! ”

After hearing this, Wei Ling felt that this name seemed to be a little familiar for a while, so he asked: "Could it be the Turkic Keduo who has been pasted with notices in the gods in recent days and is wanted by the whole city?" ”

Li Ke replied: "If there is no mistake, it must be this person!" ”

Wei Ling continued to say angrily: "I will report to the commander of the forbidden army and assist in the capture of this thief!" With that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Li Ke hurriedly stopped Wei Ling and continued: "General Wei, don't worry, the lower official still has something to ask. ”

Wei Ling looked at Li Ke and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Li Ke asked, "In addition to the main gate, is there a secret passage or other exit in this mansion?" ”

Wei Ling thought for a while and replied: "When this mansion was first built, I was the supervising army, and I didn't have any secret passages at that time, and I didn't hear about it later, so I guess there shouldn't be." ”

When Li Ke had just checked the corpse in the courtyard and in the house, he also searched for it, but he didn't see it, and after checking it at this moment, he was more sure of what he was thinking, so he said: "In this case, the two of us will retire, and the people who died tragically here will be buried by General Lao Wei." ”

Wei Ling replied: "General Qiler is as kind to me as a mountain, and this matter is natural. I also hope that the two of you will help us capture the murderer to comfort the general's spirit in the sky. ”

Chen Wuji and Li Ke returned the courtesy and retreated.

On the way, Chen Wuji asked Li Ke suspiciously: "Why did Captain Li ask about the secret way?" Could it be that Keduo hid in the secret passage in advance, waiting for the opportunity to commit murder? ”

Li Ke replied casually: "I just asked casually, Chen Sizhi don't worry." Seeing Li Ke say this, Chen Wuji didn't ask any more questions, and the two rode towards the royal horse farm.

In fact, Li Ke did not confide the truth to Chen Wuji, but this matter was just a thought in his heart, how could he make a conclusion before there was no actual evidence?