Chen Wuji had an injury on his hand, and before this arrest operation, Li Sanlang asked him to stay in Long'an Division to recuperate, but how could Chen Wuji rest assured, Li Sanlang met Chen Wuji who came on horseback as soon as he left Ningrenfang. Seeing this, Li Sanlang knew that it was difficult to persuade him, so he arranged for Chen Wuji to stay in Ningrenfang to assist Zhang Jiuling in dealing with the aftermath and investigating the case.

After Li Sanlang left, Li Ke did a meticulous search in the Dayuan Inn, but found nothing, and sighed in his heart that the opponent's mind was too meticulous, and the clues were all destroyed, so Li Ke left Ningrenfang stupidly, ready to find clues again.

At two o'clock, the sun has been slanting to the west, the lights of the inner Chinese capital are on, the tragic situation in the Ningren Fang is still vivid, but just after the two squares, everything seems to have returned to tranquility, the streets are still so lively, all kinds of vendors sell goods, and pedestrians are also endless, Li Ke looked at the scene in front of him, thinking of the brothers of the Tiger Xiaowei and Yulin Army who had just been injured and died not long ago, and couldn't help but tear up. It's still the first month, and the Shangyuan is approaching, and the parents of these brothers are really difficult to spend this year again. The grief and indignation in his heart and the innate chivalrous heart at that moment exploded infinitely at this moment, and he secretly vowed in his heart that he must capture the culprit behind the scenes as soon as possible, protect the good life of the people of this divine capital, and comfort the souls of his deceased brothers in heaven.

I was thinking about it, and suddenly an arrow shot at Li Ke, but this arrow didn't seem to be to shoot Li Ke, more like a hint, the arrow passed in front of Li Ke, fixed on the side of the wall, Li Ke looked in the direction of the arrow, only to see a tall man, holding a curved bow, standing on the courtyard wall, wearing a black robe, with a mask, he couldn't see the true face for a while, he saw Li Ke looking at him, so he calmly jumped down from the courtyard wall, Li Ke didn't know the intention of the person, and he didn't act for a while, just stared at this person tightly to observe his next move.

After the man landed, he quickly turned around and ran away from the narrow alley behind him, Li Ke saw this, and immediately pursued, but because the alley was narrow, he had to abandon the horse. The person who came was really agile, the speed was different from ordinary people, and the injuries on Li Ke's body had not fully recovered from the explosion just now, and it was very difficult to pursue this person at this moment, but fortunately, that person always deliberately kept a certain distance from Li Ke, saying that he was running away, more like attracting Li Ke and leading the way for Li Ke.

The two of them kept walking through this alleyway, and because they were busy pursuing, Li Ke didn't care about the situation on the left and right, and his eyes were fixed on the person who came, for fear that this person would suddenly disappear. After running like this for about a moment, the two came to a secluded place. Li Ke looked around, it turned out to be Mingyi Fang located in the West City, this square is remote, people are rare, he led me here, what is the purpose? Li Ke thought secretly in his heart.

The man stopped, apparently in his tracks. The man turned around, suddenly pulled out a knife from his waist, and attacked directly at Li Ke, in the face of this sudden attack, fortunately Li Ke had already prepared, and hurriedly drew a long sword from behind him to fight.

That person's sword technique is peculiar, and he belongs to the same number of martial arts as the Turks in the Ningren Fang before, but after a few rounds, Li Ke deeply felt that the martial arts of this person in front of him were far better than the Turkic people in the Ningren Fang, not to mention that Li Ke was seriously injured at the moment, and his speed and strength were not as good as before, even if Li Ke was in good health and prepared for the battle with all his might, he had to do his best to win the person in front of him.

The two of them have swords and swords, and their moves are extremely fast, if they are placed before, Li Ke can meet an evenly matched opponent, it will be very happy, and it will inevitably fight for hundreds of rounds, and then get drunk. But at this moment, Li Ke is completely out of interest, he just wants to defeat the opponent as soon as possible, people who practice martial arts are most afraid of anxiety in their hearts, so easy to make mistakes, especially the competition between the top masters, maybe the loss is so one and a half moves, at this time Li Ke is committing this taboo, he has not met an opponent who can fight with him for too long, and he is eager to defeat the opponent, the moves are inevitably a little radical, but Li Ke is trapped by the injury, and it is difficult to play martial arts to the extreme, gradually, he actually fell behind, at this time, the mask man seized a loophole in Li Ke's moves, Blocked Li Ke's sword with a knife, and slapped a palm on Li Ke's chest, Li Ke was already injured, and at this moment he was shocked to the heart by such a master, and for a while his mouth spurted blood, he took a few steps back, and was about to use the sword to pestle the ground, but he really had no strength in his hand, and he fell and sat on the ground.

For so many years, this is Li Ke's first defeat, he never thought that someone could defeat him, although he was injured, but this is not a good reason for him, as a peerless swordsman defeated, for a while his heart was mixed, he could only use his hands to support the ground, gasping for breath, adjusting his breath, in order to recover as soon as possible, ready to fight again, and at the same time constantly thinking about countermeasures, such as continuing to fight, I am afraid that something will happen.

The masked man put the knife into the scabbard with a "swish", and seemed to have no intention of fighting again, and said slowly: "The sword god of the Western Regions really deserves his reputation, how does it feel to be defeated?" After saying that, he laughed out loud, and the laughter was full of sarcasm.

Li Ke wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, smiled and said, "I will be defeated!" Happy life! ”

"What?" The masked man's pride disappeared in an instant, he didn't expect Li Ke to reply like this, the joy of victory was gone, and then he said sharply: "Are you defeated or fast?" Self-deception, right? ”

Li Ke didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, he just wanted to know who this person was as soon as possible and what the purpose of his trip was, so he said: "Keduo, I already knew that you were strong in martial arts, isn't it a happy life to lose to a master like you?" In fact, Li Ke was not sure of the identity of the masked man, he deliberately said this just to trick the other party's words.

The masked man laughed again and said, "It turns out that you already know my identity, so I don't have to hide it from you, yes, it's Kedo down there!" It was the red-haired Yama who told you to come to Ningrenfang to look for me, right? ”

Li Ke was shocked in his heart, what he was surprised about was not that this person in front of him was Keduo, because there are indeed very few people in the world who can have this skill, even if he doesn't say his identity, that eight or nine is not far from ten, and what he was surprised about was how did he know that this matter was told by the red-haired Yama. So he asked, "Does Ru'an know about this?" ”

The masked man laughed even louder, saying, "Because it's me, let him do this!" ”

Li Ke was shocked again, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

The masked man put away his laughter and said, "Two years ago, you received a ghost order to participate in the martial arts competition, and you also received a piece of it!" ”

"You defeated the red-haired Yama?" Li Ke asked in a low voice.

"Not bad! Like you, a small victory is half a move! The masked man's voice showed smugness, and he continued: "The thing I asked the red-haired Yama to promise me is very simple, that is, when you go to investigate the case, just tell you that I am in Ningrenfang!" After saying that, he looked up to the sky and laughed again.

Li Ke was puzzled and continued to ask, "Why is this so?" ”

The masked man smiled and replied, "Why?" Why did Li Gong say this? Didn't Li Gong see the corpses of the Tiger Roaring Guard and the Yulin Army all over the ground? ”

When Li Ke heard him talk about this, he couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart, and asked angrily, "What are you going to do?" ”

The masked man said word for word, "What am I going to do?" You'll find out slowly! If I don't kill you today, I want you to take a good look at the chivalry in your heart, and whether the gods in your heart are as you think! If one day you are disappointed in God, welcome to join me! After saying that, he laughed wildly again, and the laughter resounded throughout the alleyway.

Li Ke really couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, jumped up, drew his sword and attacked Keduo again, but due to the serious injury, he was slapped by Keduo again in a few rounds, and vomited blood again and fell to the ground, Keduo laughed strangely and said: "Li Gong, I think today's battle is over." When you recover from your injuries in the coming day, we will fight fairly, and then I will convince you of defeat! Before leaving, I will give you another gift, Xishi, Yirenfang, go and see the chivalry in your heart, and look at the god capital in your heart. With that, the masked man dodged away, disappearing into the coming night.

Now that it was almost dark, Li Ke rested for a while, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly got up and rushed to the West Market Yirenfang that the masked man said, he didn't know what was waiting for him at the moment.

At the moment, Li Ke staggered to Yirenfang. This pleasant square is one of the most lively squares in the West Market, the lights are red and green, the tavern, the tea shop, the flower street and the willow lane all gather here, the singers and dancers who are collected from all over the place, the singing and dancing performances emerge in endlessly, and some flower buildings even raise foreign women in the Western Regions, a lively scene. coincided with the Shangyuan period, merchants from all over the world came here, and this workshop was more lively.

What is the purpose of Keduo to let Li Ke come here, Li Ke is not clear for a while, is it to let Li Ke come to see the luxury behind the prosperity of wine and meat? Li Ke expected that it would never be just that.

Li Ke walked slowly all the way, observing left and right, and saw what would happen to this workshop. His eyes were fixed on a huge word board, and it read: "Wanhualou, at the end of the hour, the two-time singer Oiran Xuan Lingzi took the stage to perform!" Li Ke was shocked in his heart, and a bad premonition suddenly rose from his heart, and he suddenly remembered that when he left Long Ansi today, Li Sanlang asked him if the red-haired Yama had kept his promise, could it be possible? Li Ke was thinking about it, when suddenly there was a flow of people in this pleasant place, and the crowd began to flee in all directions in confusion, and it was chaotic for a while.

Pedestrians and vendors on the road were pushed to the ground by the crowd, and the cries and shouts of the crowd filled the surroundings. It seems that something has happened, Li Ke grabbed a man who ran towards him, the man wanted to break free, but Li Ke was too strong, so he could only pant and said in a panic: "You... What are you doing? Release... Let me go and run for your life! ”

Li Ke asked loudly, "What happened?" The man said, "Kill... Killed! Xuan Lingzi was ... Killed! Li Ke was taken aback, as he expected, and then asked, "Where?" The man pointed his hand into the distance and said, "Ten thousand... Wanhualou! After speaking, he desperately broke free from Li Ke, and ran for his life without looking back.

Li Ke didn't dare to delay, and quickly rushed to Wanhualou against the flow of people, but there were too many people, and it took half a day to rush to Wanhualou, and he was just about to enter the building, but he was pulled by a man in black, and the man in black said: "Captain Li, you... How did you end up here? ”

Li Ke turned his head and saw that it was Chen Xuanli in disguise, Li Ke immediately confirmed the judgment in his heart, and said angrily: "Come and see the good things you have done!" With that, he shook off Chen Xuanli's hand and entered Wanhua Tower.

Wanhualou can be said to be the largest and most high-end restaurant in this pleasant square, beautiful women, famous wine, and meals are gathered here, only the rich and powerful compare this Wanhualou to paradise is not an exaggeration, the wealthy, the rich, and even the prince's son and son will often come here to find fun.

But at this moment, Wanhualou is already empty, it can be seen that not long ago it was full of friends, lively and extraordinary, but despite the emergency, people here fled in a panic, resulting in a mess all over the ground, tables and chairs are scattered and fell to the ground. In the middle of the hall of Wanhualou, there is a very large and exquisite stage, and at this moment, a person on the stage fell in a pool of blood, no need to guess, that person must be Xuan Lingzi. There were seven or eight people dressed in black casual clothes on the stage, who should have come with Chen Xuanli, who were surveying the scene everywhere.

Li Ke walked to the stage, only to see that Xuan Lingzi had pale skin, a good face, and a graceful figure, but at this time he died tragically, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was full of blood, his hands and feet were gone, and blood was splashed on the stage, and it seemed that he had cut off his tongue and cut off his hands and feet.

At this time, Chen Xuanli also came to Li Ke's side, Li Ke grabbed Chen Xuanli's shirt, stared at his eyes tightly, and shouted: "Look at the good things you have done!" ”

Chen Xuanli had never seen Li Ke so angry, so he said, "We didn't kill her, she was already like this when we got here." Li Sicheng just ordered us to wait for the opportunity to bring her back, and didn't say that he wanted to kill her! ”

After Li Ke heard this, he turned around and squatted down, glanced at Xuan Lingzi's knife edge, leaned over and sniffed it again, straightened up and continued to whisper to Chen Xuanli: "The person who killed her used the Ghost Shadow Knife, she has a unique smell of spices in the Western Regions, she was killed by a ghost servant!" The red-haired Yama was afraid that you would get her tongue and siblings to exchange information with him, so he did it himself in advance, although she was not killed directly by you, but what is the difference between her and what you killed? Acting like this, dealing with a weak woman who has nothing to do with this matter, is this the work of a chivalrous man? Is this a chivalrous act? After speaking, Li Ke took out the token on his waist, put it on the ground, and said: "You generation, if you are not chivalrous, it is not enough for me to help!" After saying that, he turned around and left, Chen Xuanli wanted to chase after him, but was slapped to the ground by Li Ke's backhand, and the others did not dare to step forward again, Li Ke looked around, sighed, and brushed his sleeves away.

At the moment, Ryu Anji, the council chamber. Zhang Jiuling and Chen Wuji returned to Li Sanlang the facts of the Ningrenfang case.

Zhang Jiuling said: "According to the records of the main file in Ningrenfang, Chen Wuji has verified, and the current case is summarized as follows: three months ago, the Turkic Yuanliang, that is, Keduo, rented the Dayuan Inn for business, according to the records of the entry and exit fang, there were seven Turkic personnel in the same company, two of whom have been killed today, and even the main culprit Yuanliang is still at large. According to Chen Wuji's investigation and verification, in the past three months, Li Zheng violated the regulations of the imperial court and sold fireworks and firecrackers with Yuan Liang without permission, all of which were hoarded in the courtyard, ready to sell them privately for profit during the Yuan period. Speaking of this, Zhang Jiuling choked up for a while, and continued in a slow voice: "As a result, 31 people died and 270 were injured due to the stampede; Thirty-six were killed and thirty-one wounded; Sixty-seven were killed and one hundred and three wounded; There is a lot of damage to houses and property, and there is no complete statistics for a while; At present, the government departments are busy dealing with the aftermath of the bereavement and bereavement matters. ”

Li Sanlang's face was solemn at this time, and he didn't say a word, he knew the serious consequences of this matter, not only did the thieves not get rid of them, but also killed and injured soldiers and residents, not to mention that Naning Renfang was also the main goods trading place in Shangyuan this time, such a mess would be affected, and at this time, it would be reported to the empress truthfully, and Long Ansi would be punished, and of course, his father, His Royal Highness the Prince.

As a contemplative person, Chen Xuanli hurriedly entered the hall, knelt down in front of Li Sanlang's case, held Li Ke's token with both hands, and looked at Chen Xuanli's expression, Li Sanlang already knew in his heart that something must have happened, so he fixed his mind and asked, "What's the matter?" Chen Xuanli was very ashamed, hid his face and wept, and roughly explained the reason for what happened in Yirenfang just now, and finally cried bitterly: "The ministers are incompetent, and the crowd flow eventually leads to the death of thirteen people and the injury of forty-seven people." ”

Li Sanlang listened and continued to say nothing, the matter of this Ningrenfang is not over, this Yirenfang has such a mess again, today Long'an Division not only did not make a success, frustrated everywhere, but also brought such a great disaster to the gods, counting yesterday's caravan and Khitan dead soldiers, in just two days, hundreds of people have been killed and injured, and now what is more serious is that because of his own negligence, Li Ke actually let Li Ke go, he threw the token away like this, and it can be regarded as a crime of resisting the decree when studied carefully, Li Ke is a man of temperament, and his chivalrous bones let him not be so restrained, But the court law doesn't think so, and Li Ke will definitely be dealt with strictly, he doesn't want to lose such a talent!

Long Ansi ordered to enter the council hall at this time and reported: "The portrait of Keduo and others has been completed, please give Li Sicheng an order." ”

With the help of that old man, the painter of Long Ansi has completed all the portraits of Keduo and others. Li Sanlang immediately ordered: "Post portraits throughout the city!" Issuing sea fishing documents! Fast! ”

At this time, the council hall entered another order and reported: "Li Sicheng, the prince sent someone to complain, and asked Li Sicheng to enter the East Palace as soon as possible to discuss matters." ”

Li Sanlang is still young and has to bear so many things at once, it is indeed difficult for him, fortunately, his heart is strong enough, not an ordinary idle person, he raised his hand and said: "You continue to investigate the case with all your heart, arrest Keduo, I will enter the palace, and send someone to report the emergency!" ”

"Whoa!" And they all drank.

Speaking back to Li Ke, he walked aimlessly in the Divine Capital City alone, and his heart was really depressed, and everything he had experienced today frustrated him. Defeat in the competition, failure in the investigation, and the death of so many innocent people, Xuan Lingzi's death is not very sad for Li Ke, there is not much intersection between the two, there are many dead and injured today, Xuan Lingzi can only be counted as one of them, no different from the others, but what makes Li Ke feel sad is that Li Sanlang will arrange people to do such a chivalrous thing, which is greatly unexpected to him, and it is also a serious violation of his principles of life. In Li Ke's heart, high-ranking officials, brocade clothes and jade food are all dung, and the most important thing in his heart is nothing more than family and chivalrous ways, is this desperate effort worth it? For the first time, such a thought came to Li Ke's mind.

At this time, Li Ke remembered his wife and children who were still in the Liang Wangfu, so he accelerated to the Liang Wangfu.

Entering the hall of King Liang's mansion, the scene in front of him was beyond his expectations. I saw Liang Wangwu Sansi sitting in the hall, holding Xiao Taibai in his arms, Li Ke's wife standing, seeing Li Ke entering the hall, he looked at Xiao Taibai and glanced at Li Ke.

Wu Sansi saw Li Ke and said with a smile: "Captain Li has worked hard today!" All that you have experienced has been told to this king. ”

Li Ke was slightly stunned in his heart, and when he heard Wu Sansi say this, he suddenly knew in his heart that there must be Liang Wangfu's eyeliner in Long'an Division, so he said quietly: "Xie Liang Wang is worried, and I am grateful!" ”

Wu Sansi put away his smile, snorted, and said, "But Li Duwei Zai" "I have to get a letter if I'm busy, right?" Seeing that you are working so hard to solve the case, don't you want to make a contribution in Long'an Division? ”

Wu Sansi said this obviously, that is, he was blaming Li Ke for not reporting the news in time, whether he forgot about the Liang Palace. Li Ke knew his intentions, and returned with his hand: "Please don't blame King Liang, the main thing today is sudden, so it's too late to report back." ”

Wu Sansi said: "It's best to be like this, otherwise it's not good for this little Taibai to have a bump, the child is small and naughty, and someone must take care of it at any time!" This is very obvious, Wu Sansi is threatening him with Li Ke's son, this may be good for other people, but putting it on Li Ke is tantamount to touching his reverse scales, Li Ke's life is the most important thing is his family, if someone dares to use his family to threaten each other, he will definitely fight to death, he shouted: "Please King Liang take back what he just said!" ”

Wu Sansi has been favored by the empress for many years, and he is used to being arrogant and domineering, and no one has ever dared to speak to him so harshly, so his heart also exploded with anger for a while, saying: "If I don't take it back, what should I do?" ”

As soon as Wu Sansi's words fell, Li Ke didn't say a word, drew his sword and stabbed straight at Wu Sansi. Wu Sansi couldn't imagine that Li Ke really dared to do it to himself, he didn't have any preparation for a while, there was not even a guard in this hall, seeing that the sword was getting closer and closer to Wu Sansi, at this time, Li Ke's wife blocked Li Ke's sword with the candlestick next to him, and the candlestick was broken.

Li Ke's wife whispered: "Taibai is still here, do you want him to watch you kill?" ”

Li Ke was also carried away by anger all of a sudden, coupled with today's everything, he almost attacked Wu Sansi in front of his son, and when he calmed down at this time, he couldn't help but regret it, so he hurriedly put away his long sword and replied: "Be reckless in the next moment, and ask King Liang to forgive me!" ”

Li Ke's wife continued: "I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, I have been married to my husband for many years, and I have always been addicted to martial arts. ”

Wu Sansi was shocked, he didn't expect Li Ke's wife to be so strong in martial arts, fortunately she was here just now, otherwise he should be in a different place now, it seems that he can only tolerate it temporarily, not to mention Li Ke's salute just now, it can be regarded as giving himself a step, endure it today, and then serve revenge in the future, Wu Sansi secretly thought about it, and said: "Li Duwei and Mrs. Li are serious, and this king also has some slips of the tongue, today's matter is like this first, the two of you should take the child to rest early!" This king takes his leave! After speaking, he put down Xiao Taibai, didn't look back, and left.

A moment later, King Liang's Mansion, in the guest room of the side courtyard.

Li Ke looked at Xiao Taibai, who was already asleep, so he told his wife everything about today, and after finishing his words, he sighed and continued: "I waited to come to Shendu, originally planning to avoid disaster, I didn't want Taibai to follow us to live a life of exile since I was a child, so I made a compromise, but I didn't expect to be involved in this right and wrong. I thought that King Liang and Li Sicheng were people who could be trusted, but I never thought that it would be like this, but now that we have offended King Liang, where should we go? ”

Li Ke's wife smiled and whispered: "My husband has always been chivalrous, but this world is like this, but as long as what my husband does is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth and the people of dawn, then just let it go, I think Xiao Taibai will understand it in the future." ”

Li Ke nodded, thoughtful, he was very glad to have such a confidante, but at this time, he should think more about what to do tomorrow.