At three o'clock, Ziwei City, outside the Immortal Palace.

In recent years, the empress favored Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's brothers, while the two Zhang brothers gradually broke through the restrictions of male favorites and interfered in court politics. The second Zhang relied on the favor of the empress, and was authoritarian, and all the officials in the court were afraid of him. After the empress fell ill, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong served left and right, and outsiders were not allowed to enter. Yesterday, Wu Sansi had already entered the palace to meet the empress, and he still gave a gift in private.

Not even the prince had to kneel outside the Jixian Hall and wait, and there were also Liang Wang Wu Sansi waiting outside the hall, Fengge Shilang Zhang Cambodia, the left and right Yulin Army generals, Dali Temple Qing Wujiang and so on.

It has been almost half an hour since the beginning of the hour, and it has been almost half an hour since I knelt. His Royal Highness has his own thoughts, and all the recitals have already been submitted to the palace, and now they are waiting for the will of the Empress, as if waiting for the verdict to be announced.

Finally, Zhang Yizhi came out with the edict in his hand, and saw that everyone was still kneeling in front of the hall, so he announced loudly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said." The crown prince Li Xian investigated the case untruthfully and lied about his military exploits, and should have been severely punished, but he was not investigated for the time being, and ordered him to find the real culprit within five days, and return to Shangyuan Anning, otherwise the crime will be increased by one degree and he will be punished heavily. I heard that King Liang had a strange Li Ke under him, who was good at investigating cases, so he was specially given the title of Captain of Shenlong, given a gold order, and saw that the order was feasible and cheap, and assisted the prince Li Xian in investigating the case, and if he could make meritorious service, he would be rewarded separately. Chin this! ”

As soon as this decree came out, everyone was surprised. First of all, the crown prince Li Xian, he has offset his merits and demerits, and he can be regarded as escaping, but who is Li Ke, the captain of the Divine Dragon who was suddenly inserted? There is also this time for the investigation of the case, yesterday it was only said that the case was investigated, but there was no time limit, which suddenly set the time limit at five days, if the case cannot be concluded within five days, then it is inevitable that he will be punished, in comparison, this is tantamount to a will that is unfavorable to himself. Besides, King Liang, not to mention that the prince was unscathed, even the talent he had painstakingly recommended was suddenly recruited to the prince's side, Li Ke's ability he had seen, and this sudden change made him feel that he had lost his wife and broken his army. After the decree was read, for a while, no one answered His Highness.

Zhang Yizhi asked loudly, "Did everyone hear clearly?" ”

At this time, everyone woke up from a dream and replied in unison: "Hear clearly, we are grateful!" ”

Everyone retreated.

At the end of the hour, the palace of the king of Liang.

On the step back to the house, Wu Sansi silently scolded hundreds of times in his heart, which play did this empress play, how could this thing develop in this direction, he was really angry in his heart, but he was helpless.

Xue Liang had roughly informed Li Ke that when Wu Sansi returned to the mansion, Li Ke had already finished his outfits, and he could go out to investigate the case after King Liang's order. Seeing this, Wu Sansi said coldly: "Li Gongzi's Shenlong Lieutenant is sealed, or is it sealed by the emperor himself, this is a golden order given to you by the emperor, in order to investigate the case, it is feasible to cheapen." ”

Li Ke immediately knelt on the ground, took the golden order with both hands, and returned in his mouth: "Thank the emperor for Longen!" ”

Xue Liang saw that King Liang's face was wrong, and asked in a low voice: "King Liang, the crown prince... ”

Wu Sansi interrupted Xue Liang's questioning and continued: "The merits and demerits are compensated, and the case can be solved within five days!" There is also Li Duwei, who was seconded to Long'an Division to assist the prince in solving the case. ”

Xue Liang's heart tightened, how could things develop like this, in this way, wouldn't Li Ke be unpleasing on both sides, on the one hand, he was guarded against by the prince, and on the other hand, he couldn't serve King Liang, he was an intermediary, so he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Wu Sansi continued to say coldly: "Li Duwei will go to Long'an Division to report now, your family will stay in my mansion for the time being, although Li Duwei can investigate the case with peace of mind, I will take care of them." ”

Li Ke knew Wu Sansi's intentions, saying that he was taking care of his wife and children, but in fact he was a hostage, if Li Ke did something unfavorable to King Liang, his family would definitely suffer, but at this time, he had nothing to do for a while, he couldn't kill all over King Liang's mansion and rescue his wife and children, wouldn't that be contrary to the original intention of this trip? After hesitating for a moment, Li Ke said: "Please rest assured King Liang, I will investigate the case, if there are clues, I will definitely return to King Liang in time to help King Liang make meritorious contributions, my wife will be entrusted to me." ”

Wu Sansi heard this, and his heart was happy, this Li Ke was still quite knowledgeable, so he said with a smile: "Although Li Duwei is relieved to investigate the case with peace of mind, this king is still preparing to hold a celebration banquet for the king in this Liang Palace!" ”

Li Ke bid farewell to King Liang and Xue Liang, and saw his wife and children again, so he went to Long'an Division.

As soon as Li Ke left, Wu Sansi arranged for Xue Liang: "Inform Long Ansi of the eyeliner, if Li Ke has any changes, come and report it in time." ”

Xue Liang whispered back: "Wow! ”

At two o'clock, Long Ansi, the study of the other garden.

Prince Li Xian asked, "San Lang, do you know who this Li Ke is?" ”

Li Sanlang fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he replied with a look of joy: "Erchen knows a Li Ke, so I don't know if it's the same person." Three years ago, Erchen traveled to Broken Leaf City in the Western Regions, and met a group of bandits on the road, only Chen Xuanli accompanied him at that time, and there were many bandits, Erchen knew that he was invincible, so he persuaded him with words, hoping to keep Erchen alive, but in the end he failed to move. When the bandits were about to make a move, a swordsman suddenly appeared, and in more than ten snaps of his fingers, he killed all the more than 30 bandits and walked away. Later, in order to repay the favor, after several inquiries, I learned that this person's name is Li Ke, known as the sword god of the Western Regions, known as killing one person in ten steps, and leaving a name for thousands of miles, but Erchen has never seen him again, so in this way, this person is still Erchen's life-saving benefactor. ”

Li Xian was shocked by Li Sanlang's words and asked, "What? In more than ten snaps of the fingers, you can kill all the more than 30 bandits? Is there such a profound person in the world? ”

Li Sanlang replied: "It is true, if it is not for the sons and daughters to see it with their own eyes, they can't believe it." ”

Li Xian did have other thoughts in his heart at this time, and he whispered: "San Lang, this person's martial arts are so high, could he be the one who committed murder outside the city gate?" ”

When Li Sanlang thought of Li Ke, such a thought did flash in his heart, but how could a chivalrous and righteous person do such a thing, so he replied categorically: "Probably not, I have heard that Li Kexia is brave and chivalrous, how can he do such a thing." ”

"What if you are instructed to do so?" Li Xian asked.

Li Sanlang hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "No!" Who would be instructed by such a profound person? Who commanded him? For this person, Erchen would rather choose to believe! ”

The prince was about to speak, when a voice came from outside the house: "Report to the prince, Li Sicheng, and Li Ke, the captain of the Divine Dragon, who is here to die!" ”

The two didn't expect Li Ke to arrive so soon, and Li Xian didn't know what to say for a while, so he left a sentence: "San Lang, be cautious in everything, this person is King Liang's person after all." ”

Li Sanlang said yes, and then went to the council hall with the prince.

When the two arrived at the conference hall, Li Ke was already standing in the hall, and when he saw the prince and Si Cheng arrive, he immediately knelt on the ground and saluted.

Li Sanlang hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Ke up and asked, "Li Daxia, do you remember me?" Three years ago, you saved me in Shattered Leaf City. ”

After Li Sanlang said this, Chen Xuanli next to him also recognized Li Ke, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Li Daxia, I looked familiar with it just now, and I didn't dare to recognize it for a while, and I hope to forgive my sins, save my life, I can't repay it, and please accept Chen Xuanli!" After saying that, he got down on one knee.

Li Ke recognized the two young people in front of him, so he hurriedly helped Chen Xuanli up, and said, "It's just a trivial matter, why worry about it!" It's a great pleasure to be here today. ”

The crown prince Li Xian pretended to cough, and Li Sanlang hurriedly introduced him and said to Li Ke: "This is my father, the current prince!" ”

Li Ke hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "See the prince!" ”

Li Xian replied: "No courtesy, flat body!" ”

Seeing Li Ke get up, Li Xian continued: "Thank you in advance for saving your child's life. This case is just a big man, oh no! It's Li Duwei who has bothered a lot, and after the matter is completed, there will definitely be a reward! ”

Li Ke replied: "I must do my best to find out this case!" ”

Prince Li Xian continued: "Then you will investigate the case first, and report something to you." "Finished speaking.

Li Sanlang was about to catch up with Li Ke for a while, Chen Wuji arrived in the conference hall, arched his hands, and said: "I was an errand next to Di Ge Lao back then, and I heard Ge Lao mention the prestige of the sword god in the Western Regions. ”

Chen Xuanli on the side laughed and said, "Chen Sizhi, you also want to join in this fun?" I advise you not to bring shame upon yourself. ”

Chen Wuji is burly, he asks himself if his martial arts are acceptable, he has been on duty for many years, he has always heard about Li Ke's deeds in the market, and people who practice martial arts have their own competitive hearts. But when Chen Xuanli said this, his face was dull for a moment, and he had to make up his mind to fight.

Li Sanlang also wanted to see if Li Ke's martial arts were still as good as before, so he said by the way: "Those two points are over!" After the competition, you must investigate the case as soon as possible! ”

Hearing Li Sanlang say this, Li Ke couldn't refuse, Chen Wuji arched his hands and said, "Please!" So he attacked Li Ke! After two snaps of his fingers, Chen Wuji was knocked to the ground, and there was no way to fight back. Li Ke arched his hands and said, "Accept!" ”

Because he was in the council room, this matter was shocked in the eyes of everyone in Long Ansi, although Li Sanlang had already known that Li Ke's martial arts were very high, but he never expected to defeat Chen Wuji with only two snaps of his fingers, fortunately, this person is a friend and not an enemy at the moment, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable.

Chen Wuji struggled for a long time, and finally got up from the ground, and then knelt down on one knee: "The Sword God of the Western Regions really lives up to his reputation!" I really admire it under it! ”

Seeing this, Li Sanlang laughed and said: "There is a way that there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people, Chen Sizhi does not need to be discouraged. ”

"Whoa!" Chen Wuji replied loudly.

Li Sanlang turned to Li Ke and asked, "I believe that Li Duwei has a general understanding of this case, where are you going to investigate?" ”

Li Ke was silent for a moment and replied, "Ghost City! ”