Li Ke looked at the ghost servants who were holding the boat and walking away, and then looked at the sunset in the west, the night of Luoyang City was about to start again, this prosperous imperial capital was so prosperous and lively both day and night, and he hoped to keep all this beauty in his heart.

In the past two days, he has tried his best, but what he almost gained was the accusation framed by others, he was disappointed, especially last night, he thought about it all night, where should he go, Li Ke's wife didn't know how to persuade him, she could only accompany him quietly, no matter what choice he made; In the end, it was his son Xiao Taibai's words that made him make up his mind, and he told his father that he liked it here, it was so beautiful! It was this sentence that ignited the enthusiasm of Li Ke's patron saint.

He went to the ghost market first today, and he expected that Li Sanlang would definitely come to the ghost market to find his clues, whether it was to catch him or turn to him for help, because this was the easiest and most effective method. Of course, Li Ke also made up his mind, if Li Sanlang's trip was to find clues to catch him, then he also made up his mind to break the net, but fortunately things did not develop in the direction he was most unwilling to.

Li Ke came back to his senses from his contemplation and asked Li Sanlang, "Where are we going now?" Li Sanlang glanced at Li Ke and replied, "Long Ansi." Li Ke was stunned after hearing this, and asked, "Long Ansi?" Last night, I found out, didn't Ryu Anji have a fire? Li Sanlang shook his head and said, "It should be the new dragon Anji." Long Ansi was indeed attacked by gangsters last night, and more than 100 people were killed, but Lord Zhang Cambodia chose a place for us again, located in Jingxingfang, and the manpower was also redeployed, and a large number of Yulin troops were also transferred to help, I don't know how to settle at this moment. ”

Zhang Cambodia's Lord Li Ke has already heard that he is a virtuous minister, this matter is helped by him, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, but I didn't expect that in just one day, Long Ansi was recovered, although his vitality was greatly injured last night, but with the help of Zhang Cambodia's lord, he must have passed it, so he was happy in his heart, and said in a loud voice: "Without further ado, start quickly!" With that, the three of them headed towards Jingxingfang.

Jingxingfang is not far from the Luoshui River, within half a moment, the three of them have arrived, at this time it is dark, when the three of them arrived, it happened that Zhang Jiuling was outside the gate to command the palm lamp, saw the three of them returning at the same time, the heart was overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted, saying: "Li Sicheng, Li Duwei, you can be regarded as coming back together, the new Long'an Division has been prepared, and the people recruited by the various government offices have been hired, and now they are waiting for the two of them to give an order." ”

Li Sanlang praised Zhang Jiuling's ability to run errands, and he also knew that only Zhang Jiuling could do it by his side if he could relocate Xinlong Ansi in such a short period of time, so he said: "Zishou works hard, I know that you will be able to do this!" Zhang Jiuling replied with a bowed hand: "It all depends on Zhang Khanzhi's master to deploy in the middle, otherwise it can't be done in a short time." Li Sanlang continued to ask: "How many subordinates are there in the Long'an Division now?" Zhang Jiuling replied: "There are sixty-seven civilian personnel, and the Zuo Yulin Army is stationed with three hundred people, and if necessary, it will be increased at any time!" Li Sanlang shook his hands and secretly claimed to be good in his heart, so he hurriedly took Li Ke and Chen Xuanli into the inspection.

Under the guidance of Zhang Jiuling, the three of them began to inspect the Xinlong Ansi, and the people recommended by Zhang Cambodia were indeed true, and they were all officials. This place was originally the Dali Temple Administration, although it has been shelved for a long time, but after Zhang Jiuling's arrangement for a few hours, all kinds of needs have been supplied in place, and there is no shortage for a while.

After the inspection, Li Sanlang was still very sure of Xinlongansi's ability to handle errands, so the four of them came to the study of the other garden.

Li Sanlang was the first to ask: "Captain Li, in your opinion, where should this case be started now?" ”

Li Ke stroked his long beard and said slowly: "According to the following opinion, this matter should also start with the Khitan people at the beginning. Li Saburo made a gesture and motioned for Li Ke to continue.

Li Ke continued: "I have thought carefully about this case, and those thirty Khitan dead soldiers are indeed weird. If these thirty people are not robbers, then what is the purpose of these thirty people in coming to the divine capital? They don't look like ordinary dead soldiers. ”

When Li Sanlang heard Li Ke say this, he had a question in his heart, so he asked: "Why does Li Duwei think that they are not ordinary dead soldiers?" ”

Li Ke replied: "These thirty people have average martial arts, if they are dead soldiers with the purpose of assassinating someone, then these thirty people will not play any role in the great gods at all, and it is meaningless for the Khitan to send them here." Generally speaking, if such people have other acts of sabotage, they may be poisoning along rivers, setting fires everywhere, or inciting civil unrest among people, or bribing the powerful. But in the place where these thirty men lived, there was no poison, no fire, not even gold or silver treasures, and there was one thing that they had to have in order to do what I had said, but I had carefully examined the list of the scene, and found nothing. ”

Li Saburo asked, "What is it?" ”

Li Ke replied: "Shendu Yutu! These thirty people have not been in the god capital for a long time, and they seem to have no internal response, if there is no god capital, then the river, the residence, and the key places are not known, so how to act? ”

Li Sanlang suddenly realized and nodded yes. Li Ke continued: "Besides, when the Tiger Roaring Guard entered, these thirty people were ready for battle, and they didn't need to be separated, they directly handed over the troops in a short handover, and they died directly after being captured, they didn't give me the feeling that they were premeditated dead soldiers, but more like... Li Ke looked at the three people in front of him, and the three of them also stared at him tightly, anxiously hoping to get an answer from him, Li Ke continued to say: "It's more like a group of sinners coming to die. ”

This answer greatly surprised Li Sanlang's expectations, but after thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable, after Li Ke said so, these thirty people seemed to be really like begging for death, unprepared for everything, and when they met the enemy, they directly fought to death, knowing that they were outnumbered but they didn't even have the intention of escaping, they just wanted to die quickly.

Zhang Jiuling listened carefully, so he continued: "Li Duwei, the inference is reasonable, then how could a group of Khitans come to Shendu to beg for death?" It's just puzzling. ”

Li Ke continued: "I have examined the bodies of these thirty people before, judging from the dress and ornaments, these thirty people do not look like ordinary Khitan dead soldiers, some of them are gorgeously dressed, and several of them even have valuable ornaments on their bodies, combined with their skills, I deduce that these thirty people are more like the servants of the Khitan wealthy family. ”

"A domestic servant?" Li Sanlang was even more puzzled in his heart.

Li Ke nodded and said: "The Khitan is heroic in life, and sometimes it is common to reward meritorious servants a lot. And the martial arts of ordinary domestic servants are not too strong, which is consistent with the so-called Khitan dead soldiers we have seen. ”

Listening to Li Ke's analysis, the three of them nodded in unison. Li Ke is really not simple, and their identities can be deduced from these details. Thinking of this, Li Sanlang then asked: "After Li Duwei said this, I also think that these thirty people may be Khitan servants, but why are they bent on death?" ”

Li Ke showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, and said coldly: "Because they lost something important to them!" ”

"What is it?" The three asked in unison.

"Their master, Princess Arzina!" Li Ke said word by word.

Zhang Jiuling suddenly realized, and hurriedly said, "I understand!" A few months ago, Honglu Temple received an order from the Khitan foreign envoy, the Khitan princess Azina wanted to meet His Majesty as a messenger on the Shangyuan Festival, and now the envoys of various countries have all arrived in the divine capital, but only this Princess Azina is not seen, and the expected arrival date has long passed, Honglu Temple I have a window, not long ago he mentioned this matter to me. But where did Li Duwei know about this? ”

Li Ke continued to answer: "Actually, I had this idea when I examined the corpses of the Khitans, and today I went to the ghost market to verify this matter from the red-haired Yama. ”

Li Sanlang interrupted: "How could the red-haired Yama be willing to tell you, could it be that you promised him something?" ”

Li Ke shook his hand and said: "I didn't ask him directly, I just asked him if he had seen Princess Azina, and without thinking much about it, he told me that Princess Azina had not yet arrived in the divine capital, and she had never seen it, so I expected that the Khitan dead soldiers must be the servants of the missing Princess Azina." ”

"I see!" Li Sanlang whispered.

Li Ke continued: "The Khitan servants have lost their master, and they will inevitably die when they return to the Khitan, so they can only desperately go to the gods to find their master, I said before that such a large group of people must go through the ghost market if they want to go through the procedures for entering the city and doing business, since the red-haired Yama helped them handle this matter, and they have not seen Princess Azina, it further confirms my inference, Princess Azina must have disappeared, and they must have entered the city to find their master." Since the master can't find it, he can only beg for death, so the news is transmitted back to the Khitan, they fight to the death, maybe they can save their family's lives, otherwise they will lose the princess, it will inevitably affect the family, they can only make this choice! ”

Hearing this, Li Sanlang couldn't help but secretly admire Li Ke's ability to solve cases, which was indeed true, and his admiration for him unconsciously increased a lot, so he said: "Li Duwei's inference this time is not leaky, I sincerely admire it, and then ask Li Duwei Since he knows the inside story of this matter, then where should I start to investigate at this time?" ”

Li Ke pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is very important, the Khitan lost the princess, if it is really in the Shendu, it is very likely to provoke disputes between the two countries, so this matter must be handled carefully." According to Li's opinion, there is still an obvious loophole in this matter. ”

"Obvious loopholes?" Li Saburo repeated it again without clarity.

Li Ke said: "Si Cheng, do you think, how can this Khitan servant know the ghost market? And let it go through the relevant entry procedures, there must be an intermediary between the two, and this intermediary is the key to this matter! ”

"That's right! How did I not think of that? So who is this middleman? Chen Xuanli, who was on the side, suddenly clapped his hands and said loudly.

Li Ke continued: "This entry procedure requires a middleman, so don't you need a middleman in the shamanic shrine and bribery? I would venture to deduce that these two intermediaries must be the same person! ”

"There is a point in that! Who's that? Zhang Jiuling asked.

"This person is the one who shot the murderer of Li Zheng and the high priest with an arrow before you stormed the backyard of the shamanic shrine - the Turkic Kedo!"

Li Sanlang listened, closed his eyes and fell into contemplation, and after a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and said: "Li Duwei's reasoning, not leaking, the two things that originally seemed to be unrelated, turned out to be from Keduo, this original by us as long as we catch Keduo, we will be able to solve it, I expect that this matter may be Keduo wants to provoke the contradiction between the Khitan and our dynasty, so that the Turks can profit from it!" ”

Li Ke nodded in acquiescence.

Li Sanlang immediately said: "Zhang Jiuling obeyed the order, immediately informed my father, asked him to report this matter to the emperor as soon as possible, and informed the Khitan of this matter through Honglu Temple, so as to resolve the possible contradictions between the two countries as soon as possible, and pointed the finger at the mastermind behind the scenes, the Turkic Keduo; Chen Xuanli listened to the order, led the Yulin Army to which the Long'an Division belonged, and then sent additional reinforcements, according to the previous portrait, searched the Shendu all night, be sure to find out Keduo, and then notify the city gates, send additional portraits, be sure to strictly check the people in and out, and this thief will be captured in the Shendu! ”

"Whoa!" The two bowed their hands and took the order.

After seeing the two of them leave, Li Sanlang said to Li Ke: "Li Duwei's trip to the ghost market does not seem to be really for my life, but actually for the sake of Shendu." Li Sanlang is here to thank you, Li Duwei's chivalrous heart! With that, he arched his hands and bowed deeply to Li Ke.

Li Ke didn't say anything, just helped Li Sanlang up. Li Sanlang continued to ask: "Li Duwei's wife and child can be accommodated, do you need me to send someone to take care of it?" ”

Li Ke knew that Li Sanlang had no malicious intent at this time, and this question was all out of concern, but with Wu Sansi's behavior before, Li Ke couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, so he said: "Don't bother Li Sicheng, I have placed my wife and children properly." ”

Seeing Li Ke's answer, Li Sanlang was inconvenient to ask more, so he said: "Li Duwei is waiting here with me, Keduo is strong in martial arts, if there is news, I need to ask Li Duwei to help!" ”

Li Ke arched his hands and said, "That's how it should be!" Li will definitely do his best! "Li Ke's best efforts are not false, one is to catch Keduo and relieve the crisis of the Shendu as soon as possible, and the other is that Keduo has been better than him, he has this breath in his heart, and when he meets Keduo again, he will definitely win, which is also the tireless pursuit of people who practice martial arts.