"Liu Tuan," Liu Zhixiao commanded, "you go and lift the white cloth." ”

"Yes. Liu Tuan was very disgusted with the corpse in his heart, and he didn't dare to show it on the territory of the Liu family's big house. It's just that he was about to walk towards the corpse when he was stopped by Liu Yang.

Liu Zhengqian glanced at Liu Tuan, who was stopped behind him, and asked with tears on his face: "Second brother, what are you doing here?"

"Why, this assassin injured my second niece, but my eldest brother refused to let me see the assassin's body, isn't there something hidden?" Liu Zhixiao's words pierced Liu Zhengqian's heart. Liu Zhengqian's face was displeased, but it was not easy to stop him. "Naturally not, I'm just afraid that the corpse will scare you, after all, the second brother is used to dancing and writing, I'm afraid I haven't seen a corpse. ”

"Big brother is too worried. "It is a fact that Liu Zhixiao is weak and can't bear the martial arts of the Liu family, and he doesn't care about Liu Zhengqian's secret sarcasm about him.

"Brother Liu Yang, look ......" Liu Tuan stared at Liu Yang. Seeing that Liu Zhengqian said so, Liu Yang had to get out of the way.

Liu Tuan glanced at Liu Yang with a sneer, and walked to the corpse outside the house under the other party's unkind gaze. He squatted down, resisted the stench and shook his hand slightly, and lifted the white cloth on the stretcher. With just one look, he covered his mouth with his hand, and he was about to vomit. But when he thought that there were so many people in the big house around him staring at him, he had to put his hand down. He closed his eyes and got up and returned to Liu Zhixiao's side, his face turned pale, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Hui, Hui Master, that corpse, all, all ......have maggots" Liu Tuan shut up and didn't say any more, and besides, he really couldn't help but vomit.

Seeing that Liu Tuan was so unwell, Liu Zhixiao motioned for him to leave the ancestral hall. Liu Tuan flew out of the ancestral hall as if he had been amnestied, and Liu Zhixiao got up from the futon and walked to the corpse to take a closer look.

"The corpse does look like it's been dead for two or three days. But ...... "Liu Zhixiao saw a corpse for the first time, and it was false to say that he didn't have hair in his heart." It's just that his identity is there, and he will never allow himself to lose his ugliness in front of Liu Zhengqian. He looked at Liu Zhengqian with a slightly pale face, looking calm as usual, "Why did it take so long for the eldest brother to open the ancestral hall?"

"Alas......" Liu Zhengqian wiped away his tears, "The assassination of the Liu family is a big deal, and the entire imperial capital is not at peace when it is rumored out, in case there are other assassins, it will not be good to startle the snake." Moreover, the Assassin is dead, so there is no need to publicize it. If the second brother wanted to know the origin and purpose of this assassin, maybe it would be clear when Lan'er woke up. ”

The matter of this assassin cannot be passed on! All the guards of the Patriotic Mansion are directly under the direct control of him, Liu Zhengqian, so there are several people in this mansion, and he knows exactly who each person's surname is. After Fang Cai saw the face of the corpse in the Zhuxi Pavilion, he recognized it as Daniel Zhang in the first room of the guard. Although I don't know what the purpose of this Daniel Zhang is, there have been rumors in the imperial capital that he spoiled his concubine and killed his wife and abused his concubine, and if Daniel Zhang, as a guard of Liufu Mansion, assassinated his concubine Liu Zhilan, it would only add fuel to the fire anyway! But if this Daniel Zhang was mixed in by an assassin from outside, and Liu Zhilan's injury was due to the assassin's attack rather than his abuse by Liu Zhengqian, then the rumors in the imperial capital would naturally be broken. This is also the reason why he knew that opening an ancestral hall would be monitored by the Ji family, and he was known by the people to do this. Seeing how much he attaches importance to Liu Zhilan, even the ancestral hall has been opened for her, who will dare to say that he Liu Weigong abuses his concubine in the future?

Anyway, is this Daniel Zhang from Liufu, and now it's not a matter of his Liu Zhengqian's mouth? Although he was a little nervous when he heard that Liu Zhixiao wanted to see the body, he thought carefully that Liu Zhixiao had left Liufu for several years, and in recent years, Liu Zhixiao had changed personnel, and a small mansion Wei Liu Zhixiao could not recognize it, so he was relieved.

"I see. Liu Zhixiao pretended to look down at the corpse, but actually looked at Juqin. But when she saw Liu Zhengqian looking out of the house, she was worried that Liu Zhengqian would see it, so she had to bow her head and stop moving. Unexpectedly, this Liu Zhengqian looks like a reckless man, but his brain is quite bright.

Seeing that Juqin didn't respond to herself, Liu Zhixiao looked away and forced herself to carefully observe the corpse on the ground. He is not from this Weiguo Mansion, and he doesn't know whether this person is from outside or is the guard of Liufu Mansion. Is there any gap that can allow him to tear apart Liu Zhengqian's lies?

corpse spots, swelling, maggots, stinking ...... Liu Zhixiao stared at the corpse with bated breath, his face became whiter and paler, but a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind at the right time. He quickly avoided his gaze from the corpse and asked Liu Zhengqian, "Dare to ask eldest brother, how did this corpse be found?"

"Naturally, my lord found it when they searched for the assassins. Liu Zhengqian replied. This Liu Zhixiao, what's the use of him asking more?

"Do any of you know who found the body of the assassin?" asked Liu Zhixiao this time to the people of the Liu Mansion who were kneeling outside the house.

The guards kneeling outside the house, look at me, I look at you, and they all shake their heads. And the two of them knew that Liu Zhixiao was creating opportunities, and their eyes were full of light. Seeing that Liu Zhengqian in the house was about to speak, Juqin hurriedly pulled the book beside him, and bowed to him: "Back to the second master, it is the body that the slave and maid found with him." ”

Seeing that he was robbed by Lianqin, Liu Zhengqian's eyebrows furrowed, and Liu Zhilan's little maid seemed to have too many things.

Seeing that Lianqin spoke, Liu Zhixiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. He only felt that this servant girl knew that Liu Zhengqian might know something inside, but he didn't dare to believe it. Just now he asked, if it wasn't for this maidservant's answer, maybe he couldn't help this matter today.

"Little girl, what's your name?" Liu Zhixiao walked in front of the two of them.

"The slave maid calls the Qin, and his name is the book. The two straightened up, and Juqin bowed his head.

"Well, Jiaqin, now I'm going to ask you a few questions, and you have to answer them truthfully. Liu Zhixiao's face warmed up steadily.

"Second master, rest assured, the slave and maid must know everything and dare not deceive. A smile quietly rose into her lowered face. Fortunately, we finally brought the direction of this matter back.

"Okay, tell me how you two found that body?" asked Liu Zhixiao.

"The slave maid and he are the subordinates who returned to the house with the two girls. The second girl has been staying in the guest room since she was injured three days ago, and the slave maid thought that the girl would need to stay in the guest room for a while after waking up before she could move the courtyard, so this morning the slave maid found a book and went back to the bamboo pavilion together. But I didn't expect that after Yashu removed the broken bamboo board that had collapsed from the bamboo building, he saw the body of the gangster. "Jiaqin deliberately postponed the time when the body was found, otherwise what would happen if she found the body yesterday but didn't report it?

"Oh?" Liu Zhixiao didn't expect that the two kneeling in front of him were Liu Zhilan's slaves, no wonder this Jiuqin knew that Liu Zhengqian was lying.

"It turns out that this body was only found today, and so many guards are not as good as two ordinary people searching for it. Liu Zhengqian suddenly darkened his face when he heard Liu Zhixiao's taunt like this, and his eagle eyes glared at Qi Qin much fiercer.

"I thought that the assassin had already escaped, who would have thought that he would be buried under that bamboo building?" Liu Zhengqian retorted in a deep voice.

"The big brother searched for two days, but did he find anything more?" Liu Zhixiao walked back into the house and knelt down in front of the futon.

"The assassins are all dead, what are you looking for?" Liu Zhengqian said coldly.

"That is, nothing was found. Liu Zhixiao sneered in her heart. He looked at Liu Song, who had been watching from the side of the spiritual seat, and said solemnly: "Uncle Song, you also saw it. The second niece is the daughter of this big house, but when she encounters such a big event, the eldest brother handles it so hastily, but she is afraid that this Liufu will be criticized again. Before my father left, he gave you the stewardship of this Liufu, and it is up to you to decide how to deal with this matter. ”

"Liu Zhixiao, this is my big house, I don't need you to intervene here in a second room!" Liu Zhengqian glared at Liu Zhixiao angrily, "Liu Yang, send the second master out of the house!"

Seeing that the master was angry, Liu Yang walked to Liu Zhixiao's side and bowed down and persuaded: "Second master, please." ”

"Wait!" At the critical moment, Liu Song stopped them.

"Uncle Song!" Liu Zhengqian glared at Liu Song in surprise.

Liu Song walked up to them on crutches, his face full of wrinkles with helplessness, "Young Master, there is such a big movement in the ancestral hall of Liufu today, and everyone in the imperial capital knows about it." The old slave understands your thoughts, but if the matter of the second girl is not investigated today, the matter will spread in the future, and everyone will say that this assassin is unknown. Let's not talk about what will happen to the second young master, the first person outside to humiliate you is!"

"But......" Liu Zhengqian was about to refute, but saw Liu Song firmly said: "The eldest young master is responsible for the rise and fall of the entire Liu Mansion, please think twice!"

"Squeak!" Liu Zhengqian gritted his teeth. If it weren't for his father handing over the stewardship to Liu Song instead of him, how could this old horseman dare to order him!

"Liu Zhixiao, let's say, what do you want about this matter?" Liu Zhengqian was unwilling.

Seeing Liu Zhengqian's compromise, Liu Zhixiao didn't go around the bend, and said directly: "Naturally, the Liufu Mansion guards were sent to search carefully in the imperial capital." If the Assassins still have their allies, they may still be in the Imperial Capital, but if those comrades have already run away or have no allies at all, then there is no way. But ......"

Liu Zhixiao deliberately dragged out his tone, "If this assassin was infiltrated by an outsider, it could only come in on the night of the assassination and not be lurking in the mansion all the time, otherwise with your fiery eyes, eldest brother, you must have already seen the flaw." What's more, the second niece had only been back to the palace for a month, and even if the assassins got the news and wanted to kill people in the Liufu Mansion, how could they gain a firm foothold in the Liufu within a month? We can divide these guards into two groups, one group to find out if there are any fellow assassins in the imperial capital, and the other group to find the body of the replaced Liufu guard. Seeing that Liu Zhengqian's bronze face suddenly turned white, Liu Zhixiao continued unfazed: "The thieves want to avoid the guards at night, so they can only change into the clothes of the guards of the Liu Mansion. I think the color of the clothes should be the head of the palace guard in the first room of the guard, and the martial arts of the house guard in the first room are not low, and only a single blow can not attract attention. Therefore, the substituted guard could not have been knocked unconscious at that time, but would definitely die. It's only been three days since the night of the assassination, and if the replaced guard hadn't been specially disposed of, maybe he would be buried in a field somewhere. ”

After Liu Zhixiao finished speaking, the three of them outside the house listened to the tea and books, and their hearts were full of waves. This prince and master are worthy of being the prince's master at a young age, and his words are really leaky, and he doesn't even leave Liu Zhengqian with a little room for refutation.

After listening to Liu Zhixiao's words, Liu Zhengqian was worried. If Liu Zhixiao wants to make such a big move, then this matter will not be something that he Liu Zhengqian can fool around. There are too many suspicions about the assassination, and I don't know what can be found today. After all, now he can't deny it, and he just asks God to take care of him.

Thinking that he was the prince of Tianqin and the general who protected the country, and now he couldn't even do his own family affairs, Liu Zhengqian's heart was full of anger. When will this obstructive Liu Song die, and he will live a long life!

Although he thought so in his heart, Liu Zhengqian could only say respectfully to Liu Song: "What does Uncle Song think of the second brother's method?"

Liu Zhengqian's impatient temperament can't hide his feelings, Liu Song has lived for so long, he is a person who has been a person and has brought up Liu Zhengqian since he was a child, and at this moment he looked at Liu Zhengqian's deep-seated eyes, and there was also some obscurity in his eyes. He stroked his gray beard and nodded, "Although the movement is a little bigger, it can only be done for now." "No matter what the final result is, at least let the people in the imperial capital know that the Liu family attaches great importance to Liu Zhilan.

"Then ask the eldest brother to arrange manpower. Getting Liu Song's affirmation, Liu Zhixiao smiled and bowed to Liu Zhengqian.

"Liu Yang!" Liu Zhengqian suppressed his anger and roared: "Take all the palace guards and guards outside and divide them into two batches and do what the second master says!"

"Yes!" Liu Yang was about to leave, but Liu Zhixiao shouted again: "Wait, bring the Liu Tuan waiting outside the ancestral hall, you all together." ”

This is the one who doesn't believe in his big house.

Liu Yang looked at Liu Zhengqian, but Liu Zhengqian was angry and didn't look at him. Helplessly, he looked at his father again, and when he saw Liu Song nodding, he took the order, and took a few guards kneeling outside the house and Liu Tuan, who had been outside the ancestral hall, to the guard station.