Li Qing rushed to the ruins of the cabinet shop again, it was almost dusk, and the sky above Gusu was non-stop, and occasionally he could see the boat lady holding a long penny, and the boat passed silently through the equally narrow river next to the narrow street.

Many guards surrounded Li Qing's carriage, mightily on the crooked and narrow road, this is a rare scene in Suzhou, passers-by avoided early, and walked to Fengqiao, where the assassin Shi Cui Huan and Wucheng County Commander, who were notified by Li Qing, also hurried to arrive.

"Li Shilang, is there something urgent?"

Li Qing was silent in thought, he went straight to the well, the reels on the well had also been burned, and the remnants of the wood were lying on the well obliquely, and after a while, he picked up a fist-sized bluestone and threw it in, and after a while, he heard 'Bang! He reached out and touched the wall of the well, and the tentacles were covered with moss, which was extremely smooth, and there was nowhere to borrow strength.

"Master Cui, I remember you said that someone jumped into a well to escape, but I think that the possibility of jumping into the well to survive is extremely small, and Cui Tingshi thinks it is strange?"

After being reminded by Li Qingyi, Cui Huan also walked to the well, looked inside and said, "What does Lord Shilang mean, is there a traitor?" ”

"Yes, there must be a traitor, otherwise how can you transport away 100,000 taels of silver?"

Li Qing pointed to the well and sneered: "This person who jumped into the well to escape is the biggest suspect." ”

"I've only heard about jumping into a well to escape, but I haven't seen it myself."

Cui Huan turned around and waved to the county commander of Wucheng County, who was standing in the distance, and shouted, "Zhou County Order, please come over for a moment." ”

Zhou County Ling is nearly forty years old, is the twenty-seventh year of the Kaiyuan Jinshi, long a cake face, a few white linen like sesame seeds on the cake, particularly eye-catching, the night of the fire, he was the first official to rush to the scene.

Hearing Lord Assassin Shi call him, Zhou County Ling hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "My lord, what do you command?" ”

"I'm here to ask you, you said that you jumped into a well to escape. Did you see him get out of a well? ”

Zhou Xianling thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I didn't see it with my own eyes, the scene was very chaotic at that time, there were a lot of people fighting the fire, someone helped a deacon who was drenched in water, he himself said that he jumped into the well to escape, I didn't think about it, so I took it seriously." ”

Cui Huan and Li Qing glanced at each other, and then asked, "You placed those survivors, do you know where they live?" Especially the man who jumped into the well. ”

"The lower officials all know that the person who jumped into the well is surnamed Hu and lives near the door."

Suzhou Gate is not far from Fengqiao, about three miles or so, in order to return to the museum post along the way, only a quarter of an hour, a group of people rushed to the door,

"That's Deacon Hu's house," Zhou County Ling pointed his hand, and couldn't help but stop in surprise, only to see that the three floors of the old mansion were surrounded by people, and the people standing on the periphery were tiptoeing and talking, I don't know what happened?

"Get out of the way, someone from the government is here!" The crowd immediately split into a way, and Zhou Xianling rushed into the house with a few people, and Cui Huan was about to follow, but was grabbed by Li Qing.

"Let's be a step late!" Li Qing shook his head, don't look any further, this must be because the other party has also discovered this loophole and killed people first.

After a moment, Zhou Xianling walked out of the house with heavy footsteps and said in a low voice: "The whole family is dead." ”

"How did you die?" Li Qing continued to ask.

"Returning to Lord Shilang, it seems that they were attacked during dinner, and they all died in the guest hall, all of them died by cutting their throats, and the lower parts of their hands were the same, and they still had body temperatures."

Li Qing thought for a while and said: "In the same room, and the death method is the same, it means that the murderer started very quickly, and completed the murder without waiting for them to run away, this is not something that ordinary people can do, it must be a person with very high martial arts, and the body temperature is still there, and the murderer must still be in the city." ”

Li Qing Huoran turned to Cui Huan and said, "Lord Cui, please immediately seal the city and search from house to house, especially those from the capital. ”

Soon, the four gates of Suzhou City were slammed shut, and several teams of officials under the leadership of the local security guards began to check the household registration and count the number of people from door to door, in fact, Li Qing also knew that there was no participation of the army, and the effect of this search was not great, it was just a form of walking, without evidence, anyone could be a murderer, and no one could be either, his real purpose was just to take the opportunity to find King Qing's base camp in Suzhou.

At the time of the lamp, the search ended hastily, without any clues, today's discovery was like a soap bubble, Li Qing just touched it, it burst suddenly, leaving no trace, the first day in Suzhou ended so full and lost.

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Chang'an, the night also came, but there was no drizzle, a crescent moon hung in the sky, the air was cold and dry, the Qingwang Mansion was lit early, and every room was lit up, this is Li Cong's habit, he doesn't like the dark, he likes the light in front of him, and he even sleeps to light the lights until dawn all night, which is in stark contrast to his dark heart.

In recent days, Li Cong has been insomnia almost every night

It seems that the stock market is falling endlessly, countless good rumors are echoing, but there is no qualitative thing to come out, Li Heng is still sitting in the East Palace, Wang Zhongsi is still locked up in the prison of Dali Temple, everything seems to have come to an abrupt end, and Li Longji no longer has any statement, just hanging King Qing and King Yong in mid-air.

"Your Highness, just rest for a while!" The old housekeeper stood at the door of the study with his hands down, like a cuckoo clock that rang regularly, begging King Qing to rest again and again, and a flying inkstone was smashed out, smashing the wall next to the old housekeeper into a big hole, and Li Cong's vicious voice came from the study: "Get down, if you are wordy, I will order someone to cut you." ”

The old housekeeper was taken aback, and when he was hesitating, Li Cong's military advisor Wang Dao Shiran came from behind, and he arched his hand and smiled at the old housekeeper: "Don't care about him anymore, he will sleep directly in the study if he wants to rest." ”

"But, the prince hasn't closed his eyes for three days!"

Wang Junshi gently patted the butler on the shoulder and persuaded, "You can go back!" Let me enlighten him, it will work! ”

The old housekeeper had no choice but to go, Wang Junshi turned around and knocked on the door that was knocking, and said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, can I come in?" ”

"Ahh Sir is back! A haggard face flashed behind the screen, he hadn't seen him for three days, he had obviously lost a lot of weight, his face was blue, his eyes were swollen, and his eyes were full of red silk, Li Cong grabbed Wang Junshi's wrist, almost in a pleading tone, and said: "Sir made this king wait so hard, you finally came back." ”

Wang Junshi had something to return to Zhongnan Mountain three days ago, just returned, he knew human nature, and chose an appropriate time to leave temporarily, but in order to better stay by King Qing's side, this is just like fishing, blindly pulling and pulling may not be able to catch the big fish, put it appropriately, but can easily drag the big fish ashore.

"Your Highness, don't worry, sit down and talk slowly, I heard that Your Highness hasn't slept for three days, Lao Dao is deeply worried, eat and sleep well, this is the way to maintain health for a long time!"

Wang Junshi changed the topic and said with a faint smile: "King Qing must be worried about the affairs of the East Palace!" ”

"That's it!"

Li Cong took his hand and said angrily like a child: "Mr. has relieved me of the immediate crisis, and I can sleep with peace of mind." ”

Wang Junshi smiled slightly: "Why does Your Highness think it is in danger?" ”

"Sir, please sit down and talk."

Li Cong personally pulled a chair for Wang Junshi and invited him to sit down, and then he sighed and said: "But when I heard the sound of the stairs, I didn't see anyone coming down, and the change in the East Palace was menacing, but now it was suddenly silent, is it the same as last time, and it ended without a problem?" ”

"Your Highness is wrong, this time is definitely different from last time, the reason why the emperor is silent is because he is waiting, and he doesn't hear that it is darkest before dawn?"

"Wait?" King Qing shook his head incomprehensibly, "Tai and Wang Zhonghei were arrested in secret meeting, this is the right time, why wait, I really don't understand, please teach me." ”

Wang Junshi pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I can't guess what the emperor is waiting for, but judging from the emperor's actions, he has been planning for a long time, and he should not be able to escape from his palm this time, the overall situation has been decided, and it is just a matter of time before he is abolished. ”

Li Congzheng was happy to hear it, but Wang Junshi's last words made him creepy, it was true, there was news from Suzhou, Li Qing and Yongwang had colluded, and the enemy party in that chapter was very likely to turn to support Yongwang, once the arson case of the cabinet was discovered, how could the father spare himself.

Thinking of this, Li Cong couldn't help but secretly hate Li Linfu, if it weren't for his instigation, how could he have done that stupid thing, and finally became a tiger, he hurriedly said: "I have ordered Yu'er to suspend the action over there, don't startle the snake!" ”

"No!" Wang Junshi shook his head slowly, with a gloomy smile in his eyes, "Now there will be some trouble, but you can't use our people, does Your Highness understand what I mean?" ”

Li Cong hesitated for a moment, and stammered slightly: "Sir, do you mean to distract Li Qing?" ”

"This is just a side effect, the real purpose of Lao Dao is to take advantage of the chaos to kill Li Qing, isn't King Yong also powerful in Suzhou? If it is found out that Li Qing's death was committed by King Yong, Your Highness, what effect do you think will have in the end? ”

Li Cong was stunned for a long time, and then he suddenly realized, he hurriedly got up and gave a deep salute to Wang Junshi, "Mr. is worthy of the king's room, and the king should obey his words." ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and there was a faint chaotic sound of cars and horses in the distance, and the old housekeeper hurriedly ran over and reported at the door: "Lord Wang, Li Xiangguo sent someone to send some local products, do we accept it or not?" ”

Li Cong was stunned, but Wang Junshi next to him immediately reacted, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, quickly order someone to accept it, Li Xiangguo must have a secret letter inside." ”