Qingmo let out a long sigh of relief when he saw Li Mao safely out of Wang's house, he waved his hand to the shadow of the street corner, and Qiang Qiang walked out of a general in full uniform, striding out with an iron armor and a horizontal knife, and there were many people in ambush in the shadows. After Li Mao and Mo Qi Shentong left, Qingmo found Zhang Xuan, stated his interests, and asked Zhang Xuan to immediately send troops to meet Li Mao.

As soon as Li Mao came to Caozhou, Zhang Xuan sniffed out that the atmosphere was wrong, so he privately gathered his cronies and was ready to wait for Li Mao's dispatch at any time. As soon as Qingmo came, he took out his life savings, rewarded the soldiers, and swore to defend Li Mao to the death.

Liang Chengdong received Li Mao's warning and felt that the water in Caozhou was unfathomable, so he took his cronies and left Caozhou City overnight in the name of a drill with the Yajun army. Most of the Caozhou state soldiers are camping and practicing with the tooth army at the moment, and most of the people left in the city are old and weak, with less than a thousand people.

Wang Xun has been operating in Caozhou for many years, he has served as a judicial officer in the state all the year round, and has mastered all the catches in Caozhou City, and he also serves as the salt guard of the Ziqing Salt and Iron Institute in Caozhou, the duty of the salt guard is to picket the transportation and sale of salt and iron in the territory, and crack down on the illegal sale of salt and iron.

The day before Li Mao came to Caozhou, Wang Xun transferred all the salt patrol teams scattered in various counties back to Caozhou, and at this moment they were stationed in Yiyuanfang, which was across the street from his residence.

In order not to make Wang Xun suspicious, most of Li Mao's entourage of guards stayed in Chengwu County, and there were only more than 20 people who entered the city with him, and the state army that Zhang Xuan could control was only 200 people.

Li Mao's eyes are ****, what is a brother, only those who can stick a knife in both sides at a critical moment can be regarded as a brother.

He smiled and waved his hand to Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan's heart hanging in his throat was relaxed.

"How is he, is he suspicious?"

"Nope."

"That's good, the courtesy is still exchanged, it's logical for us to invite him back again, when are you going to invite him to the banquet?"

"Wait until he sobers up."

"Sober?" Qingmo was stunned, and felt that Li Mao's words had a deep meaning.

Cao Governor Shi Setzhou government affairs Wang Xun, due to excessive drinking, died suddenly at home, according to Wang Yong, the housekeeper Wang Xun said that Wang Xun watched singing and dancing at home that night, because he was in a good mood to drink a few more glasses, he couldn't sleep at night and played a sword alone, after sweating profusely, he went to the well platform to carry water and pour it, and then went to bed to rest, soon he heard a loud scream, rushed in to see, the head of the house had vomited blood and died.

After examining the corpse, Caozhou's most famous puppet came to the conclusion that Wang Xun had drunk too much, played too fiercely with his sword, sweated profusely due to heat, and bathed in cold water, causing the wind evil to take advantage of the weakness and invade the kidneys. Because of his sudden death.

Wang Xun's death was completely an accident, Wang Xun drank too much alcohol is true, sweating too much is true, and pouring the top with cold water is also true, as for saying that the reason for sweating too much is to play with the sword, it is not convincing, people close to Wang Xun say that Wang Xun's usual weapon is a pair of moon scimitars forged with grassland star iron, when should I use a sword?

Wang Xun has been in Caozhou for many years, but both officialdom and the people are very vague about him, people know that there is such a person, but they don't know what he has done, but at this moment because of his bizarre death, he has become famous, and people's attention focuses on the reason for his sweating, whether it is playing with a sword, or what other reason, it is really a difficult mystery to solve.

After the incident, because Li Mao held the highest official position, he temporarily took charge of Caozhou government affairs.

Su Qing rushed to Caozhou from Chengwu's hometown, and when he saw Li Mao's face was frosty, he scolded sharply: "You killed him, and you want to ruin his reputation, your heart is so ruthless." Li Mao said: "Don't believe the rumors outside, I'm here to inspect Nanhua, Zheng Heye jumped out to find death by himself, I can't ignore it." You should know that Zheng Heye is a sitting tiger and has nothing to do with him, so why should I attack him? Besides, he is my brother-in-law, and he is a member of the Wang family, and he is attached to the copper tiger head, how dare I touch him? ”

Su Qing stared at Li Mao's eyes, sneering, hehe, not believing. Li Mao made a bitter face and made a helpless appearance, whether Wang Xun's death had anything to do with him, he himself was not sure, if so, his purpose here was to remove Wang Xun from the position of the governor of Caozhou, and it did not harm him. As long as Wang Xun is willing to return to Yunzhou with him, he will risk his life to protect his net worth, family and property. At this point, Li Mao is worthy of the sky.

But if you want to say no, why did Wang Xun die after only meeting once, what kind of pressure did he put on him with the heart-wrenching words he said.

Therefore, if he was not confident, Li Mao did not dare to look directly into Su Qing's eyes, but he did not dare to dodge, and it became a misunderstanding, with Su Qing's cleverness and stubbornness, I am afraid that he will never be able to solve it.

Su Qing couldn't see through Li Mao's thoughts, and she actually didn't want to see through either.

When Wang Xun was self-exiled to Caozhou, the Su family asked him, Wang Xun proposed to marry Su Rong to fill the house, and the Su family had no choice but to agree, and neither Su Zhen, Su Dong nor Su Rong himself were dissatisfied with this marriage.

Su Qing was still young at the time, and when she saw her sister being picked up by a stranger in the cold, she cried heartbreakingly, but she didn't know how to hate at that time.

Over the years, Wang Xun has treated Su Rong coldly, and the Su family has not had much contact with Wang Xun, and even daily communication has become a problem. After Su Qing took over the family business, she tried to maintain normal relations with Wang Xun out of interest considerations, and through her efforts, it is not a problem to communicate with Wang Xun, but it is never intimate, let alone any good feelings.

Knowing that Wang Xun died suddenly, Su Qing's first reaction was secretly relieved, she was silent for a while, and hurried to Caozhou, at this moment she only had her sister, niece and nephew in her heart.

As soon as she entered Caozhou City, she heard rumors about Wang Xun's violent death, the rumors were very obscene, disrespectful to the living and disrespectful to the dead, which made Su Qing unacceptable, and after appeasing her sister who was like a puppet, Su Qing decided to try Li Mao.

Li Mao's answer was meticulous and patient, reasonable and reasonable, which made Su Qing faintly aware that something was wrong, in her memory, Li Mao was not a particularly talkative person, especially in terms of right and wrong.

Su Qing leaned down and put her ear to Li Mao's chest to listen to his heartbeat, which Li Mao had told her that when people lie, their heartbeats are much faster than usual. The couple had played such a game more than once when they were in the boudoir, and they knew each other well. Li Mao's heartbeat is strong and powerful, and the rhythm is as usual. Su Qing couldn't hear anything, and her face was confused. Li Mao cupped her little face and scolded lightly: "What's the matter, my hands are clean, right?" Don't be suspicious anymore, go see the second sister. ”

Su Qing walked away with anxiety like an obedient child, turning back three times in one step, Li Mao looked at her, waved to her, and smiled. After Su Qing left, Li Mao covered his heart with his hand, his heartbeat was strong and powerful, and the rhythm was natural. He shook his head with a wry smile, and at a moment he had become hard-hearted.