Li Tao smiled bitterly: "You are also well-intentioned, it is precisely because you are so good to me that I have never doubted you, probably this is called 'ghost obsessed mind', right?" Zhang Song's death can still be understood as Cui Wenli learned that I had begun to investigate the case, took precautions, and killed people; The jailer's body was snatched first, causing us to pounce, which can also be understood as a spy hidden in the Zuichun Building, eavesdropping on your conversation with Mr. Nan Guo. But when I went to Nanjing to find Luo Ning, only the two of us knew, but Cui Wenli could send someone to rush ahead, so I should have doubted you at that time. ”

Cheng Jiao said: "I will lend you the opportunity to buy clothes, and inform Cui Fengyong to send someone to Nanjing as soon as possible to get rid of Luo Ning." But I know very well that no matter how much I cover it up, it will only delay your approach to the truth, so I secretly decided that when I arrived in Nanjing this time, I would not allow you to come back again, and I would wander the world with you and start a new life. So I handed over the needle box and asked Cui Wenli to tell King Qian that I would no longer work for him. ”

Speaking of this, she smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect me to plead with you like that, but you refused to agree." If you hadn't taken advantage of my coma and brought me on the way back to Beijing, I would never have come back, but I wanted to see how you could bear to leave me seriously injured and leave alone. ”

Li Tao smiled and said: "That's when I sealed the acupoints near your wounds, I used a special technique to point your faint sleep acupoints, which can guarantee that the attack will occur after half an hour, so that you can sleep for a day." ”

Cheng glared at him squeamishly, is it love? Is it hate? Or is it helpless!

Li Tao continued: "While you were asleep, I went outside to ask the local people and learned that last year's relief grain was in it. There was no doping with mildew at all, so I guessed that the page of records copied by Li Bai was deliberately forged by you, in order to point the finger at Zong Chuke. ”

Cheng Jiao said: "I do this. It's not to blame Zong Chuke, nor to cover Cui Wenli, but to make you die because you can't see hope. ”

Li Tao sighed: "For me, your flaws are getting more and more, and in the end, you will press the gourd to float the scoop, and you can no longer cover it up." On the night I returned to the capital, I sneaked into your attic. A closer look at the book reveals that the page of disaster relief is crumpled, and it is clear that you did it on purpose. So that it is easy for peepers to flip through to it. The whole book is bound in thread, but the page is pasted, and the ink is much fresher than the two pages before and after. Apparently. You have already discovered that Li Bai has peeked at the secret record. Will be counted, add such a page. ”

Cheng Jiao said bluntly: "The first time I saw Li Bai, I suspected that you were in a group. When I came back from the criminal department that day, I found that the box had been opened, and vaguely guessed that it was her, and later in the underground palace, I saw him accompanying you, so I confirmed my judgment. I guess she'll also peek at the secret record. That's when I made up the disaster relief page and added it. ”

Li Tao looked at her sadly, his eyes full of pity: "I can only say that you were wrong at the beginning." Later, it was even more wrong, and now you must regret falling in love with me. ”

Cheng Jiao raised her head fiercely: "No, no, I don't regret it!" She laughed miserably, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, tears rolled down: "I really hope to be like the pair of old men we pretended to be hand in hand." But your persistence shattered my illusions, and I watched you unravel the mystery step by step, but I was powerless to stop it. In the days since I came back, I have lived in anxiety and apprehension every day, not because I don't want to talk to you, but because I feel that I am getting farther and farther away from you......"

Li Tao listened silently, like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, as if he really saw Cheng Jiao floating away in front of him, he stretched out his hand, but he couldn't catch anything. Why doesn't he lament that creation makes people? I really wish I had never intervened in this case, and I had never met a girl named "Cheng Jiao".

"Don't worry, I'm sure you won't die, wait for my good news!" Li Tao took a deep look at Cheng Jiao and turned away.

The pot of wine was drunk, and Cheng Jiao lay on the table, crying. After crying for a long time, she felt as if her body had been hollowed out, and she no longer had any strength. Suddenly, Cheng Jiao raised her head and laughed, with drunkenness and tears in her eyes. Crying, laughing, loving, and hurting, she probably thinks that people should be like this in this life, and they have no regrets. She stepped onto the table and hung her belt on the beam, tying it in a knot.

The afterglow of the setting sun was warm and soft, shining on her raised face, delicate and red, as if it were like a bloody flower......

……

Li Tao and Li Xian sat in the octagonal pavilion of the imperial garden, the sky was high and the clouds were light, the osmanthus flowers were fragrant, and the two were bathed in the warm breeze.

"What, is it really this rebel?" Li Xian's face was flushed, obviously angry.

Li Tao sat opposite Li Xian, full of thoughts, and didn't seem to hear Li Xian's question. In this cruel battle, he became the final winner, but he felt physically and mentally exhausted, and really wished that he had just had a dream, and when he woke up, he would return to dust and dust.

Suddenly, a small pale white flower floated by in the wind, Li Tao was stunned, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold it up. He knew that there were no laurel trees in the Imperial Garden.

"Is it ......?" he looked up, and his gaze passed through the ridges of roofs, the streets and alleys, and also through hell and heaven. In the crowd, he saw a familiar back, and his heart trembled: "It's her!" ”

The woman smiled back, and then dissipated like mist and smoke into the sea of people.

"Tao'er, Tao'er!" Li Xian's eager shouts woke Li Tao up.

"Ah Weng, the rebellion of King Chen, now you, me and Liu Xuan know, he still has two dead friends, with the army in his hands, if he is forced to be in a hurry, once the incident starts, it will be a big loss for the court. As soon as the matter of the day after tomorrow is over, I will set out to solve the two of them, so that there will be no storm in the king's place. ”

"The day after tomorrow?" Li Xian was stunned.

"Ah Weng, have you forgotten that the day after tomorrow you are going to have a banquet for the envoys and civil and military ministers of various countries?"

Li Xian patted his head: "I made this rebel so angry that I almost forgot about it." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xian said worriedly: "Isn't it dangerous for you to go alone?" ”

Li Tao said with a smile: "Ah Weng, don't worry, I have a way to deal with these wine bags and rice bags, and if it doesn't work, I will come back with my life!" ”

……

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the sun and the moon are sun, and the two nines are heavy, so it is called Chongyang, also called Chongjiu.

On this day, Zhongzong hosted a banquet in the Hanyuan Hall for envoys from various countries, relatives of the emperor, civil and military ministers and female dependents. Originally, this was a routine every year, but today the ministers discovered a strange thing, the king of Lantian who rarely appeared in front of the ministers, no, it is no longer the king of Lantian now, it is Li Tao who has appeared again, and he has a nondescript identity - the head of the banquet. (To be continued......)