"Oh? Xuan'er, what do you know? Li Canghai asked in surprise.

Xue Xuan thought for a while and said: "Tang Ao stole the 'Shadowless Needle' eight years ago and became a traitor to the Tang Sect, and then committed a lot of bloody crimes on the rivers and lakes, which has long been tolerated by various sects. He disappeared suddenly four years ago, and since then the 'Shadowless Needle' has disappeared from the rivers and lakes. However, it is said that in order to avoid being chased by the rivers and lakes, Tang Ao took refuge in a powerful minister and became his killer. ”

Li Canghai frowned and asked, "Do you know who the powerful minister is?" ”

Xue Xuan hesitated, and slowly spit out three words: "Yang Guozhong." ”

"Yang Guozhong? I should have guessed it was him. Li Canghai's face was solemn, and he said to himself.

"Yang Guozhong has gathered a group of killers, specially used to deal with the officials of the court who oppose him, and many courtiers have died for various reasons over the years, in fact, it was his killers who did it." Xue Xuan paused, frowned slightly, and continued: "Legend has it on the rivers and lakes that there is a killer organization called 'Yama', which was established by Yang Guozhong. Among this organization, there are four people who are most trusted by Yang Guozhong, known as 'Charm and Spirit'. They are strong in martial arts and have strange whereabouts, so they can be said to be Yang Guozhong's real henchmen. By the way, the assassination of Usummish was one of them. ”

"I see." Li Canghai frowned and asked, "Yang Guozhong is so cruel to Zhongliang, has the Holy Lord never asked?" ”

Xue Xuan sighed and said, "Today's saint is addicted to wine, and everyone knows that this court has long been Yang Guozhong's final say. Many loyal officials were either victimized or relegated to other places, and the rest of the officials were all at risk. How could the Holy One know this? ”

After a short pause. Xue Xuan looked at Li Canghai with concern and said, "Canghai, you are now an official in the court." offended Yang Guozhong again, don't take it lightly! ”

Di Qing also nodded, and said very seriously: "Sister Xue is right, they all say that Yang Guozhong is a first-class traitor, cruel to Zhongliang, blinding the saint, he is simply a bastard!" Canghai, you have to be very careful. ”

Li Canghai's heart warmed, and he smiled lightly at the two of them: "Don't worry." Yang Guozhong's majesty will not last long, and within three years, he will be punished. ”

"How do you know he'll be punished in three years?" Di Qing blinked, seeing that Li Canghai was not impressed with his safety, he immediately pursed his lips.

Li Canghai touched his nose and said meaningfully: "Good is rewarded, evil is rewarded, it's not that you don't report it, the time has not come!" ”

Di Qing spat a bubble of saliva. He rolled his eyes at him and said, "How can you be like my master, saying some mysterious and mysterious things, do you want to become a Taoist?" ”

Li Canghai stretched out his hand and flicked it lightly on her head, and said with a smile: "If I really want to be a Taoist priest." Are you willing to do it? ”

Di Qingqiao's face turned red, and she said coquettishly: "If you dare to be a Taoist priest, I will go and dismantle the Taoist temple." Hum. ”

Li Canghai suddenly burst out laughing.

Watching the two laugh and scold, a little complicated color appeared in Xue Xuan's eyes. She shook her head lightly and said softly, "Canghai." Now that you know that Tang Ao is working hard for Yang Guozhong, what are your plans? ”

Li Canghai pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why Yang Guozhong sent Tang Ao to kill Feng Shisanniang and the others was to kill people and kill them, which confirmed that he had colluded with the 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu'. Today in the court, I pointed out that Yang Guozhong colluded with the traitor, but he was pushed back by the saint. From the words of the saint, it can be seen that he still trusts Yang Guozhong very much. What's more, we don't have direct evidence that Yang Guozhong instructed Tang Ao to kill people and kill people, nor did we catch Tang Ao, and boldly put this matter to the saint, for fear that we would be accused of framing the courtiers. ”

Xue Xuan and Di Qing both nodded at the same time, feeling that what he said was reasonable, so they asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Li Canghai sighed and said helplessly: "At present, the only thing is to not go against Yang Guozhong for the time being, and wait until the matter of 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu' is over, and then make plans." ”

Di Qing wrinkled her nose and pouted, "Wouldn't this be cheaper for him?" ”

Li Canghai said with a smile: "Yang Guozhong is cunning and cunning, if you want to deal with him, how can it happen overnight?" We can take advantage of this opportunity to collect evidence in secret, as long as we find conclusive evidence, wouldn't it be easy to bring him down? ”

Di Qing felt that what he said was very reasonable, but he was angry that he let Yang Guozhong go so easily, so he held his pink fist and spontaneously ruthless it for a while, before he suddenly asked: "Canghai, you went to check the case, but what did you find?" ”

"It's not just a discovery, it's a big discovery." Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said.

"What discovery? Say it, say it~! Di Qing was excited, as if she couldn't wait to find out what he had found.

Li Canghai thought about it and told the two of them his discovery without reservation.

After listening, the two fell silent.

After a long while, Xue Xuan spoke: "According to what you said, could it be that General Qin was wronged for collaborating with the enemy and treason?" ”

Li Canghai shook his head and said, "Whether Qin Fu was wronged or not is unknown, after all, it has been fourteen years. However, one thing is certain: there must be something else hidden in this case. ”

Di Qing blinked her eyes a few times and said, "Canghai, you don't want to investigate this case, right?" ”

Li Canghai snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "You still know me, this case has aroused my interest." ”

Di Qing wrinkled her small nose and said, "But you still have to investigate the 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu', and now if you go to investigate the case from fourteen years ago, will you be a little lacking in skills?" ”

Li Canghai shook his head and said meaningfully: "I'm not worried about this, if my guess is correct, these two cases may be able to be investigated together." ”

"Do you mean to say that the 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu' may be related to the case of Qin Fu's treason with the enemy?" Di Qing stroked the hair on her shoulders with her fingers, and said suspiciously: "How is this possible!" How can these two cases, separated by 14 years, be related? ”

"Now all this is just speculation, whether it has a relationship or not, and we have to investigate again." Li Canghai said.

Xue Xuanxiu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she thought about it. said: "Canghai, after all, fourteen years have passed since this case. How do you find out? ”

Xue Xuan felt that this was simply impossible, the case from fourteen years ago. Not to mention that the years have passed, the parties have long been turned into dry bones, and no one even knows what happened back then, let alone extracting relevant evidence.

After all, Li Canghai is just a mortal, not an immortal, how can he find out the old case from fourteen years ago?

"The most difficult thing now is that there is no case left in the trial of that year, and there is no way to know the circumstances of the trial back then, if we can know the trial process. You might be able to find some clues. Li Canghai groaned.

Di Qing blinked his eyes, and suddenly grinned and said, "Canghai, you are really smart, you are confused for a while!" Luoyang Mansion did not close the case, but you Dali Temple does! Although I am not an official of the imperial court, I also know that after the triage of the three divisions, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Officials, and the Imperial Historical Observatory must be stamped and confirmed. The closing arguments will be retained by all three parties for reference. ”

Xue Xuan shook her head, frowned and said, "If the case of Luoyang Mansion is stolen, it means that someone doesn't want to keep the case." Since the other party was able to steal Luoyang's case, he must also be able to steal the case of the third division. ”

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Xuan'er is right. I am afraid that there is no case in the yamen of the three divisions. He thought for a moment and said, "We can make a reasoning." Assuming that there was indeed no record of the case at the time of the triage, then the problem arises. Faced with such a major case, why don't they record the case? First, it's not logical, and secondly, they can't account to the Holy One. Unless, there is something else hidden in it, so that they cannot or dare not record it. ”

Xue Xuan and Di Qing nodded at the same time, feeling that this assumption had some truth.

Li Canghai paused, and then said: "Assuming that the third division did leave a case for trial, but the case disappeared for no reason, there are only two possibilities for speculation. First, the case was destroyed by the order of the Holy Majesty, so the Luoyang Mansion and the Sansi Yamen did not leave a case statement. Second, the case was stolen, and the thief didn't want the case to be discovered, so he stole all the case, what do you think it would be? ”

Di Qing tilted her head, thought for a while and said, "I think it's the second possibility, someone doesn't want the case to survive." ”

Li Canghai nodded and said: "Yes, the reason why the Holy Lord ordered the Third Division to try this case is to find out whether Qin Fu really collaborated with the enemy and committed treason. It can be seen that either of these two assumptions illustrates a problem, and there is something strange in the case! ”

"Is it really as you say, this is an unjust case?" After listening to Li Canghai's analysis, Xue Xuan said in disbelief.

Li Canghai paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, going through all the guesses in his heart.

According to the normal procedure, after the conclusion of the trial of the three divisions, the closing argument should be submitted to the emperor, and after the emperor's imperial inspection, the offender should be disposed of.

In fact, the emperor did deal with Qin Fu, that is, the case was indeed submitted to the emperor's imperial review, but this is even more unreasonable.

Since the emperor already knew the whole case, what was the point of stealing the words of the case? As long as the emperor decrees that no one is allowed to mention this matter, then even if there is great courage, no one dares to say it, wouldn't it seem redundant to steal the case words?

Li Canghai pondered carefully, and his footsteps suddenly stopped, as if he had figured out the key. Unless, the case in the emperor's hand is different from the case of the three law divisions, in order to prevent the emperor from seeing the real case, someone stole the case!

If this is the case, then it is very likely that the emperor has not seen the real case, and naturally has no idea the truth of the case.

Being able to cover the sky with one hand and blind the Holy Hearing, it can be seen that the person who stole the words of the case is absolutely unusual.

"Canghai, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that his face was a little solemn, Di Qing suddenly asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I just found a hard bone." Li Canghai said with a slight frown.

"Tough bones?" Di Qing was confused, not understanding the deep meaning of his words.

Xue Xuan thought for a while and said: "Canghai, although there is no case, you can go to the Ministry of Rites, Master Cui has been an official in the court for decades, and he should have heard of the things of the past." Rather than guessing here, it is better to go directly to ask for advice, and maybe you will gain something. ”

After thinking for a while, Li Canghai nodded and said, "What you said is right, I will go and ask Master Cui for advice tomorrow." ”

After making a decision, the three of them spoke a few more words and went back to their rooms.

The next day, after having breakfast in a hurry and changing the medicine for the wound under Di Qing's coercion, Li Canghai was busy going to find Cui Lian.

In the official post prepared for the court officials in the palace annex, Li Canghai came to the room where Cui Jian was, and found that Gao Luochuan, the secretary of the ministry, was also there, which immediately surprised him.

"Lord Gao, are you here too?" Li Canghai said in a slightly surprised way.

Gao Luochuan stood up, bowed slightly to Li Canghai, and said respectfully: "I'm here to discuss some things with Master Cui, if Master Li has something important to discuss, then I will leave first." ”

Li Canghai smiled and said, "Lord Gao doesn't have to be polite, I don't have anything important, but there are some things I want to ask Master Cui for advice." By the way, Mr. Gao, how did that happen? ”

Gao Luochuan stroked his beard and said excitedly: "According to what Master Li said, I beheaded a few people who were close to the traitors, and they were really much more honest, plus the saint's kindness, and those who took the initiative to confess their guilt were not held accountable, and they were really grateful, not only confessed their own crimes, but also caught a lot of traitors." ”

Li Canghai nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Although this matter is over, Lord Gao must not take it lightly, the 'Reverse Scale Xuanwu' will never be destroyed so easily." If I'm not mistaken, the hall on the roster should be empty, right? ”

Judging from the newspapers sent by the states, this is indeed the case. Only 10 of the more than 30 halls of the rebels have been exterminated, and the rest of the halls have already been informed and fled. Among them, many of them were attached to those officials, and they wanted to use their power as a cover, but they didn't want those officials to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but they caught a lot of them. Gao Luochuan said.

"The matter of sweeping away the remnants of the rebel thieves will be Master Lao Gao." Li Canghai nodded and said.

Gao Luochuan bowed to him and said, "Master Li is serious, this is the old man's business. If it weren't for Lord Li's help this time, how could I find out the officials who colluded with the traitors so quickly? Master Li is young, but he has the demeanor of Di Gong, which is really admirable! ”

Li Canghai hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, and said, "Lord Gao is polite, Canghai is really ashamed!" ”

"Alright, you don't have to be polite to each other, sit down!" Cui Lian said with a smile.

After the three of them sat down, Cui Jian poured a cup of tea for each of them and asked, "Master Li came to find the old man, I don't know what happened?" ”

Li Canghai took a sip of the teacup and said, "Canghai came here this time because he wanted to ask Master Cui for something. (To be continued.) )