At this moment, Zhen Rong was secretly sent out of the palace by Beigong Yuliu's people, Beigong Yuliu looked at the carriage in the distance, and thought in her heart, Xiao Zhen'er, today, I let you go, I hope you can be safe, but also to fulfill your wish, when the danger around me is lifted, your wish is fulfilled, I will take you back to the palace.

Five days later, Beigong Yuliu personally summoned Chu Xiao.

The Imperial Study.

Chu Xiao knelt down respectfully, kowtowed, and saluted, "Weichen see the emperor, long live the emperor!" ”

I saw Beigong Yuliu's voice was weak, "Flat!" ”

Chu Xiao got up and stood there, neither humble nor arrogant.

Beigong Gong, who was sitting here, saw Chu Xiao's attitude, and thought in his heart, he really didn't see the wrong person, he was really a talent.

The person in front of Beigong Yuliu was fearless, calm and indifferent, and thought, it's a little interesting.

I saw him ask in a cold and serious voice, "I heard that you are like a god in handling the case, I want to know, how did you investigate the palace assassination case and the Zhangfu fire case?" ”

Chu Xiao replied plainly, "Handling cases is like a god, Weichen doesn't dare to be a god, Weichen just wants to be able to enforce the law fairly and impartially in front of the law!" ”

Beigong Yuliu sneered, "A good one in front of the law, law enforcement is fair, impartial. Okay, very good, let me see how you do what you say today. ”

Then he said, "Okay, tell me how you are doing?"

Chu Xiao replied indifferently, "Back to the emperor, ...... five days ago"

Five days ago, after Chu Xiao ordered the people to bring the corpse back, he asked him to examine it carefully, and found that all the people in Zhang's mansion were killed by someone, and they set fire to the entire mansion, in order to destroy the corpses and destroy the traces.

Therefore, Chu Xiao went to Zhang's Mansion and inspected the scene again, and he found that all the fires in the mansion were ignited from the outside, because judging from the extent to which all the houses were burned, the outside of the houses was burned more seriously, and the red paint on the houses could be seen inside, as well as the ornaments in some rooms, but the outside was all burned. Therefore, he concluded that the fire was started from the outside, and someone deliberately set it on fire, otherwise, it would be impossible for the entire Zhang Mansion to be burned beyond recognition.

After Chu Xiao returned to Dali Temple, he ordered the corpses to be carefully examined again, and he found that the wounds of some corpses were diamond-shaped.

He replied to Chu Xiao next to him, "Lord Chu, the little one has found out again." ”

Chu Xiao asked happily, "What did you find?" ”

He replied, "The little ones found that they had diamond-shaped wounds on the corpses. ”

Chu Xiao asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?" ”

He replied in awe, "Lord Chu must know that among the weapons used by my Chen Kingdom, there has never been a diamond-shaped weapon. The smaller ones found dozens of people wounded with diamond-shaped arrows, and most of them were pierced through the heart with an arrow. The arrows of the kingdom of Tatsu are in the shape of an awl, and when they stab people's bodies, they will also be in the shape of an awl, but these corpses are in the shape of water chestnuts. Therefore, the small one concluded that the person who killed Zhang Fu was definitely not from Chen Kingdom, and should have been sent by other countries. ”

Chu Xiao nodded, indicating that he understood, and he ordered, "Everyone should remember to this official, today's discovery must not be known to others present, otherwise this official will be punished for leaking secrets." ”

Then, he went back to his study and instructed his personal guard (Pang Zixuan), "Zixuan, you go to find it secretly immediately, the arrow feathers used by that country are made of diamonds, and after you find it, come back and report it to me immediately, you can't let the second person know about this matter, understand?" In the end, he admonished.

Pang Zixuan personally inquired, and a day later, Pang Zixuan found a water chestnut-shaped arrow, which is only used by the eight tribes of the grassland, but who is the real mastermind behind the eight tribes remains to be verified.

Chu Xiao found out here, there are countless doubts in his heart, the eight tribes of the grassland have just been subdued by the current emperor not long ago, if you want to say that there is a grudge against this matter, those eight tribes must all have a grudge against the emperor, if you want to check them one by one, it is estimated that you can't find out who it is in ten days and a half months? The emperor only gave me five days, and it has been two days, if it goes on like this, the real murderer is not found, and he will die first, and how will the murderer be arrested then. Chu Xiao fell into a dead end.

In desperation, he had no choice but to come to Zhang's Mansion again, find new clues, and start everything from scratch.

He thought that the situation at that time should be that the killer had already been ambushed around Zhang's Mansion, flew into Zhang's Mansion at night, first shot the guards with water chestnut-shaped arrows, and then, all entered, killed all the other people in the mansion with a knife, and after killing, set fire to the entire Zhang's Mansion, which had achieved the effect of destroying the corpse.

In that case, there should be remnants of arrows left at the scene.

Then he ordered someone to find out if there were any arrows in the shape of water chestnuts.

They searched for several hours, rummaging up and down Zhang's mansion several times, and finally found an arrow by a charred dead tree. It is estimated that the tree was burned after the fire was ignited at that time, but although the tree burned for a long time, the arrow was left behind. For when the fire burns slowly, and at the end of the burn, the fire is extinguished, but the arrow is not burned.

Chu quickly handed the arrow to Chu Xiao, and Chu Xiao checked it carefully and found that the word Gu Xi was engraved on the arrow body. This discovery made Chu Xiao overjoyed, in order to verify whether it was the arrow used by the Gu Xi tribe, and for the sake of the diplomatic relations between Gu Xi and the Chen Kingdom, he was afraid that someone would frame him.

Therefore, when he returned to the Dali Temple with the arrow, he ordered the servant to come and check it carefully, and after checking it, he said that it was indeed this arrow.

For the sake of the truth of the matter, he was afraid that there was a mistake, so he went to the superintendent (a place dedicated to making weapons) and found the superintendent.

After verification, it was proved that this arrow was indeed used by the Gu Xi tribe. Although the arrows used by the eight tribes of the grassland are in the shape of water chestnuts, the arrow feathers are different.

The superintendent said: "The arrows used by the eight major tribes of the grassland are indeed diamond-shaped, but the arrow feathers are different, for example, the feathers of the arrow feathers used by the Rouran tribe are from the flying eagle, and the feathers of the arrow feathers used by the Guxi tribe are from the wolf. And the feathers of this arrow are only on the wolf, so this arrow should be owned by the Gu Xi tribe. ”

Chu Xiao listened to what he said, thanked him, and left.

Chu Xiao was thinking, who in the Gu Xi tribe would dare to be so bold and assassinate the emperor, if it was Gu Xi Khan, he would have been willing to surrender, why bother to make such a big deal, so it shouldn't be him, besides him, who would be the person who has such a grudge against the emperor? By the way, Huyan Quinoa, he was originally dissatisfied with the emperor, the emperor once leveled the Gu Xi tribe in order to quell the chaos, and also killed Gu Xi Khan in public, Gu Xi Khan at that time was Hu Yan Quinoa's father. And now the khan is his own uncle, and it is impossible for him to avenge his brother and put the entire Guxi tribe into a crisis, and at the same time he will lose his life. It is impossible for him not to understand that if he offends the emperor, the entire Gu Xi will have to be buried with him, so he is not so stupid and not so impulsive.

Here, the truth of the case was finally revealed, and the Gu Xi tribe was dissatisfied and resentful of the emperor, so they ordered the fine work hidden in the Chen Kingdom, that is, Lord Zhang, to let him assassinate the emperor. So, Lord Zhang arranged for assassins to enter the palace, and when they arrived at the palace banquet, they carried out assassination, but they didn't expect that the concubine Niangniang risked her life to block the knife, so that the emperor escaped this catastrophe. In the end, the Gu Xi tribe was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so they killed everyone in the Zhang Mansion and destroyed the corpses.

This is where the case comes to light.

Chu Xiao stood in the imperial study and reported the ins and outs of the matter to the emperor.

After listening to this, Beigong Yuliu's face was cold and bloodthirsty, good, very good, you dare to assassinate me, if you really hurt me, I am willing to let your tribe go, and only let you pay it back, but you hurt Xiao Zhen'er, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Then he commanded, "Someone! Immediately ordered the left and right cavalry generals to meet him. ”

Soon after, the left and right horsemen came to the imperial study and knelt down to pay respects, "The last general will see the emperor, long live the emperor!" ”

Beigong Yuliu raised his hand and asked them to get up. So he coldly and ruthlessly ordered, "I called you here to tell you one thing, I want to wash the Gu Xi tribe in blood, you go back and prepare immediately, and set off on a certain day." ”

At this time, General Zuo Xiaocai asked suspiciously, "Back to the emperor, hasn't the Gu Xi tribe already surrendered, and the last general doesn't understand why he wants to be bloodbathed, and asks the emperor to make it clear." ”

Beigong Yuliu said indifferently, "You ask Lord Chu." ”

The two looked at Chu Xiao, and Chu Xiao said indifferently: "Two generals, this official has already found out that the palace assassination case and the fire in Zhangfu that day were all committed by the right king of the Gu Xi tribe."

After hearing this, the general of the right cavalry asked in surprise, "This matter is absolutely true." ”

Chu Xiao replied, "It's true." ”

At this time, the two turned their heads and looked at Beigong Yuliu, and the right Xiaocai general dissuaded, "Your Majesty, this matter was done by Huyan Quinoa alone, if the entire Gu Xi is washed with blood, it will chill the other tribes, and it may cause dissatisfaction among other tribes, resulting in a rebellion. The general thinks that it is enough to dispose of Huyan quinoa alone. ”

At this time, Chu Xiao also persuaded: "Yes! Your Majesty, General Xiaocai is right, if the entire tribe of Gu Xi is destroyed, it is too ruthless, and the people of the Gu Xi tribe are not wrong! So please think twice about it. ”

Beigong Yuliu looked at them indifferently, "You don't have to persuade each other, if I don't wash Gu Xi with blood, it will be difficult to suppress the hatred in my heart." ”

At this time, they had no choice but to look at Beigong Gong, hoping that His Royal Highness King De would persuade and persuade them.

Although King De knew that he was persuading, it was estimated that he would not listen, but he still had to speak. After all, such a thing as bloodbathing is not good for his reputation and holiness.

So, he persuaded, "Xiao Yu, listen to the ministers say a few words, this king knows that you are very angry, but what the general said is also right, and it has reached the ears of the people, and it will have an impact on your reputation and reputation, so I still send someone to find Gu Xi Khan and ask him to hand him over, so as to avoid the two countries from falling into war." ”

Beigong Yuliu looked at Beigong Gong, and his tone was not good, "Uncle Huang, if it was the imperial aunt who was injured this time, would you still say that?" He was so angry that he couldn't even listen to Beigong Gong's words.

Beigong Gong listened to his rhetorical question, and was speechless. Because if it were him, it would probably be the same.

Beigong Yuliu resolutely ordered, "Everyone doesn't have to be persuaded, I have made up my mind, and I will be ready to go on a certain day, and I will drive the expedition in person and level Gu Xi." ”

Sure enough, a few days later, Beigong Yuliu personally conquered Gu Xi.