Shixun wanted to ride a horse to Juxian to inquire, but Cao De insisted on going with him. It was Xun Wang's eyes that bandaged his arm, and Cao De smiled and said, "Some minor injuries are not in the way." As he spoke, he gritted his teeth: "I want to know who wants to take the lives of my father and son!" ”

Shixun stared into his eyes: "Actually...... You don't believe me, do you? "Are you afraid that I will destroy the evidence or something, so you must follow me to Ju County? Cao De smiled bitterly: "How can I not believe that it is Mr., it's just ...... After this difficulty, who do you think I can trust? ”

This guy is really straightforward. Shi Xun glanced at the inner room again and asked, "...... Gong Cao" "My father is old and not very sober," Cao De smiled, "But he has been a eunuch for many years, and how many ups and downs he has passed, so there is no need for me to stay and comfort him." ”

So the two took the two Tancheng soldiers and left the village courtyard together—Shi Xun's mount was brought by himself, and the other three were all Cao family's horses. Ju County is more than 100 miles northeast of Haiqu, galloping on horseback, and when it comes to the city, the sky is already dark, and the city gate has been firmly closed.

Shi Xun held up Tao Qian's official document on horseback, called the door loudly, and a prison gate came down to the city to inspect it, so he opened a crack in the city gate and let them in. Shi Xun asked the location of the county office, took the lead, galloped over, and jumped off the horse when he arrived at the door.

As soon as the other three got off their horses, they were busy bending over and rubbing their legs and stomachs. Cao De praised: "Yes, Mr. is a good horseman." "It's Xunxin who says that my riding skills are good, but it's not a "good" word, it's my stirrups that are good. I don't bother with it, I rush over and bang on the door.

He patted the door, but it was a side door that opened, and he saw a door showing his head and scolding: "In the middle of the night, who is this......" Xun Chong will go over, and shake the official document in his hand casually: "I was ordered by the envoy to see the order of Ju County." Where is the prefectural order? ”

The man was startled, and before he could answer, Shi Xun and the others had already rushed in. When I arrived at the entrance of the main hall, a housekeeper came forward: "How many are ......" is Xun repeated the intention, and the housekeeper hurriedly gave up: "The envoy please sit down in the hall for a while, and the villain will go to report to the county." ”

It was Xun who came into the hall, and only then did a servant light a lamp and candle. He was pondering that although he was Tao Qian's envoy, he was still white after all, whether he was sitting on the throne or waiting in the guest seat, when he suddenly heard a commotion from behind, some people exclaimed, and some people cried bitterly. It was Xun Xin who said that it was not good, and he bypassed the screen in a few steps, and kicked open the back door of the hall: "What's the matter?" ”

I only listened to the butler's voice intermittently reported: "The county, the county has hanged itself......"

Yes Xun felt a "buzz" in his head - damn it, the conspiracy here is deep! Cao De's voice came from his ears: "Don't want to take people and lead us to see them." "Well, don't be surprised, this Cao Qujian is much calmer than himself.

The butler led the four into the study, only to see several servants and maidservants kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly, they were faced with a corpse, wearing Zen robes, without a crown, with wide eyes and tongues sticking out of the elder—sure enough, there was a deep strangulation mark on the neck. Cao De asked: "This is the Juxian county order?" When did you hang yourself? ”

The housekeeper replied with tears in his eyes: "The county respectful let go of the ya, and then he studied in the study, and the envoy came, and the little man went to report, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw him hanging on the beam......" Shi Xun noticed that there was still half a piece of white silk hanging on the beam, and several cases fell to the ground - no way, there are no chairs and stools in these years, and if you want to hang yourself, you have to step on a few cases.

He felt that his heart was at a loss, his mind was chaotic, and he glanced at the corpse on the ground, and the appearance of not closing his mouth and eyes was really terrifying. So he turned his head away and didn't dare to look any more, and walked to the door in a daze, and sat on the threshold with his legs weak.

I only heard Cao De's voice behind me: "Who, yes, who?!" ”

Shi Xun took a long breath, turned his head and asked Cao De: "Where Cao Gong lives, who else knows Lu Dao?" ”

Cao De walked over and sat down beside him—but kneeling, in a very standard posture, very different from Shixun—and asked in a low voice, "I was about to ask you." Cao Zhonghui told you where my house was, who else did you tell? ”

A light flashed in Shixun's mind: "Could it be...... You had already expected that the Cao family would be in danger in Langxie, so you only leaked your address to Cao Zhonghui alone......" Cao De neither affirmed nor denied, but asked again: "Who else did you tell?" ”

It was Xun Chang who took a breath: "There are also Chen Yuanlong and Tao Yuanjun...... Who will they tell...... If those people had come one day earlier, the Cao family would not have been spared! ”

"That's right," Cao De wondered, "Since you know that you brought troops to defend you, why can't you come to attack my family in advance?" "Yes Xun explained that he first went to Huaxian County and turned a corner, and those soldiers asked Zang Ba for it-" In this way, it must have been Tao Zhijun who told others, and then the others instructed the county order here to transfer troops to attack Zun's father and son. ”

Cao De suddenly asked again: "Xu, Yan Hezong, and even gave Xuzhou to the Yu family, did the Cao and Elk families agree?" It was Xun who suddenly realized that he actually wanted to dedicate Xuzhou to Cao Cao, but it was just his own meaning, Cao Hong and Chen Deng both expressed limited agreement, but there was another person who had not been able to get his statement - "Elk Zizhong!" ”

Yes, where does Cao Song live, I believe that Tao Qian will not go around shouting, he can only tell his henchmen, then his henchmen are only Lu Zhu except for Chen Deng and Cao Hong brothers. Of course, Cao Bao may also have intended to murder Cao Song, but he must have known Cao Song's residence for a long time, and it will not be too late to start. It's just that for that reason, someone dared to shout openly and openly that he had been ordered by Tao Qian to hunt down and kill Cao's father and son, could it be that Tao Qian's reputation was ruined, would it be of any benefit to him?

"There are two more," after listening to Shi Xun's analysis, Cao De put forward a different opinion, "If Tao Envoy Jun is here, I believe that Qing and others will not sacrifice Xuzhou, and if Tao Envoy Jun dies, who is most unwilling to fall into the hands of others?" "You mean the potter and the potter?" Shi Xun shook his head again and again, "If they have such knowledge, we won't be willing to sacrifice the state." ”

"It's hard to ensure that there is no one with insight around them!"

As soon as Cao De's words fell, Shixun suddenly thought of something, stood up with a "whew", and said in a deep voice: "Go and check his correspondence." Cao De shook his head: "I noticed that there are ashes in the brazier......" Shixun was stunned for a moment, and then rushed back to the house quickly. I saw that the housekeeper and the servants and maidservants were still crying around the corpse, and they were probably waiting for someone who could take charge of the matter to come and deal with it. Shi Xun commanded with a cold face: "Turn the body over." ”

The butler looked up with tears in his eyes and looked at him in surprise. Cao De followed, his eyes widened, and he shouted angrily: "Turn it over!" "He is the son of the third duke, and that Yan's bearing is deeply engraved into his bones, if he really wants to be powerful, this little housekeeper of the county order really can't resist, and hurriedly beckoned a few servants to turn over the body of the county commander of Juxian County.

Shi Xun lifted the collar of the corpse and glanced at it, and couldn't help but gasp: "It's murder!" ”

He was not a fan of detective novels in his previous life, but he had read a few of them, and he still had an impression of the difference between ordinary hanging and strangulation. I saw that the strangulation marks on the county commander's neck extended all the way to the back of the neck, and they were slightly crossed - if it was a serious hanging, the strangulation marks would only extend to the sides of the neck, which was obviously strangled with a rope first, and then hung up, disguised as a suicide scene.

As soon as he explained his analysis to Cao De, Cao De couldn't help but change his face, turned his head and asked the housekeeper: "In the past few days, has anyone come to visit the county order?" The butler was thinking about it when he heard a voice at the door: "Who are you?" ”

It turned out to be the county magistrate from Ju County, and the housekeeper was just waiting for this person to come over and preside over the overall situation. At that moment, it was Xun who showed the official document to the county Cheng, and the county Cheng immediately changed his smiling face. Turning his head and asking the housekeeper again, the housekeeper replied: "The day before yesterday, a stranger did come, visited the county honor, closed the door and talked in secret, and then the county lord sent troops out of the house......"

"Who is that man? Where is the moment? Where did it come from?! ”

The housekeeper replied that the man claimed to be from Tancheng, and he looked like a servant of a large family, but he was born with a strong force, and as for the name and specific origin, it was not clear. He left after talking to the county magistrate, and no one knew whether he was out of the city or not.

The clue is here, completely broken. After all, Xun is neither an English gentleman with a pipe, nor a bearded Tang Dynasty bureaucrat, and he doesn't have that talent for detectives, and if he continues to ponder, he can't figure out how ugly he is. In the end, he had to ask the housekeeper for pen and ink, write down the events and his preliminary analysis in detail, and planned to order the county to send someone to Tancheng overnight and hand it over to Chen Deng. He also asked that the remains of the county order be placed for the time being, not buried, and all kinds of people in the county government should be taken care of, and they should not escape, and wait for Tancheng to send someone to investigate-I hope that with Chen Yuanlong's resourcefulness, he can quickly find out who is behind the scenes.

Cao De kept watching him write, and said when he finished: "Yes, this font is also interesting." "It's Xun who found out that what he wrote was not a pure official script - because although he had practiced calligraphy in his previous life, he had not practiced official calligraphy, so at this time, he was nervous, and he unconsciously used a lot of regular script techniques, and also brought a little pen, and it became the four unlikeness of chapter grass and line letters. At the moment, I had to say casually perfunctory: "The heart is not quiet, the matter is urgent, the writing is not good, see the laughter, see the laughter." ”

Raised his head and looked at Cao De: "In this way, the father and son should leave Xuzhou immediately and go to Yanzhou to avoid trouble!" ”

Cao De nodded: "I will try my best to convince my father to ......" At this point, he suddenly paused, and then his thoughts drifted instantly-"Yes, sir, according to you, neither the potter nor the pottery should be successful?" Shihoon nodded. Cao De suddenly slapped his palms, gritted his teeth and said: "I know the Dao, I know who is going to take the lives of my father and son!" ”