Besides, on Chang'an Avenue in the capital at this time, a low-key carriage roared over the street.

In the carriage, Zhao Ling looked at Luo Cheng, who was sitting opposite with a calm face, who also had a bad face, and it was not a very big carriage with a suppressed dead breath, which was as quiet as a chilling cicada; The wind poured in as the carriage ran along the occasional curtain, but when they met the cold that burst out of the eyes of the two of them, they all turned into a slightly cool breath, and the dead viscous fog swirled quietly in the carriage.

After a long time, Luo Cheng raised his head and looked out through the curtain of the car, and when he saw that he turned another corner and arrived at Sangxing Lane in Luofu, he took the initiative to break the silence in the carriage, hugged Zhao Ling's hand, and said: "Wechen thanks His Highness for taking time out of his busy schedule to send Wechen back, Wechen's home is about to arrive, Wechen saw that it was late at night, and did not invite His Highness to go to his home for a cup of tea, and when we solve the case, Wechen will take out the best tea in the house to invite His Highness." ”

Hearing Luo Cheng's polite and respectful voice, Zhao Ling raised his head and looked at him, but the cold color in his eyes remained the same, and said: "My lord, be careful, Zhu Yanzuo died suddenly, this matter will definitely not be a coincidence, His Royal Highness always feels that someone is always one step ahead of us and preemptively erases some important evidence, in order to prevent us from finding out the secret of Zhou Yanran's death; But they don't know that the more they do, the more likely they are exposed. Right now, my lord is running around with His Royal Highness for this case, and it's also hard work. ”

The Zhu Yanzuo in Zhao Ling's mouth is the famous work that Luo Cheng recommended to Zhao Ling that day and asked him to help inspect Zhou Yanran's body.

Zhu has been engaged in the work for nearly 30 years, whether it is experience or ability to do things, he is definitely the best one among the many works in the capital; Over the years, he has helped in many cases of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and has played a significant role; Although the world is quite prejudiced against the industry, they always feel that they are very unlucky to deal with the dead.

However, these people in the yamen know very well that it is awe-inspiring to do this job, they can speak for the dead, and they can help the victims find the real culprit who killed them after death, and they can be regarded as a blue sky above their heads.

His grandfather and father were both engaged in this work, and his only son was also brought by him to teach him carefully when he was young, and there was a sense of passing on this job from generation to generation.

It is often said that only if you really love an industry, you will want to carry it forward and pass it on from generation to generation, which shows that Zhu Chengzuo likes this job very much, so he wants to train his children to be excellent successors; It's just that before his wish was completed, he suddenly drowned and died.

Thinking of the situation when Zhu Cheng died, Luo Cheng couldn't help frowning, in addition to regret, he also had the heartache of losing his old friend.

Raising his head to look at Zhao Ling, who also had a not very good face, Luo Cheng said: "Your Highness, Wei Chen feels that Zhu Chengzuo's death is definitely strange; As far as Wei Chen knows, although Zhu Cheng is a good drinker, he will never drink himself unconscious, so Wei Chen doesn't believe a word about falling into the pond and drowning himself alive after drinking; Your Highness, do you believe it? ”

Zhao Ling's deep eyes flashed, and he said without any expression on his face: "His Royal Highness naturally won't believe it, His Royal Highness doesn't know Zhu Cheng as this person, so I don't know if he is a good wine; Therefore, I don't have much to say about the cause of his death, but what His Royal Highness minds is that Zhu Yan didn't die sooner or later, but he suddenly drowned after examining Zhou Yanran's corpse? Lord Luo is smart, don't you think this point in time is very suspicious? ”

"Wechen naturally noticed this point in time, but after Wechen carefully surveyed the pond where Zhu Yanzuo drowned, he didn't find anything suspicious, so we have no direction to continue the investigation."

Speaking of this, Luo Cheng let out a sigh and said: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, Weichen and Zhu Yanzuo are also friends, over the years, Weichen has helped him in many cases under his hands, and now he died suddenly, Weichen's heart is quite uncomfortable, and he always feels that if Weichen hadn't recommended him to inspect Zhou Guifei's body, perhaps, he would not have suffered this bad news." ”

Zhao Ling knew that Luo Cheng was a person who valued his friends, otherwise, he would not have hurried out of Beijing to visit Zhu Chengzuo's family after knowing that Zhu Chengzuo had died violently.

Thinking of the look of apology on Luo Cheng's face when he saw the Zhu family, Zhao Ling tried to comfort him and said, "If Zhu Chengzuo was really killed after examining Zhou Yanran's body, then no matter who did it, there would be such a result; And we didn't know this would be the case from the beginning, so Lord Luo, the real person to blame for this incident is not you, but the guy who committed murder. ”

Luo Cheng knew that the prince said this to comfort him, it stands to reason that he and Zhu Chengzuo are old friends, and it is appropriate to visit Zhu's family after hearing the news of Zhu Chengzuo's sudden death, but this news was somehow known by His Royal Highness the Prince.

There is no need for him to say much about how noble the identity of the prince should be, but such a person is a person who does not have many shelves, and when he knew that he was going to visit the orphans of the Zhu family, he would go in a carriage without saying a word.

When he arrived at the Zhu family, the prince naturally wanted to be incognito, and the Zhu family was immersed in grief, although they noticed that the man who came with Lord Luo was a master who was either rich or noble, but he didn't think much about it, so he entertained them together.

Zhao Ling was at Zhu's house, and he stayed with Luo Cheng for several hours, and didn't come back in a hurry until the night was heavy; The Zhu family is not a wealthy family, and they have been doing this business since their ancestors, so many people dislike this family a little unlucky; In order not to be troubled by others, the Zhu family's house was placed outside the capital; At this time, when you hurried back from outside the city, the gate must have been locked; But fortunately, there is the big Buddha of Zhao Ling, as long as the waist card is flashed, the city gate guards will immediately open the city gate and let them in.

And Zhao Ling noticed that Luo Cheng's mood was not high today, and it was to take care of him, so he silently let the carriage go in the direction of Sangxing Lane, where Luofu was located, along the way, in order to personally send Luo Cheng back to his home.

The prince's hard work and concern for himself Luo Cheng naturally knew it clearly, and now he saw the prince comforting himself, and he was full of gratitude to the prince in front of him; After the two said a few more words, the carriage arrived at the mouth of the alley of Sangxing Lane, and Luo Cheng asked to get off the carriage here and walk back by himself.

Zhao Ling didn't say much, so he listened to Luo Cheng's words and asked him to go down, anyway, the mansion in Luofu was only about two hundred steps away from the alley, and the security in the capital was still quite good, and he didn't have to worry about what would happen to Luo Cheng, who had already arrived at the door.

Seeing Luo Cheng leave alone with his back straight after saluting, Zhao Ling also missed Chu Xingyue very much, so he urged Jingwei, who was driving, to return home quickly.

However, just as the carriage had left the alley, suddenly, a terrible shout came from behind him, the voice was painful and urgent, and it was evident that it could only be uttered when someone was suddenly attacked without paying attention.

Zhao Ling has always been deaf and clear-sighted, and when he was sitting in the carriage, he opened his deep and gloomy eyes when he heard this shout, and immediately knocked on the wall of the carriage and shouted: "Luo Cheng seems to have an accident, go and take a look!" ”

Hearing Zhao Ling's order, Jingwei, who was hidden in the shadows, immediately galloped in the direction of Sangxing Lane like a meteor in the night, and the silence of the night, which was originally silent, was completely broken at this moment.

The Jingwei combat ability of Ling Wangfu is known to almost everyone in the capital, but whenever Zhao Ling is around, there is always such a group of martial arts masters secretly protecting him, so over the years, even if he has encountered countless assassinations, Zhao Ling can save the day in the end; And among them, the first credit is definitely the Jingwei of the palace.

Jingwei personally went out, almost at lightning speed rushed to the alley where the accident occurred, and saw that in the dim alley shrouded by the night, Luo Cheng was lying in a pool of blood without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and in an instant, the Jingwei who came were red-eyed, and almost in the blink of an eye, they surrounded the murderer who had not had time to escape after injuring people.

It is said that this murderer has been waiting for Luo Cheng to ambush him at the mouth of the alley where he must return, although Luo Mansion has a high status in the capital, and is about to fly out of a golden phoenix to marry into King Xi's Mansion, but these have no deterrent effect at all for the murderer.

They would think that although Luo Cheng was an official of the imperial court, he was a powerless scholar, and killing such a person was simply the most effortless thing for some people who specialized in the killer business; Therefore, when Luo Cheng got out of the carriage and walked towards Luofu alone, the killer who had been hiding in the dark rushed out, wanting to kill Luo Cheng with a knife.

But I didn't expect it to go wrong at this time, although Luo Cheng was a civil official, but when he was young, he also learned a few kung fu from the guards in the house in order to strengthen his body, although this kung fu is very shallow, but he can still deal with two tricks simply.

It was these two kung fu kung fu that ushered in a ray of life for Luo Cheng, and he tried his best to make a move, alarming Zhao Ling, who had not gone far, because Luo Cheng knew very well that no matter where Zhao Ling went, he would inevitably bring the Jingwei of the palace with him, and there was such a group of masters hiding in the shadows to protect Zhao Ling, as long as he sent a signal, he could catch the person who dared to ambush and hurt him.

And this murderer clearly wanted Luo Cheng's life, after knowing that Luo Cheng had a few kung fu, he was even more murderous, and he didn't care about Jingwei who had already rushed in the direction of them, until he cut Luo Cheng to the ground.

But at this time, he couldn't escape if he wanted to.