The scene of the crime was about 500 meters away from the official residence of the Assassin's Mansion.

There were more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, the corpses were covered with a thin layer of snow, each person's neck had been cut, and a pool of blood red on the ground had solidified, and the originally refreshing air was now mixed with the smell of blood.

Seeing that King Langya and others had arrived, a person who looked like a general came over.

"Captain Li Gan see King Langya!"

Sima Jingwen was not polite, but said: "What can be found on the scene?" ”

Li Gan is also a cheerful person, he turned on the car: "Lord Wang, please look!" ”

Seeing that Shi Li was firmly nailed to the car, with a sword in his chest, Shi Li's eyes widened, as if he didn't believe it, or maybe he was unwilling, in short, he died like this.

And in his car, there was a hidden arrow nailed, and Li Gan pointed to the arrow and said: "There is a silk book left on this arrow, which has been taken down by the lower officials." ”

Saying that, Li Gan took out the silk book, and at this time, a soldier brought a torch, Sima Jingwen opened the silk book by the firelight, only to see that it was written: Twenty years ago, the descendants of the Sun family!

After reading it, Sima Jingwen handed the silk book to Wang Dao and Gu Rong.

Sima Jingwen looked up at this scene, he didn't know what the descendants of the Sun family meant, and what was even more incomprehensible was:

This place is not far from the official residence of the Assassin's Mansion, why did the murderer choose to do it here, and the people of the Assassin's Mansion didn't hear any sound at all.

At this time, he was seriously looking at the corpse on the ground, or Shi Li's corpse was nothing to verify, and at first glance, it was a sword piercing his heart and died, but he was a little interested in the corpse of the soldier on the ground.

Sima Jingwen pointed to Qi Zuo and said, "Call Qi Zuo over." ”

"Yes," said Ligan Eng.

When he heard King Langya call him, he didn't wait for Li Gan to call him, so he stopped what he was doing, straightened up, and came to Sima Jingwen.

"The villain is the work of this Yangzhou Thorn History Yamen, see King Langya."

"Seeing that you are looking carefully, what have you found?"

"These soldiers don't seem to have any resistance, as if they were poisoned first, and then they were killed with a knife, except for Lord Shi's body, the rest of the corpses need to be brought back to Yizhuang for careful examination!"

"Poisoning first?" It's the first time I've heard of this kind of killing.

But now I can't figure out anything, so Sima Jingwen said: "Okay, just do what you say!" ”

At this time, Changshi brought a person who looked like a watchman to Sima Jingwen.

"King Langya, it was this husband who found out that Lord Assassin Shi had been assassinated and reported to the Assassin's Mansion."

"What do you see?" Sima Jingwen asked.

The first time the watchman talked to the prince, he was inevitably trembling, and his words stumbled:

"Back to King Langya, the little one... Small, nothing... I didn't see anything, and when the little ones came, these people just... It's already all dead, and the little one knows that this is the car of Lord Thorn Shi, and the little one doesn't dare... I didn't dare to slack off, so I immediately went to the Assassin's Mansion to report. ”

"You didn't hear the fighting?"

"No.. I didn't hear anything, and when the little one came, it was already what it was now! ”

"Go get busy!" Sima Jingwen couldn't ask anything when he saw it, so he ordered the watchman to go down!

I saw that the watchman was like an amnesty, and gave a big gift to King Langya, so he retreated, and ran away with the drum.

"Lord Wang, the lower official came over after receiving the letter, when he came, the soldier's body was still hot, this is not like the ordinary Jianghu master, this method must be a first-class killer." Li Gan said.

Sima Jingwen nodded.

Gu Rong walked over with the silk book: "Lord Wang, since it is an old grudge from twenty years ago, I'm afraid I won't be able to find out the reason for it for a while, so let them accept it." ”

Seeing that there was nothing to see, Sima Jingwen ordered the sergeants to take a good look at the scene again, and Shi Li's body was sent back to his mansion first, and the rest of the people could perform their duties.

And the most important thing for him at the moment is to bring Shi Li's death to the court.

Shi Li's death really brought some trouble to Sima Jingwen, and when he came to the Assassin Shi Gongfu, he and Wang Daoxian each wrote a recital, which was rushed for 600 miles overnight and sent to Luoyang, and when he returned to the post house, it was already five watches.

When Director Wang returned to the post house, he immediately wrote a private letter, in which he told Zhan Peng that he must send someone to Wang Yan before the court discussion.

Although Director Wang is good friends with Sima Jingwen, the interests of the Langya Wang family also need him to seek, which is destined to be the same mentality between Director Wang and his friend Sima Jingwen.

The snow fell overnight, and it made people's hearts white, but on such a snowy night, the plum trees in the post house bloomed more beautifully.

Yi Xue and Zhou Rong got up a little late, just finished freshening up, and were about to go to breakfast, when they heard someone knocking on the door.

The door opened, and Sima Jingwen came in.

"See King Langya!" Yi Xue gave Sima Jingwen a blessing.

Seeing Yi Xue saluting herself, Sima Jingwen's already tired face added a hint of melancholy.

"Shi Li died, last night, on the way back from Xie's house!"

When Sima Jingwen said this, his eyes were fixed on Yi Xue, and he wanted to see Yi Xue's reaction.

I saw Yi Xue smile faintly: "We know, Senior Brother Murong came to say it last night." ”

Hearing that Murong Jia came to Yi Xue's room at night, Sima Jingwen couldn't help frowning, and an unhappiness rose from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, I only heard Zhou Rong say: "Die well, such a dog official, if he is in Yangzhou for one day, the people of Yangzhou will suffer one more day." ”

"Zhou Rong, don't talk nonsense."

"Girl, King Langya is not an outsider, besides, this grain requisition case failed to punish him together, this is to the court, at most reprimanded, he will get out soon, and now he is completely dead."

Sima Jingwen saw that Zhou Rong, who was outspoken and fast-talking, was so open-mouthed, and didn't say much, just showed a wry smile, and her sentence "King Langya is not an outsider" is really very useful.

Then Sima Jingwen said apologetically: "I came early in the morning, and I also wanted to tell Yun'er about Shili, I know that you have always hated ..... Originally, I wanted to help with this, but above the officialdom, there are some things that cannot be forced....."

When Yi Xue heard this, he thought to himself, it turned out that he couldn't rest assured, and he was afraid that this matter would have something to do with me, so he came to test me.

Thinking of this, Yi Xue's face was rare to show joy to Sima Jingwen, only to see Yi Xue say with a smile: "Shi Li's death is indeed good news for me, I am really happy in my heart, if I know who did such a good thing, I will definitely thank him." ”

Hearing that Yi Xue meant that this matter had nothing to do with her, Sima Jingwen's tense face had a hint of relief:

"I'm afraid that the original itinerary will be changed, I have already proposed it to the imperial court, and I am waiting for the will of the imperial court. There are a lot of things going on these days, so you and Zhou Rong will take a walk around Jianye City. ”

"Well, thinking that the prince can't get out of his body these days, Zhou Rong and I will take care of ourselves, so the prince doesn't have to worry about it."

Speaking of this, Yi Xue saw that Sima Jingwen's face was full of tiredness, and she said in a rare soft voice: "The prince's complexion is not very good, you must take care of your body, don't be too tired!" ”

Hearing that Yi Xue cared about herself, Sima Jingwen's heart was originally white, but now it bloomed in an instant.

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