Yuan Zheng heard Hai Liang's explanation, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In his subconscious, he didn't want the defeat of the Tanglin Guard to be true.

As soon as the rumor of Tulun going to invade Dachen had just spread in Kyoto, Tanglinwei had a battle report of being plotted by Tulun the next day, and the two things that happened before and after were just right in time, which made people have to wonder whether Tanglinwei's intentions were for the so-called invasion of Dachen in the rumors.

"You don't know about the 800-mile urgent edict I sent last night?"

Hai Liang's face was pale, almost at a loss:

"Return...... Emperor Bing, his subordinates passed through the boundary of Wuchuan, encountered many bandits, for fear of delaying the trip, they took a detour for nearly a day, I don't know if they missed it. ”

Yuan Zheng smiled and nodded:

"No wonder, looking at the time on your good news, you won the battle three days ago, and it took you three full days on the road, because it was delayed by a bandit...... Wuchuan, I kept receiving reports a few days ago, saying that bandits were rampant in the territory of Wuchuan, and the people in the state capital had not been able to suppress them. ”

Yuan Zheng stood up from the throne, took his hand down the jade steps, stood in front of Hai Liang, stared at him for a long time, and then stretched out his hand to him and said:

"Haiqing's family should get up."

Yuan Zheng helped him dust off his shoulders, looked directly into Hai Liang's eyes and said:

"In the bitter land, the Duke of Donghai and the Tanglin Guard have been guarding the northeast territory for me, and I have recorded this credit. Draw up a detailed excerpt, this time the Tanglin Wei has military exploits all I will be rewarded, to set an example for the generals of Dachen, let everyone know that as long as the monarch is loyal to the country, I will live up to him. ”

Hai Liang was greatly encouraged by this, and knelt down again and bowed:

"His subordinates thanked the emperor for his kindness on behalf of his father and the soldiers of the Tanglin Guard, and swore allegiance to the emperor."

Yuan Zheng patted him on the shoulder with a smile and muttered:

"Just talking about the bandits in Wuchuan, I have an idea here, so Jin Hai will be the captain of the light car on the third grade, and lead the five thousand soldiers of the Tanglin Guard to Wuchuan to exterminate the bandits."

Hai Liang bowed his head and thanked him, and when he saw that a small fireman outside ran in and reported something to Zhang Ping, Zhang Ping was dumbfounded for a moment, and then said to the emperor.

Because the temple was very silent, some words came to my ears, as if Huda was dead.

Hai forgave and knew that the emperor had other political affairs to be busy, so he was busy retiring.

When he crossed the palace gate, Hai Liang didn't know what to think of, the corners of his mouth hooked up, and he smiled very evilly, not like Fang Cai was so loyal in front of the emperor.

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The Daye Gambling House in Jiaolan Lane, Kyoto, has been temporarily isolated by the people of Shuntian Mansion Yin at this time.

The crowd of onlookers had been dispersed, and the passers-by were frightened, and the body was covered with a white cloth.

When night falls, the shops are lit up again and again, and the street is still brightly lit.

At this time, Shen Chi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was late to the green sedan chair, and before he could get off the sedan chair at the door of the gambling house, Yiqiu and the others couldn't wait, opened the sedan curtain and invited an old man out of the sedan chair.

Shen Chi is sixty-nine this year, short and thin, since he appeared in front of people, he held a handkerchief in his hand to cover his mouth and coughed constantly.

This person's experience is quite legendary, and he is the only person who has not passed the imperial examination since the founding of Dachen but has risen all the way to the top of the Zhengerpin Criminal Department.

Shen Chi was still a county official at the age of forty, but unexpectedly, he solved several major cases in a row, and was appreciated by the first emperor, and was promoted all the way until he became a six-department official of the second grade.

Seeing that Shen Chi, the holy hand of handling the case, Yin Luxiang, who had already arrived at the scene first, took a few steps back with great interest. He knew that his methods were far inferior to this veteran of criminal names who had been a lifelong criminal veteran, so he made up his mind to be a competent deputy, and only followed Shen Chi to act - not to mention, with his years of experience, this case seemed simple, but in fact, it was quite troublesome to detect, and he didn't want to get involved too much.

Zu Yong's entourage reported the deceased's fall to Shen Chi in detail.

"Ahem...... Let's go to the scene to see the corpse first. ”

Shen Chi coughed violently.

Lu Xiang and others are familiar with Shen Chi, and know that he has been suffering from lung disease all year round that cannot be cured, and he often coughs while performing autopsy, but he can accurately find the subtleties that others have not noticed.

Although the night market was lit up like daylight at this time, seeing that Shen Chi wanted to check the scene and the corpse, Lu Xiang hurriedly ordered his subordinate officers and soldiers to raise torches to illuminate it.

Shen Chi covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief to suppress his cough, and squatted down to carefully examine the deceased's body.

"There are many broken bones in the body, which should be caused by a fall. The fall caused several epidermal cracks, but the bleeding was modest. The face fell to the ground first, so the serious injury was in the face, and the head was bleeding heavily. Huh......"

With Shen Chi's words, everyone looked at his hand. The corpse had fallen face down, but both ears, the top of the skull, and the back of the head were covered with viscous blood. Peeling back the collar at the back of his neck, he found a bruise less than half an inch wide.

"Did the deceased have any abnormal manifestations before his death, cough...... For example, dizziness, back of the neck pain, etc.? ”

Chang Sui of the ancestral family raised his head and thought about it seriously, and replied firmly:

"There has never been such a performance, this person paid his own gambling money and entered the private room, which has always been normal."

"If you die from a fall alone, when your face hits the ground, a large amount of blood in your ears, the top of your skull, and the back of your head doesn't make sense, and such a serious bruise on the back of your neck is also abnormal."

Shen Chi took a deep breath, suppressed his cough, and explained softly to everyone.

He looked up at the Daye Gambling House, which was only two stories high, and asked Chang casually:

"After the deceased fell from the building, cough...... What is the situation, does the body twitch and shake? ”

He immediately replied:

"We watched it with our own eyes, and after falling down, the people didn't move, and the villains were bold enough to listen to it from their backs, and even the sound of their heartbeats was gone."

Shen Chi nodded and groaned:

"Empirically, falling from this height...... cough cough cough ...... The possibility of immediate death is very small, even if it is a serious injury within the skull, the body will spasm and shake before death. ”

Shen Chi immediately ordered someone to flip the deceased's body over, from prone to lying on his back, and after the fleshy face was turned over, everyone present took a breath of cold air and turned their faces to the side and stopped looking. Yiqiu, who had seen the tragic battlefield, couldn't help but close his eyes for a moment, and then forced himself to open his eyes again after the discomfort.

Shen Chi calmly looked at the corpse's face, just looking at his expression, people who didn't know thought he was watching a famous calligraphy and painting.

"There are multiple grooved dents on the face, not from a fall on the ground...... Ahem, what is it? ”

Shen Chi took out a bamboo tweezer from his assistant, and successively pinched out a number of fragments that were stuck to the flesh from the dents.

Zu Yong looked at it boldly and said suspiciously:

"This thing is like shredded paper......"

"Ahem...... The deceased had been hit in the face with a blunt object before he fell, so I wonder who else had entered that room before he fell? ”

Zu Yong's Chang Sui saw Shen Chi and asked him again, and immediately blinked and said:

"No one has ever been in, only the bartender in the store has brought in the warm wine......"

"Find the bartender and ask him."

Shen Chi interrupted him, Chang Sui was stunned, and immediately turned around and entered the Daye Gambling House.