At first glance, the death of the former county guard seemed to be closely related to the sand demon, but in fact, the connection did not seem to be so close, it was just Tang Qianlin's personal behavior. And right now, the secret he learns will cause the country to shake from top to bottom, do you say it or not?

Wei Chi decided to talk to Hu Shuntang first to see if he could come up with any other useful information, such as that he was demoted here to be a secret general, and this matter did not seem to be so simple.

After nightfall, Wei Chiran called Hu Shuntang alone to the stele.

Hu Shuntang asked: "Little prince, why did you call the last general here alone?" ”

Wei Chiran looked at the stele and said, "General Hu, do you remember why you came to Iron Prison County?" ”

Hu Shuntang's face changed suddenly, and it happened that Wei Chiran also turned to look at him, and noticed this by the light of the firelight, and he knew that his guess was correct.

Wei Chi said: "Then you should know why I came here." ”

Wei Chiran played another trick, after all, it was a cliché, so he could only take it step by step.

Hu Shuntang was very cautious: "What the little prince said, the last general doesn't know." ”

Wei Chi said: "Has your task been completed?" No, there are still sand demons in Iron Prison County, and they can't be found anymore, you should understand why, there is a huge secret of the imperial court involved here, you came here with this secret, and sealed this secret with a guilty body, but unfortunately, you didn't do it well, and it is impossible for you to go back. ”

Hu Shuntang panicked at this time, and immediately knelt down and said: "The last general, the last general......

"Okay, I don't blame you for this," Wei Chiran looked at the stele again, "If you knew the truth, I'm afraid you wouldn't have come, right?" Because this task cannot be accomplished, no matter who is sent, the result is the same. ”

Hu Shuntang looked up at Wei Chiran: "Little prince, save the last general." ”

Wei Chiran said: "Let me ask you one thing first, you must answer truthfully, did you and An Wanghai conspire to murder the former county guard?" ”

Hu Shuntang immediately said: "No, but, but the last general and An Wanghai have ...... There are private deals. ”

Wei Chiran said deliberately: "I also know about your private transactions, and the purpose of my coming here is to investigate the murder of the county guard, but if you are involved, I don't know the details, so I can't protect you." ”

Hu Shuntang was forced to tell the truth, after he came to Iron Prison County, he has been privately selling all kinds of monsters in the desert with An Wanghai, including the sand demon, the sand demon is the best breed to sell, because the sand demon is almost exactly the same as a human, as long as there is a water spirit talisman in hand, a single sand demon can not resist, and can only be willing to become a slave of humans, and An Wanghai sells these monsters to the departing caravans, so that they can return to their own country with these "native products" of the undead desert, and make a lot of money in an instant.

The reason why An Wanghai came here back then was because he fell in love with the sand demon, because the sand demon was too close to humans, and the sand demon could also refine spirits, and was also favored by illegal spirit dealers, in other words, Hu Shuntang and An Wanghai had been doing illegal trading that was not allowed by the imperial court over the years.

Wei Chiran asked: "General Hu, the imperial court gives you a lot of money every year, why do you want to go along with him?" ”

Hu Shuntang said: "Little prince, do you also know why I was sent here?" I just want to make a little money by the way instead of exterminating the sand demons, I know very well that even if I return to the secret gate, I will not serve in the army again, even if it is to earn some pension money, of course, whether I can live or not is another matter. ”

Wei Chiran asked, "Does the former county warden know about this?" ”

Hu Shuntang shook his head: "I don't know, except for me and An Wanghai, no third person knows." ”

Wei Chi pondered for a moment and said, "I understand, everything is clear, and I will return to Iron Prison County tomorrow." ”

Hu Shuntang immediately asked, "Little Wangye, what will you do next?" ”

Wei Chi said: "Continue to investigate the case, but not to investigate you, but to find out what happened to the death of the county guard." ”

Hu Shuntang immediately defended: "The county guard really didn't kill him!" ”

Wei Chi said: "I know ......"

In a simple sentence, Hu Shuntang was not at ease, and he even wondered if An Wanghai had killed the county guard without telling him, but it didn't make any sense? Could it be that the county keeper found out about their deal? Therefore, An Wanghai will kill the county guard for the sake of long-term interests?

On the tenth day, Wei Chiran finally unlocked the secret of the sand demon, and all that remained was to find the murderer, he had almost locked the murderer as Tang Qianlin, but he didn't have enough evidence, it seemed that he could only use the old way, that is, to know the reason, move the emotion, and let Tang Qianlin admit it himself.

As long as Tang Qianlin admits it himself, then this game is over? Wei Chiran was not sure, he didn't know what Ai Qi was going to do.

On the eleventh day, Hu Shuntang, Wei Chiran and others began to return to Tiejiao County, and at the same time as they returned, the torture technique also rushed towards here, and he didn't know if he could catch up.

On the thirteenth day, the torture finally saw the returning army from a distance, and he immediately hid behind the hills, knowing that if he went to find Hu Shuntang now, he would be exposed, and he could only wait for the army to set up camp.

On the side of Iron Prison County, An Wanghai was anxious all day long, according to his speculation, they should come back in two days, and Tang She has been checking the archives in the Prison Temple for the past few days, neither going out nor seeing anyone, and he doesn't know what he is doing at all. Of course, Zhan Tianya will not reveal any information to An Wanghai, An Wanghai can only hope that the emperor behind him will not betray himself at the last moment, otherwise everything will be wasted.

On the night of the thirteenth day, after the army set up camp, the torture technique quietly sneaked into the camp, after he touched the tent, Hu Shuntang was shocked, and just about to draw his sword, the torture technique immediately lowered his voice and said: "General, I am sent by An Ye, I am the torture technique." ”

Hu Shuntang was puzzled: "Torture? Oh yes, I remember, what are you doing here? ”

Xingshu said: "The Jingcheng Zun Palace's Mansion sent an envoy, and he still held the token of the secret door in his hand, and the most important thing is that it was An Ye who asked you to kill Wei Chiran." ”

Hu Shuntang was shocked: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”

Torture said with a bitter face: "It's true, otherwise, why should I come?" ”

Hu Shuntang thought about it, and suddenly understood: "You said that An Ye asked me to kill Wei Chiran, not that I should kill the little prince?" ”

"That's right," Torture immediately said, "An Ye's original words were to let you kill Wei Chiran." ”

Hu Shuntang trembled, he understood, he understood in an instant, this An Wanghai almost killed himself. No, he had already killed himself, and the lieutenant in front of him was not the little prince before, otherwise, An Wanghai would not be in such a hurry.

It seems that the little prince has really disappeared in the desert a long time ago, and the later one is not the little prince, otherwise, when the envoy of the king comes, An Wanghai will not be in such a hurry, and he will not say that he will kill Wei Chiran. The disappearance of the little prince is nothing compared to someone pretending to be and learning those secrets.

But how? Hu Shuntang fell into deep thought, and looked at him with a blank eye.

"You leave to go back immediately, just say I know," Hu Shuntang said to the torture technique, "Let An Ye be relieved, don't worry, I will solve it." ”

It's easy to say, but what to actually do, Hu Shuntang doesn't know. He can't rush into Wei Chiran's tent and hack him to death, can he? If you do that, you must tell He Chenxue and Tang Anshu the truth, but if you tell them the truth, the matter between yourself and An Wanghai will be exposed again.

How, exactly? Hu Shuntang was really anxious now, he was as anxious as An Wanghai in Tiejiao County, he couldn't sleep, fidgeting, pacing left and right, thinking about any kind of plan that might work.

And this matter, can only Hu Shuntang do it himself, after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to wait until everyone is asleep at night before doing it, and he can't transfer the soldiers who are in the camp tent of the guard captain Chi Ran, thinking of this, he patted his head and cursed himself, why do you arrange so many soldiers to guard this impostor?

In the middle of the night, Hu Shuntang took off his armor, changed into a black suit, grabbed the dagger and quietly left his camp tent, touched into the camp tent of Wei Chiran, cut a hole with a knife and got in.

Wei Chiran looked at Hu Shuntang and said in a low voice: "General, why bother? ”

Hu Shuntang was shocked, he didn't expect Wei Chiran to be so good, and he didn't expect Wei Chiran to immediately recognize his identity, but he didn't dare to call anyone, so he had to say: "You impostor!" ”

Wei Chiran directly let go of Hu Shuntang, and still whispered: "I'm an impostor, but I know too many of your secrets now, you can't kill me, and you don't dare to let others know, it's not me who is embarrassed, it's you, no, it's you." ”

Hu Shuntang attacked again, this time he was easily restrained by Wei Chiran, but Wei Chiran let him go again, and after repeating this many times, Hu Shuntang knew that he would not be able to kill Wei Chiran, but Wei Chiran was alive, and they would have to be finished when they went back.

Under the premise that there was no way, Hu Shuntang had to inform Wei Chi Ranzun about the envoy sent by the palace.

Wei Chiran knew that he would be exposed sooner or later, but he didn't know that it would come so early, he sat down and said: "There is only one way now, you go back first, I sneak back to the city by myself, and you say that I ran away halfway and disappeared, just like at the beginning, so I won't embarrass you." ”

Hu Shuntang is still not at ease: "Unless you disappear completely, otherwise, how can we rest assured?" ”

Wei Chi said: "I must investigate the case clearly, otherwise I can't leave." ”

Hu Shuntang asked, "Who are you?" Why do you have to look into this case? ”

Wei Chiran said: "It's still the same sentence, you don't understand what I said, in short, do what I say, you don't have a choice." ”

Of course, Hu Shuntang had no choice, because Wei Chiran's arrangement was also the only expedient measure at the moment, and he had to rush back to Tiejiao County to discuss with An Wanghai what to do next.

Early in the morning of the fourteenth day, before the army departed, everyone found that the lieutenant had disappeared, leaving only a letter in which he told them that he had important business to do, so that the others should not worry, and ordered them to return to Iron Prison County to stand by, and that he would soon make the truth public.