Xiao Qixin asked Xie Lingxu, who was silent all the way: "Do you think that the palace maid who entered the palace more than ten years ago is the wife of Boss Tong?" ”

Xie Lingxu was noncommittal: "Not necessarily. ”

Xiao Qixin: "If it is said that Boss Tong and the officials are doing black business in private, they are actually trying to get close to the king of Shang and then take revenge, but the matter was revealed, and the king of Shang secretly asked Cheng Qi to kill him, does this make sense?" ”

Xie Lingxu turned his face to look at him: "That...... What about the others? Xie Shuo, Fan Li, Qin Yun, and ...... The owner of Li Lao's liquor shop, who personally admitted that he had killed someone, what role did they play in these murders? ”

Xiao Qixin: "Hmm...... Perhaps, they were involved in the matter in private, or ...... What do you know? ”

Xie Lingxu turned his head, remembered what Wu Laosi had told him, and said with an uncertain expression: "You know...... What do the rumors say now? ”

Xiao Qixin: "Isn't that ...... Serial killers, crime syndicates or something. Ay...... Ordinary people just like to be alarmist and scare themselves when they have nothing to do. How can there be any perverted killers, I think this is also a vendetta case of personal affairs, but there are a few people involved, besides, haven't they been quiet recently. ”

In the eyes of the people, this case is exactly the same as the case when the emperor succeeded to the throne decades ago, and the murderers acted recklessly but without a trace. By the way, about that case from decades ago, you ...... Do you know something? ”

Xiao Qixin smiled a little embarrassedly: "What's that...... When that case happened, I hadn't even come out of my mother's womb. ”

Xie Lingxu nodded slightly: "Oh." ”

"Uh...... I've heard of it, though. Xiao Qixin raised his head and thought for a while: "Hiss...... This incident is not a single case, right, because the gangsters in the imperial city are making chaos in a vain attempt to overthrow the government, and no matter how you look at it, it is also a turbulent world, and the motives, purposes, and methods are clear, and there is no need to investigate anything. ”

Xie Lingxu nodded and motioned for Xiao Qixin to continue.

"Of course, it is also because of this incident that the first emperor ascended the throne, which naturally has a lot of criticism, some people think that this turmoil is deliberately done by someone, and the spearhead is pointed at the first emperor, but after so many years, there is no need to say more about this damage to the emperor's prestige."

Xie Lingxu pondered for a moment: "If these two things are really connected, will they ......?"

"You mean......" Xiao Qixin swallowed: "No, how can this case be so complicated, there has been no new case for some time, and it is not so panicked." ”

Xie Lingxu shook his head: "I thought I was the murderer's next target, but now it doesn't seem right. It is true that someone is trying to kill me, but I am definitely not the only one who kills me, which means that I feel that the murder has not stopped. ”

Xiao Qixin took a breath: "You mean, there will be people who will die?" ”

Xie Lingxu: "Maybe." ”

"Damn, who the hell killed these people, tsk...... It shouldn't be Boss Li, he is still squatting in prison now, is it Cheng Qi? However, it is not difficult to do these murderous and arson things with his ability. ”

Xie Lingxu: "Did Boss Li recruit something?" ”

"The people of the Nine Governors Sect have been interrogated several times, and the first few times they have said that they just killed Xie Shuo by mistake, and they don't know anyone else at all. Later, he confessed to everything by torture, saying that he killed him, and I think he just couldn't stand the people of the Nine Governors Sect and punished him again. ”

"Bending into a trick is mostly nonsense. But I think he must have something else to know, and we might be able to try to get some clues from him. ”

Xiao Qixin: "Hmm...... From this road we used to be where the prisoners were kept, and we continued on our way, and soon we arrived at the cell of the Nine Governors. ”

A quarter of an hour later, everyone arrived at the prison cell where the prisoners were held in the Nine Governors' Gate, and Xie Lingxu saw that the flying insects in the dark and damp dungeon were flying and swirling in the dim light, and the skin of the four walls peeled off and fell off after being damp, looking uneven and unrecognizable. The air was smoky, and the smell of decay and the smell of blood and stench on the wounded were pervasive.

Xie Lingxu stepped into the door of the cell, stepped on the dirty concrete floor, turned his face to Xiao Qixin and said, "This place is too unsightly, isn't the prisoner a person?" Is the Nine Governors poor and can't afford to build the wall? Why are the hardware facilities so poor!"

Xiao Qixin: "The imperial court allocated funds to the Nine Governors, and it was not those scum with a bit of official rank who swallowed public funds and deducted the funds for the construction of this cell."

Pervasive corruption......

"Where's Boss Li?"

"Go this way." Xiao Qixin pointed to the trail on the side.

As soon as Xie Lingxu took a step, he heard a noise behind him.

"The dungeon of the Nine Governors' Gate, outsiders are not allowed to enter."

"I'm here to bring food to my husband, why can't I come in!"

"Let's go, don't you see someone working here?"

Xie Lingxu turned around and saw a woman outside the door carrying a bamboo basket and arguing with the guards of the Nine Governors' Gate. pulled Xiao Qixin and walked over with him.

After a closer look, he recognized this person as Boss Li's wife. In just a few days, Mrs. Li's face was much haggard, the fat on her cheeks was shriveled and sunken, highlighting her extremely high cheekbones, and her tired eyes were covered with a layer of obscurity, and it could be seen that she had physical symptoms after not resting well for a long time.

After Boss Li was taken away, Mrs. Li seemed to have changed her face and body, and she no longer looked like a middle-aged woman who had experienced vicissitudes of life.

Mrs. Li's hand holding the bamboo basket trembled slightly: "I...... I'm going to see my Lao Li, you let me in...... Let me in. ”

The guard snorted coldly, "Get out, if you don't leave, I'll lock you up together." "The predecessor just wanted to drive Mrs. Li out, but Xiao Qixin stopped him with one hand.

"Let her in."

The guard bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Yes......"

Mrs. Li turned her face and saw Xiao Qixin's face, she couldn't help but look shocked, and when she saw Xie Lingxu on the side, her body shook, as if she remembered something, and a trace of panic and uneasiness flashed in her eyes.

Seeing her looking at her eyes, Xie Lingxu coughed a little uncomfortably, and said:

"Mrs. Li, are you coming...... Deliver food to Boss Li?"

Mrs. Li lowered her head, as if she didn't want to look directly into Xie Lingxu's eyes:

"That's right, the food in this prison is not for people, I came last time...... See, I'm ...... My old Li was tortured only skin and bones......" said Mrs. Li's tears.

Xie Lingxu looked at Mrs. Li's messy hair and exhaled:

"Don't get too excited, the mood swings are too big...... It's not good for your baby, after all, you're still pregnant. ”

Mrs. Li raised her hand and wiped her eyes:

"I, I know...... I just want to ask, have you found the murderer, this thing was not done by Lao Li, is it? Huh?"

Xiao Qixin: "The investigation is still ...... It will take some time. ”

Xie Lingxu: "I have to ask Boss Li for details, he ...... Did you come in contact with anyone you didn't know?"

Mrs. Li shook her head: "I don't know, you have to ask Lao Li about this."

Xie Lingxu: "Go find Boss Li."

Xiao Qixin nodded, and then walked to the cell. After walking a few steps, a guard in front of him trotted up to him and gasped and said:

"Oh no, ...... The prisoner has just been poisoned and died......"