Cui Mansion.

The cold wind blew away the smell of blood in the air, but it could not blow away the suppressed murderous aura.

There were constant shouts and fighting sounds coming from the backyard, and Qin Huaidao was a little worried when he heard it, but he didn't dare to leave Cui Renshi and the housekeeper to check the situation, worried about what happened.

After waiting for a while, I saw Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin hurrying over, and just as the second guard also arrived, Qin Huaidao hurriedly advised: "Brother Wei Chi, take your people in to see the situation, concentrate the people of Cui Mansion to detain, clean up the battlefield, and kill those who resist!" ”

"Ah...... What the hell is going on? Cheng Chumo was a little surprised.

"It's too late to explain, Cui Renshi is suspected of rebellion, there is evidence, do it, Brother Cheng, take your people to surround Cui's mansion, be careful that someone comes in to rescue you." Qin Huaidao reminded.

As soon as the two heard about the rebellion, and there was evidence in hand, what were they worried about? I said yes and hurried away.

With the arrival of the two, Qin Huaidao felt a lot less pressure.

After a while, Yu Chi Baolin hurriedly ran back from the direction of the backyard: "All the people are under control, and a large number of people in black have been found, I heard from the people below that half of them were shot by us, and the other half were dead before they came, and a tall person was found, and some people in Cui Mansion said that they were murderers?" ”

"Bring the man here, as well as his weapons, and besides, restrain your own people, don't kill indiscriminately."

"Understand, go right away, it's really okay to do this? The fourth-rank officials of the DPRK and China are not joking, they will lose their heads. Yu Chi Baolin asked uneasily.

"Trust me, go ahead."

Seeing that Qin Huaidao was firm and solemn, Wei Chi Baolin was not like a mess, so he was relieved and hurried away.

Not long after, Yu Chi Baolin returned, holding the corpse of a sturdy man in one hand and a Mo knife in the other, threw the corpse on the ground and said, "It's actually Mo Dao, could this guy be a member of the Mo Dao Army?" It shouldn't be. ”

"I remember that the control of the Mo knife is very strict, each one has a mark on it, and the identity of the user can be found according to the mark, this matter is too big, you go back and check, however, the top priority is to enter the palace to face the saint, for so long, presumably the saint has already known, the reason why he did not send someone over is the trust of the supervision house, and he should go immediately, you bring a bunch of people with you." Qin Huaidao said seriously.

Yu Chi Baolin's face changed: "It's night, are you worried?" ”

"Don't you think it's strange that no defenders and forbidden troops have come over so far?" Qin Huaidao reminded.

Yu Chi Baolin's face changed greatly, nodded solemnly, and hurriedly went.

Not long after, Yu Chi Baolin brought a hundred people, Qin Huaidao asked the two palace guards to take off their coats and put them on Cui Renshi and the housekeeper, disguise themselves, and then take people out, Cheng Chumo greeted him, and asked in a low voice with a solemn expression: "Brother, is it really okay?" ”

Rushing to kill the mansion of the four rank masters is not a joke, Qin Huaidao understood the mood of the two, took out the letter, Cheng Chumo took it and glanced at it hurriedly, his heart was settled, he had no worries, and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't question you, what should I do next?" ”

"Understand, you can already trust me, after all, there is a family and a mouth, and I will question it, you can also take a look." Qin Huaidao handed the letter to Yu Chi Baolin.

Yu Chi Baolin was also worried that something would happen, so he took it and took a look, his heart fell, and after returning the letter to Qin Huaidao, he patted his chest and said: "It's the heart of a brother and villain, these two bastards are very important, but don't worry, even if you give up my life, I will protect them safely." ”

"Guard the Cui Mansion." Qin Huaidao admonished.

"Understood, whoever dares to break into me and kill him." Cheng Chumo agreed.

"You have to take care of it inside, and you can't make trouble." Qin Huaidao admonished and signaled to go.

Cui Renshi and the housekeeper were carried on their backs, and it was night, mixed in the crowd and was inconspicuous, and the group walked forward quickly, going straight to the direction of the palace, behind the palace of Yu Chi Baolin, Qin Huaidao opened the way, and the guards drew their swords, and everyone waited solemnly, staring at the surroundings.

Soon, a cavalry came from the front, bright silver armor, dignified and cold, like a group of killing machines rushing towards it, giving people a strong sense of oppression, Qin Huaidao's face changed, and he shouted: "Stop, round formation defense." ”

The palace guards quickly assembled into a circular formation, but unfortunately there was no shield, the defense was limited, and they couldn't block the cavalry impact at all, but they also had to be guarded, Wei Chi Baolin rushed up from behind, stood side by side with Qin Huaidao, and said in a deep voice: "It's like an army, not a dead soldier, it can't be anyone who also participates in the rebellion, right?" ”

After a while, the cavalry rushed up, and by the light of the street lanterns, he could vaguely see the general who was walking in the front, covered in chain mail, a little old, holding a horse lance, it was Xu Shiji, Qin Huaidao was a little surprised, what was Xu Shiji doing here? This man can't be opposed.

Yu Chi Baolin also saw the person coming clearly, and said in a low voice: "Huh...... It's General Xu, why is he here? ”

Qin Huaidao also wanted to know the reason, took a few steps forward, and shouted, "But Uncle Xu? ”

"Ding-"

Xu Shiji shouted loudly, the horse stopped, and the army behind him also stopped, ordering and prohibiting, uniform, and then, Xu Shiji also shouted: "Nephew, it's me, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, why are you here?" Qin Huaidao asked bluntly.

"The saint heard that you led the troops to rush to the Cui Mansion, and I couldn't wait for a long time, and I was worried that something happened to you, so I asked the old man to bring the troops over to take a look, it's okay, where are you going?" Xu Shijie hurriedly asked.

Qin Huaidao didn't hear from the other party's tone that it didn't look like a fake, but the matter was too big to believe easily, and said: "Uncle Xu, the stakes are very high, I want to enter the palace to face the saint, and ask Uncle Xu to lead people to open the way." ”

Xu Shiji heard the distrust in Qin Huaidao's words, but he didn't get angry, but looked up to a few points, the man who fought on the battlefield naturally understood the truth that no one could easily believe when the situation was complicated, he didn't talk nonsense, and shouted loudly: "Everyone listen to the order, retreat and change the front team, turn around, and escort back to the palace!" ”

The soldiers pulled the reins one after another, turned their horses' heads and walked forward.

Qin Huaidao and the others in front of him breathed a sigh of relief after walking out for a distance, it's not good to have different intentions, take their own people to follow, keep a certain distance, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, Xu Shiji can be trusted, but the team brought by Xu Shiji may not be, there is no big mistake in being careful.

Hurrying all the way, Qin Huaidao always felt that there were countless pairs of eyes staring in the dark, like a thorn in the back, very uncomfortable, but fortunately, no one rushed out.

Not long after, when everyone came to the palace, Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Cheng Chumo was guarding the door with a large group of thousands of cows, and hurriedly greeted him: "Uncle Cheng, why are you here too?" ”

"Holy arrangement, your side...... You okay? Cheng asked silently, with deep concern.

Qin Huaidao said knowingly: "Don't worry, I have evidence." ”

Cheng Chumo breathed a sigh of relief, patted Qin Huaidao's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "You kid is steady, it's good to have evidence, go with confidence, the sky will fall, we old guys will stand up." ”

Qin Huaidao looked around, lowered his voice and said: "Coming from Cui's Mansion, I feel that there are people secretly watching all the way, if I didn't bring more people, plus General Xu led the troops to escort me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get here, I guess those didn't leave so soon?" ”

"The old man can save it, so I will arrange for someone to go over and have a look."

"There's no hurry." Qin Huaidao pulled Cheng Chumo and whispered: "The junior was ambushed on Suzaku Street, which is about a mile away from the Supervision Mansion, and fought a fight, and then led the troops to rush into the Cui Mansion, knowing that there are no patrolling Qianniuwei now, this matter is probably not simple." ”

The twelve guards of the forbidden army belong to the Nanya Forbidden Army, and when they returned, Cheng Biting Jin's face changed, and he said: "The old man will check it out to see who is on duty." ”

"Please, after finding out, secretly arrest and detain, be careful of being killed." Qin Huaidao reminded him, and when he saw Xu Shiji urging not far away, he hurried over.

The others could only stay at the door, Cui Renshi and the housekeeper had to be brought into the palace, Qin Huaidao and Xu Shiji carried one by one, followed the attendants who came out into the palace, and traveled all the way, and it didn't take long to come to the Manna Palace.

Li Er was sitting in the Ganlu Palace, accompanied by Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Jing, the three important ministers, all looked at Qin Huaidao who came in, and stopped talking, leading the troops to storm the mansion of the four imperial court officials is a serious crime, and no one can save it without a reasonable reason.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Li Er's face was a little ugly.

"You kid, why are you so impulsive?" Li Jing also said, but his words were full of concern.

Qin Huaidao didn't like nonsense, so he took out the letter, and all the explanations were not strong in evidence.

Wang De stepped forward, took the letter, turned around and handed it to Li Er.

Li Er glanced at Qin Huaidao with some surprise, took it and opened it, his face suddenly changed greatly, the words on it Li Er could be sure that it was written by Cui Renshi at a glance, and the content on it made Li Er angry, and he actually dared to rebel, thinking of the recent grain prices, without doubt, he handed the letter to Li Jing: "Pharmacist, you can also take a look." ”

Li Jing took it worriedly, thinking that it was not good for Qin Huaidao, but after reading the content, he was completely relieved, his worried heart was put down, and he returned the letter to Li Er and said, "Holy Lord, I'm afraid what you said is true." ”

Li Er nodded, gave the letter to Fang Xuanling next to him, and said, "The two Aiqing should also take a look." ”

After speaking, Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao, with a satisfied smile on his face, and said, "Huaidao, tell me, what happened, where did you get this letter?" ”

"Back to the saint, Wei Chen left from the palace, seeing that he was about to arrive at the supervision of the mansion when he was assassinated, at least five people, one person operated the bed crossbow to shoot first, was avoided by the minister, almost on the street, and then came out of four people, one of them held a horse lance, one carried a Mo knife, two of them were on the roof, holding a bow, both black robes, wearing masks, the minister quickly got out, found a place to hide and observe, saw that the murderer went to Cui Mansion, the minister was angry and led the troops to surround Cui Mansion, Cui Mansion refused to call people, and also moved, hundreds of people in black, at a glance it was a dead soldier, the minister in order to protect himself, can only fight back, after that, Lord Cui rushed out with more people in black, looking like he was going to kill his mouth, the minister had to fight back, killed the man in black, and found the letter in the study. ”

Nine sentences are true, plus one sentence is false, it is more realistic, anyway, Cui Renshi doesn't know why the killer entered the mansion.

People don't think much about the details, as long as there is evidence, it is enough.

After reading it, Fang Xuanling handed the letter to the eldest grandson Wuji, and also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Shengshang, the assassination of the five-rank official of the imperial court is tantamount to rebellion, and the murderer entered the Cui Mansion after finding out that there was nothing to do, and I am afraid that this matter has nothing to do with the Cui Mansion." ”

"What do you think?" Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao knew very well that Li Er would interrogate Cui Renshi when he turned around, and Cui Renshi would definitely defend himself, and he could not be deceived, otherwise he would fall into the crime of bullying the king, so he said: "Back to the saint, the minister is not sure whether the murderer was arranged by Lord Cui, and when he led the troops into Cui's mansion, he found that more than thirty people in black were killed, I don't know if it was the murderer's hand that moved in anger, or if Lord Cui was worried about being exposed, he was bitter and murderous, and he was suspected of killing himself." ”

The words are ambiguous and not certain, but based on lethality.

Li Er asked in a deep voice, "Why do you think that the murderer acted in a fit of anger?" ”

"The murderer's sneak attack failed, but he was beheaded by the minister, which shows that they don't know enough about the minister's force, or the information they got is wrong, so they naturally blame the person who provided the information, if it is really Lord Cui's instructions, then the information should also be provided by Lord Cui, and the murderer will naturally be angry if he fails."

Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, and he agreed: "What Huai Dao said makes sense, assuming that Master Cui is the instigator behind the scenes, then there are only two possibilities for the murderer, one is a dead man, once he fails, he will inevitably return to hiding, and it is very reasonable for Lord Cui to kill some people to wash himself away; The other is the killer, the assassination failed, and it is reasonable to kill the person who provided the information in a fit of anger, if Lord Cui is not the mastermind behind the scenes, the murderer is busy fleeing for his life, and it is impossible to enter the mansion, even if he enters by coincidence, he will not kill people to expose his whereabouts, so it is very likely that Lord Cui instigated. ”

Qin Huaidao looked at Fang Xuanling with some surprise, this logic, there is nothing wrong with it!

It's just right, you don't have to bother to guide yourself.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the identity of the murderer is very suspicious, and the minister suggests a thorough investigation." Li Jing also said.

The stakes are very high, Li Er didn't express his position immediately, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Bring Master Cui in." ”

Soon, Cui Renshi was brought in, the person had already woken up, and when he saw this formation, he knelt down with a puff and shouted: "Shengshang, please ask the Shengshang to be the master of Weichen, Lord Qin bullied people, led troops to break into Cui's mansion, killed countless people, Shengshang, surrendered." ”

"You still have the face to shout grievances, I came to ask you, what's the matter with so many black-clothed people in the house?"

"This ......" Cui Renshi was a little flustered, there was no way to explain this, but it couldn't be explained without explanation, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "This ...... The saint, the minister was afraid of death, and he was worried that someone would be unfavorable to the house, so he recruited more caretakers, and asked the saint to punish him. ”

There are many violations of the laws of the imperial court, but the crime is not death, Cui Renshi knows that he can't dodge, so he can only avoid the important and light, but Li Er's heart is like a mirror, he threw the letter over, and asked, "What about this?" ”

Cui Renshi picked up the letter and looked at it, and immediately felt cold all over his body, looking at Qin Huaidao, he couldn't understand how such a confidential thing could be found, wouldn't it be that the secret room was exposed, how could this be possible? When I thought of the contents of the letter, I trembled, and I only felt that my eyes were dark, and I fainted.

Seeing this scene, where did everyone not know that what was said in the letter was true, Cui Renshi's heart was empty, Li Er's face was so angry that his face was pale, he actually dared to rebel, how could he be spared, and shouted: "Take the housekeeper." ”

The housekeeper was also woken up and brought in, and when he saw Cui Renshi who had fainted, he looked at Li Er, who was about to run away, and the minister who was silent with a cold face, and suddenly panicked, knelt down with a puff, and shouted in a trembling voice: "The grass people have seen the saint, the grass people should die, please punish the saint." ”

"Say, why do you deserve to die?" Li Erbang shouted.

The housekeeper trembled, didn't dare to raise his head, and said: "The grass people shouldn't do anything to Lord Qin, the grass people are just angry for a while, they are anxious, they can't hold back, they don't mean to, and they ask the saint to spare their lives!" ”

"Did he do it to you?" Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao said truthfully: "Back to the saint, Weichen brought people into the house to track down the murderer, he brought a large group of black-clothed people to rush out to block, Weichen persuaded him with kind words, let him go in and inform Master Cui to come out, he refused, and gave an attack order, and the minister had to fight back in order to protect himself." ”

Li Er looked at the housekeeper, his eyes were like torches, and when he saw that the housekeeper did not justify, he was furious and shouted: "You actually did it to the officials of the imperial court, who gave you the courage?" ”

"The grass people don't dare, the grass people are just impulsive, please punish the saint." The steward hurried to beg for mercy.

The facts are already clear, and the parties have admitted that there is nothing to ask again, Li Er shouted: "Come on, put the two of them in prison, and no one is allowed to contact." ”

"Holy Lord, it's not proper!" Qin Huaidao hurriedly shouted.

"What do you say?" Li Er asked rhetorically.

The opportunity was rare, Qin Huaidao also wanted to use Cui Renshi to expand the results of the battle and find out the others, so he hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, I'm afraid I will die inexplicably if I enter the heavenly prison." ”

Li Er came to his senses and said, "Escort it down and wait for it to fall." ”

Immediately, Qian Niu Wei rushed in and took the two out, and Li Er asked, "Can you ensure your safety?" ”

"There are only three hundred people in the Supervision Mansion, and the minister does not dare to absolutely guarantee the safety of Master Cui Renshi, but he will do his best, and the minister also wants to see who will come in to assassinate and kill the mouth, but in this way, the minister will not be able to arrange people to hunt down the identity of the murderer, if he can, the minister implores to transfer a team of Yu Linwei into the Supervision Mansion to assist in the custody." Qin Huaidao said with a straight face.

Yu Linwei is the forbidden army of Beiya, usually does not participate in the affairs of Chang'an City, is relatively clean, has a lot of loyalty, and is trustworthy, Li Er understood Qin Huaidao's intentions, and said: "Spread my message, let Wei Chigong take out a team of Yulin guards and assist the supervision house to guard the prisoners." ”

"Yes!" Wang De hurriedly arranged to go.

"Who's watching in Cui's Mansion?" Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao hurriedly said: "Cheng Chumo led the team to guard, just in case, the ministers on the road who came were worried about not being safe, let Yu Chi Baolin lead the team to escort, he should still be waiting outside the palace gate, can you let people spread the word, let him go back to the Supervision Mansion immediately, the body of a murderer is still in the Supervision Mansion, Weichen is worried that something will happen." ”

Li Er nodded, and shouted loudly: "Send an order to Lu Guogong, transfer a team of people to assist the Supervision Mansion to guard the Cui Mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the Cui Mansion, and inform Wei Chi Duwei to return to the Supervision Mansion as soon as possible to stand by." ”

"Yes!" A chamberlain agreed and hurried away.

"Has the holy decree of Hebei Province and Hedong Province been issued?" Li Er looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Back to the Holy Lord, send it out."

"It's good to send it out, I actually dare to cooperate with the outside world, try to go south, and step on my Tang land, really I have lost my temper all these years? The pharmacist is right, the Khitan has lost the awe of the good life these years, I am afraid that there is a shadow of the Taiyuan Wang clan behind this, what should be done about this matter? Li Er said and looked at Li Jing, and then at Fang Xuanling.

"There is no clear evidence, it is not good for the imperial court to take action directly, and it will be true and cause turmoil, but the Khitan should be beaten and beaten." Fang Xuanling proposed.

"The minister seconded the proposal, a Khitan dared to be so arrogant, no matter what the reason behind it, the court should show an attitude, otherwise it will not be able to deter neighboring countries, especially Tubo, and Tubo will definitely be resentful if he refuses to kiss the queen, and the minister is worried that the two sides will join forces and attack back and forth, and the court will be passive." Li Jing Lao Cheng Mouguo reminded seriously.

Li Er also thought of this, and his eyes swelled.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at everyone, and also stood up and said: "Shengshang, Chang'an's grain has skyrocketed, the people's hearts are fluctuating, and the imperial court is tired of coping, once the military food is really transferred to Chang'an, I am afraid that the Khitan will really let the horse go south, and it is entirely possible for Tubo to take advantage of the fire to rob, so it has to be prevented, fortunately, Lord Qin found it in time, and the imperial court still has time to deploy, the top priority is to control the price of grain, as long as the military food is not as good as Chang'an, the Khitan will not dare to go south, and the court will have time to slowly clean up the Khitan." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, the root is still in the price of grain, fortunately, Lord Qin's plan is feasible, and the minister will increase his efforts to stabilize the price of grain." Fang Xuanling agreed.

"How sure are you?" Li Erzheng asked.

Fang Xuanling said solemnly: "As long as the supply of honeycomb coal is timely, the minister is 100% sure." ”

Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao, and Qin Huaidao hurriedly said: "The minister will go back to Qinjiazhuang early tomorrow morning to ensure that the output of honeycomb coal is raised, as long as the transportation can be solved, there will be no problem." ”

"Very good, Huaidao, you have made a great contribution this time, and I will reward you when the price of food is calmed down."

"Xie Shengshang, there is nothing else to say, the minister will retire first!" Qin Huaidao hurriedly said, not daring to stay any longer, for fear that something would happen to him.

"Go ahead, we must ensure the production of honeycomb coal, as for the murderer, I asked the Baiqi Division to investigate first, and the Criminal Department participated, Mo knives and bed crossbows are military materials with strict control, and they will actually appear in Chang'an, this matter must not be careless, no matter who is involved, it must be investigated to the end." Li Er said and looked at Li Jing.

"Obey the order!" Li Jing agreed.

Qin Huaidao said goodbye and left, walked out of the main hall, saw Cui Renshi hanging his head on the side, thinking about something, and stepped forward and said: "Master Cui, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, people are doing it, the sky is watching, you ignore the life and death of the people in the world for your own selfishness, damn it!" ”

"Even if I die, I won't let you go." Cui Renshi screamed, suddenly rushed up, and slammed his head into Qin Huaidao, that momentum, like a crazy bull, desperate.

Qin Huaidao was shocked and quickly dodged away.

"Boom!" A bang.

Cui Renshi's head slammed into the doorpost, and he collapsed to the ground, his eyes looking at Qin Huaidao were full of resentment, and he immediately let out a strange laugh and lost his life.

Qin Huaidao's face instantly gloomy when he looked at this scene, Cui Renshi would definitely not be able to escape from a crime of rebellion, he would definitely die, he actually wanted to drag himself to die together, although he didn't succeed, but after all, he died because of hitting himself, once it spread, it had a great impact, and he really didn't let go of himself even if he died, it was ruthless enough.

This is in trouble!