In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Si thought for a long time, and said to Wu Barrier: "Except for Xu Guoshi, who is favored by His Majesty, I haven't heard of anyone who has such a high Taoist family in their homes, let alone heard that they have dealings with people in the Dao, so it shouldn't be them." ”

Wujian said lightly: "I haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean that I haven't, I haven't implemented the sub-feudal system, and the ministers in the court are a little unstable." ”

Li Si said: "Then who do you suspect?"

"You can't jump to conclusions until there is enough evidence, there is no real motive for this incident, anyone can be suspected, and if it is really the undead, that is the best. ”

"Lord Yushi also believes in the doctrine of ghosts and gods?" Li Si asked Wu Ji.

"Wei Chen not only believes, but also saw with my own eyes, although I can't practice the Tao, I still know some of the reason, the soul is a ball of essence, the qi gathers is life, the qi disperses the person dies, the person dies and the qi does not disperse is called the ghost, the soul spontaneously leaves the body, the soul does not disperse and is not defeated, it is called 'out of the body', that is, the realm of scattered immortals that cultivators can reach, so this possibility cannot be completely ruled out. ”

Li Si said: "Then I ask Your Majesty to ask Dao Xuan to investigate this matter?"

"Why don't you invite Xu Guoshi?"

"Xu Guoshi Shenlong sees the head and does not see the end, he will not show up for such a thing. ”

Wuji's clear eyes rolled slightly, and he asked, "Oh, when will Xu Guoshi appear?"

"When it should appear, it will naturally appear, and when it is not necessary, it is Dao Xuan who is responsible. ”

"It's not there yet, so don't bother them. ”

......

As soon as Wujian walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he received a message from Yao Jia of the Tingwei Mansion, "Jiang Xin and Dong Chong, who were imprisoned in the Tingwei Prison, died unexpectedly. Wuxian hurriedly rode a fast horse, rushed to the Tingwei Mansion, and entered the prison to check.

The dungeon of the Tingwei Mansion is dark, there are many checkpoints, and there are many mechanisms, like a labyrinth, and the prisoners are all Daqin felons, although Jiang Xin and Dong Chong are capital crimes, but they may not be executed. ”

The two of them died in an extremely horrible state, leaning against the stone wall, their heads were crooked, their eyes were wide, obviously they were in extreme fear before they died, the jailer opened the cell door and said: "This afternoon, when I first came in, they were all fine, but I didn't expect that they would die in the evening, and when we found out, we immediately reported to the court captain and did not dare to enter this cell." ”

Wu Ji and Yao Jia entered the cell to check, except for Jiang Xin's broken finger, no wounds were found, Yao Jia asked, "Has anyone else been here?"

"No one is allowed to enter here to visit the prison without an order from Lord Tingwei, and we found out when we brought them food. ”

"As a result, none of the team escorting the mercury survived, what is going on, are they under a spell?" Yao Jia pondered.

Wujian pointed behind Jiang Xin's ear and said, "Both of them have pinholes behind their ears, maybe that's why they died." ”

Yao Jia said: "My lord is saying that they did not commit suicide, but someone assassinated them, and there are spies in this prison?"

"It may not be in prison, there are such murderous methods in the cultivation realm, such as the 'Shadowless Needle' of Xiao Jinghong of the Tiansha Pavilion, which can kill people invisibly, and this pinhole is likely to exist before entering this prison, but the toxin did not attack immediately. Saying that, he took out a silver needle from the bun and inserted it into the needle hole, and the dirty blood quickly oozed a drop, and after taking out the silver needle, the tip of the needle turned black, and he put the silver needle on the side of his nostrils without hindrance, sniffed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he continued: "This poison contains drunken fairy peach and kudzu vine flower, which will anesthetize people's nerves and produce hallucinations. ”

"Could it be that all those escort soldiers died like this?" asked Yao Jia.

"Those soldiers, I have checked, there are no such pinholes, although they are poisoned, but they are of a different nature. ”

"Your Excellency, are you saying that the killer was secretly killed on the way back?"

"It's just a guess, they've been carefully designed to show no flaws. Wuji picked up a piece of porcelain on the ground and continued, "I'm getting more and more confused about what they're doing this. ”

"Why is this porcelain again!" Yao Jia exclaimed.

Wuji straightened up and asked, "What are the results of today's search?"

Yao Jia said: "There is no news from the Imperial Historian, so there must be no result." ”

Wuji handed the porcelain piece to Yao Jia and said, "Since they deliberately left it to us, then please send someone to check it out and see if there are any clues." ”

Yao Jia took the porcelain piece and asked: "The old man is stupid, this has just taken office, and he has encountered such a suspicious case, my lord is discerning, dare to ask next, how to deal with this case?"

Wu Jie said: "Weichen has also just taken office, if the case cannot be closed, it will inevitably cause criticism, don't you realize that this is coming for us?"

Yao Jia sighed: "The old man is old, and he is not qualified for such a heavy position, if he comes to me, it is the best." ”

"Do you think that Weichen is also greedy for the powerful? We are all the same, don't we all do our best for Daqin?"

"What my lord said is that although the Great Qin has unified China, the remnants of the six countries have not been eliminated, and they have turned into the background, colluding with each other, bribing officials, secretly developing, and waiting for opportunities. ”

Wuxian said leisurely: "Wechen wants to go to Ba County tomorrow to visit the rich and noble lady of the country. ”

Yao Jia asked, "Could it be that the adults suspect that it is her?"

"This case is confusing, and there is nowhere to inquire at the moment, Weichen wants to go out for a walk and change his thinking, but he is just curious, and he visits by the way, and has no other meaning. ”

"If you have lived in Xianyang City for a long time, you will inevitably be blinded, and you should go out and look back. ”

......

The autumn breeze blows, bringing coolness, the moonlight reveals dark clouds, as white as snow, Miaoxin and Wuxian ride horses side by side, Yingsheng asks, "Where are you going, my lord?"

Wu Barrier said: "The eldest prince asked me to go to Qingya Pavilion to drink tea and enjoy the piano, presumably he has arrived, if you don't want to go, you can go back to the house to rest." ”

"Jin Xingzi is not here, Miaoxin needs to ensure the safety of adults, if adults don't go back, how can Miaoxin leave. Then he said, "My lord, there is a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"It doesn't hurt!"

"Miaoxin feels like they're all waiting for an adult to handle this case!"

"Oh, you are aware of it, but it is my duty, they have always acted so cautiously, you are a cultivator, you do not know the way of officialdom. ”

Miaoxin secretly glanced at Wuxian by the moonlight, and said with a smile: "I really can't imagine that adults are so young that they can become important ministers of Great Qin, and those old ministers have to ask adults for advice!"

"It's not about asking for advice, it's just some knowingly asked, and the higher the position, the more nonsense there is. ”

"Where did you learn so much knowledge and Taoism, it's amazing, if you can cultivate the Tao......" Halfway through the words of the wonderful heart, he suddenly stopped, and his heart was desolate.

"If you can cultivate, you can soar to become an immortal?"

"Wonderful, just ......"

"Miao girl, people in the path of cultivation need to be pure and have few desires, and concentrate on cultivation in order to achieve immortality, so that the master ordered the girl to go down the mountain, presumably in the hope that you can hone your mind and look down on the red dust, the girl must not be disturbed by the world, and waste the hard work of the teacher. ”

"Miaoxin obeys the teachings of the adults!" Miaoxin replied respectfully, and her heart was sour.

As expected, Fusu had been waiting downstairs for a long time, and when he saw Wuxian coming in, he hurriedly signaled Wuxian to go over.

After sitting down beside him, he swept his eyes around, and was shocked, and he saw Brother Zhang sitting at the tea table in the corner, with Yi Shuihan, Guo Zijing and other six people beside him.

Zhang Liang bowed his hand slightly, Guo Zijing glared angrily at Wuji, Yi Shuihan turned his back to Wuji, did not look back, Wuji didn't know why they were here, and immediately felt that the entire teahouse was secretly murderous, only Fusu was still in the dark.

Fusu smiled: "Brother Barrier, why are you only here now, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." ”

Wuji replied: "Something happened in Lantian today, and I just came here after this investigation." ”

"Then it's just a good time to drink tea, listen to the beautiful sound of the jade girl, and relieve fatigue!" Fusu said.

He swept around without obstacles, and said in a low voice: "The eldest prince came to enjoy the piano this night, why did he only bring these guards?"

"I'm afraid that I'll disturb the jade girl? Besides, this Xianyang City is very safe, so don't worry about it. ”

Wu Qi was anxious in his heart, if Brother Zhang chose to assassinate Fusu, no matter whether he succeeded or not, it would be difficult to escape from here, and the Qin Dynasty would not be affected at all, and he came here with Fusu, and he would eventually be unable to escape the involvement, and the efforts he made would be in vain, and he looked at Zhang Liang with a false eyebrow, and saw Zhang Liang's face calm, and his heart eased slightly.

At this time, I heard Guo Zijing say loudly to the people around him: "Last year I met a dying dog on the side of the road, I saw that it was pitiful and took it home, and kept it to watch the house in the future, but a few days later, after the dog was cured, he secretly ran away, what kind of dog do you tell me?"

A man dressed as a boy next to him said: "Where in the world is there such a dog, that is, you will give a bone to any dog on this street, and you will still wag your tail when I see you in the future." ”

Guo Zijing continued: "Don't believe it, I saw it once when I went up the mountain a few days ago, the dog followed the wolves, and when he saw me, not only did he not wag his tail, but he even yelled at me twice, you said that you should not be angry." ”

The man said, "I see, you didn't save a dog, but a wolf?"

Guo Zijing shouted: "I can't tell the difference between the wolf and the dog, I'm sure it's a dog!"

Fusu couldn't hear it, and said coldly: "In the land of elegance, how can you let this reckless man make noise here!"

Guo Zijing said angrily: "Lao Tzu also spent money to listen to music here, you can say whatever you want, can you control it!"

The four guards pulled out their long swords at the same time, pointing at Guo Zijing, as long as they gave an order, they would kill the past, and the cold sweat flowed out after there was no barrier.

"Interesting, are you here to listen to the music, or are you here to find faults? If you want to fight, go out to fight, don't disturb the Yaxing of this son here!" Yang Yingjie sat in the other corner of the teahouse at some point, shaking the beauty and painting a fan, and said contemptuously.

Seeing that it was Yang Yingjie, he got up and said, "Young Master Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

Yang Yingjie said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's you, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you actually entered the court and became a minister!" The fan shook, and with a 'whoosh' sound, he flew to Wuji's side.

The guards hurriedly blocked in front of Fusu, pointing at Yang Yingjie and not letting him approach.

Seeing this, Yang Yingjie smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous, I'm here to see this brother of mine and the beautiful woman next to him." ”

(End of chapter)