Commander, General Bai arrived. The guard's loud voice came from the door, and Ling Fengchen, who was holding a pen at the desk, hurriedly raised his head, and before he could get up to greet him, the girl in white had already walked to the six doors.

The command hall of the patrol battalion is located in the east of the capital, and the appearance does not look too conspicuous, and the courtyard with two entrances and two exits, and the guards of the patrol battalion standing around holding swords look solemn. The patrol battalion is in charge of the defense of the capital and assists the Jingzhao Yin Mansion in maintaining law and order, and has always had a heavy responsibility.

"Commander Ling." Bai Muguan politely bowed his hand, stood in front of the courtyard and stopped, waiting for Ling Fengchen to open her mouth before entering.

Her father was a small general under Ling Fengchen's grandfather, and the Ling family was the first general of the Tianxi Dynasty, even if Bai Zhanyi was newly crowned Yongyi Marquis today, the Bai family still could not be compared with the Ling family. Just like she and Ling Fengchen are the same official residences, the meaning is also very different. Her official position came from the emperor's mercy and kindness, and at best favored her for the courage and fearlessness of a young girl, and had no real power. On the contrary, Ling Fengchen Jian was in the heart of the emperor, commanding the two thousand elites of the patrol battalion, and his status was much higher than her.

If according to Bai Zhanyi's thoughts, the two families decided on a family affair and categorically did not wronged her. Nowadays, she pays attention to marrying a daughter with her head up, and marrying a daughter-in-law with her head bowed, she and Ling Fengchen's family are a good match.

"Xiaoguan," Ling Fengchen rushed out, stretched out his hand and hung in the air, wanting to touch her, but he noticed that something was wrong, so he could only put it down. Looking at the slim girl in front of him, he realized that Fang Cai's title was too arbitrary, and he couldn't hide his embarrassment for a while, "No, blame me for being abrupt and presumptuous General Xiaobai, come, come in and sit." ”

Ling Fengchen was on an errand beside the emperor when he was not weak, the capital was as noble as a cloud, and there were countless excellent young men, he was undoubtedly the best. Young and ambitious, high-spirited, these eight words are almost set for him.

Bai Muguan raised his face and looked at him, with a bright smile: "I can't afford Second Brother Ling to call a general, I still haven't dried up when you are boxing and practicing swords." used to be just an official in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, but now why should he be so polite and restrained in private? ”

Ling Fengchen squinted and smiled, and his cold face suddenly softened a little. She is as frank and temperamental as she was when she was a child.

I haven't seen him for two hours, Bai Muguan is not as neat as the official robe when he was in the palace, but changes into a simple and elegant white plain satin dress, the hem is finely embroidered with Ruyi cloud patterns, and the cuffs are embroidered with a goose-yellow chrysanthemum with Cantonese embroidery stitches. The hairstyle on the head has not changed, and it is still the crested golden hairpin with green silk hair. The warm winter sun shone on her, even though she was facing the sky, she still had peach blossoms on her face, scorching her beauty.

"You are willing to call me 'Second Brother Ling' in private, and it is not rude for me to call you Xiaoguan." While speaking, Ling Fengchen had already led her into the inner hall, and the two of them sat down separately.

Bai Muguan looked around to make sure that there was no one, and then he frowned and said carefully: "Second Brother Ling really doesn't hide it, I have quite doubts about the assassination of the Great Prince's Mansion last night. The capital is heavily defended, and the guards are constantly patrolling every night every day, and the eldest prince is still in the period of confinement, in addition to the night patrol of the government soldiers, there are also guards guarded by the Praetorian Guards, how can the assassin kill the study unknowingly? How did the key assassin know that the eldest prince was staying in the study at that time and was hit with one blow? If this group of assassins really had such great powers, I am afraid that the eldest prince would have fled to the underworld a long time ago. Isn't it strange if you think about it? ”

She got straight to the point and pointed to the point.

Ling Fengchen was silent at first, then his eyes flashed, and he agreed with his chin: "I won't tell you, this case is full of suspicions, in fact, I am also suspicious." Moreover, the eldest prince has a bad character and does not cultivate personal morality, and if it is profitable and puts on a bitter plan, it is not impossible. However, His Majesty believes that someone wants to assassinate the eldest prince, and we courtiers dare not say anything offensive. ”

In his heart, he didn't dare to agree with Yu Wencheng's style of acting, but as a descendant of Jiangmen, Ling Fengchen abided by his duties as a courtier, never got involved in or talked about royal disputes, and only won the trust of the emperor as a pure minister.

"Where are the bodies of the twenty assassins who were shot dead on the spot by the soldiers of the Great Prince's Mansion last night?" Bai Muguan asked.

Ling Fengchen replied truthfully: "In Jingzhao Yin Mansion." ”

Bai Muguan met his puzzled gaze and whispered, "I want an autopsy." ”

Ling Fengchen frowned: "I have already experienced it, the assassins were all killed by arrows, and the arrows and feathers were all from the Great Prince's Mansion, so I can't find fault with them." ”

Bai Muguan shook his head: "No, I want to inspect the assassin's clothing." ”

"All night clothes, black cloth to cover the face, no tattoos or obvious marks on the face, no tokens or other tokens on the body." Ling Fengchen seriously told her one by one that he did not approve of her being a girl who had not yet come out of the cabinet to make contact with dead people, after all, it was unlucky and easy to collide with taboos.

He had almost forgotten that she had been to a battlefield full of corpses, and that twenty exterminated assassins were nothing to her. Today's Bai Muguan is no longer a child.

"Second Brother Ling, I have the token given by His Majesty in my hand, if you don't want to accompany me, then I can only go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion to find Lord Yan by myself." The girl smiled faintly and raised her eyes to look at him, seeing that Ling Fengchen's face was red.

She understood the taboo in his heart.

Ling Fengchen curled his lips as if he was self-deprecating, and his tone implied a little helplessness: "Let's go, Miss, I'll go with you." You haven't fought with Lord Yan, you don't know that Lord Yan is mediocre on the surface, but in fact he is not a fuel-efficient lamp. With that, he strode out of the house.

Bai Muguan followed closely, unconsciously revealing the truest smile, looking at Ling Fengchen's tall and straight back, for a moment she seemed to be back to her childhood. At that time, she didn't look like a daughter, going up to the trees to dig birds' nests and catching crickets underground. Every time she went crazy and broke into trouble in front of her elders, Ling Fengchen always protected her unconditionally, and was often implicated and punished by her.

The two of them left the command hall of the patrol battalion, got on their horses outside the gate together, and galloped towards Jingzhao Yin's Mansion with a few cavalry guards. Jingzhao Yin's Mansion is also located in the east of the city, just three streets away from the command hall of the patrol battalion.

Compared with the introverted and low-key command hall of the patrol battalion, the Jingzhao Yin Mansion was built magnificently. Two stone lions are placed in front of the door in a majestic manner, and there are several guards standing at the gate of the vermilion oil-faced mask, and there are two big gongs and drums placed on the left and right sides respectively, as if the people are welcome to come to beat the drum and voice their grievances at any time.

Ling Fengchen and Bai Muguan dismounted one after another, their robes flying, and the two figures were equally agile.

Without waiting for anyone to pass it on, Ling Fengchen casually pushed away the guards in front of him, Bai Muguan lit up the token given by the emperor, and naturally no one dared to stop him.

I don't know who quietly took a shortcut and ran to send a message to Yan Yijing, and when they reached the second gate, they saw Yan Yijing in civilian clothes coming out with a smile on his face: "Commander Ling, General Xiaobai, it's really rare for the two of you to come together." ”

The three of them were of the same rank, so they didn't need anyone to make a big salute, and they bowed to each other. Before Ling Fengchen could speak, he saw a smile hidden in Bai Muguan's eyes, and lightly opened his lips: "Lord Yan is really informal, although today is the New Year's holiday, but you are investigating the case with the emperor's order, and you should be in full order." If people come to complain about grievances at this time, why wouldn't Lord Yan sit in civilian clothes? lest it spread out and cause criticism. ”

The first time she dealt with her, she opened her mouth and found fault with Yan Yijing in two or three sentences. Ling Fengchen glanced at her approvingly, secretly admiring.

was accused of education by a young girl who had just reached the end of the year, Yan Yijing really couldn't hold it on his face, he rolled his eyes uncertainly, glanced down at the civilian clothes Luo robe on his body that he didn't have time to change, and wanted to take it off and tear it up immediately. The ghost knew that he had just returned from the Great Prince's Mansion in a hurry, and before he could get ready, Ling Fengchen and Bai Muguan actually came together. Anyway, he is Jing Zhaoyin, who holds real power, and Li Zhaoyi, who just gave birth to the little prince today, is his daughter, and no one in the noble family dares to offend him easily. No matter how you count it, it is not the turn of a little yellow-haired girl to make irresponsible remarks, Yan Yijing didn't take Bai Muguan in her eyes at all, she didn't have a single soldier in her hands in the capital, just an empty general.

Forcibly suppressing the annoyance and disdain in his heart, Yan Yijing, whose eyes were full of gloom, waved his hand in confusion and smiled: "What General Xiaobai said is very true, this official is old and confused. ”

Bai Muguan took the opportunity to say: "Why don't Lord Yan go and change your clothes first, and casually send one of your subordinates to take me and Commander Ling to take a look at the corpse of the assassin who was killed yesterday." ”

Yan Yijing did not hesitate, and casually summoned a guard to give a few words, and the guard led Ling Fengchen and Bai Muguan to the direction of the morgue in the backyard after receiving the order.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Bai Muguan would have imagined that there was a single morgue in Jingzhaoyin's mansion, occupying a small courtyard in a remote corner with a dilapidated appearance. There are only two guards guarding the gate of the courtyard, and the two are not as energetic as the guards outside, on the contrary, they are a little sluggish, and their eyebrows are tired and helpless. I also want to know that the people assigned to guard the morgue either have no background and no filial piety, or they have made mistakes and have been punished.

The courtyard was in disrepair, covered with cobwebs, the ground was covered with dry yellow grass, and twenty black-clad corpses lay side by side, not even covered with a white cloth. Pushing open the door, an extremely unpleasant smell of blood came to his nose, choking Bai Muguan couldn't help coughing a few times. She is used to seeing dead people, but unlike the bloody fighting in the open field outside, the small enclosed courtyard here has no windows to breathe, and the musty smell that has not been cleaned for many years is mixed with the smell of dead rotting that has been precipitated for a long time and the thick bloody smell of twenty new corpses is combined into one, which cannot be described.

Ling Fengchen was not the first time he had come to the morgue of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, but there were only one or two corpses in the past, which was not as disgusting as today.

Bai Muguan covered his nose with his left hand, pointed to the corpse on the ground with his right hand and said, "Second Brother Ling, you see, everyone is basically killed with one arrow, and the injuries are all in the center of the eyebrows or chest, and the accuracy of the attack seems to have been guarded against beforehand. ”

Ling Fengchen's eyes were cold: "If you had taken precautions, why would the eldest prince be injured?" Her eyes fell on the twenty corpses and hesitated, and indeed as she said, the wounds of each corpse were either in the heart of the chest or in the center of the eyebrows. Only three bodies were also hit by arrows in non-lethal parts such as thighs and arms.

Although they couldn't restore the real situation last night with their own eyes, now just by looking at the blood holes in the bones after these arrow feathers were pulled up, they could know the neatness and ferocity of the Great Prince's Mansion soldiers. Bai Muguan's heart was as cold as frost, these corpses were his own people who were attached to the eldest prince, and in order to seek benefits, he did not hesitate to sacrifice twenty lives in vain at once. Even if it is all his dead soldiers, it is still a fresh life, and such a ferocious act, Yuwen Cheng is really cruel.

Bai Muguan suddenly asked, "Who among them shot and injured the eldest prince?" ”

Ling Fengchen raised his eyebrows and replied, "I heard that it is a cyan belt, and it should be the leader of the assassins." Your Majesty has ordered us to investigate the origin of the assassins, so why do you bother to pursue these irrelevant questions? ”

Bai Muguan smiled without explaining, and this faint smile was fleeting. Then she held her breath and approached the corpse on the far left, which was different from the others, except for an arrow in her heart, a long knife in her ribs, and an arrow wound in her left leg. Looking at his waist, it is indeed a cyan belt, but it is stained red with blood, and it can be vaguely distinguished that the belt material is a more exquisite soft and forged one, and the price in the market is expensive. As for the other Assassins, they wore plain black belts made of ordinary linen.

"That's him." Bai Muguan beckoned Ling Fengchen to come over.

Ling Fengchen nodded and walked towards the corpse, stretched out his hand and pressed a few wounds on his body, and found that the flesh and blood had already adhered to the fabric and formed ice ballast, and the left side of the chest of the corpse lying flat was slightly raised. Ling Fengchen immediately quickly untied his simple night clothes, and a token slipped to the ground.

Bai Muguan picked up the palm-sized silver token and was subconsciously dumbfounded, and then returned to normal as if he should have expected it.

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