The Seventh Highness is her beloved.

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In Weiyang City, Sima Wanqin took Heiyue to Chen's mansion.

Sima Wanqin declared his identity in front of Chen Lu.

"I've seen Lord Chen, Sima Shangshu's youngest son Sima Wanqin, and this is the guard next to him." Sima Wanqin glanced at Heiyue, who was dressed as a man.

Chen Lu's gaze fell on Hei Yue: "This little brother was born so white, he is also a martial arts practitioner, why is there such a big gap?" ”

Chen Lu knew the identity of the comers, so he invited them to the front hall to chat.

"......" Black Moon pursed her lips, lowered her head, and said nothing.

"Master Chen, she doesn't like to talk." Sima Wanqin smiled curtly: "Actually, when I came to Weiyang City this time, I just saw my father's gray hair because of the salt and iron case, and I thought that if I was idle, I was idle, and I came to Weiyang City to play, wouldn't it be better if I could help anything?" ”

"Sima Gongzi has a heart, but this salt and iron case is not trivial, Sima Gongzi should not mix it indiscriminately."

"It's not that I have the intention to get involved, it's just that my father worries about the salt and iron case every day, and he still doesn't have any clues about what he said for so long."

"There's really no breakthrough clue." It is undeniable that Chen Lu admits that what Sima Wanqin said is right.

"I have an idea in the bottom, don't vomit and be unhappy, as for what Lord Chen wants to do, I naturally won't interfere in the bottom."

"Oh? What's the idea? ”

"Lord Chen, why don't you put on a Hongmen banquet? Whoever is special will show their feet. ”

Chen Lu searched for a long time, but he didn't find Li Tangsheng's account book, so it seemed that he could only start from the salt and iron merchants in Weiyang City. Sima's method of visiting the qin is not completely undesirable, he is an official, those people are businessmen, the salt and iron affairs are controlled by the official family, and those merchants who want to sell salt and iron must get the approval rune of the official family, otherwise they are smugglers, and once the smugglers of salt and iron are discovered, they can only lose their heads.

Chen Lu simply invited the salt and iron merchants of Weiyang City to participate in the banquet he held, to be precise, this banquet was to explore their bottom.

Sima Wanqin, who proposed this method, was able to stay in the house and attend with him.

When many salt and iron merchants saw Chen Lu, they didn't dare to support themselves, and they didn't dare not give face, after all, the runes sold by salt and iron in the future had to go through his hands. All the salt and iron merchants in Weiyang City, no matter how big or small, totaled thirty-three people. Chen Lu received a total of 32 gifts, all of which were recorded, and the person who did not give the gift was the owner of the Fu family's salt shop. The Fu family's salt shop has little business in Weiyang City, only a small shop, Chen Lu doesn't know if the owner of this salt shop is upright, or if there is some other reason.

Chen Lu shifted the focus of the investigation to the Fu family salt shop, in order to grasp the background of the Fu family salt shop more quickly, Heiyue had to ask Xiang Ling for help, and Xiang Ling sent the fools to various nearby cities to contact the fools from other places, hoping to get any clues.

……

Zhong Liyun hadn't found any clues about Ming Yingzhi yet, she seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no more news. Recently, I'm worried about how to get close to Wei Ziyu, and Youling is very pestering. I finally took the time to go to the house by Yingyue Lake to see Zhao Linhuai's family.

Zhong Liyun took You Ling to the house by Yingyue Lake, and always felt that he hadn't been here for a long time, and there was a lot of dust accumulated here, and it was a depressed scene. Zhong Liyun and You Ling walked into the courtyard and came to the secret room under the rockery, but found that there had been no people here for a long time, and there was nothing in it.

Didn't he let Qiao Ran's people be optimistic about this place? Why is this happening?

Ming Yingzhi didn't have to be in a hurry to escape, her fraud was originally the crime of deceiving the king, and he could find it slowly. But once Zhao Linhuai's family escapes, the consequences will be somewhat serious. Chen Lu of Weiyang City never gave up investigating the Yantie case, he saw him in Lidu that time, and he personally followed Sima Shangshu into the prison of the Criminal Department to interrogate Zhao Linhuai.

If Chen Lu finds Zhao Linhuai's family, he will definitely be able to find his head along the vine, where did Qiao Ran go at this juncture?

A series of accidents made Zhong Liyun a little confused.

"What's wrong, Lord Wang?" Youling saw that his face was pale and said with concern.

"Zhao Linhuai's family is gone, and Qiao Ran is nowhere to be found."

"Qiao Ran? The deputy master of Qiao who looks exactly like Qiao Jiang Qiao's son? ”

"Qiao Jiang?" Zhong Liyun heard her words, as if he had some eyebrows, could it be that Qiao Ran was really Qiao Jiang?

"Don't panic, don't you still have Youling?" Youling finally waited for the day when the opportunity came: "Although Youling has betrayed the Delusional Sect, she still has some power in her hands, otherwise how can she help the prince share his worries?" ”

"Is Youling serious?"

"The prince still confirms whether Qiao Jiang, the deputy master of the sect, is Qiao Jiang, if this is the case, the prince should be careful, Qiao Jiang is the queen's cousin, who is he for, I don't think you need to remind you, the prince should also understand."

"For the sixth brother?" Zhong Liyun couldn't believe it, although the clue of Zhao Linhuai's family was not enough to put him to death, but it could expose him to his opponent, if Qiao Ran was Qiao Jiang, it meant that Qiao Ran was the real master of Zhizhenmen, and he was just a shield, and he was still a big wrongdoer.

In order to expose his perennial private improper business dealings, the reason why he suggested that he take his eldest brother with him was to use his own hand to pull the eldest brother down from the position of the crown prince, and then he disappeared with all the incriminating evidence, and when someone denounced him, he would stand up and testify.

In this way, this series of things was planned by Qiao Jiang in advance, and the purpose was to eliminate all the people who prevented Zhong Liyi from becoming emperor.

Qiao Ran really played a good chess game! Oh no, it should be that the queen is really far-sighted, worthy of being Prime Minister Qiao.

It's a pity that Qiao Jiang took off his mask too early, he didn't know that Wei Ziyu was Qing Zijin, the young master of the Delusional Birth Sect, and he didn't know who Youling was beside him.

Qiao Jiang, let's see, who loses and who wins, there is no conclusion yet.

"It's really ridiculous, they think that they are the masters of the Zhizhen Sect, and they don't hesitate to sacrifice Li Tangsheng, but they also want to find money to strengthen their power for them."

"What?"

Zhong Liyun's words fell, and You Ling had questions.

"Youling, how much sincerity do you say there is in this world? This king was originally the master of Zhizhen Sect himself, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice Li Tangsheng to meet Qiao Ran's requirements. In the end, it turned out to be himself lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, and Qiao Ran turned out to be the queen's cousin Qiao Jiang. ”

"Lord Wang." You Ling pressed Zhong Liyun's chest: "It's not to blame the prince, if you want to blame him, you can only blame him for hiding too deeply, I didn't expect him to be able to use two identities to survive under your nose." ”

"In the end, it's not that this king can't do it." Zhong Liyun was furious, it was the first time he had been played so thoroughly by a person, and he was still ...... It's a man. swept away his family property, causing him to be on the cusp, if it is not handled properly, his relationship with the salt and iron case surfaced, and he will be finished.

The salt and iron case was already valued by the emperor, and when the time came, he couldn't move to the Zhuxin Palace like the eldest brother, but directly copied the whole house.

No, he had to find a way to solve the matter.

Otherwise, the hegemony will not be successful, and the leader will take the lead.

Zhong Liyun left Youling, hurriedly ran to Mingyue Tower, grabbed Lihe's collar, and said angrily: "Where is Qiao Ran? ”

"I don't know."

"This king tells you that if something happens to this king, this Mingyue Tower will also be finished, and don't think about coming back to the banquet."

"Heh......" Lihe snorted coldly: "Can he come back again?" ”

"As long as you cooperate with this king, he will naturally come back."

"Really?" Li He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In a few months, it will be a year since he disappeared, and there is no news about him so far, how can the prince have the courage to tell his subordinates that Li Yan can come back?" ”

"If you don't believe it, then the king doesn't care." Zhong Liyun shook his sleeves and prepared to leave.

There was a sound behind him, Zhong Liyun turned around, and Lihe knelt on the ground: "Ask the prince to help his subordinates find the banquet, and his subordinates are willing to give everything for the prince." ”

"......" Zhong Liyun sighed, in fact, he didn't know where the banquet was: "Okay!" ”

Does Qiao Jiang think that he is useless without Zhizhenmen? What are you kidding, Mingyuelou and Youling are his forces, Qiao Jiang can deceive him, and he can also tell all the information about Zhizhenmen, he can't cure Qiao Jiang, there is always someone who can suppress him.

Will the Delusional Sect allow a sect that imitates itself to take its place? What kind of banquet for the leader of the city to leave, aren't these all vain practices? The only difference is that there are few people in the Delusional Sect, but they are capable. Zhizhenmen are all rabble, and there are many people. wants to replace the delusional door, Qiao Jiang is really whimsical.

Qiao Jiang is the power of the queen, he thinks that he can get himself into trouble by taking away the silver money he got from Li Tangsheng? Wishful thinking, he Zhong Liyun has a lot of savings, don't forget, he Zhong Liyun took care of the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office and made a lot of oil and water.

When Zhong Liyun returned to the Pingwang Mansion, he asked Youling to find someone to go to Weiyang City to catch a salt merchant. forced him to accuse King Xian, in this case, if Chen Lu investigates, the spearhead of the salt and iron case will be pointed at the second brother. Qiao Jiang is Prime Minister Qiao's nephew, how could his father believe his one-sided words, even if he is reasonable, his father will not believe him. Qiao Jiang took away Zhao Linhuai's family, and he happened to be clean.

Since he is the power of the queen, he has to eradicate them with the help of the Delusional Sect, but it's a pity, although the Zhizhen Gate is a little wasted, he has also spent a lot of money to take care of it.

Zhong Liyun attached himself to Youling's ear and told her the name of the salt merchant. Youling stepped back and began to arrange the matter.

After solving a series of problems, Zhong Liyun was in a good mood, thinking about inviting Wei Ziyu to Mingyue Tower to eat some delicious food, and told her all the details of Zhizhenmen, it doesn't matter if she has no memory, as long as the people around her have memories. It is impossible for the delusion gate to let a young master with no memory stay here and leave the city, and there must be a foolish disciple by her side to protect her.

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Ever since his conversation with Qian'er in the courtyard, Zhongli Bojun has been worried about Wei Ziyu.