The night breeze blew, the red lantern at the door shook slightly, the knocker sounded softly, and soon an elderly porter opened the door, looking at the more than ten uninvited guests standing at the door in surprise, paused, and asked: "Visiting relatives or looking for people?" ”

"Neither." Although the old man at the head was dressed in regular clothes, his eyes were sharp, and he had an unspeakable murderous aura all over his body, "Talk!" ”

The old porter was silent for a while, took off the lantern at the door, held it in his hand, and carefully examined a few people before he spoke again: "What do you want to say?" ”

"The time has come."

The porter's expression was a little subtle in the dim light, and after a long time, he sighed, bowed to them, and slowly closed the door.

"The words have been brought." The old man turned around with a solemn expression: "We need to start doing our business too!" ”

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Early in the morning, the new Lord Yin Wu of the Southwest Mansion played a set of fitness boxing, took the sweat towel in the hand of the servant on the side and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Although it was autumn, he was still hot all over his body after such a toss.

Lord Wu is not the kind of civilian official who is powerless, he also had military exploits in the army in his early years, and then became a local parent official because of his good governance. However, although he abandoned martial arts and followed literature, Lord Wu never wasted his fists and feet, whether it was for physical fitness, what he learned could not be forgotten. No, this time it came in handy. The Southwest Prefecture, which had been assigned to the Southwest Marquis, was transferred to the post of Fu Yin, and he successfully took over. can let him take over as the governor of the southwest province, in addition to his outstanding political achievements, but also because of his kung fu. After all, it is Chen Shan's territory, even if the Southwest Army has been merged into the Chu Army and headed to the border, who can guarantee that nothing will happen here? There is a chaos here, it is very likely to be a military chaos, and he also greeted Lin Xiaohe, the general soldier of Suzhou nearby, on the way here, but whenever the southwest province needs it, he will send troops at any time.

It is a good thing to even upgrade a few levels, and the Southwest Mansion is the largest in the Great Chu Prefecture Mansion, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is not an easy task to cure the Southwest Mansion, not to mention, there is also a Southwest King rewarded by His Majesty in this place, and the mansion is not half an hour's walk from here.

"Your Excellency!" An official rushed over in a hurry, didn't care about the courtesy, and said, "Something happened!" ”

Lord Wu's heart sank: Is it so fast? However, although his heart had begun to churn, his face was still unchanged, and he just asked him in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"That's Chen Li, that's it...... It is the newly crowned king of the southwest...... He's dead! After the official said this, the expression on his face was also a little incredible, "He only came to my southwest mansion yesterday!" ”

In less than a day, the person is already dead.

Isn't that a hassle?

Lord Wu frowned, raised his voice and shouted "prepare the horse", and strode out.

Chen Li wore the standard official robe of the Marquis of the Southwest and sat on the chair in the middle of the main hall of the mansion, which was the seat that only the lord of the mansion could sit. Now, the new lord of the house, who had only been sitting on it for less than a day, sat on the chair and died.

This is what Lord Wu saw as soon as he entered.

The official messenger of the yamen had already surrounded the entire mansion, and he entered the door and glanced at Chen Li, who was sitting on a chair and died, and said, "The robe doesn't look very fit!" It's a lot bigger. ”

The steward of the mansion was already waiting for questioning, and when he heard this, he hurriedly replied: "This is the robe of the Hou Ye back then, and as soon as the third master came back yesterday, he was turned out and put on." ”

It's been a long time! Lord Wu thought to himself, but Chen Li's mood was not the focus of his thoughts, he looked at Chen Li, who was purple, stared at it for a while, and asked, "Is it poisoning?" ”

The steward said: "It looks like it, but the third master still has a knife wound on his body," he said, pointing to the bloody dagger that fell not far away, "The next person got up in the morning and found that the third master had an accident, so I made it look like I didn't let me move." ”

Lord Wu nodded at him and said, "You did a good job. ”

The steward bowed his head and bowed without being humble or arrogant: "It should be." ”

During the conversation, the servants had already come over, because the identity of the dead Chen Li was not ordinary, and the three servants in the yamen had all come over.

Lord Wu stepped aside, waiting for the results of the autopsy.

The murderer did not hide the murder of Chen Li, so the autopsy results came quickly, and there were no objections, except for a few wordings, the three autopsy records were almost identical.

First poisoned and unable to move, and then stabbed twice in the chest. It's not like he has a deep hatred, the person who did it was clean and neat, and he didn't hide it and just killed someone like this and left.

After arranging for the official to ask questions, Lord Wu sat aside and thought about it.

"What time did you rest last night?"

"Is there a witness?"

"Who found the body this morning?"

……

In the sound of the official's detailed questioning, Lord Wu stood up suddenly, and the official who was questioning was taken aback, but he looked at it and saw that the expression on Lord Wu's face was very ugly, and he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, but what's wrong?" ”

Lord Wu shook his head as if he had suddenly woken up, and after replying "no", he strode out, "You stay and ask questions, and I will go to the mansion to write an urgent report and play it." ”

The death of a king in the land of the jurisdiction is not a trivial matter, of course it must be played!

After leaving the mansion, Lord Wu walked away from his horse and galloped all the way, but Lord Wu did not enter the mansion but went straight out of the city gate. A tea stall outside the city gate has a sign that reads "No Guests", but there are many people dressed as vendors sitting in the stalls.

Lord Wu's horse stopped abruptly beside the tea stall, then turned over and dismounted, and hurriedly walked into the stall, he raised his hand towards the young man who was surrounded by the vendors, and then said: "Lord Cui expected it to be good, something really happened!" ”

The young man who was drinking tea with his head down raised his head and showed his face, it was Cui Jing.

"Faster than I thought," he said, but there was nothing unusual in his tone, "Is Chen Li still alive?" ”

Lord Wu shook his head, handed him the results of the autopsy, and said, "Earlier, I thought that Chen Li's death and injury sounded familiar, but after thinking about it carefully, I remembered that it was exactly the same as Chen Shan's death. ”

First poisoned, then twice in the chest.

"This is clearly the revenge of the old southwest department!" Lord Wu sighed, "It's so neat, I can't even wait for a day." ”

"If that's all there is to it, that's a good thing." Cui Jing said, "Although it is nothing compared to Chen Shan, Chen Li is also a trouble, and it is a good thing that someone will solve this trouble for us." But our men have been monitoring the families of those old southwestern troops, but they have found that these people have not shown up at all since they left the southwest barracks. "After killing Chen Li, it stands to reason that they should show up, but those people didn't go home, obviously there was something else to do.

Lord Wu sighed when he heard this: "It's a pity that such a loyal subordinate, Chen Shan died." ”

"You should be glad Chen Shan died." Cui Jing glanced at him as he spoke, and said, "They can even give up their relatives in order to follow Chen Shan, for them, Chen Shan is no longer just a master, if he is still there, you Southwest Mansion Yin can't be at all." ”

The young man's face was dazzling and handsome, but the words he said were extremely cold and rational, but such words made Lord Wu sober up in time and no longer sighed.

"You play first!" Cui Jing thought for a while and said, "I'll inquire about things in the capital." ”

Lord Wu nodded in response.

Cui Jing took a sip of tea and spoke: "Lord Wu might as well go and ask Lin Xiaohe in advance to borrow some soldiers and horses, and enter and exit martial law in the name of investigating the murderer of the king of the southwest, and don't let people enter the city easily or leave the city easily." ”

Wu Dadao: "Xiaguan has this intention. ”

Cui Jing snorted, and his eyes fell on the two big characters "southwest" on the city not far away: "I'll stay here for a while before leaving, you go back first, be careful!" ”

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After running all the way, I finally saw the head of Chang'an City, but the carriage stopped, Wei Yaoqing walked to the carriage of Ye Xiuyuan's family and said, "Lord Ye, is Mrs. Ye going to Qiao Xiang?" I also want to go see Qiao Xiang, let's go together! ”

Of course, it is impossible to wait for Mrs. Ye to come back to handle Qiao Huan's posthumous affairs, the clan has already done it, even if the clan ignores the students who still have Qiao Xiang, some people are willing to help with Qiao Xiang's affairs. Now that the person was buried on the mountain on the outskirts of the city, Wei Junning coaxed him to go back first, and she followed Ye Xiuyuan and them up the mountain.

Compared with Mrs. Ye, who couldn't help herself, Ye Xiuyuan, who wiped her tears, and a few subordinates, Wei Yaoqing and Pei Zongzhi walked calmly at the end, and even Shangxiang was the last to step forward.

Compared with the babbling words of others, Wei Yaoqing just bowed silently three times, then got up and looked at the new tomb, and said, "Thank you, Xiangye!" And he withdrew.

Anyway, she was always helped by Qiao Huan when she first came back, and she never hated or complained about this old man who was very similar to her grandfather. comforted Mrs. Ye, who was crying and fainting, and the group walked to the foot of the mountain but bumped into Wei Junning, who looked unwilling, there was a carriage next to Wei Junning, who was standing next to the carriage and shaking a folding fan, who else was Wang Xu?

Seeing her appear, Wei Junning greeted her, pointed at Wang Xu and complained to her: "Sixth sister, I just entered the city, and I was arrested by him, saying that I was looking for you in an emergency!" ”

"This stupid boy will still sue!" Wang Xu took the folding fan and knocked on his head and stepped forward, ignoring the surprised faces of others, he pulled her aside and asked, "Are you still in a hurry to enter the city?" ”

"Let's take a look at Qiao Xiangye." Wei Yaoqing said and looked at him, "What's wrong?" ”

"Didn't I tell you that there was a situation in the southwest and you came back?" Wang Xu shook his head and looked helpless about her, "Something happened in the southwest, Chen Li is dead." ”

"Oh." The girl nodded, but there was not much surprise on her face, "Was it killed by Chen Shan's old department?" ”

"Eight or nine is not far from ten, and the death is exactly the same as Chen Shan." Wang Xu said, "First poisoned, and then two stabs in the chest hit the vital point!" ”

"So what?" Wei Yaoqing looked at him, "What are you telling me about these things?" Do you think the old southwest will come and do something to me? ”

"Are you honest, does Chen Shan's death have anything to do with you?" Wang Xu looked her up and down as he spoke, and said with a headache, "I said that others also live twelve hours a day, and so do you, why do you have so many troubles?" ”

"The trouble should be over soon!" Wei Yaoqing thought for a moment, looked at him as she spoke, nodded and admitted, "Chen Shan's death has something to do with me. ”

"I knew that." Wang Xu said as he shook the folding fan in his hand, knocked his forehead, looked at her and said, "So now that Chen Li is dead, don't you quickly find out those people and wait for them to come and do something to you?" ”

"How could I be so easily moved?" The girl shook her head with a smile, and reassured him, "Don't worry! ”

She said reassuring? Is there another countermeasure? Wang Xu's eyes lit up, but he heard the girl continue: "Anyway, you can't hide, just see the move, as for the gold, I will remember to find it for you!" ”

It's a broken jar! It's like going out for a different person. Wang Xuleng's kung fu is a god, and the group has already left.

Ignoring Wang Xu made Wei Junning, who was originally angry, a lot happy, until the carriage stopped in front of the Wei Mansion, and she did not enter.

"Won't the sixth sister go home first?" Wei Junning's happiness swept away in an instant.

"Heaven and earth Jun is a teacher, you are in front of your relatives, I want to enter the palace!" Wei Yaoqing said and reached out and touched the young man's head, which was half a head taller than her, and said to him with a smile, "I'll come back when I see Your Majesty!" ”

It's not completely useless to go out for a trip, Wei Junning still understands a lot of truths, although his face is full of reluctance, he still nodded honestly, and told her like a half-adult: "Then the sixth sister will come back early and leave you food!" ”

Seeing Wei Junning turn around and walk through the door, Wei Yaoqing sat back in the carriage, looked at Pei Zongzhi who was sitting in the coachman's seat and sighed: "There are two of us left!" Is there only me in this world, asking you, Mr. Pei, to drive the car for me? ”

Pei Zongzhi glanced at her, but he mumbled in his mouth, looked to both sides and said, "Your Majesty seems to have done a good job!" ”

Chang'an City is still very crowded with people, of course, the most important thing is that nothing happened in the court, which shows that the important ministers in the court agree with this majesty.

"yes, so I can't go home first." Wei Yaoqing said, "Wang Xu can know that I have arrived in Chang'an, and Your Majesty will naturally know too." ”

"Hmm." Pei Zongzhi responded and said to her, "Then I'll wait for you at the palace gate." ”

Wei Yaoqing nodded, looked at him again, and suddenly smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't seem to trust the actual temple very much. "Since ascending the throne, I haven't seen Master Tianguang.

"It's better to be farther away." Pei Zongzhi glanced at her as he spoke, "You are already very close to Your Majesty, so I'll stay away!" "It's not necessarily a good thing to be close.

Wei Yaoqing laughed twice and said, "That's really hard for you." ”

"It's not hard, Your Majesty doesn't see me, and I can support myself," after a pause, he looked at her again, "and you." ”

This sentence successfully caused a burst of laughter from the girl.

The carriage swayed through the city, and finally stopped at the palace gate, and the girl waved at him and walked into the imperial city.

This scene also fell into the eyes of a few "idlers" who were already waiting not far away.

"Your Pei family's 'gentleman'......" Old Lady Wang opened the curtain and pointed to the young man who was sitting quietly in front of the carriage with a hat covering most of his face, "Is your temper so good?" Let the car be rushed? ”

Pei Xingting, who was sitting in the carriage together, smiled and said, "Wang Situ can try to ask him if he will drive the car for you!" ”

Old lady Wang glanced at him and snorted, "You call him over first, there are some things I want to ask." ”

"If Wang Situ has something, he might as well ask him himself, or cry to the Great Heavenly Master." Pei Xingting said and glanced in the direction of the palace gate, "I haven't even asked him to help drive the car, the face of the Great Heavenly Master is much bigger than mine!" ”

His third uncle doesn't have that much face.