The willow tops on the moon, the night is bleak.

Under the Shuigutang Bridge, the full moon swayed slightly in the sound of the stream within reach.

Qiao Chu stood at the head of the bridge with his hands in his hands, staring at the moon on the water, and a slender figure suddenly appeared behind him, the person was wrapped in a thick black robe from head to toe, and even his face was hidden in the huge hat, like a shadow.

He bowed to Qiao Chu, and his voice was gloomy: "Master, everything is going according to plan. ”

Qiao Chu slowly stretched out his palm and looked at it, the miserable white moonlight flowed between his fingers, and the desolation like falling leaves gradually deepened in his eyes, and he said gloomily: "These hands...... It was all bloody. ”

The person behind him paused, and comforted him: "The master just told Bang'er that the place where Luan Ming's body was buried did not kill anyone. ”

Qiao Chu smiled and said, "You will comfort people." ”

The body behind him drooped more and more, and there was no speech.

"Go back and keep an eye on them."

"Yes." The man answered, and turned to leave.

Qiao Chu was left on the bridge again, his face became more and more cold under the moonlight, with a treacherous smile hooked on his lips, and the whole person looked like a ghost coming from the Nine Hidden Mansions.

And his eyes kept looking to the east, as if he had seen something, and as if he was expecting to see something, his eyes changed several times, like attachment and hatred, and finally only turned into a low sigh.

"This is just the beginning, and the best is yet to come."

On the second day, Bai Hanyan received an official letter of dispatch from the command and envoy.

It was sent by the deputy general Cangli personally, he looked at Bai Hanyan and smiled happily: "Congratulations to Lord Han for being the official of our command and envoy, although he has not been promoted to the official rank, he has a bright future." ”

Bai Hanyan didn't feel festive, but smiled slightly: "Thank you Lord Duan for your love, it's just that the prefect of the Wang Mansion has not yet returned, and he can't hand it over yet." ”

"Sooner or later." Cangli waved his hand and sneered: "These red tape in officialdom is too troublesome, and it is still enjoyable to kill enemies on the battlefield." ”

Bai Hanyan's heart moved slightly, remembering the poem that his father left through Qiao Chu's mouth, so he tentatively asked Cangli: "You have been returning to the dynasty with Master Duan's class for four years, and Lord Duan has been staying in Guiyang all these years, although the official is the second grade, but he has always been outside the court, and Lord Duan has no intention of transferring to Beijing?" ”

"Transferred to the Beijing Division?" Cang Li looked at Bai Hanyan in surprise, a little funny: "Lord Duan has a free and unrestrained temperament, how can he let those officialdoms of the Jingshi be restrained, even Bai Jinghang, the head of the household department, personally came to find ......Lord Duan three years ago."

It seemed that the taboo was mentioned, Cangli stopped his mouth, secretly looked at Bai Hanyan with the corner of his eye, saw that her eyebrows were lowered, and she didn't care about Fang Cai's words, so she relaxed a little, casually found an excuse, and got up to leave.

When Cangli's figure disappeared without a trace in Bai Hanyan's eyes, she raised her eyes, her pupils shrank, and a sharp light twisted in the heart of her eyes.

It turns out that Duan Changge really had an intersection with his father, so will his father's tragedy have anything to do with him, and who will be the black hand behind it?

Will it be a long song?

In the early morning, the drizzle shrouded the whole of Guiyang like a layer of gray smoke, and Bai Hanyan and Li Chengdu stood at the gate of the county government together.

Li Chengdu stood beside her in a regular manner, wearing a long-sleeved robe in casual clothes, holding a green robe official uniform, an official hat, and a disgrace to Bai Hanyan, who was also wearing a green robe.

Bai Hanyan was shocked by his move, and the prefect Wang Tu, who was standing at the door, looked at the sky, and said helplessly: "Li Tongzhi, Lord Li, Brother Li, I beg you, if you want to resign, Lord Wang will approve it personally, what will I do!" ”

Bai Hanyan was startled and said, "Why did Lord Li want to resign?" ”

This really surprised Bai Hanyan, she didn't think that Li Chengdu, who has always been flattering and striving for merit, would want to resign?

"For no reason." Li Chengdu turned his head and said a perfunctory word to Bai Hanyan, raised his eyes and had a very resolute attitude on his face, and saw that Wang Tu couldn't be the master, so he said, "I'll go find Lord Wang." ”

After that, as soon as he raised his legs, he walked towards the county office, and Wang Tu hurriedly stopped him, and said hurriedly: "Lord Li, the prefect has just returned, and he is tired from traveling all night and has to rest, and in addition, the younger brothers and sisters of the same clan are coming to visit each other, how can I see you at this moment?" ”

Li Chengdu ignored him, and walked straight to the backyard of the yamen, Bai Hanyan glanced down at the official document written by Duan Changge himself in his hand, thought about it, and followed.

There are two corner doors in the backyard of the yamen, one leading to the back porch, which is the county government council hall, which is also used for receiving guests, and the other is connected to the corridor, which leads to the main courtyard of the prefect.

There are more than 20 rooms in this main courtyard, which are magnificent and beautifully decorated, and the bedroom of Lord Wang is in the middle of this group of houses.

Seeing that he couldn't stop Li Chengdu, Wang Tu stomped his feet and went with him, Li Chengdu stood at the door of Wang Jin, cleared his throat, leaned over slightly and said: "Xiaguan Li Chengdu, I have something to ask to see the prefect." ”

After a while, there was still silence in Wang Jin's house, and Li Chengdu said again in a loud voice: "Xiaguan Li Chengdu, I have something to ask to see the prefect." ”

After a while, there was still silence in the room, Bai Hanyan immediately frowned, and an ominous feeling arose.

Wang Tu was also curious, he obviously saw Lord Wang enter the backyard, even if he fell asleep at the moment, he should have been woken up by Li Chengdu, how could he be so quiet?

Wang Tu scratched his head, and didn't think about it, but comforted Li Chengdu: "Lord Li, don't shout, Lord Wang rushed overnight, and arrived at the county government at dawn, he must have been tired and must have rested, you are shouting to wake up the adult, I'm afraid you will touch the mold." ”

Li Chengdu sighed and said, "It's okay." ”

After that, he stuffed the official uniform and hat he was holding in his hand into the hands of the king, and said, "You can keep it for me." ”

Wang Tu cried and laughed and said: "Even if you want to resign, Lord Li should not be so anxious, Lord Wang will wake up when he is young, and Lord Li will ...... resign."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to resign, Lord Li."

Bai Hanyan suddenly interrupted the words of the two, and looked at Wang Jin's closed door with a cold and serious face.

"Han, what does Lord Han mean by this?" The kings were a little confused.

"Let me ask you, when will Lord Wang return?" Bai Hanyan turned his head to look at him and asked.

Seeing her serious face, Wang Tu didn't dare to be perfunctory, and immediately took out a small piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Bai Hanyan, saying: "I received a message from the adult yesterday, saying that I would return to the county government this morning, and I stayed in the county government last night. ”

Bai Hanyan glanced down at the small words on the paper, and muttered: "At the beginning of Yinshi, that is, an hour ago, when there was no court meal, Lord Wang still had to settle his younger brother and eat court meals, and rest, is this time too late?" Bai Hanyan narrowed his eyes, and he actually shot out a sense of danger.

"You said the adults might not be resting?" Li Chengdu frowned and wondered, "Could it be that the adults have gone out." ”

"No way, I didn't see the adults out of the backyard. Don't...... Something happened to the adults? Wang Tu was shocked, holding Li Chengdu's clothes and hurriedly took a few steps forward, slammed Wang Jin's door with his body, and shouted: "My lord, my lord!" ”

But he immediately looked back at the two of them, and said in fear: "The door of the adult's house is locked!" ”

After that, Wang Tu raised a kick and kicked the door hard, and with a bang, the door shattered, and the three of them hurriedly stepped forward and walked through the flower hall, but their eyes widened in horror by the scene in the inner room, and they were all stunned for a while.

The official robe in the hand of the king disciple slipped to the ground, and this small sound woke up the three people, and the king disciple immediately cried, and ran out: "Come on, come on, Lord Wang is dead!" Lord Wang is dead! ”

Bai Hanyan and Li Chengdu glanced at each other, both of them were shocked, this way of dying was too weird.

I saw Wang Jin wearing an official uniform, an official hat, and felt boots, his eyes slightly open, hanging himself on the beams of the house.

And Mrs. Wang was wearing a gorgeous skirt, with a hairpin of flowers on her head, ripped off the bed curtain and twisted it into a thin rope, one end hung on Wang Jin's feet, and the other end was put around her neck, her upper body leaned slightly, and her face was hanging on the ground.

And his brother of the same clan was also neatly dressed, but not girded, and the belt hung on the lattice of the high window, under which he sat and hanged himself, while his wife, apparently dressed in silence, with a rouge as red as blood on her lips, sat beside him and hanged herself in the same way.

There was also a woman on the bed, neatly dressed, with make-up on her face, and her belly bulging high, apparently pregnant, and she ripped off the other end of the bed curtain and hung it on a twisted rope, one end hung on the cloud hook at the head of the bed, and the other end was put in her neck, and she lay on her back on the bed and hanged herself.

It's all incredible.

"It's a weird way to die." Li Chengdu's heart shivered as if it was swept by a cold wind.

Bai Hanyan hurriedly stepped forward to inspect the body, while Li Chengdu carefully observed Wang Jin's room.

Bai Hanyan touched the chests of the five people one by one with her hands, all of them were still warm, opened their clothes, carefully examined the corpses, slowly lowered her hands, frowned her eyebrows, sighed for a long time, and spoke for a long time: "The five people had cyanosis on their faces, their eyes turned up, their tongues slightly vomited, their whole body was paralyzed, and there were bruises on their necks, all of them died by hanging, and the time of death did not exceed half an hour, and there were no other wounds on their bodies. ”

Li Chengdu inspected the room, walked to her side, and the two eyebrows were tightly condensed together: "The house is as clean as new, all the doors are closed, there is no trace of struggle and fighting in the house, and there is no invasion by outsiders, or a trace of messiness." ”

The two of them couldn't help but panic for a while, this is really weird, can't these people think about it, and discuss hanging themselves together?

Bai Hanyan looked at the two women who died facing the ground under Wang Jin and sitting on the ground under the window lattice, and wondered: "Even if these two men can't think about it, why should they take their wives to die?" ”

"No, Mrs. Wang's body is not Mrs. Wang, the woman who hanged herself next to the so-called younger brother of the same sect, she is Mrs. Wang."

Li Chengdu looked at her and said.