"Called flower chicken, beef jerky, egg drop soup, noodle soup, meat buns......" Li Mengzhou put these breakfasts on the table one by one with a dark face, and the fragrant taste was a kind of torture for him.

Gu Shiyan sat on the stool very dignifiedly, holding chopsticks in her hand, and said with a smile: "Because of your rude behavior in the morning, these are all mine, and you only deserve to eat steamed buns." ”

Li Mengzhou said angrily: "This is all bought with my money, why can I only eat steamed buns!"

Gu Shiyan continued to smile and said, "Do you have an opinion?"

Li Mengzhou let out a long sigh, didn't even dare to say that he didn't dare, grabbed a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, sat with his back to Gu Shiyan, and stared at the door with hateful eyes.

Gu Shiyan continued to eat breakfast slowly, and said softly: "Regarding the murder of Taijing, the Xuanzheng Division did not find favorable evidence, and Taijing's wife really didn't know your identity, and thought that it was really just a gang of mountain bandits who committed the crime, and it should not be found on you in a short time, and it is even likely that it will not be over." ”

Li Mengzhou was silent for a moment and said: "This matter is not so easy to end, even if Xuan Zhengsi can't find the murderer for a while, he will continue to investigate." You don't even want to go out recently, and the follow-up of our cooperation will also wait for this year, and the aftermath of the Taijing incident will subside. ”

What he is focusing on now is not Tang Taijing, Xuan Zhengsi can't get any useful clues from Mrs. Yushi, the only one who knows is Gu Shiyan, as long as Gu Shiyan doesn't have problems here, it will be difficult for Xuanzheng Si to find out about his head.

He was more concerned about the silver.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, Gu Shiyan must not be a short-term stay, he must make a plan for this 'distinguished guest' to live permanently, so where to get money is the most important thing at present.

He still doesn't know what the first order issued by the Heavenly Council to enter the palace wants him to do, and the so-called Yulu is only an exception, not every month.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is impossible for him to find any work, so he has to find another way to earn money.

After eating a few buns casually, Li Mengzhou walked out of the small courtyard.

He wondered if he could meet any thieves on the street, get justice himself, and get the money stolen by the thieves.

But Li Mengzhou has not encountered such a good thing after wandering around for most of the day, and I have to say that the security in the capital is still quite good.

He thought about Gu Shiyan in Chaosi Lane, and his mood was even worse.

The two of them have their own secrets, and although they live under the same roof, they are not friends, but collaborators with relevant interests, strangers who are slightly more familiar.

But this stranger still spends his money every day.

It's disgusting to think about.

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The streets on Chinese New Year's Eve are bustling and crowded with people, and although the capital is already crowded, these days are undoubtedly the busiest time in the capital.

Qingyi leaned his back against the wall, holding his sword in both hands, and his indifferent eyes scanned the people coming and going.

Suddenly, at a certain moment, his eyes lit up slightly, took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand and put it on the young man's shoulder, and said lightly: "The courtyard wants to see you." ”

Li Mengzhou looked at Qing Yi who suddenly appeared in astonishment, and said, "Why are you here?"

Qingyi said: "Because you are not in Chaosi Lane." ”

Li Mengzhou frowned and asked, "Have you been to Chaosi Lane?"

Qing Yi glanced at him lightly and said, "Don't let the head of the courtyard wait for you." ”

Li Mengzhou suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and walked towards Tongming Lane with Qingyi.

It's been a long time since he's been in the future.

Today is also a little different from the past, many people in the alley belong to the residents here, and more children are chasing each other and fighting.

Pushing open the courtyard door with white feathers, Jiang Tingyu sat under the orange tree, with a table in front of him, and there was wine and meat on the table.

Qingyi closed the courtyard door and stood behind the door, continuing to hold his sword with his back against the door frame.

Li Mengzhou was inexplicably a little nervous in his heart, and when he came to the orange tree, he respectfully saluted Jiang Tingyu and said, "The head of the courtyard, are you looking for me?"

Jiang Tingyu stretched out his hand to signal.

Li Mengzhou sat on a stool.

It's noon at this moment, it's time to have lunch, Li Mengzhou naturally doesn't think about whether Gu Shiyan has to eat, listening to the immature frolicking outside the hospital, looking at Jiang Tingyu with an indifferent face in front of him, Li Mengzhou put it on the table

His hands clenched into fists slightly.

The courtyard was very quiet, as if it was a place isolated from the outside world.

Gradually, Li Mengzhou couldn't even hear the sound outside the hospital.

It was as if the whole world had fallen silent.

Jiang Tingyu picked up a pair of chopsticks, set them up in front of Li Mengzhou, poured another glass of wine, and said with a smile: "I can't hear the sound outside here, and naturally I can't hear the sound in the courtyard outside." ”

Li Mengzhou's eyebrows jumped, and he pretended to be a calm compliment: "The head of the courtyard has extraordinary means. ”

Jiang Tingyu said: "This is a very common method, and you can do it when you enter the Five Realms, but it is just to isolate the aura of heaven and earth." ”

Li Mengzhou did not speak.

He naturally knew that to completely isolate the outside world and make his own space, it was by no means as simple as Jiang Tingyu said.

One big and one small, two people sat under the orange tree, eating and drinking in silence.

After a brief conversation, there was silence.

Finally, Jiang Tingyu put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "You should have heard about the matter of Cheng Taijing in the imperial history in the past two days. ”

When Li Mengzhou heard this, he didn't pause at all, and said as if he was very casual: "There is a lot of rumor in the capital, and the teahouses and restaurants have become talking points, so naturally I heard about it." ”

The murder of Taijing was discovered the next day, because the New Year came, and many people went to Jialan Temple to pray for blessings, but after all, few people went in the afternoon or evening, so they were found in the early morning of the next day.

There were hundreds of corpses lying on the mountain road, and it was a very terrifying picture.

So someone soon reported the case.

Jingzhao Mansion launched a series of verifications, which also caused a lot of turmoil in the entire capital.

Something like this happened in the New Year, it was definitely not a trivial matter, and the capital was completely in chaos.

When he first heard the news, Li Mengzhou felt very strange.

Because he knew very well that Taijing's wife did not die, but fled, then she would report to the government as soon as possible, and should not be discovered by the people who went to Jialan Temple to pray for blessings the next day.

The investigation of Jingzhao Mansion ended in failure, all the bandits in Yeskushan Mountain have died, and the only witness is the wife of the Taijing.

In the process of investigation, Jingzhao Mansion naturally went to the mansion of Taijing, but the subordinate reported that since the lady and the lord went out of the city together yesterday to pray for blessings in Jialan Temple, they have not returned.

When Jingzhao Mansion was planning a large-scale search, the Xuanzheng Division transferred the case away.

Regarding the murder of Taijing, the Xuan Zheng Department is solely responsible.

Xuan Zhengsi's ability is indeed far superior to that of Jingzhao Mansion, and he soon found Tai Jing's wife.

They were found in the woods next to the official road to the capital of the Jialan Temple, and the first guess was that when they were returning to the city in a panic, they accidentally rolled down the official road and fell into the woods and fell into a coma.

They soon took Taijing's wife back to the Xuanzheng Division, which was the only breakthrough to solve the case.

Before Li Mengzhou learned the news, he had been practicing seriously, going back and forth between the Sword Courtyard of the Palace and Chaosi Lane, just like ordinary people, paying attention to this murder that was known to everyone on the streets, but he didn't deliberately pay attention to it.

Taijing's wife was in a coma for a day and a night, and after waking up, she was frightened and grieved by her husband, and her spirit was not high, and she only knew how to cry blindly, delaying a lot of time for Xuan Zhengsi's questioning.

But the end result was a stalemate.

Because Taijing's wife couldn't tell what was going on, why she was killed, and who killed her, she only knew that there were bandits from Wild Skull Mountain blocking the way, and the rest was completely unknown.

More often, he just cried bitterly in front of Taijing's corpse, and even cried until he fainted many times.

Li Mengzhou knew about this matter, but he didn't know the process and specific details of the Xuanzheng Division's investigation.

When Jiang Tingyu asked about this matter, Li Mengzhou's heart subconsciously tightened.

And then Jiang listened to the rain's words, which made Li Mengzhou's face slightly gloomy.

"Then who do you think killed Taijing?"

Jiang Tingyu asked this sentence with a smile, as if he was talking about a topic casually during the meal.

Li Mengzhou suppressed the fluctuation in his heart, and asked suspiciously: "Didn't those bandits from Wild Skull Mountain do it?"

Jiang Tingyu shook his head and said: "How can he have the ability to kill Tai Jing in the Wild Skull Mountain, he has the protection of a monk at the peak of the Cheng Realm, even if all the bandits in the Wild Skull Mountain go up together, it is not enough for the monk to kill alone." ”

Li Mengzhou took a sip of wine quietly and said, "Isn't Taijing's wife alive, doesn't she know who did it?"

Jiang Tingyu sighed slightly: "Taijing's wife only knows about Wild Skull Mountain, and then she fainted, her husband's death is not a big blow to her, not to mention that she also has a son who stays at home all the year round and is no different from a dead person in a wheelchair." The family has lost the backbone, and the son is sick, how can she survive in this capital city as a woman?"

Li Mengzhou sighed and said, "It's a poor person, I hope she's strong enough." ”

Jiang Tingyu was silent for a moment.

He looked at Li Mengzhou's face and said softly: "Xu Hexian is a very methodical person, although he has not investigated any useful clues at present, and the case of Tang Taijing has been suppressed for the time being, but he has been secretly investigating.

At the scene outside the Jialan Temple, there were a few corpses that died in different ways, such as being killed by the "Shining Sky Flowing Clouds" of the Sword Courtyard of the Imperial Palace, but this matter was concealed by my Heavenly Council for the first time, Xu Hexian didn't know it for the time being, but it was difficult to guarantee whether he would know it in the future. ”

Li Mengzhou's face showed a hint of strangeness, he lowered his head slightly, and said suspiciously: "The case of Taijing was originally handled by Jingzhao Mansion, and later submitted to the hands of the Xuan Zheng Division, how could the Heavenly Council discover the problem earlier than the Xuan Zheng Division, and still hide from the world?"

Jiang Tingyu's face was calm, he just kept staring at Li Mengzhou, and said: "There has always been a contradiction between the Heavenly Council and the Xuanzheng Division, and it seems that it is not difficult to understand that there are my people in the Xuanzheng Division." After all, Xu Hexian is the head of a division, and he will not personally go out to verify the preliminary investigation, so it is much easier to hide it from him. ”

Li Mengzhou was still a little surprised, and said, "Then we also have people from the Xuanzheng Division in the Heavenly Council?"

Jiang Tingyu said: "It is because Xu Hexian plans to install his people in my Heavenly Lord's Court, so my people will appear in the Xuanzheng Division, although there is not much difference between the rights held by the Heavenly Privy Council and the Xuanzheng Division, but my Heavenly Privy Yuan is personally in charge of His Majesty, and there are still some differences with the Xuanzheng Division, Xu Hexian wants to install people in the Heavenly Privy Yuan, naturally it is not so simple."

But since my people have successfully entered the Xuanzheng Division, if I don't give Xu Hexian a little hope, with his cautious character, he will soon find out the problem, so I also chose a special time to accept the people sent by him. ”

Li Mengzhou said with a smile: "So the difference is that the head of the courtyard knows who Xu Hexian's person is, but Xu Hexian doesn't know who your person is." ”

Jiang Tingyu nodded and said: "It can also be said that a smart person like Xu Hexian, of course he will not think that he is a trustworthy person in the Xuanzheng Division, this can be regarded as a bright face, he and I both know what is going on."

But I can't guarantee whether Xu Hexian really only arranged that person, under this kind of checks and balances, I will never say important things to others, and in the entire Heavenly Academy, only Qingyi knows more things. ”

Li Mengzhou looked back at Qing Yi, who seemed to be closing his eyes behind the courtyard gate, and said, "Why did the head of the courtyard tell me this, could it be that the person who killed the person who killed the Taijing had something to do with the Leaving Palace Sword Academy?"

Speaking of this, he seemed to remember something, and said very seriously: "Before I was admitted to the palace, the instructions from the head of the courtyard conveyed by Qingyi were to let me enter the palace, I don't know what the real purpose of this instruction is?

This is a bit of a diversion of the topic, but it is also something that Li Mengzhou really wants to know.

Qing Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and slowly opened his eyes, obviously he was also curious about this matter.

Of course, there was nothing Jiang Tingyu wanted in the Sword Courtyard of the Imperial Palace, so why he gave Li Mengzhou the task of being admitted to the Imperial Palace was also something he was puzzled about.

Jiang Tingyu looked at Li Mengzhou with a little deep meaning, and said, "Even if I don't give this order, don't you still plan to be admitted to the Imperial Palace?" Don't worry about this matter, the most important thing for you at the moment is to practice hard and don't waste your talent." ”

Although he didn't get an answer, Li Mengzhou vaguely felt that there might be something involved in this that he didn't know.

Or maybe Jiang Tingyu knew something that he didn't think the other party knew.

Jiang Tingyu asked him to be admitted to the Imperial Palace, there must be some kind of purpose, but this purpose is not necessarily aimed at the Imperial Palace Sword Academy.

"I've eaten the food and drunk the wine, what I want to know most is, why did you kill Taijing?"