The figure running in the rainy night looked a little embarrassed.

He appeared on the East Gate street.

I turned into an alleyway and pushed open a courtyard door.

He lay in front of the table with bloodshot eyes, his arms propped on the table, panting heavily, his clothes were soaked with rain, dripping with water, and the floor under his feet was wet.

Outside the house, lightning flashed by, slightly illuminating the house for a moment.

Lu Changge's face was revealed.

He reached out and wiped the water from his face, lifted the teapot on the table, took a few sips, and then coughed repeatedly.

He thought back to the image from the five floors.

The boy with the sword.

Hatred crawled all over his face again.

Although Li Mengzhou performed well on the fifth floor, in fact, this matter was not spread everywhere in the capital, but the voices of the partial students reached Lu Changge's ears without exception, as if everyone was deliberately narrating, all aimed at him.

He even felt that the eyes of the people around him had some disdain.

Thinking that he was high-spirited and crossed the threshold of the Four Realms, but was defeated by Li Mengzhou, who had only cultivated in the Three Realms, this was really an extremely humiliating thing.

At the East City Gate, he bore the brunt of facing the monks outside the mountain, but he didn't even have time to react, he was defeated, and he passed out, not because of any serious injury, but because his pride was hit again, and he fainted directly.

He thought about Shen Qiubai's indifferent attitude again, and the hatred in his eyes became a little stronger.

After the incident outside the mountain ended, under the gaze of those who he stubbornly felt were laughing at him, Lu Changge had the idea of killing Li Mengzhou.

As a result, he often peeked at Li Mengzhou outside the small courtyard in Chaosi Lane, looking for an opportunity to kill him.

During the period when Li Mengzhou was seriously injured by Zhuge Dan and his strength was greatly reduced, it was indeed the best time to start, but Lu Changge focused on the existence of Gu Shiyan.

made him hesitate all the time, not daring to act rashly.

He didn't know that Gu Shiyan was also injured, although the injury was not very serious, he could clearly perceive Gu Shiyan's powerful aura, which was definitely not something he could fight.

He wanted to kill Li Mengzhou unknowingly, and he didn't want to get into any trouble.

But with Gu Shiyan in his presence, he couldn't make a move, because he didn't have that self-confidence.

So after observing for a while, he decided to ask Shen Qiubai for help.

And the results are obvious.

Shen Qiubai was unwilling to help him at all, and even had an indifferent attitude, so he almost didn't teach him a direct lesson.

The so-called idea of marrying his sister to Shen Qiubai died before it started.

He even hated Shen Qiubai.

This caused him to have a slight breakdown in his state of mind.

Get a little crazy.

Wrapped in hatred, he came to Chaosi Lane again without thinking.

If he wants to kill Li Mengzhou directly regardless of it, he has completely ignored his fear of Gu Shiyan.

But when he appeared in Chaosi Lane, he found an unexpected situation.

Two people wearing cat-faced and rabbit-faced masks walked out of Chaosi Alley.

His hidden breath, followed far behind, and witnessed the two people wearing cat faces and rabbit face masks come to the inner city and kill Zhu Zaitian, the squire of the Xuan Zheng Division.

Even if he didn't see the faces under the two masks with his own eyes, he clearly knew that they were Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan.

From their simple conversation, they can roughly guess why Li Mengzhou found Zhu Zaitian.

was even more surprised by Li Mengzhou's ruthlessness when he killed Zhu Zaitian.

Although Zhu Zaitian and him are generally the cultivation of the lower grades of the four realms, in fact, the two cannot be compared.

The time for Lu Changge to cross the threshold of the Four Realms was barely a month, but Zhu Zaitian had been in this realm for many years, and although he failed to break through to the upper realm, it was actually very close.

But he was still killed by Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan.

And it's easy to kill.

This also made him glad that he didn't do it directly in Chaosi Lane at that time.

But more than that, it brings a kind of fear.

Because he simply didn't have the strength to kill Li Mengzhou.

Although he really wanted to kill Li Mengzhou with his own hands, the scene he witnessed tonight also made him realize that there was a safer way to kill Li Mengzhou.

In Jiang Kingdom, there is a rule that cultivators cannot kill ordinary people, but in the same way, cultivators cannot murder court officials, which is a big crime.

He had already caught Li Mengzhou's handle to kill Zhu Zaitian, and if he could make good use of it, he could even completely stay out of the matter and watch Li Mengzhou fall into the abyss Jedi from the perspective of a bystander.

Thinking of this, Lu Changge couldn't help laughing.

He looked at the night rain outside the window, and sneered with a gloomy face: "Li Mengzhou, Li Mengzhou, you are really bold, even Xuan Zhengsi dares to provoke, although it is because of me that you suspect Zhu Zaitian, but if you have no grudge against Zhu Zaitian, how can you doubt him, now that you have killed Zhu Zaitian, the laws of Jiang Guo are enough to make you suffer." ”

He thought it wasn't enough.

After all, Li Mengzhou is a disciple of the inner courtyard of the palace, although he is not a personal disciple of Xue Wangyao, but his status in the court is only under those who are really powerful, and some officials with little power even have to look at the faces of the disciples of the inner courtyard of the palace.

This is also true in other cultivation mountain gates.

Identity is a very important thing.

If your status is high and your cultivation is strong, you will be able to enjoy more convenience in the world.

If the Ligong Sword Academy insisted on protecting Li Mengzhou, then for the sake of Xue Wang's face, he was just a servant of the Xuanzheng Division, and it was indeed not very likely that he would lose his life.

But punishment is essential.

And what Lu Changge wants is not just to let Li Mengzhou be punished, he needs to make this matter bigger, so that the Palace Sword Academy has no way to shelter Li Mengzhou.

......

Li Mengzhou, who returned to Chaosi Lane, took off the cat-faced mask on his face, turned around to look at Gu Shiyan, and said: "The person who peeped secretly witnessed the picture of us killing Zhu Zaitian, no matter what the circumstances, he will take action with this, we must strike first." ”

Gu Shiyan also took off her rabbit face mask and said, "Do you know who that person is?"

If the identity of the person who was spying on them could not be determined, it was clear that they could not do anything.

Li Mengzhou said: "That back is really familiar, I probably have that person's name in my heart, the matter has come to this point, there is no choice but to gamble, Zhu Zaitian is my speculation before I saw that back, and now, there is only one truth." ”

He held the cat-faced mask in his hand, and with a slight force, the mask cracked, even though he had a strong physique, but the palm of his hand was still cut by sharp shards, and bright red blood flowed down his fingers, like a blooming rose on the floor under the eaves.

Regardless of whether the person who was secretly peeping was the person Li Mengzhou thought in his heart, the other party probably knew that the face under his mask, the cat face and the rabbit face mask, could not continue to exist.

He looked down at the blood-red rose on the floor, and said in a calm tone, "If anyone wants to kill me, then whether he can kill me or not, he will definitely die before me." Even if he was just peeping in the dark, his ill intentions foreshadowed a bunch of troubles in the future, and he would have to die. ”

Gu Shiyan was silent.

Li Mengzhou changed his clothes, handed the knife to Gu Shiyan, looked at her and said softly: "We need a closer cooperation, and we can't make any mistakes." ”

Gu Shiyan took the simple knife that killed Zhu Zaitian and said, "I'm very interested in killing people. ”

Of course, she didn't have that much interest in killing, but in cases where someone who was spying on them might know their secrets, killing was the quickest and safest way to deal with it.

In this concept, the two coincide.

Even if you want to kill me, I will kill you first.

......

The case of Yue Shiting's murder was mainly handed over to Langya Jingzhao Mansion to handle, and the Xuanzheng Division only helped, Xu Hexian, as the head of the Xuanzheng Division, the cases under his hands, if not necessary, were of course handed over to those servants.

And tonight it rained heavily, Xu Hexian was not in the Xuanzheng Division, but went to Prince Lu's Mansion in the inner city.

The person who greeted him in the front corridor was still Song Yidao.

"Xu Sishou is not busy with Yue Shiting's case, why do you have time to come here?"

Xu Hexian looked at Song Yidao's flat face in silence, and then smiled: "Why did Sect Master Song say this, it is too much to see, how did Yue Shiting die, I believe Grandmaster Song knows better than me." ”

He continued with some sighs: "This is the capital, no matter who commits something and violates the law of Jiang Kingdom, they must bear it, and it is very unrealistic to want to completely avoid the consequences, the so-called Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and no one in Jiang Country can be higher than the law." ”

Song Yidao said: "Does the person Xu Sishou said also include His Royal Highness?"

Xu Hexian smiled and said: "What does Grandmaster Song mean by this? It's not the first time we've dealt with each other, you and I know very well what the situation is, so why hide it from me? Speaking of which, Grandmaster Song's ability to communicate with people is a little lacking, and he is okay with others, so in front of me, don't care about him." ”

Song Yidao said lightly: "Director Xu is worthy of being the person in charge of the Xuanzheng Division, I'm just curious, why do you think that Yue Shiting's death is related to His Highness." ”

Xu Hexian's expression gradually became solemn, and he said: "I didn't associate this matter with His Highness in the first place, but I have the responsibility to suspect anyone, but now I have the answer I want to know." ”

Song Yidao frowned tightly and said, "Are you testing me?"

Xu Hexian's expression became relaxed again, and he said with a smile: "It's a bit strange to say that I am tempted, but before I stepped into the mansion, I still didn't dare to say that I doubted His Highness, but Grandmaster Song's words made me sure of this, that's all." ”

Song Yidao was silent.

Without Xu Hexian's knowledge, if he can suspect this, then others may also suspect that Song Yidao will inevitably be a little nervous, because he participated in that operation and showed his infallible attitude to His Highness, once something happens, he will not be able to escape the blame.

And just because he was nervous, he was easily caught by Xu Hexian and directly took out his words, which was indeed a very angry thing for Song Yidao.

But fortunately, not everyone can suspect His Royal Highness King Lu, and not everyone dares to doubt His Royal Highness King Lu, and they don't dare or even can't appear directly in Prince Lu's Mansion like Xu Hexian.

Xu Hexian's expression became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I don't understand, Yue Shiting is the imperial historian of the Imperial Historical Observatory, the same level as me, although he does not have too much power in the court, but he has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, why do you want to attack Yue Shiting, or even choose to do it at such a time." ”

Song Yidao said calmly: "Xu Sishou should know very well what the reason is. ”

Xu Hexian rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Of course I know, but what I don't understand is why you are so anxious, maybe you want to take advantage of the period when the monks outside the mountains are in turmoil in the capital, and attribute Yue Shiting's death to the monks outside the mountains, but things are far from that simple. ”

"Jiang Tingyu's Heavenly Council has a great responsibility for not being aware of the infiltration of monks outside the mountain, and he spares no effort to solve this matter, except for an exception hidden in the palace, it is impossible for the capital city to let go of any fish that slips through the net, and where did the monks outside the mountain come from to kill Yue Shiting?"

Song Yidao glanced at him and said: "Since a big fish has been missed in the palace, it is normal for a few more small fish to appear in the capital, if there is no fish in the palace, it may indeed be a little troublesome, but in this case, even Jiang Tingyu does not dare to say that he has the confidence to absolutely strangle all the monks outside the mountain in the capital." ”

It was indeed good for them.

Because according to the original plan, Yue Shiting was going to die in his own home, the reason was, of course, that the monks outside the mountain wanted to escape from the city, and it happened that they passed through Yue's mansion close to the north city gate, and Yue Shiting came forward to intercept him, but he encountered misfortune.

Although the appearance of Beizang Feng was an accident, Song Yidao also created the illusion that there were monks outside the mountain at the North City Gate, with the character of Bei Zang Feng who had nothing but books in his eyes, even if he had doubts, it was difficult to seriously think about the problems inside, let alone discover the problems inside.

In addition to Zhuge Dan, there is still another big fish hidden in the palace, and the occurrence of this incident has perfectly improved the possibility of Yue Shiting encountering monks outside the mountain, even if Yue Shiting did not die in his own mansion, or outside the mansion, in the overall situation, it is not a problem worth studying.

Xu Hexian frowned and said, "This can only be said to be good luck, if it weren't for that, the incident of Yue Shiting's murder would have become even more troublesome, and you should be grateful to the second outsider who was hidden in the palace." ”

Song Yidao said casually: "Isn't this matter perfectly resolved, although the Xuanzheng Division is assisting the Langya Jingzhao Mansion in handling the case, the final right to speak is still in the hands of the head of Xu after all." ”

Xu Hexian said lightly: "It shouldn't be Grandmaster Song himself who killed Yue Shiting. ”

Song Yidao was silent.