"What !?" Xu Zun was shocked and asked, "What did you say?" Say it again!! ”

"Your Excellency," the guard said in alarm, "the Iron Temple has been killed!" Dongfang Shenzhu was seriously injured ......"

"Impossible!" Zhao Yu shouted anxiously, "There are so many guards, where are the assassins from!?" ”

"Yes......" the internal guard hurriedly replied, "It may be Cao Ding's housekeeper who did it!" We didn't see him after the accident! ”

"Don't panic," Xu Zun suddenly calmed down and asked, "Tell me well, what's going on?" What were Tiesi Cheng and Dongfang Shenzhu doing at that time? ”

"After the envoy leaves......," replied the inner guard, "the rain is getting heavier and heavier, so the Iron Temple Cheng and the Eastern God will go to the hall to rest.

"It wasn't long before we heard a fight in the hall and white smoke was rising......

"We hurriedly rushed in, and we saw that Tiesi Cheng had been assassinated by the assassins, and Dongfang Shenzhu had suffered internal injuries and had vomited blood and was unconscious......"

"White Smoke!?" Huo Anu hurriedly asked, "Where did the white smoke come from?" ”

"I don't know," replied the guard, "that white smoke may cause a coma, and when a few of us went in, we felt dizzy and weak, and we covered our mouths and noses." ”

Xu Zun carefully looked at this internal guard, this person was indeed one of the guards guarding Cao Ding's house at that time.

Merely......

Now that all the information is from him alone, Xu Zun naturally won't believe it, so he asked for many details.

Now through this person's answer, what he said should be true, Tie Jing is more than lucky!

"How...... How so? Chen Taiji was both shocked and afraid, "It doesn't make sense, why...... Why kill both of them? ”

"This shows ......" Xu Zun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he gritted his teeth and said, "We checked the right direction!" The problem lies with Cao Ding!! ”

"My lord......" Zhao Yu said impatiently, "Then what are we still doing in a daze?" Let's go over and check it out! Did the two of them find something in Cao Ding's house? That's why he was killed? ”

"They were attacked in the hall of Cao Ding's house," Ani pondered, "what can be found there?" Could it be, what did they say? ”

"That's right!" Finally, Chen Taiji remembered and hurriedly said to Xu Zun, "Before we came, we were indeed discussing the matter of Cao Lingcheng, that Tie Jing said...... said that he had a friendship with Cao Ding...... Still...... He also said......"

"What else?" The crowd urged.

Chen Taiji was about to blurt out, but Xu Zun drank him, waved his hand at Chen Taiji, and pointed to his ears again.

"Oh......" Chen Taiji understood what Xu Zun meant, hurriedly came to Xu Zun, and whispered in his ear, "He also said that Cao Ding is introverted, unsociable, and only likes to fiddle with his model design, so he can't be a spy of the Xuanmen."

In fact, these are not some secret information, Xu Zun has already investigated clearly, and saw those model designs in the study, which are basically related to water conservancy projects.

However, when Xu Zun heard this, his eyes widened in shock, and he pretended to be surprised and said, "There is such a thing!? ”

Xu Zun was so excited that the curiosity of Zhao Yu and the others was also aroused.

"In the end...... What's the matter? ”

At this moment, even Chen Taiji himself was very strange, he felt that there seemed to be no clues in his words?

"Zhao Yu is right," Xu Zun pointed to the door and said, "Without further ado, let's hurry back to Cao Ding's Mansion and have a look!"

After speaking, everyone impatiently left the Ministry of Water Resources.

The rain was unabated outside, and there was the sound of running water all around.

When everyone came to the door, ready to ride a horse, and got on the car, Xu Zun suddenly stopped everyone.

He first glanced inside the Ministry of Water Resources, then flashed to the door, and commanded the people:

"Huo Anu, you and Hou Zhen take two guards back to Cao Ding's Mansion to check the situation, look for clues, and by the way, see how the injuries of Dongfang Shenzhu are?" Xu Zun said, "If she wakes up, ask her immediately what's going on!" ”

"Yes! What about you? Huo Anu was puzzled, "Aren't you going?" ”

"Zhao Yu," Xu Zun pulled Zhao Yu to his side, whispered a few words to him, and then said, "You and Ah Xiu Zai should go and do this!" ”

"Oh......" Zhao Yu nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood something.

So, he pulled Ah Xiu Tsai aside, and the two disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Ani......" Xu Zun said to Ani and the rest of the guards again, "You guys go to a place with me!"

"Hou Zhen ......" Immediately after, he whispered a few words in Hou Zhen's ear, and then ordered, "You go and call Li Jinlou to me, I have something to ask him." ”

"Yes!" Hou Zhen didn't dare to slack off, immediately turned over and got on the horse, and hurried away......

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Da Da Da ......

The sound of horses' hooves was urgent, and the water splashed on the ground.

"Appeal ......"

With Liu Dong's exhalation, the carriage stopped in front of a secluded mansion located in Jianye Fang.

This is the home of Cheng Tiejing of Dali Temple.

Since Tie Jingzu has Buller ancestry, he prefers to live in Jianye Fang, which is mostly foreigners.

Knock knock knock......

One of Xu Zun's guards named Li Xing slammed the door hard, and it took a while to hear movement inside the door.

"Who is so rude, do you know whose house this is?" The door opened, and the steward poked his head out, "Do you know some rules?" ”

Bang!

Li Xingke didn't care about that, he immediately kicked the door open, and shouted loudly: "The Internal Guard Mansion is investigating the case, this is the special envoy of the Holy Empress Dowager, why don't you hurry up and greet it!?" ”

Sure enough, it was a good person who was bullied, Li Xing was so arrogant, the steward was frightened, and hurriedly said:

"It's unfortunate that a few people came, my lord is not in the house!"

"I know it's not in the house," Li Xing said, "Don't be long-winded, quickly lead the way, and gather all the people in your family into the hall to talk!" ”

A quarter of an hour later, the Tie family all arrived in the hall.

Recently, there have been major events in the Holy Capital one after another, and the Tie family doesn't know what the situation is, and they are all frightened when they see Xu Zun and others so arrogant.

In order to avoid trouble, Xu Zun asked Li Xing to take out the imperial edict, show it to the Tie family, and first identify himself.

Seeing that Xu Zun was indeed the empress dowager's personal envoy, the Tie family was even more panicked, thinking that Tie Jing had committed something.

"You don't need to panic," Xu Zun asked, "This envoy is here just to inquire about a question, and as long as he can answer it, he will not embarrass you."

"Think about it, Tie Lao once had a relationship with the Ministry of Works' Water Commander Cheng Cao Ding, who of you knows about this?"

Yes?

The Tie family stared wide-eyed, and they were all asked this strange question.

A few seconds later, but seeing that everyone shook their heads one after another, they all said they didn't know.

"Your Excellency......" Tie Jing's butler asked even weakly, "What is Shui Lingcheng?" ”

Depend on......

Xu Zun was depressed, and suddenly realized that he might have found the wrong place, and instead of coming to Tie Jing's house, it was better to go to Dali Temple.

Seemingly...... I have to settle for the next best thing.

Seeing everyone looking at each other, Xu Zun wanted to ask them, Tie Jing and those close friends?

As a result, he had just opened his mouth and had not yet spoken, when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I ...... I know ......"

Xu Zun turned his head to look, but saw that Hou Zhen had already brought Li Jinlou over, and it was Li Jinlou who spoke.

"Oh?" Xu Zun's eyes widened, "You know? ”

"Yes...... Yes......" But seeing that Li Jinlou, who had already been drenched in soup, said timidly, "Shui Ling Cheng Cao Ding likes to study historical sites, especially the way of ancient water canals.

"There are people on the Iron Ancestor who serve in the Survey and Design Institute, so there are some maps of the ancient city in the house, and Cao Ding likes it very much, so he spent a lot of money to buy the past ......"

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