There is a huge mansion on the south side of Guangenfang, the holy capital, and the door of the house has a big "Li" character written on it, which is the mansion of Li Ren, the Duke of Lushan.

Li Ren is the uncle of today's son and the younger brother of the previous son of heaven.

It stands to reason that with such a prominent identity, he should naturally be a prince.

But Li Ren was crowned a Duke of Lushan, a whole level lower than the prince, and his status was even inferior to Xue Guihua, the Duke of Liang.

It turned out that as early as the Guizong period, there was a rebellion between the crown prince and the young prince Qi Chong and the three kings of the Li family.

Although Li Ren, who was still the emperor's younger brother at the time, was not directly involved, he also had a relationship with Qi Chong, and it was difficult to prove his innocence.

Originally, he was going to be demoted to a concubine, but because the emperor remembered his mother and compatriot, and had been working hard for the affairs of the clan, he cut off his throne and demoted him to the Duke of Lushan.

However, Li Ren has always been in charge of the work of the national prince sacrificial wine and Zong Zhengqing, and he has worked hard, won the recognition of the royal clan, and is also valued by the emperor, so he has always stayed in the holy capital.

It was not until the emperor died later that Empress Dowager Lin took power, worried that the Li royal family would make a move, which gradually emptied Li Ren's rights.

Later, because of his frailty and illness, Li Ren gradually became obsessed with alchemy medicine, indulged in it all day long, and became insane, which is regrettable.

Because of his indulgence in alchemy, he was also reprimanded by the Queen Mother many times, but he still refused to change his teachings.

In this Xuanmen assassination incident, he also died at the hands of the Xuanmen Assassins.

And what stabbed him to death was a female Taoist boy he accepted on the grounds of alchemy, and after the successful assassination, the female Taoist boy had long since disappeared.

A few days ago, Xu Zun came to the Li Mansion to investigate, not only to check the scene of the crime, but also to check the body of the deceased.

The corpse's eyes were scarlet, his lips were purple, and he had unsightly sores on his body, and it did have obvious characteristics of long-term use of pills.

Li Ren has no children, only one daughter under his knees, and a son-in-law.

However, after all, Li Ren is an imperial uncle, and his family has a deep mansion and nearly 100 families.

At this moment, the coffin is still placed in the mourning hall, and Li Ren's daughter and son-in-law are also guarding its spirit.

They were discussing in the mourning hall, now that the assassination incident has passed, can they apply for burial?

As a result, at this time, the door of the Li Mansion was knocked open, and a group of menacing people rushed in from the outside!

The first person is Cai Kun, the leader of the right cabinet of the internal guard, and the other is Xu Zun.

After the guards rushed into the Li Mansion, they went straight to the mourning hall.

Entering the mourning hall, Li Ren's daughter was about to ask, but Xu Zun didn't say a word, and directly opened Li Ren's coffin with his subordinates!!

Gollum......

As the coffin board was lifted, an unpleasant smell of medicinal herbs emanated from the temple.

"You...... You ......" The son-in-law had the heart to ask a few words, but he had already recognized Cai Kun's identity, and he was immediately so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.

"That's right...... Tsk......" Cai Kun carefully examined the corpse and said to Xu Zun, "I have also seen Lushan Gong recently, this is clearly him!" ”

"No......" Xu Zun said, "If it's really just a dead man, Bi Sheng has no reason to sacrifice his life to protect him!" ”

"Indeed...... Zhao Yu analyzed on the side, "Think about it, how important is Bi Sheng's position?" controls the intelligence of the world, even if this is the case, it is necessary to protect Lushan Gong, doesn't it mean that Lushan Gong's status is more important than him?

"Or ......" Zhao Yu reached out to touch the corpse, which meant to see if the person in the coffin was really dead?

Xu Zun stopped him, because Xu Zun had just examined the corpse a few days ago, the wound on his neck was eye-catching and clear, and the corpse already smelled, it was definitely a dead corpse.

Seeing Zhao Yu stretching out his hand, the people in front of the mourning hall were all frightened.

"You ......" Li Ren's daughter couldn't hold back any longer, crying and asked, "What are you doing here?" My dad is dead, what do you want to do to him? ”

Cai Kun's face was embarrassed, although Lushan Gong was indeed very suspicious, but he would not admit his mistake, and the dead man in the coffin was indeed Li Ren.

If nothing is really found today, it will be difficult to explain, after all, this Lushan Duke is a royal family, and he is the younger brother of the first emperor.

"Butler," Zhao Yu remembered something, and hurriedly asked everyone, "Which is the butler?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yu's question, everyone present looked at each other and shook their heads.

Li Ren's daughter replied, "I saw it just now!" Should...... It should be in the kitchen, right? ”

Hearing this, Hou Zhen and the others immediately rushed to the backyard......

Xu Zun glanced at the people in the mourning hall, and his eyes suddenly fixed on one person.

As soon as his mind turned, he immediately had a plan, and said to Li Ren's son-in-law: "Are you the son-in-law of Duke Lushan?" ”

"Yes......" the man nodded.

"Okay," Xu Zun said, "You take me to the place where Lushan Gong alchemy pills are made now, and I want to check it out." ”

"Oh, okay, okay......" The son-in-law stood up, pointed in a direction, and led Xu Zun and the others to the backyard.

Due to the huge area, they walked for a while before they came to a certain Dan room in the backyard.

But I saw that there were several Dan furnaces of different sizes standing in the room, and there were also firewood and coal, as well as various gold and stone medicinal powders piled up next to them.

Xu Zun deliberately asked the others to wait outside the door, and after leading Li Ren's son-in-law into the Dan room, he pulled him aside and asked in a low voice:

"I ask you, are there any other exits to this room?"

"This ......" the son-in-law was puzzled and shook his head again and again, "No?" That's it, one exit! ”

"yes, that's hard!" Xu Zun pretended to frown, and then suddenly whispered, "Go to Xuan to cut the strange, the gods return to the Yuan, cut the nine gates up, and destroy the crumbs below." ”

"This ......," the son-in-law was startled and hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, are you...... What do you mean by that? ”

"Something has happened to the Zuo Pavilion Leader of the Internal Guard," Xu Zun whispered, "I was sent by him to rescue you from transferring!" ”

"Big ...... The ......son-in-law hurriedly waved his hand, "You don't have to joke, what is the left pavilion leader, what is the transfer, I don't understand......"

Seeing that the other party was not fooled, Xu Zun immediately picked up a tongs for burning the stove and drew a symbol on the medicinal powder on the ground.

This symbol is the one that appeared in the Ministry of Works' Shilang Win Rang's house at that time.

Although Xu Zun didn't know what it meant, he felt that he could use it.

Sure enough, after seeing this symbol, the son-in-law was finally moved, and his eyes had betrayed him.

Obviously, he could read the meaning of the symbols.

In other words, Xu Zun guessed correctly, Li Ren's son-in-law is also from Xuanmen!

"Lushan Gong has been completely exposed," Xu Zun said, "He must not be fine!" ”

"You ......" the son-in-law swallowed, still pretending to be stupid, "what the hell are you talking about?" My father-in-law...... Already...... Already ......"

"Time is pressing," Xu Zun looked out of the door nervously, "This matter has already alarmed Lin Chaofeng and the demon queen, I have a way to take you out now, if I miss this time, I won't have a chance again!" ”

"This ......" the son-in-law sweated on his head, obviously beginning to believe Xu Zun.

Xu Zun was surprised in his heart, because judging from the other party's reaction, he should have said right, and Li Ren, the Duke of Lushan, was definitely not dead!!

If Li Ren hadn't died, and Cai Kun hadn't recognized the wrong person, then it seemed that there was only one explanation left.

"Hurry up!" Xu Zun looked outside the door again, "Later, I can trick them to the Danfang first, saying that there is a secret passage or something, and then I will take you out of the main gate."

"It's all my people there, and it's already set up ......"

"You...... What can you do? The son-in-law finally fell for it and asked, "Cheng ...... The city gates have been sealed, how can you get out of the city? ”

"See?" Xu Zun hurriedly took out the internal guard token, shook it and said, "This is the gold medal given by the Queen Mother, since I came to pick you up, I can keep you out of the city!" ”

"This ...... This ......"

"Oh, hurry up!" Xu Zun said anxiously, "Cai Kun is already suspicious of me, and I won't be able to save myself if I don't leave!" ”

"Good...... Okay......" The son-in-law finally made up his mind and said to Xu Zun, "I'll take you to pick up my father-in-law......"

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