"Master Hou is back!"

As soon as the carriage of Li Jiqing, the Marquis of Jinxiang, stopped in front of the mansion, the steward at the door shouted loudly into the door, and his tone was very hurried.

"What's going on at home?"

Li Jiqing hurriedly walked out of the carriage.

"Sir!"

"Father!"

As soon as Li Jiqing's words fell, Wu, the wife of the Marquis of Jinxiang, and his second son Li Gui ran out surrounded by the maids, their faces full of grief and indignation.

"What the hell is going on? What about Lord Wu? ”

In the past two days, Li Jiqing's mood can be described as a roller coaster, and he has tasted all the ups and downs in a very short period of time, because of the changes in the court situation, he betrayed the Xungui lineage and took refuge in the Zhongshun King and the civil official group behind him, and before he got the slightest benefit, he was forced by the Zhongshun King to embarrass the Jia family at the housewarming banquet of the Jia family.

Fortunately, after the incident, King Zhongshun used his relationship to recommend his eldest son Li An to the Ministry of War as the commander of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses, which made him let go of the resentment in his heart.

Yesterday, the military department came to the military order, the emperor approved the recommendation of Lu Nansheng, the left attendant of the military department, and officially appointed his eldest son Li An as the commander of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses, and asked him to go to the Zhongshun palace to express his gratitude, but he didn't expect him to go directly to the mansion of the second assistant, and was killed at the door of the house.

The murderer he first thought of was Jia Jue and Zhu Houjiong, the king of loyalty, but he was more inclined to Zhu Houjiong, although he found trouble with the Jia family, but the two families did not have hatred, so they would not send someone to assassinate their son, but he still went to visit the Jia family early in the morning, hoping to find out, but he didn't see Jia Jue, originally thought he was hiding from himself, and later sent someone to Qingxuguan to inquire only to know that the old lady of the Jia family went to repay the wish The matter was decided a few days ago.

After that, I went to the palace of Zhongshun Wang, and saw the father and son of Zhongshun Wang, and found nothing, and King Zhongshun swore to heaven that he did not send someone to assassinate Li An because he went to visit Zhang Fu, and also said that he would help inquire about the news and find out the real culprit behind the scenes.

Li Jiqing, who was unwilling, went to Fusi in Beizhen again and inquired about the situation of the murder weapon left at the scene, but unfortunately there was no progress.

In the end, I could only visit a few old relatives and ask them to help me find the murderer of my son in the past.

The pain of losing a child in middle age filled Li Jiqing's heart with grief and sorrow, and he suddenly felt that this was God's punishment for himself.

At this time, Li Jiqing was like a loving father, and he was also running around to a wronged child, hoping to find a clue, and just when he was about to go to Jia's house again, someone from the house came to look for him, saying that the imperial envoy Wu Shichang came to visit and brought news.

As soon as his words fell, the second son Li Gui rushed over and threw himself at his feet, crying sadly: "Father, Lord Wu has sent the murderer of his brother, and the mastermind behind it is Zhu Houjiong, the king of Zhongshun, an old thief, and there is all the human and material evidence!" ”

Li Jiqing "buzzed" in his mind, and the oath of the loyal and obedient king's father and son still echoed in his mind, "Master, you want to avenge An'er!" Wu took Li Jiqing's arm and pleaded bitterly.

Li Jiqing trembled all over, his legs were weak, and he was about to fall, Li Gui hurriedly stood up and hugged him, Li Jiqing's face was so pale that he was frightening, and he gasped weakly: "Help, help me go and see..."

.....

Zhu Houjiong also heard about the Imperial Historian Wu Shichang going to the Jinxiang Marquis Mansion, but he didn't care, after all, Li An was killed on the way back after visiting Zhang Fu, so it is reasonable that someone should come to visit, and the identity of the Imperial Historian Wu Shichang is just right.

The killer who intercepted and killed Li An was a master he had cultivated privately, and they were hiding in Xicheng, not to mention that the princes and nobles living in Xicheng could not easily seal the city and search, even if they searched them, they would have enough time to escape, so he was not worried about being exposed.

"Lord Wang, it's not good!"

The palace chief Shi broke in like a gust of wind, he pointed outside and said urgently: "Outside, Li Jiqing, the Marquis of Jinxiang, led his own soldiers and the Li clan to surround our palace. ”

"Dangchang!"

The tea bowl in Zhu Houjiong's hand fell to the ground, he stood up suddenly, and Li Jiqing led people to surround his palace? Did he know the truth? No way! When pigs fly!

As soon as he thought about it, he understood, his face suddenly turned iron-blue, and his eyes shone brightly, "Wow! What a good idea! What a bunch of hypocrites! ”

Outside the gate of the palace, Li Jiqing rode on a war horse in armor, carrying a Yanling knife on his waist, a bow and arrow on his back, and beside him were thirty soldiers of the Hou Mansion who were also dressed in the same costume, and a coffin was tightly wrapped in a white cloth under the main gate of the palace, and inside the coffin was the body of Li An, the son of the Marquis of Jinxiang.

Behind the coffin were hundreds of Li clan people, all dressed in linen and filial piety, crying, and the side was full of people who came to see the excitement, and there were also some official eunuchs who were good friends with the Marquis of Jinxiang.

Looking at the Zhongshun Palace, where the door of the palace was closed, Li Jiqing gritted his teeth, he suddenly opened his bow and set up arrows, and shot three arrows at the gate of the palace in a row, "Dah! Chemical element! Chemical element! The three arrows were nailed to the vermilion gate, and the ends of the arrows trembled.

There was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers, some people's faces changed, and some people sneaked away.

"Zhu Houjiong, you come out!"

"Kill to pay for your life, pay for debts. Let's confront each other..."

In the crowd of onlookers, someone was asking, "It seems that the Marquis of Jinxiang Mansion has evidence." ”

A person next to him glanced at the interrogator with disdain, and said: "If it weren't for this, he would dare to do this, shooting the palace with an arrow, this is a big crime!" ”

After scolding for a long time, he still didn't open the door, Li Jiqing felt that Zhu Houjiong would not come out, he waved his hand and said: "Go to the imperial city, please make your majesty!" ”

At this moment, the small door of the palace opened, and Zhu Zaimo's cold voice came, "The arrow shot at the gate of the palace, do you want to leave like this?" ”

Looking at the extremely ugly Zhu Zaimo in front of him, Li Jiqing's eyes were red, his son also helped him fight with Xungui at noon, and was assassinated by his Lao Tzu at night, and at this moment he saw him so arrogant and domineering, he was immediately furious, and shot at him with a bow and an arrow, "Despicable villain, go and die!" ”

Zhu Zaimo was taken aback, hurriedly dodged, and the arrow grazed his cheek and shot into the palace, startling him into a cold sweat.

Zhu Zaimo was furious, pointed at Li Jiqing and shouted: "Come on, take down this arrogant man!" ”

"Ahem..."

At this moment, there was a cough from inside the door, and Zhu Houjiong, the king of Zhongshun, finally came out, looked at the crowd of onlookers silently, and then looked at Li Jiqing, who was pale, and reprimanded Zhu Zaimo unhappily, "Who taught you these bastard words?!" ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and said: "Marquis of Jinxiang, this king is deeply saddened by Ling Lang's death, and he also sent someone to help track down the murderer, but I don't know why I want to block this king's mansion?" Also, it is a felony to shoot at the gate of the palace with an arrow! I also asked the Marquis of Jinxiang to give an explanation to the king. ”

"Confess? Hum! ”

Li Jiqing snorted heavily and said angrily: "Zhu Houjiong, you are still pretending to be stupid here, and An'er will die in your hands." ”

"Bring it on!"

Li Jiqing waved his hand, and several soldiers of the Hou Mansion dragged a man in his thirties over, who was tied hand and foot by huge iron chains and shackles, and was already tortured to death.

"Zhu Houjiong, you should know this person!"

The head of the king of Zhongshun "buzzed" loudly, this is the chief of the palace guard, how can he not know it, but, how did he fall into the hands of these people?

Li Jiqing sneered, "What, can't speak?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Houjiong's face was as calm as water, his face was expressionless, he glanced at the chief of the guard lightly, and asked Li Jiqing: "This person is the chief of the guard in this king's mansion, he has asked for leave to go home these days, I don't know why he fell into the hands of the Marquis of Jinxiang, and he was tortured like this, shouldn't the Marquis of Jinxiang give an explanation to the king?!" ”

Li Jiqing was stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Houjiong to be so shameless, but instead he beat him up and shouted: "Zhu Houjiong, the human and material evidence is there, and your chief of the guard has also confessed, the evidence is ironclad, and you can't be quibbled!" ”

These words made a loud noise, and the crowd of onlookers was in a commotion.

Hearing this, Zhu Houjiong's back suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect to confess, Zhu Houjiong's mind turned very fast, he must not admit the charge of killing Li An, he is the prince of the clan, naturally there is no murder to pay for his life, but it will cut off the future of the entire Zhongshun Palace, not to mention that there is an emperor on the side, and if he does not cut the knight, he will be demoted.

Zhu Houjiong turned his mind more than a dozen times in a row, and Zhu Zaimo next to him suddenly asked: "Li Jiqing, the three generations of the chief guard's family have served the Zhongshun Palace, and they know many secrets of the palace, your son went to the Zhang Mansion yesterday and said, is it that you are a slave with three surnames in order to take refuge in the civil officials, and the father and the king have taken a lot of favors in order to help your dead ghost son be promoted, you don't appreciate it, it's just that you don't appreciate it, it's just that you don't appreciate it, and now you want to splash dirty water on the head of the palace, how is this different from a beast?!" ”

A sentence reminded Zhu Houjiong, and stared at Li Jiqing sternly, "What a thief, this king almost fell into your trap." ”

As soon as he turned around, he shouted: "Come on, save the chief of the guard." ”

Several palace guards immediately rushed forward, "I see who dares!" Li Jiqing was also blinded by Zhu Zaimo's words just now, and seeing that the Zhongshun Mansion was planning to come hard, he immediately led the Hou Mansion to surround him, and the guards of the Zhongshun Mansion had to retreat to protect the Zhongshun Wang's father and son.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, everyone was shocked, and they followed the prestige together, only to see a team of forbidden troops escorting Dai Quan, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, rushing to this side.....