On Suzaku Street, there was a sudden commotion.

Hundreds of Royal Forest Troops broke in, and in an instant, Dengrongfang was controlled.

Dengrongfang is a field watched by Jiankang Yiba and Tuesday Tiger.

Tuesday Hu, who got the news, hurried to Dengrongfang, and then immediately said: "Who allowed you to search our fang, don't let people go quickly." ”

The leader of the Imperial Forest Army looked at the person in front of him like a fool, and then said, "By the order of King Qin, everyone in Dengrongfang must be taken away. Since you are a splash here, it seems that you can't get rid of Li Hu, so you can take it with you. ’

Tuesday Tiger hurriedly said: "My uncle is Zhou Pu, Zuo Cheng on the spot, you can't take me away." ”

"Prudently, Li Hu assassinated the crown prince of the dynasty. Since you are Zhou Xiangzi's nephew, you can't get rid of Zhou Xiang if you want to come here. At this time, another person walked in outside the door, it was Cui Huan.

Cui Huan then looked at the Imperial Forest Army, took out an edict in his hand and said: "Now the situation is special, the Royal Forest Army is temporarily taken over by King Qin, this is Your Majesty's edict." ”

After reading the edict and the tiger talisman, the general immediately said: "The last general is willing to be dispatched by the King of Qin." What are the instructions of the King of Qin? ”

"Escort all these cadres to the court lieutenant. It will be handed over to Lord Yuan Muzhi. ”

At this time, the Shengtian Commercial Bank was also suddenly broken into by the Royal Forest Army.

Took away all the stewards and ledgers.

After Wei Ran left Taicheng, he came directly to Tingwei's Mansion.

"Zhong Kan committed suicide, but his children did not leave Jiankang?" Wei Ran asked with a frown

"Yes, the children don't know that General Zhong Kan committed suicide in the camp." Yuan Muyi picked up the autopsy report as he spoke, but then said: "But I always feel that something is wrong, Zhong Kan doesn't look like he committed suicide." ”

"Oh?" Wei Ran was also a little surprised after hearing this, "How can you see it." ”

"Some soldiers said that before General Zhong Kan died, someone had entered Zhong Kan's camp. Moreover, General Zhong Kan is a person who believes in Buddhism, and Buddhism says that those who commit suicide will not regain their lives. I decided that General Zhong committed suicide because there was no trace of a fight at the scene, but when I looked at the body, the knife went through the body from front to back, indicating that the two were very close at the time of the incident, and General Zhong was not prepared for it at all. ”

After listening to Yuan Muzhi's words, Wei Ran began to restore the entire murder scene in his mind.

"Even if General Zhong committed suicide, he was forced to do it out of desperation." Wei Ran said calmly at this time: "Immediately raided Zhong Kan's house and interrogated Zhong Kan's wife and daughter." ”

In the Tai Hospital, Hua Lian finally came to her senses, saw the palace maid who was taking care of her, and hurriedly asked, "Where is this?" ”

When she learned that this was the Tai Hospital, Hua Lian hurriedly asked Xiao Ye how he was doing.

After getting the palace maid's reply, Hua Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

She just felt a little itchy on her face, and then subconsciously touched her face with her hand, and after finding two scars, she said to the palace maid: "Please take a mirror for me." ”

The palace maid couldn't bear it and didn't want to give her the mirror.

Seeing this, Hua Lian had no choice but to say: "Can this kind of thing still deceive itself?" ”

The palace maid had no choice but to take out the mirror and give it to Hua Pian.

Hua Lian saw the two scars on her face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I have always wanted to say that if I didn't have this skin, how would I live, but I never thought that it would be fulfilled today." ”

The palace maid was relieved: "Sister, don't think about it, I heard the queen mother say that she intends to marry you to Master Cui." ”

"Lady Cui?" Hua Lian said suspiciously

"It's the Lord of the Sacrificial Wine, this time my sister has made a great contribution. rescued His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Majesty inherited his sister's kindness. has already asked King Qin to do this. ”

After hearing this, Hua Lian looked indifferent, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

After interrogating Zhong Kan's family, Wei Ran learned that Zhong Kan's mother was seriously ill and needed a lot of money.

A few days ago, Zhong Kan suddenly returned home with a lot of money and asked his wife to see his mother, and his wife asked about the origin of the money, but Zhong Kan was reluctant to say more.

Zhong Kan's wife was uneasy, and under all kinds of questioning, Zhong Kancai said: "If someone wants to enter Taicheng to have a look, they won't carry any weapons." Nor will it move around freely. ”

Zhong Kan felt that this matter was not impossible, and he couldn't set off a storm in Taicheng without weapons.

The confession of Sheng'an Commercial Bank is also the same, that is, a few days ago, Zhong Kan, the guard of the south gate of Taicheng, said that a relative wanted to enter Taicheng to have a look, followed the food delivery team into the city, and then followed the food delivery team out of the city together.

Although Sheng'an Commercial Bank had doubts, it did not doubt them. But as soon as the man entered Taicheng, he disappeared, and everyone should only go to find Zhong Kan.

Sheng An Trading House was also afraid that the vegetables would be thrown into the enemy, so they did not let the man approach the basket where the vegetables were delivered, only at the back.

As for Dengrongfang, Li Hu did owe five hundred taels of gambling money, but someone had already paid this account for Li Hu, so Dengrongfang didn't care about Li Hu.

But when asked who paid back the money for Li Hu, the shopkeeper only said that the person looked extraordinary, not like an ordinary person, and looked like a steward from a big family, and didn't say a word. The man came twice, the first time he asked who seemed the most daring among the debtors in the gambling house who was about to expire, and the second time he came to repay Li Hu's money.

The combination of various clues dispelled Wei Ran's suspicions about Dengrongfang. Dengrongfang is the industry of the Zhou family behind it, and this Zhou Pu is now the leader of the Southern Party, so he will not be so implicated in any stupidity.

Obviously, someone with a heart deliberately chose the gambling house of Dengrongfang, and after finding out here, he could lead the contradiction to Zhoupu

Then the whole plotter is either a certain vassal king, or the northern faction, or the hostile forces of Zhoupu.

There is another reason why Wei Ran does not suspect Zhou Pu, Zhou Pu knows that Wei Ran is acting perversely, and he is a little shameless, and he is caught by Wei Ran, and Wei Ran will not be reasonable at all.

As Wei Ran expected, Zhou Pu was furious in the mansion.

This is obviously someone deliberately planted the Zhou family, Zhou Pu was in a hurry in the house, Mrs. Zhou saw this and immediately said: "What is the master anxious about, there is no full evidence, can you still implicate the innocent like this?" ”

Zhou Pu suddenly scolded: "What do you know about a woman, do you need evidence for Wei Ran's work?" He said you were implicated in the case, and you better really be implicated in the case. ”

Mrs. Zhou was puzzled for a moment, and Zhou Pu said angrily: "If you are really implicated in this case, then you can be regarded as a well-deserved death." Otherwise, if he was manipulated by Wei Ran, he would really be blind. ”

"Our daughter is a concubine of the dynasty, how dare Wei Ran."

"What doesn't he dare, the concubine is a fart." Zhou Pu was also dizzy at this time, and said: "In Wei Ran's eyes, the noble concubine is no different from the drama on the Qinhuai River. Every time he entered the palace, whether he met our daughter or Kou Guifei, only the concubine stood aside and waited for Wei Ran to pass, Wei Ran never looked at them, and he didn't even bother to do the etiquette on the surface. Only in the face of His Majesty will Wei Ran put away his arrogance. ”

Mrs. Zhou knew that she was afraid at this time, and said in a panic: "What is the difference between this kind of behavior and rebellious ministers and thieves?" ”

"He is a chaotic minister and thief in your mouth, but in the eyes of His Majesty, he is a peerless soldier and a pillar of talent, and this must not be heard by outsiders, otherwise your and my whole family will die." After Zhou Pu finished speaking, he was about to leave the house in a hurry.

"Husband, where are you going?"

"Go to the Tingwei Mansion and quickly clear up the involvement, otherwise it will be a big disaster."

Wei Ran and Cui He and Yuan Muzhi were discussing this matter in the house at this moment.

Judging from all kinds of evidence, there are many suspects, and Cui He suggested that the portrait be drawn and searched one by one in the house.

After hearing this, Wei Ran waved his hand and said to Cui Huan: "The matter is big, so people must be panicking." This matter is categorically inseparable from the Heng family. ”

Yuan Muzhi was very curious when he heard this, and Wei Ran said: "This Zhong Kan is usually rare to meet people, and the person who can make him willing to do this is definitely not a person." Zhong Kanhan, the general of the Han Gate, has only intersected with the Heng family. ”

Wei Ran immediately said: "You two humanities and ink writers, naturally do not understand martial arts, Zhong Kan usually has no money left at home, it can be seen that he is also quite upright, Your Majesty is not only in the appointment of the Wang clan, the rest of the place can be called virtuous, and the person who chooses will not behave badly." Martial artists respect martial artists, and now the martial artists above the court are either under my account or under the Heng family's account. ”

"What King Qin said is indeed reasonable, but how can such a thing of chasing after the wind and shadows be done? How could the Heng family be convinced? Cui Huan reminded at this time.

"In the final analysis, it is not impossible to find out the cause, after all, as long as people appear, they will show flaws. However, the crown prince is not in serious trouble at present, and I have agreed with Your Majesty to take this opportunity to carry out the resignation. Wei Ran only showed his fangs at this time.

"The army is recuperating, and next year Heng Xuan will lead the Hengjia army and the alliance army of the vassal king to attack Wancheng."

Hearing Wei Ran's words, Yuan Muzhi was shocked, and hurriedly stood up and said, "No, such a hasty Northern Expedition will inevitably fail." ”

Cui He grabbed Yuan Muzhi and said, "Why is Muzhi in such a hurry, King Qin doesn't really want to go on a northern expedition." ”

Seeing that Yuan Muzhi was still puzzled, Cui Huan said at this time: "Framing this matter to Northern Qin is an excuse to do it." But Hengzhi and the vassal king must have refused in every way, and now that the Ming soldiers are strong and strong, Hengzhi and the vassal army will definitely use the excuse to let the Tianxiong army and the Huainan army under the command of the king of Qin be the main force. ”

Wei Ran nodded with satisfaction at this time: "That's right, but since this king has sent troops, how can Hengzhi and the vassal king not participate?" Everyone has to send troops to help me. At that time, I will have my own way of co-opting these soldiers. ”

"What if they don't want to send troops? For example, to guard the local area, strictly prevent thieves only?"

"Then we can begin to gradually implement our resignation and reduction. The two of you need to come up with a practical plan that minimizes the impact. Wei Ran sighed at this time: "Although I know that Dao Ge is inevitable, I don't want to waste my national strength because of this. ”