Late at night, Luoyang City is in the Mansion.

Shi Lingtian was wearing a single coat and sitting in the study, thinking about the words to write a letter.

The content of the recital is a case that has just been closed. This is a simple case of killing officials by people in the rivers and lakes, and the swordsman in Shaanzhou, Deng Liu, together with the Sancai knife Qin Bingluo, destroyed Gao Xingmanmen, the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture. After the incident, he also wrote on the screen of Gaofu: Murderer Deng Liu, Qin Bingluo, these big characters.

After Shi Lingtian rushed to Hanzhong, he went to the scene of the murder in person, and quickly deduced from the traces of the fight that it was indeed committed by the two people. So the imperial court laid a net of heaven and earth, and finally blocked Deng Liu and Qin Bingluo who wanted to flee to Sichuan in Fengxian County.

In the first battle of Fengxian, Shi Lingtian personally took action, and the two of them were defeated miserably and committed suicide, and the case was quickly closed.

It's just that although this case is simple, the motives of the two people to destroy Gao Xing Manmen made Shi Lingtian extremely angry.

It turned out that Hanzhong Mansion suffered a famine some time ago, and the victims were everywhere, and there were tens of thousands of people. Originally, the imperial court had allocated grain allocation. But before the grain truck arrived in Hanzhong, it was divided up and down by officials up and down.

As the prefect of Hanzhong, Gao Xing not only did not stop this madness, but instead acted as the organizer of the distribution of disaster relief food. For a time, various forces and magnates benefited from this relief food.

Shi Lingtian also found out that this Gao Xing also sent a large amount of disaster relief silver to the Qingcheng faction in Sichuanzhou, so that his youngest son could become a disciple of Yu Ruoshan, the head of the Qingcheng faction.

In this way, Gao Xing used the money and food of the imperial court to gain favors from all parties, so that it could be used as capital for future promotion. It's just that the people in the disaster area are suffering.

Deng Liu and Qin Bingluo, as martial arts people in Hanzhong, saw that the villagers were starving to death, and the relief food in the hands of the hungry people was actually some sorghum brown rice mixed with bellflower, and they were immediately angry.

There is a way to be angry and bleed five steps. Gao Xing's family was soon sent to the west by these two people.

In Shi Lingtian's view, this Gao Xing's death was completely self-inflicted. Countless starving people died of starvation under his rule, but if he could have been less greedy, he would not have died so miserably.

It's just that if Deng Liu and Qin Bingluo do such a heinous thing, even if the two of them have been punished, their families will be implicated, the men in the family will be tortured and exiled, and the women will not be admitted to the sect.

Shi Lingtian was grateful to these two righteous men who had violated the ban with martial arts, and wanted to protect their children. Therefore, he wrote this letter, explaining the facts of the case and exonerating the families of these two people.

But this kind of thing is thankless, these two people killed Gao Xing, and they offended too many related forces, once the content to exonerate them is inappropriate, and it will even have the opposite effect. Even Shi Ling Tian himself will be implicated.

Therefore, his letter is not easy to write, and it must not only point out the meaning, but also not affect other stakeholders.

Shi Lingtian thought about it for a long time, and finally reluctantly wrote it, but he didn't think that this letter would work. Those people in the imperial court will not care about the feelings of those hungry people, they will consider that the face of the imperial court has been provoked, and how they should be judged.

'This world....' Shi Lingtian sighed and put down his pen.

The Daping Dynasty succeeded the Southern Song Dynasty, and the capital was still in Lin'an. This dynasty was not a unified dynasty, and to the north there were six Mongol tribes split from the Great Yuan; In the northeast, there is the old enemy Dajin Kingdom; There is also a growing Dali in the south.

The Daping Dynasty is sandwiched in the middle, called Daping, but it is not flat at all, but very chaotic.

As far as Shi Lingtian is concerned, he is the chief catcher of the three states of Jin, Shaanxi and Henan. Natural disasters continue in Shaanxi, and the people are struggling to make a living; Although the people of Jinju did not rebel, bandits breeded, and the government was powerless to control them; Only Yuzhou is still a little bit like that.

Therefore, Shi Lingtian is said to be the chief catcher of the three states, but in fact, he can only control one state in Yuzhou.

However, just one Yuzhou, Shi Lingtian is also very difficult to manage, not to mention that there are big cities with many magnates such as Luoyang City and Kaifeng Mansion.

Taishan Beidou of martial arts like Shaolin Temple, and Shi Lingtian like Songshan Sword Sect can't be provoked.

For example, in the Longquan Villa in the south of Luoyang, Shi Lingtian had already discovered that Mrs. Huayin was bold and reckless, not only had interests with the giant thieves of Taihang Mountain, but also used this to transport pig iron and salt to Mobei through the ancient tea horse road. These are all things related to the national strength and people's livelihood, and they are things that the imperial court prohibits from trading with enemy countries.

They even sold a large number of women to Mobei to serve as female slaves of those barbarians through dart boards and cargo ships.

All this, Shi Lingtian has reported to the imperial court many times. However, it has never received the approval of a thorough investigation of Longquan Villa.

The situation is so difficult that Shi Lingtian sometimes wants to take off this layer of government and go to the heavens in person. However, his family has been an official for generations, and even if he has this intention, he only dares to think about it in his heart.

As soon as he thought of Longquan Villa, Shi Lingtian's thoughts suddenly drifted to Chen Ran's body.

Although this son is young, his strength is slightly better than himself, and what is even more strange is that he is a dual cultivator of Buddhism and Taoism, and I really don't know where his master is sacred.

And this young man has such strength, but he looks very elegant, without any anger and arrogance, which is a bit commendable.

Shi Lingtian thought silently in his heart, when Chen Ran came, he had vaguely reached some kind of agreement with him. Chen Ran is responsible for letting Mrs. Huayin subdue to the law, and he is responsible for helping Chen Ran get out.

I don't know if Chen Ran is going here, whether it is auspicious or evil, it is really worrying.

After thinking about it, Shi Lingtian shook his head and didn't think about it anymore. He blew the ink on the fold, then carefully folded it and placed it in a silk bag.

According to Shi Lingtian's officialdom experience, the part of this letter that exonerated Deng Liu and Qin Bingluo's family was actually useless. And he just did what he had to do and ask for peace of mind.

After doing this, Shi Lingtian yawned, and was about to practice a set of sword techniques and then go to bed, when suddenly someone outside the door whispered: "Master, Lord Zhentai suddenly came to the door at this moment to see the master." He looked in a hurry, and he didn't know what was going on. ”

Shi Lingtian's heart suddenly froze, nodded, and said, "Let Lord Zhao stay in the front hall later, and I'll go after changing my clothes." ”

"Yes." The subordinate immediately went to reply.

Shi Lingtian's tired mood was swept away, and he immediately began to dress. For Lord Zhentai to knock on the door late at night, something must have happened.

This Lord Zhentai's name is Zhao Rui, and his official position is the envoy of the Department of Procuratorial Envoys, and he is known as Lord Zhentai, and his official position is second only to the political envoy, and he is the second-in-command of Yuzhou, and the absolute official of the feudal territory.

The Department of Prosecutorial Affairs is in charge of the impeachment of a state's criminal names, and has both judicial and supervisory functions. The supreme commander is theoretically half of Shi Lingtian's superior. However, Shi Lingtian was actually under the direct jurisdiction of the Three Law Divisions, and was not under the direct command of Zhao Rui.

But even so, as a half-superior, Shi Lingtian still had to give him the respect he deserved. Besides, he personally visited the door.

Soon, Shi Lingtian dressed up in the official mansion and came to the front hall.

I saw that Zhao Rui didn't even sit down, but just paced slightly in the hall with a serious face.

Seeing Shi Lingtian coming, Zhao Rui stepped forward, hurriedly bowed his hand, and immediately said, "Brother Shi, something is wrong." ”

"Brother Zhao, what can I do for you." Shi Lingtian replied.

"The princess of Zhennan in Longmen Mountain was killed in the villa." Zhao Rui said in a low voice.

"Oh?"

Rao is Shi Ling Tian was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he also showed a surprised expression on his face at this moment.

To tell the truth, he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart at the moment, and he wanted to clap his hands. This Huayin lady was like a thorn stuck in his throat, and now someone had finally pulled it out.

Did Chen Ran do it?

How could it be so fast? From leaving Shifu, in less than a day, can there be such an action?

As far as Shi Lingtian knew, the Wumei Dao Elder of Wudang Mountain and the Tianchi Elder of the White Horse Temple all wanted to get rid of this tumor because they were not angry with Mrs. Huayin's actions.

Shi Lingtian thought that the martial arts of these two people might only be slightly weaker than himself, and if they were placed in the West Lake Sword Hall to set the grade, they might not be able to reach the second grade, but the third grade must be more than enough.

On the grade assessed by the Sword Hall, every time it is raised, it is a qualitative leap. As the saying goes, the level of officials crushes people to death, and the same is true for the grade of the Sword Hall.

Such two big masters joined forces, but they couldn't please them, and in the end they were killed by Mrs. Huayin. And Mrs. Huayin only lost two fourth-grade masters at that time.

Now Chen Ran is alone, although his kung fu is a little stronger, but after all, he is young, can he really kill with one hit?

If it was him, how did he do it? Could it be that he actually has some helpers?

And how did he resist the poison and the poison? Maybe it's because of some poison-repelling beads, or is it caused by a special internal force?

All of a sudden, Shi Lingtian had too many questions. He really wanted to find Chen Ran and ask him face to face.

Of course, he also wanted to be there in person and take a good look at the painful expression of a beast like Mrs. Huayin before death.

That must be interesting.

In any case, as soon as Mrs. Huayin dies, whether it is officialdom or rivers and lakes, there will be a big shock.

"Immediately send someone to Xiangshan first to protect the royal magnates there. It was only a river away from Longmen Mountain, and the death of Lady Huayin there might cause panic among these big people. Shi Lingtian instructed his subordinates.

Some of the people who lived in Xiangshan were royal nobles, and even if they were pretentious, they had to send people to calm their emotions. Otherwise, once the uneasiness in their hearts turned into anger, it would be more troublesome to play Zhao Rui and Shi Lingtian.

But I heard Zhao Rui say softly: "Don't worry about Lord Shi, my people have already gone to Xiangshan first, so it's important that we go to the scene of the crime first." ”

Shi Lingtian didn't say anything anymore, thinking that this Zhao Rui was really a slippery head. Obviously, he had already gotten the information in advance, but he had to pull himself to the scene with him.

Obviously, he wanted to throw this case to himself, so he could stay out of it.

However, this is not the time to shirk responsibility, Shi Lingtian did not hesitate, immediately summoned his subordinates, took a car with Zhao Rui, and set off for Longmen Mountain.

If it was really Chen Ran who did it, then the things he agreed on had already been done. Next, it's up to you to see if you can pick him out. Shi Lingtian thought secretly.