Li Zhishan, the commander of the inner guards, was shocked when he learned that the Qixia Pavilion of Concubine Ling's dormitory was on fire, and hurriedly brought his henchman Zhao Ying to the scene.

At this time, a maid named Caiping walked out of Yuchen Palace with a solemn look. Li Zhishan and Zhao Ying saw each other and hurriedly stepped forward.

Caiping sued Li Zhishan and Zhao Ying, Concubine Ling's mood has stabilized now, please don't worry.

Li Zhishan lowered his head and lowered his eyes and said, "It's okay for Niangniang to be fine." The annoying girl asked the mother what else she had to say; At the same time, please ask the girl to say goodbye to Concubine Lingniang on behalf of Weichen, tonight's incident was purely accidental, but it was Weichen's fault that made Niangniang frightened. ”

Caiping answered and returned to the palace.

After a while, he turned around and said, "Niangniang asked the slave maid to tell Commander Li that he doesn't have to blame himself for tonight's incident, but only needs to send more people in the future and take strict precautions." The mother is tired, she has rested, please lead Li to take care of herself. ”

Li Zhishan said yes. After Caiping left, Li Zhishan arranged for Zhao Ying to take someone to carefully inspect the situation in Qixia Pavilion.

At this time, the fire has been basically extinguished, and the magnificent Qixia Pavilion is now almost in ruins.

Li Zhishan ordered his men to search through the ruins little by little, hoping to find some clues in order to further understand the identity of the assassin.

Two bodies were also found in the rubble. One of these two corpses should be Yuan Chao's, and the other is an assassin's, but at this time they have been burned beyond recognition, and they are so miserable that they cannot be identified.

Looking blankly at the two bodies that had almost been burned to charcoal in the ruins, Li Zhishan only felt a chill instantly hit his heart from the soles of his feet.

Back at his residence, Li Zhishan paced back and forth in his room, thinking about what happened tonight repeatedly, and he was only puzzled in his heart: "Where did these two assassins come from, are they the remnants of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department?" ”

He instructed Zhao Ying, "Immediately mobilize manpower to strengthen the vigilance in the palace, and don't let similar things happen again." ”

Zhao Ying said yes again and again.

"Again," they stopped, their deep eyes flashing, "arrange more people to pick up Zhou Shan, and let him come here to see me as soon as he returns!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey." ……

Approaching the fifth watch, Zhou Shan finally came back step by step in the anxious waiting of everyone, with a face full of lost souls.

Li Zhishan looked him up and down with a bit of inquiry.

I saw that the clothes on Zhou Shan's body were crumpled and broken, and there were blood stains; The hair was draped loosely over the shoulders, looking a little messy; pale and haggard, with a listless description; His eyes were also dim and misty, flowing with exhaustion and decadence that could not be concealed.

Looking at his embarrassed and miserable appearance, Li Zhishan was a little more aware of the result of tonight's arrest, and couldn't help but pull the corners of his lips, and said coldly: "Why did you come back so late, the assassin you chased?" ”

Zhou Shan's eyelids drooped slightly, and his voice was hoarse: "That assassin is too cunning, his subordinates fought with him for most of the night, but he still let him escape......

Li Zhishan reprimanded: "There is nothing to do! ”

The depths of Zhou Shan's dark eyes were chaotic; He only responded with a whisper, and did not speak.

Li Zhishan glanced at him again and said, "By the way, why is there something wrong with your voice, is it injured?" ”

Zhou Shan looked depressed, and sighed: "When Fang Cai's subordinates were chasing the assassin, they accidentally hit him with some kind of poisonous gas, and they also inhaled some in their throats, and now they only feel very stinging, very uncomfortable, cough cough ......" The more he spoke, the more sad he became, and he couldn't help coughing violently.

"Actually, you can't be blamed for tonight's incident, because you've done your best." Seeing his painful appearance, Li Zhishan couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"By the way," he said, changing the subject, "do you know where the two Assassins came from, and what their purpose was in breaking into the palace at night?" ”

Zhou Shan frowned a little helplessly, shook his head and said, "This ...... The subordinates are not very clear. Tonight, his subordinates and Lord Yuan were on duty at night, and when they passed by Qixia Pavilion, they heard that the movement inside was wrong, so they went inside to watch.

"Seeing that the two assassins intended to kidnap the Lingfei Niangniang and plot against them, his subordinates and Lord Yuan fought hard with them, and although they killed one of the assassins, Lord Yuan also died in the line of duty......" At this point, his voice trembled and he couldn't go on.

Li Zhishan subconsciously rubbed his somewhat sore temples with his hands, as if he was talking to Zhou Shan, and as if he was talking to himself: "Could it be that he is from the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department again?" Ever since Lu Wenzheng was in prison, his subordinates have dreamed of standing up for him—by the way, what is the physical characteristics of the assassin you are chasing? ”

Zhou Shan said: "The night is too dark, the man is masked, and his subordinates don't see it clearly......"

Li Zhishan scolded "waste", and then contemplated with his eyebrows: "Although it is far away tonight, I still have a glimpse of it - I see that person is athletic, his whereabouts are strange, and he is extremely difficult, could it be Ling Yun?" ”

"Isn't it?" Zhou Shan's heart throbbed unconsciously, and blurted out: "Ling Yun's subordinates have seen it a few times before, although that assassin is masked, according to his subordinates, no matter how his body shape and demeanor are, he doesn't look like him!" Hey, by the way, Commander Li, do you think these two thieves tonight will be organized by the Heavenly Owls? ”

Li Zhishan snorted and said: "People's dogs can watch the door, but our dogs bite chickens!" ”

Zhou Shan's face was stunned and he didn't speak.

Li Zhishan's eyes were as deep as a cold night, and he said quietly: "There must be evidence for everything, and you can't speculate out of thin air." If the Holy Lord asks about this tomorrow, you only say that the assassin is a remnant of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, and you don't have to worry about the rest, can you remember? ”

Zhou Shan was confused, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to answer vaguely.

Coming out of Li Zhishan, the sky was already dark, and the pale cyan sky was still inlaid with a few remnant stars.

Zhou Shan vigilantly paid attention to the movements around him, and made sure that there was no one around, and Fang gently knocked on the door knocker of Yuchen Palace.

Concubine Ling listened to the report of the embroidered chrysanthemum and hurriedly invited. Zhou Shan flashed into the courtyard, and Xiu Jufu closed the courtyard door again.

Zhou Shan entered the inner palace and bowed his hand respectfully to the concubine on the brocade couch.

Concubine Ling's eyelashes trembled slightly, her watery gaze stared at his deep and clear eyes without blinking, and she lowered her voice and said, "Is it really you, Brother Ling?" ”

"Zhou Shan" said in a deep voice: "It's me." ”

It turned out that this Zhou Shan was dressed up by Ling Yun Yi Qiao. When the palace guards were about to arrive, Ling Yun was in a hurry and came up with this method of transferring flowers and trees to make sense of reality.

He and Du Zhenghai picked off the clothes on Zhou Shan's corpse, and reversed Ling Yun's clothes; Then let Mo Shuiling's master and servant go out of Qixia Pavilion, and then the two of them set fire to Qixia Pavilion's curtain tent tables and chairs, causing signs of fire in Qixia Pavilion.

After that, Du Zhenghai and Ling Yun left Qixia Pavilion one after another, and bluffed out of the palace in the pursuit of fake battles.

At that time, although Ling Yun did not change his appearance, his clothes were all Zhou Shan's clothes.

And among Yuan Chao and Zhou Shan, he is relatively similar to Zhou Shan; The night is dark, far away, who can see clearly and distinguish the truth in the hazy panic?

After Ling Yun and Du Zhenghai left the palace, they hurriedly returned to the Divine Doctor Villa. At that time, Sai Zhongjing and Lian Nanchun were anxiously waiting for news from the two.

Famous doctors from generation to generation, especially Sai Zhongjing, not only have excellent medical skills, but also have extremely high attainments in the art of disguise.

So under Sai Zhongjing's superb disguise technique, Ling Yun's originally handsome and dustless face turned into Zhou Shan's dark and unattractive appearance, and it was vivid and breathtaking.

However, there is still a thorny problem that needs to be solved, that is, Ling Yun and Zhou Shan's voices are far apart.

In fact, before Ling Yun went to the palace, everyone discussed this issue as a topic.

Sai Zhongjing and Lian Nanchun are both experts in medicine, and after some deliberation, they asked Ling Yun to take a drug that can make people's voices hoarse and even change the tone of their voices, called "Nine Turns Magical Yiyin Dan".

Of course, this drug must also be supplemented by profound internal strength.

In other words, after Ling Yun took this medicine, he also needed to rely on his profound internal skills and compress the vocal cords to change his voice.

Therefore, when he was talking to Li Zhishan, he used internal force to compress his vocal cords, making his voice hoarse and low.

And Zhou Shan is just a small person in the palace, Li Zhishan didn't care about him before, and Ling Yun finally passed Li Zhishan on the grounds that he was poisoned by the enemy and injured his throat......

At this time, Concubine Ling was surprised and delighted when she saw Ling Yun, and said in a trembling voice: "Everything is still going well, right?" ”

Ling Yun nodded slightly.

Concubine Ling was relieved, a layer of misty water rippled in her rippling eyes, and she raised her head and sighed softly: "That's good......"

The dawn of dawn gently lifts the veil of night, giving off a dazzling light. The sunlight was filtered by the layers of royal gardens, listlessly spread to the mottled ground of the trees, turning into a faint round and gently swaying halo, a piece of misery and shattering.

Ling Yun came out of the Yuchen Palace and returned to Zhou Shan's residence.

Regarding the general situation of Zhou Shan, Concubine Fang had already told him as much as she knew in Yuchen Palace, so from now on, he was Zhou Shan in the full sense of the word, and his every move, word and deed was also Zhou Shan's.

He must be careful and careful in everything, and not make a mistake; Otherwise, if you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game.

He sat in front of a few cases, Yu Yu's eyes silently stared at the flickering candlelight on the several cases, thinking about what happened last night, thinking about what happened last night, thinking about the words that Li Zhishan had just reprimanded him in the study, and couldn't help frowning.

As for tonight's incident, everything has not yet been clarified, so Li Zhishan indiscriminately put all the responsibility on the heads of the people of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, and he also said that kind of thing, which shows even more that this Li Zhishan is by no means a good type.

From this, he remembered that a few days ago in the prison, Li Zhishan's subordinates Yuan Chao, Zhou Shan, and Shen Hai conspired, poisoning the tea and arson in the prison, doing everything they could, and they were bound to kill him quickly;

remembered that time when Li Ruiyun hijacked him into the city to get the dragon and phoenix jade talisman and met Li Zhishan at the gate of the city, Li Zhishan's indifferent and alienated reaction when he saw that he was blatantly hijacked, and further determined Li Zhishan's wolf ambition.

"If the Emperor asks me about the assassins last night, how should I answer? Is it according to Li Zhishan's meaning, or is it ......"