At midnight on February 15 at the beginning of 782, the future head of the family, Zi Chuanning, was attacked by a large number of unknown killers, and the entire manor was almost wiped out, with as many as one hundred and thirteen guards and servants killed.

For the February 15 incident, the chief Zichuan Sanxing was furious: just within the family's National Day, the heir of the family was almost wiped out, where does the majesty of the family exist?

Ouyang Chūn, the major commander of the Dìdū Zhi Department, was arrested on charges of "failing to maintain public order and dereliction of duty";

Qin Lu, the deputy commander of the zhōngyāng army, who was responsible for the defense of the city gate, was successively demoted by three levels, from the deputy commander all the way to the deputy banner;

Sterling, the commander of the Zhōngyāng army, was reprimanded and suspended from pay for one year, and placed on probation;

Goshan, the chief of staff who has a small number of rulers, was demoted to deputy commander and temporarily presided over the work of the logistics department as deputy commander;

Luo Minghai, the leader of the president, was also implicated: although he was not in charge of the law and order of Dìdū, the administrative department was under the control of Goshan, who in turn was the chief of staff he recommended -- he was ordered to be suspended from his post for three months for reflection and fined for one year (in fact, he was only closed for less than two days). Since Luo Minghai was punished and resigned, Zichuan Shenxing had to personally preside over the command office, but the affairs of the command office were really cumbersome...... Two days later, several Praetorian Guard officers arrested Luo Minghai from his home and took him to the governor's mansion, where he was scolded by Zichuan Shenxing, and finally ordered: "Tomorrow you will roll back for me!");

The Inspector General, who commanded the gendarmerie and was also responsible for maintaining law and order in the city, was ordered to be rewarded. In this incident, he personally led the team and arrived at the scene at an unexpectedly fast speed (when the command of the Zhibu Shao and the Zhōngyāng Army had just received the news: "Miss Zichuan Ning's house was attacked!", Di Lin had already brought a large number of military police to the scene), and killed and injured many people, and rescued His Royal Highness Zichuan Ning, the heir of the family. As a result, the brave superintendent and official banner Ben Gopura was promoted to the rank of red-clothed bannerman. As for Di Lin himself, because the post of Inspector General was really a very good minister, and he was not promoted again, Zichuan Sanxing gave him another reward: "The Supervision Office is responsible for investigating the truth of this attack and granting him the greatest authority." No matter who is involved in the case, we will investigate it to the end!"

For this generous gift from Zichuan Shenxing, Di Lin was so grateful that he almost didn't shed tears: This is a great stick! He held his sleeve and raised this stick to work. On the 18th of February alone, one hundred and twelve high-ranking officers were found to be involved in the attack in Dìdū, and all of them were arrested, and in the army, sixty-six high-ranking officers above the rank of deputy flag were found to be suspicious, and they were also purged.

Luo Minghai himself woke up and suddenly found that his henchmen had been eliminated.

The purge activities were not confined to the Dìdū area, but the supervision offices and military justice offices in various localities took action when they heard the wind and adopted thunderbolt measures.

"After investigation, you are suspected of participating in the '15 February' incident, please come back with us to assist in the investigation!" There is no more useful excuse than this, and for the sake of convenience, the military judges simply printed this sentence on the arraignment book, and sent a copy to anyone who did not like it.

Of course, those parties concerned will shout "wronged," and they will try their best to quibble that they have nothing to do with the "February 15" incident, and the evidence is that they are still in a remote province in 782, so how could they go to dìdū to kill people and set fires? The face was pale, and some even foamed at the mouth and fainted. Of course, this is even more of a thief's heart, and the evidence is ironclad.

According to the statistics of the Supervision Office at the end of that year, there were a total of 9,631 planners of the "1.15" incident, who were located in 56 provinces within the family's territory, and were between the ages of 16 and 60. So much so that Tang Chuan of later generations sighed: "From the reckless jungle all the way to the Gobi Desert, how did these nearly 10,000-mile yīn conspirators get together and plan?

For a while, the inspectorate rode out in all directions, bringing a lot of wailing and pleading everywhere they went. The whole dìdū was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror, and everyone was in danger. No one expected that the long-standing political struggle between Luo Minghai and Di Lin would end because of such an unexpected event. Di Lin won a big victory, and by the way, the entire Supervision Department followed suit. And Luo Minghai's faction was dealt a heavy blow, and the officials who stood on Luo Minghai's side were swept away, and the rest were either trembling and worried about their own flesh and skin, or hurriedly thinking about changing to the court.

For seven days in a row, Di Lin's house was full of guests, and the officials came and left in batches, almost lining up to express their allegiance to the chief inspector, and sent gold, treasures, and huge sums of money by the way, and even Luo Minghai's secretary Fang Qiuqi secretly ran over in the middle of the night to say that he had admired His Excellency Di Lin for a long time, but he had never had the opportunity to confess......

Di Lin smiled dumbly: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in men." ”

Fang Qiu was embarrassed. Seeing Di Lin's disapproving appearance, he gritted his teeth and told Sù Di Lin that he did not come empty-handed, although he did not bring money and treasures, but he brought another priceless "meeting gift".

"A priceless gift?" Di Lin raised his eyebrows: "What is it?"

Fang Qiu hesitated, his words became flickering, swallowing clouds and spitting mist, and the meaning hinted: "Someone has been stubborn, and he can't get along with our wise inspector who doesn't know whether he lives or dies, although your lordship is broad-minded and doesn't care about him in general, but we righteous people really can't stand it! As long as you give an order, we will ......" He made a vague movement at the neck and smiled: "This is to prove my loyalty to you, my lord!"

Di Lin's expression became solemn. He knew that a close person like Fang Qiu, who was close to Luo Minghai, would indeed have a lot of opportunities if he wanted to kill Luo Minghai. The situation has actually developed to such a point, as if he nodded his head, and the life of the biggest enemy was about to return to heaven, which Di Lin did not expect in advance.

But he just smiled faintly, and politely sent the overly clever flag book away, neither promising nor hinting, just saying: "We will contact more if there is something." ”

Fang Qiu comprehended: This is equivalent to asking himself to be Dilin's spy by Luo Minghai's side. It's just that he doesn't understand that Di Lin seems to be uninterested in killing Luo Minghai in his expression, why is this? Luo Minghai wants Di Lin's life wholeheartedly! Is there really such a saint in the world?

By the window, Di Lin smiled coldly as he watched the flag disappear into the path in the garden. He turned around and instructed Gopra: "This guy is extremely dangerous...... If you have the chance, you find an excuse to get rid of him. ”

Gopra immediately replied, "Yes!"

He hesitated for a moment: "My lord, do you think that rebels are unreliable? But don't you also accept the surrender of many officials such as Lei Bing and Du Qiu? Why can't you accept Fang Qiuqi's book? He is by Luo Minghai's side, according to the humble opinion of the lower officials, this person should be very useful to us. ”

Di Lin smiled slightly: "Although I hate rebels, it is human instinct to protect myself, in the officialdom struggle, when the backer falls, it is normal to go to the court, there is nothing to be ashamed of." But Fang Qiu is different, his purpose is not to protect himself, but to climb up regardless of it, and even do not hesitate to use the head of the benefactor who has been cultivating him as a step for his promotion, regardless of shame, regardless of life and death, unscrupulous means, this kind of person is the most dangerous. Eliminate him while he is not in the climate now, and we must not let him sit big!"

Gopra was impressed. Di Lin pondered, in fact, he didn't tell the real reason, in Fang Qiu Qiben's eyes, he saw great ambition. He was shocked, and his eyes were almost exactly the same as he had been ten years ago. At that moment, he made up his mind: he must not be given a chance to develop. In this world, there are too many one Dilin, and there is no room for two!

As for Luo Minghai, Di Lin knew in his heart: although Luo Minghai was bent on his own life, his existence was quite necessary for him. For a long time, there has been a state of equilibrium between the two. If he completely defeats Luo Minghai, the situation will evolve into a situation where he is alone. Di Lin is not stupid, he remembers how Zichuan Shenxing dealt with Brother Yingxing, who might be big, after Yang Minghua's death. Only by letting Luo Minghai stay and contain himself will Zichuan Shenxing be at ease with himself and will not be in such a hurry to destroy himself.

"One hundred and thirteen defenders were killed, and thirty-one Assassins were killed, and this is something that must not be ignored. Inspector Dilin instructed Gopra: "We must investigate thoroughly:"

While eradicating Luo Minghai's forces, in addition to dealing with the task of Zichuan Shenxing, he did have a great interest, and Di Lin made great efforts to find out the truth of the incident that night. However, although thirty-one assassins were killed that night, they did not even catch a single one alive, and they could not verify the identities of the assassins from their corpses. The events of that night were too complicated, misunderstandings and misunderstandings, coincidences and coincidences, and the cause and effect of the matter was like a ball of yarn that fell into the paste, too complicated. The various parties involved that night, whether it was the wind and frost, Di Lin, Zi Chuanxiu, or Zi Chuanning, no one could fully grasp the ins and outs of the whole incident. Everyone has only a part of the truth.

One of the parties, Zi Chuanning, stated it like this:

"On the night of February 15, I was suddenly woken up by Xiao Ying -- who is Xiao Ying? Oh, Xiao Ying is my maid. She told me that a large crowd of masked men had come in. We met a brigade of masked assassins at the back door, and Xiaoying was killed by them. ”

Zi Chuanning's statement is still clear at this point, but next: "The first masked man who came in killed Xiaoying and wanted to kill me, and the second masked man who came in saved me, he killed the third, fourth, and fifth masked man, and also injured the first masked man who killed Xiaoying." Then the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth masked men came up together and wounded the masked man who saved me, but the masked man who saved me cut off an arm of the masked man who killed Xiaoying, and he himself fainted. The masked man who killed Xiaoying's masked accomplice wanted to kill the masked man, but the masked man who killed Xiaoying was stopped by another masked man, and the masked man said no, and suddenly clicked on my acupoint and made me unable to move. Then came the masked men of the brigade, and then the masked men of the group fought with the masked men of the other team, and then the masked men of the team could not beat the masked men of this team, and then the masked men of the group ran away, and then the masked men of this team came up to my small building, and one of the masked men took away the masked man who was injured by the masked man who killed Xiaoying, and then they left again, and then came again......"

The investigator in charge of the recording groaned weakly, "And then there was another team of masked men?"

"No, then you came. Zi Chuan Ning opened a pair of big watery eyes and said innocently.

Regarding this transcript, Di Lin's evaluation is: "It can be called simple and clear. ”

He smiled and said, "It looks like Miss Ning is holding a masked party at home, and everyone takes turns to appear on the stage." "The subordinates are only submissive, such a shocking case, the Governor's Office has been urging in three days and two days, and His Excellency the Inspector General still has time to joke, this calmness is really difficult for people to reach.

Di Lin knew in his heart: the last group of masked men to arrive that night were actually his subordinates, and he had planned to secretly search Zi Chuanning's mansion, but he didn't expect to run into assassins. The situation was embarrassing, and if he revealed his identity, it would be difficult to explain it afterwards, so he simply ordered to fight the assassins with his face covered. As soon as the assassin retreated, he immediately went out for a spin, took off his mask and came back and said, "The Emperor Lin of the Weichen Supervision Office is late, please rest assured, the assassin has been repelled by us!"

He was secretly muttering in his heart: hundreds of guards and servants died, thirty-one assassins were killed, and the main master, Zi Chuanning, had poor martial arts, but his luck was really good, and he didn't lose a single hair. He sighed: The people of the Zichuan family are really evil! Could it be that there is really a force beyond human power in the dark to help Zichuan Ning save the day?

It was pitch black and boundless, and in the darkness there was a blood-red light, and everywhere there was hideous blood and mutilated corpses, those corpses were all fighting, countless swords and swords and shadows were surging towards them, and in the darkness, the ghost's eyes were shining like wolves, surrounding themselves layer after layer, gradually approaching......

"Ah!", Zichuan Xiu sat up, and the cold sweat on his body was already wet through his pajamas. There was a mess in my head, as if I had been trampled by a hundred thousand camels. In the blurred vision, a slender figure stood in front of him, a pair of warm hands pressing his shoulders with concern.

Zi Chuanxiu couldn't help but shout: "Big brother!"

"Are you awake, Ah Xiu?" Although Di Lin was still silent, Zi Chuan Xiu could see a flash of joy in his eyes: "How do you feel?"

"It's okay, it's just a little sore...... Zi Chuanxiu paused, and suddenly exclaimed: "Big brother, A-Ning is very dangerous, someone wants to kill her!"

"Six thousand Praetorian Guards protect Miss Ning, much safer than you. ”

Zi Chuanxiu's eyes widened: "She was hurt very badly?"

Di Lin pulled down his face in pain, looking at Zi Chuanxiu's frightened face, he snickered: "She lost a few hairs!

Seeing Zi Chuanxiu's relieved look, Di Lin smiled: "Thanks to you, when I led the team, A-Ning had already fainted, and a masked man was lying in front of her, but I didn't expect it to be you." ”

Zichuan Xiu also smiled, secretly rejoicing: Fortunately, it was Di Lin and no one else who arrived at the scene first. But he wondered: he had already passed out at that time, after he fell into a coma, before Di Lin arrived, why didn't the group of masked people poison Zi Chuanning and himself?

"Big brother, who are those masked men, and why did they poison Miss Ning?"

Di Lin looked up, "This is the question I want to ask you. ”

The two looked at each other. Di Lin sneered and inhaled the cold air: "It's troublesome, I thought you knew their identity." I said, Ah Xiu, you killed several of them, but you didn't even know their identities, it's too confusing, right?"

Zi Chuanxiu touched his head embarrassedly, and sneered: "Inspector Elder, you are responsible for the country's heavy responsibility, and it is your responsibility to safely guard you in the city, and you are unaware of such a large-scale assassination by the head of the family, you can't help but be a little ...... Hey, hey!"

"Don't do anything, learn the dirty words of the gang of hooligans of the Senate. Sue me, where have you died in the past two years?" Di Lin casually pulled over a chair and sat down at the head of Zi Chuanxiu's bed.

Zi Chuanxiu stuck out his tongue: "What, the chief inspector is going to review?"

"Yes, you kid will give me an honest explanation!" Di Lin grimaced, but his eyes were full of smiles. He was sincerely happy that Zichuan Xiu suddenly appeared after two years of disappearance. Zi Chuanxiu suddenly felt a little guilty: for his disappearance, Di Lin had been worried for two years, and he should actually find an opportunity to report to the two brothers.

"Big brother, I didn't take refuge in the demons. ”

Di Lin said lightly: "From beginning to end, I don't believe that you have taken refuge in the demon clan, and there are no beauties on their side. ”

Shikawa Xiu laughed heartily. I haven't seen him for two years, and Dilin's sense of humor has improved more and more. He has the talent to say those very funny things in a serious way, and it is not clear whether he is telling the truth or joking.

"Things have to start with the siege of Pai in 780......" Shikawa Shu was about to start his narrative when there was a soft knock at the door. Zichuan Xiu was taken aback, and reached for his waist to touch the weapon, but he grabbed it.

Di Lin smiled: "Don't be so nervous, it's absolutely safe here." --Oh, forget to tell you, your knife, I have already helped you get it back from the scene, and it is hanging next to the bed, but I can't find the scabbard no matter how I look for it. As he spoke, he stood up and opened the door, and Zichuan Xiu heard Sterling's voice: "Big brother, do you have something important to look for me?"

"yes, something. You come with me. Dilling let Sterling in and closed the door. Sterling walked into the room and saw Shikawa Xiu smiling evilly on the bed at first sight.

He exclaimed, "Second brother!" Looking back at Di Lin in disbelief, the latter smiled and nodded, as if to confirm: "Yes, this is our third brother, he is back!"

Sterling cheered, pounced and grabbed Zi Chuanxiu's shoulders tightly, as if he was afraid that Zi Chuanxiu would suddenly disappear out of thin air, and pinched it so tightly and so hard that Zi Chuanxiu felt a pain. But he didn't show it at all, smiling and backhanding around Sterling's shoulder, and the two brothers hugged tightly.

It is not too much to describe the surprise and excitement of Sterling when he saw the Zichuan show.

His most beloved younger brother, the brother who had been missing for two years and had no hope of survival in his imagination, he deeply regretted that he shouldn't have let Shikawa Xiu stay alone in Pai in the first place, thinking that that meeting was a farewell. Now that I finally saw him, after the initial shock had passed, Sterling's joy could no longer be suppressed, and tears were rolling in the hero's eyes: "I thought I would never see you again...... You're back, it's okay...... It's okay......" He said just a few words.

In Sterling's generous and warm embrace, Shikawa Xiu also burst into tears. Those trials of life and death, the dangers of nine deaths, the hardships of difficulty, the unknown grievances, and the loneliness of fighting alone and alone at night, at this moment, seem to flow quietly with tears.

"Well, the two big men cried as soon as they met, it was really ugly. Di Lin walked over and patted the two of them on the shoulder, but for some reason, he, who had always been regarded as a demon and a cold-blooded madman by the world, also had the same gleam in his eyes at this moment. He spoke: "Third brother, where have you been in the past two years? We have no news from you, and we are all worried. ”

Zichuan Xiu smiled slightly, he knew that the "worry" that Di Lin said was not just a worry about his life, but also contained another meaning: Have you betrayed?

Zichuan Xiu slowly explained the situation one by one, starting from breaking up with Sterling in Pai City, and when it came to him going to kill Lei Hong in disguise, Sterling and Dilling exclaimed at the same time:

"Oh!"

"Oh my God!"

No one could have imagined that the seemingly weak Zichuan Xiu would have such courage and courage!

Stirlingho stood up and walked up and down the room in excitement. He stood still and looked at Zi Chuan Xiu with blazing eyes: "Lei Hong is dead? This is great news! This has eliminated the biggest threat to the family! Third brother, you have done something very happy!" Lei Hong has served as a high-ranking officer of the Zichuan family for many years. Ever since learning that he was in the Demon Army, Stirling, who was in charge of all military affairs, had been worried about it: with Rayhon, he knew all about the weaknesses and flaws in the defense of the Valen Fortress. As soon as he died, the demon army immediately lost the stick to guide the way, which was equivalent to becoming blind, and the pressure from the east was greatly reduced.

"Ah Xiu, after you killed Lei Hong, how could the demons let you come out alive?"

Zichuan Xiu smiled: "After I killed Lei Hong, Prince Caton ordered me to be taken." But none of the demon masters had weapons on them at that time, so they caught me off guard. I killed dozens of them and kidnapped Princess Cardan of the demon clan to escape. ”

Stirling and Dilin took a long breath. Zi Chuanxiu said it lightly, but the two knew that the situation must have been extremely dangerous at that time. There are demon masters gathered inside, surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, Zi Chuanxiu alone killed and injured dozens of demon masters who are known for their toughness, and they can also kidnap the princess under the noses of many masters, this martial arts and courage are really difficult for people to reach.

Di Lin laughed: "Ah Xiu is Cardin's destined nemesis, right? Two years ago, she captured you once, and I saved you both by her." This time, she was kidnapped by you again and saved Ah Xiu again. This princess is really related to our Zichuan family!ah?hahaha!"

While Di Lin was not paying attention, Zi Chuanxiu glanced at Sterling quickly, and saw that when Cardin's name was mentioned, Sterling's face flashed with sadness and concern. Di Lin laughed loudly, and the two little brothers with ghosts in their hearts secretly glanced at each other, and also laughed, one laughed reluctantly, the other laughed bitterly, and even tears were about to flow out. At this time, whether it was Di Lin, Sterling, Zichuan Xiu, or the three heroes of the Zichuan family, they didn't know that in Di Lin's joke just now, there was some kind of real cruelty hidden.

"Ah Xiu, I have a question. Di Lin asked, "You said you killed Lei Hong, but is there any evidence? For example, the head of Lei Hong or the heads of those demon generals?"

Zi Chuanxiu spread his hands helplessly, with a bitter expression. At that time, the demon masters were around, and the situation was so tense that he almost couldn't even get out, where did he have time to take Lei Hong's head?

Di Lin frowned and continued to ask, "So, is there anyone who can prove this experience for you?"

Shikawa Xiu smiled wryly again.

"Well, that's a bit of a tricky question. Di Lin's expression was very solemn: "I believe every word that the third brother said, but the demon clan is very cunning, and has forged a false image to frame Ah Xiu, and the preconceived impression is very important, at this time, it doesn't matter how the truth of the facts is, what matters is how it looks." In such a situation where there is no evidence and no witnesses, how can we persuade the Command Office and the Chief of Staff to clear Ah Xiu's grievances!"

Sterling said slowly, "Big brother, what do you mean?"

"Ah Xiu can't make a public appearance yet. ”

For a moment, all three were silent. Zichuan Xiu understands: Di Lin is completely right, if you want to convince the Command Office and Zi Chuan Shenxing, it is far from enough to rely on your own testimony, especially since there is a Luo Minghai in the Command Office who is eyeing Di Lin.

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