Outside Jishanfang, where Gaofu is located, is a riverside forest belt about ten miles long, passing through the woods more than 400 steps wide, in front of which is the swarthy, hundreds of zhang wide Luoshui, and you can vaguely see the tall and majestic imperial city wall on the other side of Luoshui.

Two miles to the east of Luoshui is the Tianjin Bridge, and further west is a vast military camp, where the army has built a water gate in the river with giant logs, and soldiers patrol back and forth on the water village to prevent ships of unknown origin from entering the city from Luoshui.

Li Zhen rushed through the woods, he had heard Di Yan's shouts and sword collision from a distance, he became more and more anxious, and rushed out of the woods in one breath, only to see that on the rocky beach on the bank of the Luoshui River, Di Yan was wielding a sword and fighting fiercely with a man in black.

Li Zhen recognized the man in black at a glance, it was Lan Zhenyu who they wanted to arrest, he was the source of the poison in the poison scripture case, and only by catching him could Di Renjie be proven innocent.

Lan Zhenyu's left shoulder was severely injured, his left arm was weak, and he could no longer use poisonous crossbow arrows, so he could only swing his sword with one hand and fight fiercely with Di Yan.

Lan Zhenyu's swordsmanship was much higher than Di Yan's, but because he was caught in the trap, although he took the self-made antidote, the toxicity still did not disappear, and the severe abdominal pain put him at a disadvantage in the fierce battle with Di Yan, and he was gradually exhausted.

At this time, the abdominal toxicity began to work again, Lan Zhenyu was sweating profusely in pain, and at a glance, he saw Li Zhen who was running.

Lan Zhenyu was in a hurry, and tried his best to slash several swords in a row, forcing Di Yan to retreat a few steps, he turned around and ran wildly, jumping into the swarthy Luoshui.

Di Yan was shocked, rushed forward in a few steps, but stabbed the air with a sword, and watched Lan Zhenyu disappear into the river, so anxious that she stomped her feet.

Li Zhen finally arrived, and Di Yan was full of resentment on Li Zhen, "It's all your fault! I'm about to catch him, and you scared him away as soon as you came, you say, what should I do now?"

Li Zhen stood on the riverbank, silently looking at the river, and his heart was also full of chagrin, whether he had seized Lan Zhenyu's great opportunity today, or was he escaped.

At this moment, Lai Junchen led more than 20 people to chase to the river, and not far away, Yu Pinlong also came with more than a dozen subordinates, they all thought that Lan Zhenyu was very likely to escape from Luoshui, but they were still one step too late, and Lan Zhenyu had already disappeared into the water.

Lai Junchen was very annoyed in his heart, now there were only three days left before the deadline given to him by the Holy Lord, if he couldn't catch Lan Zhenyu, how could he explain to the Holy Lord?

Lai Junchen's eyes glanced at Li Zhen and fell on Li Zhen, only to feel that this person was a little familiar, he suddenly became suspicious, so he stepped forward and asked, "May I ask this son's name?"

Li Zhen had dealt with Lai Junchen when he was pretending to be a jailer in Dali Temple, and now it was night, and he had changed his clothes again, and Lai Junchen didn't recognize him.

Li Zhen arched his hand and said unhurriedly: "Li Zhen in Xiadunhuang, what do you have to teach in Zhongcheng?"

"You are Li Zhen!"

Lai Junchen was taken aback, he learned about the relics case from Lan Zhenning, and knew that this Li Zhen had a deep relationship with the relics case and was the key figure in the relics case.

He looked Li Zhen up and down, and saw Di Yan next to him, but he recognized her, and secretly wondered in his heart, it turned out that Li Zhen was a member of Di Renjie's family, who said that Di Renjie was not involved in this case?

Lai Junchen looked at Li Zhen with gloomy eyes, and said with a dry smile: "This official is ordered to handle the case, can you ask Li Gongzi to come with me." ”

Di Yan walked in front of Li Zhen and said to Lai Junchen: "Come to Junchen, don't move the holy decree out at every turn, Li Gongzi is a tribute student in Shazhou, and he is about to participate in the military department, his family background is innocent, and the government has no criminal record, why did you take him away?"

Lai Junchen laughed yinyin, "Who did I say, it turned out to be Miss Di, it seems that you have a good relationship with this Li Zhen! This official has already found out that Li Zhen is related to the poison scripture case, could it be that your father is really involved in the poison scripture case, otherwise how would the daughter of the Di family know him?"

Di Yan thought that her father was tortured and beaten by Lai Junchen, and her body was incomplete, she hated it in her heart, gritted her teeth and scolded: "You are a mad dog that bites people indiscriminately, one day, those who have been mutilated by you will definitely cut you with a thousand knives!"

Lai Junchen was furious, and shouted the order, "Come on, take this Li Zhen away!"

Dozens of people swarmed up and surrounded Li Zhen, Li Zhen could have jumped into Luoshui and left, but he was not worried about Di Yan, and restrained the urge to jump into the water to escape, he slowly pulled out his sword and whispered to Di Yan: "Ah Yan, you go first, I will deal with these doglegs." ”

Di Yan shook his head firmly, "If I leave, you will definitely die!"

Lai Junchen became more and more angry, pulled out his sword and shouted: "Both of you are arrested, give me a hand!"

At this moment, Gao Lishi and his family arrived in a hurry, and when he saw the crisis, he hurriedly shouted, "Stop!"

Lai Junchen knew Gao Lishi and knew that he was Gao Yanfu's adopted son, and Gao Yanfu was the saint's henchman eunuch, so he didn't dare to make a mistake, put the sword back into the sheath, and asked with a smile: "Why is Gao Gongzi here?"

Gao Lishi pointed at Li Zhen, "Li Gongzi is my father's honored guest, and now he is a guest in Gao Fuzhong, why did he want to arrest him when he came to Zhongcheng?"

Lai Junchen was taken aback, how could Li Zhen have anything to do with Gao Yanfu? He suddenly realized that he was a little reckless, Di Renjie He was not afraid, but he couldn't afford to offend Gao Yanfu.

He hurriedly gave his subordinates a look, and more than a dozen of his subordinates put their swords back into their sheaths and retreated.

Only then did Lai Junchen smile and said to Gao Lishi: "Gao Gongzi may not know that he is being ordered to arrest the suspect Lan Zhenyu, but now this Li Gongzi seems to know Lan Zhenyu, so I want to ask him to assist in handling the case, and I have no other intentions." ”

Gao Lishi shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with me if you want to handle the case, but Li Gongzi is my father's honored guest, and if you want to take him away when you come to Zhongcheng, you should at least say hello to my father first?"

Li Zhen secretly admired Gao Lishi's ability to speak, worthy of being a later eunuch, and he could grasp the key points at a young age.

Li Zhen didn't want Gao Yanfu to be involved in this case, so he walked out and said to Lai Junchen: "Don't hide it from Zhongcheng, I am also entrusted by the Di family to find out the truth of the drug scripture case."

I have already seen that Lan Zhenyu is the key person, it can be said that our goal is the same, it is better for us to cooperate for the time being, catch Lan Zhenyu together, come to Zhongcheng can make a difference, and I can also clear the grievances of Di Xiangguo, what do you think?"

Lai Junchen is an extremely smart person, he knows that Li Zhen is only involved in the relics case, and has nothing to do with the poison scripture case, and this person is very entangled with Lan Zhenyu, and he has more hope of catching Lan Zhenyu than himself.

What's more, Lai Junchen only has three days left, and if he can't catch Lan Zhenyu again, he won't be able to hand over to the saint.

Lai Junchen secretly thought in his heart, "It's better to give Gao Yanfu a face first, use Li Zhen to catch Lan Zhenyu, and then clean him up." ’

Thinking of this, he pretended to be happy and said: "If Li Gongzi had said it earlier, there would have been no misunderstanding, then it would be a word, and we will cooperate this time." ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly: "A word is a certainty!"

Lai Junchen arched his hand to Gao Lishi, "It was a little misunderstanding just now, don't take it to heart Gao Gongzi, and leave first." ”

He waved his hand, "Let's go!"

More than 20 subordinates followed him and left, and when Lai Junchen passed by Yu Pinlong, he sneered, "Brother Pinlong, don't you want to fish in troubled waters?"

He threw up his head and laughed dryly, turned on his horse, and urged the horse away.

Yu Pinlong felt embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say, he hesitated for a moment, and then led his family to leave, leaving only Li Zhen and others on the riverside.

At this time, Di Yan asked anxiously in her heart, "Brother Li, where are we going to find Lan Zhenyu?"

"I don't know, but he should be hiding somewhere to heal, he will have to recuperate from the sword wound on his shoulder for at least a month, it seems that he has been poisoned, I will ask a friend to inquire! ”

Gao Lishi smiled beside him: "Brother Li, Miss Yan, it's late at night, let's go back to the house to rest first! ”

Li Zhen was grateful to Gao Lishi for saving him in time, and he stepped forward to salute Gao Lishi and said, "Thanks to Gongzi's rescue today, otherwise I will have to suffer." ”

Gao Lishi waved his hand a little embarrassedly, "Hey! It's a trivial matter, it's not enough to worry about, let's go home with me first!"

Li Zhen and Di Yan nodded, and the two followed Gao Lishi back to Gaofu

Early the next morning, Li Zhen and Di Yan broke up, Di Yan first went back to Di Mansion to discuss countermeasures with his brother, Li Zhen entered the imperial city, and spent money to ask a guard to help him find Zhang Xi.

Li Zhen had to hurriedly return to Nanshi and found Zhang Xi at Wangchun Tea House.

"Brother Xian, it's been a long time. ”

Zhang Xi was as bold as ever, and when he saw Li Zhen, he patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically and smiled: "A few days ago, I asked people to go to the wine shop to find you, and your eldest sister said that you went to Liangzhou, when did you come back?"

"Don't hide it from Brother Zhang, I didn't go to Liangzhou, I was injured, I was recuperating outside the city, and I only came back the day before yesterday. ”

"Hurt!"

Zhang Xi was startled, hurriedly pulled him into the back room, and asked solemnly, "Why are you injured?"

He suddenly reacted, "Could it be that Dali Temple was attacked last time?"

Li Zhen nodded, "That night, they came to assassinate Di Xiangguo, and I was unfortunately shot with a poisoned arrow, and it took me seven days to recover." ”

"Hey, I've already advised you, this kind of power struggle in the court is very cruel, why should you get involved?"

"There are some things I can't help myself, Brother Zhang, let's not talk about this, I want to ask you for another favor. ”

"You say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you!"

Li Zhen thought for a while and said: "Di Xiangguo's case has reached a critical moment, we have a key witness, named Lan Zhenyu, he escaped from the Wei Palace, he escaped from the Wei Palace, he had a sword wound on his body, and he was poisoned, he should be hiding somewhere in Luoyang to heal his injuries, I know that Brother Zhang is well-connected, can you help me find this person?"

Zhang Xi smiled bitterly, how big Luoyang is, how can he find it?

But he didn't refuse, so he nodded and said: "I will mobilize all my friends to help inquire and try my best to help you, and you can go to find Qiu Niang again, she is very good at detoxification, maybe she will help you." ”

Zhang Xi didn't mention it, Li Zhen forgot one thing, he heard Di Yan faintly mention Qiu Niang yesterday, and in the end, it was Zhao Qiu Niang's medicine that detoxified him, and he hadn't gone to thank people in person.

Li Zhen felt sorry in his heart, and hurriedly got up and said, "Then please Brother Zhang, I'll go to find Sister Qiu Niang." ”

Zhang Xi sent him to the outhouse, Li Zhen remembered something again, and asked, "Is Brother Zhang familiar with Yu Pinlong?"

"That little white face!"

Zhang Xi sneered disdainfully: "He is one of Wei Tuan'er's two lovers, his swordsmanship is fancy and he looks very good, but it's a pity that his mind is a little worse, relying on Wei Tuan'er's support, a little lieutenant can be powerful, what do you ask him to do?"

"He's also looking for Lan Zhenyu!"

Zhang Xi was secretly taken aback, hurriedly pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "I want to remind you that this fish dragon is not to worry about, but Wei Tuan'er behind him is a powerful character, ruthless and powerful, don't provoke her." ”

"I have nothing to do with him, I'm reminding my eldest brother to be careful. ”

Zhang Xi smiled, "I'm the head snake, I'm more slippery than anyone else in this kind of thing, you don't have to worry." ”

Li Zhen said goodbye and left, he was not in a hurry to find Zhao Qiuniang, but went to the eldest sister's wine shop first, he had just walked halfway, but he heard someone behind him calling him, "Li Zhen, Li Gongzi!"

Li Zhen turned around and saw a young man running forward, smiling and saluting him, "Son, please stay!"

Li Zhen had never seen this person, so he smiled puzzled and asked, "Do we know each other?"

"I'm just bringing a letter, someone is waiting for you, and it has something to do with Lan Zhenyu's whereabouts. ”

The visitor handed him a piece of plain paper, bowed and left

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!