The carriage shook slightly, and Li Xuan closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage, thinking about the connection between the Tianyin Sect and Du Chun, as well as gunpowder.

If it was really Du Chun, then what was the progress of his Tianyin Sect on gunpowder?

How far is it from black powder?

At this moment, He Yiqiu's voice sounded across from him: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan suddenly remembered a Xing murder case that happened in Chang'an in the early years!"

Li Xuan opened his eyes and looked at He Yiqiu with doubts in his eyes: "Brother He, please speak, it seems that Brother He has a lot of worries after seeing that puppet."

"Yes!" He Qiu bowed very solemnly, and said with heavy eyes: "I'm not afraid of the prince's jokes, it was still a strange case encountered by the lower officials in the third year of Xianqing, a puppet murder case."

"Three years of celebration?" Li Xuan was a little surprised, and said in a low voice: "If the younger brother is not mistaken, Brother He is a Jinshi in the fourth year of Xianqing, and in the third year of Xianqing, in that year, Brother He is still a tribute, right?"

He Yiqiu nodded with a rather solemn face: "Xiaguan studied in the fifth year of the Guozijian that year, and he knew the second classic, and it was the second time he asked for a priest to go to the prison and participate in the imperial examination.

After talking about his situation a little, He Yiqiu said with a serious face: "There was a Gongsheng from Shezhou, who was bold and upright, and knew martial arts, and his servant was sick for a long time and could not be treated. As soon as they met, the Taoist priest explained his intentions, and immediately said that his servant would be fine, but he would be plagued by blood."

"Brother He knows that the younger brother, although he is at home, he has also entered the Tao and practiced, and ninety percent of the things in this world have their ingenuity, or they know the origin of their identity in advance, or they judge the origin through a pair of sharp eyes, look at their clothes, words and deeds, and use vague and ambiguous words to deceive people."

After a pause, Li Xuan said, "There may not be dragons and crouching tigers in Chang'an City, and there are Taoist masters who play games, but since Brother He has mentioned the criminal case, it must not be a matter of Taoist masters playing games."

"Yes, Na Gongsheng was frightened by the Taoist priest back then, and immediately asked him to make a hexagram, and the Taoist priest did a little hexagram, and then said: "The hexagram shows that you will die in three days." He Qiu sneered disdainfully, and then said, "That Taoist priest said that there is a way to resolve it, but it takes ten taels of gold to get it."

Li Xuan did not bluntly say that the Taoist priest was a liar, but said slowly: "Although the Taoist sect is beneficial to the world, it is not to save people in vain, Buddhism talks about cause and effect, Taoism talks about merit, "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note" said: Tao sets life to reward good, and death to deter evil. Do good, and the way will follow; If you do evil, you will do harm. "Taishang Induction Chapter" also said: There is no way for good and evil, only people call themselves. The retribution of good and evil follows you like a shadow. If the tribute is done to the deepest evil, Hugh will say ten taels, and a hundred taels will not be used; If it's a light punishment, it's another thing."

"Too merciful." He bowed his hand respectfully, and then said, "That Gongsheng has no shame in his heart, and he thinks that he has a destiny in life and death, and that wealth is in the sky, so he got up and left. When he returned, he told the people about it, and they immediately advised him to break his fortune and avoid disaster, but Nagongsheng resolutely refused."

"The heart is selfless, the world is wide, and it will be difficult to settle if there is a ghost in the heart." Li Xuan nodded, and then waited for He Yiqiu to continue.

"Three days later, at night, Gong Sheng was alone in the house, holding a long sword, he didn't dare to close his eyes for a moment, and after a watch in the night, suddenly, the window automatically opened a small crack, and a slap size man carried a spear, and he got in, and after jumping to the ground, he suddenly changed like an ordinary person, and a spear stabbed at Gong Sheng, Gong Sheng immediately blocked it with a horizontal sword, and the man saw that Gong Sheng was prepared, and immediately retreated, Gong Sheng chased after a step, and cut the man in half with a sword.

In an instant, the man became a paper figure, and at that moment, the window rang again."

Li Xuan listened calmly, why did he want to tell the story at a good level.

Although Li Xuan didn't know what he wanted to say, he had been listening calmly.

"Something came in through the crack in the window again, and before the thing could hit the ground, Gong Sheng swung it with a sword and cut it in two, and it looked like a clay puppet." He Yiqiu's expression finally became nervous, and he said with heavy breathing: "At this moment, outside the house, there was a sudden sound of heavy breathing, and then the house shook violently, as if someone wanted to push the wall, Gongsheng did not hesitate, immediately opened the door and jumped out, and saw it

A stone puppet the size of a house."

Li Xuan's face became solemn at the same time, from pieces of paper to clay puppets to stone puppets, is this still a normal world?

"Although the stone puppet is tall, but the body is not as flexible as the scholar, after a fierce battle, the scholar turned to the back, a sword stabbed the stone puppet in the ankle, the stone puppet immediately knelt on the ground, Gongsheng another sword, slashed under its ribs, the stone puppet immediately fell to the ground, motionless." Why did he say this, he looked at Li Xuan with deep meaning.

Li Xuan nodded slightly: "Then what, did the Taoist priest catch it?"

"Nope." He Yiqiu shook his head with a heavy face, and said: "The next day, Na Gongsheng told his friends about the matter, and a group of people went to find the fortune teller, but as soon as the fortune teller saw everyone, he suddenly disappeared in a flash, some people said that it was a trick, blocking the excuse, and found the black dog bloody, and a bloody figure suddenly flashed, and everyone was so frightened that they immediately threw a bunch of swords and stones over, and the figure immediately fell to the ground, and everyone stepped forward to see that the person was dead."

"And then!" Li Xuan's fists suddenly clenched, and he looked at He Yiqiu with a solemn face.

"As soon as everyone saw the killing, they immediately reported to the official, but when the arrest in Chang'an County came, they found that the figure suddenly turned into a pool of blood, and there was no longer any appearance, and there was even no body." He Yiqiu sighed with emotion: "Everyone thought that they were going to get into a life lawsuit, but in the end, after an investigation in Chang'an County, the case was hastily settled on the grounds that the facts of the case were unclear."

"Brother He has been calling Na Gongsheng, for Na Gongsheng, why is there no name." After a pause, Li Xuan asked, "Could it be that that one time, that Gongsheng didn't fail to pass the Jinshi exam?"

"It's not that I didn't get into the Jinshi, but after that day, that Gongsheng never appeared again." He suddenly said the most terrible part of this case, he stared at Li Xuan: "In the three years since then, there have been many murders in Shezhou, and some traces can be found at the beginning, but later there are no traces at all."

"It was that Gongsheng, what did he get from that Taoist priest, and then decisively gave up participating in the imperial examination and fled back to his hometown." Li Xuan's face finally showed a look of shock, what could make a tribute to the imperial examination give up his imminent fame and wealth, and even give up his identity and flee back to his hometown in Shezhou alone.

Wait, no......

"That tribute student, his identity is fake, right, there is no one among the people who participated in the tribute, or rather, he came in the place of someone, am I right?" Li Xuan stared at what he wanted.

"Yes, but whoever comes to participate in the tribute, the local state and county, as well as the officials, must double-check their identity, a state, at most three or five people, how can they not find out their identity, not to mention, he also has companions and friends, no matter what, he should not know who he is."

He Yiqiu said with a very heavy face: "At that time, when the imperial examination was near, everyone was focused on themselves, and there was no time to take care of others, who knows, he climbed up to which nobleman, and no one saw the corpse, three or five days later, the imperial examination came, everyone did not see him at this time, they all felt strange, but the time was tight and there was no time to take care of him, and after the imperial examination, he had not seen anyone, and even asked the examination room, no one appeared, and everyone was just about to report to the official, but suddenly ......."

He Yiqiu's face showed a look of incredulity, and then he said, "Suddenly the people could not remember his name, and the inn where he lived did not have his registered name, and his servants, and his salutes, were gone, and even in the room where he lived, there was a man who had nothing to do. Everyone finally went to the ministry to inquire, and only then did they learn that none of the people who applied for the imperial examination were absent from the examination, and a few people from Shezhou were all in power, and there was no other person among them."

"That Gongsheng is here for that Taoist priest." Li Xuan sighed deeply, he had already seen through the secret behind this.

In this case, the only one who really died, the only one who died, was the Taoist priest.

Nagongsheng appears in the form of a prey, but in the end it shows the fangs of a hunter.

"Or that is the puppet technique of the organ, and after that, there have been frequent assassinations of officials in many places, and it has not gradually subsided until recent years, however, just a month ago, similar assassination cases happened again, that is, the assassination of Wuzhou Assassination History, and the assassination of Wuzhou Sect by Tianyin Sect."