Zhao Changlin listened to Li Zhiyun's words, and after pondering for a while, he said: "This case is confusing, intertwined, and the officials are stupid, how dare you speculate?" Li Zhiyun listened, nodded, stood up and said, "Okay, I'm sorry to disturb Zhao Tingshi, this king has resigned." ”

The next day, Li Zhiyun was bored at the King of Chu Inn, so he asked Liu Yinglian to take her out for a walk. They left the inn with a few guards and headed straight for the south of the city. Li Zhiyun heard Wang Xianling say that there is a Taiyi Palace in the south of the city, which was built in the Han Dynasty and has a history of several hundred years, but it is worth visiting.

After inquiring, several people found Taiyi Palace. Taiyi Palace, in fact, is a shrine dedicated to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Taiyi, also known as Taiyi and Taiyi, is another name for the Emperor of Heaven, and there is a cloud in the "Historical Records": "Taiyi, the noble god of heaven". Qu Yuan's Chu Ci "Nine Songs" also has a piece of "Donghuang Taiyi", which ranks very high in China's immortal genealogy, but the incense is not very vigorous, and it is not as good as the general stove god, the city god, and the gods such as Erlang God and Zigu God that are popular in the world today. The so-called county officials are not as good as the current management, and this is roughly the case.

When everyone walked into the gate, it was deserted, and there was only one Taoist priest cleaning the courtyard in the courtyard. The scale of this Taoist temple is really not small, the temple is heavy, there are more than a dozen large and small buildings, the main hall is as high as four or five zhang, just a few pillars exposed outside are thicker than two people hugging together, but the temple is in disrepair, showing signs of dilapidation everywhere.

A few people walked into the main hall, and the statue of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi was high in the hall, although it was a little dilapidated, but it was generally complete, but there were three strands of beard under a rich round face, but this appearance was reflected in the same mold as other statues that Li Zhiyun had seen.

Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian stood in front of the incense case, and each of them stepped forward to salute a stick of incense, and then knelt on the futon to salute. After worshipping the immortals, Li Zhiyun pulled Liu Yinglian to the back. They went out of the main hall, turned the corridor, and came to the side courtyard. Although this Taoist temple is hundreds of years old, there are no antiquities, but the stone paintings of the Han Dynasty on the walls are still worth seeing.

Han stone portrait began at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which is a stone decorative painting carved by people in the Han Dynasty on tombs, ancestral halls, Taoist temples, tombs and other buildings, and is also a special stone decorative mural with a distinct theme.

There are several stone portraits on the walls of the side courtyard. Li Zhiyun took a look, there is a "car and wine making map", showing the two kinds of labor of making wheels and making wine, the wheel maker is repairing the wheel teeth, and a woman behind him carries a baby on her back and hands him parts, indicating that this is a family workshop. In the same scene, another brewer stands in front of the vat with his legs crossed, as if tasting the taste of a new sake, which is a necessary workshop in the market.

There is also a "Picture of a Betting Cockfight", which is two feet high and four feet long. Cockfighting, which was popular as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was both a kind of entertainment and a place to gamble. In the Han Dynasty, cockfighting and dog fighting were also popular. "Hanshu: Food and Goods" said: "The children of the family are rich, or fighting cocks, dogs and horses, hunting and playing, and chaotic people." "The picture shows two gamblers fighting cocks, each armed with a weapon and an attendant, with gold as a bet.

After Li Zhiyun took Liu Yinglian to tour several side halls, he left Taiyi Palace and went back to the inn.

At night, Li Zhiyun was practicing calligraphy in the guest room, and Zhang Zheng broke in like a gust of wind and reported: "Lord Wang, the other party has crashed into the net." When Li Zhiyun heard this, he put the rabbit pen on the pen holder, stood up and said, "Okay, let's go immediately!" He walked to the hanger, took off his sword and put it on, and then went out of the guest room with Zhang Zheng.

As soon as the two walked to the foyer, they happened to meet Liu Hong's father and daughter who came back from a walk outside. Liu Hong saw that he was in a hurry, so he said, "It's so late, where are you going?" Li Zhiyun stopped and said: "Lord Liu, the truth of the Lou family's bloody case will be revealed tonight, are you interested in going and watching it together?" When Liu Hong heard this, he said, "Okay, I want to see who did it." Liu Yinglian on the side hurriedly said: "I'm going too." Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "Okay." ”

When several people came to the courtyard, Zhang Zheng had already gathered more than a dozen guards, some of whom were still holding torches. Li Zhiyun rode on the horse, Liu Hong's father and daughter took the carriage, and the group left the King of Chu Inn and came to the north gate. Zhang Zheng took out the token of the Chu Wangfu and ordered the soldiers on duty to open the city gate. After everyone left the city, they went straight to Qiuhong Courtyard.

When he arrived at the gate of the other courtyard, Li Zhiyun turned over and dismounted, and Wang Xianling greeted him and arched his hand: "Lord Wang, we have blocked that person inside." Li Zhiyun nodded and glanced around, there were people and torches everywhere around the Qiuhong Courtyard, and the officials and guards had already surrounded the entire mansion.

Liu Hong got out of the carriage and walked over. He looked at the house in front of him and said, "What is this place?" Li Zhiyun did not answer directly, but said: "The mastermind behind the Lou family tragedy and the gold and silver treasures he robbed are all hidden inside. ”

"So, why don't we go in yet?"

"Wait a minute, there's still no one yet."

As he was talking, Cai Hu next to him pointed with his hand and said, "They are here." Everyone turned their heads and saw a group of people coming up on the avenue. When the people and horses came, Sang Xianhe, who was riding a horse, turned over and dismounted, and Juniper also got off the carriage. The two of them walked up to Li Zhiyun and saluted him, Sang Xianhe said, "Lord Wang, it's so late, what is the important matter for you to call us to this wilderness?" Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "Please come over and watch a good show." ”

"What's the show?"

"You'll find out later." Li Zhiyun said, turned to Wang Hao and said, "Wang County Order, let's start." ”

Wang Hao nodded, waved to the officials gathered next to him, and said, "Quick, smash the gate open!" The officials immediately stepped forward, slammed open the gate with all their might, and then rushed in. In the courtyard, the guards blocked behind the gate were either knocked to the ground or scattered in all directions. Li Zhiyun made a gesture and said, "Lord Liu, General Sang, Du Beijia, please." ”

Everyone followed Li Zhiyun into the gate, through the courtyard, and into the hall. The hall was spacious, with many servants and guards standing in their hands, their lanterns and torches illuminating the room as if it were daylight. He was greeted by a short, stocky man in his thirties in a silk shirt. Although he looked nervous, he pretended to be calm and arched his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are fighting with open fire and trespassing into people's houses, I don't know what you want? Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "You're a housekeeper, right?" Invite your master out! ”

"Adult, the little one doesn't understand what you mean."

"Why, do you want this king to send someone to invite?"

"No need." With a familiar voice, a figure walked through the darkness. When the man walked into the bright light, Sang Xianhe took a closer look, couldn't help but be taken aback, and shouted, "Zhao Tingshi, why are you?" ”

Li Zhiyun smiled: "General Sang, let this king tell you, he is the master of this Qiuhong Courtyard." Sang Xianhe was surprised: "Lord Wang, when did Zhao Tingshi have this courtyard?" How could the last general not know? ”

"That's because this annex was originally the private property of the former county guard of the Sui Dynasty." Li Zhiyun said, "Our Lord Zhao has it in his pocket. ”

"No," Zhao Changlin retorted, "It's true that this annex is the private property of the former county guard, but the official didn't take it as his own, it is still under the name of the state government, and the official only occasionally comes to live for a few days." ”

Li Zhiyun waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this for the time being, let's talk about the Lou family's bloody case first." When Zhao Changlin heard this, he stopped in a panic: "What Lou family bloody case?" What does this have to do with tonight? Don't go too far. At this moment, Zhang Zheng walked over, hugged his fists and said, "Lord Wang, the stolen goods have been found." ”

"Move here."

"Yes."

Zhang Zheng waved his hand, dozens of guards brought ten large boxes from the back hall, neatly placed in the middle of the room, Zhang Zheng opened the lid of the box one by one, only to see that the box was full of gold, silver and jewelry, shining in the firelight, dazzling. The crowd gathered around the box, amazed and amazed. Sang Xianhe shouted loudly: "Lord Wang, where did you get so much gold and silver treasures? ”

Li Zhiyun smiled and said, "This is the property of the Lou family that was robbed, and our Zhao Tingshi is the mastermind behind the Lou family's bloody case." He instructed Lu Sifang, Sun Fen and Diao Dagui and other three regimental soldiers to sneak into the Lou Mansion late at night, cooperate with the Lou family's maidservant Liu Guli, and steal the Lou family's treasures, but unexpectedly alarmed the owner of the Lou family. In order to extinguish the mouth, they brutally killed the nine members of the Lou family. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes fell on Zhao Tingshi's face. A layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhao Changlin's back, and he hurriedly denied it: "King Chu, you are talking nonsense!" You say that I am the mastermind behind the Lou family's bloody case, what evidence do you have? I think you're making something out of nothing. I would like to ask, what are you doing in Pizhou this time? You say it's a private matter, but what is it? I'm afraid it's not that simple, right? I'm afraid you've already been eyeing the Lou family's wealth, right? ”

Seeing that the crime was exposed, Zhao Changlin was naturally unwilling to be captured, and began to defend against the attack, pulling Li Zhiyun and trying to muddy the waters. Sure enough, his words confused Sang Xianhe and Juniper, and their eyes fell on Li Zhiyun's face.

Li Zhiyun had long expected that Zhao Changlin would not admit his guilt easily, and would inevitably deny and quibble in every possible way. He confidently said: "You are right, this king came to Pizhou this time, and he did come to find the building clerk, but this king came to talk to him about business." However, just two days before the king arrived in Pizhou, the whole family outside the building staff had been killed, and everyone knew about it. Zhao Changlin sneered and said: "You are the prince, and your magic power is boundless, do you know that you didn't send someone to sneak into Pizhou first, kill people and rob money, and then blame others?" ”

Zhang Zheng saw Zhao Changlin so eloquently, and opened his mouth, he couldn't help but be angry, and glared: "Bold fanatic, you have committed such a big crime, you have obtained all the stolen goods, and you have not confessed honestly, but you are like a mad dog climbing and biting indiscriminately, believe it or not, Lao Tzu stomped on you with a knife?" ”