After Jun Han and Li Er separated, he finished his personal affairs, and then came to a mansion and knocked on the door. When he entered, he said to the servant who opened the door, "Is the general there?" The servant nodded and said, "In the back hall." ”

The military and Han acquaintances were familiar with the road, passed through the courtyard and hall, and came to the back hall. He walked into the room and took a look, only to see Chu Shizheng sitting on an arhat bed, and a person sitting on a stool next to him, this person's name was Ren Hongbin, a school captain, and he was also one of Chu Shizheng's cronies.

The soldier stepped forward and saluted with his fists. Chu Shizheng nodded and said, "Yan Han, are you here?" Have a seat. Yan Han moved a horse stool and sat down next to him, looked at Chu Shizheng and said, "General, my subordinates have something to report to you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"There is a thief named Li Er, who found out about our digging tunnels." Yan Han said, "Today he came to me and used this as an excuse to extort bamboo from me and ask for three gold bars. ”

When Chu Shizheng heard this, his brows tightened, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "This person is a scourge, he must not stay, he must be eliminated immediately, otherwise it will ruin our big thing!" When Yan Han heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Yes, my subordinates understand." ”

Three days later, Li Er came to Bichi Garden as agreed. Located in the south of the city, Bichi Garden was built by a wealthy merchant. In order to benefit the neighbors, the wealthy merchants allowed the residents of the city to freely enter the gardens to enjoy and explore, similar to the parks of later generations.

After Li Er walked into Bichi Garden, he craned his neck and looked around, looking for the person he wanted to see. There are few people in the garden, and the people in the city are busy with their own livelihoods, and there are not many people who have time to play in the garden. He walked along the stone path for a while, and saw Yan Han standing on a covered bridge beckoning to him from a distance, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly walked over.

The bridge is built on top of a pond, and next to the head of the bridge is a hexagonal pavilion in which two people are playing chess. On the other side of the bridge, two people are fishing by the pond. Li Er saw that there were many people here, so he walked up to the bridge with confidence. He walked up to Yan Han and lowered his voice and said, "Did you bring something?" Yan Han nodded and said, "Bring it." With that, he put his hand into his arms. However, he touched it for a long time, and he didn't take out his hand, but his eyes fell on Li Er's back. Li Er didn't know what he was looking at, but when he looked back, he found that the two chess players had already walked out of the pavilion, stepped on the covered bridge, and were walking towards them.

Li Er was shocked, turned his head to look at the other side, and saw that the two anglers had already thrown away their fishing rods and walked over from the other end of the bridge with murderous faces. Li Er retracted his gaze and glared at Yan Han, with an angry face: "You-!" Yan Han didn't squeak, with a smug smile on his face. Li Er suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Yan Han's face fiercely. Yan Han screamed miserably, and hurriedly covered his face with his hands.

The thugs rushed up, and one of them put the rope that had been prepared around Li Er's neck and tightened it hard. As soon as Li Er was about to shout, his voice was suffocated in his throat. The thug went around the other end of the rope from the beam of the house, and pulled hard, and Li Er was hung up like a sack. His legs kicked in mid-air for a moment, and finally he didn't move. When the thug saw that Li Er was out of breath, he put him down.

Several people carried the body to the flat ground next to the pond and laid it down, and one guy pushed a board cart and retrieved a sack from the board cart. They packed the bodies in sacks, carried them to carts, and pressed several sacks on top of them, which were filled with worthless medicinal herbs.

Yan Han's face was scratched with several deep nail marks, which made him grin in pain. He covered his face with one hand, pointed at the two thugs with the other, and said, "You two, pull the body out of the city and find a place to bury it." The two agreed, pulled the cart and left, and Yan Han and the other two also retreated.

After the two guys pulled the cart out of Bichi Garden, they came to the south gate, and saw a long queue in front of the city gate, and the team was full of people waiting to leave the city. And there were a dozen city guards standing at the gates of the city, and they were carefully searching everyone who left the city.

The two guys were stunned, what was going on? Normally, the city gate is guarded by only one or two city guards, and people who leave the city are not searched, but how did the situation suddenly change today? A thug hurriedly asked a man next to him: "Why do you have to search when you go out of the city today?" The man glanced at him and said, "Last night the house of the Hongyuan in the city was robbed, and a lot of gold and silver treasures were stolen. Lord Changshi ordered that all those who left the city should be searched carefully to prevent thieves from taking the treasure out of the city. ”

The thug returned to his companion and whispered, "The city gate is so tight, if we go out of the city, we will definitely be discovered, so let's go back." The companion nodded and said, "Okay." After the two agreed, they pulled the cart and left.

At this time, it happened that a city guard came back from the thatched house and passed by. When he saw the two men pulling the cart and leaving the line waiting to leave the city, he felt a little strange, so he pointed with his hand and said, "Stop, what's the matter with you two?" When the two guys saw it, they were immediately frightened, thinking that they had been discovered, so they hurriedly dropped the cart and ran away, and disappeared after a while. The city guard felt strange and hurriedly called his companion. They took the goods down from the carts, and instead of the stolen gold and silver treasures, they found a dead body.

Li Zhiyun had nothing to do all day, except for taking Liu Yinglian and Yinggu to the streets, he just stayed in the post house, waiting for Zhang Zheng to bring him good news. However, several days passed, and Zhang Zheng did not bring him any good news.

"Lord Wang, Zhang Gui has not had close contact with anyone except for going to the yamen every day." Zhang Zhengyu reports.

Li Zhiyun frowned and thought silently. Zhang Zheng was an anxious man and said, "Otherwise, let's arrest him, and we will know if we interrogate him in the first trial?" Li Zhiyun shook his head and said, "No, it's not the time yet." There must be someone behind Zhang Gui, if we arrest him now, it will be easy to startle the snake......"

While the two were talking, Cai Hu walked in, hugged his fists and said, "Lord Wang, Huang Changshi sent a servant to say that a corpse was found at the city gate of the south gate. When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly turned his head to Zhang Zhengdao: "You find a few people immediately, let's go to the south gate together!" ”

Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and several guards and hurried to the south gate. When they got there, they saw that the gates were closed, and no one was allowed to go out of the city. A group of city guards surrounded the cart in the middle, and many people stood there from afar, pointing and talking.

Huang Renjie saw Li Zhiyun bringing someone over, so he hurriedly greeted him and led him to the side of the cart. The corpse was lying on the ground, and Huang Renjie said: "Lord Wang, the lower officials have found it out, the deceased's name is Li Er, and he is a thief who has been taught many times, and he was killed somehow." ”

Li Zhiyun walked to the corpse, squatted down, and examined it carefully. I saw Li Eryuan's eyes open, his tongue sticking out, and there were strangulation marks on his neck, obviously strangled by a rope. Huang Renjie squatted beside him and said, "After the lower officials found the corpse, they immediately ordered the four gates to be closed, and no one was allowed to leave the city. ”

Li Zhiyun listened, nodded approvingly, and said, "Huang Changshi, you did the right thing. After a pause, he asked again, "Did you find anything on the body?" ”

"Xiaguan asked people to search, but there was nothing except a few copper plates."

Li Zhiyun stretched out his hands, lifted Li Er's right arm, checked his hands, and found that there was bloody flesh between his fingernails, and the color of the blood was still bright red. He judged that these were likely left by Li Er's scratching of the murderer's face before he died.

Li Zhiyun stood up and said to Huang Renjie, who stood up with him: "Huang Changshi, immediately let your people search the whole city to find people with scratches on their faces." ”

"Yes!"

After Yan Han left Bichi Garden, he returned to the barracks. Then, he came to Chu Shizheng's camp and reported: "General, that Li Er has been disposed of. Chu Shizheng saw a few blood marks on his cheeks, so he asked, "What's wrong with your face?" Yan Han covered his face with his hands and scolded: "Damn, he bit me before he died." ”

At this time, Ren Hongbin walked in from outside. He saw the injury on Yan Han's face, and hurriedly said, "Yan Han, you will be discovered." I had just returned from the street and heard that a corpse had been found at the gate of the city, and that the king of Chu had ordered the whole city to arrest the person whose face was scratched, and that the person was the murderer. ”

When Chu Shizheng heard this, he turned to Yan Han and glared, "What the hell is going on?" Yan Han was at a loss: "I don't know!" I had two of my men pull the body out of the city and bury it, maybe those two guys messed things up! ”

Chu Shizheng calmed down, pondered for a moment, and said, "You can't show your face again, otherwise you are likely to be caught by them, and you must leave here immediately." Ren Hongbin shook his head and said, "He can't go, the four doors are closed." Yan Han was frightened when he heard this, and looked at Chu Shizheng with a blank eye: "Will... General, what should I do? ”

"What's the panic?" Chu Shizheng glared at him without concealment, "I'll find you a place, hide first, and wait for this limelight to come." ”