Half an hour later, Lu Jin walked into the lobby with a thin man in his thirties, he already knew Li Zhen's identity in advance, knelt down and saluted: "The villain Zhang Wei knocked to see Commander Li." ”

"Are you the state government's servant?" asked Li Zhen with a smile.

"The villain is actually the work of the county government, and the state government is Lao Liu and Lao Hong, both of whom were poisoned by corpses last year and are dead. ”

"The work of the county government?"

Li Zhen frowned, he seemed to think of something, and immediately asked, "How many autopsies are there in that case?"

"At that time, there were a total of three servants who went in for an autopsy, but in fact there were four people, it was summer, Lao Zhao was not in good health, and he couldn't stand the smell of the corpse inside, so he asked me to go in for him to conduct an autopsy. ”

"That old Zhao, is he still there?"

He returned to his hometown in Xiangzhou, and then there was no news. ”

"Then who else knows that you went in for an autopsy?" Li Zhen continued to ask.

"And our county lieutenant knows, and he repeatedly told me not to speak out. ”

At this time, Li Zhen had already understood that the three post-mortem officials had actually been wiped out, and this Zhang Wei was a puppet in the county and was temporarily replaced, so he didn't know about it and survived by luck, which also confirmed his guess that the case was tampered with by the state government, but the county government secretly kept this puppet, perhaps to keep a piece of evidence, and it is more likely that the state and county governments secretly disagreed.

"Then you tell me, what do you see?"

He kowtowed and said, "Commander Qiqi, although I have been doing it for 20 years, the situation at that time was very terrible to me, and it was very hot, and there were twenty corpses piled up in the cellar, which was simply ......."

Before he finished speaking, Di Yan covered his mouth and ran out, and Li Zhen also stopped him, "Don't describe it, let me ask you, are the dead young and strong?"

"They are all extremely strong people, looking at their hands, the calluses on the tiger's mouth are very thick, they should all be people who practice martial arts. ”

"That's not right."

Zhao Qiuniang heard something strange, so she asked: "Didn't you say that the dead were all disfigured and had no limbs?

He sighed and said: "The disfigurement is real, but the severed limbs are not so severe, I heard that the final report is that all the limbs are broken, but what we see is that the left arm is all cut off, and the other right hands and feet are intact." ”

Li Zhen and Zhao Qiuniang glanced at each other, and they both understood a little, I am afraid that this was the state government deliberately cut off all the hands and feet in order to hide people's eyes, indicating that Yang Tingshi had found out something, and he wanted to hide this secret.

"What's the deal with that bronze medal?"

"That was Lao Liu's last appearance, when we moved the body to bury, a bronze medal fell from the mouth of a deceased, because we were illiterate, so we handed it in, and then I heard Lao Liu say that someone recognized the words on it, called Xingtang Hui. ”

Li Zhen took out the bronze medal of the Xingtang Society and handed it to him, "It's the same as this bronze medal."

He looked at it carefully and nodded repeatedly, "It's exactly the same as it, and it's also engraved with a sword." ”

Li Zhen asked for some other information, and then asked Lu Jin to take the bronze medal down, Zhao Qiuniang took the bronze medal and looked at it and said with a smile: "Does the commander think that the bronze medal was deliberately placed in the mouth of the corpse, or is it indeed genuine?"

"If it's deliberately on the spot, it shouldn't be put in your mouth, it's easy to overlook, and I think the bronze medal is very likely to be real. ”

Li Zhen sneered: "If I'm not mistaken, either the twenty dead are from the Xingtang Society, or the murderer who killed them is from the Xingtang Society, I think Yang Tingshi should have guessed the details of this group of people." ”

Zhao Qiuniang thought for a while and said: "The key is the severed limbs, in fact, it is to cover up the left arm, I estimate what logo is engraved on the left arm, so that people can see it at a glance." ”

At this time, Li Zhen was thinking about another thing, since the Xingtang Society is likely to really exist, will Li Xian know?

At this moment, an internal guard warrior reported to the court, "Commander Qiqi, there is a female Taoist priest outside the mansion, she said that her surname is Xie, and the commander knows her." ”

Li Zhen and Zhao Qiuniang immediately reacted, this should be Xie Ying, Li Zhen hurriedly greeted him, only to see Xie Ying standing outside the gate of the mansion with one of his subordinates, looking at him with a smile.

How could Xie Ying know where they were stationed, Li Zhen also knew in his heart that Lu Jin had written a report to himself, and the report contained the address of this mansion, and he later forwarded the report to Shangguan Wan'er.

However, Li Zhen didn't expect that Shangguan Wan'er had sent Xie Ying to Fangzhou again, what was this for? Li Zhen was really puzzled in his heart.

"Aunt Xie, don't come unharmed?"

"Thank you for the relationship, I'm fine, Commander Li only arrived today, right?" Xie Ying asked with a smile.

"I just arrived at noon. ”

At this time, Li Zhen suddenly recognized the entourage behind Xie Ying, although this person was wearing makeup, his eyebrows and eyes still made Li Zhen feel very familiar, it turned out to be Li Chongrun, Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, "Why are you?"

Li Chongrun smiled bitterly and saluted: "The shape is critical, please forgive Commander Li for taking the liberty of coming."

"Let's go in first"

Li Zhen invited the two of them into the mansion and came to the inner hall, at this time Di Yan also returned to the lobby, and was talking to Zhao Qiuniang about something, when they saw Xie Ying and Li Chongrun coming in, both of them stood up.

"It turns out that Miss Di is also here. ”

Xie Ying smiled at Di Yan and nodded, looked at Zhao Qiuniang again, and said lightly: "Qiuniang, we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

"Yes, I hope we can forget about the unpleasant things of the past for a while. ”

"To each other"

The two women withdrew the hostility in their eyes, and both became very cold, ignoring each other.

Li Zhen felt that the two of them seemed to have a vendetta, but now was not the time to settle accounts, so he invited everyone to sit down, and said to Li Chongrun: "What is the urgent matter for the eldest son?"

"Don't hide it from Commander Li, there was a big incident in the palace a few days ago, and one of Wu Sansi's undercover agents escaped. ”

Li Chongrun told Li Zhen in detail about Jiang Enxin's escape, and Li Zhen suddenly said urgently: "Since you know that this person is Wu Sansi's undercover agent, why don't you get rid of him immediately, he actually ran away, this will be a bad thing." ”

Li Chongrun sighed, "It's my mother who didn't see the shape clearly, and wanted to use him to spread false news, but I didn't expect him to suddenly escape at noon the day before yesterday, and now that the matter has been born, it's too late to regret it, and I'm willing to ask Commander Li to help us." ”

Xie Ying next to him also persuaded: "At that time, we gave the information to the eldest prince in Luoyang, and we didn't expect that the situation would change suddenly in a few days, otherwise we would also build the eldest son to get rid of Jiang Enxin immediately, everyone is responsible for this matter, and Commander Li should not pursue it anymore." ”

Although Jiang Enxin's escape brought them great passivity, but the matter had already happened, there was no point in being annoyed, he restrained the dissatisfaction in his heart, forced himself to calm down, and asked: "What is this Jiang Enxin doing in the palace, I mean, what important information may he have?"

Li Chongrun said hesitantly: "This person is a eunuch with strong martial arts, and he has always been responsible for protecting my father's safety, and we don't know what information he took away, and my father refuses to tell my mother." ”

"Then let me ask you again, did you recruit samurai among the victims last year?"

"It seems that there is such a thing, it was done by my two cousins, Wei Bo and Wei Song, who sued me and recruited more than 100 people. ”

Li Zhen only felt that his head was big for a while, Xingtang Society, undercover spies, private placement warriors, what has King Luling been doing all these years?

Li Chongrun said very apologetically: "I don't think the private placement warrior is very strict, after all, those people are not in Fangzhou, and the Wei brothers have also followed my advice and have temporarily left Fangling, even if the other party wants to investigate, there is no way to start, and now the most worried is Jiang Enxin, in case he is found by someone who comes to Junchen or Wu Sansi, then it will be a big trouble." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a long time, and said to Zhao Qiuniang: "Please ask Captain Zhao to do his best to find the foothold of Lai Junchen." ”

"Let's go here"

Zhao Qiuniang got up and gave a salute and walked out quickly, Xie Ying also smiled and said, "Do you need me to do something?" I brought eight masters of Shangqing Building, and they can also help the commander. ”

"Xie Daogu might as well investigate in Fangling County, how many forces have entered Fangling County, I suspect that Princess Taiping and Wu Sansi's people have been dispatched. ”

Xie Ying nodded, "I'll arrange my subordinates." ”

At this time, Li Zhen said to Li Chongrun again: "I want to talk to Ling Zun, it's best to avoid Ling Tang, can you arrange it?"

Li Chongrun thought for a while and said, "I will accompany my father to Xiao'en Temple early tomorrow morning to pray for the blessing of the Son of Heaven, or I will meet at Xiao'en Temple." ”

In the early morning of the next day, a carriage drove out of the palace of Luling under the strict protection of more than a dozen guards, and headed towards the Xiao'en Temple in the south of the city.

Although Fangzhou was already turbulent at this time, Li Xian seemed to be unaware, his daily life was very simple, that is, he spent his time in prayer and chanting, even the new female guard, he didn't ask a word, and he looked obedient.

Xiao'en Temple is located ten miles outside the south of the city, very close to Baishui Town, it is a temple built for Li Xian five years ago, the temple is not big, covers an area of only more than ten acres, lives a host and more than 20 monks.

The temple is usually not open to the common people, and is completely worshiped by the Luling Palace, of course, the dignitaries and nobles of Fangzhou also often come here to offer incense, and occasionally they will meet Li Xian by accident.

Li Xian's carriage slowly stopped in front of the temple, and the temple presiding master, Master Hongfu, was already waiting at the temple gate, he greeted him, and said with a smile: "The prince came here so early, it's hard work." ”

Master Hongfu is over seventy years old, tall, his eyes are very sharp, he looks like he was also a martial artist when he was young, he can see that Li Xian trusts him very much, he clasped his palms in return and saluted, and said with a slight smile: "Today is still the same as usual, I and the Master and I pray for the blessing of the Holy Sutra." ”

"No problem, please enter the temple"

Li Xian lifted his robe and walked towards the temple, at this time, Master Hongfu glanced back at Li Chongrun, slowed down and whispered to him: "Childe's guests are already waiting in your room. ”

Li Chongrun understood, stepped forward and whispered a few words to his father, Li Xian was stunned, "Why do you see me here?"

"Father, the shape is very bad, it is a matter of father's safety, it is better to meet him first, the child is willing to vouch for him. ”

Li Xian glared at his son, "If your mother knows about this matter, she will have to clean you up."

Having said that, Li Xian still agreed to his son's arrangement, and he turned back to the guards and said, "You wait outside, and the Su guards and the eldest son can accompany the king." ”

The guards were waiting for the guards, and Li Xian followed Master Hongfu to the backyard quickly, and walked into a small courtyard, only to see a young man meditating and pacing in the courtyard, Li Chongrun hurriedly introduced to his father, "Father, he is the commander of the internal guard, Li Commander." ”

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