Li Guangshun's back house covers an area of about 30 acres, including a lake of about 20 acres, a delicate and elegant building is located around the lake, including listening to the rain pavilion, Mianxue Building, Xianyin Fang, Wangqiu Pavilion and other buildings, there are not many people who usually live here, in addition to Li Guangshun's more than a dozen wives and concubines, there are more than 20 maids and maids.

But now that Li Guangshun's wife, daughter, and maid have gone to the villa to escape the summer, the entire back house looks deserted, all the doors are locked, the windows are closed, and there is no one in sight.

At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps in the distance, and I saw Yu Mingzheng sneakily walking towards Mianxue Tower, and at this time, it had only been an hour since Li Guangshun's family left, and Yu Ming was a little impatient.

Mianxue Building is where Li Guangshun's inner study is located, and it is also the most * place of Li Guangshun, generally no one is allowed to enter at will, and Yu Ming has never entered, but today Li Guangshun is gone, and the back house has become Yu Ming's world, he can go wherever he wants, and no one can stop him.

Yu Ming quickly stepped into the courtyard, and soon touched the window of the inner study, the door had been hung with a copper lock, but the window was very weak, Yu Ming took out a sharp dagger, inserted it along the edge of the window, and gently pried it, only to hear the sound of 'click', the window was pried open by him, and he jumped into the study.

Li Guangshun's inner study is very clean and tidy, the layout is also very simple, in the middle is a large table, the table is empty, next to a small box, there is a squatting beast bronze incense burner in the corner, against the wall is a row of bookshelves, placed a scroll of silk books, a small lattice is placed in a few famous porcelain antiques.

Yu Ming picked up a pair of porcelain, his eyes showed greed, he had heard people say, this pair of Yue porcelain blue bottles is extremely valuable, it is five thousand yuan, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, temporarily put the green bottle back, and ran to the table, staring at the small copper box three feet square, he heard his sister say that Li Guangshun is not allowed to touch this box, then his secret must be in this box.

He squatted in front of the box, gently stroking the box, the box was made of brass, very heavy, with a small and delicate gold lock hanging on it, Yu Ming pulled out the dagger again, this dagger was given to him by Lai Junchen, sharpening iron like clay, can easily cut the lock.

Yu Ming took a deep breath, he knew that as long as this knife was sharpened, he would be exposed, but at this time, the strong fortune* grabbed his mind, he didn't care about the consequences at all, he aimed the dagger at the lock, and slashed it hard, only to hear the 'click', the lock was cut into two pieces by his sharp dagger, one fell to the ground, and the other was still hanging on the box.

Yu Ming opened the box, most of which were scrolls, presumably celebrity music scores, and a few gold seals, which were the princely seals of Li Guangshun, but the goal of Lai Junchen to explain to him was very clear, to find all the important letters and a gold medal of the Xingtang Society.

But Yu Ming took out the last scroll, and still didn't find any gold medal, the box had become empty, he was stunned, there was no letter and no gold medal, what was going on? Could it be that the thing was taken away by Li Guangshun?

If you want to take it away, you should take it away with this small copper box! This copper box is very small and easy to carry, Yu Ming got up and moved the box, but the copper box weighed more than a thousand pounds, no matter how hard he used, the box still did not move.

Only then did he wake up, this box must be fixed on the ground, Yu Ming was about to put things back, but accidentally found that there was a small copper button at the bottom of the box, only slightly larger than a soybean, he reached out and pinched the copper button and twisted it slightly, but there was no movement, and he pulled it upward, and the copper plate at the bottom was pulled up by him.

Yu Ming was so excited that he almost shouted, he finally discovered Li Guangshun's secret, only to see a hidden compartment hidden under the copper plate, he reached out and groped for it, and found a jade box from it, there was nothing else, there was no letter, he slowly opened the jade box, and there was indeed a shining gold medal inside.

He picked up the gold medal, and there were three big characters engraved on it, Xingtang Hui, but at this moment, Yu Ming only felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his eyes were dark, and he suddenly fainted.

After only a moment, he slowly woke up again, so frightened that he looked around, but he didn't see anything abnormal, the gold medal was still on his lap, the jade box was also scattered aside, the boxes and scrolls and other things were the same as before, Yu Ming wondered in his heart, how could he faint?

But at this time, he was very nervous in his heart, and had no time to think about it, put the gold medal into the jade box and put it in his arms, and then stuffed the scroll back into the box indiscriminately, put down the lid of the box, he got up and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, walked quickly to the bookshelf, and greedily put two porcelain vases worth five thousand yuan into his arms.

He secretly thought in his heart that he could make a pair of fake porcelain bottles and put them back, but he forgot that the golden lock had been cut off, how could Li Guangshun not know the authenticity of the porcelain bottle.

Just as Yu Ming turned out of the study and left in a hurry, a slender black shadow flashed in the bamboo forest not far behind him, coldly watching his back go away

In the room, Lai Junchen squinted and looked at the gold medal in his hand, which was exactly the same as the gold medal of Li Yuanjia next to him, the difference was that the names of the two were different, this piece was engraved with Li Guangshun, the king of Yifeng, and the number was not the same, Li Yuanjia's number was seven, and Li Guangshun's piece was eighteen.

Lai Junchen was simply overjoyed, and won the gold medal of the Xingtang Society, and he could directly arrest Li Guangshun in the next step, but Li Guangshun was a royal family after all, and he still needed the consent of the saint.

He immediately ordered one of his subordinates: "Go and tell Liu Guangye quickly, let him keep an eye on Li Guangshun, and don't let people run away." ”

"Obey!" his men clasped their fists and saluted, turned and hurried away.

Yu Ming, who was standing on the side, couldn't hold back the expectations in his heart, and when he saw that Lai Junchen never mentioned his reward, he finally couldn't help but remind Lai Junchen in a low voice: "Come to Zhongcheng, my one." That one. Bounty?"

Lai Junchen's face sank suddenly, and someone dared to ask him for a bounty? But thinking that this person was still useful, his face softened again, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry! Your bounty is indispensable, but you haven't finished doing it for me, and I'll give it to you after I'm done. ”

Yu Ming suddenly said hurriedly: "Come to Zhongcheng, the villain didn't find the letter, and his letter was either taken away or destroyed." ”

"I didn't mean letters?"

Of course, he couldn't find the letter, which disappointed Lai Junchen, but with the gold medal, it didn't matter if there was no letter, he stepped forward and patted Yu Ming on the shoulder, "You are Li Guangshun's brother-in-law, his every move, of course you know very well, I need you to be a witness, to prove what he did, who he secretly met?

"But the villain...... I really don't know!"

"Of course I know that you don't know anything, but I will teach you, teach you in detail, you are killing your relatives in righteousness, understand?"

Yu Ming finally understood, even if he let himself falsely accuse Li Guangshun, it was not impossible to do it, but what good did he have?

"Come to Zhongcheng, I can promise, then my reward"

Lai Junchen listened to him and never forgot the reward, he was really annoyed in his heart, he restrained his anger, and said coldly: "What I said when I came to Junchen, is it so unbelievable?"

Yu Ming felt Lai Junchen's anger, so frightened that he didn't dare to say more, he lowered his head deeply, Lai Junchen nodded, and then ordered someone to take Yu Ming down to rest, and he himself hurried to Wu Zetian's imperial study......

Lai Junchen waited in front of the imperial study for a while, and a eunuch came out and said, "Come to Zhongcheng, the Holy Lord has summoned you in!"

Lai Junchen hurriedly followed the eunuch into the imperial study, and did not see Shangguan Wan'er in the imperial study, which made Lai Junchen breathe a long sigh of relief, Shangguan Wan'er was not there, things were much easier, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Weichen see Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian was looking at the report submitted by Junchen first, about the preliminary investigation of the Xingtang Society, in order to avoid involving Wu Sansi, Lai Junchen hid the matter of getting the gold medal from Zhuang Wenzhong's hands, but said that the subordinates he sent to Yangzhou found the gold medal of Li Yuanjia, who was lost due to the war, in Yangzhou.

Wu Zetian nodded, "It only took me twenty days to find so many things, which really makes me feel gratified, and I want to know, how do you know that King Yifeng is also a member of the Xingtang Society?"

Lai Junchen had already made up a set of rhetoric, and said unhurriedly: "Wechen learned from the report letter that someone pretended to be the royal family to extort shops in the Nanshi area, and Wechen sent someone to verify, but the person who caught it was the brother-in-law of King Yifeng, named Yu Ming, who was originally a small servant in the workshop, because his sister became the favorite concubine of King Yifeng and was promoted to the third housekeeper of the palace, and Weichen found a gold medal from him. ”

Lai Junchen turned around, and a eunuch hurriedly presented the gold medal in the vermilion lacquer plate to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian picked up Li Guangshun's gold medal and looked at it, snorted coldly, and continued to ask: "Then what?"

Then Weichen was deeply surprised, and carefully interrogated this person, only to know that he stole the gold medal from King Yifeng's study, but he didn't know the meaning of this gold medal, only took a fancy to the gold, he also said that King Yifeng secretly corresponded with King Xiang, and King Shouchun secretly discussed in the study, some time ago, Li Zhen also visited King Yifeng several times in the middle of the night. ”

Lai Junchen has made a desperate bet, aiming at the Xiangwang Li Dan and Li Zhen, as long as these two people are determined first, then Li Xian, the king of Luling, will be easy to fish into the net, Wu Zetian pondered for a long time, she looked at Junchen again, and said meaningfully: "You can start the investigation with King Yifeng first, and you must pay attention to proportion!"

Lai Junchen was overjoyed in his heart, and the saint finally relented, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Weichen will never let Your Majesty down!"

He slowly withdrew from the imperial study, Wu Zetian looked at him in the distance, and then looked at the two Xingtang Club gold medals on the table, she snorted lightly, and casually put the gold medals into the small box next to her

In the courtyard of Lai Junchen's mansion, more than two hundred black warriors have all been assembled, although Lai Junchen is very excited, but he still keeps a calm head, he knows that Li Guangshun also has dozens of guards around him, it is not so easy to arrest, Liu Guangye's hundred subordinates are still insufficient, in order to ensure that Li Guangshun can be captured, he decided to personally go out and bring all the black warriors.

Lai Junchen looked at the sky, night had gradually fallen, he couldn't be too ostentatious to lead the black warriors across the street and out of the city, he had to wait for it to get dark, and at the same time capture Li Guangshun at night would be more certain.

Night finally fell completely, and Lai Junchen waved his hand, "Let's go!"

More than 200 black officials and warriors ran out of the mansion in a procession, and followed Lai Junchen towards Luoyang's Houzai Gate.

At the same time that Lai Junchen left Houzaimen, Li Zhen also officially met Suo Ying in the Internal and Foreign Affairs Bureau, and in the room, Li Zhen smiled and said: "Everyone is a fellow villager, and they grew up together, how can there be any contradictions that cannot be solved? ”

What Suo Ying wants is Li Zhen's guarantee, he also knows Li Zhen very well, and the grievances are clear, as long as he does him a great favor, he will not forget this favor.

Suo Ying said in a low voice: "I have a very good relationship with the kitchen manager in Lai Junchen's mansion, I talked to him about Qiao Zhizhi's wife this morning, and he told me that Qiao Zhizhi's wife was **** by Lai Junchen and had been killed, and the body was buried under an osmanthus tree in the backyard, and he also participated in burying the body." ”

"Why did he tell you this?" asked Li Zhen again.

Suo Ying sneered, "Lai Junchen has done too much evil, how can there be a good reward?" Everyone has to think about the way back for themselves, this steward said, if I want to go and inspect this corpse, he can help." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and asked again, "Where is this person now?"

"He lives in the Lai Junchen Mansion, if the commander wants to see him, I can ask him out!"

Li Zhen also knew that time was running out and he couldn't drag it out any longer, so he immediately decided: "Let's go now!" ......

Half an hour later, in a wine shop near Lai Junchen's mansion, Li Zhen saw this steward who was willing to help them, this person's name was Wang Xian, about forty years old, he was the kitchen manager of Lai Jun's mansion, he had a son and a daughter, he was also afraid of being implicated by Lai Junchen, and under Suo Ying's persuasion, he decided to do things for Li Zhen.

"The villain still clearly remembers the place where the corpse was buried, and if the commander wants to inspect it, the villain is willing to lead the way. ”

Li Zhen took a few steps with his hand, he really needed to confirm the burial location of the body first, but he was a little worried that if this matter was known to Lai Junchen, Lai Junchen would definitely destroy the body immediately, and the valuable evidence would be destroyed, so he hesitated and needed to consider a foolproof strategy.

At this time, Wang Xian said cautiously: "Commander Qiyu, if you go to the autopsy now, I think it will be a good opportunity." ”

"Why?"

"Don't you know, Commander? Lai Junchen went out of the city with all the black officials and warriors, and there were only a few maids and servants in the mansion, and there were no more guards. ”

Li Zhen was really stunned by this news, and he immediately walked to the door and said to Jiu Zhi: "Hurry up and inquire, is Lai Junchen out of the city?"