At noon the next day, several men who looked like merchants rode to the temporary mansion of the inner guard in Whitewater Town, they turned over and dismounted, went up and knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, whispered a few words for the man, and then flashed into the house, and was led away to the inner house.

In the inner hall, Zhao Qiuniang was reporting to Li Zhen about Lai Junchen's movements, "We have the exact information, Lai Junchen sent Suo Wen to lead ten of his subordinates to Yongqing County to investigate the ambush of Dali Temple officials, and he himself led the rest of his subordinates to search east of Fangling, which should be searching for Jiang Enxin." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and then asked, "Does he know about the big case last summer?"

"He knows" Zhao Qiuniang couldn't help but look proud on her face, and said with a smile: "He turned the county lieutenant's house upside down last night, and met the county order again, we asked the county commander this morning, and Lai Junchen also knew about the case, but he didn't take it to heart, but was interested in the attack on Jiang Enxin and Dali Temple, and he was completely misguided." ”

Lai Junchen did not track down last year's case, which means that the county lieutenant did not reveal his tone last night, and Lai Junchen still doesn't know anything about the details of the Xingtang Society, but Li Zhen also has to admire Lai Junchen's vision, and at a glance he saw the value of the Xingtang Society, and he forgot about Li Xian's recruitment of disaster victims in Fangzhou.

This result is what Li Zhen is willing to see, try to delay the time of coming to Junchen, and quickly cut off all kinds of clues to recruit disaster victims, and when Lai Junchen turns around, there will be no clues on the other side.

Although Lai Junchen fell for the trick, Li Zhen still didn't dare to be careless, after all, in Fangzhou, it was not only him and Lai Junchen, but also the forces of Princess Taiping and Wu Sansi, even if Lai Junchen did not investigate the disaster victims for the time being, it was difficult to ensure that other forces would not participate.

"Is there any news from Gu Daogu?"

Dao Gu Ying led his men to find the rest of the forces hiding in Fangzhou, there has been no news so far, Li Zhen is really a little worried, at this juncture, he doesn't want any accidents, Zhao Qiuniang shook her head, saying that she has no news.

At this moment, there was a guard outside the door who reported: "Commander Qiyu, the eldest son asks to see"

The eldest son is Li Chongrun, he is responsible for communicating with Wei, Li Zhen is also waiting for his news, Li Zhen hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite him in"

After a while, Li Chongrun, who was dressed as a businessman, walked into the room, he took off his octagonal hat, revealed the flat scarf on his head, and bowed slightly to Li Zhen, "Let the commander wait for a long time." ”

"The eldest son is in a hurry to see me, is there any news?

"My mother wanted to see Commander Lee. ”

"Oh-" Li Zhen sighed softly and asked, "Does the princess know about the incident of Xiao'en Temple yesterday?"

"She shouldn't know. ”

Li Zhen nodded, then stopped mentioning the matter, and asked with a smile, "When is the princess going to see me?"

"If it's convenient for the commander, tonight in Luling Palace. ”

Li Zhen pondered slightly, the foreign ministers are not allowed to visit the king of Luling privately, and the princess is not allowed, it is definitely not okay to meet her in the name of visiting, if it is an excuse to investigate and ask, it is okay, thinking of this, Li Zhen smiled at Li Chongrun and said: "Please tell the princess that the eldest son came to Fangzhou this time to receive a holy decree, and there may be some things to ask the princess, please arrange it and try to cooperate with my investigation." ”

Of course, Li Chongrun understood what Li Zhen meant, so it was okay, the result was the same, but the nature was different, and they could be more calm.

"I know, I'll go back and tell my mother, and ask her to make arrangements, and we'll wait for Commander Li's investigation tonight. ”

Li Chongrun hurriedly said goodbye and left, Li Zhen thought about it, and smiled at Zhao Qiuniang again: "Please ask Sister Qiuniang to work harder, find Gu Daogu's whereabouts, and see if she needs our help." ”

"Humble Understanding"

At this time, Di Yan on the side smiled and said, "Why don't I go with Senior Sister too?"

Di Yan originally wanted to come to Fangzhou with Li Zhen to investigate the case and have an adventure, looking for a little fun, but after arriving in Fangzhou, there was basically nothing to do, she stayed in the house all day and had nothing to do, which suffocated her.

Zhao Qiuniang didn't dare to agree lightly, she looked at Li Zhen, Li Zhen smiled and nodded, Di Yan's martial arts are very strong, she can help Zhao Qiuniang.

At night, Li Zhen led more than a dozen internal guard soldiers to the Luling Palace located outside the northern city, he walked the official process, wearing a formal internal guard official robe, holding the holy edict given to him by Wu Zetian, and slowly walked towards the steps of the palace.

Several guards stepped forward to stop him, "Who is it?"

Li Zhen raised the oracle and said loudly: "Li Zhen, the deputy commander of the internal guard, came to Fangzhou to perform official duties by the will of the Holy Lord, please report to His Royal Highness the King of Luling, Li Zhen asks to see"

The guards were shocked, turned around and ran towards the palace, and after a while, a middle-aged eunuch came out and said with a smile: "May I ask Commander Li if there is anything to do with the prince?"

"Just ask a few simple questions and do your job"

"I see, it's just that the prince is not in good health, and it is inconvenient to meet him, if the princess accepts inquiries for the prince, is it okay?"

"This ......" Li Zhen pondered for a moment, and reluctantly nodded: "It's okay, it won't be too long, just ask a few questions." ”

"Then Commander Li, please come with me. ”

The eunuch took Li Zhen and hurriedly walked to the palace, several internal guard warriors followed, and the rest of the warriors waited outside the palace. ”

Li Zhen gave an order to the two subordinates to wait outside the palace, and he followed the eunuch into the palace.

The palace is not big, the huge curtain separates the palace into two, the outer hall is brightly lit, there are several palace maids standing, but the inner hall is slightly dim, filled with a faint fragrance of flowers, as if in the garden outside the palace, only to see a noble lady with comb cloud sideburns and a pale green dress standing in the hall, looking at Li Zhen who walked into the inner hall with a smile.

Li Zhen immediately guessed that she was Princess Wei, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Li Zhen see the princess"

Wei Lian waved her hand and said to several palace maids and eunuchs: "You all stand down"

The palace maids and eunuchs all retreated, and only Li Zhen and Wei Lian were left in the hall, Wei Lian smiled faintly, "You are very smart, you can come to see me on official business, you can block the mouths of some people with unscrupulous hearts." ”

"Li Zhen does have business to do. ”

Wei Lian looked at him deeply, "Please sit down"

Li Zhen sat down on an ivory couch, Wei Lian knelt down in front of him, Li Zhen saw her appearance clearly, only to see that she was very beautiful, but her chin was very pointed, and her eyes were like peach blossoms, which made her beauty reveal a trace of enchantment, just the first time they met, Li Zhen felt that she was an extremely shrewd woman.

At this time, a henchman maid came in and offered them tea, and Li Zhen appeared behind the curtain, Wei Lian seemed to have already known, gave Li Zhen a look, picked up the teacup and asked, "What business does Commander Li ask me?"

Li Zhen then understood why the lights outside were bright, but the lights inside were dim, so that the people inside could clearly see the situation behind the curtains, this Princess Wei was indeed very shrewd and handled the details very well, Li Zhen asked: "I want to know first, during the Shangyuan Festival, why did Princess Wei invite the family members of the officials of Fangzhou to the palace to watch the lanterns, which seems to violate the rule that foreign officials are not allowed to see foreign officials." ”

"It turned out to be this matter, in fact, we didn't violate the rules, the first prince didn't come forward, and secondly, no foreign officials entered the palace, just the wives and daughters of some big families, and more importantly, I just invited them into the palace to watch the lanterns, and didn't see them privately, so I don't think I violated the rules. ”

"Are there any witnesses to what Madame said?"

"Of course, any maid and chamberlain in the palace can prove it, or if Commander Li visits these family members, they will also tell you the truth. ”

Li Zhen nodded, "I will write it in the report according to the truth, and in addition, I also want to know if His Royal Highness King Luling did anything to the victims of the drought in Fangzhou last year?"

"The main thing is disaster relief, we used 1,000 stone of grain to set up three porridge sheds in Fangling County, in the name of the prince to give porridge to the victims, but the prince did not show up. ”

At this time, the favor behind the curtain also slowly receded, and there were really only the two of them left in the main hall, Wei Lian immediately lowered her voice and said: "Someone in the palace is monitoring our meeting with foreign officials, let's make a long story short, what do you need me to do?"

"I want to do my best to eliminate the clues of the victims of the private placement, so the Webster family will have to obey my orders absolutely. ”

"You can find Chongrun for this matter, I gave him a gold medal. ”

Li Zhen shook his head, "The gold medal is not good, they are more resistant to the order of the eldest son, I don't want to pass the eldest son, I want to order them directly." ”

Wei Lian seemed to know that there would be this result, and it was not surprising that the Wei brothers did not listen to Li Chongrun's command, this is not the same thing as playing polo, it is related to the most vital interests of the Wei family, and it is not a gold medal that can be commanded.

Li Zhentongguò's investigation in the past two days has already revealed a little clue, whether Li Xian and Li Chongrun did not recruit samurai among the victims, but the Wei family, of course, this matter is also a little related to Li Xian, after all, Wei is the princess, and anyone who cares can accuse him of using his wife's name to recruit private soldiers.

Wei Lian was faced with a dilemma, could she trust Li Zhen and hand over the command of the Wei family's guards to him, this was a private warrior that she had spent nearly ten years to establish, with more than 300 people, once she handed them over to Li Zhen, what would be the consequences? She didn't even trust her own son, would she still trust an outsider?

But Wei Lian is also very aware of the crisis she is currently experiencing, the Son of Heaven has already targeted them, not only Wu Sansi, Lai Junchen and others want to put them to death, but even Princess Taiping may also have bad intentions, their only foreign aid now is Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Wan'er sent Li Zhen, if she doesn't believe Li Zhen, she will have almost no foreign aid.

Of course, the samurai were commanded by Wei Bo and Wei Song, as long as Wei Bo and Wei Song brothers firmly controlled the samurai in their hands, it didn't hurt to listen to Li Zhen's orders.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Wei Lian decided to cooperate with Li Zhen, believing that Li Zhen This time, she took out a jade pendant, handed it to Li Zhen and said: "Combine the gold medal with this jade pendant, their brothers will listen to your command, as for the gold medal, I will let Chongrun give it to you." ”

After a pause, she said, "In the Longling Villa in the southwest of Fangling County, you can find the two brothers. ”

Li Zhen bowed slightly and smiled: "Thank you princess for your trust, I believe that after the matter is over, I will return the gold medal and jade pendant to Zhao." ”

Wei Lian smiled faintly, "It doesn't matter if you don't pay it back, I'll change it to another token." ”

At this time, Li Zhen coughed, raised his voice and said, "Princess, Xia Guan still has one last question to ask."

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