Chapter 0224 - Misdirection
Arrows on both sides rained down, dozens of arrows shot at Suo Wen and others, Suo Wen was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, lying on the back of the horse and desperately beating the horse and running away, Suo Ying was hit by two arrows in his body, fortunately, he was not planted from the horse, and followed his brother to flee for his life, and several of his subordinates behind him were hit by arrows and fell off the horse, only for a moment, the Suo brothers ran away from the horse, and gradually fled away, leaving five or six corpses on the official road.
At this time, Li Zhen came out of the woods with a bow, followed by a large group of internal guards, Li Zhen instructed his subordinates: "Leave no one alive, kill them all, and then search Wei Qiming's belongings to see if there are any letters and the like." β
The internal guard warriors stepped forward one after another to search for the corpses and kill the two undead people with one sword, at this time Zhao Qiuniang was a little worried: "Will Wei Qiming tell the Suo brothers the details?"
"For a small person like the Suoshi brothers, he won't say much, at most reveal a little direction, and it's not bad to divert Junchen's attention. β
At this time, the soldier came back and reported: "Commander, there is no letter, and there is no living mouth." β
"Bury the body on the spot and remove it immediately"
The samurai of the Inner Guard hurriedly buried the body, and then they evacuated the official road and made a detour to the north.
A quarter of an hour later, Lai Junchen led a large group of his men to hurry to the ambush site, at this time it was completely dark, and his subordinates dug up the freshly buried corpse near the official road
Lai Junchen's face was extremely pale, as soon as he arrived in Fangling, he was hit on the head, not to mention the death of four of his subordinates, and the extremely important clues were also extinguished, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he turned around and slapped Suo Wen hard, pointed at him and scolded: "Idiot, why don't you die"
Suo Wen covered his face and didn't dare to say anything, but secretly scolded Lai Junchen in his heart, where can he be blamed for this matter? Several of his subordinates were all killed, what else do you want him to do?
The subordinates around him stepped forward one after another to report, but they didn't find any clues, I don't know who did it? Lai Junchen was so angry that he almost went crazy, he had never suffered such a big loss, he was killed by someone, and he didn't know who did it
But the thing that made him most angry was not that his subordinates were killed, but that he may have lost an important opportunity, this county lieutenant obviously has something extremely important to report to himself, but this Suo Wen is extremely stupid, there is no clue at all, Lai Junchen grabbed Suo Wen's neck, and said viciously: "You should recall every word he said, it is best to remember something, otherwise you will not be able to eat and walk around"
Suo Wen trembled with fright, desperately recalling every word Wei Qiming had said to himself, he remembered as if he had said something, but he didn't take it to heart at the time, and as a result, he didn't remember Wei Qiming's words.
"Let the lowly ...... Think again. β
"Imagine that my patience is limited. β
Lai Junchen threw him to the ground, turned around and came to the pile of arrows he had packed, he recognized this as a crossbow arrow at a glance, he wanted to think that it was the internal guard who attacked him, but in fact he also knew that not only the internal guard, Princess Taiping's general, Wu Sansi's family general and even the local forces in Fangzhou, they all used military crossbows, maybe it was Wu Furong Yu, Lai Junchen knew that Wu Furong also led dozens of people in Fangzhou.
These people are all possible, even if he and Wu Sansi have formed an alliance, but there is no guarantee that Wu Sansi will not secretly attack him, Lai Junchen only feels that his mind is in a mess and he has no clue at all.
"I remember"
Sowen jumped up and ran over and shouted, "Zhongcheng, I remembered"
"Tell me, what is it?" asked Lai Junchen, staring at him closely.
"He hinted at the lowly position in the afternoon, as if it was, 'Xingtang Society, what? β
Lai Junchen's eyes slowly narrowed into a slit, it was actually Xingtanghui, Suo Wen may not know, but he came to Junchen better than anyone else to know what Xingtanghui means, this is a big fish, his glory and wealth in the second half of his life are in these three words.
"All on the horse"
Lai Junchen gave an order, dozens of people got on the horse one after another, and followed Lai Junchen to the county seat, at this moment he didn't care about exposing himself, he also left behind what was the matter of recruiting private soldiers, he knew that there was no recruitment of private soldiers at all, this qiΔ didn't matter anymore, the important thing was the Xingtang Society, he could catch the entire Li family.
After a short time, everyone rushed to the city gate, and when the city gate was about to close, Lai Junchen rushed into the city gate hole and shouted to the soldiers guarding the gate: "I am the imperial court in the imperial history, where is your lord?"
After a while, a school captain ran down from the city, he heard that Yu Shi Zhongcheng was coming, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The humble position is Wang Shun, the school captain on duty, please Zhong Cheng XunδΈ¨ talk"
"Do you know where the county lieutenant Wei Qiming's house is?"
"Humble ...... Know. β
"Take Me There"
Lai Junchen has a lot of experience in handling cases, he knows that a whistleblower like Wei Qiming will inevitably have a back hand, and will not bring everything to see him, the evidence must be hidden at home, or his family knows the inside story, although Wei Qiming was killed, it does not mean that all clues are gone.
The captain took Lai Junchen and hurriedly ran to the county seat, and after a while, he came to a small mansion covering an area of two or three acres, and the captain pointed to the small house and trembled and said: "That is the home of the Wei County Captain."
"Let me go in and search, everyone has to catch them alive. β
Dozens of people rushed towards the small house, and in the night, they saw that the door of the house was ajar and not locked, which made Lai Junchen suddenly have a bad feeling.
"Go in and search"
Dozens of black warriors rushed into the house, the house was empty, there was no one, Lai Junchen was still a step late, someone rushed to transfer the county lieutenant's family away, dozens of warriors were like wolves and tigers, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, even the cellar and latrines were searched, nothing was found, Lai Junchen was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and shouted: "Search for me again, dig three feet into the ground to find clues." β
The samurai began to dig up the roots of the study and the backyard, the easiest place to hide evidence, and at that moment, a shout came from the study: "Found it"
Lai Junchen ran to the study, pushed away several samurai, only to see a samurai carefully dig out an iron box from the corner, the iron box has no rust, obviously buried recently, Lai Junchen took the iron box and opened it, only to see that there was half a piece of hemp paper inside, which read, 'List of members of the Xingtang Society, Lai Junchen looked down again, the first name was Xiangwang Li Dan, and the second was Princess Taiping Li Lingyue.
No further down, the list was torn off, Lai Junchen was a little stunned, King Xiang and Princess Taiping were members of the Xingtang Society, he could understand, but Princess Taiping was the most favored daughter of the Shengshang, could he reveal her to the Shengshang? Lai Junchen hesitated in his heart.
He then ordered: "Keep digging"
The soldiers continued to dig, but they couldn't find any evidence, Lai Junchen sat down slowly, he vaguely felt that this list was deliberately left here, obviously wanting him to deal with Princess Taiping, but what if it was true? Because Princess Taiping was involved, Princess Taiping would kill Wei Qiming and kill her.
But the question is, how could a small county lieutenant know such an important matter? If he had to explain, it must be related to Li Xian, the king of Luling, and what secret Li Xian, the king of Luling, had been held by Wei Qiming.
At this time, a samurai hurriedly came to report, "Zhongcheng, the county order of Fangling County is here." β
Lai Junchen's spirits perked up, maybe the county commander also knew a clue, so he immediately got up and went out.
The county magistrate of Fangling County is called Ma Shenning, a native of Longxi, born in Jinshi, about 30 years old, very dark skin, has been an official in Fangling County for four years, and his official evaluation in the Ministry of Officials is quite high, and after April this year, he is likely to be promoted to a higher level.
Ma Shenning is more eager than anyone else to spend the last few months peacefully, and then after a successful handover, he can be promoted and leave, but he is afraid of whatever he wants, seeing that there is only one month left before the April official order is issued, but at this time, something happened in Fangzhou.
Today he cooperated with the Dali Temple Chengsun Li to review last year's case, and after a busy day, he just came back when he received a report from the official that the Chenglai Junchen in the imperial history had entered the city, and he was turned upside down in the county lieutenant's house, and it seemed that he was searching for something.
Ma Shenning was so frightened that he was cold, it was actually Lai Junchen, Lai Junchen's notoriety has long been famous all over the world, everywhere he went, there was no one who was not ruined, he came to Fangling again today, did he have to suffer a catastrophe?
Ma Shenning really didn't dare to come to see Lai Junchen, but he didn't dare not come, he knew that if Lai Junchen couldn't achieve his goal, he would definitely not let him go, so he simply came to ask about the situation first, and then considered countermeasures.
A black warrior brought Ma Shenning to the lobby, only to see Lai Junchen sitting in the lobby with his legs apart, looking at him coldly, so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down, "Xiaguan Fangling County ordered Ma Shenning to see Lai Zhongcheng." β
Lai Junchen slapped the table heavily, "Ma County Order, you are so bold"
Ma Shenning was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he almost knelt down, he trembled and said, "Xiaguan." Xia Guan didn't understand what Zhongcheng meant. β
"Your county lieutenant was killed today, and died right under your nose, do you dare to say that you don't know?"
Ma Shenning was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Xiaguan accompanied Dali Temple to investigate the case today, I really don't know that the county lieutenant is dead, I really don't know at all."
Lai Junchen just scared him, first gave him a dismount, and then asked, at this time, Lai Junchen took a sip of the tea bowl, "Maybe you don't know, get up first"
Ma Shenning stood up with trembling legs, not daring to ask more, Lai Junchen glanced at him coldly and asked, "You just said that you would accompany Dali Temple to investigate the case, what case is being investigated?"
"Return. Lord Zhongcheng, it was a murder case last year, 20 young people died, this case was not solved and reported to the court, today Dali Temple Cheng brought people to review this case. β
Lai Junchen also heard that Sun Lilai came to Fangzhou, of course he knew that Sun Lilai's purpose was the same as him, and the so-called investigation was just an excuse, so Lai Junchen didn't take the investigation to heart, he was more concerned about what Sun Li asked.
"In addition to investigating the case, did Sun Sicheng ask you anything else?"
"I asked about last year's drought, how many victims there were, and the officials told the truth. β
Sure enough, it was to ask about the victims, Lai Junchen secretly sneered in his heart, he knew in his heart that he couldn't get anything useful by asking the government, and Li Xian didn't know how many young and strong officials he had recruited, at least he couldn't get what he wanted from the government's investigation, this was Lai Junchen's experience.
Lai Junchen just asked casually, he was more concerned about Wei Qiming's intelligence at this time, and it was related to such a major matter as the Xingtang Society, compared to the things that Sun Li investigated, he couldn't look down on.
"Let me ask you, what case has Wei Qiming been working on recently?"
"Recently he just caught some thieves and didn't ...... There's no case."
"Nonsense"
Lai Junchen slapped the table fiercely and said angrily: "You dare to deceive me again, see how I clean you up." β
Ma Shenning was so frightened that he knelt down again, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to kowtow and say: "Back to Lord Zhongcheng, recently everyone has arrested the thieves who escaped from the Luling Palace, and the officials of Dali Temple were ambushed in Yongqing County, and we are also investigating this matter." β
Lai Junchen suddenly had great interest, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Ma Shenjiao and said with a smile: "Ma County Order, please get up, please hurry up."
His mouth twisted into the shape of a wicked smile, and he said with a smile: "Tell me in detail, what are these two things going on? As long as you don't hide it, I will never embarrass you when I come to Junchen." β
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