As soon as Li Bing's words came out, Murong Xue was stunned. He hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "This ...... It's unlikely, right? If it is said that King Huaiyang staged a bitter plan, Weichen believes it, but he will not break it on his own. ”

Li Bing looked out the window and said thoughtfully: "You, maybe you don't know much about this imperial brother in this palace. To be honest, Li Jiong's personality is not as he usually shows, as if he is a wine bag and rice bag. On the contrary, he has been very intelligent since he was a child, and he is quite resourceful compared to princes of the same age. Although this guy is sometimes a little indecisive, and he also has a lot of problems with great successes, there is no doubt about his shrewdness. He can hide it from others, but he can't deceive Bengong. ”

"What does Your Highness mean ......" Murong Xue pondered, "Li Qiang won't be killed so easily?" ”

Li Bing bowed slightly: "All timid and shrewd people usually act in an extremely cautious style, and Li Bing is exactly like this." He previously sent Zhao Jing to lead the troops and ambush the palace on the way, it stands to reason that no matter whether he succeeds or not, he should honestly hide in the imperial capital and wait for the changes. But who would have expected that this guy was so big-hearted, he had just made a black hand on us, and he actually turned his head and swaggered into the territory of the Xuanjia Army, isn't this suspicious? ”

He paused and continued to analyze: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if Li Jiong is really crazy, and his self-confidence is beyond limits, thinking that even if he kills the palace, Xie Guang will not dare to touch him." But with the strength of the Huaiyang Palace's guards, how could someone cut off the master's head in broad daylight? ”

Murong Xue thought for a while: "However, the minister witnessed the people of the Huaiyang Royal Mansion carrying the corpses to Bianzhou, and their appearance did not seem to be fake. Moreover, on the side of the river chief, there were many officials from the Ministry of Rites and Works from the imperial capital, and some of them were very familiar with Li Jiong, and after seeing the head and the corpse, they did not have any doubts. ”

"Don't say it's them," Li Bing sighed and said, "Even Bengong, who grew up with Li Jiong since he was a child, didn't see any flaws. However, the more this happened, the more I felt that something was not right. ”

Murong Xue was confused by what he said, and couldn't help but say: "The two suspects proposed by His Highness are really going to be investigated, I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Moreover, we lack experts in detective work, and at the same time, we have to face the matter of the river sacrifice ceremony, and it is likely that we will not be able to find out the substantive results before the imperial capital makes a move. ”

Li Bing stroked his forehead and said worriedly: "This is exactly where the problem lies." Even if there is a suspicious target, there is no way to find out. The only thing you can do is to sit back and wait. ”

Seeing the prince's worried appearance, Murong Xue couldn't help but feel a little sad, he straightened out his thoughts in his mind again, and suddenly a flash of inspiration: "Your Highness, the minister has thought of a way, maybe he can break the predicament in front of him." ”

"Oh? What do you have to do? Come on! Li Bing hurriedly asked.

Murong Xue hesitated slightly, then plucked up her courage and replied, "Minister, think about it, can you screw those two people together?" ”

Li Bing was slightly stunned: "Screwed together?" How to twist it? ”

"It's easy!" Murong Xue responded: "Let Shen Lie come and check on Li Qiang, the king of Huaiyang!" ”

Li Bing couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Murong, didn't you hear what this palace said clearly?" Shen Lie is also one of the suspects I guessed, how can I let him investigate? Besides, if you do this, what is the difference between it and telling the court? ”

Murong Xue shook her head, and said while thinking: "Your Highness Mingjian, there is a key to this proposal of Wei Chen, that is, Shen Lie's identity. Since you said that he is also a suspicious target, then we might as well pretend that we don't know about it, just secretly inform him of the attack on the King of Huaiyang, and order him to investigate it himself. If this matter is really done by the Reverse Scales, it is certain that no matter how Shen Lie investigates, he will not find anything useful, let's look for clues in this process to further confirm his suspicions. On the contrary, if Shen Lie is innocent, then with the means and ability of the Reverse Scale Division, I believe that there will be a harvest soon. The answer may be Li Kui himself, or someone else, but it is all valuable to us anyway. ”

Speaking of this, Murong Xue paused for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, she continued: "And what's even better is that we secretly notified the Beiya Reverse Scale Division, and explained the benefits and disadvantages to it, especially emphasizing that this matter may involve the safety of the emperor, then Shen Lie will definitely cooperate with our request and not make a public announcement for the time being." In this way, even if the imperial court investigates it in the future, we can say that we have already informed the imperial capital and there is no crime of defrauding the king. ”

Li Bing's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "This palace understands what you mean." This also has the advantage of letting Shen Lie investigate the case, instead of going through the Three Law Divisions, then it is equivalent to calling in the royal private soldiers to secretly investigate the royal case, so there is no need to ask the palace to be suspended pending investigation in accordance with the practice of the imperial court. ”

"Exactly." Murong Xue bowed slightly: "Compared with the Southern Ya, the Northern Ya originally belonged to the royal private soldiers, specializing in handling major cases that could not be made clear to the outside world for the emperor. As the prince of the prison country, you are seconded to the North Ya Reverse Scale Division, which is understandable. ”

Li Bing was quite moved when he heard this, but he still had a question: "Do you say that Shen Lie will hide it from the emperor's uncle?" ”

Murong Xue said: "Whether you hide it or not, it doesn't really matter. Let's let Shen Lie investigate this case, in fact, it is equivalent to showing the emperor's innocence. In this case, the emperor should not act rashly. ”

"Well, you have a point." Li Bing agreed: "Clearly report to the imperial court, and in accordance with the law and reason, you must summon the palace back to the imperial capital to cooperate with the investigation, otherwise you will not be able to explain to the government and the opposition." But if it is covertly reported, then there is room for things to turn around. Well, you're good at that! Merely...... How can I contact Shen Lie in time? ”

Murong Xue turned her heart and said calmly: "Please forgive Your Highness." At this point, Weichen didn't dare to hide anything. In fact, before coming to Luoyi to take up his post, Weichen had been ordered to have a liaison agreement with Shen Lie, so that he could mobilize the power of the Reverse Scale Division here in a critical moment to protect the safety of His Highness. ”

Li Bing smiled when he heard this: "This palace wants to be like this. You are an official appointed by the imperial capital, it is impossible not to accept some special orders and tasks, so you don't need to care. The most important thing at the moment is to contact Shen Lie as soon as possible. ”

Murong Xue knew that time was tight at the moment, and she couldn't afford to delay at all, so she hurriedly obeyed the order, turned around and left. In addition to Xingyuan, he immediately contacted the secret agent of the Reverse Scale Division stationed in Bianzhou through secret means, saying that he had a big matter and urgently needed Lord Changshi to go to Bianzhou in person.

To Murong Xue's surprise, Shen Lie himself happened to be near Bianzhou at this time.

It turned out that in order to investigate the assassination of He Jingming, Shen Lie had been secretly lurking beside the Xuanjia Army recently, secretly directing his subordinates to collect evidence.

Although the area around Bianzhou is Xie Guanglao Jianhua's sphere of influence, Shen Changshi is bold, and now it is a critical moment for a breakthrough in the case, so he is no longer the first consideration for his own safety in everything as before.

Fortunately, he ventured to squat in Bianzhou, so as soon as he received the news of Murong Xue, he immediately set off and quietly found Murong Xue's residence the next night.

Seeing Shen Lie coming so soon, Murong Xue couldn't help but be overjoyed, but before he could ask Shen Lie why he appeared so quickly, he was stunned by the other party: "General Murong, you are causing big trouble this time, right?" ”

Murong Xue smiled awkwardly and replied, "Hey, nothing can be hidden from your eyes and ears. How? You know it all? ”

"What are you kidding?" Shen Lie said disdainfully: "The eldest son of the emperor, the prince of the palace, was assassinated in the realm of the Holy Tang Kingdom, if I don't know it until now, it is better to simply die." ”

Murong Xue asked with a little worry: "Brother Shen, you have already informed the imperial capital about the matter of King Huaiyang?" ”

Shen Lie glanced at him and shook his head: "Shen will not be out of proportion." Don't forget, the prince also has my eyeliner by his side, so I naturally know your situation. Since His Royal Highness is determined not to report first, why should I be a wicked person and rush to the imperial capital to report the funeral? Besides......"

Murong Xue was a little curious: "What's more?" ”

Shen Lie smiled faintly: "Besides, according to my guess, the King of Huaiyang may still be alive and kicking now, Shen can't listen to the wind and rain and lie to His Majesty the Emperor about the military situation." ”

Shen Lie's words surprised Murong Xue, he knew very well that the other party was definitely not the kind of person who liked to talk about it, so he hurriedly asked, "Why did Brother Shen say this?" Did you find something? ”

"I'm here to investigate the case of Commander He, so I must always keep an eye on the wind and grass near Bianzhou." Shen Lie patiently explained: "That day, as soon as the attack on the Hejin ferry occurred, I quickly received a report from my subordinates. At first, Shen really thought that Xie Guang was bold enough to do something to rebel, but when we sent someone to investigate carefully, we found that the situation was far from so simple. Guess what, what did my people find? ”

"What did you find?" Murong Xue was so nervous that even her voice trembled a little.

Shen Lie said with a smile: "Not far from the scene of the incident, the anti-scale spies saw an army, the size of which was as large as four or five thousand, and they were wearing civilian clothes, and their whereabouts looked very secretive. ”

Murong Xue's first thought was the assassin who attacked the King of Huaiyang, and asked, "Could it be that those people did it?" ”

"No, no, no, it's not the murderer who ambushed Li Jiong." Shen Lie sneered: "That's the problem. After verification, those people were all the soldiers and horses of the King of Huaiyang. ”

Murong Xue was a little surprised: "This is impossible!" Li Kui is not a general in commanding the army, according to the regulations of the imperial court, the palace cannot have more than two hundred personal guards, how can he have four or five thousand soldiers and horses? ”

Shen Lie's face looked very cold: "It's a private soldier he secretly raised!" With this incident alone, Shen can cure him for a major crime of rebellion! ”