The spring water that flows down from Zuiyundo, after passing through the bamboo forest of Cheongheido, turns into several tributaries, and goes deep into the Zenjingyuan along the channel, and finally reaches the backyard, where it slowly converges towards the South Lake. The lake seems to be calm, but in fact it is secretly turbulent. There was a reckless person who dived in the cold, and he never thought about this jump and never found a trace again. It was only after a few months that the remains were found in the slow stream between the two peaks of the summer resort.

Because the stream was in the summer resort, no one dared to step on it in the academy, and no one dared to approach it because of the appearance of corpses. There, it became the most hidden place.

Under the bridge in the backyard, Yan Sheng pulled the bridge to the river to explore things, and suddenly touched a human hand covered with fish scales, he hurriedly searched for it, and finally fished up a bag of oilcloth, shook off the water stains, and stuffed it into his sleeve.

As he was leaving, he seemed to remember something, and kicked the fresh fish from the bridge into the river. The surface of the river suddenly splashed, as if thousands of fish were competing for fish food. Yan Sheng looked at it with palpitations for a while, and then he didn't dare to linger.

Zuo Qing burned the letter, blew off the ashes, and said: "Su Yantuo Xu Niang went to investigate the Liang Mansion, she had long suspected Liang Luan, and she had been standing still, she was waiting for the best time." ”

The young man standing at the door turned his head, but his warm and delicate face was full of vigilance, and he asked, "The academy has been closed, how did you receive the letter?" ”

Zuo Qing smiled faintly, got up and walked to his side, and said to him: "The academy is isolated from the world, there is only one road to the outside world, and once it is closed, there is no way to enter or exit. But at the foot of the peak of the summer resort there is a naturally formed mountain gate, obscured by waterfalls and shrubs, so that ordinary people will not notice this place, let alone notice that there is a stream running through the mountain gate. And Yunlai Pavilion is built on the riverside, and the have a slave, who is born with fish scales and can come and go freely in the water, and he is the bridge between us. ”

"Streams? How did I not know? ”

"Of course you won't know, even I noticed that place because I remembered the Battle of Ruoshui more than sixty years ago."

"A battle of water?" Xilou seemed to smell a big secret, and hurriedly asked, "What do you know?" ”

"The reason why the first emperor was able to break through Ruoshui back then was not caused by a strong attack at all, and it was definitely not the opportunity of time, but Prince Zheng discovered the mountain gate, and it was he who led a group of dead soldiers to attack the capital at night and opened the city gate!" Zuo Qing stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the mountain gate, and said: "Back then, my father was walking with Prince Zheng, and they found it together, but the first emperor made everyone keep it a secret, and now there are probably very few people in this world who know this secret." ”

"There is such a secret! Xilou recalled the story he had heard under Emperor Rong's knee when he was a child about the first emperor's attack on Chudu, and all the images depicted were the first emperor's heroic and good fighting image, in his imagination, the first emperor should be a hero who would face the enemy head-on, and by no means such a person in Zuo Qing's mouth, who needed to rely on his subordinates to defeat opportunistically.

However, so what, the world will not know these pasts, a hundred years later, a thousand years later, the world will only praise Emperor Rong.

"How much more are you hiding from me?"

"This is really not hiding from you, have only recently accepted that slave, and this is the first time we have sent a message from him."

Xilou pondered: "There is such a strange person in the world? ”

"The world is so big, there are many wonders, and there are so many things you don't know. Having said that, listened to Su Yan's words to investigate, and there were really results. Zuo Qing unfolded another letter, which was a wordless book, which he skillfully placed on the candle flame and moved slowly, and the handwriting appeared on the silk cloth, "The ancestral tomb of Liang Mansion, there is evidence that Liang Luan has done ugly things to Liang Qiluo." ”

The two looked up at each other, and they both faintly noticed a hint of strangeness.

Dali Temple, the old place, the eldest grandson Yue squatted in the corner and trembled, his uneasy eyes swirled in his sockets, and he didn't shed a single tear.

'Da-da-da-'

The eldest grandson hugged his knees even more, stared at the door of the cell with wide eyes, and a pair of official boots came into view. Liang Luan ordered someone to open the cell door, and the jailer brought in a bookcase, on which paper, pens and food were neatly arranged.

Liang Luan sat in the corner of the bookcase and asked in a soft voice, "Are you hungry?" ”

No response.

Liang Luan was very patient, picked up a full bowl of rice, and handed it over: "Eat." ”

The eldest grandson stepped back: "The students don't dare." ”

"It's just a bowl of rice, why don't you dare, eat it, draw a charge here, even if this case is over, you can go back."

The eldest grandson didn't dare to take the bowl, and still shrank in the corner like a frightened bird. Liang Luan put the bowl on the case and took out one from the pile of paper: "The Linglong Tower case has desecrated the majesty of the heavenly family, Your Majesty ordered the official to investigate thoroughly and solve the case within three days, and now the case is clear, but the official can't bear to kill you." ”

"Although the student has never seen how the Dali Temple interrogates the prisoner, but he also knows a thing or two, what you have in your hand is the testimony that made me confess, once the student draws the detention, won't he become a substitute for the dead?"

"This is what saved you, and it is not a testimony on it, but your complaint." The eldest grandson was stunned and couldn't believe it. Liang Luan cautiously approached her and showed her the complaint: "You read it carefully, but you want to harm you?" ”

The eldest grandson Yue took the paper and read every word clearly, it was indeed a complaint, clearly writing the events of the day, and asked His Majesty to retry it.

Liang Luan said kindly: "Child, your father is a colleague with this official, how can he harm you?" As long as you draw the charge, the complaint will take effect, and the official will immediately submit the case to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to give you a few more days of grace and exonerate you. ”

The eldest grandson Yue cried out, hugged Liang Luan's calf and began to cry, shouting injustices every word. Liang Luan patted her head lovingly, bent down and said to her, "Good boy, don't worry, Shibo will definitely save you out." ”

Leaving the cell of Dali Temple, Liang Luan gently tore Fang Cai's complaint into two copies, the paper as thin as a cicada's wings shining in the sun, and the bright red handprint was crookedly printed on the testimony, like a drop of blood.

Murphy admired the two thin pieces of paper on the case, one was the complaint that the eldest grandson Yue saw, and the other was the confession close to the bottom of the complaint, one to save people, and the other to kill!

Murphy laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful! Looking at the entire Rong country, I am afraid that I can't find a craftsman who can make paper so light and thin, which is really amazing! ”

Liang Luan said proudly: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, and adults praise it." ”

"Send this charge to the eldest grandson's mansion, let him see clearly, whether there is a turnaround, or there is no way back."

"That's... How do I leave a message? ”

Murphy narrowed his fox-like eyes: "There is no need to say much politely, give him two ways, first: let him fend for himself; Second: see the situation clearly, and don't be neutral anymore. ”

"What if he is still stubborn?"

"No, the eldest grandson is the only one he and that woman are born from, and he is the successor of the eldest grandson family in the future, even if he is ruthless for the sake of purity, the eldest grandson family does not agree. Anyway, the eldest grandson and the eldest husband don't mind joining forces with my Mo family again! ”

Liang Luan suddenly realized, leaned over and said, "My lord is wise." ”

"Why does my uncle have to win over the eldest grandson? He was nothing more than a pedantic man, accustomed to neutrality, how could he be willing to take a risk. Ge Yiyan walked into the study and said dissatisfiedly, "It's better to cultivate a few henchmen, why bother to rely on him." ”

Murphy leaned back on the table, his rough hand brushing the dark green brocade robe on his knees, and the light hit the brocade robe, the dazzling light flickered, and the jade lampshade on the low desk reflected each other. He said: "The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Dali Temple and you, the degraded and the exiled, if I am not moved again, I am afraid that these six departments will become the enemy's world." He hissed, "This person has such a plan, he can break my people one after another, and those new Shangshu are all flawless." ”

"Zuo Qing!" Ge Yiyan's eyes widened, and he said excitedly: "Who else can there be besides him, since he came back from Zhao State, in just a few months, the three provinces and six departments and Dali Temple have fallen four in a row, even I... Also, the matter of Broken Yunxuan caused your uncle to lose the academy, although Zuo Qing took over naturally, but he held a succession ceremony in the name of the elder, didn't he take the opportunity to tell those wavering officials, let them choose a good tree to live on, and let them know that you have fallen out of favor with Your Majesty! There is also a martial arts competition, and every incident proves that he has a different heart! Uncle, stop trusting blindly. ”

Murphy was silent for a long time, turned his head to look out the window, and saw only a willow tree in the yard, unconsciously flourishing, swaying willow slightly in the spring breeze, and around it, there was not a single grass.

He found him at the city gate, when he was still a child, but he was already able to compete with the conspirators, without the slightest fluster, and his mind was clear and strange, and even though Murphy stood so far away, there was still a chill in his heart.

At that time, he resolutely decided to adopt him, treating him as his own son.

Murphy withdrew his gaze, but the willow tree could never disappear in his heart.

"Zuo Qing, he is the pearl I discovered, I did my best to cultivate him, gave him glory and power..."Mo Fei's eyes suddenly cooled: "He shouldn't betray me." ”

Ge Yiyan found that Murphy finally believed his words a little, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Uncle, then how do we proceed next?" ”

"Let's hold our troops for the time being, and deal with the eldest grandson first."

"Zuo Qing should get rid of it as soon as possible, and then everything will be solved! Why does my uncle have to take a long detour, don't you still believe me?! ”

Murphy smiled disdainfully: "True or false, I will investigate, and now I don't move him, it's not that I believe him, before there is no evidence, why should I tear my face and make trouble for myself?" Be calm in everything and don't be in a hurry. ”

"Yes, yes, my uncle taught me a lesson, it's just... The eldest grandson has no dispute, he may not be able to submit to you. ”

"The eldest grandson is arrogant and arrogant, and disdains to be in the company of us, but this person is also a villain, how is it different from us? Now that he is not obedient, it is not that he is upright, but there are different kinds of wicked people, and I and him, tsk, are not the same kind of wicked people. ”

Ge Yi was puzzled: "Is this still classified?" ”

Murphy smiled: "People who think they are honest are not really upright, and they may have secretly done a lot of things that can't be put on the table." The eldest grandson has no dispute? Scold! Hypocrites! ”

"Uncle is saying that he has been pretending?" Ge Yiyan said: "Since he is evil in his bones, why pretend, this is not the first time that my uncle has shown favor to him." He's not... Bitch standing torii! ”

Murphy breathed a long sigh of relief: "He has stood this archway long enough, it's time to tear it down." ”

Yunlai Pavilion, wings.

The opened the baggage, revealing Bai Sensen's human bones, spread them on the table, and Yan Sheng jumped three feet high in fright. Zuo Qing covered the tea lid and said, "This is the important evidence dug out of the ancestral grave of the Liang family, a white bone?" ”

dusted off the mud on their hands, and their gorgeous faces were covered with indifference: "I sent someone to check and found some bad news, do you want to hear it?" ”

"Listen."

She raised her head slightly, looked at him, and said, "The people sent to inquire about a strange thing in the Liang Mansion, that is, Liang Luan never went to the ancestral tomb to worship, and did not allow anyone in the mansion to mention it, and it seems that he is very afraid of it. ”

Zuo Qing's index finger and middle finger were gently scratched on the porcelain cup, and his thin lips were slightly pursed.

"After hearing the news, I asked the man to go to the ancestral tomb of the Liang family to have a look. It was raining heavily for several days, and after the rain washed away, a layer of mud was washed away from the hillside, revealing the white skeleton in the southwest corner. Now that he is alive, he should be the same age as Ah Yan. She was sad when she suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly added, "Oh, it's a girl." ”

His fingers stopped abruptly, his palm pressed against the porcelain cup, and he slowly lifted it.

The heat was filled, and both of them were silent, and the room suddenly became as silent as death. Until Yan Sheng spoke: "My lord, you said that this white bone... Who will it be? What is the relationship with Lord Liang? As soon as Yan Sheng asked, he went on and on, "I found it in the ancestral tomb of the Liang family, it must be someone from the Liang family, but why is it in the southwest corner, isn't it a waste!" Oh yes, when did the Liang family have children in the past ten years, except for Liang Qiluo, could it be that it is not the Liang family? ”

looked at the white bones closely, pondered for a moment, and said, "If you say that you are a descendant, you will not be buried in the land of the Liang family... Hey, could it be that Liang Luan killed someone and deliberately hid it in his graveyard to hide it from the world? ”

The man sitting on the other side of her raised the corners of his mouth: "Guessed." ”

Yes?

went back to look at the white bones, and at this time, they felt more and more that this white bones had too much past waiting for them to excavate.

Zuo Qing brushed aside the soil covering the white bones, picked out a rib, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and the moment he closed his eyes, he seemed to see the scene of the little girl before she died: the dim sky, the silent hillside, and the ancestral grave with candles... She was beaten by him almost diabolically, she screamed and begged for mercy, while the people in front of her were even more excited and crazy...... Until, torture her to death.

Zuo Qing opened his eyes and looked painfully at the creepy wound on the other side of the rib, "This rib has traces of a sharp weapon, from right to left, from deep to shallow, the sharp weapon should be a machete or something." Zuo Qing began to study the bones, "Not only ribs, but also other bones, the same kind of weapon, the same wound, but the technique is more chaotic, and the wounds are criss-crossed." ”

As soon as the heard that there was a discovery, they hurriedly looked at it and sighed: "Poor little girl, you are so dead, this hateful murderer, he should be cut with a thousand knives!" She suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Good guy, it can't really be a thousand cuts, right?!" ”

Zuo Qing put the bones back, then rubbed them back and forth on the corner of Yansheng's clothes, and said, "It should be, otherwise, the bones won't hurt like this." ”

"How many cuts do you have to make?" Yan Sheng asked with disgust.

Zuo Qing went to turn over the white bones, and after a while, he replied to him: "Visually inspect fifty or sixty knives... If the murder weapon is a dagger, the scar should not be so deep, but it is indeed a dagger, so it seems that the murderer kills people in two steps, first remove the flesh, and then scrape the bones... Right. ”

Yansheng was nauseated, couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed out of the room to vomit.

The hurriedly rewrapped the burden, but their faces were not shocked, but they just said distressedly: "Poor child, what kind of sin has been created to be punished!" You say, could it be Liang Luan? ”

"Who else but him?" He thought for a moment and replied: "Help me check one more thing, if you are sure, then this matter should be over." ”