The torture room was dark, and Xue Bai picked up the scissors and cut the wick of the candle.

At some point, he also got blood on his hands.

And with a scream, Liu Hua fainted. Yang Guozhong was very experienced, and arranged for his entourage to bring a basin of water, clean his hands, and then pick up the offering book and invite Xue Bai to go out together.

"Sure enough, it's Liu Dinggao's son, and the ordinary mud-legged man can't even remember the name of the county official, how can he understand this? Oh, but he talked about the right phase from Henan Yin and the water and land transport envoy, and gave himself a long face. ”

Although he ridiculed, Yang Guozhong was actually relieved.

It's good that Liu Hua has this insight, and if he has insight, it shows that he can bear some things by himself. What I'm most afraid of is the kind of person whose status is so low that he can't say anything bad.

"What? Ah Bai scared? ”

Seeing that Xue Bai was silent and did not answer, Yang Guozhong asked a question, and said with a smile: "At the beginning, the torture was like this, although the Yushitai was a clear stream and there was no prison, but Luo Xixiao had a beginning, which one of the people who wanted to make progress all these years did not go to Dali Temple Prison to observe one or two?" Just get used to it. ”

"yes."

"Here, try two more times."

The two of them were transferred to another torture room, and inside was a demon thief who had been captured alive, but in fact he was just a young man in his early twenties, but he looked like he was in his forties. Remember the URL m.xswang.la

"What's your name?"

Liu ...... Liu Sheng. ”

The man struggled to speak, and it took him a long time to spit out two words.

When Yang Guozhong heard this, he scolded: "Five out of ten demon thieves are called by this name, this is your real name?!" ”

"The Lord of Ji is up.

"Lord Ji? Are you talking about Liu Hua? ”

Liu Sheng didn't even know this, and after hanging it like a piece of wood, and after receiving a few whips, he replied: "The auspicious lord is the auspicious master...... Give food. ”

Give food.

Yang Guozhong struggled to describe Liu Hua's appearance, but in the end he only got a nod from Liu Sheng.

"It's the auspicious master."

"Jiri, why did you rebel?"

Liu Sheng couldn't speak, he was silent, as if he had rebelled directly for no reason.

Yang Guozhong's patience gradually lost, and he felt that the brain of this demon thief was like a piece of wood. Stupider than the cats and dogs raised by his Yang family, cats and dogs at least know how to look at people's faces, this demon thief only has a pair of dead fish eyes without any lustre, and there is no emotion in his eyes, which makes people angry.

Torture!

Liu Sheng finally stopped being silent and screamed. It's a pity that he really can't answer the question asked by Yang Guozhong.

A soldering iron can easily scorch a person's flesh and skin, but it cannot make a person grow insight.

Xue Bai patiently read the confession book that the guards had reviewed before, and found a few useful places for Yang Guozhong to see.

"Henan Mansion, a native of Yucheng County, a fugitive...... It's a person who can kill people if he eats bread, and it's not very easy to judge. ”

"Jiri, if it weren't for the smell of barbecue, I would have thought it was a piece of wood." Yang Guozhong was helpless, "Let's go." ”

Xue Bai glanced back again, the demon thief on the torture rack was already dying, and he definitely wouldn't live long.

When I walked out of the torture cell, it was almost dark. The trial of Liu Sheng took far longer than the trial of Liu Hua, and he couldn't ask anything.

Therefore, there must be someone instigating the thieves to make trouble. Yang Guozhong said eloquently, "If it weren't for thieves like Liu Dinggao, how could these mud-legged people who didn't even have brains rebel?" I can't think of rebelling. ”

"Brother thinks so?"

"Or else? What do you think? ”

He ...... He looks like a thief. ”

Xue Bai carefully observed Liu Sheng, the person was very thin, but his eyes were swollen, he should have been hungry for many years, the person did not have enough food, the plasma concentration was insufficient, and the fluid in the blood vessels floated, and it gradually grew into that look.

After that, no matter how full you eat, you can't regain the brightness in your eyes, and you look like a ghost.

The appearance of insensitivity is the appearance of anti-thief.

If you can't survive, you dare to risk your life to go to Huaqing Palace to die, how many normal people will be like this moth to the fire and kill themselves?

"Haha." Yang Guozhong smiled and agreed: "He really looks like a demon thief." ”

He felt that Xue Bai was actually not very capable in the matter of adjudicating the case, far inferior to him, an experienced imperial historian. In addition, looking at Chen Xuanli's meaning, Xue Bai seems to be a little suspicious.

"Ah Bai has worked hard today, you are injured, but I asked you to help me investigate the case, don't pull the injury."

Xue Bai listened, coughed heavily due to the repeated injuries, and asked Guo Qianli to send someone to help him go back to the official house to recuperate.

He has already expressed his attitude to the table, and he is too lazy to accompany Yang Guozhong to continue to investigate, after all, he is not the middle of the imperial history.

"Ahem, ahem."

Yang Yan coughed heavily while listening to Yang Guozhong's story.

"In my opinion, it is really possible for a saint to trust our Yang family, even more so than ...... Right phase. ”

Yang Guozhong's throat rolled a little, and he also wanted to call Li Linfu a "brother slave", but in the end he gave up, thinking that there was no need to be quick at this time.

"The concubine is not sensible, she has to go to the hibiscus pool to rehearse, and the saint still trusts her so much." Yang Qian actually didn't understand the reason, but felt a little guilty, "Is it because we are loyal and have nothing to do with this case?" ”

"Of course!" Yang Guozhong clenched his fists to the sky and said, "Who else in the DPRK and China can be more loyal than us?"

"What do you mean?

"By completing this case, how about I send my brother to the stage?" Yang Guozhong said, stepped forward, handed over a transcription of the confession, and said in a low voice: "Brother, please see, the demon thief mentioned the right minister." ”

Yang Yan coughed twice, read the confession, shook his head and said, "It is impossible to involve the brother slave." ”

"But we can also find something unhappy for him, and we will make another contribution, and the other will rise."

"Makes sense." Yang Yan groaned, "Wait for me to invite Ah Bai to ask?" ”

"For the time being, it's better for Brother Mo to contact him." Yang Guozhong lowered his voice, "Today, I listen to Chen Xuanli's meaning...... This matter should be possible to implicate him.

"Why?"

"One is because of opera, and the other is because of Xifu. In recent years, whenever something happens in the court, there is his shadow, and the saint is in a bad mood and unpredictable, so be careful. ”

"Ahem, ahem."

Yang Guozhong said: "I'm not slandering him, but at special times, it is not appropriate to come and go frequently, so as not to be caught by someone with a heart." If Brother asks him about something, let me go, I don't care. ”

"Got it." Yang Zhen reminded: "You don't want to be too prominent and offend others." ”

"Then I'll go and report to the saint."

After Yang Guozhong left, Yang Qian frowned and thought for a long time, but he still recruited a maid to meet Yang Yuyao.

That night, these words reached Xue Bai's ears.

"Actually, what he said makes sense."

"What makes sense? In the past, I didn't think that compared with you, the little abacus in his heart was too loud. ”

As long as Yang Yuyao is willing to use his brain to think about things, he can still see it, and said: "He persuaded Brother Ah to be less involved with you, but in fact, he didn't want to make more contributions to himself." ”

"Then we'll mix it up less and don't worry about it." Xue Bai said: "Also, in recent years, I have indeed been too active in front of the saints. ”

"That's what you said."

Yang Yuyao wanted to refute a few sentences, but thinking of the recent atmosphere in the palace where she was like a tiger, she didn't say anything.

Unexpectedly, Xue Bai suddenly pulled her hand and held it.

Seeing that he was so gentle and keenly aware of something, Yang Yuyao asked, "What are you thinking?" Don't you ....... find the Sacred Heart unpredictable and want to let it go?

"Not really." Xue Bai said, "There is no better Que than the county lieutenant of Zhaoying in front of me." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of the few thieves he saw today, and his enthusiasm for catering to the holy will had diminished a little.

Yang Yuyao wanted to stay with Qinglan tonight, but unfortunately in this situation for the time being, it was really inappropriate to come and go too closely, so she had to reluctantly leave.

Since the beginning of rehearsals, Xue Bai has been very self-respecting, and this night is inexplicably dreamy again.

The next day, Xie Aman came over, but he reminded: "Don't mess around with Mrs. Qiu Guo recently." ”

"My third sister and I are purely righteous sisters and brothers, but there are many slanders." Xue Bai said, "What have you heard?" ”

"General Gao is in the ban, and he also asked me for questioning."

Saying that, Xie Aman hesitated, raised his eyes, glanced at Xue Bai, gritted his teeth, and said, "I asked about you."

Xue Bai smiled in surprise: "Me? What's the matter with me? ”

"I asked you about your relationship with the Zhaoying County Commander and the county lieutenant, and also asked about your relationship with the concubine Zhang We and the guard captain Shaoqing Wang Zhun."

Xue Bai looked at Xie Aman's eyes carefully and found that she was a little uneasy.

She is a disciple of Yang Yuhuan, with a detached posture and never involved in government affairs, and if she can do this today, it can be seen that the atmosphere in the forbidden room should be very tense.

Xue Bai then asked, "Concubine...... Are you okay? ”

Xie Aman didn't expect that a person like him didn't care about his future, but asked the concubine first, and couldn't help but be moved, and nodded quickly.

The concubine was unharmed, and in addition to the bruises left when climbing the mountain, the saint also rewarded many treasures.

"I'm not asking about that."

Xue Bai asked about Yang Yuhuan's situation.

Xie Aman didn't know if he understood or not, shook his head, and said angrily: "I told you about you, but you asked the concubine." ”

It's better for you to be honest first, and then count on the concubine to ask for credit for you. ”

"Okay." Xue Bai asked, "What's wrong with me?" ”

"I was interrupted by you, and I almost forgot where I said. General Gao asked me, I told the truth when you usually interacted with those people, and you deceived me once. ”

"Thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain it if I was afraid."

Xie Aman got this, glanced at him quickly, lowered his head, pounded the herbs, and said: "Don't say some coaxing words, you stay in peace, no matter how panicked people are outside, the concubine will ensure that you will be fine." ”

Xue Bai was clearly just a kind word, but somehow it became a coaxing.

"The first person you mentioned was Li Xi, the commander of Zhaoying County? What happened to him? ”

"You don't care, change the dressing."

"That's what he said?"

"Yes, the first thing I asked was the situation of the concubine."

That night, Yang Yuhuan listened to Xie Aman's reply, and faintly sighed.

Since the assassination, the sage came to see her in a hurry, and then she was busy with state affairs, and she didn't even find a chance to ask for credit for Xue Bai. But the saint's exclusive favor for her seems to be still there, relying more and more on the Yang family, and the rewards are continuous.

The brothers of the Yang family are only concerned about the future at the moment, and they are dedicated to investigating the demon thief for the saint, but they didn't expect that only the righteous brother was keenly aware of the subtle changes.

"It's hard to believe that he has a heart." Yang Yuhuan said: "You go and tell him, you don't have to rush for a while, you have to wait for the matter to pass, and then I will promote him." ”

"Whoa."

"Also, after handing over the words, don't go to see him again."

Xie Aman was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and muttered, "Why? ”

"It's always right to be at this time."

After that, Yang Yuhuan was worried that Xue Bai would not understand the seriousness of the matter, got up and paced a few steps, and finally beckoned Xie Aman to come closer, and whispered: "I have asked General Gao, this case is too big, and many people have already been bitten out of ......"

July 15th.

Seven days have passed since the major case of the Qixi assassination.

Xue Bai looked at the wound that had healed and continued to wrap it, only to learn that Yang Guozhong had come to see him.

Yang Guozhong was able to come, thinking that there were no more than two reasons, if Xue Bai was not going to be promoted, he was in trouble.

"Brother is busy, how can you come to see me today?"

"Naturally, I am concerned about your injury, look, I brought a good salvia for my brother, your favorite gift."

"Brother smiled."

Xue Bai looked at it and found that Yang Guozhong's face was embarrassed, so he asked, "But...... The case is too involved, and Brother can't grasp it? ”

Yang Guozhong did come for this matter, but he didn't expect Xue Bai to be so direct, so he nodded.

He didn't know where to start, thought about it, and first talked about Liu Hua, who was interrogated by the two together.

"In the thirteenth year of Kaiyuan, Huaizhou suffered from a major drought for three consecutive years, and Liu Dinggao took advantage of natural disasters to gather people to rebel and attack Luoyang. Liu Hua was seven years old and was adopted, according to verification, his adoptive father also has a son, who is likely to be the halberd Lang 'Li Shrink' who entered the Yulin Army under the pseudonym, then his adoptive father may be surnamed Li. In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, it should be his adoptive father died, and there was one more Li shrink in the Hedong army, in the same year, Liu Hua went to Chang'an, first as a slave in Nanqu, and then entered the palace, at this time he was twenty years old, if this rebellion was planned by the two brothers, it is also reasonable. ”

The problem is here, Yang Guozhong didn't want to make a big deal small at the beginning.

Until now, he had no choice but to frown and sigh: "However, if Liu Hua and Li Xiao can do this, there must be a behind-the-scenes command behind them." ”

"Why?" Xue Bai said: "The rebellion was not well planned, it should be said that it was very unintelligent, it didn't look like there was a powerful behind-the-scenes instigation." ”

"No, two grass people can't do it." Yang Guozhong said: "There must be a behind-the-scenes command. ”

"Who does Brother suspect?"

"What does Bai think?"

If Xue Bai guesses, even if Liu Hua has someone behind him to help, he can only be a petty official, no more than five grades. Because the fifth grade or above has the qualifications of the court, Liu Hua will be reminded that that kind of small crossbow cannot assassinate the saint.

But guess according to Yang Guozhong's thinking...... It must be Wang Jie.

Because you can't bite Li Linfu, then you can bite Wang Gong first. It just so happened that Wang Zhun was also involved in the case.

"Could it be Wang Jie?"

"That's right! Ah Bai also thinks so? Yang Guozhong immediately became excited, "I checked and checked, and I felt that Wang Jiao was the most suspicious." Fahai was recommended by Wang Zhun, and he has been citing it in the chicken workshop, how can it have nothing to do with Wang Zhun? It must be the king! ”

"Is there any evidence?"

"I wanted to find evidence, but after a check, the case got bigger and bigger." Yang Guozhong was a little distressed, "You also know that I do things for the saints, and I don't play those false things, I really handle cases." ”

"Yes."

"According to Da Xifu's confession, we took down Li Xi, the commander of Zhaoying County."

"In order to seek the position of lieutenant, I asked someone to deal with Li Xi, does it matter?"

"You're a little thing." Yang Guozhong groaned and said slowly: "Li Xi said a lot of rebellious things, and then he couldn't bear the punishment, and he knew who was behind the scenes, but he was willing to say it only when he faced the saint." ”

"Did the saint promise to summon him?"

"Yes."

Yang Zhongguo was worried, in this way, who Li Xi wanted to testify against was not something he could control......

"Let's see if the saint believes it or not."

"Can a saint believe it?"

Yang Guozhong still wanted to say something, but Yu Shi walked in and whispered a few words to him, and his face changed.

"What?! Are you sure? ”

"Really."

"Who killed it?"

"I don't know, I pushed the door in and found that the person was dead."

After exclaiming, Yang Guozhong did not hide it from Xue Bai, and said: "Something happened, the big thing is not good, Li Xi and Da Xifu are in prison." I said that there is still a mastermind behind this case, and now this is murder........

For a moment, Xue Bai was also a little stunned.

He wasn't listening to Yang Guozhong, he only had one question in his mind...... Does Li Longji believe it or not?

"Ah Bai, Ah Bai.

"Huh?

"What are you thinking? Help me find out what's behind the scenes. Yang Guozhong didn't forget to make a promise to Xue Bai, "Look, now it's really out of the que, even the Zhaoying county order is out of the que." ”