Li Zhengdao and his entourage went down the mountain, crossed the barren grassland, and arrived at the official road, where the carriage was still parked, the horses were eating the fodder in a cloth bag, and the young man was sleeping in front of the car, and he was bitten by mosquitoes, and kept turning over and tossing.

Li Zhengdao stepped forward and said, "Little brother, why don't you sleep in the car?"

The young man got up excitedly, and when he saw a few people returning, he couldn't help but be stunned, glanced at the sky, rubbed his eyes in confusion and said, "You guys came back so soon, where are you going now?"

"Let's go to the town of Peach Creek first. Sun Xiaoman looked at Li Zhengdao, and his happy eyes turned into crescent moons.

"Oh good, get in the car. The young man lifted the stool, put it in the back of the car, and whispered to Li Zhengdao: "Man, there is a smell on my body, I have to sleep in the carriage all night, and I still have to use aromatherapy, I am reluctant to waste that money." ”

"You're not afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes?" Li Zhengdao wondered.

"What are you afraid of, you have been bitten since you were a child, you have long been used to it, you hurry up and get in the car, be careful that mosquitoes get into the carriage, it is you who will suffer, I can't afford it." The young man smiled and waved his hand.

Li Zhengdao nodded, got into the carriage, the door was closed, only the bamboo curtains on both sides of the window were breathable, Sun Xiaoman lit the oil lamp, covered it with the lampshade, and sat down with a smile, Wang Banxian sat opposite, holding the wooden box and already dozing off.

The young man outside collected the fodder for the horses, put it in front of the car, blew a fire fold, lit the lantern on the front of the car, turned the horse's head again, and drove towards Taoxi Town.

The night was silent, the insects and frogs were gone, and in the darkness, the carriage carried a flickering lantern forward, like a ghost fire floating in the darkness.

"A few distinguished guests, where are you going to Taoxi Town, do you want to play or stay in a hotel?" the young man asked as he waved his hand to drive away mosquitoes.

"Find an inn to settle down in, by the way, does the little brother know who else is left in the family of the former county guard?" asked Li Zhengdao.

"You want to investigate what happened back then and find the truth?"

In the carriage, Li Zhengdao and Sun Xiaoman glanced at each other, and they were a little surprised, this young man actually guessed their intentions at once.

"yes, that's right, how did you know we were going to investigate what happened?"

The young man smiled, "This is how long time has passed, two years forward, there are more Taoist heroes or capable people like you who want to find the truth." ”

"Why is that?" Li Zhengdao became more and more strange.

"During the reign of the former county guard of our Kiwi County, he did a lot of good things to benefit the people, and he had a good reputation in the county, but he was suddenly executed for treason, and naturally many people were indignant and wanted to find out the real culprit to avenge the county guard. ”

"And then, did the real culprit find it?"

"Well, I found it, but this result-"

"Found it?" Li Zhengdao and Sun Xiaoman were both taken aback, and asked eagerly, "Who is it?"

"Who else could it be, it's Wang Lanzhu, the daughter of the county guard!" the young man said with a sneer.

Li Zhengdao's face was full of surprise and said, "This is the truth that everyone has traced. ”

"That's right, the original holy decree said that Wang Lanzhu reported meritorious, and everyone still didn't believe it, but everyone found out after checking that there was really no one else to report except Wang Lanzhu, because there were only three people who knew about the matter, Lord Wang, the military general of the private meeting, and Miss Wang Lanzhu, the other two have been beheaded, and they also know how serious the consequences of exposure are, how can they report themselves, so this murderer can only be Wang Lanzhu. ”

"The three clans of the Wang family have been wiped out, where did everyone get the clues?" Li Zhengdao looked at him unkindly.

The young man said: "The three clans of the Wang family were killed, it was just a matter of the Wang family, the servants of the family were not implicated, everyone found a lot of information from the housekeeper of the palace, and later other servants also confirmed it, it is indeed true." ”

Li Zhengdao's face turned gloomy for a while, the matter has been investigated by many people, and most of them will not make mistakes, if you look at it this way, Wang Lanzhu is really the murderer, but if it is the murderer, why does she have to entrust Ying Yingunintentionally to investigate the real murderer, is it to set up suspicions, or to excuse herself.

"Then what about after finding out the real murderer, everyone didn't do anything to Wang Lanzhu?" asked Sun Xiaoman.

"How do you do it, when the county keeper was killed, I prayed that you would not blame his daughter, and hoped that her daughter could live in peace, although everyone was angry, but they couldn't go against the last wish of the county keeper, so they had to give up with hatred. ”

Li Zhengdao understands that there is probably no room for turning around in this matter, and the real murderer who killed the Wang family is most likely really Wang Lanzhu, and he should have been deceived unintentionally, and he is no exception, everyone has been deceived.

But why is that?

"Maybe Wang Lanzhu was afraid that we would kill her, so she deliberately made a commission to excuse herself. Sun Xiaoman said.

Li Zhengdao nodded lightly, there is indeed this possibility, although the county guard prayed for everyone, but it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be angry, but if she has to do it, what will Wang Lanzhu do in the face of such a situation, naturally she is excusing herself, only in this way can she live.

Perhaps Wang Lanzhu has experienced this kind of investigation many times, and she has long learned how to exonerate herself.

But in this way, Wang Lanzhu has become a big devil who is bent on killing her entire family and three clans, how could she be a woman, how could she do such a thing, how could she have so much hatred for her family.

"Little brother, do you have any grudges between Wang Lanzhu and her family?" After thinking about it, Li Zhengdao asked.

The young man thought for a while and said, "I haven't heard of it before, but after the investigation, there were many people, and everyone thought that Wang Lanzhu should be very dissatisfied with her father." ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"The origin of this matter is very complicated, I heard that it is related to the second prince, what is going on, I don't know very well, anyway, that is to say, the county guard, as a civil official, very much wants to win over the local generals, so he matched his daughter Wang Lanzhu and the generals together, Wang Lanzhu does not like the generals, and the father and daughter have a disagreement. However, the county guard was very resolute, and then handed over the matter of meeting with the military general in private to Wang Lanzhu, and the rest of the people in the house did not participate, which made Wang Lanzhu extremely dissatisfied. ”

Li Zhengdao was even more puzzled, "Doesn't the imperial court have a rule that officials can't make friends in private? Why does this county guard still have to win over military generals, isn't this an act of seeking death?"

The young man said: "Several Taoist heroes have been in retreat on the mountain all the year round, and they don't know that there was a period of time when the second prince was in power in Jinguo! The crown prince is the eldest prince, and he has long been established as the prince, but he has no heirs for a long time, and the first emperor is inevitably worried about the inheritance of the throne, so he has the heart to start supporting the second prince."

At that time, the second prince, with the support of the first emperor, made many reforms, one of which was that civil and military officials worked together to break the previous situation of non-interference. The king of the county guard is an official who is very appreciated by the second prince, even if the crown prince later ascended the throne and became the emperor, he did not have much restraint, and finally the family was ruined. ”

Li Zhengdao said with a solemn expression: "In this way, Wang Lanzhu is the real murderer, everything she has done is to exonerate herself." ”

Sun Xiaoman said: "She may have someone she likes, or maybe she was deceived by someone with a heart, thinking that a report would not cause much harm to the family?"

"She's not so ignorant now. Li Zhengdao gritted his teeth and said word by word.