It was only said that Long Xiangtian entered the water, endured the pain and was swimming, and he didn't know where Lan Daochang and Hu Hao had gone in a hurry-he naturally knew that saving Hu Hao could let him know more about the case, but he didn't know that Yu was in charge of the store's martial arts function and made him suffer such a big loss. But he knew that as long as Hu Hao lived, their chances of winning would be one percent more, and he must keep Hu Hao, at least while he was alive. He believed that even if he really lost his life, as long as the other seven people had Hu Hao, they would definitely be able to find out the facts of the case, so that he would be desperate.

There was blood oozing around him, and all the blood seeping out was scattered into the water, and his lips were gradually turning white at the moment, such a complicated river and waterway, such a large lake, where should he go? A military horn sounded, and a warship came head-on, and the leader said: "It's the dragon commander-get it quickly-"

Long Xiangtian looked up and saw that the Dongting Army had arrived. Long Xiangtian grabbed the long pole lowered on the ship, jumped over, and went to the deck.

The leader said: "The last general is General Situ's subordinate general Lu Bei, and he will meet Commander Long——"

Long Xiangtian endured the pain and said, "There is no need for these red tapes, General Lu, have you ever seen anyone else in this river basin?"

Lu Beidao: "Commander Long said these two-" After that, Lu Bei sent someone to the cabin to invite two people, and those two were none other than Lan Daochang and Hu Hao, who jumped into the river before Long Xiangtian.

Long Xiangtian said: "It's the two of them, wait for some medicine to bandage me-" Long Xiangtian's hand began to tremble unconsciously at this moment, blood mixed with wet clothes flowing, Lu Bei saw this and immediately sent someone to treat Long Xiangtian. Long Xiangtian looked at the soldier bandaging his wounds and said, "Why are you waiting for the Dongting Army to come here?"

Lu Beidao: "Today, the prince of Dingnan has sent an order to come to the Dongting Army, and ordered the 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Dongting Army to listen to the orders of the eight commanders. It was Commander Pu who asked me to patrol the main rivers and roads, and I heard that the emperor also knew about the matter, and authorized the eight commanders to investigate the matter thoroughly, and sent the rest of the men to the Dongting Mansion Soldiers and Horses. ”

Long Xiangtian moved his bandaged right shoulder, moved his back, and said: "With the emperor's holy decree, the case can be solved faster, but at present, we can't make a big splash, and at this time, I think Pu Mu and others must not have explained it to Governor Liu." Wait for me to sail on the hill and catch the thief—"

As soon as Lu Bei wanted to reply, he was stopped by Hu Hao, and Hu Hao said: "That old ghost Yu is no longer here." ”

Long Xiangtian said: "When I came, I came from the Landao Long Taoist Temple, and the Taoist Temple is not far from this mountain, what do you mean by that, that guy has left the mountain?"

Hu Hao shook his head and said: "There is still a secret passage in this attic, but the secret passage must have been guarded when he was fighting, Yu Lao Ghost must have slipped away from the secret passage at this moment, and the secret passage goes straight to the bottom of the water, and someone will definitely pick him up when he dives out of the river." ”

"This Yunmeng Daze is 800 miles wide, if there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is difficult to track him, you can't track him here, otherwise we will definitely be played around by this person, and send me back to the Dragon Mother Temple first. After that, you and others stepped up their patrols. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

After Lu Bei returned the order, he ordered the bow of the ship to be changed and went straight to the direction of the Dragon Mother Temple.

In the palace, the chief investigator of the Criminal Department Tang was looking through the records of the criminal prison, that is, the case of the official's violent death, in fact, he had already come here to check all the files during the summer solstice, and now the eight commanders came here to overturn the case, and the emperor sent him to assist the commander in investigating the case.

Governor Liu served tea, and he felt more and more that the situation was serious.

"Lord Tang, please use tea—" Governor Liu said. Chen Renhai and Li Defei had just left this morning, and in their mouths, Governor Liu learned that Pu Mu had left the official residence to wander around the city. Chen Renhai, Li Defei and Governor Liu said that he would not have to pay attention to Pu Mu, and that they would come back to look for Pu Mu at that time, and only let Governor Liu prepare a ship for them, and they would go first. Seeing that the two were sent away, Governor Liu temporarily put his mind at ease, the longer these people were by his side, the more his secrets would be dug up by them.

Although he knew that these three people had come to suspect him, he could only find a way to deal with them if they were far away.

The chief transfer officer Tang in front of him, when he came last time, he received the news in advance, so he was prepared in all the file records: he used new paper, and found the people of the three gangs to deliberately make the old ones, so as to refill the amount of official silver. Since the Criminal Department seized from the state and county, when all the official silver was transported to Dongting Mansion, the amount was not matched, and the official silver naturally disappeared at that time. When the people from the Criminal Department finally arrived at the government office, they made a mistake and directly changed the amount on the record file of the Criminal Department.

The officials sent by the Criminal Department accompanied them all the way, and when transporting the official silver, no one said that there was no mistake and could not be verified. Chief Tang came here because someone in prison died violently, and by the way, he checked the official bank, but he didn't find anything wrong at all.

Chief Investigator Tang put down the file and said: "I am in Bayu Mansion to verify the prison case last month, but I don't know that the Holy Flying Pigeon has ordered me to put down all the affairs at hand and come here to try my best to assist the commander of the Great Inner to review the case." With that, he picked up the hot tea and took a sip.

Governor Liu knew that it was the emperor's will, thinking that this group of people had quietly reported the situation to the emperor, at this time he was a little panicked, and said: "I see, if Lord Tang still needs any files, just tell the lower officials." ”

Tang Tune said: "I read the dossier last time, and I didn't have any clues this time." Lord Liu, you have been an official for so many years, and I will make rounds every month to verify the prison matters, and you have the least accidents here. I think it is the saint who is not worried about the officials of our criminal department, this official silver is checked by the officials of our criminal department, the amount of official silver recorded in all the papers has not been modified, and the new and old papers are in line with the time, Lord Liu also knows that in terms of the paper specially approved by the criminal department, the criminal department has its own observation path, the pen and ink have not been modified, and the paper has not been abnormal, what clues can be found in this? And the officials of our criminal department have been involved in the least corruption over the years, and Yuwen Shangshu has also secretly verified that all the investigating officials can be excluded, and the official silver is personally escorted by the leather squire, and each waterway is guarded by a first-order roadcar. ”

Governor Liu said: "Lord Tang has been an official for many years, and there are no less than 100 criminal and prison cases, and there are probably no less than 10 difficult ones, and the same is true for Lord Shangshu and Lord Shilang, I am afraid that this case is just like this." He naturally knew why the Criminal Department couldn't find out, because Shangfeng had already dredged up with an unknown official of the Criminal Department, and the amount of official money was also secretly matched, so he could sit back and relax.

"This internal commander has just taken office for less than a month, and he has already invited officials of my criminal department for questioning, and he has discussed no less than ten times. Hey, why does the Sixth Supervision Department always hold on to our Criminal Department......? The emperor personally looked at the case file of the official's violent death, and then asked me to wait to investigate, and only secretly transferred me to assist the Ouchi commander in investigating the case. The case of the violent death of the official was personally verified by me, and the corpse that was examined by our criminal department's unique work had no external injuries, let alone internal injuries, only that the spleen and stomach were a little swollen, but the contents of the stomach and intestines could be verified, and there was no poison at all.

Tang Tune realized that he had just realized that the details of the autopsy he had just said made him a little uncomfortable, and said: "Don't be surprised by Governor Liu—this official has been in prison for a long time, and he doesn't feel anything when he says this...... It was the official's fault that he made Governor Liu uncomfortable like this. ”

After that, Tang Tune put down the file and said, "I don't think there is anything missing in the file, I'd better go to the prison to have a look, Lord Liu can keep the cell?"

Governor Liu replied: "I am familiar with the law and the subordinate officials of the law, and all the cells of the violent death of prisoners must be sealed for two years after verification by the Criminal Department, and the subordinate officials naturally do not dare to change the cells at will. Your Excellency, please—" Governor Liu spoke as he led Tang to his cell.

"If Governor Liu still has official documents that he has not read, please go back to the court to be busy with official business, and this official will check it here again. Tang said to the official.

Governor Liu said goodbye to the Tang Inspector and returned to the court to review the official documents, at this time, if he still followed the Tang Inspector, he would definitely lose his words or expose his thoughts, and he knew that there would be no clues in the entire cell for the Tang Inspector to find out, because he knew how the secretary died, and this kind of death would not be detected.

The cell was dark, but fortunately the air window was shining through the morning sun, and there was still some light in the cell, except for some dry thatch, there was nothing in the cell. The Tang Inspector moved the thatched piles, and the floor tiles of the cell were still the same as when he came not long ago. "It's hard to understand this big internal commander, what else does this have to be verified, maybe it's just a group of people who made an appointment, and he died in a unique way after the East Window incident. After throwing a piece of dry thatch aside, Tang said to himself.

At this time, he was asked by his own complaints, why did he have to die after the incident at the east window? He also doubted whether it was done by people in Beijing, but he did not dare to conclude without evidence, but the commander of Ouchi had already informed the emperor, so it was not because they had new evidence. He had been in charge of prison affairs for many years, and the official who had handled the largest case was only the governor, and at this time he wanted to know the truth soon.

I saw that Tang Tuoguan came out of prison and ran directly to the public court, saying, "Governor Liu, have you seen those internal commanders?"

Governor Liu replied: "After the condolences in the Wudang Mountains that day, the lower officials have not seen them. ”

Tang Tune said: "This cell is still the same as before, and nothing has been found. It's strange to say, the emperor asked me to assist the eight commanders in solving the case, but they didn't see anyone, so the official went to the pavilion to rest for a while. Since they are investigating the case, I think they will come to this mansion soon, Governor Liu will please——"

Governor Liu said goodbye to the Tang official and saw him leave the palace, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He already knew that as soon as this remark came out, he must have done something to fulfill this lie—I saw that he had left the palace, returned to the official residence, and sent someone to the noodle shop of that day, but the noodle shop was closed.

"It's over, it's over—" Governor Liu was already out of shape at the moment, and smashed the teacup directly regardless of the presence of his subordinates. The little guys didn't dare to reply, and Governor Liu scolded: "Get out, get out of here—ungrateful people, all ungrateful people-"

Governor Liu's voice attracted everyone in the family, and I saw that all the people sent by my wife to retreat, and I entered the door by myself, and said, "What is it that makes you so unhappy, master?"

"Madam, those people from the Five Lakes and the Three Gangs have sold us all—" Governor Liu sighed, only to see him gasping for breath with his head in his head.

Mrs. Liu also panicked at this time and said, "That...... What should I do, there was a great commander in Ouchi that day, this ...... Wouldn't it be a suspicion that I'd wait—"

Governor Liu shook his head helplessly, and nodded with difficulty. Seeing this, Mrs. Liu immediately sat on the chair, and immediately cried, saying, "This ...... How should this be? Let's just say that this money is not easy to take...... It's hard to take...... You guys...... I usually flaunt my might, but now I can't do anything about it?

"Shut up—you don't get much money on weekdays, and now you're here to teach me a lesson—" Governor Liu said as he walked around the room, "Quick, quick, quick—pack up and go—"

"How to go?" asked Mrs. Liu, wiping away her tears.

"You take your sons back to your mother's house, and if anyone arrests you and others, you will blame me for everything. Let's go—" Governor Liu said.

"Master......" Mrs. Liu was a little incoherent at the moment.

"What are you doing here, let's go—" Governor Liu shouted, and at this moment Mrs. Liu opened the door and sent someone to prepare.

The street outside the door is orderly and lively, and the official residence inside the door is disorderly and noisy. Governor Liu opened the door with his hands down, and when he saw the maids and servants running in all directions, he completely ignored him. He smiled, as the shopkeeper said, they can hide, but they can't.

Mrs. Liu cleaned up, and scolded as she walked: "Shameless bitch, you must have just run away after eavesdropping." Don't pack up, come here—" Just now, some passing maids and a few of Governor Liu's concubines heard the words of the two, packed up some things and escaped from the side door.

The little maid and the maid all gathered in the hall at this time, and the lady said: "You have received all the monthly money, don't all go out later, and leave one by one." Is the carriage ready?"

The little servant answered, and led Mrs. Liu to prepare to leave, only to see Governor Liu's two sons crying silently, and frequently invited Governor Liu to go with him. Governor Liu said: "When you go to your grandfather's house, you will serve your mother." ”

Governor Liu only left this sentence and stopped talking to his two sons.

Mrs. Liu dragged her two sons and said, "Don't cry, let's go-"

In less than half an hour, the mansion was already clean. Governor Liu sat on the threshold, looking at everything in the hall with a smile, this should be the best ending, only if he falls into the legal net, no irrelevant person will be involved.

The door opened, and it was Chen Renhai and Li Defei.

Chen Renhai said: "Governor Liu, you should be in court on weekdays." ”

"Still sitting in the court, I think the two adults are here to escort me to the court—" With that, he got up and shook his official robe, "I did it, I admit it." The secretary is for the dead ghost, I have colluded with the Five Lakes and Three Gangs to be greedy for a lot of money in the past few years, undoubtedly to help the business do things, the business takes the money through the way, I have collected the money, but it is almost spent. ”

Li Defei raised his hand and motioned to Governor Liu to stop his words, and then said, "Governor Liu, I don't think you can cover the sky with your hands and eyes in this matter. ”

"Of course I can't do it alone, and the shopkeeper Yu who intercepted and killed you. Governor Liu couldn't care about speaking well at this time, and his voice changed tone.

Chen Renhai said: "Governor Liu, you don't have to hide it now. I know that you are afraid that there are people in the palace. ”

"What if you know? Can you investigate him?" Governor Liu shook his head and removed the birdcage from the hall—the bird was reluctant to chirp today, and Governor Liu was trying to tease it.

"If you protect him, will he protect you?" Chen Renhai said, "Your family members have escaped, do you think that person will let your wife and children go?"

"Then what else—what else—" Governor Liu smashed the birdcage to the ground and scolded, "What else? If you want me to give money, if you want me to turn a blind eye to the underworld, I won't care about what they do, and if you want me to do something, I won't do it with all my might? I will die, and I won't confess to him? He still wants my wife's life?"

Chen Renhai said: "Now that you are an outcast, who did you let go of at the summit? When you take his favor, you must know that there will be such a day." ”

As he spoke, the door of the mansion opened again, and it was Tang Tune Officer who came with the arrester from the patrol room.

When the Tang official saw the scene in front of him - Governor Liu who was sitting in the stall and Chen Renhai and Li Defei in front of him, he said: "It was originally the two commanders, and the lower officials have visited here." Tang said to the official.

The two motioned to the Tang Inspector to salute, and the Tang Inspector informed the two of the reasons for his analysis, Chen Renhai said: "It turned out that Lord Tang thought that we had already had evidence, so he came to arrest Governor Liu." ”

"Lord Chen has arrived at his official residence, and it seems that what the lower officials are thinking is not wrong. Tang said to the official.

Li Defei said: "Lord Tang is here, and we will have a help." He also asked Lord Tang to detain Governor Liu in the prison cell of the government and send someone to guard him. In the past few days, Lord Tang has also been invited to sit in the government office, and someone needs to handle the official affairs of the imperial court, and this matter needs to be kept secret and not allowed to be known by local state and county officials. ”

Tang transferred the official back to the order, and escorted Governor Liu away.

Governor Liu did not look back, and walked out of the hall with the fast catchers, because they needed to keep it secret, so the fast catchers did not tie him up. When the door was about to open, Chen Renhai said: "Governor Liu, I will send someone to protect your family, if you figure it out, you can tell Tang Tune Officer at any time, and I will come to listen to the information you confess when I wait." ”

Governor Liu did not answer, and the group left the official residence.

In the Dragon Mother Temple, when Pu Mu and Duan Gan were discussing with Situ Kai, Long Xiangtian and the other three arrived in the temple.

The three of them immediately came out to greet each other, and when Duan Gan saw Lan Daochang, he stepped forward to greet him and said, "Brother Lan, I think it's been more than four years since I said goodbye to Longhu Mountain." ”

Lan Dao said with a smile: "It's been almost five years, and you were not a weak crown at that time, and now you are young and promising." ”

After everyone communicated with each other for a long time, they told what they had captured in the past few days - only that in Xiangyang City, Long Xiangtian found Lan Daochang, and also showed the token to Lan Daochang and told the reason. Lan Dao Chang naturally came to help, but Lan Dao Chang needed to go to his Taoist temple to get some medicine for application at that time, so Long Xiang Tian discovered the matter of Hu Hao and Yu Shopkeeper.

Pu Mu said: "Now I'm waiting for the three brothers to come." ”

"You don't have to wait for them to come, I raised the poisonous insects myself, and those officials are also infested by poisonous insects. What do you want to know?" said Hu Hao.

"May I ask Gang Leader Hu, why is there no trace of the poisonous insects?" Pu Mu said.

Hu Hao said: "The poisonous insect is a centipede made by me with medicinal herbs, the centipede eats the herb and the toxicity is intensified, and the body shape has also changed, after entering the living body, all those who crawl through the internal organs will leave body fluids, and the body fluids will be soaked into the rotten organs and poisoned into the rotten organs, so that as soon as they crawl out of the body for a week, they will be poisoned and die, once the person is dead, the blood is no longer flowing, it will crawl out of the anus. And the poison of bodily fluids is slowly eliminated after it leaves the human body. ”

"It is no wonder that the internal organs of the poisoned person have been swollen, but it cannot be verified that it is poisonous, so many of the cases cannot be detected, and it is only believed that the deceased was sick from fire before his death. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

"Brother Long, thanks to you this time. Pu Mu said.

Long Xiangtian said: "It's right for me to thank Brother Pu, if there are no Dongting soldiers and horses, I think I would have died in the middle of the river." ”

The door opened again, Wang Yu and others came, and they brought Yu Jing, Yu Jing saw Hu Hao and exclaimed, "Hu Gang Master is also here?"