Qi Lin was ordered to go to Wan'an Temple to investigate the conspiracy to assassinate, and transferred the personal guards of Dali Temple and some of the soldiers of the garrison division, and rushed to Wan'an Temple along the way.

He personally carried the holy decree and stopped the horse outside the Wan'an Temple, and behind him was Zuo Zhengming, who originally took Wang Jinyu and Luobei into the Dali Temple Prison without permission, which he could never allow, but I don't know why Qi Lin neither sent Zuo Zhengming to the imperial court, nor did he do any other disposal, as if he let him go once.

Zuo Zhengming, who seemed to be "unharmed", followed closely behind Qi Lin, but his hand intentionally or unintentionally touched the place on his upper lip where he originally had two mustaches, and the expression on his face was completely a portrayal of "embarrassment" and "bitterness".

That mustache has always been Zuo Zhengming's "heart", and he has taken care of it for many years, but he didn't expect to be reduced by Qi Brush one day, and it was his own hand.

He still remembered the scene when he was caught by Qi Lin that day, kneeling there, knowing that with Qi Lin's temperament, he would never let go of himself, and only hoped that the former prime minister Wang Boyan could help him, but when Qi Lin came out of prison later, he glanced at himself, and then said, "I don't want to see those two mustaches again when I come back tomorrow."

At that moment, Zuo Zhengming really didn't know whether he should laugh or suffer, Qi Lin said such things obviously intending to let himself go, but he chose to attack his beard, because he knew how important his beard was to him, but it was by no means as important as his life.

Zuo Zhengming had no choice but to "obediently" shave the mustache clean, and he didn't sleep peacefully that night, just locked himself in the study and ignored anyone.

When he went out the next morning, everyone in the family opened their mouths in surprise when they saw him without a beard, but he also ignored it and walked over with his head held high.

Sure enough, he shaved his beard according to what Qi Lin said, and Qi Lin didn't embarrass him anymore, and it was still the same as before.

In fact, he didn't know that Qi Lin was not only a punishment for doing this, but also a genuine desire to let him stay.

There are many officials in Dali Temple, but this time Qi Lin was ordered by the Holy Order to investigate the case, but he only brought Zuo Zhengming alone, which is enough to explain the problem.

Qi Lin came to Wan'an Temple to take a look at the surrounding environment, at this time, all the surrounding areas of the temple were guarded by the guards brought by Wang Jinyu, and even the monks in the temple were only allowed to enter and not leave, but they did not casually disturb the practice of the monks in the temple.

The dense forest on the opposite side of the temple had now been cut down to a tree, revealing a large clearing where many black-clad corpses lay horizontally.

These people had committed suicide when Wang Jinyu led the people to come, and now the bodies were completely stiff.

Qi Lin immediately ordered that the people and horses brought by himself take over all the surrounding areas of the temple, and the people brought by Wang Jinyu were immediately replaced and withdrawn to Lin'an.

After sorting out these, he said to Zuo Zhengming: "You go and look around first, and we'll discuss it together later!"

Although Zuo Zhengming often revolves around various "human feelings" in the court, he is extremely shrewd, especially in interrogation and investigation, which is why Qi Lin can still let him go after he caught him and took Wang Jinyu and Luobei into Dali Temple.

Zuo Zhengming took several officials of Dali Temple to the scene of the corpse to check, while Qi Lin stood in the open space directly opposite the main hall, looking at the place where the corpse was in the dense forest for a while, and facing the location of the main hall for a while.

All the circumstances are clear at a glance, and naturally there is no escape from him

Eye.

"The place where the killer committed suicide must be the hiding place during the attack, and it is facing the Daxiong Treasure Hall where the female relatives of the Qin Mansion entered the incense and worship Buddha at that time, and the two locations are in a straight line, which is really an excellent location...... The depths of the jungle can be used both to hide and to look out at everything that lies ahead...... But ......"

Qi Lin stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to hold the two places together on the palms of his hands, and said to himself: "But obviously with such a good vision, those people have been planning for a long time, and they should have been killed with one blow, but why did they fail again?"

He had some doubts in his heart, but there was nothing to worry about, everything in front of him seemed to be much simpler than he imagined, and now it was up to Zuo Zhengming to draw conclusions.

Zuo Zhengming narrowed his eyes and looked at the dead body for a long time, if he hadn't rubbed his hand on his clean upper lip from time to time, others would even think that he was standing and falling asleep like this.

"Well, there are no wounds on these people, they shouldn't be external injuries, if it's suicide......" He crouched down and repeatedly touched a dead body for a few moments before he said.

After making sure that there were no wounds on his body, he held the deceased's chin with one hand, and with a sudden force, the originally closed mouth opened.

The moment the deceased's mouth opened, a mouthful of sticky stuff spat out.

Zuo Zhengming's hand retracted like electricity, and only after the sticky substance in the deceased's mouth stopped flowing down did he observe it repeatedly.

"Sticky, and purple-black!"

His eyes lit up, and then he immediately checked the deceased's pupils, as well as a few positions under his armpits.

"It seems that the death of these people has been prepared for a long time, maybe they still calculated the poison they took in advance, that is, when they came, they didn't plan to go back alive, so decisive, it's really a dead man!"

The officials around him were stunned by his words, you must know that these people are all people who assassinated Qin Xiang's family, it must be a heinous crime, I didn't expect Zuo Zhengming to say it in a "praised" tone.

Zuo Zhengming also seemed to realize that what he just said was a bit "taboo", looked at the officials around him, and grinned, fortunately, he knew that these two people were "cronies" who had been with him for a long time, and they would definitely not spread these things outside.

After determining the cause of death, Zuo Zhengming did not immediately go to Qi Lin, he still insisted in front of each corpse, and the officials who followed him almost couldn't understand what he wanted to find, so he even selected a few corpses and stuffed his boots and weapons, bows and arrows into the two officials.

He said that these things were extremely important "evidence" and should come in handy, but the two officials really didn't understand, whether it was these weapons, bows, and arrows, they were all common things, and they couldn't see anything special at all.

"I know that although you two don't say it, you must be unconvinced, these objects look ordinary, but in fact they are extremely 'special', but ordinary people can't see it!" Zuo Zhengming said while meticulously continuing to churn among the dead.

"Lord Zuo, you said that these things are special, we naturally can't see them, so I still want you to tell us about it, we follow you all day long, and we have to learn a few hands!" said a servant shaking his head.

Although Zuo Zhengming's official position is higher than theirs, he is usually peaceful and has no "shelf", so even the official dares to make a few jokes in front of him.

He narrowed his eyes and laughed.

"Actually, I am

I didn't serve in the army, so I don't see anything, but ......"

He pointed to a corpse, kicked it twice, the corpse was completely stiff, and said: "You see that these people are dead, and we will not be able to find out their identities from their mouths, and if we do not know their identities, we will not be able to know who is the mastermind, and the case will be like a dead end, and it will be difficult to solve ......the case."

Speaking of this, a little pride appeared on his face.

"You must know that even the emperor was angry about this case and ordered our Lord Qi to try it, but how can it be tried if everyone is dead? This is also an extremely important moment for adults, so how many officials do you say from Shaoqing to Dali Temple, but why did Lord Qi bring me here to investigate the case?"

When the two officials heard his analysis, they couldn't help but nod vigorously, and their eyes were full of "admiration" when they looked at him.

"If I'm right, these objects are the best way to identify the dead, and that is the first step in our first step in priing open the dead man's mouth!"

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After returning to Dali Temple, Qi Linping retired everyone, leaving only him and Zuo Zhengming.

In front of them lay two corpses, completely cold, as well as several pairs of boots, weapons, stiff bows, and feathered arrows.

Qi Lin looked around these things for a while, then found a chair and sat down, and just as he wanted to speak, he saw Zuo Zhengming grinning brightly, as if he had dreamed of something good when he fell asleep.

If he hadn't gotten used to this person's temperament, he might have been angry as the highest official in Dali Temple.

"Hmph......" He just snorted coldly, reminding Zuo Zhengming that he shouldn't be so out of shape in front of him.

Zuo Zhengming glanced at Qi Lin awkwardly, bowed down and smiled: "My lord, can you see the clues?"

Qi Lin snorted again and did not speak.

Zuo Zhengming was still smiling all over his face, and he didn't say anything to embarrass Qi Lin.

"Your Excellency, you see, the boots inside these things are jet-black and red-edged, and these swords and water-forged things in Longqiushui, as well as these hard bows and feathered arrows, each of them is extremely regulated......"

"Long Qiushui, do you mean the place that was personally established by Marshal Zong Ze in Wuzhou to cast weapons?" Qi Lin said with some surprise.

Zuo Zhengming nodded and said, "After I came back, I immediately invited the general of the Garrison Department who was in charge of ordnance to come and identify him, and he recognized these swords at a glance!"

"And these boots, hard bows and feather arrows, although we can't see any clues, but in their view, they are all at a glance, all of them are specially made in the army!"

Hearing this, Qi Lin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Zuo Zhengming continued: "My lord, these are all obvious, that is to say, the main envoy who plotted to assassinate Qin Xiang is very likely to be a person in the army, or a person who once had a high prestige in the army......

As soon as he said this, Qi Lin immediately shouted: "Shut up, how can you and I guess this thing? Be careful of misleading others and yourself!"

Zuo Zhengming stopped talking, because he knew the meaning of Qi Lin's words, these words came out of his own mouth, and if he accidentally revealed the slightest bit of news, it would be a big deal.

Qi Lin closed his eyes a little nervously, but said in a low voice: "Such a simple fact, such a simple fact, who must do this, but I don't know that once these facts are known to the imperial court, it will set off a bloody storm in the army!"

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