Li Ran rushed in, and saw a middle-aged scribe in a neat and elegant room full of files, half-lying on the Taishi chair, with his eyes closed, and his expression was quiet and peaceful.

If it weren't for the huge and shocking wound in his abdomen, the internal organs and blood in it flowed all over the ground, and it looked like he was asleep.

His right hand was gripping a short knife, his entire arm was completely soaked in blood, and he didn't know if he wanted to pull out the blade before he died, or if he was ...... Suicide.

Yes, it is the honor of having a good relationship with their old Li family, and the honor of Shangshu Wen of the Ministry of Rites!

Suddenly seeing the elders who watched him grow up, the death was so miserable, Li Ran's heart couldn't help but sink.

He was about to walk over, when a thick and strong arm stopped in front of him: "Six doors to handle the case, no one should enter!"

Looking up, this person had a square face and tiger eyes, full of anger, and it was Wu Zhen, the chief catcher of the six doors.

"Misunderstanding!

A familiar voice came from behind him, Li Ran looked back, and saw his father politely walking up, and said to Wu Zhen: "Wu Zhutou, this is Li Guoshi of the current dynasty, and he is also ......"

"That's it. Wu Zhen waved his hand indifferently: "Don't say that it is a national teacher, even if Zhang Xiang is here, in the hindrance of handling the case, Wu has to ask him out." ”

Li Ran smiled bitterly in his heart, this Wu Zhen deserves to be a famous, iron-faced and selfless "Wu Tietou".

Li Ran once heard his father mention that when Wu Zhen investigated a murder case in the imperial capital, he inadvertently involved the clues of Zhang Mao, the younger brother of Prime Minister Zhang Ningfu, who privately occupied Lingtian and embezzled and accepted bribes.

As a result, when most of the officials of the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Three Law Divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all silent and secretly sheltered, this guy took a few small catches by himself, investigated to the end, and really threw the evidence of Zhang Mao's private bribery to the court.

Fortunately, at that time, Emperor Murong Yu was still alive, this rival in love.....Oh no, it should be Lord Yuezhang, who overrode public opinion, personally sat in the court to judge, and finally in front of Zhang Ningfu, Zhang Mao came to a decisive decision, for a while, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, and in the next few years, the "Xiang Party" also became very restrained.

"Wu Zhutou has admired his name for a long time, like thunder. Li Ran was not angry at all, and arched his hand at him.

Isn't it torturing yourself to compete with an iron hanhan who can only investigate cases and only has right and wrong in his mind?

Wu Zhen glanced at him, and seemed to realize that his attitude just now was a little offensive, and his tone was a lot softer: "Li Guoshi has promoted Wu, you better go out quickly, this is the scene of the murder, not a place for a noble person like you." ”

"Okay. ”

Li Ran glanced at Wen Zhirong's tragic corpse, and couldn't help but recall the latter's gentleness and integrity during his lifetime, and sighed in his heart again.

He is a self-proclaimed smart person, to be honest, he wants to help investigate the case now, but first, he really has no authority to intervene in the big cases in the imperial city, and second, he has more important plans now, and the martial arts conference has to be busy.

He patted his father on the shoulder to show comfort, and was about to go out, when he suddenly heard a golden knife catcher report: "I have already checked the doors, windows and facilities outside the house, and I have not found any suspicious traces." ”

"Are you sure?" Wu Zhen frowned.

"Sure. After saying it with certainty, he said: "In addition, we have checked the murder weapon, this knife is the imperial knife in the palace, and it is found in the six yamen, and it is for ordinary life, and it is not unusual." “

"The possibility of suicide cannot be ruled out. Wu Zhen held his cheeks with his hands and said thoughtfully.

"Master Li, what do you think?" Wu Zhen looked at Li Daoguang on the side, quite a little inquiring.

After all, in a sense, Dali Temple can also be regarded as a superior department of the Criminal Department, and such a major case has great leadership and reporting power.

"I ......" Li Daoguang was born in the Ministry of Rites, where did he know how to investigate the case, he hesitated for a long time, and said: "This official is not good at investigating cases, but he ...... Based on my more than 20 years of knowledge of Master Wen, he doesn't look like the kind of person who can't think about it......"

"Dad, he killed himself. A clear voice came, and it was the young and handsome Li Guoshi who couldn't help but speak.

It turned out that just now, Li Ran used the "spiritual sense" in the middle of qi training to gain insight into everything in the room, and did not find that in addition to Wen Zhirong, the deeds of another person could be regarded as using the method of "opening and hanging" to verify the previous statement that the golden knife caught fast.

Wu Zhen glanced at him coldly: "Guoshi Li, didn't you use occult techniques to measure?"

"Yes. Li Ran shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "My ability, I believe that no one knows about this hundred officials in the imperial court." ”

"But...... If it is suicide, how can this scholar, who is a weak scholar, adopt such a painful and tragic method?"

Another catcher wondered.

Indeed, Wen Zhirong's abdomen was completely cut, and the large intestine and internal organs in it flowed all over the ground, and if he committed suicide, it would be too ruthless.

Li Ran was also very strange about this, but he immediately thought of Xiao Wan'er's words last night, so he naturally thought of another possibility!

Ghost upper body!

But...... There are Shinto eunuchs in this imperial palace, and thousands of spirit servants are sitting in the town to preach, and the evil qi of the leylines is extremely weak, which is not enough to support the accumulation of resentment and form a soul body, if it is really a ghost possessed and killed, then there is only one possibility-

This ghost is a spirit ghost trained by an evil magician!

Li Ran shook his head, and was hesitating to say something, when he saw that Wu Zhen had an ice cube face, it seemed that he was about to issue an eviction order again, he was not a nosy person in the first place, so he simply pulled out his father Li Daoguang.

"Dad, let me tell you something. ”

Li Ran whispered: "If this Lord Wen hadn't committed suicide, it would be very likely that he would be targeted by some evil monks hidden in this palace. ”

"Evil ways...... Fangshi?"

Li Daoguang's eyes widened, but then he thought of his son's series of amazing skills to reach the sky, and said astringently: "Son, there are some things that Dad has never had a chance to ask you, you ...... When you were a child, did you secretly worship a master who was a teacher?"

"It doesn't matter. Li Ran took out a piece of chalcedony from his arms and handed it over, "Dad, you wear this on your body, this thing has the ability to exorcise demons and resist ghosts, and it is always good to prevent it before it happens." ”

This is the day he came out of the Shinto prison "Shun", and after the training of him, an immortal cultivator, he has begun to have spirituality, and he can resist ordinary ghosts and evil worship.

"Good. Li Daoguang was stunned for a moment, but still put the chalcedony in his pocket, and was about to turn around and go back to the house, but he couldn't help but say, "Son, do you really think it's ...... Evil spirits?"

Li Ran shook his head and said: "I don't have conclusive evidence, but Dad, you also know that Wen Bo is reluctant to step on an ant on weekdays, do you think he will be the kind of werewolf who commits suicide by disembowelment?"

"Its ...... In fact, it's not impossible......" I don't know what came to mind, Li Daoguang's face was worried, and he muttered in a low voice.

"Daddy, aren't you...... What do you know?" Li Ran hurriedly asked, with his years of understanding, the other party must know something with this expression!

"It's nothing, you go home quickly, the big inner is like a cloud, well-guarded, and relatively safe. ”

"And ...... If you have time, you must go to see your brother, what happened to his injury? As a foreign minister, my father can't go to visit the martial arts superintendent, and I'm really anxious to die with your mother these days, it's really not good...... In the final the day after tomorrow, let's abstain! How can we fight with injuries? It's a big deal, I'll go and ask Your Majesty in person!"

"Oh, Dad, don't think too much, I'll take care of Li Huan's matter, you can rest assured. Li Ran thought about it for a while, and then said: "By the way, when it comes to mother, mother is an old man...... How's your health lately?"

Speaking of this question, Li Daoguang's wrinkled face finally relaxed: "Thanks to the elixir you refined for your mother before, after your mother took it on time, by now, her old lung disease has been cured! Not only that, her face is red all day long, and she is more energetic than your father's body and bones!"

"Uh-huh, that's good wow. Li Ran rarely showed a sincere smile, in this world, what is better than the health of his parents, his younger brother, and his wife and concubine...... Oh no, what about planning to become stronger and more comfortable step by step?

As for the rest of these things, as long as they don't jeopardize their plans, who cares about him?

"Okay, Dad, I'll go see Li Huan first, as for this case...... I suggest you paddle the water and have the people of the six doors check it out. ”

Li Ran persuaded from the bottom of his heart.

"She's coming! She's coming! The ghost of the Empress Qing Aya has come out for revenge!"

At this moment, a hysterical, strange and harsh voice came, and the father and son looked at each other at the same time, and saw a middle-aged man with a short body and a Hanlin bachelor's uniform, running over with his hair scattered.

More than ten meters behind him, several hunters with six doors were chasing him, and with only one position, they pressed him down and subdued him to the ground.

"Master Kong, why is he here?"

Li Ran was surprised.

It turned out that this guy was none other than him, it was when he participated in the palace examination of the monarch and the princess that he flattered the empress and proposed that his "Divine Woman Fu" be included in the "Daxuan Anthology" The chief scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Kong Xiangyun!