[In the 71st year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, March 30, Youshi, in the front courtyard of Xufu]

At six o'clock, a visitor suddenly came outside the door of Xu's mansion.

The man was short and fat, about fifty years old, with an old and ugly face, and half of the top of his head was thanked, he was none other than the former Qianhu Pei Caibao of the Nan'an Pingsi.

On the night of March 26, after Pei Caibao and Mingyue "fought" once, he fell asleep, and at six o'clock in the morning, he was suddenly awakened by a burst of thunder, and he also had a nightmare.

In the dream, Pei Caibao actually saw that Li Zuo, the king of Han, was covered in blood, and his eyes were also bleeding, and he approached Pei Caibao naked, and shouted miserably as he walked: "Pei Caibao...... You're going to give me my life!"

After Pei Caibao woke up, he didn't dare to slack off, immediately dressed hastily, and walked outside the embroidery room where King Han was asleep. When he saw that the door was empty, he called a few times outside the door: "Sixth master...... Did the sixth master sleep?"

Seeing that there were lights and candles in the room, but there was no sound, Pei Caibao was surprised, he hurriedly pushed open the door and walked inside.

As soon as Pei Caibao entered the embroidery room, he saw a man wearing a black iron mask, naked and covered in blood, lying on the bed, motionless!

Based on his many years of experience in handling cases in Tsing Yiwei, he judged that most of this person was already angry, but he couldn't believe that this masked man was the king of Daqian!

He shuddered and walked to the side of the bed, slowly removing the black iron mask.

At this time, a lightning bolt flashed outside the window, and the crooked and shriveled face of Han King Li Zuo immediately flashed in front of Pei Caibao's eyes.

The lightning shot on Li Zuo's face, making him even more hideous and ugly!

"Sixth Master!" Pei Caibao was so frightened that he couldn't help but fall to the ground!

Pei Caibao slowly stood up, not daring to look directly into Li Zuo's eyes.

At this moment, Li Zuo's eyes were wide open, and he looked straight at the roof, as if he was telling Pei Caibao about his sorrow: "Pei Caibao ...... You...... Give me back my life!"

Pei Caibao's first thought was: "Run!"

He has been in Tsing Yi Wei for many years, and he knows that the more time he stays here, the more dangerous he will be.

At that moment, he didn't hesitate, and he didn't care about going back to Mingyue's bedroom, so in order not to be recognized by others, he simply put Li Zuo's mask on his face again.

He quietly withdrew from the embroidery room, and quietly went downstairs, fortunately, it was late at night, and most of the prostitutes and girls, whether they were prostitutes, had already fallen asleep, and no one paid attention to it, and at this moment a man wearing a mask would go out.

Pei Caibao didn't dare to go out from the main entrance, so he chose a back door and quietly slipped into an alley behind Cuiyun Tower.

The rain was pouring outside the house, Pei Caibao didn't dare to stay, and was busy walking into the depths of the alley.

At six o'clock, it was the time of the curfew in Chang'an City, Pei Caibao had no martial arts protection, and he didn't have the "gold-inlaid tiger card" on his waist, he knew that if he was caught by the soldiers and horses patrolling the city tonight, and then contacted the murder of King Han, then he really had no way to live.

Pei Caibao turned around in the alley, and after running half a mile away, he was in a hurry, found a haystack on a street corner, got in, and covered himself with the rest of the hay.

At this time, it rained heavily, like a downpour, and there were vast rain lines between the heavens and the earth, and who would have noticed that in a haystack on the corner of the street, there was a big living person?

However, not long after, Pei Caibao, who was hiding in the haystack, still saw a figure flying over, and he vaguely recognized that person was the Baihu Ancient Wood Fragrance of Tsing Yi Weibei Anping Division.

Pei Caibao was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out more, fortunately, the rain at this time had wet all the hay, and the soaked dry grass covered him tightly.

Not long after, Pei Caibao saw the ancient incense go and return, and ran back in the direction of Cuiyun Tower. After Gu Caixiang left, Pei Caibao vaguely heard that there was already a crying voice of his father and mother in Cuiyun Tower. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and said in his heart, if he was a few minutes late, at this time, he would have been arrested and put in the prison of Tsing Yiwei like those people!

Moreover, according to his relationship with Han Wang Li Zuo, as well as his identity in Cuiyun Tower, it is not difficult for Pei Caibao to infer that he will most likely be beaten as a "murderer" by Tsing Yiwei's gang, and then report to the police. It's not surprising at all, if it had been him, he would have done the same.

That night, Pei Caibao hid in the haystack on the corner of the street, motionless, letting the rain and wind blow until dawn......

It wasn't until after midnight the next morning that Pei Caibao sneaked out of the haystack and quietly returned to his own mansion.

He thought about it, but he still didn't feel at ease, so in order to prevent the bustard from confessing to him, he still decided not to stay at home!

So, Pei Caibao only stayed at home for half an hour before going out again.

He changed his clothes, packed up the soft things, and hastily explained a few words to his family, only saying that he had something important to go out, so that they didn't need to worry about it, and then, he left the house and lived in the "Yunqi Inn" in Changle Fang.

For three days in a row, Pei Caibao lived in the Yunqi Inn, living in a simple house, and he didn't dare to go out easily.

King Han was killed, and as soon as the news came out, it shocked the government and the opposition, and the information related to King Han's case spread all over the street!

People come and go in the inn, business travelers gather, all kinds of news are everywhere, Pei Caibao doesn't need to ask around, just listen to it casually during the meal, and he knows all kinds of news about the case of King Han.

What surprised him deeply was that all the news related to King Han's case did not mention the name "Pei Caibao", it seems that he was fortunate to escape in time, and finally escaped from the list of "suspects who killed King Han".

And what surprised him even more was that just one day later, Tsing Yiwei had already tried the "murderer" who killed King Han, and what Pei Caibao never expected was that the "murderer" turned out to be Mingyue! Moreover, the sentence of the Son of Heaven to Mingyue was still the capital punishment of "Ling Chi execution"!

This time, Pei Caibao didn't agree!

In the past few days, Pei Caibao has been hiding in the inn and thinking about it over and over again, and he feels more and more that the murderer of King Han should be "Jiaojiao". He didn't know why Jiaojiao wanted to kill King Han, and he couldn't deduce how Jiaojiao, a weak female streamer, managed to kill King Han? He just speculated based on his years of experience in solving cases and all the clues at the scene, except for Jiaojiao, no one else was possible.

Pei Caibao roughly guessed a possibility, that is, on the night of the incident, Han Wang Li Zuo must have been very moved, and Jiaojiao was a leather whip and an iron hook, that Jiaojiao couldn't stand the pain for a while, so he was beaten with Han Wang, Jiaojiao missed for a while, and killed Han Wang, afterwards, Jiaojiao saw that Han Wang was dead, and in a panic, she must have slipped away like herself!

However, in Tsing Yiwei's case, not only did he not mention the person "Jiaojiao" at all, but he completely put the blame on Mingyue's head, and what else did Mingyue say, Mingyue "hated because of love, and actually teamed up with the old bustard to brutally kill King Han!"

King Han is a gentleman, he only knows how to play with women in a different way to have fun, will Mingyue like him? Even if the sky falls and the sea water pours in, it is impossible for Mingyue to love Li Zuo!

So, just this evening, after thinking about it, Pei Caibao decided to tell the truth to Yu Tsing Yiwei's case. It's just that he thinks about it, and he has no confidence in everyone in Tsing Yiwei, and he is only willing to come to see Xu Ke.

When Pei Caibao was serving as a thousand households in Nan'an Pingsi, he had already inquired about Xu Ke's residence. Today, taking advantage of the beginning of the unitary time, Xu Ke was already on duty, and Chang'an City had not yet been curfew, so he ventured to the door of Xu's mansion.

Pei Caibao knocked softly, and it was Dong Laifu, the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, who opened the door.

"What's the matter with you?" Dong Laifu asked condescendingly when he saw that the other party was just a bad old man, dressed in cloth clothes.

Pei Caibao said politely: "Butler, please report it, I want to see Xu Qianhu!"

Dong Laifu said unceremoniously: "My master, I don't see a guest at this time!" After that, Dong Laifu was about to close the door.

"Butler!" Pei Caibao smiled bitterly in his heart, hurriedly took out two silver tickets from his pocket, handed them into Dong Laifu's hands, and said with a sneer:

"I am an old man of your lord Tsing Yiwei, I need to meet your lord tonight, I hope that the housekeeper will make it convenient to go and say goodbye!"

Dong Laifu glanced at the silver ticket and saw that it was written "one hundred taels", and he immediately put it in his arms, but he still had an unmoved expression on his face:

"Then you wait, I'll report it, but whether my lord sees it or not, I can't be the master!"

"Thank you, butler!" Pei Caibao actually looked at Dong Laifu deeply.

......

After a while, Dong Laifu opened the door again and said:

"Come in!"

Dong Laifu took Pei Caibao to a cherry tree in the front yard of the Xu Mansion, where there was a stone table and several stone benches next to it.

"You sit here first, my lord is eating, and he will come over in a while!"

"Thank you, butler!"

Pei Caibao remembered that in his life, he seemed to have never respected an ordinary housekeeper so much, not only did he give the other party two hundred taels of silver tickets in one go, but he would be so humble and docile between his words.

However, tonight, he was willing to do anything in order to see Xu Ke. In his heart, he couldn't accept it no matter what, and one night, the bright moon girl he thought of in his heart would be killed by Wan Lingchi!

Maybe he loves Mingyue deeply in his heart, or maybe he found it in his conscience, Pei Caibao himself can't understand why he is so concerned about the fate of a Qinglou woman at this time?

Not long after, under the cherry tree, there was a long and smooth figure, that person was the owner of this mansion, the official worship from the four products of Tsing Yi Wei to inspect thousands of households Xu Ke.

"Pei Caibao, how can it be you!"

When Xu Ke saw Pei Caibao, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Xu Qianhu, don't come to harm!" Pei Caibao stood up, bowed his hand to Xu Ke slightly, and responded politely.

The years are ups and downs, the world is unpredictable, Pei Caibao would never have thought that today, he would meet Xu Ke in such a situation.

"What are you looking for me?" Xu Ke asked coldly, Xu Ke really didn't have a good impression of the bald man in front of him.

Pei Caibao also knew that he had not left a good impression in the other party's heart, so he immediately got straight to the point:

"Pei took the risk to meet Xu Qianhu tonight, for the sake of King Han's case......"

Xu Ke couldn't help but be surprised: "King Han's case? Do you know the truth about King Han's killing?"

Pei Caibao nodded, and said in his heart that this person is really smart, and he guessed the purpose of my visit this time

Xu Ke immediately waved his hand, asked Pei Caibao to sit down again, and instructed behind him:

"Laifu, look at the tea!"

After Dong Laifu brought two bowls of "Huayu" famous tea, Xu Ke sat opposite Pei Caibao, took a shallow sip, and then asked:

"Do you know who killed King Han?"

Pei Caibao immediately said: "It was not Mingyue who killed King Han, but Jiaojiao!"

"Jiaojiao?"

"Yes!"

"How do you know that Jiaojiao is the murderer?"

"Because, that night, I was in Cuiyun Tower!"

"You saw it with your own eyes, it was Jiaojiao who killed King Han?"

"Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, all the evidence shows that it was Jiaojiao who killed King Han!"

"Tell me the details of this!"

"Good!"

So, Pei Caibao roughly told Xu Ke about his experience in Cuiyun Tower that night.

Xu Ke looked at Pei Caibao, his face softened slightly, and he asked again:

"Pei Caibao, since you have escaped from the scene by luck, why do you have to risk sending it to the door tonight?"

"Because, I want to save someone!"

"Save someone?"

"I want to save Mingyue!"

"Mingyue?!"

Xu Ke couldn't help but widen his eyes, and the sip of tea he had just drunk in his mouth almost squirted out. He looked at the ugly and obscene old man in front of him, and couldn't believe his ears.