The sky is getting brighter, the faint morning light lifts the heavy night, and the spots are sprinkled down, and everything returns to calm, as if nothing happened last night, but the location of the Hengxiang Inn seems to have a cold smell of fire.

There are occasional pedestrians passing by on the street, and the early shops have already set up stalls, and the boiling water in the pot is bubbling and bubbling, and the heat slowly spreads in the cold air.

At this time, a hurried person came out of the street, holding a thick cotton cloak in his hand, looking for someone on the corner near the Hengxiang Inn, his face could not hide his anxiousness, and after walking a few alleys, he finally found the person he was looking for in a shady corner, Li Shijie. He is Li Shijie's entourage Minghe.

Li Shijie was sitting in the corner of the wall, his eyes were slightly closed, and there were faint tears left in the corners of his eyes, it seemed that he had been here for a long time, Minghe squatted down and called eagerly, "Young master, young master......

Li Shijie opened his eyes, stared at Minghe for a long time before coming back to his senses, and exhaled tiredly, "You're here?"

Ming He hurriedly helped Li Shijie to stand up, and wrapped the cotton cloak in his hand around him, "Young Master, why are you sleeping here? Isn't she with you?"

Li Shijie was sore and weak, almost relying on Minghe to stand firmly, and he was also weak to speak, "She's not with me, who knows where she went crazy again......"

Su Kexin's naughtiness is well-known throughout Hongyuan Villa, and he often runs out to play, usually coming back the next day, so Ming He did not have any doubts about Li Shijie's words.

When Minghe tied the strap of Li Shijie's cloak, he inadvertently touched his hot skin, "Young Master, are you feverish?" When the words landed, Li Shijie felt that the world was spinning and shaking, and Minghe hurriedly held on, "Young Master!"

Li Shijie said strongly, "I'm fine, go back!"

Li Shijie was like being drunk, his feet were weak and weak, and with the support of Minghe, he walked towards Chase Money Village step by step.

Not far behind them, a man was silently watching their backs as they walked farther and farther away, his eyes deep, and then an elusive smile appeared......

Crossing the gate of the Daodao Palace and passing through several high walls, a piece of music about the murder and arson of the Hengxiang Inn was sent to the hands of Emperor Zhu Xingzhan, who was so angry that his beard trembled and threw the music fold to the ground with his backhand. The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting in the inner hall knelt on the ground. Tang Yunde, the doctor of Xing Weifu, who presented the fold, and Wang Yi, the commander of the prison army who surveyed the scene, also knelt on the ground.

Tang Yunde, the doctor of Xingweifu, was in charge of the law, interrogation and arrest of criminals in Wei'an City, and the prison army was in charge of the security of Wei'an City, but under the strict supervision of the two armies, there were also murder and arson incidents of such a bad nature, which really made Emperor Zhu Xingzhan angry.

Zhu Xingzhan frowned, glared angrily at Wang Yi, who was kneeling on the ground trembling slightly, and scolded, "The majestic city of Wei'an City actually connived at the Ling Ye Palace rebels to sneak in to kill people and set fires, what are you prison guards doing?!"

Wang Yi kowtowed like pounding garlic, "The incident happened suddenly, and it was the minister's negligence ......"

Zhu Xingzhan laughed angrily, "Negligence?!, don't you have to wait for my head to be placed on the celebration banquet in the Lingye Palace, so that you don't neglect?!"

Doctor Xing Wei Tang Yunde kowtowed and replied, "Your Majesty is angry, according to investigation, there are a total of eighteen people who infiltrated the Lingye Palace yesterday, and their purpose this time is to use the beauty contest to slaughter the children of the families and merchants in the city, in an attempt to cause chaos. These twelve people were all sentenced to the Hengxiang Inn. Eight of them were intercepted and killed when they infiltrated the backyard of the inn. ”

"Beauty pageant?" Zhu Xingzhan raised his eyebrows, his eyebrows were a little cold, "The border of the government and the opposition is unstable, the rivers and lakes are turbulent, these gentlemen are still interested in participating in any beauty contest, they are really good people!"

Zhu Xingzhan came back to his senses, saw the two kneeling on the ground silently without speaking, and asked, "But what else have you found?"

Tang Yunde continued to reply, "The one who sneaked into the Hengxiang Inn this time is Bai Yu, one of the black and white poisons that has been hidden for many years. He was also killed. ”

"Black and white?"

"Yes. The purpose of Bai Yu sneaking into the inn was to take advantage of the beauty contest to poison the children of the family and the merchants, according to the recollection of one of the wealthy merchants, although they were poisoned, they did not seem to be infected by the poison powder. There was only a slight feeling of dizziness, and there was no major problem after checking the pulse. ”

Zhu Xingzhan didn't say anything, waiting for Tang Yunde's next words, Tang Yunde continued to reply, "He also recalled that the wine they drank before seemed to have the taste of medicine, and the minister dared to guess that they should have drunk the medicinal wine to resist poison in advance. ”

Tang Yunde's guess was not wrong. A few days ago, what Li Zifeng got from Bao Hong, the tavern owner nicknamed 'Bao Inquire', was actually a jar of specially developed medicinal wine, which only needed to take a small sip in advance to resist all kinds of poisons and minimize the lethality caused by poisonous injuries.

When they entered the Hengxiang Inn, Li Zifeng instructed his shadow guard Piaoyun to sneak into the back kitchen with medicinal wine and pour it into all the wine that could be eaten, and then the wine was served next to the table, so everyone present drank the poison wine unconsciously, so it was not infected by the poisonous mist in the incense burner.

"But there is an unpredictable prophet in the person who drugged it in advance. Temporarily defused a turmoil in the city of Guard. Zhu Xingzhan squinted his eyes slightly, if this anti-party attack and killing plan succeeded, it would inevitably cause turmoil in Wei'an City, and some people who were not subordinate would also take this opportunity to form a party for personal gain, which would be unfavorable to the imperial court.

Zhu Xingzhan thought of this, his anger decreased slightly, and his voice calmed down, "Can you find out the identity of this person?"

Tang Yunde gave Wang Yi a look beside him, Wang Yi understood, and immediately took out the items he had obtained on the other four corpses from his body, "Back to Your Majesty, when the minister inspected the scene, in addition to the corpses of the eighteen rebels in the Lingye Palace, there were four other corpses, and their identity items have also been brought." With that, he handed over the object in his hand with both hands.

He Sheng, the chief manager of the big house who served Zhu Xingzhan, walked over and took it, and handed it to Zhu Xingzhan with both hands, Zhu Xingzhan just glanced at it, his expression was a little frozen, and three of the tokens clearly said 'Mu Lin Pavilion' and 'Qingsong Hall', Zhu Xingzhan frowned, "Is it Mu Lin Pavilion and the people of the Hengshan faction?

Wang Yi lowered his head, "Your Majesty forgives you." ”

Zhu Xingzhan sighed heavily, and looked at other objects again, the priceless night pearl did not catch the eye, but the jade pendant with a unique shape and a crystal green body, Zhu Xingzhan suddenly felt very familiar, especially the finely carved maple leaf in the middle of the jade pendant and the deformed word 'maple'.

Just thinking about it for a while, Zhu Xingzhan recalled that he saw it on Li Zifeng when he secretly visited the Hengshan faction, and Li Zifeng also mentioned that Ouyang Ze did it for him on purpose, saying that it took a long time to find a famous craftsman to do it.

Although he had only been with Li Zifeng for a short time at that time, and so many years had passed, Li Zifeng's speech and demeanor, handsome face and heroic look left a deep impression on him, Zhu Xingzhan's expression gradually became solemn, and his tone sank, "Is he dead?" as if asking the two kneeling in front of him, and as if talking to himself.

The two people kneeling below looked at each other, and Tang Yunde replied tentatively, "At present, the only things that can prove the identities of several people are these objects." Tang Yunde's answer was very clever, neither refuting nor being absolutely sure, after all, the corpse had been burned beyond recognition.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Xingzhan continued to ask, "What about the corpses of the four people?"

"It has been sent to the east courtyard of Xing Wei Mansion. ”

The East Courtyard is the place where the bodies of Xing Weifu are displayed, and the bodies of the relevant people involved in the case in Wei'an City are specially displayed.

"Investigate thoroughly! The cause and effect of the whole incident and all the details, in three days, I will see the results!"

Tang Yunde and Wang Yi hurriedly kowtowed, "The minister obeys the order!"

(End of chapter)