In the afternoon, Chen Tianguan, the secretary of Dali Temple who was ordered to investigate the frequent attacks and killings on the North Return Road of the Nine Emperor Princes, came to visit the Plum Garden.

Zhiqin, the maid in charge of the affairs of the mansion, led Lord Chen into the living room.

Zhihua stepped forward to serve tea.

Su Hanshan, who was dressed in a green shirt, walked in from outside the hall door.

This Dali Temple, who was known to be famous in the Su Tang Dynasty, hurriedly saluted: "Chen Tianguan, the minister of Dali Temple, has seen His Royal Highness the Nine." ”

Su Hanshan glanced at this person and was slightly surprised in his heart.

On the way, Su Hanshan, who had supplemented all aspects of the empire's knowledge, knew that Dali Temple was the most frightening place among the many institutions of the imperial court.

It is directly under the command of the Emperor and is not subject to anyone else.

It is mainly responsible for handling various large-scale cases submitted by the Criminal Department, and its punishment is even more famous. Especially the gloomy ghost prison, which imprisons all kinds of slaves and vicious Jianghu people from the Warring States Period to the present.

And Chen Tianguan, the cool official in charge of such a place, turned out to be a middle-aged fat man with a kind face, not only did he not have the slightest bit of blood on his body, but looking at the handkerchief he was holding, he was probably still a very elegant and clean person.

Blaming himself in his heart, how could he judge people by their appearance, Su Hanshan smiled and stretched out his hand: "Lord Chen, please take a seat." ”

Among the courtiers, Chen Tianguan, who was alone and everyone stayed away, sat down.

He had a smile on his face all the time.

But for some reason, my forehead is always sweaty easily.

After wiping his forehead, Chen Tianguan said: "I am ordered by Your Majesty to investigate the attack on Your Highness, and I want to verify some questions with Your Highness. ”

Su Hanshan, who listened to Gu Changting talk about the court in the early morning, said, "Lord Chen, it's okay to ask. ”

Chen Tianguan pondered for a few breaths, as if he was clearing his thoughts, and said: "It is reported that during the Southern Dynasty Buddha Clothes Meeting, His Royal Highness said that Chan Zeng defeated a monk from the Rotten Ke Temple in Shimuro Mountain. That man said that Zen was invincible, so he had a bad heart and wanted to put His Highness to death?"

Su Hanshan said: "This is indeed the case. It's just that it's a fake monk. ”

Chen Tianguan was slightly shocked.

The attack on the Zenkong Temple under the Ninth Highness, in the eyes of everyone, was a monk from the Rotten Ke Temple who said that Zen was invincible and had a bad heart. After the Li Southern Dynasty discovered the matter of the fake monk, considering that the grass was startled, the news was not announced to the outside world at the request of the crown prince.

But he still had doubts.

Now that I heard His Royal Highness the Ninth confirm it personally, I thought that sure enough, it turned out that the serial assassination that His Highness suffered had already started before the arrival of the envoy from the south.

Chen Tianguan asked, "Dare to ask Your Highness, where is that person's body now?"

Since he is a fake monk of the Southern Dynasty, he must have a true identity. Maybe the people of the Southern Dynasty don't know, maybe Dali Temple can find some clues from its corpse.

Su Hanshan, who heard Li Tianxia say that the fake monk's corpse was placed, said: "It should still be in the frozen corpse room in Gusu City." ”

Chen Tianguan, who was afraid that the corpse would be disposed of at will by the Southern Dynasty and cut off the clues, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The group of horse thieves who attacked His Highness on the periphery of Daliang City, is His Highness sure that two of them are Dong Bo Wu and Hu Ji from Yanyu Villa in the escort team?"

Su Hanshan said: "I saw their faces with my own eyes, and I am sure that it is those two people. ”

Chen Tianguan nodded: "The corpses of those horse thieves were all gone before His Highness entered Liang Pass?"

This is also the most surprising place for Su Hanshan: "Yes." Even the bodies of Dong Bo Wu and Hu Ji are unknown. ”

Chen Tianguan unconsciously sweated on his forehead again.

Habitually wiping the sweat, the Dali temple secretary who looked quite good-faced frowned.

Since taking over Dali Temple, he has encountered many unsolvable cases, but none of them make him feel as tricky as now, involving too many forces in the rivers and lakes, and the pressure is the greatest.

Su Hanshan looked at Chen Tianguan for a while.

Seeing that this Dali Siqing didn't know what he was thinking, he was also more concerned about the progress of the case and asked, "Does Master Chen have the eyebrows to investigate the case?"

Chen Tianguan came back to his senses, and said with a smile on his face: "In Yichen's opinion, there are two places where we can start investigating. First of all, the identity of the fake monk, the minister will communicate with the Southern Dynasty, and transport the body back to Dali Temple as soon as possible for comparison. One more point, is the Smoke and Rain Villa. ”

Although the bodies of Dong Bo Wu and Hu Ji were missing, Yanyu Villa still stood tall in the rivers and lakes, and it remains to be investigated in detail who they saw before they were summoned to the palace. ”

Su Hanshan said again: "Then what about the rain in the season of bull riding, Ren Pingsheng, and Lou Baiyue?"

Su Hanshan did not mention Feng Qiwu.

It's not that he doesn't think this person is suspicious, but he plans to go to Tianfu Mountain in person for a while in two days.

After all, Feng Qiwu and the seventh brother Su Musha went south together, if he mentioned it at this time, it would inevitably make people think that he was suspicious of his seventh brother Su Musha.

Chen Tianguan said: "The minister has sent someone to arrest Ren Pingsheng. Shi Jieyu and Lou Baiyue are both from the evil sect of the Jianghu Zijian Gate and the Tiandaomen, these two forces have a strong position in the rivers and lakes, and Dali Temple is not easy to start. However, His Royal Highness can rest assured that the minister will ask His Majesty for a troop of soldiers and horses, and in a few days he will personally visit the two evil sects in the rivers and lakes. ”

Su Hanshan nodded.

A person trusted by his father, he had no reason to doubt his efficiency.

"There's Lord Lao Chen. ”

Chen Tianguan got up and said goodbye: "If Your Highness has no orders, the ministers will retire." ”

The maid Zhiqin entered the hall to see off the guests.

Seeing that Chen Tianguan, the secretary of Dali Temple, left, the crown prince Li Tianxia walked over from the plum forest. picked up the hot tea that Chen Tianguan had never touched, and took a sip: "How?"

Su Hanshan said: "What is the status of the Word Sword Gate and the Heavenly Sword Gate in the rivers and lakes?"

Li Tianxia became interested: "Have you heard of the four evil sects of the rivers and lakes?"

Su Hanshan shook his head.

Li Tianxia Science Popularization said: "Life and death sentence, Tiandaomen, Tangjiabao, Zijianmen." Although the four evil sects are not as authentic as the Sutang Daomen, the Southern Dynasty Buddhism, the Western Shu Sword Sect, the Jiangdong Wujingyi, and the Northern Yan Martial Dao, they are ultimately unscrupulous and bottomless in order to achieve their goals. As the saying goes, it is better to mess with a gentleman than a villain, even if it is the court of the Spring and Autumn Five Kingdoms, if it is not necessary, it will definitely not be easily provoked. Imagine how the remnants will take revenge on you if you can't completely eradicate it?"

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, even the air you breathe will have to try the poison first. ”

Su Hanshan said: "It seems that the person behind the scenes also took a fancy to the fact that the imperial court did not dare to easily touch the evil sect of the rivers and lakes, so he found a group of people like Shi Jiyu to buy my life." ”

Li Tianxia said: "You don't have to think about it. The rivers and lakes are in trouble, and the court is not good at interfering in things, isn't there still rivers and lakes?"

Su Hanshan said: "You mean, Chen Tianguan will ask the people of the rivers and lakes to come forward to mediate?"

Li Tianxia said: "More than half of the people in Dali Temple are from the rivers and lakes, and these things may not be difficult for the fat man who often sweats with kidney deficiency." ”