February 28, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, Xushi, Daming Palace, Chang'an City]

In the Daming Palace in the middle of the night, the moonlight is in a trance, the starlight is dim, except for the occasional walk by Jin Wuwei who patrols the night, the entire Daming Palace has been silent. Almost all the eunuchs, palace maids, and concubines had already hid in the warm quilts, indulging in their own dreams. Outside the main hall and beside the trail, a few sycamores stand quietly in the dark night, as if a few old people who are close to their twilight years are standing quietly in the few years left, silently and unmoving. The thousands of houses and pavilions in the palace are also standing quietly and silently like these sycamores. The moonlight is so miserable, the deep palace is so silent, and the people walking on the trail outside the Zichen Palace, even the sound of the cold wind blowing off the residual leaves seems to be faintly audible.

At this moment, a young man with handsome eyebrows and a long body was striding in the middle of the corridor in the palace. I saw that he was tall and calm, and because he was walking so fast, that the lantern attendant, who was supposed to lead the way in front of him, tried his best to gallop in small steps, and could only pant behind him.

He is the world-famous deputy pavilion master of the Shenwang Pavilion, the third prince of the Prince of Qizhu, and Li Yi, the king of Zhao.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, you go slowly, the old slave can't keep up...... "The chamberlain who carried the lantern for him was the chief supervisor of Shangshan in the palace, who was responsible for the diet and daily life of the emperor and his concubines on weekdays, named Liu Chuanzhi, who was a white-faced old eunuch who was nearly sixty years old. Seeing that Zhao Wang Li Yi was getting faster and faster, he was so tired that he ran after him for a while, and he almost vomited blood, so he hurriedly waved his hand vigorously and whispered.

At this time, Li Yi didn't pay attention to Liu Chuanzhi's waving and shouting, his feet didn't stop, Gu Zi walked quickly, but his eyes did not look at the road under his feet, but looked at the crooked moon in the sky, and a trace of worry inadvertently overflowed in his eyes.

He was contemplating his thoughts, thinking about several murders that had happened in Chang'an City recently......

Since Yin Zhong Xingming of Jingzhao Mansion reported a strange case in Guiyifang in Chang'an City, he never thought that in the past three days, three bizarre murders have occurred in Chang'an City one after another.

Although these three murders occurred in various parts of Chang'an, they all have a common feature: the deceased were all men, and their deaths were miserable, all of them had shriveled skin, scorched black, curled limbs, and distorted faces.

Zhong Xingming, who was in charge of public security in the capital, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the case to Zhao Wang Li Yi one by one. Li Yi asked Zhong Xingming if he had found any clues other than the corpse, Zhong Xingming just shook his head and said in horror that he had nothing to see except the dead body.

In four days, four men in Chang'an City died mysteriously in a row, and all of them were horrific deaths, and the cause of death was unknown. Although Yin Zhongxingming of Jingzhao Mansion strictly ordered all the soap officials to keep this matter tight, there is no impermeable wall in this world, and by February 28, the streets and alleys of Chang'an City had already spread the news of these bizarre murders.

Some people say that this is the wrath of the gods, and it must be these people who have done something harmful to the heavens and reason, angered the gods, and died tragically on the streets because of retribution.

Some people say that this is the revenge of the ghosts, it is estimated that these dead people did not do anything good in their lives, they must have killed people, and the people killed by them turned into ghosts to take revenge, so the death of these people will be so terrible.

Some people also say that this is neither a god nor a ghost, that is, a mortal who does evil, and after killing someone, he deliberately makes a mysterious and ghostly appearance, so as to fool the government and escape punishment.

Anyway, the public said that the public was justified and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, after all, it was all hearsay, and in the end, who were the deceased? How did they die? Who killed them? Everyone also knew nothing.

As the highest magistrate of the capital, Jingzhao Yin Zhong Xingming, has become an ant on a hot pot in the past few days. He saw that the gossip news in Chang'an City was already flying all over the sky, and he knew that once these news reached the court and the deep palace, the emperor would be furious, and then deduct him from a big hat that was ineffective in handling the case and not reporting it, and he couldn't eat and walk around. But right now, this Lord Zhong really can't find any other way than repeatedly begging King Zhao Li Yi......

Li Yi has not been idle these days, he usually likes to wear civilian clothes, wander around, and go out every day these days. He disguised himself as a handsome son, and walked in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City every day from day to night, visiting almost every corner of the capital, but he still saw nothing.

Chang'an City is still the same lively Chang'an City, and the people in Chang'an City are still those familiar people, and there is no difference.

For Li Yi, Chang'an City is too big, he wanted to find some strange smells, search for some monsters or other strange clues, but once he was in this vast capital, facing the bustling and endless crowd, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and he was nowhere to be found......

At the end of the day, Lord Zhong said with a bitter face, tomorrow he wants to fold and play and show the Son of Heaven about these murders that occurred in the capital, as for how the Son of Heaven should be punished, he can only resign himself to fate.

When King Zhao heard this, he couldn't bear it, he thought for a while, and said that the case was so bizarre, it was really a very human thing, this matter was very important, and it should be played Ming Sheng, however, there is no need for Lord Zhong to write an excerpt on this matter, he entered the palace tonight and reported to his father in detail.

Zhong Xingming couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and he knelt down to King Zhao on the spot and bowed down again, saying in his heart, You are really my living bodhisattva! If I report these unbelievable cases again tomorrow, no matter how well I write the excerpts, I will not be able to escape the crime of "negligence and dereliction of duty" no matter what!

......

Li Yizheng was contemplating and pondering, and suddenly heard the old eunuch Liu Chuanzhi beside him remind: "Your Highness, it's here, Long Live Lord is inside!"

Li Yi looked up, and saw that he had walked to the outside of the Yude Palace, and when he saw that the lights were bright, he knew that his father must still be reading the recital, so he immediately raised his legs and stepped into the hall.

According to the regulations in the palace, King Zhao does not need to enter the palace, and he can directly enter the palace to see him. Yanagawa Zhi whispered to Gao Liangshi, the chief of the inner court who was waiting in the palace, and then quietly retreated. Gao Liangshi hurriedly led Li Yi to Emperor Li Chongsheng, and said softly:

"Your Majesty, Prince Zhao is here......"

Li Chongsheng immediately raised his head, looked at Li Yi who strode in, and said happily:

"Yi'er is here, come on, come and sit!"

"I've seen my father!" Li Yi just bowed slightly, and then found a pestle to sit down.

"How...... There is no good moon in the sky tonight, only cold wind on the ground, you are here at this hour, is there something urgent?" Li Chongsheng looked at his son with a smile and asked with interest.

"Father, do you know that in the past four days, several murders have occurred in Chang'an City one after another?" Li Yi said straight to the point.

"What kind of murder?" the emperor asked casually, he thought to himself that the murder case in Chang'an City has its own Chang'an County and Jingzhao Mansion to deal with together, no matter how serious the case is, there are also criminal departments and Dali Temple, what kind of case is it, and you want King Zhao to enter the palace late at night to report to me in person?

Li Yi immediately said: "Father, if it is just an ordinary murder case, the sons and daughters will not deal with it at will, but these murder cases are really extraordinary! In these four days, four men died in Chang'an City in a row, and although these four people died at different times and in different places, they died in the same way and in the same condition. Erchen has carefully seen that none of these four people died at the hands of mortals......"

"Didn't you die at the hands of mortals?" Yi'er, do you mean that there is a demon in my Chang'an City?" Li Chongsheng heard this, and immediately put down the music in his hand, and looked straight at Li Yi with a pair of dragon eyes that were not angry and arrogant.