After leaving the dark and damp dungeon, Zhao Bufan strolled to the lively street, his expression was obviously relaxed, and he no longer talked about the slightest case, but wandered around with great interest, shuttling among the pedestrians coming and going, feeling the prosperity and customs of Puyang.

Shang Kunyang always remembered Lu Deng's case in his heart, and he didn't understand why he still had the heart to hang out, and opened his mouth several times to ask for an understanding, but he was suffocated again, and followed sullenly for nearly half an hour, and finally couldn't help it.

"Brother Fanfan, where are we going now?

Zhao Bufan didn't care about him, just walked around and took a look, his eyes were completely focused on the stalls on both sides of the street, and replied casually: "Haven't all the things that should be checked have already been checked?" Now it's up to Xue Renfu to find the box, and there is nothing else to check for the time being!"

Li Ruopu next to him also smiled happily: "Shang Daxia, the case really doesn't need to be investigated, hasn't Lu Deng already started to draw the man in black? When he draws it, we will search around for people with similar eyes, and we will naturally be able to identify the identity of the man in black!"

Shang Kunyang was confused by the two of them, and said blankly: "Didn't Lu Deng say earlier that he couldn't draw it?"

"How do you know if you can't do it if you don't try?" Zhao Bufan turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "This Lu Deng is both civil and military, and his calligraphy and painting skills are also good, he will definitely be able to draw, so don't worry about it!"

Shang Kunyang felt a little inexplicable, and felt that Zhao Bufan was very wrong at this moment, but seeing his calm and unhurried attitude, he still chose to trust unconditionally, and quickly settled down and left it alone.

After a while, the three of them walked and walked, and they also met Zheyuezhi and others who were also hanging out, and immediately converged all the way, laughing and playing around in Puyang City, during which they only asked Yang Yizhong to notify Xue Renfu and others who were in charge of finding the box, and publicly said that Lu Deng had begun to draw the eyes of the man in black, and the case would soon make a major breakthrough, and let Xue Renfu arrange for the tired catchers to take turns to rest as soon as possible!

Xue Renfu, who got the news, was also very excited, so he did it completely, and hurriedly came over in the evening and accompanied Zhao Bufan to eat and celebrate in the restaurant.

During the banquet, Zhao Bufan happily let everyone drink some wine, it was completely done, and the voice of the voice could even be heard by other guests, and Xue Renfu wanted to ask about the specific situation several times, but he took care of him left and right and chose to avoid it.

Such an undisguised public dissemination of news naturally made the entire Puyang City boil, and from the afternoon, the news was first spread from the mouths of the catchers and officials, and then from the vendors, restaurants, and green buildings...... At the end of the night, at least half of the people in Puyang knew that the murder of Cai Xue was about to be solved!

This is naturally Zhao Bufan's intention, but in fact, it is still far from solving the case.

In the middle of the night, when Zheyuezhi and Hu Sanniang were already resting in the post house, Zhao Bufan secretly called Xue Renfu and Li Ruopu to his room, lightly lit the candle, and sat next to the square wooden table in the center of the room, his face was extremely heavy.

"Rensuke, in fact, today's move is just a pretense, it's a small ploy, but I don't know if it can be successful!"

"What do you mean?" Xue Renfu was extremely puzzled.

Li Ruopu, who was next to him, immediately told him everything he had found today.

After listening quietly, Xue Renfu thought about it for about half an hour, and quickly figured out the cause and effect.

"My lord, you spread the news that Lu Deng could draw the eyes of the man in black, in order to force the man in black to show his feet?"

"Hmm!" Zhao Bufan nodded, by the light of the candle, gently unfolded the white paper on the table, picked up the pen and wrote down the six words "The man in black of the Blood Knife Gate", and then slowly said his thoughts.

"First of all, let's assume that what Lu Deng said is all the truth, then this black-clothed man from the Blood Knife Gate is the person Lu Deng feels very familiar with, Lu Deng also met him when the Blood Knife Gate stole the box, and he saw Lu Deng is turn around and fled, these circumstances faintly indicate that the two are likely to know each other, and based on various signs, he and the Blood Knife Gate are obviously not all the way, if it is a person all the way, Lu Deng will be chased and intercepted by the Blood Knife Gate that night, and it is impossible to return to Puyang with the box safely, so there is only one thing that cannot be determined, and that is the reason why this person went to the Blood Knife Gate！”

As he spoke, Zhao Bufan picked up the pen again and wrote the words "knife thief" on the paper, and said: "As for this knife thief, his purpose is very clear, that is, to frame Lu Deng, so why did he frame Lu Deng? Do you have to put him to death? One possibility is simply to seek revenge, but that knife was used to create the tragedy of Cai Xue's outer house, and he plotted to kill more than 100 people just to frame Lu Deng? Why bother so much?

This is what the pig brain does, not the human brain, so before finding more useful clues, let's rule it out for the time being, then there is only one other possibility, that is, this knife thief must kill Lu Deng to achieve his goal, and based on the known clues, Lu Deng may have been killed for two reasons in the near future, one is that he got the box and saw the evidence of Tong Guan and the ghost pawn, and the other may be ......"

Before he finished speaking, Xue Renfu was already rushing to say: "The other possibility is that Lu Deng has seen the black-clothed man in the Blood Knife Gate, and the other party is afraid that Lu Deng will recognize him sooner or later!"

"That's right!" Zhao Bufan slapped the table lightly with his right hand and said with a smile: "In my opinion, if Lu Deng must die because of that box, then the person who framed him is naturally the person of the ghost, but in this way, it is difficult to explain, why didn't they kill Lu Deng in time? Instead, they used the method of framing him to keep him and be slowly interrogated? Waiting for him to confess? Isn't this deliberately trying to find trouble for himself?"

Therefore, it can be completely ruled out that it is the ghost pawn who is framing Lu Deng, the other party doesn't care when he dies, it doesn't matter if he dies early or late, the only important thing is that Lu Deng can't appear again, so you can boldly infer that this knife thief and the black-clothed man of the Blood Knife Gate are not ghost pawns, they may be one person, or maybe two people of the same force, in short, they are afraid that Lu Deng will recognize the black-clothed man of the Blood Knife Gate!"

When Li Ruopu heard this, he immediately smiled: "This inference can be established, that means that the black-clothed man, the knife thief and the black-clothed man of the Blood Knife Gate who caused Cai Xue's tragedy are the same person, two people, or three people, in short, they are a gang, and they are not ghosts!"

"If that's the case, then all the clues can be connected!" Xue Renfu's eyes flashed, and he excitedly grabbed the pen on the table, hurriedly drew on the paper, strung together these names and codes with various connections, and wrote notes.

After writing, he took a closer look by the light of the candle flame, and quickly frowned: "This group of people first met with Lu Deng at the Blood Knife Gate, and then framed Lu Deng, created Cai Xue's tragedy, and rummaged through things, and they can make a guess by linking them, it is very likely that they are also looking for the box, that is to say, they are looking for evidence of the guilt of the ghost pawn and Tong Guan, and they are not from Tong Guan's side, and they are afraid of being recognized by Lu Deng, and they also know that the box has been transferred to Cai Xu. ”

Zhao Bufan sighed, stared at the flickering candle flame, and said: "Lu Deng stole the box at the Blood Knife Gate late at night on the 26th day of the lunar month, met the mysterious black-clothed man at the Blood Knife Gate, and then returned to Puyang to hand over the box to Cai Xue for an errand, and then rested for half a day, and went back to his parents' house to visit relatives on the evening of the 27th of the lunar month, and the knife and shoes were stolen at night, that is to say, this group of people learned that the box was handed over to Cai Xue in less than a day, so they had a plot to steal the knife and blame the trouble.

According to Lu Deng's tone, he knew how dangerous the box was, and he finally made a mistake, originally he didn't want to have anything to do with it, so he shouldn't leak it, then the one who leaked the news must be Cai Xue, and Cai Xue will definitely not say anything, at most, let the close confidants know, that is to say, the man in black that Lu Deng met at the Blood Knife Gate is likely to be Cai Xue's cronies, so Lu Deng feels familiar, so the other party can recognize Lu Deng, who is simply disguised as a scumbag man, so the other party wants to blame Lu Deng, so that Lu Deng will never see the light of day until he dies unjustly！”

Xue Renfu smiled admiringly: "My lord is really calculating, if the inference is true, then the news leaked out in the afternoon can make this person panic, or escape, or run to the dungeon to quietly test Lu Deng, or even kill him, so as to come out!"

Li Ruopu next to him was not so optimistic, turned his head to look at the silent Zhao Bufan, and took over the words: "I think it's hard to say what the specific situation is, everything just now is just an inference after all, and there is a lack of key evidence to confirm." ”

"No! I'm sure!" Zhao Bufan opened his mouth again, slightly worried: "I know more information than you, and when you look at it together, you can almost be sure that Lu Deng was wronged, and if he is really a murderer, then what's the point of him making up so many stories, if he can't find out the results, he can't turn over the case, he is still dead, so it is almost certain that he is not a murderer." Now it seems that the key figure in this series of events is no longer Lu Deng, but the dead Cai Xu!"

Xue Renfu and Li Ruopu glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhao Bufan together, Xue Renfu hesitated and said: "What my lord means is that the core of this series of events is why Cai Xue told his cronies about the box, and why did Lu Deng send a blank paper to the Blood Knife Gate?"

Zhao Bufan smiled faintly, picked up the pen on the table, and wrote the word "coercion" between the two words "Blood Knife Gate" and "Cai Xue" on the paper.

Seeing this word, Xue Renfu was greatly surprised, his expression changed continuously, and he said urgently: "My lord, do you mean that after Cai Xue carefully read the contents of the box, he felt that he had caught Tong Guan's handle, and he was not ready to hand it over to Cai Jing at all, but planned to blackmail Tong Guan to seek the greatest benefit?"

Zhao Bufan put down the pen lightly, nodded with a smile: "Yes, if Cai Xue simply wants to kill Lu Deng, then if he asks Lu Deng to go to the Blood Knife Gate, won't he also expose the box in his hands, then won't he take the initiative to find death? He is not afraid that after the ghost pawn kills Lu Deng, he will come to kill him? Even if he is not afraid of death, is he not afraid that the box will be snatched back by the ghost pawn? There is only one possibility that will make him take a risk!"

In an instant, Li Ruopu blurted out: "That is an irrepressible temptation, only an uncontrollable temptation can make him take a risk!"

Zhao Bufan smiled calmly: "Yes! Who is Cai Xue? Do you still expect him to be loyal to the monarch and patriotic? Don't want to kill the evil for the Great Song Dynasty? If it is not profitable, why doesn't he send the box away as soon as possible? Why doesn't he send a letter to Cai Jing as soon as possible? It is not difficult to guess what this kind of person thinks, that is, to make profits, he wants to use the box to hold Tong Guan hostage, whether it is to continue to be promoted, or other interests, and even if he wants to directly control Tong Guan for a long time, it is possible!"

These words seemed to open the mystery in Xue Renfu's heart, making him suddenly enlightened, frowning and quickly continued: "In this way, it all makes sense, Cai Xue may have secretly contacted the ghost pawn, and the ghost pawn didn't know where he hid the box, so he was temporarily held hostage, but at this time, Cai Xue had to kill Lu Deng, because Lu Deng was an insider, and he was not Cai Xue's henchman, so Cai Xue was eager to kill him, so he kept the box privately." As for the slaughter of the Blood Knife Gate, it was an accident at all, it was a reign of terror carried out by the ghost pawns and punished those who committed major wrongs!"

"It's completely reasonable!" Li Ruopu's face was serious, and he added after thinking: "In this way, Lu Deng's matter makes sense, but Cai Xue only didn't expect that there was another force that was also looking for the box, and there were people from this force among his cronies, so in order to get the box, the people of this force plotted to kill him, and framed Lu Deng, who might recognize their identity!"

Xue Renfu's expression changed, and he looked a little surprised.

"If it goes on like this, this mysterious force is also terrifying, according to our previous inference, their target is also the box, and from what they do, it is obvious that they do not want to hand over the box to the imperial court. If it is to be handed over to the imperial court, then they don't need to be so cruel, there is no need to frame Lu Deng, as long as they stabilize the situation and expose the report, so this force also wants to take the box as its own, and as I said just now, the only role of this box for itself is to hold Tong Guan hostage, so behind this force is also the people of the court!"

In an instant, Xue Renfu and Li Ruopu's faces changed, if the inference came true, it meant that this matter was very widely implicated, and it was no longer something that they could continue to investigate, and there were too many possibilities behind it.

Looking at their changing faces, Zhao Bufan probably sensed what they were thinking, and shook his head at the moment: "You don't have to worry about more things, now you just need to help me avenge Lu Deng, and let me do other things!"

"Hey!"

Xue Renfu sighed ashamedly, and Li Ruopu was also sullen and silent.

The spirit of the two is obviously gone, Zhao Bufan also understands their helplessness in his heart, and looks at the two of them at the moment and says: "Okay, we three stinkers, we can always stand up to Zhuge Liang, don't make the case unsolved, I was scared first and had no confidence, how to investigate, I am on top of the accident, you are ordered to do things, what are you afraid of?"

Xue Renfu and Li Ruopu raised their heads and glanced at each other, each gritted their teeth, Li Ruopu suddenly got up and said as if he had let go: "Adults have talked about this, how can we cower, tomorrow morning I will go to check all Cai Xue's cronies, and I can always find clues!"

Seeing that Li Ruopu was out of the way, Xue Renfu, who was like a brother to him, no longer hesitated, and said firmly: "Then I'll go with you, it's enough to search for the box with those soldiers and horses brought by Lord Zhao, it's useless for me to be alone, the two of us quickly investigate Cai Xu's cronies, and we will definitely alarm those who are lurking in secret, and then Lord Zhao will continue to set up traps around Lu Deng, and there will always be results!"

"Okay, that's it!"

Zhao Bufan stood up and made the final decision, and was about to let the two go back to rest first, but there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, which was especially abrupt in the dead of night.

A moment later, there was a banging sound from the rooms.

"Lord Zhao, it's not good, the head of the Kaide Mansion was stabbed to death near the dungeon!"