Kaide Mansion is located in the southwest of the Daimyo Mansion, east of Puzhou, south of Huazhou, although the jurisdiction is not large, but the economy is very prosperous, the strategic location is also extremely important, its seat is located in the historic city of Puyang, since ancient times is the place where the armor must fight.

On this day, hundreds of iron horsemen appeared on the official road in the north of Qingfeng County, Kaide Prefecture, their military appearance was strict and orderly, and the military discipline was strict, except for the sound of armor rubbing and horses' hooves hitting the ground when marching, there was no noise at all, and the winter sun shone on them, which made the armor and weapons reflect a burst of cold light, which made people feel chills in their hearts.

What is amazing is that there is a female general among the several generals led by her, the slim red armor not only outlines the delicate figure, but also makes her exude heroism all over her body, and with a fair and beautiful face, she is really heroic and sassy, and has the spirit of a heroine among women.

When the caravan travelers on the official road saw this army, they all quickly avoided it, retreated to the side of the road and watched them pass by, and all kinds of discussions began one after another.

"Brother Tai, do you know where this army came from? Seeing that they are all murderous, it is really scary!" a young man carrying rice couldn't help but pull the caravan guard beside him and asked.

The caravan guard hesitated slightly, and replied uncertainly: "Isn't it the Lin Mansion Folding Family?" I have heard that the female generals of the Folding Family are heroic and extraordinary, and the female generals led by them are also very imposing, maybe they are the Folding Generals!"

When the caravan leader next to him heard this, he immediately retorted: "Nonsense, I don't know, don't talk nonsense, don't you see the logo on their armor? That's the symbol of the Northern Army!"

"There are such terrible sergeants in the Northern Army?" the young man carrying the rice looked puzzled.

The caravan leader took a deep breath and stared at the marching sergeant.

"Only one soldier under his command has such a military appearance!"

"Who!" the young man carrying the rice couldn't help but ask.

"Northern Xinjiang Zhao Bufan!" the caravan leader said affirmatively.

In an instant, the merchants and civilians who had avoided the roadside all fell silent, staring respectfully at the iron horsemen who were rapidly passing.

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The discussion of the surrounding people naturally also came to Zhao Bufan's ears, but he just smiled, and did not pay much attention to it, his plan was to rush to Puyang directly today, and now he only arrived in Qingfeng County, so he was naturally in a hurry, until noon, he ordered the soldiers to eat and rest in the forest next to the official road.

After a routine round, Lu Fang quickly came to his side, and said with a smile while nibbling on dry food: "My lord, your jade lion is really a BMW, after driving for so long, everyone's horses are a little weak, but it is still alive and well." ”

Zhao Bufan gently stroked the horsehair of the Jade Lion of the Shining Night, and replied with a smile: "Song Jiang gave me this horse, which is the only thing he did that made me happy!"

"BMW with heroes, this Zhaoye Jade Lion should have been given to the extraordinary big brother!" Hu Sanniang walked over eating meat sandwich cakes, and also reached out to touch the back of the Yeyu Lion's horse, but he didn't think that this Zhaoye Jade Lion didn't eat grass anymore, so he snorted twice, and turned the horse's head affectionately to rub Hu Sanniang's face, so itchy that Hu Sanniang dodged again and again.

"Hey, it's still a beautiful horse, I feed it every day, and bathe it, and I've never seen it so affectionate with me, I have no conscience!"

Lu Fang ridiculed, which made Zhao Bufan laugh out loud.

A few people were chatting happily, but they didn't expect that there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the official road, and a few people dressed in coarse linen clothes and wearing swords galloped on their horses, and they came to the front in just a few blinks of an eye.

The soldiers who were close instantly stood up and were on guard.

Lu Fang also stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "Who is here?"

The person on the other side looked at it slightly, then took out a token from his arms and held it in his hand, and hurriedly replied: "I am Xue Renfu, the Tui Cheng of Dali Temple, and I was ordered to come to greet Lord Zhao in the imperial history, I don't know where Lord Zhao is?"

Zhao Bufan's heart suddenly burst out, and his stomach was full of doubts.

What are the people from Dali Temple doing when they come to pick me up? Are they trying to arrest me?

No, if something really happens, my father-in-law will definitely send someone to notify me secretly, it won't be so sudden!

Thinking about it, Zhao Bufan didn't quite understand how the people from Dali Temple could appear here, frowned and thought for a moment, and then walked gently to the front.

"I'm Zhao Bufan, why did your Dali Temple come to this Kaide Mansion to pick me up?"

Xue Renfu seemed to know him, looked at him carefully for a moment, then flew off his horse and bowed his hand: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Zhao, the Cai Shi Prefect of Kaide Mansion was assassinated half a month ago, His Majesty was furious, and ordered our Dali Temple to investigate thoroughly, and his subordinates were ordered by Lord Li to supervise the matter, but it was found that the suspect was the current soldier and horse supervisor of Kaide Mansion, known as Lu Deng, known as Xiao Zhuge . However, the subordinates have not been able to find enough evidence for a long time, and because many officials are involved, it is inconvenient for the subordinates to investigate the case, so His Majesty ordered again to let his subordinates intercept Lord Zhao who was going south, and transfer it to Lord Zhao to supervise the matter, and the subordinates will also be sent by Lord Zhao for the time being!"

When Zhao Bufan heard this, he immediately put his mind at ease, as the middle prince of the imperial history, it is within the scope of the investigation of the crimes of hundreds of officials, so naturally there is no doubt, but he only felt foggy about the situation that Xue Renfu said, and couldn't help frowning and asked: "Who is this Cai Shi prefect? Why haven't you heard of it?" I remember that the prefect of Kaide Mansion is not Cai Xue?"

Xue Renfu was slightly stunned, and then replied with a smile: "Lord Zhao, this Cai Shi prefect is Cai Xue, because he is the tenth son of Cai Taishi, so everyone calls him Cai Shi!"

Zhao Bufan's eyes narrowed instantly.

"Cai Jing obviously only has eight sons, where did Cai Shi come from?"

Xue Renfu pursed his lips and smiled, with a faint contempt in his voice: "Lord Hui, this Cai Xue is not the son of Taishi Cai, but because he is married to Taishi Cai, and he has the same surname, he was accepted by Taishi Cai as the second son, and everyone also calls him Cai Shi!"

"So that's the case!" Zhao Bufan was relieved, nodded with a smile: "Okay, you will follow me all the way and strive to get to Puyang before tonight!"

"Honorable Order!"

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In the middle of the night, Zhao Bufan hurried to Puyang, and after instructing Lu Fang and Guo Sheng to take the soldiers to settle down in the Puyang military camp, he took Hu Sanniang and Xue Renfu to Cai Xu's outer house, because according to Xue Renfu's description, Cai Xue did not die in the mansion, but in the outer house.

This Cai Xue's outer house is located in the west of Puyang City, surrounded by large households, it seems relatively quiet, Zhao Bufan just walked to the door and felt that the door was gloomy, and his induction power was far beyond ordinary people, this feeling was especially strong for him.

"Rensuke, this neighborhood should be a place where people gather, how do you feel gloomy and compassionate?"

Xue Renfu, who was leading the way in front of the side, looked at the gate and replied with a smile: "My lord, there are more than 100 masters and servants in this outer house, and all of them were killed overnight, so naturally it is a little gloomy!"

"More than a hundred dead?" Hu Sanniang, who was following next to her, was instantly speechless.

"Yes......! Well, Cai Xue's outer house is actually a place he uses to have fun, because there are many inconveniences in the mansion, so he bought this outer house and raised dozens of beautiful women, plus the maids and servants who served, there were one hundred and thirty-two people, all of whom died!"

While Xue Renfu was speaking, Zhao Bufan had already walked into the front yard.

The courtyard had obviously not been cleaned up, and dried blood stains could be seen everywhere, but the corpses were no longer visible, but strange humanoid patterns were painted on the pillars, on the ground, in the corners of the walls, and many other places, apparently copying the posture of the person before he died.

Xue Renfu looked at his face, and while slowly leading the way in front, he said: " Because it was not a short time since the crime, and the corpse already smelled, so we had to store it in the ice cellar, but the subordinates had already carefully investigated, and it was determined that the killer was a person, with very high martial arts, and the method used was to assassinate at night, and it was only after he lurked in the backyard and killed the guards with the highest martial arts that he was discovered by other guards, so he was killed, but at that time, the master was already dead, and no one could stop him, so it led to this massacre!"

Looking at the humanoid patterns and various blood stains around him, Zhao Bufan's mind faintly flashed the tragic image of corpses all over the ground, coupled with Xue Renfu's narration, he couldn't help but stop, frowned and asked: "How can you be sure that the killer is the one who lurks in the backyard first and kills the person with the highest martial arts?"

Xue Renfu did not hesitate, and replied loudly: "There are two reasons, one is that Cai Xue has three masters around him, one of them is a Shaolin lay disciple, and his martial arts are good, but they all died on the bed in their own room, they were killed in their sleep, and they didn't even react, so the murderer must have lurked to kill them first! The second is the traces left by the murderer, he turned in from the side door, and killed the two guards guarding the door with only one move, and then sneaked directly into the backyard from the garden of the other courtyard......

"Alright!" Zhao Bufan interrupted with a wave of his hand. "I understand, if you speculate, then you can confirm two points, one is that this person's martial arts are very high, and the other is that he is very familiar with Cai Xue and understands the situation around him, but there are other clues?"

Xue Renfu replied: "The murderer used a knife, the specific knife method is unknown, but the means are extremely ruthless, all of them are killed with a knife, after the massacre, he also rummaged around the house, which can be seen from the bloody footprints, but the specific rummaging is unknown, it can only be determined that it is not for money, so the subordinates infer that this is not a vendetta, nor is it a robbery, it is to find something!"

While listening, Zhao Bufan also observed the situation in the mansion, confirming Xue Renfu's statement, and soon came to the backyard where the situation was most miserable, and walked into Cai Xu's room after a careful walk. "What did Cai Xue look like when he died?"

"He was in bed with two concubines...... , and the murderer wiped the necks of the three with one move!"

Zhao Bufan's eyes froze instantly: "Erase three people in different positions in one move?"

"That's right, that man's knife is fast, his moves are unpredictable, and he doesn't drag the mud and water at all!"

Xue Renfu's words fell, and Zhao Bufan also closed his eyes, with his martial arts cultivation, he could naturally restore the general situation at the time of the incident through description, and waited to sort out the actions before and after, and then opened his eyes again.

"I probably have a bottom of the situation at the scene, but why do you think it was Xiao Zhuge Lu Deng's doing?"

"Back to my lord, this massacre was silent, and no one outside found out about the incident, until the next morning, the chief secretary of the government came to Cai Xue to discuss affairs, and then he found the tragedy in the house, and he saw Lu Deng's back rushing out of the wall, which can be regarded as a witness. ”

"Back?" Zhao Bufan frowned, waved his hand and said, "The back can't be convicted!"

"Not only the back, after the incident, Lu Deng disappeared for five days, during this period, the officials in the palace controlled the army on the one hand, and reported to the court quickly, and also sent a quick detective to investigate, and soon found out that Lu Deng happened to be missing on the night of the incident, and his subordinates also arrived quickly during this period, after investigation, it was confirmed that Lu Deng was the first suspect, in order to stabilize the situation, they set up an ambush to round up when Lu Deng came back. ”

"What about the motive?" asked Zhao Bufan.

Xue Renfu replied: "Cai Xue and Lu Deng have been at odds all year round, Lu Deng is loyal and upright, and disdains to be with Cai Xue, and Cai Xue has always suppressed him, some time ago he had the opportunity to be transferred to Luzhou to be the capital prisoner, there are his old friends in the army over there, and they have the heart to help him leave Cai Xue, but I didn't think that Cai Xue was a hindrance and forcibly left him behind, and his subordinates also heard that Cai Xue had spoken lightly to his beloved wife, and the two were once on the same page!"

Zhao Bufan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Even this is far from enough to convict, and there is a lack of key evidence!"

"Yes! Lu Deng's martial arts are extremely high, he is the number one master in the Kaide Mansion army, he can do all this, and his saber is completely consistent with the murder weapon we deduced whether it is thick, long, or shape, and his knife is a custom-made treasure knife, there is no second one in the world that is the same, so we can be sure that the knife is the murder weapon, not to mention that we also found blood stains on the handle of his saber that have not completely dried up!"

Xue Renfu said, and took out a piece of paper with two bloody footprints from his arms.

"Adults can also take a look at this, the bloody footprints on the left are rubbed from the footprints of the murderer in this house, and the bloody footprints on the right are rubbed with Lu Deng's shoes after being stained with blood, adults see what the difference is!"

Hu Sanniang next to her immediately leaned her head over, looked at it slightly, and immediately exclaimed: "It's exactly the same!"

"Is it possible that two shoes are the same?" Zhao Bufan hesitated.

Xue Renfu silently took back the paper with bloody footprints in his arms, and sighed: "Lu Deng's lady is very virtuous, but all Lu Deng's shoes are stitched by his wife, how can it be so easy to find exactly the same foot?" More importantly, Lu Deng said that he was ordered to go out on an errand on the night of the incident, and there was no alibi at all, plus so many coincidences mentioned earlier, how could he clear his suspicion?"

Zhao Bufan sighed.

"Since this is the case, then what else is there to say about this case, isn't there all the human and material evidence?

When Xue Renfu heard this, his eyes instantly flashed.

"The key is that Lu Deng refused to confess, only said that a few days before the incident, his knife had been stolen by the real murderer, and he also lost a pair of shoes, and he strongly asked to see Taishi Cai or you, and he didn't say what order he went to carry out on the night of the incident, not to mention where he went five days after the incident, only that someone was framing him, and his subordinates believed that the few days after Lu Deng's disappearance were the biggest suspicion, if he was the murderer, since he had already left, why did he come back, and if he didn't find out where he went in the past five days, this matter can't be closed!"

When Zhao Bufan heard this, he didn't say a word, turned around and left.

"Take me to Lu Deng!"

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