People come and go everywhere in Taihu Lake, and it is inevitable that there will be branches, and Zhong Xinghan left in a hurry after finishing his work. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 About half an hour later, Sanqing, who had returned from Lin'an to Taixuguan, happened to pass by here, and they were all shocked to see the corpses of the four friends of Taihu Lake falling in front of them.

There are many grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes, and it is not uncommon for corpses to be in the wilderness. But the four friends of Taihu Lake have lived in seclusion for half their lives, but who would do this to them? Needless to say, the three veterans carefully inspected the scene of the crime.

"It seems that the martial arts of this person who fought with the four friends of Taihu Lake are much higher than them. Lingxu Zhenren sighed after looking at the scene.

"Yes, the four friends of Taihu Lake have all lost their weapons. It can be seen that they can't withstand the opponent's powerful attack at all. Qingxu Zhenren said.

But Yuxu Zhenren looked at each corpse thoughtfully, and only after all of them were examined did he say silently: "These people all have two scars on their bodies, although the one on their necks is killing them, but the one on their chests has broken the ribs of these four people, which can be said to have hit them hard. ”

Lingxu Zhenren and Qingxu Zhenren immediately looked at the bodies of the four friends of Taihu Lake, but what they saw was exactly what Yuxu Zhenren said. If it is from this point of view, it must be a person with extremely high martial arts who first abolished these four people, and then killed them one by one. This kind of behavior is indeed too cruel and despicable, which makes Taixuan Sanqing angry.

"It's inhumane to do that. The three Qings all condemned in unison.

But who killed the four friends of Taihu Lake? Such a question seems simple, but it is very complicated for Taixu Sanqing. The simplicity is that they only need to look at the scars on the chest of the four friends of Taihu Lake to tell that it was Yang Zhan's doing.

"Taihu Siyou was injured by a powerful blade attack, you see that the wound on Jiang Zhisong's chest is not a complete straight line, and the small broken opening in the middle should be caused by the long sword Xiangge. Lingxu Zhenren said carefully.

Qingxu and Yuxu Zhenren looked at it carefully, and sure enough, the middle of Jiang Zhisong's wound was obviously broken, while Mei Ying and Lan Peiyu's wound was a long bloody wound. The two then looked at Li Tiaosheng's wound again, but after looking at it, they found that his wound was much shorter.

"Li Tiaosheng used the qin as a weapon to block half of his upper body during the battle, so his wounds would be shorter. Lingxu said.

In fact, judging from the wounds of the four people and the battle scene, the opponent of the four friends of Taihu Lake is only Yang Zhan, because the injuries of these four people are all in the same place, which can be seen that this is caused by a move, although there are weapons to block, it will not help. Looking at today's martial arts, only Yang Zhan's Demon Breaking Sword Technique can be so arrogant.

But no one would say anything about the three clears, because there was another place that puzzled them, and this is precisely the complexity of the problem.

It turned out that the three of them all found that although the four friends of Taihu Lake died tragically, their respective locations were very strange. I saw Jiang Zhisong fall on top of a pile of chess pieces, Mei Ying leaned sideways on the broken qin, and the long sword folded in half was pressed under Li Tiaosheng and Lan Peiyu respectively. If the four friends of Taihu Lake were seriously injured and killed at the same time, the weapons they were good at would never be displayed like this.

In fact, Zhong Xinghan was no wonder in such a situation, after all, he had never seen the four friends of Taihu Lake before, and when he saw them, these four people had already discarded their broken weapons and crowded on the side of the road for help. As for how to distribute it in the end, he probably decided that he was a good chess player when he saw Jiang Zhisong's high-minded appearance, and Mei Ying was born as a woman, and Qin Se was also the most suitable.

Taixu Guan Sanqing saw the clues, so he looked around again, but found scattered blood stains under the stone at the other end. This is what they want to see the most, because it confirms their inference that Taihu Siyou was killed by another person after being seriously injured.

Lingxu Zhenren carefully examined the blood on the ground, but it was exactly the width of a person's body, so that he could guess the scene of the four people waiting for rescue after being seriously injured.

"It seems that there is going to be a bloody storm in the martial arts. Lingxu Zhenren said silently.

Qingxu Zhenren and Yuxu Zhenren looked at him, and only asked after a while: "Senior brother, what ......do you say?"

"Senior brother, do you still remember the scene when the Zen master was killed on the outskirts of Lin'an City that day?" said Lingxu Zhenren.

The two of them reacted immediately, and hurriedly returned to the corpse of the four friends of Taihu Lake to take a closer look, and said after a long time: "Hate the martial arts has always harbored many people with evil intentions. ”

It turned out that after the Zen master was killed that day, Taixu Guan Sanqing took the lead in checking the scene, although the spearhead was pointed at Yang Zhan, but Lingxu Zhenren still felt that there was something strange. Because the wound of the Hindrator Zen Master is slender and deep, but it is not like a seventy or eighty pound ghost eye knife. It's just that at that time, Zhao Chengzong and everyone presumed that it was Yang Zhan, but they couldn't allow him to say it under the anger of the crowd, after all, they hadn't seen the appearance of the wound cut by Yang Zhan with the ghost eye knife. Later, Kongtong sent Luo Qingyi to lead the crowd to accuse Yang Zhan, which confirmed that he was the leader of the thieves who plagued the Sword Gate. If this is reversed, Yang Zhan killed the Hindrance Zen Master, but it makes sense.

But at this moment, the corpses of the four friends of Taihu Lake are in front of them, and just looking at the scars on their chests they know that they are very different from those on their necks.

"Two junior brothers, please see, the scars on Jiang Zhisong and the others' chests are wide and rough, not only cracking the flesh but also injuring the internal bones, but the scars on their necks are much smoother and slender, and there is no other damage to the entire neck. This means that these wounds were not caused by the same knife. Lingxu Zhenren said, pointing to the wound.

"What Senior Brother Lingxu said is right. It appears that the fatal wounds on the necks of the four men were inflicted by someone else. Qingxu Zhenren said firmly.

Yuxu Zhenren took a step back and looked at the scene, and restored the scene after a while: "The four friends of Taihu Lake and Yang Zhan were injured by him after facing the enemy, but Yang Zhan did not kill them all. The four of them were so badly wounded that they lay down under the rocks on the other side and asked for help, when another man came and killed them without a backhand. ”

This is indeed the most reasonable assumption, but after saying this, many things have to be revisited. Whether it was the murder of Jianmen before, or the killing of fellow martial artists later, it was far from being as simple as what he saw and heard.

Although he was faintly aware that the rivers and lakes were going to change dramatically, but now that the four friends of Taihu Lake were lying on the side of the road, the three Qings had no choice but to report to the officials first, but their aftermath. Lingxu Zhenren let Qingxu and Yuxu Zhenren stay where they were, and they hurriedly entered Gusu City.

It's just that this time, Lingxu Zhenren discovered that there was also a big incident in Gusu City, that is, Wang Zhonglu was poisoned and killed in the mansion in the morning, and the people from the official government went to investigate and assist. After all kinds of twists and turns, the spirit void real person finally found a head catcher who had nothing to do, and someone came to take over the death of the four friends of Taihu Lake.

On the way back to the scene, Lingxu Zhenren asked the head catcher about the murder of Wang Zhonglu. But the head-hunting statement made him a little stunned.

"That Wang Zhong Lu is a big corrupt official, who in Gusu doesn't curse him to die early? It's good to die now, God can be regarded as helping everyone out of a bad breath. The headcatcher said angrily.

Only then did Lingxu Zhenren understand that he was able to find this idle head catcher because he was very disgusted with Wang Zhonglu, and it was ridiculous to think about it like this.

It's just that as soon as the topic was mentioned, the head catcher continued to chatter, such as how this Wang Zhonglu collected the people's fat and ointment, how to turn the patrol into his family, etc., which also made Lingxu Zhenren angry when he heard it.

"Since this Lord Wang has such power, how can he be easily poisoned by someone?" asked Lingxu Zhenren.

The head catcher then told the news he had heard one by one, and when the name Yang Zhan was mentioned, Lingxu Zhenren was stunned.

"Yang Zhan?" said Lingxu Zhenren in surprise.

"How?, does the Dao Chief recognize that Yang Zhan?" said the head catcher suddenly excitedly.

Lingxu Zhenren shook his head and said, "I've never seen it, I've never seen it." ”

But the head catcher said unsatisfied: "If the Taoist chief hears about this person, please come to Gusu to inform me as soon as possible, and I will be very grateful." ”

Lingxu Zhenren could see that he wanted to arrest Yang Zhan for meritorious service, so he had to smile lightly and perfunctory.

After the head catcher surveyed the scene, he went to the nearby village to recruit people to help, and he was able to leave after leaving his identity.

It's just that Taixuan Sanqing did not go north, but found a secluded place to sit down and analyze all this in detail. Qingxu and Yuxu Zhenren felt incredible after listening to their senior brother's words. Previously, everyone deduced that Yang Zhan's various actions were just a disaster to the martial arts, but now he actually stretched out his tentacles to the official mansion, which is really incomprehensible.

"I heard Na Zhu Kuai say that Yang Zhan entered the palace with a box of gifts this morning, and that Wang Zhonglu was killed after eating this box of poisonous pastries. Lingxu said.

But Qingxu Zhenren was a little confused and said: "I see that Yang Zhan is also a person with some temperament, even if he wants to kill Wang Zhonglu, I am afraid he will not choose this kind of method." ”

Yuxu Zhenren also nodded in agreement. Indeed, Yang Zhan, who dared to fight against the heroes alone at the martial arts conference, would not be afraid of anything at all if he wanted to act.

"But the problem is that what Yang Zhan sent was just a box of ordinary pastries that could not be more ordinary, why did this Lord Wang, who is accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, be so interested in eating them, and eat as much as half a piece?"

"Looks like this pastry should have a lot of origins. Qingxu and Yuxu said at the same time.

Lingxu Zhenren nodded immediately, but at this time, since it was counted on Yang Zhan's head, they also wanted to find out clearly and see if this matter was Yang Zhan's cause or if there was another hidden meaning like other things.

To understand the ins and outs of the matter, you must personally go to Wang Zhonglu's mansion. Taixuguan Sanqing then came to Gusu City, but at this moment, Wang Zhonglu's mansion was already crowded with officials from all walks of life, and the yacha also surrounded the three circles inside and outside the house, and the common people couldn't get close at all. Even so, the outside of the house was still densely packed with people, and they were talking happily like a festival, and they were all smiling and smiling.

"The poor road is the old friend of Lord Wang, today I walked through Taihu Lake, and I was shocked to hear that my old friend was killed, so I came to visit. Lingxu Zhenren pretended to be sad and said.

But the official at the door did not pay any attention to them, but repeatedly warned the idlers not to approach. Lingxu Zhenren was taken aback and had to retreat. Seeing Yacha's attitude, Yuxu Zhenren pulled his senior brother forward and said: "This Taoist is a master of the Taixu Guanguan Lingxu Daoist, the Pengshan True Immortal of the Emperor's Imperial Seal, and also an old friend of Lord Wang when he was in Beijing. Please be accommodating. ”

Yuxu Zhenren's words suddenly made the other party hesitate, and when another official heard this, he stepped forward again and again to persuade him to let him go.

"Who in the world dares to pretend to be the person rewarded by His Majesty? What these Taoist masters say must be true. The servant said in his ear.

So the messenger went in to report and let the matter go.

After Taixuan Sanqing entered the mansion, they could already guess Yang Zhan's grotesque behavior after entering the mansion with their eyes on the wall damaged by internal forces, coupled with the strange flowers and plants that were broken away for no reason in the courtyard.

When they came to the inner hall, a group of officials were carefully examining Wang Zhonglu's body, and from time to time they inquired about the situation at the time of the incident. Taixuan Sanqing immediately listened and looked around.

Regarding the identity of the visitor, the subordinate only said that Yang Zhan came to give gifts on the order of the Qiu Jian Army of Chuzhou, but other than that, nothing else was discovered. But this is a very important clue for Taixuguan Sanqing, because the box of pastries on the table is Chuzhou's special honey velvet cake, which shows that Yang Zhan is indeed from Chuzhou.

But at this time, Qingxu Zhenren interjected and asked his subordinates: "This Qiu Jian Jun of Chuzhou is Lord Qiu Guanghan?"

Of course, the subordinates couldn't answer this question, but the officials present pondered carefully.

"Qiu Guanghan and Qiu Jianjun are indeed officials in the same dynasty as Lord Wang, and they used to have a good relationship, if Yang Zhan was indeed entrusted by him to come, it would be reasonable. An elderly official said.

The scene that the elderly official said was also known to the real people, because he had befriended Qiu Guanghan when he joined the rebel army in his early years, and the latter's rescue of Wang Zhonglu was rumored to be a good talk in the army at that time. But these things have passed for a long time, and ordinary people don't know about them at all, and after Qiu Guanghan went into hiding, he closed his door to thank customers, how did Yang Zhan know about this?

Qingxu Zhenren thought that Yang Zhan should indeed have gone to Chuzhou to see Qiu Guanghan, and this box of honey velvet cake was most likely sent by Qiu Guanghan to him. But the question is, who poisoned Wang Zhonglu in this honey cake and poisoned him? Could it be Qiu Guanghan? He is an upright man and has always hated corrupt officials and corrupt officials, could it be that he learned that Wang Zhonglu was taking bribes in Gusu and wanted to kill him? If it wasn't for him, would Yang Zhan have poisoned the pastry? What was his motive?

This kind of confusion seemed possible at this moment, so the pure and true people continued to think further to see if there was anything missing. Seeing that the Void True Man was thinking so hard, the Lingxu True Man probably guessed that he had made a discovery. It's just that there are some words that are inconvenient to explain here, so Lingxu Zhenren pulled the two junior disciples away.