Li Zhaocheng set up more than a hundred memorial tablets in the lobby alone, and sat on his knees, waiting for Li Yong and Li Xia to come out after talking.
He waited for a long time, but he was not in a hurry, thinking that it would be nice for the two of them to chat for a longer time...
Outside the courtyard, Liu Jinsuo rushed over in large strides. When he reached the door of the house, he said directly: "Commander, something happened."
With a "squeak" sound, Li Xia pushed the door open and walked out.
"What's the matter?"
Liu Jinsuo said: "Didn't the Marshal go out last night? After the Marshal went out, someone in the palace came to deliver the order, asking the Marshal to come to the palace this morning to perform an event. I couldn't find the Marshal, so I followed the plan of being called into the palace.
Done."
"There was an accident?" Li Xia asked.
He and Li Yong went to Prince Zhong's Mansion last night and spent the whole night convincing Zhao Yu.
Prince Zhong's Mansion is unlike other places where people can go there at any time to report information.
Therefore, Li Xia made arrangements before setting off. If anyone asked to see him, he would just say no.
There will also be people you have to meet, such as officials.
That's easy, just pretend to be assassinated while walking on the road, and when you return home, say that you were "seriously injured and can't see the wind."
"Yes, there was an accident." Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and said, "We were very careful. We asked Lao Jiang to wear soft armor on the inside and an official uniform on the outside. He had chicken blood in his arms and arranged for people to be in Baominfang.
Pretending to assassinate, there are the least people there, so it’s easy to fool me. But damn, we just walked to Qingwazi, and a real assassin took action, a real assassin!"
"Dead?"
"Lao Jiang, Dong Hao, and Wu Ba were all hit by arrows. Their vital parts were not injured, but the arrows were poisonous. Wu Ba died without pulling them back. I saved Lao Jiang and Dong Hao all night long, but they still died...
...Damn it! I always knew someone was going to assassinate me, but this method was too difficult to prevent. I was wrong."
Li Xia closed her eyes and shook her head.
Zhao Yurui decided to kill him, so he would die sooner or later if he stayed in Lin'an.
No matter how powerful he is, no matter how resourceful he is, he can't predict whether someone will rush out to help him in this city with a population of millions.
Although they could hide in the mansion all the time, Zhao and Rui could know earlier when the officials would summon them and make arrangements in advance.
If Li Xia was really in the sedan this time, there is no telling whether he would have survived.
But he will never escape next time, because the person who wants to kill him is more powerful.
Li Xia is not a god, he can calculate everything.
In other words, he moved one step faster and killed Zhao Yurui first.
It seems to be going well.
But if he hesitates, he will die in just half a night...
At noon the next day, Wushan Li Mansion.
Gu Yi squinted his eyes and looked around.
There is nothing special outside Li Xia's mansion.
On the other hand, the Princess Mansion in the south is still under construction, and you can see piles of dirt on the other side of the road.
Gu Yi pointed to another small courtyard to the north of Li Mansion and asked, "Whose courtyard is this?"
"It's vacant." Zhao Yumin responded: "It was originally going to be placed under the title of Princess Mansion, but the scale was reduced."
Between these two sentences, the courtyard door creaked open.
"Ah! What do you nobles want?"
A small official came forward to introduce him.
"This is the prefect Zhao of Lin'an, this is Wu Tixing, the prison chief, this is Cheng Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and this is the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the three yamen... I came here to visit Li Jieshuai and ask about the Mongolian assassins."
Gu Yi stood among the officials and said nothing, and no one called his name.
But obviously, he is the one who really came to investigate the case.
When I entered Li's Mansion, I saw four corpses in the hall at first sight.
Gu Yi lifted up the white cloth, took a look, and asked the servants of the Li family: "During the assassination yesterday, these four people died?"
"yes."
"How many arrows are there?"
Zhao and Min stepped forward and rushed to answer: "There are twelve branches, and they are all quenching the poison in the Lin'an government office."
"Yeah?"
Gu Yi looked at a big man who came out to entertain, clasped his fists and asked, "May I ask your surname?"
"Liu Jinsuo, commander of the Zhenxi Army."
"It's actually Liu Tongzhi who is in front of him. Liu Tongzhi is not in the army, how can he be the gatekeeper at Li Jieshuai's house?"
"Who said I was guarding the door? Isn't this a tribute to the emperor? I live here!"
Gu Yi frowned and secretly thought that Li Xia was domineering and brought the imperial generals with him for his own use.
His eyes fell on one of the corpses again, and he squatted down, observing the damage and the location of the wounds on the leather armor.
"This guard only suffered this arrow wound?"
"Yes." Liu Jinsuo was already unhappy.
"Poisoned to death?"
"yes."
"What poison?"
"Broken gut grass."
"Since the poison is so strong, Li Jieshuai is still alive?"
"Why are you talking!" Liu Jinsuo was furious.
Zhao and Meng, the highest officials, came forward to mediate with gentle words.
Liu Jinsuo did not dare to offend the prefect of Lin'an, so he pointed at the corpse in front of Gu Yi and said: "Lao Jiang sucked the wound for the commander and poisoned him to death."
Gu Yi nodded, the doubts in his eyes clearing up a bit.
"Can I visit Li Jieshuai?"
"The commander-in-chief can't see the wind, why don't we go in and take a look with the three of us?"
…
In the main room, Li Xia was lying on the couch and fell asleep.
There were two women sitting beside the couch, one was beautiful and the other was delicate.
Gu Yi glanced at it and secretly thought that Li Xia was very lucky.
More importantly, he had observed that both women's eyes were red, their tears were not dry, and they did not look like they were pretending to cry.
There was a bloody cloth on the ground. The beautiful woman was changing Li Xia's dressing. She carefully removed the cloth from Li Xia's shoulder to reveal the wound.
It was indeed an arrow wound. The wound was very deep and a piece of flesh was scraped off...
Zhao Yumin asked in a low voice: "Is it Master Tang?"
"I have met all the noble people, but I don't dare to call you 'everyone'. My family's surname is indeed Tang."
"Mo Duoli, please continue, everyone." Zhao Yumin asked again, "How is Li Jieshuai?"
"Thank you for your concern. The doctor said that my husband is in strong health and has resisted the poison, but he has been unconscious." Tang Anan responded, already crying.
The pretty girl beside her cried silently and her tears never stopped.
"Can I ask a question..."
Over there, Gu Yi had already walked around the house, took a look at two boxes of books, and said, "What has Li Jieshuai done in the past few days?"
"I have been discussing poems and songs with the slave family in the mansion. I only met with Lin'an Magistrate Zhao for two hours in the evening before yesterday. Then I went to the palace early yesterday morning to have an audience. Unexpectedly, I was assassinated. I have been in a coma since I came back."
"Oh, is it the prefect of Lin'an?" Gu Yi glanced at Zhao Yumin.
"yes."
Gu Yi took a few steps, looked at the open book on the table, and asked Zhao Yumin, "Is this a book sent by Governor Zhao?"
"This... is indeed the case." Zhao Yumin said: "It is better to let Li Jieshuai rest and rest, and don't bother him more."
After saying this, he pulled Gu Yi and retreated.
The group of people walked around the Li Mansion again before leaving.
Gu Yi immediately went to the small courtyard to the north and ordered people to turn over all the floor tiles.
"You all know, this is also the property of the Princess of Rui."
"Yeah?"
Zhao and Min raised their hands and said, "You all know, aren't we here to investigate the assassination of Li Jieshuai? Why bother..."
Gu Yi suddenly came closer and asked slowly: "Which case does Governor Zhao think I am investigating?"
Zhao and Min paused for a moment.
Gu Yi stared at his expression, taking in all the details, and raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.
"Keep turning!"
"this……"
Everyone looked at each other, Zhao and Min also looked puzzled.
But after returning to the sedan, he sneered.
You, Gu Yi, are amazing and know how to investigate cases. You found out that Li Xia and I met privately.
But I'm afraid I forgot that this is Lin'an officialdom.
Still want to continue investigating?
Ah.
…
People can no longer hear the song "Big Centipede, Little Centipede" on the streets of Lin'an.
In a few days, many children have learned new songs.
It was a poem by Ouyang Xiu, but after the sentence structure was changed, it actually showed a different meaning.
"The order of Yao, Huang, Wei, and Zi is blooming, but they all fade away without realizing it. They bend their bows or intend to shoot at stone tigers, and they want to be drunk and kill Jingjiang dragons. They look at the remaining flowers for a day, and the east wind brings the sound of crying..."
"Your Majesty, calm down, you are guilty of underestimating your position!"
"Come and tell me, what is Yao Huang? Wei Zi? Opening order? And what is 'withering without realizing it'?!"
"Humble job..."
"The stone tiger has encountered an arrow. Tell me, who is the Jingjiang Jiao? Who is it? Will the Mongols or the ghost want to kill Jia Sidao? Tell me again, what does the broken flower mean? What does it mean?! Come on, He Zhongjing
, please explain this poem to me."
"I don't dare to do this in a humble position."
Zhao Yun shouted angrily: "Excuse me!"
"I'm still investigating who spread such rumors..."
"Investigate? I asked you to investigate the case like this? In just a few days, you have made a scene all over the city! Don't you understand what I say? Do you want me to say clearly that 'this case needs to be investigated secretly'? Do you still want me to do it again?
Are you going to issue an edict to the world and reveal all the truth? I’ll make the world panic and then ask you to investigate?!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down. I am humble and do not make a big show of it..."
Zhao Yun raised his hand and pointed hard, and said coldly: "If a poem reaches Mrs. Cixian's ears, I will want your two heads."
"The humble position will surely put an end to the rumors. I will definitely put an end to the rumors."
Zhao Yun's face was still ugly, but he finally stopped putting pressure on these two people and only asked: "Is the assassination of King Rong related to Li Xia?"
"There are currently no clues pointing to Li Xia. But...but Li Xia was assassinated, and it seems that it was King Rong..."
"That's enough! I just want to ask you, who killed my brother?!"
Gu Yi was in a dilemma for a while and then responded helplessly: "I believe that someone in Lin'an City is secretly stirring up trouble. The truth that Your Majesty wants to find out may have been... written into a poem."
Zhao Yun closed his eyes.
He knew that he had guessed correctly again.
Just because he was eyeing his own throne, his younger brother turned his husband and wife against each other, and the brother and sister became enemies. He killed his wife, her family, and her nephew. The killing was so unforgivable that the law of heaven could not tolerate it, and finally ended up in this situation of bloodshed.
"Yao, Huang, Wei and Zi opened their ranks, and before they realized it, they all withered away..."
Zhao Yun also wanted the Imperial City Secretary to prove that he was wrong.
But it doesn't prove that he is always right.
Continuing to investigate will only allow the scandal of the Tian family to be exploited by those who are interested.
"The reason is very simple. No matter who is framed for Zhao Yurui's death, Zhao Yun will doubt me and there will be no suitable framed target. Then let's simply frame it to a ghost, a ghost that Zhao Yun doesn't want to touch.
At first, he would not believe in evil and would investigate me. If the Imperial City Division keeps pursuing, they will be able to find out the truth. But Zhao Yun knew best what Zhao Yun was afraid of, so he released the ghost. When the ghost caught up with Zhao Yun, he
Then he will realize that Zhao Yurui is not worth it and Zhao Yurui is causing trouble for him."
"The key is that no one can imagine that it is A Lang from Zhao Yu's gang?"
"That's right." Li Xia said, "This case must be settled soon. Zhao Yurui was killed by a ghost."
After Yan Yunyun listened carefully, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Alang, are you giving me some advice?"
"Um."
Yan Yunyun was a little moved. He hesitated for a while and asked, "Can Alang trust me? But Alang has never touched me."
"I have never touched Jiang Fan, Lin Zi, or Gao Nianfeng." Li Xia said, "You are smarter than them, so I will teach you."
"Then...does Alang teach me these things in the hope that I will marry...brother Ling?"
Li Xia said: "It has nothing to do with this. It's because you have always cared about you being a woman and a prostitute. But I only used you because you were ruthless and loyal enough. Oh, and there was opportunity. I had no one else available at the time, so I could only use you.
With you, you have been following me for almost three years and you are still obsessed with women and prostitutes?"
Yan Yunyun bowed and said, "I understand."
She became much more free and easy, smiled, and suddenly looked a little like Han Qian, and said: "Then, I will arrange for someone to donate medicine to Zhao Yu to create auspiciousness. What Zhao Yun needs most right now is auspiciousness.
Then, Zhao Fu came to visit and 'give' the medicine to Alang. In this way, all the grudges were eliminated.
Waiting for Jiang Wanli's memorial and the report of the Southwest War to come...can Alang return to Shu?"
"good."
"Congratulations to Alang for your great plan."
Li Xia also relaxed and said: "Well, there is no need for other plans. You can go, you can't leave the tunnel, be careful when you go out, don't bring your tail."