Posthouse in the western suburbs of Chang'an City.

Suddenly there was a sound of "vomiting", and an official rushed to the door and vomited it out. When he looked up again, he saw dust flying on the official road.

"The county captain is here."

"Where is the body?"

"Please come inside, this place is just west of Fengshui River and is under the jurisdiction of our Chang'an County."

"Don't worry about these things, bring people here for questioning."

Yan Zhenqing strode into the post house, and a fishy smell hit his nostrils. In the post house, the waiters and several residents were being escorted and questioned by the government officials.

"At night, the villain had rested. When he heard the noise, he was scolded by the thief and did not dare to make a sound. It was too dark to see their faces. All he knew was that they were taking the middle-aged guest officer away.

…”

After roughly understanding the situation, Yan Zhenqing took Wu Zuo to check the body.

Wu Zuo walked into the veranda, looked at the horrific scene in front of him, and sighed.

"Except for the man whose neck was cut, everyone else was beheaded to death."

Wu Zuo pointed to a corpse in the veranda, carefully observed the wounds, and explained what "death by beheading" was.

"County Lieutenant, please take a look. The cut surface is smooth. It can be seen that the murder weapon was an extremely sharp knife. It was heavy and long. The murderer was very strong, so he could cut it off with one knife. The students speculated that it was an old soldier holding a long-handled Mo knife.

.”

"How to confirm?"

"Wounds mostly appear on the neck, shoulders, arms, legs, etc. This is the habit of old soldiers going into battle to kill the enemy, because the joints are not covered by armor. As for rangers and bandits, their killing techniques are light and quick, so wounds should be left more on the heart.

County Lieutenant, let’s see, is there anyone in the house with a heart and lung injury?”

Yan Zhenqing was deeply convinced and said: "It is indeed what the old soldier did."

He turned into the main room, not bothered by the blood, and was about to lean over to explore the body of the Huihe leader.

The sound of horses neighing could be heard outside the post house, and a group of government servants rushed in.

"This case will be taken over by the Jingzhao Mansion! The county officials should immediately step down."

Yan Zhenqing turned around and saw that even Jingzhao Yin Xiaojiong had come in person.

He reluctantly stopped investigating the case and stepped forward to salute.

"The Qing officials came very quickly." Xiao Jiong said: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at this time of year, such a murderous case happened."

Yan Zhenqing could vaguely hear Xiao Jiong's tone seeming to take pleasure in others' misfortune, and said in deep thought: "This case occurred under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, and I cannot absolve myself from the blame..."

"Hush!"

The horses neighed again, and a loud shout sounded at the post house.

"Guo Qianli, the left middle marshal of Beiya Longwu Army, was ordered to supervise the case! Where is Jing Yin?!"

A majestic general rushed in with his sword in hand, glanced straight into the veranda, and cursed: "Eating dog intestines! It was chopped into pieces. The person who did it was either a border soldier or a bandit."

While talking, he walked towards Xiao Jiong, saw Yan Zhenqing, and immediately shouted: "Young official, step aside, this is not a case that you can get involved in!"

"retreat!"

The soldiers of the Longwu Army shouted loudly and expelled all the officials from the Chang'an County Government.

Guo Qianli then said: "The general ordered me to supervise the case. Are you sure that the case is related to Pei Mian?"

"I'm sure." Xiao Jiong said firmly, "The person who was taken away was Pei Mian, and these Huihe people are probably inseparable from the East Palace."

"Find Pei Mian immediately, the general wants to see him."

While he was talking, another fast horse came.

"Jingyin, looking for... found Pei Mian..."

~~

Yan Zhenqing returned to the Chang'an County government office and analyzed what he saw today.

I thought the Pei Mian case had been settled, but I didn't expect another major case to arise, which required the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to lure out the Uighur caravan maintained by Dong Gong's men.

He gradually became restless and had no intention of sitting in the office, so he returned home directly.

"Alang, why did you come back so early today?"

Wei Yuncai came up to greet him, and Yan Zhenqing immediately asked: "Is that kid not at home these days?"

"Yes." Wei Yun said with a smile: "I got the first place in the annual examination and lived in Du's house until the Mid-Autumn Festival. Now everyone in Chang'an says that Jie Tou is your disciple. Just now Sanniang was mumbling that she would have to take him to see her elder after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Grandpa and mother-in-law."

"Speak to Liu Niang and ask him to stay at home."

"What happened?"

"It's raining heavily, don't get caught."

~~

Du Wulang read for a while in the morning and fell asleep on the desk at some point.

It was noon when he woke up. He went to the west wing to look for Xue Bai. When he opened the door, there was no one there.

"Where did you go again?"

From the backyard to the front yard, there was still no one there, but the concierge came over in a hurry and said that someone was looking for Xue Langjun. He refused to give his name, but he was obviously a member of a powerful family.

Du Wulang's scalp went numb as soon as he heard this. He was already very experienced and did not say whether Xue Bai was at home or not. He only ordered someone to come to the lobby to meet him and chatted with him.

"How do you know that you came to our Du family to find Xue Bai...Okay, okay, Quan Fu, please go and see if Xue Bai is awake."

But I don't know where Xue Bai changed back again, yawning and looking like he had just woken up. If Du Wulang hadn't known him so well, he would have thought that he had made a mistake just now and mistakenly thought that he was not at home.

Xue Bai only glanced at the visitor and asked, "The prince-in-law wants to see me?"

"Hush, Xue Lang, be silent."

"It's okay, there's no need to hide, let's go."

Du Wulang looked at this scene and guessed that Xue Bai had done something terrible again, which he had covered up by downplaying it.

…

Pingkangfang, Princess Xianyi Mansion.

At noon, Li Niang insisted on letting Yang Hui drink with her for a few drinks. At this time, her cheeks were still flushed with alcohol, and she was lying on Yang Hui's shoulder, talking to herself.

"Prince-in-law, I see that Li Heng has become more and more unpopular with the saint recently. I will abolish him and make my younger brother his heir. Only then can you and I continue to live happily."

"Don't say such things, saints don't like to hear them."

Li Niang was not happy, so she opened her mouth and bit Yang Hui's shoulder hard. She was a little drunk and didn't know what to do.

Yang Hui was in pain and had to explain: "The saint longs for immortality in his heart, but you are always making plans for his death. Can he be happy? Therefore, it is difficult to fight for reserves. You feel that every time you are just a little short, it is obviously

If he is in a hurry, the thoughts of a saint will be unpredictable, and this means that going too far is not enough."

Having been involved in the fight for the reserve position for more than ten years, he has rich experience and understands the principles. Unfortunately, a common problem among princes and grandsons like him is that he has high ambitions but low power.

Li Niang didn't even want to listen to the truth and said angrily: "Blame me? You blame me?"

"well."

Unable to reason with this arrogant princess, Yang Hui sighed and fell silent.

"Why did you bring Xue Bai here today?" Li Niang asked, "They just said that we colluded. We are not afraid of being discovered?"

"If we don't contact him, he won't contact us." Yang Hui said: "Invite him to see you and take some risks so that you can hold him in your hands."

"what for?"

"Control him and tie him to our boat. If the matter is revealed, we will just be scolded by the saint, but he will die, so the more contact we have, the more leverage he will have in our hands. What's more, we

We also know his identity.”

"As expected of my consort..."

After a long time, Li Niang was almost sober from drinking, and then Xue Bai arrived.

She immediately became unhappy again, got up, and walked to Xue Bai to teach him a few words.

"You're here now, don't you know who you're working for?!"

Xue Bai looked at her lightly and asked: "Princess is not afraid of me now?"

Li Niang straightened her hands on her hips, raised her head and said, "You are not a ghost. What is this princess afraid of you doing?"

"The princess is drunk."

"Ba Niang, you are indeed drunk." Yang Hui had no choice but to step forward and help her back.

"I'm not drunk." Li Niang said: "Since you are one of ours, let's talk about how to abolish Li Heng in the next step and make my brother the heir."

Yang Hui comforted her again and said to Xue Bai: "I asked you to come here quietly, why did you come so openly?"
To be continued...