In the afternoon, Li Zhen had nothing to do, and he didn't go out. He sat alone at the small table reading. At this time, the butler, Uncle Lin, hurried to the yard and said, "Young Master, someone is looking for him outside the gate, saying that he is your subordinate, his surname is Yang!"

Li Zhen was slightly stunned and immediately thought that this should be the chief clerk Yang Xin who came to find him. This was the first time he came to find him at home. There must be something important. Li Zhen got up and went outside the gate. He saw a man standing outside the gate. He was black, thin, short, and had small mouse beards and small eyes. It was indeed Yang Xin.

Yang Xin was the chief clerk of the sixth-rank inner guard. He was not a professional, but was promoted step by step through minor officials. Generally speaking, there is a deep gap between officials and officials. When he transformed from officials to officials, he not only had strong abilities, but also had deep qualifications and connections. After more than 20 years of hard work, Yang Xin was promoted from officials to ninth-rank official step by step, and from ninth-rank official to sixth-rank official.

Since there is no fame and fortune, the sixth-grade official is generally at the top, and the sixth-grade or above belongs to the doctor level. Unless there is special contribution, they will basically not be promoted.

Li Zhen originally had a bad impression of Yang Xin, with a vulgar appearance and a flattering smile on his face, but since Cui Shaoying, who is outstanding in appearance, defected to Princess Taiping, Li Zhen did not care much about Yang Xin's appearance.

"Zhengbu Yang, what's the important thing to come to me?" Li Zhen walked out with a smile.

When Yang Xin saw Li Zhen coming out, he quickly gave him a gift, pulled him aside, handed him a red cloth bag, "The leader will take a look at this."

Li Zhen opened the red cloth bag and saw a short three-inch long crossbow arrow inside, with a letter stuck on it. He was startled, "What is this?"

"I just discovered this on the wooden pillar in the commander's office, but I didn't know when I ejaculated?"

Li Zhen did not read the letter, but his face became gloomy. He actually dared to shoot the letter of arrow into his official room. This was undoubtedly a serious threat to others.

"Go to the official room first!"

Li Zhen was not in a hurry to read the letter, but followed Yang Xin back to the official office in Quanshanfang and went directly into his official room. Yang Xin pointed to a wooden pillar with arrow marks by the wall and said, "Your leader, Xin's arrow is discovered here."

Li Zhen looked at the arrow marks. The arrow marks were quite deep and three points into the wood. The arrow was shot with a crossbow. To shoot such arrow marks, it must be shot within ten steps. Li Zhen looked in the direction of the crossbow arrow and saw a small hole in the paper on the window, indicating that the arrow was shot from outside the window.

Li Zhen sneered and turned to Yang Xin and said, "Did Master Yang find something?"

Yang Xin nodded, "If there is a letter on the arrow, it is impossible to shoot such a small hole. It should be a big piece of the window paper, and I also find it strange."

"Not only that, if the arrow is blocked by the window paper, it will not be so deep. If I was not mistaken, this is the arrow letter shot by someone standing in my room."

Yang Xin's expression was a little unnatural, and he hurriedly explained: "It's definitely not a humble job to do it--"

Before he could finish his words, Li Zhen raised his hand and stopped him, "Your Majesty Yang, don't be too careful. I never mean you. This letter arrow has been shot for at least one or two days. Master Yang might as well check it secretly. I suspect it was done by an insider."

Yang Xin was flattered and quickly bowed: "I understand."

Li Zhen then opened the letter, and there was only one sentence in the letter: "Lu Wu, the man is also one of the assassins."

Li Zhen's brows frowned. He later investigated the inn records and found that there should be ten assassins, but there were only eight corpses at the scene, and two others escaped. Is Lu Wu from this Causal Alley one of them?

Also, who shot this letter of arrow to himself?

Li Zhen handed the letter to Yang Xin, "What do you think of the Chief Yang?"

Yang Xin was nervous, read the letter after reading it, lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "It seems that someone is deliberately guiding the commander to provide some important witness evidence to the commander."

"Do you think it's perjury?" Li Zhen asked again.

"I don't think so. After all, the commander is an eyewitness in the assassination case. It will be known whether it is perjury in the first instance that Lu Wu should be a real assassin. I heard that the emperor has handed over the case to Lai Junchen, so Lai Junchen will definitely come to the commander to understand the situation. Therefore, this letter is to provide the commander with some clues and information first, so that the commander can pass it to Lai Junchen."

After pausing, Yang Xin said again: "I think that even if the commander ignores this letter, the sender will leak the assassin's information to Lai Junchen."

Yang Xin's words made Li Zhen look at him with admiration. His analysis was reasonable and his vision was unique. No wonder Sun Li strongly recommended this Yang Zhuan to him, and he was indeed a little capable.

Li Zhen thought about it and asked again: "What you mean is that someone wants to deliberately expose the truth, right?"

Yang Xin nodded, "This is exactly what Beizhi means. Before Shangguan Sheren came back, the assassination case was rumored in Luoyang. It was obvious that someone was deliberately proclaiming it. Beizhi speculated that it should be the opponent of the assassin behind the scenes who were taking advantage of the insult. If the commander really wanted to catch the assassin, he might as well go to the Cause and Reason Alley."

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, and he really had to discuss this matter with Shangguan Wan'er first.

..

It was only two hours after the breakup, but Li Zhen was shocked when he saw Shangguan Wan'er again. He saw all kinds of documents in her official room piled up like mountains. She buried her head in a pile of memoirs and wrote quickly. When Li Zhen entered the room, Shangguan Wan'er smiled without raising her head: "I thought I could be lazy when I returned home, but in the end, I was indispensable, and it was all piled up here."

Li Zhen also joked: "Don't some people really want to share their worries for the sacrificial people? The sacrificial people are still unwilling to give it to her!"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled sweetly, looked up at Li Zhen and said, "If you are willing to share my worries, I will be happy to share them with you half."

"I do, but I'm afraid that the Lord will be unhappy if she recognizes it as my handwriting."

"Actually, it's okay. The emperor told me more than once that he asked me to find a few palace maids who are knowledgeable about books and literature as a scholar. It's a pity that I haven't found the right one yet. In fact, you are very suitable, but I need you to do more important things. Being my scholar is so wronged."

After the two said a few words, Li Zhen handed the arrow letter to Shangguan Wan'er, and then repeated Yang Xin's analysis. Shangguan Wan'er smiled faintly and said, "This Yang Zhuan's analysis is a bit good, which is consistent with what I guess. He is a good talent. You might as well use him well."

"What should I do now?"

Shangguan Wan'er pondered for a moment and said, "Although someone is guiding us, it is better to obtain evidence earlier to prevent Lai Junchen from using this case to expand the attack. We might as well go with the flow and understand the truth first."

Li Zhen nodded, "I understand."

After hesitating for a while, Li Zhen asked again: "I wonder where Lai Junchen is now?"

"The news I got was that he took people to Shan County the night before yesterday to investigate the assassination. He had to act anyway. He probably would come back tonight or tomorrow. We'd better catch the key witness of the assassination before he came back."

..

The Guanguo Lane is located in Tongtufang on the north bank of Luoshui. It is a deep alley with more than 20 families living in the alley. Most of the residents of this alley are from craftsmen, controlled by the government, and have a low social status.

In the afternoon, Li Zhen led more than 70 inner guard soldiers to surround the Karma Lane and block all exits. The assassin named Lu Wu said in the letter of arrow was hiding in this alley.

According to Li Zhen's prior investigation, there is indeed a family in this alley with the surname Lu, but it is unknown whether it has anything to do with the assassin named Lu.

In fact, Li Zhen also felt that there were many suspicious aspects in this information, such as how could the assassin live alone? Even if the assassin escaped, why could the latter of the assassination not find this person?

Although the worst possibility is that they were ambushed, Li Zhen repeatedly considered it and felt that it was necessary to investigate it, just like Shangguan Wan'er's attitude, and followed the trend.

At this time, Jiu Zhi rushed over and whispered to Li Zhen: "It's strange that a short crossbow arrow was found on the eaves of the innermost family."

Li Zhen's heart moved, and immediately took out the crossbow arrow in his official room and found it in his official room. He spread it on his palm and asked, "Is it the same as it?"

Jiuzhi looked at it for a moment, nodded and said, "That's right, it's exactly the same as it."

Li Zhen suddenly understood a little, and even told himself the hiding place. I am afraid that the assassin was hidden here by the sender. He made a quick decision: "Around this yard, be sure to catch the living!"

Dozens of inner guard soldiers quickly surrounded the house located in the innermost alley from all directions.

With a command from Li Zhen, the inner guards on the wall jumped into the yard and rushed into the room. Li Zhen also kicked open the yard door and rushed into the yard. He heard an angry scream from the room, and someone was caught by the inner guards.

Soon, the inner guards pushed out a man tied up tightly. This was a young man about twenty-seven or eight years old. He was of medium figure, with a fat face and a fierce look on his eyes. Soon, Jiu Zhi came forward to report: "Even the cellar and toilet have been searched, this guy is the only one in this house!"

Li Zhen looked at the man for a moment, and suddenly waved his sword and brushed several swords, lifting all the clothes on the man's right arm, revealing the upper part of his right arm. He saw a wolf head tattooed on his right arm. Li Zhen sneered. As expected, this man was probably the lonely wolf dead soldier among the Wu family generals.

"Take him away!"

Li Zhen waved his hand, and the inner guards tied his mouth with thick ropes to prevent him from committing suicide. He also put a black hood on the man, took him out of the house, and pushed a sealed carriage specially transported prisoners, and the carriage quickly drove away from the Karma Lane.

At this time, Zhao Qiuniang walked over slowly. She was holding a plate in her hand, which contained seven or eight items, including a bronze waist card of a warrior general, a sharp blade, a few ingots of gold, and a black night clothes.

"These are all the items I found in the room. It's strange that there are actually waist cards from the Wu family generals."

Li Zhen picked up the square copper waist plate and looked carefully. He saw that the four words "Wu Family General" were engraved on the front, and behind it was a wolf head, with a small number of "A Ten" underneath.

Zhao Qiuniang whispered again: "As far as I know, there are twenty lone wolf dead soldiers of the Wu family generals, all of whom are desperate people with high martial arts skills. They either retreat successfully or die in failure. They usually live in the deep courtyard of the Prince of Wei's Mansion. I have never heard of anyone hiding outside. The commander, there are many strange things here!"

Li Zhen nodded. He also realized these strange things. If the assassin was true, it only means one thing. The lone wolf assassin did not want to be killed by Wu Chengsi to silence him, so he escaped. As a result, Wu Chengsi's opponent was hidden here, and finally betrayed the assassin to himself.

If the person who reported the news was Wu Sansi, then Wu Chengsi would be too stupid. Such an important assassination plan would be mastered by Wu Sansi. At the same time, it also proves Wu Sansi's insidiousness and unscrupulousness from one aspect.
Chapter completed!