As night gradually fell, Lai Junchen, who was responsible for investigating Shangguan Wan'er's assassination case, also returned to Luoyang City before dark.

Although Lai Junchen was exhausted and had a long-distance fatigue, he could not hide the joy and pride of his eyes. The emperor appointed him to investigate Shangguan Wan'er's assassination case not only out of trust in him, but also gave him a clear signal that he would not be affected by the Xue Huaiyi case.

This undoubtedly gave Lai Junchen a reassurance. Although he was Xue Huaiyi's military advisor, there was evidence that Lai Junchen gave Xue Huaiyi's advice in the letter copied out, as long as the emperor wanted to use him again, even if he was Xue Huaiyi's best friend, he would not be investigated.

This made Lai Junchen, who had been worried, breathed a sigh of relief, and he worked very hard to investigate the assassination case of Shangguan Wan'er. He first went to the inn where the assassination occurred, tortured the shopkeeper and all the friends, and dug out the buried corpses to inspect.

The result made him more frustrated. He didn't get too many clues. The only clue was that ten assassins were killed eight people, and the other two escaped. At the same time, he accidentally encountered dozens of Wu family generals led by Wu Furong near the inn.

Although Wu Furong also discovered them and left quickly, the shrewd Lai Junchen still realized sensitively that Wu Furong was probably here to search for the two escaped assassins. This was interesting. Could it be that these assassins were sent by Wu Chengsi?

In fact, it is easier to guess the assassin who assassinated Shangguan Wan'er. It is either Princess Taiping, Wu Chengsi or Wu Sansi. As for the most rumored things in the market, Lai Junchen knew it was impossible. With Xue Huaiyi's kindness and righteous nature, there is no remnant who is willing to avenge him.

Among them, Princess Taiping and Wu Chengsi are the most suspicious. After all, Princess Taiping has always wanted to find Shangguan Wan'er's position, but with Princess Taiping's status and cunning, even if she wants to do it, she will pretend to others and will never do it herself.

So if you think about it carefully, it is the most likely that Wu Chengsi did it. In addition, Wu Furong led the Wu family generals to appear near the place where the assassination occurred, Lai Junchen was 80% sure that Wu Chengsi was the murderer.

However, if there is no evidence or witness, even if you are 100% sure, Lai Junchen pondered all the way. He felt that the two escaped assassins were key figures. If they could be caught, he would have a clear idea of ​​this case.

Of course, Lai Junchen would not close the case honestly and report it. This is not his style of doing things. He should first consider his own interests when doing anything. The same is true for Shangguan Wan'er's assassination this time. How to maximize his interests is what he focuses on.

Lai Junchen led a group of subordinates to enter Luoyang City, and his confidant Zhao Yin urged the horse to come up. Zhao Yin was responsible for understanding the situation in Luoyang. Lai Junchen knew that he was coming to greet him, so there must be something important to report.

"Is there anything wrong?" Lai Junchen asked.

Zhao Yin pulled Junchen aside and whispered: "I got a news from Beizhi. This afternoon, Li Zhen led dozens of inner guard soldiers to capture one person in the Karma Lane of Tongtuofang."

Lai Junchen frowned, "Who did he capture?"

"I don't know who is Bei Zhi, but Bei Zhi got news from Wan Guojun again. They are also very concerned about the people captured by Li Zhen. It is said that it may be related to this assassination."

Lai Junchen was shocked. Could it be that the person Li Zhen captured was one of the two assassins who escaped? This is extremely important news. If that were the case, there would probably be no business for him. This is definitely not the result he was willing to face.

Lai Junchen pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is Li Zhen now?"

"It's still in the official office of Guanshanfang."

Lai Junchen made a quick decision and said, "I'll go find him and ask for someone!"

.........

Many people in Li Zhen’s Inner Guard Office in Guanshanfang did not know about it, but it was never a secret for Lai Junchen, who had a wide range of sources. Lai Junchen led several subordinates to Quanshanfang soon came to Guanshanfang. He turned over and dismounted in front of the Inner Guard Office, and someone had already rushed in to report to Li Zhen.

It was already dark and there were few pedestrians on the street. Lai Junchen stood in front of the steps of the inner guard station, squinted his eyes and stared at a big tree in the distance. He had already discovered that there was a person hiding behind the big tree and was peeking here sneakily.

At this time, Li Zhen hurried out from the government office, and smiled from a distance: "I thought I would be back tomorrow when I came to Zhongcheng, but I didn't expect that I would be back today. I'm still here so late. Thank you for your hard work."

Li Zhen and Lai Junchen had a cooperation with each other while pursuing Lan Zhenyu. Although the cooperation was not pleasant, they did not turn against each other and broke up politely.

Lai Junchen smiled slightly, pointed to the big tree in the distance and said, "The people behind the big tree are more laborious than me. I wonder if Commander Li discovered it?"

Lai Junchen pointed, and the person hiding behind the big tree was surveillance and ran away. Li Zhen looked at the shadow running away and smiled coldly, "That's Wan Guojun's person, who has been monitoring this place. I'm afraid that Princess Taiping will find out soon after coming to me."

"I came for business, what's wrong with her knowing?"

"That's right, come to Zhongcheng to invite him in!"

Li Zhen invited Junchen into the office in the future. The two of them came to the inner hall to sit down. Lai Junchen looked at the office and laughed: "The last time I dealt with me, I was still white. Unexpectedly, in less than half a year, I was promoted to deputy commander of the inner guard. It was really unexpected and enviable. Congratulations to me."

"Just by chance!" Li Zhen smiled faintly.

The two of them chatted casually for a few more words. At this time, a soldier from the inner guard brought them hot tea. Lai Junchen picked up the tea cup, took a sip of the tea slowly, and then turned the topic to the main business.

"This time I went to Shan County to be assassinated is both unfortunate and my brother's fate. I am under the will of the emperor to investigate this matter. I wonder what clues can I give me?" Lai Junchen narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Li Zhen with sharp eyes.

Li Zhen smiled, "I don't want to catch the murderer as soon as possible? It's a pity that the murderer is well prepared, and there is no clue in both clothes, swords, bows and crossbows. But I think I can track down the poison from their arrows, and maybe there will be a reward."

As he said that, Li Zhen put a narrow wooden box on the table and pushed it to Lai Junchen. Lai Junchen opened the box and there was a crossbow arrow inside. The arrow was blue and horny and harshly poisonous. Lai Junchen smiled happily and said, "I will go to test the poison. Thank you, Commander Li for your cooperation."

He took the wooden box without hesitation, pondered and asked, "I went to interrogate the shopkeeper. According to my knowledge, there should be ten assassins at that time, but you only killed eight people, and two assassins who were responding to the outside escaped. What clues does Commander Li have?"

"As Chief of the Gakuen said, since it was an external supporter, I certainly couldn't catch them. And it was very hasty at that time, so I didn't have time to check how many assassins there were. The next day, I would guard Shangguan Sheren and leave the town before dawn. I really had no more clues."

Before Lai Junchen could speak, Li Zhen continued: "Shangguan Sheren's original intention was to deal with this matter in a low-key manner. Unexpectedly, Luoyang was in a turbulent way. I think it was strange. It seems that someone was planning this matter behind the scenes. If Lai Zhongcheng is interested, you might as well start from here. I believe there will be unexpected gains."

Lai Junchen's eyelids twitched a few times. Of course, he knew that in addition to the assassination and the assassinated, there was another third party in this matter, which made the case confusing, but it was not easy to find this third party. Even if it was found, it had nothing to do with his interests.

Lai Junchen first considered the assassinator, caught the assassination evidence, and then used the evidence to realize his best interests.

So the key is that the two escaped assassins were on them. Lai Junchen took another sip of tea and pondered for a moment: "I heard that this afternoon, Commander Li led the inner guard to catch a man in the Karma Lane. I wonder who was arrested?"

Li Zhen laughed, "The news of coming to Zhongcheng is indeed quick, yes, this afternoon, I led the inner guard to arrest a man in the Injury Lane of Tongtuofang. He was a thief with great martial arts skills. Because Dali Temple was worried that he would not be able to catch him, he asked the inner guard to take action. Could it be that the Censor also cared about the arrest of the thieves?"

Li Zhen's answer was as expected by Lai Junchen. Li Zhen was unlikely to hand over the key assassin to him. First, Shangguan Wan'er did not believe in him, and secondly, they also wanted to report this to the emperor.

Lai Junchen was very depressed. He looked into Li Zhen's eyes and said for a while: "I think the person arrested by Commander Li is the escaped assassin, isn't it?"

Li Zhen showed a sarcastic smile on his face, "Lai Zhongcheng's association is so rich. How could it be an escaped assassin?"

"General Li, I am trying to solve the case as soon as possible, catch the real murderer, and give the emperor an explanation. This will also be of great benefit to you. I hope you can cooperate with me with all your strength!"

"Lai Zhongcheng said it well. Finding the assassination planner is our common goal. As long as I have news, I will inform Lai Zhongcheng immediately. If there is anything needed, Lai Zhongcheng will ask for it and I will do my best to help."

Lai Junchen stared at Li Zhen for a while before he stood up helplessly and said, "Okay! If you have anything to do, please help from Commander Li."

"Sure! Sure! Come to Zhongcheng and walk slowly."

Lai Junchen bowed and quickly left the office. He turned over and rushed away with his horse and rushed away with several subordinates. He met Zhao Yin and others at the gate of the yard. Zhao Yin asked, "Zhongcheng, have you gained anything?"

"He firmly refused to admit it, and I had no choice." Lai Junchen was very discouraged.

At this time, Zhao Yin whispered again: "I found that at least nearly a hundred people lurking in Quanshanfang, there were three or four groups of people, each of whom was in their own formation."

As Lai Junchen expected, the arrested assassin was most likely hidden in the Inner Guard Office.

He pondered for a moment: "This assassin who missed the net is the key figure in the entire case. You also brought thirty brothers to ambush in the Public Security Bureau and closely monitor the Imperial Security Bureau. If something happens to the Imperial Security Bureau in the Imperial Security Bureau tonight, you should take action without hesitation."

"I understand!"

Lai Junchen snorted coldly, whipped the war horse hard, and the horse ran away outside the yard.

.........

In the Inner Guard Department, Li Zhen sat alone in the lobby, although he caught the assassin who escaped the net, he received the most powerful evidence.

This time he made a suggestion to Shangguan Wan'er, don't rush to break the situation in this case, you need to wait a little longer, and it's not too late to deal with Wu Chengsi when all the monsters and monsters jump out.

At this time, Zhao Qiuniang hurried forward and bowed and said, "Report to the commander, I will find someone with unknown origin lurking in the Shanfang."

As Li Zhen expected, these people thought that the assassin was hidden in the office and wanted to take advantage of the situation. He sneered and asked, "How many people are there?"

"The specific number of people is unknown, but it seems that there are three groups of people."

After thinking for a while, Li Zhen thought that one group of people should be Wu Chengsi's Wu family generals, another group of people were Wan Guojun's inner guard or Taiping warriors, and another group of people were the black officials of Junchen, but he hoped that a fourth group of people would appear, Wu Sansi's Wu General Hall.

"But how should we deal with it?" Zhao Qiuniang asked with some concern.

Li Zhen smiled, "Don't worry, I'm fully prepared!"
Chapter completed!