Chapter 534

A few riding, running in Jingzhou official road. Pedestrians avoid hastily, and smoke and dust roll all the way.

Chu suiliang had been riding in this bumpy carriage for nearly two days. At this time, he only felt sore and dizzy, but he kept urging the driver to rush to Jingzhou City as soon as possible.

Chu suiliang had never been so nervous about his blood sea. The assassination of the king of Wu, the emperor's sudden illness, and the rumor that Qin mubai in Guanxi wanted to rebel were all clear to him. These three great events are directly or indirectly related to Jingzhou.

Although Chu suiliang knew that Chang sun Wuji intended to pull him out of the court at this critical time, and it was a bit unkind to give him one of the most difficult cases in the world, Chu suiliang had no time to think about it.

To find out the truth of the Jingzhou case, Li Kesheng, king of Wu, wanted to see a dead person or a corpse, which is the most important thing at present.

All the way, Chu suiliang changed horses many times and even lost two pulleys. Finally, he arrived at Jingzhou City. I got out of the car. He could hardly stand still, but he could not take a rest for a moment. After a drink of water, he went straight to the Yamen of the state government and called the local officials such as the governor to inquire about the case.

Yin Yang is here.

The governor of Jingzhou, surnamed Xu, is still a little close to Li Ji (Li Ji's original name is Xu Shiji). He has been an official for seven years. Under the rule of Taiping, although not able to do official, at least no meritorious. This time, Xu CI Shi was so frightened that he almost hanged himself.

Chu suiliang successively inquired about the situation of the public, which was no different from what was rumored by the outside world. It was the king of Wu who was attacked in the forest in the suburbs of Anding County, with a total of 18 people. Only Yin Yang survived.

After hearing this, Chu suiliang thought to himself for a long time. Seeing that all the officials were present with complicated ears and eyes, he denounced the idle people and called Xu Cishi and Yin Yang in private for further inquiry.

Sure enough, this time Chu suiliang heard many key doubts.

Xu Cishi's work was safe, and he kept a tight information blockade on the investigation results of the crime location, so that Yin Yang and his officials were not aware of it. He reported to Chu suiliang that after the assassin's assassination, he set a fire in the forest and destroyed the body. Later, the state government tried its best to put out the fire. Among the embers at the scene of the fire, 43 male bodies were found!

"Forty three?" Yin Yang was surprised on the spot, "we were accompanied by the bodyguards of the king of Wu, and there were no more than 17 generals, together with the king of Wu, a total of 18 riders. How could there be so many bodies at the scene? "

"There's something more amazing!" Xu Shishi was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva. He said in a trembling voice, "of the 43 corpses, 27 have no heads!"

"Ah?" Chu suiliang and Yin Yang screamed at the same time.

"How could that be?" Yin Yang said, "if you kill someone, you have to cut off your head. What's the purpose?"

"And after cutting off the head Lu, we can set fire to destroy the corpse." Chu suiliang was calmer and said with deep eyebrows, "it's obvious that the person who started the operation didn't want to expose the identity of these 27 people!"

"Why didn't the other sixteen get their heads cut off?" Yin Yang asked again.

Xu Cishi trembled all over and said: "I, I personally led Wuzuo to inspect all the corpses. FA, found that these 16 bodies were not cut off the head Lu, all, all the guards of the Wu palace! Because on them, there is a token for the king's house to go in and out! "

"But this one?" After that, Yin Yang untied his iron token from his waist.

"No, that's right! That's it Xu CI Shi affirmed after identification.

Chu suiliang frowned and took a look at the token. He said, "it's made of wrought iron. It's hard to melt the fire. This is exactly the proof of the identity of the 16 dead. In this way, all the other 16 bodyguards except general Yin had been killed. Let me ask you, Mr. Xu, what are the other twenty-seven corpses with identification? "

"No Xu Cishi replied quite positively, "the corpses have all been burned like coke, and there is no way to identify them."

Chu suiliang nodded, "I think so. Since the murderer has cut off his head, he will not leave any other clues to prove his identity. According to this analysis, there were at least two groups of people and horses in the woods that day besides the King Wu and his party! "

"That's right. That's what I think of as a humble position!" Xu Cishi said, "the mantis catches the cicada, the Yellow sparrow is behind!"

Yin Yang was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and doubted: "that is to say. At that time, in addition to the group who assassinated the king of Wu, there was another group who appeared at the same time? And what is their purpose? "

"We don't know yet." Chu suiliang's eyes flashed a light, light way: "Xu CI Shi, you go down to rest first, I'll ask you tomorrow."

Xu Cishi retreated in response to his promise, leaving only Chu suiliang and Yin Yang in the room.

"General Yin, I asked you why all the 16 bodyguards who were with me were killed, but you survived?" Chu suiliang's direct entry.

Yan Yang's anger suddenly came up, his eyes were round, and he said angrily: "is Mr. Chu suspecting that he will be the murderer?""No, don't get me wrong." Chu suiliang had a good temper. He raised his hand to yin yang to restrain his temper and said, "I also heard Xu Cishi's report, saying that you were knocked unconscious by the murderer and left by the roadside, so you survived. I'm just curious. Why didn't you kill the killer? Is there another conspiracy? "

"Here!..." Yin Yang was stunned for a moment, and shook his head, "finally, I really haven't thought about this problem carefully. However, after he finally broke through the encirclement with his two brothers guarding the king of Wu, he encountered a mysterious expert to kill him. The last general was knocked unconscious by that man! "

"Oh? In detail Chu suiliang's spirit was boosted.

Yin Yang told Chu suiliang the details of that night. After hearing this, Chu suiliang was shocked and asked, "do you mean that the king of Wu still talked with the murderer at that time, and speculated that the murderer was the old acquaintance of the king of Wu when he was an official in Xiangzhou?"

"That's right!" Yin Yang said positively, "but the king of Wu didn't guess who the man was. Without saying a word, he said two words. The man is about to commit a crime. The last general was eager to defend and fight with him. Unexpectedly, the man was very tricky and ruthless. With one move, he put the last general down. The last general thought that he would die. He woke up to find that he was knocked on the back of his head by the back of a knife, which led to syncope. It's still a hematoma. Mr. Chu, please have a look

After that, Yin Yang took off his helmet and dissolved his hair. Sure enough, he saw a big blister like an egg on the back of his head.

"That is to say, after fainting, you don't know everything? Wake up to find that they were thrown in the roadside, the forest is full of fire? " Chu suiliang asked.

"Exactly."

Chu suiliang nodded, got up, cut his hands and paced. He pondered: "so it's easy to kill you by the means of the murderer, but why didn't he kill you? Does he intend to keep you alive so that you can report to the government? "

"Then why did he do it?" Yin Yang was also puzzled.

Chu suiliang's heart jumped up, his face became more nervous and anxious, and he said in a low voice, "think about it, King Wu was assassinated. Isn't this day's big event meant to make the government and the public turbulent and the world restless? Now I guess that the murderer probably did not kill King Wu, but kidnapped him! Behind him, there is a bigger conspiracy than killing King Wu himself! "

"Ah? That is to say, his Royal Highness the king of Wu is still alive? " Yan Yang was overjoyed and knelt down to Chu suiliang on the spot. "Mr. Chu, you must rescue his Royal Highness the king of Wu!"

"General Yin, please get up." Chu suiliang helped Yin Yang up, took a deep breath, sighed slowly, and said, "now these are just my guess. The truth remains to be verified. General Yin. You should keep your mouth shut about all these things. Don't let out half a word. Remember, remember

"The end will remember!"

At this time, Xu CI Shi went back and asked to see him outside. Chu suiliang asked the guards outside to let him in. After entering the door, Xu Cishi said hastily: "excuse me, Mr. prime minister. I was just in a hurry. I forgot an important clue. "

"Say it

Xu said: "after the crime that day, Xu found many bodies and some horses running away not far away."

"Yes Yin Yang said anxiously, "after the general wakes up, he looks for his colleagues and horses everywhere, but he gets nothing. I think it was during the fierce battle that the horses were scared and ran away, or they were tied to a tree and burned to death

"That's right!" Xu said. "We found 18 burnt horse corpses at the scene, which should be the mounts of King Wu and his party. The horses were tied to a tree and couldn't escape being burned. But another two horses were found in the distance, but they were alive! These two horses have saddles and bridles. They are of extraordinary style and excellent breed. They are definitely not folk horses, but like... "

"Lead the way forward, and lead my relatives to check!" Chu suiliang gave a decisive order.

Later. They went to the back house of the assassin's mansion and saw the two horses. Chu suiliang personally came forward to check, and let Yin Yang, who was familiar with the military, check with him. A moment later, Yin Yang affirmed that it should not be the war horse in the army, because the two horses were not castrated. In addition to stallions, all the male horses in the army should be castrated. However, these two horses are of good breed and expensive. Saddles and bridles are not affordable for ordinary people. According to this conclusion, it should be the private horses owned by the families of the rich and powerful officials.

"I wonder if this is the horse left by the killers in a hurry?" Xu Cishi asked carefully.

"It's possible..." Chu Sui Liang answered casually, still carefully checking the whole body of the horse. Finally, on the neck of one of the horses. Found a special mark that is not very obvious!

Seeing this imprint, Chu suiliang stood still on the spot!

"What's the matter?" Xu Cishi and Yin Yang asked at the same time.

"Look..." Chu suiliang pointed to the mark on the horse's neck.

"Is it a brand? However, for the sake of guarding against theft, there are a lot of private horses owned by wealthy families, which must be branded by both military and official horses. " As he asked, Yin Yang went forward to look at the brand carefully, and said in surprise: "it's a word Wei!"

"Yes. It's Wei Chu suiliang's eyes narrowed and his face was low. He turned his head and asked Yin Yang, "general Yin, what do you think of?""As soon as Mo Jiang saw the word Wei, he thought of Wei Xiaochen on the spot." Yin Yang said, "when the king of Wu was an official in Xiangzhou, he served as an assassin. Wei Xiaochen used to be the assistant official under his command and served as Sima of Xiangzhou. However, this man and Du Chengyuan, the commander of Guoyan in Xiangzhou military mansion, colluded with the water devil in the river and Caohui to be the disaster party. At that time, the king of Wu and the young commander of Qin joined hands to exterminate him! ——Chu Xianggong, these two people were escorted to Chang'an at that time, both of them have been interrogated! Can it be that the ghost can't claim his life? "

"Stop talking nonsense, where is the ghost!" Chu took a deep breath. "This is a very important clue. Don't let out half a sentence! ——All right, you all go down. I'm tired too. I need to rest. "

They had to leave.

Chu suiliang stood next to the horse, staring at the mark, thinking to himself: Wei Xiaochen and Du Chengyuan are dead, but Chang'an Wei and Du families are still prosperous! The case of Xiangzhou Water Ghost made King Wu and Qin mubai famous. But since then, the Wei and Du families in Chang'an must have hated the king of Wu. In particular, the Wei family is deeply rooted and powerful. There are four imperial concubines in the back palace, the first of which is Wei Guifei, and the imperial historian Wei Ting on the court

"Wei Ting!" Chu suiliang was shocked, "he is also the official of the king of Wei. He has a close relationship with the king of Wei! Besides, didn't he have a daughter who married Li you, the king of Qi? At that time, Li Youmou was killed, and his daughter was demoted from Lingnan. As a result, Wei Ting also suffered a little bit. He was demoted as a school inspector by Zuo Cheng. Later, he was put into use again by the activities of the king of Wei. He paid homage to the imperial censor to supervise the officials, and took charge of the interrogation and punishment of major cases Li you conspired against him. Isn't it the king of Wu and Qin mubai who put it out? "

Thinking of this, Chu suiliang could not help shivering!

"If this case is really related to Wei Ting, the truth of the matter may be even more frightening!" Chu suiliang took a cold breath and said in secret, "he is not only the confidant of the king of Wei, but also the enemy of the king of Wu. He assassinated King Wu at such a time. There are reasons and motives. But He is also the brother of Princess Wei, who also has a prince! Since the king of Wu, born to concubine Yang, can compete for the crown, can't the son of concubine Wei? "

"The return of the king of Wu to Beijing is related to the establishment of the crown prince. In this very sensitive period, I guess the king of Wei would not risk the world's great injustice to commit crimes. Because as long as the king of Wu has a slight slip, he is the most suspect! Although the king of Wei had a dark stomach, he was not stupid Chu suiliang thought to himself, "but if it's Wei Ting!..." On the surface, it is to help the king of Wei fight for the reserve and eliminate the powerful enemy, but in fact, it is to deliberately frame the king of Wei. It is killing two birds with one stone! If the king of Wei and the king of Wu were to fall together, the Wei family would not only avenge the blood feud of that year, but also the son of Wei's concubine, Li Shen, the king of Ji who was only over ten years old, wouldn't it be that Li Shen, the king of Ji, had a chance to be a successor? ——If so, won't he have the chance to be in power in the future, even surpass Chang sun Wuji? "

"Risk!" In Chu suiliang's mind, there was a thunderbolt!

"If so, the king of Jin is in danger too!"

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