Before Shu Cheng could react, Kong Xu had already got on the carriage and shouted to the driver: "Go to Prince Liang's Mansion."

Shu Cheng followed closely behind and asked Kong Xu, who had just entered the carriage, "What should I do here, sir?"

Kong Xu lifted the car curtain and said to Shu Cheng: "Follow the normal procedure. The body will be stored in Yizhuang first."

Shu Cheng responded and left.

Kong Xu saw that Shu Cheng had no other questions, so he also urged the coachman to start.

At this time, the front door of Xu San's house was already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement. If there were no government soldiers at the scene to maintain order, they would have squeezed into the courtyard of Xu San's house to see the dead people inside.

For the people of Kyoto Prefecture who are accustomed to peace, what happened in the past two days is enough to give them plenty of talk for the next whole year.

After Sanlang had crispy sesame cakes with Qi Lianyu in the other courtyard, he followed his young master's order to come over and see what was going on here. It must have been half an hour ago when he first heard about the murder here.

When he sneaked out of the other courtyard, he thought he couldn't see anything. As a result, he was still thinking about countermeasures on the way. What should he do if this place had been sealed off by the soldiers. But he was surprised.

Unfortunately, when I came here again, the place was still surrounded. The crowd of spectators seemed to show no signs of leaving. After several attempts to drive them away had no effect, the soldiers gave up, thinking that coming would not affect their work.

Just fine.

When Sanlang arrived here, Kong Xu had already got on the carriage and went to Prince Liang's Mansion. Of course, Sanlang didn't see the carriage that Kong Xu left, otherwise he would have followed to see what happened. Sanlang asked a few questions to the people watching the excitement around him.

, then he turned around and left and returned to the other courtyard.

When the carriage arrived at Prince Liang's Mansion, the gatekeeper came to greet Kong Xu.

"Master Kong is here." The boy greeted Kong Xu with a smile on his face.

Kong Xu got off the carriage and asked the boy, "Is the young prince here?"

In fact, Kong Xu got news from Shu Cheng that Chu Ci had taken Lu Qing to Linqing Mansion.

The young man smiled, and then did not answer Kong Xu's question directly. Instead, he said to him: "The old housekeeper ordered me to take Mr. Kong directly to the back garden."

Kong Xu was stunned, and then asked: "Kant, he actually knew that I was coming?"

The Kangde mentioned by Kong Xu is naturally the old housekeeper of Prince Liang's palace, and the Kangde mentioned by Chu Ci is

Bo.

The boy smiled, didn't say much, and just made a gesture of invitation.

Kong Xu did not hesitate and waved directly to the boy and said: "Lead the way."

In the back garden of Prince Liang's Mansion, there is a stone wall with a stone path extending to the pavilion in the center of the entire garden. The surrounding area should have been covered with willow shade and the fragrance of flowers overflowing. However, it is already the winter moon, and all that is left is bare.

Branches occasionally hung with snow flakes.

The boy took Kong Xu to the pavilion and left.

There is no one else in the pavilion except Kong Xu, but there is a stove. I don’t know when it was put here in advance to prevent it from being too cold. The fire in the stove occasionally dances with the wind, flickering on and off.

The wind blew through the pavilion, and Kong Xu tightened his cotton robe tightly, complaining in his heart.

"Kant, Kant, you are definitely taking revenge."

Just as Kong Xu was thinking about it, Kang Bo also arrived at the pavilion.

"Master Kong, long time no see."

"We haven't seen each other for so long. You didn't invite me into the house, but instead came to this pavilion." Kong Xu tried to reason with Kang Bo as soon as he saw him. "You are definitely taking revenge."

Kong Xu still remembered that he and Chu Boxiong, who was still the prince, told Kang Bo that Chu Boyu had something to do and asked him to wait for him at the pavilion. It was also a winter month and it was still snowing in Kyoto, so Kang Bo waited at the pavilion for a long time.

After two hours, Kang Bo fell seriously ill.

Thinking of this, Kong Xu couldn't help but sigh, and said slowly: "I remember we were still children at that time."

Kang Bo also said with emotion: "Yes, I almost froze to death back then. Fortunately, King Liang didn't see me for too long, and then came to find me, otherwise..."

At this point, Kang Bo burst out laughing, as if he was laughing at his own innocence.

"It was the 21st year of Yuanzhen. In a flash, we have already passed half a century. The princes of that year have all become emperors, and the third princes of that year have also become generals guarding the border. But who could have imagined that...

···”

Before Kong Xu could continue, Kang Bo coughed, as if to remind Kong Xu that there were some things that he couldn't say.

Kong Xu was still immersed in memories, but suddenly he heard Kang Bo's cough, as if he was enlightened, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

"Back to the subject," Kong Xu changed the topic and at the same time told Kang Bo that he had not forgotten himself.

The purpose of coming to Prince Liang's Mansion was, "Young Prince, you know what happened in Nanluo Lane, East Street, right?"

Kang Bo shook his head and said, "The young prince doesn't know, but Dadu Si knows."

Kong Xu thought about what Kang Bo said, and instantly understood what Kang Bo meant, and then blurted out: "You mean this was done by someone from outside?"

"Outsiders" is a slang term in Kyoto Prefecture's official circles, which is equivalent to "hooks" and "contraps" among bandits, except that bandits refer to officers and soldiers, while in Kyoto Prefecture they refer to Jianghu forces.

Kang Bo nodded, and then said three words to Kong Xu: "Black Lotus."

Kong Xu was stunned when he heard this. He saw the two red spots on Xu San and Xiu'er's necks, but he just guessed that it was done by "outsiders", so he came to Prince Liang's Mansion to try his luck. After all, he was in charge of the job.

The chief of the government office about the martial arts matter was here. But what he didn't expect was that he actually found the answer.

"Northwestern Poison Sect?" Kong Xu has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he also knows a thing or two about the Jianghu forces.

Comber nodded again.

When Kong Xu heard "Black Lotus" from Kang Bo, he had an illusion in his mind, that is, whether today's incident was related to the incident in Alley 47, so as an old fox who had been in the officialdom for many years,

I sensed a danger signal at this moment.

Kong Xu rolled his eyes and said to Kang Bo: "Then this should be done by people outside."

Kang Bo, who had known Kong Xu for half his life, naturally knew what Kong Xu meant when he said this. He wanted to say that if "outsiders" did it, then it would not be under his control, but under the control of the Yasi Capital.

Already.

Kang Bo naturally couldn't let Kong Xu get his wish, so he said, "The young prince is not in the house."

Since Dadu Si of the Yamen Prefecture is not here, I am just a housekeeper and cannot be the master, so I might as well trouble Mr. Kong to go and check it out himself.

Kong Xu knew that his thoughts had been seen through, so he said again: "Then I will leave first."

Kong Xu thought that he would go to the palace now and ask the emperor to approve an edict to have the Yasi capital take over the case.

"The young prince just went to the palace this morning. The Yamen Prefecture has come in and is doing their best to investigate the case in Alley 47. There is no manpower available. If there are other cases, please ask the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen to help."
Chapter completed!