Ten days later, Chang'an.

In Simaozhai, the emperor received the news that King Xin was killed in Lucheng. After hearing the person, the emperor sat there for a while and did not move, his face became paler and paler. He slowly turned his head and looked out the window, maintaining this posture for a long time and not moving.

He didn't cry, he was the emperor, and there were many civil and military officials in the room, so he couldn't cry.

But people who don’t cry are more uncomfortable and harder than people who can cry.

The room was silent, everyone was silent, lowered their heads, and the emperor did not speak for a moment, and they could not speak.

Lai Cheng couldn't even say the four words "Your Majesty" and "Your Majesty" and "Your Majesty" are actually so pale and powerless.

When the people mentioned the imperial family, they would probably say a few words as if they knew it very well. The imperial family was always ruthless, and they would probably be more interested in the secrets of the royal family, especially when they were fighting with brothers.

However, blood ties are blood ties after all.

After a long time, the emperor's eyes were withdrawn from the window. He did not want his ministers to see the sadness and anger in his eyes. It would be fine if there was only sadness and anger, but he knew that there must be helplessness in his eyes. It took him a while to suppress this emotion.

He is the Emperor of Daning, how could he be helpless?

"Are there any clues?"

The emperor asked.

Han Huanzhi hurriedly lowered his head and said, "King Xin should have passed Lucheng, but he suddenly returned to Lucheng halfway. King Xin returned to **. I ordered the Tingwei Mansions in various places to escort them. After King Xin left Lucheng, he boarded the ship on the Grand Canal. Only then did the personnel from the Tingwei Mansion branch of Lucheng come back."

"But three days later, King Xin returned to Lucheng again, and no one was sent to inform the branch office of the Tingwei Mansion. The people from the Tingwei Mansion were informed by the city gate guard and asked King Xin to live in the official post or the official office. King Xin said he did not want to disturb more people. He just heard that the Fengxian Trading Company in Lucheng was going to auction a batch of precious herbs, so he came back."

The emperor nodded: "He wanted to buy medicine for Princess Xin. Even though he knew that he would not have the medicinal materials he needed, even if he had only a glimmer of hope, he would not give up."

Han Huanzhi lowered her head and continued, "The people from the Lucheng Branch immediately sent someone to investigate, leaving a team of ten people on guard near the inn. The investigators learned that Fengxian Trading Company had no herbs at all and felt something was wrong after auctioning, so they immediately mobilized people to rush back to the inn, but when they rushed back, there was already something wrong in the inn."

"Including King Xin, his more than ten guards, a team of ten people from the Tingwei Mansion, plus seven guests, four men in the inn, one shopkeeper, one accountant, and two men in the Tianji Tie No. 1 who had disappeared before."

The emperor frowned.

Han Huanzhi hurriedly said, "The people from the Tingwei Mansion carefully examined the body. The two guys had unclear signs of being beaten. Judging from the injuries, they should have been knocked out with a very thick soft cloth. The wounds on the surface were not obvious, but they were bruised, but their internal organs were damaged. Therefore, the two people were definitely not the murderer who assassinated King Xin at that time, and they should have been deliberately discarded at the scene by the murderer."

The emperor looked at Han Huanzhi: "Do you think they want to divert their attention? Do you want to blame Tianji Tie No.?"

Han Huanzhi shook her head: "No, they are deliberately provoking and demonstrating."

He continued: "I guess it was the work of Yuwen Xiaoce, who had disappeared before. After Duke Anguo came back from Ancheng County, he went to Tingwei's Mansion. The painter portrayed the portrait according to Duke Anguo's description. Duke Anguo said that it was nine points similar, so the portrait was sent to the local prefecture government office after the ink seal was sent to the gate of Lucheng City."

He glanced at the emperor and immediately lowered his head.

"It's just that people are arrested with portraits, which is not accurate. The local Tingwei Mansions and the prefectures have arrested three times during this period.

More than a hundred people, but after identification, they were not Yuwen Xiaoce. He just needed to shave off his beard and put on a mask to cover up his eyes and ears."

This actually has nothing to do with the Tingwei Mansion. The Tingwei Mansion and the government offices in various places have tried their best to investigate.

"Liuyunhui has also issued a wanted order in secret for more than a month."

Han Huanzhi continued: "But these people have nothing to do with secretly speaking. They have not bought or hired people. The people they use are secretly trained and trained by themselves over the years. Their people do not even get involved in the world and have no entanglement with the people in the world. They are an independent group of people."

The emperor nodded: "I understand, you all retreat."

A moment later, the emperor looked at Dai Fangzhou and said, "Gyping ink, I want to write a letter."

This letter is to be written to the princess.

After the emperor wrote a few words, his pen stopped in the air and could no longer write.

"Lai Cheng."

Lai Cheng, who had just walked outside the door, hurried back: "Please give me instructions."

"You come to write for the pen and tell Princess Xin that she will say that Princess Xin is helping me with a big thing and cannot go back and accompany her for the time being. I am not favored by me, please forgive me."

Lai Cheng's heart tightened, and then it hurt a little.

"Since the order."

"Is Shen Leng back?"

"I'm back and almost arrived in Chang'an. I should have come back seven or eight days ago, but because the case was delayed, they checked the accounts of the Tianji Ticket Number and Semi-Code in detail."

Lai Chengdao: "I heard news from you yesterday and said that they are already on the way back and will arrive tomorrow."

"I understand."

The emperor nodded: "Let him go to the palace first after he comes back."

"I obey the order."

Lai Cheng bent over and bowed, and left Simaozhai.

At this moment, an eunuch led an old man over, and Lai Cheng didn't know the man. When the eunuch saw Lai Cheng, he hurriedly saluted, and the old man also saluted.

The eunuch led people to the outside of Simaozhai and asked him to wait. Then the eunuch came in and reported it himself. Soon, the old man was summoned.

"The grass-roots pay homage to Your Majesty."

As soon as the old man entered the door, he quickly knelt down and saluted.

"You've ever seen Xue Cheng?"

The emperor asked the old man.

The old man hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, Caomin is the doctor of Ancheng County. After Xue Cheng came to Ancheng County from Jiaziying, Caomin saw him several times. He had saryngeal diseases, his hair, beard, and even his eyebrows were falling off. So Caomin used bloodletting method for him and bleeded in his ears."

The emperor nodded.

The old man continued: "Caomin was ordered to test the corpse of both Xuecheng in the front and back. Caomin was wrong. The first Xuecheng should be fake."

The emperor asked: "Why?"

The old man said: "Caomin just said that Xue Cheng's slaryngology is becoming more and more serious, but he doesn't want people to know, so when you see people on weekdays, Caomin looked at it specifically. The beard and eyebrows are indeed fake, so it can be removed. So Caomin also asserted that Xue Cheng was real."

"But the second time I summoned Cao Min to examine the autopsy. Cao Min carefully recalled it and realized that the first Xue Cheng's eyebrows and beard were traced to deliberately shaved, and there were also a very fine scratch at the corners of the eyebrows. However, Cao Min didn't care at that time, and felt that Xue Cheng's beard and eyebrows had almost fallen off anyway, so it was normal for him to shave the rest. A few days ago, he examined the autopsy for the second Xue Cheng. After careful reading, he confirmed that Xue Cheng, who died in Yanshan, was the real Xue Cheng."

The emperor looked at the old man: "Have you seen it right this time?"

“There will never be any more mistakes.”

The old man hurriedly said: "This time the autopsy is more careful and there will be no mistakes."

The emperor nodded: "I understand, you go back."

The old man kowtowed again, and then withdrew from the silly tremblingly.

Xue Cheng is really dead.

So, it seems like everything has become blank.

Empress Yang's plan in Gyeonggi Province must be inseparable from Xue Cheng. The hidden things are under the control of Xue Cheng. So if there are any changes in the future, it must be Xue Cheng's plan, but Xue Cheng is really dead.

At the same time, Nanping River.

The big ship went upstream, and Chen Leng sat on the deck thinking about the news he had found in the past few days. The accounts were lost, so the accounts of the Chongqing County Branch were not available for investigation. Therefore, Chen Leng decided to thoroughly check the bill deposits and goods that had been sealed before returning to Chang'an.

Fortunately, there were enough manpower and it took only two days to record and compare the money and goods, and then I found many things that were not suitable for them.

Later, people from Tingwei's Mansion found news in a brothel in Chongqing County. The brothel admitted that Chen Sanyang had gambled with people many times, and each time he bet was very big, and Chen Sanyang almost lost.

"I have finally realized what my predecessors meant to destroy a thousand-mile dike in an ant hole. When we see someone waving a hoe on the dam, it will inevitably stop it, but when we see ants climbing on the dam, we don't care at all."

Chen Leng looked at Meng Chang'an, paused for a moment and continued, "Yuwen Xiaoce is that ant. He will not attract anyone's attention until it is exposed. There are many such ant around him, so my opponent this time is really different from before."

He sat there thinking and said, "Our previous opponents, such as Mu Zhaotong, seemed powerful and invincible, but he was there. Because he was too powerful, everyone could see clearly. For example, the later co-existence meeting, although there was no evidence, they were there. Those people and families could not escape. Even if there was no evidence, they knew that it was them. For example, Xue Cheng, even if he pretended to die once, we knew that he must not die, because he did not have to die. These were not ants, they were all giants."

"When the opponent is replaced by an ant, it is not an elephant."

Chen Leng shook his head: "It seems to be even more difficult."

Meng Chang'an said: "There is no difference from the battlefield. On the battlefield, most people are paying attention to who the enemy's commander is and who are the generals of the enemy. But the inconspicuous scouts and spies are even more threatening."

"If Xue Cheng was the head coach, would he go to inquire about the news in person? Of course, no, all the news he controlled was caused by ants like Yuwen Xiaoce gathered from all directions to tell him that Xue Cheng was dead, and the ants were still there, and the things controlled by Xue Cheng became things controlled by ants."

"They are more secretive and more threatening."

Meng Chang'an said: "But the time when Yuwen Xiaoce was difficult to deal with has passed."

He looked at Chen Leng: "He is no ant now."

Chen Leng nodded: "Overyone with confidence often makes uncomprehensible actions. I have connected everything on the boat these days, thinking as Yuwen Xiaoce. Then I suddenly thought that I should go back to Chang'an and looked under the noses of those big shots."

Chen Leng slowed down and said word by word: "I want to see the storm, because he felt that he was turning his hands on the clouds and rain, and he didn't take the Tingwei Mansion, the big figures, and the state power and kingship seriously."
Chapter completed!