Chapter 534 Traces

A few rides, running on the official road of Jingzhou. Pedestrians avoided in a hurry, and smoke and dust rolled all the way.

Chu Suiliang has been sitting in this bumpy carriage for almost two days. At this time, he only feels sore and dizzy, but he still keeps urging the coachman to rush to Jingzhou as soon as possible.

With the trunk of the sea of blood on his body, Chu Suiliang has never been so nervous. The king of Wu was assassinated, the emperor fell ill, and it was rumored that Kansai Qin Mubai wanted to rebel. He was clear about these. These three shocking events, which are enough to shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, are directly or indirectly related to Jingzhou.

Although Chu Suiliang knew that Changsun Wuji had the intention to leave him from the court at this critical time and give him the most difficult case in the world, Chu Suiliang had no time to think too much.

To find out the truth of the Jingzhou case, the king of Wu, Li Kesheng, wants to see people die and see the corpse, which is the most important thing at present.

Along the way, he changed his horses many times and even ran away two cars. Chu Suiliang finally arrived in Jingzhou. When he got out of the car, he could hardly stand still, but he didn't have time to take a break and take a sip of water. He went straight to the state government office and called the assassin and other local officials to inquire about the case.

Yin Yang is also on the list.

The surname of Jingzhou Assassin is Xu, and he is also a little related to Li Xun (Li Xun's original name is Xu Shixu). He has been an official for seven years and has been peaceful under his rule. Although he is not a capable official, at least he has no meritorious service. This time, this terrible disaster was born under his jurisdiction, and Xu Shishi almost hanged himself in horror.

Chu Suiliang asked everyone about some information, which was no different from the rumors from the outside world. It was nothing more than the attack of King Wu in the forest in the countryside of Anding County. There were a total of 18 people accompanying him, and only Yin Yang survived.

After listening to this, Chu Suiliang thought to himself for a long time. Seeing that the officials were present, he reprimanded the idle people, called Xu Shishi and Yin Yang in private, and then asked again.

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

Xu Shishi's work was quite safe. The results of the investigation of the crime site were strictly blocked, so that Yin Yang and his officials did not know about it. He reported to Chu Suiliang that after the murderer stabbed, he set off a fire in the forest to destroy the body. Later, the state government put out the fire with all its strength, and 43 male corpses were found in the ede of the fire scene!

"Forty-three?!" Yin Yang was shocked on the spot, "We are with the bodyguards guarding the King of Wu, plus only 17 generals, and a total of 18 riders with the King of Wu. Why are there so many bodies at the scene?

"There is something more amazing!" Xu Shishi was so nervous that he swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice with a frightened face, "There are twenty-seven of the forty-three corpses without heads!"

"Ah?" Chu Suiliang and Yin Yang exclaimed at the same time.

"How could this happen?" Yin Yang was shocked and said, "What's the purpose of killing people and cutting off their heads?"

"And after cutting off the head, set fire to destroy the corpse." Chu Suiliang was much calmer and said with deep eyebrows, "Obviously, the person who did it didn't want to expose the identity of these 27 people!"

"Why didn't the other 16 people have their heads cut off?" Yin Yang asked in shock again.

Xu Zhishi trembled all over and said tremblingly, "Bei and Bei Zhi personally led Dou to examine all the bodies. It was found that these 16 bodies that had not been cut off were all the guards of the Wu Palace! Because on them, there is a royal palace access token!"

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

"Yes, that's right! That's it!" Xu Shishi said affirmatively after identifying.

Chu Suiliang took the token with a tight frown and looked at it, and said, "It is made of iron, and it is difficult to melt the fire. This is exactly to prove the identity of the 16 dead. In this way, except for General Yin, all 16 bodyguards have been killed. Xu Shishi, let me ask you, is there anything to prove your identity on the other twenty-seven corpses?

"No." Xu Shishi replied quite positively, "The bodies have all been burned like coke, and there is no way to identify them at all."

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

"That's right, that's what I think!" Xu Shishi said, "The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind!"

Yin Yang was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and said doubtfully, "That is to say, in addition to the group of people who assassinated the King of Wu, another group of people appeared at the same time? So what is their purpose?"

"It's not known yet." A faint light flashed in Chu Suiliang's eyes and said lightly, "Xu Shishi, go down and have a rest first. I will ask you tomorrow."

Xu Shishi retreated with promise, leaving only Chu Suiliang and Yin Yang in the room.

"General Yin, I ask you, why did the 16 guards who accompanied you die in the battle, but you survived?" Chu Suiliang went straight into the road with a single knife.

Yin Yang's anger suddenly came up, and his eyes were round and he said angrily, "Mr. Chu, do you suspect that he will be the murderer?"

"I don't mean it. Don't get me wrong." Chu Suiliang had a good temper. He raised his hand and motioned Yin Yang to hold his temper and said, "I also listened to the report of Xu Assassin, saying that you were knocked unconscious and thrown by the road by the murderer, so you survived. I'm just curious. Why didn't you kill the murderer? Is there another conspiracy?"

"This! ..." Yin Yang was stunned for a moment and shook his head. "The last general, I really haven't thought about this issue carefully. However, after the last breakout with the two brothers guarding King Wu, he met a mysterious master to intercept and kill him. The last general was knocked unconscious by that man!"

"Oh? Tell me more about it!" Chu Suiliang's spirit was refreshed.

Yin Yang told Chu Sui's conscience in detail about the situation that night. After hearing this, Chu Suiliang was very shocked and asked, "You mean that the king of Wu still talked with the murderer at that time and guessed that the murderer was an old acquaintance of the king of Wu when he was an official in Xiangzhou?"

"That's right!" Yin Yang said affirmatively, "But the king of Wu didn't guess who the man was. If you don't say a few words, the man will commit a murder. The last general was eager to draw a knife to fight with the guard. Unexpectedly, the man's method was very tricky and fierce. With only one move, he put the general down. The last general thought that he would die without any doubt. When he woke up, he found that it was a hard hit on the back of the knife in the back of his head that caused him to faint. So far, the hematoma has not subsided. Please have a look!"

After saying that, Yin Yang took off his helmet and disbanded his hair. Sure enough, he saw that there was still a big blisters like an egg behind his head.

"That is to say, after fainting, you don't know everything? When I woke up, I found that I was thrown by the roadside, and there was a fire in the woods? Chu Suiliang asked.

"Exact"

Chu Suiliang nodded, got up, cut his hands on his back and paced, and muttered, "In this way, it's easy to kill you with the murderer's means, but why didn't he kill you? Does he want to keep you alive so that you can report the case to the government?

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

Chu Suiliang's heart jumped up, and his face became more and more nervous and anxious. He whispered, "Think about it, when the king of Wu was assassinated, won't this big thing make the government and the field turbulent the world restless? Now I guess that the murderer probably did not kill the King of Wu, but kidnapped him! Behind him, there is a bigger conspiracy than killing the King of Wu himself!"

"Ah? Does that mean that His Royal Highness the King of Wu is still in the world?!" Yin Yang was immediately overjoyed and knelt down for Chu Suiliang on the spot. "Prince Chu, you must save His Royal Highness the King of Wu!"

"General Yin, please get up." Chu Suiliang helped Yin Yang up, took a deep breath and sighed slowly, and said, "Now these are just a little speculations of my officials. What is the truth? It remains to be verified. General Yin, you should keep your mouth shut to outsiders about all these things. Don't reveal half a sentence. Remember, remember!"

"Remember the last general!"

At this time, Xu Shishi actually went back and asked to see him outside. Chu Suiliang then asked the guard outside the door to allow him to enter. After entering the door, Xu Shishi said urgently, "I forgive you. I was so nervous for a moment that I forgot an important clue."

"Ter up!"

Xu Shishi hurriedly said, "On that day, after the crime, he led people to investigate the scene. Xu found many bodies, and several horses that ran away were found not far away!"

"Yes!" Yin Yang said anxiously, "After waking up, he looked around for his colleagues and horses, but found nothing. It is thought that the horses were frightened and escaped during the fierce battle, or they were burned to death when they were tied to the tree before they could escape!"

"That's right!" Xu Shishi said, "I found 18 charred horse corpses at the scene. I think it should be the mounts of the King of Wu and his party. These horses were tied to trees and could not escape being burned to death. But another two horses were found in the distance, but they were alive! These two horses have extraordinary saddles and harps and excellent breeds. They are definitely not folk horses, but like..."

"Lead the way forward and lead me to check in person!" Chu Suiliang gave a decisive order.

Later, the three of them went to the back house of the Assassin House and saw the two horses. Chu Suiliang came forward to check it in person, and also asked Yin Yang, who was familiar with the military, to check it together. After a while, Yin Yang affirmed that it should not be a war horse in the army, because both horses were castrated. And all the male horses in the army are castrated except for stallion. However, these two breeds of horses are excellent and expensive, and saddle breeds and other things are not affordable for ordinary people. Based on this inference, it should be all the private horses of rich eunuchs.

"The humble position is thinking, will this be the horses left by the murderers in a hurry?" Xu Shishi asked carefully.

"There is such a possibility..." Chu Suiliang answered casually and was still carefully checking the horse. Finally, a special mark that was not very obvious was found on the neck of one of the horses!

Seeing this mark, Chu Suiliang stood on the spot!

"What's the matter?" Xu Shishi 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, there are many private horses of rich families who brand horses in order to prevent theft, and military horses and official horses must be branded uniformly. Yin Yang looked forward as he asked, looked at the brand carefully, and was shocked on the spot, "It's the word 'Wei'!!"

"That's right, 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?"

"When the last general saw this word Wei, he remembered it on the spot - Wei Xiaochen!" Yin Yang was shocked, "When the King of Wu served as an assassin in Xiangzhou, Wei Haochen was an assistant under his command and served as the Sima of Xiangzhou. However, this man colluded with Du Chengyuan, the captain of Guoyan of Xiangzhou Military Mansion, to harm the side of the river. At that time, he was jointly annihilated by the King of Wu and the young commander of Qin! - Mr. Chu, these two people were escorted to Chang'an at that time and had been beheaded! It's difficult. Can it still be the ghost's death?!

"No nonsense, how can the ghost come from!" Chu Suiliang took a deep breath, "This clue is quite important. Remember not to reveal half a sentence to the outside world! - All right, you all go down. I'm also tired and need to rest."

The two had to leave.

Chu Suiliang stood next to the horse, staring at the brand, and said to himself: Wei Xiaochen and Du Chengyuan are dead, but the two families of Wei Du in Chang'an are still prosperous! The case of water ghosts in Xiangzhou made the king of Wu and Qin Mubai famous. But from then on, the Chang'an Weidu family must have hated the king of Wu. In particular, the deep roots of the Wei family tree are huge. There is Wei Guifei, the head of the four concubines in the harem, and Wei Ting, the imperial historian, is above the court...

"Wei Ting!!" Chu Suiliang was shocked, "He also works in the royal palace of Wei, and he is very close to the king of Wei!" Besides, doesn't he have a daughter who married Li You, the king of Qi? At that time, Li You was killed for plotting against the rebellion, and his daughter was also demoted to Lingnan. Therefore, Wei Ting was also a little involved. Shang Shu Zuo Cheng was demoted to a school procurator. Later, he was re-used under the matching of the activities of the King of Wei. The official was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and was in charge of major cases of litigation and imprisonment! ...Li You's rebellion was also extinguished by the King of Wu and Qin Mubai?!"

Thinking of this, Chu Suiliang couldn't 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 breath of cold air and said secretly, "He is not only the confidant of the King of Wei, but also the enemy of the King of Wu. There is indeed a reason and motivation to assassinate King Wu at this time. But... he is also the brother of Wei Guifei; Wei Guifei also has a prince! Since the king of Wu, born to Concubine Yang, can compete for the crown prince, can't the son of Concubine Wei?!"

"The king of Wu returned to Beijing, and it was about the establishment of a crown prince. In this very ** period, I guess that the king of Wei will not risk the great wind of the world to commit crimes. Because as long as the king of Wu makes a slight mistake, he will be the most suspected! Although the king of Wei is dark, he is 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 crown prince to destroy the powerful enemy, but in fact, it is deliberately to blame the king of Wei. It is really killing two birds with one stone! If the king of Wei and the king of Wu both fell together because of this, the Wei family not only avenged the blood of those years, but also the son of Concubine Wei, Li Shen, the king of Ji, who is only more than ten years old, is not a fisherman to make profits, and has the opportunity for the latter to rise? - If so, won't Wei Ting have the opportunity to fall in power in the future, and even overwhelm the eldest grandson Wuji?!"

"Insurance!!" Suddenly, there was a thunder in Chu Suiliang's mind!

"If so - then the King of Jin is also in danger!"