Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 265 Are you dead?
There is a huge house on the south side of Guang'enfang, the holy capital. On the gate of the house is written a large "Li" character, which is the house of Li Ren, the Duke of Lushan.

Li Ren is the uncle of the current emperor, and the younger brother of the previous emperor with the same father and mother.

It stands to reason that with such a prominent status, he should naturally be a prince.

However, Li Ren was conferred the title of Duke of Lushan, one level lower than the prince, and his status was even inferior to Xue Guihua, the Duke of Liang.

It turned out that as early as the reign of Emperor Guizong, there was a rebellion between Prince Shao Fu Qichong and the three kings of the Li family.

Although Li Ren, who was still the emperor's younger brother at the time, did not directly participate, he also had a long history with Qi Chong, so it was difficult to prove his innocence.

Originally he was going to be demoted to a commoner, but because the emperor missed his mother and compatriots and had been working hard on the clan affairs, he cut off his throne and demoted him to Lushan Gong.

However, Li Ren has been working both as the son of the state offering wine and Zong Zhengqing. He has worked tirelessly, won the approval of the royal family, and is also valued by the emperor, so he has always stayed in the holy capital.

It wasn't until the emperor passed away and Empress Dowager Lin came to power that she worried about the Li family's actions, which gradually emptied Li Ren's power.

Later, because of frailty and sickness, Li Ren gradually became obsessed with alchemy and pharmaceuticals. He was addicted to it all day long and became crazy, which is regrettable.

Because of his indulging in alchemy, he was reprimanded many times by the queen mother, but he still refused to change after repeated admonitions.

In this Xuanmen assassination incident, he also died at the hands of Xuanmen assassins.

The one who stabbed him to death was a Taoist girl whom he had taken in for alchemy. After the assassination succeeded, the girl had disappeared long ago.

A few days ago, Xu Zun came to the Li Mansion to investigate. He not only checked the scene of the crime, but also checked the body of the deceased.

The corpse's eyes were scarlet, its lips were purple, and there were ugly scars on its body. It did have the obvious characteristics of long-term use of elixir.

Li Ren has no children, only a daughter and a married son-in-law under his knees.

However, after all, Li Ren is an uncle of the emperor, and his family has a deep house with nearly a hundred members.

At this moment, the coffin is still placed in the mourning hall, and Li Ren's daughter and son-in-law are also guarding the coffin.

They were discussing in the mourning hall, now that the assassination incident has passed, can they apply for burial?

As a result, at this moment, the door of Li's residence was knocked open, and a group of menacing people rushed in from outside!

The first person is Cai Kun, the leader of the right cabinet of the inner guard, and the other is Xu Zun.

After all the inner guards rushed into Li's residence, they went straight to the mourning hall.

After entering the mourning hall, Li Ren's daughter was about to ask questions, but Xu Zun didn't say anything, and directly led his staff to open Li Ren's coffin! ! !

Gollum...

As the coffin board was lifted, there was an unpleasant smell of medicinal herbs in the temple.

"You...you..." The son-in-law wanted to ask a few words, but he had already recognized Cai Kun's identity, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.

"That's right... tsk tsk..." Cai Kun inspected the corpse carefully, and said to Xu Zun, "I have seen Duke Lushan recently, and this is clearly him!"

"No..." Xu Zun said, "If it's really just a dead person, Bi Sheng has no reason to risk his life to protect him!"

"Indeed..." Zhao Yu analyzed from the side, "Think about it, how important is Bi Sheng's position? He controls the intelligence of the world, and even so, he must protect Duke Lu. Doesn't it mean that Duke Lu's status is higher than his? more important?

"How about..." Zhao Yu reached out to touch the corpse, which meant to see if the person in the coffin was really dead?

Xu Zun stopped him, because Xu Zun had just examined the corpse a few days ago, the wound on the neck was clearly visible, and the corpse was already smelly, it was definitely a dead corpse.

Seeing Zhao Yu reaching out his hand, the people in front of the mourning hall were all terrified.

"You..." Li Ren's daughter couldn't bear it anymore, and asked crying, "What are you doing? My father is dead, what do you want to do to him?"

Cai Kun showed embarrassment. Although Lushan Gong was indeed suspicious, he would not admit his mistake. The dead person in the coffin was indeed Li Ren.

If nothing was found out today, it would be difficult to explain. After all, Lu Shangong is from the royal family, and he is the younger brother of the late emperor.

"The butler," Zhao Yu thought of something and hurriedly asked everyone, "Which one is the butler?"

Hearing Zhao Yu's question, everyone present looked at each other and shook their heads.

Li Ren's daughter replied: "I saw it just now! It should... be in the kitchen, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hou Zhen and the others immediately rushed towards the backyard...

Xu Zun glanced at everyone in the mourning hall, his eyes suddenly fixed on a person.

He turned his head around, and immediately got into trouble, and said to Li Ren's son-in-law, "Are you the son-in-law of Duke Lushan?"

"Yes..." The man nodded slightly.

"Okay," Xu Zun said, "now you take me to the place where Duke Lushan made alchemy, and I want to check it out."

"Oh, yes, yes..." The son-in-law stood up, pointed in a direction, and led Xu Zun and others to the backyard.

Due to the huge area, they walked for a long time before arriving at a Dan room in the backyard.

But there are several alchemy furnaces of different sizes standing in the room, and there are piles of firewood, coal, and various gold, stone, and medicinal powders beside them.

Xu Zun intentionally asked the others to wait outside the door, and after leading Li Ren's son-in-law into the alchemy room, he pulled Li Ren's son-in-law aside and asked in a low voice:

"Let me ask you, is there any other exit from this room?"

"This..." The son-in-law was puzzled and shook his head again and again, "No? This is the only way out!"

"Really, that's difficult!" Xu Zun pretended to frown, and then suddenly said in a low voice, "Go up to the Xuan and defeat the Yi, the gods return to the original, go up to cut the nine gates, and go down to destroy the scumbags."

"This..." The son-in-law was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, you... what do you mean?"

"There has been an accident with the leader of the inner guard Zuoge," Xu Zun said in a low voice, "I was sent by him to rescue you and transfer!"

"My... my lord..." The son-in-law quickly waved his hand, "Don't be kidding me, what is the Zuoge collar, what is the transfer, I don't understand..."

Seeing that the other party was not fooled, Xu Zun immediately picked up a stove tongs and drew a symbol on the powder on the ground.

This symbol is the one that appeared at the house of Ying Rang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Although Xu Zun didn't know what it meant, he felt that it could be used.

Sure enough, after seeing this symbol, the son-in-law was finally moved, and his eyes had already betrayed him.

Obviously, he can read the meaning of the symbols.

In other words, Xu Zun guessed right, Li Ren's son-in-law is also from Taoism!
"Grand Lushan has been completely exposed," Xu Zun said, "he must have nothing to do!"

"You..." The son-in-law swallowed, still pretending to be stupid, "What are you talking about? My father-in-law...has...already..."

"Time is running out," Xu Zun looked outside the door nervously, "This incident has already alarmed Lin Chaofeng and the demon queen. I have a way to take you out now. If you miss this time, you will never have another chance!"

"This..." The son-in-law was sweating, obviously beginning to believe in Xu Zun.

Xu Zun was astonished in his heart, because judging from the other party's reaction, he should have hit the mark, that Lushan Gong Li Ren was definitely not dead! ! !

If Li Ren did not die, and Cai Kun did not admit the wrong person, then it seems that there is only one explanation left.

"Hurry up!" Xu Zun looked outside the door again, "I can lure them to the alchemy room first, saying that there is a secret passage or something, and then I will take you out through the main entrance.

"There are all my people there, and they have been arranged..."

"You... What can you do?" The son-in-law was finally fooled and asked, "The city... the gates of the city have been sealed, how can I get out of the city?"

"Did you see it?" Xu Zun quickly took out the inner guard token, and said with a sway, "This is a gold medal bestowed by the Queen Mother. Since I came to pick you up, I can keep you out of the city!"

"This this……"

"Oh, hurry up!" Xu Zun said anxiously, "Cai Kun has already become suspicious of me, and I can't keep myself if I don't leave!"

"Okay... okay..." The son-in-law finally made up his mind and said to Xu Zun, "I'll take you to pick up my father-in-law..."

……

(End of this chapter)