Emperor Zhenguan

The guard touched the knife and thought to himself, why does this style of knife look familiar.However, he didn't think much about it, instead he took Li Chengzhao and others back to the county government office and reported the case to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate of Hedong is in his fifties, with white hair all over his head. After he learned that there was a murder in Huaili, he immediately started investigating.

Ya Fang.

"How is it? Have you found out how Widow Zhao died?" the county magistrate asked the coroner.

This coroner is not a small official in the establishment, but a well-known doctor in the county. Because of his outstanding medical skills, he is often invited by the county magistrate to conduct autopsies.

"Ahem, she was strangled to death." The coroner lifted the white cloth covering the corpse and pointed to Widow Zhao's neck, where a circle of strangulation marks was clearly visible.

The county magistrate pondered: "So, those outsiders are really likely to kill people?"

"Besides, she was still having sex with people before she died." The coroner took the county magistrate to look at other places.

The county magistrate was speechless for a moment, and then said: "This kind of thing makes sense, it should be those outsiders who saw their sex, and Widow Zhao refused to obey, so they strangled her to death."

The coroner did not know how to answer, he did not investigate the case.

At this moment, the guard in charge of escorting Li Chengzhao rushed over.

"Ming Mansion, I recognize it." He took out the knife and said, "This knife is made by the court. I saw it once when I was training in Zhechong Mansion."

The county magistrate's head grew big, and he murmured, "Why is it so complicated?"

This group of outsiders brought palace-made knives. Could there be another mystery about their identities?
Just as he was thinking hard, the county magistrate hurried over again.

"Mingfu, take a look at this." He tremblingly handed over a small seal.

The county magistrate opened it and sat down on the ground.

"The Seal of King Qiqi?"

The county magistrate swallowed his saliva and said, "This was found on the young man. Judging from his age, it is likely to be true."

"Quick, quick, let him go!" After the magistrate finished speaking, he hurriedly said, "No, I will go and release him myself."

A group of people left in a hurry.

At this time, Li Chengzhao was thinking about who the murderer was in the cell.

He is not worried about his own safety, because he knows that there are people sent by his father to protect him behind him.Because of this, he followed the guards to the county government office.

"You said, could the murderer be that Zhao De?"

The guards looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

"Why do you say that, son?" someone asked.

Li Chengzhao said: "I just thought about it, that Zhao De's attitude is too arbitrary, even if we are a little suspicious, it is not to the extent he said, he simply wants to put the murder charge on us. "

The guards were thoughtful.

At this moment, the county magistrate of Hedong hurried to arrive.

"Your Majesty Wu Yan, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness King Qi."

Li Chengzhao looked at him and said, "You know my identity."

"Yes, I only know this after reading this." Wu Yan took out the small seal.

In this era, privately engraving someone else's seal is a capital offense, especially for a prince of Li Chengzhao's level.

"How is the case investigation going?" Li Chengzhao asked.

Wu Yan lowered his eyebrows and said sympathetically: "There are already eyebrows."

"Do you know who the murderer is?"

"Uh," Wu Yan wondered, "I don't know yet."

"Then you continue to investigate the case." Li Chengzhao said.

Seeing that King Qi didn't intend to come out, Wu Yan became anxious instead. He hurriedly returned the seal to Li Chengzhao himself, ordered someone to open the cell, and returned all the guards' belongings, including swords, silver and other items.

"Your Highness, it's not convenient to talk here, let's go out first."

Li Chengzhao thought for a while and said, "That's fine. If I don't go out again, I'm afraid someone from outside will come in."

If the person sent by his father to protect him cannot see him for a certain period of time, there is a high probability that he will directly wash the county government with blood.

Hearing this, the county magistrate turned pale.

In fact, just as Li Chengzhao expected, the cavalry sent by Li Zhiyun was already preparing to attack the county government.

"Brother, His Royal Highness King Qi has come out."

The leader looked at the county government office and found that King Qi had come out and stayed outside for a while before re-entering.

"It's okay, His Royal Highness King Qi is telling us not to be nervous." The leader waved his hand, asking the brothers to put away the knives.

"Hey, our Highness is really good." The man said, shaking his head with a wry smile.

within the county government.

Li Chengzhao already knew how Widow Zhao died.

"Didn't you catch a few villagers and come back, you can ask them."

"Yes." The county magistrate hurried down to investigate the case.

With hands behind his back, Li Chengzhao followed the county magistrate to a cell.

The county magistrate went in for interrogation, and Li Chengzhao leaned aside and listened carefully. He also wanted to know whether his judgment was correct.

Seeing the magistrate, several villagers told the whole story about Widow Zhao like a mouse seeing a cat.

"You mean, Zhao De's son, that is, Zhao Dadun, has an affair with this Widow Zhao?" The voice of the county magistrate came out.

"Yes, we have seen it several times with our own eyes. These two people hook up and even do things in the haystack."

"Then why didn't you tell me when you were arresting people!" the county magistrate asked.

"We dare not say that Zhao De is the head of the village. If we offend him, we will have a hard time."

Li Chengzhao leaned against the wall and closed his eyes slightly.

According to this clue, the county magistrate sent someone to arrest Zhao Dadun. After a little interrogation, that Zhao Dadun confessed everything.

"I didn't want to kill her. She said to do it by choking her neck. It was more vigorous, and I followed her will. I didn't expect, I really didn't expect to strangle her to death." Zhao Dadun knelt on the ground and gave the county Ling kowtows to beg for mercy.

At this point in the case, Li Chengzhao also roughly understood.

It was nothing more than Zhao Dadun killing by mistake. Zhao De used himself as a scapegoat in order to help his son cover up the truth.

What if, instead of myself, other villagers were framed by Zhao De today?

Li Chengzhao exhaled lightly, his chest rising and falling.

He always thought that most of the people are kind, but now it seems that this is not always the case. Some people will do evil things if they have a little power, regardless of whether they are big or small!
A small village head dares to do such a thing, so what if it is a local county magistrate?
Or, is it the governor of a state?

"Sure enough, I can't believe what these guys said, I have to find out the truth myself." Li Chengzhao's eyes were serious, and he felt more and more that his decision was right. If he stayed in Chang'an forever, he would not know that good and evil do not matter big or small.

In addition, he admired his father even more.

It is really not advisable to sit and talk about it!
The case was soon settled, Zhao Dadun murdered and sentenced to death.Zhao De framed King Qi, sentenced to death along with him, and confiscated his family property.

"King Qi?" Zhao De has never read a book, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what these two words mean.He looked at the guard in a daze, and asked loudly: "How is it possible, you must have made a mistake, that person must be in disguise!"

The guard gave him a pair of supercilious eyes, and pretended to be?
The governor of Puzhou is now admitting his mistake to His Royal Highness King Qi!

"Don't talk nonsense, before His Royal Highness King Qi leaves, order to see the heads of you and Zhao Dadun first, don't delay the matter!"

The guard stepped forward and carried Zhao De to the execution ground.

After resolving the matter in Hedong, Li Chengzhao had to return to Chang'an.

Because, the person who came to look for him was Li Zhen, the general of Zuowei.

"Your Highness, please." Li Zhen pointed to the carriage.

Around, stood a circle of armored cavalry.

Li Chengzhao cupped his hands and asked, "Dare to ask the general, why did the emperor call me?"

Li Zhen said: "You will know when you return to Chang'an."

Hearing this, Li Chengzhao had no choice but to go back.

Since Emperor Father sent Li Zhen over, it meant that there was no room for negotiation.