The most ferocious sword of the Imperial City Division

"Qianji Chen?" Gu Shiwei asked curiously.

Han Shiyan was a little disappointed to see that she had never heard of this name.

"The Chen family of Qianji is good at machinecraft, can make wooden oxen and horses, and is especially good at crossbows. It is a family that makes imperial weapons. Many people don't know about it, but everyone in the army knows it. They carve thousands of petals on every place. Make a mark on the machine bracket."

"Eight years ago, during the Battle of Hongmenguan, Sergeant Dayong put on new weapons to fight the enemy. Unexpectedly, the spears and swords were as brittle as paper foil, and the crossbows were useless. The soldiers had no weapons to fight the enemy, and more than half of them were killed and injured in extremely tragic ways. .”

"The Qianji Chen family died to apologize and their clan was exterminated. Although it was later found out that there was another secret, the deceased could not be resurrected, which is a great pity."

Han Shiyan said and sighed.

Although Dayong was rich, it was not capable of civil and military affairs. There were many powerful enemy countries around it, so Yong's army was defeated in repeated battles and barely defended it.

Officials are suspicious by nature and adhere to the golden mean of doing nothing. They only want to give in and dislike war. They also value civility over military affairs and are extremely distrustful of generals.His repeated remonstrances were to no avail, and his head turned gray just thinking about it.

"This crossbow machine is quite new. It should obviously be built within this year. I didn't expect that Chen Chao is actually a descendant of the Qianji Chen family."

Han Shiyan said, turning to look at "Jinshan" behind him, "In this case, why Chen Chao wanted to kill Li Zhenxian is not a difficult thing to think about."

Li Zhenxian's case is closely related to the ordnance matter.

Chen Chao probably killed him because of the annihilation of the Qianji Chen family.

Gu Shiwei listened carefully, but lowered his eyes and looked at the hilt of the sword hanging at his waist.

She pursed her lips and stepped aside. She always felt that the case was being investigated too smoothly.

Even running water will make waves when it encounters roadblocks. How can a murder case turn out to be what it thinks?

There is only one suspect, and all the witnesses and physical evidence are there. Now even the reason for the murder has been directly arranged.

"I don't understand one thing. If Chen Chao planned to kill someone and then abscond, why would he involve Yushi Guan?" Gu Shiwei thought about it and asked.

Wu Jiang, who was in the room, poked his head out when he heard the words, "This can attract more attention. After all, all the eyes in the city are now focused on Guan Yushi. He wants to tell us that there is another hidden story about the weapon-severing case eight years ago. It’s related to Li Zhenxian’s corruption.”

Gu Shiwei nodded, but then shook his head, "Yes and no."

"If his motive for killing was because of Chen's old case, then he shouldn't have escaped. He should have stayed and told the secret."

"Moreover," Gu Shiwei looked at Han Shiyan, "Chen Chao has worked for Li Zhenxian for many years and has gained his trust. After all, he doesn't even shy away from hiding stolen money. So in the past few years, Chen Chao Chao had countless opportunities to kill Lee Jung-hyun.”

"But why didn't he take action? He even had a way to get revenge without getting his hands dirty. He could tell Wang Xi where the stolen silver was, and the gold mountain was there, and no one could move it away."

"He could even write a secret letter to expose Li Zhenxian's connection with the weapon-breaking case, and he could also avenge Chen, but he never took action."

Gu Shiwei said and looked towards Han Shiyan.

"Can't Guan Yushi's death open up his second line of appointment and governor, so that he suddenly wants to kill Li Zhenxian, and then silently flee with his wife and children?"

Han Shiyan instantly understood the implication of Gu Shiwei's words.

"Throwing stones to provoke the government and fleeing with his wife and children are not things that the same person can do. Moreover, if Chen Chao left Bianjing after leaving Li's Mansion, then the person who sent the letter to Kaifeng Mansion Who is it?"

Gu Shiwei nodded, "That's right. Either Chen Chao turned back and secretly returned to Bianjing to make the next move, or there was more than one murderer or there was someone else."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a young boy with red lips and white teeth staggering over. He was holding a handkerchief and had a panic look on his face.

"Old Madam, Old Madam! The door...the door! I don't know when there was something like this in the crack of the door!"

Seeing this, Han Shiyan took a deep look at Gu Shiwei, and with a solemn expression he stopped the square handkerchief from the boy's hand.The handkerchief was made of white silk and satin, exactly the same as the letter Wu Jiang received. It had several large blood-red characters written on it, "Behead the corrupt official Tan Zhe in the morning to sacrifice the upright Duke."

Mrs. Li glanced at the young man and reacted lightly, "This is peace. Zhenxian is always with you. It seems that there is more than one person who committed evil."

She said, sneering and kneeling on the futon, "This world is really ridiculous. Officials work as businessmen to make money, and people work as officials to judge life and death. To pay tribute to good officials who uphold national discipline, but they use illegal killings. Don't you think it's funny? funny?"

Mrs. Li closed her eyes as she spoke, turned the beads in her hand and started chanting sutras.

Wu Jiang on the side scratched his head. He was no longer as panicked as when he first received the murder letter. He came over and said with a confused look, "Who is Tan Zhe? I have never heard of it."

There are countless officials in Dayong. Even if the officials count them from day to night, they are countless.

Just talking about investigating the case, Kaifeng Mansion, Dali Temple, Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai, Imperial City Department... all can get involved. Wu Jiang has just returned to Bianjing from the border. It is completely normal to have officials he doesn't know. .

"Tan Zhe is the newly appointed Imperial Academy Jijiu. The Yushitai has not heard of him having any faults, let alone having anything to do with the Qianji Chen family."

Han Shiyan explained, looking at the letter and falling into deep thought.

"Tomorrow morning...if the murderer wants to use a crossbow to kill him, the most convenient time to do it is when Tan Zhe is on his way to the Guozi School." Han Shiyan said, raising his feet to walk out, "Wujiang, you lead Kaifeng People from the government will put an end to Li Zhenxian’s case.”

"Gu Qinshi and I went to investigate the relationship between Chen Chao and Tan Zhe. Gu Qinshi's presence will definitely prevent the murderer from committing another crime again."

When Wu Jiang heard this, he nodded heavily, "Okay!"

Gu Shiwei rubbed his fingers on the hilt of the sword a few times and raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that Han Yushi has been sitting on the high platform for a long time and thinks that he is also the envoy of the Imperial City? When did our Imperial City Division want you? Do you want to make arrangements?"

"I saw that this matter was related to Yushi Guan, so I kindly brought you here. Don't push yourself too far."

Han Shiyan was startled, and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Gu Shiwei suddenly unsheath his sword and stab it towards him.

He couldn't help but open his eyes wide and his hairs stood on end.

quick!too fast!He knew he needed to avoid it, but his body didn't have time to react.

Almost as soon as he saw Gu Shiwei draw his sword, the long sword was already in front of him. He opened his mouth, but the long sword passed over his shoulder and continued to stab him behind.

Who is standing behind him?
Wu Jiang was beside him, Mrs. Li was kneeling on the futon, and by the way, there was also the housekeeper Li Mao.

The person Gu Shiwei wants to stab is the housekeeper Li Mao!

Just as he was thinking, he saw Gu Shiwei slap him aside mercilessly, then stood up and stabbed Li Mao.

Han Shiyan felt his arms go numb for a while, as if he had lost consciousness. He stumbled and fell to the side, and happened to fall on Wu Jiang's body. He turned around suddenly.

But seeing that Gu Shiwei's long sword had already reached Li Mao, Li Mao took a few steps back in horror.

A strong murderous aura instantly enveloped the entire Buddhist hall. Although Han Shiyan did not know martial arts, he had seen many masters in the palace, and he had also seen a general who killed a hundred people. The stupid Wu Jiang beside him was on the battlefield. That is also an existence that is not afraid of gods and ghosts.

But this was the first time he felt such murderous intent, so oppressive that it made him unable to breathe, as if he was enveloped in despair.

"Don't you need a crossbow? If you don't use a crossbow, you can't even hit my little finger."

Gu Shiwei suddenly slowed down the movements of his hands and looked provocatively at Li Mao, who had sweat beads on his forehead.