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The cause of death in Zhang Hui's case became clear, the Chang'an city competition was held very smoothly, and Li Ke was also in a good mood.After dinner, he was chatting with Lan Er in the front hall, "Recently, you go to the palace to see how the concubine mother is doing."

"It's Your Highness," Lan Er said with a smile, "Your Highness is in a good mood today, Lan Er hasn't seen His Highness smile for a long time."

"It's okay, why do you keep paying attention to this king?" Li Ke joked, "Little girl, I don't want to get well all day, so I just stay there."

"Your Highness? You, you..." Lan'er was so angry at what Li Ke said, her face flushed, she faltered for a long time and didn't know how to refute, "Huh, you know how to bully me." Then, ignore Li Ke's arrogance Laughing, he ran out of the hall blushing in three steps in parallel.

Seeing Lan'er's appearance, Li Ke thought it was funny, and also thought she was cute.Lan'er is two years older than herself. She has been with Concubine Yang all year round and is very familiar with Li Ke.Now, after long-term contact in the Han Palace, Li Ke is easy-going, and he is not as restrained as usual, so he can say a few words to Li Ke.

Li Ke laughed, and when he was about to go to the study, he saw Chen Qi's Zhongchang Wang hurried in, "Your Highness, the general found the bodies of Liu Menglong and dozens of people on Xigangpo, thirty miles outside the city. The Chang'an County Government has already sent people to do an autopsy, and the general will come here to report to His Highness."

Li Ke was also shocked. He originally wanted to find Liu Menglong and other Zhang Hui's remnants, and asked about Zhang Hui's specific activities and people he had contact with before his death. He didn't expect that they were all dead, so who would he ask?Suddenly, a sense of frustration rose from the bottom of his heart. It was as if he was being led by the nose. As soon as he was about to take action, others set up a plan for him earlier, just waiting for him to drill into it.

"Your Highness, what should I do next?" Chen Qi asked.

"Since Liu Menglong and the rest of Zhang Hui's party have died unexpectedly, you will not be searching for them, and you will call back your people to carefully check the possible people in Chang'an City in the past two days, so that the finals in Chang'an City the day after tomorrow can be successfully completed." Li Ke was a little tired He said, "Also, find out Sun Ning's details as soon as possible, so that no accidents will happen during the game."

"No..." Chen Qi agreed, and led Wang Zhongchang out of Han Palace.

Seeing Chen Qi and Wang Zhongchang leave, Li Ke's mood deteriorated sharply just now, and he became irritable for a while.The day after tomorrow is the final of the Chang'an City Tournament, and today Dongxiang Team and Dongyue Team are engaged in a desperate struggle to enter the final.He even hoped that Qin Huaiyu's Dongyue team would win, so that at least there would be no surprises in the finals the day after tomorrow.However, the facts have proved that there is no one in the Dongyue team who can defend against Sun Ning.

Thinking of this, Li Ke shook his head for a while.Lan'er was right, she hadn't laughed for a long time.It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't.The current court situation is not as simple as he understands. Baiqi, Tang, and the black hands behind the plot have never been recorded in history.Therefore, he was walking on thin ice for Chang'an Sai, working hard.

He was also in a bad mood. During the entire match, their Eagle Guards were always passive, they didn't get clues in time, and even after so many days of checking personal details, there was no progress.This is also a shame to him who is proud and arrogant, but he himself is helpless. The Eagle Guards have been training more in terms of force since they formed the Dao, in order to better protect Li Ke, and suddenly let them do it. It was also difficult to adapt to the investigation work for a while.And most importantly, lack of experience.

Thinking of this, Chen Qi said to Wang Zhong beside him, "Do you think we missed something when we investigated the case?"

"I don't know the final general, so I ask the general to advise." Wang Zhongchang returned. He was in charge of searching the remnants of Zhang Hui and others, but today's results made him very discouraged.So, appear absent-minded.

"Qian Shi" Chen Qi said in a deep voice.

"Sun Ning's wife?" Wang Zhongchang asked, "Chang'an County has already questioned her, and the possibility of her being the murderer has been ruled out."

"Yes, she is not the murderer. However, Sun Ning's behavior is different from usual. As Sun Ning's wife, it is impossible for her not to notice it." Chen Qi said.

"That is to say, is someone threatening her, or who is she covering?" Wang Zhongwang asked.

"It's possible, I'm thinking, she might know who killed Zhang Hui." Chen Qi guessed.

"Then let's interrogate him now and let her tell everything she knows." Wang Zhongwang suggested.

"I can't do this, I think I have to report this matter to His Highness, so I can only take the risk." Chen Qi decided after thinking for a while. "Withdraw your troops to monitor Qian, don't startle her, but let me keep an eye on her, and don't make any trouble."

"No," Zhongchang Wang replied.

Chen Qi thought for a moment, did not speak, and the two continued to walk, but when they arrived at the gate of the Chang'an County Yamen, he gave some instructions and suddenly came towards the competition venue.

In the evening, Li Ke got the information immediately, and the team participating in the final was surprisingly Dongxiang team.When I heard the news, I felt a little nervous in my heart, and what I thought, things were really developing in this direction.

However, the news sent from Chang'an County said that Deng Tongda had discovered doubts at the test site and guessed that Zhang Hui's party members were still alive, which made him feel comforted.At the same time, he also ordered Deng Tongda not to spread the word at this time, to deal with it carefully, and to find the survivor as soon as possible.

In the evening, Deng Tongda and Zuo Yi paid a surprise visit and said they had something important to report to him.Li Ke invited Deng Tongda to the study, and then recruited Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui and Xu Jingzong to the study.Several people sat down and heard Deng Tongda say, "Your Highness, we found suspicious points at the death scene of Zhang Huiyu's party, and after searching and collecting evidence in the vicinity, we finally caught him in a ruined temple not far from Xigangpo. In Zhang Hui's remnant party, there is Wang San, a small leader. And this Wang San was the one who followed Liu Menglong before."

"Did you ask any news? Where is the person?" Li Ke asked eagerly.

"Because of His Highness's order, the man was temporarily detained in a ruined temple outside the city, and Zuo Yi and I conducted a surprise interrogation on the spot in order not to attract too many people's attention. This is a confession, Your Highness, please take a look." Deng Tongda took out a piece of cotton cloth from his sleeve, which was torn from his clothes.

Li Ke held the cotton cloth in his hand, read the content at a glance, handed the cotton cloth to Ma Zhou, and said angrily, "Wang Fu is too courageous. He indulged Liu Menglong to exploit the merchants in Chang'an City and benefited from it. But He mentioned that someone paid them to kidnap Sun Ning's family, and that night when they were ambushing in the alley opposite Sun Ning's house, they stopped their operation because of Zhang Hui's sudden death. Therefore, Liu Menglong decisively ordered Going out of the city to take refuge. It can be seen, who is Liu Menglong who paid for them? Knowing that things were messed up, he fled in a hurry. But, why didn’t he confess how Liu Menglong was killed?”

"Your Highness, Wang San was going to take over at that time, and when he came back, Liu Menglong had already been killed. Therefore, he escaped unharmed. It was also because of this clue that Zuo Yi and I determined that there might be survivors." Deng Tongda explained road.

Li Ke was silent after listening, and suddenly he thought about the first time he and Xiaobao met Liu Menglong and others in the restaurant.At that time, the shop waiter reminded that Liu Menglong was connected with the official uniform, and it turned out that he was indeed in collusion with Wang Fu.

"Your Highness, what should I do next?" Deng Tongda asked.

At this time, Ma Zhou gave the finished cotton cloth to Liu Rengui beside him. After reading the content on the cotton cloth, Liu Rengui, Xu Jingzong, and Su Dingfang were all waiting for Li Ke to deal with this matter.

Li Ke glanced at everyone, "You have also read this confession, tell me what you think."

"Your Highness, I think this confession should be handed over to Dali Temple immediately, and Wang Fu should be arrested and interrogated." Ma Zhou said jealously.

"I have a different opinion from King Bin." Xu Jingzong glanced at Ma Zhoudao, "The most important thing for us is to find out Zhang Hui'an. Wang Fu handed it over to Dali Temple, and the court is intervening in it, so the Zhang Hui case will be postponed. If the murderer who killed Zhang Hui is really related to the Chang'an competition, then there will definitely be an accident in the finals the day after tomorrow. So, let's press first Let’s talk about Wang Fu’s embezzlement case.” Unlike Ma Zhou, Xu Jingzong really considered Li Ke of the Han Palace, and then the interests of the court.

Therefore, Ma Zhou is a capable minister and a capable minister.But such people are also the most loyal, as long as they are loyal to one, they will never betray him.As for Xu Jingzong's powerful minister, he first started from his own interests, and then considered the overall situation.However, Li Ke is not thinking about these things now, because what Xu Jingzong said is right, the most important thing is to solve the Zhang Hui case and find out the murderer's intentions, and everything else can be put aside.

And Ma Zhou did not object to Xu Jingzong's proposal, because he knew that what Xu Jingzong said was right, but he himself did not agree with it. On Li Ke.