Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 7 Stagnation
Seeing Xu Chaozong galloping on horseback, Li Quan was quite surprised. "Lieutenant Xu, what's the matter in such a hurry?"

"I've seen Si Zhi!" Xu Chaozong reined in the reins, hurriedly got off his horse and crossed his hands to salute, "It's a golden lock—uh." Halfway through the words, he realized that Bai Sanxiu beside him was not Li Yu's mansion. "You are from Huayue Tower..."

"The county lieutenant said it's okay."

"...Yes. It's Zhao Qiuji's little golden lock, it...it's gone again."

Li Quan frowned slightly: "I've already tied a yellow paper talisman on the golden lock, which can temporarily calm it down. If I don't teach it to escape, how could it disappear?"

Xu Chaozong showed embarrassment, "It's a small official in the county who accidentally scattered the talisman paper, and only found out that the golden lock was missing this morning."

Li Guan is probably quite used to this kind of thing, and he just nodded and said, "I see. Thank you, County Commander Xu, for a visit. How is the sales status of the golden lock?"

"The verification has been completed, and compared with the list of the three top guests in Beili, King Liang, the former Shangshu Youcheng Lord Li, and the Household Minister Lu Lord have all bought this kind of longevity lock."

"Didn't you alarm the person involved?"

"No, please don't worry."

"Okay. If Jinsuo continues to cause trouble, it is most likely to appear in Huayue Tower. Please pay more attention to the county captain."

"Should be, should be. When I go back, I will tell my subordinates to pay attention to Huayue Tower and the mansions of Liang, Li and Lu."

Seeing that Li Yan didn't blame him, Xu Chaozong secretly shook off a cold sweat, said his goodbyes and hurried back to the county to assign tasks.Bai Sanxiu looked at the dusty back and asked, "Why did Lord Xu say 'again'?"

"After Miss Zhao's accident, Jinsuo was stored in Wannian County as evidence, and only appeared in Huayue Tower after disappearing for no apparent reason."

"Will the evidence haunt the murderer's house?"

"not sure."

"If this case is a monster, I will take revenge."

Li Quan was indifferent to her naive thoughts. "If that's the case, half of the prison officers will lose their jobs. I'm going to Yingmao, and Miss Sanxiu should go back soon."

After all, he also got on his horse and left in the dust.

Bai Sanxiu turned to ask Li's servant: "When will Si Zhi come back?"

"It's about the same time from the end of You to the beginning of Xu."

"Ah? At this time of year, isn't the general official's break-up time in Shenchu?"

"My adults are diligent in their official duties and always come home late."

"In the past few days, did Si Zhi come back later than usual?"

"how do you know?"

"I guess." Bai Sanxiu smiled, thanked the servants, and rode her little donkey back home.

The early spring morning was still chilly, with the cold wind blowing, Bai Sanxiu sneezed several times, couldn't help wrapping her clothes tightly, and urged the little donkey to walk faster.But this chilly morning breeze helps to clear the mind.

Now that all the clues have gathered to King Liang, it is very likely that King Liang or his network is the key to this serial murder case.As for the motivation, it seems to be related to the love between men and women.

But this raises new questions.If it was just to cover up the chaos and abandonment, a person of King Liang's status would not need to do such a thing, let alone the three victimized women in Beili, who had no intention of pursuing it at all.

If the assailant was an insider of these past affairs, what motive did he have for successive murders?
The emergence of King Liang is a major development in the case, but at the same time, it is also a bad signal.This means that the investigation of the case will soon be deadlocked or even stagnant.Because although King Liang has no real power, he is a relative of the emperor after all. With the rank of Wannian County, he will never make trouble for himself.

If her predictions are correct, this case will soon be like the previous cases, and after investigation, there will be no further details.As for Li Guan, she is not sure whether he will continue to follow up and supervise.

It seems that if she wants to avenge Zhao Qiuji, she has to add fuel to the flames at the right time.

(End of this chapter)