Shengshichun

The person who was rewarded with the dagger by the previous dynasty was not necessarily the murderer.

But when it appears on the scene, there are always traces of who holds it.

In the afternoon, the troops were divided into two groups. Liang Chen went to the Imperial Academy, while Pei Zhan went to the Hanlin Academy and got to know Liu Rong through Shen Shiyao. Unfortunately, he had already gone to the Yamen that day, so he went to Liu Rong's residence in the Hanlin Academy.

As soon as he went out, he met Liang Chen who came to look for him in a hurry.

It turned out that Liang Chen went to the Imperial Academy to inquire about Sun Luo, but found that he was no longer alive.

After further inquiry, he found that he died six years ago. Liang Chen immediately went to Sun Luo's home and asked his widow about the cause of Sun Luo's death.

He also found some of Sun Luo's relics from Sun's wife, and brought out these letters from Liu Rong.

The content of the letter was nothing special, but it showed that there was indeed still contact between him and Liu Rong, two colleagues from the old dynasty.

What is special is only the time of Sun Luo's death and the cause of his death.

That September six years ago, he died of drowning!

Pei Zhan looked at the ground coldly: "Do you think Sun Luo's death is normal? Don't try to beat around the bush, you don't have the capital."

Liu Rongdun immediately collapsed on the ground, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

He shook his head: "No, it's not normal."

"why?"

"Because, because, he once said that Captain Chen is dead."

"Who is Captain Chen?"

"That is, a general from the previous dynasty. When the Zhou army captured the capital, he was one of the defenders.

"After the city was broken, he became a prisoner and later raised horses in Taipu Temple."

"Then how did he die?"

"Poisoned..."

Pei Zhan looked at him deeply for a moment: "Who killed him?"

"do not know!"

"Then why did he die?"

"My subordinates don't know!" Liu Rong shook his head in panic, "But Sun Luo went to express his condolences after learning that Captain Chen died. When he came back, he said that he might be unlucky too!"

"Where did this come from?"

"...Captain Chen, he had a sword during his lifetime. It was a gift from his former master after he had made meritorious service! After he became a prisoner, the sword was also taken away!"

"What kind of knife is it?!" Liang Chen's expression suddenly became sharp.

"Yes, it is a dagger paid tribute by the Yi Palace of Dayue Kingdom!"

When Pei Zhan heard this, he took out the dagger from his arms: "Is that it?"

Liu Rong was suddenly shocked: "That's it! When the reward was given, Sun Luo and I were there because we were historians!"

Liang Chen clenched his right hand into a fist. He and Pei Zhan looked at each other and said, "Who took away Captain Chen's knife? Why did Sun Luo think something was going to happen to him?"

"Because Chen Duwei died in August, but his knife was seen and taken away a few months ago. Before his accident, someone suddenly warned Chen Duwei not to tell the whereabouts of the knife.

"But he died within a few days."

Pei Zhan put the knife in his arms: "So you are saying that Captain Chen was silenced by the person who took away his knife?"

Liu Rong nodded heavily. “On what day in August did he die?”

Liu Rong thought for a while and said: "August fourteenth! I remember very clearly that the next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sun Luo came to me in a hurry and said that he had just come back to express his condolences to Captain Chen and that Captain Chen was poisoned to death. Yes! So maybe something will happen to him, because Sun Luo also knows who took the dagger away! The key is that Captain Chen is on good terms with him!"

There was sudden silence in the room.

After a moment, Pei Zhan said slowly: "Who is the person who took the knife?"

"He didn't tell me!" Liu Rong held his head, "He really didn't say it! But, this knife was taken away on the street! Captain Chen is good at martial arts and can take the knife from him, I think Either you have power, you have power, or you have ability! No matter which one I can't afford to offend!

"I have always been timid and fearful of getting into trouble. Sun Luo still keeps in touch with his former colleagues, but I have only had contact with him! So I don't dare to inquire about such dangerous things!"

His whole body shrank into a ball, and when illuminated by the weak oil lamp, he looked even more humble and pitiful.

Pei Zhan and Liang Chen looked at each other, stood up, turned around and walked out of the door.

When they arrived outside the courtyard gate, they pushed back the guards who were guarding them.

Then he suddenly turned around, climbed up the wall with great tacit understanding, and quietly came to the outside of the previous house.

Liu Rong in the room had stretched his body after they left, and was sitting on the ground panting, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

After a while, he stood up from the ground, picked up the clothes that had fallen to the ground and put them on his body. He took a long breath in front of the light and returned to his normal expression.

He picked up a few letters left on the table, opened them one by one and read them, then moved closer to the fire and burned them.

"Brother Sun, you are too careless..."

After reciting this sentence in a low voice, he turned around and immediately fell to the ground in shock!

The two tall and majestic figures that looked like gods had apparently left just now, but they didn't know when they had returned to us again!

"You know who killed Sun Luo."

The words that came out of Pei Zhan's mouth were not questions, but determination, and even a bit sarcastic: "If you are so timid, how could you still leave these letters in the Sun family?"

He looked down at the dagger in his hand: "Tell me, whose hand the dagger ended up in? You know that our hands have been stained with the blood of thousands of people."

Liu Rong's face was as white as a sheet of paper. He trembled several times and could not form a complete sentence...

……

Fu Zhen had thought about Prince Rong's Mansion many times before.

Before her death, Yongping had been eyeing Xu Yin, and his goal was to gain a high position. Although Fu Zhen didn't know how many benefits he had gained through this marriage, there was no doubt that Prince Rong's Mansion was a platform for him to move forward.

In other words, what he got through Prince Rong's Mansion was worthy of Xu Yin, who was full of power, to abandon Liang Ning and the Liang family at that time.

The unexpected news she heard from the royal wife repeatedly brought out her doubts.

It was already late at night when Liang and Zhi were sent back to Ning's house. They tossed and turned for a long time and didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.

Thousands of scenes in the dream passed by like a revolving lantern, and Zi Yan pushed her awake: "Girl, Little General Cheng is here!"

Fu Zhen opened his eyes and saw the bright light outside the window, and jumped up: "What time is it?"

"It's already time!"

Zi Yan took some clothes for her to put on as she said: "General Liang is also here. They seemed to have something urgent. As soon as they arrived, they urged us to call the girl! - Hey, please slow down. Stop knocking!"

How can Fu Zhen slow down?

She walked to the front hall while getting dressed and shuffling her shoes: "How is it?!"

"Sure enough, there is a big problem!" Liang and Cheng greeted her: "Before Zhang Shicheng was promoted to the garrison, he was the commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division!

"And it was Zhang Shicheng who led the night shift on the days when the murder in Baiyu Hutong occurred!"