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Chapter 720: Three treacherous ministers gather together

Huaiyi stiffened his neck and said angrily:

"You little slave, if you have the guts, just kill me. Don't even think about getting any information from me!"

Li Cunxi was too lazy to talk nonsense and waved his hand.

"Drag him away and beat him hard until he's willing to talk."

Huaiyi was still cursing Li Cunxi, but his voice was getting farther and farther away and smaller.

Li Cunxi glanced at the abbot and asked:

"Abbot, who are the people around Huaiyi?"

The abbot counted on his fingers and said:

"Servants, maids, boy catamites, young women, and four martial arts masters are protecting him."

"The total number is probably close to a hundred people."

Huan Bin held his sword at his waist and interrupted:

"When I was setting up defenses in the small courtyard and the back garden, I personally killed a martial arts master. This means that there are only three martial arts masters around him now."

Li Cunxi understood and nodded: "Then hang up those three martial arts masters and beat them up, and then ask them if they know anything."

"I'll make arrangements right away."

Huan Bin turned around and left, taking Pan Yue with him.

Since he had nothing to do anyway, Li Cunxi simply strolled around the back garden with his hands behind his back.

After another half hour, several figures walked into the back garden, and the one leading them was Wu Yanhao, who had already been promoted to the rank of Duke.

After Wu Yanhao greeted everyone, he squatted down at the edge of the pit and looked at the headless corpse in the light of the torch.

After a while, he said with a smile:

"Male, died no more than twenty-four hours ago."

Li Cunxi was standing not far away. When he heard this, he immediately laughed.

"Brother Yanhao, I just noticed this. Can you tell me something I can't see?"

"Uh... this must be a monk."

"How to say?"

"My intuition tells me that this must be a monk." Wu Yanhao lowered his head and looked again. "The men under Huaiyi are all numbered. It would be difficult for someone to impersonate him."

Li Cunxi was stunned. He didn't expect that Wu Yanhao's entry point was the number of men under Huaiyi.

Before this, Li Cunxi had never thought that this could be a starting point.

Wu Yanhao stood up and said, "Everyone in the court knows what happened to Huaiyi. The four martial arts masters under his command were all sentenced to death."

"His men rarely go out. It's impossible for ordinary people to kill someone quietly under his command."

"What's more, this place is too close to that small courtyard. It would be too difficult for someone to kill his people and then bring them here quietly to bury them."

"At least second-rate masters can't do this."

"The most important thing is that Huaiyi's people rarely leave that small courtyard."

Wu Yanhao looked at the brightly lit small courtyard and thought that the information his father had found was indeed useful.

Li Cunxi walked over and hooked his arm around Wu Yanhao's shoulder:

"In other words, this is definitely a monk?"

Wu Yanhao nodded seriously: "I dare to conclude!"

"Just your words are enough." Li Cunxi let go of Wu Yanhao. "Master Abbot, are all the monks in the main hall now?"

"Yes." The abbot's hands trembled. "Before I was invited here, General Han ordered the soldiers to guard the place tightly and not allow anyone to enter or leave."

"Very good, then let's go there now. Qi Hu, go and invite General Huan Bin to the main hall."

"Yes!"

……

Luoyang.

Taichu Palace, north of Yongxiang.

The Ganlu Palace, which was originally quiet, became even more eerie and terrifying after the arrival of three officials whose identities were too sensitive.

The leader was wearing armor and knelt on one knee towards Wu Zetian.

"Your Majesty, I, Qiu Shenji, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

The other two followed suit and knelt down in greeting.

"Your Majesty, I, Zhou Xing, pay my respects to you."

"Your Highness, I, Lai Junchen, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian stood with her hands behind her back, looking at the three people, with a barely perceptible smile on her lips.

"Shen Ji, Lu Tong, one of your men, is currently assisting Huan Bin in setting up defenses at Hanguang Temple. However, a body was discovered there. I intend to transfer you there to help Huan Bin complete the defense of Hanguang Temple."

Qiu Shenji is the general of the Left Jinwu Guard and Lu Tong's immediate superior. If anything happens to his younger brother, he is absolutely responsible.

Although that younger brother may not have a good relationship with him, he still has to pretend, otherwise he will be laughed at by other generals.

"I am willing to go. Later, I will dispatch a thousand Left Jinwu Guards to Hanguang Temple to obey the command of General Huan Bin."

"Well, it's good that you think so." Wu Zetian nodded. "Zhou Xing, you are the Minister of Justice. This murder case cannot be ignored. Use all your means. Whoever the King of Qin tells you to interrogate, you will interrogate him."

Zhou Xing was in a dilemma and didn't want to face Li Cunxi.

But after all, this was sent by the emperor himself. Even if he died on the way, his body would be taken to Hanguang Temple.

"I understand."

Zhou Xing clasped his fists in response and began to think about how to face the King of Qin who was at the peak of his power.

Of course, he didn't know that Lai Junchen, the student kneeling behind him, was even more panicked than he was.

"Lai Junchen, although you are now the Chief Censor, this is not your original profession after all. This time, you must join forces with Zhou Xing and his students to find the real culprit."

Lai Junchen was panicked and had a bad feeling when he heard Wu Zetian's words.

The three most cruel officials of this dynasty gathered together, and they still had to face the descendants of the Li family?

What kind of large Shura field is this!

Li Cunxi is now at the peak of his career, so why would these people, who are like rats in the gutter and are harming the descendants of the Li family, jump out?

What if Li Cunxi is unhappy with them and chops off their heads with a single blow? Where can they seek justice?

Lai Junchen looked up quietly and met Wu Zetian's smiling eyes.

A chill ran down his spine, and he bowed his head in worship.

"Sir, obey!"

"You should leave quickly, so as not to delay the incense burning tomorrow."

Qiu Shenji bowed again and walked away.

He had been quiet for several years and thought that no one in the court would impeach him. He also thought that the emperor would let him enjoy his old age. However, he didn't expect that he would not be able to escape what he was supposed to.

It would be a miracle if Li Cunxi could be so magnanimous as to let him go, as he was an outsider who had attempted to murder the descendants of the Li family many times.

Do you really think everyone is Wu Chengsi?

"Master, what should I do?"

"Let's take one step at a time."

Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen left Ganlu Palace, feeling hopeless.

……

People in the main hall were already in a panic.

Before the abbot left, he asked everyone to recite scriptures, but some people were already unable to sit still.

Standing outside the main hall, Li Cun looked at the monks inside and asked:

"So, all the monks are in there? Not a single one is missing?"

The abbot had counted the number of people in advance and confirmed that no one was missing, so he gave a positive answer.

"Okay, let's go in."

In the majestic Main Hall, very few monks sit down to chant scriptures, and most of them are whispering to each other.

Seeing the abbot come in with several people dressed in officials intensified their discussion.