Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-eight

Tong Shi's five fingers were like hooks, clasped on Yan Changchu's throat. Yan Changchu smiled awkwardly again, cleared his throat, and said to Li Qichen: "In the battle of Zeyi, you protected me and fought out of the city gate. You were shot by six arrows, and there were three sword wounds on your legs, buttocks, and back. The injury extends from the left shoulder to the right rib, and the bone can be seen deep..." "Stop talking..." Li Qichen hastily stopped Yan Changchu. Yan Changchu laughed again and said, "If I'm not Yan Changchu, the one who was saved by you in Jiang Country must not be Yan Changchu." As he spoke, he gently pushed Tong Shuai's hand away.

Tong Shui shouted: "What's going on? Could it be that your arm injury is fake?" Yan Chang Chu said: "It's not fake, but it's not completely true either. It's just a slight bone fracture, but I say it's a broken bone." Li Qichen frowned and said, "Why did you lie to us?" Yan Changchu sighed: "Forget it, this matter is also related to you, so let me tell you. When the king sent me to track down the poisoning of the son from the source of the poison, I suspected at first that Jiang Guo people did it, but I went around After returning from a detour, I found that it seems to be related to this "Tongjiao", and it seems that Concubine Fan and Tongjiao have been in contact for a long time. 'It is specially refined and prepared poisons. Moreover, they often poisoned innocent people to experiment with poison, and did a lot of unconscionable things. What is even more unbelievable is that this 'holy' who governs Tongjiao, It may be hiding in King Yang's Palace!"

Li Qichen's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "What is the origin of this Tongjiao?" Yan Changchu continued: "It has been more than 20 years since this Tongjiao appeared. There are hundreds of people teaching on the mountain, and there are tens of thousands of people scattered in various countries. He will go through fire and water for him. The headquarter of Tongjiao’s altar is in our Yang country, and the king will not let it grow and turn a blind eye. Qingdi, who is in Tongjiao, is in charge of controlling the ‘Xunying’ to refine poison Yes, ever since they made a major case of destroying villages near Fancheng, the king has sent people to keep an eye on him, and then captured him, and trained the dead to imitate his accent and behavior. Look at this 'Qingdi' on the mountain, It is the dead man of the great king. He arranged for me to come to the mountain and you to go up the mountain this time. Now he has led the congregation to search the front mountain, and I will go to the back mountain to escort you down the mountain."

Tong Shui said: "Don't talk about anything else, what's the matter with the injury on your hand, why are you fooling us?" Yan Changchu said: "I have investigated Tongjiao for the past year, and they have already alerted them, especially Tongjiao's 'Supreme Sage', I am afraid that I have doubts about me. I went in and out of the inner city palace with a wound on my hand, just to tell this person who is hiding in the palace. The 'holy' in the book, I've been recovering from my injuries recently, so I won't continue the investigation, just let them relax their vigilance. In this way, I can sneak back here to lurk."

Li Qichen sighed: "I just didn't expect that you laid down this foreshadowing as early as Jiang Guo." Yan Chang said: "You feel that you have been cheated, and you feel unhappy. I will make amends here first." Li Qichen stared at Yan Changchu with burning eyes: "It turns out that you entered the palace not only to reveal Yan Wei's life experience, but also to report the collusion between Concubine Fan and the 'Supreme Sage'." Yan Changchu smiled and said: "I'm protecting Yan Wei. Only by letting her enter the palace can I go here to go undercover in peace. Although the world is big, the only thing that can keep her safe is the palace."

Li Qichen sneered and said, "Since Concubine Fan has committed such a serious crime, she should be imprisoned in the black-clothed waiter's prison or thrown directly into prison. Then the Leng Palace only detains ordinary palace officials who make mistakes. I'm afraid it's not appropriate?" Yan Changchu sighed: "Since you have guessed it, I will say it clearly. I found out that the head of the Tongjiao, the 'Holy Sage', seems to be lurking in the Yang Palace, but I don't know who it is, so I made a plan with the king. , use Concubine Fan as a bait to see who will contact her, who will save her from trouble, or... who will kill her to silence her."

Li Qichen was a little angry, but it was inconvenient to explode in front of Yan Changchu, so he said coldly: "If Yan Wei's mother and daughter love each other deeply, and her head gets hot, and she does something, you will hurt her." Yan Changchu smiled and said: "So it's because of this to annoy me? The daughter I raised by myself, I don't know her character yet? She has never been exposed to poison since she was a child. She will never use poison to harm others, let alone He will get hotheaded and do something deviant." Li Qichen curled his lips: "After so much trouble, only one son Heng was caught. He is young, so he can't be an important figure in this Tongjiao?"

Yan Changchu heard that there was still irony in Li Qichen's words, he gave a wry smile, and sighed: "That's right... after all, I didn't find out this serious trouble." "It's Dazhu and Guiren... these two people... are the most suspicious!" It was the voice of Gongzi Cong. "My lord! You're awake!" Yan Changchu shouted. The three hurriedly gathered around to check on the situation of Young Master Cong. But seeing Gongzi Cong opened his eyes, looked around in a daze, and murmured: "Dazhu is the man behind the scenes who harmed me... my mother and concubine... You must tell Father Jun..." Then he fell asleep again.

Yan Changchu pondered for a long while before he opened his mouth and said, "That can't be wrong... After checking here, some things seem to be quite related to Dazhu..." Congratulations?Li Qichen thought about it carefully, although this person had a high status, he was unsmiling and seemed to reject everyone.He does things in a stable manner, with no merits or demerit, not to say that he won the favor of the king, but he has been stable for decades without any mistakes... This person is the one who caused himself to suffer unjust injustice and fell from the clouds to the abyss person?

"Then... this 'Holy Sage', could it be Dazhu? He is the murderer who killed Young Master Yan?" Li Qichen asked. Yan Changchu nodded: "Looking at it now, this 'Holy Sage' is probably Dazhu..." Tong Lv asked: "Didn't you say that 'Zhi Sheng' and Concubine Fan were in the same group? Why did he kill Concubine Fan's son again?" Yan Changchu looked miserable: "According to my guess, Concubine Fan had a disagreement with him, and he wanted Concubine Fan to kill the King with poison, but Concubine Fan and the King had a strong relationship and refused to obey orders, so he killed Young Master Xuan to establish his prestige and threaten him. Concubine Fan submits."

Li Qichen was startled, an indescribable feeling surged up in his heart, he was finally redressed, but for some reason, there was no sadness or joy in his heart, maybe it was because the matter had dragged on for too long, and he was already tired... ...or maybe things have gotten too complicated to see who the real culprit is... Before that, Li Qichen had guessed countless truths over and over again, but it never occurred to Li Qichen that it was another seemingly unrelated person who was coveting the country of Yang!Young Master Yan is both civil and military, praised by the government and the public, he seems to be the future son, if they want to seize power, they must first get rid of Young Master Yan.And by the way, blame yourself, kill two birds with one stone, get rid of the iron wall around yourself, King Yang, and pave the way for the seizure of power. Tong Lv asked: "But, Concubine Fan never did anything to assassinate the King?" Yan Chang Chu said: "Maybe it's not because he didn't do anything, but because he didn't succeed. After the death of the young master, the king was very careful in his daily life and diet, and didn't give Concubine Fan a chance." Li Qichen nodded: "So after Young Master Cong left, Your Majesty had no more cronies, so he had to re-enable Young Master Xuan who had been idle for many years." After finishing speaking, he looked at the sleeping Young Master Cong, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It belongs to the second son... I am afraid that from the very beginning, he was held as a trump card in Dazhu's hands, and the theory that the earth veins acupoints are born, I am afraid that it was also intentionally propagated by Dazhu, who is in charge of offering sacrifices to natural disasters. The only thing is to trap Gongzi Cong in Yin Valley and hold him in his own hands. Once he seizes power, he will be made a puppet... Connect all the things together, and everything will be so logical. Tong Shui suddenly asked, "What about Yan Wei? Is it Yan Wei or Princess Fu who went to Jiang Guo as a hostage?" Yan Changchu was stunned, and said anxiously: "Where did you hear this? Young Master Yu clearly promised me that he would never let Yan Wei go to Jiang Country!" Li Qichen said: "We heard from Du Rong that it was Princess Fu who went to Jiang Country." Only then did Yan Changchu heave a sigh of relief: "After Princess Fu took the poison, I took her pulse, and her throat suffered some damage. After ten days and a half months, she can make a sound. Others are fine. Yan Wei's Acupuncture and expelling poison can be said to be better than blue!" Li Qichen asked: "Have you seen Yan Wei in the palace? Is she doing well?" Yan Changchu shook his head and said, "I haven't seen her, and I won't see her again in the future..." Tong Su said: "You can bear it..." Yan Changchu smiled wryly and said: "After getting rid of the 'Holy Sage' hidden in the palace, I will use the status of 'Holy Holy' to control this Tongjiao for the king, and I will never see her again in this life... nor will I in the future. There is Yan Changchu again..." Li Qichen was shocked: "How do you say that?" Yan Changchu smiled and said: "Your Majesty has raised troops abroad many times in his life. He often defeats the strong with the weak, and defeats the masses with the few. Although it cannot be said that he is invincible, it can be said that he has never been defeated. This is due to the fact that our country has a large amount of military and political information from various countries. , the ghost market is one line; Tongjiao can be used as the second line. But in the past 20 years, although Tongjiao has gained a foothold in Yang Guo, this line has not been held in our hands. Our country of Yang, Jiangshan, if we can conquer Jiang and control Tongjiao in this battle, our country of Yang will be like a tiger with wings added." Li Qichen frowned, looked at Yan Changchu, not knowing what to say. Yan Changchu smiled again: "If I can find out the real culprit who killed my son, avenge my son with my own hands, and see that my daughter is entrusted with her life, I will have no regrets in this life, and the rest of my life will be at the mercy of the king." , patted Li Qichen on the shoulder, and said, "You have made great achievements in this battle, then you can go and ask the king to marry Yan Wei, and your son will speak for you." Li Qichen's eyes became hot, and he bowed deeply to Yan Changchu, but what he did was a son-in-law salute. Yan Changchu helped Li Qichen up, and said with a smile: "There is another great achievement for you, to report to the king, the 'Supreme Sage' expelled the soldiers in the valley, and replaced them all with Tongjiao people, 'White Emperor' and 'Black Emperor' are going to Using the ancient altars in the valley to perform witchcraft and curses may be detrimental to our country, please send troops to catch them all!" In the early morning of the next day, Li Qichen and Tong Shui bid farewell to Yan Changchu with Prince Cong on their backs, went down the mountain smoothly, and arrived at Huizhou City before sunset.