From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Sixty-seven bodies cannot include the traitor, which means that the murderer deliberately left the assassin's body to make up the number in order to cover up the truth.

Once this logic is figured out, there is a breakthrough.

Zhuang Sizhu stood up, his eyes were like lightning, and he said in a serious tone: "Peng Quezi, go check the bodies immediately. If there are clues, you will be considered a meritorious service and let you go free."

An old man stood up, limped out without saying a word.

Zhuang Sizhu continued: "Gather people and be ready to act at any time. Once you have a target, set off immediately."

"Send someone to monitor the movements of key figures. This is a time to race against time."

A group of people each had a task, and they all rushed out.

Until then, the head of the village looked at Zhou Yuan and smiled, "It's true to his reputation. Just a few words solved the problem we have been facing for half a month. I hope the body can give us some information."

"That lame Peng is very skilled in martial arts. He used to be a gangster and knows many ways. As long as the corpse leaves any information, he can't hide it."

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice, "The governor was assassinated, which is a sign of rebellion, and it happened in the past few days."

"Oh?"

The head of the village narrowed his eyes and said, "You can see this? You have some political wisdom."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said lightly, "Assassinating an official of the court, and a second-rank official, only people in the martial arts world dare to do such a thing. The body must belong to a bribed martial arts master."

The head of the village said, "So I asked Peng to identify it."

Zhou Yuan said, "After finding out the sect, arrest him immediately and torture him."

Zhuang Sizhu sighed and said, "It's unnecessary. Assassinating an official of the imperial court is a capital crime. What can we interrogate? It's not like we don't know the mastermind behind the scenes."

"And these people in the underworld can't possibly know the specific plan of the mastermind behind the scenes."

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Who told you that I want to interrogate who is the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Zhuang Sizhu asked in confusion, "What else do you want to know?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Interrogate... where is the person they are protecting recently! Then go immediately and kill the protected person!"

At this point, he laughed and said softly, "Zhuang Sizhu, do you think that rebellion does not need a pretext?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Sizhu's face changed drastically, and she was shocked and said, "Is there such a harvest!"

She turned around and ran out without hesitation, obviously preparing to arrange some things.

Zhou Yuan was not in a hurry, but walked out of the hut and came to the hall to drink tea.

At this moment, Xiaoying, who had tiger teeth, limped over, with a sad face and tears in the corners of her eyes.

"I say, you are too useless."

Xiaoying felt very aggrieved, pouting and said: "If you had a little skill, I couldn't hurt you, and the chief would not punish me."

"I wanted to test your skills, but I didn't expect to test my butt."

At this point, she couldn't help rubbing it, and she grimaced in pain.

This amused Zhou Yuan, who couldn't help laughing and said: "I almost lost my life, so what's wrong with you getting beaten."

Xiaoying shook her hair, and the various beads on her wrists rang.

"I know my limits, so I won't hurt you."

"It's just that you are too incompetent, I won't play with you in the future."

Her mind was still at the stage of playing or not playing, so Zhou Yuan was very curious about her age.

She looked like she was only 13 or 14 years old, but she must be older than that to be able to work here.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help asking, "Qingying said you are a Miao, where are you from?"

Xiaoying tilted her head and said, "Shuixi, in the house."

Shuixi? Zhou Yuan remembered, isn't that Guizhou?

Guizhou should be impacted by the chieftains of Guangxi now. Four years ago, Dajin was forced to establish the Shuixi chieftain, wanting to use the conflicts between the chieftains to contain each other.

This strategy achieved significant results in a short period of time, causing the chieftains of both sides to fight each other and suffer heavy casualties.

But since last year, the Shuixi chieftains have begun to unite, and Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan have been impacted one after another.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "How old are you? You have such a good skill and come out to serve the court."

He mainly wanted to know what the southern chieftains were like.

But Xiaoying didn't answer, just blinked her eyes and walked away pinching her pigtails.

She was very thin, walked briskly, and her eyes were dark and bright, giving people a sense of eccentricity.

"Don't mention family matters in front of Xiaoying anymore."

Ye Qingying appeared at some point and sighed softly, "Her family is all gone."

Zhou Yuan was slightly shocked, and then asked in confusion, "Died in a chieftain conflict?"

"Yes, three years ago, more than 20 people in the family were all gone."

Ye Qingying said, "SoEveryone felt sorry for her. She made a mistake and was just spanked and taught a lesson. "

"She is good at fighting, and is also proficient in poison and hidden weapons. She can't suffer any loss in kung fu, but she is too stupid."

Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Stop chatting, the boss is looking for you, come with me."

The two of them went out and arrived at the front yard of the farm, only to see that the boss was already waiting anxiously.

Seeing Zhou Yuan, she whispered, "The eighteen bodies are fake! Peng Quezi recognized three of them, all of whom were monks from Lingyin Temple, but they suddenly returned to secular life a few years ago."

"The difficulty now is that we can't put the account of the monks who returned to secular life on the head of Lingyin Temple, that makes no sense."

"This means that the clue is broken. "

Her expression was very anxious, because she knew too well how important this matter was. After Zhou Yuan's hint, she saw the hope of stopping the rebellion, which could be said to be a huge surprise.

It was too unwilling to let the clues go.

"Say something!"

Zhuang Sizhu couldn't help stamping his feet.

Unconsciously, the active relationship between her and Zhou Yuan had been reversed.

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "Since they are masters, it is impossible for Jinyiwei to have no records. Maybe they can find out where they went after returning to secular life, but this way is not feasible."

"Because the previous Xiao Que must have colluded with the rebels, he may have destroyed those files."

"The people who should be asked are the bald donkeys in Lingyin Temple. They are the ones who experienced the incident firsthand and must know some of the inside story."

"At the same time, we can also find the family of the deceased through the monks in Lingyin Temple and get clues. "

Zhou Yuan raised his head, looked at the setting sun, and said, "Let's go, let's go worship Buddha, burn incense, and make a wish to the Bodhisattva, hoping that the monks can give us the answer."

"If not, then we will send them to see the Buddha!"

The murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the Zhuang Sizhu, and then returned to normal.

She looked at Zhou Yuan and couldn't help saying, "Logically speaking, people like you shouldn't be buried. A Jinyiwei centurion is too much of a waste of talent."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "So it depends on you. I have made a lot of contributions this time. You should say a few good words in front of the Saint King, so as not to make my future so difficult."

Zhuang Sizhu snorted, "The Saint King is wise and knows his limits."