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"My lord, the prefect of Lu wants to see you." Mo Yi reported.

"Let him in." Chu Xuanzhao sat down on the futon in the temple.

"Yes."

"Xiaguan Road Zhong met Prince Xin."

A man in his 50s came in. He was neatly dressed in official clothes, with a long gray beard hanging down in front of him. His eyes were slightly drooping while he was talking. He raised his head and glanced at the purple-robed man in front of him. , and quickly fell down.

This is King Xin?

It turns out that Prince Xin, who is full of the capital, has such a demeanor, not to mention the incomparably noble status of Prince Xin, just this flawless handsome appearance, I don't know how many beautiful women he will be fascinated by.

"Oh? You are the local magistrate?" Chu Xuanzhao snapped open his iconic folding fan, fanned it, and looked slantingly at the magistrate Lu with his phoenix eyes.This kind of eyes like a hook, if the person kneeling in front of him is not the prefect Lu, but a girl, maybe he would have died a long time ago.

Seeing such eyes, Zhifu Lu was so startled that his entire body trembled involuntarily.

"Yes, it is the next official."

"Oh, you did a good job. You caught the thief in Lushan Temple. This is a great achievement. The court will remember you, and this king will remember you too." Chu Xuanzhao raised his eyebrows that flew into his temples.

"Yes, I thank you, my lord, for your kindness." Lu Zhong quickly kowtowed.

"Get up and talk."

"I dare not." Chu Xuanzhao was sitting on the futon. If Lu Zhong stood up, he would be looking down on King Xin. How dare he.

"Tsk." Chu Xuanzhao didn't force him anymore, "Then tell me, what is the magistrate's plan for the matter of Lushan Temple?"

"Reporting to the lord, according to the weapons that the officials found from the temple and the monks they captured, they should be raising private soldiers."

"Oh?" Chu Xuanzhao knew in his heart that they were raising private soldiers, but at the moment he could only pretend that he didn't know.

"Then, how does Prefect Lu plan to convict them?" Chu Xuanzhao asked curiously about the follow-up results of the Lushan Temple incident.

"Return to the lord, according to the results of the inspection of the captured monks, someone is raising private soldiers. This is treason and a serious crime." Prefect Lu secretly raised his eyes to glance at Chu Xuanzhao's reaction, seeing that he hadn't changed much, Only then continued, "Therefore, the lower officials can't deal with it without authorization. They can only arrest the prisoner and take him back to the capital for the Dali Temple or the emperor to rule."

"Oh? Can the prefect of Lu tell this king who is the one who committed such a serious crime? After all, this king almost died at their hands." Chu Xuanzhao looked at the prefect Lu, his phoenix eyes lightly squint.

"The lower officials have already interrogated the results, and found their correspondence in Lushan Temple,"

"Who is it?" Chu Xuanzhao raised his eyebrows.

He knew that King Teng must have personally done a lot for such a big event, and even if there was no substantive fatal evidence, there would still be many clues.What happened this time could give King Teng a blow to some extent.

"Reporting to the lord, it is Hou Zhizhou." Lu Zhifu's eyes flashed, but he still gritted his teeth and said.

He did find evidence pointing to King Teng, but it was also the prince.I am just a magistrate, although in this Zhejiang area, I can be regarded as covering the sky with one hand, but compared with the prince, I am nothing.Compared with the powerful and powerful King Teng, the romantic prince in front of him was obviously easier to deal with.

Instead of provoking King Teng, why not pretend to be ignorant now, and put everything on Hou Zhizhou. Anyway, judging by his trial, Hou Zhizhou is not innocent. , might as well bear the crime for King Teng.

If you want to come to this romantic prince, you won't know your deception, will you?It is estimated that he is just brooding over the fact that he almost lost his life.

"Prefect Hou!"

Chu Xuanzhao looked cold.

"Are you sure you didn't make any mistakes?" Chu Xuanzhao smiled, but no one could feel a smile.

He was sure that the prefect of Lu must have evidence related to King Teng, but he did not expect that he would dare to hide this matter.

Hou Zhizhou was indeed guilty of a heinous crime, but he should not bear the crime for King Teng. On this point, he undoubtedly became innocent.

Chu Xuanzhao only felt a little stuffy in his heart. The magistrate Lu didn't know what he was investigating. Even if he was sure that he had concealed something, he couldn't question him, so he could only pretend that he didn't know anything.

Do you want to watch him conceal the guilt of King Teng and convict Hou Zhizhou for the treasonous crime of raising private soldiers?Isn't this letting King Teng go?

But how can I make the magistrate Lu change his decision?Unless, I no longer conceal the matter of my own investigation, anyway, King Teng must have noticed what happened this time, and even knew a lot of his actions long ago.

Why don't you just tear it up?

"Reporting to the lord, I have absolutely made no mistakes." The magistrate Lu was shocked for a moment when he heard his rhetorical question, but he quickly calmed down, biting his conclusions, and did not intend to change his words.

"you,"

Chu Xuanzhao stood up vigorously, his chest heaving and falling.

"Chu Xuanzhao, not everything can be clearly defined in black and white in the end.Only the overall situation is the most important, don't be too demanding, don't forget what you are going to do in the end. '

In the midst of resentment, the words of the man in white before leaving clearly flashed in Chu Xuanzhao's mind, as if they were in his ears.

Chu Xuanzhao raised his hand to stroke his chest, and gradually calmed down.

Isn't everything black and white?

Only the overall situation is the most important?

And his final plan...

Could it be that the man in white had expected the final result of the Lushan Temple incident to be like this, so he reminded himself not to lose the big because of small things before leaving?

Chu Xuanzhao took a deep breath, looked down at the magistrate Lu who was kneeling on the ground, and suddenly smiled.

"You, you did a good job. When I return to the capital, I will definitely tell my father one by one. Your contribution is not small. This time, you may have prevented a big rebellion in Dayuan. My father will reward you well." .”

"Thank you, Lord Xin."

After hearing this, Zhifu Lu breathed a sigh of relief. Just now King Xin stood up suddenly, and he thought he had offended him, but it was okay.

"Okay, you go down, what to do, what to do, I have been here for a long time, and I should go to look elsewhere. I heard that there are many beauties in the south of the Yangtze River..." Chu Xuanzhao stretched out his arms , yawned and stretched, the last sentence seemed to be a sigh of anticipation.

"Yes, I won't bother the prince anymore, I will leave."

"Well, let's go." Chu Xuanzhao waved his hand.

…………

That night.

Chu Xuanzhao practiced the Huolong Jue cross-legged on the bed for more than an hour as usual, then took off his robe and lay down with only his white undershirt.

In a daze, a seemingly indistinct smell of blood rushed into his nose.The stimulation of the fishy smell made Chu Xuanzhao wake up violently.

When Chu Xuanzhao opened his eyes, he saw a dagger waved towards him. Before he had time to think about it, his body reacted quickly and moved towards the side of the bed against the wall, barely avoiding the dagger that was shining with silver light.

The dagger swung again, and Chu Xuanzhao had more time to react this time, so he jumped up quickly and dodged the dagger.It was difficult to use his figure on the bed, and Chu Xuanzhao got a cut on his shoulder while dodging left and right.

This is not the way, Chu Xuanzhao tried his best to get another swipe, and quickly flew out from between the beds.

At this time, Mo Yi and the others outside also heard the movement in Chu Xuanzhao's room, and hurried over here.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the assassin's moves became more aggressive, and he tried to assassinate Chu Xuanzhao despite being injured.

"My lord!"

However, Mo Yi and the others arrived soon.

After all, there was only one assassin, and he was easily captured by Mo Yi and the others.

Mo Yi lit the lamp in Chu Xuanzhao's house, and then everyone saw who was coming.

"It's him!" It was Mo Shiliu who said, "Go back to your lord, he is the monk from Lushan Temple who escaped!"

"It's me." The monk didn't cover his face, and he was still wearing the monk's robes. There were still a few wounds, two of which were caused by the fight just now, and the others had turned black.Presumably this was the reason why Chu Xuanzhao smelled blood at first.

"Chu Xuanzhao, King Teng saved my life, so," the monk looked at Chu Xuanzhao with dark eyes, "Even if I go to hell, I will drag you to die with me!"

"Why? I didn't hinder King Teng at all. Even when we arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he was the one who wanted to kill me first." Chu Xuanzhao looked back coldly.

"No hindrance? Do you believe what His Royal Highness said? Your existence, Chu Xuanzhao, is the biggest hindrance to King Teng!"

At this time, the monk was wearing a monk's robe, and a string of Buddhist beads was still hanging on his right wrist, but he did not look like a monk at all.The sinister eyes, the blood-stained robe, the bloody dagger at his feet, the almost crazy roar, all of these are like evil spirits from hell.

Chu Xuanzhao ignored his anger, and asked in a deep voice, "Mo Yi and the others are all guarding outside, how did you get in?"

"You won't forget where this is, right? I used to be a monk in the Bodhisattva Temple." The monk glanced at the half-opened floor beside the table.

It's a secret way, Chu Xuanzhao knows it.

"My lord!"

Chu Xuanzhao's wound dropped a drop of blood on the ground, only then did Mo Yi notice that he was also injured, and hurriedly pulled a piece of cloth from his clothes to bandage him.

"Hahaha, useless, useless! Chu Xuanzhao, you just wait to die!"

"What did you do!?" Mo Yiyi panicked, stepped forward and grabbed the monk's collar.

The monk didn't answer, but bit his tongue hard, and soon lost his breath.

Chu Xuanzhao felt that there seemed to be a double image of Mo Yi in front of him...