Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

After Li Xu left, Xie Tian and Xie Tian looked at each other for a while, with fear in their eyes.

Mr. Xie said: "Why don't you just forget it, today is not a good time, how many eyes are watching in the palace, is it because of this that old man Zhong pretended to be sick so he couldn't come?"

Tian Dangjia was filled with righteous indignation: "It's really possible. Of course it's good if things come to fruition. He'll take advantage of the fisherman's profit. If it doesn't work out, he can push us out as scapegoats."

"But the Zhong family also has two sons and a grandson, how dare he?"

"His family doesn't have much else, and he has the most descendants. There's nothing to be afraid of if a few die. If things can really happen, the property left by that one is enough for the Zhong family to prosper for more than ten years."

"No, no, no matter how tempting this piece of meat is, it has to be swallowed. My eyelids keep twitching. I'd better go back quickly. It will be too late."

The two stood up in a hurry, one pretended to be dizzy and fell to the ground, the other pretended to have a stomachache, asked someone to report to the prince, and left in a hurry.

Liu Shu came to report cheerfully, and sarcastically said: "These two masters are so funny that they even pretended to be sick. If you hadn't told them not to embarrass them in advance, the slaves would definitely find some medical craftsmen to see them."

Li Xu felt relieved a lot at the moment. He met those two old men just now, and he could basically figure out their personalities. They were just two people who wanted to eat for free and didn't want to contribute. They are not good birds themselves.

"Did they go by themselves, or did they take all the family with them?"

"Walking together, the head of the family has all fallen, how dare they stay, in case of death, they have to stay by the bedside to listen to the last words."

Li Xu pointed at him and cursed with a smile: "Don't be so poisonous, I'm hungry, go get me some food."

"No." Liu Shu strode out, went to the kitchen to bring food in person, met Kou Xiao on the way, and asked with a good temper: "Has the general eaten?"

Kou Xiao stared at the food box in his hand, raised his eyebrows, "Your Highness hasn't eaten yet?"

"Yeah, I'm getting ready to eat."

"Let's go together then."

Li Xu went outside to show his face just now, he didn't want to have a meal with a group of people, so he just ate in the small living room in the backyard, when he saw Kou Xiao coming in, he patted the sofa beside him and asked him to sit with him.

Kou Xiao stretched his legs and leaned back after sitting down. The soft sofa was really comfortable, and he felt lazy when he sat down on his buttocks, wishing he could take off his shoes and socks and fall on it.

"My lord is probably the first one to host a host who doesn't show up. Those old guys must be nagging you for being unruly."

"This king has provided them with a one-stop service for eating, drinking and having fun. Isn't that considerate enough? I don't really want to socialize on the big day."

Liu Shu set up the meal, "My lord, take it easy, don't worry about those people outside, the slave will greet you well, and your majestic lord naturally doesn't have to entertain them."

Li Xu saw a plate of croquettes, and stuffed one into his mouth, "Go and eat something, let people watch them do nothing, just let them play."

Liu Shu left happily, Kou Xiao opened his mouth and leaned in front of Li Xu, "My lord, the general also wants to eat meatballs."

Li Xu glanced at him, pushed his face away, and stuffed the chopsticks into his hands, "Eat by yourself."

Kou Xiao sighed while eating, "I didn't expect my own husband to be inferior to a slave, it's so sad."

Li Xu said straightforwardly: "Liu Shu is from my family. You haven't started yet, so of course it's different." In the words of modern people, Liu Shu is Li Xu's family member in the household registration book, and Kou Xiao is considered outsiders.

Kou Xiao choked for a moment, and almost wanted to grab someone back and hold a wedding, and tell the world that he was the closest person to Li Xu.

The two finished their meal in silence, and someone came to clean up. Li Xu heard that the noise from the next door had gradually subsided, so he went to the next door and watched for a while through the fence. Those energetic children had already moved to the second floor. , I don’t know whether to continue playing or go to sleep.

Kou Xiao personally inspected the defense of this courtyard to ensure that there are no loopholes before rest assured. This room is full of noble children, not to mention their precious daughters, but there must be no mistakes.

"They probably don't have the guts to make trouble today." Just as Kou Xiao finished speaking, he heard exclamations from a distance, and then someone ran and shouted: "He's dead!"

Li Xu helped his forehead, punched Kou Xiao on the chest with his fist, and said dully, "I'm really worried about something."

Liu Shu had already strode to report the news, and when he ran up to him, Li Xu asked him, "What happened?"

Liu Shu took a few breaths, patted his chest and said in horror: "My lord, the water...several bodies were found in the pool, just now when the sons went into the water to catch geese, they seemed to have floated in from outside. "

The pond in the Wangfu is full of running water. At that time, for safety reasons, a channel was built for one person to swim out, but the upstream and downstream gates were locked, and it is reasonable that no corpse should float in.

"Go and find out how the corpse got in, and then find someone to confirm the identity." Li Xu took him to the pool, but was stopped by Kou Xiao, who stuffed him into the little princess's yard and took Liu Shu with him. Pushing forward, "The lord is here to wait for the news. Manager Liu must take good care of him."

Li Xu naturally disagreed. It happened at his home, so there was no reason for him to avoid it, but Liu Shu had already hugged him, "My lord, let's go and see the little princess, there is a lot of noise outside, the little princess must scared."

Li Xu pushed him away, "Okay, I promise not to leave this courtyard." He said to Kou Xiao, "Someone can send news to this king at any time."

Kou Xiao left quickly, the yard was already in a mess, but those who panicked were those useless sons and gentlemen, many experienced officials and military generals approached the pond immediately to check.

Kou Xiao knocked out a few young people who were in a panic and threw them on the ground, shouting: "Don't move! Anyone who dares to run around and scream will be beaten out with sticks."

Everyone froze when they heard Kou Xiao's voice, the scene froze for a moment, and then they heard someone crying softly.

Today, all the men were invited. Li Xu didn't invite because he didn't have a hostess at home and it was inconvenient to entertain female relatives. Moreover, he was also worried that someone would make trouble. Women are fragile and timid, so it's not good to be frightened.

In the end, he did all the calculations, but he didn't expect that some of these elders would be as cowardly as a mouse, and a few corpses were frightened to the point of shit.

Kou Xiao waved his hand and ordered: "Everyone go sit in the conference hall, and you are not allowed to move a step without the general's permission. Guo Fu, go and watch them."

Guo Fu had already rushed in with a team of people, and upon hearing this, he immediately ordered ten people to maintain order.

When Kou Xiao came to the pool, the body had already been salvaged, the pool water was disturbed and turbid, and the geese and birds playing in the water also flew away. At this time, this lively pond became very deserted.

Ji Hanyu was already inspecting the corpse, and beside him was Mr. Dong, who was in charge of the crime. Kou Xiao didn't rush there, but walked slowly around the pond.

There were many footprints left on the plank road, and there were things like purses and jade pendants dropped by someone in a panic. He asked people to go into the water to check the gates at both ends, and found that they had been opened at some time, and the locks had been forcibly broken.

Kou Xiao gave a soft "tsk" sound, and muttered: "At that time, I said that this passage was bad, and all kinds of ghosts and monsters ran in."

"General Kou, come and take a look." Ji Hanyu waved to him from the opposite side, and immediately said when someone came over: "There are five corpses found so far. I agree with Mr. Dong that the person died not long ago. He cut his throat with a sword. It was thrown into the water after death."

Kou Xiao carefully looked at the clothing and face of the corpse, because the corpse was still very clean not long after he died, he was dressed in uniform black clothes, he looked like a stranger, and he was all in his thirties.

He ordered: "Get someone to draw the faces of these five people, post them and ask anyone who has seen them. Since the household registration has been confirmed, it is difficult for neighbors to hide people. If they have appeared in the city, there must be someone." seen."

Ji Hanyu immediately asked for a pen and paper to draw the portrait himself. He is a master at calligraphy and painting, and Li Xu gave him advice, so he is a good painter, and he quickly completed the five faces.

Mr. Dong looked at each of the portraits to the corpse, and exclaimed: "Mr. Ji is such a good painter that he looks very similar. If you are free some other day, please give me some advice for my ineffective child. I have been studying for more than ten years. His paintings are not one-tenth as good as yours."

Ji Hanyu knew that his son was working under him, and because he was timid and did not dare to fight, he had to arrange for him to paint portraits of the suspects. Most of the wanted criminals posted on the bulletin boards were made by him.

"It's easy to say, your son and I are very close friends." Ji Hanyu asked people to take the portrait to the street for questioning, and then asked people to carry the body to Yizhuang.This is the palace of the prince, and it is also the housewarming banquet of the prince. It is too indecent to keep the corpse.

He turned his head and asked Kou Xiao, "Did the general find anything?"

"The gates on both sides are open. I have sent people out along the way to check, at least to determine where they entered the water."

"It's really inexplicable that this corpse came here. I thought that some thieves would take the opportunity to make trouble, but I didn't expect it to be a dead person. They didn't come here on purpose to disgust everyone!" .

"From their wounds, it can be seen that the attackers have high martial arts skills and are people they trust. Otherwise, it would be impossible to stand face to face and have their throats cut with a sword."

Master Dong looked at Kou Xiao in admiration, "I didn't expect General Kou to be able to infer these things just by looking at them. I thought they were killed by gangsters."

"Maybe it's a dog biting a dog." Kou Xiao thought about it carefully, and asked someone to call back the hidden stump who was following Tian Xie's family. He had a simple guess, maybe this matter is not too complicated.

"What did the general think of?" Ji Hanyu thought he had the answer when he saw his well-thought-out appearance.

"Wait a little longer." Kou Xiao stared at the water in the pool, saw that the water surface was stained red with blood, and asked the servants of the palace to fish up all the fish in the pool and throw them away. OK.

"Seeing blood on a happy day is a bad omen." Master Dong sighed beside him.

Kou Xiao tugged his long beard and warned: "Shut your crow's mouth, and if this general hears such words, I will throw you into the water and feed the fish."

This Master Dong has dealt with criminals and dead people all year round, and he is not very afraid of Kou Xiao, so he smiled happily: "General, the fish in this small pond don't eat human flesh."

Kou Xiao stroked his chin and said, "Your words remind me that we should raise some vicious piranhas in the pond, and see who dares to sneak in from here in the future."

Mr. Dong shook his head and reminded: "But if this happens, the people in the house will die if they fall into the pool. What if the little princess accidentally falls into the water while playing? General, what you came up with is a bad idea." .”

Kou Xiao suddenly felt that he didn't match up with this Dong, so why did he want to beat him up so much?