ancient criminal minds

Lu Zheng clenched his fist tightly. The only thing he needs to know now is who is that headless corpse?Why was he hidden in the ice room in the Lu Mansion?And why did An Zicheng and the others disguise this corpse as Li Si?

Lu Zheng walked towards Yizhuang while thinking, hoping that Dendrobium can be more helpful and find some useful clues.

However, just as Lu Zheng passed a corner, a man in black suddenly rushed towards him. The dagger in his hand flashed coldly, but it came right at Lu Zheng's chest.

Lu Zheng was startled by this change, but luckily his body reacted in time and rolled to the side.Seeing that he missed a hit, the man in black held the dagger and bullied him again. Lu Zheng had no skill, so he could only dodge in embarrassment. One careless, his left arm was cut open by the dagger, and blood gushed out immediately.

Lu Zheng gritted his teeth to hold back the pain. He was walking while thinking about things before, and he didn't notice that there was no one around. The enemy made such an ambush, and he must be killed. I'm afraid the killer is not the only one in front of him, but maybe They thought the man in black could kill him, so they didn't show up.There are three crossbow bolts on his hand crossbow, but this is his only trump card. He must ensure that he can escape after these three crossbow bolts are used up.

At this time, Lu Zheng's thinking suddenly became very clear, and he carefully calculated his physical strength and the direction of escape.He had seen the map when he first came to Qingxi County. He knew that this place was not far from the city gate. As long as he could escape to the city gate, he should be saved. The city guards had bows in their hands, so it should be no problem to deal with a few assassins. .

But even so, there were still several wounds on Lu Zheng's body. Fortunately, there was only this one killer, so Lu Zheng had a little respite.

Seeing that the man in black had been escaped by him several times, he felt a little irritated in his heart. He seized an opportunity and grabbed Lu Zheng's shoulder and dragged him back. With the other hand, he took a dagger and slashed at his neck. In the past, he didn't want Lu Zheng to bend over, and the hand crossbow in his hand was launched quickly, directly hitting the man in black's vitals.

The man in black fell to the ground with his hands on his crotch, not knowing whether he was dead or alive, but Lu Zheng's legs were almost weak after he escaped from danger, but he knew that it was not time to rest, so he could only run towards the city gate desperately with his sore legs. It was very close, and Lu Zheng's spirit lifted, but just as he was approaching the entrance of the alley, a figure suddenly appeared.

Lu Zheng's heart sank. He was afraid that he would miss the shot, so he fired twice in a row. Now there is only one arrow left on the crossbow.

But the bad news didn't stop there, two men in black also surrounded Lu Zheng from behind.The three of them flanked each other, and Lu Zheng had no chance of escaping.

Now that the matter has come to this, Lu Zheng's heart calmed down instead, his footsteps slowed down, watching the figure at the alley slowly approaching.

"It seems that I really underestimated Lord Lu." The clear and familiar voice sounded, making Lu Zheng's heart sink.

Lu Zheng looked up at the person opposite, and said his name without emotion: "Xie Chaozong."

Xie Chaozong smiled slightly: "Master Lu is well."

Lu Zheng knew that he couldn't escape today, so he simply asked, "Who are you from?"

Xie Chaozong seemed a little surprised: "At the moment of life and death, Mr. Lu didn't want to beg for mercy, but was curious about this question. It's really interesting."

Lu Zheng said coldly: "Anyway, if you beg for mercy, you won't spare me. I'd better ask something useful. At least if you die, you will know who killed it."

Xie Chaozong laughed loudly: "Interesting and interesting! I really don't want you to die."

Lu Zheng didn't speak.

Xie Chaozong probably also felt that Lu Zheng couldn't escape, so he didn't set up a killer, but took his time and said: "I heard that Mr. Lu is a young genius who has solved several major cases in Yanjing. If this is the case, you might as well guess it. What identity is it?"

"You have already obtained the treasure map in Lu Enguang's hands. If you are just asking for money, there is no need to go around such a big circle. Your ultimate goal is to provoke a war between the imperial court and the pirates." Lu Zheng took a deep breath He said, "The nameless corpse disguised as Li Si is from the imperial court. You have already bribed the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion and put the body in the ice room of the Lu Manor, but you have taken the trouble to cut off the head and pretend to be a Li Si, even asked An Zicheng to spread rumors that the murderer was a red-clothed thief, in order to make this case unsolved. The deceased had such obvious characteristics, and also carried the heavy burden of blaming Lu Enguang and even Sea Dragon King. Presumably the status will not be too low, I think, even if I don't find those clues, you will find a way to let me find out. You have a thorough understanding of human nature, and you know that the harder it is to get the evidence, the more convinced you will be. I didn't find anything, and you guys will let the housekeeper tell the story. It's a pity that I was involved in this case from the very beginning, so you have to disrupt the plan."

"And Lu Enguang killed Li Si, but he didn't expect that the body would be cut off. He took it as a warning from the Sea Dragon King, and asked you for help in a panic. You killed him, but deliberately designed an error-filled The purpose of setting the blame is to expose the fake identity you designed for Lu Enguang through my mouth, and even hand over the chart to the imperial court through my hands. The Sea Dragon King will think that the imperial court has obtained the treasure map, and Why wouldn't the imperial court take such a good opportunity to get rid of such a serious problem?" Lu Zheng sneered, "But why should I have to do this plan? I thought for a long time and finally figured it out, because you want this The person to whom the chart ultimately flows is the King of Chu."

"You have counted my temperament, and you have counted the temperament of His Majesty who is far away in Yanjing. Even the choice of the King of Chu is clear. There are not many people like this in the world, but they have such great hatred for His Majesty and the King of Chu. Not many people are interested..." Lu Zheng paused, "If I'm right, your master is King Wei."

Xie Chaozong's face changed slightly, but he clapped his hands slowly: "This analysis is really beautiful, but you are so smart, Mr. Lu, I can't let you live." Xie Chaozong said to the people behind Lu Zheng The two men in black gestured slightly.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zheng rushed towards him directly.

"Looking for death!" Xie Chaozong narrowed his eyes slightly, but he drew his sword out of its sheath and stabbed straight at Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng didn't dodge or dodge, he slammed into it directly, the tip of his sword touched a hard object and was blocked. Xie Chaozong had a bad heart and was about to back off, but Lu Zheng had already pressed the mechanism of the hand crossbow , Such a short distance is almost unavoidable, but Xie Chaozong's body directly made an iron bridge backwards, and the crossbow bolt flew out directly after rubbing against his chin.

Lu Zheng's heart suddenly sank, this was already the best way he could think of.After he saw the sword Xie Chaozong was carrying, he had such a plan. He kept the token given by Jian Yu with him all the time. He just put the token on his chest while talking to Xie Chaozong. Hitting the tip of Xie Chaozong's sword directly will definitely make him feel astonished, and people usually pause for a moment under the shock. The crossbow arrows he fired at such a close range, even if they can't kill Xie Chaozong, at least they will make him If he was injured, he could at least gain a chance of life, but who would have thought that the crossbow arrows didn't hurt Xie Chaozong at all.

It was a fluke that Xie Chaozong dodged the arrow, and in retrospect, he was sweating coldly. Thinking that he almost fell into the hands of such a powerless young man, he couldn't bear the killing intent in his heart anymore, and swiped his sharp sword towards Lu Zheng's neck over here.

Lu Zheng sighed softly, and closed his eyes resignedly.

Unexpectedly, he didn't wait for the pain of the sword piercing his neck, but instead heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Lu Zheng's eyelashes moved, he opened his eyes tentatively, and saw Xie Chaozong and the two men in black fell to the ground, and a man in green was standing beside him wiping the edge of his sword.

Seeing him open his eyes, the man in Tsing Yi smiled slightly: "Young Master Lu is shocked."

Lu Zheng couldn't believe it: "Yes... you saved me?"

The man in Tsing Yi put the sword back into its sheath, cupped his hands at Lu Zheng and said, "I'm Qingluan, I'm under the throne of Chu, and Ye Xiao's deputy commander."

Lu Zheng was stunned: "Are you from King Chu?"

Qingluan said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness ordered me to protect Young Master Lu, but I almost killed you. It is really dereliction of duty."

Lu Zheng quickly shook his hand: "No, no, I should thank you." He paused, then asked, "By the way, what's the matter with this protection?"

Qingluan scratched her head: "Just let me follow you and report your news to His Highness from time to time. Oh, if you have something to say to Your Highness, I can also convey it to you."

Lu Zheng's face turned dark, but he had just been rescued by the other party, so it was really hard to lose his temper with the other party, so he could only transfer all his anger to His Royal Highness King Chu who was far away in the northern border.

But it's not appropriate to discuss this now, Lu Zheng suppressed the anger in his heart, pointed at the corpses on the ground and said, "What should we do?"

Qingluan said: "You don't have to worry, someone will clean it up."

After he said that, Lu Zheng no longer worried, but Qingluan said, "What are you going to do next?"

Lu Zheng wondered, "How to do what?"

"That sea chart!" Qingluan took it for granted, "Since you see that King Wei has a conspiracy, what do you plan to do with that sea chart?"

Lu Zheng's face was really dark this time: "You've been there all this time?!"

Qingluan replied innocently: "Not all the time, I just came when that person said 'interesting and interesting', because I saw that you are safe and sound, so I decided to wait a little longer."

A mouthful of old blood was choked in Lu Zheng's throat, he didn't know whether it would be better to spray it directly on Qingluan's face, or to save it and spray it on Rong Zhen's face at the same time.

Qingluan actually analyzed with him very seriously: "Actually, this person's skill is not too bad, but his luck is not good, so it is really important to be right with the boss, Young Master Lu, is it right?"

Lu Zheng looked at him quietly: "No, from his end, I only saw another reason."

Qingluan immediately asked with interest: "What is it?"

"The villain died of too much talk."