Placid Chang'an

Su Cen frowned, for a moment he was not sure whether Feng Yiming's words were sincere, or he was lying to him again - if it was true and Li Shi was involved, why did he let him investigate?If it was fake, why could he feel Feng Yiming's deep pain.

There was no way to comfort him, Su Cen felt that no matter what he said, he looked like a villain who was gloating at other people's misfortunes, so he could only return to the case and ask straight to the point: "What does Tian Pingzhi have to do with the prince?"

"Up to now, you still naively think that Tian Pingzhi's case is as simple as a human life?" Feng Yiming smiled coldly. Do you think you can solve this case yourself?"

"What does Tian Pingzhi have to do with the lord?" Su Cen frowned and asked again word by word, "When Tian Pingzhi died, the lord was still at the border, busy with the battle of the surrendered city, how could he be with a man far away?" Does it matter that there are no officials who have been admitted thousands of miles away?"

"Believe it or not," Feng Yiming smiled helplessly, "You will hurt him."

The stars changed, the crescent moon disappeared, and the sky was bright. Su Cen was silent for a moment, and when he looked up again, his eyes were clear, "You go."

"What?" Feng Yiming was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Cen in disbelief after regaining consciousness, suddenly he didn't understand what this person meant.

"I'll go to him and ask him if it's related." Su Cen bypassed Feng Yiming and walked back, "You go, go back to your Yangzhou, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Feng Yiming frowned and looked at the straight back in front of him, and asked aloud, "Aren't you going to catch me?"

"It's more useful for you to stay in Yangzhou than in prison." Su Cen walked forward without turning her head, and disappeared into the deep twilight.

Feng Yiming stared at the place where Su Cen disappeared, with almost mad jealousy in his eyes.It is said that running water is ruthless, and Luo Hua has intentions, obviously they are all Luo Hua who are beyond their control, why can he say so frankly, "Go to him and ask for clarification"?

Thinking to the end, Feng Yiming smiled self-deprecatingly, so it was still different after all.

When Su Cen came out of the tribute courtyard, it was still dark, the morning drum of Chang'an City had just sounded, it was time for the city gate to open, and most of the people were still sleeping soundly.Su Cen walked alone on the deserted street, with no one around, walked through the market under the surprised eyes of the gatekeeper, and headed straight for Xingqing Palace.

Li Shi had just gotten up when he arrived, and the sandalwood scent in the room hadn't dissipated, so Li Shi put on a robe casually, with his chest slightly open, and said, "I'm back."

It's "coming back", not "coming".

Su Cen thought in his heart that indeed, to discuss with Qi Lin was to seek skin from a tiger, and if Qi Lin knew about it, it was equivalent to Li Shi knowing about it.

But Li Shi neither stopped nor concealed, he should have tacitly allowed him to go.

"Is it Feng Yiming?"

Su Cen nodded slightly, and heard Li Shi continue to ask: "How did you deal with it?"

"I asked him to go back to Yangzhou." Su Cen said, and frowned just after finishing speaking, "Or do you have other arrangements?"

Li Shi sat down and had his hair tied by the maids, his stern face showed a bit of tenderness through the bronze mirror, he seemed to raise his eyebrows and smiled, "I've said it all, your case is up to you."

Su Cen seemed to be attracted by those deep eyes and bewitched by that low voice. He stepped forward step by step without being particular. He sat on the ground and leaned his head on Li Shi's lap, like a child who was a little confused.

Li Shi raised his hand to pick the slightly thin chin, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Cen raised his head, looked directly at Li Shi's eyes that could drown people in them, and suddenly didn't know how to speak.

But in the end, rationality prevailed over selfishness, and he asked Li Shi, "Do you know Tian Pingzhi?"

Li Shi moved his hand to Su Cen's back, and gently stroked along the spine, "Didn't you say that he is an official who went to Beijing to rush for the exam, the son of the Tianji store?"

"And before that? Did you know him when he was still alive?"

Li Shining frowned as if thinking for a while, then shook his head after a while, "I don't know."

A stone fell to the ground in Su Cen's heart, and he let out a long sigh of relief.Since he got to know Li Shi, he has asked many questions, casually, questioning, seductive, pressing, and if he didn't want to answer, Li Shi would avoid him, but he never lied to him.

Therefore, it was Feng Yiming who lied to him, Li Shi really didn't know Tian Pingzhi, and this matter had nothing to do with Li Shi.

Su Cen rested on Li Shi's lap, and suddenly felt very at ease. Maybe it was because the sandalwood in the room hadn't dispersed, and now he had an attack, or maybe it was because something on his mind had settled down, and his mind finally relaxed. The moment sleepiness hit, Su Cen almost lost all resistance.

Li Shi raised his hand to let the maid on the side back down, hugged him by the waist, and sent him back to the bed.

Before leaving, he looked at the peaceful and peaceful face for a while, his index finger went around a strand of hair hanging down the side of the face, loosened it a little, and then slipped away from the fingertips. The sleeping person was unconscious and stable as before.

Li Shi got up, led the door out, and ordered Qi Lin to go to Dali Temple to ask for leave.

At three o'clock in Maoshi, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty passed Danfeng Gate to participate in the court discussion. King Ning's chariot drove up slowly, and the ministers stood back and stood on both sides, waiting for King Ning's chariot to go first.The majestic Danfeng Gate opened its mouth like a beast from the abyss, swallowing everything in its path into that resplendent cage.Li Shi suddenly remembered the question that Su Cen asked in the morning. How could it be possible to distinguish the open and dark arrows in this door by saying whether they recognize each other or not?

It was past noon when Su Cen woke up, and Qu Ling'er told him that Feng Yiming had left when he woke up.After Su Cen listened calmly, without saying a word, she turned her head and ordered the servants to get him something to eat.After simply eating something, I rushed to Dali Temple. I thought that Zhang Jun would pull me over and explain the truth earnestly. I never thought that Zhang Jun would leave with someone in a hurry as soon as I entered the temple gate, without even giving him a look. .

"What happened?" Su Cen pulled Xiao Sun who was about to go back after watching the excitement, "Why are there so many people?"

"It seems that some high-ranking official was assassinated at home." Xiao Sun turned his head and clicked his tongue twice. "It seems that it is not good to be a big official. It is not safe to live in your own home."

Su Cen followed Xiao Sun back and asked, "Which official?"

Xiao Sun shook his head, "That's not clear," he smiled apologetically at Su Cen, "I just listened to it, Mr. Zhang wouldn't tell me a handyman about this kind of thing."

After bidding farewell to Xiaosun and coming to my room, Ning Santong happened to be there too. Seeing him coming over to say hello, he casually sat down on Su Cen's desk and said to him, "I heard that Brother Feng has returned to Yangzhou?"

"You are very well informed," Su Cen looked up at Ning Santong while tidying up the files on the desk. Feng Yiming only left in the morning, and Ning Santong received the news in the afternoon, so it can be said that he was not slow.

"He came to see me in the morning, but he didn't say anything, and finally gave me a new box and left." Ning Santong wondered, "Later, I felt that he seemed to have something to say to me, so I went to him again. , your servants told me that he has left."

Su Cen understood that Feng Yiming's use of Ning Santong was a last resort, and it was difficult to say "sorry" afterwards, so the proud person left alone in the end, without even a farewell person.Su Cen felt sorry, and helped to explain: "He has something urgent in Yangzhou, so he left first."

Ning Santong nodded without hesitation, "No wonder."

He asked again: "Where's the body of Tian Pingzhi you mentioned earlier? Didn't you say you found it? Don't you plan to let me see it?"

Su Cen jumped up with a "chuckle".

He had forgotten that Tian Pingzhi's body was still buried behind the Gongyuan!

They called Shangning Santong and called several familiar government servants. Taking advantage of Mr. Zhang's absence, a group of people, led by Su Cen, left their posts and came to the jujube trees at the back of the tribute courtyard with shovels and hoes on their shoulders. All of them looked excited, they didn't look like they came to dig up a corpse, but rather like they came to dig up some treasure hidden in the ground.

Su Cen repeatedly emphasized the seriousness of this case, which was different from any other case he had handled before.After the persuasion was fruitless, they could only let them pick up the shovel and work in full swing.

The holes dug by Feng Yiming's people just helped to eliminate some places, and the whole ground became devastated in a short while.

After digging for about a few cups of tea, someone suddenly exclaimed: I found it!

Su Cen's eyes lit up, and he immediately dropped the hoe in his hand and looked over.

I saw a section of white bones buried in the soil, just one step away from the big hole that Feng Yiming and the others dug earlier.

It took a lot of effort for several people to dig out the whole body and display it in a flat place beside it. Ning Santong was responsible for arranging the excavated bones neatly according to their original positions. , a complete corpse appeared in front of everyone.

"Can you see anything else?" Su Cen approached and asked.

"The deceased was about seven feet three in length. He was a male. Judging from the age of the bones, he should have been no older than 30 years old when he died. As for the cause of death..." Ning Santong frowned and shook his head, "Because the body rotted, only the bones remained. , I have to take it back and take a good look before I can draw a conclusion, but don’t expect too much, and I can’t guarantee that I will see anything.”

Su Cen nodded, knowing in his heart that after more than ten years, the possibility of finding evidence from the corpse is very slim, but at least he can be taken out of the cage where he has been imprisoned for more than ten years, which can be regarded as an explanation to Old Man Tian .

"It's getting late, let's take the body back to the temple first."

Someone took out the sack that had been prepared a long time ago and carefully put the bones in. He carried the sack on his back with great strength, and didn't mind the full bag of bones clinging to his back, and walked back with big strides.

After walking a few steps, there was a soft sound, and a bone fell out of the sack. Fortunately, Su Cen and the others walked last, so they didn't miss it.

"Whoever found the sack is missing." Su Cen frowned, and asked someone to put down the sack for a closer inspection, only to find a hole in one corner bitten by a mouse, and the bone fell out of it.

Su Cen simply tied up the gap with a grass rope, and he was sure that there were no missing bones before he was relieved. He was about to put back the bone that fell out before, but Ning Santong grabbed his wrist.

Ning Santong stared at the bone in Su Cen's hand almost stubbornly, and slowly took it.

Everyone stood holding their breath, watching the expression on Ning Santong's face change from doubt to seriousness, and finally return to silence, elusive.

"What's wrong?" Su Cen asked in a low voice.

"I know how Tian Pingzhi died." Ning Santong held the bone in his hand, "He should have been alive when he was buried in the soil."