Placid Chang'an

Seeing the momentary hesitation on Liu Zhen's face, Su Cen knew that he guessed right again.It is not a problem for him to memorize the full text verbatim, let alone the topic, but Liu Zhen hesitated, so it is not that Liu Zhen's scientific examination questions were not found in the archives of the Ministry of Rites. accidental.

Liu Zhen stopped in his tracks and stared at Su Cen, "Do you suspect that I killed Tian Pingzhi?"

"I don't dare, it's just that this case has something to do with Liu Xiang. I just want to get rid of the suspicion and clear Liu Xiang's suspicion as soon as possible." Su Cen lowered his eyebrows and looked down, really looking gentle and harmless... If it weren't for this, the man had just bit him hard.

"The lower official heard that Liu Xiang had a brother-in-law named Wu Deshui, who was a gatekeeper in Dongshi. It was verified that Wu Deshui opened the gate for the murderer on the night of the incident. Know about this?"

Liu Yu got up and wanted to leave, "That's just an elder brother of my concubine, I have never had any contact with him, what will he do to me when he dies?"

Su Cen followed immediately, "But the wine that choked him to death that day was the Luzhou tribute wine Huanglu. How can he drink the tribute wine in the palace as a doorman?"

"The bitch in the family usually brings some things to take care of her natal family. I never ask about these things."

Su Cen's expression turned serious, "We caught a man in black who instigated old man Tian to commit the crime. That man confessed that Liu Xiang was the murderer who killed Tian Pingzhi back then. How would Liu Xiang explain?"

Liu Xi paused, and glanced coldly over, poisoned as if he wanted to nail Su Cen to this dragon's tail road.At the end, he smiled coldly, "It seems that Su Caizi, who used the opposition party to compete for the title, is now standing in line."

Su Cen replied indifferently: "Whether I stand in line or not, what we pay attention to in solving a case is the actual evidence."

"Then I would like to ask Mr. Su, who investigated your case with you? Where is the man in black now? Was it you who interrogated him personally or someone else's one-sidedness? Mr. Su, don't forget, when I was in the scientific examination, I I'm just an ordinary official, I have the ability to come out of the dormitory to kill people, and there will be someone to help me cover up the traces afterwards?"

"..." Su Cen froze in place.

Qi Lin followed him to check Wu Deshui's residence in Guiyifang that day, and it was Qi Lin who led the clues to Liu Jue through the wine jar and bedding.The man in black was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Xingqing Palace. The news was passed on to him by Qu Ling'er, but it was said that the man had already been tortured badly. Could it be possible that he had already been tortured and falsified his statement?

Liu Yu patted Su Cen on the face, "Don't be self-righteous when others take advantage of it for no reason. You will be the one who hurts you in the end."

Su Cen slowly came back to his senses when everyone had gone far away, his fingertips were cold and trembling slightly.Looking into the distance, dense clouds climbed up from the east and covered the roof of Huae Xianghui Building in Xingqing Palace, and it looked like a heavy rain was pouring down.

Su Cen finally returned to the Su residence before the heavy rain came. Just as he entered the door, there was a muffled thunder and the rain poured down.

Su Cen said in his heart that it was dangerous, and before he could catch his breath, he heard the courtyard door slamming softly, and one person came to the front with a sky blue silk umbrella, a pair of faint eyes were protruding from the umbrella.

Qu Ling'er came out of the back room yawning when she heard the door knock, and asked as she walked, "Brother Su, did the face-to-face go well? The little emperor..." Seeing the visitor, he was stunned, and the next moment he was like a frightened cat. He rushed back to the back room in a hurry, afraid that Qi Lin was here to arrest him and take him back to the dungeon.

Qi Lin glanced at the room from the corner of his eye, and said to Su Cen flatly, "I want to see you."

What should be hidden is still unable to hide, Su Cen sighed secretly in his heart, and said: "Then guard Lao Qi wait for me to change clothes."

Su Cen went back to her bedroom, leaving Qu Linger and Qi Lin staring at each other in the room. Qu Linger was uncomfortable, neither standing nor sitting, and finally thought that this person should not be offended, because offending him would not lead to good results After eating, he picked up a piece of handkerchief and went forward, smiling and helping someone wipe off the water on his face, "Brother Qi, it's better to get rid of enemies than tie them up. You see, your master likes my brother Su so much. Let's bow our heads and not look up." See, it’s not good to be so stiff all the time, isn’t it?”

Qi Lin stretched out his hand to grab the sallow wrist, Qu Ling'er retreated hastily, but someone had already caught him thoroughly, Qi Lin stared coldly at that bewildered face, "Wolf cub? Little bastard?"

Qu Ling'er thought to herself that this person is fond of holding grudges, and he actually remembered all those who scolded him in the prison that day, and hurriedly smiled ingratiatingly and said, "How can that be? Brother Qi must have misheard, Brother Qi hugged him that night What about me for one night, I only have admiration for Brother Qi, how could I scold you?"

Qi Lin's other hand slowly moved up, Qu Ling'er was startled, is this trying to remove his wrist?Or break his fingers?

I saw the person lightly pinching the square handkerchief in his hand, "I'll do it myself."

"Hahaha...Okay." Qu Ling'er withdrew her hand resentfully.

Su Cen just came out in a change of normal clothes, and Qu Ling'er was relieved as if she had been pardoned.

Qi Lin stood up and put Fangpa in his arms, "Let's go."

Qu Linger followed him to the door, glared at Qi Lin's back, and gave him a piece of handkerchief before leaving, it's extremely hateful!

All the way without a word, Su Cen knew that what he said in front of the little emperor would definitely not be able to hide from Li Shi, and also knew that Li Shi wanted to call him over when it was raining heavily. , the final decision is to be honest.After all, he was the one who promised Li Shi not to touch the case first, and he didn't blame Li Shi for being angry if he broke his promise.However, after a few contacts, Li Shi is not a completely unreasonable person. Xiaozhi uses emotion to reason, and he doesn't believe that Li Shi can really do anything to him.

When Qi Lin brought him to the place, Su Cen couldn't help but be taken aback. This is not the official building where Li Shi handles official affairs, nor the room of Princess Ning where he lived before, but the bedroom of Prince Ning. It's him. A place that has never been set before.

Qi Lin said that he would do it for himself, opened the door for someone, and made a gesture of please.

The room is filled with strands of sandalwood, the sky is dark, the room has not yet been lit, only a candle in the warm pavilion is weak.Su Cen strolled over, only to see that the person was immersed in the light, and the lines on his face were drawn more and more sharply.She was dressed in a black robe, her chest was slightly open, and her long hair was scattered like a waterfall. She looked like she was dressed for bedtime, and she was leaning on the desk and reading an idle book.

Just as Su Cen stepped forward, Li Shi didn't raise his head, and said, "Kneel down."

Su Cen was taken aback, except that he knelt half to death the first time he came over, Li Shi never asked for it the rest of the time, and he never knelt again.After being stunned for a while, Su Cen didn't dare to step forward, and knelt down on the spot.

Fortunately, Li Shi didn't make him kneel for long this time, he flipped through two pages of the book, threw it on the desk, and walked over from the couch.

There was loud thunder outside the window, Su Cen saw the man's expression clearly through a flash of lightning, his eyes were cold and ruthless, like a bloodthirsty beast!

He didn't give him a chance to explain at all, he just wanted to kill him here!

Su Cen got up hastily, and retreated in a hurry. Before he could stand still, a hand was firmly wrapped around his shoulders. The force was so strong that he was pressed down on his knees again.

"My lord..." Su Cen panicked, frowning in pain.

Li Shi squeezed his sharp chin to make him look up at him, and said coldly, "What did I tell you?"

"I……"

Before Su Cen could speak, he was overturned to the ground. One hand immediately grabbed a piece of cloth behind his neck and pulled it down. Regardless of his struggle, he put his arms behind his back in two or three strokes.

"Don't..." Su Cen retreated tremblingly, but someone grabbed his ankle and dragged him back. With another tug, his clothes were torn. There was a cold light in the man's eyes, and his fear was reflected in those dark eyes. In the pupils at the bottom, in those eyes, he doesn't look like a human being, but like an animal waiting to be slaughtered.

"My lord... Li Shi! Listen to me, I won't touch it, I won't touch that case again!" He didn't try to defend himself, he didn't doubt at all that he wouldn't want to walk out of this door alive today!

Li Shi stopped moving, raised his hand to caress the side of his face soaked in cold sweat, and then covered his trembling eyelashes with his hands.

"It's late." Li Shi said.

The other hand pressed the hip bone of the person, and stepped forward!

In the darkness, the fear is even worse, and the pain is also more painful!He has been in pain, and he has been sweet, especially after the sweetness, he can't bear the pain even more. The tearing pain hit his forehead in one fell swoop, his whole body curled up to the maximum extent, and his mind went blank for a moment.

Immediately after that, there was no end to the violent wind and rain, the lightning and thunder outside the window, not as vicious and brutal as inside the room, he is a mad beast, drinking blood like a fur, wishing to swallow people including their skin and flesh.

Those eyes trembled violently in his palm, and every time they passed by, they felt a little cold, and slowly wet his entire palm.

In the end Li Shi let go, watching the accumulated tears finally burst down the embankment, his temples were slanted, wet with sweat mixed with his temples like black hair.

"It hurts...I hurt..." His lips were pale and trembling, and he couldn't make up a complete sentence, and his voice was broken.

"Okay," Li Shi pulled out, picked him up by the waist, and put him on the couch. He frowned at the sticky bright red between his legs. , gently raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the side of the person's face, "Pain is to make your memory long."

"I remember..." Su Cen murmured, "I also remember... Isn't it the first time you want to kill me?"

"At the gate of the Gongyuan...the person who wanted to kill me...was you?"