Syndicate Growth Manual

Only on the third day after Zhao Chen and his son disappeared, Jiangcheng sent a team of one hundred inner court guards. Liao Ting took the jade scroll and opened it. He was ordered to thoroughly investigate the death of Ting Bo Zhao Xiu.

Liao Ting immediately left the barracks, led his men to Fucheng, and surrounded the General's Mansion.

Ding Fang and a group of personal guards stopped in front of the gate, looked at Liao Ting and said angrily: "I still respect Mr. Liao as a character, why is he starting to be indiscriminate!"

Liao Ting looked calm, and stretched out his hand to restrain the inner court guard who was about to draw his saber: "Ding Fang, don't forget that no matter where we come from, we are all Zhao's courtiers, and our allegiance is to the monarch, not the general."

Ding Fang had blue veins on his forehead, but he gritted his teeth and held back. At this time, if he said one more word, the boss would be accused of another crime!However, Liao Ting and the lord have been together in Xiguan for seven years, and now the monarch can surround the general's mansion to search for the so-called criminal evidence with a jade order.

His chest heaved violently, and for a while he calmly led the person back to the side, which was considered a compromise.Yu Ling came so fast, obviously as early as

Seeing Ding Fang backing down, Liao Ting knew that the other party was only giving in temporarily because Jia Xun and others were trapped in the barracks.He didn't care, waved his hand, and a crowd of inner court guards swarmed in. The maidservants standing in the atrium were trembling with fright, lowering their heads and not daring to move.

Fang Ling bowed her head and stood beside Li Qiu, her heart pounding.She burned that thing a long time ago. It stands to reason that there should be no evidence to search in the mansion... However, it is very simple for the inner court guard to want evidence.She bit her lip remorsefully. If she had known this before, she should have been stronger no matter what. At least she had to hold Da Lang and tell him not to take risks for her own humble body...

When the inner court guard found something from the backyard, no one was surprised.

"What?" Liao Ting looked down at the small package on the ground.

"My lord, it's a bag of blood."

Ding Fang looked at them with contempt, his eyes were cold, and he didn't even bother to defend himself.So did Fang Ling and the others.What kind of bloody clothes, this kind of thing, you can really blame it as much as you want, even if you splash a little pig's blood on it, it can be called bloody clothes!

However, Liao Ting calmly picked up the bag with a knife, and the black clothes inside were covered with dried blood, and the large areas were like black stains.The black material is of excellent texture, and it is also embroidered with dark purple patterns.

He tilted his head and asked, "Which room was the baggage searched from?"

The inner court guard who brought the things replied: "The third room from the left."

Everyone in the General's Mansion looked at the woman standing in front of the maidservant, Li Qiu.

Liao Ting also looked over, raising his eyebrows: "Li Qiu?" He also recognized Li Qiu, walked over slowly, raised the black dress on the knife, and asked her, "This dress doesn't look like an outsider at first glance." I bought it, you just need to compare your respective needles and threads, and you will know whose handicraft it is...Since it was found from your house, why don't you tell me where this clothes came from?"

Fang Ling's eyes were shocked, she stared at the bloody coat several times, and almost couldn't stand still.

That dress...that dress was embroidered by her!Could it really be the bloody clothes that night? !

She suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Then I saw Li Qiu, who had always been indifferent, knelt down and said tremblingly: "Jian Liao, this, this is indeed the clothes Da Lang wore when he killed the man that night..."

"Li Qiu—" Fang Ling shouted, and rushed towards her, "What are you talking about!"

Lidong, Lixia and Fangjin were already limp on the ground.

"Hold her!" Liao Ting waved his hand impatiently, and the two inner court guards immediately grabbed Fang Ling's arm and forced her to the ground.

Li Qiu didn't seem to see the unbelievable expression of his companion, nor did he hear the surrounding noises.She raised her head with tears in her eyes and said: "Da Lang came back from killing a man and had already changed his clothes. Mr. Lang handed the burden to the servant and asked the servant to burn it in the stove... The servant was going to go, Blood was dripping from the baggage, and when I got to the stove, I found a woman boiling water inside, so I went back to the room in fright... The stove couldn't stop people all day long, and the servants were timid, so they simply hid, thinking As long as you don't get caught..."

The others are fine, but Ding Fang knows that the bloody clothes were handed over to Li Qiu by the Lord Lang himself, and Da Lang also went to the kitchen to confirm afterwards, so it can be seen that Li Qiu lied, replaced the bloody clothes, and hid them in his room .

The traitor turned out to be Liqiu!Ding Fang clenched the steel knife in his hand.

At this moment, another inner court guard hurried out from the backyard, handed something to Liao Ting, and whispered something in his ear.Liao Ting's eyes on Li Qiu changed immediately.

Ding Fang's eyes were sharp, and when he saw a letter in Liao Ting's hand, his face changed drastically.

Liao Ting opened the letter and scanned it, then sneered: "It is indeed Zhao Chen's writing and private seal, and he actually has contacts with Prince Quan Rong, which shows that he really has a heart of disobedience!" He looked at Li Qiu, "This kind of Why are things in your place?"

The woman kneeling on the ground trembled even more, as if she was so frightened that she couldn't even speak.

Ding Fang couldn't bear it anymore, a group of hundreds of personal guards drew their swords, and confronted the inner court guards in the courtyard.

Pointing at Liao Ting with the tip of his knife, he said sharply, "Jun Liao, even if the whereabouts of the master is unknown, you are not free to slander him at will. What you say now, be careful to pay back with blood in the future!"

Zhao Chen's personal guards followed him to kill the enemy, and they were all murderous warriors. They raised their knives to face the inner court guards without saying a word, and pointed their sharp knives at them.After all, the inner court guards were all eunuchs who had their roots removed, and they were shocked by the murderous aura when they saw this, and they couldn't help taking a few steps back, losing a bit in momentum.

Liao Ting sighed secretly, put the letter away tremblingly, and winked at the people around him, and the two people beside him stepped forward to arrest Li Qiu and tied her up.

"Liao has a heavy responsibility for His Majesty, and as an internal court order, Zhao Yuan has no choice but to take care of the murder of the clan Liao," he said to Ding Fang, "As for the general's conspiracy, it is of great importance. Liao will testify to the letter. When it comes to the court, His Majesty will decide, so Captain Ding doesn't have to threaten Liao."

After all, the group simply withdrew from the General's Mansion, and Li Qiu was forced to follow.

As soon as Fang Ling was free, she staggered to the door, and watched Li Qiu bound away on the horse, her slender figure never looked back.She turned her head and looked at Ding Fang in despair, and murmured: "Li Qiu...how could Li Qiu—"

Ding Fang's young face changed from the hostility just now, but a calm expression and deep eyes.He slowly put the knife back into its sheath, his eyes thoughtful.

"Little Four?" The guard on the side called him in a low voice, "What should we do?"

"Before the lord comes back, everyone just guard the general's mansion," he said in a deep voice, looking around, "If there is someone like Li Qiu who eats inside and outside, I peeled his skin and chopped bones to feed the dogs with my own hands!"

The guards at the scene remained silent, and the maidservants and wives were all trembling.Li Xia Li Dong was older after all, so he came to help Fang Ling with a pale face. "Ding Fang, that letter..."

"The letter is false!" Ding Fang hurried back to the barracks, impatiently comforting the women, "You stay at home obediently, the Lord and Da Lang will be back soon!"

Xiguan was about to cause an uproar, but Zhao Yuan, who was far away on the grassland on the other side of the mountain, didn't realize it.

On the second day when they came to Dolan's house, Zhao Chen woke up once and fell asleep again.Father Dolan said he was fine, and Zhao Yuan stayed with him for another day.

This morning, Zhao Yuan leaned against the haystack and was drowsy when he suddenly felt someone touching his forehead. The familiar feeling made him call out the word "Father" before he even opened his eyes.

Then he woke up with a start.

Zhao Chen's lips were pale, and he propped up the felt blanket with one hand, sat up and looked at him and smiled.

"Father..." Zhao Yuan stared at him blankly, then yelled ecstatically for a while, and threw himself into the opponent's arms, "Father, you're finally awake!"

Zhao Chen's arrow injury was not healed, and Zhao Yuan almost fell down with such a pounce, but he still hugged the young man tightly and hugged him even tighter. Although his body hurt, he was very satisfied in his heart.

"It has surprised you these few days," he said hoarsely, "is it because of my father?"

"Father is right." Zhao Yuan grinned, leaning on Zhao Chen's thick shoulder.He looked over his shoulder and saw the white bandage, and realized that his father was still injured, but he couldn't bear to leave in his heart. After weighing it over and over again, he finally let go of his hands quietly, only carefully rubbing the moisture from the corners of his eyes on Zhao Chen's clothes. .

Zhao Chen's heart softened because of his son's little gesture.

He stretched out his hand to pinch Zhao Yuan's pointed chin and swayed it left and right, and looked carefully. He saw that the boy's face had lost weight in just three days. The blue marks underneath always give people a tired and very sad feeling.

In Zhao Chen's life, the only person he cared about was Zhao Yuan.He was heartbroken to Zhao Yuan, and he had to put it in front of his eyes and watch him all the time, and he was afraid of being swallowed if he held it in his mouth.Although Zhao Xiaoyuan has endured a lot of hardships riding horses and fighting with him in Xiguan for so many years, he has never shown such a sad expression like his eyes.

His heart felt as if it was being torn apart with a saber, and it hurt so badly.

Zhao Yuanfan felt extremely uncomfortable with his father's eyes, his jaw wobbled, but he still couldn't shake off his big hand.

"Father?"

Zhao Chen took a breath, let go and hugged him into his arms again.He stroked the top of Zhao Yuan's head with his bearded chin, looked around, and asked, "Where is this place?"

Zhao Yuan rubbed his sore eyes, his voice gradually became vague: "The northernmost mile... After passing the mountain pass, Dolan's house..."

Zhao Chen's memory still stays on that night, he only remembers his extremely anxious mood at that time.There was an accident in the plan, and his injury was not fatal, but Anu did not leave, but stood behind him and stayed with him. He was worried that his son would be shot by a cold arrow, worried about whether he would be able to escape with his son, and even more worried that he would Slowing down and causing my son to be injured...

Naturally, he knew that no matter which group of people it was, they would not dare to take the lives of their father and son, and even if they caught him, they would have to heal his wounds, but Anu didn't know.In case of being surrounded by people, with Anu's temperament, I'm afraid he will die.

Fortunately, he woke up now and found that they were not the worst.

"Anu," he looked down at the son in his arms, "do you know..."

The sound stopped abruptly.

Zhao Yuan was already nestled in his arms, his brows and eyes stretched, and he was soundly asleep.