The scene was a mess.

Some of the burnt black wood was scattered in a mess, and some parts of the wood were still reddish and not completely burned, and from time to time a little spark burst out, emitting a wave of steaming heat.

Li Xin put his hands in his sleeves and walked slowly in the courtyard of the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

I saw him rise up a tall building, and I saw him collapse.

Although Li Xin didn't see the high-rise building of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, he really saw it collapse at this time.

However, there are two Pingnan Hou Mansions, and this Hou Mansion has collapsed, and there is still a Pingnan General's Mansion in Jincheng, Shu County!

Compared to the Pingnan Hou Mansion, that General's Mansion is much stronger!

The autumn wind blows, and the sparks splash everywhere.

Chong Heng, dressed in green clothes, with a solemn face, was directing people in the crowd to thoroughly search the Pingnan Hou Mansion, at this time, the young man was also tired, obviously since the fire in the Pingnan Hou Mansion last night, he couldn't close his eyes.

Li Xin stepped forward.

"Planting less."

He arched his hand.

Chong Heng was already a little haggard at this time, and his reaction was a little sluggish, and he was stunned for a while before he looked up at Li Xin, and then smiled bitterly and gave up his hand to Li Xin.

"Master Li, you are here, Your Majesty obviously asked you to help the lower officials find someone, why can't you find your shadow for most of the day?"

Li Xin coughed, his face was not red and he was not panting.

"I didn't close my eyes all night last night, and I couldn't hold it anymore, so I found a place to sleep for a while, has there been any progress on the side of the seed?"

Chong Heng shook his head again and again.

"Only Zheng Gui and other Xingyang Zheng family members were found in the cellar, and the corpses of some people from the Pingnan Hou Mansion were also found, but two bodies suspected of being Pingnan Hou Li Shen and his wife were found in the backyard, but it was obviously not them."

Li Xin frowned and said, "How can you see it?" ”

Chong Heng hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "These two corpses, without any traces of struggle, are obviously burned by fire after they died first. ”

Li Xin nodded.

"Is it possible that because of the vendetta, someone killed the Pingnan Hou Mansion and his wife first, and then set fire to the house and destroy the evidence?"

Chong Heng shook his head and said, "Even if he is killed, there should be traces of fighting." ”

"What if it's poisoned?"

Chong Heng looked up at Li Xin, his face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "What does Hou Li mean by this, is it to help Ping Nanhou get out?" ”

Li Xin lowered his voice: "I misunderstood, I'm here to help you get out." ”

The kind of big and young frowned.

"What do you mean?"

Li Xin's voice was calm: "At this time, don't say no words, if Chong Shao really can't find Li Shen, then Xie Liang's corpse will be the capital of Chong Shao to get out, and it is also a step, otherwise you can't get off the stage, and you can't get off the stage, Your Majesty just wants to give the seed family face, and there is no way to give it." ”

This is a very simple truth, if Chong Heng can't find Li Shen, the Son of Heaven will be furious, but if the Son of Heaven is angry, it is impossible to turn his face with the seed family because of this matter, after all, he will have to rely on the seed family to deal with southern Xinjiang in the future, so both sides need a step.

It is naturally best to find Li Shen, and if you can't find Li Shen, these two corpses are the steps of both sides.

This is the principle that the court does not think about making progress and thinking about retreating first.

Li Xin even suspected that this step was deliberately left by Li Shen.

Chong Heng lowered his head and thought for a long time.

In the end, he slowly exhaled a breath, bowed his head to Li Xin and said, "I've been taught." ”

He sighed: "In the past, I was not familiar with Hou Ye, and I thought that Hou Ye could be proud of his youth, and there was some element of luck, but now it seems that Hou Ye's attainments in the court are better than those of the lower officials, and the lower officials are obedient." ”

Li Xin smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then pointed to the sword pheasant on his waist.

"I have some good fate with Chong Shuai, and Chong Shuai's matching sword is still hanging in my waist, so you don't have to be polite."

Chong Heng stared at the green pheasant sword in Li Xin's waist and sighed.

"This sword, Xiaguan and the ancestor have been asking for it for a long time, and the ancestor has always refused to give it to me, but his old man easily gave it to Marquis Li, and the lower official has been unable to figure it out for a while, but now he has finally figured it out."

Li Xin shook his head.

"It's not as complicated as Chong Shao thought, at that time, Chong Shuai wanted to use this sword to exchange things with me."

Li Xin paused and continued: "After thinking about retreating, we can't forget to think about it, there must be steps, but if you can't go, you won't go, you still have to continue to look for Li Shen, and if you find Li Shen, Qianniuwei will be considered a meritorious service." ”

Chong Heng bowed his head and said, "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

Li Xin's face changed and he turned sideways.

"Don't harm me, you are the main thing in this matter, I just gave you a few words to your staff, it's your business to find it or not, I'm not your superior!"

Chong Heng secretly complained in his heart.

This young man, who is a few years younger than himself, is like an old fox, and he can't slip his hands!

He sighed.

"Then the lower official is busy."

Li Xin stopped him.

"Where are those people from the Zheng family?"

Chong Heng hesitated for a moment and said, "Rest in a nearby inn, and I'll let my subordinates lead the Hou Ye over." ”

Li Xin nodded and said, "Okay." ”

After a while, a Qianniuwei dressed in green clothes came to Li Xin and bowed his head respectfully to Li Xin.

"Master Hou, please come with the lowly position."

Li Xin nodded, turned his head to look at Chong Heng, and waved his hand with a smile.

"If you really can't hold on, remember to take a break, don't get tired."

Chong Heng's face darkened.

He hadn't slept for two days and one night, and he really couldn't hold on at this moment.

After about a pillar of incense, this Qianniuwei led Li Xin to an inn, which was the only private inn in the entire Yongle Fang, and the others were all halls where the imperial court entertained envoys and local dignitaries.

This inn can be opened in Yongle Fang, and it is naturally the most luxurious inn, which is said to be the handiwork of a certain prince, of course, all of them are now the property of Taikang Tianzi.

The inn has a total of three floors, and at this time, there are at least dozens of Qianniu guards inside and outside the handle, and the family is locked up on the third floor.

Li Xin walked up with his hands in his hand, and in a hall on the third floor, he saw Zheng Gui, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

This old man, who has some "fairy wind bones", looks very bad at this time, and his meticulous hair that he combs on weekdays is scattered into a pile at this time, and his face is also stained with a lot of black ash, which looks very embarrassing.

Li Xin smiled and moved a chair and sat opposite the old man.

"Sir, let's meet again."

Zheng Gui was choked by the smoke, and after coughing violently a few times, he looked up at Li Xin, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face.

"It turned out to be Jing'an Hou, the Hou Ye came to see the old man, a bad old man, I don't know ......"

The smile on Li Xin's face retracted.

"Old man, Ben Hou only asked you once, where is Li Shen?"

Zheng Gui's expression remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "How does the old man know that the water in the Pingnan Hou Mansion suddenly went out, and the old man and his family fled into the cellar in embarrassment, and the fire was caught here as soon as it was small, how do you know the situation outside?" ”

Li Xin grinned: "Old man, in such a fire in the Pingnan Hou Mansion, dozens of servants died, but many of your Zheng family members hid in the cellar, don't you think it's too coincidental?" ”

Zheng Gui coughed a few more times.

"At that time, the old man was teaching the younger generations, so they all gathered together, what's the problem?"

A sneer appeared on the face of the Marquis of Jing'an.

"Very good, the twenty-seven people of the Xingyang Zheng family who came to Beijing to visit relatives all died in this fire, does the old gentleman think there is a problem?"