Ten days later, Zhang Heng and Duan Da escorted twenty "Goose's Nest" killers back to Chang'an, and after entering the palace to meet Yang Jian's life, they immediately rushed to the Jin Palace's mansion to report to Yang Guang about the design to arrest Xiao Rushui and the "Wild Goose's Nest" killer.

Although Yang Guang had a meeting with Zhang Heng, Qu Tutong and others in advance, he guessed that the person who went to Jiangling to meet and arrange for Sima Luo and Lichen to return to Nanchen might be an important figure in the "Wild Goose's Nest" organization, but he didn't expect that Xiao Rushui, another "Bodhisattva" who was the great protector of the Dharma, would come out in person, and at the same time, he was quite disappointed that Liang Mo failed to catch Xiao Rushui.

"Lord, regarding the cause of Xiao Zong's death, just now in the Linde Palace, the lower officials have reported to the emperor in accordance with the instructions of His Royal Highness King Qin, and the emperor dictated and ordered the lower officials to inform the prince of the true cause of Xiao Zong's death. Xiao Zong was killed in Jiangling Palace, and according to Xiao Rushui's appearance in Jiangling, it is inferred that Xiao Zong's killing is likely to be related to him. ”

Yang Guang listened to Zhang Heng's words, and said in a deep voice: "According to what you say, Xiao Rushui went to Jiangling in person, most likely not to pick up Sima Luo and Lichen to return to Nanchen, but more likely to go to Houliang." After you went to Jiangling to convey your father's edict to naturalize Later Liang, what was the situation in Later Liang, and did you find that there was any change in the Xiao royal family and the Later Liang ministers? ”

"According to the king of Qin, he told the lower officials that Xiao Zong had taken the initiative to find him before he was killed, and offered to hand over all the military power of Hou Liang, and then he was killed in the Jiangling Palace that night, and this was also found at the scene of Xiao Zong's killing." Zhang Heng said, took out the delicate wooden box from his arms, and held it in both hands and presented it to Yang Guang.

Yang Guang recognized at a glance that this was the pair of golden needle boxes that Xiao Er had stolen in Lanzhi Palace not long ago, and hurriedly took it and opened it, and saw that there were many golden needles inside, so he excitedly said to Zhang Heng: "Jianping, this is the pair of golden needles stolen by Er'er, it turns out that the evil ghost is really Xiao Rushui pretending." ”

"Even if it is not Xiao Rushui himself who pretends to be a demon and repeatedly sneaks into the palace to make trouble, it must be a person from the 'Goose's Nest'." Zhang Heng nodded, intentionally or unintentionally, reminded Yang Guangdao, "In this way, Xiao Rushui's purpose of going to Jiangling is clear at a glance: the main purpose of his trip is to make waves in Houliang, and the second is to take Sima Luo and Lichen back to Nanchen." Fortunately, Xiao Zong took the initiative to hand over the military power to the King of Qin before he died, and after the lower officials went to Jiangling to convey the edict, he and the King of Qin designed to trap the twenty killers of the 'Wild Goose's Nest'. ”

"When it comes to these twenty captured 'Goose's Nest' killers, is there any useful information that can be interrogated from their mouths?" Yang Guang seemed to suddenly think of something and asked Zhang Heng.

"According to the confessions of three of them, these people were all temporarily mobilized by Xiao Rushui from the Guannei Prefectures to go south to participate in the operation of receiving Sima Luo and returning to Nanchen, so they know very little about other things except that they are under the direct command of the Great Protector Xiao Rushui."

"Then did they say that if Sima Luo and Lichen were successfully picked up from Cui's side, how did Xiao Rushui plan to send them back to Nanchen?" Yang Guang asked again unwillingly.

According to them, Xiao Rushui's whereabouts were very secretive, and these people were only told to sneak into the palace of King Qin to pick up the two young girls, but they didn't know who they were picking up, where they should be sent after taking them out, and so on. Oh, Xia Guan still has something to show to the prince, Xia Guan wants to keep Sima Luo and Lichen in Jiangling, and force Xin Yi to take action, in order to find out what the relationship between her and the 'Wild Goose's Nest' is. Zhang Heng reported to Yang Guangyu.

"Xiao Rushui personally went out to pick up people, but he fell into the ambush you set up and was almost captured alive, if it is inferred according to common sense, he will not risk taking the risk of picking up Sima Luo and Lichen again, in this case, you still insist on leaving her in Jiangling...... Well, to be specific, how do you envision it? Yang Guang couldn't understand Zhang Heng's true intention of keeping Sima Luo and Lichen in Jiangling for a while, and asked him with a frown.

"The prince, please think about it, she knew that the prince recruited Sima Luo and Chen from Qizhou in order to further investigate and test her, in this case, she still insisted on taking the risk to ask Mei Er for help, and insisted on sending Chen and Sima Luo to Jiangzuo together, which shows that she has a weak heart, and is afraid that her daughter will be implicated by herself and severely punished by the court, so she does not hesitate to personally come out to ask Mei Er for help to send her daughter back to Jiangzuo's hometown. Since Xinyi is so anxious to send her daughter back to Jiangzuo, there must have been some kind of agreement between her and Lichen, and after the 'Wild Goose's Nest sends Lichen back to Jiangzuo, Lichen will most likely be able to convey the news to Xinyi that she has arrived in Jiangzuo safely through the way agreed with Xinyi in advance. Lord Wang, now if Xinyi has been waiting in Chang'an for many days, and can't wait for the news that Laichen has arrived in Jiangzuo safely, what will she do? Zhang Heng had already made many deliberations on this matter in his heart, and decided that continuing to keep Chen and Sima Luo in Jiangling would be of great help to investigate the case of Nan Chen Xizuo, so he made such a claim.

Yang Guang thought about it according to Zhang Heng's prompt, and replied after thinking: "In that case, Xinyi will definitely find Mei Er again to inquire about the news." ”

"If Mei Er can't give Xinyi a satisfactory answer, what kind of behavior will Xinyi make?" Zhang Heng guided Yang Guang's train of thought unhurriedly.

"As a mother, if Xinyi doesn't get any news from Chenchen for a long time, I think she will use all her connections to inquire about her daughter's whereabouts, and may even ask the court for help in turn." Yang Guang said, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Heng didn't expect that he would ask the court to help find the possibility of his daughter's whereabouts, at first hearing Yang Guang say this possibility, he was really startled, and after thinking about it, he felt that Yang Guang's guess was indeed a little reasonable, and he couldn't help but bow to Yang Guang and said: "The prince is high, and the lower officials are ashamed." Xia Guan only thought that it was possible for Xia Guan to go directly to Guan Zizai himself to inquire about Chen's whereabouts, but he didn't expect that she would defect to the imperial court. ”

Yang Guangben was also inspired by the fact that he was instructed by his mother Dugu Jialuo a few days ago not to use torture and interrogation on his mind, so he had an idea, and thought that there was the possibility of asking the court for help, and now he heard Zhang Heng say that he would keep Sima Luo and Lichen in Jiangling, and the real intention was to force him to take the initiative to find Guan Zizai, and he couldn't help but suddenly realize: "Jianping, I didn't think that what you want to catch is Guan Zizai, this big fish, not bad, not bad." ”

"However, in order to be able to keep Lichen and Sima Luo in Jiangling, Xia Guan also took the liberty to undertake one thing for the prince to inherit the King of Qin." Zhang Heng took advantage of Yang Guang's happiness, so he reported to him that he promised to transfer the white-haired Liang Mo to Yang Jun's side on behalf of Yang Guang.

"It's a pity, I just don't know if Liang Mo will have the opportunity to meet Xiao Rushui again in the future when he takes up a post in Jiangling. You just said that Xiao Rushui was the main assassin who assassinated the Sha Bolu Khan at the Fenhe Post, and this king really wanted to see what it was like when the two of them met again! Yang Guang really happily agreed to let Liang Mo serve beside Yang Jun, but at the same time, he reminded Zhang Hengdao, "I was just thinking that if I want to force Xinyi to find Guan Zizai, we must first strictly block the news that Sima Luo and Lichen are still in Jiangling, and we must not let Xinyi know the exact whereabouts of their daughter." Secondly, from today onwards, additional effective personnel will be dispatched to further strengthen the monitoring of Mei Er and all the people in the 'Wild Goose's Nest in Chang'an City that have been investigated, and the third ......"

"Please rest assured, the lower officials have made careful arrangements with General Duan Da, and now we are waiting for the heart to act." Zhang Heng replied with a smile.