Father can be an enemy to the country

"It's Xiong Qitai!" Ma Xianjun couldn't hide it for others at this time, so he told the truth: "It's all Xiong Qitai who instigated me to do it! I was the spy he sent to Liu Shenzheng, and Liu Kong also ordered me to pull him into the trap. .”

"What kind of hatred does Xiong Qitai have against Liu Lian? Do you want to kill him?" Lao Liu said angrily: "Even if Liu Lian has different political views from him, he opposes Huang Ce and Li Jia, everyone is just talking about it. If you eat, will it cost someone’s life?!”

"Yeah, as for..." Ma experienced a stinking sigh and lamented: "A few years ago, although the two of them were at loggerheads, it was just a dispute over political opinions. Xiong Qitai only asked me to report Liu Lian's movements and collect information about him. He had some dirty information, and then he took his long-term entourage with him. It was quite pleasant to eat, drink, whore and gamble outside."

"Then why did he suddenly become murderous?" Lao Liu asked with a sullen face.

"It probably started around the end of this year when Pang Yi, the prosecuting officer of our department, asked Liu Shenzheng to meet outside and gave him a package." Ma said:

"Liu Shenzheng was very careful when meeting him. He only brought Liu Kong with him, but he didn't know that Liu Kong already owed a huge gambling debt, so he had to betray him to pay off the debt. So, I found out about it very quickly and reported it to Xiong Qitai. One night, Xiong Qitai summoned me and said that the thing was very important and asked me to get it back quickly or find a way to burn it!"

"However, since that day, Liu Lian has been in the study without leaving the house, and his two bodyguards have been guarding him day and night. I couldn't find any chance to make a move. I could only get some information through Liu Kong." Ma Xianwen continued:

"Liu Kong told me that Liu Lian took that thing very seriously. Even he and Liu Meng were not allowed to enter the study. They could only leave the food at the door for him to help himself."

"Later on the 30th night, Liu Lian called two guards in, and Liu Kong overheard outside the door. Liu Shenzheng asked the two guards to take advantage of the New Year's Day holiday to take the thing back to Beijing and hand it over to His Highness the King of Chu." And said:

"I quickly reported it to Xiong Qitai. After he heard this, he walked around in the hall a few times and then ordered the things to be taken back with a dark face. In order to avoid future troubles, he even personally planned to take advantage of Cao's participation in politics to entertain me. Kill Liu Lian with Liu Kong."

"You will kill him if he asks you to?" Lao Liu asked coldly.

"This man Shunchang is rebellious and ruthless. The villain's whole family is in his hands. I dare not disobey him." Ma Qingcheng argued with a grimace.

"He said he was afraid of killing your whole family? Didn't you know that killing the imperial envoy would harm the nine tribes?" Lao Liu wanted to kick him, but seeing how his face was full of shit, he really couldn't do it.

"The villain is just lucky, thinking that he will not be discovered." Ma Xianjun explained hurriedly: "Besides, Liu Shenzhen is not an imperial envoy."

"I said he is who he is!" Lao Liu roared.

"Yes, yes, yes." Ma Xingchen said in his heart, who are you? Of course, he didn't dare to say this. He quickly followed the principle of selling thoroughly and took the initiative to confess:

"Then what happened on the first day of the Lunar New Year. In addition, Deputy Commissioner Feng of the Bureau of Investigation is also a member of Xiong Qitai... In fact, the officials of the three departments were all separated from the original provincial government, so many of them are Xiong Qitai's subordinates."

"Okay, San Si is a family," Zhu Zhen said, rubbing his hands and saying, "A family must be neat and tidy."

Ma Qingcheng didn't understand what Lao Liu meant, and he didn't dare to ask...

"Last question, what about my two guards? Have they both been poisoned by Xiong?" Zhu Zhen asked again in a deep voice.

I understand the experience of getting off the horse, but it's a little strange. What do you think you call two guards? Are you the King of Chu? So funny...

He didn't dare to find fault with his face, so he answered honestly: "Xiong Qitai asked his Ganjiang Gang, who specializes in wet work, to intercept and kill the two guards."

Then he said with some disbelief: "I heard that more than two hundred masters from the Ganjiang Gang were dispatched, and they launched a sneak attack on their own ship. As a result, the two men hacked to death more than thirty people before killing one of them.

"The other one was seriously injured and jumped into the river with a baggage on his back. Because it was midnight, his body was not found, but he was probably dead. But Xiong Qitaile ordered that he must see the person alive and the body after death, and at the same time, the baggage must be get back.

"So the Ganjiang Gang, as well as the black and white gangs in Nanchang City, are looking for him, but they can't find anything."

"Is there anyone alive?" Zhu Zhen showed a hint of surprise on his face. This was the first time he had a good look since he came here.

"Don't give me any hope, Your Majesty. I heard that the man was stabbed several times and was hit by an arrow in the back. Even if he was lucky enough to survive falling into the water, such a serious injury would kill him." Ma Xingcheng said:

"In addition, all drug stores and medical clinics in Nanchang City have been ordered by the Chief Secretary. Whenever anyone comes to buy gold sore medicine, or asks a doctor to treat a gunshot wound, they must report it to the official immediately... There is no news yet, and the person must be dead. .”

Zhu Zhen didn't say anything, but Teacher Luo adjusted his glasses and said coldly to Ma Qian:

"You'd better hope that he lives. If he is gone and there is no evidence to prove his death, our king will have no choice but to live in vain. By then, all the black and white people in Nanchang City will be buried with him."

"Your Majesty..." Ma Xingwen was dumbfounded. He couldn't figure out which king of the mountain this was. Why was he speaking so loudly?

I couldn't help but secretly complain, the last person to say this was Chen Youliang...

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When he couldn't find anything else, Zhu Zhen asked Hu Quan and Luo Guanzhong to interrogate him again.

Na Ma’s confessions were pretty much the same every time, so he probably wasn’t lying.

He asked people to send him to Qingshan Lake outside the city... Hu Bo and Deng Duo led two teams of fencers and hid on the island on the lake, ready to be dispatched at any time.

As for Councilor Li and Lu Dushi, who were affected by Chi Yu, they could only go to Qingshan Lake with him to keep him company.

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On the way back, Zhu Zhen was silent.

After arriving at the inn, he simply washed up, then went to the small courtyard kitchen and said to Liu Li who was busy inside:

"Stop being busy now, let me tell you something."

"Young Master Uncle, that's all. I want to watch the pot." Liu Li said a little embarrassed, "I'm not good at cooking yet, so I have to keep my eyes on the fire."

"Okay." Zhu Zhen sighed softly and said, "Your father didn't fall into the well drunk."

"I know." Liu Li nodded lightly. "Didn't my uncle say that day that someone killed my father?"

"It was just our speculation before, but today I got confirmation." Zhu Zhen said seriously: "It was because he knew the secrets of those corrupt officials that they colluded with Liu Kong and killed people."

"Liu Kong?" Liu Li said in shock.

"Yes, that's him. As soon as the eldest brother arrived in Nanchang, someone placed spies around him, and they tried their best to drag people around him into trouble. If it weren't for the betrayal of the people around him, it would be impossible for the eldest brother to know everything, let alone Killed..."

"..." Liu Li finally couldn't help but lowered her head and began to cry.