"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for showing mercy!"
In Guiyifang, Du'e, who had escaped from death, bowed and saluted Li Zexuan.
At that moment, he really smelled the smell of death. He was very sure that if he didn't surrender, Li Zexuan's sword moves would definitely be poured out on him without any reservation. However, with his true energy exhausted, he couldn't face this fierce move. Unparalleled sword moves will definitely lead to death!
Until this moment, Du'e was still a little frightened! It’s too dangerous, it’s really too dangerous! In that brief moment, he really walked away from the gate of hell!
Li Zexuan pursed his lips and said nothing, because at this time the battle on Liu Rengui's side had also ended, and they were walking towards here with the four core disciples of the Tianlong Sect!
"Sir, what do you mean by this? Are you going to apostatize?"
When everyone came to Li Zexuan, before Liu Rengui had time to speak, the Tianlong Sect disciple he was escorting spoke to Du'e with an angry look on his face!
The other Tianlong Sect members also looked shocked and angry.
The Tianlong Sect is their big family, and crossing the disaster is their faith. Now that their faith has betrayed their big family, how can they not be angry
While they were angry, their hearts were also broken!
Du'e ignored the angry gazes of these four people. He straightened up, restored his previous solemn appearance, and said calmly: "Those who know the current affairs are heroes. For the sake of personal gain, the dragon head ordered me to confuse the people into religion. It is truly a heinous crime to commit such an act of treason and harm to the common people! Now that the power of the Tianlong Sect has been exhausted, why don’t you follow me and abandon the darkness and turn to the light?"
After that, he secretly looked at Li Zexuan's face from the corner of his eye. In the final analysis, he just wanted to rely on practical actions to please Li Zexuan and win Li Zexuan's forgiveness. After all, Li Zexuan only spared him temporarily, but he never said that he would completely Let him go!
To Du'e's dismay, Li Zexuan still had a straight face, with no emotion or anger on his face.
At this time, Liu Rengui finally had a chance to speak. He cupped his hands towards Li Zexuan and said, "Master Hou, the hands and feet of these four people have been broken by the general, and the general has checked that there is no poison in their mouths. Don't worry." They kill themselves!”
A smile suddenly appeared on Li Zexuan's face, and he said with a warm expression: "Yes! Very good! Immediately have someone take them back to Dali Temple and hand them over to Liu Siqing! I will be here soon!"
Liu Rengui clasped his fists and accepted the order: "General, I will obey the order! Lord Marquis, how about getting through the disaster..."
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said: "He will stay here for now. I am still useful. You will leave a few soldiers behind later. Things here are not over yet!"
Liu Rengui was stunned when he heard this. After a moment, he clasped his fists and said, "How about we stay behind and let the others escort the four of them back to Dali Temple?"
Li Zexuan shook his head and said: "No need! Besides, I can rest assured only if Rengui is personally escorted by you! Go quickly!"
"Then... I will retire at the end!"
Seeing Li Zexuan's insistence, Liu Rengui could only clasp his fists and escort the Tianlong Sect members away with a few soldiers.
"Wow! Mr. Hou, you are so awesome!"
At this time, a clear and sweet girl's voice suddenly sounded from the sidelines. Who else could it be if it wasn't the girl who was chased by Du'e just now
In the previous battle, Li Zexuan held the Wind Chasing Sword and launched a series of extremely gorgeous sword moves, suppressing Du'e all the time. He was like a peerless swordsman, majestic and arrogant! Young people worship heroes, and so do girls!
So the girl couldn't bear it anymore and exclaimed.
Li Zexuan's heart moved, and he looked at the oncoming girl with a smile. The girl had a pretty face and was dressed very ordinary. She didn't look like the daughter of a wealthy family. However, this girl spoke very logically and had a completely mature mind. Children of this age must have experienced and shouldered too many things before!
More importantly, the very important secret letter that Li Junxian sent back was handed over to him through the girl in front of him. Li Zexuan wanted to know what the relationship between this girl and Li Junxian was, and who How to receive the secret message from Li Junxian!
"In the past, my little girl only knew that the Marquis was the headmaster of Yanhuang Academy and that he was very knowledgeable. She never thought that the Marquis's martial arts were so strong. The little girl admires him!"
The girl quickly came to Li Zexuan, then bowed to Li Zexuan like a little adult and praised him.
Her movements were a little stiff, and she must have not done this kind of courtesy often before.
Li Zexuan smiled slightly, looked at the girl thoughtfully, and said: "Haha! If I remember correctly, you were the one who delivered the secret message to me at noon, right? You helped me again this time Hou Ji captured the venerable Tianlong Sect, little girl, what is your name? What reward do you want?"
When she heard the word "reward", the girl's eyes brightened up. She said excitedly: "Master Hou, I... the little girl's name is Chen Shuozhen. I want money, a lot of money!"
"Chen Shuozhen? Are you Chen Shuozhen?"
Li Zexuan's pupils shrank, and his heart was suddenly shaken. He never expected that the little girl in front of him, who was insignificant and harmless, was the first woman in Chinese history to call herself the emperor! At the same time, Li Zexuan suddenly remembered that when he was in the north, Li Tai had told him in a telegram that he met a girl named Chen Shuozhen in Chang'an City and helped them solve the mystery of the floating technique to escape the disaster, so, Li Zexuan looked at Chen Shuozhen with a strange expression and asked:
"Did you use the secret of levitation to find a fat man and ask for a hundred dollars in favors before?"
"Ah! How do you know, Mr. Hou?"
The girl covered her mouth in surprise, with a look of disbelief on her face, but after a moment, she suddenly said: "I understand, that little fat guy inadvertently called himself the King of Wei, and the current King of Wei is studying at Yanhuang Academy. , Lord Marquis, as the headmaster of Yanhuang Academy, it’s not surprising that you know about this!”
Having said that, her little face couldn't help but turn into a bitter melon. Speaking of which, she cheated Li Zexuan's students out of money before, so how could Li Zexuan spare her now
Seeing the girl's expression, Li Zexuan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Haha! You girl is really smart! Don't worry, I won't interfere in the matter between you and Qingque, but you just said that you want a lot of money , didn’t Qingque give you one hundred Tang Yuan? Isn’t that enough for a little girl like you?”
Hearing that Li Zexuan said that he would not pursue the previous matter, the girl couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. She stuck out her tongue playfully and said with some embarrassment: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis, for ignoring the past grudges! I don't want the reward, little lady, and leave! Oh, yes Well, Zhang Dekang, the master of the Zhang family next to him, is an accomplice of the great monk who has crossed the disaster, so please don’t forget to capture him too, Mr. Marquis!"
After saying that, before Li Zexuan could react, she turned around and left. She was really neat and tidy, waving her sleeves gently without taking away a single cloud!
Seeing this, Li Zexuan did not force him to stay. After pondering for a moment, he ordered a sergeant beside him: "Follow me and see where Chen Shuozhen lives and whether he has encountered any difficulties?"
He just saw that Chen Shuozhen had pure eyes and was definitely not the kind of person who was greedy for money and unprincipled. He thought that the reason why Chen Shuozhen talked about "money, money, money" was probably because he encountered some difficulties that made her So obsessed with money!
"Yes! Mr. Hou!"
The sergeant took the order and left.
Li Zexuan turned his gaze to Du'e and said in a somewhat unkind tone: "Du'e, you heard what the little girl said just now. I heard that you have an accomplice? Lead the way!"
"Yes! Lord Marquis! This poor monk will lead the way for you!"
Du'e couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He knew who Chen Shuozhen was talking about. He didn't dare to delay at this moment, so he quickly bowed and responded.
After that, Du E dragged Li Zexuan and the others towards the Zhang family's house, dragging his scarred body.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Open the door! Open the door quickly!"
After a while, several people came to the door of Zhang Mansion, and the Youwu Guard sergeant beside Li Zexuan quickly stepped forward to knock on the door.
Soon, the door of the mansion was opened, and a young man who looked like a servant came out. Just when he was about to complain, he saw a few right-armed soldiers wearing helmets and armor outside the door. His heart suddenly shivered, and his attitude He felt better immediately and asked: "You... who are you? Why are you here at Zhang's house?"
Seeing that this boy obviously didn't know Du'e, it meant that Zhang's master had done a good job keeping the secret. Li Zexuan didn't want to waste time with this boy, so he nodded to the sergeant beside him, who stepped forward and took the boy directly. The servant moved aside and said loudly: "The imperial court is arresting fugitives, and everyone else is avoiding them!"
"Hey? What kind of fugitive? How come there are fugitives in the Zhang family?"
The boy was jumping anxiously at the side, but no one paid any attention to him. Li Zexuan and his party arrived at the backyard under Du'e's guidance. Before they entered the backyard gate, Li Zexuan heard someone inside shouting urgently: "Master! Master! It’s not good! Venerable Du’e has been arrested, and people from the imperial court have come to our house!”
"What? Where are they?"
"We're already here!"
Li Zexuan walked in quickly and said loudly.
After being admitted to the hospital, he saw a boy in the backyard, lying at the mouth of the well, shouting inside.
Du'e quickly explained: "Master Marquis, this is a dry well. The poor monk and the disciples of the sect were hiding under this well before. The master of the Zhang family must be in it now!"
Li Zexuan nodded slightly and thought to himself, no wonder he launched the Forbidden Army and the Youwu Guards to search the whole city but failed to find Du'e. I bet this bald donkey is hiding underground, he is really treacherous!
"Go! Bring Zhang Dekang up and take this boy away with him!"
Li Zexuan opened his mouth and gave instructions.
"yes!"
Two sergeants immediately stepped forward. One held the boy down, while the other controlled the well puller to pull Zhang Dekang up.
Li Zexuan turned to look at Du'e and asked calmly: "Does anyone else know that you are hiding in the Zhang family?"
He did not want to spread the news about Du E's capture, because once the leader of the Tianlong Sect knew the news about Du E's capture, he would probably stand still or withdraw his troops directly from Snake Spirit Mountain. In this way, the court would lose a An excellent opportunity to wipe out the Tianlong Sect in one fell swoop. This is something neither Li Zexuan nor Li Er wants to see!
Therefore, Li Zexuan wants to arrest all the people who know Du'e's hiding place. The fact that these people know Du'e's hiding place shows that they are absolutely loyal to the Tianlong Sect in their hearts. In addition, once Du'e does not return all night, they will definitely be able to Guessing that Du E was arrested by the imperial court, they were also the most likely people to spread the news of Du E's arrest to the followers of the Tianlong Sect!
All these hidden dangers must be eliminated!
"Go back to the Marquis! Apart from this, no one else knows that the poor monk is hiding in the Zhang family!"
Du'e quickly replied.
"Um!"
Li Zexuan nodded lightly.
At this time, an old man in colorful clothes had been killed by the sergeant of the Youwu Guard.
"What are you doing? I have never done anything that violates discipline. How can Youwuwei arrest people randomly? Let me go!"
Previously, when Du E went to chase the peepers, Zhang Dekang thought that with Du E's skill, wouldn't it be easy to catch a thief? So he calmly waited underground for Du'e and others to come back and continue the banquet. Unexpectedly, he did wait for Du'e to arrive, but at this time Du'e was already a prisoner under his command, and he also brought a group of Youwu Guards soldiers, Zhang Dekang My heart was instantly filled with panic!
Zhang Deshun's family was soon alerted. A lady and a handsomely dressed young man ran in. When they saw Zhang Deshun being arrested, they burst into tears.
"take away!"
Li Zexuan didn't want to get entangled with the Zhang family too much. He waved his hand expressionlessly. Zhang Deshun and the boy were all escorted out, and the group went straight to Dali Temple!
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When they arrived at Dali Temple, Du E and Zhang Dekang were taken into the Dali Temple prison by the Dali Temple officials. Liu Dewei came out after hearing the news. He looked at Li Zexuan with a surprised look on his face and praised: "Master Hou is as meticulous as his hair and can solve cases like a god. How can he be like this?" I captured the Reverend Tianlong Sect in a short period of time, I admire you!"
What Liu Dewei said was sincere, because he truly admired him. Among the millions of people in Chang'an City, he was able to find a way out of trouble in less than a day. This ability was even inferior to Liu Dewei's. In the past, Liu Dewei had always regarded Dai Zhou as the best successor, but now he is a little shaken, because Li Zexuan's detective and case-solving abilities are undoubtedly better than Dai Zhou!
It’s just that Li Zexuan is not only a prince of the Tang Dynasty, but also the head of the world-famous Yanhuang Academy. Would he be interested in the position of Minister of Dali Temple
At this moment, Lao Liu was extremely confused!
"Liu Siqing's words are serious! I am just lucky!"
Li Zexuan was a little panicked by Liu Dewei's "cannibalistic" gaze. He quickly waved his hand and said, and then said seriously:
"Liu Siqing, please bring him to trial immediately. In addition, all government servants and officials in Dali Temple are not allowed to leave Dali Temple today!"
The reason for doing this is also to prevent someone from Dali Temple from leaking the news of Du'e's arrest. After all, the Tianlong Sect has followers all over the place, and there was a precedent of a cell leader in Dali Temple defecting to the Tianlong Sect before, so Li Zexuan had to guard against it!
"Yeah! I'll make arrangements now!"
Speaking of business, Liu Dewei's face became serious. He nodded and turned to give the order.
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