"Lu Tongzhi and my father have a close relationship, so he shouldn't be the murderer." Xu Zhang said.

Yes, the last one can be ruled out.

As Xu Zhang, the son of Xu Shan, was able to personally testify for Lu Hexuan in his grudge against his father. It can be seen that his relationship with Xu Shan is not ordinary, and the suspicion can be temporarily ruled out.

Li Xiuran thought about it and said that if the murderer was Lu Hexuan, he should also know that there were not many people in the capital who had such cultivation and used swords, so he would not be so unwise. Leaving such obvious clues, he could easily lock himself.

"It shouldn't be Yan Hao. When he brought people to us to seek revenge, he suddenly received the news and left in a hurry. He probably received the news of Vice Commander Xu's death and didn't have much time to commit the crime."

Chi Qingwan also thought of this and spoke up and analyzed.

"Can the murderer's weapon besides a knife, just trying to deliberately mislead us?" Lin Fengkai frowned.

"This possibility is not ruled out." Li Xiuran nodded and looked at Xu Zhang and said, "Where was Vice Commander Xu killed?"

Xu Zhang said: "Not far away from the imperial guard camp, the murderer must have ambushed in the dense forest outside the camp in advance. When he saw my father, he suddenly attacked him."

"Outside the camp? The imperial guards are stationed in Shanglinyuan, located in a remote place, and they have to do something. It is indeed the most suitable place.

But the murderer chose to take action here. Once the delay is delayed for a while, he may be discovered by the imperial guards and rushed to reinforce. Not only will the assassination fail, but he may even be in danger.

He will definitely fight quickly. Changing weapons will affect his strength, and he shouldn't do this."

Li Xiuran ruled out this possibility.

Chi Qingwan said in a deep voice: "The murderer was able to ambush outside the camp in advance, and he was obviously very familiar with Deputy Commander Xu's whereabouts. He either stepped on the spot in advance or had his spy in the imperial guards!"

Lin Fengkai smiled bitterly and said, "But there are tens of thousands of imperial guards. Even if there are really traitors, it is not easy to find him."

Li Xiuran frowned and said, "Does Vice Commander Xu have any enemies?"

Xu Zhang said: "As a martial artist, my father has a little bit of a temper. He has indeed offended some people over the years, but most of them are verbal disputes and there is no deep hatred. He should not kill my father."

The martial artist's temper is not all very strong... Li Xiuran felt offended and then frowned again, so he would not kill, which means it was unlikely to be a revenge.

What was the motive for the murderer to kill Xu Shan?

Or, who is the most beneficial to Xu Shan’s death?

First of all, Yan Hao and Xu Shan, as the deputy commander of the imperial guards, had a major responsibility to check and balance Yan Hao, prevent him from taking control of military power alone and threatening the safety of the capital.

Now that Xu Shan died, without him checks and balances, the imperial guards would be completely under Yan Hao's control.

Even if the emperor sends people to take over, the people who have arrived in the air will probably find it difficult to gain a foothold in the imperial guards for a while and will easily be undermined.

Xu Shan's death is obviously the most beneficial to Yan Hao!

But Yan Hao was bringing people to him to question him. There was absent prove that the murderer could not be him.

Apart from Yan Hao, the one who is most likely to benefit from it is the one who has the most hope of taking over Xu Shan's position.

But the murderer's cultivation level is at least at the peak of the Creation Realm. Will such a master care about the position of a deputy commander?

Or is the murderer just being instructed by someone else, and the mastermind behind him has someone else. Is it that Xu Shan is eliminated to allow himself or his own people to take over the position of deputy commander and thus gain control of military power?

Li Xiuran instantly thought of Lu Hui, who was also harmed by others, and his position was the city gate captain, who was responsible for guarding the capital gate. Could it be that the two cases were done by the same person?

To get rid of Lu Hui, do you also want to replace him with his own people and control the gates of the capital?

What does he want to do?

First get rid of Lu Hui, control the city gate, then kill Xu Shan, and get involved in military power. This rhythm... Isn't it that I want to rebel?

Li Xiuran's heart was shocked and was a little scared by his own speculation.

"What's wrong?" Chi Qingwan noticed the change in his face and asked immediately.

"Nothing." Li Xiuran suppressed the shock in his heart, shook his head, and looked at Xu Zhang and said, "Master Xu knows who is most likely to take over as the deputy commander after his death?"

Xu Zhang pondered: "The imperial guards have twelve guards, and they are led by twelve generals. Once my father dies, the position of deputy commander will be selected from these twelve generals. As for who will take over in the end, it will be decided by His Holiness."

Yes, for such an important position, the appointment and removal must be decided by the emperor... Li Xiuran nodded: "Thank you, Lord Xu, for telling me that Deputy Commander Xu's funeral will be handled by you. It has been delayed for so long, so I won't disturb you. I will say goodbye today and I will disturb you if I have any other questions."

It is related to whether the revenge of killing his father can be avenged, Xu Zhang is also very polite: "Li Panwei walked slowly. If you have any questions, you can come at any time."

...

After leaving the Xu Mansion, Chi Qingwan asked while walking, "Did you think of something just now? I don't see your reaction as if it's okay."

My eyesight is pretty good... Well, maybe it's because I haven't gotten home in my expression management, I'm still too young, so I can't stop showing it. It seems that I have to strengthen it in the future... Li Xiuran thought to himself and nodded:

"It's true that there are some speculations, but it's not sure."

Chi Qingwan's eyes lit up and she asked, "What guess?"

"Let's talk about it later. Now I'll go and see Lord Lin first." Li Xiuran turned over and horse.

"See my father?" Lin Fengkai was stunned. Seeing that he was riding a horse and heading away, he hurriedly got on his horse and followed Yang Wenxin, Chi Qingwan got on the horse together.

...

Lin Mansion.

Looking at Li Xiuran who had returned, Lin Yanjiang's eyes were a little surprised: "Why are you back?"

"I found some clues..." Li Xiuran told him his guess.

Lin Yanjiang's face became solemn in an instant, staring at him tightly, and his eyes seemed a little unbelievable, and he said in a deep voice: "You mean... the death of Lu Hui and Xu Shan is probably the same person, and the purpose of his doing this is to rebel?"

Lin Fengkai, Yang Wenxin, Chi Qingwan was also stunned. Unexpectedly, some of the guesses mentioned by Li Xiuran actually guessed that the rebellion was directly accused of.

Li Xiuran nodded: "It is not certain yet, but it is indeed possible to infer from the known information."

"It is better to trust the existence of such a major event than to trust the absence of it." Lin Yanjiang said in a deep voice: "What are you planning to do next?"

"I want to ask the Lord to pay attention to the two positions of the city gate captain and the deputy commander of the imperial guards, who is the most actively recommended candidates, then this person is the most suspicious!" Li Xiuran said in a deep voice.

This was one of his purposes for coming to see Lin Yanjiang. The city gate captain and the deputy commander of the imperial guards, one of whom was the sixth rank and the other was the second rank. He was not able to contact with recommendations or appointments.

If you only look at the final result, you may miss the key clues.
Chapter completed!