The people in the courtyard had a tacit understanding and no one shouted, only one or two crisp sounds were made when the swords clashed.

While Li Shui was eating dumplings, he asked, "Did you hear anything?"

Li Xin said: "Is there any?"

At that time, the water in the clay pot was bubbling and the dumplings were tumbling up and down. Li Xin looked at the bell and saw that there was no movement, so he safely served himself another bowl of dumplings.

The winner of the fight in the small courtyard was determined quickly. Life and death fights were often completed in an instant.

The gangsters relied on continuous cold arrows to kill all the dead soldiers.

But at this time, there are only two people left under the underworld. One is called Black Market and the other is called Black Hand.

All three of them were injured, especially their feet, which were badly bruised. They were able to stand here only because of their sheer perseverance.

The gangster grimaced in pain and was speechless. He pointed the knife at the house, signaling the gangster and gangster to quickly kill the people inside.

He didn't want to go to the black market, but he had to go, so he grinned and walked over. If it wasn't to maintain his grace, he would have preferred to crawl over, which would at least relieve the pain in the soles of his feet.

Black Market opened the door, and it was pitch black inside. At least there was starlight outside, but there was nothing inside.

Black Market took a while to adapt, and finally vaguely saw a person who seemed to be tied to the pillar.

The black market was very excited and walked in with a knife. But then he thought about it and felt something was wrong: "Why is the other party tied up?"

Black Market took out the flint from his arms, struck it a few times, and lit a few dry straws.

The light of the straw stung Black Market's eyes. It took him a while to get used to it before he could see clearly that the person tied to the pillar was a man.

Black Market was a little confused. He slowly turned around and said to the outside: "This person..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xin and Li Shui walked in.

Li Xin held the sword, and Li Shui held the torch.

When the two people heard the bell ringing, they put down their dishes and rushed over. As soon as they entered the small courtyard, they saw corpses all over the ground.

The gangster snorted and charged at Li Xin with a knife. But how brave was Li Xin? What's more, the gangster had limited legs and feet. He only took a few breaths and was knocked to the ground by Li Xin.

The gangster committed suicide without saying a word.

Black Market and Black Hand looked at each other, turned around and ran outside.

They didn't intend to kill Ma Lingshu to vent their anger. After all, this man was tied up here by Huaiguzi, so he was probably very innocent.

Unfortunately, the blood on these two people was almost dry. They were already dizzy and unable to escape over the wall. Seeing Li Xin pressing closer and closer, the two committed suicide.

Li Shui looked at Li Xin and said helplessly: "Brother Li, you are not good at this level. You didn't catch a single person alive?"

Li Xin said: "This is a dead soldier, and it is not easy to catch him."

Li Shui looked at the corpses on the ground and said with some confusion: "That's strange, how could they kill each other?"

Li Xin was also full of doubts. He squatted down and investigated, but there was nothing on any of the corpses to prove their identity.

Li Xin said to Li Shui: "All the assassins are dead. Is the mastermind behind the investigation like this?"

Li Shui smiled and pointed at Ma Lingshua in the room: "He will tell us."

Li Shui and Li Xin walked in and lit the lamp. They saw Ma Lingshua's face was pale and his lips were trembling.

When Li Shui went out before, he told Ma Lingshu that the people behind him would definitely come to assassinate him.

Ma Lingshu didn't quite believe it, thinking that this was all a show performed by Li Shui. Including digging holes and burying bamboos today, he felt that this was all a trick by Li Shui to trick him into confessing.

When the sound of murder rang out outside, Ma Lingshu was a little scared, but he still held on to a sense of luck, thinking that the other party was not here to kill people, but was pretending to be someone from Huaiguzi, just to deceive himself.

But the door was suddenly pushed open. He saw two people holding knives and covered in blood. He also saw the corpse outside.

Some corpses had multiple arrows in them, and some had their heads missing. The yard was in a mess, with blood everywhere.

Ma Lingshu was scared, completely scared. If he hadn't been tied to the pillar, he would have sat down on the ground now.

Li Shui asked him: "Who is that person behind you? Don't worry, if he can't kill you once, he will come again."

Ma Lingshu suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I can say it, but after I say it, can you let me live?"

Li Shui was silent for a while and asked: "You and I bet our lives. If I lose, will you let me live?"

Ma Lingshu fell silent.

Li Shui patted him on the shoulder: "The path you choose has to be completed even on your knees."

Ma Lingshu said quietly: "I have one more request."

Li Shui said nothing.

Ma Lingshu said: "Can you honor what you said before about fine wine, steamed buns, and beauties? If so, I will tell you."

Li Shui: "..."

Seeing that Li Shui was silent, Ma Lingshu was a little disappointed: "Can't you agree to such a small request?"

Li Shui said: "The fairy wine is very expensive...that's all. If you tell the truth, how about I let you go?"

Ma Lingshu was surprised, happy, surprised, and angry: "What? My life is not worth a glass of fairy wine."

Li Shui sneered.

But anyway, it is better to die than to live. Ma Lingshu complained symbolically and said: "The person who instigated me is Zhao Gao. This person has gathered all the old members of the Wang family and is dealing with you secretly."

Li Shui asked again: "Not Wang?"

Ma Lingshua shook his head: "The Wang family is too busy taking care of themselves that they can no longer take care of you. What's more, I went to worship Wang Li, but I was beaten out. I will not sacrifice my life for such mediocre masters."

Ma Lingshu said: "I have told you everything I know. Can you untie me and let me go back?"

Li Shui said: "It's getting late. It's not safe for you to walk alone at night. Just wait until dawn."

Ma Lingshu was a little speechless. This reason was normal in other places, but why was it so strange when it was applied to him?

Li Xin and Li Shui went back to sleep, completely ignoring Ma Lingshu who was tied to the pillar.

Ma Lingshu had been tied up all night and was a little anxious to urinate, but considering that he would be free tomorrow morning, he might as well endure it. It was important for a scholar-bureaucrat to retain a little face.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Li Shui and Li Xin got up.

Wang Laoshi and a few people have been waiting for him for a long time.

After meeting Li Shui, Wang honestly said: "Your Majesty, last night I followed your instructions and arranged people outside the houses of all suspicious courtiers to monitor their every move. Even after dawn, I deliberately approached their houses.

The servant asked me a few words."

Li Shui nodded and asked: "Courtiers, what did you do last night?"

Wang honestly said: "There was no movement in Mr. Wang Wan's house. According to his servants, Wang Wan went to bed early last night."

"There wasn't much movement in Li Si's house. But the servant said that the light in Li Si's room had been on all night. It seemed that last night was the anniversary of Han Feizi's death. Li Si does this every year, and he didn't sleep that night."

"Chun Yu is a great man. He read a book in the middle of the night and fell asleep."

"Wang's house has always been closed, no one comes in or out. His servants don't interact with anyone either. So the villain didn't find out anything."

"As for Zhao Gao, about ten people came out of his house quietly last night. Everyone was wearing night clothes, and it didn't look like they were doing anything good. According to the people sent out by the villain, those people went outside the city. As for

I'm not out of town, I don't know."

Li Xin said: "It seems that the assassin was indeed sent by Zhao Gao."

Li Shui nodded and said, "It is indeed him. I had already guessed it was him."

Li Xin said a little helplessly: "Brother Huai, you and I obviously only asked for the confession last night."

Li Shui chuckled and said: "The confession last night was just to make the evidence more conclusive. In fact, I have already guessed that the mastermind behind it is Zhao Gao. There are three reasons."

"First, why did Wang Ben travel thousands of miles to go to the Huns to kill Wu Tong? Why was he so sure that Wu Tong could bring back the cattle and sheep? Obviously he knew that Shatilie would satisfy my request. And whoever knows Shatilie's secret,

Apart from Your Majesty, there are only five people. Among these five people, the only one who has enmity with me is Zhao Gao."

"Secondly, after I ate mushrooms, I became unconscious and uttered the truth. I said, Hu Ye, the one who destroyed Qin. How could Zhao Gao not bear grudges against me? But he never made a move. According to his character, he would ignore past grudges.

?Obviously not, he must have done it secretly."

"Thirdly, Ma Lingshu has offended the Wang family, and the only one left who dares to take him in is Zhao Gao."

Li Xin laughed and said: "Anyway, it's confirmed that it's Zhao Gao. I can make up a hundred reasons for this. But Brother Huai, how do you plan to deal with Zhao Gao?"

Li Shui said: "I plan to pretend that I don't know anything. He is in the dark, and I am also in the dark. Haha, it's better to shoot a cold arrow, so let's try it."

Later, Li Shui called Wang Laoshi over and asked, "Have you found the beauty I asked you to find last time?"

Wang Laoshi was stunned for a moment: "When did you ask me to find a beauty?"

Li Shui said: "Didn't I let the wind go out last time? I gave Ma Lingshu wine to drink, steamed buns to eat, and beautiful women to wait on me."

Wang Laoshi scratched his head: "Isn't this news just to deceive everyone?"

Li Shui said: "Let me ask you, are there... women who sell themselves in Xianyang City? It's... that kind of place."

Wang Laoshi was stunned for a moment, then eagerly said: "Sir, are you talking about a female concubine? All the women there are as beautiful as flowers. Some of the famous ones may cost a bit more. Ordinary ones cost only a hundred yuan. Pay the price.

After that, you can have a good night inside. If you want to drink alcohol, you will have to pay extra. However, the alcohol inside is thin and expensive, so it is better to sneak some in..."

Li Shui and Li Xin both looked at him curiously: "Why do you know so clearly?"
To be continued...