Zhongjing.

Sheriff's Mansion.

backyard.

Sheriff Sikong Xiang was sitting on the bed, and there was a strong medicinal smell in the room.

"Lord Sikong, you haven't seen Wei Dingguo?"

Luo Xingchen frowned.

He captured Wei Dingguo alive, but the county governor Sikong Xiang changed his mind and never saw Wei Dingguo again.

"Gone..."

"I am too persistent. If you think about it carefully, why is there any need to ask? Betrayal is not a momentary thing, but has started long ago."

"In the final analysis, I was careless in employing people and made a mistake."

Sikong Xiang coughed twice, with a melancholy look in his eyes.

"If a person betrays his benefactor and the benefactor doesn't treat him harshly, then it's his own problem, not yours." Luo Xingchen considered it for a moment and said.

"In the past, Wei Dingguo was not like this. He grew up in a poor family. After the same plague, all his family members died and he was the only one left. Later he joined the army. I saw that he fought bravely, so I promoted him and even gave him a name. Before, he was

He is very frugal and self-disciplined, but who would have expected that he would fall so quickly." Sikong Xiang sighed with emotion.

"Lord Sikong, you are so high up that you cannot clearly see the thoughts of the people below you. Not only Wei Dingguo, how can other generals be any better? There are not many who are not in line with the trend."

"Now that Wei Dingguo has been arrested, who can succeed him? I think this is a troublesome matter." Luo Xingchen frowned.

"No trouble, garrison. That Risong will take over and let him take control of the garrison in Beijing." Si Kongxiang coughed. His lungs were damaged during the assassination. Before he recovered, he kept coughing from time to time.

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"That's good. In addition, Lord Sikong and the Zhongjing Zoroastrian Cult can help." Luo Xingchen said.

"In this matter, the Zoroastrian Cult Zhuque envoy Chu Shikai, Zhu Mo has sent someone to contact me." Sikong Xiang said.

"That's good. I'll be leaving in a while. At that time, my grandmother may go north to Beijing." Luo Xingchen nodded.

"If His Highness can come to Zhongjing as soon as possible, please come as soon as possible. Zhongjing is closer to Shangjing. Once there are changes in Shangjing, we can rush there immediately," Sikong Xiang said.

The reason why they met alone was because Sikong Xiang knew Luo Xingchen's true identity early on. He was the grandson of the eldest princess Tuoba Xian, and he also had the royal blood of the Tuoba family.

If Tuoba Xian can successfully seize the throne, in the future, Daliao may be handed over to the young man in front of him.

As for Tuoba Xian having a mature, steady and smart grandson, Sikong Xiang is happy to see it happen. Only with an heir can there be a future. This is also an important bargaining chip for him to gradually make up his mind to have the entire Sikong family support the eldest princess.

The current emperor, Tuoba Kang, is a cruel, jealous and moody king. Each of his three sons is more stupid than the last, which makes the knowledgeable people in the court feel despair.

After some contact with Sikong Xiang, it turned out that many ministers in the court had secretly expressed their surrender.

Of course, they won't support it openly.

For the sake of their wealth and lives, they are very cunning. They are waiting for the opportunity to see who can be the final winner, Tuoba Kang in the light or Tuoba Xian in the secret.

Support whoever wins. This is the wisdom of most officials.

"I will convey your opinions to you." Luo Xingchen nodded.

"Lord Sikong, there is one more thing that I just found out."

Luo Xingchen paused for a moment, then continued: "The Zoroastrian Cult's informant found out that the person who paid to hire the killer this time is Gongsun Shengjie of the Gongsun family."

"How could it be him? The head of the Gongsun family, Gongsun Zhi, is so old and cunning, there is no way he would let his son do such a stupid thing." Sikong Xiang said in shock.

"It's hard to tell. What is the truth? We can only know it by confronting Gongsun Shengjie," Luo Xingchen said.

"Young Master, go ahead and do it. I'll leave the Sheriff's order to you."

Sikong Xiang took out a token from under his pillow.

This token was cast by the imperial court. It is the only one that represents Sikong Xiang's identity as the governor of Zhongjing County.

Holding the token is like Sikong Xiang personally coming forward, and he can use it to call on all government resources in Zhongjing.

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll go meet the Gongsun family." Luo Xingchen said.

"Sir, are you planning to come forward in person?" Sikong Xiang was stunned. He took out the token, thinking that Luo Xingchen was acting secretly, but from Luo Xingchen's tone, it seemed that he wanted to come forward directly.

"Yes, we can't delay this indefinitely. The Gongsun family must find a way to solve it."

"The Gongsun family supports the false emperor Tuoba Kang. Being able to destroy the Gongsun family means cutting off one of Tuoba Kang's hands, which is very useful."

What Luo Xingchen wants is to cut through the mess quickly. As long as the Gongsun family is solved, there will basically be no big force in Zhongjing that can compete.

And with Zhongjing and the lower capital about to be obtained, it is not far away from controlling the upper capital and regaining the throne.

"Bring more people. The Gongsun family is not as simple as it appears. There are many private soldiers in his family."

Sikong Xiang thought for a while and finally agreed.

Now that Luo Xingchen has made his decision, he must be prepared. All he has to do is be responsible and cooperate.

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Gongsun Shengxie ran all the way, and when he came to Gongsun Zhi, he was out of breath.

"What happened?"

Gongsun Zhi knew that his eldest son would not be so anxious unless something big happened.

"Father, it's bad, Shengjie has done something serious." Gongsun Shengxie finally said the words.

"What's the big deal? Speak slowly, the sky won't fall." Gongsun Zhi raised his eyebrows.

"Shengjie found a killer to assassinate the governor Sikong Xiang." Gongsun Shengxie said in one breath.

"He did it? How is this possible?"

Gongsun Zhi had long known about the assassination of County Governor Sikong Xiang. Given his status, he could still know about such a major event in advance.

But he never imagined that this major assassination case was actually related to his family.

"That's not right. Shengjie has been banned by his father. How can he hire a murderer? Furthermore, where can Shengjie find the assassin who assassinated the county governor?" Gongsun asked.

"I don't know, but Shengjie has already admitted that he did it. If I ask about anything else, he won't say anything," Gongsun Shengxie said.

"Don't tell me? This traitor wants to make me angry to death. You bring someone and bring him here quickly."

The calmness on Gongsun Zhi's face was finally broken.

He gritted his teeth and said harshly.

"Father, I've already asked someone to bring him here. He's almost here."

Gongsun Shengxiedao.

Not long after, two guards, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiched Gongsun Shengjie in the middle to prevent him from leaving midway, and then they came together in front of Gongsun Zhi.

"I've met my father." Gongsun Shengjie saluted, his face expressionless.
Chapter completed!