Outside Jishanfang where Gao Mansion is located is a river-along belt about ten miles long. Through the woods more than 400 steps wide, there is a dark Luoshui that is hundreds of feet wide. You can vaguely see the tall and majestic imperial city walls on the other side of the Luoshui River.

Two miles east of Luoshui is Tianjin Bridge, and to the west is a vast military camp. The army built a water gate in the river with giant trees. Soldiers patrolled the water camp to prevent ships of unknown origin from entering the city from entering the Luoshui.

Li Zhen ran through the woods. He had heard Di Yan's shouts and the sound of swords colliding from afar. He became more anxious and rushed out of the woods in one breath. On the rocky beach on the banks of the Luoshui River, Di Yan was fighting fiercely with a man in black.

Li Zhen recognized the man in black at a glance. It was Lan Zhenyu they were going to arrest. He was the source of the poison in the case of Poison Sutra. Only by arresting him can Di Renjie be proven innocent.

Lan Zhenyu was seriously injured in his left shoulder, his left arm was weak, and he could no longer use the poisonous crossbow arrow, so he could only wave his sword with one hand to fight Di Yan fiercely.

Lan Zhenyu's swordsmanship is much higher than Di Yan, but because he was hit by Qian Ji San, despite taking the homemade antidote, the toxicity was still not eliminated. The severe abdominal pain made him at a disadvantage in the fierce battle with Di Yan and gradually lost his support.

At this time, the abdomen poisoning began to occur again. Lan Zhenyu was sweating profusely in pain. He glanced at him and saw Li Zhen running towards him.

Lan Zhenyu was very anxious and tried his best to chop several swords, forcing Di Yan back a few steps. He turned around and ran wildly, jumped into the dark Luoshui.

Di Yan was shocked and rushed forward a few steps, but stabbed the sky with a sword. She watched Lan Zhenyu disappear into the river, so anxious that she stamped her feet.

Li Zhen finally arrived, and Di Yan vented his resentment on Li Zhen, "It's all your fault! I'm almost caught him, you scared him away as soon as you came, you said! What should I do now?"

Li Zhen stood on the river bank, looking at the river silently, and his heart was filled with regret. Today, he had seized Lan Zhenyu's great opportunity, but he escaped.

At this moment, Lai Junchen led more than 20 people to chase the river. Not far away, Yupinlong also came with more than a dozen men. They all thought that Lan Zhenyu would most likely escape from Luoshui, but they were still one step late, and Lan Zhenyu had disappeared in the water.

Lai Junchen was extremely annoyed. Now there are only three days left before the deadline given to him by the emperor. If he can't catch Lan Zhenyu, how can he explain to the emperor?

Lai Junchen glanced at him and fell on Li Zhen. He felt that this person looked familiar. He immediately became suspicious and walked up to him and asked, "May I ask this young master's name?"

Li Zhen had dealt with Lai Junchen when he was pretending to be a prison officer in Dali Temple. It was night now, and he changed his clothes again, but Lai Junchen did not recognize him.

Li Zhengong bowed and said calmly: "Li Zhen, who is coming to Dunhuang, what can I do to see the Central Chief?"

"You are Li Zhen!"

Lai Junchen was surprised. He learned about the relic case from Lan Zhenning, and knew that Li Zhen had a deep relationship with the relic case and was the key figure in the relic case.

He looked up and down at Li Zhen, and saw Di Yan next to him, but recognized her, thinking to himself, it turned out that Li Zhen was from Di Renjie's group, who said Di Renjie was not involved in this case?

Lai Junchen stared at Li Zhen in a hurry and said dryly: "I am ordered to handle the case. Can you ask Mr. Li to come with me?"

Di Yan walked up to Li Zhen and faced Lai Junchen and said, "Lai Junchen, don't bring out the imperial edict at any time. Mr. Li is a tribute student in Shazhou and is about to participate in the Ministry of War Military Affairs. His family background is innocent and the government has no evidence. Why should you take him away?"

Lai Junchen laughed sinisterly, "Who am I talking about it? It turns out that it is Miss Di. It seems that you have a good relationship with this Li Zhen! This official has found out that Li Zhen is related to the Poisonous Sutra case. Could it be that your father is really involved in the Poisonous Sutra case? Otherwise, how could the daughter of the Di family know him?"

Di Yan thought that her father was tortured by Lai Junchen and was beaten to pieces. She felt extremely hatred and gritted her teeth and cursed: "You are just a mad dog that bites people randomly. One day, those who have been tortured by you will cut you into pieces!"

Lai Junchen was furious and ordered him to follow, "Come on, take this Li Zhen away!"

Dozens of people rushed forward and surrounded Li Zhen. Li Zhen could have jumped into Luoshui and left, but he was worried about Di Yan and restrained the urge to dive and escape. He slowly drew out his sword and whispered to Di Yan: "A Yan, go first, I'll deal with these dog legs."

Di Yan shook her head firmly, "If I leave, you will definitely die!"

Lai Junchen became more angry and drew his sword and shouted, "Both of them are arrested, let me do it!"

At this moment, Gao Lishi led his servants to arrive. Seeing the crisis, he quickly shouted, "Stop it all!"

Lai Junchen knew Gao Lishi and knew that he was Gao Yanfu's adopted son, and Gao Yanfu was the confidant eunuch of the emperor. He didn't dare to act rashly anymore. He put his sword back into the sheath, and smiled and asked, "Why is Mr. Gao coming?"

Gao Lishi pointed at Li Zhen, "Mr. Li is my father's distinguished guest. Now he is a guest at Gao's mansion. Why should he arrest him when he comes to Zhongcheng?"

Lai Junchen was shocked. Why did Li Zhen have anything to do with Gao Yanfu? He suddenly realized that he was a little reckless. He was not afraid of Di Renjie, but Gao Yanfu could not afford to offend him.

He quickly winked at his subordinates, and more than a dozen subordinates took their swords and returned to their sheaths and retreated.

Lai Junchen then smiled and said to Gao Lishi: "Master Gao may not know that Bei Zhizheng was ordered to capture the suspect Lan Zhenyu, but found that this young master Li seemed to know Lan Zhenyu, so I wanted to ask him to assist in the case, but I had no other intention."

Gao Lishi shook his head and said, "You have nothing to do with me when handling the case, but Mr. Li is my father's distinguished guest. If you come to Zhongcheng to take him away, you should at least say hello to my father first?"

Li Zhen secretly admired Gao Lishi for being able to speak. He was worthy of being a powerful official later, and he was able to grasp the key points at a young age.

Li Zhen was unwilling to let Gao Yanfu get involved in the case, so he walked out and said to Lai Junchen: "I will not hide it from Lai Zhongcheng, I am also entrusted by the Di family to find out the truth about the drug case.

I have found that Lan Zhenyu is a key figure. It can be said that our goals are the same. It is better for us to cooperate temporarily and catch Lan Zhenyu together. When we come to Zhongcheng, we can report to the office, and I can also clear the grievances of the Prime Minister Di. What do you think?"

Lai Junchen is an extremely smart person. He knew that Li Zhen was only involved in the relics case and had nothing to do with the poisonous scripture case. Moreover, this person had a deep relationship with Lan Zhenyu and had more hope of catching Lan Zhenyu than himself.

More importantly, Lai Junchen has only three days left, and he cannot catch Lan Zhenyu, so he cannot submit a job to the emperor.

Lai Junchen thought to himself, "It's better to give Gao Yanfu a face first, use Li Zhen to catch Lan Zhenyu, and then deal with him."

Thinking of this, he pretended to be happy and said: "If Mr. Li had said it earlier, there would be no misunderstanding. Then we will make up our minds and cooperate this time."

Li Zhen smiled and said, "One word is certain!"

Lai Junchen bowed to Gao Lishi, "I just had a misunderstanding. Don't take it seriously, Mr. Gao, don't take it to heart. Hu Zhiye will leave first."

He waved his hand, "Let's go!"

More than twenty subordinates followed him one after another. When Lai Junchen passed by Yu Pinlong, he sneered, "Does Brother Pinlong want to take advantage of the troubled waters?"

He raised his head and laughed dryly, turned over and urged the horse to leave.

Yu Pinlong felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say. He hesitated for a moment and then led his servants away. Only Li Zhen and others were left by the river.

At this time, Di Yan asked anxiously, "Brother Li, where can we find Lan Zhenyu?"

"I don't know either, but he should be hiding somewhere to heal his wounds. He will have to be recuperated for at least one month on his shoulder. It seems that he has been poisoned. I'll ask my friend to find out if there are any clues."

Gao Lishi smiled beside him and said, "Brother Li, Miss Yan, it's late at night, let's go back to the house to rest first! I'll talk about anything tomorrow."

Li Zhen was grateful to Gao Lishi for helping him in time. He stepped forward and bowed to Gao Lishi and said, "Thanks to the young master to save him today, otherwise I will suffer."

Gao Lishi waved his hand a little embarrassedly, "Hey! A small matter is not worth mentioning. Please come home with me first!"

Li Zhen and Di Yan nodded, and they followed Gao Lishi back to Gao Mansion.

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The next morning, Li Zhen and Di Yan broke up. Di Yan first went back to Di's mansion to discuss countermeasures. Li Zhen entered the imperial city and asked a guard to help him find Zhang Xi. Soon, the guard came back and told him that Zhang Xi was on vacation today and should be at home.

Li Zhen had no choice but to hurried back to Nanshi again and found Zhang Xi at Wangchun Tea House.

"My brother, long time no see."

Zhang Xi was as generous as ever. When he saw Li Zhen, he patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically and said, "A few days ago, I asked me to go to the wine shop to find you. Your eldest sister said you went to Liangzhou. When did you come back?"

"To be honest with Brother Zhang, I didn't go to Liangzhou. I was injured and was recuperating outside the city. I just came back the day before yesterday."

"Injuried!"

Zhang Xi was startled and quickly pulled him into the inner room and asked solemnly: "Why are you injured?"

He suddenly realized, "Is it because of the last time someone was attacked in Dali Temple?"

Li Zhen nodded, "That night, they came to assassinate Di Xiangguo. Unfortunately, I was shot with a poisonous arrow and it took me seven days to get better."

"Hey! I have advised you a long time ago. This kind of court power struggle is very cruel. Why do you have to get involved?"

"I can't help but have some things. Brother Zhang, we won't talk about this anymore. I want to ask you for help."

"You said, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you!"

Li Zhen thought for a while and said, "The case of Di Xiangguo has reached a critical moment. We have discovered a key witness named Lan Zhenyu. He escaped from the Wei Palace last night and was injured in a sword and was poisoned. He should have hid somewhere in Luoyang to heal his wounds. I know that Brother Zhang has a wide connection. Can he help me find this person?"

Zhang Xi smiled bitterly, Luoyang is so big, how can he find this?

But he did not refuse, and nodded, "I will mobilize all my friends to help inquire and try my best to help you. In addition, if you go find Qiu Niang, she is very good at detoxifying and may help you."

Zhang Xi did not mention it, but Li Zhen forgot something. He heard Di Yan vaguely mention Qiu Niang yesterday. In the end, Zhao Qiuniang's medicine detoxified his poison. He had not yet thanked others in person.

Li Zhen felt guilty and quickly stood up and said, "Then please Brother Zhang, I'll go find Sister Qiuniang."

Zhang Xi sent him to the outer room, and Li Zhen remembered something again and asked, "Does Brother Zhang be familiar with Yu Pinlong?"

"That little white face!"

Zhang Xi sneered disdainfully: "He is one of Wei Tuaner's two lovers. He has a fancy swordsmanship and looks very good. Unfortunately, he is a little bit unconscious. With Wei Tuaner's support, a small captain can act as a mighty person. What do you ask him?"

"He is also looking for Lan Zhenyu!"

Zhang Xi was secretly surprised, quickly pulled him aside and whispered: "I want to remind you that this fish-quality dragon is not worth worrying about, but Wei Tuaner behind him is a powerful character, ruthless and powerful, so don't mess with her."

"I have nothing to do with him. I am reminding my elder brother to be careful."

Zhang Xi smiled, "I am a local snake. I am more slippery than anyone else in this kind of thing, so you don't have to worry."

Li Zhen said goodbye and left. He was not in a hurry to find Zhao Qiuniang, but went to his eldest sister's wine shop first. As soon as he was halfway, he heard someone calling him behind him, "Li Zhen, Mr. Li!"

Li Zhen turned around and saw a young man running forward, smiling and bowing to him, "Please stay, please stay!"

Li Zhen had never seen this person before, and asked with a puzzled smile: "Do we know each other?"

"I'm just bringing a letter. Someone is waiting for you, which has something to do with Lan Zhenyu's whereabouts."

The visitor handed him a piece of plain paper, gave him a gift and left.

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Chapter completed!