In the eyes of others, there is still a huge difference between Li Ling and King Yong, both in the past and now. It is hard to believe that a small local official dares to challenge the prince who is deeply favored by the emperor, let alone become enemies and completely push him down.

But Li Ling relied on such an opportunity to turn this impossible into a possibility. Whenever he thought of this, Lu Zhen felt incredible. Today he sat with him and had some clues when he was having tea and chatting with him. He saw some clues from Li Ling's attitude. This bold guy really didn't take the identity of Yong Wang too seriously, so he dared to fight and fight, so he could kill him with one blow after pinching seven inches.

After a little frightened, Lu Zhen chatted with Li Ling for a few more words and then planned to leave. He had a lot of things to do in the yamen, and it was not too early that day. But just as he got up and was about to leave, he saw a group of people outside the yard quickly coming. The leader was Zuo Xiang Lu Zhen.

This made Lu Zhen stunned, and Li Ling was also a little surprised, but he quickly got up and greeted: "I have met Lu Xiang."

Lu Zhen looked a little tired. Obviously, because of the incident of King Yong, he, the prime minister, became more and more busy. However, after seeing Li Ling, he still smiled in his eyes: "It seems that you are doing well here, but I don't think that I have been busy in the past few days, all because of your gift."

After joking, several people sat down at will. Under Li Ling's curious gaze, the old man's expression suddenly became a little solemn, and he gave a message that made people's heart beat: "Just earlier today, Zhang Kang died in the prison of Dali Temple."

Li Ling was stunned and was moved after a moment of moving, "The murderer was caught? Who instructed him?" The first thing he thought of was that the Yongwang was killing people to vent his anger, but then he felt something was wrong. No matter how he thought about this, it was strange and strange.

Lu Zhen shook his head gently: "Without the murderer, he committed suicide. Moreover, everyone in Yongwang is unable to protect himself. Who dares to do such a thing? Even if he really has this ability, he cannot do it. His death will only cause greater trouble to Yongwang." He guessed Li Ling's thoughts at once and explained again.

Li Ling quickly nodded in agreement. Yes, Zhang Kang and others are so sensitive now. They have a good idea. After all, everyone will decide that it was asked by King Yong to do it. Who would be so brainless and do such a thing that can be self-destructive?

Lu Zhen glanced at him and continued, "There is another point. No one had any contact with him within two days before his death. Then he committed suicide because the guards left less than a cup of tea. No matter how they looked at this, it was strange, but when the incident happened, King Yong was unable to argue because everyone believed that Zhang Kang's death was inseparable from him. Now, His Majesty has summoned him into the palace, and I don't know how to suffer."

Li Ling took a deep breath and frowned tightly. He originally thought that all this was in his control, and that he was leading the way of the case until the unjust case was revealed. But now, with the emergence of this news, he suddenly realized that it seemed that everything was not what he thought.

"I came to see you today just to talk to you about some of the details you ignored." Lu Zhen's old eyes were no longer faint at this time, only a flash of light. Obviously, as an old minister in the court, he was more sensitive to such conspiracy and struggles, and had already captured something.

Li Ling nodded immediately: "Just Lu just ask, as long as I know, I will definitely tell you everything."

"Didn't you notice anything unusual about this incident?"

"No...If there is anything wrong, I wouldn't dare to take a risk."

"Well... let me change the word. Before and after this incident, there is something that makes you feel a little unreasonable. Even if it is small, you can raise it."

Li Ling pondered again and said after a while: "To say this, there is one thing that is indeed quite strange, that is, the behavior of the three Chu brothers. They are too brave, but at the same time they have the simplicity of being ordinary people in the county. They only know how to go to Luoyang Prefecture to call for justice, so I saw it and interfere in the matter..." At this point, he was suddenly stunned, "Prince Lu, I have indeed ignored one thing. As they said, the reason why he went to beat drums and complain that day was to be guided by someone, so that person..."

"That person is the mastermind behind the scenes, at least a key link in pushing this matter forward." Lu Zhen immediately asserted, "Can they recognize that person? Or can they tell his appearance?"

Li Ling shook his head: "They only said they were passers-by. They couldn't remember the specific appearance at that time, let alone these days. By the way, if we counted this way, Zhang Kang should be one of the links, or even the more critical link..."

"Yes, it was precisely because of his reminder that the three brothers of the Chu family would enter Beijing desperately, and then there were all kinds of incidents later." Lu Zhen nodded, "If he had noticed these details earlier, he might have asked more from Zhang Kang, but he had committed suicide. This was not only the last blow to King Yong, but also cut off the clues of our investigation. The person behind him was indeed meticulous."

Li Ling was silent, but his heart was filled with coldness. As he said, in this game, he was just a knife in the hand of the person behind the scenes, but he had no idea before, and he was proud to think that everything was up to him, and he seized the opportunity and defeated King Yong.

What a terrible opponent that can set up such a big picture like an antelope hanging on its horns. It is Mo Li, the layout master called "Skynet", I'm afraid there is no such plan.

Is there really no flaw?

When Li Ling asked himself again, he couldn't help but think of an old saying in later mystery novels - there is no perfect crime in this world, and as long as it is a case done by a human, there must be a flaw. By the same token, there is no perfect layout in the world. No matter how clever the layout seems, there must be loopholes, and it only depends on whether you can find it.

In this incident, the most wonderful thing about the person behind the scenes was that he just pushed hard at several key points, and the others were handed over to the hands of Li Ling, who had outstanding abilities, so his strength was not exposed. From the perspective of crime, he just didn't take action at all, but made Li Ling an accomplice through psychological induction.

Therefore, it is impossible to infer his identity from the method of crime, so the only way is to start with motivation. From whoever will benefit in the end is the final culprit, Li Ling can call out his identity without thinking: "Crown Prince!" Because King Yong and him are already as powerful as water and fire, King Yong's party is over, which is a great thing for the prince.

And his words did not surprise Lu Zhen, but just asked immediately: "Where is the evidence?"

"There is one thing that I felt a little weird at that time, but I didn't think about it because of my own situation. Now that I think about it, this is also the biggest flaw he showed." Li Ling looked at Lu Zhen and said slowly, "He did not express any statement in this matter and did not take this opportunity to attack King Yong and his followers! This is obviously unreasonable."

Indeed, in recent years, under the intentional guidance of the emperor, there have been many head-on conflicts between the two major forces of the Prince and the Yong King. As long as they seize the pain of the other party, they will attack them in a large amount of attacks, wishing to completely defeat them and step on them a few more steps. But this time, the Prince and his followers stopped and almost didn't say much, which was obviously inconsistent with their usual practices.

"If I have to tell you the whole story, then it's just a guilty feeling?" Li Ling continued his statement.

Then Lu Zhen shook his head: "No, this is not a guilty conscience, but a choice that is sure to win and does not want to create extravagance."

"How can I explain this?"

"The prince is convinced that you can defeat King Yong with those evidences, so in order not to be suspected or not to remind His Majesty, this may be a party struggle, so he deliberately kept a low profile."

Li Ling pondered for a moment and understood the deeper content: the emperors today always like to balance the court, between civil and military affairs, in the political affairs hall, and between several sons. But now, King Yong has been on the verge of complete failure due to this case. At this time, the prince must not remind the emperor of this balance, so he kept an absolute low-key.

He not only took himself out, but also could kill King Yong in a desperate situation. This is really clever.

Li Ling thought about this and took a deep breath. It was said that the Tian family had no relatives, but this time he really realized it. The brothers were able to make up for each other and make a plan to make each other so much.

"But there is still no evidence." Lu Zhen frowned and said, "Even if there is no suspicion at all."

Li Ling quickly calmed down and recalled the things from the front to back. After a while of thinking, he suddenly looked moved: "Secretary Lu, there is something I have always ignored, maybe it has something to do with the prince."

"explain."

"It was me who was stranded in the capital and stayed at the Huang Family Inn." After understanding the meticulous methods of the prince more deeply, Li Ling examined before and after he caught a little suspicious point.

“How to say it?”

"I went to Beijing to report my work this time. When I wanted to stay in Chengdongguan Inn, they arranged a three-person guest room by them, which was something I could not accept. Finally, because of the local environment and time considerations, I moved into the Huangjia Inn in front of Luoyang Prefecture. It can be said that without this arrangement, I would not have been able to intervene in this case.

"Then I went to the Ministry of Personnel to report my duties, but someone stopped me. In those days, I even spent money to handle some things, but I still couldn't get things done. The head of the Ministry of Personnel named Wu Ciren received the money, but there was no arrangement. I thought it was his character problem before, but now..."
Chapter completed!