Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 226
"But son, the county magistrate is clearly wronging you!" the boy yelled with his lips curled up.

"Since you know that I was wronged, you shouldn't tell Xingzi about it. Xingzi rescued me. Do you think you are helping me? You know, this actually proves my crime!" Lu Jitong stared angrily. boy.

The boy opened his mouth, lowered his head and stirred up the corner of his clothes.

"Ji Tong, don't blame him. It's my own attention to save you." The woman said.

"Xingzi, you really shouldn't trespass on the county government." Lu Jitong looked at the girl with pity in his eyes, and let out a long sigh.

"If I don't rescue you, you will be charged with murder." Kyoko glanced at him and said seriously.

Lu Jitong frowned suddenly, he looked at Xingzi suspiciously: "Xingzi, what do you mean?"

Kyoko didn't speak, but took out a piece of paper written in Japanese characters from her arms, and handed it to him.

Lu Jitong carefully looked at the words on the paper, and said in surprise, "Xingzi, are these true or false? How did you find out?"

"Ji Tong, before you came back, I sent Sasaki to look for you. However, since then, Sato has disappeared. I find it very strange that the person who reported it clearly said that he saw you and Sato enter with his own eyes. restaurant, but Sasaki didn’t come back, so I thought there was something hidden in it, so I asked someone to investigate secretly.”

Speaking of this, Xingzi glanced at Lu Jitong and sighed: "If I didn't know you very well, I would almost have mistakenly thought that you betrayed us."

Lu Jitong put away the paper and said in a deep voice, "No wonder you were so wary of me when I went to join you. Are all the things recorded on it true?"

Xingzi nodded, and said: "Before you came, we have been secretly investigating that person. The things recorded in this paper are all true."

Xingzi glanced at him, and said seriously: "Ji Tong, all the things were done by that person and have nothing to do with you. But because your appearance is very similar to that person, the crime of murder will definitely fall on you body, if I don’t rescue you, won’t you suffer innocent injustice?”

Lu Jitong didn't speak, he held the paper in his hand, rubbed it vigorously a few times, his right hand turned into pieces of paper and fell down one after another.

"Ji Tong, why did you destroy these? As long as you hand these over to the government, you will be cleared of the murder suspicion!" Seeing him destroying the paper, Xingzi was a little startled.

Lu Jitong sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Xingzi, since you have found out who is responsible for these cases, you should know that I am inseparable from this case."

He paused, then sighed: "He... is still so self-willed. Now that he has done these things, I have to bear it for him."

"You weren't the murderer, why did you take the blame for him?" Xingzi was a little anxious, her almond eyes were full of astonishment.

Lu Jitong shook his head and said: "This is not a scapegoat, but a redemption. I believe that the eldest brother will realize his mistakes and correct himself. One more thing, the weapon that killed Tao Zhaoxue was Sasaki's dagger. Things can’t get away from it.”

"No! I won't allow it!" Xingzi Fen's face was slightly cold, she bit her lip, and said in a low voice: "Ji Tong, I have already lost my father, and I can't lose you again. If you go to take the blame, you will definitely die, I won't allow it !"

Lu Jitong was stunned for a moment, tenderness appeared in his eyes, and he said, "Xingzi, I didn't mean to take the blame, but I took this opportunity to investigate Sasaki's whereabouts."

Hearing what he said, Kyoko's nervous expression eased.

"Ji Tong, we came across the sea from Dongpu, and we are full of unknowns about everything here. You are my only relative, please don't leave me?" Xingzi opened her almond eyes and said pitifully.

Lu Jitong's heart softened, and he held her hand and said, "I promise you, I will escort you to Chang'an safely. By the way, you don't want to go out casually during this period. The county magistrate has recognized your Dongying identity, so you must The whole city will be searched and arrested. Now, there is no news from Mr. Gao, so you must not reveal your identity."

"From Dongying to Datang, there are countless dangers along the way, we will be careful." Xingzi glanced at a brocade box on the table, and said solemnly: "Too many people died to escort this brocade box, I will not let their blood be shed in vain."

If Li Canghai saw the brocade box at this time, he would definitely be astonished, because this brocade box is exactly the same as the brocade box he took away in the Nether Palace.

At this moment, a thick smoke came out from the wine shop.

"It's on fire! Put out the fire!"

The tavern clerk shouted anxiously in the courtyard, and after a while, there was a mess of shouting in the courtyard.

Lu Jitong's expression tightened, and he quickly gave Xingzi a wink. After Xingzi received it, he hugged the brocade box in his arms and followed Lu Jitong cautiously.

"Miss Xingzi, are you alright?" A dozen figures quickly gathered outside the door, and one of them knocked on the door and asked respectfully.

Lu Jitong opened the door, only to see more than a dozen strong men standing on both sides, carefully observing the surroundings.

Thick smoke billowed in the wine shop, and the fire spread all the way, coming straight to where they were.

"Xingzi, the fire is so strange, I'm afraid it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, get out of here quickly!" Lu Jitong glanced at the spreading fire, and immediately made a judgment in his heart.

Xingzi nodded without any hesitation, and under the protection of many big men, followed Lu Jitong over the wine shop and went straight to the north of the city.

However, just as they walked to the old alley in the north of the city, countless darts with cold light suddenly flew around.

Caught off guard, several big men were immediately pierced into hedgehogs by the darts, and their souls returned to hell in an instant.

"No! There's an ambush!" Lu Jitong shouted in surprise.

Before everyone could react, more than a dozen masked men in black suddenly appeared from among the ruins around them.

Lu Ji and the others quickly formed a group, protecting Xingzi in the middle, carefully watching the sudden killer in front of them.

"Miss Xingzi, we meet again, this is really fate!" A man with several weapons stuck in his waist jumped down from the remnant wall and said in a stiff tone.

When Kyoko, who was surrounded by the crowd, saw that person, her pink face suddenly turned cold. She said in surprise, "Miyauchi Ryosuke! You despicable and shameless villain, why are you here?"

"Of course I came here to welcome Ms. Kyoko's marriage to the General. I didn't quite believe the news that you were here before. It seems that he didn't lie to us." Miyauchi Ryosuke put his hands behind his back, as if playing around He smiled and said, "Miss Xingzi, the general is still waiting for you!"

(End of this chapter)