Chapter 450: Strange Death
Chen Shanmeng Has Been in Charge of the Dali Temple for Many Years. He has seen all kinds of strange cases. To be honest, not Everyone be the dali temple chief justice. UT this this time, his eyes webisted into a "Sichuan "Character.
The broken part of the stirrup was covered with dense small holes, which were thinner than hair.
Such dense and fine small holes can only be made with the internal power that is accurate to the top.
Moreover, the masters of the inner breath realm can never do it. Because the inner breath cannot be so fine. However, the true qi and the original qi can do it. As long as you achieve the realm of subtlety, you can make such small holes on the stirrup.
Chen Shanmeng has already reached the realm of the great perfection of the true qi realm. He can also make such small holes. Because the true qi is much finer and denser than the inner breath, which is why the true qi can force out poison.
Assuming that it was a master in the Qi realm or Yuan Qi realm who punched such dense holes in the stirrup, what was his intention?
Chen Shanmeng's face was solemn, and he couldn't figure out the joints for a while.
It couldn't be just to make Li Shensi look bad when hunting, right?
Chen Shanmeng looked up at Li Shensi again. Li Shensi was sitting under a big tree to rest. His assistant had just taken a water bag and gave him some water. His pale face seemed to have recovered a little, but his spirit was obviously still very weak.
Chen Shanmeng walked over and asked slowly: "Master Li, with your skills, even if the stirrup suddenly broke, you wouldn't fall off the horse. What happened just now?"
Hearing this, Li Shensi's face was blank for a while, but he just looked up and stared at Chen Shanmeng in a daze. It seemed that if Chen Shanmeng hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have remembered what happened just now.
"Just now... at the moment when the stirrup broke, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my head, as if something had pierced my head..."
"Sudden pain?"
Chen Shanmeng was secretly shocked, took a breath of cold air, his eyes moved, and he thought: "Could it be a soul technique!?"
He stepped back a few steps and looked around. There were steep mountains and dense forests, and leaves rustled. Where was the human figure?
"Someone assassinated?" He was almost certain that the small hole in the broken stirrup in his hand must have been made by a master of Yuanqi Realm, or even a master of Qixi Realm!
Li Shensi has only been in office for two months, and how did his predecessor Zhu Shizhong die!
This is obviously another political assassination between two forces!
Chen Shanmeng is worthy of being the Dali Temple Minister. He peeled off the cocoon and pulled out the silk, and his logical thinking was linked together.
At this time, his eyes flickered, and his thoughts were rolling like a tide.
Since the master hiding nearby had already used the soul technique, why didn't he kill Li Shensi just now? Although Li Shensi was pale and listless, he seemed to be fine.
Chen Shanmeng suddenly felt that he was like a whirlpool that was getting deeper and deeper...
He suddenly sighed. Since it was a political whirlpool between two parties, he couldn't get stuck in it.
He didn't belong to either side. Since the matter in front of him was not an ordinary case, but a political whirlpool between two parties, he'd better not get involved.
In the past few years, he and the mansion lord Wang Maochun have always been pursuing a strategy of not getting involved in either. Not only can they protect themselves, the mansion lord's office will not be in chaos, and the Dali Temple will not be in chaos. No matter how fierce the fight between the two parties is, at least Shenyun Mansion will not be in chaos. This is also the reason why both sides can tolerate it and he and Wang Maochun have not expressed their opinions.
Chen Shanmeng put the stirrup in his hand back on the horse. He didn't plan to care about this matter anymore. He put the stirrup away and walked to Ge Hengtai and Jiang Zhuoyun. The two stood there, looking at Li Shensi who was sitting under a tree not far away with some unfriendly eyes.
As soon as Chen Shanmeng walked over, Ge Hengtai said, "How is it? Lord Chen, did you find anything unusual?"
Chen Shanmeng shook his head and said, "The broken stirrup will be handed over to the Privy Council for self-examination later!"
Ge Hengtai said, "With his body shape, he has been running wildly for a long time and shot and killed more than a dozen big guys. What's so strange about stepping on a broken stirrup!?"
Chen Shanmeng looked at Ge Hengtai calmly, but did not speak.
Jiang Zhuoyun, standing beside Ge Hengtai, crossed his arms and said in a neutral tone: "Lord Li Shensi, I'm afraid you have some chronic illness? Otherwise, it's just a broken stirrup, how could you fall off the horse and end up like this?"
Hearing this, Ge Hengtai raised his eyes and glared at Li Shensi who was sitting under a tree not far away, and said coldly: "If you are sick, don't show off! What a mess, it disturbs us from hunting to our heart's content."
Ge Hengtai likes hunting and indulges himself, and Li Shensi's incident really disturbed his interest.
Chen Shanmeng smiled and said: "It's not a big deal! There are still two days tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, Lord Ge can still ride as much as he wants."
As Chen Shanmeng said this, he looked at Li Shensi with deep eyes, thinking in his heart: Could it be that Lord Li really has a chronic illness?
He felt that Jiang Zhuoyun's suggestion was somewhat reasonable, but with his years of experience in criminal justice, this was only a superficial rationality.
Surface rationality is usually not the truth, but a fog.
Just now, at the moment when Li Shensi screamed and fell off his horse, the soldiers who were originally surrounding the rhino ran towards the unconscious Li Shensi who fell off his horse.
The huge gray rhino took the opportunity to rush into the dense forest.
It was frightened and moved very fast, fearing that it would be caught up by the people behind it again.
The rhino was so majestic that it was like a high-speed tank when running at high speed.
At this moment, a figure flashed not far in front of the rhino.
It turned out to be Duan Rong, who jumped down from the nearby tree canopy.
Duan Rong landed only four or five feet away from the rhino, which was running at high speed. The sharp black horns on its head flashed with cold light, and it was about to poke Duan Rong's abdomen.
Duan Rong flicked his hand, and without any movement, he had already tightly grasped the sharp black horns on the rhino's head.
The huge rhino, which was running at high speed, paused and stopped in front of him, plowing two deep pits in the ground in front of Duan Rong, and turning over the soil to bury Duan Rong's feet.
The moment the rhino was held down by Duan Rong, Duan Rong shook his sleeves, and a ball of medicine powder was sprinkled into the mouth and nose of the huge gray rhino. In just a moment, the huge gray rhino collapsed to the ground, motionless.
Duan Rong suddenly bent down and reached out his hand, lifted up the huge gray rhino, and then the whole person floated away lightly like flying snow and falling leaves, disappearing into the depths of the dense forest...
The huge rhino was held in Duan Rong's hand, as if it was nothing.
And here, the hunting ceremony has ended.
Led by the honor guard, everyone went to the Temple of Heaven on the top of the mountain with the harvest of autumn hunting.
Li Shensi was still pale and in low spirits. He was injured in the soul, how could it be so easy to recover?
He could no longer ride a horse, so he had to be carried by his assistant.
Ge Hengtai sat on the horse and looked at Li Shensi with contempt.
When everyone arrived at the top of Wuji Mountain, the horn at the Temple of Heaven had already sounded. It was the prepared horn. Half an hour later, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven would begin.
A circle of heavy armored guards with swords surrounded the Temple of Heaven.
Outside the heavy armored guards, there was another circle of soldiers holding long spears.
Outside the two layers of guards, there was a huge crowd of people, almost covering the entire mountaintop platform. Especially near the Temple of Heaven, it was the most crowded, like a hornet's nest. At the outer edge at the back, it was a little loose, but the people there were not far from the edge of the cliff. If they continued to squeeze and shove, someone might fall off.
When the hunting team came up from the hunting ground on the mountainside, the crowd cheered. When they saw the large number of prey behind the guard of honor and the officials, the cheers resounded even louder in the mountains.
When the hunting team came up, the officials of the prefectural government immediately came to take away the whole carloads of prey and prepared to place them in batches on the Temple of Heaven.
On top of the Temple of Heaven, there was a huge incense burner, on which three tall and clear incense sticks were already inserted. The bronze table in front of the incense burner was already filled with various fruits.
But these fruits were only accompanying offerings, not the main offerings. The main offering is the freshly shot prey in the hunting ground.
The vast space on the Temple of Heaven behind the incense burner is filled with empty bronze tables. The clerks and runners of the government office in the prefecture are taking the prey off the hunting car and carrying it to the bronze table behind the incense burner.
The owner of the prefecture, Wang Maochun, is taking a final look at the preparations for the ceremony. Except for the main offering of the prey, all other items are in place. Zhu Zhengfu stood beside Wang Maochun, but his mind seemed a little distracted, and his eyes kept looking around. He already knew what Duan Rong was going to do at this autumn hunting ceremony.
As soon as the hunting team came up, he looked around, but he didn't see Li Shensi in the official team. He wondered in his heart, could it be that Duan Rong had already made a move?
At this moment, Chen Shanmeng, Ge Hengtai, Jiang Zhuoyun and others were already walking towards this side.
When Wang Maochun saw the three people coming, he immediately went over and said with a smile: "Three adults, I see that the prey is abundant, I believe that you three have also harvested a lot today!"
Wang Maochun glanced around and said in confusion: "Hey, why didn't I see Lord Li Shensi? Didn't I hear him say that he wanted to beat Lord Chen in the hunting field and get the first place in the civil service!"
Chen Shanmeng's face changed slightly and said: "Master, Lord Li had an accident."
"Accident?!"
Wang Maochun and Zhu Zhengfu were shocked when they heard this! Especially Zhu Zhengfu, he thought Li Shensi was dead when he heard the word "accident".
Chen Shanmeng said: "Lord Li Shensi accidentally fell off his horse while hunting in the hunting field and was unconscious for a while."
"Fall off his horse and was unconscious for a while?" Wang Maochun and Zhu Zhengfu repeated it in surprise.
Their reactions seemed similar, but their thoughts at this time were completely different.
Wang Maochun felt that he could understand the accidental fall from the horse. After all, it was hunting in the mountains and forests, so it was normal to have some accidents. But Li Shensi was a warrior of the fourth level of the True Qi Realm. How could he fall from the horse and fall into such a serious coma?
Zhu Zhengfu thought the opposite. He was surprised that he just fell off the horse and fell into a coma? Didn't he die?
At this moment, the assistant had come over with Li Shensi on his back.
The assistant squatted down, and Li Shensi got off his back and greeted Wang Maochun and the others with a fist.
Wang Maochun returned the greeting and looked at Li Shensi. He was pale and his eyes were even more listless.
Chen Shanmeng said: "Master Wang, Lord Li had an accident and seemed to be a little weak. The etiquette of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony is quite complicated. I am worried that Lord Li can't hold on."
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Wang Maochun's eyes were also solemn, and he said in a low voice: "It's too late to adjust now. When the ceremony starts later, let's help Lord Li and remind him more."
Chen Shanmeng turned his head and glanced at the altar that day, and saw the bronze case behind the incense burner.
Chen Shanmeng sighed slightly: "This is only the case."
Li Shensi trembled slightly in the mountain breeze, holding boxing again: "There are workers!"
They discussed the pause and didn't have a lot of work, and a loud and melodious horn sounded again.
Cultural and military officials immediately returned to their own positions according to the position specified before.
The master Wang Maochun and Yi Ling Siqing stood at the forefront of cultural and military officials. At this time, they had already lit the Sanzhu fragrance that they gave them.
On the top of the mountain, the clear smoke was blown by the mountain wind!
With the sound of the horn and drum sound, the sharp voice of the etiquette officials, the sound of the sky!
"Born all things to support people!"
"kneel!"
Cultural and military officials held the three -pillar fragrance and kneeled together!
"Shangxiang!"
There are three waves of incense. The fragrance of civil and military officials is still in their hands, but the owner of the government Wang Maochun and Yi Ling Siqing have already stepped on the fragrance, stepped on the stone steps, and went to the heavenly altar.
The fragrance in their hands is the place of the hundred officials and people!
There are three waves of incense in total, each with each saying. And every time, they have to insert the fragrance in their hands into the incense burner above the heavenly altar, which is a gift!
The master Wang Maochun and Yi Ling Siqing, a total of six people, dressed in neat official uniforms, slowly stood on the heavenly altar, among which Li Shensi's footsteps were obviously trembling.
Six people stand on the altar!
At this time, the people who watched all looked up at the altar.
In the righteousness, the height is high, and the small people are small!
The etiquette officer called again with a sharp voice: "Kneel!"
The sound of the loud horn sounded.
Six people fell down again in the horny horn!
When they fell down and re -rising, they would step forward and insert the fragrance of their hands into the incense burner.
Just when the six of them were on the heavenly altar, when they kneeling, they suddenly had a huge dark shadow, flying up from the cliff on the other side of the heaven!
Wuji Mountain, the south slope is gentle, but the cliff on the north.
The heavenly altar on the top of the mountain is sitting north and south, behind the steep cliffs.
The huge shadow of the group suddenly flew from the cliff and landed on the altar.
This weird and weird scene, all the people onlookers were seen.
Although the six people were above the heaven, they were all kneeling. At this time, the huge black shadow flew, and they did not see it.
"Bang!"
Six people kneeled there and heard a loud noise!
The huge dark shadow flew from the cliff actually smashed the huge bronze incense burner on the bronze burner on the heavenly altar.
The gray in the incense burner dumped instantly, and the mountain breeze whistled, and the clouds and mists were all over the whole heavenly altar.
Smoke in the ash, a huge shadow on the heavenly altar, stands proudly, is the huge gray rhino!
At the moment when the ash was lingering, the two -point fireflies flashed passing by the dense clouds.
A little fireflies did not get into the heart of Li Shensi, who had just looked up. The other fireflies did not enter the infection of the gray rhino.
At this time, on the entire heavenly altar, there was a dead silence and the smoke dispersed. I saw the eyes of the huge gray rhinoson, but it was red and bloody.
This is the effect of the medicine powder sprinkled before Duan Rong. In addition to the coma, Duan Rong also mixed with some medicines that made the rhinos and bodied blood.
At this point, the eyes of the rhino were scary.
The rhino stood there, and the red gaze swept through everyone.
If there is a normal wild rhino, at this time, see the dense human beings surrounded, wouldn't it be panicked?
However, the rhino in front of him seemed to be panicked under the dark crowd, but it was a kind of momentum of the world, and he shook his head leisurely.
Then, it suddenly turned his head, and his eyes looked at Li Shensi.
Li Shensi also looked at it.
"roar!"
The gray rhino suddenly screamed at Li Shensi, and the rhino's thick and magnificent throat, like a drum, was very harsh.
But Li Shensi suddenly walked forward, and there was a dead silence on the top of the mountain.
Both Wang Maochun and Chen Shanmeng saw weird, and whispered behind him: "Master Li!"
Li Shensi stopped and turned slowly. At this time, his eyes were empty. He suddenly looked distorted, and he grabbed his chest robe on his chest. , Yangtian yelled: "Li Shensi! Death! Death! Dead!"
He shouted and turned suddenly. The third dead word exit has jumped into the cliff from the north side of the Temple of Heaven.
Originally, the heavenly altar, then exclaimed!
At this moment, the gray rhino looked at Wang Maochun at a glance. The remaining five people dared to move for a while.
The red eyes of the rhino's blood glowing looked at them with indifference and contempt.
That's not the eyes of rhino!
"roar!"
At this moment, the gray rhino shouted at the crowd of the crowd of the heavenly altar.
Suddenly that crowd, confusing, there were countless deaths and injuries!
At this time, the gray rhino suddenly turned around, and it jumped into the cliff from the north of the heaven.
The chaotic mountain top, fell into dead silence again ...