The next step is to see which side can bloom.

"Master!"

At this moment, an anxious voice suddenly sounded.

Then Xu Gou was seen rushing into Qin Zulai's office.

Shen Lian glanced at Xu Gou and said, "Didn't anyone get caught?"

Xu Gou was about to speak when he suddenly heard what Shen Lian said. He paused and then said, "Master, do you already know?"

Shen Lian chuckled: "To put it bluntly, I know you better than you do now. How can you hide your expressions and thoughts from me?"

"Dead or escaped?"

"Escaped."

Xu Gou took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "After I received the order from the young master, I led people directly to Guanglu Temple, because it was already duty time at that time, and logically Li Wencheng should be at Guanglu Temple."

"But after I went to Guanglu Temple, I was told that Li Wencheng didn't go on duty today at all."

"So I quickly went to Li Wencheng's mansion, and then the housekeeper said that Li Wencheng was not feeling well and was resting at home. I wanted to see Li Wencheng, but..."

Shen Lian said: "In the end, the person disappeared?"

Xu Gou nodded: "Yes, the person is missing! The housekeeper was very surprised at the time. He said that he had delivered medicine to Li Wencheng in the morning."

"And at the same time, we also saw that one of Li Wencheng's capable servants was killed in Li Wencheng's room. The servant was tortured before he died. We asked the servant to examine him and found that the time of death was no more than an hour. In other words, He was killed after he last saw Li Wencheng at the official's house and before we went to Li's house."

As Shen Lian listened to Xu Gou's words, a picture quickly appeared in his mind.

Xu Gou felt a little guilty and said: "Master, I let you down. Master, you managed to pry open Zhao Deshun's mouth, but I...but I let Li Wencheng escape."

"Xugou, okay, don't make things more difficult for yourself. You can't be blamed for this."

Shen Lian waved his hand and said calmly: "This can only be said about Li Wencheng. This person is alert enough and decisive enough. Your speed is no longer slow...even, it is not much slower than the people sent by Beichen. This is already It’s very rare.”

"Beichen?"

Xu Gou was stunned: "Young Master means... this is Beichen, let Li Wencheng escape?"

Shen Lian smiled and shook his head: "Xugou, you think too well of Beichen. Beichen can easily kill Yaoguang with poison. Do you think he will be so good to Li Wencheng?"

"The truth is exactly the opposite of what you think."

"Why?" Xu Gou was puzzled.

Shen Lian said: "You just said that a capable subordinate of Li Wencheng died in Li Wencheng's room, and there were signs of torture on this subordinate, right?"

Xu Gou nodded subconsciously.

"If the person who killed this subordinate is Li Wencheng, and Li Wencheng is in a hurry to escape, there is no reason for him to waste time torturing a subordinate, let alone... this subordinate is his confidant, why is he torturing his subordinates when he has nothing to do?"

"Of course, if this subordinate knows the traces of his escape, then it is possible that he kills and silences him, but torture... this can't be justified, right?"

Xu Gou thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, there is some truth in killing, but there is no reason in torture."

"In this case, who killed that subordinate and tortured him?"

He was even more puzzled.

Shen Lian glanced at Xu Gou and said calmly: "The people sent by Beichen."

"Beichen?"

Shen Lian said: "Beichen wanted to kill me because I captured Zhao Deshun, but he failed! So he knew that I would probably pry open Zhao Deshun's mouth, thereby knowing the key figure Li Wencheng."

"So in order to prevent Li Wencheng from leaking the secret, he sent people to silence Li Wencheng."

"But who would have thought that the people he sent to kill him didn't find Li Wencheng. Because Li Wencheng sensed the danger in advance and had already escaped, the killer caught Li Wencheng's men and wanted to find out Li Wencheng's whereabouts..."

"That's why the scene you saw happened, where Li Wencheng's confidants were tortured and killed."

After the words fell, Xu Gou suddenly realized.

"This explanation is completely reasonable!"

"That young master."

Xu Gou looked at Shen Lian: "Have they asked about Li Wencheng's whereabouts?"

Shen Lian shook his head: "Li Wencheng is very cautious and smart. Judging from Mr. Wei's evaluation of his style, he will not leave any clues for people to find him, so the people in Beichen, at least for now, are the same as us. Same, at the same starting line.”

"Then will Li Wencheng escape?"

"There's no escape."

Shen Lian raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said: "After you leave, I will order people to block the four city gates and set up roadblocks along the way to Chang'an. Li Wencheng will definitely not be able to escape."

When Xu Gou heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Shen Lian and couldn't help but said: "Master, I... I really admire you. Master, did you know that Li Wencheng might do this? You made these preparations in advance so that Li Wencheng would never be able to escape. machine."

Hearing this, Shen Lian laughed: "It doesn't mean that there are no omissions, just be cautious. After all, we know very well how cunning our enemies are."

"But... no matter how cunning the fox is, he can't escape the clutches of the hunter!"

Shen Lian stood up directly and said, "Let's go."

"But... no matter how cunning the fox is, he can't escape the clutches of the hunter!"
Chapter completed!