Liu Feng frowned and asked Li Mingshan to take people to collect other evidence first. He sat in the yard of Jingshifang and thought.

First of all, the secret passage originally existed at the bottom of the palace.

But not many people know this secret.

Moreover, after the Dali Dynasty conquered the world and established its capital here, all the secret passages had been filled in with repeated expansions of the capital.

Therefore, digging through these secret passages in the palace, even a small section, would require a lot of manpower and material resources.

In the entire palace, there is only one group that has the power and strength to do this, and that is the imperial guards, because the palace maids and eunuchs do not have enough power and time.

The palace maids and eunuchs are always around their masters every day, but the imperial guards work in three shifts and have time.

Therefore, no matter what, the Imperial Guards were involved in this matter and are absolutely inseparable.

There is also the arrangement of the Tiandihui. The Tiandihui wants to do things one by one, and usually releases a lot of smoke bombs to make it difficult for people to understand their arrangements.

So, this hidden mastermind will not be so easy to find.

This is not the first time Liu Feng has fought against the Tiandihui, nor will it be the last time. You must know that these people in the Tiandihui are not only cunning, but also very intelligent.

At times like this, conventional means are of no use at all.

Then we can only think about the problem from the reverse perspective.

In the entire palace, who is the most unlikely person to be involved in this incident?

That’s right, the person who did the impossible was Li Mingshan, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards and a third-rank military general who played an important role in the court.

There are two striking characteristics about this guy.

First, the emperor trusted him very much, and he was one of the emperor's most trusted confidants and was loyal to him.

Secondly, Li Mingshan was not aware of this matter and allowed Hong Liang to do whatever he wanted out of concern for his brother.

Li Mingshan had no reason to kill the emperor. In other words, even if Li Mingshan did something wrong, it was because of Hong Liang. The people of the Tiandihui were not using him and had no substantial contact with him.

In this way, we will invisibly discover a very important problem, that is, invisibly, Li Mingshan is always in the safest position. This is the way people usually think.

So what if the mastermind behind all this is the commander-in-chief Li Mingshan?

No one would doubt this, and no one would connect this matter with Li Mingshan.

If he had caught the eunuch in charge right after he came in, it would still be considered as Li Mingshan arresting the person, and the matter would still have to go through Li Mingshan's hands.

He had plenty of time to kill and silence the witnesses.

If this assumption is true, then the old eunuch who was just trampled to death by Li Mingshan was also one of the smokescreens they released.

In the end, he was killed by Li Mingshan in a rage. Even if His Majesty asked about it, Li Mingshan could say that he was just angry at the time and would not blame him.

"Chen Buyi..."

Liu Feng waved his hand.

Chen Buyi immediately moved forward.

Just now, I went up to the roof and was commanding the imperial guards, but Chen Buyi was still here.

"When I was chasing someone just now, was there anything unusual here?"

"No, that's not the case. The eunuchs were also very obedient at the time. The imperial guards were in disarray for a while, but they soon returned to normal."

"So what about Li Mingshan? What is he doing?"

"Commander Li, I remember he was standing in the yard, not going anywhere else."

Liu Feng nodded.

Liu Feng had already told Li Mingshan before that his head was now hanging on his belt.

But this guy did nothing, just stood there in the yard.

Since he was standing there and the imperial guards did nothing, then Li Mingshan was more of a suspect. Normally, he should have controlled all the eunuchs here at that time.

"Chen Buyi, was Li Mingshan responsible for selecting the head coach?"

"Yes, he was only the deputy commander at the time. However, there are over a hundred instructors in the Imperial Guard, and they are all under the specific command of a deputy commander. The chief instructor was naturally chosen by the deputy commander at the time."

Liu Feng nodded gently.

Although Hong Liang did not mention these things when he confessed, since Li Mingshan was in charge of this matter at the time, then Li Mingshan was involved in this incident.

Compared to the Chen Buyi of that time, he was a stubborn guy who didn't know how to deal with people, so he was very difficult to win over.

Even harder to control.

"You've been working under Li Mingshan for several years. Doesn't he know you?"

"This incident is not short. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't know me."

"Besides, although I've aged a few years, my appearance hasn't changed much."

Chen Buzhi's face was full of questions, and he didn't know why his general asked this.

Liu Feng nodded. If that was the case, then there must be something wrong behind this matter.

"Well, you hide at the door for a while."

"When Li Mingshan comes out, you deliberately appear, remember to do it under the lights, and deliberately scare him."

"I want to see how Li Mingshan will react then."

Chen Buyi nodded.

After explaining everything, Liu Feng stood up and coughed dryly.

"Um, Commander Li."

At this time, Li Mingshan and his men were still searching for clues intensively.

However, Liu Feng estimated that he would not be able to find any clues no matter what.

If he had a problem, he would hide it without hesitation even if he had a clue.

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