Shen Xingwen gazed at the door that was shut in front of him without emotion, raising an eyebrow. But afterwards, he straightened his clothes and silently turned around to leave the courtyard.

  Shen Xingwen temporarily assembled more than twenty yamen runners from the Dali Temple. This was his first time exercising the power of a temple lieutenant, and he ordered all the yamen runners to change into casual clothes and follow him as he left the Dali Temple.

  They arrived at a street near the city gate. Shen Xingwen stared at the corner of the street, where several people in a hurry exchanged meaningful smiles.

  Then he rode with the yamen runners all the way to the city gate.

  "The Dalit Temple is out of the city to handle the case. A murderer has escaped." When he reached the gate, Shen Xingwen took out his waist card and swiped it over.

  The officers and soldiers guarding the city looked at Shen Xingwen, then looked at the bailiffs wearing the Da Li Temple uniform, "We have not received any news of escaped felons, and today's city gate has not let anyone suspicious out of the city."

  Shen Xingwen gazed at the soldiers with a hint of a smile: "Can't be that the city guards think everyone has 'murderer' written on their face, and you can tell just by looking?"

  This obvious sarcasm changed the faces of several city defense officers.

  Although the gatekeepers' positions were not high, they were in charge of guarding the imperial city, and no one dared to offend them so much.

  Seeing the officer's face fall, Shen Xingwen coldly said: "If you don't chase now, the murderer will escape. By blocking us like this, if the murderer escapes, can your city defense camp bear the responsibility?"

  "Guarding down his anger, he said: 'Open the door and let him go.'"

  Shen Xingwen sat leisurely on his horse and after the city gate opened, he immediately led dozens of yamen runners to rush out of the city.

  Zong Chuke asked the leader of the prefectural soldiers kneeling in front of him: "Have you found out where Hu Chao is?"

  The leader said, "My subordinates have been searching house by house in the thirteen streets. That Hu Chao is cunning and often changes his residence, wandering between several places. It was not easy for my subordinates to find out where he had recently settled."

  After all, she was a favored person by the Heavenly Queen back in the day, there's no way someone with no abilities could have achieved that.

  But Hu Chao is even more proficient in the art of deception and divination, having hidden in Chang'an for so many years, deceiving both gods and ghosts. If not for Tian Hou's loss of power, who knows what this person would be capable of?

  Falsely stirring up trouble and confusing the imperial court.

  Zong Chuke stared at him: "Now that we've found his whereabouts, where is he?"

  Only the Fu soldiers from the mansion returned, but Hu Chao was nowhere to be seen.

  The leader was sweating slightly at this time: "The...person has escaped."

  Zong Chuke's voice was flat, but that didn't mean he wasn't emotional: "You're saying that more than twenty of your well-trained guardsmen couldn't catch a cultivator who doesn't even have the strength to tie up a chicken?"

  The leader immediately knocked his head on the ground several times: "When our subordinates arrived, the tea in Hu Chao's house was not yet cold, obviously they had received the news and ran away in a hurry."

  Zong Chuke's expression turned cold: "Are you saying someone tipped him off?"

  The leader raised his head: "It must be so! Just half an hour before the subordinates arrived, someone saw a woman who had stopped in front of Hu Chao's door."

  Someone was quick to arrive and happened to be one step ahead of the Prime Minister's mansion. Who has such ability?

  Zong Chuke's expression turned gloomy again, Hu Chao was just a Jianghu trick.

  Sir, when Tian Hou was around he could still show off his military prowess, now who would help him escape?

  "Taizi Temple?" He coldly stared at the leader. If Taizi Temple were to discover Hu Chao's identity, it would be too late to say anything.

  The leader shook his head desperately: "There were no officials or soldiers from the Dalisi Temple on the street. If it was the Dalisi Temple, they would have directly captured Hu Chao, how could they send him a message and let him escape?"

  Thinking about it, that's indeed the case. If the Dalit Temple had grasped Hu Chao's whereabouts, Pei Tan would have definitely taken him away directly.

  Then there's no need to worry, as long as the person is still in Chang'an City, even if they want to fly away, it will be difficult. Zong Chuke's eyes were deep and gloomy, sooner or later, Hu Chao would become his turtle in a jar.

  Zhong Zong was restored to power, and when Hu Chao received the news, he wanted to escape. However, Zong Chu Ke seized Hu Chao's travel documents, trapping him in Chang'an City.

  Zong Chuke climbed to today's high position, no one believes that Hu Chao, a person who has mastered too many secrets, would let him go so easily.

  ——

  He gazed up at the high sky and light clouds, hardly daring to believe he had really escaped. He pulled out from his chest the pass document, wondering who it was that had given him this one

  A nameless transit document, everything is like a dream.

  Hu Chao gritted his teeth, if it weren't for Zong Chuke detaining Tian Hou's pass for him, he wouldn't have had to spend these years in Chang'an City like a street rat.

  Hu Chao immediately tore up the document in his hand and discarded it casually. He would never return to Chang'an for the rest of his life.

  Hu Chao looked at the official road in front of him and walked up with big strides.

  On both sides of the official road, however, appeared unexpected government soldiers, wearing official uniforms and holding swords to surround him.

  Shen Xingwen rode his horse slowly and appeared: "How is the taste of freedom?"

  Hu Chao stared at the man in front of him with wide eyes, although he didn't recognize him, it was clear that the visitor had ill intentions.

  Shen Xingwen said faintly: "I really didn't expect it, after searching everywhere and exhausting all efforts, I finally found it without any trouble."

  This Hu Chao is an important witness, and it's better to say that the death of the prince back then, this one was a great contribution.

  Hu Chao looked at Shen Xingwen: "What are you going to do?"

  Shen Xingwen smiled warmly and said, "Take it down."

  Suddenly, the yamen runners of Dalit Temple surrounded and easily tied up Hu Chao with no effort. These Taoist priests were all physically weak, always indulging in seeking immortality and asking about the Tao, where would they have the mind to exercise their bodies?

  Hu Chao struggled: "Who are you listening to?"

  Shen Xingwen's voice was low and even: "There is only one Emperor of the Great Tang, who do you think he should obey?"

  Hu Chao's eyes revealed terror for the first time.

  Shen Xingwen ordered the bailiffs: "Cover his head and face, take him to where he should be taken."

  Hu Chao hadn't even had a chance to breathe in the free air when he was back in Chang'an, surrounded by darkness once again.

  Shen Xingwen didn't linger for long, the night was long and full of dreams, from Hu Chao's escape to his capture, the time was extremely short and not enough for the people behind him to react.

  This trick of luring and releasing was extremely beautiful, and Hu Chao, who had been caught, is still in a state of terror to this day. It wasn't until the black cloth on his head was removed that he looked around and found himself in prison.

  Hu Chao stared at the person in front of him, forcing himself to calm down: "What right do you have to arrest me? Where is this?"

  He still had a glimmer of luck, even if his identity was known, he was also a person who had served the emperor, what crime could be used to arrest him.

  Shen Xingwen looked at this person: "This is the prison of the Temple of Great Justice, except for the Heavenly Prison in the palace, there won't be a place harder to escape from than the Temple of Great Justice in the entire Tang Dynasty."

  Hu Chao's face was like swallowing a fly. He couldn't have imagined in his dreams that he would be detained by the Supreme Court.

  Shen Xingwen continued to say lightly: "As for the crime, you are suspected of plotting against the former Crown Prince, Li Xian, the former King of Yong. You colluded with bandits to fabricate evidence and frame the Crown Prince for treason, leading to his death. This crime is enough to put you directly in prison, let's wait for the autumn trial."

  ——

  Shen Xingwen personally took charge of arresting and interrogating Hu Chao, just as he had previously agreed with Pei.

  Hu Chao and Pei Tan personally interrogated the prisoners, but they were not the same. He was cunning and clever, and Pei Tan, a straightforward gentleman, couldn't get anything out of Hu Chao.

  Pei Tan looked at the girl in front of him: "What did you plan to do from the start?"

  Jing Wan'er had nothing more to say: "After finding out where Hu Chao was, I'll let the people in the Shangshu Fu know. Once Hu Chao falls into Zong Chuke's hands, Zong Chuke will kill him."

  Borrowing a knife to kill someone is used in this way, Zong Chuke will definitely not let Hu Chao live.

  Hu Chao's death is naturally considered as avenged.

  "Then you... why did you change your mind again?"

  Jing Wan'er bit her lip. Whenever she got nervous, she would clench her fists.

  Because... Yuanyu knew that Hu Chao still had value on his body, he was alive and could help the adults... The Dalisi Temple tracked down the clues from that year.

  Even if Jing Wanyu already knew that Hu Chao had framed her father, it was different from sending Hu Chao to the Dalisi Temple for interrogation and then finding evidence to report his crime.

  Jing Wantong gave up her own plan that she had considered for a long time and chose to help the Dalit Temple catch people.

  Pai Tan also fell silent for a long time: "Why let Shen Xingwen wait for Hu"

  Why arrest him again outside the city? "Instead of skipping this step and sending troops directly to Hu Chao's mansion to take him down.

  Jing Wan'er's face was pale, but she slightly gathered her spirits and said: "In Chang'an City, everywhere is filled with Zong Chuke's informants. Since the day you re-examined the case of the Crown Prince, they have been looking for Hu Chao's whereabouts. If the Grand Justice Temple makes a big show of arresting Hu Chao in the city, they will immediately guess that... At that time, they may become desperate and do something unpredictable."

  Jing Wan'er slightly lifted her spirits and said: "In Chang'an City, everywhere is filled with Zong Chuke's informants. Since the day you re-examined the case of the Crown Prince, they have been looking for Hu Chao's whereabouts. If the Grand Court Temple makes a big show of arresting Hu Chao in the city, they will immediately guess that... at that time... they may become desperate and do something unpredictable."

  So Xi Cha sacrificed his own chance to leave the city and quietly sent that pass permit to Hu Chao's door.

  Now that Dalisi Temple has caught Hu Chao, no one knows about it yet, which is equivalent to giving Dalisi Temple a heaven-sent opportunity. Now let's see if their Shen Temple can pry open Hu Chao's mouth.

  In prison, Hu Chao's eyes were bloodshot and staring at Shen Xingwen. This person actually mentioned the former Crown Prince Li Xian, who was he?

  Shen Xingwen became even more leisurely: "A Jianghu practitioner, designing a trap to harm the crown prince and plot rebellion. In the previous dynasty, there were also practitioners who attempted to usurp power, do you know what kind of ending they met?"

  Hu Chao's whole body trembled, "What makes you say I framed the former crown prince?"

  Two prison guards brought over a chair and Shen Xingwen sat down properly on it, continuing to stare at Hu Chao.

  "What a coincidence, I was going to ask you the same thing."