Early the next morning, as soon as the curfew passed, someone came to Liu Mansion and knocked on the door. When the concierge opened the door, he learned that it was someone sent by Qianhu to look for Liu Xin. The concierge immediately welcomed the person in and notified Liu Xin.
At this time, Liu Xin had just gotten up, washed up, and was going to go to the Hundred Household Office for duty after breakfast. Today he was going to find the group of women and children. At present, several lines of this case are moving forward together, but the clues such as the poison, the person or group of people who entered the imperial city, and the master who attacked women and children in the outer city and later came out to silence them have all stalled. It will take some time. .
The only thing Liu Xin could check was the group of women and children. He didn't have a chance the day before yesterday, but he was pulled for an assessment yesterday, and he finally had time today.
As soon as he arrived at the dining room, he saw the concierge coming in a hurry, saying that everyone from Qianhu was here, and he urgently summoned Liu Xin to Qianhu.
Liu Xin ate a few bites in a hurry, then dressed up and went out, and got on the carriage. Liu Xin suddenly remembered that his three horses were taken away by people from Qianhusuo in Waibei City, and Qianhu from Qianhusuo in Waibei City were... It's Shao Shiwang.
Thinking of Shao Shiwang, Liu Xin had a headache. This guy was not only a guard of thousands of households, but also a distinguished noble. His ancestors were heroes who followed Emperor Wuyang to restore the country, and his title has been hereditary to this day.
During the period of Emperor Kangyang, the nobles were purged. This Shao Shiwang did not have a posthumous position, but still maintained a certain quality. Therefore, he was not demoted, but was given the actual job of a Jin Yiwei Qianhu.
Behind Shao Shiwang is an entire Xungui Group. It is another powerful force that transcends the two major civil and military factions and cannot be ignored.
Just like the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the dignified fifth figure in Dali Temple, because they both belonged to the noble camp, he easily handed over a serious criminal to Shao Shiwang. This shows that the Xungui Group is very united.
Liu Xin originally didn't want to come into contact with the Xungui faction. It was just a big dyeing vat, which was too complicated. But now there is no other way. He didn't cause any trouble, but others came to him.
Just as he was about to go out, another person came outside Liu's house, claiming to be delivering a post. Because Liu Xin had official duties, he took the post and prepared to read it on the carriage.
Putting Shao Shiwang's matter behind him for the time being, Liu Xin opened the greeting card and was stunned because it said:
After the Yongzhou County King sincerely invited Liu Baihu to go on duty, they gathered in the Fireworks Building to discuss important matters.
Prince Yongzhou!
This simple sentence gave Liu Xin a big shock. He quickly opened the curtain and found that Senior Brother Cheng was already walking beside the carriage.
Senior Brother Cheng was a little confused when he saw Liu Xin lift the curtain, but saw Liu Xin waving his hand, which meant getting in the car!
Senior Brother Cheng got on the bus immediately, and Liu Xin handed the post to Senior Brother Cheng. Senior Brother Cheng took it and looked at it carefully, his expression gradually became serious and slightly doubtful.
After a while, Senior Brother Cheng folded the post and handed it to Liu Xinda: "I'll get out of the car to make arrangements and find out the details of the Yongzhou County King and why he came to you."
Liu Xin nodded: "Okay."
After Senior Brother Cheng got off the car, he quickly disappeared into the street. Liu Xin frowned slightly, thinking about when he had interacted with the Yongzhou County King, but after thinking for a long time, he still didn't find it, so he stopped thinking about it for the time being. , instead began to guess why Liu Licheng called him in such a hurry.
When Liu Xin got out of the car at the gate of Qianhu Institute, the two lieutenants at the gate of Qianhu Institute said in unison:
"I've met Liu Baihu!"
Liu Xin nodded slightly, strode into the gate of Qianhusuo, came to the atrium courtyard, stepped through the gate, and found that Liu Licheng, Cheng Guotao, and Gong Kexin had already arrived. Everyone's eyes fell on the ground in the yard. Liu Xin also moved his eyes there, only to see seven corpses lying on the ground.
Liu Licheng raised his eyes and saw Liu Xin, so a smile appeared on his solemn face. He waved and said: "Liu Xin is here, come quickly! This was ambushed by the people I arranged last night. They are preparing to do it again." Assassinate the women and children you saved the day before yesterday!"
Liu Xin was shocked and quickly stepped forward. As he got closer, he saw clearly that the seven people were all wearing pure black clothes and their faces were covered with black cloth. But now their faces were revealed, and the black cloth was placed on the side of their heads.
"What's going on? Are those women still safe?"
Cheng Guotao narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Last night, Lao Wu personally guarded the group. This group was ambushed. Except for the leader who escaped, the rest are all here!"
Cheng Guotao pointed to the several corpses on the ground, and then added: "The one who escaped was also injured. We have issued a document and asked all checkpoints in the city to conduct strict searches. We have also set up personnel in various medical clinics and pharmacies. If the spy is found, as long as that person dares to show up, he will definitely be captured!"
Liu Xin looked at the seven corpses and frowned deeply.
Seeing Liu Xin's expression, Liu Licheng asked, "Liu Xin, do you have any ideas? You can tell me."
Liu Xin nodded, saluted first, and then said: "Master Qianhu, this group of killers have tried to kill these women again and again. I think these women must know something, and they may be pointing at the Royal Horse Prison. The contents of the key clues in the case!”
Cheng Guotao nodded in agreement: "Yes, Master Qianhu and we think so too. That's why I called you here early in the morning just to hear your opinion. Since we have the same opinion, Master Qianhu means to let me go Chat with these women and see if you can find any clues. Liu Baihu needs to complete another task."
Liu Xin raised his head and asked doubtfully: "Another mission? Isn't the case of the Royal Horse Prison the most important right now?"
Cheng Guotao said with a smile: "It's not about other cases, it's also the Royal Horse Prison case. It's about the poison that killed the three eunuchs!"
Liu Xin was surprised and said, "Isn't the Dongchang investigating the poison?"
Liu Licheng smiled and explained: "Just because Dongchang can investigate, it doesn't mean that I, Jin Yiwei, can't intervene. In this case, whoever finds the clues first will follow the investigation."
Then Cheng Guotao explained to Liu Xin the poison and the situation of the official records warehouse in Emperor Wu City, and Liu Xin understood that the so-called mission was to go to the official records library according to the characteristics of the poison and the state of the three eunuchs after they died. research.
This job is both easy to do and difficult to do. The good thing is that it is easy. But according to Cheng Guotao, this case library is not accessible to ordinary people. It was Liu Licheng who used his status as a disciple of Emperor Wu City to get such a place. .
In other words, Liu Xin could only enter the archives by himself, which was rumored to be full of secrets. Really looking for it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The reason why it's hard to do it is precisely because of this. He doesn't know when to go alone. As for why he was asked to go.
Haha, Liu Xin is just a young boy, a novice Jin Yiwei, and his inquiry and investigation skills are of course far inferior to those of veterans like Cheng Guotao. So this most difficult job became Liu Xin's.
Liu Xin could not refuse, because the task was well-founded and was personally arranged by his immediate superior, Liu Licheng. If he disobeyed, the other party could directly dismiss him for disrespecting his superiors.
Seeing Liu Xin leaving, Liu Licheng and Cheng Guotao looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"What's going on with Yuan Dongxiang?" Liu Licheng asked.
Cheng Guotao smiled and replied: "Yuan Qianhu was very surprised when he heard this. He said that he would trust us for once, but if he missed the important matter of the investigation, he would definitely report it to Admiral Mi."
Liu Licheng nodded with satisfaction: "In this way, it will be a trivial matter to use Admiral Mi's influence to drive Liu Xin away."
After a pause, Liu Licheng glanced at the seven corpses on the ground, with a solemn look in his eyes: "Dispose of these corpses. Then ask for clues from those women as soon as possible. What we lack most now is time. We must be quick. Dongchang just borrowed Liu Xin's hand to delay the time, but it won't be too long, Yuan Dongxiang is not stupid!"
"Why can Liu Xin delay Dongchang's time?" Gong Kexin asked in confusion.
Liu Licheng looked unwilling to pay attention to this martial arts idiot, turned around and strode away.
Cheng Guotao looked at Gong Kexin, who had a puzzled face directed at him, and said quietly: "Old Gong..."
Gong Kexin was furious and interrupted Cheng Guotao angrily: "You old bastard, you are teasing me!"
Cheng Guotao waved his hands repeatedly: "Mistake...Old...cough cough...let's put it this way, Liu Xin went to the case library to check for clues about the poison. The Dongchang will definitely find a way to intercept Hu, so the eldest brother asked us to inform that person Yuan Dongxiang. Just say that Jin Yiwei didn’t want the clues about the poison, so he gave it to him for free, saving them the trouble of cutting off the beard. But in exchange, he also had to tell us some of the progress of their investigation. Today, Yuan Dongxiang early in the morning Just send someone to give us the clues found in Dongchang, and the eldest brother is going to look at the clues now."
"What do you mean?" Gong Kexin still didn't understand.
Cheng Guotao looked at Gong Kexin helplessly and said, "Why haven't you figured it out yet? We have formed an exchange of interests with Dongchang. As long as Dongchang finds out the clues about the poison, no matter how the case is investigated afterwards, it will at least be a No merit, no fault. That’s why they are willing to exchange the clues they have now for the clues about the poison. But if they know that Liu Xin has not found out the clues about the poison, what do you think will happen to the Dongchang side? "
"Finding trouble for us!" Gong Kexin finally got smart.
Cheng Guotao smiled with satisfaction and nodded: "Yes, since we are in trouble, it is natural for us to introduce a scapegoat, that is, this Liu Xin. Due to the pressure of Dongchang, we have no choice but to If we can send Liu Xin out to prevent the disaster, the rest of Jinyiwei will not be able to find anything to do with us. At that time, the eldest brother can dismiss Liu Xin as a matter of course, and he will be able to make amends to Dongchang."
"That's it!" Gong Kexin nodded repeatedly, then turned and left, nodding as he walked.
Cheng Guotao looked at Gong Kexin's back and was not sure for a moment whether Lao Gong understood it or not...
Ah...Gong Kexin, why does he have the last name Gong?
...
On the other side, Liu Xin got on the carriage and headed to the Emperor Wu City's Document Storehouse located on the west side of Taiye Lake.
It was originally the royal scripture library. Later, because Emperor Wu's city presented the copied martial arts secrets, Emperor Xuyang ordered the expansion of the library and built a more magnificent scripture library in Emperor Wu's city next to it.
It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of volumes of martial arts secrets hidden inside. Any martial arts force who obtains this library can rise quickly in a short period of time.
A warrior's strength comes from three aspects: internal strength, skills, and weapons and equipment.
The script library can solve the two major aspects of internal power and skills. The better the secret book records, the simpler and more efficient the internal power operation method will be. And good Kung Fu cheats can increase and enhance the warrior's fighting techniques and skills. With a little practice, you can quickly improve your combat power.
Because of this, after the construction of this case library was completed and the secret books were put into the library, countless people tried their best to gain access. Some resorted to evil ways, but unfortunately, the archives were full of institutions and guarded by the Forbidden Army, and it was almost impossible to break into the inner city.
The other way is the official one.
At first, the permission to enter the archives was relatively loose, and officials of third rank or above could basically enter. But later, part of the contents of the archives began to circulate on the black market, and the emperor was furious, because this must be a traitor. .
It should be said that among civil servants, there are many people who have photographic memory. If these people enter the archives and write them out silently after coming out, it is almost impossible to catch the slightest trace of such people.
Since that time, it has become extremely difficult to access the archives, which requires the personal approval of His Majesty the Emperor. Later, the Emperor delegated this authority to three agencies: the Cabinet, the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and Emperor Wu's City.
And Liu Licheng took the path of Emperor Wu City.
Only half an hour later, Liu Xin walked half a circle around the imperial city before arriving at the case and document warehouse of Emperor Wu's city.
With the token given by Liu Licheng and after some inspection, Liu Xin successfully entered the case library.
The so-called official document library is actually a magnificent palace, but this palace is like a pagoda with three floors. All he can go to is the first floor.
It was said that there must be more precious things hidden on the second and third floors, but Liu Xin couldn't get up.
There are forbidden troops guarding the outside of the archives, and there are arrow towers and turrets all around. There are even red cannons and eight-oxen crossbows on the turret!
Such a peripheral defense cannot be broken through without dozens of Dacheng realm warriors, tens of thousands of cavalry, or tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Otherwise, there is no way to enter the archives in a short time.
There are not that many people guarding the interior of the archives, only a few eunuchs, who should be His Majesty's confidants.
The document warehouse is full of criss-crossing narrow wooden corridors. There are countless wooden doors installed on both sides of the corridor. The wooden doors are all locked and covered with iron sheets. All wooden doors have numbers engraved on them.
The eunuchs will look for the corresponding wooden door based on the number written on the voucher Liu Xin brought. Behind the wooden door is a collection of books organized into categories.
Liu Xin estimated that Emperor Wu City had searched so many secret books, and just sorting them out would have taken a lot of manpower. These people may also read the content in the secret book, and I don’t know what the final fate of these people will be.
As the righteous path, Emperor Wu City should not do anything to them.
Liu Xin was thinking this when he heard a high-pitched voice say: "Sir, this is it!"
Liu Xin stopped and saw that the eunuch had opened the wooden door. Liu Xin stepped inside and was greatly shocked!
Behind the wooden door is a small room, but there are five or six bookshelves erected. Each bookshelf is two feet high. The bookshelf is divided into small grids, and each grid contains a book. Or a roll.
Are these all secret manuals about poisons?
Liu Xin was stunned on the spot!
...
In a small courtyard somewhere in Chongbeifang in the outer city, more than a dozen figures were crowded into a small inner room.
More than a dozen people were standing and facing one direction, and there were two chairs in that direction, and two men with almost identical faces sat down respectively.
One of them said: "We are gathered here today. The reward given by the master is very generous, but the task is also very dangerous. Before I start talking about the task, I need to confirm one thing!"
The man paused, and the man beside him who looked exactly like him dropped a bag on the ground in front of everyone. The bag was not tied, and many golden things rolled out from it.
The man continued: "Here is the deposit, ten taels of gold per person! After the event is completed, each person will have another twenty taels!"
When the man finished speaking, the man who had just lost the gold said, "I'll ask again, is there anyone who quits this mission early?"
Everyone was silent for a long time.
The two people on that seat looked at each other and smiled, and then said in unison:
"Okay! Since no one objects, let's listen carefully to the details of the mission!"
"Okay! Since no one objects, let's listen carefully to the details of the mission!"
The two did not exchange words in advance, but the content, tone, and rhythm were exactly the same.
But the faces of the dozen or so people opposite them didn't show the slightest bit of surprise. Looking at them from the front, every one of them was filled with negative auras such as evil, brutality, and bloodthirsty.
This is a group of demonic warriors!
In the imperial capital, under the emperor's feet, such a group of demonic warriors were allowed to hide. This is something even more unbelievable than the appearance of the northern barbarians in the imperial capital.
People of the Demonic Way mostly have negative temperaments. Due to long-term depression and inner perversion, these people have higher combat power and more danger factors than warriors of the same level.
The twins quickly explained the details of the mission at the same time, and the dozen or so people left the small courtyard in their own different ways.
After everyone left, the twins walked to the door with hands and feet. The two were similar in stature, but there were still some differences. One of them was a little shorter and had a slight limp on his right foot. That was due to an injury. The ankle left sequelae. Because of this injury, he unconsciously turned his whole body to one side, causing him to be a few points shorter than the other person.
"Luo Ju's injury..." Zuo Zuo said.
"You will die if you don't take medicine..." The right side continued.
"In that case..." Zuo Zuo continued.
"Give him a good time..." the right side continued.
Although the words of the two people following each other are not very coherent, if you don't look at the picture and just listen to the voice, you will only feel that this is a person mumbling to himself.
And the Luo Ju they were talking about was the killer who was injured by Wu Hao.
"Leave the Wu number to the Mo Dao gang..." After a moment of silence, Zuo Zuo suddenly said.
"Cheng Guotao has gone too, let me kill him..." Seamless connection on the right.
"I will hide first and be careful of Liu Licheng. He is in the Dacheng realm and is difficult to deal with..." Zuo Zuo continued.
"But it doesn't matter, you and I join forces..." After the right one finished speaking, he paused for a moment.
Then the two looked at each other, showed almost the same smile, and said in unison:
"Enough to deal with him!"
"Enough to deal with him!"
