The room in Yuan Dongxiang's duty room gave Liu Xin a feeling of cleanliness!
Extremely neat!
The bottles and cans on the ancient shelves are arranged very neatly, and the books and documents on the bookshelf are also sharp-edged. The desk, desk and chair are clean enough to illuminate a person's appearance, and the table legs are aligned with the chair legs, giving Liu Xin a sense of oneness.
Yuan Dongxiang was arranging his potted plants at this time. The pine tree was pruned into a perfect triangle. When he heard footsteps, Yuan Dongxiang turned his head and looked over.
"Liu Baihu is here." Yuan Dongxiang motioned Liu Xin to sit down with his eyes, while he was still playing with his potted plants.
Liu Xin stopped where he was and did not move. He glanced at the neat and tidy tables and chairs and felt that if he sat down, he might destroy the unity, so he simply stood where he was and said:
"No need, I came to disturb Yuan Qianhu, mainly for the convenience of Qianhu. I want to review the files of the horse eunuchs and the investigation files of Dongchang!"
After Liu Xin finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Dongxiang's back with a little anticipation and a little uneasiness.
Although Liu Xin felt that he had formed a preliminary tacit understanding with Yuan Dongxiang and that they were now in a cooperative relationship, without the prince by his side, this sense of certainty was much weaker.
Yuan Dongxiang did not turn around, but said softly: "So it's just a small matter. You go find the Wang Commander. I've given you orders."
Did it happen so easily?
Liu Xin froze on the spot with some surprise. It took him two or three seconds to come back to his senses and hurriedly said: "Thank you Qianhu!"
Yuan Dongxiang stood up straight, turned around, looked in the direction outside the door, and found the young man standing at the door, as tall as a pine tree. He smiled and said: "This is a small matter, no need to thank you. There is no one else here, so I will Let’s be honest. I’ve read your information. Although I don’t know how you got involved with Yongzhou County King, it doesn’t matter. I don’t care about the details. I only care about the results! Liu Licheng deliberately messed with you. I think you can feel it now. At this time, either he will knock you down or you will fight back for him. If you cooperate with me, you will never lose. Our Dongchang does not need credit, we only need to do things well. If you can help me find out this case I can give you the whole story and the final credit!"
Liu Xin showed a flattered expression and thanked him repeatedly. Yuan Dongxiang made no secret of his actions. He just looked at the face of the Yongzhou County King. The look he took outside the door was to confirm whether the County King's people were there. It was because of the County King. People are there, that's why he is so easy to talk to. Liu Xin would not think that the person who could sit in Yuan Dongxiang's seat would be a kind and good person.
There is no doubt that Yuan Dongxiang's rank is much higher than that of Liu Licheng, and Liu Xin is very sure of this.
After thanking him, Liu Xin left Yuan Dongxiang's check-in room very cleanly. This Qianhu was very straightforward and direct, but this was also in line with Liu Xin's character, he was also impatient.
Yuan Dongxiang walked to the door of the check-in room with scissors in hand. Looking around, Luo Bei was like a silent follower, mechanically following Liu Xin. For Luo Bei, this was just a task given to him by the king. , just complete it. There is no need for too much emotional communication during the period, so it seems a bit dull. However, Yuan Dongxiang, a servant of the royal family, did not look at Luo Bei at this moment. Instead, he stared deeply at Liu Xin's back. It was not until Liu Xin's back disappeared that he withdrew his gaze and raised the corners of his mouth. With a hint of a meaningful smile, he slowly turned around and walked back.
As expected, Captain Wang had received the order, and the most detailed files of Dongchang had been prepared long ago. Before Liu Xin came out and expressed his intention, Captain Wang took out these things. And he also gave explanations on the side. This made Liu Xin feel flattered, but he quickly realized that this was actually the feeling that there was someone behind him.
This can be regarded as enjoying the daily life of the second generation officials.
With Wang Zhangban's explanation and the detailed case, Liu Xin had a clear understanding of this case for the first time.
The case started at the beginning of the year, when an eunuch accidentally drowned. Although it was not common for ordinary eunuchs and palace ladies to drown, it did happen occasionally. After all, the imperial city was also a city with lakes and rivers. These eunuchs and palace ladies were not on duty. Sometimes I would go for an outing by the river and enjoy the scenery. However, due to the different identities of the dead eunuchs and the freezing weather at that time, although the rivers in the imperial city were artificially melted and not frozen, they were not something ordinary people would go there.
Therefore, the Royal Horse Prison specially found someone to conduct an autopsy, and it was found that the eunuch was knocked unconscious before drowning, and there was a mark on his neck.
This matter attracted the attention of a supervisor of the Royal Horse Supervisor, so he reported it to Dongchang. Dongchang investigated for several days, but there was no clue at all, so the matter was dropped. Although the case has always been there, the investigation here in Dongchang has actually been abandoned. As time goes by, this will become a dead case and eventually be shelved.
And just the day before Liu Xin took office, another murder occurred in Yuma Prison. This time it was obviously a homicide. There was a suicide in the imperial city. This was no small matter. Dongchang intervened and Jin Yiwei was also called in to assist in the investigation. Unfortunately, no substantial clues were found.
It was not until two days later that the third horse-raising eunuch was killed. His Majesty was completely furious and ordered the Jin Yiwei to intervene in the matter and investigate with Dongchang. As a result, on the night of Dongchang and Jinyiwei's investigation, two more horse-raising eunuchs were poisoned and died. Now, clues have been found that the poison came from the Xingxiu Sect.
Five eunuchs died before and after. They had obvious things in common. They all came from Yuma Sect, a small sect in the world. They were also members of the same occult research project. There were eight of them in total, and they almost all ate and lived together. He stayed in the imperial city for more than ten years.
Sooner or later, something happened, and something happened just when the secret technique of raising horses they were studying was about to be completed. No matter how stupid you are, you can guess that the death of the horse-raising eunuchs is related to that secret technique. And this secret technique of raising horses is related to the national destiny of Zhengyang Kingdom. This matter is so big that His Majesty is no longer just focused on finding the real culprit. He wants to find and eliminate all the masterminds behind this.
The biggest suspect so far is the Northern Barbarians, because the existence of the secret technique of raising horses is the most deadly threat to the Northern Barbarians. Therefore, now in the Imperial City, the rare Northern Barbarian caravans and the Northern Barbarian envoys in Honglu Temple are under strict supervision. They can only huddle in their own inns or Honglu Temple and are not allowed to go out!
Seeing this, Liu Xin suddenly frowned. The close supervision of the Northern Barbarians had already occurred on the night when the two eunuchs were poisoned to death, and he was attacked the next day. If it was really Bu, the tenth master of the Northern Barbarians, and take action, it means that he is not under guard and is still free. The imperial court missed a wave of northern barbarians!
Liu Xin put this doubt aside for the time being and continued to look at Case Zong. The most important clue in this case is actually the method of killing and the poison, but the methods are all conventional, and there is no way to see the secret inside, but it is certain that this person is still able to kill under the tight guard of Dongchang and Warrior Camp, at least. He is a Dacheng realm warrior. This is highly recognized by Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
There were no clues about the poison before. Now, although it is known that it comes from the Xingxiu Sect, the Xingxiu Sect is a southern sect and is too far away from the imperial capital. Once the source is found, it seems difficult to continue to trace it.
There is another clue about the poison, which is to investigate the people who first entered the imperial city. Before knowing the characteristics of the poison, Dongchang found all the records of entering and leaving the imperial city since the beginning of the year, and combined the time of these cases to filter the dates. The record of tens of thousands of entries and exits was reduced to less than a thousand.
But because the characteristics of the poison were discovered, Liu Xin knew that the record of thousands of entries and exits would be expanded again. Because Meng Yuan Powder is a chronic poison, it can be poisoned in batches. Before the poison is arranged to induce this kind of toxicity, no matter how large the dose, there will be no abnormalities. Once stimulated by the drug, the poisoned person will fall into a coma of varying lengths of time depending on the degree of poison accumulation in the body, just like falling into a dream, and then quietly pass away in the coma.
The greater the dose in the body, the shorter the final coma time and the faster death.
This is a strange poison. It was originally prepared. Although it was a bit strange, there were too many redundant things for the poison. Poison is used to poison people. It is colorless, odorless and difficult to detect. It is the best poison to kill in one blow.
Although Mengyun Powder is not the best poison, it is the most suitable poison for poisoning people in the imperial city. There is only one reason, that is, it is not popular enough. It was so unpopular that most warriors didn't know the existence of this poison.
After all, this is an imperial city, and there are many masters and masters of poison hidden there. Ordinary poisons, even the most top-notch poisons that kill people invisible, may still be detected in the imperial city, and this possibility is even very high.
As for Meng Yuansan's unpopularity, few people know about it, and almost no one has ever seen it. In addition, it is colorless and odorless, and it will not cause poisoning without any poison. This is an excellent poison that can be brought into the imperial city and used.
Because it is a chronic poison and is very unpopular, the time when the person who may have brought the poison into the imperial city becomes uncertain. At almost any time, anyone entering the Imperial City could bring that poison with them. It is not limited to the days before and after the death of those horse eunuchs.
At this point, the cases investigated by Dongchang have been basically finished, and Liu Xin can feel the essence of Dongchang's pursuit of no fault.
Liu Xin then read the information about the eight horse eunuchs in detail. All eight of them came from a small sect in Jianghu, the Horse Control Sect. For more than ten years in the Royal Horse Prison, just to study a secret technique, but the eight people studied it separately. Each person mastered a part of the secret technique. Only when everyone's secret techniques are combined can the complete secret technique be achieved. .
They have not been able to enter or leave the imperial city for more than ten years, and only the head of the Royal Horse Supervisor has the authority to inform them of outside events. Emperor Kangyang once promised that as long as they researched the secret method, he would let them leave the imperial city and reunite with their families.
Seeing this, Liu Xin cursed in his heart. Emperor Kangyang's words were obviously a bit insulting. Anyone with any brain would know that the emperor would not let them out unless they got out with a handful of bones, which would be considered a golden statement.
However, these eight eunuchs were not stupid, and naturally understood that it was just a cake drawn by the emperor for them, so they only occasionally asked the head of the Royal Horse Eunuch about their family members. As long as they knew that their families were well, they had no intention of going out.
After reading the detailed information about An Zong and the eight horse-raising eunuchs, Liu Xin pinched his eyebrows, looked at Wang Zhangban and said: "I have some ideas, I hope you can convey them to Yuan Qianhu for me!"
Because the two parties are now in a cooperative relationship, it is also a good choice to establish a good relationship with Dongchang. The key is that he now has the king of the county as his backer. He does not know whether this backer can continue to rely on him, so every second counts.
Liu Xinneng could see that Yuan Dongxiang was capable, and it was a blessing to cooperate with capable people. The key was that this person did not seek fame and fortune, but only wanted to have no faults. Hehe, anyone would love to work with such a capable helper who doesn't take credit.
Of course, all this must be based on the premise that Liu Xin has the county king as his backer. After all, Yuan Dongxiang treated Liu Xin like this because of the prince's face.
Wang Zhangban looked at Liu Xin in surprise. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that Liu Xin, a young man, was not a simple man. Last time he met Liu Xin briefly, and he didn't pay attention to him. This time, he felt something was different.
Therefore, he also carefully took note of several points Liu Xin said and planned to report it to Yuan Qianhu later.
Liu Xin put forward four key points:
First, the murderers were Dacheng realm warriors. When the last two horse-raising eunuchs were poisoned, the imperial city was under martial law. Unless they were in the high-level Dacheng realm, it was impossible to leave the imperial city quietly. But the possibility that the murderer is a high-grade Dacheng realm warrior is extremely small. If he has that strength, he can kill him directly, break out of the imperial city, and directly escape from the imperial capital. There is no need to poison him! Therefore, it is suspected that the real culprit is still in the imperial city. The imperial city is currently under martial law, and this person cannot escape.
Second, regardless of the source of the poison, there are not many people who come in and out of the imperial city who can reasonably come to the Royal Horse Prison. Screening based on location, those who bring poison into the imperial city should be on duty near the Royal Horse Prison. There are not many such locations, only the Wenhua Hall, the Warrior Barracks and the South Imperial Kitchen. Just focus on checking the people entering and leaving these three areas.
Third, the person in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor communicated externally with the families of the eight horse-raising eunuchs. However, according to the clues found by Jinyiwei, the families of the horse-raising eunuchs were not living well in other places, and their supposed salaries were not paid out in time. Once in place, you can check the person in charge of this Royal Horse Supervisor.
Fourth, and the most critical point is that the ultimate goal of the real culprit in the Horse Control Case is to obtain the secret technique of raising horses. After obtaining the secret technique, he must transport it out of the imperial city. Although I don’t know what carrier the secret technique is placed on and what the specific content is, I think Lai Dongchang knows about it and will definitely take corresponding measures to avoid leaks. At this time, the most urgent thing for the real murderer is to send the secret method out of the imperial city. You can start from this aspect and try to lure the snake out of the hole.
After Wang Zhangban listened, he nodded silently. Liu Xin's analysis did make some sense, which they had not thought of before. Because Dongchang's attention has always been on the poison, as long as the characteristics of the poison are found out, the focus of the next investigation can actually be found. It's a pity that they only got the clues about the poison not long ago and haven't analyzed it yet. Liu Xin helped them analyze and outline the next key investigation directions. This kind of ability is something Hara Qianhu values very much.
"As for the third point, I think I can give an explanation." Wang Zhangban said: "The head of the Royal Horse Supervisor has been explained. Except for the two years when he first entered the palace, Cui Wenxiu and Eunuch Cui no longer asked anyone to contact these eight people. The eunuch who kept the horse had his family members outside. Because the salary had been paid out truthfully, and after all, it was personally chosen by His Majesty, the eunuch did not dare to do anything. Because of this, Eunuch Cui thought that these eight people could not get out anyway, and it was impossible. He had contacts with the outside world, and he had always paid his salary truthfully. He thought that the family members who came outside must have a good life, so he no longer arranged for anyone to inquire. Therefore, in the following years, Eunuch Cui dealt with the eight horse-raising eunuchs casually every time. of."
Liu Xin suddenly understood. He immediately thought that since the salary had been paid out, but the women and children had not received the money, it was Si Yanqing who wanted to take away the salary. Because he had been receiving the salary, Si Yanqing's whereabouts seemed to be known. direction of investigation.
After asking about the situation of salary distribution, Wang Zhangban personally took Liu Xin to find a eunuch who was responsible for managing salary account books. But unexpectedly, the eight horse-raising eunuchs had not received their salaries for more than half a year. The last time they received them was before the death of the first eunuch!
After the death of the eunuch, no one came to collect the salary of the eunuchs who raised horses.
Liu Xin asked the eunuch in charge of the account books and wanted to know the appearance of the person who came to receive the salary, but the eunuch only remembered that she was a woman. She had come to receive the salary for the past few years, basically once every six months, so she had an impression, but he also Not profound. After all, they are eunuchs, and they lack interest in women. And because the person who received the salary was relying on a waist card, the name of this woman was unknown and could not be traced.
I haven't been here for more than half a year. Is it a coincidence or is it related to a subsequent case?
Liu Xin increasingly felt that Si Yanqing, a woman, was the key to the entire case. Finding her would solve many problems.
Manager Wang also realized the importance of this woman and exchanged opinions with Liu Xin: "Could this woman be related to the case?"
Liu Xin smiled and nodded: "There should be some connection, but the specific extent of the connection is unknown. But this is also an important doubt, because judging from the clues found by Jin Yiwei, this woman took away eight The entire salary of a horse-raising eunuch over the years. And the killers outside have repeatedly tried to kill the widows of the horse-raising eunuchs, probably to cover up this woman."
Wang Zhangban said solemnly: "This is a very important clue, but Jin Yiwei is already investigating in this direction, and it is not convenient for Dongchang to intervene."
Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "Go back and tell Yuan Qianhu that I found something here, and I will definitely contact him in time."
Commander Wang smiled and looked at Liu Xin, already treating him as half one of his own.
Liu Xin got the information he wanted and left Dongchang immediately.
The name Si Yanqing was actually a key, but due to the source of the information, Liu Xin could not explain it to Yuan Dongxiang. Moreover, he is also ambushing a hand, and the trump card cannot be taken out at once. If he uses it at the most appropriate time, he may be able to get higher rewards.
Today, after re-reading the information on the eight horse-raising eunuchs, Liu Xin's interest in one of them reached its highest point, because this person is still alive!
At the gate of the imperial city, Liu Xin met Senior Brother Cheng who was anxiously waiting for him. The latter's eyes were full of anxiety.
Liu Xin gave Senior Brother Cheng a subtle wink, telling him to be careful not to expose anything in front of the stick-like Luo Bei behind him. But I think Senior Brother Cheng is experienced and experienced. There was nothing unusual on his face, but he said anxiously: "Liu Baihu, it's not good! Wu Baihu was attacked and seriously injured!"
