Tian Shuanglong stepped down.
After all, he chose the most honorable way and submitted his resignation to the palace.
The content was probably that he was old and had low energy, etc., and asked the Emperor to allow him to return to his hometown to take care of himself.
The resignation letter was handed over but nothing happened.
So Tian Shuanglong dismissed all his cronies around him, dismissed those who were dismissed from their posts, transferred those who were transferred...including his friends and colleagues, and all of them severed friendship.
After all this was done, a reply was given in the resignation letter sent to the palace.
Just one word - accurate!
To be honest, Tian Shuanglong's resignation was beyond everyone's expectations, including Li Nanke.
Even Li Nanke listed this old fox as one of the powerful enemies with potential threats, and was ready to have a good contest with him in the future.
Unexpectedly, the opponent fell down before he could take action.
I can only lament that officials should take more care of their relatives, so as not to know when they will be cheated.
After Tian Shuanglong stepped down, the position of supervisor of the Suzaku Department became vacant.
Li Nanke was still hesitant to fight for Sister Leng, but the next day a decree was sent, saying that the Suzaku Department would be abolished and the Night Patrol Department would be streamlined into three departments.
If it were in the past, if they heard about such reforms, the old guys in the Night Patrol Department would have a falling out. But now that Tian Shuanglong has stepped down, no one dares to express their opinions.
"If you kill the Suzaku today, you will kill the White Tiger tomorrow. What about the day after tomorrow?"
In Jingya's study, Li Nanke was cracking melon seeds and throwing the peels on the desk very rudely, causing Shangguan Guan to frown.
"Sooner or later it will have to be cut. What are you worried about?"
Shangguan Guan snorted coldly.
Li Nanke smiled and said: "I'm not worried. Anyway, I have a lot of escape options. But for you, it's hard to say. The cunning rabbit will die and the lackey will be cooked. I'm looking forward to your ending."
"You just want me to die?"
Shangguan Guan was very dissatisfied.
"That's right." Li Nanke snapped his fingers.
Shangguan Guan shook his head, too lazy to joke with the other party, and said seriously: "Are you interested in going to Prince Anping's Mansion with me?"
"You wouldn't doubt that the man behind the underworld is Prince Anping, right?"
Li Nanke's eyes were strange.
Shangguan Guan lowered his voice and said, "I do have some doubts. Apart from the Supreme Emperor, the only person with such great ability is Prince Anping. I plan to explore the truth, and it doesn't matter even if I am able to scare off the enemy."
"Forget it, I won't go."
Li Nanke thought for a while and declined the offer.
He did not think that the man behind the underworld was Prince Anping. At this juncture, it was better not to have anything to do with the prince.
Especially last time, he killed a guest that the other party invited from Ghost Mountain. The fact that the other party didn't come to his door was already a subtle reminder.
Shangguan Guan frowned, "Don't you want to know the real mastermind behind the attack on Leng Xinnan and the others?"
"I want to, but I have to use my brain."
Li Nanke shrugged.
Hearing that the other party was mocking him for his lack of brains, Shangguan Guan was not angry and said helplessly: "Okay, then I will go and explore the situation alone."
Li Nanke looked at the man in front of him who could be regarded as a friend. His mood was inexplicably complicated and he said softly:
"No kidding, you'd better think of a way out."
Shangguan Guan was startled, silently lowered his head and looked at the blank paper, and just sighed softly.
…
At noon, Li Nanke was about to take Sister Leng and Little Rabbit outside to have something to eat. However, before they even left the house, they encountered Tieniu running towards him in a hurry. He couldn't hide his excitement: "There's something going on!"
Condition?
Condition?
Li Nanke was confused, "What's going on?"
Tieniu almost vomited blood and resisted the urge to curse: "Didn't you ask us to monitor that alley before? Didn't you forget it so quickly?"
"oh."
Only then did Li Nanke react.
The deaths of Mrs. Duan and Tian Shuangfeng almost made him ignore this matter. And in his opinion, monitoring the alley no longer made any sense.
It is estimated that the people in the underworld have already got the news, and there is no way they can go there and throw themselves into a trap.
At this moment, he heard something moving, and he couldn't help but arouse Li Nanke's curiosity, "What did you monitor?"
Tieniu grabbed the tea cup of someone else and took two sips. He gasped and said, "It's a man with a bald head and a few bruises on his face. He entered the alley and started rummaging around, obviously looking for something. Finally He left when he didn’t find it.”
"Where are the people? Who is following?"
Li Nanke asked.
Tieniu shook his head, "There's no need to follow him at all. That bald man went to Yun Chun Tower and never came out."
Yun Chun Tower?
I remember that when he interrogated the Faceless Taoist, this was the place where he secretly met with his boss.
Could this brothel be an intelligence station in the underworld?
Li Nanke made a guess in his mind, so he immediately set off for Yun Chun Tower.
Compared with other well-known brothels in the capital, Yun Chun House is indeed a bit unsightly. Whether it is the geographical location or the overall quality of the girls, they are barely at the pass level.
But during the day, it turns into a teahouse where you can enjoy the view.
Because it was a brothel, Li Nanke was too embarrassed to bring Sister Leng and Little Rabbit, so he only asked Tieniu to go with them.
The two of them entered Yun Chun Tower smoothly.
Maybe because it was daytime, there were no girls in fancy clothes soliciting customers at the door. Occasionally, just a few pipa or guzheng tunes flow out gracefully.
As soon as he stepped through the door, the sharp-eyed Tieniu pointed at a bald man not far away and said, "That's that guy!"
Li Nanke looked in the direction pointed.
The bald man was talking to a young young man, with a respectful attitude on his face. There was no woman around to drink with him.
But the young master had a petite woman in his arms.
From time to time, he would groan because of the young master's teasing.
Her cheeks were red.
"Do you want to go directly to arrest them? Those pretty boys must be part of a group." Tieniu rolled up his sleeves and prepared to do something reckless.
Li Nanke shook his head and chose a seat slightly closer to the bald man and the others to sit down.
From here, you can see the young master's appearance more clearly.
The other person looked about twenty years old, with an indescribable aura of nobility about him. The facial features are also quite handsome, and he is a very standard handsome man.
"Who in the capital could be a young master with such a temperament?"
Li Nanke tried hard to filter those young masters from wealthy families in his mind.
At this moment, the young man's eyes happened to be looking towards Li Nanke. It was just a casual glance, but it seemed that he could see through something, which made Li Nanke subconsciously feel nervous.
He avoided looking, secretly surprised.
Could this guy be a monk?
When Li Nanke was confused, the young master walked straight towards him and said with a smile: "If I admit it correctly, you must be Mr. Li Nanke."
"It's me, I didn't know you were..."
Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, Li Nanke simply stopped pretending and asked directly.
Young Master smiled slightly and said, "We have met before."
(End of chapter)
