When Xu Zhen was talking, apart from him and Lian Ji, Dongfang Meiyan was the only one left in the room.
Sima Xin and the doctor had already left the room.
"You..." Lian Ji looked at Xu Zhen in disbelief, "Why? You... can you read minds?"
"It's true that you and Fang Wubing have feelings for each other," Xu Zhen said quietly, "but after all, Fang Wubing is a repeat offender of the imperial court and a murderous gangster, so your instinctive reaction still betrays you.
"If my guess is correct, you are not only lovers, but also accomplices!"
"..." Lianji looked bitter, but the previous nervousness was completely gone.
"I've told you before," Dongfang Meiyan agreed, "Fang Wubing committed a robbery in Daguan City, and you, an old lover, are also in Daguan City. What a coincidence!"
"No, you guessed wrong," Lian Ji shook her head, "I am not Fang Wubing's accomplice, and the robbery has nothing to do with me. If you don't believe it, then you can file a complaint to the Internal Guard Mansion, and then come and investigate me! I Waiting..."
After saying that, she stood up and wanted to leave.
"Fang Wubing is dead," Xu Zhen said, "What else are you obsessed with?"
"You..." Lian Ji never expected that Xu Zhen would actually use the word "perseverance" instead of hiding it.
"If I guessed correctly," Xu Zhen said, "Fang Wubing didn't betray, right?"
"Ah!? You..." After hearing this, Lianji was struck by lightning and trembled all over, "How do you know?"
"Ah?" Dongfang Meiyan was equally shocked.
"It seems..." Xu Zhen smiled bitterly, "I was right!"
"You..." The horrified Lianji said a familiar line, "Who are you?"
"I'm just guessing," Xu Zhen said, "When you told about Fang Wuyou's betrayal, your eyelids flickered and the corners of your mouth twitched slightly, which means that what you are talking about is not acceptable to you.
"So, I suspect that Fang Wubing may be performing some special mission?"
"How scary!" Lian Ji looked at Xu Zhen in disbelief, "There is such a monster in the world. You can tell it just by looking at my eyes and the corners of my mouth..."
"Lianji," Dongfang Meiyan grabbed Lianji's collar and said excitedly, "He is right, Fang Wubing is dead, why is there any need to hide his secret?"
Hearing this, Lianji looked sad, her eyes dim, and she thought for a long time before saying: "You are right, Wu Bian is dead, so what does my life mean? The worst is just death."
Seeing Lianji's decisive attitude, Dongfang Meiyan couldn't help but glance at Xu Zhen. Obviously, what Lianji was going to say next was the focus of the entire case.
"Fang Wubing was assigned by the late emperor to find the rusty knife," Lian Ji said. "He rebelled against the division and the Shenqi Division in order to break into the enemy and find the whereabouts of the rusty knife."
"Ah?" Dongfang Meiyan frowned, "Rusty knife?"
Obviously, Dongfang Meiyan has never heard of this thing.
The same is true for Xu Zhen. There is no such term in either the host's memory or the "Demon Dao" records.
"The so-called rusty knife is the sword worn by Li Xuanzhen, the founding emperor of Daxuan. It is also called the purple flame knife! It is said that the blade is covered with purple flame texture, but it looks like it is rusty, so it is called the rusty knife!"
"This..." Dongfang Meiyan frowned even more tightly, as if it felt unreasonable.
“The Rusty Knife was stolen from the Imperial Ancestral Temple a hundred years ago,” Lianji said. “In order to find this knife, Emperors Shenzong, Yingzong, Huizong, etc. all sent special personnel to search for it, but they were never able to do so.
"After that, the search for the rusty knife gradually became dim, and no one, including the Queen Mother Lin, ever bothered to look for the knife again.
“But, for some reason, during the Shengping period, Emperor Xinzong suddenly had a whim and restarted the hunt for the sword.
“Furthermore, he must have received some news, so he summoned Fang Wubing into the palace overnight and assigned him a task.
"From then on, Wu Yi's whole life was tied to that rusty knife."
a knife……
Xu Zhen was surprised and sighed. If what Lian Ji said was true, then Fang Wubing was an undercover agent who had infiltrated the enemy.
Emperor Xinzong's name is Li Xing. He is the longest-reigning emperor in the Daxuan Dynasty. He has been in charge of Daxuan for a total of forty-nine years.
This person is quite like Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty. In his prime, he was diligent in government affairs and dared to reform, which brought the Daxuan Dynasty into a prosperous era, expanding its territory and bringing peace to the world.
However, in his later years, Xinzong gradually became faint and indulged in fun, which led to the Xiazhou mutiny and rebellion.
Although the rebellion was finally suppressed, the Daxuan Dynasty was severely injured and unable to recover. This led to a decline in social conduct and partisan disputes, leaving a mess for the current Changle Emperor Li Xin.
"Then..." Dongfang Meiyan asked, "What happened six years ago?"
“After Wu Wei accepted the mission, since I was a newcomer and had been a courtesan in a brothel, the superiors assigned me to be Wu Wei’s contact person, responsible for passing information between him and his superiors.
"Six years ago, Wu Bian received news that the rusty knives might be hidden in the Wanfeng Bank's vault, in a group of containers that were stored thirty years ago.
“So, Wu Bing teamed up with his undercover forces and carefully planned with them to steal the goods.
“After the goods were obtained, the accomplices who were involved in the robbery wanted to kill Wu Bing to silence him, but Wu Bing had anticipated it and killed him.
"However, there are no rusty knives in the box, only some..." At this point, Lianji realized something and did not elaborate.
"There are some important things in there for the cargo owner, but they don't include the rusty knife." Lianji said, "So... after Wuyou killed his accomplices, he made a decision that ordinary people can't understand."
"Oh..." Dongfang Meiyan understood instantly, "He did it on purpose!"
"Yes," Lian Ji nodded, "He was captured by the government on purpose in order to lure out the owner of the container and the organization he was working as an undercover agent."
"What?" Dongfang Meiyan shook her head, "I was a little confused. What organization is Fang Wuyou working undercover?"
“At first,” Lian Ji replied, “Fang Wubing went undercover to this organization because he thought they had stolen the rusty knife.
"But when he actually went undercover, he discovered that the organization was also looking for the rusty knife!"
"Oh, that means this organization is not the same group as the one who stole the rusty knife!" Dongfang Meiyan nodded.
"Yes, the real person who stole the rusty knives should be the owners of those containers," Lian Ji said, "And Fang Wubing's undercover organization was also looking for the rusty knives, so they planned the robbery six years ago."
"Who is the owner of the container?" Dongfang Meiyan asked, "Who is the organization looking for the rusty knife?"
"I don't know anything," Lian Ji said, "I just feel that this matter is not as simple as finding a knife. There must be something on the rusty knife. Otherwise, besides the royal family, who would be interested in that rusty knife?"
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(End of chapter)
