"Sir, when will the soldiers outside leave? It seems that almost half a month has passed."
Murong Xue put down the volume in her hand, looked at Rui Ji who was lying on the soft couch, smiled apologetically, and said with relief: "Rui darling, you have been depressed these days. I guess it won't be too long." It’s been a long time, just be patient and patient.”
Rui Ji pillowed her head on the jade and stared at Murong Xue lovingly: "Master, you are so beautiful. To be honest, I don't feel bored at all. I have to thank them for being able to stay with Master all day like this. .”
Murong Xuejun blushed: "Hey, how do I look good? It's my little Ruiji who is good-looking." As he said that, he leaned over, put his arms around Ruiji's waist, and pulled her into his arms with a strong effort. .
Rui Ji giggled and screamed that it was tickling.
The beauty and delicate body immediately made Murong Xue forget the depression and troubles in her heart. Fortunately, God was merciful and arranged Ruiji to be by his side, otherwise I really don't know how to get through these days. Thinking of this, he was about to lower his head and kiss Rui Ji when he suddenly heard a gentle knock on the door outside the yard.
"Eh? Dinner has already been served. It's so late at night, why would someone knock on the door?" Rui Ji couldn't help but be slightly startled when she heard the sound.
Murong Xue was disturbed by the noise outside, and was quite annoyed. She couldn't help shouting loudly: "Why are you knocking in the middle of the night? Are you announcing a funeral?!"
"Mr. Murong, urgent report from Liangyi." A word in a deliberately lowered voice came from outside the courtyard door.
After hearing this, Murong Xue immediately sat up straight, lowered her head and asked Rui Ji: "What day is today?"
"It's the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Master, what's wrong?"
"On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month?" Murong Xue suddenly realized that the person knocking on the door was actually someone from the Bei Ya Ni Lin Division. Shen Lie had agreed with him on the secret code that the passwords in the first ten days of each month would be rotated on odd and even days. The secret code for reporting on both days was "Two Instruments Urgent Report".
But... the small courtyard is now being closely guarded by the Xuanjia Army. How could Nilinsi do this?
He didn't dare to think any more, hurriedly put on his clothes, hurried to the yard, and gently opened the door a crack.
At this time, three people were standing outside the door, all in Xuanjia Army uniforms. Two of them had their backs to Murong Xue and were standing guard holding halberds and swords. The other one was the person who knocked on the door before. Seeing Murong Xue appear, the man quickly bowed to him.
Murong Xue first looked around outside, and then asked with a wary look, "Who are you? What's wrong so late?"
The Xuan Jiajun who knocked on the door calmly replied: "General Murong, I am a member of the Nilin Division. Please come with me now."
Murong Xue looked at the other party's black armor and sneered: "Humph, Nilinsi? What does it have to do with me?" After that, she raised her hand to close the door.
Seeing this, Xuan Jiajun quickly stretched out his hand to block the door and said: "General, wait a minute. The second fool is Yan Wu, and the friend is Jiang Yao."
Murong Xue, who was about to close the door, couldn't help but be startled after hearing this, and the movements of her hands suddenly stopped.
Just now he suspected that the other party's identity was fraudulent. He guessed that perhaps Lao Jianhua and Shan Tingxian captured Nilin Division's spy in Luoyi. Through torture and extortion, he learned the secret code of Nilin Division's usual communication with him, and then set up a scheme. he.
But when the visitor said, "The two idiots who play martial arts are Jiang Yao's friend," Murong Xue didn't hesitate at all. The reason is very simple. This nondescript remark was a secret code he told only to Shen Lie before leaving the imperial capital, in order to determine the other party's identity in times of crisis.
In other words, apart from him and Shen Lie, no third person will know this sentence.
Since the person who came here can tell it at this moment, it is enough to prove that the other person is Shen Lie's confidant.
Murong Xue looked at the guards standing guard on both sides with confusion and asked, "Them?"
"They are all our own people." The Xuanjia Army on the opposite side replied: "In recent days, the Xuanjia Army's vigilance on this place has become much more relaxed than before. We used some tricks to get the soldiers who were on duty at the main gate tonight. Opportunity. General, please come with me now, someone wants to see you."
Murong Xue thought for a moment, said "Wait a moment", then turned back to the room, gave Rui Ji a few words, then put on her coat and followed the Xuanjia Army soldier out of the house.
The two walked all the way through the streets and alleys, walked not too far away, and quietly turned into a small courtyard.
At this time, there were several plainclothes men standing at the entrance of the courtyard and near the streets. They all seemed to be good martial arts masters. Xuan Jiajun whispered a few words to the big man guarding the door, then led Murong Xue through the courtyard and walked into the main hall.
As soon as he entered the room, Murong Xue suddenly found that waiting for him here was Shi Shen Lie, the chief of the Nilin Division of Beiya.
"Master Shen, why are you here?"
"General Murong, are you okay? Such a big thing happened in Luoyi. Even if Shen doesn't want to come, he can't come." With a calm and confident smile on his face, Shen Lie made an invitation gesture and asked Murong Xue to sit down. Go to the opposite side of him.
Murong Xue lifted her robe and sat down, and asked hurriedly: "What is going on? What happened?"
Shen Lie looked at Murong Xue and asked calmly: "What happened? Shouldn't it be Shen who asked General Murong for advice?"
Murong Xue couldn't help but be startled when she heard this. Thinking about it carefully, she felt ridiculous. It was really him, the undercover agent in Luoyi, who should have told Shen Lie, who came from afar, everything that happened in Dongdu.
Time was running out, so he no longer wasted time and hurriedly told a long story, starting from that night when Tao Yuan came to him and talking about what happened to the White Horse Temple and what happened to Prince Li Bing, until he was investigated by Shan Tingxian, including the current embarrassment. He told Shen Lie the whole story.
Shen Lie listened very carefully, and from time to time he would raise his hand to interrupt Murong Xue's narration and ask a few detailed questions. After Murong Xue finished telling the whole story, Shen Lie was silent for a moment and sighed: "Now it is certain that Tao Yuan's actions leaked the news. Lao Jianhua, the traitor, used his tricks to plot a dead end against you."
"Yes, the current situation is completely aimed at me," Murong Xue said depressedly: "The funny thing is that I was indeed involved in the White Horse Temple incident, and the traces are very obvious, which will inevitably make His Highness suspicious. But I didn't He was able to tell the whole story clearly at the first time, but it became even more difficult to explain later. Because Nilinsi was involved, Lao Jianhua seized the opportunity and made the whole thing seem specious, making His Highness the Crown Prince no longer trustworthy. I."
Shen Lie said: "Well, I have warned you a long time ago that Lao Jianhua is by no means a kind person, and you must not be careless in dealing with him. But there is no point in saying this now. What I want to find out more now is how the news of the operation was leaked. of."
Murong Xue thought for a moment: "I will never leak anything here. There is probably something wrong with Tao Yuan. By the way, have you found Tao Zhang's flag envoy?"
Shen Lie shook his head: "So far, there is no news about him and his brothers. I'm afraid... the situation is more dire."
"Will someone be captured alive?" Murong Xue worried: "I can't completely believe what Lao Jianhua and Shan Tingxian said."
Shen Lie seemed to be thinking about other things at the moment. After hearing this, he said casually: "There is no need to worry. None of my men can be captured alive by the enemy. They will either die in battle or commit suicide."
After saying this, he suddenly shouted towards the door: "Uncle Wang, come here."
Following Shen Lie's greeting, an old man in his sixties walked in from outside the house and silently bowed to Shen Lie and Murong Xue.
Shen Lie asked: "Uncle Wang, has Tao Yuan told you about the operation at White Horse Temple?"
"Reporting to Sir Chang Shi, Tao Zhangqi Envoy never said that," Wang Bo bowed his head and said: "According to the rules, the humble position is only responsible for observing and recording Ni Lin's actions, and does not care about specific official duties."
Shen Lie nodded when he heard this and said, "Okay, go get the records from the 14th to the 16th of last month."
Uncle Wang accepted the order and turned around. With little effort, he returned again and presented a blue booklet to Shen Lie.
Shen Lie carefully looked through the records in the volume, and his eyes suddenly stopped at one place: "On the night of the 15th, did Zhou Shun and Meng Qi go to Tianxiang Tower?"
Uncle Wang replied calmly: "Yes, sir. I heard that there was a big mission the next day, so the brothers in the death squad went out to relax for a while according to custom. This is also in line with the rules."
"Bullshit rule!" Shen Lie's face darkened: "This rule will be canceled from now on!"
He turned around and said to Murong Xue: "It seems that the news was probably leaked in the brothel."
Murong Xue said in confusion: "No way, how could news be leaked in a place like that?"
Shen Lie waved his hand and sent Uncle Wang out first, and then whispered to Murong Xue: "You don't know something. The land of fireworks is often a good place to get information. As long as the method is clever, many men will be drunk and confused. When he was fascinated, the clues were captured by well-trained prostitutes, who then handed over to experts to analyze and extract valuable information. Unfortunately, Lao Jianhua happened to be a master at arranging brothels to spy. "
Hearing Shen Lie's words, Murong Xue suddenly felt an indescribable feeling of uneasiness in his heart, but for a while he couldn't figure out where the problem was.
Shen Lie was good at observing people's expressions, and he immediately noticed that Murong Xue seemed to be feeling something, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you remember anything?"
Murong Xue shook her head first, then thought for a moment, and then followed her intuition and asked Shen Lie: "You said that Lao Jianhua is a master in this field, does it mean that he made similar deployments when he was working in Beiya? ?”
Shen Lie nodded slightly when he heard the words and replied seriously: "That's right. Letting you know more about Lao Jianhua may be beneficial to future actions, so I won't hide the secret past of Nilin Division from you. Back then. , the famous brothel Yihongyuan in the imperial capital, there is a top prostitute in it who is Lao Jianhua's prostitute. I remember that the woman's name is... Hua Niang. "
Murong Xue's body trembled, and she immediately felt that all the hairs on her body stood on end!
