A man named "Snake"?
The name alone sounds almost certain to be a pseudonym used as a code name. Does it mean that the person who murdered King Qian used this "snake" to arrange the killing?
Shen Hao had to swallow the words when they reached his lips. He could hear that Xue Gui was very proud of his words, and he was only halfway through the words. There must be something to gain later, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited.
Sure enough, Xue Guiyan paused, grabbed the tea cup on the table and drank another large cup before continuing: "I found a few portrait masters and drew several portraits based on the descriptions of the two people. Then I did some comprehensive repairs, and you see, this is the person.”
Xue Gui took out a portrait painting from his storage bag and handed it to Shen Hao.
The portrait obtained by Xue Gui is not as realistic as the one in Xuan Qingwei, and is a bit unrealistic, but the general appearance and characteristics of a person can still be clearly seen. It looks like the "snake" above is about forty years old, thin and has a sinister look. There is an obvious black mole at the corner of the left eye.
"This person is "Snake". I have asked the people from the Major Case Department to take note of this person's appearance and search for him in the imperial city. I believe there will be news soon."
"Imperial City?" Shen Hao couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure this person will still stay in the Imperial City?"
"Haha, it doesn't matter whether he lingers or not, as long as someone has seen this person. Whether it's an inn, a carriage shop, or even a salesman walking down the street, there are always people who have seen him. Now it's just a matter of spending some time."
Xue Gui is confident, but Shen Hao is not very optimistic about it. Because in his opinion, the preparation of such a huge case as secretly assassinating a prince would probably take less than half a year. All the details would be carefully considered, and in the end, luck would be needed to help it succeed.
Now, with only a few clues, a key figure responsible for arranging this killing can be found?
Shen Hao thought for a while and asked tentatively: "What happened to the two people who were caught? Why were they willing to help others and participate in the murder of the prince? Where did they get the courage?"
"What else could be the reason? It's just desire. This "snake" gave them an evil thing that allowed them to barely step from ordinary people to the threshold of monks. You know what this kind of thing will do to people whose minds are in a ditch. How tempting is it? Let alone killing the prince, they can probably do bigger things."
"Can ordinary people step into the threshold of monks?! What is it?" Shen Hao was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect that there was such unexpected news in the matter.
Speaking of this, the smile in Xue Gui's eyes also subsided, and his voice was a little gloomy: "Yes, it is a kind of pill called Barrier-Breaking Pill. After taking it, you can indeed improve your talent out of thin air. There is no threshold at all. Even if you are Ordinary people with the worst talents can slowly improve their talents after taking it until they reach the minimum talent limit for practice."
Xue Gui didn't need to explain. Just hearing the three words "Barrier Breaking Pill", a long list of messages immediately popped up in Shen Hao's heart. When we were investigating the large-scale smuggling case that led to Operation Jingxi, we caught Ma Sankui and forced him to reveal his identity. We learned about the "Barrier-Breaking Pill", and now in Xuanqingwei's documents, the Barrier-Breaking Pill is regarded as a pseudo-evil sect. Representatives of the monks were highly vigilant.
At the same time, the words "Obstacle Breaking Pill" do explain why an Orion and a bookshop dared to commit such a heinous crime.
Although Shen Hao couldn't experience it personally, he could guess that ordinary people yearned for the power of monks. At ordinary times, you may feel powerless due to the natural barrier of your talent. You may be willing to be mediocre, run around in the market for a living, and live a short life of several decades in an ordinary way. But if there is something like the Barrier-Breaking Pill that can "change fate against the will of heaven", can ordinary people stabilize their mentality and resist temptation?
It's hard! And it will make you stupidly ignore the price behind "changing your fate against the will of heaven".
Of course, Xue Gui is still unclear about the connection between the barrier-breaking pill and the pseudo-evil monks. These are the top secrets within Xuanqing Guard. The Ministry of Punishment has not been informed, so Xue Gui thought that Shen Hao's silence was because he was shocked and lost his words.
Shen Hao asked: "Have you captured the barrier-breaking pill?"
"No. The two people said that every time they were given the barrier-breaking pill, they had to swallow it on the spot and could not take it away. I checked the physical conditions of the two people, and it was very strange, especially their souls. The state is as strong as being forcibly expelled, and the meridians and organs also have a sense of overdraft. It can be judged that these situations must be hidden dangers caused by the so-called barrier-breaking pill.
Tsk tsk, you Xuanqing Guards should know more about this evil thing than we do, do you have any say? "
Xue Gui not only arrested people and put them on trial, he also walked around the docket room of the Punishment Department, but there was no record of the so-called barrier-breaking pill in the Punishment Department. In addition, the information retained by the Punishment Department at the monk level was limited, so from the beginning he had been paying attention to get some information from Shen Hao, at least to get some information, right?
Shen Hao considered his words and said: "Master Xue, you can send a note to the commander's Yamen. If the commander's Yamen agrees, I can give you a reply."
Xue Gui's eyes flashed when he heard this. Shen Hao's words were very clear, but he didn't say it clearly: We, Xuanqing Guards, know about the Barrier-Breaking Pill, but it's a secret. I can't just tell you. You have to write a note to the commander's office. The commander agreed. Only I can tell you.
In other words, in Xue Gui's view, the Barrier-Breaking Pill has become another case clue that can be extended!
"Okay, then I'll send the note to the commanding officer's office right now. Just wait a moment." Xue Gui didn't waste any time. He took out a blank copper bar from the cabinet next to him and started writing on it, and then added the seal. The person below was signed and ordered to be sent to the commander's Yamen immediately, and an "urgent" sign was hung.
Shen Hao waited for the note to be sent away before he began to tell Xue Gui the news he had found in the commander's Yamen's library and the archives, and also shared his inferences about the news.
"You mean that King Qian might have died at the hands of an evil monk who used the technique of "merging words with words"?" Xue Gui's first reaction was exactly the same as Jiang Cheng's before. At the same time, there was another thing that touched his heart, and that was the barrier-breaking pill he had found. If combined with these information from Shen Hao, it seems that evil things like the Barrier-Breaking Pill may really be linked to evil monks.
Half an hour later, after waiting for the commander's permission, Shen Hao told Xue Gui about the barrier-breaking pills that Xuan Qing Guards knew about, and Xue Gui finally made up his mind: King Qian was dead. There is no trace of the evil monks anymore!
