After dealing with Yuan Zuo, Gu Xiaotian left the mansion.
As for Yuan Zuo's men, they were naturally executed on the spot, and they must pay the price for doing wrong things.
After Xiao Yinyin escaped from the mansion, she hid near the city gate. She had been timing it right. Seeing that the two hours agreed upon were getting closer and closer, she began to panic.
Nothing really happened to Gu Xiaotian, right?
She kept praying in her heart, but don't let anything happen. She is a weak woman. It's hard to say whether she can run back to Kyoto!
Fortunately, what she was worried about did not happen. With less than half an hour left before the time limit, Gu Xiaotian's figure finally appeared in the distance and walked towards her step by step.
Xiao Yinyin hurriedly ran up and asked worriedly: "Are you okay?"
Gu Xiaotian asked doubtfully: "Do you still hope that something will happen to me?"
Xiao Yinyin shook his head and continued to ask: "Where are those people?"
Gu Xiaotian said calmly: "Of course I will kill him."
Xiao Yinyin snorted and reminded: "What to do after that? There is only the last day left."
Gu Xiaotian frowned. He had to rush back to Kyoto from here. One day was obviously not enough. He could only remind Sun Gusheng by writing a secret letter.
Now in this city, he has now mastered all the members of the Ten Thousand Demons Association. Among those people, except for a few warriors, the rest are just a bunch of scholars, which is really not something to be afraid of.
Do you really expect these scholars to swallow people to death with just one mouthful of saliva?
Gu Xiaotian said: "I got some news from Yuan Zuo, but it's too late for me to continue checking the news. Now I can only prepare well in this city and wait to see what happens after the Ten Thousand Demons Meeting. What's going on at the Japanese meeting?"
The next day.
What happened in the Xu Mansion last night has been widely circulated.
For a time, the people in this city were panicked.
In just a few days, so many things happened, which was difficult for the people to accept.
After all, no common people would feel comfortable in such a chaotic life.
Fortunately, the order in the city was relatively stable, and most of the people just gathered a few friends to discuss the matter in private.
Naturally, there are many scholars from the Sage Academy among them.
In the Sage Academy, a scholar said with some worry: "I went over and took a look this morning. You don't know how miserable Xu Miao looked. He looked like a mummy. You said, what we believe in is everything." Is the Demon Society right or wrong?"
Xu Miao walked into this sage academy, but the result was the death of both his husband and wife. Especially Xu Miao's death was in such a tragic manner, which made many scholars who cherish their lives shudder.
Coupled with the deaths of Wei Shi and Fan Cheng, some scholars immediately thought of something else. Maybe the deaths of these two people were not actually caused by Xu Miao?
Only then did they realize that the Ten Thousand Demons Society was not as beautiful as they imagined.
Some people start to worry, and this sentiment will spread more and more widely.
Soon, except for those stubborn scholars who believed that Xu Miao had betrayed the Wan Yao Society, everyone in the entire Sage Academy became suspicious of the Wan Yao Society.
Such sentiments are still circulating in the prison and among the big families in the city.
After the head of the Sha family heard the news, his complexion improved a lot on the spot. He clapped his legs and laughed and shouted that the sky has eyes.
Sha Ping also breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense heart gradually relaxed.
Sun Dayong was a little confused.
Is the wind direction changing a little too fast?
These days, he has been following Gu Xiaotian's request, spreading the news of the Ten Thousand Demons Association throughout the city, but how come that just overnight, the reputation of the Ten Thousand Demons Association turned upside down?
Especially in the inn, those scholars who originally had unlimited expectations for the Ten Thousand Demons Society were silent at this time, while some scholars just said a few words and were already scolded by other scholars without the need for other big men to take action. The North can't be found.
Gu Xiaotian slowly walked into the inn and found a confused Sun Dayong. He walked gently behind him, patted him, cupped his fists and said, "Brother Sun, what are you doing here?"
Sun Dayong was stunned, turned around quickly, and returned the greeting: "Brother Gu, it's nothing. There's just one thing I don't understand. Why did the Ten Thousand Demons Society's reputation turn upside down just overnight?"
Gu Xiaotian smiled slightly and did not say anything clearly. Instead, he praised: "That's all thanks to Brother Sun."
As the saying goes.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Before, he asked Sun Dayong to spread the news to plant a seed of hope in the hearts of these people.
Everyone was hoping that this seed would take root and sprout and grow the most beautiful flowers, but the flowers that bloomed turned out to be extremely ugly. Can you not be disappointed?
After that, Gu Xiaotian walked to the second floor, entered the room, and lay directly on the bed.
In this city, he has done everything he should do. Although he experienced some twists and turns, the result is still good.
Now, there is nothing he can do, and the secret letter has been sent to Kyoto. I hope this secret letter can open up a new idea for Sun Gusheng, so that he can continue to investigate.
This day is destined to pass while waiting.
And the wait is destined to be long.
Gu Xiaotian glanced out the window and slowly closed his eyes.
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Kyoto.
Since Sun Gusheng came back, he has been checking out the traitors in Kyoto.
But the deeper he dug, the more incredible he felt.
Originally, he had made some mental preparations, knowing that this biggest ghost would definitely affect many people. If he was directly uprooted, many officials would not be able to escape his involvement.
But now, he doesn't think so.
He probably already has a candidate for the mole in his mind, and the possibility is very high.
However, he couldn't break his skin now and find out the culprit.
The power involved by this insider is too huge.
Officials ranging from the first rank to the ninth rank official. If they were uprooted, I am afraid that less than half of the officials in the court would have to be replaced.
At this moment, Sun Gusheng was in the Secret Investigation Department, watching the people from the Secret Investigation Department working below.
Now, apart from Prime Minister Li, the only person Sun Gusheng can trust is the Secret Investigation Department.
Sun Gusheng naturally asked Sun Yanshou for instructions on this matter, but Sun Yanshou ignored him. He was very tired in his life. He had to guard this country for ten more years, and his physical ailments were getting worse. Seriously, even walking around in the garden would cause him to break into a lot of night sweats. Now he just wants to spend his old age in peace.
Sun Yanshou had to lament that he was really old and could no longer keep up.
After just watching quietly for a while, Sun Gusheng shook his head.
Especially the group of subordinates of the Secret Investigation Department who returned from Xishu. After returning to Kyoto, they did not rest for a moment and immediately devoted themselves to collecting intelligence.
This made Sun Gusheng a little distressed. They had pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers for so long in Xishu, and finally they could breathe a sigh of relief, and now they pinned their heads back to the waistband of their trousers again.
At the same time, a subordinate from the Secret Investigation Department came back from outside with a letter in his hand and handed it to Sun Gusheng.
Sun Gusheng took the letter and looked at it. His face, which was still a little depressed, suddenly laughed.
The subordinates of the Secret Investigation Department didn't ask any questions, but quickly returned to their jobs.
Sun Gusheng said to himself: "You have already done so much. If I am falling behind, it will really be unreasonable."
He turned around and walked out of the Secret Investigation Department, heading towards Prime Minister Li's mansion.
Sun Gusheng did not choose to ride in the carriage, but turned into a stream of light and landed directly in Prime Minister Li's mansion.
What surprised Sun Gusheng was that Li Xiang had already been waiting here as if he had known that he would come.
Sun Gusheng clasped his fists and said, "I've met Mr. Li."
Li Xiang smiled and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to be like this. There is no need for this between you and me."
Sun Gusheng nodded and said straight to the point: "Gu Xiaotian found some clues."
Li Xiang did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he smiled and praised: "That boy is really a talent. It would be a pity not to become an official in the court."
Sun Gusheng also strongly agreed with this point.
When he was about to return to Kyoto, he asked Gu Xiaotian what he thought. After all, if he got an official position, it would be easier to do things in the future, but he was declined by Gu Xiaotian, with the excuse that he would not be rewarded for no merit.
In this regard, Sun Gusheng was helpless.
In terms of merit, it would not be too much to directly promote Gu Xiaotian to the first rank, and no one in Feng Gehou would have any objections.
Li Xiang did not directly invite Sun Gusheng into the house, but simply said: "Your Highness, I will take you to a place."
The two of them walked towards the end of the mansion and came to the corner of the wall. Li Xiang stretched out his hand and pressed it, and there was a movement in the ground. A moment later, a wooden board emerged from the weeds.
Li Xiang carried the torch brought by his servant and walked in first, followed closely by Sun Gusheng.
The two of them went all the way down and finally reached the bottom.
Sun Gusheng looked up and couldn't help being surprised.
The torch illuminated the bottom very brightly, and the walls were densely covered with portraits, with many lines crisscrossing them, forming a complete relationship diagram.
Li Xiang smiled and said: "After you left Kyoto, I have been investigating, and now all I have found is here."
Sun Gusheng carefully observed the relationship diagram drawn by Li Xiang and praised: "Thanks to Li Xiang's carefulness, there are some people among whom I have not been able to find out."
However, there was another point that made Sun Gusheng a little puzzled.
At the top, two blank portraits hung.
Sun Gusheng asked: "Does Prime Minister Li think there is more than one mole in the court?"
Li Xiang said softly: "It's just a guess. Judging from various signs, if there was only one insider, so many people would not be involved."
There is truth to this statement.
In addition to those first-grade officials, there are also several fourth-grade or fifth-grade officials. Although their official positions are not large, they have a lot of real power in their hands. Even if the biggest ghost has extraordinary abilities, it is impossible to recognize them. everyone.
Therefore, Li Xiang guessed that there was more than one mole in the court, and both of them were people who could make decisions in the court.
Sun Gusheng said: "Li Xiang, I do have a candidate in mind."
However, before Sun Gusheng could say that name, Li Xiang shook his head and said: "I know who His Highness is thinking of, but it can't be him."
"If it was really him, there would be his portrait in the two portraits. I had doubts at first, but I kept paying attention to him, but he was always the same as usual."
Li Xiang looked at Sun Gusheng and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Guan Jing is not one of these two ghosts. His heart has always been towards Your Highness."
Some people died, but not completely...
