The Goguryeo mission consisted of less than 200 people and less than 300 people. From top to bottom, the six most distinguished ones, the chief and deputy envoys, plus four distinguished vulture shooters, were all slaughtered.
The body was discovered just after Hai hour, that is, at nine o'clock in the evening.
The courtyard here is huge, with the front and back connected and the middle open. From the previous dynasty to this dynasty, it has always been a special living place for Goguryeo envoys. There were more envoys before and after the martial arts performance. On normal days, fifty or sixty people came and went.
Usually at night, most of the Goguryeo delegation would go out for a walk, enjoy the lanterns, see girls, drink and create security management difficulties for the guards.
It was the same tonight. There were more than forty envoys sleeping in the courtyard, and the rest were out for a walk. Only the chief, deputy, and four eagle shooters were drinking in the backyard. While drinking, there was nothing to worry about.
There are relatively few guards near Honglu Temple. The main reason is that the envoys from various countries make a lot of noise at night. Out of sight, out of mind. Even when patrolling the streets, they just pass by in a hurry. They went through the scene six times an hour and did not hear anything unusual. People who make noises or behave strangely.
The first people to know the news were not the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, but several other nearby courtyards, that is, envoys from various countries. They closed the courtyard doors tightly and sent people to inquire about the situation.
I believe that once someone says something related to the Zhou people, these envoys will definitely leave the Zhou Dynasty as soon as possible, and maybe they will use this reason to reach some kind of agreement or alliance.
This is also where Chen Yongzhi and Chen Pei are in trouble. Only by finding out the truth as soon as possible and getting to the bottom of things can the impact be minimized.
Fu Yuxiang went to the dining room and smelled the poisonous arrowwood juice that exuded a peculiar smell, with a gloomy look on his face.
This thing is also used by the southern army. It is almost rare to see it in the pass. You can imagine who the target is. In the entire capital, there are only four people who have just returned from Nanguan, Han You, the eldest prince, the second prince, the younger prince, and the last three They all wore a Balenciaga pair with Han Youhao.
After the minister of Dali Temple gave an overview of the situation, Chen Yongzhi and Chen Pei also came back. After giving a salute, they looked inquiring and wanted to know how Han You "arranged" it.
Han You suddenly asked: "Do these six people often get together to drink on weekday nights?"
Chen Yongzhi turned back to his subordinates and said, "Go and ask."
The subordinate officer ran away and came back after a while and said: "The four eagle shooters drank and had fun together in their free time. The chief and deputy envoys usually went out at night to enjoy the scenery in the capital. The six of them had never been together. "
Han You looked thoughtful: "I've been planning for a long time. I'm afraid it's the work of an insider. At least there's an insider."
Everyone understood that the six most important people had never gotten together to drink, and then they suddenly got together tonight and all died.
"But..." Although Chen Yongzhi understood it, he still couldn't figure it out: "The highest-ranking person in the mission is the envoy. Who else can bring these people together besides the envoy?"
Han You squatted down and lifted up the white cloth, then lay down on the ground to observe the wound. While observing, he said, "What if someone asks the envoy to gather the other five people together?"
"What do you mean, Commander-in-Chief, someone asked the envoy to gather other people together and then took the opportunity to kill these six people?"
Chen Yongzhi was still a little confused: "But who can order the Goguryeo envoys to be envoys?"
Han You didn't say anything immediately. He sniffed his nose vigorously and stood up. Then he walked into the Moon Gate, which was the backyard, and everyone followed him.
Unknowingly, everyone seemed to take Han You as the leader.
No one, including Wang Hai, had ever thought that Han You would "investigate the case".
Han You didn't know how to investigate crimes, but he had watched hundreds of episodes of cartoons about the Grim Reaper's elementary school students when he was a kid.
When they arrived at the backyard, Han You looked at the food and wine on the table: "The wine and food were not moved. I think it's because I have to wait for a very important person. This person should be the person who asked the envoy to gather the other five people together."
After finishing speaking, Han You walked to the table, observed for a moment, then turned back to look at Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment officials, and cursed.
"Who the hell asked you to touch the body? Come here and put the body. How did it look like when you found it, and how did it lie to this commander!"
Seeing Han You scolding someone, Chen Yongzhi and Chen Pei quickly turned around and followed suit.
It's fair enough. After asking about the situation at that time, three people came out of a government office and lay on the ground in a fussy manner to restore the appearance of the corpse.
"Where are the arrows? Plug them in. Even professionals dare to touch the murder scene. What the hell are we ordinary people paying for with all the tax money we pay!"
Jiang Zhui kindly reminded him, "Young Shao Yin, are you also getting a royal salary?"
Han You looked at Wang Hai and asked uncertainly: "Has the imperial court sent me any money?"
"The emperor's personal troops should be given salaries from the palace, not the court, but the palace has not paid them either."
"Oh." After Han You was sure, he continued to scold: "Damn all my tax money allows you to use Chuantou cards to hook up with married women, right? You have no professional ability at all, you are just a loser!"
In fact, Han You was wrong in scolding the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple for being unprofessional. They moved the corpse for "diplomatic" reasons.
Before Han You came, the officials of Dali Temple had already seen the corpse, and also drew the specific location on yellow paper. After all, this is a foreign world, and it would be inappropriate to lie in that position. They also paid attention to what should be paid attention to. After that, Then he took the body to the back of the screen wall and covered it with a white cloth. How old was the deceased?
After restoring the body, Han You began to "observe" and then continued to curse.
"Aren't you convinced? Why are you staring at this commander!"
"I... report to the Commander-in-Chief, this is what happened when the body was found. He... died with his eyes open."
"What did you eat at night? It smells bad and a little fishy when you talk."
"Xia...Xiaguan doesn't need to eat at night, so he went to bed with his wife early."
"No wonder you are so ugly and can still marry a wife. It all depends on your mouth. Damn it."
Han You rolled his eyes and restored the "arrow path" based on the guy's sideways appearance.
Pointing to the courtyard wall, Han You said: "The arrow should have been shot from the wall."
After finishing speaking, Han You observed another "corpse", that of the deputy envoy.
"Seal the throat with a knife."
Han You scratched the back of his head: "That's wrong."
After thinking about it, Han You walked outside the Moon Gate. He walked in with a dazed look, then bowed his hands and saluted, and then suddenly made a slash in the air as if he was drawing a sword.
"strangeness."
Han You continued to scratch the back of his head, and Wang Hai couldn't help but said: "Both the chief envoy and the deputy envoy were killed with one knife. The chief envoy stood up to greet him. He was still seven steps away from the deputy envoy's body. The deputy envoy's body was beside the table. The young master felt that It is absolutely impossible for one person to achieve such a fast speed.”
"That's right, after killing the envoy, the deputy envoy and the Condor Shooter must have reacted. The first thought was to stand up, but the deputy envoy's body was beside the table, which means that he was killed as soon as he stood up. How could people It could be that fast.”
Unable to figure it out, Han You did not continue to waste his brain cells and continued to look at other corpses, including the remaining three corpses of the Condor Shooter.
"Sure enough, there is more than one archer."
Han You looked above the eaves: "Go, go up and see if there are any clues."
Chen Fei winked, and an official brought a ladder and climbed up with great difficulty.
Han You raised his head and shouted: "Look to see if the tiles are loose. Don't miss any clues."
"Yes, go back to the commander-in-chief. The tiles are loose. The commander-in-chief is indeed very clever..."
"Slap your uncle on the horse and continue investigating."
Han You, who was full of anger, cursed and continued to look at the corpse.
After seeing the last two corpses, Han You finally came to a conclusion.
"There are at least six killers. If there are five, one of them must be the Flash and one is the guest. And this one entered the Moon Gate and killed the Goguryeo envoy at close range. At the same time, he ambushed in the east, south and west. Archers from three places shot poisonous arrows.”
After a pause, Han You touched the stubble on his chin: "The question is how the deputy envoy died? Could it be that there were two guests? The first one walked over... No way, two guests. If that's the case, obviously the second one The guest who walks in has a more distinguished status, otherwise the chief envoy would not go to the Moon Gate to greet him, but if the first guest has a distinguished status, he should walk in front, and it is impossible for another person to come in first and then stand next to the deputy envoy..."
"Fuck you." Han You slapped his forehead: "The mole, the real mole."
Wang Hai nodded in agreement: "The ghost was in the backyard. He and the assassin attacked at the same time. The assassin killed the chief envoy, and the ghost killed the deputy envoy and ambushed..."
Wang Hai hesitated for a moment, looking a little confused.
Han You asked: "What's wrong?"
"Youngster, I can't figure it out." Wang Hai looked at the courtyard walls and eaves, frowned and said, "The eagle shooter is good at shooting, and the honored eagle shooter is the only one in ten thousand. There is no wind tonight. It was not noisy everywhere. If someone was drawing a bow in the dark at such a close place, how could the four eagle shooters not hear it? The poisonous arrow penetrated the corpse more than two inches. To ensure that the assassin killed him with one blow, he should have used Heavy bow, the sound of firing the heavy bow is extremely loud.”
"That makes sense."
Han You wanted to curse again, but Brother Hai basically overturned all his guesses with one sentence.
There is a sound when drawing a bow, let alone heavy bowing. How could the eagle shooter who has been dealing with bows and arrows for most of his life not hear it? When he hears it, his body will be on guard in an instant. You must know that the eagle shooter is similar to Snipers on the battlefield are best at killing from long distances.
This kind of person heard the sound, the sound of the heavy bow, and his body reacted instinctively. Looking at the position and orientation of the corpse, it seemed that he did not react at all.
