In the happy forest, less than half an hour after Li Shimin and the others evacuated, Cao Wen had already appeared at the scene.

At the same time, there was also a man wearing a dragon-faced mask.

"In other words, the guy who robbed and killed the group of people in the Iron God Pillar is the same person as the assassination case in your Qi Palace's Mansion before?" Are you sure?"

"According to Qin Qiong and others, it shouldn't be wrong. ”

Cao Wen put his hand behind his back and looked at the city wall in the distance: "The dark red ink armor, the archery skills are superb, and the archery skills are consistent." I think there will be no second place in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Zhang Xutuo's Firewing Dapeng, you should know that its strength in the air is not much better than that of a super-grade master. There are very few who can seriously injure it with one arrow—"

"That's interesting!"

The dragon-faced masked man smiled, and his voice was hoarse: "It seems that the two of us are going to cooperate again." ”

"So I'm wondering, do you have any useful clues over there?"

Cao Wen's eyes were scorching, and he looked at the dragon-faced masked man: "I know that you are in Luoyang City, and there are many eyeliners, and you may not be able to find any clues." ”

"You are wrong, since Qin Kerou's death, our Demon Dragon Eight Divisions have actually been tracking down this person. But our opponents are far more careful than we think. ”

The dragon-faced masked man said, looking at the man in disarray, "Even this place can be found, they are far more powerful than we think, aren't they? ”

"North of the city?"

Cao Wen's brows frowned slightly, the north of the city, the northwest is the imperial palace and the residence of the princes and ministers, and the northeast is also home to many officials.

In fact, the most suspicious objects are the martial arts Li family and the Tang State Mansion. After all, in this Luoyang City, there are few people who have grievances with their Qi Wangfu and the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon at the same time. And the martial arts Li clan not only has many top-notch divine marksmen, but also has an extremely large force. is fully capable of finding Sima Yunfan's whereabouts and arranging an ambush.

It must be known that now, although Li Yuan's helm of Huaiyuan Town is a foregone conclusion. But the Tang Mansion may not be willing to make peace with the Qi Palace.

And even if Li Yuan has the heart to calm things down, it is difficult to guarantee that the members of the martial arts Li clan will ignore Li Yuan's restraint and continue to do their own thing.

"Actually, if you want to catch this person, you have a good opportunity right now. ”

"Opportunity?"

When Cao Wen heard this, he couldn't help but look at the other side with an inquiring eye: "Let's hear it?"

"Zhu Cang has already promised to come down, and in three days at most, he will send a batch of goods into the country again. ”

At this time, the dragon-faced masked man said in a hoarse voice: "I think the reason why this person is eyeing Zhu Cang's cargo ship is definitely not for no reason. ”

Cao Wen was slightly stunned at first, and then his face turned pale: "Isn't this a crime against the wind?" I have to say, you are really bold. Under the pressure of the embroidered guards, I see how you will die!"

In his opinion, these people from the 'Demon Dragon Babu' are completely crazy.

At this time, Cao Wen already regretted this meeting. Once their Qi Wangfu is involved in this matter, there will be endless troubles.

"I'm not crazy, and of course he isn't either!"

The dragon-faced masked man sneered and responded: "You probably didn't pay attention to the date, when Zhu Cang's ship entered the Eastern Capital, it was the day when the Son of Heaven left the city for winter hunting. ”

Cao Wen's pupils condensed again, and he already understood the other party's intentions,

"I think on the day of the Son of Heaven's winter hunting, your Qi Palace's Mansion will not need so many people. At this time, the embroidered guards should not have the heart to pay attention to the whereabouts of this ship. ”

The dragon-faced masked man continued to laugh 'hehe': "His Excellency has the intention of luring the enemy, as for whether your Qi Palace's participation or not, it depends on how you choose." ”

"That's what your dignity means?"

"Almost, seeing that you are so anxious to urge, you can guess. Your Excellency asked me to tell you that His Highness has made great progress in what he wants. After five days at most, it will be sent to the Qi Palace, saying that it will not disappoint you. He is happy to see what His Highness has to do. However, correspondingly, His Holiness also hopes that His Royal Highness can give some more funding in these few days. Other than that—"

At this time, he suddenly looked at the happy forest with a sense of awareness: "That's the end of today, the embroidered guards have arrived, and I will take the first step here." ”

In fact, the embroidered guards have been here for a long time, but because of their lack of identity, they were trapped outside the happy forest by the pro-army of the Qi Palace.

But at this time, Cao Wen also felt that outside, there were already important people in the embroidered clothes.

When the figure of the dragon-faced masked man walked into the darkness in the distance, a cold voice came from Cao Wen's ears.

"The embroidered guards are waiting for these people to come in, and I bet that when they pay, Zhu Cang will sell them. He won't do anything that really offends the embroidered guards and the court. ”

"I know!"

Cao Wen's face was still iron-blue: "But I also know that these guys are not unprepared." ”

Especially the words of the word 'winter hunting' made him feel complicated. Annoyed, but also deeply helpless. In addition, there is a bit of joy.

"If you really have no choice and have to participate in this matter, then you have to plan carefully and try to avoid being traced by the embroidered guards and the court afterwards. ”

The cold voice continued, "I've always wondered what they do with so many slaves?"

"It's none of your business. It's Sima Yunfan, shouldn't you give me an explanation first?"

Cao Wen raised his eyes and looked somewhere in the night sky, "At this time, how can you appear in the Happy Forest?"

When Sima Yunfan heard this, he was immediately speechless. And what the two of them didn't know was that at this time, at the foot of the mountain, in the huge stone hall, the old man in the mask was taking out a solidified human brain from a corpse with his chest, abdomen and head cut open, and carefully placed it on the head of a puppet with a strong body and a shape like ink armor.

After that, this person's hand was like a butterfly, with incredible dexterity and speed, quickly and orderly connecting those complicated pipelines one by one.

After about half a quarter, the solidified human brain was already covered with various wiring, and the old man in the mask then pressed a certain mechanism. The surrounding nail pieces are closed layer upon layer.

The man seemed to be quite satisfied with the results of his work, and at this time he took seven steps back, and carefully looked at the puppet in front of him, which was made of gold and iron and human brains, marrow and internal organs.

"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Everyone in the world knows the power of the dragon-blood puppet, and they are in awe of the royal family who owns it. They didn't know what kind of disgusting thing the so-called dragon blood puppet was, it was just a product of Sima's failure after studying the god-level ink armor——"

"My subordinates have heard a little about the origin of the dragon-blood puppet. But after seeing the methods of the throne today, I still feel amazing. ”

Behind the old man, the black-clothed young man was looking at the puppet with another look of slight admiration: "Throne, this is finished, right?"

"There is still one last step left, since it is a dragon's blood puppet, it is natural to have dragon's blood. This is the most important thing, if there is a rejection, or if those things in it can't bear it, it's all gone. Therefore, the quality of the material is very important, and it directly determines success or failure. This time, King Qi purchased these corpses from Goguryeo, which is very good, but it is a pity that the Mai Tie Staff is not among them, otherwise I am sure that I will make a super-grade dragon blood puppet. ”

As he spoke, the old man in the mask reached out and took a half-human-high clay pot next to him in his hand.

With him, he turned on a switch in the chest and abdomen of the giant, and poured the liquid into the clay pot that seemed to concentrate blood.

The eyes of this 'dragon's blood puppet' also gradually appeared crimson fluorescence.

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Li Shimin said that he wanted to put Sima Yunfan's matter down temporarily, but he didn't completely let it go.

Directly carrying out the assassination is no longer feasible, so the second plan can only be adopted - he is ready to attack the illegal salt business of Mulong Villa.

Li Yuan did not make peace with the Qi Wangfu and had no intention of getting back together. But the manpower of the martial arts Li clan has actually stopped fighting and began to shrink one after another.

At this time, even the power that Dou has mastered, it is not easy to make any more moves.

After all, husband and wife are one, and in the eyes of others, they will only think that this is what Tang Guogong means, and will not regard Dou as an independent individual.

However, the power of the martial arts Li clan can no longer be used. But in this Henan area, there are not only one or two people who covet the private salt business of Mulong Villa.

In addition, because Mulong Villa has the backing of King Qi, his style is strong and domineering, leaving no room for error, and there are not a few forces that have offended him in the past few years.

There are also the remnants of the former Blood Hand Alliance, but they are all thinking day and night about taking revenge on Mulong Villa.

——These are all chess pieces that can be used in Li Shimin's eyes.

As long as there is a problem with Mulong Villa, the biggest financial source of the Qi Palace, he will not worry that Sima Yunfan will not show up.

This matter, in fact, has been going on for a long time. Zhang Zhongjian was the largest salt merchant in the world, and the Jianghuai salt farm controlled by Qinglong Villa had the highest output in the world.

Zhang Yurou easily could use the means of deploying more salt goods to the Henan area, instigating the surrounding forces and giving birth to unforeseen intentions for Mulong Villa.

The latter does have the backing of King Qi, but most of the time, the affairs on the rivers and lakes still have to be solved by means of the rivers and lakes.

And among these tycoons in Henan County, which one of them did not stand behind them as a powerful person?

Especially after the Tang State Mansion and the Qi Wangfu turned their faces, Mulong Villa was hit hard, and the second- and third-grade martial arts cultivators who had been killed for more than ten days had reached seven days. Sun Yan's elite Zhuang Ding also suffered hundreds of casualties.

Even the Blue Demon Divine Sword Sun Yan himself was blocked in Luoyang City by several Li family marksmen, and he didn't dare to go out lightly, and the deterrent power of the surrounding area was not as good as before.