More than a dozen officials died in one night, and they were killed under the emperor's nose, which is strange if it is not angry.

"A dozen dead? So how did they all die? ”

"Poisoned."

"Someone poisoned? Poisoning a dozen officials at the same time? ”

"No, the murderer directly broke into the residence of the slain and used the weapon in his hand to kill the slain."

"But isn't this killed with a murder weapon?"

Hu Xiu was confused.

"The knife was smeared with poison, and the place where the deceased was injured was not fatal, it was poisoned."

"What poison?"

"See blood seal your throat!"

Yesterday, I heard that it seems that this Lu Wei, when he killed Lord Duan, the poison he used was to see blood and seal his throat!

"Murderer, but Lu Wei!?"

"No, the murderer is already known, but like Lu Wei, all of them are from the rivers and lakes, and their reputation is not very good."

"Let me guess, their murder methods are all blatant to run into the mansion of the person who was killed, and then go straight to his residence, wound him with a weapon, and then escape?"

"Lord Hu, you are really smart, as the adults said, those murderers, their appearances and characteristics have all been seen by servants and maids."

Hu Xiu was still a little suspicious before, this Lu Wei might have some irritability, and he was lucky enough to get the poison of [see blood to seal his throat] and deliberately kill people.

But now it seems that it is not, there must be someone behind this Lu Wei who instructed him to kill people, and the same is true for those people in the rivers and lakes.

Is this a serial murder? After all, the mastermind behind this scene is the real murderer.

"Then what is the connection between the killed officials?"

"Master Hu, there is no connection between this, the officials of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry were killed...... There is even another who is not an official, but a son of the Hubu Shangshu, who was killed in the house by a man in the rivers and lakes. ”

Is this chaotic killing just random killing? Just want the Hu court to be in chaos? Forehead... It's not like it, these individuals killed by these people in the rivers and lakes will not make Hu Guo hurt his muscles and bones, and soon, someone from below will naturally come up.

And this same method of killing, normal people can see that something is wrong at a glance, let alone the reason for the killing...... The people standing behind these people in the rivers and lakes, why should these seemingly inconsequential people die?

What is the rationale? Hu Xiu didn't believe it, the people standing behind him were just looking at those people unpleasantly.

"Yesterday you said that this poison [of seeing blood sealing the throat] is extremely rare, but if you want to get it, where do you have to go?"

"Gotta go, the ghost market in Heian City. But such a large dose of [see blood to seal the throat] poison, the ghost market can't get it. ”

"Then who in this world will do this poison?"

"In the past, the White Sha and the Black Killing Society were produced, and the two of them were a pair of brothers and sisters."

"And what about them now?"

"Dead, these two siblings were killed two years ago."

"Is the information reliable?"

The clue to the eye was broken again.

"Reliable, it's a hunt and kill order issued by the imperial court, these two brothers and sisters are too murderous, they poisoned without injustice and hatred, and poisoned people from a village, and the official sent to the village to see if there were any living people, but they couldn't even see a living thing."

"The local prefect knew that the matter was big, and he didn't dare to hide it, so he sent someone to Ping'an City overnight to send a message to His Majesty, and His Majesty was furious when he knew about it, and he directly asked the army to directly encircle and suppress these two brothers and sisters, and within a few days, the news of the death of the two brothers and sisters came."

"Death news coming straight away? No corpses? ”

But this sentence was passed back by Zhonglang to Yang Shen. As for why there were no bodies, what he said was that the bodies of the brother and sister were covered in poison and could not be transported, so they were burned on the spot. ”

Incineration on the spot? This reason is not implausible, if you bring it back and make a plague or something, then something will really happen.

"Do you know the details of this Yang Shen?"

"Yang Shen, before joining the army, he was a righteous man who mixed the rivers and lakes, and there was a nickname on the rivers and lakes, called [Three-pronged Ghost Yang Shen]."

"That's all? No other news? ”

"That's it, let me say it again, I can't say it in the future."

Yes, do you really regard Shi Dajin as a jack of all trades? He is just an official, he can only know what he should know, and some questions are asked deeply, so he naturally doesn't know.

"So, what about the charlatans who killed the officials? Now it's on the track. ”

"Dead, all dead."

"What? Your yamen people are too ruthless, so they kill them all. ”

Hu Xiu was in a hurry, these people in the rivers and lakes are important people, and they will be interrogated in prison, maybe they will meet a few loose-mouthed people, and then this matter will come to light.

"It wasn't the people of the Yamen who killed it, but at the end of the day, the heads of the Jianghu people who killed the officials fell from the sky and smashed into the open space at the entrance of the Yamen."

"Hiss......"

This person standing behind is really ruthless, killing all of them without leaving one.

Hu Xiu felt as if he was standing on a big chessboard, with a pair of big hands playing a big game of chess.

These Jianghu people are the bargaining chips in his hands, and now that they are used up, they will be lost, but why do they want to kill these officials? It's still unknown, but in the future, he must still have his own moves.

This kind of feeling of being on the chessboard is very uncomfortable, Hu Xiu himself should be a person who can't play chess, he doesn't have that capital, and he doesn't have such a deep city.

What I can do now is to investigate the case, to be a "chess piece" that is not controlled by the chess player, and by the way to find out the truth behind this!

"Then these cases are directly closed?"

This yamen doesn't care if it's true or not, now that the murderers are dead, they won't continue to waste time for the so-called truth.

As for the emperor's side, it would be good to find a decent reason to prevaricate in the past, just like some righteous people passing by Ping'an City, and when they encountered this, they were upset and helped the yamen to hunt down the criminals, but accidentally killed them in the process of pursuit.

As for whether the emperor will continue to pursue it, it will only be known after the yamen reports the reason for this fabrication.

"That's natural, the murderer is dead, and the yamen naturally reported it."

"Well, in that case... That's it, the money catcher of the Yamen, have you two brothers seen it? ”

"Qian Zhutou, I haven't seen him this morning, I should have my own errand."

"Oh, those two brothers, I was looking for money to catch some things, so I left first."

This money catches the head, it should have gone to the post house, but I didn't expect him to be so diligent, even if Lord Wei's case is solved, it will not be good for him at all...

~

"Little Fanzi, lead the way to the post house."

Looking at the sun in the sky, it should be the time of the morning, Hu Xiu hasn't eaten this morning food, and he is still hungry, but thinking that Qian Zhutou is still waiting there, he is not in a hurry to eat.

Suzaku Street, at the entrance of the post house

"This money catcher, I'm really standing at the door waiting."

is really a "little old man" who is rigorous.

"Master Hu."

"Qian Zhutou, I'm sorry, I'm late, I've kept you waiting."

"Master Hu, it's serious, Qian Mou just arrived at the post house."

"Huh? Why are there so many people guarding this inn? ”

There are two people guarding the door of this inn, and there are two people standing at the staircase on the second floor, and in the corridor above, there is one and one guards with knives patrolling, and there is only a little movement in the room, and people outside can hear it.

"Chen Li, the envoy of a foreign country, is a suspect who was killed by the third rank of his country, this matter is not small, and it is related to the face of Hu Guo.

Therefore, until the murderer is identified, no one in this post house is allowed to go out, and no one who is insignificant outside the post house is allowed to enter. ”

"These people standing are also the guards of the Imperial City, and the few people who are walking back and forth to patrol are the chief of the guards, and each of them is a fifth-order master. It's all to prevent someone from escaping, even if Chen Ligou jumps off the wall in a hurry, he can also be subdued immediately. ”

This Nima has used this inn as a prison, and at most the food in it can be better......

"When was this inn sealed?"

Qian Zhutou looked left and right, put his head to Hu Xiu's ear, lowered his voice, and said:

"When Mrs. Wei reported to the official, the emperor happened to be on a visit, and Lord Hu should be able to guess the rest of the matter..."

Uh~ This is really a coincidence.

"Then this post house was surrounded by people on the same day."

"To be precise, in Chenshi, this post house was ordered by the emperor to let the accompanying guards ......"

Speaking of this, Qian Zhutou didn't dare to continue, but Hu Xiu also understood what he meant.

"Where is Chen Li in the post house now?"

"On the second floor, I'll take Master Hu up."

But as soon as he walked to the second floor and the staircase, he was stopped.

"Stop! Hu Gongzi can go up, Qian Zhutou, and the little maid next to Hu Xiu, can't go up. ”

A figure came down directly from the second floor, and raised his hand to stop the person.

"Chief Lin Guard, I could still go up the day before yesterday, why can't I go today?"

"This matter was ordered by the saint, Qian catches the head, but you want to disobey the holy order."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Just this sentence made Qian Zhutou's forehead instantly sweat, and he stood in place and didn't dare to say more.

"Master Hu, please."

Inn, 2nd floor, in the guest room

The guard was polite to Hu Xiu, took him to the door, and waited for him to go in before going about his business.

"Who are you?"

didn't wait for others to ask him, the middle-aged man in front of him asked him a rhetorical question.

was not in a hurry to reply to him, Hu Xiu took great care of him, with a small face, small eyes, a small nose, and thin lips, no matter how he looked, it seemed that he could see his obscene energy.

The height is quite tall, almost half a head taller than him, should be 1.8 meters, but the body is thin and wears a cyan dress.

This seems to be in line with what the previous owner of this body wrote in the notes, [blue clothes], [tall and thin] people, is this the flower sixteen that this person has seen?

"Hu Wangfu, Hu Xiu."

"Oh? You Hu Wangye, Hu Feiwei's only son, Hu Xiu? The emperor of the Hu State gave me face, and in order to investigate, I sent a martial artist's son to investigate. ”

"Hehe~ You said such a thing, aren't you afraid that I will tell the emperor to cure your sin of disrespecting the saint?"

Hu Xiu didn't get angry when he heard it, but just looked at the obscene but arrogant middle-aged man in front of him and smiled.

"My saint is only the King of Qi of Yu, and your Han King Hu Guizi is just an old emperor of a foreign country."

This is really confident, is he not afraid of death? It was these words he said that reached the ears of the emperor, and it was the crime of directly cutting off the head.

I don't care if you killed this Lord Wei or not, because at that time, you were already a cold corpse.

"Okay, don't dwell on this matter anymore, let me ask you, but you killed Wei Qi, Lord Wei?"

"No, Wei Qi and I are friends."

"Oh? But I've heard others say that you and Master Wei are at odds, and they will quarrel when they meet. ”

"Hmph, who said this, if I let Chen know, I will kill him with one slap! Wei Qi and I are rare confidants, and we have endless fun fighting with them. When I was young, I fought poetry with Wei Qi, and in the end I unfortunately lost. ”

"This was originally a personal fight between me and him, I don't know who spread this matter, and I want to lose face again.

I had no relatives in the country of Hu, so I went to the country of Yu, and met the king of Qi, whose ambition to govern the country moved me, so I stayed in the country of Yu. ”

Hu Xiu looked at what Chen Li said, what he said, and felt that this was the truth, and these six senses would not lie to him. But now that the evidence points to him, who could kill him if he wasn't the one he killed?

So, did Hua Sixteen look for him? So what did they say to each other?

……