Dongchang, a special institution composed of eunuchs and eunuchs, has appeared in countless film and television dramas, and in those film and television dramas, he often plays the role of villain.

Dark, vicious, and treacherous are synonymous with them.

Of course, the same is true for Haoguo's East Factory. But the difference is that Haoguo East Factory is slightly different from those in film and television dramas, and it is roughly the same. is also in charge of one person, entrusted with the power of visiting and spying.

Dongchang monitored various political forces, such as government officials, celebrities, and scholars, and had the right to report the results of the surveillance directly to the emperor. According to the information obtained from the surveillance, for those low-ranking opposition, Dongchang can directly arrest and interrogate them without judicial trial; As for the opposition who are high-ranking government officials or have the status of royalty and aristocrats, Dongchang can also arrest and interrogate them with the authorization of the emperor.

It's just that the later establishment of the procuratorate weakened the power of Dongchang.

Today's Dongchang is mainly in charge of the affairs of the Beijing Division, and the information obtained needs to be backed up by the procuratorate after the fact. Of course, Dongchang is not responsible for secret agents from other countries, which is mainly handled by the procuratorate.

Dongchang is in charge of various political forces such as government officials, celebrities, and scholars, while the procuratorate is responsible for everything else, and is also responsible for Jinyiwei. Both were accountable only to the emperor.

The two divisions do not interfere with each other, but they are slightly related. After all, the procuratorate is also a DPRK and China official, and Dongchang is also hidden within the jurisdiction of the procuratorate. But now the top officials in charge of the two institutions seem to have a certain hatred. In this way, Dongchang will not be able to treat the procuratorate like Jinyiwei can contain it. This situation is also the situation that His Majesty the Emperor in the palace wants to see.

The sky is bright, coming from the sky, and it is sprinkled without reservation, bringing light and shining the shadow of the building. There are a lot of buildings here on Wencheng Street, which is also due to the depression, and the light and shadow fall clearly on the ground, like a painting, which has a special meaning.

"It seems that if you want to investigate this case, you still need to go to the East Factory to have a look." Li Xiao looked at Dongcheng and sighed faintly.

Li Xiao really didn't want to contact Dongchang, in his impression, Dongchang's reputation has always been bad, and those Dongchang fans always made him tremble. Moreover, in these days in Beijing, he often heard about the procuratorate and Dongchang, and the speaker avoided these two institutions, for fear of entanglement with them.

"Childe, what did you just say?" Zhou Shuyi didn't hear what Li Xiao said, and asked.

But it seems that I vaguely heard the East Factory, what does this mean, is this case really related to the East Factory?

Li Xiao just waved his hand and did not answer Zhou Shuyi's question. Judging from today's information, the incident on Wencheng Street is indeed related to the procuratorate and the East Factory, and the appearance of the Seven Star Crossbow and the East Factory secret agent also proves this speculation.

But whether it is really related to these two major institutions of Haoguo cannot be made in vain. After all, such a simple clue will not be unnoticed, and His Majesty the Emperor in the palace naturally knows this, but he still asked the procuratorate to investigate this case with Dongchang, if it is not out of trust, then there are other reasons.

And Li Xiao always felt that the real culprit behind the design of the Wencheng Street incident was not for himself, but for his father who was far away in Suzhou.

Shaking his head, he shook off the bad thoughts. originally thought that the Wencheng Street incident was just a random plan by his enemies, and he was also suspicious of the people he met in Jingshi, but later found that with the ability of those people, he could not design such a case.

The procuratorate and the East Factory are not something they can operate. Coupled with the assassin from the Northland Prairie, as a result, the Wencheng Street case is more and more involved, which makes people have to doubt the true purpose.

He is just the son of a rich businessman, and it is unreasonable to fight like this just to kill himself. Therefore, their real purpose must not be themselves, but someone related to them. As for that person, except for Chu Yi, there is really no one who deserves to be treated like this.

But who wanted to design and involve Chu Yi. This is the key to Li Xiao's investigation, and it is also the reason why he wants to stay in Beijing.

"Zhou joins the army, Li Gongzi, there is something strange here." I saw that by the windowsill of a room in front of me, a servant of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion waved to Li Xiao and the others.

Hearing the sound, Li Xiao kicked away the broken wood at his feet and ran quickly towards the position where the official was.

When I entered the house, there was a smell of decay, and the broken wood was scattered all over the floor, and inside, there were a few pieces of furniture that were quite complete, but now they were full of cobwebs, and the layers of white silk were like tulle, which was a little charming.

He patted the dust on his shoulder, covered his nose, and stepped on the wooden ladder full of debris and went upstairs.

As far as the eye can see, the second floor is also full of debris, scattered and scattered, except for a wooden bed.

Seeing Li Xiao and the two appear, the official hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand at the two: "Zhou joins the army, Li Gongzi." ”

Li Xiao glanced at the second floor, then nodded at the servant, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The official sneered, pointed his hand behind him, and said, "When the little one was just looking for clues here, he suddenly found traces of people staying on the windowsill here. ”

Looking in the direction pointed by the officer, he took out a few obvious footprints on the windowsill, which were a little messy, and there was a ball of hay around him, on which was a porcelain bowl.

The official continued: "These traces should have appeared not long ago, and there are still signs of people lying on the hay, one is an assassin ......" The official grew softer, and peeked at Li Xiao and Zhou Shuyi.

Li Xiao squatted down, his brows furrowed. Indeed, if you look closely, there is already a thin layer of new ash on the trace, and then look at the pile of hay, although it looks a little messy, but the whole is still neat, and it does look like a place where people sleep.

It is estimated that the assassin who used the dark arrow was assassinated here, and he also rested here.

"Zhou joins the army, there are still discoveries here." Behind him, another official shouted.

Zhou Shuyi walked over quickly, only to see that there were several pieces of porcelain beside the servant, so complete, not like they were left by the owner who once lived in this house, and looking at the porcelain, there was water and strange liquid.

Frowning, Zhou Shuyi curiously picked up the porcelain filled with a strange liquid, only to smell a strange fragrance, and then Zhou Shuyi felt dizzy, his eyes were black, and his body fell backwards uncontrollably.

The incident happened very quickly, and even the officials around Zhou Shuyi did not react, there was a muffled sound, and the dust around him was scattered, like fog.

The overnight assassination on Wencheng Street made Li Xiao's nerves remain sensitive to this day, and the moment a muffled sound appeared behind him, Li Xiao subconsciously turned around.

"Ahem." With a wave of his hand, Li Xiao scattered the dust and dust rolling in front of him, and squinted in the direction of Zhou Shuyi.

I saw that Zhou Senjun fell to the ground on his back at this time, and there was no reaction, and the porcelain filled with unknown liquid in his hand fell to the ground at this time, and the liquid flowed out, and in a moment, it emitted a strong fragrance. Zhou Shu moved the official beside him when he heard it, and after only a few breaths, he fell down softly.

Before Li Xiao could move, the strange fragrance permeated, and when he smelled it lightly, he felt dizzy. Busy biting his lip, he took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom and sniffed it.

"Cover your mouth and nose!" shouted to the official behind him. However, a few people were still tricked and fell softly.

Glancing at the people in the room, Li Xiao's brows were furrowed, and there was a trace of doubt on his good-looking face.

This strange fragrance Li Xiao always has a familiar feeling, as if he has smelled it somewhere. Handing over the porcelain vase in his hand to the servant, Li Xiao stepped forward, lightly clicked on the unknown liquid flowing on the ground, and rubbed it.

The official took the porcelain vase, sniffed it under Li Xiao's signal, and suddenly had a clear mind for a while, and then walked quickly to Zhou Shuyi and others, put it in front of everyone's noses, and gently fanned his hands. After a short time, the people who fell to the ground and did not respond came to their senses, coughed twice, and got up.

"Li Gongzi, what is this?" Zhou Shuyi moved his numb body, covered his mouth and nose, and asked in a muffled voice.

"Incense." Li Xiao said lightly. This thing is a misty incense, which dissolves in water and overflows with fragrance. The whole porcelain is filled with incense, otherwise it would not have such a medicinal effect, and it will pour when you smell it.

"Miao?" Zhou Shuyi looked surprised. This place is uninhabited, how can there be a jar of incense, and it is still such a strong incense.

"Let's go down first." Li Xiao stood up and glanced at everyone.

At this time, the house is full of incense, although I have a way to resist, but it is not a way to stay here all the time. Before leaving, he dipped some in an empty porcelain bottle.

Everyone nodded, knowing that they would continue to be persecuted by Mixiang if they stayed here, so they hurriedly followed Li Xiao out of here.

When they left the house, they let go of their noses, and everyone smelled the fresh air vigorously, but soon they faintly felt the smell of incense. He took a few steps back and looked warily into the room.

But fortunately, Wencheng Street is uninhabited, otherwise such a scale of incense will definitely cause riots.

"Does Childe have a clue?" Zhou Shuyi frowned and asked.

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly and did not speak. I did smell it, but I can't remember where I smelled it.

Zhou Shuyi sighed helplessly, thinking that he had a clue, but he only smelled a misty fragrance in the house, and he was embarrassed in front of Li Xiao, losing the face of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion. If he knows the origin of the incense, he must ......

Zhou Senjun thought about it and hesitated, this place seems to be related to Dongchang.

"Li Gongzi, shouldn't this incense have something to do with Dongchang?" Zhou Shuyi asked cautiously.

Li Xiao shook his head again, indicating that he didn't know, but he saw a wooden barrel in the corner of the room.

Cask...... Cask...... Water, yes, it's water.

I still remember that in Suzhou, he once stopped the maid in the house to carry the bath water for Chu Xin'er, which was the smell, but the taste was very weak at that time, not as strong as it is now.

"East Factory?" Li Xiao lowered his head and pondered.

That night, the assassin who appeared in the Chu Mansion was a woman, and the incense that appeared on Wencheng Street at this time should be related to Dongchang. What is the relationship between the two, is the woman from Dongchang? But aren't the East Factory all eunuchs?

Rubbing the porcelain bottle in his hand, Li Xiao couldn't help but have a headache.

ps: I'm so tired, is no one really watching? Come on, don't ignore it every time!!