The eleventh day of the third year of the Great Chu Chenghe, the eastern capital of Dongshi, Jingkangfang, Tiwei Mansion, and the beginning of Chenchu

Xiao Chongguang stepped out of the door and stretched, and yawned, not very energetic.

Last night, for the assassination of Lu Yunsheng, he searched for well-known assassins and killers in the secret pavilion, sorted out the case, and was busy until the end of the ugly before going to bed, with a serious lack of sleep time, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and the dark circles under his eyes were also very obvious.

Originally, as the New Year approached, the major institutions, officials, and government offices had nothing to do, and they were very idle, just waiting for the annual vacation, but they did not expect that such an assassination case suddenly came, and the whole situation was broken, and the forces of the DPRK and China began to surge and uneasy, and contradictions recurred, which made the officials of the entire imperial capital panic.

The most injured is his own Tiwei Mansion, not only to solve the case, but also to be stared at by various forces, not to mention, in order to prevent the investigation of the case, the assassin dared to openly assassinate Tiwei, it was to the point of unscrupulousness.

"This is not the way to go, and the investigation process must be accelerated. But now that I have nowhere to start, where do I start? ”

Xiao Chongguang thought as he slowly walked to the hall, and at this time, Lu Yunsheng happened to come over and greeted, "Brother Xiao, morning." ”

"Early." Sogo nodded listlessly.

They each sat on the left and right seats of the hall, and the servants hurriedly placed the two cups of tea that had just been brewed on the main table in the middle.

The two of them picked up the teacups and were about to take a few sips to wake up, when suddenly a guard hurriedly ran over and knelt down and said, "Yu Xiao Tou'er, Lu Tou'er, the Praetorian Guard Lord Zhou has arrived." ”

"What are you doing here?" Lu Yunsheng asked with a puzzled face.

"Most of them are urging us to solve the case." Xiao Chongguang pinched Qingming's acupoint.

"Lao Xiao, Lao Lu, have you just gotten up?"

A majestic voice sounded, and Sogo and Yunsheng looked over, only to see a middle-aged man in gold armor, a goose feather helmet, a red robe, eight feet long, and a beard with three hairs, walking into the hall.

This person is none other than Zhou Yue, the general of the Praetorian Guard, who commanded the internal guards, military guards and guards.

Zhou Yue is straightforward and affectionate, and he is like-minded with Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng, so their personal relationship has always been good, and they treat each other as brothers.

"See Lord Zhou." Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng crossed their hands in unison and knelt down on one knee.

"Okay, let's not do this kind of false etiquette between us." Zhou Yue happily helped the two of them up.

Xiao Chongguang invited Zhou Yue to the throne, and he and Yun Sheng got off the guest seat, and asked the servant to serve a new cup of tea.

"How? Is the case going well? Zhou Yue took a slow sip of tea.

Xiao Chongguang said: "I'm ashamed, except for the capture of a few hidden piles, there has been no new progress in the others, but they have been assassinated several times, these killers are really arrogant." ”

Zhou Yue said: "To tell you the truth, Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with your efforts in handling the case, especially the last time you chased the spies, it actually caused trouble in Fengtianmen, and Leopard Taowei appealed directly, which made Your Majesty even more angry. ”

Sogo and Yunsheng suddenly realized that the last time they arrested the prince guard, they chased all the way to the imperial city, alarming the guards of Fengtianmen, but His Majesty didn't say anything, it turned out that Zhou Yue persuaded from the side.

Lu Yunsheng said: "I'm really sorry, Lao Zhou, I'm bothering you again." ”

"yes, I don't know how to thank you." Xiao Chongguang was also very reluctant to go.

"Hey, they are all brothers who work together in the Praetorian Guard, and it is appropriate to help each other, what to thank you or not, it's too outward." Zhou Yue waved his hand.

Xiao Chongguang said: "It's better than this, Yunsheng and I haven't had breakfast yet, let's go to the noodle restaurant outside to eat together, I'll treat you." ”

Zhou Yue said: "I'll come back later, I have a task to inform you." ”

"Okay, let's talk about business first." Xiao Chongguang said.

Zhou Yue made a gesture of approaching, Xiao and Lu understood, so they stepped forward, only to see Zhou Yue whispered: "Today is the queen's birthday, Your Majesty ordered the Praetorian Guards to put the whole city under martial law, not only the internal guards and military guards enter the emergency tense, but you also have to strictly guard the east and west cities must not have anything happen during the queen's birthday, otherwise, the Praetorian Guards will be severely punished!" ”

When Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng heard this, they trembled in shock.

Let me ask, in the past few days since Liu Yuanzhen's assassination, how have the two cities in the east and west ever been peaceful?

Tiwei Mansion is running around like a disaster relief and extinguishing fires, Jingzhao Mansion can't manage it, Spiegel Si ignores it, the burden is all on Tiwei Mansion, not to mention no weight loss, and now there is such a death order, isn't this forcing people to a dead end?

Zhou Yue also saw that their faces were not good after hearing this, and he sighed and said: "I know that the situation in the Eastern Capital is not very good now, but Your Majesty has already given me an edict, and you can recruit more people on your own before the New Year's Festival, but the list of people has to be reported to me." ”

When Lu Yunsheng heard this, his eyes lit up: "Is this true? ”

You must know that there is a specified number of personnel in each department of the imperial court, and you can't recruit more, otherwise, if you are found out by the Ministry of Officials, the matter will be handed over to the Criminal Department and punished according to the crime of trespassing.

Now, Emperor Chu actually issued an edict to the Tiwei Mansion that he could recruit manpower, which was the first substantial help in the imperial court since the Liu Yuanzhen case, and now the most lacking thing in the Tiwei Mansion is manpower, especially the kind of masters who are superior to others in martial arts or strategy.

"Well, so what? Now that the end of the year is approaching, everyone is like an arrow, many shops have already closed down and gone home, and others are too lazy to do business, who cares about these things? And came here on an errand? Xiao Chongguang was unimpressed by this help.

Zhou Yue was speechless when he heard this.

What Xiao Chongguang said is not wrong. After all, the status quo is like this, and in fact, it is for this reason that the Holy Lord will be so happy to loosen his mouth.

"Brother Xiao, having said that, it's not that you can't recruit people." Lu Yunsheng smiled slightly, "I have a friend in the rivers and lakes, and his family lives near the Eastern Capital, with my friendship with him, coupled with my three-inch tongue, I will definitely be able to invite him out of the mountain." ”

Xiao Chongguang asked, "What is the name of this friend you are talking about?" What is he capable of? Can you trust it? ”

"That's right, we're the royal forbidden army, so we can't just find someone who is in the rivers and lakes to join." Zhou Yue also echoed solemnly.

Lu Yunsheng said: "Don't worry, this friend of mine must be reliable, his name is Ji Yun, he is a master of the Dragon and Tiger Sect of Tianlu Mountain, and he is a martial arts master, only because of his frustration with the rivers and lakes and lived in seclusion on the outskirts of the eastern capital." He has always been thoughtful and insightful, and he is an excellent helper for the cases we are working on now. ”

Zhou Yue and Xiao Chongguang pondered for a while, and finally Chongguang said: "Listening to what you said, I think I can go and find it." If you can, that's fine. ”

"But you have to be careful, after all, people in the rivers and lakes don't need court officials, if they have a clean background, they can." Zhou Yue said.

Xiao Chongguang said: "Lao Zhou, don't worry, you forgot that we have a secret pavilion, and you can check the people of the world." ”

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to remind you," Zhou Yue glanced at the eyes of Sogo and Yunsheng, "This assassination case is not for you to investigate indefinitely, the Holy One told me today that he doesn't want to hear anything unlucky during the New Year, do you know what the Holy One means?" ”

"The Holy One wants us to close the case before the end of the year." Xiao Chongguang said in one word.

Zhou Yue nodded and said, "Yes, that's what the saint meant." ”

Lu Yunsheng frowned and said, "How is this possible?" Now I don't even have a clue, but I am constantly being pressed by my opponent step by step, and it is difficult to close the case before the year. ”

Zhou Yue said with a cold face: "At this time, the death order of the saint, you have to accept it, and if you don't accept it, you have to accept it." If you can't solve the case before the year······"

"I'll take the blame and resign." Lu Yunsheng flicked his sleeves and said.

Zhou Yue smiled: "Blame and resign? Wake up, brother, it's not that simple, if the case can't be solved, I'm afraid the saint will have to cut off your heads and use them to sacrifice the New Year! ”

"Coupled with some villains, maybe they will end up in a mess." Xiao Chongguang said expressionlessly.

Zhou Yue patted Sogo on the shoulder: "Now in the court, how many people want to take our place, you know." I didn't expect that whether we would meet again next year depends on whether you can solve this case. ”

While the three of them were talking, a doctor hurriedly ran up to the hall and knelt down and said, "I have seen three adults, and I was ordered to check the Jianghu Book, and found that there were three people who were in line with the masters who attacked Lu Deputy Wei last night. With that, the doctor took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Chongguang.

The so-called Jianghu Book is actually a huge archive, and the characters on the rivers and lakes today are basically on it. Including the life, experience, family situation, place of mentorship, and martial arts practiced by those people in the rivers and lakes are all recorded clearly, and new records are being replaced every day.

Lu Yunsheng said: "Dr. Lau Lin will help me find a person named Ji Yun in the Jianghu book, the season of the season, and the Yun of the basket." ”

"Whoa."

Dr. Lin stepped back.

"Yunsheng, come over and take a look at the records of these three suspects." Xiao Chongguang said suddenly.

Lu Yunsheng looked along the place pointed by Xiao Chongguang, and saw that it was written: Guo Ting, male, about thirty years old, from Gaul County, Yongzhou, apprenticed to Qingyun Valley, studied under Qingyazi Taoist, has extraordinary strength, majestic posture, practiced a Feiyan stepping cloud skill, and used a giant sword as a weapon, and has few opponents.

Kou Boen, male, about 32 years old, from Fan County, Qingzhou, once apprenticed to Feiyingmen, practiced an iron eagle skill, can fly the eaves and walk on the wall, such as walking on the ground, the claws can break stones and rocks, the kung fu is very high, the weapon used is a giant sword, the body is majestic, the body is as strong as an ox, is a foreign master.

Dou Yin, male, 28 years old, from Dewen County, Yangzhou, once apprenticed to the Haijiao faction, martial arts, like a bear, nine feet long, when he was young, he could smash the stone with a punch, and he used the giant sword as a weapon.

Yunsheng groaned: "These three are suspicious, and they have to be investigated." ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "This Dou Yin is from the Haijiao faction, I remember that the prime minister's guard Cao Zixiao is also from the Haijiao faction, I can go to the Prime Minister's Mansion for this, as for the first two, it is more tricky." ”