On the eighth day of the third year of the first month of the third year of the Great Chu Chenghe, the eastern capital of Dongshi, Jingkangfang, Tiwei Mansion, Chenzheng

In the small courtyard outside the main hall of Tiwei Mansion, Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng wore soft armor inside and a thick fur coat wrapped outside, sitting face to face, and there was a tea set on the stone table between the two, and the teapot was already brewed green tea, which could be drunk directly in the cup.

"How's your investigation going?" Sogo asked, leaning his neck and drinking a cup of tea.

"There's nothing very suspicious," Lu Yunsheng clasped his hands to his chest and frowned, "They are all brothers who have died together, no one can find out a suspect, we won't suspect others casually with a clear conscience, and besides, we are still our own subordinates." ”

Xiao Chongguang nodded and sighed: "Yes, I don't want to check my own people, but now that such a strange thing has happened, I have to do it." However, Sogo's eyes shrunk, "Although this matter is more difficult to do, we still need to be more careful, and those brothers who have been with us for a short time will be put on the suspicious list for the time being." ”

With that, he took out a piece of letter paper from his bosom and spread it out in front of Yunsheng, with names densely written on it: "These are brothers who have been with us for less than five years, and I drove them out overnight yesterday. ”

"No wonder you look like you've been beaten when I come in the morning······ Oh," Lu Yunsheng smiled at the corner of his mouth, "even your little henchman Geng Hui is listed." ”

Xiao Chongguang nodded and said, "Yes, since the resume is like this, no one can be an exception." ”

"Speaking of which, I don't think it's been two days since I saw your attendant." Lu Yunsheng looked around and said.

"I asked him to follow the second team to inspect the West Market," Xiao Chongguang took another sip of tea, "I also stayed at the nearby station at night." ”

In the twelve squares of the imperial capital, each fang city has a station under the Tiwei Pan, providing rest, accommodation, and information transmission for the Tiwei.

"What, see there's something wrong with him?"

"That's not true," Xiao Chongguang's gaze looked in the direction of the imperial city, "It's just that he is still young and said something that shouldn't be said, and this time he was asked to go on an inspection, which should be regarded as an experience." ”

Lu Yunsheng smiled and said, "That little guy······ I've told you not to stay around all the time, it's not big. Besides, this big fart kid will drag you down sooner or later. ”

At this time, only to hear a dog barking in the deep alley on the left, Sogo's face suddenly became serious, he stared at Lu Yunsheng, put his index finger in the middle of his mouth, and then pointed to his ears, signaling Lu Yunsheng not to make a sound, the wall has ears. Yunsheng quickly understood and nodded.

Sogo pointed to the left, and then deliberately said in a normal tone: "That kid, I don't understand anything, it's better to let Xiao Bangzi follow." He said as he gestured for Lu Yunsheng to jump out of the wall.

Yunsheng nodded, and deliberately said in his mouth: "Cough, Xiao Bangzi can't do it, take him to inspect a lot of, either go to Xiaojie, or be hungry, you will be annoyed to death by him." After saying this, Yunsheng immediately ran quickly to the left corner of the wall, where he passed, like a light swallow, without making a sound, and then used his limbs together, quickly crossed the wall, stood still, and saw a man dressed in black with a white cloth on his face sticking to the wall and eavesdropping.

"What a big bold! Dare to explore the Tiwei Mansion in broad daylight! Lu Yunsheng pulled out his waist knife and shouted angrily.

Seeing that he was discovered, the man in black hurriedly rushed out, Lu Yunsheng chased after him with a knife, and before the man in black ran out of the alley, Xiao Chongguang had already taken twenty guards to block his way.

Sogo smiled, "Where do you want to go?" Since you're here, how about going into Tiwei Mansion to make tea? ”

The man in black snorted coldly, lifted his luck with both hands, slammed his left foot on the ground, jumped up in the air with his strength, and slapped the chests of the two guards on Xiao Chongguang's left with a wave of his palm from top to bottom.

When the man in black saw that he had torn open an exit, he immediately took the road and fled towards Donghuafang.

Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng didn't expect this spy's martial arts to be so high, so that they didn't have time to stop it just now, and only after the man in black successfully broke through the crowd did they react from their shock, and hurriedly summoned the guards to pursue the man in black, at the same time, Lu Yunsheng took out a five-inch bamboo tube from his arms, pulled the buckle string at the sky, and a glowing bead shot was launched from the bamboo tube, pointing straight into the sky, and finally burst open, turning into a sword-shaped firework.

This is the signal fireworks of the Tiwei Mansion, which can be seen by the twelve squares, which is intended to remind the guards patrolling the various squares to find suspicious people and ask for reinforcements.

When the guards saw the signal, they immediately arranged a team of ten people to reinforce in the direction of the fireworks.

On the other side, Xiao Chongguang led the guards to follow closely behind the man in black, the man in black was extremely fast, although Sogo used all his strength, he still couldn't take a step ahead of the other party.

Lu Yunsheng in the back shouted at the twenty guards: "You can't be led by the nose by this guy!" Divide into teams of four in groups of five and bypass the flank from the left and right! ”

"Whoa!"

The Tiwei responded loudly, and immediately followed Yunsheng's method to chase around the left and right, and shouted loudly: "The Tiwei Mansion handles the case!" Let the people around him hear and give way.

At this time, the Jingzhao Mansion also saw the signal, and Jingzhao Yin Guo Siyuan immediately dispatched half of the officers and guards in the mansion, about forty people, to assist the Tiwei Mansion. The Spiegel Division also moved when he heard the news, and ordered the head Hu Yingtang to lead thirty white-clothed armor soldiers to attack.

People from all walks of life came from all directions with all kinds of military iron weapons, and the people were also very frightened when they saw this, and scattered to the left and right, and the streets of the east and west cities were suddenly chaotic and noisy.

The man in black also felt that the matter was getting bigger, and it was not a way to go on like this, so he jumped high on the roof with his strength, and walked faster beyond the house. Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng jumped on the roof like an ape climbing a rock and chased after each other. Soon, Donghuafang, the eastern city where they were located, had already gathered the nearest guards, Jingzhao Mansion army and yamen messengers from here.

At this time, Xiao Chongguang found that the man in black was not running aimlessly, but running in the direction of the Imperial City Fengtianmen.

What does he want to do? Storming the Imperial City? Impossible, Fengtianmen is guarded by Leopard Taowei, and Liu Xiong, the general of Leopard Taowei, is the martial champion of the eleventh year of the old calendar, and has fought at the border for five years, even some of the current martial arts celebrities are not his opponents, and many martial arts people have to respect him for three points, let alone such a little thief.

Xiao Chongguang really couldn't figure it out, at this time, Lu Yunsheng, who was following behind him, suddenly stretched out his right hand, only to see his robe tremble slightly, and two silver mosquito needles suddenly shot out of his sleeve and flew towards the man in black.

The other party is also a veteran of martial arts, and when he heard the sound of the silver needle breaking the wind, he turned around and shook his left leg with all his strength, driving the air flow around his body to shoot down the two silver mosquito needles.

Xiao Chongguang took advantage of this gap to fly and punch away, the man in black reacted quickly, immediately stretched out his left hand to block, and slapped his right hand towards Sogo's abdomen, Xiao Chongguang's other hand did the "Moon" style to shake the opponent's palm force away, and the man in black took advantage of the situation to pull out, his hands were bent into claws, his right paw was in front, and his left paw was in the back, and he flew straight to Xiao Chongguang's chest with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain!

Sogo used the "earthquake boxing" that he had learned in the army to fight the enemy, the fist fell from the fist, the tiger and the tiger were full of strength, and it seemed to have the power to shake the mountain, so that the man in black did not dare not pay attention to it, his own claw power was amazing, he could split trees, break rocks and cut rocks, and at this moment his limbs were full of true qi, and he was as strong as a fierce beast hunting, every time his claws and fists touched, there was a "bang" earthquake sound, and he did not let it go, and the two of them dismantled more than a dozen moves, but it was still difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom, and they were equal.

"Brother Xiao, I'm here to help you!"

At this moment, Lu Yunsheng joined the battle circle and waved his palm to help, he had learned a good fist and kick in the Yueshan faction when he was a child, especially the "Light Crane Palm" was even more perfect, his palm was like a crane's wing, and he pushed it sideways, as if he was triggering a gale to hit him.

The man in black fought two masters alone, and after a few moves, he only had the power to resist, and he fell behind in an instant. He knew that if he continued like this, he would inevitably be captured by Xiao and Lu, so he made a false move, took a few steps back, took out a white cloth bag from his belt, and smashed it under his feet, the bag contained a little sulfur** and ash, and collided with the roof where he was standing, making a loud "jump" sound, and instantly dispersed a burst of thick and choking smoke, Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng were caught off guard, retreated again and again, and fanned in front of them with their hands, and couldn't stand the pungent stench of the smoke, and kept coughing.

By the time the smoke cleared, the man in black had already run away, Tiwei and the messenger had already chased after him with their swords, and Sogo and Yunsheng immediately set out in pursuit.

The man in black ran with all his might, and soon, the imperial city appeared in front of him.

One hundred zhang away from the gate of the four imperial cities, a large number of people gather here every day to buy and sell, wander, the traffic is busy, the crowd is crowded, it is the most lively place in the eastern capital. The man in black landed on the ground in the place where the crowd was largest, drilled in, bowed his head and walked away quickly.

The guards and the messengers then ran outside the imperial city, facing the crowd in front of them, where could they still find the man in black?

Xiao Chongguang and Lu Yunsheng also rushed at this time, but now in this situation, they have no choice, Sogo gritted his teeth and said to the guards, errand officers and Jingzhao Mansion soldiers behind him: "Break in and search for me!" ”

There are too many people here, the man in black may have already changed his clothes at this time, and took off the cloth cover, even if he ordered them to gather and search, it would be difficult to find the man in black, and this would cause public anger, Xiao Chongguang could only lead people to search, although he knew that there was little hope, like looking for a needle in a haystack, but there was no other way.

At this time, Xiao Chongguang had a flash of inspiration in his mind, he shouted "Follow me" and went straight to the imperial city, Lu Yunsheng and the others did not dare to slack off, and followed. Bai Jianghe, the deputy general of the Leopard Taowei, was wearing neat armor and personally took the Leopard Taowei to guard the Fengtian Gate, and suddenly saw Xiao Chongguang walking towards him with a group of men and horses, he frowned, and said "alert" to the group of Leopard Taowei behind him, so he took four guards to meet him, stretched out his hand and made a "stop" gesture: "The imperial city is important in front, and the foreign ministers need to hold the gold seal and state the reason for entering the city before entering." ”

Sogo held up the bronze seal on behalf of Tiwei's search: "Tiwei's Mansion handles the case." We don't enter the imperial city, ask a question and leave, and hope that General Bai will cooperate. ”