"Change? Do you mean that they intercepted the envoys in order to obtain the decree and modify it in order to achieve some of their plans? Lu Yunsheng suddenly understood Sogo's words.

Xiao Chongguang smiled and said, "Those who know me, Yun Shengye." ”

Ji Yun asked suspiciously: "But if they killed the court officials, aren't they afraid that the court will send someone to investigate the case?" And even if they had received the decree, how could they easily change it? Every word and sentence in this is written clearly, neatly and neatly, and every word is moved at will, which will affect all the space, as you said, the patrol battalion is deeply trusted by the Holy Lord, and must have preached more wills than the Yamen case, and how could they not know the handwriting of the Holy One? ”

"Brother Ji is really delicate," Xiao Chongguang said with a smile, "Then I'll explain them one by one." After receiving the holy decree, the prefectures and counties outside the eastern capital will send people to return to Beijing with the officials who delivered the decree. Zhongzhou Mansion is located in Yancheng, and the eastern capital is only separated by one county and three counties, and it only takes one and a half hours to complete the round trip by fast horse. If the saint does not receive a reply within a day and a half, he will definitely hold the head post of the eastern capital accountable, and the head post station will launch an investigation. If the Assassins simply killed the messengers, what good would it do them except for one more culpability? ”

"Therefore, they must want to obtain the holy decree, after the revision, find a person who is familiar with the general post station, and the appearance of the personnel of the proclamation team is similar to the envoy to pretend to be a post envoy, to Zhongzhou to falsely pass the holy decree, the officials of the Zhongzhou government do not know it, and return to Beijing with the fake post envoy to resume their lives, in this case, the saint will neither hold him accountable, nor will he know that the will has been modified."

"But if you do this, although the Holy Lord will be deceived, how can the messenger sent by the post station not know it? Aren't they afraid that as soon as they return to the capital, they will be exposed by other people at the main post station? Ji Yun continued to ask.

Sogo said: "This is easy, as long as the pretending person scrapes a few scars on his body, especially on his face, and then lies that he is someone who was dispatched, and encounters a bandit on the way, only one of them comes back to Yunyun, fooling the past, after the head station knows, at most give a little pension to the family of the victim, and then say hello to the county where the accident is located, and let them check the bandits in the place." As for the saint, he won't care about the life or death of an insignificant person, and he won't be able to do it. ”

Ji Yun just nodded when he heard this, and then fell silent.

Yun Sheng's face was deep and he said, "Since these assassins dare to do this, I'm afraid that they have already infiltrated their power into the mansions of our dignitaries in the Eastern Capital. ”

"Yes, they are well versed in the way of the court, and in my opinion, they must have been lurking for many years, or maybe some powerful official in the court is behind the scenes." Xiao Chongguang said, "It's just that they suddenly created so many cases this time, what are they planning?" ”

Everyone pondered for a moment, and Han Yu said impatiently: "Although I am not familiar with the case you handled, I know that this is not something that can be deduced overnight, and now it is urgent to try to send this holy decree to the hands of the patrol camp, and report the matter of someone intercepting and killing the envoy and seizing the holy decree to the imperial court." ”

Xiao Chongguang nodded and said, "Miss Han is reasonable. Immediately, he looked at Lu Yunsheng and said, "Yunsheng, you immediately prepare a report with the doctor of the Secret Pavilion, and as for the matter of sending the holy decree, I will go personally." ”

"No way!" Lu Yunsheng said, "You will enter the palace tomorrow morning to face the saint, now that the day has passed the middle of the day, it will take a day and a half for the post station to express the horse, how can you come back tomorrow?" If you miss the hour, it will be a capital offense! ”

Guo Ting echoed: "Yes, not to mention that this will is to transfer the patrol battalion back to the Eastern Capital and take over the inspection of the Tiwei Mansion. ”

"Brother Xiao, the assassins have always wanted your head, and if you leave alone, if they find out, they will definitely try to kill you." Ji Yun disagreed.

Xiao Chongguang said with a straight face: "This will, although it is an order from the patrol battalion, is a major matter that cannot be lost for our Tiwei Mansion, and I really don't feel at ease when it is handed over to others, so I must personally deliver it." ”

"But ······"

Yunsheng wanted to persuade him again, but Xiao Chongguang stretched out his hand to stop him: "You don't have to worry, I will dress up in disguise and act secretly on this trip, and you must also block the news and not disclose it to the outside world." I will go there without stopping the stars, and even if I run the horse to death, I will be sure to come back before the end of the day. ”

Ji Yun arched his hand and said: "If Brother Xiao insists on going, then let me accompany Brother Xiao to go together, and take care of each other." ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "No, when it comes to sending orders, the fewer people in the Tiwei Mansion move, the better, and the more people in the mansion, the better the cover-up effect." ”

Seeing that Xiao Chongguang was so resolute, the others couldn't say anything.

"Since it's inconvenient for them, let me go with you."

Han Yu suddenly stood up and said, raising her pretty face to look at Sogo, and everyone looked at her in surprise when they heard this.

Sogo shook his head and said, "No! Miss Han, this matter is too dangerous, you have done enough, I am grateful, I don't want you to continue to be involved, you better go home quickly, the girl is alone outside, it will make the family anxious. ”

Han Yu argued: "I am the one who has witnessed this matter, and I am the one who knows what happened best, if you don't take me with you, and you alone hold the holy decree to see the patrol camp or the people of Zhongzhou Mansion, how can you explain it clearly?" ”

"What should I say, I will deal with it, Miss Han, this matter is the affairs of the imperial court in the final analysis, you better not interfere too deeply, go back quickly, you are a girl, you don't understand anything, if you follow me, it will only hinder me even more! Walk! Xiao Chongguang still disagreed, and reprimanded in a cold tone.

When Han Yu heard this, his eyes were red with grievance, tears swirled in his eyes, and then he loudly threw down the sentence "a guy with no conscience", covered his face, and ran out of the Tiwei Mansion at a trot.

Lu Yunsheng looked at Han Yu's departing back, frowned and said, "Brother Xiao, after all, Miss Han has kindness to you, it's not good for you to scold her like this." She teased me like that, and I never said anything so harsh. ”

"I'm also for her good," Sogo was also full of guilt and helplessness, "She scolded me for being ungrateful, or a pig or a dog, in short, I would never let such a good girl take such an unforeseen risk with me, if I agreed to her going, I would really be sorry for her, and even more sorry for her family." ”

"It's really hard for you."

Lu Yunsheng sighed, patted Sogo on the shoulder, and said.

Zhongzhou Pingshan County Shanghuai County Qingye Ridge is not the end

"Did you find it?"

A black-clothed masked man asked, looking at a row of blue-clothed masked men across from him.

A shorter masked man with blue cloth arched his hand and said, "Chief, I even searched the crotch of the messenger's trousers, but I didn't find it." ”

The blue-clothed masked man on the far left also bowed his hand and said, "We have walked around the surrounding forest several times, and still haven't found it. ”

The black cloth masked man was obviously the leader of them, and when he heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Could it be that the holy decree has become a refinement, and he can't run to Zhongzhou with long legs!" ”

Another masked man with a blue cloth in the middle of the station said: "Chief, the Holy Decree has not been found, and there is no clue, how can we explain to the Lord?" ”

The masked leader did not answer, but crossed his arms around his chest, looked at the corpse of Xu Yiyi and the masked man who committed suicide by poisoning on the ground, walked back and forth, lowered his head and muttered,

At this moment, a subtle but dazzling reflection of light on the arm of the masked man who committed suicide burned into his eyes, causing the masked leader to squint slightly.

"What is this?"

The masked leader followed the reflection, squatted down, and reached out to take the object out of the corpse, only then did he see clearly that it was a silver needle with red petals inlaid on the tail - it was the "flying flower needle" made by Han Yu who had sneaked up on the blue cloth masked man before!

Because she received the holy decree, she was bent on running back to Tiwei Mansion, and she had a conflict with Hua Mantian, so she forgot to recover this unique secret weapon.

"'Flying Flower Needle'······ Pomegranate Palace······"

The masked leader muttered to himself, then got up with a "pout", looked at his subordinates and said, "I have found a clue, I can finally have an explanation to the lord, this place is not suitable for a long time, let's go back to the station first, and then contact the lord." ”

"Whoa!"

The eastern capital of Dongshi Yihefang Prime Minister's Mansion is not the end

At this time, in the inner hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liang Ziqing sat at the top, and the lower two rows of guest seats were filled with more than a dozen ministers in civilian clothes.

"Changqing, have anyone from Tiwei Mansion come to look for you recently?" Liang Ziqing asked.

Xue Changqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, crossed his hand and said: "Back to the prime minister, I haven't come here since the last time Xiao Chongguang came to me with the prime minister's jade pendant." The subordinates heard that their Tiwei Mansion had been harassed by assassins recently, and I am afraid that they would not have the time to come to our mansion to ask random questions. ”

"Jin Yuan, what about you? Of all of us, you have the brightest ears, do you have any news for us? Liang Ziqing looked at Yu Jinyuan, who was at the bottom of the right row, and said with a smile.

Yu Jinyuan, the secretary of the military department, said with his hand: "Back to the prime minister, in fact, there is nothing to do, but what happened in the Tiwei Mansion today is very interesting, according to reliable sources, a woman suddenly broke into the Tiwei Mansion in the morning, made a big fuss, and after entering the mansion, she was sent out respectfully by the Tiwei Guards, saying that she saved Xiao Chongguang, who was seriously injured by the Pomegranate Flower Palace. ”

"Do your people know who this woman is?" Liang Ziqing asked.

"No, the woman seemed to notice that someone was following her, and suddenly her steps quickly accelerated, and she disappeared in the blink of an eye like riding the wind and clouds, and she couldn't catch up at all."

"Where did she last disappear?" Squinted slightly.

"According to my subordinates, the woman finally disappeared in the area of Tung Wah Fong."