Xiao Chongguang nodded and said: "I have expected this, but it is not clear who instigated it, we have suspected the crown prince and the current prime minister, because the assassinated imperial historian Liu Yuanzhen secretly took refuge in Liang Xiang and has participated in the party struggle between the two parties, so it is very likely that he will die in the battle." However, this is also only a suspicion. ”

Ji Yun pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "The deceased is in the court, but he died at the hands of the people in the rivers and lakes, I think the answer should be found in the rivers and lakes." ”

Guo Ting said: "If you follow the clues of the assassin, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

"Yes, we rely on the current information, and we can only slowly explore in this imperial capital." Lu Yunsheng said with his hands on his chest.

"Investigate the mastermind behind the scenes, put it aside for the time being, the most important thing now is to capture the assassin who will make trouble tonight."

Xiao Chongguang pointed to the map with his finger as he spoke: "If I were an assassin, I would definitely start from four aspects, first of all, the four gates of the imperial city, which are the closest to the imperial palace and guarded by the army of twelve guards, which is the most prone to conflict. ”

"However, it is not easy to train an Assassin, do they really have that much money to waste? If you just send someone who dares to die, I'm afraid you won't be able to beat even a single guard. Lu Yunsheng asked.

Xiao Chongguang shook his head: "No, you underestimate the resentment of these assassins towards us, and now we dare to come forward and really do our best to handle the case, only we are guarded, as long as we are eliminated, there will be one less obstacle, in view of this, I am afraid that no matter how much manpower and material resources they spend, they will be willing." So, the second possibility is to attack our guards. ”

He pointed to the blocks where Tiwei usually passed: "I asked the officers of Jingzhao Mansion to change into the official uniforms of our Tiwei and patrol around with great fanfare, while the real Tiwei disguised himself as civilians, lurking around, some of them accompanied him carefully, if that group of assassins suddenly moved, we could also take him by surprise." It's just that I can't live with the brothers of Jingzhao Mansion, and I want them to be live targets. ”

Ji Yun looked at the street map and suddenly said, "If my guess is correct, the third possibility is Qingpingfang." ”

"Brother Ji is really smart," Xiao Chongguang said with a smile, "Qingpingfang is the largest downtown area in the Eastern Capital, and the flow of people is extremely large, mainly because there is a place like Cui Tingzhai for people to have fun, if an assassin kills people there, it is very easy to cause panic and alarm the palace." From this, I deduced that the fourth possibility was that these Assassins would directly enter the mansions of some wealthy or official to kill people, so that the news could be transmitted directly to the palace through the families of these rich and powerful officials. ”

Guo Ting said: "The people who will be assassins are all vicious people, and no matter which one is true, they will hurt the innocent." I wonder if Brother Xiao is fully prepared in case of accidents? ”

"I've already set up a bunch of people in ambush in various shadows, and they've all been handpicked by me, so we'll be the first to hear about it wherever it happens." Xiao Chongguang pointed to a few corners and nodded, "When the time comes, I will have to ask the two of you to help." With that, Sogo crossed his hands to Guo and Ji.

"Where to speak, Brother Xiao doesn't need to be polite, this is what should be done." Ji Yun returned the salute.

"That's it, I'm an adult now." Guo Ting said.

East Capital West City Yichang Fang Chu Guotian Prison Xuzheng

The prison, which belongs to the Criminal Department and specializes in detaining felons of the imperial court, is set up in Yichangfang, the eastern capital of the West City, which is the closest block to the west gate of the imperial city, and has the meaning of "the deceased return to the west".

And not far from the prison is the entrance of the vegetable market where the prisoners are executed. Generally, for prisoners who are executed, the prison guards will put the prisoners into prisoner cars, first parade around the entire eastern capital, and finally go back to the execution platform in the center of the vegetable market entrance and behead them.

Therefore, Yichangfang has attracted a lot of Taoist temples and temple construction, in order to facilitate the souls of the deceased, to get some oil and water for the families of the deceased, and there are some unclaimed corpses, the government will send people to accumulate virtue and do good.

Of course, those death row inmates who committed the most heinous crimes are a different matter, but they are generally thrown directly into mass graves outside the city.

The scope of this prison is as big as four palaces, there are tens of thousands of prisons, occupying almost half of Yichangfang, the walls are high and the courtyard is deep, and the roads inside are tortuous and winding, like a maze of cells.

At this time, Wang Ting, the warden of the prison, was sitting in the study and writing a summary of today's important prisoners.

This royal court is about forty years old, eight feet tall, brown complexion, silkworm eyebrows and round eyes, beard, dignified appearance, not angry and arrogant. He wore a black gauze hat and an official uniform embroidered with a picture of a piggon on a dark blue background, and although he was writing quietly, there was a faint frightening aura, which he had cultivated for many years as an official in the prison.

This study was set up by the first warden, in order to be able to deal with the complicated official affairs in the prison in a timely manner.

Just as he had finished writing the first person, a jailer hurried to the door and said, "Tell the prison warden, there is a man outside who asks to see me." ”

The prison prison is the official name of the highest magistrate of the prison of Chu State in the old days, although it has been changed now, but everyone is used to the old name, and they will still call it the prison prison, which is more convenient, of course, the warden himself does not care about this.

Wang Ting raised his head and said solemnly, "Don't you see that I'm busy?" Besides, this is a prison! Not everyone can just come in. ”

The jailer listened to Wang Ting's tone, somewhat annoyed, and couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly said: "That person is holding the imperial golden seal, wearing a black robe, very mysterious, saying that there is something important on his body, and he must see the adult." ”

The golden seal in front of the emperor is a special gift from the emperor of Chu to the ministers who have made great contributions, and the golden seal is everywhere, if you see the emperor of Chu, act cheaply, in the official palace of the state of Chu, it can be described as a privilege, and no one dares to obey it, otherwise, it is a crime of defrauding the king.

Now in the court, there are only five courtiers with the golden seal: Prime Minister Liang Ziqing, Ming Spiegel Si Cheng He Qian, Xiaocai General Zhang Ao, Pingyuan Hou Chaozong, and Emperor Chu's brother, Song Jihui, King of Hejian.

"The Golden Seal?"

Hearing that the person who came was actually holding a golden seal, even a "god of evil" like Wang Ting suddenly frowned, and the pen in his hand stopped suddenly.

He immediately stood up, put his pen on the table, put on his dark green cloak, and said to the jailer, "Go, take me to him." ”

"Whoa."

Under the guidance of the jailer, Wang Ting went straight to the central hall of the prison, in the lobby, there was only one large table and two seats of the host and guest, and the black-robed man that the jailer said was sitting on the guest seat, drinking tea slowly, and the gold seal was placed on the edge of his teacup.

Wang Ting looked at the person for a while, then hinted that the jailer would go down, and then walked up to the person who came, and said to him: "In the warden Wang Ting, I don't know who the lord is?" ”

In the face of the royal golden seal, the royal court can only call itself "below".

"Prison Keeper Wang doesn't need to be nervous, I was sent by He Sicheng to ask me to write a letter to the prison prison." Gao Qing said with a smile.

"It turns out that you are someone sent by Si Cheng," Wang Ting breathed a sigh of relief, "Didn't you make an appointment to come at the beginning?" Why did you just arrive at the end of the day? ”

Gao Qing said: "There have been some situations, so in case there is a change, I have to meet in advance." ”

After that, Gao Qing took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Ting: "Please burn it immediately after reading it." ”

Wang Ting's expression was still solemn and he took the letter, opened it and looked at it, only to see that there were only two words written on it: "Qin Tian".

After reading it, Wang Ting suddenly felt trembling all over his body, and his eyes shrank: "I didn't expect Si Cheng to want this person out of prison, but he is a murderer who will be executed at the beginning of next summer." ”

Gao Qing smiled: "I believe that the royal prison will definitely have a way." ”

With that, he took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and slapped it on the table, and the number on the silver ticket was as much as 10 million taels of silver! That's the equivalent of ten years in the position of warden, and you have to eat or drink to make money.

A greedy light flashed in Wang Ting's eyes, and in an instant, he regained his previous majesty, he was silent for a long time, coughed lightly, put away the silver ticket, and said with a slight smile: "He Sicheng is really atmospheric." However, with my relationship with Si Cheng, even if I don't have this money, I will do my best to accomplish it. ”

"Then ask the royal prison guard to lead the way." Gao Qing got up and said.

Wang Ting was shocked when he heard this: "What? He Sicheng is going to take this death row prisoner now? However, according to yesterday's will, the day after the queen's birthday, the amnesty of the world can be granted according to the custom, and some prisoners who are not guilty of serious crimes can be released. Even if Si Cheng wants someone, he has to wait until tomorrow to come back, so that I can prepare and transport Qin Tian out of the sea without telling the sky. ”

Gao Qing said: "Si Cheng doesn't want to dream a lot at night, besides, it's about to be the right time, as long as the time comes, it will be the specified time, so now is the best time." ”

Wang Ting was a little embarrassed, he subconsciously pinched the silver ticket in his sleeve, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Come with me." ”

The Imperial City of the Eastern Capital, Hui'an Palace, is at the end of the year

Song Lin's bedroom was dim, and all the lights in the palace had been extinguished by him, and he was sitting on the bed cross-legged alone, his eyes slightly closed, his qi and luck were adjusted, and his hands were pinched, as if he was practicing some kind of martial arts.

Suddenly, he put his hands together, his internal force was released, and in an instant, there was a strong wind swirling around his body, and even the curtains and bedding on his bed were affected by this true qi and were swept over.

I heard him shout, his palms slapped forward, and an iron plate in front of him made a violent "bang" as if it had been hit by a huge impact.

If you look closely through the hazy moonlight through the window paper, you can be surprised to see that there are two more sunken palm prints on the iron plate!

Song Lin exhaled a breath of turbidity, slowly opened his eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

The martial arts he is practicing now, this move is the peerless "Wind Splitting Palm" of Yanzhou Zhongyun Palace, which can use the true qi in his body to hurt people through the strength of his palm. Now, after Song Lin's hard practice for half a year, he has finally reached the end of his practice.

In order to obtain this mastery, Song Lin spent a lot of effort to buy the eldest disciple of Yunzhong Palace and secretly copied a copy of the "Wind Splitting Palm Method" to him.

Song Lin sneered and said to himself: "Hmph, Song Yu, now I can finally defeat you with dignity, next time, you won't have such good luck!" ”